I don't think these would really effect civilian casualties one way or the other. There mission would be to take out air defenses with the same weapons already in use. The things that determine whether civilians will die, placing SAM sites in school yards, or even simple malfunctioning of the weapons systems won't change. (Granted, I'm assuming roughly an equal number of things can go wrong with an X-45 as advertised and an air craft which might currently perform the same role.) Just because they're smaller and might fly lower, I'm not so sure that one will be able to read "Chinese Embassy" in time to abort the release of weapons. A bad map is a bad map.
Moral of the story: If you don't like copy protection, don't buy the damn cds! It's that simply.
Interesting idea. For instance, if some CD I like won't play on my car stereo which also plays mp3's, one I willingly bought what am I to do. It seems to me the RIAA increases the benefit of me pirating music, I get to enjoy the value I originally paid for. But next time, now that I know I'll have to download the music, or jump through some other hoops, what exactly would be the incentive for me to go through the now superflous step of actually purchasing the cd? To do the right thing? I don't think after they shit all over me, by tricking me into buying cd's I can't enjoy, I'll be overflowing with goodwill and an irresistable desire to do right by them. Since it has to be a pain in the butt to listen to the music I want to listen to, why should I bother with going to the store, or buying from BMG? They should've tried to lower the costs of consuming music acquired through legitimate channels rather than increase them.
I haven't really decided what I'm going to do about it yet, as I still can't get DSL or Cable. But when I can, how difficult is that choice really going to be?
There's actually a few ways where you can make install files in win2k & XP, and no one has to be there. Or you can make it so that should someone be there they can't input anything should they want to.
Yeah, I'll have to go with you on the OEM issue. That's pretty indefensible.
I do a little windows programing too, but I pretty well suck at it. Using the stuff like the win32 API's was less than satisfactory, but even a looser like me can do stuff fairly clearly and simply with the MFC. I understand that they aren't as powerful, and to really have some sort of vision that you must be faithful too, they aren't always ideal. I kinda like it. But of course my stuff is pretty pedestrian.:)
Mt Rainer provides esentially drag and drop capability to CDRWs, the formatting is done invisibly in the background, initially I think it was just ment to take over for the packet writing applications.
All of IE doesn't have to be part of the OS for MS to be right, just that there are parts of the OS that come from IE. Thus IE can't be removed completely, only turned off. The states are demanding that IE be removed completely. The fact that IE has different additional functionality, isn't debated, by anyone. The only thing anyone is argueing about is whether it has certain lowlevel functionality that is critical to the operation of the OS.
But you do hit upon something else interesting, despite your anamity.
OS is mainly to provide abstraction to applications, not human users.
With a OS like windows, where the GUI is an integral part that's not really true. There is a lot of abstraction for solely the users benefit. And OS's IO abstraction isn't just for applications, they'd be perfectly happy written in microcode, programers on the other hand.... And that's what it's about, the States want MS to break the methods that programers depend on.
Lot's of my text books are out of print and one or two of them is worth reading. I could have linked Powell's Technical Books, they'll sell you a new one for a lot more. And to the ac's I don't think any of my text books have reviews. Maybe Halliday Resnik and Crane, but that would probably be it.
My best thermo text book is by Y.K.Rao and out of print AFAIK, but I had to go to Powell's to get that one. And while I don't have any knowledge of reviews of it, I can assure you it is by far the best of the 4 or so thermo texts I own. Most interesting, Thermo isn't as likely to change as say the priciples of OS design.
So, I assume from you lack of comment that you find it's totally ok for Microsoft, Philips, Sony, and Compaq to try to put Roxio, and Nero out of business. After all, in a few years, most OS's will be Mt. Rainer compatible and all CD/DVD writers will be. Roxio, and who ever it is that makes Nero will need to change their business. Just like Netscape did. Once more, why is this ok for a peripheral, but not a network, which is a peripheral of a sort?
As for MS giving IE away, damn straight. I already paid for it when my tax dollard built Mosaic. Netscape should have known better, selling something which is more or less free, is something of a challanging business model. They chose the hard road, they even did alright for themselves. But any success they might have had in a world where Microsoft didn't recognize the emmerging impact of the web isn't any reason to have the courts legislate what sorts of tools developers have for windows, and make things more difficult for consumers.
