I think there is a third reason. The authorities have the public so fearful of the shadowy hacker, that they may fear that if the code is released the hackers will find some way to exploit it.
That IS a reason, but it's way down the list, not third.
The third reason is that both political parties know that any improvements to the code will make it more difficult for them to throw the next election.
It's also well within the realm of possibility that an examination of the code would show that it has already been compromised. I doubt they'd want that known, either.
Perhaps if Ford would spend more time improving the quality and durability of their cars instead of inventing new meaningless crap to stuff in them, then maybe their company wouldn't be perpetually in the shitter.
I think you misunderstand the car business.
This computer will be an option, selling for between 5 and 10 times the cost of the equivalent hardware at your local computer shoppe. Then you'll pay exhorbitant interest on that inflated amount as well. That's the car business. And that's why Ford wants this.
Can we just go back to drunks? Their driving skills may have been impaired, but at least they had driving skills.
You know, that's actually a valid point. Drunks, at least some of them, KNEW they were drunk and at least TRIED to stay on the road.
Our new cell-phone-blabbing, mp3-playing, makeup-applying, pizza-munching bunch of road-hogs is not even aware that they're supposed to be driving, it seems.
(how many time little Bobby's got shot because they played with their dads gun?)
About one for every 40,000 that get killed in auto wrecks because their parents are yammering away on cell phones.
You could have chosen a better argument to make your point.
I work with middle-school kids.
Many, if not most, of them seem to lack any imagination or curiosity - about anything.
You can't really blame them - people are doing everything possible to eliminate anything remotely 'interesting' or 'different' about the world. When everywhere you go the streets are lined with Taco Bells, Pizza joints and cookie-cutter chain motels, why would anyone think there could possibly be any place more interesting than where they're at already? Hell, you can't even see a travelog on TV which shows anything but the mandatory post-card touristy views mixed with numerous hints (a.k.a. Ads) to help you find the nicest western-style hotels and eateries so you'll never run the risk of meeting the 'locals' or having to try their food or seeing how they really live.
That's because stealing panties is a classic sign of a real sex offender getting up the courage to do something more serious.
Have you ever masturbated?
Obviously, that's a sign of a rapist getting up the courage to go after a real woman.
Let's just cut it off now, and make the world safe for democracy!
A crime was committed. The panty thief stole personal property for the purpose of getting a sexual thrill,
Wow. And you know this how?
No matter what the topic, there are always statements like yours.
Why not just admit the truth? The ONLY thing your statement proves is that YOU personally find womens' panties a sexual turn-on.
Apparently you also believe you should be punished for that. Which is another kink all by itself.
It's faster, cheaper and runs more software. Oh, and it's not a "knockoff".
One of the MANY things you don't realize is that even to a Windows user, that one line means "I don't know what the hell I'm talking about."
Which is a very big clue that the rest of your post is equally excremental.
I can't wait, for the congressional hearings to start.
Dude, you are funny.
Congress is going to act, all right. Just like those TV wrestlers act. Yell, scream, jump up and down on each other, then go get a beer together and laugh at the suckers who believe they were actually wrestling.
the simplest ideas often bring about a feeling of "oh that's so stupid i coulda done that" but you didn't. too bad. now why don't you stop talkin' sh*t about it and get ready to pay them whatever licensing fees they demand for the next 17 years?
Thank you for showing your blazing ignorance here.
The patent laws use the word "non-obvious" for a reason, you know. Or perhaps you didn't.
Of course, I feel a bit better knowing YOU will be the one paying the license fees for the next 17 years, not me.
One part says 'We're going to be reasonable about patents' while another department is patenting everything they can think of.
It's typical of a large corporation to do this, where one part of the company has no clue what another part is saying or doing.
Of course. There's no chance Microsoft would ever lie about something like that.
A monacle, white lab coat, and a faux German accent.
Don't forget the faithful assistant named Igor.
