I dunno, it seems to me that once your brain has been uploaded to a computer getting turned into a zombie by malware and forced to spam all day would kind of suck. Of course some would say this is what has happened to cult members now.
The murder rate will go up by a few hundred percent for a few decades. After that it will drop down. Essentially evolution will select people with good impulse control and self discipline, which in the long run will lead to a more civilised society.
You wouldn't have the charts full of rap, numetal and emo for a start.
I don't like Vista much - it always seems a bit sluggish compared a XP. But UAC is a useful feature because you don't run everything with Admin privileges all the time, they run as a limited user. And IE's Protected Mode is even more locked down than that.
I saw someone make a comment, and I don't remember who or where, but I think it's insightful. Netbooks should be thought of more as larger, more capable PDA's/Smartphones, than they should as smaller, less capable computers. Given that premise, it would make sense to use a modified version of Apple's iPhone/iPod Touch OS with slightly expanded capabilities, instead of trying to get a stripped down Mac OS X to work well on a netbook.
I think Apple might find they *could* build a winning Netbook if they took that approach. Maybe they already are. Apple likes to deny they are doing something right up until they announce at WWDC.
That's not true. As one of the comments on the Apple Blog put it
wait a minute... on an iphone, can i...
view flash-based websites? nope edit word docs? nope...edit any docs? nope copy/paste? nope multi task? nope install any application i want? nope change my background? nope delete all the icons on my desktop? nope instant message across different networks? (even messaging on single networks suck) nope video chat? nope connect to bluetooth devices? nope replace the battery? nope
You must be retarded if you think itâ(TM)s possible to do the same things on an iphone than on a netbook. I have an iphone, and while itâ(TM)s an excellent smart phone (despite its flaws), Iâ(TM)d shoot myself the day I had to rely on it as a computer. You must also think Iâ(TM)m stupid if you think I consider your post to be a legitimate response instead of a failed attempt at defending the un-defendable.
See that's the problem. An x86 PC with a desktop OS is a hell of a lot more flexible than a typical PDA or Smartphone.
Though I suppose Apple being Apple they could take an iPhone, take out the baseband ASIC and the crippling lockdown, add a larger screen and keyboard and sell it cheaper than the cheapest MacBook and their fanbase will say it is the best thing since sliced bread.
And since it's ARM based rather than x86 it won't run desktop applications and thus won't compete with the Macbook Air.
Really it's not that simple. I was a supporter of firefox in my organization, and to my surprise I pretty much won. We use Firefox for nearly everything. Nearly. I have content adviser turned on for each of the machines which for the most part cripples IE and makes it nearly impossible to actually browse the web. IE is still very necessary for many sites which are required for our operation. Not internal "we developed in house badly designed pages", but actual corporate sites to manage various accounts on the Internet. That's surprising in 2008 that companies could have their head stuck in the sand that badly, but they seem to be all over the place... and unfortunately in places required for essential function.
I'm fortunate that the medium sized company goes along with this, because in any other organization we'd just use IE and that would be the end of it. Just managing the work arounds has actually been a lot of work, although in my mind it comes out to a wash in being a bit more proactive in preventing the vulnerabilities that flood IE.
You can do much better than that. I duct tape huge boxing gloves to my users hands, that way they can't type malware in using a notepad and Alt key codes. I've also banned people carrying in USB peripherals (might have malware), laptops (might have malware), mobile phones (distracting and pointless) and A4 binders (might have malware written out as a long list of Alt key codes). I've also removed all the phones (someone might whistle malware down the phone to a 56K modem). Though I've covered all the ports, USB, network, modem and so on with epoxy resin. Still I believe in defense in depth.
Some of my users have found out how to remove the gloves with their teeth, even though my security guards will beat anyone they see trying to do that. I've asked the CEO if I can amputate their hands and leave them with bandaged stumps but he obviously was too 'non technical' to understand. He just shook his head and walked off. Maybe muzzling persistent rule breakers after the third beating would be a acceptable. Actually I want to muzzle and blindfold everyone all the time and cut off the power. Still, even though the solution I have is not perfect it is very secure.
I think the bigger thing that component manufacturers are worried about is that Steve Jobs will call up MSI and say "Hey, we'd like to contract with you to develop a Mac netbook based on the Wind to run OS X. Oh, and by the way... don't use any RealTek chips in it."
I am not a lawyer but that sounds like tortious endangerment of interstate commerce to me.
Actually I'm not. His friends are being passive aggressive if they do stuff that pisses him off and then tell him they are just joking and it's his fault that he doesn't 'get it'. Fuck those guys, they're the ones with a problem, not him.
