Monsanto, a.k.a. federal government, will obviously kill any chemical bans long before they see the light of day. But are they doing any research on a patentable super-bee?
Imagine if someone were to tell a young person learning to drive that the only way to get to their destination was to turn right at every possible opportunity? (or left, depending on the source of instruction)
The idea would be rejected outright - the idea that not only is all problem solving binary, but that only one of the two is the correct answer to every conceivable problem, completely regardless of destination, and completely regardless of starting point. (student: But sir there is a cliff on the right. teacher: Trust me on this, turn right.)
And yet, we have people who otherwise are mentally functional fighting viciously for exactly this fantastic level of ignorance every day. That has taken a lot of intentional work and media.
In return for football, Nascar and Simpsons (or beads and hemp) we give them our life long vote.
If the author of the comments were as unbiased as you it might indeed mean that.
However, he makes money telling Windows users they will be safe if they remember to pay him their fees. Not the same protection racket from the Linux crowd so I'm sure he's pleased to take any swipe he can.
And who spends not only money but huge amounts of valuable TIME developing a new OS and apps when a massively successful OS, and entire mobile software ecosystem, is immediately available to them for free?
Microsoft is willingly taking a hit for a few years in the hope that Surface will take over the tablet space.
If that ever happens people may very well like a desktop that apes their tablet. (Huge win if they would also like a phone like that.) But the only major selling point for Surface is that it supports Microsoft Office. So now everything depends on how much people want a tablet with Office.
My guess, which is admittedly uninformed, is that Surface will gain some traction in the business world. Any prognosticators out their with better info for us?
Child abuse and piracy are not comparable. Child abuse is human depravity pushed to such an extreme that is justifiable to use it as a reason to defy common sense. Piracy is simply deviation from the rule of law - it does not warrant ubiquitous censorship of the kind that is being proposed.
Agree.
"OK police, you were willing to work around the clock for three weeks to thwart that terrorist fire-bombing plot on the children's hospital, so you should be able to expend the same resources to thwart shop-lifting of $10 items from prosperous mega-stores."
Normal, healthy people are willing to expend considerably more effort and resources to prevent gross abuse of the innocent. You would have to be a person of great privilege to equate petty theft of the rich to such crimes.
Nobody enjoys following up on things in which they have absolutely no interest.
Facebook have proven exceedingly reliable at not caring about their user's security or privacy.
Having living proof of a hack is especially annoying because it actually forces them to respond and improve user security. Fankly, I'm surprised they are pressing charges.
People forget that America was built by people who refused to question authority, people who knew their place, people who quietly did their part for their superiors and didn't waste time with foolish, liberal ideologies like, well liberty and equality.
A browser should never crash, period. If it crashes then it is because the Mozilla devs wasted their time on some pet projects instead of using that time for QA and testing of the core browser.
Agreed.
Also, software should never have security vulnerabilities, should never lag and should never have unexpected behaviours of any kind.
The fact that Firefox is the only web browsing software which is less than absolutely perfect is very damning.
Not as dangerous as lecturers at public universities. I think I will write an app that allows you to geotag your local professors, track their license plates, and give you hints and tips on how to heckle them and ruin their lives for doing things that you may or may not agree with.
The difference is that criminals have no use for lecturers but they DO have a use for an app which tells them where they can steal firearms.
This app will do exactly what every other "outing" of firearm owners has done - it will INCREASE the number of weapons held by dangerous criminals and directly ASSIST violent crime.
I'm all for increasing the public safety. And personally I believe updated gun ownership laws should be part of that equation. But regarding the public safety, these outings are such a massive fail THEY should be illegal.
I politely disagree on the reporting as it concerns energy.
It constantly amazes me in these discussions that the alternative to petroleum undergoes minute scrutiny as to the carbon footprint of each and every stage while at the same time the same manner of energy costs generally get overlooked for the petrolem platform. It is so common you have to wonder how much of it is funded by oil.
"Making batteries has a significant carbon footprint."
In most articles (or posts) we are left with the implied assumption that the manufacture internal combustion engines does not have a carbon footprint.
"Look at the loss of energy in steps _____, _____, and _____ of this alternative."
Again we are left to assume that oil comes out of the ground and refines itself.
But regarding toxicity I'll concede that the alternatives are probably the ones getting more of a pass in reporting.
I 100% guarantee that you and I and everyone else here has made sarcastic, over-the-top, threats as a joke. Not only that, but you will do so again. Which makes you a hypocrit.
If a massively sarcastic joke constitues a "true threat" to you then you know full well that you sir, are a threat and have no business walking around free yourself.
Actually Internet Exploder is what keeps me coming back to Windows. We need to check in from time to time to see what down-hacks are needed to make sites compatible with incompatible software.
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Monsanto, a.k.a. federal government, will obviously kill any chemical bans long before they see the light of day. But are they doing any research on a patentable super-bee?
This alone seems to invalidate your analogy...
True.
I now accept that the only way to reach any destination from any point of reference is to turn right at every opportunity.
Imagine if someone were to tell a young person learning to drive that the only way to get to their destination was to turn right at every possible opportunity? (or left, depending on the source of instruction)
The idea would be rejected outright - the idea that not only is all problem solving binary, but that only one of the two is the correct answer to every conceivable problem, completely regardless of destination, and completely regardless of starting point. (student: But sir there is a cliff on the right. teacher: Trust me on this, turn right.)
