I love how all your examples are just the talking points of the right-wing talk radio nutters and bloggers.
Want real MiniTrue? How about "saddam has nukes/bio we must invade. Oh, actually this is a war for freedom and killing terrorists, not WMD." Dan Rather and Clinton never killed anyone with their lies.
Want real NewsSpeak? Turn on Fox News for 5 minutes. Homicide Bombers anyone?
Real thoughcrime? Try to reconcile civil rights and the real voter disfranchisement we see from the GOP to minority voters. Or how the GOP purports to help the middle class but only gives tax breaks to the ultra-rich?
Want a real Goldstein? See how minorities and immigrants are treated and vilified in the right-wing media. See the hateful talk of "fake americans" from the woman running for VP. Look a little to the past and read about "unamerican" activities.
Yeah, there's a real 1984 metaphor for the US, but its not the left whose the bad guy here. This is why the right is losing this election. Its obvious to a lot of people, just not you.
Or setup the user to run as limited user. You wouldnt let your wife run as root 24/7 would you? Windows is the same way. Limited user + clamav (or no AV) is more than enough.
Yep and its shielded and certified for space use. The Space Shuttle has a few too. So does some of the Mars rovers, IIRC.
I dont know what the author expects. Some big Hollywood-esque GUI controlling the Hubble? A think a typical desktop user (like the author) would be shocked at how little power embedded systems really need.
At the time MS was trying to sell its MSN service as a walled garden as opposed to going straight to the internet. This was an attempt to compete with AOL, prodigy, etc. I wouldnt be surprised if Bill knew that the real fad was these walled garden services, but as always, business first. MSN now is just a website.
Buy a smaller house or condo. 30% down? Usually its 20%. The housing in your area sounds a tad overpriced to me or your example is just another case of living beyond one's means.
Lastly, home purchasing in the US is priced for couples, not individuals.
That's fine, but even paper systems have lots of flaws and a high level of spoilage. A lot of people hold up paper voting as the best form, but that really isnt true. Focusing on theoretical flaws in digital voting isnt the same as exposing real life flaws.
>Even if the encryption is 100%, the OS could have a back-door and the private key might leak out.
In paper voting there could be a guy with a gun outside making sure that I voted the way he wanted me to vote. Or an election commissioner throwing away a bag of votes from a distinct that votes a way he doesnt like. Nothing is perfect. We can always come up with worst case scenarios.
Im a little skeptical of this solution. The percent of the earth that is parking lots and building tops is actually incredibly tiny. Once you start leaving the developed areas its nothing but nature and ocean.
Im sure you can reflect some light, but assuming that this little amount of light will translate into anything that affects global warming seems like a big assumption to me.
Not to mention the cost of digging up the earth and extracting all the white pigments and producing various amount of white paint. That could have real negative environment effects.
>I assure you that they will be more than happy to accept your kindness, and best of all, they will make use of 100% of the money you donate, not pay people to bother yet more people by making unsolicited calls.
Is this true? When I worked in the NPO world, fundraising was an expense in the budget. All money collected while fundraising when into the budget. There wasnt a special budget for people who called directly for donations. It all goes into the pool. Perhaps it would be best to write a letter telling them you refuse to donate if they continue to use outbound call centers.
>Wikipedia attempts to garner TRUE unbiased opinion and matter
It does? It seems to me to an index of stuff that can be cited and easily summarized. Its not some high-brow truth factory, but a flawed reference that is useful for simple summaries.
>Only if you're enough a moron to buy additional RAM or HDD space from the OEM
So the "it just works" computer requires grandma to figure out what kind of ram to buy, unscrew the machine, and insert it? While Dell will do a reasonably priced RAM upgrade? Whoa.
Humor needs to be esoteric. There needs to be a pause between seeing the joke and getting the joke.
Katz's work is painfully obvious and looks like something out of a "cartooning 101" workshop. A drunk scientist? A cow biting itself? Those are hackneyed jokes!
My understanding is that the new yorker has this reputation for cartoons so bad that the audience has learned to love their badness. Well, theyre still terrible to me.
>ANY amount of prison is overkill and more damaging to society then helpful.
No. This is a felony and he easily deserves the time. Most likely whats going to happen is that he'll get the one year minimum and serve six months. I see that as entirely reasonable for computer crimes. I dont see any difference between this as breaking into the CoS datacenter and kicking over a server or two.
He's actually very, very lucky that he wasnt charged for a hate crime, which would have added a couple of years more to this case. He and his friends are attacking a religion, which in America is an attack on speech and freedom to worship.
