Why do people buy houses? To get the mortgage deduction. Why do people start IRAs? To get the deduction.
Okay, those statements should cause this to be modded troll right off the bat. People buy houses to LIVE IN. The tax benefits make it more enticing, but the equity is the thing, not the freaking tax benefit. People start IRA's to retire someday, since I'm damn sure there won't be a safety net to speak of.
Anything that encourages savings is always a good thing. Always.
Someone failed Macroeconomics 101. Yes, individual savings is good. Savings on a societal or national level kills the economy, as it reduces spending (shock! gasp!). That has been amply shown over the last 50 years as savings have dwindled and dwindled and the economy surges.
Now, why would a VAT be better? One simple reason: Savings would no longer be taxed. Ever. When something isn't taxed, people use it.
Meanwhile, you're assuming the poor have anything left for savings. Hello? We're talking about the POOR here - by definition they don't have as much money, and are damned unlikely to save no matter how enticing you make it - they don't have the money. Meanwhile, who *is* going to save more? Those who have more money. This will encourage saving all right; saving huge sums for inheritances and such, Those who live hand to mouth will get screwed all the harder.
The best thing for the poor is a gradiated income tax, which is exactly what we have. Where they get killed is on gas, fuel, large expenses (and their associated taxes) - amazing! All of those are SALES related taxes, not INCOME taxes. Income taxes (in theory) are simple - the make less, you pay less (often significantly).
That is true, and needs to be fixed. Sadly, I doubt this issue will be given the attention it deserves and be swept under the rug until the pressure or bad PR becomes too great.
I've said it before, I'll say it again. Mac OS X has no vectors for attack except social engineering. You will not see things like Slammer or Blaster on the Mac, as there are no ports open on a default install. None. How are you going to get in the box now, other than stupid users (which there is little you can do about)?
Mac OS X - thanks to fewer services running, no network ports open, no root user, and strong use of system permissions - presents a much smaller surface area to attack than Windows. While market share magnifies this effect for those who are writing viruses for economic gain, if the two were equally matched in terms of share, Mac OS X would still be more secure.
So they missed a chunk of headers. It's happened before, and been fixed. I see no reason at all for Apple to get out of open sourcing Darwin. They won't include the TPM related kext's, of course, but the rest should be fine.
Why are stories like this always linked to the iPod? A USB key or portable hard drive could do the same thing. All this will do is keep people from using iPod's at work. If you're that paranoid and don't trust your employees (a bad sign to begin with), lock down the USB ports on their computers, or prevent additional drives from mounting. But don't pin crap like this on the iPod.
The Comcast box is fine, it's the software interface that currently sucks. Once they get that nailed (and I believe they will) they are going to be the powerhouse in PVR's.
The interface is the hard part, not the hardware. Any schmoe can slap together the hardware; it's making it work and work well that is the lion's share of the effort.
Of course, every area you mentioned has a much higher population density than the US, sometimes by an order of magnitude (yes, even Canda - the vast majority is within 50 miles of the US border). One of the problems with US broadband penetration has been the relatively low population density. Aside from the slow rollout to many areas, this makes service more expensive to deliver and maintain than in other countries.
Christ, how many times are we promised phenomenal increases in storage, processing power, batteries, etc that are only "4-5 years away"? IF the technology ever materializes, it's usually a shadow of its former self, offering the standard increases we're used to (Moore's Law or thereabouts, depending on the tech). This isn't news until prototype units are done and working, as far as I'm concerned.
Meanwhile, how would you access the data? What bus would be fast enough for storage of that magnitude? How do you back it up, except to other drives of its type? What's the reliability predicted to be like (especially on such a new technology)?
Perhaps not as Quicktime codecs. I'd wager than VLC or MPlayer can play them. And seriously - when did such ancient video codecs become "mission critical"? Was that actually an attempt to troll?
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And this setup will also either reject any security or functionality updates, or those updates will merrily overwrite your hacked files and leave you with a very nice brick.
Well, if you want to put your money where your mouth is, there is a bounty growing for just that: http://winxponmac.com/ Of course, nobody really knows if it is possible.
It's x86 instruction-set on an x86 processor. It's possible, it just may be damn difficult. In hacker-speak, it's just a matter of time.
Device drivers is about all you have to worry about. Applications will run through Rosetta, and major apps have already committed to Intel-native. The one sticky area for early adopters is plugins, so there are a variety of small problems with Java apps, browser plugins, Quicktime codecs, prefpanes - a whole assortment of generally minor software, but it all adds up to be a major inconvenience. I predict by summer everything will have sorted itself out and consumers will be plugging along.
