Hahaha! OK, sure. So it's hand-picked by novell. Like they're going to pick an article that says how shitty their product is. Use your brain, man! Just because it's from a reputable source doesn't mean to say it's the common consensus from the industry, as you pertained.
1. I've studied more history than you can shake a stick at, and it's more to do with the type of power we've been brainwashed into thinking is the only answer. The USA was built by some religious nutjobs, and wasn't designed to be what it has become. If someone started again, with real ideals, to make a new country knowing what we know now, it would be different. Unfortunately, the founding fathers had smoked too much reefer and screwed it up big-time.
2. What's the problem with that? If you're not breaking the law, it's OK. If you're out driving your two-ton death mobile down the road in a stupid reckless manner, you deserver to have your details sent out to every cop in the area.
3. They're not watching over you. If you don't have a crash in the last 30 minutes, the data is erased. It's only provided to the government if you have a crash, when it becomes their business. There isn't a logical argument against this one.
4. Why? It's no skin off your nose if you don't have an accident. The cops won't ask to get the data, and the government won't have a copy unless you crash your car into someone/something. Then, as I've said before, they have every right to know exactly what you've been doing in relation to the crash. If you ran someone over and the cops stopped you, would you yell at them to fuck off because they have no right knowing what you're up to? Of course not.
5. What's wrong with having one of these boxes in your car? You're not explaining it. The only time it is even of consequence is when you have a crash. Unless you like crashing your car and driving away without telling anyone (which, is illegal I believe:)), then there's no issue here whatsoever. You've still not actually said what the problem is.
6. It does help each and every one of us on the streets. If I'm hit by a car, I'd love to know exactly what the driver was doing before it was hit. You saying it doesn't makes you sound like a tin hat brigade member. "they're going to get us! ooh! scary!"
Not if he's just been driving down a road for the last 30 minutes dinging cars left, right and centre. My example was a tad extreme, but the basic message stands - not all motor accidents/incidents the black boxes could provide information on start and end within a minute.
So your work is clearly not done. Democracies don't work if the people let them fall into disrepair. If there's no obligation for the party to honour it (which, if the Labour party is anything to go by, there clearly isn't), then that needs changing too. "We just can't change it! waah!" isn't a great response to something so important as this. We're supposed to be living in democracies. The politicians even tell us this themselves. If we really were living in a democracy, what the people wants, the people gets. That's clearly not the case, so we don't live in democracies at all, just things that look suitably like democracies to keep us from trying to get something better. If this is trolling, then society has screwed itself:)
How on earth is that a trolling remark? It's clearly not. The only thing it can be possibly trolling is the ridiculous arrangement in the US called "government". Sheesh. The mods on here should stop mindlessly saluting flags and read a book.
Because he asked which out of 2000 and 2003 would be better. No samba. We all know samba can be an active directory, but seeing as the guy said it's quite important it doesn't go down, spending the money on a tried and true solution is probably the best idea. Not everyone is worried about money and ideology.
Right. Something better. You're using something from novell.com to point out why eDirectory is great. Sheesh. I mean, seriously. Did you really expect someone to think that was a good suggestion? Apart from the fact the question was between 2000 and 2003, not 2000, 2003 and anything anyone can pull out of their ass. Why don't you just suggest he ditch the PCs, move to Macs, and use samba 3?
It's the heaviest 12" notebook (PC/Mac) out there. The DVD drive is substandard, and really slow. The hard disks aren't that huge, and are expensive. It can burn a hole in the top of a varnished table:)
Nice style, sure - it does look great, however there are more stylish notebooks from other vendors (such as the Sony which is under 1cm thick at the front), so the "but it looks good" argument is steadily losing weight. I'm not trolling/flaming/whatever, just pointing out the facts.:)
Sense of authority? Over who? Civilians? Don't soldiers know they're public servants, not overlords?:) I know if you give a gun to an American they think they're John Wayne/Rambo/Whoever, but not Finns, surely?:) Can I phrase this entire post in questions? No.
Not to mention the bridges and tunnels in Switzerland are all wired to blow, so any invading army would have to fight over mountains, getting shot at from every house on the way by skilled soldiers. Sounds like hell.
Don't forget the Royal Marines, who spend lots of time in Norway, and are in fact charged with defending it should something bad happen (Bush - I'm looking at you):)
If you don't trust the people in power with the technology that can benefit each and every person, then get rid of the people in power, and not the technology. Black boxes in cars is a great thing, as it clears up a huge problem with car accidents, which is people denying what they've done (either because of fear of prosecution, or being drunk). This gives an impartial eye-witness account of what happened. The information would be erased periodically, so there's no "history" building up. I think you'd have to be kinda paranoid to think this is something dodgy. I don't know how 30 minutes of engine metrics and acceleration can be used against you, unless you've broken a traffic law... can you explain?:)
The information should be kept for 30 minutes, not seconds. If the driver smashes into a wall at 90mph, it might be worth seeing if he hit anything else over 30seconds before the wall. If he was drunk, chances are he did.
