...poor and minority workers who have little real chance of advancement...
I would hope that someone with as much intelligence as Mr. Katz' professes to have would be a little more careful with such claims. Do they have no chance of advancement because they are a minority, because they work at a McDonalds or because people like Mr. Katz refuse to give them the chance.
I hate to play the race card. I am a caucasion male who will probably never have to face discrimination of this form, but it disgusts me to think that he actually thinks this way.
He, that is my vote for understatemnt of the day. Do you have any idea the amount of time/money those students who had to take summer school lost? Add all of those together and this becomes a lot more serious. I think the only thing stopping them from serious legal troubles is the fact that these were high school kids. I'm not saying it is right, but teen-age americans don't get the same rights that their adult counterparts do. If this had been a corporation that screwed up on 40,000 paychecks you better believe ther'd be a legal battle to remember.
DocWatson
Re:web filtering is good for children and america
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...that will protect our children's precious bodily fluids.?
Are you serious?
It is this kind of people we need to be scared of. I mean blaming our problems on communists hasn't worked in the past, and I don't think it is going to work any time soon.
Are you in any way affliliated with Senator McCarthy?
If stopping people from thinking that they are the cause of this link were the only reason Ford were suing over domain names I would think it is okay. However as others have stated, there is proof to show that Ford is doing more than this.
I think this is a case where Ford, being a huge corporation, is throwing their weight around to try to scare others from doing the same. I think the fact that they are allowed to do this is only because of who they are.
My rights online are being threatened, not because I can't curse in a URL, or domain name, but because if someone has enough money they can sue me and people like you will defend them.
It's not funny. Don't laugh. Your online rights could be next...
When was the last time _you_ wanted to climb a building? C'mon, isn't the elevator fast enough? I do not see the need for climbing the outside of any building. But hey I guess someone does. Maybe my mail guy can deliver my mail through the window now......
I agree. There seems to be a theme developing here that we are too stupid to use computers. The problem I see is that inherently computers are not perfect. Eventually every program runs into a bug, and what happens when these "dumbed down" users run into one? Is the OS going to take them by the hand and sit down next to them on the couch while it fixes the bug?
Ease of use is one thing, but productivity and usablity over time are effected by more than just pointing and clicking. I find that customization and variety offer more functionality to me. I make modifications every day to how I do certain things in a given environment. I do _not_ believe that by mnaking only one way to do something it helps form a pattern and thus becomes more productive.
I am babbling now so I'll shut up...... DocWatson
I am admittedly very uneducated in this realm, but it seems to me like this is a case of the emperors new clothes. It looks like a way for some incredibly intelligent people to sit back and watch as people believe that this computer is actually doing something with the power off.
I mean, just think about it. The machine is not doing anything. I might as well sit a block of ice on the counter, call it a quantum computer and say that it is in the process of solving complex calculations. IMHO it would have the same effect.
I feel like I am watching the Emperor walk down the street an nobody seems to care that his arse is hangin out in the wind...
Child pr0n is illegal. It is illegal to browse pr0n under 18. How do they police it now? You can make all the rules you want, but if I want to startup an apache server on my cable modem and host it you can't stop me that easily. Drugs are illegal as well and look at how much governemnts spend trying to police them. I _don't_ want my tax dollars spent trying to keep kids off of pr0n. IMHO parents need to be more involved with their own kids. You can stop them by parenting them.
Is there anywhere where thsi is already working? It seems to me if it did it would save system admins a little time. I howevere don't see that it can be functional. I don't think there will be an automated solution for this one any time soon. DocWatson
Are there any plans in the works tho chip a small piece off and aim it towards Redmond? Maybe we can throw a win2k cluster at this math and we might have a solution for how to do it by the time an asteroid hits.
Why are they hemerrhoids and not asteroids?
I think he's serious. It is _much_ easier to hit a web page, log in, find the control panel, read a few adverts, and _then_ adjust your monitor settings, than it is to turn those Big buttons on the monitor. And you still have the ESD factor with touching your monitor. Do you know how many times I read in my trusty A+ guide not to touch my monitor?
