If you were your age now, and introduced to the original series as an adult with no prior Star Trekkiness, you, like me, would be under the impression that it sucked bad.
I disagree (I guess I am in a disagreeable mood today). Star Trek was fascinating because it ignited the (my) imagination. "To boldly go where no man has gone before" (cue "futuristic" music). I never knew what they would be up against next. Sure, watching the reruns, you notice the strained acting and the cheesy plot lines, but while watching the episode for the first time, it was quite exciting.
In short, what gave the Star Trek series its cult following was how open ended it could be and how it excited the imagination. It was great despite the suckiness.
I strongly disagree with your post. Trusted Computing is an outstanding concept and will greatly reduce the damage that viruses can cause. It will also greatly enhance the security of the computing environment.
The problem with Trust Computing is with the planned implementation. Trusted Computing is great for the user... if the user is in control of the keys. Unfortunately, the user will not have the keys, as the implementation will be designed for our erstwhile coporate masters. This is where Trusted Computing is a great idea gone horribly wrong.
Unix died because of the breathtaking greed of the vendors. GNU/Linux will eventually become the dominant operating system merely because it an operating system will be a boring commodity. It may take 50 or 100 years, but it will happen.
Cost cutting is almost everytime the reason and who is to blame for that? Well us. We want our buildings build as cheaply and as fast as possible so we hire the guy with the lowest contract and then expect to get quality.
While your argument has some merit to it, I would posit that in reality, your argument is just one force in a tug-of-war with "cheapest" from the buyer and "most profit" from the supplier. The buyer should have properly inspected what they were buying. Fixing whatever prevented the buyer from getting a proper inspection is how to prevent these kinds of situations.
It helps the manufacturer out because it gives people more lattitude in their choice of hardware platform. Would I buy a WRT54G if I couldn't run Linux on it? Nope. Would I buy it if I could run Linux on it? Why yes, as a matter of fact I would... and did. Did my money help the manufacturer? Probably not... but if the manufacturer can determine that I am not running their software on it, they do not have to support me and that saves them, um, money. Hm. Lots of money floating around here and it all seems positive to the manufacturer. I am still not certain if that is beneficial to the manufacturer though. Any thoughts?
The problem of "instant activity" programs is that a small hit in performance here and a small lack of optimization there is no problem at all. It is far better to abstract more and have type safe languages. Java and C# are really as instant as a hand optimized assembly program. I mean who can even notice a microsecond here or a millisecond there? Right?
Gotta throw away C. (Have you tried running Windows 95 on a 2ghz processor?)
In the end Ken Lay was nothing special except for his cluelessness and lack of humility.
Hmmm... where do I sign up for a job as a CEO of a multi-billion dollar corporation? Apparently, I do not even need a clue to run one. I guess you just gotta be in the right place at the right time. Right?
You are conflating two different subjects. They are actual power and perceived power.
It appears that you are trying to define perceived power in that when someone thinks your power is diminishing, they are less likely to respect your power. It does not matter what your actual power is in such situations.
Of course, actual power exists apart from others perceptions. It does not matter if you think that I am not able to write a coherent and insightful post. If I can write one, then I will write one. If I can not, then I will not...
What is that saying? A person who is smarter than you can convince you that they are dumb, but a person dumber than you can not convince you that they are smarter than you.
Let's start with the first 'right': the right to be paid. Simply put, there is no such right.
Give me a break. It seems that you are being purposefully obtuse here. He said:
the right to be paid for Windows,
and you oh so conveiently left out the "for windows" part of it. Yes, it states quite clearly that the copyright holder has a RIGHT to negotiate compensation (get paid) for you using/receiving a copy of their work.
Your complaint about the second "right" is valid though.
I'd even consider remanding the child to protective services as these parents are seriously a threat when they think this is find behaviour worthy of defending in court.
You scare me. You would think about teearing apart a family over a fucking icon? Are you insane? I realize that you are basing your suggestion off of the implication of the parents supporting their childs behaviour when that behaviour seems to be wrong... but really. Don't you think you are being just a tad bit extreme here?
I knew that just about the entire world likes to hate America.
Actually, I would like to disagree with your statement that I have quoted. I have travelled extensively around the world , especially southeast asia, and have experienced really pleasant attitudes. Of course, it is possible that they hate America but are nice to respectful Americans. *shrug*
How about framing your question correctly? Something like:
"I can't get my wireless card to work. Help me please."
