Honestly, I don't know anyone that takes into consideration how 'green' something is before they purchase it...especially gadgets.
Hi! Now you know me.
I know there is a sizable minority growing that is concerned about everything 'green', but, really...in the general public, while they may even be vocally in favor of 'green' things...does it really affect their everyday life and their purchases?
While it's not my #1 consideration for gadgets -- semiconductor manufacturing is extremely ungreen -- I do take things like the use of recycled materials, power consumption, emissions (both factory and from the product itself), recyclability, re-use potential, environmental track record of the company, etc. into account when I make any purchase decision.
Sadly, in purchasing gadgets, most of the time all of the choices are equally bad.:(
That bad news could be good news: Women who are more socially awkward than you are also more desparate than you for companionship with the opposite sex. Plus, they're awesome in bed because of all that pent-up sexual energy.
The really bad news? Socially awkward women come with a different set of problems all their own.
Bah. The funny thing about sci-fi story lines is that they get recycled over and over...
If I mention a story about traveling in time and changing things having disastrously unintentional consequences, what do you think of? Star Trek? X-Files? Stargate SG-1? Back to the Future? See my point. All of the above have had (or at least I think) the same storyline.
The scary part is that they've actually been doing this for the last two and a half years. Jobs wasn't at MacWorld due to a severe failure with several defective Hitachi Deskstar hard drives.
Meh. Yes, I realize that Apple going more mainstream would mean that Apple would no longer be "cool" or "hip", but I think that at the end of the day Apple needs to broaden their market some or face extinction. They've positioned themselves as a fashion accessory. The thing is fashion accessories eventually fall out of fashion.
Actually, Google isn't nearly as influential on mainstream society as Oprah is. Oprah is friends with people in high places, she's worth billions and she has the attitudes and mores of a middle-class black woman from Chicago.
I dunno, if this fight becomes very public, Oprah will perceive that she has no choice but to obliterate this guy.
Sony, OTOH, does, in fact, own approximately 50% of the Democratic Party. At least their movie business does.
Did I ever say that revolution would require attacking the duly elected President of the United States? Did I ever say that revolution would even require violence?
Revolution can take many forms. The 1960s in the United States were a form of revolution that resulted in a complete overhaul of our civil rights laws. My only fear is that it if too many people are pushed too far, the bloody form is the one that will rear its ugly head.
Agreed. Clue-stick for the clueless -- no matter who is in the White House, no matter who is on Capitol Hill, change happens in Washington very, very slowly. The government is a big bureaucracy, run by bureaucrats. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Oh, and as a result -- the changes are usually for the worse, not the better.
Only one thing will fix our broken democracy at this point -- revolution.
Ummmmmmmm.....not quite. Depends on what you're selling and who you're selling it to. While Freakonomics covers crack dealers, crack isn't really all that lucrative. I personally know at least 5 different people -- none of whom know each other beyond acquaintance -- who at various times made a killing selling (primarily) marijuana. None of those people would have sold an ounce of crack, mostly for the reasons outlined in Freakonomics.
Why duck? Because the way I saw it, I was likely to be modded flamebait by the rabid Apple fanbois. As it is, I received at least one 'overrated' mod -- you know, the usual mod abuse of the not-subject-to-metamod overrated/underrated mods.
Dont forget the botnet could be used as a social engineering tool and send out phishing email to everybody @yourmilitary.mil.fu . Get all these people to click on a phising webpage hosted somewhere on your botnet. Hit the right personnel and you could land yourself some valuable information.
Not likely. If the IT infrastructure in other countries is anything like the U.S. military's, then computers that can send and receive Internet e-mail are most assuredly NOT connected to any sensitive networks. Military and civilian personnel working for the DOD and the various branches of the armed services have completely separate machine -- usually even located in different rooms.
Even if both machines are on a given individual's desk, the one with the Internet connection will either have all physical drives removed or secured by a locking device. This includes USB ports, firewire ports, etc. Procedures for getting software or data from the Internet onto a secured military network involve jumping through many, many hoops, usually including approval and clearance from appropriate personnel.
With my cable company, everything is all rolled up in a bundle -- digital cable, box rental, 15 Mb cablemodem service. I don't have a second TV, so I don't have a separate charge for renting the cable box. They charge like $8/month to rent a cable box with a built-in DVR, otherwise, I think an added digital box (no DVR) is like $2-3 a month or something.
It's just the cable company's way of saying "Ha! Analog TV is going away! You're going to need us FOREVER! Muahahahaha!"
Either that or they just want to let you know not to call them and bother them with questions like "do I need to do anything or order anything different with the DTV transition?"
The converter boxes are $50 at most places that sell this stuff. *shrug*
It could be difficult for someone on a fixed income, but generally, I agree. The target, though, is senior citizens on a fixed income...they figured most everyone else would have cable or satellite and thus the converter boxes would be a non-issue.
I have cable and won't be getting rid of it anytime soon, so this is a total non-issue for me.
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Honestly, I don't know anyone that takes into consideration how 'green' something is before they purchase it...especially gadgets.
Hi! Now you know me.
I know there is a sizable minority growing that is concerned about everything 'green', but, really...in the general public, while they may even be vocally in favor of 'green' things...does it really affect their everyday life and their purchases?
While it's not my #1 consideration for gadgets -- semiconductor manufacturing is extremely ungreen -- I do take things like the use of recycled materials, power consumption, emissions (both factory and from the product itself), recyclability, re-use potential, environmental track record of the company, etc. into account when I make any purchase decision.
