So here's a question: if we stopped emitting burning fossil fuels entirely, right now, would the earth start cooling?
Related question: If you're in a boat on a river headed for the waterfalls, if you paddle away from the falls will it give you time to think? What if you paddle towards the falls?
And, straight from the article, "The mi2g study concentrated on 'overt digital attacks' and didn't include more general forms of attack such as viruses and worms." So even the (pitiful) evidence you've provided doesn't include the most common forms of attack. The mi2g study was on manual forms of attack. Pop quiz... which is more likely to happen: a hacker sitting down at your computer, or a remote attack through your internet connection?
I swear. Microsoft apologists are getting weaker every day.
I'm not going to allow such uncontrolled events as described in the post to happen, if I can help it. The only way I can help it is to have an OS running in my home that can be secured. That means MacOS or Linux. That and a hefty firewall.:)
Imagine getting highly relevant messages, without even pressing a button, simply because you are in the vicinity and your preferences match the content of the post.
Yes, I can imagine it. I worked on a project at Ericsson for a while called Geobility (or Geoportal, mattering on the whim of our head honcho) that was formed to accomplish this. I guess it's past the NDA. (1998...)
Basically, the idea was you'd have a GPS enabled phone that would correlate location to your personal profile. (This was a revolutionary concept in '98) You'd also have a Geobility brand Visa card. Your movements and purchases would be recorded. If you had an item on your todo list, say "buy jeans," if you passed close enough to The Gap a little alert would show up on your phone: "Would you like to get %20 off jeans at The Gap? Only for a limited (next 30 minutes) time!"
The idea was way, way ahead of it's time. So ahead that it was technically unfeasible. Also undoable for Ericsson. (Not enough industry clout to interest giants like Visa.) And eventually all RnD was shipped back to Sweden so the project was scuttled. Makes for a good yarn, though.:) And lots of "I toooold you this would happen" moments.:P
Consider the possibility that Litvinenko poisoned himself and made it look like a politically motivated murder by Putin. It's the best way to get a lot of publicity for his message...
...or you can believe Darwin and realize that in order for Darwin to be right, stuff that isn't as well adapted has to die.
Or you can realize that, if we continue on our present course, we'll "adapt" our environment so much that we'll all die.
Evolution isn't just fueled by death. Yes, death plays an important role, but it's not the main force. Evolution actually IS fueled by rainbows and kitty purrs. What motivates parents to care for their young? What motivates individuals in a population to mate in the first place? Metaphorically...rainbows and kitty purrs.
All of the guys who were cheering Newt Gingrich last week when he said we should revisit our first amendment rights are going to be the loudest in screaming, "But I have a RIGHT to bear arms!!!"
But slaughtering the cow cost $100 Delivering the meat cost $20 The cost of storage was $10 The air you breathed cost $0.01 Transporting away the sewage produced eight hours later cost $0.05
My god, man, it's too expensive to even eat these days!
One of the characters is a guy (played by Robert De Niro) who runs around repairing the horribly broken machines that everyone's required to use, but are forbidden to fix. He's hunted down as a terrorist.
Today, the Cambridge Energy Research Associates released a report dismissing the Peak Oil theory, suggesting that world oil production will continue to increase for the next 24 years, and then only level into a plateau.
And, if our demand for oil increases?
The report, which suggests that world reserves are enough to last 122 years at our current rate of consumption...
Oh, I see. They assume our demand for oil will never increase. The developing world's demand for oil will never increase. China's demand for oil will never increase.
I'm usually not this blunt, but this seems like a good time: are the authors of this report FUCKING IDIOTS?
Microsoft is just now getting around to "art of war" type tactics: divide your enemies. "He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks." They're trying to divide the open source movement's spirit.
Everything up to this point has been driven by hubris on their part. Now, they're finally serious about fighting open source.
Symantect and McCafe are only parasites, leeching from Microsoft's -mistakes-.
So? There's a need. It's being fulfilled by a business. That's called a "market." That's what business is all about: fulfilling needs and making a profit at the same time.
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Related question: If you're in a boat on a river headed for the waterfalls, if you paddle away from the falls will it give you time to think? What if you paddle towards the falls?
A two year old article is all you can do?
And, straight from the article, "The mi2g study concentrated on 'overt digital attacks' and didn't include more general forms of attack such as viruses and worms." So even the (pitiful) evidence you've provided doesn't include the most common forms of attack. The mi2g study was on manual forms of attack. Pop quiz... which is more likely to happen: a hacker sitting down at your computer, or a remote attack through your internet connection?
