Actually, I think the intelligent thing to do, at some point, will be to have an international convention banning robotic weapons--just like nerve gas, and such.
Right now they're kinda cute, but it's not going to stay that way too much longer. How would you like your family slaughtered by a robot, even if controlled by an enemy combatant?
I'm no conspiracy nut, but I am a critical thinker. The fact that they found the ships that caused the problem in no way exculpates the U.S. government from responsibility. Nor does it exlude Kermit the Frog.
I'm just saying--of course there were ships involved. If our gov't wanted to do it, do you think they'd use an aircraft carrier? Or a destroyer? Hell no, they'd use some friendly cargo ship.
Frankly, the fact that they are Dubai flagged could conceiveably be an indication that it was indeed done at the U.S. request.
Worse, I think they just did it as a CYA strategy, as opposed to trying to find a real solution. It's an attitude all too prevalent in corporate America.
Having spent most of my professional life at small companies, when I started working at larger ones in the last few years I was appalled, disgusted, and amazed to see that MOST of the employees spent their time worrying only about CYA, as opposed to doing a good job.
You know, if they were to turn around one day and release Windows under a decent license, they could gaurantee Windows dominance on the desktop forever. Sure, they'd lose some control, but how much control do they really have anyway?
But you'll never convince the guys at the top of this. Some people are just plain limited.
Methinks "VIA will work with the community" translates to "VIA would really like the community to do all the work, and will be good enough to host it on their website", perhaps?
While I applaud your sentiment, I have to ask if you've ever actually dealt with normal users? They are, simply put, not competent to keep their machines secure. If you confuse the idea of an executable with a flat data file--you simply can't do it.
On top of that, personally, I have yet to find any anti-virus/anti-spyware that is worth a damn. Meaning, I keep finding normal users machines that have that stuff, but yet are still infected with every crapware known to man. They only seem to work...for the people who don't need them.
This is what happens when you let the lawyers make the decisions. Never, ever let the lawyers make the decisions--they rarely have a strong grasp on reality. Take their advice, sure, but then use some judgement. There was no need for Apple to be a baddie actor, here.
After all, isn't the demise of any thing Windows a good thing?
Still, while I agree that the arguments about Vista being slower are a little silly, sine MS-DOS is way faster, at the same time I'm still trying to figure out what it is I'm getting in return for the slowness. I mean...what is it _doing_?
Ok here goes: It's like if you were to buy a car that only let's you drive on certain days of the week, to certain place, at certain times. And somebody made a box that would let you know automatically when you have permission to use the car, and help you plan your route so that you can get where you want to go under those restrictions.
Which you have to admit would be very convenient if you lived in that asinine fucking world.
It's a trip to me that you bring this up. I just decided this evening that the FINAL release of any game by my game company will be verison 1.0.
You never know for sure when it will be stable, but you do know when you are really done with a thing. I always think of Doom's verison 1.666. If they can plan on 666, I can plan on 1.0.
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Actually, I think the intelligent thing to do, at some point, will be to have an international convention banning robotic weapons--just like nerve gas, and such.
Right now they're kinda cute, but it's not going to stay that way too much longer. How would you like your family slaughtered by a robot, even if controlled by an enemy combatant?
I'm no conspiracy nut, but I am a critical thinker. The fact that they found the ships that caused the problem in no way exculpates the U.S. government from responsibility. Nor does it exlude Kermit the Frog.
I'm just saying--of course there were ships involved. If our gov't wanted to do it, do you think they'd use an aircraft carrier? Or a destroyer? Hell no, they'd use some friendly cargo ship.
Frankly, the fact that they are Dubai flagged could conceiveably be an indication that it was indeed done at the U.S. request.
Or Dubai's!
...to welcome our lightning commanding overlords!
You know, from a lot of poster's comments, it's clear that many don't understand the nature of ISO. It had no defense against this attack.
Worse, I think they just did it as a CYA strategy, as opposed to trying to find a real solution. It's an attitude all too prevalent in corporate America.
