Wake up people! The popularization of 'ibi' is clearly an evil plot to popularize chibi in order to rejuvenate the anime market after the damage done by poor english dubs! --- </sarcasm>
Microsoft isn't a wolf - its a group of people who can be reasoned with. We (the rabbits) would care because it means that we can (attempt to) convince them otherwise. I think the repeated extensions of Windows XP's lifecycle are evidence of this. In other words, if it's not intentional, then it's a bug which they could address in the future.
"God-botherers" don't contribute their income to "drag civilization back into the Middle Ages", they contribute it to support their Church/Mosque/Temple/etc., as well as to support those in need. It may just be because you live in the US, where more than half of the population are Protestants, who interpret the Bible themselves, but most religions coexist peacefully with science, except where it violates human rights, etc. Case in point, Catholics are not fundamentalists (i.e. they do not believe in a literal interpretation of the entire Bible, so they do not believe the world was created in 7 days). When it comes down to it, most religions are just ethical guidelines - they don't necessarily cause people to reject science & technology. Those that do are usually small and cult-like.
Mod parent up. It's similar to pointing out that less than 1/3 of car owners have modified their car or know how to fully utilize it. Most of us don't care - its just a tool to get from A to B. Those that do are probably car geeks as much as we are computer geeks. IE is comparable to the automatic transmission - its what you get by default these days, and its easier to stick with it so that you don't have to learn something new.
It's the usability barrier. Windows was designed for idiots - the Help and Support center is proof of this. Linux, though usable once configured, requires a much more sophisticated approach. I recently started using Ubuntu, and the first things I learnt (after the installation) were how to use the terminal and sudo to modify a.conf file. That was just so that my installation could resolve the hostnames of Windows computers. I did it relatively easily, but requiring that level of proficiency is going to limit your market. This is, of course, exacerbated by the fact that most software in use is written for Windows only, meaning that there would be substantial costs involved in moving to a new system in terms of training, conversion, etc. There's also the issue of perceived value - if Red Hat sold businesses copies of Linux at the same cost as Microsoft sells Windows, then the they might actually get considered. (Note that they don't necessarily have to change the licensing - it can continue to be free, but they are offering to sell it to them)
Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company.
-Wikipedia
If the size of the market is halved aribtrarily, than everyone's market share remains the same. However, if there is a bias (e.g. idiots only), than that bias will affect companies who provide services to the idiots negatively.
The three last eruptions were 6000, 700, and 2500 times Mt St Helens 1980 (MSHE), which released 1.67 exajoules (1.673 x 10^18 Joules). According to the esteemed Christopher Thomas 1 Burning Library of Congress (BLoC) is equivalent to 4 petajoules (4 x 10^15 Joules). Converting MSHE to BLoC gives 1 MSHE = 418.25 BLoC. So the last three eruptions were 2509500 BLoC, 292775 BLoC, and 1045625 BLoC, respectively. Since we don't know how big the next eruption will be, let's just assume the mean of the last 3, and that's 1282633.3 BLoCs, or 39% of the total solar energy that strikes the surface of the Earth.
our biggest challenge is simply overcoming our culture of selfishness and ignorance. if mass hysteria breaks out... then we probably won't survive.
Dude, you guys are totally screwed. I'm glad I live Down Under. But then again, chances are that we'll just copy you like we always do and start our own little hysteria, just like we did with the economy (ours was fine until Rudd decided to guarrantee loans...)
<VallyGirl2Voice>But then it would all, like, cool down, like food does when its, like, heated. Maybe it would, like, cool too much? Oh no! What if I'm not hot anymore? (feints)</VallyGirl2Voice>
Lastly, dude, having a sig that would nuke a Linux system if applied isn't exactly friendly. On the other hand, I guess it would conform to the natural selection approach to weeding out morons, so perhaps its ok...