Oh and as for an OS? One of the hallmarks of Operating Systems is I/O abstraction. How is a resource located on the internet, or even somewhere else on a local network logically different from a file on a hard drive. It would also seem like domain names aren't entirely different from trees of folders, why in fact tree in each context even has similar meaning. Clearly this is the bent taken by MS.
What do you think about having CD writing integrated as part of the OS in XP? No need for anyone to buy nero, or CD creator. Is it just more of MS brand evil?
Or is it these people? They are anti-competively making things more intuitive and easier to use, they must be stopped!
Funny thing is, that's not good enough for the "states". Microsoft has said all along they could do that but it would be meaningless. All that would do is have the court mandate that MS needs to make it a pain in the ass for all their customers.
But MS did you one better. In win2k you can skin the browser to make it pretty much whatever you want. MS put the tools right in there, look at the Group Policy snap in for "this computer" and notice how you can customize the title bar to whatever, change the icons, and a bunch of other things. There wouldn't have to be an "e" anywhere near it. Considering how easy to do, and how many manufactures might like to perpetually remind their customers who they bought their computer from, one wonders why it isn't done.
What this is about is the major manufactures having no incentive to pay for something their customers don't really care about. After I'm done crying for the carrige whip makers, I'll start crying for Netscape, aka AOL Time Warner, and then I'll start crying for Sun.
Yes, this guy obviously doesn't have a clue what an operating system is.
Well, perhaps he has a little bit braoder view. But how many Operating System texts have you written? Operating Systems certainly comes to mind for him.
But without an enviroment like KDE, or GNOME, one might well say that Linux is not an operating system that can be meaningfully compared to Windows. I seem to remember a Computer Structure and Organization class I took where the book went on about how what hardware and software were responsible for was some what arbitrary. One could, theoretically at least, build a chip that didn't know know aritmatic, but did know how to draw windows, and software would do aritmatic in terms of the chips inate ability to draw windows. It seems to me, if the dividing line between what the responsabilities of hardware and software are is somewhat arbitrary, then so must be the dividing line between OS, and application.
One of the commets I've most frequently seen is the assertion that IE is like solitare, there's no good reason why it couldn't be removed. But of course, nothing depends on solitare. But with IE, the programers, their programs and their users do. And that's what it all comes down to, the reasonable expectations of developers and users.
First I want to say that I also like T&A, who doesn't? And once more I respect a person who knows what they like and doesn't feel the need to appologize for it. And so ends the sunshine enema.
But Turner was bought out by AOL "We've lost $54 Billion and all we got was this lousy ISP" Time Warner and is now a vp iirc. So naturally the great evil here isn't Ted "I'm Bipolar, but you can call me Mercurial" Turner, it's the same old media conglomerate that's always been a villain. If the villain must be a person and not a corporation, might I suggest Rupert Murdock? He would at least appear to be both evil and insane. Both excellent qualities for an archvillain.
The good ads have always had a life of their own. There's so much shit on cable, often people will talk about the new commercial. (Every time the channels double, the total content seems to halve) The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dew, and Cat Chat Jack In The Box commercials come to mind. Not to mention the old Joe Isuzu commercials. If they entertain me, I'll watch, and I'll even remember them when it comes time to pick up some carbonated caffine drink, or grab a quick bite to eat.
Now if they had a high quality product, Kid Valley Hamburgers, or Stewart's fine sodas for example, they don't even have to entertain me.
Heh. TCO. Time is money, and throwing win2k on a box is not a big deal. Win2k has a easy learning curve, supports most hardware, and is pretty stable. Not that I'm on microsofts press team or anything.
But seriously, do you think your estimate of what linux costs is accurate for people other than yourself. A classic example of this is the problems lilo had with udma66 hd's, thankfully that maxblast software prepares for such eventualities. Sure someone might comment, "Duh, get yourself a real bootloader, ass." And for someone like myself, they might even have a point. But for someone like my grampa, who at 76 has taken to installing his own hardware on his first pc, the TCO is too much to even bother. And for people with his skill level 15 bucks for a copy of windows bundled with a pc, is a heck of a lot of value.
Linux isn't bad, but it sure as hell isn't for everyone.
They are promoting high margin books, not free, as in beer, linux. Funny part is, the direct cost to the consumer for windows used to be $15, I would assume that it hasn't changed by much. I wonder how much a linux for dummies book goes for, and a package of redhat off the shelf? They've just convinced people they are saving money by spending more:). And they're being cheered for it. No wonder Walmart is number 1.
