Microsoft is very effective at marketing in a fashion that gets many people interested in their products.
It also gets people that would normally dislike their products curious about what's going on and trying them.
I've watched it happen for so many years now that I know it to be a fact!
I see that, yes.
I've observed a lot of M$ brainwashing in business. It's unfortunate that businesses just jump right into MS products because of the pretty colors, pictures, advertised capabilities, and "history repeating itself" repetitiously. In a repetitive fashion.:)
Since the management thinks that it is a guaranteed success, they often (not always, but often) disregard the knowledge and ability of the software engineers and hardware/software integration experts. It's all about the $$, yo!
I suppose it costs too much money to possibly fail, even though MS software CAN, and does often fail. But it's not viewed as a failure; it's the thing that helps them come out with the first service pack, the patches, the second service pack, more patches, ad nauseum! So you, the company, are a famous helper to the software giant by finding all of these problems and reporting them!
I digress. Smartass comment was in agreement, not disagreement;)
There's a like option, its kinda like being modded up. You can't be modded down in Facebook though because you can only dislike things you already liked.
You must still assume that the Tor nodes you are using are not hacked NSA or Chinese intelligence agency nodes, with a nice 'log traffic to disk' function added. If you really care, you need something like Opportunistic Encryption.
So you shouldn't use it if you don't want to be a Tor-get of investigation?:>
I'd have to go back to ham radio...it's what geeks did before computers.
You're reading a comment from one right now.
We can't have people understand what ham radio is, or ANYTHING about how it works. That feeds "thought" and "knowledge" and "learning."
We're supposed to let schools do that. Which brings me to the next point.. What will school be like nowadays without internet? I leave you to your thoughts.
I often wonder why this doesn't happen.. Get most people to share their wifi (in exchange for free internet), supergeeks will set up wired caching hubs. Layer on some social networking so it's more difficult to exploit. Voila, free citizen-net!
Do it the old fashioned way... Ham radio operators have been communicating world events from one continent to another for decades. ( learn it for when twitter fails)
.. but but but... that means they have to study for a short period of time. That means they have to take a test that takes a short period of time. That means they can't do everything NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW like their brains have grown to expect, and can't deal with differential from!
I pity. I've even helped with two disaster relief events as a ham, and people just look at me with glossy eyes because they don't understand a word I say when I try to describe what RF transmission is.
Oh, wait... I'm supposed to be "normal" to fit in. I'll act like I don't know anything.
...Is a terrifying prospect. Truly horrific post-apocalypse shit that is!
I can spice up this flight of negative fancy for you: 70% and growing of the US population is F-A-T FAT, and the rest of the western world is slowly beginning to follow.
Rick Rolling door-to-door might help people lose weight if they are the Rollers.
The Internet is the only way I have to communicate with the outside world that I feel somewhat comfortable in. So w/o the internet, I would come directly home after work, and watch TV for 8hrs a day to feel somewhat connected to the world. Yes, I wouldn't be able to respond like I can online, but at least I would be getting the sensation of social interaction. Prior to the internet, that's exactly what I did. I imagine I would revert back to it. I don't function correctly in meatspace, so I wouldn't even bother attempting it. Live without the internet = Lots of TV and talk radio while reading books.
Now we take away your TV, too. And your books. And your radio.
Come on now, give me that other radio you're hiding under your pillow... That's good...:>
...Porn on the other hand, we'd have to get creative.
Now you've hit the nail on the head (no pun intended). Americans switch from left-brained majority to right-brained. Gotta be able to make your own pictures in the head when you're in the time of need! Teehee.:>
My AP would have the security disabled, as would any other AP I could guess the password to, and my neighborhood would be a WAN, replacing the antiquated BBS style I used to use back in the day....
"we'd be using our 1200bps modems connecting to the local BBS and swapping email over fido."
exactly what I did in the old days. As long as computers are around, people will find a way to connect them and connect themselves to each other using them. I suspect that while dial up might not be answer people run to these days I could see people setting up wireless networks within their own neighborhoods, and extending them into WANs that cover a good part of their city.
GREAT! You've just given the gub'mint what they were looking for! Now *ALL COMPUTERS* will be destroyed instead of just the internet! Great job, Aoet. Great job.;>
...oblivious to the appeals of their loved ones to "just get up and go take a walk"
After the ex-interfolk start walking, obesity will decrease, overall health will increase, and the medical industry will fall by the wayside. Medical insurance industries will struggle to survive by raising prices and... wait, flashback. Whoa.:>
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Microsoft is very effective at marketing in a fashion that gets many people interested in their products.
It also gets people that would normally dislike their products curious about what's going on and trying them.
I've watched it happen for so many years now that I know it to be a fact!
I see that, yes.
I've observed a lot of M$ brainwashing in business. It's unfortunate that businesses just jump right into MS products because of the pretty colors, pictures, advertised capabilities, and "history repeating itself" repetitiously. In a repetitive fashion. :)
Since the management thinks that it is a guaranteed success, they often (not always, but often) disregard the knowledge and ability of the software engineers and hardware/software integration experts. It's all about the $$, yo!
I suppose it costs too much money to possibly fail, even though MS software CAN, and does often fail. But it's not viewed as a failure; it's the thing that helps them come out with the first service pack, the patches, the second service pack, more patches, ad nauseum! So you, the company, are a famous helper to the software giant by finding all of these problems and reporting them!
I digress. Smartass comment was in agreement, not disagreement ;)
Indeed.
Politics. There's a very common and unfortunate outcome to people in that position. They get caught.
