Linux has been getting increasingly more popular for the last decade, and it has been happening all the time. What leads you to believe it will suddenly stop?
And as people have wealth and retain it, it will inevitably grow. I am fine with that.
Hmm. I hope you liked the era of Charles Dickens. I have no problem with the absolute numbers going up, but shifts in distribution are of some concern.
I think the income tax right now is almost just right.
I'm not sure about that, if you start looking at smaller wealth vs taxation slices above 50%, I wonder if you might find that income earners from 50-75% (the middle class) are paying more income tax than they control wealth wise.
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Yes, but what you don't realize is that the rich pay the VAST majority of income taxes. The top 50% of income earners pay 96% of all income taxes paid. (link).
That seems about right (or a little low), because it seems that the top 50% also control 97.2% of the wealth. (link) A Google researcher goes into it a little more. Following the news I've also continusouly heard about the continuing growth of the gap between the most wealthy and least, but I'm not sure if its real or just a statistical effect.
"You are missing the supposition that ALL officals and agents of a given government are not corrupt or in bed with organized crime. However, given the anti-government slant of most slashdoters, it is understandable."
I wasn't implying that any gov't officials are corrupt - Just trying to figure out how putting on a location tracker helps keep officials safe?
What? Mexico has a problem with "significant government corruption and organized crime" (including BTW judges and other officials being assasinated) and the solution is to put a location tracking device on the officials? Am I missing something here?
You're standing in a room trying to fight off attackers while the lower screen is showing a machine with a puzzle of buttons and knobs that you need to use to initaite a self destruct...
Go one step further and you might have a laptop with flip up lid that consists of little more that a reflective surface to shine the projector onto, flip the lid out of the way and have a presentation projector.
I've always thought it would be better to let the access stay open, but monitor and flag questionable sites instead of blocking them. Let the child know that a monitoring system is in place and let them have some practice at making real world decisions.
If the radiator mount is strong, how can it be brittle at the same time?
Calling a material brittle describes how it fails not when it fails. If you exceed the strength of a part made of a brittle material it likely snaps. If you exceed the strength of a part made of a ductile material it likely bends. The level of force a part made of brittle materials can tolerate may be higher than the equivalent part made of ductile material. I'm drastically simplifying this, so if you're interested in more depth, look up metallurgy or materials engineering.
The package format is only the first and probably most shallow problem in trying to use cross-distribution packages. A huge portion of package reliability and usability comes from a well managed set of package interdependencies. Managing those interdependencies is a major task for a single distro, let alone trying to handle the exponentially more complex dependencies sanely accros distros.
If you really want to solve the problem of cross-distro's, you need start at the other end. Define your own packaging standard which favors statically compiled dependencies. Then write or adapt tools to package the resulting statically linked binaries into different distro packaging formats. You can't just blindly statically link either. For some applications, you'll also have to solve device interface, and kernel interface issues across distro's and kernel versions and configurations too.
Now, I do a lot of IT work, seeing as it's my job. One thing I've found more often than not is that people DON'T like to change whatever it is they're used to.
Guess what, people hate changing from version to version of MS Office too. You should have heard the moans of fear in my workplace when it was rumored that we were going to be upgrading. You could just wait until the next major MS Office upgrade and give them a choice... MS Office or OOffice and software budget rebate:)
From the description, this thing works just like Esso Speedpass dongles, in that, the thing needs to be within around 2 cm ( 1 inch ) for it to trigger and transmit the needed data. The only way anyone could eavesdrop on or steal your CC number using this system is if he has his hands in your pants.
Doesn't a thief just need a better antenna and transmitter? I'm thinking across the street would be a safe distance away from your pants.:)
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Linux has been getting increasingly more popular for the last decade, and it has been happening all the time. What leads you to believe it will suddenly stop?
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I'm glad you're not my stockbroker.
And as people have wealth and retain it, it will inevitably grow. I am fine with that.
Hmm. I hope you liked the era of Charles Dickens. I have no problem with the absolute numbers going up, but shifts in distribution are of some concern.
I think the income tax right now is almost just right.
I'm not sure about that, if you start looking at smaller wealth vs taxation slices above 50%, I wonder if you might find that income earners from 50-75% (the middle class) are paying more income tax than they control wealth wise.
Violent Video Game Law Fragged.
