But what right do you have to demand and dictate the way in which the author of the code chooses to distribute the work? There is nothing stopping them from realeasing it open source. There is nothing forcing you to use it should they choose otherwise. That's freedom.
They take time. What would be the point of finally shelling out centrino 5yrs down the road? And backroyalties would be pointless because the patented technology would be so outdated.
Isn't open source making a big move in Europe? I wonder how this would affect the decision to move off of MS knowing that you wouldn't be able to talk to people who are still using MS software.
actually, that would be hilarious! Bring back the old phrase "I didn't do it".
But seriously, the house could prabably be built with the aerogel a good distance from the wall with relatively think walls.
I would rather they reccomend installing firewalls, an OS with permissions- any OS; linux, Win2k, Solaris, BSD, WinXP (shudder, switch from IE to Mozilla, etc. That would be satisfactory to me. They say the same old crap over and over again and their is proven and old practices out there that they never bother to recommend. Considering another OS outright is drasitc and won't necessarily solve the problem. That pesky 90% needs to learn some basic administration first.
The viruses aren't very effective because alternative OS users actually know how to use their system. Give that same machine to the rest of the computer world and see how they like that strange permission doohicky. I run linux, Win98, Win2k, and WinXP. I've yet to be hit by a virus because I have the sense to know when I need god-like and when that power will probably allow my machine to be nuked. This is a problem of education, not OS per se.
You could create a priveledged system since NT. Heres a scenario for you, Linux comes preinstalled on every new computer sold and is the dominant OS. Do you think resellers would setup non-root/non-rootlike accounts for the user? It's not like they couldn't do that with 2k or XP. And what about the bagillion possible daemons that the reseller might turn on just to make things even easier for the user? do you think the reseller would educate the buyer on the importance of actually maintining a system or firewalls? *nix (as much as I love it) is not the be all, end all to this little annoyance. Education is. If people were educated on how to actually use their machine, this problem wouldn't exist.
My college and my old highschool scans (or says they scan) every packet to prevent virus infections. Well I know some people's jacks have been cut off and yup; they were infected. I personally hate the idea of scanning at that level. A little education goes a lot farther. I taught my whole family as well as a bunch of my friends how to use a firewall and how to patch their systems. Why can't ISP's pass out pamphlets or something doing the same?
I can see it now... millions of linux pre-installed PC's all configured to run as root by default with just about every unnecessary service turned on and without any warning to the user that they must actually maintain their system. Replace "linux" with "windows" in the above... the world wouldn't be so different... It would have more money in its pockets, yeah, but it would still get screwed by stupid users.
but if one runs more tests and does more studies then the technology would be there without the public becoming potential guinea pigs. And who thought electricity would leak into the atmosphere? Besides that, there are huge side-effects of "a lightbulb in every home"... dirty power generation for example- which is a lot more easily taken care of than some unforeseen ecological disaster caused by GM flora/fauna.
I realize that the new food can be used to save lives. I am well aware that I've consumed GM foodstuffs at one time or another being a US citizen. Again, I'm simply airing a word of caution. This is still a big gamble.
Alright... I wish you could, well, put it into more english-like terms (I'm a programmer, not a doctor). Where is the guarantee that these genes might not be apart of a larger system of genes? Aren't there features like human pigmentation that are determined by a multitude of genes? Where is the guarantee that some unforeseen feature may arise that is harmful to a greater system?
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would you rather have .ogg?
But what right do you have to demand and dictate the way in which the author of the code chooses to distribute the work? There is nothing stopping them from realeasing it open source. There is nothing forcing you to use it should they choose otherwise. That's freedom.
god for the public? The public has plenty of gods!
will I own them or do I have to buy a license?
and make the device larger and take up more power? That would defeat the purpose of this laptop technology.
They take time. What would be the point of finally shelling out centrino 5yrs down the road? And backroyalties would be pointless because the patented technology would be so outdated.
then why not reverse engineer the windows drivers? I think it has to do distribtion quirks. But I'm not sure.
Nah. Martians don't like soccer and they aren't too partian to good ol' American baseball. That's why they call it the red planet.
Isn't open source making a big move in Europe? I wonder how this would affect the decision to move off of MS knowing that you wouldn't be able to talk to people who are still using MS software.
actually, that would be hilarious! Bring back the old phrase "I didn't do it". But seriously, the house could prabably be built with the aerogel a good distance from the wall with relatively think walls.
it's not so surprising. I like getting all my e-mails.
I would rather they reccomend installing firewalls, an OS with permissions- any OS; linux, Win2k, Solaris, BSD, WinXP (shudder, switch from IE to Mozilla, etc. That would be satisfactory to me. They say the same old crap over and over again and their is proven and old practices out there that they never bother to recommend. Considering another OS outright is drasitc and won't necessarily solve the problem. That pesky 90% needs to learn some basic administration first.
bagels taste better? so you're a vegetarian, eh?
are the mods a bit sadistic today?
The viruses aren't very effective because alternative OS users actually know how to use their system. Give that same machine to the rest of the computer world and see how they like that strange permission doohicky. I run linux, Win98, Win2k, and WinXP. I've yet to be hit by a virus because I have the sense to know when I need god-like and when that power will probably allow my machine to be nuked. This is a problem of education, not OS per se.
You could create a priveledged system since NT. Heres a scenario for you, Linux comes preinstalled on every new computer sold and is the dominant OS. Do you think resellers would setup non-root/non-rootlike accounts for the user? It's not like they couldn't do that with 2k or XP. And what about the bagillion possible daemons that the reseller might turn on just to make things even easier for the user? do you think the reseller would educate the buyer on the importance of actually maintining a system or firewalls? *nix (as much as I love it) is not the be all, end all to this little annoyance. Education is. If people were educated on how to actually use their machine, this problem wouldn't exist.
My college and my old highschool scans (or says they scan) every packet to prevent virus infections. Well I know some people's jacks have been cut off and yup; they were infected. I personally hate the idea of scanning at that level. A little education goes a lot farther. I taught my whole family as well as a bunch of my friends how to use a firewall and how to patch their systems. Why can't ISP's pass out pamphlets or something doing the same?
I can see it now... millions of linux pre-installed PC's all configured to run as root by default with just about every unnecessary service turned on and without any warning to the user that they must actually maintain their system. Replace "linux" with "windows" in the above... the world wouldn't be so different... It would have more money in its pockets, yeah, but it would still get screwed by stupid users.
sell the thing and buy a couple hundred donkeys
but if one runs more tests and does more studies then the technology would be there without the public becoming potential guinea pigs. And who thought electricity would leak into the atmosphere? Besides that, there are huge side-effects of "a lightbulb in every home"... dirty power generation for example- which is a lot more easily taken care of than some unforeseen ecological disaster caused by GM flora/fauna.
I realize that the new food can be used to save lives. I am well aware that I've consumed GM foodstuffs at one time or another being a US citizen. Again, I'm simply airing a word of caution. This is still a big gamble.
Then why mess around with it, with a technology that really is still in its infancy? Because we can? Because we don't understand everything anyways?
Alright... I wish you could, well, put it into more english-like terms (I'm a programmer, not a doctor). Where is the guarantee that these genes might not be apart of a larger system of genes? Aren't there features like human pigmentation that are determined by a multitude of genes? Where is the guarantee that some unforeseen feature may arise that is harmful to a greater system?
Amen!