"I don't hear many claims to understand why the US economy has thrived for decades, often with a *negative* average consumer savings rate."
That's because you are wrong about that. And a bit else, but I am sick and tired of trying to inject basic, responsible economic theory into conversations like this. People like fudging, wink-wink-nudge-nudging and generally ignoring any possibility that things might not work out so great over the next fifty years (which I and most others here will most likely be alive for) as long as they can get that Hummer/plasma tv/wtf'ever shiny thing right now. Check out mises.org and decide what to think for yourself.
Reading that line in context leaves me with the clear impression that it is pandering and a lack of a worldly view on the part of the (presumably US) press that he has a problem with. Not the basic idea of a free press. He simply chose a relatively poor way of articulating it.
"Even as a non-root linux user you can fuck up a system by running a malicious script... I don't get it.
Am I missing something?"
Yes. The most that script could do would be to spawn cpu-hogging processes and delete your personal files. The rest of the system will still be untouched. Open a new terminal and log in as root, kill the script and the processes, delete the script and restore your files, and it should be as though nothing happened. This is of course all assuming you were both smart enough to back-up your files and dumb enough to run a script from an untrustworthy source without looking at it first.
( ChatMod) (Nessus) to (ChatQ): Where did the funding for the mini come from?
( BrianH) It came from a consortium of financers who would not have heard of us if it weren't for all of the attention the fans bought to the cancelling of the series. ( BrianH) So thanks to all of you, the mini series was funded
"It is easy to use COM to instantiate Word from your own code and manipulate documents throught the API, so ".doc format" is fully accessible and reusable from your own code, just as it would be if it was "open source"."
Having to instantiate the word processor that originally created the document in order to use it doesn't strike me as 'fully accessible', 'reusable' or anything remotely like open source.
Someone posted a list of games that use the StarForce copy protection scheme when it was discussed yesterday. Ubisoft was the only publisher name on that list that I recognized. Wonder if they are using it in this title?
"If you are being stopped by the police it's because they have real reason to suspect you of something, or if they just saw you i.e. do a traffic violation."
"at most several millimetres away from the reader (The power levels achieved typically allow only a very small separation (a few millimeters) between the card and the reader.)"
Wrong. The ones at my work can read cards 12"+ away from the pad.
You've definitely raised an interesting thought for me. What I'm wondering is what kind of person whom could actually afford this ride would want to risk their life in such a way. Sure it's easy to be flip and think, 'wtf, I'd go', but I bet when it came time to walk up to the rocket and get in for take-off, more than half of the knee-jerk 'sure, what the hell' people would change their tune.
Soo...I guess I'd rather be in the Caymans sitting on my yacht and sipping a drink while thinking, "Damn, that sucks" when the news hits that Mr. MoonShot has just had his jaunt expanded into a solar tour. Or worse(?), just turned into Mr. BuckShot across the face of the moon...
"Its just people shuffling around in bad clothes and having pointless conversations. If I want to see that I can go to the mall on weekdays and watch old people."
Heh, sounded to me like you were describing teenagers.
Dear God NO, the last thing I want is the Linux software landscape to degenerate into a million shitty little utilities that all want $20-40 from me for something I probably only need to use once.
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I challenge you to find ONE other country name with the word 'America' in it. Then please explain again why you insist on using 'USian'.
"I don't hear many claims to understand why the US economy has thrived for decades, often with a *negative* average consumer savings rate."
That's because you are wrong about that. And a bit else, but I am sick and tired of trying to inject basic, responsible economic theory into conversations like this. People like fudging, wink-wink-nudge-nudging and generally ignoring any possibility that things might not work out so great over the next fifty years (which I and most others here will most likely be alive for) as long as they can get that Hummer/plasma tv/wtf'ever shiny thing right now. Check out mises.org and decide what to think for yourself.
Have you actually called the company and spoken with a person there about this?
What a rude, insulting and inconsiderate way to ignore the question.