...and now my work here is done.
It's Slashdot's fault, right?
I forget, do politicians need to have the last word?
It happens to all of us.
See example.
There's a like option, its kinda like being modded up. You can't be modded down in Facebook though because you can only dislike things you already liked.
I think that's called "the happy place."
I'm just sayin'. :>
Its a group of socialist countries. What individual rights do you think you have there ?
I think you're allowed to eat there. Not sure tho.
Profit! :>
Then why are you posting here?
Well, that would be because a lot of people have a sense of humor. Turns out that several don't.
What do the kids say these days...? I believe it's "my bad."
You must still assume that the Tor nodes you are using are not hacked NSA or Chinese intelligence agency nodes, with a nice 'log traffic to disk' function added. If you really care, you need something like Opportunistic Encryption.
So you shouldn't use it if you don't want to be a Tor-get of investigation? :>
Letting stories like this show up outside "Idle"? He's pre-loading his karma.
How do you fire karma?
Oh, wait, we both just did it. :>
I'd have to go back to ham radio...it's what geeks did before computers.
You're reading a comment from one right now.
We can't have people understand what ham radio is, or ANYTHING about how it works. That feeds "thought" and "knowledge" and "learning."
We're supposed to let schools do that. Which brings me to the next point.. What will school be like nowadays without internet? I leave you to your thoughts.
Thinking is evil; don't get caught. ;>
...wiped most of humanity or brainwashed them into anti-technical belief systems...
Need I say more? :)
I often wonder why this doesn't happen.. Get most people to share their wifi (in exchange for free internet), supergeeks will set up wired caching hubs. Layer on some social networking so it's more difficult to exploit. Voila, free citizen-net!
Wow.. flashback to The Underground Railroad. :)
Do it the old fashioned way... Ham radio operators have been communicating world events from one continent to another for decades. ( learn it for when twitter fails)
.. but but but... that means they have to study for a short period of time. That means they have to take a test that takes a short period of time. That means they can't do everything NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW like their brains have grown to expect, and can't deal with differential from!
I pity. I've even helped with two disaster relief events as a ham, and people just look at me with glossy eyes because they don't understand a word I say when I try to describe what RF transmission is.
Oh, wait... I'm supposed to be "normal" to fit in. I'll act like I don't know anything.
*ahem*
What's "amateur radio?" :>
...Is a terrifying prospect. Truly horrific post-apocalypse shit that is!
I can spice up this flight of negative fancy for you: 70% and growing of the US population is F-A-T FAT, and the rest of the western world is slowly beginning to follow.
Rick Rolling door-to-door might help people lose weight if they are the Rollers.
The Internet is the only way I have to communicate with the outside world that I feel somewhat comfortable in. So w/o the internet, I would come directly home after work, and watch TV for 8hrs a day to feel somewhat connected to the world. Yes, I wouldn't be able to respond like I can online, but at least I would be getting the sensation of social interaction. Prior to the internet, that's exactly what I did. I imagine I would revert back to it. I don't function correctly in meatspace, so I wouldn't even bother attempting it. Live without the internet = Lots of TV and talk radio while reading books.
Now we take away your TV, too. And your books. And your radio.
Come on now, give me that other radio you're hiding under your pillow... That's good... :>
And once again, glory would be ours.
- You'd dust off your old US Robotics modems.
- People would set up BBS'es.
- We'd WiFi honeypot each other...
Wow. You just made me remember my callsign. Why am I thinking of the past when I should be predicting the future?
Future... uh.... is.. futuristic? ;>
...Porn on the other hand, we'd have to get creative.
Now you've hit the nail on the head (no pun intended). Americans switch from left-brained majority to right-brained. Gotta be able to make your own pictures in the head when you're in the time of need! Teehee. :>
Profit!!
How will they ever transport the p3N15 6r0w+h pills from Nigeria to here, and take the $ back without the Internetz? Oh nos! :>
I'd probably get some work done... though I'm not sure how since our data is stored in Colorado and I'm in Ohio.
...and you'd have to answer with "Oh, I apologize. I need to talk a walk to Colorado to get that information. I'll be back in a few weeks."
Wow, that sounds like business today! Ohh emm gee! ;>
My AP would have the security disabled, as would any other AP I could guess the password to, and my neighborhood would be a WAN, replacing the antiquated BBS style I used to use back in the day....
*choke* EMI *cough* ;>
"we'd be using our 1200bps modems connecting to the local BBS and swapping email over fido."
exactly what I did in the old days. As long as computers are around, people will find a way to connect them and connect themselves to each other using them. I suspect that while dial up might not be answer people run to these days I could see people setting up wireless networks within their own neighborhoods, and extending them into WANs that cover a good part of their city.
GREAT! You've just given the gub'mint what they were looking for! Now *ALL COMPUTERS* will be destroyed instead of just the internet! Great job, Aoet. Great job. ;>
Actually, "NO CARRIER" tended to be the common disconnection message... yeh, kids these days.
Damn CARRIERs and their support. DAMN THEM! :>
...oblivious to the appeals of their loved ones to "just get up and go take a walk"
After the ex-interfolk start walking, obesity will decrease, overall health will increase, and the medical industry will fall by the wayside. Medical insurance industries will struggle to survive by raising prices and... wait, flashback. Whoa. :>
"We can't go back to Playboy now!"
When Hugh dies two days after, I can't help but laugh. :>
I heard the internet will still be running at amusement parks
I heard that amusement parks will be open in every home within a year. :>