a company or individual acquires or builds something for themselves
If you buy a piece of property worth 50,000 and the property taxes are 3%, you pay 1,500/year.
Now, lets say you cut down some of the trees on your property, get them made into lumber, and build yourself a house. Maybe the property is worth 150,000 now, and your taxes went up th 4,500 a year.
Your effort and expenditure raised your taxes. Sometimes you just get screwed.
Thank you for your sincere, well-intentioned advice. If I had known that you were a licensed psychotherapist as well as a RPG developer, I would never have deigned to "defend my ego" from an obviously astute critique of my signature line. My response to your obviously correct criticism (after all, your ad hominem argument MUST prove that you were initially correct, as all such arguments do), was completely unnecessary.
In addtion, I would probably have *never* been able to understand my lack of "sincere friends" without your probing analysis. Please contine to bless the world with your deep insight into irony and its consequences and accept my sincerest apologies.
I offer a complete retraction of any statements you may have found incorrect or offensive in any way.
P.S. Should we actually meet and talk sometime so that when you offer insight into my personality, you won't have to talk exclusively out of your ass?
It's more or less proven now that this system is implemented very poorly. IP-based TTY calls should be suspended until an effective authentication solution is in place.
Okay. We should also suspend email, then, right? Because it is implmented very poorly, there is no system of authentication, and it is subject to MASSIVE abuse?
Oh, wait. You want to suspend other people's means of communication, but not your own. My bad.
C'mon. Isn't that extreme? Haven't you ever been leisurely driving your way through a densely populated urban area, looked down at your speedometer, and thought, "Oh goodness! Look at my speed! I appear to be going 98 MPH! I'd better slow down." Sometimes those sorts of things just, you know, sneak up on you.
I am actually a Microsoft Beta Tester for SP2, and so far as I could tell, their "built-in" firewall didn't protect me from much. I disabled it and use zone alarm combined with my DSL router's firewall.
I could be wrong, and the hidden, proprietary, uncostomizeable MS settings may have been both completely secure AND completely unobtrusive, but given MS past history with security, I find this rather unlikely. I think a better explanation is that, yes, Windows Firewall is better than nothing, but that doesn't mean your computer is secure.
And BTW to you, this is the kind of arrogant, elitist attitude that contributes i>absolutely nothing towards solving the problem.
BTW, if you can't handle a simple firewall like Kerio Personal Firewall, you have no business having a computer connected to the Internet.
You may not think they have a "right" to the Internet, but YOU don't have any say whatsoever in whether on not they use it.
There was a study done recently with a group of 20 users who had never used a computer before. Ten were put at a Windows PC, 10 at a Linux PC and they were given a list of simple tasks like sending an e-mail, surfing to a Web page and the usability results were pretty much the same.
Linux will most likely NEVER be as easy to use as Windows for a couple of reasons:
1) As a reader earlier pointed out, without sufficient driving economic incentive, OSS is likely to remain far more programmer-friendly than user-friendly. I can tell you that even as a fairly adept Windows user, compiling software (and my own kernel!) and spending hours on googly trying to figure out which config file to edit (and the exact syntax to insert) is not exactly a cup of tea. These are tasks programmers (and evidently all *nix users) are familiar with. I felt completely lost. Nevertheless, these "features" of Linux are a direct result of its OSS origin.
2) Security. As the system becomes more user-friendly, it must necessarily reduce the number of configuration options a user must deal with. Further, the options it sets must be those that allow all expected functionallity without tweaking. Yes, it is best to have a firewall installed (either hardware or software or both), but it is a pain in the butt for your average home user, and most people aren't willing to deal with it. Yes, it is better to refuse almost all cookies. No, it is not easy or user-friendly to do so, because people want web sites to work without any hassle.
Although it is improving in many ways, I just don't see Linux heading in the direction of one-size fits all and works for everyone without hassle. It would require too many comprimises of the very reasons Linux users use Linux (with the obvious exception of the damage it would do to MS, which seems to be the passion of many here.)
This is NOT a knock on Linux. I think its a great OS--I just don't see it gaining the mainstream acceptance people keep talking about without becoming significantly--and uncomfortablly--more like Microsoft Windows (in a bad way).