Although personally, I'd prefer one named Inga (with the lumps on the front, thank you)
they actually made a radioactive energy kit FOR KIDS?! Why don't they just put "For ages 8 and up, especially terrorists" on it? They could build a dirty pipe bomb (radiation spreading) using just a couple of those kits probably.
You know, the sad part is that nowdays a kid who has graduated from high school might actually think this could happen.
Whatever happened to 8th grade physics?
Getting more people into the hobby is important right now; steps should be taken before it becomes a critical problem.
You want to get more people into HAM radio?
Outlaw the manufacture and sale of radios which will transmit on ham frequencies.
I lost interest when I realized that, other than memorizing a few test questions and knowing where to sign a check, there's no skill involved. If you got the cash and a working mouth, you're in. IOW, it's just a more-expensive version of CB radio.
Force people to actually BUILD their own equipment, and maybe you'll get a higher class of user, one who'll actually appreciate the license to use the airwaves, and who'll have some valuable skills.
It might just be more feasible to get rid of pennies altogether.
Nooooo! Then when I buy that 29.99 WalMart special, I'd actually know I'm going to be paying $30 whole dollars for it!
I'd NEVER spend $30 for that piece of crap!
...you can't blame and regulate forks if someone were to stab people with them.
Oh really? Isn't the UK where they're trying to license kitchen knife sales?
Can forks be far behind?
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The current laws allow for the source code to be concidered a 'trade secret'.
Current laws also call for open and fair elections. I think that trumps 'trade secrets'.
I think there is a third reason. The authorities have the public so fearful of the shadowy hacker, that they may fear that if the code is released the hackers will find some way to exploit it.
That IS a reason, but it's way down the list, not third.
The third reason is that both political parties know that any improvements to the code will make it more difficult for them to throw the next election.
It's also well within the realm of possibility that an examination of the code would show that it has already been compromised. I doubt they'd want that known, either.
Perhaps if Ford would spend more time improving the quality and durability of their cars instead of inventing new meaningless crap to stuff in them, then maybe their company wouldn't be perpetually in the shitter.
I think you misunderstand the car business.
This computer will be an option, selling for between 5 and 10 times the cost of the equivalent hardware at your local computer shoppe. Then you'll pay exhorbitant interest on that inflated amount as well.
That's the car business. And that's why Ford wants this.
I guess embedded vehicle control systems are just too important to be trusted to Windows.
One of just a few million things I can think of offhand.
Can we just go back to drunks? Their driving skills may have been impaired, but at least they had driving skills.
You know, that's actually a valid point. Drunks, at least some of them, KNEW they were drunk and at least TRIED to stay on the road.
Our new cell-phone-blabbing, mp3-playing, makeup-applying, pizza-munching bunch of road-hogs is not even aware that they're supposed to be driving, it seems.
The driver is not necessarily the only occupant of a vehicle.
So?
You think a driver can't be distracted by noise from the passenger seats?
(how many time little Bobby's got shot because they played with their dads gun?) About one for every 40,000 that get killed in auto wrecks because their parents are yammering away on cell phones. You could have chosen a better argument to make your point.
Fiji is where Bill plans to take his money and retire. Nothing to do with an OS.
I work with middle-school kids. Many, if not most, of them seem to lack any imagination or curiosity - about anything. You can't really blame them - people are doing everything possible to eliminate anything remotely 'interesting' or 'different' about the world. When everywhere you go the streets are lined with Taco Bells, Pizza joints and cookie-cutter chain motels, why would anyone think there could possibly be any place more interesting than where they're at already? Hell, you can't even see a travelog on TV which shows anything but the mandatory post-card touristy views mixed with numerous hints (a.k.a. Ads) to help you find the nicest western-style hotels and eateries so you'll never run the risk of meeting the 'locals' or having to try their food or seeing how they really live.
That's because stealing panties is a classic sign of a real sex offender getting up the courage to do something more serious.
Have you ever masturbated?
