It's practically obvious that this is due to nothing other than the rise of Linux as a popular operating system. Since Linux is able to use memory and cpu power more efficiently then Windows, people spend less on cpu and memory. So there is less demand for researching larger memory chips and faster CPUs.
This is very fortunate because as Microsoft operating systems naturally bloat more and more, Linux tends to shrink. Eventually people will be forced to stop using Windows because the RAM and CPU costs needed just to run the OS will be prohibitive.
Obviously this will change people's behaviour a bit. While it will be harder to hide your secrets, I think that we'll be less likely to want them hidden. Why? Because everyone will have to become more accepting of other people who they can know so much about.
You won't have to make up excuses. Don't want to go to work? Instead of calling in sick, you would call and say "Hi, I really need to take a day off". Bosses will be used to these requests.
I think that when you're in public, you shouldn't expect any sort of privacy.
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The correct analogy would be looking at the
house, and seeing if there are doors and if
there are windows. A portscan is only a preliminary
surveillance to an attack, and only maps out the
possible points of entry. The analogy does differ,
however, with the fact that when you are portscanned,
you can know it is happening.
No, more like if you give your friend some of the food,
and they ask how you made it, you must provide the recipe.
Free software is for the good of the community, not the individual.
However, there is only one concern: price. If this
biodiesel became the norm, how would its price compare
to an equivalent amount of gasoline (in its norm)?
It's a revolutionary new thing which lets your "html" "include"
what it's "link"ing to. This lets you "distribute"
a "web page" with the "images" "embedded" in the "file" so that
others do not need to be "online" to "view" the complete "content".
I now expect to be in "Guinness Book of Records" for most "quotation marks".
modify the Linux code in small ways, distro the changes. But, make Linux load
up a separate module (not like a kernel module), which itself can be under any license, basically. Everybody
ends up with the source code for the module loader but not the module.
... is constrained art. Just like when you paint a painting you have to put it all
on the canvas, otherwise it isn't a painting anymore.
Same with interface design. The implementation of that interface is programming, though.
Should people really have some sort of right to not be offended?
For an example of offensive pictures, you can go to goatse.cx. If somebody
drew that picture on the side of a large building, and you had to walk by that picture every day,
do you have the right to complain?
This is pretty obvious. The old technologies have become such a part of our lives because they're old.
If telephones weren't invented until 1950 I don't think they would be quite so integrated.
The only kind of game that can stand up to bots are
games where a user can see all information that the program is storing.
In other words, if users are supposed to have something hidden from them (map, for example),
there must be a server which only gives out appropriate information. This of course involves the players having to trust the server.
If there is no obscurity needed, you can have a completely client-to-client game.
However, eventually computer AIs will surpass human gaming ability, and you won't
be able to automatically trust anyone. As it is, an AI in a non-strategic game, where aim or reflexes or such things are a factor, can easily kick human butt.
And by the way, hiding source code just makes it a little bit harder to cheat.
It's amazing how silly people are in thinking that sharing software is piracy.
The term "piracy" turns it into a loaded phrase. It doesn't mean "copying software", it means
"taking away software". However, this is a retarded idea. When you copy information, it is not
moved, it is duplicated. Nobody is stealing anything, nobody is losing anything. The "we paid for it" argument doesn't work very well, either. The company shouldn't be making money off restricting your rights. I personally think that
software companies are a bad idea altogether, but if they really have to exist they can make money off support.
Perhaps 30 years from now,
people will have more silly ideas, like "We should let the government handle all the weapons so we don't hurt ourselves."
BTW: anyone who moderates you down is an idiot. You have expressed your point of view very well.
Any hard-drives that don't conform to this standard
will be in high demand. Any hard-drive manufacturer who sticks to clean hard-drives will be making big $$$. But if the governments start to ban the manufacture
of good ol' simple hard-drives, I think there is a big problem. Perhaps
the software industry will also sue these hard-drive manufacturers for assisting in piracy. (On the other hand,
are gun-makers sued for assistance in murder? Then again, cigarette companies are sued because of their product.)
