This is exactly what I'm talking about. The average user, sits down with a new program and learns it. They rarely change any of the settings and if they do it's only a couple.
So when you sit down with M$ Office and have to configure it for 15 mins so it's similar to what your OO experience is like.... well you get the picture when your M$ Office user sits down in front of OO.
My dad could pick it apart within minutes, and he doesn't normally care about software at all.
I've seen this problem several times. It's not that OO wouldn't do what he wants, it's that it doesn't do it by default. So since it looks a bit different and operates a little different it's going to be alien and people have a hard enough time with computers as it is. Unfortunatly the average user has difficulty learning how to use an application and once they have they don't want to migrate away from it unless they really need to. Why do you think so many software companies will give their software for free or close to free for schools? We geeks scoff at such things, but to a user it's a big deal.
In my experiments another effective electric "fuse" can also be made with steel wool. You just buy a couple of steel wool scrub pads and tear off a small corner. You just have to make sure that it's a small section (about 2-3mm or 1/8") works well. It takes a little more current than a model rocket igniter, but is far cheaper.
I completely agree.
I always thought we should build something like a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_driver at least that way you don't have to use any large amount of locally stored delivery craft energy...
Um, you already do. ANYONE who thinks that the losses from theft aren't passed onto the customer is living in a dream world.
Business 101 Boys and Girls here is the basic equation used to determin retail price:
X cost for goods + X cost for losses (theft, damage in transit, etc) * X percentage of profit = Retail price to you and me.
Well the issue here IS how extreme they are. What they are doing is akin to someone's house being broken into and the closest person that matches the description being brought into court to defend themselves. This is not how the system is meant to work.
The problem is not the fact that they are unjustly hunting down pirates... it's the fact that they are behaving more like a lynch mob on a witch hunt.
Police are trained, for good reason, to detain someone with the least force necessary. Anything beyond is police brutality. Part of being a police officer is being able to withstand taunting (and much worse) without losing your composure and being able to follow the official protocols for detaining someone.
I agree with this entirely... The problem is not in the theory, but with the real world application...
I would imagine that it varies per local. In the state of Indiana I know the parents are liable for their children (to what extent I'm not sure) as I was a bit of a trouble maker in my younger years. My parent's were told by the court that they couldn't leave the state until the fee's were paid and that they were responsible for paying them (not me).
One small problem with your idea.... The general public doesn't want to play a game that is overly difficult. They want something they can relax and unwind with at the end of a day. That and MMORPGs are meant to be rather social vs complex thought invoking game play.
Except that according to the butterfly effect, the small change you made could very well modify the numbers so they would become invalid.... IANA time traveler, but from what little bit I do know on the subject.
Dragon I think the key thing you seem to be overlooking is the ease of abuse for this system.
I'll give an example. Lets say they setup this camera system which looks for certain "behavior". Now in a conspiracy situation you could easily stage a situation where someone you would like to search or detain to be flagged as "suspicious" Now your police officers arrive on the spot shortly and interrogate the person. Or even worse police imposters appear to talk with the person and maybe even take them away.
Now I certainly know this is rather "tin foil hat" but the reality is that power always gets abused sooner or later. I think the key point that needs to be evaluated is do the gains of such a system outweigh the potential damage from abuse.
Just my 2 cents.
This is also part of the problem with general user's being clueless or misinformed. Here you have a very large rather respected (at least by sheeple) information source give incomplete / skewed information. Ah well...
Actually I think that Occam's razor would apply here. Sure in some repects it's easier to steal a person's wallet, but if you want to obtain a larger collection of card numbers RFID would be far easier. Not to mention safer... which would you rather do, try to pick someone's pocket or smiling at a cute blonde while your PDA looking device ravages her purse??
hey hey hey, now depending on what I've eaten for dinner I've had high temp gases venting just inches from the rest of my body.... now while I'm comfortable with it other people around me don't seem to be...
Sooo.... your trying to say that he has people in his military setting off experimental nuclear weapons without his consent? Somehow I doubt that, especially considering his "mercy" when it comes to punishment.
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Of course they love Apple. Without Apple, they would have a desktop monopoly.
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Which is exactly why Microsoft didn't let them go bankrupt about 10 years back...
http://news.com.com/MS+to+invest+150+million+in+A
This is exactly what I'm talking about. The average user, sits down with a new program and learns it. They rarely change any of the settings and if they do it's only a couple. So when you sit down with M$ Office and have to configure it for 15 mins so it's similar to what your OO experience is like.... well you get the picture when your M$ Office user sits down in front of OO.