At this point, I'm glad that Jar Jar's in the movie. And I'm glad that Watto's back, changed his name to Pierre du La Pomf from France and taken to wearing berets. And Lucas might as well have Jar Jar become a Jedi knight while he's at it.
Since he's obviously going to painfully attempt to recreate ESB in a formulaic manner so unimaginative, no one else would have imagined it, I'll make an increadibly obvious prediction: Anakin looses his hand in the climatic lightsaber duel. Maybe it'll happen in episode III, but I'm still betting on episode II.
If people want to pay to see Lucas wallow in his own crapulance, its a free country, and if it looks like it will be worth a $5 laugh at his... err my expense, well maybe I'll join them.
I agree FPS are best on a PC. Still. But most FPS on consoles add a new dimention to the word "suck". Halo rises above that, and not to merely adequate, which would still make it a standout in it class, but to actually good. With replay value no less.
But if you want to see a difference in graphics, play the san fransico tracks of Gotham that take place at sunset, and put that up against anything. The level of detail is truly impressive.
And I would also say that DOA3 for the xbox, pardon my french, licks ass. Not that DOA2 for the dreamcast was offensivly bad, but neither of them are soul calibur. But DOA2 does get points for letting you play Denis Rodman in a teletubby costume.
Well the "missions" such as they are might be easier, but the originals in Jet Grind weren't exactly hard. I don't think I ever had to try more than 3 times to beat them. And I do kinda miss the combo-style of spray painting, but I do think getting rid of that makes the game a litte faster pace and give it better flow.
But the new areas are huge, you can grind on more things, to more places, and do WAY more tricks, but best of all, no time limit, so you can really wander around and have a litte fun seeing what there is to see. I like that multiplayer game with the ball, hog ball I think. A nice touch.
Oh and I thought MSR sucked. It certainly didn't seem to have anywhere near the replay value, let alone multiplayer fun, that gotham has. Not to mention Gothams sound track kicks ass. I might even like it better than the original Jet Grind for the DC, which was pretty freakin sweet. Oh, I've never been to Tokyo, and don't really plan on going. So the homage, though it might be nice to some, it doesn't really make it a better game to me. No more than Resident Evil The Movie taking place in Raccoon City made it a better movie.
In the end, the games for the Xbox have a replay value that the DC versions lacked. And for me, replay value is more important.
The graphics as sound are better than anything else, aside from a full on PC. The HD is convienent.
As as for games: Project Gotham is better than GT, even some PS2 owners agree. Halo is a decent FPS. Jet Set Radio is sweet, vastly superior to the DC version. Spider-man is pretty decent too, even if you have to fight the camera a little bit.
Before XP direct cost to the consumer for ME was about 15$. Now in the era of XP 2kPro can be had, legitimately, for about 15$ per seat with the service pack 2 update and high encryption disk. I would not be surprised if the direct cost for XP Home was about 15$. You could actually see it if you printed out one of the configure to order part lists from the stores that might still be doing it. A retail box, now that's a totally different story.
Besides all this talk of embedded XP as a solution is total crap. I would bet Wine under linux would be vastly superior at the point we're at now, and how many consumer boxes go out, even world wide, with that setup? I bet CompUSA sells more hp pcs in a month than linux + wine pcs get sold all year world wide.
Hey but at least you now know M$ has been exceeding your expectations by 100% for a couple of years now.:)
I'll bet we'll see new interesting variations of progeria. What's really sad is that Sally Jesse got canceled so this kid will only be able to go on the Maurie Povich show. And that's no kind of life.
IIRC, and IANA Molecular Biologist or geneticist, but the standard rate of birth defects is about 4%, so what the italian evil master mind, with delusions of world domination, is saying is he doesn't expect a greater rate of defect than is found through the more classical processes. Which makes him pretty stupid. And possibly this is his version of the fatal flaw that all arch-villians are required, by law, to have in their master plan.
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I don't think these would really effect civilian casualties one way or the other. There mission would be to take out air defenses with the same weapons already in use. The things that determine whether civilians will die, placing SAM sites in school yards, or even simple malfunctioning of the weapons systems won't change. (Granted, I'm assuming roughly an equal number of things can go wrong with an X-45 as advertised and an air craft which might currently perform the same role.) Just because they're smaller and might fly lower, I'm not so sure that one will be able to read "Chinese Embassy" in time to abort the release of weapons. A bad map is a bad map.
