Even under the worst estimates, only about 5% of Manhattan is underwater. What else do you have wrong? Maybe all of it. Consider that you might have been misled by people with an agenda.
Errrr, climate change has both positive and negative effects. If the cost of reducing carbon emissions is greater than the sum of the positive and negative effects of global warming, why should we spend the money to reduce carbon emissions? Are you saying that scientists shouldn't do this research? Isn't that a rather faith-based idea? What's the difference between you and a believer in creationism? They don't question cretinism, and you don't question global warming./me buys you a white coat so you can better pretend to be a scientist.
Hoaxes take time to be discovered. There are always people saying "um, folks, this is a hoax", but there are so many people who believe the hoax that it takes them time to come to their senses.
I wonder if it would help if Snopes listed Global Warming as a hoax? I don't mean Climate Change -- that's the scientific observation that the climate is always changing. I mean Global Warming -- the idea that mankind is responsible for changing the weather -- as if that were possible!
Global Warming is a FACT! It cannot be denied or questioned! Everything that can be done to prevent Global Warming must be done, no matter the cost to freedom or your pocketbook, even if there are other measures which could be taken which cost less and have greater effect. These article must be suppressed, lest it cause people to question the Truth That Everyone Knows Is True. You know, like that witches cause bad harvests, that weird old women are witches, and that witches float unless they sink, in which case they must be burned alive.
I'm old enough to remember when continental drift was a radical theory. Continents can't drift! That's ridiculous! You can't question Science! What if you're wrong? Where would Science be, then? Where would our absolute source of authority be? You must have faith in Science. All praise Science, from whom everything good comes.
He is trying to make a point, but he's making it badly. He's trying to claim that there are people out there who are only producing entertainment because it's copy-protected. Which is obviously bullshit, since CDs have no copy protection, and in the libdecss days, anybody can rip a movie they purchased and store a copy on their hard drive. This state of affairs has not reduced the amount of entertainment for sale. His point -- that Digital Restrictions Management might allow for more entertainment -- is not obviously incorrect.
Calling it Digital Content Enabling is a poor way to make his point, because it implies that people would accept a different name for DRM. He thinks that renaming it to reflect the effect HE HAS NOT PROVEN will help people accept DRM.
His implication is that they won't fund the production of entertainment without Digital Restrictions Management. As if they were going to go out of business otherwise!
Oh, so if you misconfigure qmail it's insecure? I'll bet I can misconfigure anything and cause it to be insecure. Let's start with any PHP program and turn on register_globals. Let's run Apache as root.
Ahhhh, but the trick is to not make mistakes that you already know are mistakes. You'd really rather learn from other people's mistakes than make your own. Just like Patton said: "You don't want to die for your country. You want to make the other bastard die for his."
That doesn't violate the rule I laid down. If people are going to buy something anyway, the government shouldn't be buying it for them. If AND ONLY IF people won't buy something, then the government might consider whether the public gain is worth the public expense.
That said, you need to understand that we don't have classes in the U.S. Some people who are "rich" have not always been rich nor will they always be rich. Most people who are "poor" have not always been poor nor will they always be poor. It's not clear that most "poor" people need anything other than equal treatment under the law.
Again, your ignorance is so real, so fixed, that I can reach out and touch it. Yes, I'm purposefully trying to discourage you from commenting on this issue because you really have NO IDEA what you're saying. What you are missing is that the OLPC laptop is a *book replacement*. If it can't be justified as a book replacement, then it can't be justified AT ALL. So, if a government can't afford books, it won't be buying the OLPC for its students. Period. End of discussion. Your whole "walk a mile" thing is just a waste of electrons and magnetic domains. Save a domain! Shut up!
If they're smart enough to design a plausible $10 laptop, they're smart enough to know that nobody would be stupid enough to buy it, so they were smart to go to the government.
There is nothing wrong with subsidizing the education,
Actually, there is. The government should never spend money that private citizens will spend (for the government to spend $1 first it must spend money to take taxes from its citizens. The citizens will spend money to reduce their taxes). Only a very small number of parents will not educate their children. Everybody else will spend what it takes for their children to live up to their potential.
Wow. Your ignorance is palpable. The OLPC screen *is* reflective black and white... in the sun. And inside, where you can see the backlight, it's color. It might cost a little more, but it's a huge advance in usability. If you think color isn't worth whatever it costs, you must have never actually used a monochrome screen. I have. It's teh suck. Walk a mile in the shoes you want other people to wear and I might believe you.
Well, the Simputer worked just fine... it's just that they couldn't meet the $100 price target, and then they didn't know how to sell what they'd made.
The problem is that the Indians haven't made enough mistakes yet. Remember the Simputer? It, too, was supposed to be a cheap computer which Indian entrepreneurs (those folks with the STD/ISD/FAX booths everywhere) could buy to allow peasants to get on the 'net. It ended up being WAY too expensive. And they think they're going to make a $10 laptop? The $100 laptop is an OPEN DESIGN. They can grab it and build it themselves. No need to redesign for the Indian market. No need to take two years. Just build the damn thing. The fact that they're talking about the design says that the point here is the design, not the computer. This is just an IIT boondoggle. And look! They're talking about environmental testing as if that was something optional!?!?
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In at very least the U.K. Scientology is not a religion. Germany too. Why are we so gullible in the U.S.A.?
Even under the worst estimates, only about 5% of Manhattan is underwater. What else do you have wrong? Maybe all of it. Consider that you might have been misled by people with an agenda.
