This, of course, assumes that you're going to use it for the same things years down the line. If at the time you buy something, it does X and Y, but not Z, and you later want something that does Z, you need to buy a new device.
It's a good idea, IMO, it's just more expensive and requires some thought by people, not just - Hmmm, I don't need Z, Q, W and P now, but maybe sometime down the line..... - without actually thinking about WHAT they might need it for.
I use TPF, and have installed it as one of the first things whenever I needed to install Windows. I'd tried ZoneAlarm and BlackICE Defender, but TPF definitely gets my vote.
I love the Foundation series. I read it a few years back, and it was fascinating.
I like Star Wars too, but it was definitely more of an action/sci-fi than just sci-fi, and with Episodes I and II there are a lot of inconsistencies, which I haven't noticed in Foundation.
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I just installed MPlayer last night and that's how simple it was (Slackware 8.1).
This, of course, assumes that you're going to use it for the same things years down the line. If at the time you buy something, it does X and Y, but not Z, and you later want something that does Z, you need to buy a new device.
It's a good idea, IMO, it's just more expensive and requires some thought by people, not just - Hmmm, I don't need Z, Q, W and P now, but maybe sometime down the line..... - without actually thinking about WHAT they might need it for.
Or for Sharpees, because they might be used to defeat copy protection.
It'd be more of "Where You Went Today", since the government would have it all recorded.
I use TPF, and have installed it as one of the first things whenever I needed to install Windows. I'd tried ZoneAlarm and BlackICE Defender, but TPF definitely gets my vote.
I love the Foundation series. I read it a few years back, and it was fascinating.
I like Star Wars too, but it was definitely more of an action/sci-fi than just sci-fi, and with Episodes I and II there are a lot of inconsistencies, which I haven't noticed in Foundation.
He mentioned about 100 man hours to do it.