Whether it's the appeal to "common sense" or the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
People seem to think that software is forever. It isn't. It usually rots from the outside in as OS's are updated, peripherals are replaced, and other external factors kick in. To keep these dinosaurs running require more and more desperate measures as time passes (then again, we're talking government, where expensive solutions are considered just another day). Parts that haven't been made in decades wear out, people who know how it worked die off.
That's not even taking into account stuff like the higher power consumption, lower computing speed, more physical space required for discrete boxes and so forth.
Polaroid instant cameras were convenient, but that's about it. If the fixative wasn't applied just right - even in the auto-fixing cameras, you'd get sloppy consistency, fading colors and off-hues.
Within a very short distance of home - and many tourist destinations - are places where I can jack my phone in, upload pictures and have plenty of good-quality photos to share around within an hour. And one thing no instant-shot camera could provide: multiple copies.
If you're really into print-on-the-spot, as I recall, Polaroid even has a portable photo printer and it's probably not a whole lot slower than timing the developer on an instant-shot film.
Don't blame me. Parent shouldn't be mixing hardware whinges with software whinges in the same paragraph. The hardware is what the manufacturer made it to be. software can come from anywhere.
For me, a software development IDE is either a specific product or plural. Lots of IDEs work just fine on the Pi. I've used IDEs on machines a lot feebler than even the most basic Raspberry Pi, especially if you include Emacs and Vim with plugins. Re-reading carefully, I'm thinking the parent complaint was about a supposed lack of a Python IDE, but Python doesn't come with an IDE anyway. But, as I recall, stock Emacs distros know how to keep the space/tab paradox straight for ".py" files even on the Pi.
Even the last couple of desktop motherboards I've bought don't do IDE anymore. Strictly SATA.
Realistically, the Pi is OK for casual computing and as a mount-anywhere smart controller/interface, but if you need serious storage, network that sucker into a SAN.
Let's say that the whole system was scrapped and anyone anywhere in the world was eligible to be hired.
Now consider the cost of living. The reason why $7000 a year is a respectable salary in India is because they consider a refrigerator to be a luxury option. Not a double-french door, 2 bottom compartment water-and-icemaker model with iPad in the door - just a basic fridge-and-freezer combo with manual ice trays will do.
Replace the central A/C with a fan. Expect the electricity to go out at intervals. Kiss the Steak-and-Potatoes goodby. Rice and dal are more likely. But spices are cheap, which is good, since that's how you break the monotony of rice and dal. And by the way, the health and safety standards of your food is much more "free market" than in the USA, in addition to being amenable to bribery. So develop a strong immune system and tolerance for toxic chemicals. No 4-bedroom ranch house with 3-car garage. More like an apartment and no cars at all. Although your employer might provide a shuttle bus. No lawn, of course.
This is what your Free Market paradise would be like.
Is your ideology so important to you that that's how you would like to live?
You lost all credibility once you used the word "sheeple". Lose 5 points for the overused cant, and another 5 points because even with a neutral replacement for the loaded word "sheeple" that sentence doesn't make sense.
Corporations may be made up of "sheeple" (you lose 5 points for that), but they are not democracies. A corporation is not one person, one vote, it's one share, one vote (for voting shares). And shares are disproportionately held in the hands of the 1% and other corporations.
So while a dictator may not be the only way to keep a corporation from doing evil, the list of alternatives isn't all that long.
Also, what will television shows do with electric vehicles? They can't very well have them go up in a fireball like gasoline ones. Maybe an electrical storm?
Rather like the control panels on the U.S.S. Enterprise, etc.
Despite the fact that primitive 20th Century control circuitry generally operates off low power levels, leaving the heavy lifting (sparky) stuff down in the Engine Room.
Both of these comments are wrong. They will simply be installed and managed by people who know what they're doing, not some kids on reddit who want to prove Microsoft is evil.
HA! One the one hand, you've an army (no pun intended) of people who'll cheerfully tell you that Government Can't Do Anything Right, that only the Private Sector can do things competently.
On the other hand, you've got an army of people who'll point out that we've privatized the hell out of government and the military, and that the job will likely as not be given to some pet bidder who'll outsource it to the cheapest offshore/H1-B workforce they can scrounge up.
So there's going to be a whole lot of laughter here.
It's also worth noting that Detroit fought tooth and nail against seatbelts, the battle went on for years, with auto executives making arguments against them that would have made a tobacco company blush.
Yes, regulation - like unions - can become too successful for their own good, but a black-or-white world is a cold place to live in.
And, repeating, cost/benefit analyses are all that keeps non-UL plugs off the shelves. If Wal-Mart decides that non-certified cut-rate cat food, er electrical plugs will sell profitably enough to exceed potential liability costs, expect to see non-UL plugs on Wal-Mart's shelves.
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Whether it's the appeal to "common sense" or the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
People seem to think that software is forever. It isn't. It usually rots from the outside in as OS's are updated, peripherals are replaced, and other external factors kick in. To keep these dinosaurs running require more and more desperate measures as time passes (then again, we're talking government, where expensive solutions are considered just another day). Parts that haven't been made in decades wear out, people who know how it worked die off.
That's not even taking into account stuff like the higher power consumption, lower computing speed, more physical space required for discrete boxes and so forth.
And who is going to provide the competition for the current providers? That's a recursive answer at best.
What if the barrier is that you need a couple of 10s of millions of dollars to buy and install infrastructure just to get started?
I'd do it, but I don't think I have that much change lost between the sofa cushions. In fact, probably 99% of the people you ask will say the same.
