I think you hit the nail on the head. It's funny how every reply comes from niche user who find their niche OS better. Go figure. Microsoft is succesful because Windows made it possible for everyone to use a computer, not just basement-dwelling script Geeks. If any OS is going to replace it, it is going to have to do something equally ground breaking and so far, no other OS has.
Your fridge could tell you what you need to pick up from the store before you get home. Also you can preheat your oven before getting home as well. These are some of the ideas that came out from discussions of IPv6.
The end-state of computer tech IMHO, is to have two devices. One device that coordinates all your household media/data needs and then a device that you carry with you that acts as a mobile media interface. The mobile device will conntect to the home device and sync such things as phone records, downloaded music/pics/videos. We already see the mobile industry adding soo many features that it's hard to tell where phones start and PDAs end. You will always need a device at home that can coordinate the massive amounts of information we are bombarded with everyday. This is even more true when you consider the fact that soon such appliances such as refrigerators and ovens will have IP addresses and can be access remotely.
One more reason everyone here can group hug over the oppressive US government. This government isnt perfect, but it doesnt need propaganda to make it look worse.
Although there are definately drawbacks to having no fear, one benefit would be the nessesity to rely more on you common sense in potentially dangerous situations. In combat, fear can be blinding and overide even the best training. The ability to calmly asses a situation in the heat of the moment would greatly outweigh the added precautions needed before undergoing such a treatment in humans.
So you would prefer the "possibility" of someone monitoring you in public instead of having to accept it as a certainty? Dillusional much? What it is is spliting hairs to be able to sleep at night. You still need to address the danger of PUBLIC monitoring beyond "well I just dont think people would like it". Honestly I think that's really all it is.
"The problem with the US Government and any other government, is the breakdown of probable cause. These days, cause is whatever the authorities want it to be. There is massive inequity in society, so, all of those who are vulnerable adults have things to hide, we do have something to fear, overbearing governments tend to be the enemies of free people."
Ya know, you act like the government is some foreign entity separated from the people, but in the U.S. the goverment for the people, by the people, and of the people. Even if some tyrannical prisident made it into office, he couldnt order the military to suspend civil rights. Why? Because ours is a volunteer military made of same citizens who would be effected by any unlawful order handed down by the government. And even the poorest of us can raise our right hand and become a member of the most powerful military on Earth.
I ask this. Is it my right to walk down the street naked and expect no one to look at me? Whats under my cloths is my business, but is that still the case if I am naked in public? Everyone wants to speculate on the coming of a future police-state if the cameras go up. If we are gonna debate the issue, debate them on what they currently are.
So it's not the principle, but the process you have issue with? Please! And yes, pay the right amount of money, and you'd be amazed at what can be learned about nearly anyone. Again, I find it difficult to believe that it's only not having the technology in place that is saving us all from a police-state.
Is this a reply or bumper sticker? You have no right to privacy in a public place. If that weren't the case then surveillance cameras would be illegal in museums, court houses, and government buildings. Please don't wave the Fourth Amendment around like your wrote it.
My goodness how everyone on/. gets high and mighty when it comes to this issue. Ask anyone in London if they are bothered by the cameras and they'll tell you they dont even notice them. If I sit on a corner and write down licence plate numbers, I can just as easily find out as much about you as the police. These are public places and if you chose to act in a private manner don't do it in public. To those that say this doesnt prevent crime, they're right, but I like the odds the police have of finding a criminal when they have more than some faulty eye-witness to go on. Honestly who rights are you really defending?
If you think Microsoft throwing a few hundred million to tie up loose ends is a sign of Microsoft being concerned about competition, maybe YOU don't know Microsoft's history.
I disagree with your disagreement. What most Linux users dont seem to understand is that the majority of Windows users dont even know what a Command Line Interface is. Microsoft understood that years ago and thats why everything is wrapped up in a "pretty GUI". If at any point my 60 year-old mother-in-law has to know where to find the CLI, that OS has already failed.
"We give up, we'll go home now, and install Norton Antivirus and Windows Defender with the rest of the lemmings."
And this is why we should switch to Linux? Gosh, I sure dont want to be a lemming! Speak in terms my 60 year-old mother-in-law can understand and maybe she will switch to Linux too.
And all the frothing savage Linux fanbois come out the wood work to stomp them in the dirt. ya know, you guys can be "Hip" and outside the norm, but until my 60 year-old mother-in-law can use you OS, it might was well be Greek Calculus! You guys will never get it, this survey may be crap, but it doesnt matter, Windows invented the wheel and unless Linux starts making an equivilant of a flying car, they will always be second fiddle.
Contrary to the simpathies of third-world growers, if they, cant handle the competition from larger country imports, them maybe it is time to find a more lucrative line of work. We live ina global age now and there is no turning back. It would be convenient if every country in the world simply provided goods for themselves, but that isnt the case.
Well we could just hold a lottery to see who should be responsible for national security, OR in a nation who is elected by the people, we could let those who were given the task to protect the nation make the determination, but I could be wrong.
Absolutely. You can throw out any rational you want to justify censorship, but outside the need for national security, it's just plain wrong. China has big sign on there internet access that says, "Thank You for not Discussing the Outside World!". Control of information is still the best way to control a population.
And you were paid what? I think most of us get into IT for a love of computers, but we stay because it pays the bills. I know I can't take a couple of years off to see the world volunteering for the Peace Corp.
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I think you hit the nail on the head. It's funny how every reply comes from niche user who find their niche OS better. Go figure. Microsoft is succesful because Windows made it possible for everyone to use a computer, not just basement-dwelling script Geeks. If any OS is going to replace it, it is going to have to do something equally ground breaking and so far, no other OS has.