Will get me to tell you to RTFM. I may even throw in a "n00b" just for good measure if I have just got done reading the same series of "I'm so helpless" questions. Try something like this:
"My kernel is configured to accept modules. I compiled the module for my wireless card and did a modprobe on it. No errors were reported in my logs. My configuration is posted at http://www.example.com/~Khaed/wireless.config and it looks correct according to the examples. I am not terribly experienced with this kind of thing. Could someone please help me get this working?"
I will typically go look at your config and determine if you even bothered to put the least effort into understanding TFM. Once I see that your efforts are sincere, I will gladly spend a few hours stepping you through some of your mistakes and helping you to understand what went wrong.
My time is NOT free damnit. I have things that I want to do in my limited amount of spare time. I have a wife, kids, a job, and several hobbies. I do not have time for free tech support. I do have time to help a fellow hobbiest/whateverest to gain the same level of understanding that I have. I love helping people. I hate performing free labour. Think about it.
If the application that you are running is compromised, then it doesn't matter whether you are running a patched or unpatched version of XP or Windows 98. The whole point the parent poster was trying to make is that there are no remote exploits. That is what differentiates 98 and XP. Both are fucked once an application starts misbehaving.
I like what allofmp3 has tried to do, offer a vast array of music at much more reasonable prices than the rest of the world, but it does them, and the rest of us who would demand a more fair distribution model irreparable damage. The more "we" are labeled as criminals by our own actions, the more fodder for their argument. And, the more likely DRM becomes more onerous and intrusive and constraining.
Let them make their content as "protected" as possible. I really do not care. What I DO care about though is having access to a computer that does what I tell it to do, not what someone else tells it to do. They can keep their software, movies, and music. Whatever. I want my damn hardware to be MINE.
If the system wants to fuck you, it will find some excuse.
Do not anthropomorphise "the system". What should have been said is, "if someone within the system wants to fuck you, they can easily abuse their power/privilege and do so."
I think if you check with those people again, the REAL reason those 40% bought a PSP was PORTABLE media, not UMD specifically.
i bought one to play old nintendo (NES and SNES) games. i made the mistake of buying GTA: Liberty City Stories and lost the ability to play my old nintendo games. now, i don't touch that piece of shit at all anymore.
really? any links? that would exlain a lot (although it seems unlikely)
Well, it was a TV show. I do not have any links... I wonder if Discovery Channel has a list of past TV shows. If so, just look for the one about Demolitions or Implosions or something. I am pretty sure it was on Discovery Channel.
But then, I remember reading Bin Laden saying to Clinton after Clinton sent missiles into his camps, "[PARAPHRASED] You have 5 million dollar cruise missiles but we can take your planes and use them as missiles." but of course, I can not find a link to that either. The above was read in a newspaper within a day or two of the missile attacks.
"a multi-story structure that suffered a progressive, pancake collapse exactly like the WTC"
Did you watch it collapse? I watched both towers collapse live on TV and there was nothing pancake-like about it. All support for all levels of the building gave way at the exact same moment. The whole building came down in free fall.
I am not a conspiracy theorist; although I think there is a good reason for a government conspiracy concerning the WTC collapse mode (see my sibling post).
Second: I recall seeing a TV show (on Discovery Channel?) where it was all about imploding buildings in urban areas. One of the things that was said on this show was that all buildings made after 1970(? not sure on that date) are required to built with explosives to bring them down in a controlled manner. This law/regulation/whatever was made because many people had been hurt and/or killed while placing explosives in old abandoned buildings for controlled explosions.
I imagine that this information is probably considered in a whole new light now that 11 Sept has happened. Why advertise something that could bring so much damage for such little effort? I think this post is fairly safe since nobody reads or moderates comments this old.
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If you were your age now, and introduced to the original series as an adult with no prior Star Trekkiness, you, like me, would be under the impression that it sucked bad.
I disagree (I guess I am in a disagreeable mood today). Star Trek was fascinating because it ignited the (my) imagination. "To boldly go where no man has gone before" (cue "futuristic" music). I never knew what they would be up against next. Sure, watching the reruns, you notice the strained acting and the cheesy plot lines, but while watching the episode for the first time, it was quite exciting.
In short, what gave the Star Trek series its cult following was how open ended it could be and how it excited the imagination. It was great despite the suckiness.
