On Boeing planes, the pilot can always override the computer. On Airbus planes, the pilot cannot override the computer, no matter how wrong the computer can be.
It's been this way ever since Airbus and Boeing computerized their flight controls.
There are advantages and disadvantages to each: The Airbus depends less on pilot skill. But when the shit hits the turbofan, you're proper fucked. The Boeing requires skilled pilots, and inexperienced pilots have been known to rip off tail rudders by stomping their feet all over the pedals.
If you are a "hacktivist" you will be accused of terrorism (this has already been bandied about by various politicians, so I'm not making it up) and you will simply disappear.
Not kidding.
Even the guy over at Bad Astronomy is highly upset. You should be too.
Getting the people in your address book to encrypt their email is another story. They think that their internet provider's terms of service and privacy policies mean their email is private. This does not take into account other service providers, pipes, and countries along the way that have other ideas about unencrypted streams of text.
Instant messaging over ssl or other end-to-end encryption (like skype) is more secure, as a result.
"My organization is a believer in civil rights and civil liberties, and the first amendment is something I hold very dear personally and professionally."
No he doesn't.
Nobody in government cares about rights. Just look at the votes for NDAA and the paucity of votes against, and the current SOPA bullshit.
Habeas Corpus - Eliminated Due Process - Eliminated.
It's like the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights never happened. At least in England they still have the right to due process retained from the Magna Carta (there are only like 3 rights retained from the Magna Carta in England anyway, but the right to due process is a biggie).
As much as I thought Prison Planet and all that shit was bullshit, the past month has changed my mind.
I seriously think that Chilean style "Disappearances" are in the offing. But instead of a military junta doing it, it will be our "elected" government.
Remember, the dems and republicans are the same, so vote republican. *spit*
Microsoft really is doubling-down on Metro. I suspect that you won't be able to get the regular desktop on any consumer version of Windows 8 unless you fork over for either a Small Business Server edition or Ultimate. With 7 they had the "play video in the root window" to entice you to fork over 400 bux. What better way to get people to fork over 400-500 dollars just so they can get a traditional desktop?
Gawd, the Microsoft marketing department should hire me. I can think up all sorts of evil ways to encourage upselling.
You can talk about many shortcomings of Windows, but they pretty much have usability figured out, right?
No, no they do not. And to talk to any typical Windows user, Windows is confusing to many users.
I can't wait for a fully-enabled Metro desktop to be unleashed by Microsoft. It caters to the absolute lowest common denominator of user. The rage it induces in power users is hilarious.
Why does Linux live in a separate world?
Because imitating the Windows UI is stupid and possibly lawsuit-bait. And I didn't go to Linux to just move to a cheap version of Windows.
Explain, in as few words necessary, how KDE is crippled.
The article came down on the side of KDE, the most configurable desktop with the most tools. KDE has the opposite philosophy that Gnome and Unity have - expose all options to the user.
And if you're going to rage about dumbing down of interfaces, I suggest that you aim your rage at Metro.
Ron Paul is most decidedly/not/ a Dominionist and you completely misunderstand what Rushdoony Dominionism is if you think that.
I have a lot of problems with Ron Paul, including his monetary policy among other things, but Dominionism is not one of them.
Go read up on Rushdoony and Dominionism. If you really want to get into the woo-woo-scary-holy-shit stuff, go read up on Joel's Army and the "KILL EVERYONE" approach to Dominionism.
American Talibanism. That's what it is.
The entire cause of all of Bachmann's gaffes, misunderstanding, and lies about how the US supposedly was, is, and should be, has a direct relationship to Dominionism. It's where she got her ideas.
Basically all the Republicans except for Ron Paul last night in the debate were frothing at the mouth and chomping at the bit to bomb some Muslims.
Because over 1 billion people are our enemy and we are going to go to Holy War with them because the Dominionsts like Bachmann, Perry, et alia, believe it's necessary.
Ever try using Windows 7 with a touchscreen? It's an absolute nightmare.
Conversely, ever try Metro on a desktop with a mouse and keyboard? It is similarly a nightmare of unusability. Yet Microsoft seems to insist on their quest for the interface Holy Grail of one interface for everything. They will learn, eventually.
BTW, I am betting that Metro will be the only interface available on consumer versions of Windows and if you want a traditional desktop, you're going to have to either shell out 400 bux for Ultimate, or the Small Business Edition, whatever they wind up calling them at release.
And it's perpetrated by every nation on the planet.