If you don't trust the government with that information, VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE. Don't blame the technology because people mis-use it (hey, p2p remember?). Blame those people instead.
Black boxes in cars is a great idea. Do nothing wrong, and it doesn't affect you one iota.:)
The US has a corrupted democracy, but most of the countries you've mentioned don't. People are listened to in the UK (there's much more public scrutiny, and the public don't get instantly sedated when someone waves a flag). The idea of the UK being the US's lap dog is funny, but not terribly accurate. For one thing, Bush wanted to go to war with Iraq on 9/12, but Blair stood up and tried to get international backing. Blair realised the best way to stop Bush destroying the world is to be his right-hand-man, and steer him from his inner circle, not stand opposite him screaming insults. I know it sounds stupid, but those are the facts. Anyway, most of Europe has a much higher regard for democracy than the US, and so do the ex-colonies of the British Empire (Just look at India - the largest election in the world, and it was more of a success than the last US election. Wonder why all the jobs are going there? Doesn't seem so strange or unfair any more).
Every country has its faults, and most admit them. The US walks around like its shit doesn't stink, when it craps out the most stinky shits ever. It's idea of democracy has always been broken, and always will be. The whole "Leader of the Free World" is lip service, and tries to stop people actually seeing beneath the hood of US democracy, and exposing the crapulence that lies within:)
Right. So when they show off the performance abilities of the new aircraft, to encourage sales, they're actually demonstrating purposely-damaged aircraft?? That would be like going to test drive a new Mini, and being handed the keys to a Mini with its headlights punched out, a hole in the windcscreen, an air filter full of old socks, and a curtis steiger CD welded into the player.
No-one needs to steal planes any more. No-one needs to find out specs of aircraft at airshows. The only specs people want are of aircraft not even known to the public, not your Eurofighters flapping around an airshow. It's not 1982 any more.
After their B2 was caught on radar, they said they hadn't turned on the radar-absorbing paint. hehehe
How many corrupt people it would take to skew the vote in a manual count? Hundreds. To skew the vote in an electronic count? One.
You only need a few people to count a few thousand votes, so it does scale well. Sure - not as well as a Diebold RecountMaster 9000, but it's easily performed, verifiable, open to the public, and a whole less biassed.
The difference being, there are drivers for every piece of hardware in every notebook written specifically for Windows XP. Saying that installing it on a notebook is difficult shows how little objectivity slashdot has these days. I'm not bashing anyone or anything, just people saying stupid stuff that's blatantly not true.
There is no real opportunity here. Windows has nearly 95% of the desktop market. You can't make inroads against that by offering an ideological difference at the cost of some functionality.
You can't take over that without offering MORE than Windows offers. I'm not trolling, but it's easier for most people in the world to configure their computers to play games and videos, run software they can find in their local shops on Windows than Linux. It's not going to change any time soon, as Linux isn't moving in one direction. There are too many people trying to drag it one way or another. You need someone saying "Yup. That's what we'll do. Work towards this." or "That goes against our direction". When that happens in Linux, people just go and start a new faction, further increasing the diversification and lessening overall inertia of Linux as a whole. The only way people will listen to that person with the "yes/no" answers is if he's paying their bills. That's a more solid agreement to obide by their rules than just meeting up on/. or IRC and deciding to work on the same project.
This really isn't trolling. I'd love to have another O/S out there battling with MS. Unfortunately, most people here have rose-tinted glasses and are too quick to forgive linux's foibles that are stopping it from going mainstream. A penguin and great ideology won't impress most people, especially if their computer is just another grey box in their house.
Welcome to the right-wing mind. "Freedom of speech" only extends to those you agree with. If you stand up for someone's freedom of speech when you're not in agreement, you're instantly a "bleeding heart liberal". I was at an Anti-Bush rally in LA, and some Pro-Bush nutters were saying I hated the US and all it stood for, while simultaneously trying to cover (censor) my placard with the US flag. The irony was completely lost on those jokers.
And you wonder why most of the world has a severe dislike for French Canada.
Norway acted incredibly valiantly in WW2, taking a huge strike from the Nazis, being stabbed in the back by Quisling, yet still establishing some fantastic resistance lines. Not to mention the tenacity of the free Norwegian population, some who fled across the North Sea to the UK, to be trained, armed and dropped straight back in to Norway to blow up Germans (remember the Nazi atomic bomb? Exactly - the Norwegian resistance stopped all Nazi heavy water production). All while the US was sitting in the corner licking its nuts, deciding who was going to be the likely victor before committing either way.