Errrr, climate change has both positive and negative effects. If the cost of reducing carbon emissions is greater than the sum of the positive and negative effects of global warming, why should we spend the money to reduce carbon emissions? Are you saying that scientists shouldn't do this research? Isn't that a rather faith-based idea? What's the difference between you and a believer in creationism? They don't question cretinism, and you don't question global warming. /me buys you a white coat so you can better pretend to be a scientist.
Hoaxes take time to be discovered. There are always people saying "um, folks, this is a hoax", but there are so many people who believe the hoax that it takes them time to come to their senses.
I wonder if it would help if Snopes listed Global Warming as a hoax? I don't mean Climate Change -- that's the scientific observation that the climate is always changing. I mean Global Warming -- the idea that mankind is responsible for changing the weather -- as if that were possible!
Global Warming is a FACT! It cannot be denied or questioned! Everything that can be done to prevent Global Warming must be done, no matter the cost to freedom or your pocketbook, even if there are other measures which could be taken which cost less and have greater effect. These article must be suppressed, lest it cause people to question the Truth That Everyone Knows Is True. You know, like that witches cause bad harvests, that weird old women are witches, and that witches float unless they sink, in which case they must be burned alive.
I'm old enough to remember when continental drift was a radical theory. Continents can't drift! That's ridiculous! You can't question Science! What if you're wrong? Where would Science be, then? Where would our absolute source of authority be? You must have faith in Science. All praise Science, from whom everything good comes.
The technical specs don't matter as long as the entertainment is there.
He is trying to make a point, but he's making it badly. He's trying to claim that there are people out there who are only producing entertainment because it's copy-protected. Which is obviously bullshit, since CDs have no copy protection, and in the libdecss days, anybody can rip a movie they purchased and store a copy on their hard drive. This state of affairs has not reduced the amount of entertainment for sale. His point -- that Digital Restrictions Management might allow for more entertainment -- is not obviously incorrect.
Calling it Digital Content Enabling is a poor way to make his point, because it implies that people would accept a different name for DRM. He thinks that renaming it to reflect the effect HE HAS NOT PROVEN will help people accept DRM.
His implication is that they won't fund the production of entertainment without Digital Restrictions Management. As if they were going to go out of business otherwise!
Errrr, given that DRM stands for "Digital Restrictions Management", isn't talking about "DRM restrictions" redundant?
The integrated tape / hard drive unit from Hewlett Packard had two red switches: tape -> disk and disk -> tape.
Yep.
That's so totally NOT our problem. Just don't buy CDs in those states. Make it the store's problem.
Oh, so if you misconfigure qmail it's insecure? I'll bet I can misconfigure anything and cause it to be insecure. Let's start with any PHP program and turn on register_globals. Let's run Apache as root.
Ahhhh, but the trick is to not make mistakes that you already know are mistakes. You'd really rather learn from other people's mistakes than make your own. Just like Patton said: "You don't want to die for your country. You want to make the other bastard die for his."
That doesn't violate the rule I laid down. If people are going to buy something anyway, the government shouldn't be buying it for them. If AND ONLY IF people won't buy something, then the government might consider whether the public gain is worth the public expense.
That said, you need to understand that we don't have classes in the U.S. Some people who are "rich" have not always been rich nor will they always be rich. Most people who are "poor" have not always been poor nor will they always be poor. It's not clear that most "poor" people need anything other than equal treatment under the law.
Again, your ignorance is so real, so fixed, that I can reach out and touch it. Yes, I'm purposefully trying to discourage you from commenting on this issue because you really have NO IDEA what you're saying. What you are missing is that the OLPC laptop is a *book replacement*. If it can't be justified as a book replacement, then it can't be justified AT ALL. So, if a government can't afford books, it won't be buying the OLPC for its students. Period. End of discussion. Your whole "walk a mile" thing is just a waste of electrons and magnetic domains. Save a domain! Shut up!
a reason why many people avoid DJB's software.
Why, it's the second most popular MTA on the Internet! Surely you are joking.
A 50 year old person was born before transistors existed. Fortunately for me, I'm only 49.
Sure you do. They're called "libertarians".
If they're smart enough to design a plausible $10 laptop, they're smart enough to know that nobody would be stupid enough to buy it, so they were smart to go to the government.
Well, ITYM 500 bucks (or .005 lakhs), but whatever.
Actually, there is. The government should never spend money that private citizens will spend (for the government to spend $1 first it must spend money to take taxes from its citizens. The citizens will spend money to reduce their taxes). Only a very small number of parents will not educate their children. Everybody else will spend what it takes for their children to live up to their potential.
Wow. Your ignorance is palpable. The OLPC screen *is* reflective black and white ... in the sun. And inside, where you can see the backlight, it's color. It might cost a little more, but it's a huge advance in usability. If you think color isn't worth whatever it costs, you must have never actually used a monochrome screen. I have. It's teh suck. Walk a mile in the shoes you want other people to wear and I might believe you.
Well, the Simputer worked just fine ... it's just that they couldn't meet the $100 price target, and then they didn't know how to sell what they'd made.
Oh, great, just what Mumbai needs ... more cars. How about India doing something different, like the RUF.
The problem is that the Indians haven't made enough mistakes yet. Remember the Simputer? It, too, was supposed to be a cheap computer which Indian entrepreneurs (those folks with the STD/ISD/FAX booths everywhere) could buy to allow peasants to get on the 'net. It ended up being WAY too expensive. And they think they're going to make a $10 laptop? The $100 laptop is an OPEN DESIGN. They can grab it and build it themselves. No need to redesign for the Indian market. No need to take two years. Just build the damn thing. The fact that they're talking about the design says that the point here is the design, not the computer. This is just an IIT boondoggle. And look! They're talking about environmental testing as if that was something optional!?!?