Moral of the story: If you don't like copy protection, don't buy the damn cds! It's that simply.
Interesting idea. For instance, if some CD I like won't play on my car stereo which also plays mp3's, one I willingly bought what am I to do. It seems to me the RIAA increases the benefit of me pirating music, I get to enjoy the value I originally paid for. But next time, now that I know I'll have to download the music, or jump through some other hoops, what exactly would be the incentive for me to go through the now superflous step of actually purchasing the cd? To do the right thing? I don't think after they shit all over me, by tricking me into buying cd's I can't enjoy, I'll be overflowing with goodwill and an irresistable desire to do right by them. Since it has to be a pain in the butt to listen to the music I want to listen to, why should I bother with going to the store, or buying from BMG? They should've tried to lower the costs of consuming music acquired through legitimate channels rather than increase them.
I haven't really decided what I'm going to do about it yet, as I still can't get DSL or Cable. But when I can, how difficult is that choice really going to be?
There's actually a few ways where you can make install files in win2k & XP, and no one has to be there. Or you can make it so that should someone be there they can't input anything should they want to.
Yeah, I'll have to go with you on the OEM issue. That's pretty indefensible.
:)
I do a little windows programing too, but I pretty well suck at it. Using the stuff like the win32 API's was less than satisfactory, but even a looser like me can do stuff fairly clearly and simply with the MFC. I understand that they aren't as powerful, and to really have some sort of vision that you must be faithful too, they aren't always ideal. I kinda like it. But of course my stuff is pretty pedestrian.
Mt Rainer provides esentially drag and drop capability to CDRWs, the formatting is done invisibly in the background, initially I think it was just ment to take over for the packet writing applications.
All of IE doesn't have to be part of the OS for MS to be right, just that there are parts of the OS that come from IE. Thus IE can't be removed completely, only turned off. The states are demanding that IE be removed completely. The fact that IE has different additional functionality, isn't debated, by anyone. The only thing anyone is argueing about is whether it has certain lowlevel functionality that is critical to the operation of the OS.
But you do hit upon something else interesting, despite your anamity.
OS is mainly to provide abstraction to applications, not human users.
With a OS like windows, where the GUI is an integral part that's not really true. There is a lot of abstraction for solely the users benefit. And OS's IO abstraction isn't just for applications, they'd be perfectly happy written in microcode, programers on the other hand.... And that's what it's about, the States want MS to break the methods that programers depend on.
Lot's of my text books are out of print and one or two of them is worth reading. I could have linked Powell's Technical Books, they'll sell you a new one for a lot more. And to the ac's I don't think any of my text books have reviews. Maybe Halliday Resnik and Crane, but that would probably be it.
My best thermo text book is by Y.K.Rao and out of print AFAIK, but I had to go to Powell's to get that one. And while I don't have any knowledge of reviews of it, I can assure you it is by far the best of the 4 or so thermo texts I own. Most interesting, Thermo isn't as likely to change as say the priciples of OS design.
So, I assume from you lack of comment that you find it's totally ok for Microsoft, Philips, Sony, and Compaq to try to put Roxio, and Nero out of business. After all, in a few years, most OS's will be Mt. Rainer compatible and all CD/DVD writers will be. Roxio, and who ever it is that makes Nero will need to change their business. Just like Netscape did. Once more, why is this ok for a peripheral, but not a network, which is a peripheral of a sort?
As for MS giving IE away, damn straight. I already paid for it when my tax dollard built Mosaic. Netscape should have known better, selling something which is more or less free, is something of a challanging business model. They chose the hard road, they even did alright for themselves. But any success they might have had in a world where Microsoft didn't recognize the emmerging impact of the web isn't any reason to have the courts legislate what sorts of tools developers have for windows, and make things more difficult for consumers.
Oh and as for an OS? One of the hallmarks of Operating Systems is I/O abstraction. How is a resource located on the internet, or even somewhere else on a local network logically different from a file on a hard drive. It would also seem like domain names aren't entirely different from trees of folders, why in fact tree in each context even has similar meaning. Clearly this is the bent taken by MS.
What do you think about having CD writing integrated as part of the OS in XP? No need for anyone to buy nero, or CD creator. Is it just more of MS brand evil?
