Would we even need our original immune system? We're going to start living with all these nanoprobes doing better jobs than the rest of our system and we'll evolve without the original biology, just the nanosystems. Soon, we wont really exist anymore, the human race will disappear, completely improved and replaced with silicon. I can't wait.
...that I actually like this idea. Provided, of course, that it is done right. Put a little chip in there with your retinal scan, finger prints, perhaps even DNA when we get the technology to do it well enough. No one else could use it if they cant match their prints to the one on the card.
We would need a secure enough protocol to transfer the data over networks, for voting online and such.
There could be a password based on a combination of finger prints (left thumb, right index, right thumb, left pinky)...
I dunno, I think it could work... It would be harder to steal identities. As long as you show up in person and they keep the data secure and backed up.
What would be nice, and is needed, is an Operating System / Graphical enviroment which is DESIGNED to be modular. This would include, using browsers as an example, a standard browser layer which can be pointed to any brower for which someone creates a interface for.
Admit it, in KDE you still use konq for embedding web browsers in an app. Is there a simple way to replace that? Not a KDE developer, but from what I've seen, konq still looks pretty locked into KDE.
Of course, maybe thats what you want. the idea, is choices, choices, choices. And we dont have to run windows at all.
Maybe we do MS bash, but so what? There are plenty of problems with MS other than their software, such as bussiness practices. It's just a way to point out their flaws. It's human nature.
On the whole, OSS is better. There are always problems with software. But, it gets fixed. At least the open source projects admit they arent perfect, MS just rants about the perfection of their constantly improved software. They improve what they said was so secure? Liers.
Not released? I'm using it right now. I really don't care about version numbers. Some projects can be finished, others are on-going. Mozilla will never be "finished"; it will always be changing. Thats a great thing.
So we found a little bug, big deal. It seems like an easy fix, and maybe even an extra feature. All they need to do is add an option (disallow scripts reading local files, ask before allowing, always allow). Easy as that, default to ask before. Sometimes it would be nice, if you trust the script. Maybe it could be extended even. How about creating a user for each script/site/etc and then you can set that users permissions? something like that. Always up-to-date html based software could do alot. Save emails directly to harddrive from web interface or other way around.
What are the chances of a hobbyist-initiate open standard network like this? I've got a decent antenna on my roof. What would it take for me to allow anonymous gateway access with 802.11b? I'm right on the edge of the coverage area for the local wireless providers, so why not extend it? If lots of people started doing this, we would soon cover the globe with a giant user-owned network. It would be possible for a truly free internet.
I've been using computers since I was seven (18 now) and I've been online since I was eleven. Even back when I thought typing 'win' at the DOS prompt was a password, I never got a single virus. Where does everyone find them? I want one!
Some things cant be expirenced without some interaction. Asking a question is a type of interactivity. Does this mean that every book with a question mark is no longer free speech?
I was actually thinking about video game censorship and ratings earlier. I thought of something, why not create a single rating system for any content-based item? I don't partically like censorship, but ratings do give room for "worse" things in content, because the rating says "stay away kids". This way, the same rating given to the new Jason X would be given to whatever Duke Nukem comes out next, if it does. Simple and money saving, even.
I've still got my original IBM PS/2 system in the garage, i actually have a project to use it for: experamental pressure controlled cooling system.
Also have three old 386's downstairs waiting for lemmings, linux 0.1 (something to do) and my own homebrewed OS i plan on messing around with.
They never get recycled if they never run out of use. Why not just an extra payment to the collectors when you toss a PC? Pay 25 bucks now when we could have technology to do it at no cost in years to come? (nano) makes no sense to me.
Along the lines of the PayPal debate, would it be feasable to start up a non-profit organization for the purpose? Maybe headed by a commitee of the sites using it the most. The sites themselves would support the overhead cost, so users pay only that 5 bucks for 100 days and no more. You might not like paying extra, taco, but it might persuade more users to use such a service and subscribe.
At one point I toyed with a very advanced computer idea in my head, a pass time I live in it seems.
Basically, a modular compoment system with all surfaces touch, heat, light, etc sensitive. high res/color displays on surfaces as well. Fast enough asyncronous parallel processing and you just lay a cd on the surface and the cd pits are scanned like an image and processed. What a nut my mind is sometimes. About a billion layers of abstraction between the CD and reading the actual data. Thought I'd share..
Interesting idea. What would the max spin be on the laser tho? and would stablizing the laser in its spin be difficult or even worth the added read speeds? More importantly, would this cost more than the whole cache-approach? Hell, you could probably afford cheap RAM for the cache for around what a harddrive would cost for the job, resulting in unreasonable drive speeds. Imagine a Red Hat installation in 10 seconds.