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I strongly disagree with your post. Trusted Computing is an outstanding concept and will greatly reduce the damage that viruses can cause. It will also greatly enhance the security of the computing environment.
The problem with Trust Computing is with the planned implementation. Trusted Computing is great for the user... if the user is in control of the keys. Unfortunately, the user will not have the keys, as the implementation will be designed for our erstwhile coporate masters. This is where Trusted Computing is a great idea gone horribly wrong.
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Unix died because of the breathtaking greed of the vendors. GNU/Linux will eventually become the dominant operating system merely because it an operating system will be a boring commodity. It may take 50 or 100 years, but it will happen.
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Cost cutting is almost everytime the reason and who is to blame for that? Well us. We want our buildings build as cheaply and as fast as possible so we hire the guy with the lowest contract and then expect to get quality.
While your argument has some merit to it, I would posit that in reality, your argument is just one force in a tug-of-war with "cheapest" from the buyer and "most profit" from the supplier. The buyer should have properly inspected what they were buying. Fixing whatever prevented the buyer from getting a proper inspection is how to prevent these kinds of situations.
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It helps the manufacturer out because it gives people more lattitude in their choice of hardware platform. Would I buy a WRT54G if I couldn't run Linux on it? Nope. Would I buy it if I could run Linux on it? Why yes, as a matter of fact I would... and did. Did my money help the manufacturer? Probably not... but if the manufacturer can determine that I am not running their software on it, they do not have to support me and that saves them, um, money. Hm. Lots of money floating around here and it all seems positive to the manufacturer. I am still not certain if that is beneficial to the manufacturer though. Any thoughts?
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but as an American, I've never been to Atlantic City, either, and I've always wondered if Mediterranean Ave. was the dump the game portrays it to be.
It is. All of the properties generally reflect reality.
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The problem of "instant activity" programs is that a small hit in performance here and a small lack of optimization there is no problem at all. It is far better to abstract more and have type safe languages. Java and C# are really as instant as a hand optimized assembly program. I mean who can even notice a microsecond here or a millisecond there? Right?
Gotta throw away C. (Have you tried running Windows 95 on a 2ghz processor?)
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I am not trying to nitpick here, this is just an FYI:
Nimrod means an excellent hunter. It is also the name of some bliblical dude who was a famous hunter.
I am not sure how common usage ended up twisting the meaning of the word 180 degrees, but there you have it.
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In the end Ken Lay was nothing special except for his cluelessness and lack of humility.
Hmmm... where do I sign up for a job as a CEO of a multi-billion dollar corporation? Apparently, I do not even need a clue to run one. I guess you just gotta be in the right place at the right time. Right?
strike
You are conflating two different subjects. They are actual power and perceived power.
It appears that you are trying to define perceived power in that when someone thinks your power is diminishing, they are less likely to respect your power. It does not matter what your actual power is in such situations.
Of course, actual power exists apart from others perceptions. It does not matter if you think that I am not able to write a coherent and insightful post. If I can write one, then I will write one. If I can not, then I will not...
What is that saying? A person who is smarter than you can convince you that they are dumb, but a person dumber than you can not convince you that they are smarter than you.
strike
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Let's start with the first 'right': the right to be paid. Simply put, there is no such right.
Give me a break. It seems that you are being purposefully obtuse here. He said:
the right to be paid for Windows,
and you oh so conveiently left out the "for windows" part of it. Yes, it states quite clearly that the copyright holder has a RIGHT to negotiate compensation (get paid) for you using/receiving a copy of their work.
Your complaint about the second "right" is valid though.
strike
I'd even consider remanding the child to protective services as these parents are seriously a threat when they think this is find behaviour worthy of defending in court.
You scare me. You would think about teearing apart a family over a fucking icon? Are you insane? I realize that you are basing your suggestion off of the implication of the parents supporting their childs behaviour when that behaviour seems to be wrong... but really. Don't you think you are being just a tad bit extreme here?
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I knew that just about the entire world likes to hate America.
Actually, I would like to disagree with your statement that I have quoted. I have travelled extensively around the world , especially southeast asia, and have experienced really pleasant attitudes. Of course, it is possible that they hate America but are nice to respectful Americans. *shrug*
strike
How about framing your question correctly? Something like:
"I can't get my wireless card to work. Help me please."