It's no secret that the Industrial Revolution got a kickstart in the US via "stolen IP." The legend is that Samuel Slater memorized drawings across the pond in Blighty and came here with them in his head.
Another example would be dumpster diving at your competitor's company. Cutting up start strips from stamping operations is not because you want them to fit in the recycling dumpster better. The same for shredding code printouts and printed spreadsheets.
To suddenly be surprised that this is being done electronically on a systematic scale is to be utterly ignorant of history. And frankly, singling out China smells of hypocrisy, especially after two decades of US manufacturing companies willingly transferring their core manufacturing to China completely oblivious to the long term effects.
Why reinvent the wheel from scratch when you can simply snag the wheel.dwg from your competitor's computer?
And you try to explain it and people either think you're wearing tinfoil haberdashery or millinery. It's like when I tried explaining the problems of using baby monitors and wireless telephones back before I gave up wasting my breath.
but that that the contents of those messages would not be human readable. Instead, they would be in an encoded form that could not be decoded without special software
So instead of standing there with a timing light and tweaking the carb, you buy (or program your own) performance eeprom and drop it in. The hotrod rags are full of ads for these things.
Same ideas. Different methods. Just machines.
Indeed, the new way means it's easier to pass emissions. Plug in factory chip, get emissions tested, get the sticker, put in performance eeprom, drive serenely away.
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There are two philosophies at work here.
On Boeing planes, the pilot can always override the computer.
On Airbus planes, the pilot cannot override the computer, no matter how wrong the computer can be.
It's been this way ever since Airbus and Boeing computerized their flight controls.
There are advantages and disadvantages to each: The Airbus depends less on pilot skill. But when the shit hits the turbofan, you're proper fucked. The Boeing requires skilled pilots, and inexperienced pilots have been known to rip off tail rudders by stomping their feet all over the pedals.
Pick your poison.
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Oh boy, talk about putting words in my mouth. I don't "trust" skype any more than I trust any other company. However, it's better than nothing.
Go read it again, bright boy.
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You haven't paid attention in the last month.
NDAA has just eliminated due process.
If you are a "hacktivist" you will be accused of terrorism (this has already been bandied about by various politicians, so I'm not making it up) and you will simply disappear.
Not kidding.
Even the guy over at Bad Astronomy is highly upset. You should be too.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/19/a-public-letter-to-the-us-government-upon-the-passing-of-ndaa/
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Encryption is easy
Getting the people in your address book to encrypt their email is another story. They think that their internet provider's terms of service and privacy policies mean their email is private. This does not take into account other service providers, pipes, and countries along the way that have other ideas about unencrypted streams of text.
Instant messaging over ssl or other end-to-end encryption (like skype) is more secure, as a result.
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"My organization is a believer in civil rights and civil liberties, and the first amendment is something I hold very dear personally and professionally."
No he doesn't.
Nobody in government cares about rights. Just look at the votes for NDAA and the paucity of votes against, and the current SOPA bullshit.
Habeas Corpus - Eliminated
Due Process - Eliminated.
It's like the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights never happened. At least in England they still have the right to due process retained from the Magna Carta (there are only like 3 rights retained from the Magna Carta in England anyway, but the right to due process is a biggie).
As much as I thought Prison Planet and all that shit was bullshit, the past month has changed my mind.
I seriously think that Chilean style "Disappearances" are in the offing. But instead of a military junta doing it, it will be our "elected" government.
Remember, the dems and republicans are the same, so vote republican. *spit*
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Care to actually discuss this or do you just want to hurl accusations based on nothing?
As an AC, your opinion doesn't count anyway.
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Microsoft really is doubling-down on Metro. I suspect that you won't be able to get the regular desktop on any consumer version of Windows 8 unless you fork over for either a Small Business Server edition or Ultimate. With 7 they had the "play video in the root window" to entice you to fork over 400 bux. What better way to get people to fork over 400-500 dollars just so they can get a traditional desktop?
Gawd, the Microsoft marketing department should hire me. I can think up all sorts of evil ways to encourage upselling.
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First off, how is anything you said a reply to what I've said? I didn't even mention OSX
>ubuntu is a ripoff of OSX
Explain to me how Unity, the default desktop, rips off OSX "down to the icons" when it clearly doesn't.
Explain to me how KDE or Gnome3, which are not the default desktop, is a ripoff of OSX.
>I haven't seen Ubuntu.
http://i.imgur.com/eUo63.jpg
What now, bitch?
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You can talk about many shortcomings of Windows, but they pretty much have usability figured out, right?
No, no they do not. And to talk to any typical Windows user, Windows is confusing to many users.