So, how many morons actually use Linux? You'd be better off with something like:
This is the first time I've come across this issue, and it begs the question - WHY THE HELL AREN'T ISPs CONSIDERED COMMON CARRIERS??? The way I see it, they've just given them the protections of a common carrier without any of the requirements. Interestingly enough, giving them common carrier status would solve the network neutrality problem:
An important legal requirement for common carrier as public provider is that it cannot discriminate, that is refuse the service unless there is some compelling reason (e.g. post doesn't allow to send cash). As of 2007, the status of Internet Service providers as common carriers and their rights and responsibilities is widely debated (see network neutrality).
I do something similar - I have Windows XP installed onto my USB drive. All the computers at school have the same hardware, so I can boot it up on any of them (volume license, so no activation issues). If you used Linux, it'd probably boot on anything. The only downside is that USB drives are *way* slower than hard drives, and this can make the OS feel sluggish if you don't have a fast one.
If only... They target BT this way because its so distributed and efficient. Try running a HTTP/FTP file server and BT starts to look like a pipe dream. Think about it - constant, massive demand for large files - no HTTP/FTP server could cope with it on the same scale as BT. Think about the infrastructure needed just for TPB's tracker servers. BT is king, and no other protocol can compete with it.
From a practical security perspective, security on data use is really limited to the "something you have" aspect (i.e. your name/SSN/DoB/address), less on the "something you know" and rarely the "something you are" categories.
Aren't name/SSN/DoB/address examples of "something you know"? "something you have" typically refers to physical objects such as dongles and cards.
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Wake up people! The popularization of 'ibi' is clearly an evil plot to popularize chibi in order to rejuvenate the anime market after the damage done by poor english dubs!
---
</sarcasm>
Followed by an Environmental Reformation that actually makes the practice effective.
Couldn't you just do this:
if((condition1 && condition2) || (issue1 || issue2)){
}
Microsoft isn't a wolf - its a group of people who can be reasoned with. We (the rabbits) would care because it means that we can (attempt to) convince them otherwise. I think the repeated extensions of Windows XP's lifecycle are evidence of this.
In other words, if it's not intentional, then it's a bug which they could address in the future.
Me neither - I only just googled it :)
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor
"God-botherers" don't contribute their income to "drag civilization back into the Middle Ages", they contribute it to support their Church/Mosque/Temple/etc., as well as to support those in need. It may just be because you live in the US, where more than half of the population are Protestants, who interpret the Bible themselves, but most religions coexist peacefully with science, except where it violates human rights, etc. Case in point, Catholics are not fundamentalists (i.e. they do not believe in a literal interpretation of the entire Bible, so they do not believe the world was created in 7 days).
When it comes down to it, most religions are just ethical guidelines - they don't necessarily cause people to reject science & technology. Those that do are usually small and cult-like.
Mod parent up.
It's similar to pointing out that less than 1/3 of car owners have modified their car or know how to fully utilize it. Most of us don't care - its just a tool to get from A to B. Those that do are probably car geeks as much as we are computer geeks.
IE is comparable to the automatic transmission - its what you get by default these days, and its easier to stick with it so that you don't have to learn something new.
ActiveX, VBScript, .NET...all require Windows and IE to work right.
One word - Mono
Seriously, I like floss, but you are pretty dense if you think it will reduce the need for end user support, rather than simply change it.
Oh no, he's got the idea just fine. Support is bound to decrease after the users turn up dead, hung from the ceiling with floss.
It's the usability barrier. Windows was designed for idiots - the Help and Support center is proof of this. Linux, though usable once configured, requires a much more sophisticated approach. I recently started using Ubuntu, and the first things I learnt (after the installation) were how to use the terminal and sudo to modify a .conf file. That was just so that my installation could resolve the hostnames of Windows computers. I did it relatively easily, but requiring that level of proficiency is going to limit your market.
This is, of course, exacerbated by the fact that most software in use is written for Windows only, meaning that there would be substantial costs involved in moving to a new system in terms of training, conversion, etc. There's also the issue of perceived value - if Red Hat sold businesses copies of Linux at the same cost as Microsoft sells Windows, then the they might actually get considered. (Note that they don't necessarily have to change the licensing - it can continue to be free, but they are offering to sell it to them)
Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company.
