I think various usability studies have shown that almost all web user are out to get something,and don't li having to wait longer than they have to. Apparently there is a suprisingly large number of people who will hit the back button before a less than quick download finishes.
I don't know if the motive for using these images is always sinister. I mean, video games and current media are not creating these images, they are playing off of moods that have been implanted in us by literature, everything from the first story to the most recent one. Black means bad, white means good ect. Shakespeare uses them, Lucas uses them, just because they use the subconcious doesn't mean they are evil.
Calling it a 140GB CDROM is a misnomer. It is based on completely different technology. Where CD/DVD uses a laser to reflect off of a surface, this relies on the disk itself glowing with florescence.
The issue of state vs. federal government depends on whether you think people (and especially politicians) make mistakes occasionally. One reason to give state governments power is that you can conduct 50 (one in each state) separate experiments in political science at a time. The converse of the saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side." is that if there is no other side, then the current situation might as well be the best, because we don't know any better. If people were able to see that some other state was running things better than their legislature, they would demand change. In Soviet Russia they limited foreign contact just for this reason, so their citizens would not know how much better things were outside the country (therefore they would not yearn for a better situation).
From another perspective, if a government were going to make a mistake as a matter of course (not a bold assumption) then would it be better to have it affect the whole nation, or one state? In the second case other states could examine the scenario and learn what not to do, or perhaps develop a solution to the problem. The internet has only made this process easier because it gives citizens an easy way to take there business and assets else where, thereby giving their government a sure sign that they do not like the way things are being run. This will only get easier as the net progresses.
The same situation exists between the nations of the world. In the most extreme situations, people who are displeased with their country emigrate, often to the US. Again the net will only facilitate this process by allowing the easy transfer of assets across borders. Politicians should be very worried about anonymous payments via ecash, when that becomes possible they will have to seriously compete to keep assets in their borders.
As for hating the US government even though other countries have it worse. This is one reason internal competition (between states) could only help us by giving us a better standard to judge our governments by. Also, as a previous poster replied, just because we don't think the US government is the best it could be does not mean we would rather live anywhere else in the world. In a small display of hubris I would say the US is the best place to be living at this time in history, by this I do not imply that Americans are better than everyone else, only that the political and social situation in the US is very favorable compared to other nations at this point in time. I certainly hope America is not the best humans can do as a civilization/society before their extinction.
I think the main problem with all of this is the international aspect. I just don't think there is a way to deal with the Internet with our current political structure. That is not to say that I think this structure should change, but I think the application of it to the internet will inevitably lead to unintended side effect which could be harmful.
On another note... How much of this would be enforceable if encryption became prevalent and anonymity online was ensured?
Check out Microsoft's new IntelliEye mouse. They can make good hardware and these thigs are really cool. They have the ability to track on almost any surface, not just a grid. And it is true, they work on just about anything besides reflective material, or a surface with no texture (physical not color texture), they will work on any mouse pad and most desk surfaces. Highly recomended, especially when the price get down below $50.
I don't think this would solve you're problem. This pen would still operate in relative mode. Definitly counter intuitive if you are expecting it to act like a real pen. Something like crosshatching would require a rapid application of downward force, movement, then release, the movement and so on, all the while maintaining contact with the desk. I don't think drawing with this device will be significantly easier than a mouse, although small precise movements might be easier.
It really doesn't seem to me that such drastic measures are neccessary, it only takes about half an hour(if that) for the dumb stuff to get sent down to -1. If you are browsing at -1 you are just asking for the muck. I think the current system is great.
How would they not know that they are being recentered if they have to lift there feet up when it happens? Seems it would be difficult to make this transparent.
Of course traking whole body movement ould be easier. What if you need to model an area bigger than a hanger? You run into the large room/visual tricks situation again. Your VR space is limited, not to mention you need at least a hanger for each soldier you want to put in the simulation, not exactly practicle.
He might be. But I have found that after using the Palm extensively, and hardly writing on paper(ever), that I will write pretty goofy, sometimes using graffiti characters, it takes a while to get back in the groove. Now I am writing on both pretty consistently and there is no problem getting the two confused.
It would seem that the type of people most pissed off at JP would be script kiddies who are just looking for someone to get pissed off at. I would imagine these attacks are not the most creative origional attacks. From what I know about net security this doesn't seem like something to get arrogant about.
