Am I the only one who feels that restarting your computer whenever you install a graphics driver (which, for most people, is like once a year) is not really a world-class disaster. In fact, you probably wasted about four reboot's worth of time just arguing the point. How is this a feature even worth mentioning? The only situation where one less reboot per annum is important is for webservers and other high-profile stuff like that -- but those don't need advanced graphics drivers anyways.
So, bottom line -- who cares? It's at most taking up twenty minutes of your time over the course of your entire life.
Everyone seems to be saying that just because this app is small, it is unworthy of banning. Read the post. It did not say it was *unworthy* but rather that it is *pointless* and *silly*. And this makes sense-- he's saying if it's this easy to make a quick P2P app, banning it would be like trying to heal a chainsaw wound with a band-aid.
Nizo said: Umm, if I publish a recipe for crack that uses 2 less ingredients than the normal recipe and takes only half the time to make, why would that be a valid argument for making crack legal? Don't get me wrong I think the act is idiotic, but I don't follow Mr. Felton's reasoning here.
No it wouldn't be. But if you could find a simple way to produce crack that required nothing more than a few common household items and the IQ of a rabbit, it would be POINTLESS to try and make it illegal. It would be non-enforcable. THAT'S what Mr. Felton is saying.
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Heh, it should have been called "Scholaris"
Am I the only one who feels that restarting your computer whenever you install a graphics driver (which, for most people, is like once a year) is not really a world-class disaster. In fact, you probably wasted about four reboot's worth of time just arguing the point. How is this a feature even worth mentioning? The only situation where one less reboot per annum is important is for webservers and other high-profile stuff like that -- but those don't need advanced graphics drivers anyways.
So, bottom line -- who cares? It's at most taking up twenty minutes of your time over the course of your entire life.
Everyone seems to be saying that just because this app is small, it is unworthy of banning. Read the post. It did not say it was *unworthy* but rather that it is *pointless* and *silly*. And this makes sense-- he's saying if it's this easy to make a quick P2P app, banning it would be like trying to heal a chainsaw wound with a band-aid. Nizo said: Umm, if I publish a recipe for crack that uses 2 less ingredients than the normal recipe and takes only half the time to make, why would that be a valid argument for making crack legal? Don't get me wrong I think the act is idiotic, but I don't follow Mr. Felton's reasoning here. No it wouldn't be. But if you could find a simple way to produce crack that required nothing more than a few common household items and the IQ of a rabbit, it would be POINTLESS to try and make it illegal. It would be non-enforcable. THAT'S what Mr. Felton is saying.
Did you know that 68.56% of people are easily impressed by statistics? :o