There are plenty of houses which are nightmares of design and construction. Just watch Holmes on Homes for many examples of crappyness. One difference - you can drywall over most problems in a house and you won't see it for 10 years until it fails. Software problems are harder to hide for any length of time.
... if reading my email every morning is an addiction, what's the difference between "addiction" and "daily routine" ?
Addiction, implying that you suffer from a psychological disorder. While this is often a topic of contention, in general for something to be a disorder, the behaviour must be maladaptive. Thus the behaviour must be significantly detrimental to your everyday existence.
Thus if you check email so much that it interferes with other functioning, like you check email so much you can't go to the grocery store, then it is a disorder. If you just check email a lot but remain fully functional, then it's nothing.
How much is a ten year-old passenger's life worth? The young married couple a drunk driver hits? The driver's own life?
The generic argument to spend any money to preserve life is fatally flawed, as it assumes that there is only one way to preserve life.
What if we took that money and spent it on more cops? On hopsitals? On food for Africa? On tsunami monitoring equipment? On disease research? On stem cells? etc etc...
I seriously doubt spending $600 per car on alcohol sensors is an efficient use of money considering the highly desirable alternatives. I would say laughable.
The list of points you responded to were referring to IE, not "any browser". Or did you think he wanted you to turn off ActiveX in Lynx?
If the user is smart enough, IE can be pretty safe.....Shouldn't the average user be able to use factory preloaded software with factory default settings, for its intended use, without being exposed to major security risks?
I completely agree with you on your point. However you seem to think your statement somehow negates mine. It does not. If the user is smart enough, IE can be pretty safe. True. The standards for browser security should be higher than that. Also true.
Now, why would a "totally safe" browser need updates?
The parent clearly said that IE can be "pretty safe", not "totally safe". Thus your entire post is straw man. Moreover, I agree with him. If the user is smart enough, IE can be pretty safe.
My problem is, where does it stop, and who's to ensure it stops?
Well if the government is acting tyrranical via the justice system, it is the duty of the jury to stop it. I'm not sure if the punishment in this instance is imposed by judge, or voted on by jury. However, in the extreme, the jury could exercise jury nullification, and thus always carries ultimate power.
We track criminals for the duration of their probationary period, but after that they are no longer tracked.
Do you not have the concept of lifetime parole in your jurisdiction? I don't think this is all that rare. This is what we are talking about, a lifetime sentence imposed by a judge/jury.
We have a huge infrastructure specifically designed to punish offenders including lengthy incarceration. Do you also argue that this is an erosion of civil rights? And yes I read stuff. Sometimes books without pictures even.
It is clear to me that God of the bible is NOT omnipotent. He took 6 days to create the world, then rested. There are many other examples but this one is pretty clear.
We already frequently track criminals. This is an element of the parole system. Yet somehow our society doesn't slide down this slippery slope. All that is being proposed here is a different technological method for doing so.
But now I'm assuming China will let its currency float in advance of devaluing the dollar; they'd be idiots to stay pegged to a currency they're about to torpedo!
Those two things are one in the same. China can torpedo the dollar by allowing its currency to float.
Three people, lots of paperwork... but the tools were still left in the shuttle in spite of it. What's the point of paperwork if three people can sign to attest to something which is blatantly untrue?
If you notice that paperwork failed once, and conclude that it will always fail, that's a logical fallacy.
"Let me put it this way , outsourcing is a step towards achieving a global economy, something good for everyone."
People have been brainwashed into repeating this over and over. It is possibly true, on a global scope. However it is never mentioned that while the business owner, India and China are taking 2 steps forward, the American worker is taking 1 step back.
UFO nuts in their flying cars with tape over the licence plates decide to cruise en masse at low altitude over Groom Lake in Nevada...Does the Air Force shoot them all down?
Merely approaching the restricted area around Groom Lake earns you an F-16 escort. And I'm pretty sure they would shoot you down.
The relationship then of authority to civilian is one of dominance and subordination.
You make this sound like some government intrusion on your privacy. In fact, this is an owner of the mall (private citizen) securing his private property. Now I ask you, what is the point of a citizen purchasing property if they do not gain some authority over it? And can I come to your house and photograph your security devices without your permission?
I dislike this statement because it gives rise to a false dichotomy where you only possess rights on public land.
No, but it does lead to the truism that you posess different rights if you are on property you own, versus property someone else owns. That's even ingrained in your bill of rights.
You're right, it's a reasonable thing to bring up, and I misunderstood where you were going. However you need to include the GPU cost in your calculation. I'm not sure if your observation will hold once you do this.
For one thing we're seeing GPUs take over from CPUs
What's the difference between a GPU transistor and a CPU transistor? Anyways the article doesn't mention either of these terms so I don't know why you are bringing it up.
Assume we get hit. I'm wondering whether it could possibly be bad enough, that the earth would become less habitable than the moon, venus, mars etc..? I don't see how.
Slashdot Mirror
There are plenty of houses which are nightmares of design and construction. Just watch Holmes on Homes for many examples of crappyness. One difference - you can drywall over most problems in a house and you won't see it for 10 years until it fails. Software problems are harder to hide for any length of time.
Who the hell modded this bugger up? Someone with out a driving license.
He was talking about the electric car. I know it was confusing. It would need to generate torque at 0 rpm, as I don't think there is a clutch.
