Apple has a history of allowing development by third parties for a time, and then ordering a "cease and desist" leading to a loss of the development costs and killing any future profit. I suspect Jobs fears someone actually doing apple better than apple. Just a guess on my part, but it would no doubt erode his business model. As I remember he killed the upgradable Umax clones etc This is only a driver, but...
If thse attacks are successful, they will replace the old practice of dropping leaflets on enemy soldiers... Now when the modern soldier opens his e-mail, he will be greeted with "Feeling ashamed of your small willy, we can help" etc etc
I hope by your response that someone you know has not done themselves injury through following an unsound diet. To give the example of veganism when studies of the North American diet shows you don't have to be a vegan to be undernourished or self-damaging is a red flag. Many people all over the world eat a vegan diet without hurting themselves. It is not my way, but I recognize education and common sense go a long way to ensuring a healthy lifestyle.
That said, everyone has delusions, most are minor, safe and act as a coping mechanism when we feel powerless. Only when a delusion overpowers other aspects of good judgment does it become a problem. At that point, they become disorders and enter an entirely different category.
All I was getting at in regards to delusions are that a) we all have them and b) we all like them. They do serve a purpose, even if they only buy time until you come up with a response to something particularly odious.
I sincerely hope someone you know has not done themselves harm
They are so much easier to deal with than real-life problems. The delusional one sets the context, and whoever controls the context has the control. And delusional people don't give up their delusions easily. As the old song said, "no wise man has the power, to reason away, what a fool believes"
And the internet lets them set up a community of people to support their delusions so their delusion gets reinforcement
would make a great doctor, as anyone who has seen Rome would attest. And it would be great to have a doctor who wasn't as physical deficient as many of doctors
Frankly they can patent and have it... I find the docks, task bars, gagdets etc so much desktop clutter that is more annoying than anything else. Largely I find such things appeal to the same people who used to download comet cursors and such... I deactive such things
I know everyone has to sell computers to "ordinary" folk, but does it have to be through candy floss interfaces?
Telecos and Cable companies love the negative option approach (you're in unless you tell us you're not) and bury it in fine print. It will be interesting to see how they word future agreements and how they bury the provisos.
MS need not fold it's tent, they hold a market share that almost any company in any other industry would kill for... and while the ad may be crappy, so what? They really don't even need to advertise, people know who they are anyway and will likely keep buying MS for the forseable future. Like them or not, their brand recognition is huge.
Things, not just MS, have been getting more porcine as computer capacity has increased. This is just a continuation. All that happens is more things are patched onto old programs, they get relabeled as "new", and they use more memory, hard drive space and cpu power. I doubt it will get better, it would seem that all developers do is look at the increased capacity and speed of machines as lebenstraum. There certainly doesn't seem to be any impetus to make more compact, efficient programs
A gaming computer for $1000 will like give you 90 per cent of the real world effectiveness of a computer that costs 10X as much... and you still will not likely be able to crank the AA and AF on Crysis on the 10K machine...
No wonder consoles are the king of gaming for most. A top end video card costs more than some consoles.
Not likely many, this is a totally different situation and world order. The US for example, had some moral credibility at the time. So I doubt any "russophiles are going to change their mind either". Haven't you even read thecomments posted under this topic? Sounds like most think the Russians has cause (at least to step in some).
As well, the USSR didn't really suffer from any of those effects you describe. They were annoyances, but not a big deal to them. What ended up killing the USSR in the end was rot from within. You can't keep a country going forever when the national sport is alcoholism.
I doubt this will really matter in the end. Especially long term. The Russians will likely leave by the end of the week as soon as the Georgian military is dismantled. In the end, Georgia started this, and really, what effect did the crushing of the Prague spring, the Hungarian uprising of 56 etc really have on relations between the west and Russia?
And as others have pointed out, the Georgians started it with an area of effect attack on a city populated by ethnic Russians. If there is trouble with the ISS, it will be for other reasons.
If there is one thing the rush for people to embarrass themselves on TV reality and shock talk shows us is that people are more likely to do and admit to stupid things if they believe it will bring them fame or notoriety. It's about ego and low self esteem. Both of which appear to be in quite high supply at this time.
the disparities have fueled a growth in open source software and their alternatives. And, as a result, some very good alternatives have come out of Europe. Enough that some companies like MS have set up lobbying efforts there to try to stop governments and businesses from adopting the alternatives (why would they cut the price, it's not their "way").
this is just another attempt to "civilize" the net and it won't be the last. Will it work, probably not, but in the end that's not the point. DRM, the RIAA etc are just the Pinkerton's of the 21st century. Nobody liked them either. This is wrapped up in the cloak of stomping out child porn so it will be implemented without too much opposition.
What we know as the "net" won't exist in 10 years, maybe less. Will "hobbyists" lurk in the background, sure, but the vast majority of people using the net will have zero idea of what is under the hood in what they are running in any way shape or form. This is another step in mainstreaming it for them.
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Apple has a history of allowing development by third parties for a time, and then ordering a "cease and desist" leading to a loss of the development costs and killing any future profit. I suspect Jobs fears someone actually doing apple better than apple. Just a guess on my part, but it would no doubt erode his business model. As I remember he killed the upgradable Umax clones etc This is only a driver, but...
If thse attacks are successful, they will replace the old practice of dropping leaflets on enemy soldiers... Now when the modern soldier opens his e-mail, he will be greeted with "Feeling ashamed of your small willy, we can help" etc etc
I hope by your response that someone you know has not done themselves injury through following an unsound diet. To give the example of veganism when studies of the North American diet shows you don't have to be a vegan to be undernourished or self-damaging is a red flag. Many people all over the world eat a vegan diet without hurting themselves. It is not my way, but I recognize education and common sense go a long way to ensuring a healthy lifestyle.