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This is very fortunate because as Microsoft operating systems naturally bloat more and more, Linux tends to shrink. Eventually people will be forced to stop using Windows because the RAM and CPU costs needed just to run the OS will be prohibitive.
You won't have to make up excuses. Don't want to go to work? Instead of calling in sick, you would call and say "Hi, I really need to take a day off". Bosses will be used to these requests.
I think that when you're in public, you shouldn't expect any sort of privacy.
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these... You could listen to like 10 different pages at once!
Nanoo nanoo
1. Captain Dylan Hunt of the starship Andromeda. Always fights in full body armor.
2. Janeway, unfortunately. >:-(
Oh, and mystery number 13: Why do ship computers add sound effects to explosions?
How is it a mystery when everybody knows this?
As such, there is a risk of discussions developing that involve people talking out of their
completely uninformed ass. Some of the most common symptoms of Quantum Ass-Talking Syndrome (QATS) involve the following topics:
If you feel the urge to discuss these topics, we advise that you immediately consult somebody who knows what the hell they're talking about. If further trouble develops, a dose of reality is recommended.
I think it's good that they're actually testing these things out. People make mistakes, they learn from them, and then progress in made.
The correct analogy would be looking at the house, and seeing if there are doors and if there are windows. A portscan is only a preliminary surveillance to an attack, and only maps out the possible points of entry. The analogy does differ, however, with the fact that when you are portscanned, you can know it is happening.
Shouldn't slashdot be making original material? This is copied straight out of kuro5hin. At least put a reference to K5 if you're gonna cutnpaste!
No, more like if you give your friend some of the food, and they ask how you made it, you must provide the recipe. Free software is for the good of the community, not the individual.
However, there is only one concern: price. If this biodiesel became the norm, how would its price compare to an equivalent amount of gasoline (in its norm)?
It's a revolutionary new thing which lets your "html" "include" what it's "link"ing to. This lets you "distribute" a "web page" with the "images" "embedded" in the "file" so that others do not need to be "online" to "view" the complete "content".
I now expect to be in "Guinness Book of Records" for most "quotation marks".
modify the Linux code in small ways, distro the changes. But, make Linux load up a separate module (not like a kernel module), which itself can be under any license, basically. Everybody ends up with the source code for the module loader but not the module.
... is constrained art. Just like when you paint a painting you have to put it all on the canvas, otherwise it isn't a painting anymore. Same with interface design. The implementation of that interface is programming, though.
Should people really have some sort of right to not be offended? For an example of offensive pictures, you can go to goatse.cx. If somebody drew that picture on the side of a large building, and you had to walk by that picture every day, do you have the right to complain?
This is pretty obvious. The old technologies have become such a part of our lives because they're old. If telephones weren't invented until 1950 I don't think they would be quite so integrated.
or, if you are running any recent word processor or Microsoft operating system, you will not be able to survive on a 486 or P2-233.
And I'm sure you know that it's easier to call someone an American rather than a United States of American. That doesn't even sound right. :)
If there is no obscurity needed, you can have a completely client-to-client game. However, eventually computer AIs will surpass human gaming ability, and you won't be able to automatically trust anyone. As it is, an AI in a non-strategic game, where aim or reflexes or such things are a factor, can easily kick human butt.
And by the way, hiding source code just makes it a little bit harder to cheat.
What!? Americans read this stuff? And I thought it was just us Canadians. :)
Perhaps 30 years from now, people will have more silly ideas, like "We should let the government handle all the weapons so we don't hurt ourselves."
BTW: anyone who moderates you down is an idiot. You have expressed your point of view very well.
Any hard-drives that don't conform to this standard will be in high demand. Any hard-drive manufacturer who sticks to clean hard-drives will be making big $$$. But if the governments start to ban the manufacture of good ol' simple hard-drives, I think there is a big problem. Perhaps the software industry will also sue these hard-drive manufacturers for assisting in piracy. (On the other hand, are gun-makers sued for assistance in murder? Then again, cigarette companies are sued because of their product.)
Then again, you never know what those crazy otakus will try to fit into for cosplay.