I swear. Microsoft apologists are getting weaker every day.
Really?
Give me one example of this. One case of an end user's linux install being compromised.
Just one...
Are my kids EVER going to use windows?
:)
Hell. No.
I'm not going to allow such uncontrolled events as described in the post to happen, if I can help it. The only way I can help it is to have an OS running in my home that can be secured. That means MacOS or Linux. That and a hefty firewall.
Yes, I can imagine it. I worked on a project at Ericsson for a while called Geobility (or Geoportal, mattering on the whim of our head honcho) that was formed to accomplish this. I guess it's past the NDA. (1998...)
Basically, the idea was you'd have a GPS enabled phone that would correlate location to your personal profile. (This was a revolutionary concept in '98) You'd also have a Geobility brand Visa card. Your movements and purchases would be recorded. If you had an item on your todo list, say "buy jeans," if you passed close enough to The Gap a little alert would show up on your phone: "Would you like to get %20 off jeans at The Gap? Only for a limited (next 30 minutes) time!"
The idea was way, way ahead of it's time. So ahead that it was technically unfeasible. Also undoable for Ericsson. (Not enough industry clout to interest giants like Visa.) And eventually all RnD was shipped back to Sweden so the project was scuttled. Makes for a good yarn, though.
Umm...last I heard everyone has a right to have an opinion about anything...
How would you dissipate heat from a brain in your chest?
Consider the possibility that Litvinenko poisoned himself and made it look like a politically motivated murder by Putin. It's the best way to get a lot of publicity for his message...
"Sun did exactly what we wanted with Java. It still sux0r!"
Or you can realize that, if we continue on our present course, we'll "adapt" our environment so much that we'll all die.
Evolution isn't just fueled by death. Yes, death plays an important role, but it's not the main force. Evolution actually IS fueled by rainbows and kitty purrs. What motivates parents to care for their young? What motivates individuals in a population to mate in the first place? Metaphorically...rainbows and kitty purrs.
And it's gotta be comprehensible to the layman or it'll never get past an editor.
Why don't you read the original paper instead of dismissing the research based on account filtered through the lay media?
I just spent 30 seconds reading your post.
YOU BASTARD!
Just watch.
All of the guys who were cheering Newt Gingrich last week when he said we should revisit our first amendment rights are going to be the loudest in screaming, "But I have a RIGHT to bear arms!!!"
Yes, you just ate a hamburger for $5...
But slaughtering the cow cost $100
Delivering the meat cost $20
The cost of storage was $10
The air you breathed cost $0.01
Transporting away the sewage produced eight hours later cost $0.05
My god, man, it's too expensive to even eat these days!
It's time to fight FUD with FUD.
According to the Vista EULA, if you develop code on the Vista platform, MS can claim IP rights to that code.
Is that true?
Dunno... It's just what some lawyer friend told me...
Brazil directed by Terry Gilliam
One of the characters is a guy (played by Robert De Niro) who runs around repairing the horribly broken machines that everyone's required to use, but are forbidden to fix. He's hunted down as a terrorist.
Seemed pretty crazy when I first saw it.
Doesn't seem so far fetched anymore.
Right. So, by that reasoning, 122 years ago we should have been able to predict world oil production/demand today?
And, if our demand for oil increases?
Oh, I see. They assume our demand for oil will never increase. The developing world's demand for oil will never increase. China's demand for oil will never increase.
I'm usually not this blunt, but this seems like a good time: are the authors of this report FUCKING IDIOTS?
I felt a great disturbance in the slashdot, as if millions of "sun is the next redmond" trolls cried out in terror, and then vanished.
Microsoft is just now getting around to "art of war" type tactics: divide your enemies. "He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks." They're trying to divide the open source movement's spirit.
:)
Everything up to this point has been driven by hubris on their part. Now, they're finally serious about fighting open source.
This is gonna be fun.
You mean if it costs 2 Iraq days instead of one Iraq day?
The tragedy! What if it costs an Iraq week! The world will end!!
That's cool.
So, maybe now that we have a Democratic congress, we can shift those gargantuan tax breaks the oil and gas industries got over to the solar industry?
Don't we spend about that much per day in Iraq? I think we can spare a bit to remove our reason for being there.
The first rule of the Google bomb: you must talk about the bomb.
The second rule of the Google bomb: you MUST talk about the BOMB.
No market "should" exist. You're arguing a tautology.
So? There's a need. It's being fulfilled by a business. That's called a "market." That's what business is all about: fulfilling needs and making a profit at the same time.
So stop your whining.