The fact this is even being discussed at the FEDERAL level shows just how far off base our society has come. Selling stuff we purchased has to be a fundamental right in a free society. Otherwise, what was bought exactly? What's the point in owning anything? It seems like these days, the empowerment that comes with the choices we're still allowed to make is being stripped away, leaving only the liabilities. Why should we bother getting up in the morning? Between insurance companies, patent whores, employers, and the state, it seems like we're not allowed to do much at all with our lives or the things we supposedly own. Sure, there are still choices, but an increasing number of the ones left are false, as the 'wrong' one comes with a pile of artificial consequences enforced by these entities while they high five each other over the lines that are supposed to separate them.
To me it's obvious that the right to own is being picked apart because it's a source of empowerment for the individual. Am I really that far off base?
This doesn't justify bloating we see in modern applications written with high level languages. There's no excuse why simple gui'd applications should take tens or 100s of megabytes of ram before loading any user data. The net result of this is that the last 15 years of hardware performance increase hasn't benefited the user, it has allowed the programmers to be sloppy. I'm not talking about a few wasted bytes here and there.. I'm talking about many cycles wasted on useless churning because the programmer thinks his shiny high level java-of-the-day virtualized/sandboxed environment produces better code on the sole assumption it prevents him from making more mistakes. The 0th rule is right. There is no free lunch. There's no compensating for lack of skill. Programmers like this pass off the dirty work/bugs to their users' machines, costing them time, money, and aggravation. No one is saying to write everything in assembler, but writing efficient code in languages that can output efficient machine language IS important, especially if it's the middle of interdependent stacks.
Surely someone with your UID would not stoop to attacking with fallacies? The argument stands or falls on its own merit. It doesn't matter who makes it or whether they identify themselves.
Our infrastructure relies on trucking so we have problems when fuel prices fluctuate too much. I'm not talking about F150s, I'm talking about 18wheelers. Abusing the concept of tax for the sake of modifying behavior is not a good idea, anyway, but in this situation, it does nothing but cause more economic damage. It has already done so.
The F150 is used by just about every contractor/construction worker in the US. Pretty much anyone who's involved in building/making anything of significant mass ends up with one at some point. If you've got few tons of lawn equipment to haul, you'll need that 350hp.. same thing with hauling construction material, or a few workbenches worth of tools.. or, hey, even hauling the boat down to the river for a saturday afternoon. The truck is #1 for a reason, and it's not gluttony despite what the trolls in the european media say about us (we're not the only ones with trollish media).
Ok, then get rid of the safety equipment.. I spent my youth riding around in 1980s era honda and acura products.. I survived.. time to strip out the weight.. and the noise cancelling padding and the insurance requirements.. get people to realize that driving is a risk and to behave accordingly. then let darwin trim the edges..
and liberals on this site wonder why many people don't like taxes or left wing governments? It's arrogant attitudes like this.. The russians tried legislating reality too much in manners like you suggest and it ruined their society.
increasing the cost would cancel out any easing of pressure on the wallet. It would get people to switch out of desperation, maybe, but it eliminates the benefit since these taxes would never be repealed. They're paying what they were before, at best, and now they're driving less capable, less safe, crappier made vehicles made from brittle plastics and cheap alloys designed to be enviro friendly first, long lasting last. It also makes people angry and frustrated that everything is now so outrageously expensive since fuel costs affect everything. Artificially ramped $6+ gas would turn the USA into somalia.
1. Seriously, he comes from a time when anyone posting to slashdot would know how to avoid malware vectors regardless of the system he runs. I'm sure he knows all of this..
2. ASLR and DEP are useful but often break old software that uses self modifying code.
3. The internet was 'dangerous' in 1998 too. Arguably more dangerous in terms of sevice denial to individual hosts because it was so much easier then (winnuke etc), but these were easily dealt with if one knows what's up. Today, the biggest threat is surveillance and lockdown to 'cloud' services that force us to give up control over the tools we use. This is something no updated OS will save us from.. infact the more modern builds more likely include backdoor surveillance and/or artificially imposed dependence on the network in order to have function fully.
