I agree with everything you say. I was in a bad mood when I replied to the other guy. However, I would like to point out that the word "idiot" along with other insults are very often not literal references to the technical definitions of those words, rather a general invocation of disparaging language. I will demonstrate this concept by telling you that I think you are a poopy head.
I don't believe I claimed that was the only reason or even the main reason. It was certainly a factor though, and the cred was exploited for it it was worth. Given that my post was about image, I thought this would be obvious, but as it turns out, there's always an idiot willing to miss even the most plainly visible of contextual qualifications. Well done on it being you!
Given that Google's initial search technolgy seems to have come out of nowhere and that Google had secretive high government clearance contacts from day one, I think the more likely scenario is the NSA rolling up to Larry and Sergi and saying "we need public sector lovable geek mascots to hide behind while we monitor the population's activities. You two seem suitable and have the right profiles. Here's some search tech, and we'll set you up with the right venture capital connections. No go profile everybody."
AMD ie recently making more moves toward the open source community than either it or ATI did prior to the merger.It seems to me that AMD has realized that there is value in not only having the right products rolling off the lines, but also having a greater mindshare.
Google realized this early, and bought off a great amount of geek awe by using Linux as the basis for its computing grid. This popularity among geeks turned into word of mouth advertising which turned into huge market share (having a great product didn't hurt either). Google still tries to maintain the "we're just a benign bunch of geeks" image (an image which is eroding, as it becomes more apparent that they are more akin to a lovechild of M$ and the NSA than a giant sushi eating LAN party). This appeal to mindshare by making steps toward the community, genuine or not, may be part of what AMD is trying to do, at least to an extent.
There are other genuine benefits to being more open about its specs, most clearly highlighted by the use of ATI GPUs to process Folding@Home. Therefore it is conceivable that AMD GPUs and GPU/CPU combo chips in the future may, if more openly specced, be used in a wider variety of HPC applications.
You have no point there at all. In fact if anything is dumb it is connecting car crash deaths and terrorist murders.
Actually, I do have a point, which you seem to have missed. a) If death is the measure, car crashes are by far the greater threat b) Driver training could greatly improve the death rate, go check out your local DMV if you think driving instructors or testers give two shits about their job c) Terrorist deaths are preventable in a similar manner to car crash deaths, i.e., by looking at the source of the problem rather than the symptom. In other words, asking "Why do they want to kill us?" instead of "How much should we sacrifice to fight them?". And don't go giving me that "they hate our freedom" crap.
if listening to my phone calls will prevent uber-religious psychos from taking over several elementary schools and slaughtering a bunch of school kids like livestock
If you really believe that if your governemnt has the power to listen to you, or anybody for that matter, it will stop people who are pissed at you from harming you, then you really are delisional. Here's a novel theory, how about trying to figure out why they're pissed at you in the first place. That's a whole other subject though, and I doubt you have the insight to comprehend it, or the willingness to accept it.
Something that people fail to understand is that government has no interest nor the resources to monitor the actions of those that mean no harm.
I assure you it does, and it does. And a government that intends to relegate the vast majority of the population to the status of "labor pool" has an interest in what *everybody* has to say about it. The best way to stop revolutionary dissent is catching it while it's still dinner-table conversation. For instance, imagine if the British had known of a certain little Tea Party that was being planned while it was still just in the stages of two guy chatting about a nice idea. Had the British colonial powers had ubiquitous eavesdropping throughout the colonial lands, history would have turned out very, very differently. Of course, your sentiments indicate that you trust the government implicitly, and will likely consider this view to be crazy left wing hippie talk.
I'm willing to give up some rights to prevent it.
You can't be serious? You're either too young or too dumb to understand the concept of a slippery slope. You're also obviously unaware of the fact that more innocent people die in car crashes every year than died in terrorist attacks in all of the 20 century. Where are the billions in declaring war on people who don't wear seat belts? Would you support police cameras in your garage to check that you were wearing your seatbelt before you left your driveway? Perspective is a wonderful thing. Pity you don't have any.
1) Next to nothing compared to other programs. Use the excess tinfoil around here to make reflectors. 2) Take a 0.00001% fraction of the defense budget. 3) Nothing. 4) Yes. 5) None, and yes.
What about if the entire city's lights light up in a marquee display that can be seen from the moon reading "Mugging victim needs assistance here!" ? Brownie points there? No? Dang!
When I read opinions like yours, I am left speechless every time. Even though by now I am used to head-up-the-arse, totally ignorant people on Slashdot, people like you never cease to amaze me. You are truly a leader among fools.
This is like those online universities that I always get spam for.
"Don't have time to study? Want another qualification? In just 2 easy parts, you too can be a l33t h4x0r and increase your salary by several multiples!"
"We need a good search engine on top of a tor network, and bandwidth to make it run smooth. Not many other way to achieve real net freedom." Can you explain yourself a little more? I don't see how Tor would improve the quality of information being searched for. (Not arguing, just interested in your ideas)
Great! I'm glad those two organizations have such a long and distinguished history of self-restraint when it comes to the borders of their mandated spheres of operation.
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I agree with everything you say. I was in a bad mood when I replied to the other guy. However, I would like to point out that the word "idiot" along with other insults are very often not literal references to the technical definitions of those words, rather a general invocation of disparaging language. I will demonstrate this concept by telling you that I think you are a poopy head.
You're the second person to completely fail to comprehend a joke. Oh wait, no you're not, you're from a long, illustrious line of humorless cretins.
