If the representatives get away with something, it's because people don't care.
Uh, no. It's because all they can do is elect a replacement who will treat them just the same, or get out the burning torches, pitchforks and ropes.
Finally take a topic people actually care enough about to vote on. If a politician raises taxes, there's a good chance he'll be voted out next election.
And replaced by a clone who keeps taxes just as high as they were, because even if he does cut the specific tax that resulted in his election, he sneaks in other stealth tax increases to compensate.
Until the power goes out and they can't recharge their Kindle...then they're going to be right back to the books. Let's ask all those people living in those areas of the U.S. that have been without power for the last 3-4 days how well their eBooks are working out for them now...
I recharge my Kindle about once a month. I haven't measured how many hours of use I get on a single charge, but charging it is an occasional annoyance, not a regular occurrence.
He's not flawless in my eyes, nor most other people's eyes -- but he's a damn sight better than any other credible candidate for the presidency.
I haven't noticed any credible candidate for President since Clinton. And he was only a good President because he lacked the support in Congress to screw things up.
Far better to not chance it and just avoid the GPLv3 for something that actually has a free license, rather than the significant impositions that GPLv3 attempts to impose in the name of the FSF's particular vision of "freedom".
The "freedom" to actually be able to run the software you want on the computer you bought? You're right, they suck.
I would rather the government built and ran them. I trust government workers to stick to engineering spec and scientific guideline more then a company where a CEO will make a larger bonus by putting off storage costs another year.
That'll be why Challenger and Columbia are in pieces rather than a museum.
You seem to misunderstand how 'democracy' works in Europe. In the EU, you get a vote, and if you vote the wrong way they keep forcing you to vote again until you get it right.
Except once Red Hat is using a Microsoft-signed boot loader, most server admins will just install and go and not worry that Microsoft can withdraw that at any time.
Ditto. My Ubuntu server is still running fine (the only indication of the leap second is a message in dmesg output) and my Ubuntu laptop had no problems either.
One of ours (running Java on Linux) started throwing out NTP alarms at 10 seconds after midnight, but it seems to have stayed up. However, the software on that particular system is especially vulnerable to leap second issues so we'd tested it pretty well beforehand.
Otherwise no-one has complained about any other systems going down so I presume they're OK.
One of our installed systems runs on CentOS 5.1 (on a private network only accessible to a few authorised users via VPN with dual-factor authentication, so we can live with the security issues). If you try to run the software on CentOS 5.8 it crashes on startup because of MySQL changes between the two versions.
So out here in the real world where servers have to run unattended for years with only brief outages, updating the operating system is far from 'a simple yum upgrade'.
And what do you do when the kernel change causes your system to start crashing, when it had previously operated for years with no failures?
An acquaintance supports a system which has been in operation for years and breaks every time there's a leap second (not because of the Linux kernel but other software and hardware issues). That means every few years he spends a couple of hours rebooting the servers and verifying that it's up and running again afterwards. Fixing the software would mean a substantial amount of development work followed by weeks of testing.
I'm interested to hear what the excuse is - because it will probably sound a lot like the things you all flame Windows users for...
A lot of Linux systems are on private networks and have to be up 24/7. Dealing with a known bug is considered less problematic than installing a new OS version and invalidating all the testing which has proven that the system can run 24/7 over the last few years.
So I guess you're right, it is very similar to the reasons why there are many unpatched Windows systems out there.
In my case, I think I was down-leveled to 5, was fighting level 7 mobs, then as soon as I went past them I leveled up to 7 and started fighting their level 7 friends. That's silly.
What ever happened to the public option? You know, cutting the profit motive out of funding health care, so that people do not have to fight with their insurance companies or with hospitals just to get the treatment they need?
Yes, instead they have to fight with the government which puts them in a queue longer than their likely survival time and hopes they'll die and save them some money. Which is much easier and more civilized.
Seriously, if the US government pushed Britain's NHS on Americans there'd be another revolution within a week.
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If the representatives get away with something, it's because people don't care.
Uh, no. It's because all they can do is elect a replacement who will treat them just the same, or get out the burning torches, pitchforks and ropes.
Finally take a topic people actually care enough about to vote on. If a politician raises taxes, there's a good chance he'll be voted out next election.
And replaced by a clone who keeps taxes just as high as they were, because even if he does cut the specific tax that resulted in his election, he sneaks in other stealth tax increases to compensate.
In the real world, the difference between Fascism and Communism is about as significant as the difference between Coke and Pepsi.
It's not that much effort to pull out a lightweight Bluetooth keyboard when I want to type on the tablet.
Thereby turning it into a shitty laptop that cost twice as much as a real one.
Until the power goes out and they can't recharge their Kindle...then they're going to be right back to the books. Let's ask all those people living in those areas of the U.S. that have been without power for the last 3-4 days how well their eBooks are working out for them now...
