However, the idea of a universal binary is cool. We could do something like the old p-Code, where we compile to a virtual architecture, and then translate it to the machine during installation.
TL;DR : only use Tor if you know what the hell you are doing.
I think his point was that people who know what the hell they're doing DON'T use Tor. Tor is a solution for the rest of the users who don't get freenet, or don't care enough to wait on freenet. In those roles, I think it's pretty good.
Not to be outdone, the Bing team is hiring crackwhores to give blowjobs.
To be fair, Microsoft are doing a good thing here. Some of those crackwhores just got out of prison after cutting their husbands' nuts off, so they need a fresh start.
The problem is, for a home computer, you are your own sysadmin.
No, the problem is that home users who aren't sysadmins think they can be sysadmins. It's like selling cars to people who know nothing about engines, letting them "customise" the engine before driving it into the city, and complaining about how their spam (and other groceries) end up all over the park benches.
I posit that one of the most prized products of Capitalism and the free market is to reduce the cost for the end consumer and raise the quality of the products and services.
That's interesting. I posit that telling people they need stupid things that they don't need, and that are in fact useless, just so you can keep your company's incoming going, is neither reducing costs, not raising quality of service.
That's because there's a sexy woman dancing around his lap, trying to turn him on, and yet there's a big guy in the corner who'll kick his ass and throw him out if he looks like he's about to touch her.
Agreed. I particularly like the feature where you rename a folder, and it shows up as renamed, but on the filesystem, it's still called "New Folder". Gotta love the strict testing that Microsoft put in.
is the Amiga platform even relevant any more? The hardware and OS were revolutionary in 1989, but 20 years later, is it really something all that different?
Certainly not. I clicked a menu on my PC back in '94, and it responded this last Saturday. Now that PCs have finally caught up, I can forget the amiga and move on.
Thanks for pointing this out. It's good to know he's an interesting guy, and not so vehement on all topics. I suppose I should have put the pieces together and worked that out for myself, as I've seen that he's quite interested in some unusual things, and I myself am much more opinionated about IT than other things:)
If Japan's citizens did not want to be nuked, then they should have stopped their government from killing millions of Chinese, Filipinos, and other Asian neighbors. They started the killing; then they reaped what they had sowed.
WTF? Dude. The west developed advanced warfare techniques at least since roman times. They developed cannons for battle using gunpowder when the chinese used it for decorative fireworks displays. They developed ships of the line and all sorts of advanced naval fighting techniques that the Japanese barely had an interest in. They developed hostile, invasive religions that were often used politically to undermine other nations. They also developed an often underhanded crew, including drunks and other ne'erdowells who were literally kidnapped onto ships (look up the origin of the word Shanghaid), never wanting to be there, and who probably didn't behave with any kind of respect towards others by the time they got where they were going. Then, they took them all to Japan, a highly advanced (i.e., washed more than once a year) civilisation with an strong culture of obeisance to feudal lords and powerful shoguns, where the subtle and not so subtle expectations of respect permeated society at every level.
And you say that THEY reaped what they sowed? Wow.
There's a saying: "To understand another culture, you must first understand your own." You'd do well to consider it carefully before making statements like that in future.
I don't think you can link the vast majority of web apps with a campaign to undermine free software. Most of that is just an effort to scale better, and reach a wide audience more efficiently, with regular updates, and/or to build a community that does most of the work for the company. It's true that there are a lot of webapps trying to steal content from the users who contribute it, by not providing access to a raw data download.
Matter of opinion. For the most part, everything he's written has not only been insightful, but visionary and literally predictive of the future. The whole GNU/Linux thing is a little unrealistic I think, but still very true. If that's the worst people can come up with against him, he's doing pretty good.
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OK. In exactly which direction should I be pointing my telescope when things go "tits up"?
Kind of like Java then.
Really? If using Linux lead to an XML binary in my memory, I'd want it out of there ASAP. Perhaps you meant on your disk ;)
I think his point was that people who know what the hell they're doing DON'T use Tor. Tor is a solution for the rest of the users who don't get freenet, or don't care enough to wait on freenet. In those roles, I think it's pretty good.
ReactOS is still around, and progressing well enough. It's based on NT though, not 95, or at least, it is now.
To be fair, Microsoft are doing a good thing here. Some of those crackwhores just got out of prison after cutting their husbands' nuts off, so they need a fresh start.
Hahhah, no, certainly not like Internet Explorer has been doing.
No, the problem is that home users who aren't sysadmins think they can be sysadmins. It's like selling cars to people who know nothing about engines, letting them "customise" the engine before driving it into the city, and complaining about how their spam (and other groceries) end up all over the park benches.
That's interesting. I posit that telling people they need stupid things that they don't need, and that are in fact useless, just so you can keep your company's incoming going, is neither reducing costs, not raising quality of service.
That's because there's a sexy woman dancing around his lap, trying to turn him on, and yet there's a big guy in the corner who'll kick his ass and throw him out if he looks like he's about to touch her.
Agreed. I particularly like the feature where you rename a folder, and it shows up as renamed, but on the filesystem, it's still called "New Folder". Gotta love the strict testing that Microsoft put in.
Oh noes. You've disrespected me on the internets.
Given some of the download times I've seen, I'm pretty sure this has happened once or twice.
On the same screen at the same resolution with the same antialiasing settings and the same fonts and the same printer and the same paper.
This is why fonts, bold, and WYSIWYG should die in favour of styles, templates, and WYSIWYM.
I can tell you get out a lot.
In other news, Chile has experienced a dust storm recently.
There, fixed that for you ;)
Certainly not. I clicked a menu on my PC back in '94, and it responded this last Saturday. Now that PCs have finally caught up, I can forget the amiga and move on.
Looks like the IOC3 code may have a small, subtle issue hidden in there somewhere.
And in the diff, they all begin with -
There, fixed that for you.
Thanks for pointing this out. It's good to know he's an interesting guy, and not so vehement on all topics. I suppose I should have put the pieces together and worked that out for myself, as I've seen that he's quite interested in some unusual things, and I myself am much more opinionated about IT than other things :)
WTF? Dude. The west developed advanced warfare techniques at least since roman times. They developed cannons for battle using gunpowder when the chinese used it for decorative fireworks displays. They developed ships of the line and all sorts of advanced naval fighting techniques that the Japanese barely had an interest in. They developed hostile, invasive religions that were often used politically to undermine other nations. They also developed an often underhanded crew, including drunks and other ne'erdowells who were literally kidnapped onto ships (look up the origin of the word Shanghaid), never wanting to be there, and who probably didn't behave with any kind of respect towards others by the time they got where they were going. Then, they took them all to Japan, a highly advanced (i.e., washed more than once a year) civilisation with an strong culture of obeisance to feudal lords and powerful shoguns, where the subtle and not so subtle expectations of respect permeated society at every level.
And you say that THEY reaped what they sowed? Wow.
There's a saying: "To understand another culture, you must first understand your own." You'd do well to consider it carefully before making statements like that in future.
I don't think you can link the vast majority of web apps with a campaign to undermine free software. Most of that is just an effort to scale better, and reach a wide audience more efficiently, with regular updates, and/or to build a community that does most of the work for the company. It's true that there are a lot of webapps trying to steal content from the users who contribute it, by not providing access to a raw data download.
Matter of opinion. For the most part, everything he's written has not only been insightful, but visionary and literally predictive of the future. The whole GNU/Linux thing is a little unrealistic I think, but still very true. If that's the worst people can come up with against him, he's doing pretty good.