I think past/. polls have had various humorous questions and answers. Aparently JP didn't get the joke, you would think if he was a fan of satire he would know a joke when he saw one.
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The article states that it is binary compatible with PalmOS.
What is it about these legacy free PCs that allow instant boot capabilities, isn't this mainly a software problem, or are they just talking about suspend?
I can certainly see how you have a point with compilers, MS does have an advantage. With Office, OK maybe they have an advantage because of bundling, but I have yet to use a spreadsheet that lets me do evrything Excel can. But with mice? How does an OS monopoly lead to success in this area? MS implemented the scolling feature better than anyone else, period.
This is a classic mistake of malthusians(You might wan to read him, he came up with you theory 150 years ago). What you propose is a reasonable assumption, for bacteria. The problem is that of history the human population has seen much more linear growth, than exponential growth. In fact, the UN estimates predict a linear growth for the next century as the most likely scenario.
The important shift here is going from a poor to rich nation, especially agrarian to industrial economies. 100 years ago kids were a retirement plan. Kids were more hands to help you with you present work, and breadwinners of the future to support you in your old age. Correspondingly, children were assets; it was essentially creating free labor for you to use. (Note: This is a very economic analysis of the situation, leaving out matters of the heart) In the present day however, having kids is definitely a liability, I'm not sure what the current cost of raising a kid is, but it is a sizable investment, especially when college is added in. Therefore kids are a cost, not a benefit, in strictly monetary terms.
This is one of the underlying reasons for this trend. And it is a trend that has been observed for the past thirty years. In fact, some European countries are approaching negative population growth, even when emigration is factored out.
IMHO, Julian Simon is the authority on this subject. Well worth reading his stuff if you are interested.
I think you have argued against yourself very effectively. I think there are treatments out for Schizophrenia now.:-)
But, as to you first set of arguments. Users of Linux have already chosen an open-source product over all others because it runs faster and more stable than its closed source counterpart. If this project becomes a reality, and Mozilla has been released, will you use buggy, non-standard compliant, and unstable IE5, or will you load Mozilla? The success of this development would mean the best of both worlds. If a closed source product is better(god forbid;)) then use it, no one is forcing you to use an inferior product though.
What if this takes the wind out of the sails of open source projects, I don't think so. We already have Netscape for Linux, but Mozilla is going strong because Netscape sucks. I don't think IE5 is good enough either. As for other programs I think if open source developers think they can do a better job, they will try to. If the already existing program is good enough, they will concentrate on other areas which need improvement, this is the way it should be. Open source does not need to reinvent the wheel (in most cases) to be successful.
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They are talking about 3.9ms access times, and faster seek times because the platters are half an inch smaller, that's why it can "only" hold 18GB.
Would you mind qualifying this statement?
The thing is, is that the consumer doiesn't know it could be better. So they are happy with the current state of affairs.
I think various usability studies have shown that almost all web user are out to get something,and don't li having to wait longer than they have to. Apparently there is a suprisingly large number of people who will hit the back button before a less than quick download finishes.
I don't know if the motive for using these images is always sinister. I mean, video games and current media are not creating these images, they are playing off of moods that have been implanted in us by literature, everything from the first story to the most recent one. Black means bad, white means good ect. Shakespeare uses them, Lucas uses them, just because they use the subconcious doesn't mean they are evil.
Calling it a 140GB CDROM is a misnomer. It is based on completely different technology. Where CD/DVD uses a laser to reflect off of a surface, this relies on the disk itself glowing with florescence.
From another perspective, if a government were going to make a mistake as a matter of course (not a bold assumption) then would it be better to have it affect the whole nation, or one state? In the second case other states could examine the scenario and learn what not to do, or perhaps develop a solution to the problem. The internet has only made this process easier because it gives citizens an easy way to take there business and assets else where, thereby giving their government a sure sign that they do not like the way things are being run. This will only get easier as the net progresses.
The same situation exists between the nations of the world. In the most extreme situations, people who are displeased with their country emigrate, often to the US. Again the net will only facilitate this process by allowing the easy transfer of assets across borders. Politicians should be very worried about anonymous payments via ecash, when that becomes possible they will have to seriously compete to keep assets in their borders.
