Actually Windows 8 on the desktop is faster and more responsive than Windows 7.
It's the Windows 8 UI that is the steaming turd. And the overall kernel improvements won't make much difference over 7 on our overpowered hardware anyway.
The idea of a complete singularity between humans and each other where privacy is completely torn away so that a computer system can regulate and respond to all human impulses and make life better for everyone has been done before in science fiction (notably the Deus-Ex series of games, particularly the second "Invisible War" game in which one of the endings had this exact scenario)
Of course, you need everyone's permission to sign on for such a system.
The NSA didn't get everyone's permission, therefore it is wrong.
It doesn't matter if you use the argument "This is what's best for you" to bust down hermit's doors to rescue them. It's condescending, confrontational, and "holier-than-thou", regardless of whether you meant well or not. You can only ask people if they need help. You can't force it upon them without resentment.... even if you could actually help them. Otherwise you take the first steps into tyranny..... all with good intentions (that pave the way to hell, of course)
There are, believe it or not, ways in which complete privacy is not optimal. Some small degree of intrusion is always necessary, both psychologically and for safety.
Such as?
I think the point was it should be an agreement between two parties as to how "intrusions" are used to fulfil a specific need or goal. Typically these show up in privacy policies and wordy EULAs, in the digital realm.
We're talking about a large government entity intruding for it's own reasons with no mutual agreement. Is *that* intrusion always necessary? I think not.
"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."
Nope. He was edged out by the Motor Enthusiast's Party candidate.
Go Figure. The rights of "hoons" and "petrol-heads" not to get hit by speed cameras, and to be left alone by the police turned out to be more important than whistleblowing on alleged war crimes.
The Australian Labor party is what you'd call a liberal party. The Australian Liberal party is a centre-right conservative party, And this Liberal Democratic party is closer to your republicans.
Isn't this just what the US wants? They know that if they escalate things in Syria, they will drag in Iran, and then they will have the mandate they want to hit Iran.
I have a feeling that this was the plan all along....
I think if we pitched to them the idea of forming an international super soldier team, give them all different colours and their own robotic animals.... we might have a chance of convincing them to form a huge mecharobot to solve the crisis.
How about a chat-bot that simulates a night down at the local-pub...or better yet, a robot that takes anti-social people there so they can get away from their computer?
Actually, they'd rather worry about chemical weapons in the Middle East, rather than the potential of global nuclear devastation from a damaged reactor.
Easy.... just wait for the OSX dot 1 versions to come out before deciding. By the time the first minor update to the OS is out, early adopters and people who don't care if their Mac breaks horribly will let you know how it performs... plus most of the showstopper bugs will get ironed out by then.
Just read the article even, before you go all cowboy on your keyboard.
Looks like they WERE substituting religious beliefs according to the article.
quoting the article: "That group advocates faith-healing and advises people to “first seek the Wisdom of God” and then appropriate medical attention in matters of health, according to an online statement."
Some of these religious nutters are relying on a "belief in God" or "faith" to save them from their ills, including some very serious diseases.
What they are, in fact, relying on is the placebo effect. If the mind is tricked enough into believing that the body is going to get well, it can have some benefits, especially in overcoming limiting beliefs such as shyness, fear of heights, etc. or at least make the patient happy while their body heals naturally.
However there is a reason why medical trials include placebo sugar pills against the actual drug to be tested... and that's because placebos DON'T work against disease!
Derren Brown did a TV special on the placebo effect. The show's second part was pretty much the final word on why religion is bunk, and why people still believe in it anyway.
Australia and the UK have never really had free speech provisions. If Her Majesty so requests, she is more than capable of instructing her secret agents to trample on anyone at any time for saying anything.
(Not saying that she did, or anything....but if she did, she sure as hell wouldn't want anyone to find out!)
This is the price we pay for having a benevolent dictator who allows us a democracy.
Given that he's made his millions doing Minecraft - it's quite possible for him to do whatever the hell he wants on his own schedule and not give a flying pig's bum about getting anything finished....more time to work on that minecraft sculpture of a giant (CENSORED)
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Actually Windows 8 on the desktop is faster and more responsive than Windows 7.
It's the Windows 8 UI that is the steaming turd.
And the overall kernel improvements won't make much difference over 7 on our overpowered hardware anyway.
Yet another reason to never buy Mac.
You're absolutely right.