Your fridge could tell you what you need to pick up from the store before you get home. Also you can preheat your oven before getting home as well. These are some of the ideas that came out from discussions of IPv6.
The end-state of computer tech IMHO, is to have two devices. One device that coordinates all your household media/data needs and then a device that you carry with you that acts as a mobile media interface. The mobile device will conntect to the home device and sync such things as phone records, downloaded music/pics/videos. We already see the mobile industry adding soo many features that it's hard to tell where phones start and PDAs end. You will always need a device at home that can coordinate the massive amounts of information we are bombarded with everyday. This is even more true when you consider the fact that soon such appliances such as refrigerators and ovens will have IP addresses and can be access remotely.
One more reason everyone here can group hug over the oppressive US government. This government isnt perfect, but it doesnt need propaganda to make it look worse.
In the creation of an Iron Man armor.
Although there are definately drawbacks to having no fear, one benefit would be the nessesity to rely more on you common sense in potentially dangerous situations. In combat, fear can be blinding and overide even the best training. The ability to calmly asses a situation in the heat of the moment would greatly outweigh the added precautions needed before undergoing such a treatment in humans.
Because it begs the question that if some over-paid geek could get his mom this kind of bandwidth, why cant the rest of us get it? Get it?
So you would prefer the "possibility" of someone monitoring you in public instead of having to accept it as a certainty? Dillusional much? What it is is spliting hairs to be able to sleep at night. You still need to address the danger of PUBLIC monitoring beyond "well I just dont think people would like it". Honestly I think that's really all it is.
"The problem with the US Government and any other government, is the breakdown of probable cause. These days, cause is whatever the authorities want it to be. There is massive inequity in society, so, all of those who are vulnerable adults have things to hide, we do have something to fear, overbearing governments tend to be the enemies of free people." Ya know, you act like the government is some foreign entity separated from the people, but in the U.S. the goverment for the people, by the people, and of the people. Even if some tyrannical prisident made it into office, he couldnt order the military to suspend civil rights. Why? Because ours is a volunteer military made of same citizens who would be effected by any unlawful order handed down by the government. And even the poorest of us can raise our right hand and become a member of the most powerful military on Earth.
I ask this. Is it my right to walk down the street naked and expect no one to look at me? Whats under my cloths is my business, but is that still the case if I am naked in public? Everyone wants to speculate on the coming of a future police-state if the cameras go up. If we are gonna debate the issue, debate them on what they currently are.
So it's not the principle, but the process you have issue with? Please! And yes, pay the right amount of money, and you'd be amazed at what can be learned about nearly anyone. Again, I find it difficult to believe that it's only not having the technology in place that is saving us all from a police-state.
Is this a reply or bumper sticker? You have no right to privacy in a public place. If that weren't the case then surveillance cameras would be illegal in museums, court houses, and government buildings. Please don't wave the Fourth Amendment around like your wrote it.
My goodness how everyone on /. gets high and mighty when it comes to this issue. Ask anyone in London if they are bothered by the cameras and they'll tell you they dont even notice them. If I sit on a corner and write down licence plate numbers, I can just as easily find out as much about you as the police. These are public places and if you chose to act in a private manner don't do it in public. To those that say this doesnt prevent crime, they're right, but I like the odds the police have of finding a criminal when they have more than some faulty eye-witness to go on. Honestly who rights are you really defending?
If you think Microsoft throwing a few hundred million to tie up loose ends is a sign of Microsoft being concerned about competition, maybe YOU don't know Microsoft's history.
This is really just the nature of business. Microsoft probably doesnt see this as a real issue for concern.
I disagree with your disagreement. What most Linux users dont seem to understand is that the majority of Windows users dont even know what a Command Line Interface is. Microsoft understood that years ago and thats why everything is wrapped up in a "pretty GUI". If at any point my 60 year-old mother-in-law has to know where to find the CLI, that OS has already failed.
"We give up, we'll go home now, and install Norton Antivirus and Windows Defender with the rest of the lemmings." And this is why we should switch to Linux? Gosh, I sure dont want to be a lemming! Speak in terms my 60 year-old mother-in-law can understand and maybe she will switch to Linux too.
Please stay with Linux. We wouldnt want you to de-evolve down to the level of the rest of us mortals.
And all the frothing savage Linux fanbois come out the wood work to stomp them in the dirt. ya know, you guys can be "Hip" and outside the norm, but until my 60 year-old mother-in-law can use you OS, it might was well be Greek Calculus! You guys will never get it, this survey may be crap, but it doesnt matter, Windows invented the wheel and unless Linux starts making an equivilant of a flying car, they will always be second fiddle.
Contrary to the simpathies of third-world growers, if they, cant handle the competition from larger country imports, them maybe it is time to find a more lucrative line of work. We live ina global age now and there is no turning back. It would be convenient if every country in the world simply provided goods for themselves, but that isnt the case.
Well we could just hold a lottery to see who should be responsible for national security, OR in a nation who is elected by the people, we could let those who were given the task to protect the nation make the determination, but I could be wrong.
Absolutely. You can throw out any rational you want to justify censorship, but outside the need for national security, it's just plain wrong. China has big sign on there internet access that says, "Thank You for not Discussing the Outside World!". Control of information is still the best way to control a population.
The first thing I could think of is Warp Drive. But thats me.
And you were paid what? I think most of us get into IT for a love of computers, but we stay because it pays the bills. I know I can't take a couple of years off to see the world volunteering for the Peace Corp.
Im going to Robotics, but it will be a long road before I can make what I make in IT. Cant see myself in an entry-level position at 36.