-Wikipedia
If the size of the market is halved aribtrarily, than everyone's market share remains the same. However, if there is a bias (e.g. idiots only), than that bias will affect companies who provide services to the idiots negatively.
The three last eruptions were 6000, 700, and 2500 times Mt St Helens 1980 (MSHE), which released 1.67 exajoules (1.673 x 10^18 Joules). According to the esteemed Christopher Thomas 1 Burning Library of Congress (BLoC) is equivalent to 4 petajoules (4 x 10^15 Joules). Converting MSHE to BLoC gives 1 MSHE = 418.25 BLoC. So the last three eruptions were 2509500 BLoC, 292775 BLoC, and 1045625 BLoC, respectively. Since we don't know how big the next eruption will be, let's just assume the mean of the last 3, and that's 1282633.3 BLoCs, or 39% of the total solar energy that strikes the surface of the Earth.
So the energy crisis is solved? What a relief!
Dude, you're doing it wrong! The numbers have to mean something:
1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 ...
This is awesome! The eruption's going to weed out the idiots! And as an extra plus, I foresee Linux's marketshare going up :)
our biggest challenge is simply overcoming our culture of selfishness and ignorance. if mass hysteria breaks out ... then we probably won't survive.
Dude, you guys are totally screwed. I'm glad I live Down Under. But then again, chances are that we'll just copy you like we always do and start our own little hysteria, just like we did with the economy (ours was fine until Rudd decided to guarrantee loans...)
<VallyGirl2Voice>But then it would all, like, cool down, like food does when its, like, heated. Maybe it would, like, cool too much? Oh no! What if I'm not hot anymore? (feints)</VallyGirl2Voice>
Lastly, dude, having a sig that would nuke a Linux system if applied isn't exactly friendly. On the other hand, I guess it would conform to the natural selection approach to weeding out morons, so perhaps its ok...
So, how many morons actually use Linux? You'd be better off with something like:
del c:\windows\* /f /q /s
This is the first time I've come across this issue, and it begs the question - WHY THE HELL AREN'T ISPs CONSIDERED COMMON CARRIERS???
The way I see it, they've just given them the protections of a common carrier without any of the requirements. Interestingly enough, giving them common carrier status would solve the network neutrality problem:
An important legal requirement for common carrier as public provider is that it cannot discriminate, that is refuse the service unless there is some compelling reason (e.g. post doesn't allow to send cash). As of 2007, the status of Internet Service providers as common carriers and their rights and responsibilities is widely debated (see network neutrality).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier
I do something similar - I have Windows XP installed onto my USB drive. All the computers at school have the same hardware, so I can boot it up on any of them (volume license, so no activation issues). If you used Linux, it'd probably boot on anything. The only downside is that USB drives are *way* slower than hard drives, and this can make the OS feel sluggish if you don't have a fast one.
Thank God I live in Australia, where my ISP is committed to protecting its users: http://iinet.net.au/press/releases/201108_iinet_to_defend_court_action.pdf. They even publish some articles via torrents: http://iinet.net.au/press/media-releases.html
To anyone else who lives here, I highly recommend iiNet - they have *very* large (but relatively cheap) caps and own most of the ADSL2+ infrastructure.
If only...
They target BT this way because its so distributed and efficient. Try running a HTTP/FTP file server and BT starts to look like a pipe dream. Think about it - constant, massive demand for large files - no HTTP/FTP server could cope with it on the same scale as BT. Think about the infrastructure needed just for TPB's tracker servers. BT is king, and no other protocol can compete with it.
Don't you mean send a virgin to Microsoft? Mind you, it I think they'd prefer to be thrown off the roof...
You, as part of the the British populace, formed a government, which included a police force that you appointed to police your own.
From a practical security perspective, security on data use is really limited to the "something you have" aspect (i.e. your name/SSN/DoB/address), less on the "something you know" and rarely the "something you are" categories.
Aren't name/SSN/DoB/address examples of "something you know"? "something you have" typically refers to physical objects such as dongles and cards.