I don't want to see the U.S flag on our space ships. Or Russian, Chinese Canadian or anything else. Instead I want to see either a picture of Earth, or a flag that symbolizes all of Earth.
Usually, feelings of fraternity and brotherhood don't arise unless there's a common oposition or common enemy (most likely the later). Cities rally together in sport events to to oppose a rival city, etc.
So unless we find aliens somewhere, I don't think there's much chance of that, beyond contractual/political obligations.
You and I have a vastly different view of the OS world.
Porting OSX to x86 will only succeed in killing Apple hardware, and quite frankly, I seriously doubt OSX has more chance than Linux of killing Windows. Hell... I believe Linux doesn't stand a chance in the desktop market (this is not a flame, but my very own personal opinion).
When eBay gets a complaint, the company pulls the auction and notifies the seller of the complaint without trying to determine whether there has been an actual violation. It is up to the seller to prove the sale is legitimate for it to be re-listed."
So, this would be the equivalent of having to prove your innocence, instead of your accuser having to prove your guilt.
Of course, this being on E-bay's site, I guess it's their prerogative.
Having been responsible some time ago of the maintenance of both systems (NT and Unix) I always found easier to maintain all the different flavors of Unix (Linux, Solaris, BSD) than WinNT. Win2000 might have changed that, but I'm no longer administering MS based systems.
The main appeal of MS systems are the "Zero cost of ownership" (or whatever it's called), so it attracts lots of people with "zero sysadmin experience" who just pop in the cd and install nt+iis+exchange in a day or less, never again returning to so much as check the windows update page. I have a couple of customers who, to this day, are still vulnerable to code-red and nimda.
And no amount of warnings makes them take action until ISPs start blocking them... it's almost the same with the SPAM problem.
Sad? Hardly. Most of the benefits of space exploration/research could translate into commercial gains (new materials developement, etc). Other than military uses and national pride, I see little reason for goverment to be the main driving force behind space exploration.
Of course, there are exceptions: imagine an ad-sponsored GPS system. Or weather satellites with the equivalent of pop-up windows.
In Tom Clancy's "Executive Orders" (I think that's the title) the president (Jack Ryan) is addressing the nation in response to a terrotist bio-attack (with ebola virus) and he finishes with something like: "... and this is America's response..." (cut to a view of the palace of the Ayatolah like figure that started it all just as a bomb falls on it).
Side note to T Clancy: I really like your books, but I believe they were more interesting when Jack Ryan was just a spy.
So, sending a few troops would be more... cost effective? How much does a human life cost?
No, seriously, what would be the difference in cost between sending a squad of trained troopers and bombing from afar? I know you can't put a price on human life, but surely someone must have made the calculation before...
I haven't watched Star Trek in a long, long time. Ocassionaly I catch glimpses of other ST spinoffs (Voyager, DS9, etc) but I con't really care about them, so I guess I'm out of circulations here.
My question: What is "The Seven of Nine" element, anyway?
We usually wore them all of the time indoors, especially when we had a bad case of bed-head and didn't have time to comb.
Really? Wasn't that the puropose of the crew cut? For a while, I seriously considered shaving my head for that reason, then I realized by looking at my ancestor, that I'm going to be bald, anyway, so I enjoy my hair while I have it.
and let us not forget that Cobra is an international terrorist organization!!
Albeit a highly inefficient one, for that matter. They didn't have a single death on their record, even tho they'd use all of their armmo in the final confrontations, nobody would die... and the planes shot down would always give the pilots a chance to bailout.
IMHO, a cartoon for children souldn't have such militaristic orientation, even if it's watered down.
Where I work we used telnet everywhere (within and outside firewalls) despite my suggestion to the powers that be that we should only use secure protocols.
One day I simply disabled inetd and forced everyone to use ssh. The complaints only lasted for 2 days. Force of habit, I guess.
What happens during tornado/hurricane/santa-ana-style winds?
You store the generated energy and re-sell it, or re-use it later on...
Ok, so I'm not being realistic...
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Bad idea. Passports can be forged, visas can be forged, credit cards are stolen everyday. This kind of document would be (relatively) easy to circumvent.
Plus, a background check might turn out negative, even for someone who has secret extremist ties.
Besides, it would take far too long to do exhaustive checks for all those flying for the first time.
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Uh? I opened a bogus hotmail account and never gave it to anyone. Now every three days it fills up with spam.
Your post reminds me of an article (Dvorak's, I think) complaining that the iBook looked like a teenage girl's makeup case or somesuch...
Yup, cute as a bug, but performs as intended and gets the job done (the iBook, that is).
I'll probably not switch to XP, but not because of the GUI.
I don't want to see the U.S flag on our space ships. Or Russian, Chinese Canadian or anything else. Instead I want to see either a picture of Earth, or a flag that symbolizes all of Earth.