... if reading my email every morning is an addiction, what's the difference between "addiction" and "daily routine" ?
Addiction, implying that you suffer from a psychological disorder. While this is often a topic of contention, in general for something to be a disorder, the behaviour must be maladaptive. Thus the behaviour must be significantly detrimental to your everyday existence.
Thus if you check email so much that it interferes with other functioning, like you check email so much you can't go to the grocery store, then it is a disorder. If you just check email a lot but remain fully functional, then it's nothing.
How much is a ten year-old passenger's life worth? The young married couple a drunk driver hits? The driver's own life?
The generic argument to spend any money to preserve life is fatally flawed, as it assumes that there is only one way to preserve life.
What if we took that money and spent it on more cops? On hopsitals? On food for Africa? On tsunami monitoring equipment? On disease research? On stem cells? etc etc...
I seriously doubt spending $600 per car on alcohol sensors is an efficient use of money considering the highly desirable alternatives. I would say laughable.
The list of points you responded to were referring to IE, not "any browser". Or did you think he wanted you to turn off ActiveX in Lynx?
If the user is smart enough, IE can be pretty safe.....Shouldn't the average user be able to use factory preloaded software with factory default settings, for its intended use, without being exposed to major security risks?
I completely agree with you on your point. However you seem to think your statement somehow negates mine. It does not. If the user is smart enough, IE can be pretty safe. True. The standards for browser security should be higher than that. Also true.
Now, why would a "totally safe" browser need updates?
The parent clearly said that IE can be "pretty safe", not "totally safe". Thus your entire post is straw man. Moreover, I agree with him. If the user is smart enough, IE can be pretty safe.
(Plus, it's near-impossible to put more CG in his films anyway...)
He could create a CG director. Which might be a good idea actually.
Forget laptops. Can I get a big one of these and power my car with it?
My problem is, where does it stop, and who's to ensure it stops?
Well if the government is acting tyrranical via the justice system, it is the duty of the jury to stop it. I'm not sure if the punishment in this instance is imposed by judge, or voted on by jury. However, in the extreme, the jury could exercise jury nullification, and thus always carries ultimate power.
We track criminals for the duration of their probationary period, but after that they are no longer tracked.
Do you not have the concept of lifetime parole in your jurisdiction? I don't think this is all that rare. This is what we are talking about, a lifetime sentence imposed by a judge/jury.
We have a huge infrastructure specifically designed to punish offenders including lengthy incarceration. Do you also argue that this is an erosion of civil rights? And yes I read stuff. Sometimes books without pictures even.
god is omnipotent
It is clear to me that God of the bible is NOT omnipotent. He took 6 days to create the world, then rested. There are many other examples but this one is pretty clear.
We already frequently track criminals. This is an element of the parole system. Yet somehow our society doesn't slide down this slippery slope. All that is being proposed here is a different technological method for doing so.
But now I'm assuming China will let its currency float in advance of devaluing the dollar; they'd be idiots to stay pegged to a currency they're about to torpedo!
Those two things are one in the same. China can torpedo the dollar by allowing its currency to float.
Three people, lots of paperwork... but the tools were still left in the shuttle in spite of it. What's the point of paperwork if three people can sign to attest to something which is blatantly untrue?
If you notice that paperwork failed once, and conclude that it will always fail, that's a logical fallacy.
"Let me put it this way , outsourcing is a step towards achieving a global economy, something good for everyone."
People have been brainwashed into repeating this over and over. It is possibly true, on a global scope. However it is never mentioned that while the business owner, India and China are taking 2 steps forward, the American worker is taking 1 step back.
The four wheels had rims and they had spokes, and their rims were full of eyes round about....
Sound like a close encounter to you?
Sounds like Pimp My Chariot, Ezekiel style...
What is the advantage of doing in camera white balancing, as opposed to doing it later in Photoshop?
Big asteroids are too large to effectively blow up. You'd need like a Death Star or something.
UFO nuts in their flying cars with tape over the licence plates decide to cruise en masse at low altitude over Groom Lake in Nevada...Does the Air Force shoot them all down?
Merely approaching the restricted area around Groom Lake earns you an F-16 escort. And I'm pretty sure they would shoot you down.
The relationship then of authority to civilian is one of dominance and subordination.
You make this sound like some government intrusion on your privacy. In fact, this is an owner of the mall (private citizen) securing his private property. Now I ask you, what is the point of a citizen purchasing property if they do not gain some authority over it? And can I come to your house and photograph your security devices without your permission?
I dislike this statement because it gives rise to a false dichotomy where you only possess rights on public land.
No, but it does lead to the truism that you posess different rights if you are on property you own, versus property someone else owns. That's even ingrained in your bill of rights.
You're right, it's a reasonable thing to bring up, and I misunderstood where you were going. However you need to include the GPU cost in your calculation. I'm not sure if your observation will hold once you do this.
For one thing we're seeing GPUs take over from CPUs
What's the difference between a GPU transistor and a CPU transistor? Anyways the article doesn't mention either of these terms so I don't know why you are bringing it up.
Big F@#%ing Asteroid
Assume we get hit. I'm wondering whether it could possibly be bad enough, that the earth would become less habitable than the moon, venus, mars etc..? I don't see how.
People who want to purchase non-defective merchandise are assholes?