Bad logic.
CCTV stops crime in areas where everyone can see you anyway. It removes no freedoms invades no privacy that some guy walking down the street opposite you can.
Placing a camera in a home, however, is like someone walking in your house randomly. So no it doesnt make sense to compare them and yes people will rebel if the government ever tried to place cameras in everyones home.
There is a line between drawn between freedom and law. Current CCTV doesnt even shake it.
but wow my sex are bastards.
That makes absolutely no sense what so ever.
Whatever you think about the government they will want to appear popular. In order to appear popular they have to appear to be stopping terrorism.
So then, if they had this mighty populace control via CCTV why did they miss something so blatent as the IRA setting up bombs...
Cameras are not control. Big Brother was not about cameras in our streets it was about totalitarianism the camera is a tool 1984 was about how that tool is utilised. I wish people in this thread would stop mis using 1984 as a refrence. IF the cameras remove no personal freedoms, which they currently dont, then they can only do good. My friend got some thug arrested for hitting him in the face because of these cameras. While you people are whining about your personal rights being removed. (God knows which personal rights, because I certainly dont feel opressed by a camera on a pole in the middle of town.) These cameras are helping to capture criminals.
The reason why there about, not some conspiracy as many here claim. Not some big brother regime thats happening. They are here because there cheap and effective so the government doesnt have to pay the police as much any more. Thats a _whole_ different debate. The best scenario though wouldnt be to get rid of them and get more cops. IT would be to have both.
You want to worry about big brother then worry about survailance that goes much further. Monitoring your phones and Internet etc. Things theyve been doing for years now but most people pass it by.
and you people complain about the only form of survailance thats genuinly doing some good.
To be honest it looks like a gimmick. The reason for the commands in Googles search is because your narrowing down literally billions of pages of crap. You dont particularly need that flexability with an O/S search facility. I have found pretty much all I need with current functionality. Whats more important is the speed of the search being attempted but they are building on top of the standard search facility. If anything it may even slow it down.
As for its comparison to WinFS if MS get it right. Which is more likely than many would have you believe (especially cause they get bitched at with good reason for there current facilities.) WinFS is built from scratch and will likely be superior to this project. If only in the way that it far surpasses there current search.
The problem with 2001 and the reason why I believe Blade Runner is superior is because of how the information is presented.
The first viewing of 2001 for just about everyone tends to be somewhat confusing. For me it took me a few years before I even bothered to watch it again and it wasnt that much better.
However, when I studied the book along side the film for my degree it certainly opened up far more understanding and debate. After gaining the insight of the book I could look at the film and see how it portrayed things. Rather than stifiling the movie by reading the less ambiguous book it provided a basis to look at all of the different interperetations you could make in comparison. Without this though I doubt I would consider 2001 any more than arty trash.
It is because of the fact that so many people need this starting point to get in to the film, because after chatting with others on my course I am definatly not alone on this one, that I couldnt rate it as the top film. Blade Runner, a film I have come to love without any help at all, is simply a greater complete package of a film. It appeals on every level from brainless action to deep thoughts about existence itself that easily rivals 2001.
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Bad logic. CCTV stops crime in areas where everyone can see you anyway. It removes no freedoms invades no privacy that some guy walking down the street opposite you can. Placing a camera in a home, however, is like someone walking in your house randomly. So no it doesnt make sense to compare them and yes people will rebel if the government ever tried to place cameras in everyones home. There is a line between drawn between freedom and law. Current CCTV doesnt even shake it. but wow my sex are bastards.
That makes absolutely no sense what so ever. Whatever you think about the government they will want to appear popular. In order to appear popular they have to appear to be stopping terrorism. So then, if they had this mighty populace control via CCTV why did they miss something so blatent as the IRA setting up bombs... Cameras are not control. Big Brother was not about cameras in our streets it was about totalitarianism the camera is a tool 1984 was about how that tool is utilised. I wish people in this thread would stop mis using 1984 as a refrence. IF the cameras remove no personal freedoms, which they currently dont, then they can only do good. My friend got some thug arrested for hitting him in the face because of these cameras. While you people are whining about your personal rights being removed. (God knows which personal rights, because I certainly dont feel opressed by a camera on a pole in the middle of town.) These cameras are helping to capture criminals. The reason why there about, not some conspiracy as many here claim. Not some big brother regime thats happening. They are here because there cheap and effective so the government doesnt have to pay the police as much any more. Thats a _whole_ different debate. The best scenario though wouldnt be to get rid of them and get more cops. IT would be to have both. You want to worry about big brother then worry about survailance that goes much further. Monitoring your phones and Internet etc. Things theyve been doing for years now but most people pass it by. and you people complain about the only form of survailance thats genuinly doing some good.
To be honest it looks like a gimmick. The reason for the commands in Googles search is because your narrowing down literally billions of pages of crap. You dont particularly need that flexability with an O/S search facility. I have found pretty much all I need with current functionality. Whats more important is the speed of the search being attempted but they are building on top of the standard search facility. If anything it may even slow it down.
As for its comparison to WinFS if MS get it right. Which is more likely than many would have you believe (especially cause they get bitched at with good reason for there current facilities.) WinFS is built from scratch and will likely be superior to this project. If only in the way that it far surpasses there current search.
The problem with 2001 and the reason why I believe Blade Runner is superior is because of how the information is presented.
The first viewing of 2001 for just about everyone tends to be somewhat confusing. For me it took me a few years before I even bothered to watch it again and it wasnt that much better.
However, when I studied the book along side the film for my degree it certainly opened up far more understanding and debate. After gaining the insight of the book I could look at the film and see how it portrayed things. Rather than stifiling the movie by reading the less ambiguous book it provided a basis to look at all of the different interperetations you could make in comparison. Without this though I doubt I would consider 2001 any more than arty trash.
It is because of the fact that so many people need this starting point to get in to the film, because after chatting with others on my course I am definatly not alone on this one, that I couldnt rate it as the top film. Blade Runner, a film I have come to love without any help at all, is simply a greater complete package of a film. It appeals on every level from brainless action to deep thoughts about existence itself that easily rivals 2001.