Currently about half way through Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War. It borders on being too factual to really be engaging, but it still manages to be relatively interesting. it's certainly informative and a little bit terrifying (of course).
The reason the US scores so low is because they factor in cost. No question, it's unbelievably expensive, but if you remove cost from the equation it is one of, if not the, best medical care in the world.
The US healthcare system is the most expensive and shoddily run of any country on the planet, bar none
Incorrect. The US has the best healthcare on the planet. It's just also the most expensive. There's a reason people travel from all over the world to the US if they have cash.
Sorry, I just don't believe you. Considering the number of people successfully using Cisco equipment the more likely explanation is user error. Either you misunderstood the capabilities of the device or it was implemented improperly. It's just far more likely, statistically speaking, sorry.
Really bad analogy that supports my point, not yours. There's a reason for Microsoft had a 95% market share. No one made a better desktop operating system in the 90s. If you think Linux was better in the 90s, you weren't using it (I was) and for 95% of the population Windows was a better option, even if it did crash once a day.
If you think the average person was better off with anything other than Windows in the 90s you're delusional.
Cisco alone has 53% of the overall worldwide switching and routing market. If you cannot get their equipment to work, it's not their fault. Maybe you could hire someone who know's what they're doing?
We are trying to do to movies what we did to software with open source. Reduce its value so much that the people working in the industry struggle to survive. In a capitalist society if you dont pay cash for something you dont value it. We devalued software development by going from license fee based software to open source.
The fact that you think open source software is always free (as in beer) and doesn't create jobs shows how little you understand it.
Now we want to devalue entertainment by going from Studio funded blockbusters to all Indy movies made on shoestring budgets where the actors have to hold day jobs
That's how capitalism works. People pay for what they believe has value. Judging by the latest round of comic book hero movies racking in hundreds of million dollars you can save your crocodile tears.
(Just like those contributing to open source have to hold day jobs)
And what about those thousands of jobs created around open source software? Hosting providers, software developers who use open source tools, massive companies built on open source software (ie Google) ?
You sound like an angry old man who doesn't understand how the economy is changing so you just try to prevent it.
So if you pay $60 to take your kids there opening night you're a Good American. If you wait 30 days and pay $30 to watch it at home with the kids you're an idiot?
Well, that is not true... look at phones for an example. Some have the battery nearly impossible even for a regular tech to replace without great risk of severe damage.
What phones? I've replaced batteries in IPhones on more than one occasion. It's not difficult for someone who's even reasonably handy using simple hand tools. This can also been done for only a few dollars at lots of places. Are you literally less technically capable than the guy working the mall kiosk?
And in two years with heavy use the battery has lost half its life and needs replacing for any reasonable runtime. Been there, done that with phones. Been there with my Lenovo non-easily replaceable laptop too.
That's just factually wrong. Please provide any evidence that in two years the battery has lost half it's life. I have lots of anecdotal evidence to the contrary and haven't seen any study that proves that out.
Which Lenovo model? Define "non-easily" replaceable. I could probably replace it in 10 or 15 minutes. Even by your own estimate something you'd only need to do once every two years. This is essentially a non-issue.
I never understood why this is a problem. Do you sleep with your watch on? I have to charge my phone every night, too. So I take it out of my pocket and place it on a dock to charge.
How exactly do you propose to do this? Turn on personal hotspot on an iPhone? Now it's just an Android device connected to WiFi. What have you prevented, exactly?
People don't "desperately need a universal solution". It's not that big of a deal. Feel free to cut down to whatever clients you want to use and people will either meet you there or use the lowest common denominator (e-mail). Eventually this problem sorts itself out (remember AIM vs ICQ?).
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College kids are poor, this is not news.
You must also have heard that Radiolab episode
Next two on my list are:
"Cell connection ". He's referring to the device's ability to connect to a carrier's cellular network.
The reason the US scores so low is because they factor in cost. No question, it's unbelievably expensive, but if you remove cost from the equation it is one of, if not the, best medical care in the world.
