I hope this rifle explodes and kills him. I understand the motivation to go and explore the limits of 3D printing. But rifles and handguns? They are useless for hunting or self defense. About the only thing they're useful is terrorism and/or dodging regulations.
Nice use of violence to drive your point that these are supposedly only good for violence...
Your logic is also flawed. You claim these are useless for hunting or self defense, but they are useful for terrorism? A "terrorist" would use these to (possibly) kill someone, yet a "normal person" can't use this for self defense (e.g., possibly killing someone)?
Also, this is a prototype. The technology will get better in time, then we'll be able to use it for hunting, self defense, and everything else.
How much power does Windows 8 use compared to other operating systems? Perhaps you'll save enough money to make 2 cups of tea per week, but is that savings negated by running Windows 8 with both the Metro UI and the "desktop" mode with a separate version of IE in both modes? Compare that to Safari on OS X or Firefox/Chromium on Linux (gnome 3 vs fluxbox vs xmonad vs KDE...)
I mean if we're just looking at power consumption here...
To the average user, should it even matter what is under the hood as long as it just works? How often does Ford advertise what kernel (or other utilities) is running in the onboard computer of their vehicles? When John Doe goes to Home Depot to buy a refrigerator with a Wi-Fi connected display panel on the front of it, does he know or even care what the software is called that runs that display? To him, it just allows him to run some apps, maybe get on Facebook, track refrigerator contents, or whatever else it supports.
The end user doesn't necessarily need to know the inner workings of the system, as long as they know that it will do what they need it to do. I don't think I've ever heard a "regular" user call their smartphone an "Android smartphone". They have a "Droid 4" or "Samsung Galaxy II" or "iPhone" maybe.
I Am? Since when? if I drove my own car, I could take my bike. I can't fit it in a 6 passenger van with 6 passengers and no roof rack. It is also not cost effective for me to move to a closer, much more expensive area and make my children change schools just so I can bike part way to work.
I am fine doing Insanity and similar workouts in my home.:)
All good points. However, I'm on a van pool, with no room in the van to store my bike. Moving closer results in fairly significantly higher costs in property taxes, school taxes, state sales taxes, and housing costs. I guess I could try to find a job closer to home... in this economy?
My work does have a gym, but it requires a vehicle to drive there. I carpool, so I usually don't have a mode of transportation to get there. Even if I did, I'd have to do it during my 30 minute lunch break. No time to fit a round trip drive, plus a workout, in that time. Sometimes during nice weather I'll go for a jog outside, but most days, I just do a workout routine at home.
I get home at 6 PM, eat dinner, get the kids to bed by 7. Work out until about 8, then go to sleep by around 8:30. Wake up at 4, go to work, repeat.
I started out doing light cardio or jogging runs outside in the evenings, but now I do a program called Insanity. I just have no time for a social life, or TV, or any kind of entertainment really, except on weekends.
I don't think that has anything to do with Facebook's privacy controls. Even if Facebook was entirely 100% open, no privacy controls at all, I could still photoshop a bong into your picture, post it on Facebook, and share it with your boss. The end result may very well be the same.
Just to be safe, I think I may just let my contract expire and continue on with my unlimited data... Well, that is until my phone dies and I need a new one. Even then, I might be better off buying a new device at retail.
How do you disable USB storage devices on thousands of Ubuntu (or Chrome) desktops because you don't want your sensitive documents walking out on portable storage devices?
Couldn't you just configure a new kernel that doesn't have USB mass storage support? Host a local Ubuntu repository, put your modified non-USB kernel in the repository, and set all the desktops to update to the new kernel.
I couldn't agree more. Why is it ok for Microsoft to release hardcore violence in games for our kids to play, but not ok for them to release games involving a pair of boobs, or some sexual act?
Maybe the whole sex = bad, violence = good thing is a population control thing.
LOGO is how I got started on computers when I was about 3 years old. My father showed me how you can enter commands to make that turtle do fun things. I was hooked. I got distracted by video games (and outdoor playing) for a bit, but started doing my own programming in BASIC by 4th grade.
How the hell are you going to start a flamewar on/. by saying "put Linux on it"? Unless the BSD guys start something, you'll hear nothing but agreement.
I would think one should be more worried about sheltering their kids from extreme violence than from sexual content. Why does it seem more ok to let kids watch violent movies where people are killing each other than to see a pair of boobs on a movie?
The problem with that is, what about the time between install and auto remove? Perhaps a plugin could be written to do the "bad" things it needs to do quickly before the user has a chance to see the prompt and click 'remove'. I shouldn't have to let a plugin get installed on my system, see it, and remove it. Just don't put it on there in the first place.
I remember back in the late 90's I was watching Saturday Night Live with my girlfriend. They cut to a 'commercial break' for Gillette where they introduced the Mach 20. They talked about how having 20 blades will make shaving so much better, much more close of a shave with the layers of skin being removed, etc. The skit itself was funny enough, but I really had a laugh when my girlfriend thought it was real.