Having spent most of my professional life at small companies, when I started working at larger ones in the last few years I was appalled, disgusted, and amazed to see that MOST of the employees spent their time worrying only about CYA, as opposed to doing a good job.
What a bunch of fucking pussies.
Since we didn't have a hurricane last week, obviously Global Warming is not a problem.
Although it's nice to see this, it was just a tad closer than I would like to see.
Kinda makes you wonder if ANY of our Western governments have the interests of their people in mind, in the least.
And how does this compete with the Pirate Bay, exactly?
I would welcome an AOL-Yahoo merger, way over an MS-Yahoo destructo-fest.
Give me a break, you didn't elect to live with drug dealers? And how long did you not elect to allow that to continue?
You could have turned them in to the police yourself, or the dorm RA's or whatever.
As much as I detest our drug laws, you have not accepted responsibility for your own lack of action.
You know, if they were to turn around one day and release Windows under a decent license, they could gaurantee Windows dominance on the desktop forever. Sure, they'd lose some control, but how much control do they really have anyway?
But you'll never convince the guys at the top of this. Some people are just plain limited.
If you're like me, you don't want MS to get ahold of your ancient Yahoo mail account. Not that I trust Yahoo implicitly, but I don't trust MS at all.
So I plan on springing for the $20 for POP access to the account, so that I can retrieve/delete the decade's worth of email I have in there.
Methinks "VIA will work with the community" translates to "VIA would really like the community to do all the work, and will be good enough to host it on their website", perhaps?
Don't do business with internet sites that don't have any possible non-internet based mode of contact. Like a phone number. Or an address.
Interestingly, as an aside, all the credit reporting services run sites like that. Which makes them pretty shady in my book.
While I applaud your sentiment, I have to ask if you've ever actually dealt with normal users? They are, simply put, not competent to keep their machines secure. If you confuse the idea of an executable with a flat data file--you simply can't do it.
On top of that, personally, I have yet to find any anti-virus/anti-spyware that is worth a damn. Meaning, I keep finding normal users machines that have that stuff, but yet are still infected with every crapware known to man. They only seem to work...for the people who don't need them.
This is what happens when you let the lawyers make the decisions. Never, ever let the lawyers make the decisions--they rarely have a strong grasp on reality. Take their advice, sure, but then use some judgement. There was no need for Apple to be a baddie actor, here.
After all, isn't the demise of any thing Windows a good thing?
Still, while I agree that the arguments about Vista being slower are a little silly, sine MS-DOS is way faster, at the same time I'm still trying to figure out what it is I'm getting in return for the slowness. I mean...what is it _doing_?
"We're determined to destroy both our companies, so hurry up and help us!"
It would have great value just for the demographic research and usage patterns. That's probably what they're after--at this time.
It's the only thing Creative deserves--give them exactly what the want.
You're saying that as though it made some sort of sense. Strange.
Hmm, first you say 4 cents is too expensive, but then you say 10-25c is fair?
hehe I mean this constructively...
However, I think 4 cents a song is fair for at-will downloading. Streaming radio will be much less, or more likely free, I think, in the end.
Ten years ago I predicted .04 cents per song to be the natural price for an mp3, and that's all they need to do to get me to pay.
Who wants to keep track of all this crap on your hard drive? I'll pay four cents every time I want to hear most songs.
And if, for some reason, I want to save it as an mp3, I expect to be able to do so, with no arguments.
You serve me, RIAA bitches, not the other way around. Maybe you're starting to understand this you stupid fucking bastards.
Ok here goes: It's like if you were to buy a car that only let's you drive on certain days of the week, to certain place, at certain times. And somebody made a box that would let you know automatically when you have permission to use the car, and help you plan your route so that you can get where you want to go under those restrictions.
Which you have to admit would be very convenient if you lived in that asinine fucking world.
It's a trip to me that you bring this up. I just decided this evening that the FINAL release of any game by my game company will be verison 1.0.
You never know for sure when it will be stable, but you do know when you are really done with a thing. I always think of Doom's verison 1.666. If they can plan on 666, I can plan on 1.0.