"As long as you remove PEEK and POKE, you will have a completely secure system..."
Absolutely wrong. If the language implementation doesn't include run-time buffer overflow checking, which is often overlooked in high-level languages and really can't exist in lower level ones, you've got an attack vector. Directly peeking at and poking into memory locations is only.01% of the battle. What if you want to use your "secure" basic as a cgi? Now you're got a whole new bushel of issues. The most secure language still has to contend with the problem of unintended consequences unintended uses.
"The week after I showed her the new Unix version, I got downsized out the door. People HATE it when you show them up..."
I thank the digital gods I never worked for such a person. I can't think of a instance where some one above me considered me a liability because I did something clever.
"There weren't ancient Roman engineers throwing things in the air screaming "WHY WON'T IT STAY UP IN THE AIR?"
No, but there were medieval philosophers & theologians who just knew the earth was the center of the universe, contrary to simple geometric measurements known to the Greeks that might have been made to illustrate the truth. Which is what I was referring to. Or: woosh!
"...the physical principles aren't exactly so esoteric..."
Yeah, you;d think the underlying principals would be intuitive but lets remember how long it took Man to come to realize Newton's & Kepler's laws. The Roman Church kept poor Galileo in prison for demonstrating basic gravity and that was less than 400 years ago.
You can cite me, I know plenty of rich people in my business, and they are the hardest working people I know. Because they know how to make a deal doesn't mean they are exploitative. Here's a clue; you'll never get rich bussing tables or picking grapes. I don't care if the country becomes a Trotskyite Socialist Paradise, you will NEVER make any money not owning things. Reality check for ya there.
Right, sparse or loosely-coupled systems; that means these concepts can model data that is made up mostly of zeros. If anyone gives a crap the application that comes to mind is bitmap compression & maybe some steganography applications. Of course if you lived your whole life and never heard of this stuff you could quite probably have lived a full and enriching life anyway.
"Really, it tends to get complicated when YOU decide to complicate your financial matters..."
Wrong. Again, I'm required to pay income tax or face loss of my liberty. The tax is imposed upon me. If the tax were a flat one I sincerely doubt that it would be so complicated as to require the assistance of a professional. If I didn't have to pay a tax or a greatly simplified one my accounting would be a since. I'm confused by your assertion that simply being wealthy alone my accounting is so complex. It may be more complicated that a drawer full of receipts, but not as complicated as having to apply the complex maze of laws and loopholes that is the current tax system. And I reject this notion that if I only gave up and accepted whatever the government asks of me to pay things would be "Better". I don't trust this government to take care of my postage without fucking it up. And you want the Fed to be my accountant and present me with a tax bill at the end of the year and simply pay it without looking at it? Get real.
I'll never understand people who are in favor of more government. And no one is advocating for "No Government", or anarchy. Its always 100% with you people. Either you characterize the arguments against you as 100% No government or 100% more government. Knock off your absurdity.
"Well, then quit and move to some other society where you'll get taxed less, or are you 'entitled' to all of the benefits of civilization without any of the cost."
No, you're completely wrong and way off base. Its my country too, and if there's something wrong with it its my DUTY to fix it. This a participatory democracy, not a autocracy were only people like you are allowed to run it. You're the one in the wrong. By the way, there's nothing stopping you from tithing 100% percent of your income directly to the federal government. Is that what you are doing?
I'm not paying that maximum either. I can't afford to be that stupid. And simply tossing up your arms and making such an excuse for a very heavy and overly regulated system is simply stupid. The ONLY reason I accept this situation is because they have guns and have passed laws making it very difficult for me to own them as well. So they win. For now.
"But is that really true, the government wasting most of it? OK, no organization can be perfect. I accept that. But if there were no government spending on promoting the "general welfare", you might actually be less prosperous than you are now, despite your lower tax burden."
I also reject any notion that a country can tax itself into prosperity. Its illogical and doesn't make sense. Look to Europe as an example of how well it works.
Agreed. Wouldn't be so bad if the Fed didn't waste as much of the money they extract from us as they do. I'm for paying taxes, at a reasonable rate. But the current situation is ridiculous. I'm simply working 40% of my life to give money to a government that burns it up faster than I can make it.
I never felt very good about paying into a system that requires me to either be an expert in that system, which would mean spending the equivalent time to get at least a two year degree, just to pay my taxes, or hiring an expert to do them for me. If I am required under penalty of imprisonment to pay taxes, its galling to me that I must also hire an expert to do them for me. Its a ridiculous, and unsustainable, situation that needs to change.
