Open Hardware is not exactly a new concept. And the fact that it can have a huge influence with big players is not new.
LTO - Linear Tape Open - has been a mega success in driving up cross manufacturer compatibility, and driving down the cost of tape backup. As a consequence, tape use has gone up. (Possibly assisted by increased amounts of data, and the fact that it is now obvious than not even NSA and GCHQ can keep their data secure "in the cloud").
Yes, what causes the billions in economic damage is not pounding by Mike Tyson, but speed bumps This will hopefully provide clear and irrefutable evidence that some speed bumps cause severe to cars even as speeds well below the prevailing limit. Hopefully leading to class actions against the local governments.
Mod parent +1 informative. I thought the Americans were just stupid. After all, they don't use kg to weigh freight, so my expectations were pretty low.
I'm actually eager to see the search bar merged with the address bar, since I already do all my searches with engine keywords ("az" for Amazon, "/" for Google, "w" for Wikipedia though it's my default engine, etc...).
You may love it, but for others it is absolutely horrendous! The problem arises when you have an intranet, and wish to go to internal websites.
Having your address bar hijacked into a search bar so [random bunch of scum] can inspect your activity is only mildly intrusive, but getting error 404 every time you try to access an internal site because [random bunch of scum] cannot find it by DNS lookup is very bad news for users and tech support.
[random bunch of scum] does not mean NSA or GCHQ - they will obviously get your privates anyway.
My WIn7 is (or says it is) bootleg, but I still dont want 8, 8.1 or 10, even if it is free. In fact, I doubt I would want them if they also gave me the PC for free.
Relaistically, everyone knows they "have to have Windows cos everyone else has it". Do they "have to have Herpes because everyone else has it"?
If MS teaches them they don't have to have Windows cos they can have Bing instead, it is likely to scupper their ship. If they can have Bing, why not Bong (Or Chrome) instead. Or Ubuntu. Or Sailfish or NerdOS. Some people have actually tried Bing - is is likely they would take anything else rather than that. Has anyone ever bought a second WinPhone?
Or, more likely, something that Americans pass off as English. They get away with it because America has no legislation requiring truth in Advertising. Or Slashvertising.
In some countries, leaving mobile data enabled causes Gogle's background activity to use all your data allowance in an hour! I have no idea why Google needs gazillions of Gigabytes in the background but it does. I presume it is for adverts which might scroll in the bloatware games, if I every played them, but I dont.
I can probably live without SMS notifications too, but Google need to send some of their executives to live outside America the way locals do. (Hint:Living in the Hilton Hotel on an expense account does not reproduce the experience of locals).
Unfortunately, Africa is already full of people who hate micromanagement and value their privacy, and are prepared to tolerate higher crime rates and more accidents to avoid the horrors of Western Democracy.
My guess is you will find it hard to sell them drugs offering "longer life" when those who are not killed by medical intervention, accidents or poor hygene live longer than westerners, and have good lifestyle (large families, parties, respect, etc) that they would not get in the West.
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LTO - Linear Tape Open - has been a mega success in driving up cross manufacturer compatibility, and driving down the cost of tape backup. As a consequence, tape use has gone up. (Possibly assisted by increased amounts of data, and the fact that it is now obvious than not even NSA and GCHQ can keep their data secure "in the cloud").
LTO is made by players like HP, IBM, Sony.
(It is at least as plausible as many of the other stories linked to Snowden).
You might want to try living somwhere where there is no government. (Other than your basement).
We use php_fake_mysql_escape_string_updated_again(). It doesn't actually work, but we use it anyway, because it was written in Perl.
So, like dumping Windows then!
Yes, what causes the billions in economic damage is not pounding by Mike Tyson, but speed bumps This will hopefully provide clear and irrefutable evidence that some speed bumps cause severe to cars even as speeds well below the prevailing limit. Hopefully leading to class actions against the local governments.
Mod parent +1 informative. I thought the Americans were just stupid. After all, they don't use kg to weigh freight, so my expectations were pretty low.
If you take the ear buds out, you might notice a familiar whooshing sound!
You may love it, but for others it is absolutely horrendous! The problem arises when you have an intranet, and wish to go to internal websites.
Having your address bar hijacked into a search bar so [random bunch of scum] can inspect your activity is only mildly intrusive, but getting error 404 every time you try to access an internal site because [random bunch of scum] cannot find it by DNS lookup is very bad news for users and tech support.
[random bunch of scum] does not mean NSA or GCHQ - they will obviously get your privates anyway.
What are you smoking? and where can I get some?
You don't, and I don't, but it should be obvious from discussion here that a lot of people do!
Not without authorisation from God - IN WRITING - witnessed by two duly appointed public commissioners for oaths and a pope.
This is not polishing it. This is sticking a big sign on it saying "get your turds here".
Then the pirates will switch to Linux!
You have obviously not tried Linux. The benefit is that you can actually use the computer to do what YOU want, not what MS wants.
Relaistically, everyone knows they "have to have Windows cos everyone else has it". Do they "have to have Herpes because everyone else has it"?
If MS teaches them they don't have to have Windows cos they can have Bing instead, it is likely to scupper their ship. If they can have Bing, why not Bong (Or Chrome) instead. Or Ubuntu. Or Sailfish or NerdOS. Some people have actually tried Bing - is is likely they would take anything else rather than that. Has anyone ever bought a second WinPhone?
Or, more likely, something that Americans pass off as English. They get away with it because America has no legislation requiring truth in Advertising. Or Slashvertising.
The only question of any interest is can it get me laid?
Panic now, while there is still time!
OTOH people dumber than computer ... nothing to see here. Move along now, please.
I still regularly enter phone boxes to use my cell phone. They are nice, quiet places - especially near main roads - and keep the rain off too!
Where is the tin foil?
So is my cat.
You used Windows for floating point maths and got the wrong answer? Surely not!
In some countries, leaving mobile data enabled causes Gogle's background activity to use all your data allowance in an hour! I have no idea why Google needs gazillions of Gigabytes in the background but it does. I presume it is for adverts which might scroll in the bloatware games, if I every played them, but I dont.
I can probably live without SMS notifications too, but Google need to send some of their executives to live outside America the way locals do. (Hint:Living in the Hilton Hotel on an expense account does not reproduce the experience of locals).
My guess is you will find it hard to sell them drugs offering "longer life" when those who are not killed by medical intervention, accidents or poor hygene live longer than westerners, and have good lifestyle (large families, parties, respect, etc) that they would not get in the West.