Or is it these people? They are anti-competively making things more intuitive and easier to use, they must be stopped!
Funny thing is, that's not good enough for the "states". Microsoft has said all along they could do that but it would be meaningless. All that would do is have the court mandate that MS needs to make it a pain in the ass for all their customers.
But MS did you one better. In win2k you can skin the browser to make it pretty much whatever you want. MS put the tools right in there, look at the Group Policy snap in for "this computer" and notice how you can customize the title bar to whatever, change the icons, and a bunch of other things. There wouldn't have to be an "e" anywhere near it. Considering how easy to do, and how many manufactures might like to perpetually remind their customers who they bought their computer from, one wonders why it isn't done.
What this is about is the major manufactures having no incentive to pay for something their customers don't really care about. After I'm done crying for the carrige whip makers, I'll start crying for Netscape, aka AOL Time Warner, and then I'll start crying for Sun.
Yes, this guy obviously doesn't have a clue what an operating system is.
Well, perhaps he has a little bit braoder view. But how many Operating System texts have you written? Operating Systems certainly comes to mind for him.
But without an enviroment like KDE, or GNOME, one might well say that Linux is not an operating system that can be meaningfully compared to Windows. I seem to remember a Computer Structure and Organization class I took where the book went on about how what hardware and software were responsible for was some what arbitrary. One could, theoretically at least, build a chip that didn't know know aritmatic, but did know how to draw windows, and software would do aritmatic in terms of the chips inate ability to draw windows. It seems to me, if the dividing line between what the responsabilities of hardware and software are is somewhat arbitrary, then so must be the dividing line between OS, and application.
One of the commets I've most frequently seen is the assertion that IE is like solitare, there's no good reason why it couldn't be removed. But of course, nothing depends on solitare. But with IE, the programers, their programs and their users do. And that's what it all comes down to, the reasonable expectations of developers and users.
But what about Atlanta Hawks games? Surely those are worth recording for posterity if nothing else!
First I want to say that I also like T&A, who doesn't? And once more I respect a person who knows what they like and doesn't feel the need to appologize for it. And so ends the sunshine enema.
But Turner was bought out by AOL "We've lost $54 Billion and all we got was this lousy ISP" Time Warner and is now a vp iirc. So naturally the great evil here isn't Ted "I'm Bipolar, but you can call me Mercurial" Turner, it's the same old media conglomerate that's always been a villain. If the villain must be a person and not a corporation, might I suggest Rupert Murdock? He would at least appear to be both evil and insane. Both excellent qualities for an archvillain.
Tell that to Jack.
The good ads have always had a life of their own. There's so much shit on cable, often people will talk about the new commercial. (Every time the channels double, the total content seems to halve) The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dew, and Cat Chat Jack In The Box commercials come to mind. Not to mention the old Joe Isuzu commercials. If they entertain me, I'll watch, and I'll even remember them when it comes time to pick up some carbonated caffine drink, or grab a quick bite to eat.
Now if they had a high quality product, Kid Valley Hamburgers, or Stewart's fine sodas for example, they don't even have to entertain me.
Heh. TCO. Time is money, and throwing win2k on a box is not a big deal. Win2k has a easy learning curve, supports most hardware, and is pretty stable. Not that I'm on microsofts press team or anything.
But seriously, do you think your estimate of what linux costs is accurate for people other than yourself. A classic example of this is the problems lilo had with udma66 hd's, thankfully that maxblast software prepares for such eventualities. Sure someone might comment, "Duh, get yourself a real bootloader, ass." And for someone like myself, they might even have a point. But for someone like my grampa, who at 76 has taken to installing his own hardware on his first pc, the TCO is too much to even bother. And for people with his skill level 15 bucks for a copy of windows bundled with a pc, is a heck of a lot of value.
Linux isn't bad, but it sure as hell isn't for everyone.
They are promoting high margin books, not free, as in beer, linux. Funny part is, the direct cost to the consumer for windows used to be $15, I would assume that it hasn't changed by much. I wonder how much a linux for dummies book goes for, and a package of redhat off the shelf? They've just convinced people they are saving money by spending more :). And they're being cheered for it. No wonder Walmart is number 1.
uh. duh. the bet is that it'll will happen in episode ii, not iii.
And dude, The Alien From LA is a movie, AToC is a 2 hour commercial. There is a difference.