That's why we lease them for work;
The idea of a complete singularity between humans and each other where privacy is completely torn away so that a computer system can regulate and respond to all human impulses and make life better for everyone has been done before in science fiction (notably the Deus-Ex series of games, particularly the second "Invisible War" game in which one of the endings had this exact scenario)
Of course, you need everyone's permission to sign on for such a system.
The NSA didn't get everyone's permission, therefore it is wrong.
It doesn't matter if you use the argument "This is what's best for you" to bust down hermit's doors to rescue them. It's condescending, confrontational, and "holier-than-thou", regardless of whether you meant well or not. You can only ask people if they need help. You can't force it upon them without resentment.... even if you could actually help them. Otherwise you take the first steps into tyranny..... all with good intentions (that pave the way to hell, of course)
There are, believe it or not, ways in which complete privacy is not optimal. Some small degree of intrusion is always necessary, both psychologically and for safety.
Such as?
I think the point was it should be an agreement between two parties as to how "intrusions" are used to fulfil a specific need or goal.
Typically these show up in privacy policies and wordy EULAs, in the digital realm.
We're talking about a large government entity intruding for it's own reasons with no mutual agreement. Is *that* intrusion always necessary?
I think not.
"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."
~ Ayn Rand
This is no surprise to anyone who makes Oracle support calls for a living.
Unless you bump up the severity to the highest level, you can expect months of wait and all-around handsitting.
Nope. He was edged out by the Motor Enthusiast's Party candidate.
Go Figure. The rights of "hoons" and "petrol-heads" not to get hit by speed cameras, and to be left alone by the police turned out to be more important than whistleblowing on alleged war crimes.
...and Australian Republicans just want to get rid of the Queen and monarchy
The Australian Labor party is what you'd call a liberal party.
The Australian Liberal party is a centre-right conservative party,
And this Liberal Democratic party is closer to your republicans.
Got it?
Isn't this just what the US wants? They know that if they escalate things in Syria, they will drag in Iran, and then they will have the mandate they want to hit Iran.
I have a feeling that this was the plan all along....
We've started calling Solaris "Yacht OS" in our IT department.
I think if we pitched to them the idea of forming an international super soldier team, give them all different colours and their own robotic animals.... we might have a chance of convincing them to form a huge mecharobot to solve the crisis.
How about a chat-bot that simulates a night down at the local-pub ...or better yet, a robot that takes anti-social people there so they can get away from their computer?
Actually, they'd rather worry about chemical weapons in the Middle East, rather than the potential of global nuclear devastation from a damaged reactor.
Go figure.
Easy.... just wait for the OSX dot 1 versions to come out before deciding. By the time the first minor update to the OS is out, early adopters and people who don't care if their Mac breaks horribly will let you know how it performs... plus most of the showstopper bugs will get ironed out by then.
Parallels briefly mentioned Parallels desktop 9 was available in their spam window, but it's not shown on their website.
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How did he get in there?
Do they have the cash?
I'm just thinking that it would be a fitting end to a decades long rivalry.
No more Ballmer, no more Developers, Developers, Developers?
Just read the article even, before you go all cowboy on your keyboard.
Looks like they WERE substituting religious beliefs according to the article.
quoting the article: "That group advocates faith-healing and advises people to “first seek the Wisdom of God” and then appropriate medical attention in matters of health, according to an online statement."
Some of these religious nutters are relying on a "belief in God" or "faith" to save them from their ills, including some very serious diseases.
What they are, in fact, relying on is the placebo effect. If the mind is tricked enough into believing that the body is going to get well, it can have some benefits, especially in overcoming limiting beliefs such as shyness, fear of heights, etc. or at least make the patient happy while their body heals naturally.
However there is a reason why medical trials include placebo sugar pills against the actual drug to be tested... and that's because placebos DON'T work against disease!
Derren Brown did a TV special on the placebo effect. The show's second part was pretty much the final word on why religion is bunk, and why people still believe in it anyway.
Presumably you're not tied to Google's services and your info not directly passed to the NSA?
Australia and the UK have never really had free speech provisions.
If Her Majesty so requests, she is more than capable of instructing her secret agents to trample on anyone at any time for saying anything.
(Not saying that she did, or anything....but if she did, she sure as hell wouldn't want anyone to find out!)
This is the price we pay for having a benevolent dictator who allows us a democracy.
Given that he's made his millions doing Minecraft - it's quite possible for him to do whatever the hell he wants on his own schedule and not give a flying pig's bum about getting anything finished. ...more time to work on that minecraft sculpture of a giant (CENSORED)
Better late than never..... but better never late.
Are IBM hoping that people migrate to AIX or something? (good luck with that!)