Where does the FEDERAL government get the right to tell people what they can and can't do with a device whose transmissions barely reach outside their yard?
Putting in a roundabout uses a lot more space for intersections that rarely have more than 2 cars meet. It also is a lot more costly than just adding 4 signs.
Uh, you do realize that, in situations like that in Europe, they just paint a circle on the road and put up roundabout signs, right?
The feature creep will be fast and merciless, but I'm just a systemd "hater", right?
The rumours that vi will become part of systemd are groundless, comrade. Anyone who suggests such a thing is guilty of agitation and propaganda, and will be sent to the re-education camps.
The SJWs noticed they could make a lot of money working for a startup that has a crappy website and some VC funding, so they started getting jobs in the tech world. They didn't need to actually be able to do anything, because those VCs only cared that the company existed long enough to get an IPO. A company that pays a lot and lets them surf the web all day is ideal for an SJW.
But, yes, Poettering seems to pretty much follow all the rules of the SJW-ism, even if I haven't seen him out protesting with them. And systemd is a bloated, centralized bureaucracy imposed on the population because the Great Leader says so. Just like Communism.
No, they're not. Networks are supposed to take data from one machine and deliver it to another. They're not designed to deliver it to anyone else along the way. That's an attack on the network, not part of the design.
And automatic encryption can easily be handled by pushing public keys into DNS. Yes, the NSA could force people to push fake keys into DNS, but then no-one would trust it any more.
There's a big difference between freely exchanging information and having someone scoop up all that information when it's not addressed to them.
When you sit on a bench in the park talking to your girlfriend, you don't expect some stranger in a trenchcoat to lean in between you and listen to everything you say.
But, yes, it's unfortunate that the warnings from the 90s were ignored, and we didn't get automatic encryption by default across the Net to ensure this couldn't happen.
Skylon needs an 'Elon Musk' to put real money into it and build a working prototype vehicle (not just an engine). Then it might be a game changer, but definitely not now.
Skylon's problem is that the 'working prototype' would probably cost over $10,000,000,000. SpaceX could start with an expendable rocket and make money as they work up to reusability and low cost launches. Skylon can't. If it doesn't work, you've just blown $10,000,000,000 with nothing to show for it.
But driverless cars are The Shiny! What could possibly go wrong?
There's a reason "Centralization of the means of communications and transportation in the hands of the State" is one of the ten planks of the Communist Manifesto. The Glorious People's State will just love having control over your vehicle, and being able to stop you from using it at any time.
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The car is such a dinosaur when it comes to getting around a city.
There is no 'city of the future', because cities will be dinosaurs in a post-industrial age.
It's almost like our ancestors gave up on wind power and build power stations for a reason....
Where does the FEDERAL government get the right to tell people what they can and can't do with a device whose transmissions barely reach outside their yard?
Putting in a roundabout uses a lot more space for intersections that rarely have more than 2 cars meet. It also is a lot more costly than just adding 4 signs.
Uh, you do realize that, in situations like that in Europe, they just paint a circle on the road and put up roundabout signs, right?
Yet I know way more people who run tax software on their PCs than games.
Out in the real world, most people don't play games. They're more likely to be tied to Windows by tax software and the like.
Wow. Opera is still around?
So Edge is more popular than... something I thought had died years ago.
Because it's not as though the financial industry could make staggering amounts of money from 'Carbon Credits'.
No, sir. They're doing this for the good of the planet.
So I should scrap my old card every couple of years and replace it, even though the card costs more than any power saving I could possibly gain.
Totally makes sense in Greenie World, I guess. Just not in this one.
Don't pull Superman's cape.
But without his cape, he's just Clark Kent.
Back on topic, this is just another sign that the American government has gone batshit crazy.
1. Export most of our manufacturing to China.
2. Impose sanctions on China.
3. ???
No, but I believe there's an extension for it. The problem is that they broke the extension with the Smelly Skunk release.
Godwin's Law!
See how it works? So many people just spew inanities, rather than address the real issues. That's why the world is in such a mess today.
The feature creep will be fast and merciless, but I'm just a systemd "hater", right?
The rumours that vi will become part of systemd are groundless, comrade. Anyone who suggests such a thing is guilty of agitation and propaganda, and will be sent to the re-education camps.
The SJWs noticed they could make a lot of money working for a startup that has a crappy website and some VC funding, so they started getting jobs in the tech world. They didn't need to actually be able to do anything, because those VCs only cared that the company existed long enough to get an IPO. A company that pays a lot and lets them surf the web all day is ideal for an SJW.
But, yes, Poettering seems to pretty much follow all the rules of the SJW-ism, even if I haven't seen him out protesting with them. And systemd is a bloated, centralized bureaucracy imposed on the population because the Great Leader says so. Just like Communism.
That's a bit rude... I think Poettering's main motivation has been to simply modernize Linux.
Where 'modernize' is a codeword for 'shit all over'.
There are plenty of programmers who can spew out hundreds of lines of crap code in a day.
The problem is that others then have to spend years fixing it.
It's even worse when you let the code-spewers actually design the system, because you'll never be allowed to go back and redo things right.
Why? A Galaxy Quest show would actually be funny.
Apparently only the 'victim' has standing to make a case, not a mere witness.
So I guess it's open season for murder, then.
As usual, when there's another abuse of power by government, some lefty comes along to blame it on EVIL FREE MARKETS!
Because, as we know, if governments controlled everything, they'd never abuse their power like this. No, sir.
No, they're not. Networks are supposed to take data from one machine and deliver it to another. They're not designed to deliver it to anyone else along the way. That's an attack on the network, not part of the design.
And automatic encryption can easily be handled by pushing public keys into DNS. Yes, the NSA could force people to push fake keys into DNS, but then no-one would trust it any more.
As a general rule, if a politician's lips are moving, they're lying.
There's a big difference between freely exchanging information and having someone scoop up all that information when it's not addressed to them.
When you sit on a bench in the park talking to your girlfriend, you don't expect some stranger in a trenchcoat to lean in between you and listen to everything you say.
But, yes, it's unfortunate that the warnings from the 90s were ignored, and we didn't get automatic encryption by default across the Net to ensure this couldn't happen.
The X10 browser hijacks weren't even the first, they were just everywhere.
Well, that's because they could hijack your PC through the power lines...
Skylon needs an 'Elon Musk' to put real money into it and build a working prototype vehicle (not just an engine). Then it might be a game changer, but definitely not now.
Skylon's problem is that the 'working prototype' would probably cost over $10,000,000,000. SpaceX could start with an expendable rocket and make money as they work up to reusability and low cost launches. Skylon can't. If it doesn't work, you've just blown $10,000,000,000 with nothing to show for it.
That's why I don't believe it will ever fly.
But driverless cars are The Shiny! What could possibly go wrong?
There's a reason "Centralization of the means of communications and transportation in the hands of the State" is one of the ten planks of the Communist Manifesto. The Glorious People's State will just love having control over your vehicle, and being able to stop you from using it at any time.