Dude, seriously? "Does it run Linux?" was such an important question in the common mindset here that it has become a meme.
I don't believe I claimed that was the only reason or even the main reason. It was certainly a factor though, and the cred was exploited for it it was worth. Given that my post was about image, I thought this would be obvious, but as it turns out, there's always an idiot willing to miss even the most plainly visible of contextual qualifications. Well done on it being you!
Given that Google's initial search technolgy seems to have come out of nowhere and that Google had secretive high government clearance contacts from day one, I think the more likely scenario is the NSA rolling up to Larry and Sergi and saying "we need public sector lovable geek mascots to hide behind while we monitor the population's activities. You two seem suitable and have the right profiles. Here's some search tech, and we'll set you up with the right venture capital connections. No go profile everybody."
Gitmo guard: Welcome. Here you will be shown episode upon episode of Wheel of Fortune interspersed with Fox news.
New Inmate: Please send me to China!
AMD ie recently making more moves toward the open source community than either it or ATI did prior to the merger.It seems to me that AMD has realized that there is value in not only having the right products rolling off the lines, but also having a greater mindshare.
Google realized this early, and bought off a great amount of geek awe by using Linux as the basis for its computing grid. This popularity among geeks turned into word of mouth advertising which turned into huge market share (having a great product didn't hurt either). Google still tries to maintain the "we're just a benign bunch of geeks" image (an image which is eroding, as it becomes more apparent that they are more akin to a lovechild of M$ and the NSA than a giant sushi eating LAN party). This appeal to mindshare by making steps toward the community, genuine or not, may be part of what AMD is trying to do, at least to an extent.
There are other genuine benefits to being more open about its specs, most clearly highlighted by the use of ATI GPUs to process Folding@Home. Therefore it is conceivable that AMD GPUs and GPU/CPU combo chips in the future may, if more openly specced, be used in a wider variety of HPC applications.
Disclaimer: I am an AMD fanboi.
That Chinese government! They like to kid. Remember Tiananmen Square? What a hoot!
Actually, I do have a point, which you seem to have missed. a) If death is the measure, car crashes are by far the greater threat b) Driver training could greatly improve the death rate, go check out your local DMV if you think driving instructors or testers give two shits about their job c) Terrorist deaths are preventable in a similar manner to car crash deaths, i.e., by looking at the source of the problem rather than the symptom. In other words, asking "Why do they want to kill us?" instead of "How much should we sacrifice to fight them?". And don't go giving me that "they hate our freedom" crap.
If you really believe that if your governemnt has the power to listen to you, or anybody for that matter, it will stop people who are pissed at you from harming you, then you really are delisional. Here's a novel theory, how about trying to figure out why they're pissed at you in the first place. That's a whole other subject though, and I doubt you have the insight to comprehend it, or the willingness to accept it.
I assure you it does, and it does. And a government that intends to relegate the vast majority of the population to the status of "labor pool" has an interest in what *everybody* has to say about it. The best way to stop revolutionary dissent is catching it while it's still dinner-table conversation. For instance, imagine if the British had known of a certain little Tea Party that was being planned while it was still just in the stages of two guy chatting about a nice idea. Had the British colonial powers had ubiquitous eavesdropping throughout the colonial lands, history would have turned out very, very differently. Of course, your sentiments indicate that you trust the government implicitly, and will likely consider this view to be crazy left wing hippie talk.
You can't be serious? You're either too young or too dumb to understand the concept of a slippery slope. You're also obviously unaware of the fact that more innocent people die in car crashes every year than died in terrorist attacks in all of the 20 century. Where are the billions in declaring war on people who don't wear seat belts? Would you support police cameras in your garage to check that you were wearing your seatbelt before you left your driveway? Perspective is a wonderful thing. Pity you don't have any.
1) Next to nothing compared to other programs. Use the excess tinfoil around here to make reflectors.
2) Take a 0.00001% fraction of the defense budget.
3) Nothing.
4) Yes.
5) None, and yes.
Any more?
What about if the entire city's lights light up in a marquee display that can be seen from the moon reading "Mugging victim needs assistance here!" ? Brownie points there? No? Dang!
When I read opinions like yours, I am left speechless every time. Even though by now I am used to head-up-the-arse, totally ignorant people on Slashdot, people like you never cease to amaze me. You are truly a leader among fools.
Only if it doesn't come across a bigger fish that happens to be hungry at the time.
This is like those online universities that I always get spam for.
"Don't have time to study? Want another qualification? In just 2 easy parts, you too can be a l33t h4x0r and increase your salary by several multiples!"
Any movie with Ninjas in it is called a "documentary" you insensitive clod!
"We need a good search engine on top of a tor network, and bandwidth to make it run smooth. Not many other way to achieve real net freedom."
Can you explain yourself a little more? I don't see how Tor would improve the quality of information being searched for. (Not arguing, just interested in your ideas)
Lisa, I'd like to buy your cat!
Great! I'm glad those two organizations have such a long and distinguished history of self-restraint when it comes to the borders of their mandated spheres of operation.
I'm worried that one day they'll eliminate 127.0.0.1! The day they take that offline I'm in big trouble!
Ooo oo! I've been waiting for my trash to be slashdotted!
Better yet, I think that if the user is using Tor, Chinese users should have something like this animated on the screen instead.
Skipping the obvious vulgarities, how about Standard Language Of Workstations, or S-L-O-W ?
And I thought I was weird.