My dad could pick it apart within minutes, and he doesn't normally care about software at all.
I've seen this problem several times. It's not that OO wouldn't do what he wants, it's that it doesn't do it by default. So since it looks a bit different and operates a little different it's going to be alien and people have a hard enough time with computers as it is. Unfortunatly the average user has difficulty learning how to use an application and once they have they don't want to migrate away from it unless they really need to. Why do you think so many software companies will give their software for free or close to free for schools? We geeks scoff at such things, but to a user it's a big deal.
In my experiments another effective electric "fuse" can also be made with steel wool. You just buy a couple of steel wool scrub pads and tear off a small corner. You just have to make sure that it's a small section (about 2-3mm or 1/8") works well. It takes a little more current than a model rocket igniter, but is far cheaper.
SO which science do you work for?
but it may help identify where those cells are hiding by simulating behaviour....
I completely agree. I always thought we should build something like a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_driver at least that way you don't have to use any large amount of locally stored delivery craft energy...
There is also this alternative... http://www.snapstream.com/products/beyondtv/defaul t.asp?a=96&gclid=CJnY_IL_-4gCFRBcSgodBxzeqA
See.. now thats the kind of compression tech they need to exploy in the world's landfills.... if only the earth had a /dev/null ;-)
Um, you already do. ANYONE who thinks that the losses from theft aren't passed onto the customer is living in a dream world. Business 101 Boys and Girls here is the basic equation used to determin retail price: X cost for goods + X cost for losses (theft, damage in transit, etc) * X percentage of profit = Retail price to you and me.
Well the issue here IS how extreme they are. What they are doing is akin to someone's house being broken into and the closest person that matches the description being brought into court to defend themselves. This is not how the system is meant to work. The problem is not the fact that they are unjustly hunting down pirates... it's the fact that they are behaving more like a lynch mob on a witch hunt.
Freedom is not safe
nor is Freedom free for that matter, it must be fought for constantly and vigilantly lest we lose it....
Police are trained, for good reason, to detain someone with the least force necessary. Anything beyond is police brutality. Part of being a police officer is being able to withstand taunting (and much worse) without losing your composure and being able to follow the official protocols for detaining someone. I agree with this entirely... The problem is not in the theory, but with the real world application...
I would imagine that it varies per local. In the state of Indiana I know the parents are liable for their children (to what extent I'm not sure) as I was a bit of a trouble maker in my younger years. My parent's were told by the court that they couldn't leave the state until the fee's were paid and that they were responsible for paying them (not me).
One small problem with your idea.... The general public doesn't want to play a game that is overly difficult. They want something they can relax and unwind with at the end of a day. That and MMORPGs are meant to be rather social vs complex thought invoking game play.
Except that according to the butterfly effect, the small change you made could very well modify the numbers so they would become invalid.... IANA time traveler, but from what little bit I do know on the subject.
I don't know... with all this nano tech going on... I bet they can make a pretty damn small train!
Bummer... I was expecting it to just be a blank page....
Dragon I think the key thing you seem to be overlooking is the ease of abuse for this system. I'll give an example. Lets say they setup this camera system which looks for certain "behavior". Now in a conspiracy situation you could easily stage a situation where someone you would like to search or detain to be flagged as "suspicious" Now your police officers arrive on the spot shortly and interrogate the person. Or even worse police imposters appear to talk with the person and maybe even take them away. Now I certainly know this is rather "tin foil hat" but the reality is that power always gets abused sooner or later. I think the key point that needs to be evaluated is do the gains of such a system outweigh the potential damage from abuse. Just my 2 cents.
I only accept news from reputable, unbiased news sources. Thats not true, your on slashdot!
This is also part of the problem with general user's being clueless or misinformed. Here you have a very large rather respected (at least by sheeple) information source give incomplete / skewed information. Ah well...
Actually I think that Occam's razor would apply here. Sure in some repects it's easier to steal a person's wallet, but if you want to obtain a larger collection of card numbers RFID would be far easier. Not to mention safer... which would you rather do, try to pick someone's pocket or smiling at a cute blonde while your PDA looking device ravages her purse??
Just as long as you count in Metric and not ASE :)
Yes, thats meant to be funny damn it.
hey hey hey, now depending on what I've eaten for dinner I've had high temp gases venting just inches from the rest of my body.... now while I'm comfortable with it other people around me don't seem to be...
Sooo.... your trying to say that he has people in his military setting off experimental nuclear weapons without his consent? Somehow I doubt that, especially considering his "mercy" when it comes to punishment.