That's the problem. You start your horrific bashing "probably", which shows you don't hesitate in taking the piss out of a whole nation based on something you just pulled out your ass. You're French Canadian. Just think what we could say to you if we operated on such base levels. Sheesh.
If you think the US military is the same as it was back in WWII, you're mistaken. That was a clear-cut case of Good vs. Evil. Now, the US military is a tool of oppression. Corrupt leaders use it for political gain, not to save American lives.
And I find it annoying when right-wing nutcases miss the whole point of an argument, wade on in and make complete fools out of themselves, before having to put up with logical answers. Of course, I expect you to say something nasty now. Be my guest.
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What mistake? They guy said hawk, which they did. They sold their equipment before coming back :)
So it can just participate on an AD, and not be one? Can it be a PDC?
Hahaha! OK, sure. So it's hand-picked by novell. Like they're going to pick an article that says how shitty their product is. Use your brain, man! Just because it's from a reputable source doesn't mean to say it's the common consensus from the industry, as you pertained.
2. What's the problem with that? If you're not breaking the law, it's OK. If you're out driving your two-ton death mobile down the road in a stupid reckless manner, you deserver to have your details sent out to every cop in the area.
3. They're not watching over you. If you don't have a crash in the last 30 minutes, the data is erased. It's only provided to the government if you have a crash, when it becomes their business. There isn't a logical argument against this one.
4. Why? It's no skin off your nose if you don't have an accident. The cops won't ask to get the data, and the government won't have a copy unless you crash your car into someone/something. Then, as I've said before, they have every right to know exactly what you've been doing in relation to the crash. If you ran someone over and the cops stopped you, would you yell at them to fuck off because they have no right knowing what you're up to? Of course not.
5. What's wrong with having one of these boxes in your car? You're not explaining it. The only time it is even of consequence is when you have a crash. Unless you like crashing your car and driving away without telling anyone (which, is illegal I believe :)), then there's no issue here whatsoever. You've still not actually said what the problem is.
6. It does help each and every one of us on the streets. If I'm hit by a car, I'd love to know exactly what the driver was doing before it was hit. You saying it doesn't makes you sound like a tin hat brigade member. "they're going to get us! ooh! scary!"
Not if he's just been driving down a road for the last 30 minutes dinging cars left, right and centre. My example was a tad extreme, but the basic message stands - not all motor accidents/incidents the black boxes could provide information on start and end within a minute.
So your work is clearly not done. Democracies don't work if the people let them fall into disrepair. If there's no obligation for the party to honour it (which, if the Labour party is anything to go by, there clearly isn't), then that needs changing too. "We just can't change it! waah!" isn't a great response to something so important as this. We're supposed to be living in democracies. The politicians even tell us this themselves. If we really were living in a democracy, what the people wants, the people gets. That's clearly not the case, so we don't live in democracies at all, just things that look suitably like democracies to keep us from trying to get something better. If this is trolling, then society has screwed itself :)
How on earth is that a trolling remark? It's clearly not. The only thing it can be possibly trolling is the ridiculous arrangement in the US called "government". Sheesh. The mods on here should stop mindlessly saluting flags and read a book.
Because he asked which out of 2000 and 2003 would be better. No samba. We all know samba can be an active directory, but seeing as the guy said it's quite important it doesn't go down, spending the money on a tried and true solution is probably the best idea. Not everyone is worried about money and ideology.
Right. Something better. You're using something from novell.com to point out why eDirectory is great. Sheesh. I mean, seriously. Did you really expect someone to think that was a good suggestion? Apart from the fact the question was between 2000 and 2003, not 2000, 2003 and anything anyone can pull out of their ass. Why don't you just suggest he ditch the PCs, move to Macs, and use samba 3?
Nice style, sure - it does look great, however there are more stylish notebooks from other vendors (such as the Sony which is under 1cm thick at the front), so the "but it looks good" argument is steadily losing weight. I'm not trolling/flaming/whatever, just pointing out the facts. :)
But I bet the Americans had the best equipment and the least idea how to use it :-P hehehehe
Sense of authority? Over who? Civilians? Don't soldiers know they're public servants, not overlords? :) I know if you give a gun to an American they think they're John Wayne/Rambo/Whoever, but not Finns, surely? :) Can I phrase this entire post in questions? No.
Not to mention the bridges and tunnels in Switzerland are all wired to blow, so any invading army would have to fight over mountains, getting shot at from every house on the way by skilled soldiers. Sounds like hell.