So long as this is internet to internet there is no service fee.
However, this sort of thing, if it becomes common, could quite possibly lead to a tragedy of the commons. If everyone actually started using all the bandwidth they had available, the networks would become jammed quickly enough.
Free VOIP is great in the short-term, but there is *not,* at this point, an unlimited amount of free bandwidth available.
The problem with legislation is that... well, I don't know how to say this nicely. Despite the fact that we elected them, our wonderful government officials seem to be fairly stupid. I mean, really, they create as many problems as they solve with most of the laws they pass.
Calls for legislation at the drop of a hat are not usually wise. We have a law in place to prevent spam (granted it's not a great one). Let's enforce the bad laws we've got before we write more bad laws.
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Death to slashdorks. I hate this stoopid place. Die die. Long live Microsoft. Death to Linux dweebs.
It's too bad that poorly designed products like MySQL become the standard simply due to their wide adoption.
Good point.
a company or individual acquires or builds something for themselves
If you buy a piece of property worth 50,000 and the property taxes are 3%, you pay 1,500/year.
Now, lets say you cut down some of the trees on your property, get them made into lumber, and build yourself a house. Maybe the property is worth 150,000 now, and your taxes went up th 4,500 a year.
Your effort and expenditure raised your taxes. Sometimes you just get screwed.
Try to enforce it on individuals and all hell will break loose.
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You mean like if a big company tried to used copyright laws to extort money from their customers?
You mean like if the government passed a law that makes it possible for them to examine anyone's library records?
You're right. Here in America, we are STRONG. We stand up for our rights. You can't push the average American cizizen around and get away with it.
Oh, wait.
Three cheers for continuing government incompetence.
Why do the idiots we elect insist on screwing up everything they touch?
(On a related note, why do we elect them if they are such idiots?)
Thank you for your sincere, well-intentioned advice. If I had known that you were a licensed psychotherapist as well as a RPG developer, I would never have deigned to "defend my ego" from an obviously astute critique of my signature line. My response to your obviously correct criticism (after all, your ad hominem argument MUST prove that you were initially correct, as all such arguments do), was completely unnecessary.
In addtion, I would probably have *never* been able to understand my lack of "sincere friends" without your probing analysis. Please contine to bless the world with your deep insight into irony and its consequences and accept my sincerest apologies.
I offer a complete retraction of any statements you may have found incorrect or offensive in any way.
P.S. Should we actually meet and talk sometime so that when you offer insight into my personality, you won't have to talk exclusively out of your ass?
Actually, sarcasm is a form of verbal irony. Thanks for *attempting* to correct me though. I appreciate the effort.
It's more or less proven now that this system is implemented very poorly. IP-based TTY calls should be suspended until an effective authentication solution is in place.
Okay. We should also suspend email, then, right? Because it is implmented very poorly, there is no system of authentication, and it is subject to MASSIVE abuse?
Oh, wait. You want to suspend other people's means of communication, but not your own. My bad.
Wrong. This is meant to be a replacement for plastic media (read DVDs and CD-ROMs). It will NOT be kept inside anything (except maybe a jewel case).
C'mon. Isn't that extreme? Haven't you ever been leisurely driving your way through a densely populated urban area, looked down at your speedometer, and thought, "Oh goodness! Look at my speed! I appear to be going 98 MPH! I'd better slow down." Sometimes those sorts of things just, you know, sneak up on you.
I am actually a Microsoft Beta Tester for SP2, and so far as I could tell, their "built-in" firewall didn't protect me from much. I disabled it and use zone alarm combined with my DSL router's firewall.
I could be wrong, and the hidden, proprietary, uncostomizeable MS settings may have been both completely secure AND completely unobtrusive, but given MS past history with security, I find this rather unlikely. I think a better explanation is that, yes, Windows Firewall is better than nothing, but that doesn't mean your computer is secure.
And BTW to you, this is the kind of arrogant, elitist attitude that contributes i>absolutely nothing towards solving the problem.
BTW, if you can't handle a simple firewall like Kerio Personal Firewall, you have no business having a computer connected to the Internet.
