Don't take offense to this, but you Libertarians are morons. In case you hadn't noticed the Federal government isn't about to entertain the thought of 20,000 people making their own "state". Your vaunted "freedoms" are just another word for "foolishly willfull anarchy."
Windows XP would be perfect for your parents. It doesn't have driver hell, blue screen hell or Clippy hell. It DOES have a nice System rollback feature which will come in handy many many times when your family installs something they maybe shouldn't have.
And as for updating the software, well the Windows Update program can be set to run automatically in the background.
I find that if you can really tell the difference in speed between Mozilla or any of its descendants, then you really just need to buy a newer and faster computer.
Uh, a closed economy is not a healthy one. If the loss of a few workers so jepordizes the revenues of any company or industry then it wasn't setup right to begin with.
It is difficult for a "troll" to be modded +3 Insightful. Who is going to design this hardware and software that will automate everything? More importantly who is going to maintain it and accept responsibility for its performance? Who will give assurances as to the QoS (Quality of Service)? Running a phone system is a bit more critical and important than keeping your run of the mill open-source flavor of the week mysql server up and running for more than a few days straight. It simply cannot be allowed to fail ever. People could die as they would not be able to dial for help.
This is simply more evidence that this idea has not been thought through properly.
Widely used in business? What business would not ALREADY have a broadband connection? You expect businesses to rely on the home connections of their employees now?
As for international long distance calls, very few people have to make them. It would not justify the expense in time, effort and money to setup and educate people about VoIP simply for the few who have to call another country.
1. Perhaps they aren't ignorant. Perhaps they simply have better things to do with their time then sit on the computer all day.
2. VoIP is nice, unless you have a cellphone plan which already gives you free long distance.
3. Being able to download ISO images is wholly irrelevant to most people's lives as the OS's they use are not available in that form. Most folks buy a computer to get work done or play video games, not to work on it as a hobby.
I'd love to know where this guy gets the idea that data services are increasing at a rapid rate. Here in the US telcos are in financial trouble because they bet on that very same thing happening, and its not. Most folks use their cell phones to make phone calls and thats it.
Next I'd love to know why this guy thinks that there would be a critical mass of people savvy enough to participate in such a p2p network. How many of your friends and family know how to fully use their cell phones including all their various features?
Also who here would like to have their ability to make and recieve phone calls contingent on the good graces of others? Without telcos you have no garuntee of service. When there are service problems who will you call? Why on earth would the public at large want to manually handle their own communications networks? Its akin to everyone running their own switchboard just to save a buck. It might be great fun for the geeks out there but for folks who are either too lazy or too busy (i.e. everyone else) this just isn't going to appeal to them.
Lastly there is the is the issue of bandwidth. Just because you pay a "fixed fee" for a certain amount of service that does not absolve you from letting the neighborhood run buck wild with your connection. If enough people use your connection in a manner which disproportionately affects your ISP, they WILL bill your butt for the extra costs and then where will you be? Do you think any of your everything must be free loving neighbors will pitch in to help you in your plight? I don't think so. I'm also sure the fad will die down after the first few cases of someone's line being used to traffic in warez or illegal pr0n causes the authorities to come down on some unsupecting "ISP account sharer".
So in short, I really think the geeks should just stick to the technical stuff and leave the business plans, or non-business business plans to the professionals.
Kyocera brother! Take a look at the upcoming upgrade to our 6035 phone, the 7135! It has a color screen, weighs 2 ounces less, runs Palm OS 4.1, has a CF expansion slot, 16mb of memory, a built in MP3 Player and a clamshell design. You can see it here: www.kyocera-wireless.com
IP toady posts? I post from two different places. My house and my job. I always use the same ID because its the only one I have. Are you angry that I am not complying with the Slashdot groupthink that all IP laws are bad and that "Information Must Be Free"? If so I am sorry but I will not conform my views to make you happy.
The word "community" might signify a greater amount of people then were actually "slapped in the face" as you put it. I don't think there was more than a few hundred people involved in this entire Bnetd thing. When you add in the number of SINCERELY sympathetic Slashdot posters who will follow thru with an actual boycott that might bump the number up another 100.
I don't even work for a technology company. Is one allowed to have pro-DMCA thoughts on Slashdot without being suspected of working for a content creator?
Wake up! It doesn't foreshadow anything! In case you hadn't noticed, current Macs are DOG SLOW compared to current PC's in most of the software available today. There's more to the world than Photoshop and Maya. These new chips will simply help Apple KEEP UP with the speed experienced in the PC world.
There's nothing "great" about this project. Its just a way that allows other unscrupulous folks to interfere and interact with Blizzards IP in a way that they have not authorized. And while you may not like the DMCA, it is the law and must be obeyed. Perhaps the next time someone decides to make an add on for a video game or any existing piece of commercial software they will more astutely analyze the situation to make sure they aren't running afowl of any copyrights or tresspassing on anyone's IP.
You might get that amount of "flak" because its just hard for most people to understand why anyone should boycott or even harbor ill feelings towards a company that is legally defending its products which are its IP. Add to that the seeming sillyness of boycotting a video game company for doing just that and well maybe you understand a little better now.
You're not expected to be their slave its just the company's products are so good in an industry where so many others suck, to purposefully deny yourself the opportunity to play their games seems a bit like engaging in a sort of BDSM in the game playing world.
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Don't take offense to this, but you Libertarians are morons. In case you hadn't noticed the Federal government isn't about to entertain the thought of 20,000 people making their own "state". Your vaunted "freedoms" are just another word for "foolishly willfull anarchy."
I am able to use AOL without complications on Windows 2000 and XP.
Windows XP would be perfect for your parents. It doesn't have driver hell, blue screen hell or Clippy hell. It DOES have a nice System rollback feature which will come in handy many many times when your family installs something they maybe shouldn't have.
