One of *the* most talented programmers I've had the pleasure to work with was legally blind. His vision was (as he described it), like looking through a straw. He was extremely good at picking out flaws in a user interface, especially those where the developers tendencies toward "wow-watch-this" glitz was getting in way of simple-and-good.
It's not clear to me which portions of an modern OS (that is, the kernel) are somehow influenced by the assumed form(s) of input/output. A kernel is concerned with resource management: memory, processes, scheduling, etc. Why should these primitives even know about specific forms of I/O?
IMO, specific flavors of interfaces (keyboard, mouse, voice, vision, smell, whatever) should be the realm of drivers, not the core parts of an OS that one would "right from scratch".
I agree that long term the loss of the oil companies would be a good thing. I'm just pointing out the pain we'd all go thru if this ever happened. I think the possibility of a world-wide depression would be non-negligible. I think turning our backs on the Middle East because the oil they hold was no longer needed would be tragic.
Never forget the law of unintended consequences!:)
if energy-net-positive cold fusion was ever really achieved in a resonably small form factor? That is, a real Mr. Fusion was invented?
The socio-economic earthquake would be 11.0 on the Richter scale. The oil companies would go bankrupt. 99 out of 100 'service stations' would be abandoned, dilapidated blights on the landscape. The Middle East would be all of a sudden much less important to the western world, and Israel would all of a sudden have no big body guard named Uncle Sam. All cars would be electric and have 1000 HP at the wheels (ok, some things would be good!).
A) The U.K. is going to have a RFID-chipped ID card one way or another, it appears;
B) So are we...
C) If we have different ones, it just means both sides will end up with dual-mode readers in their ports-of-entry, 'cause you *know* both sides will have access to the technical specs of both flavors, and neither side will forego being able to read what's openly provided
D) Why not just save time and money and have one standard?
This is another attempt to bypass courts and surreptitously impose a law that tramples upon a citizen's rights.
Let's not lose sight of how the U.S. Government works here...
Congress *makes the rule*, and the courts *enforce* them. So, the media, having been told by the courts, "this is not what Congress intended", are going to the source of the rules and requesting a change -- as any group of citizens in the country have a right to do. You may not agree with the request, and it is your right to oppose and argue against the change, but there is no "bypassing" to rant an rail against.
I think... show me the MONEY. There is money -- *lots* of it -- in patents, be they atom-centric or bit-centric. That's their intent; reward the inventor for inventing.
So, if you plan on 'combating' sw patents, you're going to need... MONEY. Righteous indignation ain't gonna cut it.
...that all the discovered breaches are by inept, pimply-faced teens (regardless of how many times some news article quotes some 'expert' about how 'particularly clever' the idiot was), and that the really serious harm is being done by real pros who never leave a trace. Scary...
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IMO, specific flavors of interfaces (keyboard, mouse, voice, vision, smell, whatever) should be the realm of drivers, not the core parts of an OS that one would "right from scratch".
Wildstrom at BusinessWeek likes the X41 a lot!
B) OSX would be easier to support (sorry, 'sa truth)
C) OSX has a truly superior interface (Linux has, well, an interface...)
D) OSX is cool (Linux is geeky).
Never forget the law of unintended consequences! :)
The socio-economic earthquake would be 11.0 on the Richter scale. The oil companies would go bankrupt. 99 out of 100 'service stations' would be abandoned, dilapidated blights on the landscape. The Middle East would be all of a sudden much less important to the western world, and Israel would all of a sudden have no big body guard named Uncle Sam. All cars would be electric and have 1000 HP at the wheels (ok, some things would be good!).
Be careful what you wish for!
Would you like some cheese instead?
B) So are we...
C) If we have different ones, it just means both sides will end up with dual-mode readers in their ports-of-entry, 'cause you *know* both sides will have access to the technical specs of both flavors, and neither side will forego being able to read what's openly provided
D) Why not just save time and money and have one standard?
I have mod points, but I can't find the "Insightful Flamebait Troll" value in the list...
I just hate it when things go down the durchwachsene...
Hmmmm... a Trinakedthon?
MOD THIS UP! So true, so true....
-k
Based on what I've read of Ellison, I think the odds of the initials of Mr. "Grow the fuck up" Anonymous Coward being "L.E." are quite high...
Let's not lose sight of how the U.S. Government works here...
Congress *makes the rule*, and the courts *enforce* them. So, the media, having been told by the courts, "this is not what Congress intended", are going to the source of the rules and requesting a change -- as any group of citizens in the country have a right to do. You may not agree with the request, and it is your right to oppose and argue against the change, but there is no "bypassing" to rant an rail against.
So, if you plan on 'combating' sw patents, you're going to need ... MONEY. Righteous indignation ain't gonna cut it.
c/Preemtive/Preemptive/
What has /. come to? Preemtive "dupe flames"? :D
...but I mean it: The best 'transform' you could make to your old legacy perl code is to port it to python or ruby.
...that all the discovered breaches are by inept, pimply-faced teens (regardless of how many times some news article quotes some 'expert' about how 'particularly clever' the idiot was), and that the really serious harm is being done by real pros who never leave a trace.
Scary...