I needed a tool for designing and implementing a distributed version of the Unix kernel. At the time, 1979, no such tool existed. I needed something that could express the structure of a program, deal directly with hardware, and be sufficiently efficient and sufficiently portable for serious systems programming.
Or put another way, given the amount people pay for them and the security they advertise, normal certificates are indeed scams.
Commercially-signed certificates buy you one slight degree of security -- since the certificate is signed by a third party, it means, at least minimally, that someone else trusts the certificate. It's up to you to determine if you trust that someone.
I live in Florida, where it is illegal to smoke in restaurants.
On top of that, your argument is just flawed. One person eating the occasional junk food item affects nobody but that person. One person smoking cigarettes around others affects the health of everybody in the immediate area. Continuous exposure to second-hand smoke can be harmful to one's health, even fatal. I don't care what you say, you watching me drink a bottle of Mountain Dew or eat a Big Mac isn't going to give you a heart attack. You're right, except that's not the argument that's been used. The argument is that is a public health crisis because people have to pay extra money to insurance companies due to smokers and their high health care costs. That's what got the cigarette settlement, and that's what is getting the laws passed. Your argument was tried before and failed.
Category 4 & 5 Hurricanes making landfall is fairly rare, actually. Also, Category 4 & 5 Hurricanes making it as far north as Delaware are also pretty rare.
Other than the problem of deciding (and who gets to decide) what is junk food and what isn't, what's wrong with the idea of a âoejunk foodâ tax? That would shift the burden of responsibility to where it belongs, and it might actually dissuade people from purchasing (as much) junk food.
Because the next logical step is banning it -- at first in a few places, and then in public, and, finally altogether. Just like they did with cigarettes.
First, we'll have 'junk food' and 'no junk food' zones in restaurants so that people who are offended by junk food don't have to watch others eat it. Then we'll start banning junk food in the workplace. Finally, there will be no junk food eating in public -- leading to a permanent ban on junk food.
What's next? Is there anything you enjoy that others don't like or are offended by? There's no end to it. That's the problem.
"The traditional approach to availability isn't exactly our way," said Mituzas, who spoke about Wikipedia's infrastructure Monday at the O'Reilly Velocity conference.
More and more companies should look into approaches like this. Seriously. In tight economic times, a more ad-hoc approach saves money. People snubbed Google's approach to IT, and now it's becoming the standard in high availability for big dollar projects. But what about the small dollar approach? As economies slide into recession, you need to focus on a handful highly-talented IT people rather than an army of droids.
Oh, please, Master! Give me the boot! Give me the whip! I don't want my rights! I don't have any rights! The government pwns me! I am a slave to the government! Yeah!
That's what you sound like. Now get out of my country, please, before you destroy it.
after all, isn't DRM on your iTunes library or whatever metaphorically the same as not allowing other users of your Linux box access to your files, or making them read-only for anyone that's not you?
No. The people for whom I'm blocking file access didn't pay for my files. I paid for the DRMed music/videos. You are putting restrictions on what I can and cannot do with something I paid good money for.
It's like if I sell you a car and then throw in a EDLA (End Driver License Agreement) that prevents you from lending the car to others or to resell it. You would be stupid to agree to any such thing. Hence, I recommend all people do not purchase things that use Digital Restrictions Management.
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s/awsuits/lawsuits. Maybe I should *read* the previews.
(C'mon KDE guys, it's funny. Laugh.)
I live in Florida, where it is illegal to smoke in restaurants.
On top of that, your argument is just flawed. One person eating the occasional junk food item affects nobody but that person. One person smoking cigarettes around others affects the health of everybody in the immediate area. Continuous exposure to second-hand smoke can be harmful to one's health, even fatal. I don't care what you say, you watching me drink a bottle of Mountain Dew or eat a Big Mac isn't going to give you a heart attack. You're right, except that's not the argument that's been used. The argument is that is a public health crisis because people have to pay extra money to insurance companies due to smokers and their high health care costs. That's what got the cigarette settlement, and that's what is getting the laws passed. Your argument was tried before and failed.See the latest print issue of Wired.
Category 4 & 5 Hurricanes making landfall is fairly rare, actually. Also, Category 4 & 5 Hurricanes making it as far north as Delaware are also pretty rare.
I wonder how much they'll pay me for my copy of Windows 1.0....
First, we'll have 'junk food' and 'no junk food' zones in restaurants so that people who are offended by junk food don't have to watch others eat it. Then we'll start banning junk food in the workplace. Finally, there will be no junk food eating in public -- leading to a permanent ban on junk food.
What's next? Is there anything you enjoy that others don't like or are offended by? There's no end to it. That's the problem.
More and more companies should look into approaches like this. Seriously. In tight economic times, a more ad-hoc approach saves money. People snubbed Google's approach to IT, and now it's becoming the standard in high availability for big dollar projects. But what about the small dollar approach? As economies slide into recession, you need to focus on a handful highly-talented IT people rather than an army of droids.
Yes.
Hey! I'm the Maytag Repairman, you insensitive clod!
I wonder: would that get the smell out of them?
That's right! IT is boring. Stay away. Far away. You won't like it. More money for m....hey look! A shiny object!
Oh, please, Master! Give me the boot! Give me the whip! I don't want my rights! I don't have any rights! The government pwns me! I am a slave to the government! Yeah!
That's what you sound like. Now get out of my country, please, before you destroy it.
Blame it on Hurrican Ernesto.
No. The people for whom I'm blocking file access didn't pay for my files. I paid for the DRMed music/videos. You are putting restrictions on what I can and cannot do with something I paid good money for.
It's like if I sell you a car and then throw in a EDLA (End Driver License Agreement) that prevents you from lending the car to others or to resell it. You would be stupid to agree to any such thing. Hence, I recommend all people do not purchase things that use Digital Restrictions Management.
Yeah, but did he try "warm apple pie". I bet he'd get very different results! :-D