is that it depends on the design of the tool. A gun for example can be used for assualt or self defence, so the responsibilty for it's use comes down to the user. On the other hand, if a company designed and sold an item that only had a negative use eg. car bombs(extreme example I know), then both the company and the user should be held responsable. Just common sense.
The light does not go dark when no power runs through it. Flourescent lights work on the principal of a powder(mercury based I think), on the inside of the tube being excited to a higher energy state, then releasing that energy over a brief period of time at a lower wavelength than it was absorbed at. I am fairly sure(not completely), that this relaxation time, is longer than the power oscillation period(1/120 seconds). So all this means that while the light does flicker, it is never completely dark. Sorry to split hairs, but us physicists, have to keep the engineers in check:-)
This is totally true. I have found myself starting to grow uneasy over the last few months as linux is discussed more and more in the popular media, and by non geek types. As I listen to these business reporters/lifestyle commentators praising linux (well some of the time), I can feel the love affair with the linux-image start to fade. It can't be cool if these people are talking about it right? I know it's shallow, but I think it's true that the reason alot of us are proud to call ourselves linux users, is that it makes us different, and lets us sneer at the masses.
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>There is no reason to go after some of the Net's >most vulnerable users -- kids --
Oh won't somebody think of the children!!
is that it depends on the design of the tool. A gun for example can be used for assualt or self defence, so the responsibilty for it's use comes down to the user. On the other hand, if a company designed and sold an item that only had a negative use eg. car bombs(extreme example I know), then both the company and the user should be held responsable. Just common sense.
The light does not go dark when no power runs through it. Flourescent lights work on the principal of a powder(mercury based I think), on the inside of the tube being excited to a higher energy state, then releasing that energy over a brief period of time at a lower wavelength than it was absorbed at. I am fairly sure(not completely), that this relaxation time, is longer than the power oscillation period(1/120 seconds). :-)
So all this means that while the light does flicker, it is never completely dark. Sorry to split hairs, but us physicists, have to keep the engineers in check
This is totally true. I have found myself starting to grow uneasy over the last few months as linux is discussed more and more in the popular media, and by non geek types. As I listen to these business reporters/lifestyle commentators praising linux (well some of the time), I can feel the love affair with the linux-image start to fade. It can't be cool if these people are talking about it right? I know it's shallow, but I think it's true that the reason alot of us are proud to call ourselves linux users, is that it makes us different, and lets us sneer at the masses.