And the difference between this and the fate of buggy-whip makers is _what_ ?
The new regime (car makers) didn't need buggy whip makers anymore. Hard for a good musician to produce music without a good sopund engineer. And not all good musicians are good sound engineers.
Ok...maybe I was over the top with 'no one'. However...people DO still need to eat. And that includes all the other people involved in making music. Bye bye to "sound engineer" or cameraman as a full time job.
...allows users to actively recommend songs by sending (or "pushing") music to other users in the proximity.
Current P2P is strictly pull. You select what you want, and get it from (wherever). Having random people push random stuff on to my hardware? Not a chance.
Would you allow someone to do this with your PC? Didn't think so. Remember that when you connect your new mp3 player to the USB port.
A potentially good idea, but we all know there is a tiny minority who will screw it up. Badly.
1) How can you claim that it had nothing to do with 75% of the French public opposing the invasion? After all, it's not like leaders in democracies who act contrary to the will of 75% of their populace on major issues tend to have trouble getting reelected.
The French citizenry is no more or less suceptible to government manipulation than any other country, including the US. If it is fashionable to 'dislike' the US, so that some may profit, then that is what they will push.
If, OTOH, it was profitable to 'like' the US, then you would have heard cries of "NATO" "WWII Allies" "We must keep western civilization together!"
As far as France (and Russia) being major trading partners with Iraq....last I heard, the US doesn't sell Mirage or MiG jets. Or T-72 taanks. Or spare parts for same.
And how much cheaper is it than hiring a fleet of trucks? At 140mph, the trucks will take longer, i guess, and you'd need a lot of 'em
Ahh...but the trucks are not always an option. Witness the aftermath of Katrina. Roads blocked by downed trees, crews having to literally cut their way through with chainsaws.
Why is it that inventions always have to have some military/security use in order to be deemed cost-effective or useful?
Because that's a good way to get the government to pay part of your R&D costs.
I also wonder what would happen if someone shoots at it repeatedly? Would it just pop and fall to the Earth? It must be moving slowly, making it an easy target
Of course...no one in the entire development stream ever thought of an airmachine, at least partially for military use, ever getting shot at. Not once. They will thank you for reminding them of that possibility. Now they'll have to change the entire design.
The potential for transporting goods seems like its best use, although I don't think the trucking industry/lobby is going to like it very much.
Too bad. Either they can a) suck it up and adapt, or b) build a fleet of their own and compete.
Even if that staggeringly huge data stream could be captured and stored, the bigger question is: how can it be quickly and cheaply searched? Is it really going to be practical for J. Random Asshat to do a "Mission: Impossible" search on exabytes upon exabytes of data to find the 60 or 70 frames in which his poor target is talking to a hooker?
Sure, if you combine this with the proposed license plate tracking foolishness. Which IS (will be) relatively easily searchable.
Pick an intersection(location), known to be a hooker hangout. Cross reference that with your license plate. Now you have a VERY small data set to work with. Then you pull up any images or video where those two items meet. Poof, an incriminating picture of you with said hooker.
Yes, it sure would be terrible if someone knew I was walking down a certain street at a certain time. What is the BFD?
Yes, it is a 'big deal'. Just as with all these vehicle tracking plans...it logs everywhere you go, everything you do, everyone you talk to. And by inference or assumption, what you are doing.
Logged on someones server, forever.
5 years from now, J. Random Asshat, whom you just pissed off by beating him out of a promotion, can, for the price of a case or two of beer, ask his idiot cop buddy for your log. Have fun explaining to your (future) wife that, "No dear, I did NOT have sex with that hooker. I was only asking her for directions."
Everywhere you go, everything you do, everyone you talk to. Forever.
The only way to avoid gun violence is to not have guns, at all in a society. The way to limit gun violence is to have less guns in a society. And that doesn't mean 'less in the hands of the criminals'. It means less, period. In anyone's hands.
Yes, because we all know that the criminals are going to willingy give their guns back to the police.
These things are out there. You can't put the toothpaste back into the tube.
By the way, does anybody know if SAC (Strategic Air Command) is still flying its' B-52 bombers in circles around the perimeter of the Artic Circle, just in case?
No.
SAC is likewise gone, absorbed into Air Combat Command. They quit flying round the clock alert long, long ago. After Desert Storm (1991) there were no longer B-52's on 15 minute ground alert.
What the government needs is to prioritize and save only the important stuff. Official bills and memos are worth saving, the president asking his secretary for a cup of coffee isn't.
Often, you don't know whats important, until long after the fact. Storage space is so cheap and easy, it doesn't make sense to try to filter, as its happening. Inevitably, something important/crucial/worldchanging would get lost, resulting in cries of government censorship.
And I'd say for a presidency...ALL of it is crucial.
Random conversations, recorded by the secretary, then 'erased', has already caused one president to resign. What was in that erased 18 minutes? The NARA may actually find out.
cause its not like manufactured PCs have AMDs very often...
Even the BestBuy HP offerings are almost 50/50 Intel/AMD. I recently bought one for a general house PC, and I specifically got the AMD chipped one, because the Intel ones lacked an AGP slot (much less PCIe). Onboard video only. Bah.
Actually, that's pretty hard with newer cars. The exhaust is a lot cleaner. Not that I'd want to suck on the tailpipe, but to fill a garage with enough noxious gases would be tough.
Sure, you can buy a Dell PC with FreeDOS instead of Windows, but good luck actually finding the web page to order it.
Is two clicks too hard?
Dell.com -> Small Business -> Desktops and Workstations Dell Open Source Desktops
"Our most popular models sold without a Microsoft® operating system or with Linux factory installed."