Pros, on the other hand, should wait until 2007 for Adobe and such to push out their Intel-native apps. Should give Apple a nice sales boost for that financial year.
Let me sum it up - I use Windows at work. My work laptop is 4 years old, with no upgrade in sight. I'd rather use this and VMWare, and switch back and forth as needed.
No one is talking about using Windows *in place* of Mac OS X on a MacBook Pro; they're talking about running it side-by-side. You know, just like people who have been desperate have been using VirtualPC for years now, but in theory without any speed penalties.
This is what is truly damaging - those who should be helping the fight instead damage it by acting like crackpots. How do you expect to effect any change if unable to convince others?
Informative? Hardly. The grandparent was clearly saying that Mac OS X and OpenBSD are based on the same foundation as each other (BSD), while Vista and XP are based on the same foundation as each other (NT). He did NOT say that Windows was based on BSD.
No, they're a software company, in that's what provides them their differentiation and their core value. The hardware is great, but wouldn't be noteworthy without the OS. What the hardware does is pays the bills.
Similarly with Microsoft - would we be griping so much if Windows wasn't a monopoly with all that goes along with that? Windows is their core product, but Office is what pays the bills there.
Try upgrading to 2.0.1, just released. There was a crashing problem in 2.0 and Quicktime 7.0.4 when you leave the video (navigate away, quit Quicktime, etc).
Why the hell is the parent marked as a troll? A lot of people have changing SMTP requirements (I'm in a very similar situation), and the Thunderbird team has consistently told them to pound sand.
If they want us to use a fixed SMTP server for an account, then just let us type it in - none of this dropdown etc crap. Enter it just like a POP server. If they want SMTP servers to be more like an object that multiple accounts can reference (and thus support changing one object at once to update a lot of accounts), then please make that simple and quick to change!
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Why do people buy houses? To get the mortgage deduction. Why do people start IRAs? To get the deduction.
Okay, those statements should cause this to be modded troll right off the bat. People buy houses to LIVE IN. The tax benefits make it more enticing, but the equity is the thing, not the freaking tax benefit. People start IRA's to retire someday, since I'm damn sure there won't be a safety net to speak of.
Anything that encourages savings is always a good thing. Always.
Someone failed Macroeconomics 101. Yes, individual savings is good. Savings on a societal or national level kills the economy, as it reduces spending (shock! gasp!). That has been amply shown over the last 50 years as savings have dwindled and dwindled and the economy surges.
Now, why would a VAT be better? One simple reason: Savings would no longer be taxed. Ever. When something isn't taxed, people use it.
Meanwhile, you're assuming the poor have anything left for savings. Hello? We're talking about the POOR here - by definition they don't have as much money, and are damned unlikely to save no matter how enticing you make it - they don't have the money. Meanwhile, who *is* going to save more? Those who have more money. This will encourage saving all right; saving huge sums for inheritances and such, Those who live hand to mouth will get screwed all the harder.
The best thing for the poor is a gradiated income tax, which is exactly what we have. Where they get killed is on gas, fuel, large expenses (and their associated taxes) - amazing! All of those are SALES related taxes, not INCOME taxes. Income taxes (in theory) are simple - the make less, you pay less (often significantly).
No.
Next question? I'll be here all night.
That is true, and needs to be fixed. Sadly, I doubt this issue will be given the attention it deserves and be swept under the rug until the pressure or bad PR becomes too great.
I've said it before, I'll say it again. Mac OS X has no vectors for attack except social engineering. You will not see things like Slammer or Blaster on the Mac, as there are no ports open on a default install. None. How are you going to get in the box now, other than stupid users (which there is little you can do about)?
Mac OS X - thanks to fewer services running, no network ports open, no root user, and strong use of system permissions - presents a much smaller surface area to attack than Windows. While market share magnifies this effect for those who are writing viruses for economic gain, if the two were equally matched in terms of share, Mac OS X would still be more secure.
Next.
So they missed a chunk of headers. It's happened before, and been fixed. I see no reason at all for Apple to get out of open sourcing Darwin. They won't include the TPM related kext's, of course, but the rest should be fine.
Why are stories like this always linked to the iPod? A USB key or portable hard drive could do the same thing. All this will do is keep people from using iPod's at work. If you're that paranoid and don't trust your employees (a bad sign to begin with), lock down the USB ports on their computers, or prevent additional drives from mounting. But don't pin crap like this on the iPod.
