The main reason being that people in general are stupid
Exactly right. Here in British Columbia, Canada, we recently had a referendum on changes to our consumption tax. Every economics expert under the sun, from all political spectrums, argued that the new tax was better for the economy. Yet the referendum was defeated as the electorate flocked to a charismatic ex-politician who opposed it for grandstanding reasons - Others voted no because they were angry at a different (ex) politician who brought in the new tax. Complex issues need to be decided by experts.
Blah blah blah. I'm writing this post on a Gateway desktop running XP. I've had it for 7 years and it's never bluescreened once. I switch it on and it just works. I've upgraded the RAM and that's it.
who uses it anymore? anybody with a lick of sense twitters, facebooks and buzzes their status & important messages to friends.
Are you still in Grade 11? Email is used extensively in the business world. I'm not going to 'twitter' a client or colleague asking them for an update on the latest price margin research.
She has got to be the hottest 37 year old actress I have ever seen.
I saw her in person on the street a few times here in Vancouver while she was filming BSG. She's even more stunning in person. I swear I nearly walked into a lamp post. Twice.
It's hard to understand how Iran or any other country with the same level of technology have trouble reverse-engineering and producing systems that were first built in the 60's.
Even in the 'rich' west the private sector has yet to put a lifeform into orbit and return it safely to earth - What hope does some tinpot nation have?
While this is all well and good, I'm surprised they can't get this data from the handsets themselves - Dropped calls / choppy calls / slow-loading pages, low-bandwidth connections - I'm surprised their own network monitoring systems can't provide this data without have to drive millions of miles.
So how has the RIAA managed to push their lawsuits forward for all these years?
First of all, the RIAA is civil not criminal. The police will need a criminal search warrant, and an IP isn't enough for that. Secondly, Vancouver, BC isn't in the USA.
Usenet as I knew it was a bulletin board system for worldwide discussion of all kinds of subjects under the sun, from politics to auto mechanics to cigars to, of course, Star Trek - For me it was never a place to download gigabytes of binaries of Fringe episodes. To me, SPAM killed usenet, not a binaries ban.
...that talks about the nearly bug-free code that ran on the Space Shuttle:
But how much work the software does is not what makes it remarkable. What makes it remarkable is how well the software works. This software never crashes. It never needs to be re-booted. This software is bug-free. It is perfect, as perfect as human beings have achieved.
you can pay for their vacation expenses, you can let them borrow your luxury car, you can spend the evening with them in a fancy restaurant, eating delicious meals and drinking expensive wines, and you pay their bill, etc
No, you can't.
Do you know any MPs or Cabinet Ministers? I've met several, from all parties. None of the above is permissable, and if an MP is involved in they are slapped down hard - If the press gets wind of it it's bad news all around.
Do you live in Canada, you Anonymous Coward? While there are certainly lobbyists here in Canada, their power is considerably less than their American counterparts. The lobby laws are stricter, and the very strict campaign finance laws in Canada mean the lobbyists are unable to wield the same degree of influence as they do in the USA as they have very little cash to throw around.
Because doing security the Israeli way is very expensive, and it's mostly done behind-the-scenes. Thousands of ten-dollar-an-hour TSA drones are much cheaper, and provide the appearance of security.
Phone lines difficult to break into? Where have you been?
Depends - At our office all the phones are IP phones with a fiber connection from the 'pbx' back to the telco. The only analog line is the one to the fax machine, and that's analog from the 'pbx' to the machine (about 40 feet).
...then wait for the error messages to arrive as one of the email gateways rejects it for size or content, or wait for the phone call from the end-user claiming 'they never got it' as it sits in their SPAM folder.
And if you do get a scanned attachment it's in an upside-down PDF.
socialize healthcare in the worlds largest economy, The United States. With no need for a competitive alternative market for healthcare, pharmacy spam will die overnight
Yes and no - Some PharmaSpam exists because of male unwillingness to go to the doctor - You may be embarassed to go to your doc and ask for a viagra prescription, but might be willing to buy it anonymously online.
...and besides which, poor sick KIDS aren't enough of a motivator for the USA to provide universal healthcare. What makes you think reduction of spam will be?
Day traders and speculators in the employ of major banks and trading houses unfortunately make the market
I work for a small-cap publicly-traded software company, with the share price around $4. Do the above cause the share price to go up and down marginally? (up a quarter, down fifty cents, up a quarter, then again etc.) Sure. However, our share price is primarily driven by company performance - Our revenue and OpEx - The share price metrics clearly point to this. "Day Traders" are not going to decimate our share price, nor are they going to drive it up into the stratosphere.
There will be some number of qualified people, the teachers who are now off one day a week
Did you RTFA? The teachers are still working the same number of hours per week, so they're likely not a pool of workers that can be drawn upon, as they'll need that day to do the work that they would have otherwise done "after school."
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The main reason being that people in general are stupid
Exactly right. Here in British Columbia, Canada, we recently had a referendum on changes to our consumption tax. Every economics expert under the sun, from all political spectrums, argued that the new tax was better for the economy. Yet the referendum was defeated as the electorate flocked to a charismatic ex-politician who opposed it for grandstanding reasons - Others voted no because they were angry at a different (ex) politician who brought in the new tax. Complex issues need to be decided by experts.
What's your point..
Our "point" is that this knee-jerk Microsoft / XP bashing is tired. XP is, by and large, a stable, reliable workhorse.
everyone knows "XP" stands for "Xtra Problems"
Blah blah blah. I'm writing this post on a Gateway desktop running XP. I've had it for 7 years and it's never bluescreened once. I switch it on and it just works. I've upgraded the RAM and that's it.
who uses it anymore? anybody with a lick of sense twitters, facebooks and buzzes their status & important messages to friends.
