If you understand the risks, side-effects, and possible benefits, anyone who is mentally fit should be able to insert whatever materials they wish into their own body presuming no perceived liabilities to others (which would preclude crack, PCP, etc).
If you go on these experitmental drugs, they have horrible side effects that require more treatment to recover from which in-effect increases or impacts your insurance, as a group, does that not affect me? Much in the same way that you automatically cast off recreational drugs (crack PCP heroin) as a drain on society. Or more directly, what if one of these drugs accidently makes you drop dead while youre...oh say, driving a truck down the highway?
To offer up a different (aka unpopular and hated) perspective, Microsoft isn't alone in the field of companies that offer up an imperfect product or a product that will break with intention of selling more. And they shouldnt be treated like they are some super new-bread of evil, it has been around for a while.
Technology in industry has come to a point (heck, a while ago) that can produce never-dull razors, lifetime long light bulbs and lifetime appliances (has anyone had a refridgerator/washer/drier last more than 5, 10 years nowadays?) but we see none of these. Why? It benefits a company more to make broken-products or sub-par or eventually-break products than something of quality. Microsoft is no different. I guess thats just Capitalism? More money == 'good'
Explain to me, when a company (or anything for that matter) is on top (Come on people, Microsoft has a ton of cash, and a ton of marketshare in lots of areas) logically are they not the most vulnerable? I mean, they have no where to go but down. It seems every so often that reporters need a fluff piece to phone-in so they choose a company in whatever field and do an "investigative" piece to determine the company vulerable.
It is how the market works, when you are on top people focus on your vulnerabilities in order to bring you down.
I predict a new trend to start emerging: Think of a unique/different way in which 'searching' is in anyway involved and create a startup with full intentions of being bought by Google.
Isn't the real fear for businesses (IBM and other free software using companies) is getting entangled in long, lengthy and technical litigation (see SCO v. Everyone) which can still (and does) happen no matter how great of representation someone has?
I hate the nuance attitude of Slashdot, but I have to do it. Technically, censorship by definition doesnt have to be government sponsered, just an authoritative body, such as a business.
Its not like the word was invented to describe government surpressing activity, its just that its commonly used only to describe such activity, however is just simply not exclusive to that context.
I guess it's a nifty little cute program in a non-technical sense. But I see nothing more here than a program that (at least seemingly) arbitrarily places a red dot on a spinning globe biased to developed nations along a timeline where you can load up various "different worms" which frankly all look the same. I would say this is one step up from a clunky/dorky flash. It would have been nice if it was at all a little bit more technical.
Is there anyone out there, that say, saw 5 out of the 6 Star Wars movies and are not going to see the last one because of a review or vice versa, see the last movie because of a positive review? In general movie reviews are relatively useless unless you know a reviewer well enough to be sure that his/her personal tastes line up with yours.
Couldn't it be that Michael Dell was just donating $100 million out of the goodness in his heart? I mean isn't it POSSIBLE that someone nowadays is just doing something that DOESN'T have an ulterior motive or ISN'T planning on recouping in the future?...... Oh shit, I just read what I actually wrote....nevermind.
When has a hack or a weird project like this ever rendered a logical concise answer to the question "Why?" other than "Just because" or "To see if it could be done"?
I would like to take this opportunity to retract and apologize for my philosophy-pseudo-science snark, it was misguided and misinformed, although I doubt this thread will ever recover or actually focus on the meat of my point. Thank you.
Wouldnt it be a lot better, for "intelligent design' to be part of a Philosophy class? I.D. doesn't hold up to modern day biological science. The crux of it from what I gather (boiled down and very generic) is that the odds of the all in compassing awesomeness that is mankind just seems very unlikely to occur naturally. To which biologists and evolutionists basically reply "Yeah, holy shit it is very unlikely, and it is still very amazing, but here are the truckloads of scientific evidence that does infact support evolution, which makes the awesomeness that is mankind all the more amazing."
I.D. is a pseudo-science and should be adapted to be taught in a Philisophy (itself a pseduo science) class. It seems to me that everyone can be categorized into three types: Those who believe that, regardless of what means lead to humans, there had to be some basic starting point and creation of basic matter that makes us up and the universe.