I, for one, am glad that someone was looking out for _my_ best interests...
I think our author has gotten himself a little too worked up over this issue. I don't believe that competition is going to kill the free software world. It is still a good thing. He needs to realize that these two entities can compete and not kill each other. We seem to be accostomed to believing that the larger more successful company is always going to try to destroy all competition. This is not always so. Gnome will go on, and it will continue to be a viable desktop for those who like to use it.
IMHO our author should relax a little, cut his caffeine intake by about half, and watch some Peter Pan.
Lets establish a home where they can learn how to avoid annoying questions... avoid becoming free tech support... avoid being underpaid... avoid being overworked...
Back Off, or you may loose the help of a geek when you really need it.
DocWatson
Look on the bright side
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If you look at it the right way Apple is at least headed in the right direction. In the days of voice activation and gesture diven computing they are going back to the basics. They are offering an OS with a little freedom for someone who wants to play. Try doing anything on earlier macOS versions and you will see that any form of *nix is better than what they had. IMHO this should be looked at as a chance for macOS to move ahead, however "crackable" it may seem. They will learn and develop as they go. I like to see them headed in the direction to offer users more control via the OS.
The last time my kitchen stove went out I had to get a repairman to come visit and it took him 3 days to figure out what was causing the issue. If it's all the same I'd like to make sure my servers _don't_ run like my kitchen appliances.
But thanks for the offer....
DocWatson
Is it just me or has IBM decided that since their products suck endorsing Linux will save them? IBM looks to me like a 40 something parent who finally realized they are out of touch with their kids. Now they are scrambling to find the new "cool" thing, which in this case happens to be linux and OSS. I am a _huge_ linux supporter, and it is nice to se a large entity take some interest and begin backing us, but is this really the way we want it?
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...poor and minority workers who have little real chance of advancement...
I would hope that someone with as much intelligence as Mr. Katz' professes to have would be a little more careful with such claims. Do they have no chance of advancement because they are a minority, because they work at a McDonalds or because people like Mr. Katz refuse to give them the chance.
I hate to play the race card. I am a caucasion male who will probably never have to face discrimination of this form, but it disgusts me to think that he actually thinks this way.
DocWatson
...In this case, its Transmetas, and I bet you can get the information off their web site.
In fact you are correct. They do credit GPL here, on the Midori home page.
DocWatson
...very nearly criminally negligent?
He, that is my vote for understatemnt of the day. Do you have any idea the amount of time/money those students who had to take summer school lost? Add all of those together and this becomes a lot more serious. I think the only thing stopping them from serious legal troubles is the fact that these were high school kids. I'm not saying it is right, but teen-age americans don't get the same rights that their adult counterparts do. If this had been a corporation that screwed up on 40,000 paychecks you better believe ther'd be a legal battle to remember.
DocWatson
...that will protect our children's precious bodily fluids.?
Are you serious?
It is this kind of people we need to be scared of. I mean blaming our problems on communists hasn't worked in the past, and I don't think it is going to work any time soon.
Are you in any way affliliated with Senator McCarthy?
DocWatson
If stopping people from thinking that they are the cause of this link were the only reason Ford were suing over domain names I would think it is okay. However as others have stated, there is proof to show that Ford is doing more than this.
I think this is a case where Ford, being a huge corporation, is throwing their weight around to try to scare others from doing the same. I think the fact that they are allowed to do this is only because of who they are.
My rights online are being threatened, not because I can't curse in a URL, or domain name, but because if someone has enough money they can sue me and people like you will defend them.
It's not funny. Don't laugh. Your online rights could be next...
DocWatson
Read the FAQ, there are several sections that explain this.
DocWatson
When was the last time _you_ wanted to climb a building? C'mon, isn't the elevator fast enough? I do not see the need for climbing the outside of any building. But hey I guess someone does. Maybe my mail guy can deliver my mail through the window now......
DocWatson
I agree. There seems to be a theme developing here that we are too stupid to use computers. The problem I see is that inherently computers are not perfect. Eventually every program runs into a bug, and what happens when these "dumbed down" users run into one? Is the OS going to take them by the hand and sit down next to them on the couch while it fixes the bug?