4. windows vista/7 are clunky and bloated, with obtuse interfaces designed for simplistic use at best. Explorer had its pinnacle with win2k/xp (explorer, not IE). The current iteration is a chore to use and wastes desktop real estate. OSX isn't much better in this area, in fact, finder might be worse. I can see why he stayed with win2k. I may in fact go back to xp x86_64 on my windows system simply because of how much snappier it is compared with vista and its derivatives, even on fast modern hardware.
Maybe, but only if it can be demonstrably shown that use of a specific substance off-hours affects on job performance in ways that threaten the health and safety of other employees...and I mean demonstrably shown and not some bullshit specious what-if scenario..
As opposed to other countries that want to ban/tax to hell pretty much everything as 'dangerous' or perceived as costly to state run programs? bleh.. On the job I can see, but off hours these employers should have zero fucking rights to dictate behavior...or judge.
Anything that can help to make it better is a good thing.
Anything? really? How about all traffic violations punished with the death penalty? No? Why not?
Yeah, privacy is a concern, i hope they make it in a way that it won't be abused.
Yes because even without the electronics, governments have historically respected liberty, freedom, and due process when using the information gathered from monitoring policies.. What kind of crack are you smoking?
The range of the signal is just 5 meters,
Radio doesn't work like that.
If the rang was big i would love to have it on my bike also, i would put it glue inside the frame, no way to remove it into the street.
so, the abuse of your fellow citizens by your government is a-ok as long as the government protects your bike for you? You selfish twat. I hope you're not like most brazillians..
Fine. Get that service if you want. That doesn't mean it should be shoved down our throats by the state under the guise of safety. Would you want a policeman in your house 24/7 to 'monitor' your 'well being'? No? Why not?
When I read it, I knew nothing about the author and assumed it had more to do with military culture, hazing, and bullying than anything else. I still think this was the intent. These days "loathing and fearing" homosexuals is attached to anyone who criticizes one in unrelated areas, or doesn't say how wonderful they are at every opportunity, so I don't know just how 'egregious' his statements really were.
you mean someone wrote a story that, for once, didn't include slavish amounts of pro-minority/female empowerment style political correctness at the expense of the suspension of disbelief? How refreshingly different! I'm glad he was able to include realistic depictions of people belonging to those groups, having both something to offer as well as flaws, within the context of their true natures instead of making them out to be super heroes because of their skin or gender. Most movies/books do the latter nowadays, and it's sadly predictable to the point of jarring the storyline and making it just another preachy political platform.
they also track your cookie trail.. that's different than being pitched at a grocery store..at least before they started handing out those scanners that track your movements through the store while pretending to be a convenience.
typical marketer perspective. things that cater to the masses are the most watered down boring cliche products possible. No one bothers with the niche anymore and that's too bad. That's where the interesting things hide.
That's true.. but that right ends when the data from that server enters the NIC of someone else's computer.. Just as they control their hardware, I control mine and they have no right to dictate there.
or how about pay for your own fucking bandwidth? I pay for mine.. You pay for yours. You don't have the right to throw up a pile of shit with ads and expect me to hobble my computer and experience to make you money. It's not cable tv.
Yeah, except the men in a position like yours would be required to stay late so that you can go pick up your kid from school. He would also be expected to work extra hours while you go on maternity leave. It cuts both ways..
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yeah.. you always 'felt'.. those feelings woudln't happen to be from concerted efforts to build anti-male sentiment into university culture, now would it?
yes, heaven forbid you dare to disagree with the political correctness clique because then you might *gasp* OFFEND someone with your reasoning. We can't be having that..
Your suggestion is a good one. The question you need to ask is why those doing/funding these studies don't demand a more scientifically rigorous process. The reason is that studies like these are primarily politically motivated. They're not interested in the truth unless it coincides with their assumptions...kinda like religion assumes a first cause and extrapolates, cherry picking supporting facts along the way. the moment this happens it stops being a search for truth and becomes politics.
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yes, and of course NPR, a bastion of left biased news, is going to say anything else? It might've been 70% 50+ years ago.. maybe.
Sorry, but this isn't the 1960s.. A lot has changed in the last half century. I don't understand why you don't believe men when they say there is little discrimination today and/or that they are now the ones discriminated against, yet you rampantly believe feminists when they say they are, to the point where you see it 'everywhere,' with no proof required. If there's a cognitive bias here, it's not from those who question modern feminism.
