I recently loaded Firefox on a PII 400 Celery, with 32 RAM, runs cute as a button on the 98SE on the system... don't see why it wouldn't go into a 233/32 ?
isn't there an open source calendar in the works - primitive but functioning? and if this continues to improve would this not be a viable alternative ? why do we need google or anycorp to do this for us?
it won't be long before they know more about you than YOU care to remember, (or want anyone to remember) by providing you with "indispensible" tools... including your likes/dislikes, favourite foods, allergies, reading materials, associates, organizations, favourite haunts, fetishes/kinks, what you buy and from where, and change the advertisers they LET you see, medicals / dentals, families, criminal or shady background?, pass a security clearance ? day to day activities, driving and accident histories, insurances, hobbies, credit and financials, etc...
Stop and think about these things for a moment...
how much of this do they not already have and are surreptitiously using to manipulate what you see and do, how long before it becomes 1984 but with the corporations in control ? Is this brave new world better because you can trust corporations more than the chinese government with your inner most secrets ?
or am I starting to be very very afraid of these out of control corporations finding innovative ways to take/steal/aggregate information from citizens / about citizens and use it / sell it for their own nefarious purposes ?
I am increasingly afraid for modern civilization when our very day to day actions and activities are freely available to MOST corporations and ALL governments to do as they please in secret, particularly profile us and surreptitiously surveil us and our acquaintances. They may even build highly suspicious cases against us using the flimsiest circumstantial items, but they ARE masters at that... are you smart/rich/strong/connected enough to get yourself
out of that?
incidentally, my professional background is in high end corporate security, so I KNOW what kinds of info are available and what can be done with it, particularly how it can be abused, as I spent much time thinking of how that could be done, and implementing safeguards to keep ALL non-essential info out of everyone's hands... but only in my small slice of reality, and now that I am no longer in such a position to prevent abuse ???
by any other name is still spyware. In any other aspect of the modern business world, this model of misrepresenting itself, or completely concealing itself, or damaging your equipment, stealing your data, or capturing your information would be prosecuted as the fraud and theft and vandalism that it IS.
gamers and gaming companies have been a massive driving force in the use of any such new technology... I expect that gaming outfits are already salivating over the possibility of next years vpu's and dual core cpu's... but remember there is a delay gap on the uptake of the new tech by the commoners ( for want of a better term ), so it will be a fine line for the companiers to invest time and resources into programming for a new boxen, if the vast majority are going to be on their vanilla boxen through 2007...
actually, from what you say, any anonymous coward may simply file a complaint against anything anywhere to generate a free for all police state style fishing expedition - now that's SCARY...
In most western countries the age of consent is 14... think about that, as the previous poster pointed out... this is an arbitrary and fluid measure, depending upon the times and the specific culture... at least now we are in a modern world with fantastic communications and cross-cultural learning and understanding...
Mayhap, we may someday soon come to a common mutual agreement as to what ( legally ) as opposed to
( morally ) constitutes - wrong ?
and I can slow down if my boss is working me too hard... time for my early mid-morning nap... followed by my mid-morning nap, and I can't wait until my late mid-morning nap time...
it's also a function of the duopoly with M$ to thrash our systems... a properly functional OS wouldn't abuse a systems resources thusly, and would actually be capable of taking a load that you the user throw at it, instead of buckling and demanding your 30 pieces of silver to upgrade to the latest CPU/OS combo...
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I recently loaded Firefox on a PII 400 Celery, with 32 RAM, runs cute as a button on the 98SE on the system ... don't see why it wouldn't go into a 233/32 ?