Ease of use is one thing, but productivity and usablity over time are effected by more than just pointing and clicking. I find that customization and variety offer more functionality to me. I make modifications every day to how I do certain things in a given environment. I do _not_ believe that by mnaking only one way to do something it helps form a pattern and thus becomes more productive.
I am babbling now so I'll shut up......
DocWatson
I am admittedly very uneducated in this realm, but it seems to me like this is a case of the emperors new clothes. It looks like a way for some incredibly intelligent people to sit back and watch as people believe that this computer is actually doing something with the power off.
I mean, just think about it. The machine is not doing anything. I might as well sit a block of ice on the counter, call it a quantum computer and say that it is in the process of solving complex calculations. IMHO it would have the same effect.
I feel like I am watching the Emperor walk down the street an nobody seems to care that his arse is hangin out in the wind...
DocWatson
Child pr0n is illegal. It is illegal to browse pr0n under 18. How do they police it now? You can make all the rules you want, but if I want to startup an apache server on my cable modem and host it you can't stop me that easily. Drugs are illegal as well and look at how much governemnts spend trying to police them. I _don't_ want my tax dollars spent trying to keep kids off of pr0n. IMHO parents need to be more involved with their own kids. You can stop them by parenting them.
DocWatson
Is there anywhere where thsi is already working? It seems to me if it did it would save system admins a little time. I howevere don't see that it can be functional. I don't think there will be an automated solution for this one any time soon.
DocWatson
Is this report available? I'd like to see how they came up with this, as well as what they thought the chances of it working were.
DocWatson
Are there any plans in the works tho chip a small piece off and aim it towards Redmond? Maybe we can throw a win2k cluster at this math and we might have a solution for how to do it by the time an asteroid hits.
Why are they hemerrhoids and not asteroids?
DocWatson
I think he's serious. It is _much_ easier to hit a web page, log in, find the control panel, read a few adverts, and _then_ adjust your monitor settings, than it is to turn those Big buttons on the monitor. And you still have the ESD factor with touching your monitor. Do you know how many times I read in my trusty A+ guide not to touch my monitor?
I, for one, am glad that someone was looking out for _my_ best interests...
DocWatson
I think our author has gotten himself a little too worked up over this issue. I don't believe that competition is going to kill the free software world. It is still a good thing. He needs to realize that these two entities can compete and not kill each other. We seem to be accostomed to believing that the larger more successful company is always going to try to destroy all competition. This is not always so. Gnome will go on, and it will continue to be a viable desktop for those who like to use it.
IMHO our author should relax a little, cut his caffeine intake by about half, and watch some Peter Pan.
DocWatson
Lets establish a home where they can learn how to avoid annoying questions... avoid becoming free tech support... avoid being underpaid... avoid being overworked...
Back Off, or you may loose the help of a geek when you really need it.
DocWatson
If you look at it the right way Apple is at least headed in the right direction. In the days of voice activation and gesture diven computing they are going back to the basics. They are offering an OS with a little freedom for someone who wants to play. Try doing anything on earlier macOS versions and you will see that any form of *nix is better than what they had. IMHO this should be looked at as a chance for macOS to move ahead, however "crackable" it may seem. They will learn and develop as they go. I like to see them headed in the direction to offer users more control via the OS.
DocWatson
The last time my kitchen stove went out I had to get a repairman to come visit and it took him 3 days to figure out what was causing the issue. If it's all the same I'd like to make sure my servers _don't_ run like my kitchen appliances.
But thanks for the offer....
DocWatson
Have you used an AS/400 or Lotus Notes recently? How about _any_ Lotus apps for that matter.
DocWatson
Is it just me or has IBM decided that since their products suck endorsing Linux will save them? IBM looks to me like a 40 something parent who finally realized they are out of touch with their kids. Now they are scrambling to find the new "cool" thing, which in this case happens to be linux and OSS. I am a _huge_ linux supporter, and it is nice to se a large entity take some interest and begin backing us, but is this really the way we want it?
DocWatson