How anyone can carry a 'conversation' on a cell phone next to any other person is beyond me.
About the movie theatre thing, people should just turn them off. It seems rude to be doing other things when people are there to enjoy a movie. Of course, one fun thing one might do would be to challenge the movie theatre. Like, if someone is using the cell, even if just texting, during the movie, get up, seek a manager, and ask for a refund for the movie for permitting such a thing to go on. Make a big deal about it, and see how far it goes.
Perhaps change the terms of service as to require AV software installed before a computer is let onto the Net. Perhaps requiring software to be installed on a given computer to check whether it has an applicable AV program.
So, if the software finds that there is an acceptible AV program, then the ISP is contacted and unrestricted access is permitted. If the software finds the AV program doesn't qualify, or doesn't exist, then the person only has access to a page that says, "You don't have a qualified AV program,...."
The code states ISPs should cut off internet access only in the "most extreme of cases", when a customer had refused to install anti-virus software, or where the amount of spam being sent from the customer's account was clogging up the network.
Does that mean they will cut off users who simply don't have an AV program, even if they're not infected?
But to me, it seems fear driven. I wish I could find this quote from many years back. But, I think it was regarding communism, terrorism, then asteroid impacts.
Someone mentioned $1 billion per year. Well, let's see if that jumps multiple times-fold in the coming years.
But, I guess even if they are stuck with XP SP1, they could always just use another browser.
But, some people just love the feel of Internet Explorer 6. But to the best of my knowledge, there aren't any "I heart IE6" t-shirts available, so perhaps those people are few and far between.
And how many on slashdot are stuck with XP SP1 because SP2 causes too many problems? Of course, this means they're stuck with IE6 I believe (as opposed to upgrading to IE7 and IE8).
But, I think the key lesson is here... why don't we have ActiveX controls and Active Scripting disabled by default? IE is so popular, it is targetted. When FireFox takes IE's place as leading web browser of the world, what do you think will happen? (Maybe not to the same extent as IE.)
Define broadband. Would one mbps down be sufficient enough?
Is their goal simply to make sure people have adequate bandwidth to reasonably surf the Internet? Not necessarily streaming TV shows, but perhaps when it comes to news clips (with a bit of buffering).
Also, VoIP comes to mind, but I'm unsure what my opinion is on that.
It will depend on the state when it comes to gift cards. But, unusued phone minutes?
Won't it devalue the profit the phone company is making off of them? Think about it. The phone company sells these minutes knowing a certain percentage will probably expire. And I assume it's not 100% profit for the phone company when they sell these minutes. So, won't they adjust the price knowing 100% of all the minutes sold will end up used?
Or in other words, the terrorists have won. If their goal was to make the lives of Americans more miserable, it seems they succeeded.
But worse yet, if air travel gets much worse, perhaps the airlines will need a bailout? We've seen how 'well' it worked for the financial institutions.
The question is, is the solution to this problem more security, or is it trying to find the root cause of why things like this happens?
Maybe it is time to require books to be written in a special ink, requiring special glasses in order to view the books. And when copied, that ink doesn't show up.
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How anyone can carry a 'conversation' on a cell phone next to any other person is beyond me.
About the movie theatre thing, people should just turn them off. It seems rude to be doing other things when people are there to enjoy a movie. Of course, one fun thing one might do would be to challenge the movie theatre. Like, if someone is using the cell, even if just texting, during the movie, get up, seek a manager, and ask for a refund for the movie for permitting such a thing to go on. Make a big deal about it, and see how far it goes.
Perhaps change the terms of service as to require AV software installed before a computer is let onto the Net. Perhaps requiring software to be installed on a given computer to check whether it has an applicable AV program.
So, if the software finds that there is an acceptible AV program, then the ISP is contacted and unrestricted access is permitted. If the software finds the AV program doesn't qualify, or doesn't exist, then the person only has access to a page that says, "You don't have a qualified AV program, ...."
Does that mean they will cut off users who simply don't have an AV program, even if they're not infected?
But to me, it seems fear driven. I wish I could find this quote from many years back. But, I think it was regarding communism, terrorism, then asteroid impacts.
Someone mentioned $1 billion per year. Well, let's see if that jumps multiple times-fold in the coming years.
Are asteroids hitting earth such a high probability we need to protect ourselves? Won't this be an unnecessary drain on taxpayers?
But, I guess even if they are stuck with XP SP1, they could always just use another browser.
But, some people just love the feel of Internet Explorer 6. But to the best of my knowledge, there aren't any "I heart IE6" t-shirts available, so perhaps those people are few and far between.
You could be one of those people who is stuck using XP SP1, so it won't install to begin with.
What about what Leela is wearing?
Just block bing using a firewall? But people will use what they will use. Some like Google, some like Bing, and some like AltaVista.
how many people read or skin the slashdot summary, but don't read the article?
And how many on slashdot are stuck with XP SP1 because SP2 causes too many problems? Of course, this means they're stuck with IE6 I believe (as opposed to upgrading to IE7 and IE8).
But, I think the key lesson is here... why don't we have ActiveX controls and Active Scripting disabled by default? IE is so popular, it is targetted. When FireFox takes IE's place as leading web browser of the world, what do you think will happen? (Maybe not to the same extent as IE.)
Half use Bing, and half use Google? That's a 100%! Where are the AltaVista users?
If cats can play pianos, I'm sure a cat can learn to press those keys.
(Yes, I know it's a "trick" done by a human, with the cat.)
Define broadband. Would one mbps down be sufficient enough?
Is their goal simply to make sure people have adequate bandwidth to reasonably surf the Internet? Not necessarily streaming TV shows, but perhaps when it comes to news clips (with a bit of buffering).
Also, VoIP comes to mind, but I'm unsure what my opinion is on that.
It will depend on the state when it comes to gift cards. But, unusued phone minutes?
Won't it devalue the profit the phone company is making off of them? Think about it. The phone company sells these minutes knowing a certain percentage will probably expire. And I assume it's not 100% profit for the phone company when they sell these minutes. So, won't they adjust the price knowing 100% of all the minutes sold will end up used?
What about the placebo effect?
Couldn't they use regular light bulbs for all green lights, and use the LEDS for yellow and red? It'd be a middle ground of sorts, right?
Or in other words, the terrorists have won. If their goal was to make the lives of Americans more miserable, it seems they succeeded.
But worse yet, if air travel gets much worse, perhaps the airlines will need a bailout? We've seen how 'well' it worked for the financial institutions.
The question is, is the solution to this problem more security, or is it trying to find the root cause of why things like this happens?
I don't know Canadian law, but if satire is protected, couldn't someone put a small disclaimer on the website?
Here we go. This should help a lot with this discussion.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/08/20/cnet.drop.netbook.label/index.html
Usually the advantage of a netbook would be portability, which means it's thin, has no optical drive, and doesn't weigh much.
How much does your old laptop weigh? How thick is it? Does it have an optical drive?
Maybe it is time to require books to be written in a special ink, requiring special glasses in order to view the books. And when copied, that ink doesn't show up.
Have we ever had exploding bacteria before?
Twilight ZONE episode "Nightmare_at_20,000_Feet" is what I meant.