You may not think they have a "right" to the Internet, but YOU don't have any say whatsoever in whether on not they use it.
There was a study done recently with a group of 20 users who had never used a computer before. Ten were put at a Windows PC, 10 at a Linux PC and they were given a list of simple tasks like sending an e-mail, surfing to a Web page and the usability results were pretty much the same.
Yes, but did they do it with MONKEYS?
Linux will most likely NEVER be as easy to use as Windows for a couple of reasons:
1) As a reader earlier pointed out, without sufficient driving economic incentive, OSS is likely to remain far more programmer-friendly than user-friendly. I can tell you that even as a fairly adept Windows user, compiling software (and my own kernel!) and spending hours on googly trying to figure out which config file to edit (and the exact syntax to insert) is not exactly a cup of tea. These are tasks programmers (and evidently all *nix users) are familiar with. I felt completely lost. Nevertheless, these "features" of Linux are a direct result of its OSS origin.
2) Security. As the system becomes more user-friendly, it must necessarily reduce the number of configuration options a user must deal with. Further, the options it sets must be those that allow all expected functionallity without tweaking. Yes, it is best to have a firewall installed (either hardware or software or both), but it is a pain in the butt for your average home user, and most people aren't willing to deal with it. Yes, it is better to refuse almost all cookies. No, it is not easy or user-friendly to do so, because people want web sites to work without any hassle.
Although it is improving in many ways, I just don't see Linux heading in the direction of one-size fits all and works for everyone without hassle. It would require too many comprimises of the very reasons Linux users use Linux (with the obvious exception of the damage it would do to MS, which seems to be the passion of many here.)
This is NOT a knock on Linux. I think its a great OS--I just don't see it gaining the mainstream acceptance people keep talking about without becoming significantly--and uncomfortablly--more like Microsoft Windows (in a bad way).
Oh. I truly thought fish were electronic. Forgive my abhorrant ignorance, oh great one.
So long as this is internet to internet there is no service fee.
However, this sort of thing, if it becomes common, could quite possibly lead to a tragedy of the commons. If everyone actually started using all the bandwidth they had available, the networks would become jammed quickly enough.
Free VOIP is great in the short-term, but there is *not,* at this point, an unlimited amount of free bandwidth available.
Cool. Now you can grove to some cool tunes while you're waiting for the tow truck.
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That's an insult to all Ford owners everywhere...
MOD PARENT UP!
Is that why their cars occasionally FLY ?
Or you could fill your case with fish.
Given that it's NOT ACTUALLY WATER, this might damage the fish is some irreparable way.
If you're going to do something this fancy, why hamstring yourself with the 4GB mini?
Even more, if you're going to do something this fancy, why hamstring yourself with a Ford Explorer?
Canada looks better, eh?
Well, if you saw the size of the elk up here, you'd be thinking twice about that, now, wouldn't ya?
On the other hand, there are alternatives to legislation:
/. $p4m h4t3rz! Let's have a BONFIRE"
"Hey, spammer buddies, let's have a big ol' LAN party!"
(Aside)-"Calling all
The problem with legislation is that... well, I don't know how to say this nicely. Despite the fact that we elected them, our wonderful government officials seem to be fairly stupid. I mean, really, they create as many problems as they solve with most of the laws they pass.
Calls for legislation at the drop of a hat are not usually wise. We have a law in place to prevent spam (granted it's not a great one). Let's enforce the bad laws we've got before we write more bad laws.
The NGage has "been redesigned for more comfortable use as a cell phone."
Wait!--they are going to make their cell phone/game system a functional phone? What a great idea.
Oh--they're also going to make it usable as a gaming device? You don't even have to take out the battery to change games anymore?
This thing is going to be awesome.
I bet someone in R&D is getting a big bonus for these ideas.
Floppies are great!!
How many ironclad excuses are there for missing homework assignments???
Student: "Um... sorry. My floppy disintegrated."
Teacher: "That's okay. It happens to all of us."
I will mourn the passing of this vital source of excuses. Soon I'm going to have to buy a dog. (or a Windows box!)