He seems pretty coherent here so I assume he's able to grasp that killing people is a bad idea and thus that I was joking.
Wait, so... doesn't that limit RIAA losses to $5/month no matter how many files swapped? Doesn't that limit how much they can sue too?
Is their any proof of this that can be submitted in court as evidence?
Sounds good to me!
Yeah, just like the railway is limited to only fine you the ticket price if they catch you without a ticket. Oh wait, they fine you much more to deter people from riding without paying.
Thirdly and most importantly, I am not a lawyer and I am not your lawyer. I don't even play one on TV. Don't take anything I ever say as legal advice.
The guys here who are tellling me this doctrine of vaches or whatever means I can torrent to my hearts content don't have this disclaimer. Not only are they telling me what I want to hear, but they seem much more sure of themselves.
People keep lauding the Minority Report UI like it's a good idea. Do you really want to have to hold your arms up like that and move them around all day?
<Davros>Touch computing will stop humans from evolving to their final form as large brains in armoured travel machines. It is this form which will enable them to dominate the U-NI-VERSE</Davros>
I have suffered from Paranoid Schizophrenia since the age of 15. I'm 33 now, and I can say from my own personal experience that this is very true.
One of the many reasons I have trouble 'fitting in', especially at social gatherings, is my inability to detect sarcasm. It can be terrifying when someone says something that could be interpreted 'literally' as demeaning or cruel but is only 'joking around' etc.
I think your friends are being passive agressive and there's nothing wrong with you. KILL THEM ALL.
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Maybe Steve will die for a few days and then come back from the dead, like Jesus.
I dunno, it seems to me that once your brain has been uploaded to a computer getting turned into a zombie by malware and forced to spam all day would kind of suck. Of course some would say this is what has happened to cult members now.
The murder rate will go up by a few hundred percent for a few decades. After that it will drop down. Essentially evolution will select people with good impulse control and self discipline, which in the long run will lead to a more civilised society.
You wouldn't have the charts full of rap, numetal and emo for a start.
The First Amendment doesn't say anything about being honest.
Yeah, but it's better to sell them a whole new gadget.
1) Measure your blood pressure
2) Look at this picture
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9747/1229454176727zy8.jpg
3) Post blood pressure here.
I don't like Vista much - it always seems a bit sluggish compared a XP. But UAC is a useful feature because you don't run everything with Admin privileges all the time, they run as a limited user. And IE's Protected Mode is even more locked down than that.
Fixed that for you.
:-)
Fixed that for you.
Running Dependency Walker on IE is a great idea!
So the Church of England is Catholic too? The Queen is after all the One True God.
If you have razor wire and dogs you can fortify most any basement server room.
I saw someone make a comment, and I don't remember who or where, but I think it's insightful. Netbooks should be thought of more as larger, more capable PDA's/Smartphones, than they should as smaller, less capable computers. Given that premise, it would make sense to use a modified version of Apple's iPhone/iPod Touch OS with slightly expanded capabilities, instead of trying to get a stripped down Mac OS X to work well on a netbook.
I think Apple might find they *could* build a winning Netbook if they took that approach. Maybe they already are. Apple likes to deny they are doing something right up until they announce at WWDC.
That's not true. As one of the comments on the Apple Blog put it
wait a minute... on an iphone, can i...
view flash-based websites? nope ...edit any docs? nope
edit word docs? nope
copy/paste? nope
multi task? nope
install any application i want? nope
change my background? nope
delete all the icons on my desktop? nope
instant message across different networks? (even messaging on single networks suck) nope
video chat? nope
connect to bluetooth devices? nope
replace the battery? nope
You must be retarded if you think itâ(TM)s possible to do the same things on an iphone than on a netbook. I have an iphone, and while itâ(TM)s an excellent smart phone (despite its flaws), Iâ(TM)d shoot myself the day I had to rely on it as a computer. You must also think Iâ(TM)m stupid if you think I consider your post to be a legitimate response instead of a failed attempt at defending the un-defendable.
See that's the problem. An x86 PC with a desktop OS is a hell of a lot more flexible than a typical PDA or Smartphone.
Though I suppose Apple being Apple they could take an iPhone, take out the baseband ASIC and the crippling lockdown, add a larger screen and keyboard and sell it cheaper than the cheapest MacBook and their fanbase will say it is the best thing since sliced bread.
And since it's ARM based rather than x86 it won't run desktop applications and thus won't compete with the Macbook Air.