It doesn't matter. Some people will accept anything if they are assured that they will get the Low Price Always [TM].
"Please state the nature of your medical emergency."
"All of our robots are busy helping other emergency patients. Please wait for the next available robot. Your health is very important to us!"
Probably because you own an automobile.
Polaroid instant cameras were convenient, but that's about it. If the fixative wasn't applied just right - even in the auto-fixing cameras, you'd get sloppy consistency, fading colors and off-hues.
Within a very short distance of home - and many tourist destinations - are places where I can jack my phone in, upload pictures and have plenty of good-quality photos to share around within an hour. And one thing no instant-shot camera could provide: multiple copies.
If you're really into print-on-the-spot, as I recall, Polaroid even has a portable photo printer and it's probably not a whole lot slower than timing the developer on an instant-shot film.
Don't blame me. Parent shouldn't be mixing hardware whinges with software whinges in the same paragraph. The hardware is what the manufacturer made it to be. software can come from anywhere.
For me, a software development IDE is either a specific product or plural. Lots of IDEs work just fine on the Pi. I've used IDEs on machines a lot feebler than even the most basic Raspberry Pi, especially if you include Emacs and Vim with plugins. Re-reading carefully, I'm thinking the parent complaint was about a supposed lack of a Python IDE, but Python doesn't come with an IDE anyway. But, as I recall, stock Emacs distros know how to keep the space/tab paradox straight for ".py" files even on the Pi.
IDE?
Even the last couple of desktop motherboards I've bought don't do IDE anymore. Strictly SATA.
Realistically, the Pi is OK for casual computing and as a mount-anywhere smart controller/interface, but if you need serious storage, network that sucker into a SAN.
And in at least some of those years, salaries for the folks at the top - like O'Neill - have risen more like 14%.
It's only fair. They're a bunch of Mouseketeers.
Let's say that the whole system was scrapped and anyone anywhere in the world was eligible to be hired.
Now consider the cost of living. The reason why $7000 a year is a respectable salary in India is because they consider a refrigerator to be a luxury option. Not a double-french door, 2 bottom compartment water-and-icemaker model with iPad in the door - just a basic fridge-and-freezer combo with manual ice trays will do.
Replace the central A/C with a fan. Expect the electricity to go out at intervals. Kiss the Steak-and-Potatoes goodby. Rice and dal are more likely. But spices are cheap, which is good, since that's how you break the monotony of rice and dal. And by the way, the health and safety standards of your food is much more "free market" than in the USA, in addition to being amenable to bribery. So develop a strong immune system and tolerance for toxic chemicals. No 4-bedroom ranch house with 3-car garage. More like an apartment and no cars at all. Although your employer might provide a shuttle bus. No lawn, of course.
This is what your Free Market paradise would be like.
Is your ideology so important to you that that's how you would like to live?
You lost all credibility once you used the word "sheeple". Lose 5 points for the overused cant, and another 5 points because even with a neutral replacement for the loaded word "sheeple" that sentence doesn't make sense.
Corporations may be made up of "sheeple" (you lose 5 points for that), but they are not democracies. A corporation is not one person, one vote, it's one share, one vote (for voting shares). And shares are disproportionately held in the hands of the 1% and other corporations.
So while a dictator may not be the only way to keep a corporation from doing evil, the list of alternatives isn't all that long.
"and he is of zero substance"
Look around, and his supporters. Substance is lacking nationwide, it's not just a problem of presidential candidacy.
Not by a long shot. You can sell pretty and you can sell cheap a lot easier than you can sell substance.
d. do the disenfranchised really believe that once elected, he'd be interested in helping them?
Don't be upset. It's absolutely essential to burn petrochemicals. It is a well-known fact that only petrochemicals create jobs.
And we wouldn't want to interfere with job creation, would we? Where would American business be if it couldn't export jobs to China and India?
Also, what will television shows do with electric vehicles? They can't very well have them go up in a fireball like gasoline ones. Maybe an electrical storm?
Rather like the control panels on the U.S.S. Enterprise, etc.
Despite the fact that primitive 20th Century control circuitry generally operates off low power levels, leaving the heavy lifting (sparky) stuff down in the Engine Room.
This is the Century of Fear. Everybody promotes fear. It's what they use to make us willingly offer up our dignity and our freedom.
What's being described here is use of media not as a "weapon of fear", but as an all-out weapon of attack.
what about the disposal problem?
Hammer.
Both of these comments are wrong. They will simply be installed and managed by people who know what they're doing, not some kids on reddit who want to prove Microsoft is evil.
HA! One the one hand, you've an army (no pun intended) of people who'll cheerfully tell you that Government Can't Do Anything Right, that only the Private Sector can do things competently.
On the other hand, you've got an army of people who'll point out that we've privatized the hell out of government and the military, and that the job will likely as not be given to some pet bidder who'll outsource it to the cheapest offshore/H1-B workforce they can scrounge up.
So there's going to be a whole lot of laughter here.
Well, you could always bit a peanut-butter sandwich into the shape of a gun!
Great minds think alike! My passphrase is "Allahu Akbar"!
It's also worth noting that Detroit fought tooth and nail against seatbelts, the battle went on for years, with auto executives making arguments against them that would have made a tobacco company blush.
Yes, regulation - like unions - can become too successful for their own good, but a black-or-white world is a cold place to live in.
And, repeating, cost/benefit analyses are all that keeps non-UL plugs off the shelves. If Wal-Mart decides that non-certified cut-rate cat food, er electrical plugs will sell profitably enough to exceed potential liability costs, expect to see non-UL plugs on Wal-Mart's shelves.
Waterboards for everyone!