If counting "taxes" paid by sales/service excises, that may be true, although the rich don't get out of these taxes either. The average tax return from people under the median income usually garners a rebate. That means they get money back they didn't pay in to the system. The people getting shafted are the medium income earners, not the poor. Its called "wealth redistribution". And its bullshit. Companies/corps usually pay low taxes because state and local governments make deals with them to come into the municipality and provide jobs, not simply because of loopholes.
The real question you should be asking yourself is; why do we (and I mean everyone, rich and poor alike) need to pay so much to a government that simply wastes that money, for the most part. Vilifying people for being successful may feel good, but only up to the point that you aren't successful. This is assuming most people aspire to be successful, of course. If you're happy staying poor and grousing about "the rich", then I don't know what to tell you. Enjoy being poor I guess.
"Well, what's left that we can yet copy from iTunes, Sony, OS X, Java, VMware and Amazon?"
Yeah, that amazon one-click was the killer app of the 90's. Java? Meh. And iTumes... who'd a thought you could set up an on-line store where you could buy songs for.99 per... AND PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY PAY IT. (Any sane actuarial accountant or social economist will tell you the real value of digital pop media is much less.)
"What Linux is lacking is major studio games. That is really the only area
where "content" is an issue since such games are ultimately as much about
non-programmer content as "code".
I agree with this. I and many of my friends use Linux as desktop exclusively. The only time I don't is when I am forced to (such as at work).
Yeah, your in for a Chinese puzzle trying to delete your facebook account. This is why when ever I take a social media app for a test run I create my account with totally bogus, useless information other than an email account I use only for non-professional friends. Good luck with that.
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"As long as you remove PEEK and POKE, you will have a completely secure system..."
Absolutely wrong. If the language implementation doesn't include run-time buffer overflow checking, which is often overlooked in high-level languages and really can't exist in lower level ones, you've got an attack vector. Directly peeking at and poking into memory locations is only .01% of the battle. What if you want to use your "secure" basic as a cgi? Now you're got a whole new bushel of issues. The most secure language still has to contend with the problem of unintended consequences unintended uses.
"The week after I showed her the new Unix version, I got downsized out the door. People HATE it when you show them up..."
I thank the digital gods I never worked for such a person. I can't think of a instance where some one above me considered me a liability because I did something clever.
"Well, I wouldn't characterize geocentrism as being derived from "basic" gravity."
Now you're splitting hairs. And its "geocentricism".
"There weren't ancient Roman engineers throwing things in the air screaming "WHY WON'T IT STAY UP IN THE AIR?"
No, but there were medieval philosophers & theologians who just knew the earth was the center of the universe, contrary to simple geometric measurements known to the Greeks that might have been made to illustrate the truth. Which is what I was referring to. Or: woosh!
"...the physical principles aren't exactly so esoteric..."
Yeah, you;d think the underlying principals would be intuitive but lets remember how long it took Man to come to realize Newton's & Kepler's laws. The Roman Church kept poor Galileo in prison for demonstrating basic gravity and that was less than 400 years ago.
You can cite me, I know plenty of rich people in my business, and they are the hardest working people I know. Because they know how to make a deal doesn't mean they are exploitative. Here's a clue; you'll never get rich bussing tables or picking grapes. I don't care if the country becomes a Trotskyite Socialist Paradise, you will NEVER make any money not owning things. Reality check for ya there.
Right, sparse or loosely-coupled systems; that means these concepts can model data that is made up mostly of zeros. If anyone gives a crap the application that comes to mind is bitmap compression & maybe some steganography applications. Of course if you lived your whole life and never heard of this stuff you could quite probably have lived a full and enriching life anyway.
"Really, it tends to get complicated when YOU decide to complicate your financial matters..."
Wrong. Again, I'm required to pay income tax or face loss of my liberty. The tax is imposed upon me. If the tax were a flat one I sincerely doubt that it would be so complicated as to require the assistance of a professional. If I didn't have to pay a tax or a greatly simplified one my accounting would be a since. I'm confused by your assertion that simply being wealthy alone my accounting is so complex. It may be more complicated that a drawer full of receipts, but not as complicated as having to apply the complex maze of laws and loopholes that is the current tax system. And I reject this notion that if I only gave up and accepted whatever the government asks of me to pay things would be "Better". I don't trust this government to take care of my postage without fucking it up. And you want the Fed to be my accountant and present me with a tax bill at the end of the year and simply pay it without looking at it? Get real.