Able to do something != designed with it in mind. My car will run through a little sand but that doesn't mean I'm taking it offroading.
Reading that line in context leaves me with the clear impression that it is pandering and a lack of a worldly view on the part of the (presumably US) press that he has a problem with. Not the basic idea of a free press. He simply chose a relatively poor way of articulating it.
"Even as a non-root linux user you can fuck up a system by running a malicious script... I don't get it.
Am I missing something?"
Yes. The most that script could do would be to spawn cpu-hogging processes and delete your personal files. The rest of the system will still be untouched. Open a new terminal and log in as root, kill the script and the processes, delete the script and restore your files, and it should be as though nothing happened. This is of course all assuming you were both smart enough to back-up your files and dumb enough to run a script from an untrustworthy source without looking at it first.
From a chat with Brian Henson:
( ChatMod) (Nessus) to (ChatQ): Where did the funding for the mini come from?
( BrianH) It came from a consortium of financers who would not have heard of us if it weren't for all of the attention the fans bought to the cancelling of the series.
( BrianH) So thanks to all of you, the mini series was funded
"It is easy to use COM to instantiate Word from your own code and manipulate documents throught the API, so ".doc format" is fully accessible and reusable from your own code, just as it would be if it was "open source"."
Having to instantiate the word processor that originally created the document in order to use it doesn't strike me as 'fully accessible', 'reusable' or anything remotely like open source.
"In all seriousness are you so delusional that you can actually believe that the founding fathers would support the Liberals?"
Someone can't have a different opinion without being delusional? Way to be a typical conservative ass.
Someone posted a list of games that use the StarForce copy protection scheme when it was discussed yesterday. Ubisoft was the only publisher name on that list that I recognized. Wonder if they are using it in this title?
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTo
http://www.newtown.tased.edu.au/computingweb/te
http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero27/cero.h
But...but...it's so much more fun to get all self-righteous and overreact! Why you got to go ruining the man's parade with FACTS?!
Check out my sig. He said that just last year.
"The bottom line is that your privacy isn't worth squat if you're dead."
And my life isn't worth squat if I'm not free. You aren't a patriot. You're a coward.
"If you are being stopped by the police it's because they have real reason to suspect you of something, or if they just saw you i.e. do a traffic violation."
That is a rather naive point of view.
"at most several millimetres away from the reader (The power levels achieved typically allow only a very small separation (a few millimeters) between the card and the reader.)"
Wrong. The ones at my work can read cards 12"+ away from the pad.
"I know that since he's smarter than me he must be doing the right thing"
One of the single most retarded things I've ever heard.
"and very likely get paid for it."
Hell, can you say "compounded interest"?! It's the ultimate get-rich-quick scheme, at least for the hibernator.
You've definitely raised an interesting thought for me. What I'm wondering is what kind of person whom could actually afford this ride would want to risk their life in such a way. Sure it's easy to be flip and think, 'wtf, I'd go', but I bet when it came time to walk up to the rocket and get in for take-off, more than half of the knee-jerk 'sure, what the hell' people would change their tune.
Soo...I guess I'd rather be in the Caymans sitting on my yacht and sipping a drink while thinking, "Damn, that sucks" when the news hits that Mr. MoonShot has just had his jaunt expanded into a solar tour. Or worse(?), just turned into Mr. BuckShot across the face of the moon...
"Now can someone explain why that is?"
It's your fucking FREEDOM nagging at you is what it is. Your entire post has to be one of the most depressing comments I've ever seen.
Are you actually claiming that if Mozilla had the marketshare of IE that there would be just as many and just as severe of security flaws?
Marketshare is largely irrelevant. See Apache vs IIS.
"Its just people shuffling around in bad clothes and having pointless conversations. If I want to see that I can go to the mall on weekdays and watch old people."
Heh, sounded to me like you were describing teenagers.
Dear God NO, the last thing I want is the Linux software landscape to degenerate into a million shitty little utilities that all want $20-40 from me for something I probably only need to use once.