Are you still in Grade 11? Email is used extensively in the business world. I'm not going to 'twitter' a client or colleague asking them for an update on the latest price margin research.
She has got to be the hottest 37 year old actress I have ever seen.
I saw her in person on the street a few times here in Vancouver while she was filming BSG. She's even more stunning in person. I swear I nearly walked into a lamp post. Twice.
It's "News for nerds, stuff that matters" not "tech news."
It's hard to understand how Iran or any other country with the same level of technology have trouble reverse-engineering and producing systems that were first built in the 60's.
Even in the 'rich' west the private sector has yet to put a lifeform into orbit and return it safely to earth - What hope does some tinpot nation have?
Well, it's WiFi, so technically, tetherless tethering. Kind of like wireless cable.
While this is all well and good, I'm surprised they can't get this data from the handsets themselves - Dropped calls / choppy calls / slow-loading pages, low-bandwidth connections - I'm surprised their own network monitoring systems can't provide this data without have to drive millions of miles.
So how has the RIAA managed to push their lawsuits forward for all these years?
First of all, the RIAA is civil not criminal. The police will need a criminal search warrant, and an IP isn't enough for that. Secondly, Vancouver, BC isn't in the USA.
I promise to post pics of the guy if this get's[sic] pulled off successfully!"
Be VERY careful posting pics... If the pics you post aren't those of the thief, you could find yourself on the wrong end of a very nasty lawsuit.
Could this be the end of Usenet as we know it
Usenet as I knew it was a bulletin board system for worldwide discussion of all kinds of subjects under the sun, from politics to auto mechanics to cigars to, of course, Star Trek - For me it was never a place to download gigabytes of binaries of Fringe episodes. To me, SPAM killed usenet, not a binaries ban.
It's nigh impossible to create 100% bug free code.
No it's not, it's just very expensive.
...that talks about the nearly bug-free code that ran on the Space Shuttle:
There's a good article here...
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/06/writestuff.html
But how much work the software does is not what makes it remarkable. What makes it remarkable is how well the software works. This software never crashes. It never needs to be re-booted. This software is bug-free. It is perfect, as perfect as human beings have achieved.
you can pay for their vacation expenses, you can let them borrow your luxury car, you can spend the evening with them in a fancy restaurant, eating delicious meals and drinking expensive wines, and you pay their bill, etc
No, you can't.
Do you know any MPs or Cabinet Ministers? I've met several, from all parties. None of the above is permissable, and if an MP is involved in they are slapped down hard - If the press gets wind of it it's bad news all around.
The internet was better when engineers ran it, not politicians
Yes, you're right. It was much better when it was nothing but usenet chatter about Star Trek and ASCII-art versions of Playboy centerfolds.
Lobbyists do everything.
Do you live in Canada, you Anonymous Coward? While there are certainly lobbyists here in Canada, their power is considerably less than their American counterparts. The lobby laws are stricter, and the very strict campaign finance laws in Canada mean the lobbyists are unable to wield the same degree of influence as they do in the USA as they have very little cash to throw around.
Do you understand anything they're saying?
Oh, yes! Remember that I am fluent in over six million forms of communication.
What're you telling them?
Hello, I think... I could be mistaken. They're using a very primitive dialect, but I do believe they think I am some sort of god.
Well, why don't you use your divine influence and get us out of this?
I beg your pardon, General Solo, but that just wouldn't be proper.
"Proper?!"
It's against my programming to impersonate a deity.
Why is that?
Because doing security the Israeli way is very expensive, and it's mostly done behind-the-scenes. Thousands of ten-dollar-an-hour TSA drones are much cheaper, and provide the appearance of security.
Phone lines difficult to break into? Where have you been?
Depends - At our office all the phones are IP phones with a fiber connection from the 'pbx' back to the telco. The only analog line is the one to the fax machine, and that's analog from the 'pbx' to the machine (about 40 feet).
send, staple, file
...then wait for the error messages to arrive as one of the email gateways rejects it for size or content, or wait for the phone call from the end-user claiming 'they never got it' as it sits in their SPAM folder.
And if you do get a scanned attachment it's in an upside-down PDF.
Try harder NASA, this is crucial, we need to dismiss those confusions, more.. we need to annihilate any last shadow of a disbelief about the landing
Why? Just ignore those bozos and move on (or punch them in the face, Aldrin-style.)
otherwise it only makes things worse.
What 'things?' There's no requirement for NASA to spend tax dollars to placating morons.
socialize healthcare in the worlds largest economy, The United States. With no need for a competitive alternative market for healthcare, pharmacy spam will die overnight
Yes and no - Some PharmaSpam exists because of male unwillingness to go to the doctor - You may be embarassed to go to your doc and ask for a viagra prescription, but might be willing to buy it anonymously online.
...and besides which, poor sick KIDS aren't enough of a motivator for the USA to provide universal healthcare. What makes you think reduction of spam will be?
Day traders and speculators in the employ of major banks and trading houses unfortunately make the market
I work for a small-cap publicly-traded software company, with the share price around $4. Do the above cause the share price to go up and down marginally? (up a quarter, down fifty cents, up a quarter, then again etc.) Sure. However, our share price is primarily driven by company performance - Our revenue and OpEx - The share price metrics clearly point to this. "Day Traders" are not going to decimate our share price, nor are they going to drive it up into the stratosphere.
But realistically, he took the whole open platforms and devices to really bad direction with the closeness of iOS and maybe upcoming Macs.
Apple shareholders would beg to differ.
There will be some number of qualified people, the teachers who are now off one day a week
Did you RTFA? The teachers are still working the same number of hours per week, so they're likely not a pool of workers that can be drawn upon, as they'll need that day to do the work that they would have otherwise done "after school."