Will get me to tell you to RTFM. I may even throw in a "n00b" just for good measure if I have just got done reading the same series of "I'm so helpless" questions. Try something like this:
"My kernel is configured to accept modules. I compiled the module for my wireless card and did a modprobe on it. No errors were reported in my logs. My configuration is posted at http://www.example.com/~Khaed/wireless.config and it looks correct according to the examples. I am not terribly experienced with this kind of thing. Could someone please help me get this working?"
I will typically go look at your config and determine if you even bothered to put the least effort into understanding TFM. Once I see that your efforts are sincere, I will gladly spend a few hours stepping you through some of your mistakes and helping you to understand what went wrong.
My time is NOT free damnit. I have things that I want to do in my limited amount of spare time. I have a wife, kids, a job, and several hobbies. I do not have time for free tech support. I do have time to help a fellow hobbiest/whateverest to gain the same level of understanding that I have. I love helping people. I hate performing free labour. Think about it.
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If the application that you are running is compromised, then it doesn't matter whether you are running a patched or unpatched version of XP or Windows 98. The whole point the parent poster was trying to make is that there are no remote exploits. That is what differentiates 98 and XP. Both are fucked once an application starts misbehaving.
strike
I like what allofmp3 has tried to do, offer a vast array of music at much more reasonable prices than the rest of the world, but it does them, and the rest of us who would demand a more fair distribution model irreparable damage. The more "we" are labeled as criminals by our own actions, the more fodder for their argument. And, the more likely DRM becomes more onerous and intrusive and constraining.
Let them make their content as "protected" as possible. I really do not care. What I DO care about though is having access to a computer that does what I tell it to do, not what someone else tells it to do. They can keep their software, movies, and music. Whatever. I want my damn hardware to be MINE.
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Or you could throw up and get yourself some good old hydrochloric acid. heheh
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Definitions are used to convey meaning, but the only thing that's real is the physical world, not our words for it.
What world do you live in?
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If the system wants to fuck you, it will find some excuse.
Do not anthropomorphise "the system". What should have been said is, "if someone within the system wants to fuck you, they can easily abuse their power/privilege and do so."
strike
I think if you check with those people again, the REAL reason those 40% bought a PSP was PORTABLE media, not UMD specifically.
i bought one to play old nintendo (NES and SNES) games. i made the mistake of buying GTA: Liberty City Stories and lost the ability to play my old nintendo games. now, i don't touch that piece of shit at all anymore.
i never wanted to watch movies and such on it.
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A little over a day in Iraq. As a taxpayer, I would rather fund the telescope.
Actually, Iraq is about a billion dollars a day. 300 million would give you about a third of a day.
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really? any links? that would exlain a lot (although it seems unlikely)
Well, it was a TV show. I do not have any links... I wonder if Discovery Channel has a list of past TV shows. If so, just look for the one about Demolitions or Implosions or something. I am pretty sure it was on Discovery Channel.
But then, I remember reading Bin Laden saying to Clinton after Clinton sent missiles into his camps, "[PARAPHRASED] You have 5 million dollar cruise missiles but we can take your planes and use them as missiles." but of course, I can not find a link to that either. The above was read in a newspaper within a day or two of the missile attacks.
strike (just another disrespected citizen)
"a multi-story structure that suffered a progressive, pancake collapse exactly like the WTC"
Did you watch it collapse? I watched both towers collapse live on TV and there was nothing pancake-like about it. All support for all levels of the building gave way at the exact same moment. The whole building came down in free fall.
I am not a conspiracy theorist; although I think there is a good reason for a government conspiracy concerning the WTC collapse mode (see my sibling post).
peace.
strike
First: Nice rebuttal.
Second: I recall seeing a TV show (on Discovery Channel?) where it was all about imploding buildings in urban areas. One of the things that was said on this show was that all buildings made after 1970(? not sure on that date) are required to built with explosives to bring them down in a controlled manner. This law/regulation/whatever was made because many people had been hurt and/or killed while placing explosives in old abandoned buildings for controlled explosions.
I imagine that this information is probably considered in a whole new light now that 11 Sept has happened. Why advertise something that could bring so much damage for such little effort? I think this post is fairly safe since nobody reads or moderates comments this old.
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Personally, I was rigging boobytraps for Santa by the time I was 6 or 7 years old.
You sir, are a badass. heheh (reminds me of my own childhood)
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