In civil society, protesters shouldnt be causing any harm, real or virtual. They should be pushing out their message and letting others decide. Look at how much the catholic church has fallen with their child molestation scandals, without anyone ddosing anyone or anyone blowing up a church.
Once your ideology makes you a criminal and justifies it, then youve become the bad guy. Expect jailtime.
Youre missing the point. To end users the "IT guy" is always getting in their way. Wah wah, they want admin rights (need 'special'cursor and smilies software), want to shut of windows updates, shut off antivirus, etc. Something tells me this is just uninformed whining. Heck, he even admits to be uninformed.
So liberals cant live below their means and conservatives cant go on vacation?
This study just reveals stereotypes and doesnt tell us anything. At best its just some correlation, at worst its meaningless.
Perhaps liberals just like to show off vacation photos and books more than conservatives. Or there is a cultural expectation for liberals to show off their books and where they have been to retain 'cred' with other liberals.
Granted to the US is to the right of europe, buts funny you mention this because there really isnt a nobel peace prize in economics. This award established in 1968 by a bank with a lot of political pull. Its not a Nobel award. It just lifts the name. The name of this award is: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
So in other words you're criticizing the US by holding up a questionable award which only exists because of authoritarian political clout by a financial institution in 1960s Sweden? Pot meet Kettle.
Id rather not see crazy "grandiose" things like Imelda Marcos 1,000 shoes or Hugh Hefner's absurd mansion. A lot of wealthy people live the life they want and give a lot to charities. You dont hear about much of it because they dont want you to.
Most wealthy people continue operating more businesses and helping startups which provides new industries, new innovation, and new employment. Some put money into bank investments which help make loans be cheap and affordable.
Real life isnt a jame bond novel where the billionare villian starts a space society and plans to live there with his cloned cats and cultists. Grow up a bit, you might like it.
I also doubt we can measure sanity by seeing if someone took a space tourist trip. If anything that measures how much a person of means likes space.
Wasnt there a recent article here about SP2? IIRC they will address UAC. My understanding is that they turned UAC down a notch for SP1 too. I think ideally they should be at the point where it comes up as often as it does for OS X, but to get there all the windows software develops need to start writing proper apps, instead of trying to write to c:\windows\temp or c:\programname all the time. Or trying to write system reg entries outside of install. They need to realize that the LUA way is the only way.
Give it time, I think with 7 on the horizon they will be forced to clean up their acts along with Microsoft.
>I think it would be better if Microsoft implemented something closer to sudo or su, but I think people would complain about that too.
Its called runas and its been around since the first days of NT. When running as limited user you just right-click on an executable and select runas or you can use the command line.
>How have Apple managed to persuade people this is what passes for "it just works" in this day and age?
Because Apple buyers dont care. Geeks might care, but they dont.
If they did, they would not have bought the phone. Apple is a fashion statement first and a computer/phone/music company last. The idea of replacing something on a fashionable device is silly. The fashionistas wouldn't be seen dead with a 3 yrd old device. That's like wearing last years fashion.
Apple buyers also demand smooth and thin hardware. Adding a battery door will make the device slightly wider and fatter.
You need to stop thinking logically when it comes to Apple's popularity and start thinking of all this like a fashion show's ready to wear line.
>I think a large part of the problem has been that this is the first major OS change that a number of people have had to deal with.
This bears repeating. XP, for many people, was their first computer. This whole process is shocking to them. They have an irrational love of XP. Everything in the computer world is XP to them.
Personally, I think Vista is a step up for residential users soley for the UAC. XP runs default as local admin. This is a security nightmare. No, I dont expect UAC to be the perfect solution, but something along these lines has been needed for years.
I see Vista as vast improvement over XP. People are giving XP way too much credit. Its a typical MS product. Works okay, can be buggy, can be unstable, doesnt have good security, etc.
I also hope developers get off their assess and stop trying to write to c:\windows or c:\program files. We shouldnt need to put anyone as local admin to just run an installed app. Hopefully Vista will force them to write proper applications and make running as limited user 24/7 an attractive prospect for home users.
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I love how all your examples are just the talking points of the right-wing talk radio nutters and bloggers.
Want real MiniTrue? How about "saddam has nukes/bio we must invade. Oh, actually this is a war for freedom and killing terrorists, not WMD." Dan Rather and Clinton never killed anyone with their lies.
Want real NewsSpeak? Turn on Fox News for 5 minutes. Homicide Bombers anyone?