"How can they sell a product like THAT?!?!"
She was fine once she realized it wasn't a real commercial.
There's an implied risk, and required training, with driving. In order to be allowed to drive, one must take appropriate training and get a license. This tells potential drivers that there are things they need to learn before they can get behind the wheel.
In the computing world, there really isn't any such thing, especially for the home user. Joe Average can just go out to Best Buy, purchase a computer, take it home, and be online. He can, and probably will, very quickly get infected with all sorts of malware and his computer may start attacking systems all over the Internet without Joe Average's knowledge - He was never told.
Perhaps there should be a license (and training) required for Internet access similarly to what is required for driving. Maybe even throw in annual inspections of the licensee's computer for good measure.
I wonder what the market share for web browsers would look like if Internet Explorer wasn't mandated as THE browser in certain organizations. (ignoring the fact that it's merely installed on every Windows PC). How much of an effect is Chrome or Firefox or Safari making in corporations where a majority of users don't have admin rights to their system and therefore can't even install other browsers if they wanted to (or knew about it)?
They didn't remove the wall-to-wall feature. Click a friend's name, load their profile. Just below the text box where you'd type out a message to post on their wall, there's a "filters" link (below the Share button). Click that. Then click wall-to-wall.
Now if you want to see a wall to wall between friend1 and friend2, you can copy/paste friend1 and friend2's ID numbers into the URL.
I only noticed this after reading your post and tried it to verify. So the ability is already there to see friend1 and friend2's "life story" between each other. This new tool just automates it so you don't have to paste IDs into the URL.
If you don't want something seen on the front page of the newspaper, don't post it online.
I think as long as this tool abides by the privacy settings on your Facebook account, it should be ok. If you don't want people seeing your communications on Facebook, why have them as a friend? Or put them in a group that doesn't have access to certain areas. If you want communication between you and another friend to be private, use a more private means of communication. Secret posts to your mistress don't belong on a Facebook wall post.
The information this tool makes available is already available anyway. If you're concerned about one of your Facebook friends having access to all of that information, why not just remove them as a friend?
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I hope this rifle explodes and kills him. I understand the motivation to go and explore the limits of 3D printing. But rifles and handguns? They are useless for hunting or self defense. About the only thing they're useful is terrorism and/or dodging regulations.
Nice use of violence to drive your point that these are supposedly only good for violence...
Your logic is also flawed. You claim these are useless for hunting or self defense, but they are useful for terrorism? A "terrorist" would use these to (possibly) kill someone, yet a "normal person" can't use this for self defense (e.g., possibly killing someone)?
Also, this is a prototype. The technology will get better in time, then we'll be able to use it for hunting, self defense, and everything else.
If Justin Bieber is against it, how can it ever pass?
Justin who?? O.o
How much power does Windows 8 use compared to other operating systems? Perhaps you'll save enough money to make 2 cups of tea per week, but is that savings negated by running Windows 8 with both the Metro UI and the "desktop" mode with a separate version of IE in both modes? Compare that to Safari on OS X or Firefox/Chromium on Linux (gnome 3 vs fluxbox vs xmonad vs KDE...)
I mean if we're just looking at power consumption here...
To the average user, should it even matter what is under the hood as long as it just works? How often does Ford advertise what kernel (or other utilities) is running in the onboard computer of their vehicles? When John Doe goes to Home Depot to buy a refrigerator with a Wi-Fi connected display panel on the front of it, does he know or even care what the software is called that runs that display? To him, it just allows him to run some apps, maybe get on Facebook, track refrigerator contents, or whatever else it supports.
The end user doesn't necessarily need to know the inner workings of the system, as long as they know that it will do what they need it to do. I don't think I've ever heard a "regular" user call their smartphone an "Android smartphone". They have a "Droid 4" or "Samsung Galaxy II" or "iPhone" maybe.
Not worth making my wife and kids move, change schools, much higher taxes, etc... just so I can bike instead of doing Insanity, P90X, etc at home.
I Am? Since when? if I drove my own car, I could take my bike. I can't fit it in a 6 passenger van with 6 passengers and no roof rack. It is also not cost effective for me to move to a closer, much more expensive area and make my children change schools just so I can bike part way to work.
I am fine doing Insanity and similar workouts in my home. :)
All good points. However, I'm on a van pool, with no room in the van to store my bike. Moving closer results in fairly significantly higher costs in property taxes, school taxes, state sales taxes, and housing costs. I guess I could try to find a job closer to home... in this economy?
That's a great idea, unless your commute is 60+ miles one way like mine...
My work does have a gym, but it requires a vehicle to drive there. I carpool, so I usually don't have a mode of transportation to get there. Even if I did, I'd have to do it during my 30 minute lunch break. No time to fit a round trip drive, plus a workout, in that time. Sometimes during nice weather I'll go for a jog outside, but most days, I just do a workout routine at home.
