I think his point was that under Linux the tools exist to discover the source of the problem. When things break in Windows you're more or less stuck sitting there whining at the screen, completely powerless to do anything about it.
Are you high? I have a flash drive full of network diagnostic tools and utilities that enable me to troubleshoot or establish network connections simply and painlessly. Many of them are in fact FOSS but many are proprietary as well. It's all about what just works for the purpose. For most people, the added time and difficulty with dealing with a FOSS platform simply are greater than the added costs of licensing software with better design, greater documentation and ease of use, and professional support.
The fact is that Windows systems can and do run as stable, efficient, and versatile systems for millions of people which is why, despite whatever deficiencies you have encountered either with the platform or your own abilities to master it, they will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I hold no particular loyalty to Microsoft and if a more effective alternative were to arise, I would embrace it but I'm sorry to inform you that that day will be yet to come for while still.
Yeah, the wheelchair can read minds, but can it flash a light to indicate "yes" or "no"?
I know you were going for funny but for many patients I would imagine something similar (with a less ridiculous methodology perhaps) to be a useful feature that could probably be easily implemented through this technology.
I wanted them to remove it so I could use it on any device I wanted to listen to it on. They did that; now I can, as far as I'm concerned, we're all good now.
While I agree with you that removing the DRM is a good thing and inserting this information in the file is perfectly reasonable, as long as the music is in a proprietary format it can't be migrated easily. can the files be read by other applications?
Fair enough. I can answer both but I will save that honor for somebody else. The one other thing I am glad to catch before anybody else however is my use of the word non-heterogeneous when I should have said non-homogeneous.
I think that was kind of his point. How can a non US citizen validly express such an opinion of our (outdated) electoral process?
And for all of you Brits who insist that we don't speak proper English on this side of the pond, get over yourselves. Our English is every bit as proper as yours, it is just not British. After a couple of hundred years, languages change and develop and non-heterogeneous populations usage will diverge.
Next thing you'll be telling me is that it's wrong for cops to pay a visit to those retards who post pictures of themselves on facebook, posing beside a pound bag of weed
It's wrong for cops to pay a visit to those retards who post pictures of themselves on facebook, posing beside a pound bag of weed. This isn't because they are not retards violating a law in a public way. The question is why the hell are the police wasting valuable public resources pouring over facebook to find idiots who are merely violating a pointless and ill-conceived law. Unless there is an active investigation of a crime that involves actual victims, I believe law enforcement has no business in researching the lives of ordinary citizens.
Interestingly, the name for intelligence derived from analyzijng public information (rather than spying) is "open sources".
Note the trailing "s".
Not sure what you're trying to imply. Open Source intelligence predates open source software by probably 30 years.
I think what he was saying is that to qualify as "intelligence", that it has to be widely reported from many perspectives if it is coming from the public domain.
I'd rather keep ourselves confined to Earth for all of eternity than give antimatter to any military force.
The simple fact is that if such a technology were ever developed, it will be a government/military force that controls it, at least initially. Any advance of that magnitude would become classified immediately upon development by any responsible government (or even the irresponsible ones for that matter, but probably for entirely different reasons).
Think about it. The established order whatever that may be, even an enlightened democratic system, has an interest in regulating such power. If it were held by any other party, it would be fundamentally dangerous to humanity as a whole.
...stating their main goal is to innovate on top of Vista.
Could we please stop referring to programming as "innovating"? Not every single piece of code anyone writes is a breakthrough.
What is worse is that none of it is "innovation". Do manufacturers really believe that their redundant interfaces are actually helpful in any way. The perfect example is wireless network card utilities. I have yet to find one that is not more counter intuitive and less stable than the basic windows application. Most of the time it is simply better to wipe the system from the start and only load the raw OS & drivers.
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Are you high? I have a flash drive full of network diagnostic tools and utilities that enable me to troubleshoot or establish network connections simply and painlessly. Many of them are in fact FOSS but many are proprietary as well. It's all about what just works for the purpose. For most people, the added time and difficulty with dealing with a FOSS platform simply are greater than the added costs of licensing software with better design, greater documentation and ease of use, and professional support.
The fact is that Windows systems can and do run as stable, efficient, and versatile systems for millions of people which is why, despite whatever deficiencies you have encountered either with the platform or your own abilities to master it, they will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I hold no particular loyalty to Microsoft and if a more effective alternative were to arise, I would embrace it but I'm sorry to inform you that that day will be yet to come for while still.
If he's pleased than maybe he is not so bitter and that could be what's bugging him.
I did you one better; I laughed out loud.
I know you were going for funny but for many patients I would imagine something similar (with a less ridiculous methodology perhaps) to be a useful feature that could probably be easily implemented through this technology.
There was a movement at my high school to have the lunch lady replaced by Pamela Anderson. I think we were being more realistic
...and all but one would end with 1 as well.
RDC performs much better, is built in to the OS, and is very simple to set up.
I think he should just learn to stop checking his laptops.
You don't install anything on it. He is referring to a managed environment on a secured network.
Yes, we can see what a fine and respectful person corporal discipline has made of you. Oh, wait...
mmmm... bacon.
Fair enough so long as there is no additional lossiness in the conversion.
While I agree with you that removing the DRM is a good thing and inserting this information in the file is perfectly reasonable, as long as the music is in a proprietary format it can't be migrated easily. can the files be read by other applications?
This is too true to be funny.
Is there some plan to keep Bush in office that I am not aware of?
I was more referring to the secessionist statement.
Fair enough. I can answer both but I will save that honor for somebody else. The one other thing I am glad to catch before anybody else however is my use of the word non-heterogeneous when I should have said non-homogeneous.
Additionally, should a Florida elector violate that law, their (unlawful) ballot would still be valid.
and before the grammar nazis attack, I see the missing apostrophe.
I think that was kind of his point. How can a non US citizen validly express such an opinion of our (outdated) electoral process?
And for all of you Brits who insist that we don't speak proper English on this side of the pond, get over yourselves. Our English is every bit as proper as yours, it is just not British. After a couple of hundred years, languages change and develop and non-heterogeneous populations usage will diverge.
I have mod points but I didn't know how to mod your post. I wish I could find +1 Troll.
It's wrong for cops to pay a visit to those retards who post pictures of themselves on facebook, posing beside a pound bag of weed. This isn't because they are not retards violating a law in a public way. The question is why the hell are the police wasting valuable public resources pouring over facebook to find idiots who are merely violating a pointless and ill-conceived law. Unless there is an active investigation of a crime that involves actual victims, I believe law enforcement has no business in researching the lives of ordinary citizens.
I think what he was saying is that to qualify as "intelligence", that it has to be widely reported from many perspectives if it is coming from the public domain.
The simple fact is that if such a technology were ever developed, it will be a government/military force that controls it, at least initially. Any advance of that magnitude would become classified immediately upon development by any responsible government (or even the irresponsible ones for that matter, but probably for entirely different reasons).
Think about it. The established order whatever that may be, even an enlightened democratic system, has an interest in regulating such power. If it were held by any other party, it would be fundamentally dangerous to humanity as a whole.
What is worse is that none of it is "innovation". Do manufacturers really believe that their redundant interfaces are actually helpful in any way. The perfect example is wireless network card utilities. I have yet to find one that is not more counter intuitive and less stable than the basic windows application. Most of the time it is simply better to wipe the system from the start and only load the raw OS & drivers.