Real thoughcrime? Try to reconcile civil rights and the real voter disfranchisement we see from the GOP to minority voters. Or how the GOP purports to help the middle class but only gives tax breaks to the ultra-rich?
Want a real Goldstein? See how minorities and immigrants are treated and vilified in the right-wing media. See the hateful talk of "fake americans" from the woman running for VP. Look a little to the past and read about "unamerican" activities.
Yeah, there's a real 1984 metaphor for the US, but its not the left whose the bad guy here. This is why the right is losing this election. Its obvious to a lot of people, just not you.
Or setup the user to run as limited user. You wouldnt let your wife run as root 24/7 would you? Windows is the same way. Limited user + clamav (or no AV) is more than enough.
>Ya, good luck with that.
Sniping WoW customers isnt that hard, heck I used to bullseye womp rats in my t-16 back home, and they werent much larger than most WoW players.
Yep and its shielded and certified for space use. The Space Shuttle has a few too. So does some of the Mars rovers, IIRC.
I dont know what the author expects. Some big Hollywood-esque GUI controlling the Hubble? A think a typical desktop user (like the author) would be shocked at how little power embedded systems really need.
At the time MS was trying to sell its MSN service as a walled garden as opposed to going straight to the internet. This was an attempt to compete with AOL, prodigy, etc. I wouldnt be surprised if Bill knew that the real fad was these walled garden services, but as always, business first. MSN now is just a website.
Its an intelligent design game marketed as a game about evolution. Must be selling like hotcakes in Kansas.
RTGs really arent a risk, or at least a risk on the level of a 'dirty bomb.'
You can real Carl Sagan's take on them here:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/course/Syllabi/97Dartmouth/day-6/sagan.html
Buy a smaller house or condo. 30% down? Usually its 20%. The housing in your area sounds a tad overpriced to me or your example is just another case of living beyond one's means.
Lastly, home purchasing in the US is priced for couples, not individuals.
That's fine, but even paper systems have lots of flaws and a high level of spoilage. A lot of people hold up paper voting as the best form, but that really isnt true. Focusing on theoretical flaws in digital voting isnt the same as exposing real life flaws.
>Even if the encryption is 100%, the OS could have a back-door and the private key might leak out.
In paper voting there could be a guy with a gun outside making sure that I voted the way he wanted me to vote. Or an election commissioner throwing away a bag of votes from a distinct that votes a way he doesnt like. Nothing is perfect. We can always come up with worst case scenarios.
Im a little skeptical of this solution. The percent of the earth that is parking lots and building tops is actually incredibly tiny. Once you start leaving the developed areas its nothing but nature and ocean.
Im sure you can reflect some light, but assuming that this little amount of light will translate into anything that affects global warming seems like a big assumption to me.
Not to mention the cost of digging up the earth and extracting all the white pigments and producing various amount of white paint. That could have real negative environment effects.
>I assure you that they will be more than happy to accept your kindness, and best of all, they will make use of 100% of the money you donate, not pay people to bother yet more people by making unsolicited calls.
Is this true? When I worked in the NPO world, fundraising was an expense in the budget. All money collected while fundraising when into the budget. There wasnt a special budget for people who called directly for donations. It all goes into the pool. Perhaps it would be best to write a letter telling them you refuse to donate if they continue to use outbound call centers.
>Wikipedia attempts to garner TRUE unbiased opinion and matter
It does? It seems to me to an index of stuff that can be cited and easily summarized. Its not some high-brow truth factory, but a flawed reference that is useful for simple summaries.
>Only if you're enough a moron to buy additional RAM or HDD space from the OEM
So the "it just works" computer requires grandma to figure out what kind of ram to buy, unscrew the machine, and insert it? While Dell will do a reasonably priced RAM upgrade? Whoa.
Except Microsoft is not just windows. Xbox, office, etc.
Humor needs to be esoteric. There needs to be a pause between seeing the joke and getting the joke.
Katz's work is painfully obvious and looks like something out of a "cartooning 101" workshop. A drunk scientist? A cow biting itself? Those are hackneyed jokes!
My understanding is that the new yorker has this reputation for cartoons so bad that the audience has learned to love their badness. Well, theyre still terrible to me.
>ANY amount of prison is overkill and more damaging to society then helpful.
No. This is a felony and he easily deserves the time. Most likely whats going to happen is that he'll get the one year minimum and serve six months. I see that as entirely reasonable for computer crimes. I dont see any difference between this as breaking into the CoS datacenter and kicking over a server or two.