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The fact this is even being discussed at the FEDERAL level shows just how far off base our society has come. Selling stuff we purchased has to be a fundamental right in a free society. Otherwise, what was bought exactly? What's the point in owning anything? It seems like these days, the empowerment that comes with the choices we're still allowed to make is being stripped away, leaving only the liabilities. Why should we bother getting up in the morning? Between insurance companies, patent whores, employers, and the state, it seems like we're not allowed to do much at all with our lives or the things we supposedly own. Sure, there are still choices, but an increasing number of the ones left are false, as the 'wrong' one comes with a pile of artificial consequences enforced by these entities while they high five each other over the lines that are supposed to separate them.
To me it's obvious that the right to own is being picked apart because it's a source of empowerment for the individual. Am I really that far off base?
This doesn't justify bloating we see in modern applications written with high level languages. There's no excuse why simple gui'd applications should take tens or 100s of megabytes of ram before loading any user data. The net result of this is that the last 15 years of hardware performance increase hasn't benefited the user, it has allowed the programmers to be sloppy. I'm not talking about a few wasted bytes here and there.. I'm talking about many cycles wasted on useless churning because the programmer thinks his shiny high level java-of-the-day virtualized/sandboxed environment produces better code on the sole assumption it prevents him from making more mistakes. The 0th rule is right. There is no free lunch. There's no compensating for lack of skill. Programmers like this pass off the dirty work/bugs to their users' machines, costing them time, money, and aggravation. No one is saying to write everything in assembler, but writing efficient code in languages that can output efficient machine language IS important, especially if it's the middle of interdependent stacks.
Surely someone with your UID would not stoop to attacking with fallacies? The argument stands or falls on its own merit. It doesn't matter who makes it or whether they identify themselves.
Our infrastructure relies on trucking so we have problems when fuel prices fluctuate too much. I'm not talking about F150s, I'm talking about 18wheelers. Abusing the concept of tax for the sake of modifying behavior is not a good idea, anyway, but in this situation, it does nothing but cause more economic damage. It has already done so.
The F150 is used by just about every contractor/construction worker in the US. Pretty much anyone who's involved in building/making anything of significant mass ends up with one at some point. If you've got few tons of lawn equipment to haul, you'll need that 350hp.. same thing with hauling construction material, or a few workbenches worth of tools.. or, hey, even hauling the boat down to the river for a saturday afternoon. The truck is #1 for a reason, and it's not gluttony despite what the trolls in the european media say about us (we're not the only ones with trollish media).
Ok, then get rid of the safety equipment.. I spent my youth riding around in 1980s era honda and acura products.. I survived.. time to strip out the weight.. and the noise cancelling padding and the insurance requirements.. get people to realize that driving is a risk and to behave accordingly. then let darwin trim the edges..
and liberals on this site wonder why many people don't like taxes or left wing governments? It's arrogant attitudes like this.. The russians tried legislating reality too much in manners like you suggest and it ruined their society.
increasing the cost would cancel out any easing of pressure on the wallet. It would get people to switch out of desperation, maybe, but it eliminates the benefit since these taxes would never be repealed. They're paying what they were before, at best, and now they're driving less capable, less safe, crappier made vehicles made from brittle plastics and cheap alloys designed to be enviro friendly first, long lasting last. It also makes people angry and frustrated that everything is now so outrageously expensive since fuel costs affect everything. Artificially ramped $6+ gas would turn the USA into somalia.
1. Seriously, he comes from a time when anyone posting to slashdot would know how to avoid malware vectors regardless of the system he runs. I'm sure he knows all of this..
2. ASLR and DEP are useful but often break old software that uses self modifying code.
3. The internet was 'dangerous' in 1998 too. Arguably more dangerous in terms of sevice denial to individual hosts because it was so much easier then (winnuke etc), but these were easily dealt with if one knows what's up. Today, the biggest threat is surveillance and lockdown to 'cloud' services that force us to give up control over the tools we use. This is something no updated OS will save us from.. infact the more modern builds more likely include backdoor surveillance and/or artificially imposed dependence on the network in order to have function fully.
4. windows vista/7 are clunky and bloated, with obtuse interfaces designed for simplistic use at best. Explorer had its pinnacle with win2k/xp (explorer, not IE). The current iteration is a chore to use and wastes desktop real estate. OSX isn't much better in this area, in fact, finder might be worse. I can see why he stayed with win2k. I may in fact go back to xp x86_64 on my windows system simply because of how much snappier it is compared with vista and its derivatives, even on fast modern hardware.
