While i agree, now go explain that to the average guy who just wants to buy a pc at the local big box store.
And if you do somehow manage to convince him, you also get to explain why his new fangled game he just bought wont run.. Or why he cant watch a movie he just purchased online...
The 'real' world doesnt really care about the same things we do. ( until its too late )
I wasnt thinking of running some sort of desktop OS/languages that we think of today, but starting work on something that would take advantage of the cell architecture.
Having the *option* of using digital formats is ok, but once you eliminate books, you run a high risk of losing knowledge.
"that book isn't acceptable now" ( such as some of the classics we read back when i was in high school have now been banned from schools as 'racist' books ).
Or when the government decides its not permissible to know something " sorry that book is also inaccessible without a level 7 clearance ".
Or even the easy rewriting of history becomes possible. If you can change all the copies at once ( old copies are removed via DRMized revision systems ), then who is to have proof of how it really happened?
At least if you have a real paper book, its harder to suppress the information once it falls out of favor with the 'authorities'.
Even something as benign as honest mistakes, or dropping of 'unimportant chapters' in revisions.. who would know?
Call me paranoid, but if you were my age, you would have seen the attempted suppression of knowledge happen first hand..
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Except that my spell check defaults to also check out grammar, since i tend to typo a LOT.
I'm prone to typos.. and spell check? Never bother...
Yes, it should have been lose, not loose...
Because we dont want to loose the next war?
Oh wait, you are a troll.. nevermind, move along.
What if this turns into a 'private' network, with Google in total control
They control TLDs, they control access, they control content..
Dont laugh, it could happen.. Remember Compuserve?
You mean all 100 citizens?
Wow! thats a really powerful ally to have in the movement.
What is next? 'Podunk Idaho says no to AOL for a week' ?
Sheesh.
Right, there are no independant studies out there it seems.
Either they are funded by the side that looks good ( Go figure ) or someone is paying someone 3rd party off to talk good about them.
The only good 'study' is one you do yourself, if you do it honestly and dont lie to yourself about the good and bad traits of ALL sides.
While i agree, now go explain that to the average guy who just wants to buy a pc at the local big box store.
And if you do somehow manage to convince him, you also get to explain why his new fangled game he just bought wont run.. Or why he cant watch a movie he just purchased online...
The 'real' world doesnt really care about the same things we do. ( until its too late )
Phfft!
Why does every corporaton on the planet need to kill the golden goose when its found?
I had one of them too.. Too bad it wouldnt take anything above a 32mb, when the price dropped...
But ya, the parent poster is smoking something.
Now that they have played that hand, the kids are screwed..
They dont even have 'normal' rights as an accused now.
This could be a problem, since mainframes still hold the business world afloat ( regardless of what you young kids believe ).
Though it means secure work in what is left of the ivory towers for some of us that arent yet ready to retire..
Downloading a torrent doesnt prove you actually downloaded/shared an entire copyrighted file..
It might show intent, but it would never *prove* you carried it out.
That is their key function, to manage their employees.
Sure, its nice if they also know the 'business', but that is a secondary trait.
Now, if they are incompetent, AND cant manage, then you got a problem.
I wasnt thinking of running some sort of desktop OS/languages that we think of today, but starting work on something that would take advantage of the cell architecture.
Its the policies.
Keep it off the net, and enforce secure usage polices.
So when can i buy a 'pc' based on these things...
Or even a development board..
Any chance of replacing sick ( or just power hungry ) disk drives in current models with flash ?
Though, im sure they will be different enough to force you to buy new...
I'm sure its them, and just using chinese systems to throw everyone off and redirect blame to the chinese government instead.
Easy solution would be to ban any ip address that originates in any undesireable country.
( before you freak on and mod me into the ground...yes I'm kidding about that)
Just dont grow your own tobacco in the USA with intent to smoke it.
Unless you pay your taxes, the government wont be too kind to you.
Yes, its good, but not as cross platform as something like python.
Having the *option* of using digital formats is ok, but once you eliminate books, you run a high risk of losing knowledge.
"that book isn't acceptable now" ( such as some of the classics we read back when i was in high school have now been banned from schools as 'racist' books ).
Or when the government decides its not permissible to know something " sorry that book is also inaccessible without a level 7 clearance ".
Or even the easy rewriting of history becomes possible. If you can change all the copies at once ( old copies are removed via DRMized revision systems ), then who is to have proof of how it really happened?
At least if you have a real paper book, its harder to suppress the information once it falls out of favor with the 'authorities'.
Even something as benign as honest mistakes, or dropping of 'unimportant chapters' in revisions.. who would know?
Call me paranoid, but if you were my age, you would have seen the attempted suppression of knowledge happen first hand..
Just because its not x86 compatible isn't a bad thing..
However, 'performance per watt' is a hard to quantify when you are talking different architectures, i agree..
ARM processors were power friendly before transmeta even appeared....
But yes, they went about it differently.
I'm impressed..