Microsoft deserves it's reputation if it fires people just for speaking out. This man did not deserve to be fired just for saying what everyone knows: that Microsoft is monopolistic.
Note that the article didn't say conclusively whether this computing power would be available for home users...
But, it would be useful to use the power of all those computers that are left on all night by companies (the ones that use 5% of the total US power consumption).
In high school, we learned that different species are considered separate when they can no longer interbreed, with a few exceptions, i.e. horse + donkey = mule (though, mules are sterile).
Ergo, if Cro-Magnon men could interbreed with Neanderthals, then Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon men are of the same species. Ergo, there would be evidence that the Multiregional theory is correct.
That's what all the "missing link" fuss was about.
There's always a way to copy music. You can use a double-ended dubbing cable (with stereo plugs on both ends), plug one end inot an MP3 player and the other end into a computer's microphone port. Start up Sound Recorder, or the equivalent, and there's your new, non-content protected MP3.
The only way they could completely protect it is to make it impossible for you to listen to it.
It's like the airport security dilemma: anything in the right hands can be classified as a weapon. Cloth, paper, etc...
The LoveBug virus was written in VBasic. So, what, ban VBasic? That'll go over really well.
Anyone with a freeware compiler, a text editor, and a bit of knowledge can create a virus. Most of us just DON'T, that's all. So, ban text editors and compilers? Microsoft Word macros can contain viruses. So, ban Microsoft Word?
We shouldn't focus on banning programming tools. That's like taking away a chair because you can hit someone over the head with it. Focus more on creating tools to combat viruses (right, Symantec? You stick to your job, and the programmers will stick to theirs.).
I got my HF transceiver for free (okay, some luck there), built my own antenna, and wired it myself. Total cost = $15, including some nice camougflage paint for the antenna.
So, it's not expensive, compared to other hobbies (like golf, or bowling, or computer gaming, even) if you build everything you can yourself.
BPL. Broadband over Power Lines. And it just happens to be in the middle of the 10M amateur ('ham') band. Which, for a Part 15 service, is incidentally not permitted if it interferes with a licensed service, such as Amateur Radio.
As things stand now, the only way we hams will be able to communicate IS during an emergency (when the power is out, and we've got our 12V batteries).
It's all over ARRL, which, incidentally, has a great free downloadable video about how hams help in emergencies, called Amateur Radio Today.
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Microsoft deserves it's reputation if it fires people just for speaking out. This man did not deserve to be fired just for saying what everyone knows: that Microsoft is monopolistic.
Note that the article didn't say conclusively whether this computing power would be available for home users... But, it would be useful to use the power of all those computers that are left on all night by companies (the ones that use 5% of the total US power consumption).
In high school, we learned that different species are considered separate when they can no longer interbreed, with a few exceptions, i.e. horse + donkey = mule (though, mules are sterile). Ergo, if Cro-Magnon men could interbreed with Neanderthals, then Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon men are of the same species. Ergo, there would be evidence that the Multiregional theory is correct. That's what all the "missing link" fuss was about.
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