Absolutely. It isn't a short-term solution. But few of today's major problems have viable short-term solutions (education, poverty, the environment, oil, terrorism, etc.).
Governments in general are short-sighted. Often, they can only see as far as the next election (even less if they are a minority government). And the media doesn't help foster any long-term thinking either, which means that Joe Newswatcher is always going to be pushing for results RIGHT NOW.
Unfortunately, I don't understand your last point: Frankly, I think more exposure to the internet will help more than anything. If would-be terrorists were to make friends over here, it'd make them think twice. How would broadband-for-all help stop would-be terrorists? Keep in mind (to get back to the education thing) that someone with an evil bent will use the broadband for evil... so without fostering the proper environment first, you just might be making things worse!
But aren't the lesser-educated more prone to hold fundamentalist beliefs (on both sides of the world)?
So, an argument for education could also be seen as an argument to create more understanding and tolerance... which would hopefully reduce the need for attacks (on both sides of the world).
"Vomit Comet" is also the nickname for the all-night transit bus that runs along the main east-west street here in Toronto, Canada.
Certainly it is a pun on the "Red Rocket" (the "official" nickname for our old streetcars), but also accurately describes both a) the speed at which the drivers go, and b) the activities of most of the passengers at 4am.
Someone should blog *that*.
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the anti-virus software is not going to have deffinitions for viruses that dont exist on the platform that the software was designed for.
That isn't true, I don't think. Virex on the Mac recognizes Windows virii signatures.
3)Living in NYC has it's own advantages. Here, I can go Tango Dancing every day of the week, see the best museums, never have to drive the death machine we call an automobile, can go out drinking without worrying about how I am getting home, can see world class plays, theater, etc. etc. etc. Living in Canada would be a marked decrease in my Life Style. It might be OK for people that don;t care about this kind of stuff, but not for me.
You've obviously never visited Toronto, or Montreal or any of the large cities up here.
Imagine you keep all your home banking records encrypted on your computer. And say that you do all the online banking in the family (your spouse isn't great with computers).
"do you want the 'pretty version'? Be warned that it may affect system performance."
That's going to scare away non-technical users though.
MS, love 'em or hate 'em, is doing it right: appeal to the largest market segment with the default settings. Those people who want to improve performance are still be able to, but need to make the adjustments post-install.
The problem, if Windows came "bare-bones", is that no one would buy it.
If Joe Public doesn't see "improvements" in the next generation of OS (like transparent windows, integrated internet browsing, etc.), then MS isn't going to convince many people to upgrade.
(And yes, the typical/. crowd may not see those things as improvements, but MS isn't selling to the typical/. user.)
In 1903, when Henry Ford launched the Ford Motor Company, his third attempt at making cars, automobiles were high-priced, custom-made playthings for the rich. What's more, the major manufacturers had figured out a way to keep it that way. They had acquired a strategic property right very much like the recording industry's copyrights on recorded songs. It was called the Selden Patent and it gave its owners the exclusive right to sell a very basic invention: self-propelled vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. Many people in the car business thought this patent was an outrage - much as some online retailers today are angry that Amazon.com received a patent on its "One-Click" checkout system. But the U.S. Patent Office had issued the Selden Patent and a group of powerful incumbents had purchased it and formed an association to enforce it. Litigation, then as now, was very expensive - especially for start-up companies with limited working capital. Nearly every car company fell into line to pay royalties to the Association for the privilege of making and selling cars.
Except Henry Ford. The association did not want another competitor in Detroit and it did not like his idea of driving prices down to where average people could afford a car. So it refused to license him. For Ford, it was either exit the industry or fight the Selden Patent in court. He decided to raise a legal war chest and fight the incumbents. The litigation lasted from 1903 until 1911 and along the way, the association launched hundreds of lawsuits against Ford's customers to scare them away from his showrooms for buying "unlicensed vehicles."
Most ordinary people of Ford's era had been content to stand by and watch the automobile makers slug it out over the Selden Patent. It was just an industry cat fight. But when the big "money men" started suing ordinary people who were just trying to buy a cheap car, public sympathy shifted against the incumbents. People rallied to Ford's side against the bullies. Editorials weighed in against the industry's heavy-handed lawsuits, and Ford helped his own case by purchasing litigation insurance for his customers. By the time the patent litigation was over - Ford won on appeal in 1911 when the court ruled that the Selden Patent covered only cars made with a special type of engine nobody was using anymore - Ford was a hero, and the largest car manufacturer in America.
Here's a quote from that article (emphasis added):
The record companies follow the songs when they're downloaded onto computers, and they also note how many copyrighted songs are stored on that computer's hard drive memory, because those songs are often "uploaded" or shared with others through the file-sharing service.
How, exactly does one "follow the songs" once they're downloaded? The only thing that comes to mind is that the RIAA must be offering the files for download. Then, when little Cassandra downloads the song, the RIAA has her IP, and can browse what she has on offer.
IANAL, but isn't that a form of entrapment? And isn't that... uh, like... bad? Especially if you are entrapping a minor?
My understanding is that "mining" the He in the atmosphere is very cost-prohibitive.
