I tried Linux a awhile back. Complexity wasn't the big issue for me. What killed linux for me was the incredibly lame software selection.
Yeah, yeah, I know you linux freaks are always going on about how you can do anything in linux... The problem is that there's a lot of stuff you can't do very well. For example: Photo editing. The Gimp doesn't even come close to touching Photoshop.
The thing is, the big, high-end, professional-grade software like that just doesn't exist for linux yet. Sure, you can use emulators, but they rarely work reliably enough for somebody other than a hobbyist. Fully functioning drivers are still a problem, due at least in part to certain details of the GNU licensing (I believe one linux distribution is currently in trouble for packaging closed-source drivers on it's disk...)
Then you have entertainment... There are, presumably, still codec issues (as most codecs are made for the PC), and you can't run 99% of all the games that come out - not a big deal for businesses, but a killer for a great many home users.
It's funny, but people on all sides of the OS issue always seem to forget that the OS isn't nearly as important as the software that runs on it. Doesn't matter if one OS is 1000 times better than the other one, if you can't run the programs you want on it.
Linux is definately getting much, much closer to the point where I'll be willing to switch - maybe in five years, at the rate things are developing.
While the concept is good for it's described purpose, I get this mental image of the government coming under fire in 20 years for illegally wiretapping somebody's panties.
You're reading too much into my post. I was adding in a potentially interesting side-fact relating to the article.
I'm consciously choosing not to get into conversation about "dubs vs subs", or which show I personally think is better & why, or how influential/unique it really was, or anything of the sort. Much as my inner otaku wants me to, those conversations are only very rarely worth having in real life, and generally suck online.
Interestingly, it's more popular in the North America than it was in Japan. From what I recall, Martian Successor Nadesico beat it into the ground in Japan in terms of popularity, back when they were directly competing with each other.
Actually, there are a great many reasons to decentralize. You may have heard of such things as "natural disasters", "hardware failures" or "wars" for example. The internet itself is decentralized for a whole bunch of very good reasons, all of which apply to P2P networks.
Of course, with laws like that, then the next logical step would be to shutdown such companies as Sony, Phillips, etc. for manufacturing devices like VCRs, digicameras, camcorders and the like - as they are often used to facilitate copyright infringement. Heck, the entire computer industry, and the internet itself must be eliminated. Also, photocopiers, printing presses, pencils...
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The irony of a "users want reliability" comment coming out of Microsoft is melting my brain.
I tried Linux a awhile back. Complexity wasn't the big issue for me. What killed linux for me was the incredibly lame software selection. Yeah, yeah, I know you linux freaks are always going on about how you can do anything in linux... The problem is that there's a lot of stuff you can't do very well. For example: Photo editing. The Gimp doesn't even come close to touching Photoshop. The thing is, the big, high-end, professional-grade software like that just doesn't exist for linux yet. Sure, you can use emulators, but they rarely work reliably enough for somebody other than a hobbyist. Fully functioning drivers are still a problem, due at least in part to certain details of the GNU licensing (I believe one linux distribution is currently in trouble for packaging closed-source drivers on it's disk...) Then you have entertainment... There are, presumably, still codec issues (as most codecs are made for the PC), and you can't run 99% of all the games that come out - not a big deal for businesses, but a killer for a great many home users. It's funny, but people on all sides of the OS issue always seem to forget that the OS isn't nearly as important as the software that runs on it. Doesn't matter if one OS is 1000 times better than the other one, if you can't run the programs you want on it. Linux is definately getting much, much closer to the point where I'll be willing to switch - maybe in five years, at the rate things are developing.
While the concept is good for it's described purpose, I get this mental image of the government coming under fire in 20 years for illegally wiretapping somebody's panties.
You're reading too much into my post. I was adding in a potentially interesting side-fact relating to the article. I'm consciously choosing not to get into conversation about "dubs vs subs", or which show I personally think is better & why, or how influential/unique it really was, or anything of the sort. Much as my inner otaku wants me to, those conversations are only very rarely worth having in real life, and generally suck online.
Interestingly, it's more popular in the North America than it was in Japan. From what I recall, Martian Successor Nadesico beat it into the ground in Japan in terms of popularity, back when they were directly competing with each other.
There's something appealing about studies regarding higher intelligence being done by an organization called Nimh.
Actually, there are a great many reasons to decentralize. You may have heard of such things as "natural disasters", "hardware failures" or "wars" for example. The internet itself is decentralized for a whole bunch of very good reasons, all of which apply to P2P networks.
Of course, with laws like that, then the next logical step would be to shutdown such companies as Sony, Phillips, etc. for manufacturing devices like VCRs, digicameras, camcorders and the like - as they are often used to facilitate copyright infringement. Heck, the entire computer industry, and the internet itself must be eliminated. Also, photocopiers, printing presses, pencils...