I'll never understand people who are in favor of more government. And no one is advocating for "No Government", or anarchy. Its always 100% with you people. Either you characterize the arguments against you as 100% No government or 100% more government. Knock off your absurdity.
"Well, then quit and move to some other society where you'll get taxed less, or are you 'entitled' to all of the benefits of civilization without any of the cost."
No, you're completely wrong and way off base. Its my country too, and if there's something wrong with it its my DUTY to fix it. This a participatory democracy, not a autocracy were only people like you are allowed to run it. You're the one in the wrong. By the way, there's nothing stopping you from tithing 100% percent of your income directly to the federal government. Is that what you are doing?
I'm not paying that maximum either. I can't afford to be that stupid. And simply tossing up your arms and making such an excuse for a very heavy and overly regulated system is simply stupid. The ONLY reason I accept this situation is because they have guns and have passed laws making it very difficult for me to own them as well. So they win. For now.
"But is that really true, the government wasting most of it? OK, no organization can be perfect. I accept that. But if there were no government spending on promoting the "general welfare", you might actually be less prosperous than you are now, despite your lower tax burden."
http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/the-government-is-wasting-your-tax-dollars/article50629.html
http://www.cagw.org/
http://www.organizedrage.com/2010/10/government-waste-is-shocking-says-tax.html
http://www.wastewatchersinc.org/
http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/916209-government-waste-tax-dollars.html
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2005/04/top-10-examples-of-government-waste
I also reject any notion that a country can tax itself into prosperity. Its illogical and doesn't make sense. Look to Europe as an example of how well it works.
Agreed. Wouldn't be so bad if the Fed didn't waste as much of the money they extract from us as they do. I'm for paying taxes, at a reasonable rate. But the current situation is ridiculous. I'm simply working 40% of my life to give money to a government that burns it up faster than I can make it.
I never felt very good about paying into a system that requires me to either be an expert in that system, which would mean spending the equivalent time to get at least a two year degree, just to pay my taxes, or hiring an expert to do them for me. If I am required under penalty of imprisonment to pay taxes, its galling to me that I must also hire an expert to do them for me. Its a ridiculous, and unsustainable, situation that needs to change.
"Only poor people pay taxes."
If counting "taxes" paid by sales/service excises, that may be true, although the rich don't get out of these taxes either. The average tax return from people under the median income usually garners a rebate. That means they get money back they didn't pay in to the system. The people getting shafted are the medium income earners, not the poor. Its called "wealth redistribution". And its bullshit. Companies/corps usually pay low taxes because state and local governments make deals with them to come into the municipality and provide jobs, not simply because of loopholes. The real question you should be asking yourself is; why do we (and I mean everyone, rich and poor alike) need to pay so much to a government that simply wastes that money, for the most part. Vilifying people for being successful may feel good, but only up to the point that you aren't successful. This is assuming most people aspire to be successful, of course. If you're happy staying poor and grousing about "the rich", then I don't know what to tell you. Enjoy being poor I guess.
"I'd say it was closer to the "Cheese" in "Cheese Strings" or any other fake cheese products (of which I hear the US has many)."
Go away.
Meh. I just want a cheese replicator made out of cheese. I'm still waiting for my jetpack btw...
"it's a nerd joke about said cat (zombie cat both dead and alive at the same time until seen).
Yeah, I'm very much aware of the Shrodinger's Cat dilemma, thanks.
I'm sure I've missed a few. He does make headlines, and that's what the fanboys love.
""When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol." -- Stephen Hawking"
I think what you mean to say is he has his nanny reach for his pistol- I don't think Hawking could reach for a pencil if it were balanced on his nose.
"Well, what's left that we can yet copy from iTunes, Sony, OS X, Java, VMware and Amazon?"
Yeah, that amazon one-click was the killer app of the 90's. Java? Meh. And iTumes... who'd a thought you could set up an on-line store where you could buy songs for .99 per... AND PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY PAY IT. (Any sane actuarial accountant or social economist will tell you the real value of digital pop media is much less.)
THAT'S INNOVATION. Oh yeah.
"What Linux is lacking is major studio games. That is really the only area where "content" is an issue since such games are ultimately as much about non-programmer content as "code".
I agree with this. I and many of my friends use Linux as desktop exclusively. The only time I don't is when I am forced to (such as at work).
Nobody has right to adopt children.
Good point.
Yeah, your in for a Chinese puzzle trying to delete your facebook account. This is why when ever I take a social media app for a test run I create my account with totally bogus, useless information other than an email account I use only for non-professional friends. Good luck with that.
As shown, not really difficult to understand.