Maybe, but only if it can be demonstrably shown that use of a specific substance off-hours affects on job performance in ways that threaten the health and safety of other employees...and I mean demonstrably shown and not some bullshit specious what-if scenario..
As opposed to other countries that want to ban/tax to hell pretty much everything as 'dangerous' or perceived as costly to state run programs? bleh.. On the job I can see, but off hours these employers should have zero fucking rights to dictate behavior...or judge.
Anything that can help to make it better is a good thing.
Anything? really? How about all traffic violations punished with the death penalty? No? Why not?
Yeah, privacy is a concern, i hope they make it in a way that it won't be abused.
Yes because even without the electronics, governments have historically respected liberty, freedom, and due process when using the information gathered from monitoring policies.. What kind of crack are you smoking?
The range of the signal is just 5 meters,
Radio doesn't work like that.
If the rang was big i would love to have it on my bike also, i would put it glue inside the frame, no way to remove it into the street.
so, the abuse of your fellow citizens by your government is a-ok as long as the government protects your bike for you? You selfish twat. I hope you're not like most brazillians..
yeah.. details that make it less about safety and more about oppressive control and profit.
Fine. Get that service if you want. That doesn't mean it should be shoved down our throats by the state under the guise of safety. Would you want a policeman in your house 24/7 to 'monitor' your 'well being'? No? Why not?
When I read it, I knew nothing about the author and assumed it had more to do with military culture, hazing, and bullying than anything else. I still think this was the intent. These days "loathing and fearing" homosexuals is attached to anyone who criticizes one in unrelated areas, or doesn't say how wonderful they are at every opportunity, so I don't know just how 'egregious' his statements really were.
you mean someone wrote a story that, for once, didn't include slavish amounts of pro-minority/female empowerment style political correctness at the expense of the suspension of disbelief? How refreshingly different! I'm glad he was able to include realistic depictions of people belonging to those groups, having both something to offer as well as flaws, within the context of their true natures instead of making them out to be super heroes because of their skin or gender. Most movies/books do the latter nowadays, and it's sadly predictable to the point of jarring the storyline and making it just another preachy political platform.
they also track your cookie trail.. that's different than being pitched at a grocery store..at least before they started handing out those scanners that track your movements through the store while pretending to be a convenience.
typical marketer perspective. things that cater to the masses are the most watered down boring cliche products possible. No one bothers with the niche anymore and that's too bad. That's where the interesting things hide.
That's true.. but that right ends when the data from that server enters the NIC of someone else's computer.. Just as they control their hardware, I control mine and they have no right to dictate there.
or how about pay for your own fucking bandwidth? I pay for mine.. You pay for yours. You don't have the right to throw up a pile of shit with ads and expect me to hobble my computer and experience to make you money. It's not cable tv.
torrents? you filthy pirate!
Yeah, except the men in a position like yours would be required to stay late so that you can go pick up your kid from school. He would also be expected to work extra hours while you go on maternity leave. It cuts both ways..
yeah.. you always 'felt'.. those feelings woudln't happen to be from concerted efforts to build anti-male sentiment into university culture, now would it?
yes, heaven forbid you dare to disagree with the political correctness clique because then you might *gasp* OFFEND someone with your reasoning. We can't be having that..
Your suggestion is a good one. The question you need to ask is why those doing/funding these studies don't demand a more scientifically rigorous process. The reason is that studies like these are primarily politically motivated. They're not interested in the truth unless it coincides with their assumptions...kinda like religion assumes a first cause and extrapolates, cherry picking supporting facts along the way. the moment this happens it stops being a search for truth and becomes politics.
yes, and of course NPR, a bastion of left biased news, is going to say anything else? It might've been 70% 50+ years ago.. maybe.
It's about 50/50 actually.. but when men do it, the media spends 2 weeks blustering about the evils of men.
Sorry, but this isn't the 1960s.. A lot has changed in the last half century. I don't understand why you don't believe men when they say there is little discrimination today and/or that they are now the ones discriminated against, yet you rampantly believe feminists when they say they are, to the point where you see it 'everywhere,' with no proof required. If there's a cognitive bias here, it's not from those who question modern feminism.