And yet, we have people who otherwise are mentally functional fighting viciously for exactly this fantastic level of ignorance every day. That has taken a lot of intentional work and media.
In return for football, Nascar and Simpsons (or beads and hemp) we give them our life long vote.
+1 my friend.
People don't feel the need to commit crimes since they are already living in the prison of universal health care.
If the author of the comments were as unbiased as you it might indeed mean that.
However, he makes money telling Windows users they will be safe if they remember to pay him their fees. Not the same protection racket from the Linux crowd so I'm sure he's pleased to take any swipe he can.
And who spends not only money but huge amounts of valuable TIME developing a new OS and apps when a massively successful OS, and entire mobile software ecosystem, is immediately available to them for free?
But now you can manipulate it from Unity.
Imagine being able to hack your car from your laptop, tablet and phone?
Microsoft is willingly taking a hit for a few years in the hope that Surface will take over the tablet space.
If that ever happens people may very well like a desktop that apes their tablet. (Huge win if they would also like a phone like that.) But the only major selling point for Surface is that it supports Microsoft Office. So now everything depends on how much people want a tablet with Office.
My guess, which is admittedly uninformed, is that Surface will gain some traction in the business world. Any prognosticators out their with better info for us?
Child abuse and piracy are not comparable. Child abuse is human depravity pushed to such an extreme that is justifiable to use it as a reason to defy common sense. Piracy is simply deviation from the rule of law - it does not warrant ubiquitous censorship of the kind that is being proposed.
Agree.
"OK police, you were willing to work around the clock for three weeks to thwart that terrorist fire-bombing plot on the children's hospital, so you should be able to expend the same resources to thwart shop-lifting of $10 items from prosperous mega-stores."
Normal, healthy people are willing to expend considerably more effort and resources to prevent gross abuse of the innocent. You would have to be a person of great privilege to equate petty theft of the rich to such crimes.
is paper-and-pencil-OS, or PPOS.
Kudos to Microsoft then as Windows 8 is widely regarded as POS. Just one more P to go.
Oops, should read "I'm surprised they AREN'T pressing charges"
Few things must infuriate Zuckerburg and cohorts more than addressing the security or privacy of their users.
They don't follow up on anything, I checked.
Nobody enjoys following up on things in which they have absolutely no interest.
Facebook have proven exceedingly reliable at not caring about their user's security or privacy.
Having living proof of a hack is especially annoying because it actually forces them to respond and improve user security. Fankly, I'm surprised they are pressing charges.
People forget that America was built by people who refused to question authority, people who knew their place, people who quietly did their part for their superiors and didn't waste time with foolish, liberal ideologies like, well liberty and equality.
Why do your people always pull the logical conversation card?
A browser should never crash, period. If it crashes then it is because the Mozilla devs wasted their time on some pet projects instead of using that time for QA and testing of the core browser.
Agreed.
Also, software should never have security vulnerabilities, should never lag and should never have unexpected behaviours of any kind.
The fact that Firefox is the only web browsing software which is less than absolutely perfect is very damning.
Not as dangerous as lecturers at public universities. I think I will write an app that allows you to geotag your local professors, track their license plates, and give you hints and tips on how to heckle them and ruin their lives for doing things that you may or may not agree with.
The difference is that criminals have no use for lecturers but they DO have a use for an app which tells them where they can steal firearms.
This app will do exactly what every other "outing" of firearm owners has done - it will INCREASE the number of weapons held by dangerous criminals and directly ASSIST violent crime.
I'm all for increasing the public safety. And personally I believe updated gun ownership laws should be part of that equation. But regarding the public safety, these outings are such a massive fail THEY should be illegal.
You have to understand that America loves and respects French so much it equates it with Freedom.
I politely disagree on the reporting as it concerns energy.
It constantly amazes me in these discussions that the alternative to petroleum undergoes minute scrutiny as to the carbon footprint of each and every stage while at the same time the same manner of energy costs generally get overlooked for the petrolem platform. It is so common you have to wonder how much of it is funded by oil.
"Making batteries has a significant carbon footprint."
In most articles (or posts) we are left with the implied assumption that the manufacture internal combustion engines does not have a carbon footprint.
"Look at the loss of energy in steps _____, _____, and _____ of this alternative."
Again we are left to assume that oil comes out of the ground and refines itself.
But regarding toxicity I'll concede that the alternatives are probably the ones getting more of a pass in reporting.
You tell 'em! Time to show you Yanks you're not the only ones who can act like douchebags!
I 100% guarantee that you and I and everyone else here has made sarcastic, over-the-top, threats as a joke. Not only that, but you will do so again. Which makes you a hypocrit. If a massively sarcastic joke constitues a "true threat" to you then you know full well that you sir, are a threat and have no business walking around free yourself.
The good news is the kids are increasingly the ones intrepid enough to step outside the MS monoculture while the old men stay loyal to Redmond.
Actually Internet Exploder is what keeps me coming back to Windows. We need to check in from time to time to see what down-hacks are needed to make sites compatible with incompatible software.
I had to double check this wasn't an April 1 story.
Because Google keeps insisting that secrets and privacy are completely unnecessary for everyone else in the world.
What about all the non-free images and text taking away your rights?
Wake up people!111