Obviously, that's a sign of a rapist getting up the courage to go after a real woman.
Let's just cut it off now, and make the world safe for democracy!
A crime was committed. The panty thief stole personal property for the purpose of getting a sexual thrill,
Wow. And you know this how?
No matter what the topic, there are always statements like yours.
Why not just admit the truth? The ONLY thing your statement proves is that YOU personally find womens' panties a sexual turn-on.
Apparently you also believe you should be punished for that. Which is another kink all by itself.
Windows is a total mystery to those who only barely understand just enough *nix to run a live cd with kde/gnome.
That's ok. We're in good company.
There seem to be thousands of programmers in Redmond to whom ANY OS is a total mystery.
It's faster, cheaper and runs more software. Oh, and it's not a "knockoff".
One of the MANY things you don't realize is that even to a Windows user, that one line means "I don't know what the hell I'm talking about."
Which is a very big clue that the rest of your post is equally excremental.
I can't wait, for the congressional hearings to start.
Dude, you are funny.
Congress is going to act, all right. Just like those TV wrestlers act. Yell, scream, jump up and down on each other, then go get a beer together and laugh at the suckers who believe they were actually wrestling.
the simplest ideas often bring about a feeling of "oh that's so stupid i coulda done that" but you didn't. too bad. now why don't you stop talkin' sh*t about it and get ready to pay them whatever licensing fees they demand for the next 17 years?
Thank you for showing your blazing ignorance here.
The patent laws use the word "non-obvious" for a reason, you know. Or perhaps you didn't.
Of course, I feel a bit better knowing YOU will be the one paying the license fees for the next 17 years, not me.
One part says 'We're going to be reasonable about patents' while another department is patenting everything they can think of.
It's typical of a large corporation to do this, where one part of the company has no clue what another part is saying or doing.
Of course. There's no chance Microsoft would ever lie about something like that.
A monacle, white lab coat, and a faux German accent.
Don't forget the faithful assistant named Igor.
Although personally, I'd prefer one named Inga (with the lumps on the front, thank you)
This sentance implies to me that you're not old enough and mature enough to work with dangerous voltage & currents.
It implies nothing of the kind. Perhaps your own need to be a nanny it what's at work here.
they actually made a radioactive energy kit FOR KIDS?! Why don't they just put "For ages 8 and up, especially terrorists" on it? They could build a dirty pipe bomb (radiation spreading) using just a couple of those kits probably.
You know, the sad part is that nowdays a kid who has graduated from high school might actually think this could happen.
Whatever happened to 8th grade physics?
when I was a kid, you insensitive clod.
All we had was rifles and shotguns.
And enough sense to know these WEREN'T TOYS.
Nobody got shot, lost an eye, or anything.
Perhaps that's because lawyers were rare, back in the day...
Getting more people into the hobby is important right now; steps should be taken before it becomes a critical problem.
You want to get more people into HAM radio?
Outlaw the manufacture and sale of radios which will transmit on ham frequencies.
I lost interest when I realized that, other than memorizing a few test questions and knowing where to sign a check, there's no skill involved. If you got the cash and a working mouth, you're in. IOW, it's just a more-expensive version of CB radio.
Force people to actually BUILD their own equipment, and maybe you'll get a higher class of user, one who'll actually appreciate the license to use the airwaves, and who'll have some valuable skills.
He's pretty much shot himself in the foot, 'cause now he's got to prove that Windows works.
It might just be more feasible to get rid of pennies altogether.
Nooooo! Then when I buy that 29.99 WalMart special, I'd actually know I'm going to be paying $30 whole dollars for it!
I'd NEVER spend $30 for that piece of crap!
Lets face it, having any type of image, either real or computer generated, de-synthesizes its viewer to the actual criminal act of molesting a child.
Only to you, sir.
Only to you.
...you can't blame and regulate forks if someone were to stab people with them.
Oh really? Isn't the UK where they're trying to license kitchen knife sales?
Can forks be far behind?