Have you ever even been outside of the US? For goodness sake, please know what you are talking about making such dumbass statements as this. We have one of the most free societies on the planet. Did you know that in England, you cannot have light switches IN the bathroom because you might electricute yourself? And in Germany you cannot start your car and leave it running in the morning to heat up because it violates noise laws? And in parts of Brazil you cannot buy anything on Sundays? Don't get your panties all twisted thinking I am saying these are the only restrictions in the world. They are just examples. We, as citizens, can walk the streets at any time we want without fear that we will be grabbed by the police and be tried secretly. Again, don't confuse isolated incidents with common place. Yes, there have been occurences of police butality, but it is not COMMONPLACE. Why do you think it makes the news when it happens. Becuase it does not happen often. If it did then the news would pay as much attention as it does to pickpocketing, rapes, vandalism, etc...
The USA is a VERY VERY long way from being totalitarian. Go live over seas for a couple of years if you disagree.
Anyone using Linux is probably in the top three percentile for raw intelligence?????? That has to be one of the most absurd statements I have heard in weeks.
To be honest, I have always discounted someone as a poser, fraud, fake, or perhaps ignorant one they say that they use Linux. People who use Linux are the ones that are easily swayed by what is popular, IMHO.
Now, if someone talks about Solaris then I will sit up and take notice. Linux is a very poor implimentation of Unix, unless of course you are like those case moders with their blue lights and simply like the flashy gui or pretty colors. Real geeks don't care about that stuff. They care about getting things done. NOT about how things look.
So all of you Linux users, go download Solaris and work with a REAL version of Unix!
I cannot remember exactly what Moore's law states, but I think it is merely that speed doubles and cost halves every 18 months, or at least something like that. I don't think it was tied to any kind of architecture, though I could be wrong. So, based on that, how can one predict when Moore's law will end? What about new technologies? Quantum computing? Optical? And all the other cool things they think up year after year.
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Have you ever even been outside of the US? For goodness sake, please know what you are talking about making such dumbass statements as this. We have one of the most free societies on the planet. Did you know that in England, you cannot have light switches IN the bathroom because you might electricute yourself? And in Germany you cannot start your car and leave it running in the morning to heat up because it violates noise laws? And in parts of Brazil you cannot buy anything on Sundays? Don't get your panties all twisted thinking I am saying these are the only restrictions in the world. They are just examples. We, as citizens, can walk the streets at any time we want without fear that we will be grabbed by the police and be tried secretly. Again, don't confuse isolated incidents with common place. Yes, there have been occurences of police butality, but it is not COMMONPLACE. Why do you think it makes the news when it happens. Becuase it does not happen often. If it did then the news would pay as much attention as it does to pickpocketing, rapes, vandalism, etc... The USA is a VERY VERY long way from being totalitarian. Go live over seas for a couple of years if you disagree.
Anyone using Linux is probably in the top three percentile for raw intelligence?????? That has to be one of the most absurd statements I have heard in weeks. To be honest, I have always discounted someone as a poser, fraud, fake, or perhaps ignorant one they say that they use Linux. People who use Linux are the ones that are easily swayed by what is popular, IMHO. Now, if someone talks about Solaris then I will sit up and take notice. Linux is a very poor implimentation of Unix, unless of course you are like those case moders with their blue lights and simply like the flashy gui or pretty colors. Real geeks don't care about that stuff. They care about getting things done. NOT about how things look. So all of you Linux users, go download Solaris and work with a REAL version of Unix!
I cannot remember exactly what Moore's law states, but I think it is merely that speed doubles and cost halves every 18 months, or at least something like that. I don't think it was tied to any kind of architecture, though I could be wrong. So, based on that, how can one predict when Moore's law will end? What about new technologies? Quantum computing? Optical? And all the other cool things they think up year after year.