He's actually very, very lucky that he wasnt charged for a hate crime, which would have added a couple of years more to this case. He and his friends are attacking a religion, which in America is an attack on speech and freedom to worship.
In civil society, protesters shouldnt be causing any harm, real or virtual. They should be pushing out their message and letting others decide. Look at how much the catholic church has fallen with their child molestation scandals, without anyone ddosing anyone or anyone blowing up a church.
Once your ideology makes you a criminal and justifies it, then youve become the bad guy. Expect jailtime.
Hmm, I cant agree.
The "geek squad" is an old phrase to mock a group of nerds. "Hey there goes the geek squad!"
Like nerd, its also been reclaimed, although geek seems to be a lesser form of nerd, or less of a nerd.
Youre missing the point. To end users the "IT guy" is always getting in their way. Wah wah, they want admin rights (need 'special'cursor and smilies software), want to shut of windows updates, shut off antivirus, etc. Something tells me this is just uninformed whining. Heck, he even admits to be uninformed.
So liberals cant live below their means and conservatives cant go on vacation?
This study just reveals stereotypes and doesnt tell us anything. At best its just some correlation, at worst its meaningless.
Perhaps liberals just like to show off vacation photos and books more than conservatives. Or there is a cultural expectation for liberals to show off their books and where they have been to retain 'cred' with other liberals.
Granted to the US is to the right of europe, buts funny you mention this because there really isnt a nobel peace prize in economics. This award established in 1968 by a bank with a lot of political pull. Its not a Nobel award. It just lifts the name. The name of this award is: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
So in other words you're criticizing the US by holding up a questionable award which only exists because of authoritarian political clout by a financial institution in 1960s Sweden? Pot meet Kettle.
Id rather not see crazy "grandiose" things like Imelda Marcos 1,000 shoes or Hugh Hefner's absurd mansion. A lot of wealthy people live the life they want and give a lot to charities. You dont hear about much of it because they dont want you to.
Most wealthy people continue operating more businesses and helping startups which provides new industries, new innovation, and new employment. Some put money into bank investments which help make loans be cheap and affordable.
Real life isnt a jame bond novel where the billionare villian starts a space society and plans to live there with his cloned cats and cultists. Grow up a bit, you might like it.
I also doubt we can measure sanity by seeing if someone took a space tourist trip. If anything that measures how much a person of means likes space.
Wasnt there a recent article here about SP2? IIRC they will address UAC. My understanding is that they turned UAC down a notch for SP1 too. I think ideally they should be at the point where it comes up as often as it does for OS X, but to get there all the windows software develops need to start writing proper apps, instead of trying to write to c:\windows\temp or c:\programname all the time. Or trying to write system reg entries outside of install. They need to realize that the LUA way is the only way.
Give it time, I think with 7 on the horizon they will be forced to clean up their acts along with Microsoft.
>I think it would be better if Microsoft implemented something closer to sudo or su, but I think people would complain about that too.
Its called runas and its been around since the first days of NT. When running as limited user you just right-click on an executable and select runas or you can use the command line.
>How have Apple managed to persuade people this is what passes for "it just works" in this day and age?
Because Apple buyers dont care. Geeks might care, but they dont.
If they did, they would not have bought the phone. Apple is a fashion statement first and a computer/phone/music company last. The idea of replacing something on a fashionable device is silly. The fashionistas wouldn't be seen dead with a 3 yrd old device. That's like wearing last years fashion.
Apple buyers also demand smooth and thin hardware. Adding a battery door will make the device slightly wider and fatter.
You need to stop thinking logically when it comes to Apple's popularity and start thinking of all this like a fashion show's ready to wear line.
>I think a large part of the problem has been that this is the first major OS change that a number of people have had to deal with.
This bears repeating. XP, for many people, was their first computer. This whole process is shocking to them. They have an irrational love of XP. Everything in the computer world is XP to them.
Personally, I think Vista is a step up for residential users soley for the UAC. XP runs default as local admin. This is a security nightmare. No, I dont expect UAC to be the perfect solution, but something along these lines has been needed for years.
I see Vista as vast improvement over XP. People are giving XP way too much credit. Its a typical MS product. Works okay, can be buggy, can be unstable, doesnt have good security, etc.
I also hope developers get off their assess and stop trying to write to c:\windows or c:\program files. We shouldnt need to put anyone as local admin to just run an installed app. Hopefully Vista will force them to write proper applications and make running as limited user 24/7 an attractive prospect for home users.