As far as more expensive? You're marginally right. Not a lot of difference, though. Maybe they end up with more support costs, and the volume licensing Dell pays for Windows is really cheap.
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By whom? You?
The new regime (car makers) didn't need buggy whip makers anymore. Hard for a good musician to produce music without a good sopund engineer. And not all good musicians are good sound engineers.
Ok...maybe I was over the top with 'no one'. However...people DO still need to eat. And that includes all the other people involved in making music. Bye bye to "sound engineer" or cameraman as a full time job.
Mr. Crackberry and Mr. Sidekick say there's no difference.
And no one would produce anything, because people do actually need to eat.
Do YOU go to work for free?
Just as with current P2P...if I already have it, why should I send money to them?
Current P2P is strictly pull. You select what you want, and get it from (wherever). Having random people push random stuff on to my hardware? Not a chance.
Would you allow someone to do this with your PC? Didn't think so. Remember that when you connect your new mp3 player to the USB port.
A potentially good idea, but we all know there is a tiny minority who will screw it up. Badly.
The EvilOnes(tm) are putting something on your computer without you knowing about it!
No, he told many friends, with the express purpose of causing disruption to the server.
- A lone spammer gets $11 billion in fines.?
If the penalty is $10 per spam...you do the math.
- If joe sixpack downloads a movie he gets huge fines.
No one has been fined for downloading. Uploading (distributing copyrighted material) to thousands or millions is a different story.
However..I do think a felony is far too harsh for this kid. Misdemeanor, and community service at most.
Ken has no junk.
USB wristwatch, keychain, swiss army knife, rubber ducky...wake me when someone gets one implanted in their finger.
And no...not the one that looks like a thumb. An actual finger.
The French citizenry is no more or less suceptible to government manipulation than any other country, including the US. If it is fashionable to 'dislike' the US, so that some may profit, then that is what they will push.
If, OTOH, it was profitable to 'like' the US, then you would have heard cries of "NATO" "WWII Allies" "We must keep western civilization together!"
As far as France (and Russia) being major trading partners with Iraq....last I heard, the US doesn't sell Mirage or MiG jets. Or T-72 taanks. Or spare parts for same.
Ahh...but the trucks are not always an option. Witness the aftermath of Katrina. Roads blocked by downed trees, crews having to literally cut their way through with chainsaws.
Ok....Now have each of those 4 bring two suitcases and a carry on. Can we still fit 4 in that Jetta? And if so, do we still get 60mpg?
Because that's a good way to get the government to pay part of your R&D costs.
I also wonder what would happen if someone shoots at it repeatedly? Would it just pop and fall to the Earth? It must be moving slowly, making it an easy target
Of course...no one in the entire development stream ever thought of an airmachine, at least partially for military use, ever getting shot at.
Not once. They will thank you for reminding them of that possibility. Now they'll have to change the entire design.
The potential for transporting goods seems like its best use, although I don't think the trucking industry/lobby is going to like it very much.
Too bad. Either they can a) suck it up and adapt, or b) build a fleet of their own and compete.
Sure, if you combine this with the proposed license plate tracking foolishness. Which IS (will be) relatively easily searchable.
Pick an intersection(location), known to be a hooker hangout. Cross reference that with your license plate.
Now you have a VERY small data set to work with. Then you pull up any images or video where those two items meet. Poof, an incriminating picture of you with said hooker.
Yes, it is a 'big deal'. Just as with all these vehicle tracking plans...it logs everywhere you go, everything you do, everyone you talk to. And by inference or assumption, what you are doing.
Logged on someones server, forever.
5 years from now, J. Random Asshat, whom you just pissed off by beating him out of a promotion, can, for the price of a case or two of beer, ask his idiot cop buddy for your log. Have fun explaining to your (future) wife that, "No dear, I did NOT have sex with that hooker. I was only asking her for directions."
Everywhere you go, everything you do, everyone you talk to. Forever .
Yes, because we all know that the criminals are going to willingy give their guns back to the police.
These things are out there. You can't put the toothpaste back into the tube.
No.
SAC is likewise gone, absorbed into Air Combat Command. They quit flying round the clock alert long, long ago. After Desert Storm (1991) there were no longer B-52's on 15 minute ground alert.
A little history on the BUFF.
"Competent", to a lawyer, often means "win at all costs".
Often, you don't know whats important, until long after the fact. Storage space is so cheap and easy, it doesn't make sense to try to filter, as its happening. Inevitably, something important/crucial/worldchanging would get lost, resulting in cries of government censorship.
And I'd say for a presidency...ALL of it is crucial.
Random conversations, recorded by the secretary, then 'erased', has already caused one president to resign. What was in that erased 18 minutes? The NARA may actually find out.
Even the BestBuy HP offerings are almost 50/50 Intel/AMD. I recently bought one for a general house PC, and I specifically got the AMD chipped one, because the Intel ones lacked an AGP slot (much less PCIe). Onboard video only. Bah.
Actually, that's pretty hard with newer cars. The exhaust is a lot cleaner. Not that I'd want to suck on the tailpipe, but to fill a garage with enough noxious gases would be tough.
Is two clicks too hard? Dell.com -> Small Business -> Desktops and Workstations
Dell Open Source Desktops
"Our most popular models sold without a Microsoft® operating system or with Linux factory installed."
As far as more expensive? You're marginally right. Not a lot of difference, though.
Maybe they end up with more support costs, and the volume licensing Dell pays for Windows is really cheap.
Yes. Any ODBC compliant back end will work. Excel can as well. I've used Access as a front end to a large Oracle set, with very good results.