Those who believe that basic matter always existed, that we as humans have a hard time of believing in a concept of "no begining", that matter "always existed".
And of course, there is the last group of people that don't give a shit really;) But seriously, shouldnt the debate be philosophical, as the debate I have laid out, truly (I hope can be agreed upon by all parties) can never be really 'solved'?
With businesses like http://www.marsshop.com/ selling acre tracts of Martian land, how long before we have someone claiming that the Mars Polar Lander wreckage belongs to them?
We have [usually sunken] treasure laws, accidentally-delivered-merchandise laws but we'll need an inter-planetary-law expert to sort this out, anyone knows a good one?
Public ran services will always have a more transparent system of dealing with censorship/infringing on peoples rights. Take for example the case of the Alabama judge insisting that the 10 commandments monument being displayed in his courthouse. Where is he now? No longer a judge, with the monument removed. Infringing situation ---> rectified.
Now, what would stop a broadband provider from oh...say...routing your every 10th http request to www.bible.com ? Yes, you could take your money else where, unless you are stuck in a monopolistic broad band company and had no where else to go, which, surprise surprise is exactly what these municipal wifi projects are helping break.
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If you understand the risks, side-effects, and possible benefits, anyone who is mentally fit should be able to insert whatever materials they wish into their own body presuming no perceived liabilities to others (which would preclude crack, PCP, etc).
If you go on these experitmental drugs, they have horrible side effects that require more treatment to recover from which in-effect increases or impacts your insurance, as a group, does that not affect me? Much in the same way that you automatically cast off recreational drugs (crack PCP heroin) as a drain on society.
Or more directly, what if one of these drugs accidently makes you drop dead while youre...oh say, driving a truck down the highway?
To offer up a different (aka unpopular and hated) perspective, Microsoft isn't alone in the field of companies that offer up an imperfect product or a product that will break with intention of selling more. And they shouldnt be treated like they are some super new-bread of evil, it has been around for a while.
Technology in industry has come to a point (heck, a while ago) that can produce never-dull razors, lifetime long light bulbs and lifetime appliances (has anyone had a refridgerator/washer/drier last more than 5, 10 years nowadays?) but we see none of these. Why? It benefits a company more to make broken-products or sub-par or eventually-break products than something of quality. Microsoft is no different. I guess thats just Capitalism? More money == 'good'
...and focus more on the needs of users, instead of insisting on software
Why not try something completely the opposite, like Microsoft, and focus on neither?
Jeez, a 30 minutes show, and no information at all, (except its uglyness and stupid name...)
;)
Hey don't talk about the Ashlee Simpson show like that, she has feelings too ya know!
Explain to me, when a company (or anything for that matter) is on top (Come on people, Microsoft has a ton of cash, and a ton of marketshare in lots of areas) logically are they not the most vulnerable? I mean, they have no where to go but down. It seems every so often that reporters need a fluff piece to phone-in so they choose a company in whatever field and do an "investigative" piece to determine the company vulerable.
It is how the market works, when you are on top people focus on your vulnerabilities in order to bring you down.
I predict a new trend to start emerging: Think of a unique/different way in which 'searching' is in anyway involved and create a startup with full intentions of being bought by Google.
Slashdot...a website crawling with fat nerds making a FAT JOKE...the irony here is...very thick.
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Isn't the real fear for businesses (IBM and other free software using companies) is getting entangled in long, lengthy and technical litigation (see SCO v. Everyone) which can still (and does) happen no matter how great of representation someone has?
First off, not to nitpick but the title of the article is misleading. The laptop is not sub-$200, 10,000INR is $230 http://www.xe.com/ucc/
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The PC penetration in India is very low, at a measly 13 million, due to the high costs involved
Although a $230 laptop is great for people in developed nations unfortunately it is still in the realm of high cost for someone in India.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
The GDP per capita in America - $40,000
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
GDP per capita in India - $3,100
For someone in America, hell a $2,000 computer would be 1/20th of income, while a $230 computer in India is 1/13th.
