At the same time, Linux's usability has been improving, it'll be interesting to see what happens when MS and Linux converge to the point where they're both as usable AND both as secure/stable/etc.
And then you'd have two operating systems of more-or-less identical capability, except one is free and the other costs hundreds of dollars. Monopoly power is only going to get you so far in that situation.
Right, except we accused him of having thousands of liters of various biological agents. And they can't be stored in just any old conditions if they are to retain their punch, which means they should, in the quantities they were accused of possessing (I mean, before GWB changed his accusation from "possessing weapons of mass destruction" to "having WMD programs"), have been rather easy to find. If he had really only had a few vials... well, that wouldn't have been sufficient cause to invade, now would it?
I have a wife and a baby daughter at home. Until such time as position locating 911 service is available via cell, we're keeping our landline. In case something happens at home, I want them to be able to dial 911 and have help on the way IMMEDIATELY.
But this stuff is critically important for humanity to figure out, because the way I see it before we can become a spacefaring race, we need to know how the universe works, from the ground up.
I love unfounded assumptions. Of course, it's a given that we MUST become a spacefaring race, right? Why is that again?
I'm not saying that going into space isn't a noble goal. I am saying that you need to provide some kind of explanation as to WHY we need to do it - since most taxpayers are not going to make this connection by themselves.
The whole thing weighs 8.9 grams. The payload couldn't possibly be more than a gram or so. I'm not sure how small they can make a working camera, but I do know that even if the entire body of the "aircraft" was made of explosives, it would make a very small "kaboom". A shotgun primer weighs more than 10 grams.
However, if you want to be safe, simply don't allow any HTML in a page, and require users to format in TeX
Right. Both of your users will be able to figure that out. Or did you mean to say "If you really want to make it impossible for 99.99% of the population to post to your website, make them format it in TeX".
And don't give me a lot of crap about "someone will figure out a better business model", unless you can actually point to a particular website with that model, that is succeeding.
Salon.com. They provide a sample of their content, then require you to look at a brief Flash ad before you can see the whole thing. They can charge premium prices of their advertisers, because they can guarantee people are at least looking at the ad. Customers get to read quality content for the price of a minute or two of their time (like/., there's also a subscription option where you pay to avoid the ads).
Oh, right, Salon is dying, blah blah. They've been dying for years now... at this rate they'll expire about the time Duke Nukem Forever comes out.
It's called "shooting yourself in the foot"... or perhaps even more aptly "cutting off your nose to spite your face". At least for those countermeasures that make it harder to see your content.
What was the point of putting up my website, again?
Sit around all day at an intersection and hope that an emergency vehicle comes by and activates the system in such a way that I can capture the code? What a great time saver.
I could spend the rest of my life making red lights turn green and still never make up the time I spent capturing the code.
I know! I could avoid spending all day at the intersection by developing and placing a remote detector... that'd probably only take a couple weeks. And probably no one would walk off with it. Or trace it back to me.
For this kind of thing to be a real problem, it has to be a net time saver. A few obsessed traffic light phreaks are really not going to perturb the system that much.
The key is that prices for energy are going to rise - and the equilibrium price for energy is likely to be high enough to force significant changes in Western lifestyles.
If the price of gasoline has to rise to $5.00 (USD)/gallon before these alternative energy sources become viable, that's going to put a significant cramp in people's style. That's the "so what".
Some people will have you believe that this is pointless because we couldn't grow enough oilseed rape or whatever. I say let's try it and find out.
The whole point of the article was that using raw plant material as fuel (whether you do so inefficiently using fossilized plants or more efficiently using current biomass techniques) would require such vast quantities of plants that you'd have to choose between eating and driving. I don't think we can afford to "try it and find out".
Anyone that thinks that Lotus Notes is a secure mail platform is deluded. If you think differently, just let me know your e-mail address, and i'll send you a document with "form stored in document" and a little post-open code for your pleasure.
An exploit that is rather easily defeated with ECL's. If I don't know you, I'm not going to authorize your code to run.
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And then you'd have two operating systems of more-or-less identical capability, except one is free and the other costs hundreds of dollars. Monopoly power is only going to get you so far in that situation.
Sean
The headlines are all the same anyway...