I recharge my Kindle about once a month. I haven't measured how many hours of use I get on a single charge, but charging it is an occasional annoyance, not a regular occurrence.
Seriuosly? You're imagining a brave new future of offices full of dozens of people creating Excel spreadsheets by talking to their computers?
Can't you even begin to imagine how insane and maddening such an environment would be?
He's not flawless in my eyes, nor most other people's eyes -- but he's a damn sight better than any other credible candidate for the presidency.
I haven't noticed any credible candidate for President since Clinton. And he was only a good President because he lacked the support in Congress to screw things up.
Far better to not chance it and just avoid the GPLv3 for something that actually has a free license, rather than the significant impositions that GPLv3 attempts to impose in the name of the FSF's particular vision of "freedom".
The "freedom" to actually be able to run the software you want on the computer you bought? You're right, they suck.
Until Windows 9 requires that Secure Boot can't be turned off and you can't install new keys if you want to ship with a 'Windows compatible' sticker.
FSF may be fruitcakes at times, but on this they're correct. 'Secure Boot' should have been named 'Windows lockin'.
Keeping the car manufacturing business.
I believe you mis-spelt 'keeping the car manufacturing UNIONS'.
I would rather the government built and ran them. I trust government workers to stick to engineering spec and scientific guideline more then a company where a CEO will make a larger bonus by putting off storage costs another year.
That'll be why Challenger and Columbia are in pieces rather than a museum.
They've basically used verbiage and obfuscation to paper up the claims and make it harder for the examiners to figure out what's going on.
In a sensible world, if the patent examiners didn't understand a patent, it wouldn't be granted.
You seem to misunderstand how 'democracy' works in Europe. In the EU, you get a vote, and if you vote the wrong way they keep forcing you to vote again until you get it right.
Indeed. Windows 9 will be the first that refuses to boot on a PC which isn't ordained by Microsoft.
Oh God! I just made a 'slippery slope argument' and they're totally invalid and never, ever happen. I suck.
Except once Red Hat is using a Microsoft-signed boot loader, most server admins will just install and go and not worry that Microsoft can withdraw that at any time.
Ditto. My Ubuntu server is still running fine (the only indication of the leap second is a message in dmesg output) and my Ubuntu laptop had no problems either.
One of ours (running Java on Linux) started throwing out NTP alarms at 10 seconds after midnight, but it seems to have stayed up. However, the software on that particular system is especially vulnerable to leap second issues so we'd tested it pretty well beforehand.
Otherwise no-one has complained about any other systems going down so I presume they're OK.
One of our installed systems runs on CentOS 5.1 (on a private network only accessible to a few authorised users via VPN with dual-factor authentication, so we can live with the security issues). If you try to run the software on CentOS 5.8 it crashes on startup because of MySQL changes between the two versions.
So out here in the real world where servers have to run unattended for years with only brief outages, updating the operating system is far from 'a simple yum upgrade'.
And what do you do when the kernel change causes your system to start crashing, when it had previously operated for years with no failures?
An acquaintance supports a system which has been in operation for years and breaks every time there's a leap second (not because of the Linux kernel but other software and hardware issues). That means every few years he spends a couple of hours rebooting the servers and verifying that it's up and running again afterwards. Fixing the software would mean a substantial amount of development work followed by weeks of testing.
I'm interested to hear what the excuse is - because it will probably sound a lot like the things you all flame Windows users for...
A lot of Linux systems are on private networks and have to be up 24/7. Dealing with a known bug is considered less problematic than installing a new OS version and invalidating all the testing which has proven that the system can run 24/7 over the last few years.
So I guess you're right, it is very similar to the reasons why there are many unpatched Windows systems out there.
So Everquest isn't 'Massively Multiplayer' because I've never seen more than about 250 people in a zone?
In my case, I think I was down-leveled to 5, was fighting level 7 mobs, then as soon as I went past them I leveled up to 7 and started fighting their level 7 friends. That's silly.
What ever happened to the public option? You know, cutting the profit motive out of funding health care, so that people do not have to fight with their insurance companies or with hospitals just to get the treatment they need?
Yes, instead they have to fight with the government which puts them in a queue longer than their likely survival time and hopes they'll die and save them some money. Which is much easier and more civilized.
Seriously, if the US government pushed Britain's NHS on Americans there'd be another revolution within a week.
That's because only twelve year olds think that ambushing and massacring players twenty levels lower than you is fun.
That's the norm with MMOGs. Graphics engines get upgraded and old machines won't play it.
Everquest, for example, is on its second or third graphics engine. I believe they also dropped Win 9x support a few years ago.
Now just wait for the Republicans to get in and start 'taxing' you for not going to church and not believing in Creationism and not owning a gun.