Personally, I've never experienced any of the described problems on my Windows machine... nor on my Linux machine, nor my Windows / Coop Linux box.
Of course, I've also never downloaded malware from the Internet nor have I hooked up a machine to the Internet without some sort of firewall.
Compare all of the current versions to Windows 1.0, Linux 0.97c (the first copy I downloaded), and the original Mac. All of these OS's have made leaps and bounds progress.
What do you expect? If I drove my Hummer off a cliff while attempting to off-road it, you think the manufacturer would / should apologize or even consider it his fault? I'm sure he'd be happy to sell me another one, though.
Here's another's opinion that contradicts the article's opinion that you might find amusing (although a little outdated)
(Copy and paste, referrers aren't allowed)
http://wildbill.nulldevice.net/archives/2003_08.ht ml
Um... A major highway? The proposed route passes through the heart of the most populated areas
First, A major highway is not a population center.
Also, your links to the populated areas are based on counties and don't support your argument at all. You should take scale into consideration. One of those little "squares" is nearly 1000 square miles. (Take Dallas County; it's one of the small to medium sized one's and it's 880 square miles). You can go through a county and still be 20+ miles from the high density population.
To be closer to the hazardous waste routes?
Hazardous materials, not specifically waste. HAZMAT routes are common and not something that you want going downtown, yet some cities don't have that option because the major north/south routes in Texas more often than not runs within five miles of their central "downtown" district. This is a good way to move HAZMAT routes away from major cities.
For goods from Mexico? For immigrants from mexico?
What's the difference? Immigrants are goods from Mexico. We're a service based economy, so what's wrong with importing cheap labor in addition to importing cheap goods? Got a problem with it? It's a free economy so adjust your rates if you want to compete. (Please note that I'm talking about legal immigrants that can legally work.)
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Personally, I've never experienced any of the described problems on my Windows machine... nor on my Linux machine, nor my Windows / Coop Linux box.
t ml
Of course, I've also never downloaded malware from the Internet nor have I hooked up a machine to the Internet without some sort of firewall.
Compare all of the current versions to Windows 1.0, Linux 0.97c (the first copy I downloaded), and the original Mac. All of these OS's have made leaps and bounds progress.
What do you expect? If I drove my Hummer off a cliff while attempting to off-road it, you think the manufacturer would / should apologize or even consider it his fault? I'm sure he'd be happy to sell me another one, though.
Here's another's opinion that contradicts the article's opinion that you might find amusing (although a little outdated)
(Copy and paste, referrers aren't allowed) http://wildbill.nulldevice.net/archives/2003_08.h
Um... A major highway? The proposed route passes through the heart of the most populated areas
First, A major highway is not a population center.
Also, your links to the populated areas are based on counties and don't support your argument at all. You should take scale into consideration. One of those little "squares" is nearly 1000 square miles. (Take Dallas County; it's one of the small to medium sized one's and it's 880 square miles). You can go through a county and still be 20+ miles from the high density population.
To be closer to the hazardous waste routes?
Hazardous materials, not specifically waste. HAZMAT routes are common and not something that you want going downtown, yet some cities don't have that option because the major north/south routes in Texas more often than not runs within five miles of their central "downtown" district. This is a good way to move HAZMAT routes away from major cities.
For goods from Mexico? For immigrants from mexico?
What's the difference? Immigrants are goods from Mexico. We're a service based economy, so what's wrong with importing cheap labor in addition to importing cheap goods? Got a problem with it? It's a free economy so adjust your rates if you want to compete. (Please note that I'm talking about legal immigrants that can legally work.)