Have a nice day.
Yes, but what you don't realize is that the rich pay the VAST majority of income taxes. The top 50% of income earners pay 96% of all income taxes paid. (link).
That seems about right (or a little low), because it seems that the top 50% also control 97.2% of the wealth. (link) A Google researcher goes into it a little more. Following the news I've also continusouly heard about the continuing growth of the gap between the most wealthy and least, but I'm not sure if its real or just a statistical effect.
"You are missing the supposition that ALL officals and agents of a given government are not corrupt or in bed with organized crime. However, given the anti-government slant of most slashdoters, it is understandable."
I wasn't implying that any gov't officials are corrupt - Just trying to figure out how putting on a location tracker helps keep officials safe?
What? Mexico has a problem with "significant government corruption and organized crime" (including BTW judges and other officials being assasinated) and the solution is to put a location tracking device on the officials? Am I missing something here?
Does it have to be generally recoginzed as a game?
You're standing in a room trying to fight off attackers while the lower screen is showing a machine with a puzzle of buttons and knobs that you need to use to initaite a self destruct...
Go one step further and you might have a laptop with flip up lid that consists of little more that a reflective surface to shine the projector onto, flip the lid out of the way and have a presentation projector.
I've always thought it would be better to let the access stay open, but monitor and flag questionable sites instead of blocking them. Let the child know that a monitoring system is in place and let them have some practice at making real world decisions.
Jesus! MS patenting SOAP? I mean, how are we supposed to do our washing now?
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Like lack of SOAP matters to a geek like you?
(Sorry couldn't resist either
Yes, obviously, but then, _how come_ there are no standard protocols that fix this? Many people perceive the need.
Certainly it exists. Its called X Windows.
You can't tune the thing while running? That is so lame.
Actually, you can tune it, but it involves a complex pattern of hops, skips, and jumps.
If the radiator mount is strong, how can it be brittle at the same time?
Calling a material brittle describes how it fails not when it fails. If you exceed the strength of a part made of a brittle material it likely snaps. If you exceed the strength of a part made of a ductile material it likely bends. The level of force a part made of brittle materials can tolerate may be higher than the equivalent part made of ductile material. I'm drastically simplifying this, so if you're interested in more depth, look up metallurgy or materials engineering.
I seriously doubt the government has encryption-busters publishing classified theory discoveries that we don't know about.
Naaa... its not as if the government hires some huge number of mathematicians or anyting.
The article left out two zeros.
The IRS website publishes stats and has an Excel file reporting that in 2002 it took $0.45 to collect $100.
The real question is... did you post this before he was moderated at +5 insightful?
I'll tell you for $15 :)
Can you get the robot in a polished gold finish or in trash-can sized form factor for repair and interface?
You're forgetting the low-probability of breeding for a fluent Klingon speaker.
The package format is only the first and probably most shallow problem in trying to use cross-distribution packages. A huge portion of package reliability and usability comes from a well managed set of package interdependencies. Managing those interdependencies is a major task for a single distro, let alone trying to handle the exponentially more complex dependencies sanely accros distros.
If you really want to solve the problem of cross-distro's, you need start at the other end. Define your own packaging standard which favors statically compiled dependencies. Then write or adapt tools to package the resulting statically linked binaries into different distro packaging formats. You can't just blindly statically link either. For some applications, you'll also have to solve device interface, and kernel interface issues across distro's and kernel versions and configurations too.
Now, I do a lot of IT work, seeing as it's my job. One thing I've found more often than not is that people DON'T like to change whatever it is they're used to.
... MS Office or OOffice and software budget rebate :)
Guess what, people hate changing from version to version of MS Office too. You should have heard the moans of fear in my workplace when it was rumored that we were going to be upgrading. You could just wait until the next major MS Office upgrade and give them a choice
From the description, this thing works just like Esso Speedpass dongles, in that, the thing needs to be within around 2 cm ( 1 inch ) for it to trigger and transmit the needed data. The only way anyone could eavesdrop on or steal your CC number using this system is if he has his hands in your pants.
:)
Doesn't a thief just need a better antenna and transmitter? I'm thinking across the street would be a safe distance away from your pants.
It's called a computer.
Thank you for your post in the slashdot forums. The Business Sofware Alliance is now on the way to give you a special award for your participation. :)