Yes, IE is a complete con ...
no signs of INTELLIGENT life on earth ... got something against paramecia, Bub ? ;)
Area-51 Keep Out Last Gas for next 3000 lightyears
I use metacrawler - search the search engines - including, but better than google ...
isn't there an open source calendar in the works - primitive but functioning? and if this continues to improve would this not be a viable alternative ? why do we need google or anycorp to do this for us?
it won't be long before they know more about you than YOU care to remember, (or want anyone to remember) by providing you with "indispensible" tools ... including your likes/dislikes, favourite foods, allergies, reading materials, associates, organizations, favourite haunts, fetishes/kinks, what you buy and from where, and change the advertisers they LET you see, medicals / dentals, families, criminal or shady background?, pass a security clearance ? day to day activities, driving and accident histories, insurances, hobbies, credit and financials, etc...
Stop and think about these things for a moment ...
how much of this do they not already have and are surreptitiously using to manipulate what you see and do, how long before it becomes 1984 but with the corporations in control ? Is this brave new world better because you can trust corporations more than the chinese government with your inner most secrets ?
or am I starting to be very very afraid of these out of control corporations finding innovative ways to take/steal/aggregate information from citizens / about citizens and use it / sell it for their own nefarious purposes ? I am increasingly afraid for modern civilization when our very day to day actions and activities are freely available to MOST corporations and ALL governments to do as they please in secret, particularly profile us and surreptitiously surveil us and our acquaintances. They may even build highly suspicious cases against us using the flimsiest circumstantial items, but they ARE masters at that ... are you smart/rich/strong/connected enough to get yourself
out of that?
incidentally, my professional background is in high end corporate security, so I KNOW what kinds of info are available and what can be done with it, particularly how it can be abused, as I spent much time thinking of how that could be done, and implementing safeguards to keep ALL non-essential info out of everyone's hands ... but only in my small slice of reality, and now that I am no longer in such a position to prevent abuse ???
There is no sig line - only XUL
by any other name is still spyware. In any other aspect of the modern business world, this model of misrepresenting itself, or completely concealing itself, or damaging your equipment, stealing your data, or capturing your information would be prosecuted as the fraud and theft and vandalism that it IS.
so Linus is actually a common man ... not a mere god ...
gamers and gaming companies have been a massive driving force in the use of any such new technology ... I expect that gaming outfits are already salivating over the possibility of next years vpu's and dual core cpu's ... but remember there is a delay gap on the uptake of the new tech by the commoners ( for want of a better term ), so it will be a fine line for the companiers to invest time and resources into programming for a new boxen, if the vast majority are going to be on their vanilla boxen through 2007 ...
Thanx for the gmail !!!!!! Cheers Richard
life on Mars would be THE greatest discovery of all frickin' time !
but why do they ned so much of my personally identifiable information ?
is that not the old saying ? how totally appropriate that he actually ends up at the top - Homeland Security for you, our southern neighbours ...
thick - like about as thick as a typical north american gas pump hose/nozzle combo ?
that's easy to avoid having to do - don't go looking for child pornography.
unless they are infringing on your rights, they can not become aware of specific content ... therefore they must originally violate your rights ...
well, it is impossible for them to find out if they are NOT infringing my right to complete, total, and absolute privacy ...
actually, from what you say, any anonymous coward may simply file a complaint against anything anywhere to generate a free for all police state style fishing expedition - now that's SCARY ...
In most western countries the age of consent is 14 ... think about that, as the previous poster pointed out ... this is an arbitrary and fluid measure, depending upon the times and the specific culture ... at least now we are in a modern world with fantastic communications and cross-cultural learning and understanding ...
Mayhap, we may someday soon come to a common mutual agreement as to what ( legally ) as opposed to
( morally ) constitutes - wrong ?
diet pepsi tastes better
and I can slow down if my boss is working me too hard ... time for my early mid-morning nap ... followed by my mid-morning nap, and I can't wait until my late mid-morning nap time...
it's also a function of the duopoly with M$ to thrash our systems ... a properly functional OS wouldn't abuse a systems resources thusly, and would actually be capable of taking a load that you the user throw at it, instead of buckling and demanding your 30 pieces of silver to upgrade to the latest CPU/OS combo ...