This situation is a perfect example of how the Powers That Be marginalize people who disagree with their methods. You don't want your government to DDOS certain websites? You support terrorism. It seems to be just about that simple to the swing vote in most elections. The subtleties of the arguement somehow are lost on most people. This whole issue is a lousy test case for personal freedoms anyway, because it's hard to convince the average person of the value of leaving terrorist websites intact. (I'm having a hard time coming up with a good reason, myself.)
Eventually, there will be cleaner sources of hydrogen. One thing at a time. Today, we can start to convert existing systems to be hydrogen powered. Tomorrow's goal will be to find easier ways to aquire it. (Such as finding a cheap way (wind/solar) to get electricity to strip the hydrogen from water.) The point is that gasolene is going nowhere: it will never be clean, and it eventually will run out. With hydrogen, there is a logical path to a "hydrogen economy".
I think they have completely missed the point of sport if they think that having robots compete against humans is a worthwhile endeavor. Of course we should expect robots and computers to be able to beat humans at various tasks. But the whole point of sport is for humans to compete against other humans in the spirit of real competition. If you think this soccer game would be worth watching, ask yourself if you think human vs. robot arm-wrestling sounds interesting.
While I wouldn't put it past cable providers to prioritize their VoIP traffic over a competitor's, they would almost certainly be sued for doing so. So the question is whether or not Vonage would be able to survive the lean times until the case was settled.
When given a choice, every manufacturer out there will make something easy to set up at the cost of being safe, out of the box. Just look at wireless access points: plug them in and they simply work. (Of course, you've just created a hotspot for your whole neighborhood) Clearly they have calculated that if they do not require you to go through the extra step of securing it, you are that much less likely to call them for tech support, or return the product.
Linux will survive on its own merits--it doesn't need the free press that SCO needs. But I must say that Microsoft seems to be well served by tech-hatred being redirected toward SCO. And SCO is well served by the fact that people are starting to know who they actually are. Could it be that this whole situation will end up being a win for Microsoft, SCO, AND the Linux world all at once?
I saw the CNN interview, and the biggest problem was that the interviewer didn't appear to know the first thing about the subject matter, which pretty much gave Darth McWhatever free reign to say whatever he wanted, unapposed.
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This situation is a perfect example of how the Powers That Be marginalize people who disagree with their methods. You don't want your government to DDOS certain websites? You support terrorism. It seems to be just about that simple to the swing vote in most elections. The subtleties of the arguement somehow are lost on most people. This whole issue is a lousy test case for personal freedoms anyway, because it's hard to convince the average person of the value of leaving terrorist websites intact. (I'm having a hard time coming up with a good reason, myself.)
Eventually, there will be cleaner sources of hydrogen. One thing at a time. Today, we can start to convert existing systems to be hydrogen powered. Tomorrow's goal will be to find easier ways to aquire it. (Such as finding a cheap way (wind/solar) to get electricity to strip the hydrogen from water.) The point is that gasolene is going nowhere: it will never be clean, and it eventually will run out. With hydrogen, there is a logical path to a "hydrogen economy".
I think they have completely missed the point of sport if they think that having robots compete against humans is a worthwhile endeavor. Of course we should expect robots and computers to be able to beat humans at various tasks. But the whole point of sport is for humans to compete against other humans in the spirit of real competition. If you think this soccer game would be worth watching, ask yourself if you think human vs. robot arm-wrestling sounds interesting.
While I wouldn't put it past cable providers to prioritize their VoIP traffic over a competitor's, they would almost certainly be sued for doing so. So the question is whether or not Vonage would be able to survive the lean times until the case was settled.
So are you suggesting that what we need is a pornographic cure for cancer?
When given a choice, every manufacturer out there will make something easy to set up at the cost of being safe, out of the box. Just look at wireless access points: plug them in and they simply work. (Of course, you've just created a hotspot for your whole neighborhood) Clearly they have calculated that if they do not require you to go through the extra step of securing it, you are that much less likely to call them for tech support, or return the product.
Linux will survive on its own merits--it doesn't need the free press that SCO needs. But I must say that Microsoft seems to be well served by tech-hatred being redirected toward SCO. And SCO is well served by the fact that people are starting to know who they actually are. Could it be that this whole situation will end up being a win for Microsoft, SCO, AND the Linux world all at once? I saw the CNN interview, and the biggest problem was that the interviewer didn't appear to know the first thing about the subject matter, which pretty much gave Darth McWhatever free reign to say whatever he wanted, unapposed.