Really it's not that simple. I was a supporter of firefox in my organization, and to my surprise I pretty much won. We use Firefox for nearly everything. Nearly. I have content adviser turned on for each of the machines which for the most part cripples IE and makes it nearly impossible to actually browse the web. IE is still very necessary for many sites which are required for our operation. Not internal "we developed in house badly designed pages", but actual corporate sites to manage various accounts on the Internet. That's surprising in 2008 that companies could have their head stuck in the sand that badly, but they seem to be all over the place... and unfortunately in places required for essential function.
I'm fortunate that the medium sized company goes along with this, because in any other organization we'd just use IE and that would be the end of it. Just managing the work arounds has actually been a lot of work, although in my mind it comes out to a wash in being a bit more proactive in preventing the vulnerabilities that flood IE.
You can do much better than that. I duct tape huge boxing gloves to my users hands, that way they can't type malware in using a notepad and Alt key codes. I've also banned people carrying in USB peripherals (might have malware), laptops (might have malware), mobile phones (distracting and pointless) and A4 binders (might have malware written out as a long list of Alt key codes). I've also removed all the phones (someone might whistle malware down the phone to a 56K modem). Though I've covered all the ports, USB, network, modem and so on with epoxy resin. Still I believe in defense in depth.
Some of my users have found out how to remove the gloves with their teeth, even though my security guards will beat anyone they see trying to do that. I've asked the CEO if I can amputate their hands and leave them with bandaged stumps but he obviously was too 'non technical' to understand. He just shook his head and walked off. Maybe muzzling persistent rule breakers after the third beating would be a acceptable. Actually I want to muzzle and blindfold everyone all the time and cut off the power. Still, even though the solution I have is not perfect it is very secure.
A netbook should have the following characteristics:
1. Small (10" or less screen)
2. Long Battery Life (4 hrs +)
3. Light weight (under 2 kg)
4. Cheap (under $500 US).
Apple can do 1 and 2, and 3 but 4, I don't think so.
No, but they can convince people that netbooks are an unsustainable business model
http://theappleblog.com/2008/12/15/netbooks-the-race-to-the-bottom-has-begun/
I think the bigger thing that component manufacturers are worried about is that Steve Jobs will call up MSI and say "Hey, we'd like to contract with you to develop a Mac netbook based on the Wind to run OS X. Oh, and by the way... don't use any RealTek chips in it."
I am not a lawyer but that sounds like tortious endangerment of interstate commerce to me.
Yeah, stop paying attention people, nothing to see here.
BTW Does anyone know the names and addresses of the 538 electors? And some place I could get hold of 538 dentist's chairs?
McCain / Palin 2008
Actually I'm not. His friends are being passive aggressive if they do stuff that pisses him off and then tell him they are just joking and it's his fault that he doesn't 'get it'. Fuck those guys, they're the ones with a problem, not him.
He seems pretty coherent here so I assume he's able to grasp that killing people is a bad idea and thus that I was joking.
Wait, so... doesn't that limit RIAA losses to $5/month no matter how many files swapped? Doesn't that limit how much they can sue too?
Is their any proof of this that can be submitted in court as evidence?
Sounds good to me!
Yeah, just like the railway is limited to only fine you the ticket price if they catch you without a ticket. Oh wait, they fine you much more to deter people from riding without paying.
Thirdly and most importantly, I am not a lawyer and I am not your lawyer. I don't even play one on TV. Don't take anything I ever say as legal advice.
The guys here who are tellling me this doctrine of vaches or whatever means I can torrent to my hearts content don't have this disclaimer. Not only are they telling me what I want to hear, but they seem much more sure of themselves.
Vivre le doctrine de vache!
Hence the expression "In Soviet Korea, billboard watches YOU!"
Thanks, I'll be here all week. Try the dog.
It's not 'jacking' the work. Jacking would be if they got into your car with a gun and told you to GTFO.
64.0 bits should be enough for anyone.
People keep lauding the Minority Report UI like it's a good idea. Do you really want to have to hold your arms up like that and move them around all day?
<Davros>Touch computing will stop humans from evolving to their final form as large brains in armoured travel machines. It is this form which will enable them to dominate the U-NI-VERSE</Davros>
I have suffered from Paranoid Schizophrenia since the age of 15. I'm 33 now, and I can say from my own personal experience that this is very true.
One of the many reasons I have trouble 'fitting in', especially at social gatherings, is my inability to detect sarcasm. It can be terrifying when someone says something that could be interpreted 'literally' as demeaning or cruel but is only 'joking around' etc.
I think your friends are being passive agressive and there's nothing wrong with you. KILL THEM ALL.
Ha ha, sucker. Everyone knows the Giant Killer Lizard Party pays shills best these days.
GKLP 2012! This country needs leadership from outside the Beltway, and indeed outside this star system.