The US healthcare system is the most expensive and shoddily run of any country on the planet, bar none
Incorrect. The US has the best healthcare on the planet. It's just also the most expensive. There's a reason people travel from all over the world to the US if they have cash.
Again, unbundled. Should be half this price or less.
ESPN's probably is a failure to innovate. Millions of people would happily pay for an unbundled ESPN available online.
Same here. I'm not even much of a gamer but I'll be buying Ryzen 7, motherboard and some ECC ram this weekend.
Sorry, I just don't believe you. Considering the number of people successfully using Cisco equipment the more likely explanation is user error. Either you misunderstood the capabilities of the device or it was implemented improperly. It's just far more likely, statistically speaking, sorry.
Really bad analogy that supports my point, not yours. There's a reason for Microsoft had a 95% market share. No one made a better desktop operating system in the 90s. If you think Linux was better in the 90s, you weren't using it (I was) and for 95% of the population Windows was a better option, even if it did crash once a day.
If you think the average person was better off with anything other than Windows in the 90s you're delusional.
Cisco alone has 53% of the overall worldwide switching and routing market. If you cannot get their equipment to work, it's not their fault. Maybe you could hire someone who know's what they're doing?
"I can finish that in a week."
Most tech workers are young so they can live "downtown" near work so they have access to events, restaurants and the night life.
If your phone only gets patches for a year, maybe you picked the wrong platform?
Why not wait 5 years and watch it for free on cable? Pretty simple, because you're willing to pay money to see it sooner because it interests you.
We are trying to do to movies what we did to software with open source. Reduce its value so much that the people working in the industry struggle to survive. In a capitalist society if you dont pay cash for something you dont value it. We devalued software development by going from license fee based software to open source.
The fact that you think open source software is always free (as in beer) and doesn't create jobs shows how little you understand it.
Now we want to devalue entertainment by going from Studio funded blockbusters to all Indy movies made on shoestring budgets where the actors have to hold day jobs
That's how capitalism works. People pay for what they believe has value. Judging by the latest round of comic book hero movies racking in hundreds of million dollars you can save your crocodile tears.
(Just like those contributing to open source have to hold day jobs)
And what about those thousands of jobs created around open source software? Hosting providers, software developers who use open source tools, massive companies built on open source software (ie Google) ?
You sound like an angry old man who doesn't understand how the economy is changing so you just try to prevent it.
Or should my basic rights as a lawful, paying customer be upheld EVEN if pirates exploit that?
What exactly is this "right" you have to access content produced by a private company?
So if you pay $60 to take your kids there opening night you're a Good American. If you wait 30 days and pay $30 to watch it at home with the kids you're an idiot?
Well, that is not true... look at phones for an example. Some have the battery nearly impossible even for a regular tech to replace without great risk of severe damage.
What phones? I've replaced batteries in IPhones on more than one occasion. It's not difficult for someone who's even reasonably handy using simple hand tools. This can also been done for only a few dollars at lots of places. Are you literally less technically capable than the guy working the mall kiosk?
And in two years with heavy use the battery has lost half its life and needs replacing for any reasonable runtime. Been there, done that with phones. Been there with my Lenovo non-easily replaceable laptop too.
That's just factually wrong. Please provide any evidence that in two years the battery has lost half it's life. I have lots of anecdotal evidence to the contrary and haven't seen any study that proves that out.
Which Lenovo model? Define "non-easily" replaceable. I could probably replace it in 10 or 15 minutes. Even by your own estimate something you'd only need to do once every two years. This is essentially a non-issue.
I appreciate your anecdotal experience, but truth be told, a lot of people really do like wrist computers.
I never understood why this is a problem. Do you sleep with your watch on? I have to charge my phone every night, too. So I take it out of my pocket and place it on a dock to charge.
How exactly do you propose to do this? Turn on personal hotspot on an iPhone? Now it's just an Android device connected to WiFi. What have you prevented, exactly?
Have you seen the KEYone?
People don't "desperately need a universal solution". It's not that big of a deal. Feel free to cut down to whatever clients you want to use and people will either meet you there or use the lowest common denominator (e-mail). Eventually this problem sorts itself out (remember AIM vs ICQ?).