I'm not sure Heisenberg is a principal either.
This is such an OSS view of things:
The Comcast box is fine, it's the software interface that currently sucks. Once they get that nailed (and I believe they will) they are going to be the powerhouse in PVR's.
The interface is the hard part, not the hardware. Any schmoe can slap together the hardware; it's making it work and work well that is the lion's share of the effort.
This is so true - it's one of the few times I can say to my parents "I told you so", instead of the other way around.
Of course, every area you mentioned has a much higher population density than the US, sometimes by an order of magnitude (yes, even Canda - the vast majority is within 50 miles of the US border). One of the problems with US broadband penetration has been the relatively low population density. Aside from the slow rollout to many areas, this makes service more expensive to deliver and maintain than in other countries.
Christ, how many times are we promised phenomenal increases in storage, processing power, batteries, etc that are only "4-5 years away"? IF the technology ever materializes, it's usually a shadow of its former self, offering the standard increases we're used to (Moore's Law or thereabouts, depending on the tech). This isn't news until prototype units are done and working, as far as I'm concerned.
Meanwhile, how would you access the data? What bus would be fast enough for storage of that magnitude? How do you back it up, except to other drives of its type? What's the reliability predicted to be like (especially on such a new technology)?
Lots of questions, few answers.
Perhaps not as Quicktime codecs. I'd wager than VLC or MPlayer can play them. And seriously - when did such ancient video codecs become "mission critical"? Was that actually an attempt to troll?
And this setup will also either reject any security or functionality updates, or those updates will merrily overwrite your hacked files and leave you with a very nice brick.
Well, if you want to put your money where your mouth is, there is a bounty growing for just that:
http://winxponmac.com/
Of course, nobody really knows if it is possible.
It's x86 instruction-set on an x86 processor. It's possible, it just may be damn difficult. In hacker-speak, it's just a matter of time.
Device drivers is about all you have to worry about. Applications will run through Rosetta, and major apps have already committed to Intel-native. The one sticky area for early adopters is plugins, so there are a variety of small problems with Java apps, browser plugins, Quicktime codecs, prefpanes - a whole assortment of generally minor software, but it all adds up to be a major inconvenience. I predict by summer everything will have sorted itself out and consumers will be plugging along.
Pros, on the other hand, should wait until 2007 for Adobe and such to push out their Intel-native apps. Should give Apple a nice sales boost for that financial year.
Let me sum it up - I use Windows at work. My work laptop is 4 years old, with no upgrade in sight. I'd rather use this and VMWare, and switch back and forth as needed.
No one is talking about using Windows *in place* of Mac OS X on a MacBook Pro; they're talking about running it side-by-side. You know, just like people who have been desperate have been using VirtualPC for years now, but in theory without any speed penalties.
Fork the it was going benefited no-one.
Hey, new sig line!
You are a pawn of the fantasies inside your head.
"Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence", or even apply Occam's Razor. None of this makes sense compared to the simple truth that some people are nasty and have their own agenda; there is no overarching conspiracy across the generations. Or shall we start discussing the New World Order?
This is what is truly damaging - those who should be helping the fight instead damage it by acting like crackpots. How do you expect to effect any change if unable to convince others?
"Damn smelly exhaust" - TAG!
Informative? Hardly. The grandparent was clearly saying that Mac OS X and OpenBSD are based on the same foundation as each other (BSD), while Vista and XP are based on the same foundation as each other (NT). He did NOT say that Windows was based on BSD.
No, they're a software company, in that's what provides them their differentiation and their core value. The hardware is great, but wouldn't be noteworthy without the OS. What the hardware does is pays the bills.
Similarly with Microsoft - would we be griping so much if Windows wasn't a monopoly with all that goes along with that? Windows is their core product, but Office is what pays the bills there.
I'll take the inefficiency of government over the corruption of the private sector any day.
Is VirtualPC or VMWare available yet for the Intel Macs? No.
Try upgrading to 2.0.1, just released. There was a crashing problem in 2.0 and Quicktime 7.0.4 when you leave the video (navigate away, quit Quicktime, etc).
Why the hell is the parent marked as a troll? A lot of people have changing SMTP requirements (I'm in a very similar situation), and the Thunderbird team has consistently told them to pound sand.
If they want us to use a fixed SMTP server for an account, then just let us type it in - none of this dropdown etc crap. Enter it just like a POP server. If they want SMTP servers to be more like an object that multiple accounts can reference (and thus support changing one object at once to update a lot of accounts), then please make that simple and quick to change!