Usually, feelings of fraternity and brotherhood don't arise unless there's a common oposition or common enemy (most likely the later). Cities rally together in sport events to to oppose a rival city, etc.
So unless we find aliens somewhere, I don't think there's much chance of that, beyond contractual/political obligations.
Port it to x86??? Microsoft running scared???
You and I have a vastly different view of the OS world.
Porting OSX to x86 will only succeed in killing Apple hardware, and quite frankly, I seriously doubt OSX has more chance than Linux of killing Windows. Hell... I believe Linux doesn't stand a chance in the desktop market (this is not a flame, but my very own personal opinion).
When eBay gets a complaint, the company pulls the auction and notifies the seller of the complaint without trying to determine whether there has been an actual violation. It is up to the seller to prove the sale is legitimate for it to be re-listed."
So, this would be the equivalent of having to prove your innocence, instead of your accuser having to prove your guilt.
Of course, this being on E-bay's site, I guess it's their prerogative.
Press Ctrl-H for intelligence test ...
Even tho I knew its a prank, curiosity got the best of me and I pressed Ctrl-H... what was supposed to happen?
(years ago I *did* fall for "sysop requesting chat, press alt-ctrl-del for chat mode"... ah, my naïve days...)
I agree with Microsoft, in part.
Having been responsible some time ago of the maintenance of both systems (NT and Unix) I always found easier to maintain all the different flavors of Unix (Linux, Solaris, BSD) than WinNT. Win2000 might have changed that, but I'm no longer administering MS based systems.
The main appeal of MS systems are the "Zero cost of ownership" (or whatever it's called), so it attracts lots of people with "zero sysadmin experience" who just pop in the cd and install nt+iis+exchange in a day or less, never again returning to so much as check the windows update page. I have a couple of customers who, to this day, are still vulnerable to code-red and nimda.
And no amount of warnings makes them take action until ISPs start blocking them... it's almost the same with the SPAM problem.
Sad? Hardly. Most of the benefits of space exploration/research could translate into commercial gains (new materials developement, etc). Other than military uses and national pride, I see little reason for goverment to be the main driving force behind space exploration.
Of course, there are exceptions: imagine an ad-sponsored GPS system. Or weather satellites with the equivalent of pop-up windows.
Wich is why I voted for Jed Bartlett...
In Tom Clancy's "Executive Orders" (I think that's the title) the president (Jack Ryan) is addressing the nation in response to a terrotist bio-attack (with ebola virus) and he finishes with something like: "... and this is America's response..." (cut to a view of the palace of the Ayatolah like figure that started it all just as a bomb falls on it).
Side note to T Clancy: I really like your books, but I believe they were more interesting when Jack Ryan was just a spy.
So, sending a few troops would be more... cost effective? How much does a human life cost?
No, seriously, what would be the difference in cost between sending a squad of trained troopers and bombing from afar? I know you can't put a price on human life, but surely someone must have made the calculation before...
I haven't watched Star Trek in a long, long time. Ocassionaly I catch glimpses of other ST spinoffs (Voyager, DS9, etc) but I con't really care about them, so I guess I'm out of circulations here.
My question: What is "The Seven of Nine" element, anyway?
We usually wore them all of the time indoors, especially when we had a bad case of bed-head and didn't have time to comb.
Really? Wasn't that the puropose of the crew cut? For a while, I seriously considered shaving my head for that reason, then I realized by looking at my ancestor, that I'm going to be bald, anyway, so I enjoy my hair while I have it.
I tell ya I'm gonna be pissed the first time I buy a CD and discover I can't listen to it in my computer.
They better put a warning label on those cds. If I buy a cd that can't play on my computer, I'll just return it as defective.
OTOH, if they state on a label that "This CD has been modified and might not work on all PC cd players", caveat emptor.
The banned RHCP "Aeroplane"???
Is it April 1st already?
and let us not forget that Cobra is an international terrorist organization!!
Albeit a highly inefficient one, for that matter. They didn't have a single death on their record, even tho they'd use all of their armmo in the final confrontations, nobody would die... and the planes shot down would always give the pilots a chance to bailout.
IMHO, a cartoon for children souldn't have such militaristic orientation, even if it's watered down.
I hear ya...
Where I work we used telnet everywhere (within and outside firewalls) despite my suggestion to the powers that be that we should only use secure protocols.
One day I simply disabled inetd and forced everyone to use ssh. The complaints only lasted for 2 days. Force of habit, I guess.
What happens during tornado/hurricane/santa-ana-style winds?
You store the generated energy and re-sell it, or re-use it later on... Ok, so I'm not being realistic...
Bad idea. Passports can be forged, visas can be forged, credit cards are stolen everyday. This kind of document would be (relatively) easy to circumvent.
Plus, a background check might turn out negative, even for someone who has secret extremist ties.
Besides, it would take far too long to do exhaustive checks for all those flying for the first time.
Wasn't the price of freedom eternal vigilance??? :-)