I agree, this would be nice. Actually, I think some of them have this half-baked with caches, don't they? Maybe most of them even. Maybe someday we'll have full-buffer DVD drives as well with 10,000x fast forward on videos.
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such inter-OSDN bickering... *sigh*
Would we even need our original immune system? We're going to start living with all these nanoprobes doing better jobs than the rest of our system and we'll evolve without the original biology, just the nanosystems. Soon, we wont really exist anymore, the human race will disappear, completely improved and replaced with silicon. I can't wait.
We would need a secure enough protocol to transfer the data over networks, for voting online and such.
There could be a password based on a combination of finger prints (left thumb, right index, right thumb, left pinky)...
I dunno, I think it could work... It would be harder to steal identities. As long as you show up in person and they keep the data secure and backed up.
Admit it, in KDE you still use konq for embedding web browsers in an app. Is there a simple way to replace that? Not a KDE developer, but from what I've seen, konq still looks pretty locked into KDE.
Of course, maybe thats what you want. the idea, is choices, choices, choices. And we dont have to run windows at all.
Remember the zlib bug? That went daylight front-page, didn't it? We don't hide things... Alot.
The bug works. I saw my /bin!
Maybe we do MS bash, but so what? There are plenty of problems with MS other than their software, such as bussiness practices. It's just a way to point out their flaws. It's human nature.
On the whole, OSS is better. There are always problems with software. But, it gets fixed. At least the open source projects admit they arent perfect, MS just rants about the perfection of their constantly improved software. They improve what they said was so secure? Liers.
I rant.
So we found a little bug, big deal. It seems like an easy fix, and maybe even an extra feature. All they need to do is add an option (disallow scripts reading local files, ask before allowing, always allow). Easy as that, default to ask before. Sometimes it would be nice, if you trust the script. Maybe it could be extended even. How about creating a user for each script/site/etc and then you can set that users permissions? something like that. Always up-to-date html based software could do alot. Save emails directly to harddrive from web interface or other way around.
Every cloud has its silver lining.
What are the chances of a hobbyist-initiate open standard network like this? I've got a decent antenna on my roof. What would it take for me to allow anonymous gateway access with 802.11b? I'm right on the edge of the coverage area for the local wireless providers, so why not extend it? If lots of people started doing this, we would soon cover the globe with a giant user-owned network. It would be possible for a truly free internet.
I've been using computers since I was seven (18 now) and I've been online since I was eleven. Even back when I thought typing 'win' at the DOS prompt was a password, I never got a single virus. Where does everyone find them? I want one!
Some things cant be expirenced without some interaction. Asking a question is a type of interactivity. Does this mean that every book with a question mark is no longer free speech?
im fairly sure this is assumed to cover any law, and i HIGHLY doubt your argument would hold up. Even in that judge's court!
of course. its a creation, thats my definition.
Asking people not to swear in a free-speech topic forum? So funny..
I was actually thinking about video game censorship and ratings earlier. I thought of something, why not create a single rating system for any content-based item? I don't partically like censorship, but ratings do give room for "worse" things in content, because the rating says "stay away kids". This way, the same rating given to the new Jason X would be given to whatever Duke Nukem comes out next, if it does. Simple and money saving, even.
I agree, especially with where I work: Hardee's.
Dark room, radio blaring, few liters of pepsi. thats all it takes for me. oh, and the clock saying 3 AM.
Also have three old 386's downstairs waiting for lemmings, linux 0.1 (something to do) and my own homebrewed OS i plan on messing around with.
They never get recycled if they never run out of use. Why not just an extra payment to the collectors when you toss a PC? Pay 25 bucks now when we could have technology to do it at no cost in years to come? (nano) makes no sense to me.
Oh, still have my C64 too.
Just an idea..
I'd say this would be classified as a bit of hardware acceleration...
so long as Gaiman and Buffy win
Basically, a modular compoment system with all surfaces touch, heat, light, etc sensitive. high res/color displays on surfaces as well. Fast enough asyncronous parallel processing and you just lay a cd on the surface and the cd pits are scanned like an image and processed. What a nut my mind is sometimes. About a billion layers of abstraction between the CD and reading the actual data. Thought I'd share..
Interesting idea. What would the max spin be on the laser tho? and would stablizing the laser in its spin be difficult or even worth the added read speeds? More importantly, would this cost more than the whole cache-approach? Hell, you could probably afford cheap RAM for the cache for around what a harddrive would cost for the job, resulting in unreasonable drive speeds. Imagine a Red Hat installation in 10 seconds.
slashdot effect at 1:30-2:00 AM... arent we pathetic? wouldnt be different at 4 or 5 would it?
I agree, this would be nice. Actually, I think some of them have this half-baked with caches, don't they? Maybe most of them even. Maybe someday we'll have full-buffer DVD drives as well with 10,000x fast forward on videos.