I hate the nuance attitude of Slashdot, but I have to do it. Technically, censorship by definition doesnt have to be government sponsered, just an authoritative body, such as a business.
Its not like the word was invented to describe government surpressing activity, its just that its commonly used only to describe such activity, however is just simply not exclusive to that context.
Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by Investigators
Thats about the only thing nerds/hackers are ever going to be doing that is described as "broad" and "long lasting".
Exactly. A review did not sway your intentions of not-seeing the last movie (The point of my post).
I guess it's a nifty little cute program in a non-technical sense. But I see nothing more here than a program that (at least seemingly) arbitrarily places a red dot on a spinning globe biased to developed nations along a timeline where you can load up various "different worms" which frankly all look the same. I would say this is one step up from a clunky/dorky flash. It would have been nice if it was at all a little bit more technical.
Is there anyone out there, that say, saw 5 out of the 6 Star Wars movies and are not going to see the last one because of a review or vice versa, see the last movie because of a positive review? In general movie reviews are relatively useless unless you know a reviewer well enough to be sure that his/her personal tastes line up with yours.
I apologize for using the word 'donate'. Thank you for correcting me.
...but one wonders what's behind of this move.
Couldn't it be that Michael Dell was just donating $100 million out of the goodness in his heart? I mean isn't it POSSIBLE that someone nowadays is just doing something that DOESN'T have an ulterior motive or ISN'T planning on recouping in the future?...... Oh shit, I just read what I actually wrote....nevermind.
That a lot of applications are not multithreaded. Thus wont get the speed advantage of the Duel-Core processor.
Thats because the two cores are too busy fighting.
When has a hack or a weird project like this ever rendered a logical concise answer to the question "Why?" other than "Just because" or "To see if it could be done"?
I would like to take this opportunity to retract and apologize for my philosophy-pseudo-science snark, it was misguided and misinformed, although I doubt this thread will ever recover or actually focus on the meat of my point. Thank you.
Wouldnt it be a lot better, for "intelligent design' to be part of a Philosophy class? I.D. doesn't hold up to modern day biological science. The crux of it from what I gather (boiled down and very generic) is that the odds of the all in compassing awesomeness that is mankind just seems very unlikely to occur naturally.
;)
To which biologists and evolutionists basically reply "Yeah, holy shit it is very unlikely, and it is still very amazing, but here are the truckloads of scientific evidence that does infact support evolution, which makes the awesomeness that is mankind all the more amazing."
I.D. is a pseudo-science and should be adapted to be taught in a Philisophy (itself a pseduo science) class. It seems to me that everyone can be categorized into three types:
Those who believe that, regardless of what means lead to humans, there had to be some basic starting point and creation of basic matter that makes us up and the universe.
Those who believe that basic matter always existed, that we as humans have a hard time of believing in a concept of "no begining", that matter "always existed".
And of course, there is the last group of people that don't give a shit really
But seriously, shouldnt the debate be philosophical, as the debate I have laid out, truly (I hope can be agreed upon by all parties) can never be really 'solved'?
With businesses like http://www.marsshop.com/ selling acre tracts of Martian land, how long before we have someone claiming that the Mars Polar Lander wreckage belongs to them?
We have [usually sunken] treasure laws, accidentally-delivered-merchandise laws but we'll need an inter-planetary-law expert to sort this out, anyone knows a good one?
I think you just planted the seed for a marketing joint venture for fashion designers and porn producers abound.
Dumbest. Story. Ever.
;)
Just wait until tomorrow/next week when THIS article is duped
I disagree.
Public ran services will always have a more transparent system of dealing with censorship/infringing on peoples rights. Take for example the case of the Alabama judge insisting that the 10 commandments monument being displayed in his courthouse. Where is he now? No longer a judge, with the monument removed. Infringing situation ---> rectified.
Now, what would stop a broadband provider from oh...say...routing your every 10th http request to www.bible.com ? Yes, you could take your money else where, unless you are stuck in a monopolistic broad band company and had no where else to go, which, surprise surprise is exactly what these municipal wifi projects are helping break.