Basically, if this takes off, we'll all hear about it in the Cancer world. The problem with cancer drugs is that they kill just about every type of cell, not just damaged ones. So trying to get them to just target those damaged, cancerous cells is more than just a little challenge.
Another way of looking at it is that every drug has side effects, and they usually result from the drug acting in places where we did not intend. Imagine cutting out most of these side effects. The state of medicine today will be revolutionised.
I just hope they don't try to tell us exactly how to protect our wireless points. I have several slow laptops on my network, and really don't want each of them to have to encrypt and decrypt everything, and so I work by mac address filtering. No matter how I protect my network, if someone really wants to break in, they'll do it. All I can be sure of is stopping any neighbours or passers by from logging on easily.
I think the point is that it is growing, and the exciting thing is that, if these projects are supported, and shown to be a Good Thing, you might just find one popping up to you fairly soon, and you might just be really happy when it does.
Anyone saying that something is communist siply because it does not offer any financial gain is off their rocker! One of the good points about communism is that everyone got the same, and services were provided (in theory anyway!). The big problem was in the implementation and with government taking away civil liberties, and any shred of human rights whatsoever. Oh, and also they wanted to bomb anyone who didn't agree with them, and convert them to their ways.
If someone finally decides to do something for the good of others, without expecting a profit or anything else in return, then embrace it. It wont happen often, but when it does, help in flourish. You might just find yourself in a situation one day where the one and only supplier of what you want doesn't do it the way you want. Wouldn't it be nice to have lots of small groups all supplying different things so you have a choice?
I'm sorry, I just can't agree with that. It seems the american government only wants to spend money on the Military. It's wrong. I'm sorry if I annoy anyone with what I'm saying here, but if more money was spent on public services, then more lives would have been saved in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
By increasing all sorts of public services at home, it enables a more security consious society automatically. People will be happier because they will see the government actually helping them for once as well. The most important factor in a free and happy country is to have free and happy citizens. Why should the only place we can get internet from be huge isp's, usually with poor service and huge restrictions on usage. We should be able to provide for ourselves services that suit our needs. This is a great step forward.
Anyway, how much do you think that military spending has helped the issue of terrorism. It doesn't do a darned thing on home soil, and it's easy to argue that foreign invasions only increases the hatred of America.
No, I mean by simple something that covers up all the gubbins inside a Linux distribution, and automates a lot of teh complicated tasks. I know their are a lot of people who would _hate_ this, and want everything left as is. My point is that there will always be distros that are fully tweakable, but what is the problem with making one you can't tweak much, is set up for all eventualities, and required very little user input to set up and maintain.
That is all well and good, and I am sure, no matter what happens, there will always be plenty of people out there who do not want to dumn anything down.
The problem people have is that there is resistance to creating a 'simple' linux based distro. Why not, have a whole new arm of linux based on a completely different setup. I am sure, with plenty of people with your attitude around, that the core linux development will continue.
I agree with some of what you are saying, but disagree whole-heartedly with others. Whenever I talk to people who have no idea about linux, I tend to get a lot of interest from the fact you can _choose_ what program you want to use. They like the idea that if one program doesn't suit you, you can choose from a whole host of others. One good example is word processors: OOo and KOffice are designed to appeal to different people. KMail and Evolution suit different people in different ways(in fact I use both depending on what I am doing). I personally love that choice, and new users seem excited by it.
I also think the same of distributions. Gentoo is not meant for newbies. Try Linspire or Ubuntu. What perhaps we need is easier to access information for those wanting to start linux on what distribution is for them. I hate it when people say "They're all different, you'll just have to try them all!!" That's ridiculous for new users. Someone stick their neck out and say, bold and clear, try this one!
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Basically, if this takes off, we'll all hear about it in the Cancer world. The problem with cancer drugs is that they kill just about every type of cell, not just damaged ones. So trying to get them to just target those damaged, cancerous cells is more than just a little challenge.
Another way of looking at it is that every drug has side effects, and they usually result from the drug acting in places where we did not intend. Imagine cutting out most of these side effects. The state of medicine today will be revolutionised.
Good luck to them!
Well, what next....
I just hope they don't try to tell us exactly how to protect our wireless points. I have several slow laptops on my network, and really don't want each of them to have to encrypt and decrypt everything, and so I work by mac address filtering. No matter how I protect my network, if someone really wants to break in, they'll do it. All I can be sure of is stopping any neighbours or passers by from logging on easily.
I think the point is that it is growing, and the exciting thing is that, if these projects are supported, and shown to be a Good Thing, you might just find one popping up to you fairly soon, and you might just be really happy when it does.
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Anyone saying that something is communist siply because it does not offer any financial gain is off their rocker! One of the good points about communism is that everyone got the same, and services were provided (in theory anyway!). The big problem was in the implementation and with government taking away civil liberties, and any shred of human rights whatsoever. Oh, and also they wanted to bomb anyone who didn't agree with them, and convert them to their ways.
If someone finally decides to do something for the good of others, without expecting a profit or anything else in return, then embrace it. It wont happen often, but when it does, help in flourish. You might just find yourself in a situation one day where the one and only supplier of what you want doesn't do it the way you want. Wouldn't it be nice to have lots of small groups all supplying different things so you have a choice?
I'm sorry, I just can't agree with that. It seems the american government only wants to spend money on the Military. It's wrong. I'm sorry if I annoy anyone with what I'm saying here, but if more money was spent on public services, then more lives would have been saved in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. By increasing all sorts of public services at home, it enables a more security consious society automatically. People will be happier because they will see the government actually helping them for once as well. The most important factor in a free and happy country is to have free and happy citizens. Why should the only place we can get internet from be huge isp's, usually with poor service and huge restrictions on usage. We should be able to provide for ourselves services that suit our needs. This is a great step forward. Anyway, how much do you think that military spending has helped the issue of terrorism. It doesn't do a darned thing on home soil, and it's easy to argue that foreign invasions only increases the hatred of America.
No, I mean by simple something that covers up all the gubbins inside a Linux distribution, and automates a lot of teh complicated tasks. I know their are a lot of people who would _hate_ this, and want everything left as is. My point is that there will always be distros that are fully tweakable, but what is the problem with making one you can't tweak much, is set up for all eventualities, and required very little user input to set up and maintain.
That is all well and good, and I am sure, no matter what happens, there will always be plenty of people out there who do not want to dumn anything down. The problem people have is that there is resistance to creating a 'simple' linux based distro. Why not, have a whole new arm of linux based on a completely different setup. I am sure, with plenty of people with your attitude around, that the core linux development will continue.
I agree with some of what you are saying, but disagree whole-heartedly with others. Whenever I talk to people who have no idea about linux, I tend to get a lot of interest from the fact you can _choose_ what program you want to use. They like the idea that if one program doesn't suit you, you can choose from a whole host of others. One good example is word processors: OOo and KOffice are designed to appeal to different people. KMail and Evolution suit different people in different ways(in fact I use both depending on what I am doing). I personally love that choice, and new users seem excited by it. I also think the same of distributions. Gentoo is not meant for newbies. Try Linspire or Ubuntu. What perhaps we need is easier to access information for those wanting to start linux on what distribution is for them. I hate it when people say "They're all different, you'll just have to try them all!!" That's ridiculous for new users. Someone stick their neck out and say, bold and clear, try this one!
From what I can see, Libraries make a fair bit of income from fees for overdue books. This helps to pay for new books, repairs, etc.
Also books in electronic format tend to cost more than the paperback alternatives for the amount of lending licenses necessary.
So who is going to pay for this? Is there going to be a charge for loaning the books?