I can't wait for a fully-enabled Metro desktop to be unleashed by Microsoft. It caters to the absolute lowest common denominator of user. The rage it induces in power users is hilarious.
Why does Linux live in a separate world?
Because imitating the Windows UI is stupid and possibly lawsuit-bait. And I didn't go to Linux to just move to a cheap version of Windows.
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Explain, in as few words necessary, how KDE is crippled.
The article came down on the side of KDE, the most configurable desktop with the most tools. KDE has the opposite philosophy that Gnome and Unity have - expose all options to the user.
And if you're going to rage about dumbing down of interfaces, I suggest that you aim your rage at Metro.
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>thinks that all muslims are extremists
You are a fucking idiot. Full stop.
You don't even deserve rational argument since you reject it from the get-go.
Fuck you.
Seriously.
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Dominionism is a religion for sociopaths.
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Protip: using the Greater Than Sign predates 4chan by a couple of decades.
On Usenet and BBSes.
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Some argument.
How about you volunteer for the next war Bachmann declares should she become President. You'll have your pick of wars, that's for sure.
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Ron Paul is most decidedly /not/ a Dominionist and you completely misunderstand what Rushdoony Dominionism is if you think that.
I have a lot of problems with Ron Paul, including his monetary policy among other things, but Dominionism is not one of them.
Go read up on Rushdoony and Dominionism. If you really want to get into the woo-woo-scary-holy-shit stuff, go read up on Joel's Army and the "KILL EVERYONE" approach to Dominionism.
American Talibanism. That's what it is.
The entire cause of all of Bachmann's gaffes, misunderstanding, and lies about how the US supposedly was, is, and should be, has a direct relationship to Dominionism. It's where she got her ideas.
Also, go read up on The Family.
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You don't want to see me naked.
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Basically all the Republicans except for Ron Paul last night in the debate were frothing at the mouth and chomping at the bit to bomb some Muslims.
Because over 1 billion people are our enemy and we are going to go to Holy War with them because the Dominionsts like Bachmann, Perry, et alia, believe it's necessary.
Or some such nonsense.
Goddamn, these people are fucking dangerous.
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>tablets aren't useful
>tablets are niche
>irrational apple hate
It's like I'm really on /g/
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HP gave WebOS cement galoshes. It is basically abandonware now.
Don't expect any help from HP for any plans for the survival of WebOS. Any plans that depend on that are doomed to fail.
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Yeah, the Rs and Ds are both evil so vote Republican.
Yup.
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Ever try using Windows 7 with a touchscreen? It's an absolute nightmare.
Conversely, ever try Metro on a desktop with a mouse and keyboard? It is similarly a nightmare of unusability. Yet Microsoft seems to insist on their quest for the interface Holy Grail of one interface for everything. They will learn, eventually.
BTW, I am betting that Metro will be the only interface available on consumer versions of Windows and if you want a traditional desktop, you're going to have to either shell out 400 bux for Ultimate, or the Small Business Edition, whatever they wind up calling them at release.
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And it's perpetrated by every nation on the planet.
It's no secret that the Industrial Revolution got a kickstart in the US via "stolen IP." The legend is that Samuel Slater memorized drawings across the pond in Blighty and came here with them in his head.
Another example would be dumpster diving at your competitor's company. Cutting up start strips from stamping operations is not because you want them to fit in the recycling dumpster better. The same for shredding code printouts and printed spreadsheets.
To suddenly be surprised that this is being done electronically on a systematic scale is to be utterly ignorant of history. And frankly, singling out China smells of hypocrisy, especially after two decades of US manufacturing companies willingly transferring their core manufacturing to China completely oblivious to the long term effects.
Why reinvent the wheel from scratch when you can simply snag the wheel.dwg from your competitor's computer?
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Where's the outrage?
This. Totally this.
And you try to explain it and people either think you're wearing tinfoil haberdashery or millinery. It's like when I tried explaining the problems of using baby monitors and wireless telephones back before I gave up wasting my breath.
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but that that the contents of those messages would not be human readable. Instead, they would be in an encoded form that could not be decoded without special software
"We encoded it as ROT13, twice."
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So instead of standing there with a timing light and tweaking the carb, you buy (or program your own) performance eeprom and drop it in. The hotrod rags are full of ads for these things.
Same ideas. Different methods. Just machines.
Indeed, the new way means it's easier to pass emissions. Plug in factory chip, get emissions tested, get the sticker, put in performance eeprom, drive serenely away.
Again, just machines.
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