Don't forget the Royal Marines, who spend lots of time in Norway, and are in fact charged with defending it should something bad happen (Bush - I'm looking at you) :)
If you don't trust the people in power with the technology that can benefit each and every person, then get rid of the people in power, and not the technology. Black boxes in cars is a great thing, as it clears up a huge problem with car accidents, which is people denying what they've done (either because of fear of prosecution, or being drunk). This gives an impartial eye-witness account of what happened. The information would be erased periodically, so there's no "history" building up. I think you'd have to be kinda paranoid to think this is something dodgy. I don't know how 30 minutes of engine metrics and acceleration can be used against you, unless you've broken a traffic law... can you explain? :)
The information should be kept for 30 minutes, not seconds. If the driver smashes into a wall at 90mph, it might be worth seeing if he hit anything else over 30seconds before the wall. If he was drunk, chances are he did.
Black boxes in cars is a great idea. Do nothing wrong, and it doesn't affect you one iota. :)
Every country has its faults, and most admit them. The US walks around like its shit doesn't stink, when it craps out the most stinky shits ever. It's idea of democracy has always been broken, and always will be. The whole "Leader of the Free World" is lip service, and tries to stop people actually seeing beneath the hood of US democracy, and exposing the crapulence that lies within :)
No-one needs to steal planes any more. No-one needs to find out specs of aircraft at airshows. The only specs people want are of aircraft not even known to the public, not your Eurofighters flapping around an airshow. It's not 1982 any more.
After their B2 was caught on radar, they said they hadn't turned on the radar-absorbing paint. hehehe
You only need a few people to count a few thousand votes, so it does scale well. Sure - not as well as a Diebold RecountMaster 9000, but it's easily performed, verifiable, open to the public, and a whole less biassed.
The difference being, there are drivers for every piece of hardware in every notebook written specifically for Windows XP. Saying that installing it on a notebook is difficult shows how little objectivity slashdot has these days. I'm not bashing anyone or anything, just people saying stupid stuff that's blatantly not true.
You can't take over that without offering MORE than Windows offers. I'm not trolling, but it's easier for most people in the world to configure their computers to play games and videos, run software they can find in their local shops on Windows than Linux. It's not going to change any time soon, as Linux isn't moving in one direction. There are too many people trying to drag it one way or another. You need someone saying "Yup. That's what we'll do. Work towards this." or "That goes against our direction". When that happens in Linux, people just go and start a new faction, further increasing the diversification and lessening overall inertia of Linux as a whole. The only way people will listen to that person with the "yes/no" answers is if he's paying their bills. That's a more solid agreement to obide by their rules than just meeting up on /. or IRC and deciding to work on the same project.
This really isn't trolling. I'd love to have another O/S out there battling with MS. Unfortunately, most people here have rose-tinted glasses and are too quick to forgive linux's foibles that are stopping it from going mainstream. A penguin and great ideology won't impress most people, especially if their computer is just another grey box in their house.
Welcome to the right-wing mind. "Freedom of speech" only extends to those you agree with. If you stand up for someone's freedom of speech when you're not in agreement, you're instantly a "bleeding heart liberal". I was at an Anti-Bush rally in LA, and some Pro-Bush nutters were saying I hated the US and all it stood for, while simultaneously trying to cover (censor) my placard with the US flag. The irony was completely lost on those jokers.
Norway acted incredibly valiantly in WW2, taking a huge strike from the Nazis, being stabbed in the back by Quisling, yet still establishing some fantastic resistance lines. Not to mention the tenacity of the free Norwegian population, some who fled across the North Sea to the UK, to be trained, armed and dropped straight back in to Norway to blow up Germans (remember the Nazi atomic bomb? Exactly - the Norwegian resistance stopped all Nazi heavy water production). All while the US was sitting in the corner licking its nuts, deciding who was going to be the likely victor before committing either way.
That's the problem. You start your horrific bashing "probably", which shows you don't hesitate in taking the piss out of a whole nation based on something you just pulled out your ass. You're French Canadian. Just think what we could say to you if we operated on such base levels. Sheesh.
If you think the US military is the same as it was back in WWII, you're mistaken. That was a clear-cut case of Good vs. Evil. Now, the US military is a tool of oppression. Corrupt leaders use it for political gain, not to save American lives.
And I find it annoying when right-wing nutcases miss the whole point of an argument, wade on in and make complete fools out of themselves, before having to put up with logical answers. Of course, I expect you to say something nasty now. Be my guest.
Right. Is that the same B2 stealth bomber that gets picked up on radar at airshows, etc? Oooh scary :)