As for the natural gas reserves (which are also near depletion, according to some reports) being restocked with He from radioactive decay... I imagine that that is a fairly slow process. certainly slower than the speed at which we'd like to extract it.
So, I'm not sure how urgent the situation really is. More than most people think, I imagine.
Also, I remember reading a while ago that the earth's helium resources are pretty limited. Any helium that escapes into the atmosphere isn't coming back. Ever.
So, once we use the helium we have, we aren't getting any more. One source says this may happen by 2030.
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Never have we had a prime minister who was not from either the Liberal or Conservative parties.
(The Unionist "party" mentioned on that page was a coalition of pro-conscription Liberals and Conservatives during the period of WWI.)
Absolutely. It isn't a short-term solution. But few of today's major problems have viable short-term solutions (education, poverty, the environment, oil, terrorism, etc.).
... so without fostering the proper environment first, you just might be making things worse!
Governments in general are short-sighted. Often, they can only see as far as the next election (even less if they are a minority government). And the media doesn't help foster any long-term thinking either, which means that Joe Newswatcher is always going to be pushing for results RIGHT NOW.
Unfortunately, I don't understand your last point: Frankly, I think more exposure to the internet will help more than anything. If would-be terrorists were to make friends over here, it'd make them think twice. How would broadband-for-all help stop would-be terrorists? Keep in mind (to get back to the education thing) that someone with an evil bent will use the broadband for evil
But aren't the lesser-educated more prone to hold fundamentalist beliefs (on both sides of the world)?
... which would hopefully reduce the need for attacks (on both sides of the world).
So, an argument for education could also be seen as an argument to create more understanding and tolerance
PHP isn't the only thing to use GD, although I'm guessing it's the most popular one.
PHP has always support GIF reading. They took the GIF writing support out when Unisys were being dinks.
"Vomit Comet" is also the nickname for the all-night transit bus that runs along the main east-west street here in Toronto, Canada.
Certainly it is a pun on the "Red Rocket" (the "official" nickname for our old streetcars), but also accurately describes both a) the speed at which the drivers go, and b) the activities of most of the passengers at 4am.
Someone should blog *that*.
the anti-virus software is not going to have deffinitions for viruses that dont exist on the platform that the software was designed for.
That isn't true, I don't think. Virex on the Mac recognizes Windows virii signatures.
3)Living in NYC has it's own advantages. Here, I can go Tango Dancing every day of the week, see the best museums, never have to drive the death machine we call an automobile, can go out drinking without worrying about how I am getting home, can see world class plays, theater, etc. etc. etc. Living in Canada would be a marked decrease in my Life Style. It might be OK for people that don;t care about this kind of stuff, but not for me.
You've obviously never visited Toronto, or Montreal or any of the large cities up here.
So, what you're saying, when you get right down to it, basically, is:
"Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!"
Oh, I thought NetBSD was dead already.
I'm putting my money on USB keychain drives becoming the new, cross-platform data transfer method.
Or maybe iPods.
A floppy drive ... on a Mac? Now that's news that matters!
Besides ... you could easily take GIGApixel images with your existing camera, using the stiching technique outlined on Max Lyons' website.
... no time, no subject matter ... but if the results are anything like Max's, I'll be impressed.
I have yet to try this with my Canon G3
Fine. I should have said that no one would upgrade it.
Imagine you keep all your home banking records encrypted on your computer. And say that you do all the online banking in the family (your spouse isn't great with computers).
Then you die.
All that info is now unavailable to anyone.
... close to the bone ...
(snicker)
"do you want the 'pretty version'? Be warned that it may affect system performance."
That's going to scare away non-technical users though.
MS, love 'em or hate 'em, is doing it right: appeal to the largest market segment with the default settings. Those people who want to improve performance are still be able to, but need to make the adjustments post-install.
The problem, if Windows came "bare-bones", is that no one would buy it.
/. crowd may not see those things as improvements, but MS isn't selling to the typical /. user.)
If Joe Public doesn't see "improvements" in the next generation of OS (like transparent windows, integrated internet browsing, etc.), then MS isn't going to convince many people to upgrade.
(And yes, the typical
Yes.
How, exactly does one "follow the songs" once they're downloaded? The only thing that comes to mind is that the RIAA must be offering the files for download. Then, when little Cassandra downloads the song, the RIAA has her IP, and can browse what she has on offer.
IANAL, but isn't that a form of entrapment? And isn't that
I bet he's hoping that his 6'4", 235 lb cell mate didn't get his penis enlarged.
My understanding is that "mining" the He in the atmosphere is very cost-prohibitive.
... I imagine that that is a fairly slow process. certainly slower than the speed at which we'd like to extract it.
As for the natural gas reserves (which are also near depletion, according to some reports) being restocked with He from radioactive decay
So, I'm not sure how urgent the situation really is. More than most people think, I imagine.
Also, I remember reading a while ago that the earth's helium resources are pretty limited. Any helium that escapes into the atmosphere isn't coming back. Ever.
So, once we use the helium we have, we aren't getting any more. One source says this may happen by 2030.
Found some googled info here and here and here.
... against undead, europeans, and werecreatures?
Why repeat yourself?
I have not seen a single bamboo shoot for 3 years.
The goats, however, are now a bitch to get rid of.