It seemed vaugly similar to a line from eXistenZ.
If it was more along the lines of, "Death to the Demoness Hilary Rosen...." Well then it be pretty damn similar.
At this point, I'm glad that Jar Jar's in the movie. And I'm glad that Watto's back, changed his name to Pierre du La Pomf from France and taken to wearing berets. And Lucas might as well have Jar Jar become a Jedi knight while he's at it.
... err my expense, well maybe I'll join them.
Since he's obviously going to painfully attempt to recreate ESB in a formulaic manner so unimaginative, no one else would have imagined it, I'll make an increadibly obvious prediction: Anakin looses his hand in the climatic lightsaber duel. Maybe it'll happen in episode III, but I'm still betting on episode II.
If people want to pay to see Lucas wallow in his own crapulance, its a free country, and if it looks like it will be worth a $5 laugh at his
I agree FPS are best on a PC. Still. But most FPS on consoles add a new dimention to the word "suck". Halo rises above that, and not to merely adequate, which would still make it a standout in it class, but to actually good. With replay value no less.
But if you want to see a difference in graphics, play the san fransico tracks of Gotham that take place at sunset, and put that up against anything. The level of detail is truly impressive.
And I would also say that DOA3 for the xbox, pardon my french, licks ass. Not that DOA2 for the dreamcast was offensivly bad, but neither of them are soul calibur. But DOA2 does get points for letting you play Denis Rodman in a teletubby costume.
AMD's C4 Featuring a new nanotube superconducting core.
Extream case mods have graduated from hobby to a high risk sport lauded in Mountain Dew commercials.
Well the "missions" such as they are might be easier, but the originals in Jet Grind weren't exactly hard. I don't think I ever had to try more than 3 times to beat them. And I do kinda miss the combo-style of spray painting, but I do think getting rid of that makes the game a litte faster pace and give it better flow.
But the new areas are huge, you can grind on more things, to more places, and do WAY more tricks, but best of all, no time limit, so you can really wander around and have a litte fun seeing what there is to see. I like that multiplayer game with the ball, hog ball I think. A nice touch.
Oh and I thought MSR sucked. It certainly didn't seem to have anywhere near the replay value, let alone multiplayer fun, that gotham has. Not to mention Gothams sound track kicks ass. I might even like it better than the original Jet Grind for the DC, which was pretty freakin sweet. Oh, I've never been to Tokyo, and don't really plan on going. So the homage, though it might be nice to some, it doesn't really make it a better game to me. No more than Resident Evil The Movie taking place in Raccoon City made it a better movie.
In the end, the games for the Xbox have a replay value that the DC versions lacked. And for me, replay value is more important.
The graphics as sound are better than anything else, aside from a full on PC. The HD is convienent.
As as for games: Project Gotham is better than GT, even some PS2 owners agree. Halo is a decent FPS. Jet Set Radio is sweet, vastly superior to the DC version. Spider-man is pretty decent too, even if you have to fight the camera a little bit.
Before XP direct cost to the consumer for ME was about 15$. Now in the era of XP 2kPro can be had, legitimately, for about 15$ per seat with the service pack 2 update and high encryption disk. I would not be surprised if the direct cost for XP Home was about 15$. You could actually see it if you printed out one of the configure to order part lists from the stores that might still be doing it. A retail box, now that's a totally different story.
:)
Besides all this talk of embedded XP as a solution is total crap. I would bet Wine under linux would be vastly superior at the point we're at now, and how many consumer boxes go out, even world wide, with that setup? I bet CompUSA sells more hp pcs in a month than linux + wine pcs get sold all year world wide.
Hey but at least you now know M$ has been exceeding your expectations by 100% for a couple of years now.
And it's a damn shame Gutenburg didn't work with the Church to BURN HIS PRESS TO THE GROUND.
Which Police Acadamy was that?
I'll bet we'll see new interesting variations of progeria. What's really sad is that Sally Jesse got canceled so this kid will only be able to go on the Maurie Povich show. And that's no kind of life.
IIRC, and IANA Molecular Biologist or geneticist, but the standard rate of birth defects is about 4%, so what the italian evil master mind, with delusions of world domination, is saying is he doesn't expect a greater rate of defect than is found through the more classical processes. Which makes him pretty stupid. And possibly this is his version of the fatal flaw that all arch-villians are required, by law, to have in their master plan.