As for hating the US government even though other countries have it worse. This is one reason internal competition (between states) could only help us by giving us a better standard to judge our governments by. Also, as a previous poster replied, just because we don't think the US government is the best it could be does not mean we would rather live anywhere else in the world. In a small display of hubris I would say the US is the best place to be living at this time in history, by this I do not imply that Americans are better than everyone else, only that the political and social situation in the US is very favorable compared to other nations at this point in time. I certainly hope America is not the best humans can do as a civilization/society before their extinction.
On another note... How much of this would be enforceable if encryption became prevalent and anonymity online was ensured?
Try writing as fast as you can type. Not easy, especially when it has to be clear enough for a computer to understand it.
You would just end up with stress injuries to the neck and back from leaning over and hanging your head all day. no good...
Check out Microsoft's new IntelliEye mouse. They can make good hardware and these thigs are really cool. They have the ability to track on almost any surface, not just a grid. And it is true, they work on just about anything besides reflective material, or a surface with no texture (physical not color texture), they will work on any mouse pad and most desk surfaces. Highly recomended, especially when the price get down below $50.
I don't think this would solve you're problem. This pen would still operate in relative mode. Definitly counter intuitive if you are expecting it to act like a real pen. Something like crosshatching would require a rapid application of downward force, movement, then release, the movement and so on, all the while maintaining contact with the desk. I don't think drawing with this device will be significantly easier than a mouse, although small precise movements might be easier.
It really doesn't seem to me that such drastic measures are neccessary, it only takes about half an hour(if that) for the dumb stuff to get sent down to -1. If you are browsing at -1 you are just asking for the muck. I think the current system is great.
How would they not know that they are being recentered if they have to lift there feet up when it happens? Seems it would be difficult to make this transparent.
Of course traking whole body movement ould be easier. What if you need to model an area bigger than a hanger? You run into the large room/visual tricks situation again. Your VR space is limited, not to mention you need at least a hanger for each soldier you want to put in the simulation, not exactly practicle.
He might be. But I have found that after using the Palm extensively, and hardly writing on paper(ever), that I will write pretty goofy, sometimes using graffiti characters, it takes a while to get back in the groove. Now I am writing on both pretty consistently and there is no problem getting the two confused.
It would seem that the type of people most pissed off at JP would be script kiddies who are just looking for someone to get pissed off at. I would imagine these attacks are not the most creative origional attacks. From what I know about net security this doesn't seem like something to get arrogant about.
I think past /. polls have had various humorous questions and answers. Aparently JP didn't get the joke, you would think if he was a fan of satire he would know a joke when he saw one.
The article states that it is binary compatible with PalmOS.
What is it about these legacy free PCs that allow instant boot capabilities, isn't this mainly a software problem, or are they just talking about suspend?
I can certainly see how you have a point with compilers, MS does have an advantage. With Office, OK maybe they have an advantage because of bundling, but I have yet to use a spreadsheet that lets me do evrything Excel can. But with mice? How does an OS monopoly lead to success in this area? MS implemented the scolling feature better than anyone else, period.
The thing is that, in rich countries, people are breeding less. Times are a changin'.
This is a classic mistake of malthusians(You might wan to read him, he came up with you theory 150 years ago). What you propose is a reasonable assumption, for bacteria. The problem is that of history the human population has seen much more linear growth, than exponential growth. In fact, the UN estimates predict a linear growth for the next century as the most likely scenario.
This is one of the underlying reasons for this trend. And it is a trend that has been observed for the past thirty years. In fact, some European countries are approaching negative population growth, even when emigration is factored out.
IMHO, Julian Simon is the authority on this subject. Well worth reading his stuff if you are interested.
But, as to you first set of arguments. Users of Linux have already chosen an open-source product over all others because it runs faster and more stable than its closed source counterpart. If this project becomes a reality, and Mozilla has been released, will you use buggy, non-standard compliant, and unstable IE5, or will you load Mozilla? The success of this development would mean the best of both worlds. If a closed source product is better(god forbid ;)) then use it, no one is forcing you to use an inferior product though.
What if this takes the wind out of the sails of open source projects, I don't think so. We already have Netscape for Linux, but Mozilla is going strong because Netscape sucks. I don't think IE5 is good enough either. As for other programs I think if open source developers think they can do a better job, they will try to. If the already existing program is good enough, they will concentrate on other areas which need improvement, this is the way it should be. Open source does not need to reinvent the wheel (in most cases) to be successful.