And as for updating the software, well the Windows Update program can be set to run automatically in the background.
You mean one like Windows XP or Windows 2000? Oh wait those already exist.
You make it sound like some form of holy sacriledge. If you've got the resources to spare, then why NOT use them?
The textile and apparel industries seem to work fine this way.
I find that if you can really tell the difference in speed between Mozilla or any of its descendants, then you really just need to buy a newer and faster computer.
Uh, a closed economy is not a healthy one. If the loss of a few workers so jepordizes the revenues of any company or industry then it wasn't setup right to begin with.
It is difficult for a "troll" to be modded +3 Insightful. Who is going to design this hardware and software that will automate everything? More importantly who is going to maintain it and accept responsibility for its performance? Who will give assurances as to the QoS (Quality of Service)? Running a phone system is a bit more critical and important than keeping your run of the mill open-source flavor of the week mysql server up and running for more than a few days straight. It simply cannot be allowed to fail ever. People could die as they would not be able to dial for help.
This is simply more evidence that this idea has not been thought through properly.
The proportion of those who make overseas calls to those who make domestic calls is the "few".
Yes SOME businesses use Linux/BSD, but for the most part its run by hobbyists. Otherwise its either corporate *nix or Windows.
Widely used in business? What business would not ALREADY have a broadband connection? You expect businesses to rely on the home connections of their employees now?
As for international long distance calls, very few people have to make them. It would not justify the expense in time, effort and money to setup and educate people about VoIP simply for the few who have to call another country.
1. Perhaps they aren't ignorant. Perhaps they simply have better things to do with their time then sit on the computer all day.
2. VoIP is nice, unless you have a cellphone plan which already gives you free long distance.
3. Being able to download ISO images is wholly irrelevant to most people's lives as the OS's they use are not available in that form. Most folks buy a computer to get work done or play video games, not to work on it as a hobby.
They CAN install additional partitioning relays you know.
The telcos are actually losing money right now. If they had loads of money they wouldn't be laying off thousands of workers.
It doesn't, cuz its not true!
I'd love to know where this guy gets the idea that data services are increasing at a rapid rate. Here in the US telcos are in financial trouble because they bet on that very same thing happening, and its not. Most folks use their cell phones to make phone calls and thats it.
Next I'd love to know why this guy thinks that there would be a critical mass of people savvy enough to participate in such a p2p network. How many of your friends and family know how to fully use their cell phones including all their various features?
Also who here would like to have their ability to make and recieve phone calls contingent on the good graces of others? Without telcos you have no garuntee of service. When there are service problems who will you call? Why on earth would the public at large want to manually handle their own communications networks? Its akin to everyone running their own switchboard just to save a buck. It might be great fun for the geeks out there but for folks who are either too lazy or too busy (i.e. everyone else) this just isn't going to appeal to them.
Lastly there is the is the issue of bandwidth. Just because you pay a "fixed fee" for a certain amount of service that does not absolve you from letting the neighborhood run buck wild with your connection. If enough people use your connection in a manner which disproportionately affects your ISP, they WILL bill your butt for the extra costs and then where will you be? Do you think any of your everything must be free loving neighbors will pitch in to help you in your plight? I don't think so. I'm also sure the fad will die down after the first few cases of someone's line being used to traffic in warez or illegal pr0n causes the authorities to come down on some unsupecting "ISP account sharer".
So in short, I really think the geeks should just stick to the technical stuff and leave the business plans, or non-business business plans to the professionals.
Right. Like I want my telecommunications abilities contingent on the good graces of others.
Thanks for the big heapin helpin of self-hate!
Kyocera brother! Take a look at the upcoming upgrade to our 6035 phone, the 7135! It has a color screen, weighs 2 ounces less, runs Palm OS 4.1, has a CF expansion slot, 16mb of memory, a built in MP3 Player and a clamshell design.
You can see it here: www.kyocera-wireless.com
IP toady posts? I post from two different places. My house and my job. I always use the same ID because its the only one I have. Are you angry that I am not complying with the Slashdot groupthink that all IP laws are bad and that "Information Must Be Free"? If so I am sorry but I will not conform my views to make you happy.
I like the DMCA and thats that!
The word "community" might signify a greater amount of people then were actually "slapped in the face" as you put it. I don't think there was more than a few hundred people involved in this entire Bnetd thing. When you add in the number of SINCERELY sympathetic Slashdot posters who will follow thru with an actual boycott that might bump the number up another 100.
I don't even work for a technology company. Is one allowed to have pro-DMCA thoughts on Slashdot without being suspected of working for a content creator?
Wake up! It doesn't foreshadow anything! In case you hadn't noticed, current Macs are DOG SLOW compared to current PC's in most of the software available today. There's more to the world than Photoshop and Maya. These new chips will simply help Apple KEEP UP with the speed experienced in the PC world.
There's nothing "great" about this project. Its just a way that allows other unscrupulous folks to interfere and interact with Blizzards IP in a way that they have not authorized. And while you may not like the DMCA, it is the law and must be obeyed. Perhaps the next time someone decides to make an add on for a video game or any existing piece of commercial software they will more astutely analyze the situation to make sure they aren't running afowl of any copyrights or tresspassing on anyone's IP.
You might get that amount of "flak" because its just hard for most people to understand why anyone should boycott or even harbor ill feelings towards a company that is legally defending its products which are its IP. Add to that the seeming sillyness of boycotting a video game company for doing just that and well maybe you understand a little better now.
You're not expected to be their slave its just the company's products are so good in an industry where so many others suck, to purposefully deny yourself the opportunity to play their games seems a bit like engaging in a sort of BDSM in the game playing world.