That said, everyone has delusions, most are minor, safe and act as a coping mechanism when we feel powerless. Only when a delusion overpowers other aspects of good judgment does it become a problem. At that point, they become disorders and enter an entirely different category.
All I was getting at in regards to delusions are that a) we all have them and b) we all like them. They do serve a purpose, even if they only buy time until you come up with a response to something particularly odious.
I sincerely hope someone you know has not done themselves harm
They are so much easier to deal with than real-life problems. The delusional one sets the context, and whoever controls the context has the control. And delusional people don't give up their delusions easily. As the old song said, "no wise man has the power, to reason away, what a fool believes"
And the internet lets them set up a community of people to support their delusions so their delusion gets reinforcement
would make a great doctor, as anyone who has seen Rome would attest. And it would be great to have a doctor who wasn't as physical deficient as many of doctors
A few Airbus flights have had automatic rapid changes in altitude over the years causing all kinds of panic... things like this http://ago.mobile.globeandmail.com/generated/archive/RTGAM/html/20080111/wEmergency11.html It's not the mouse, it's the computer system
Frankly they can patent and have it... I find the docks, task bars, gagdets etc so much desktop clutter that is more annoying than anything else. Largely I find such things appeal to the same people who used to download comet cursors and such... I deactive such things I know everyone has to sell computers to "ordinary" folk, but does it have to be through candy floss interfaces?
Telecos and Cable companies love the negative option approach (you're in unless you tell us you're not) and bury it in fine print. It will be interesting to see how they word future agreements and how they bury the provisos.
You can't say that here!! Go lie down! Bad dog, no biscuit!
won't be able to run crysis
where were these guys two elections ago? The horses have long left the barn. The hacks in place now are likely protected by the DMCA.
MS need not fold it's tent, they hold a market share that almost any company in any other industry would kill for... and while the ad may be crappy, so what? They really don't even need to advertise, people know who they are anyway and will likely keep buying MS for the forseable future. Like them or not, their brand recognition is huge.
Things, not just MS, have been getting more porcine as computer capacity has increased. This is just a continuation. All that happens is more things are patched onto old programs, they get relabeled as "new", and they use more memory, hard drive space and cpu power. I doubt it will get better, it would seem that all developers do is look at the increased capacity and speed of machines as lebenstraum. There certainly doesn't seem to be any impetus to make more compact, efficient programs
A gaming computer for $1000 will like give you 90 per cent of the real world effectiveness of a computer that costs 10X as much... and you still will not likely be able to crank the AA and AF on Crysis on the 10K machine... No wonder consoles are the king of gaming for most. A top end video card costs more than some consoles.
Not likely many, this is a totally different situation and world order. The US for example, had some moral credibility at the time. So I doubt any "russophiles are going to change their mind either". Haven't you even read thecomments posted under this topic? Sounds like most think the Russians has cause (at least to step in some).
As well, the USSR didn't really suffer from any of those effects you describe. They were annoyances, but not a big deal to them. What ended up killing the USSR in the end was rot from within. You can't keep a country going forever when the national sport is alcoholism.
I doubt this will really matter in the end. Especially long term. The Russians will likely leave by the end of the week as soon as the Georgian military is dismantled. In the end, Georgia started this, and really, what effect did the crushing of the Prague spring, the Hungarian uprising of 56 etc really have on relations between the west and Russia?
And as others have pointed out, the Georgians started it with an area of effect attack on a city populated by ethnic Russians. If there is trouble with the ISS, it will be for other reasons.
if our hobbies can be classified as trade secrets...
Actually, Russia's economy has been growing steadily over the last few years http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/RUSSIANFEDERATIONEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20888536~menuPK:2445695~pagePK:1497618~piPK:217854~theSitePK:305600,00.html and they still have quite a lot of oil and NG, not to mention a storehouse of minerals in Siberia. The country has just begun to modernize and I suspect in 15 years, they could easily be an economic powerhouse (depending of course on stable government). 15 years is not a long time, chances are any drilling at the pole and its environs is going to be long term for anybody.
If there is one thing the rush for people to embarrass themselves on TV reality and shock talk shows us is that people are more likely to do and admit to stupid things if they believe it will bring them fame or notoriety. It's about ego and low self esteem. Both of which appear to be in quite high supply at this time.
the disparities have fueled a growth in open source software and their alternatives. And, as a result, some very good alternatives have come out of Europe. Enough that some companies like MS have set up lobbying efforts there to try to stop governments and businesses from adopting the alternatives (why would they cut the price, it's not their "way").
one sex has been shown to have a predilection for something doesn't mean you as an individual will, or that you can't buck the odds and shouldn't try.
Just the fat guy who's belly makes his t-shirt inadvertantly look like a crop-top
And they are out there right now...
Mowing my lawn and trimming my hedge
Here's hoping you have better luck than we did.
Sincerely,
American ISPs
this is just another attempt to "civilize" the net and it won't be the last. Will it work, probably not, but in the end that's not the point. DRM, the RIAA etc are just the Pinkerton's of the 21st century. Nobody liked them either. This is wrapped up in the cloak of stomping out child porn so it will be implemented without too much opposition. What we know as the "net" won't exist in 10 years, maybe less. Will "hobbyists" lurk in the background, sure, but the vast majority of people using the net will have zero idea of what is under the hood in what they are running in any way shape or form. This is another step in mainstreaming it for them.