Sadly, in purchasing gadgets, most of the time all of the choices are equally bad. :(
That bad news could be good news: Women who are more socially awkward than you are also more desparate than you for companionship with the opposite sex. Plus, they're awesome in bed because of all that pent-up sexual energy.
The really bad news? Socially awkward women come with a different set of problems all their own.
I'll help you out with that: Women have evolved biologically to produce offspring in their late teens through their late 20s.
However, I'll let you in on a little secret: the biological imperative to care for and nurture children never goes away.
Bah. The funny thing about sci-fi story lines is that they get recycled over and over...
If I mention a story about traveling in time and changing things having disastrously unintentional consequences, what do you think of? Star Trek? X-Files? Stargate SG-1? Back to the Future? See my point. All of the above have had (or at least I think) the same storyline.
The scary part is that they've actually been doing this for the last two and a half years. Jobs wasn't at MacWorld due to a severe failure with several defective Hitachi Deskstar hard drives.
Xserve? Leopard Server? Just sayin'...
Meh. Yes, I realize that Apple going more mainstream would mean that Apple would no longer be "cool" or "hip", but I think that at the end of the day Apple needs to broaden their market some or face extinction. They've positioned themselves as a fashion accessory. The thing is fashion accessories eventually fall out of fashion.
Wow. I think you've seen one too many episodes of the X-Files.
Actually, Google isn't nearly as influential on mainstream society as Oprah is. Oprah is friends with people in high places, she's worth billions and she has the attitudes and mores of a middle-class black woman from Chicago.
I dunno, if this fight becomes very public, Oprah will perceive that she has no choice but to obliterate this guy.
Sony, OTOH, does, in fact, own approximately 50% of the Democratic Party. At least their movie business does.
So it may be a toss up there. ;)
Have you ever tried to write on a micro-SD card with a sharpie? If you have, does your day job involve writing people's names on grain of rice?
More like 2009: The Year of DRM on the Desktop, Laptop, Palmtop, Media Player, DVR, Television, The Automobile, Appliances, Your Brain, etc.
This won't amount to anything. The MAFIAA wouldn't have it any other way.
*sigh*
Did I ever say that revolution would require attacking the duly elected President of the United States? Did I ever say that revolution would even require violence?
Revolution can take many forms. The 1960s in the United States were a form of revolution that resulted in a complete overhaul of our civil rights laws. My only fear is that it if too many people are pushed too far, the bloody form is the one that will rear its ugly head.
Agreed. Clue-stick for the clueless -- no matter who is in the White House, no matter who is on Capitol Hill, change happens in Washington very, very slowly. The government is a big bureaucracy, run by bureaucrats. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Oh, and as a result -- the changes are usually for the worse, not the better.
Only one thing will fix our broken democracy at this point -- revolution.
He is pro-crapology. After all, DRM is crap.
There. Fixed it for you.
Ummmmmmmm.....not quite. Depends on what you're selling and who you're selling it to. While Freakonomics covers crack dealers, crack isn't really all that lucrative. I personally know at least 5 different people -- none of whom know each other beyond acquaintance -- who at various times made a killing selling (primarily) marijuana. None of those people would have sold an ounce of crack, mostly for the reasons outlined in Freakonomics.
Hey! I'm an insensitive clod who makes fun of people who happen to stock shelves for a living, you insensitive clod!
Why duck? Because the way I saw it, I was likely to be modded flamebait by the rabid Apple fanbois. As it is, I received at least one 'overrated' mod -- you know, the usual mod abuse of the not-subject-to-metamod overrated/underrated mods.
Dont forget the botnet could be used as a social engineering tool and send out phishing email to everybody @yourmilitary.mil.fu . Get all these people to click on a phising webpage hosted somewhere on your botnet. Hit the right personnel and you could land yourself some valuable information.
Not likely. If the IT infrastructure in other countries is anything like the U.S. military's, then computers that can send and receive Internet e-mail are most assuredly NOT connected to any sensitive networks. Military and civilian personnel working for the DOD and the various branches of the armed services have completely separate machine -- usually even located in different rooms.
Even if both machines are on a given individual's desk, the one with the Internet connection will either have all physical drives removed or secured by a locking device. This includes USB ports, firewire ports, etc. Procedures for getting software or data from the Internet onto a secured military network involve jumping through many, many hoops, usually including approval and clearance from appropriate personnel.
Sure, they don't have the "LAUNCH MISSLES.EXE" in the root folder, but they sure could cause some damage on a military network.
And what is a military network doing being connected to the public Internet?!
Oh wait. They don't actually do that.
*phew*
Yes, but does iTunes run on Linux yet?
*ducking*
With my cable company, everything is all rolled up in a bundle -- digital cable, box rental, 15 Mb cablemodem service. I don't have a second TV, so I don't have a separate charge for renting the cable box. They charge like $8/month to rent a cable box with a built-in DVR, otherwise, I think an added digital box (no DVR) is like $2-3 a month or something.
It's just the cable company's way of saying "Ha! Analog TV is going away! You're going to need us FOREVER! Muahahahaha!"
Either that or they just want to let you know not to call them and bother them with questions like "do I need to do anything or order anything different with the DTV transition?"
Probably more the latter.
The converter boxes are $50 at most places that sell this stuff. *shrug*
It could be difficult for someone on a fixed income, but generally, I agree. The target, though, is senior citizens on a fixed income...they figured most everyone else would have cable or satellite and thus the converter boxes would be a non-issue.
I have cable and won't be getting rid of it anytime soon, so this is a total non-issue for me.
One word: VirtualBox.
Sadly, most home espresso machines sold today already use a PID controller chip to maintain temperature.