Unrest in the Middle EastWildfires Rage in Western States
Economic Woes Hamper Bush Re-election Effort
Sean
Right, except we accused him of having thousands of liters of various biological agents. And they can't be stored in just any old conditions if they are to retain their punch, which means they should, in the quantities they were accused of possessing (I mean, before GWB changed his accusation from "possessing weapons of mass destruction" to "having WMD programs"), have been rather easy to find. If he had really only had a few vials... well, that wouldn't have been sufficient cause to invade, now would it?
Sean
9-1-1.
I have a wife and a baby daughter at home. Until such time as position locating 911 service is available via cell, we're keeping our landline. In case something happens at home, I want them to be able to dial 911 and have help on the way IMMEDIATELY.
Sean
Someone with mod points please blow away this post. The tiny url redirects to goatse...
Sean
Or at least it should be obvious. Claiming that "Moore's law is not obsolete now" != "Moore's law will go on forever".
Sean
Sean
I love unfounded assumptions. Of course, it's a given that we MUST become a spacefaring race, right? Why is that again?
I'm not saying that going into space isn't a noble goal. I am saying that you need to provide some kind of explanation as to WHY we need to do it - since most taxpayers are not going to make this connection by themselves.
Sean
The whole thing weighs 8.9 grams. The payload couldn't possibly be more than a gram or so. I'm not sure how small they can make a working camera, but I do know that even if the entire body of the "aircraft" was made of explosives, it would make a very small "kaboom". A shotgun primer weighs more than 10 grams.
Sean
Last time I checked, the moon was absolutely pockmarked from "orbital debris" smashing into it. So how is the moon better than earth orbit, again?
Sean
Yes! He's connected to the Open Source!
Sean
Right. Both of your users will be able to figure that out. Or did you mean to say "If you really want to make it impossible for 99.99% of the population to post to your website, make them format it in TeX".
Sean
Perhaps you should consider dropping the MP3 player altogether when running marathons.
Sean
Salon.com. They provide a sample of their content, then require you to look at a brief Flash ad before you can see the whole thing. They can charge premium prices of their advertisers, because they can guarantee people are at least looking at the ad. Customers get to read quality content for the price of a minute or two of their time (like /., there's also a subscription option where you pay to avoid the ads).
Oh, right, Salon is dying, blah blah. They've been dying for years now... at this rate they'll expire about the time Duke Nukem Forever comes out.
Sean
It's called "shooting yourself in the foot"... or perhaps even more aptly "cutting off your nose to spite your face". At least for those countermeasures that make it harder to see your content.
What was the point of putting up my website, again?
Sean
Sit around all day at an intersection and hope that an emergency vehicle comes by and activates the system in such a way that I can capture the code? What a great time saver.
I could spend the rest of my life making red lights turn green and still never make up the time I spent capturing the code.
I know! I could avoid spending all day at the intersection by developing and placing a remote detector... that'd probably only take a couple weeks. And probably no one would walk off with it. Or trace it back to me.
For this kind of thing to be a real problem, it has to be a net time saver. A few obsessed traffic light phreaks are really not going to perturb the system that much.
Sean
From the department of reduncancy department...
As opposed to all those nuclear explosions prior to the atomic age?
Sean
Actually, it would imply that.
Sean
Unless, of course, you use a Mac.
Sean
The key is that prices for energy are going to rise - and the equilibrium price for energy is likely to be high enough to force significant changes in Western lifestyles.
If the price of gasoline has to rise to $5.00 (USD)/gallon before these alternative energy sources become viable, that's going to put a significant cramp in people's style. That's the "so what".
Sean
They're sequestering carbon that would otherwise be adding to the greenhouse effect. Burning them pumps all that CO2 back into the atmosphere.
Sean
The whole point of the article was that using raw plant material as fuel (whether you do so inefficiently using fossilized plants or more efficiently using current biomass techniques) would require such vast quantities of plants that you'd have to choose between eating and driving. I don't think we can afford to "try it and find out".
Sean
I realize you were joking... but organizations that require you to log stuff generally prohibit the use of pencil for just this reason.
Sean
An exploit that is rather easily defeated with ECL's. If I don't know you, I'm not going to authorize your code to run.
Sean, just a lowly R5 CLP, App Developer
Give me CowboyAnnealed any time.
Sean