I get home at 6 PM, eat dinner, get the kids to bed by 7. Work out until about 8, then go to sleep by around 8:30. Wake up at 4, go to work, repeat.
I started out doing light cardio or jogging runs outside in the evenings, but now I do a program called Insanity. I just have no time for a social life, or TV, or any kind of entertainment really, except on weekends.
I don't think that has anything to do with Facebook's privacy controls. Even if Facebook was entirely 100% open, no privacy controls at all, I could still photoshop a bong into your picture, post it on Facebook, and share it with your boss. The end result may very well be the same.
Notice I said "like" Clippy in the subject. Guess I should have put it in the text as well. ;)
Please... not Clippy...
Just to be safe, I think I may just let my contract expire and continue on with my unlimited data... Well, that is until my phone dies and I need a new one. Even then, I might be better off buying a new device at retail.
How do you disable USB storage devices on thousands of Ubuntu (or Chrome) desktops because you don't want your sensitive documents walking out on portable storage devices?
Couldn't you just configure a new kernel that doesn't have USB mass storage support? Host a local Ubuntu repository, put your modified non-USB kernel in the repository, and set all the desktops to update to the new kernel.
I couldn't agree more. Why is it ok for Microsoft to release hardcore violence in games for our kids to play, but not ok for them to release games involving a pair of boobs, or some sexual act?
Maybe the whole sex = bad, violence = good thing is a population control thing.
LOGO is how I got started on computers when I was about 3 years old. My father showed me how you can enter commands to make that turtle do fun things. I was hooked. I got distracted by video games (and outdoor playing) for a bit, but started doing my own programming in BASIC by 4th grade.
How the hell are you going to start a flamewar on /. by saying "put Linux on it"? Unless the BSD guys start something, you'll hear nothing but agreement.
Or the Amiga people...
I would think one should be more worried about sheltering their kids from extreme violence than from sexual content. Why does it seem more ok to let kids watch violent movies where people are killing each other than to see a pair of boobs on a movie?
Maybe it's a population control thing...
The problem with that is, what about the time between install and auto remove? Perhaps a plugin could be written to do the "bad" things it needs to do quickly before the user has a chance to see the prompt and click 'remove'. I shouldn't have to let a plugin get installed on my system, see it, and remove it. Just don't put it on there in the first place.
I remember back in the late 90's I was watching Saturday Night Live with my girlfriend. They cut to a 'commercial break' for Gillette where they introduced the Mach 20. They talked about how having 20 blades will make shaving so much better, much more close of a shave with the layers of skin being removed, etc. The skit itself was funny enough, but I really had a laugh when my girlfriend thought it was real.
"How can they sell a product like THAT?!?!"
She was fine once she realized it wasn't a real commercial.
There's an implied risk, and required training, with driving. In order to be allowed to drive, one must take appropriate training and get a license. This tells potential drivers that there are things they need to learn before they can get behind the wheel.
In the computing world, there really isn't any such thing, especially for the home user. Joe Average can just go out to Best Buy, purchase a computer, take it home, and be online. He can, and probably will, very quickly get infected with all sorts of malware and his computer may start attacking systems all over the Internet without Joe Average's knowledge - He was never told.
Perhaps there should be a license (and training) required for Internet access similarly to what is required for driving. Maybe even throw in annual inspections of the licensee's computer for good measure.
Of course then there's the whole privacy issue...
I wonder what the market share for web browsers would look like if Internet Explorer wasn't mandated as THE browser in certain organizations. (ignoring the fact that it's merely installed on every Windows PC). How much of an effect is Chrome or Firefox or Safari making in corporations where a majority of users don't have admin rights to their system and therefore can't even install other browsers if they wanted to (or knew about it)?
They didn't remove the wall-to-wall feature. Click a friend's name, load their profile. Just below the text box where you'd type out a message to post on their wall, there's a "filters" link (below the Share button). Click that. Then click wall-to-wall.
Now if you want to see a wall to wall between friend1 and friend2, you can copy/paste friend1 and friend2's ID numbers into the URL.
I only noticed this after reading your post and tried it to verify. So the ability is already there to see friend1 and friend2's "life story" between each other. This new tool just automates it so you don't have to paste IDs into the URL.
If you don't want something seen on the front page of the newspaper, don't post it online.
I think as long as this tool abides by the privacy settings on your Facebook account, it should be ok. If you don't want people seeing your communications on Facebook, why have them as a friend? Or put them in a group that doesn't have access to certain areas. If you want communication between you and another friend to be private, use a more private means of communication. Secret posts to your mistress don't belong on a Facebook wall post.
The information this tool makes available is already available anyway. If you're concerned about one of your Facebook friends having access to all of that information, why not just remove them as a friend?
Modded Insightful. Nice! :)