Certain US areas get satellite all the time, such as New York I believe. I am certain I read this when it first came out, but I can't find that data now.
In all seriousness, Google Earth is probably the most serious threat to national security the world will ever see. Some cities are in real time for crap's sake. While planning a hypothetical attack on my own house I found out paths, shortcuts, and possible hideouts I had never seen before. In 4 years of living here. Outrageous.
But a video game? And how do they play, "team deathmatch" or "capture the flag"?
That is a hack, not a clean solution. SIP is standard and you can write your own clients and SIP servers/PBX boxes, so why go to these unhealthy measures?
Very interesting point. Imagine the world becomes a MPAA utopia and only a few rogue states have filesharing allowed. Forget the blondes, people will soon be judging their real estate options based on how clogged the internet tubes are.
So terrorists will try to sit closer to the pilot? Or to the bathroom at the other end of the plane? Will everybody's email account get pwned, or will they try to figure out your political inclinations from your (presumed to be real)nickname?
Just a couple of examples to show the futility of this. The most important info is your previous flight data which is on your passport. No need for the fuss.
Well at least we have achieved something today: people with Windows are people in need, in the same league as orphans and elderly neighbors, whereas we FOSS supporters are the real Warren Buffets of the world (Gates would be too much of a pun).
And with this humbling thought, I go off to bed a happier man than I ever was.:)
Free speech is always under attack in the US by those who wish to push their brand of morality on the whole population.
But the solution is not to eliminate all "brands" of morality so as to avoid discrimination. That is called chaos, and the US avoids that by having certain limits which lobbyists and politicians have shaped into political correctness over the years.
So what is the solution? If I told you that, I'd be telling you everything. Besides, it's sunday night. I'm sure you understand:)
Very well, but in that case why not also highlight the inherent danger if using MS products that are terrible to begin with, and - to top it off - not supported anymore? Like a link to a small paper/article with every patch release?
It's more like stopping to help with a car model that Hyundai doesn't support anymore even though it's in heavy use, so if Bob walks away the poor schmuck will discover why so many people are pissed at the company.
Finally, they may have a point, but life is too short. Too many things to do, programs to write, choclates to eat, moves to make. You can spend your life writing patches for MS products. It's just wrong in a universal sort of way.
But by "helping" these adamant users they are also helping MS stay popular. Why give charity to the world's biggest software corporation?
A lot of people have the power to mitigate MS problems, but that doesn't mean we should spend our free time helping a company that already makes far more money than it deserves, just because it is popular. If the users want to stick with it, let them.
There are some situations where charity doesn't apply.
What are you saying??!! He has Color Kinetics LED lighting fixtures for his eyes and antennae. These combine red, green, and blue LEDs. That has to be newsworthy!
Why do these third-party groups release patches for proprietory software that they have to reverse engineer to understand? What kick do they get out of it?
I can understand when you devote your time to some OSS effort, but to MS? You can write viruses for their OS, release exploits, send them hatemail..but why help their victims when the only thanks you get are the kind of comments we've seen?
If you live somewhere with easy access to cheap and skillful carpenters(e.g Egypt), you can kick the collective bottom of these cases. $35000? I'm in Egypt at the moment, and for $35000 I could buy a beautiful Arabesque case and the carpenter and his dog.
1) Go with carpenter to select wood from source provider 2) Agree on external chassis specs 3) Argue for 15 min on price 4) $200, and you're robbing yourself 5) hammers and splinters and... 6) Profit!
You are assuming that greater "freedom" is better in all cases, and that complaints can only come in this direction.
I am still of the opinion that this doesn't need to be taken to google, though. If Brazil can't handle it's local packets it shouldn't go after other countries' logs. In the case that a crime has been committed there is nothing wrong with them asking for help from the approriate authority.
In other words, I am with Google on this one. Also, you are correct: this is a side-discussion. But it's saturday night..I'm sure you understand:)
Good point. Many of the recent wars and political stand-offs have been driven by a sense in infallibility in American politics. They need to realize that even if leaders imply action is based on American principles, these principles may not be good enough to impose on other people.
Some level of maturity needs to be applied though. I'd hand over the logs if serious crimes were committed, but some data must have gone past Brazilian ISPs before google. Why aren't they made to respond first?
So China can blast our satellites with lasers and produce infinite amounts of energy any given afternoon. Is anyone else soiling themselves, or is it just yours truly?
On another note, I find it interesting they produced "more energy" than they put in. Who gives a damn about conservation of energy and all that shit, right? Energy-mass equivalence can kiss my black ass! Einstein is burning in hell!! [I realize what they meant to say, just being funny; laugh]
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I'm a hippie and I find your comment mildly offensive. If you added long hair to that description I would have you reported to the blog's moderators.
Certain US areas get satellite all the time, such as New York I believe. I am certain I read this when it first came out, but I can't find that data now.
In all seriousness, Google Earth is probably the most serious threat to national security the world will ever see. Some cities are in real time for crap's sake. While planning a hypothetical attack on my own house I found out paths, shortcuts, and possible hideouts I had never seen before. In 4 years of living here. Outrageous.
But a video game? And how do they play, "team deathmatch" or "capture the flag"?
Yes but they like chick flix, we don't!
++Insightful!!
That is a hack, not a clean solution. SIP is standard and you can write your own clients and SIP servers/PBX boxes, so why go to these unhealthy measures?
Very interesting point. Imagine the world becomes a MPAA utopia and only a few rogue states have filesharing allowed. Forget the blondes, people will soon be judging their real estate options based on how clogged the internet tubes are.
Yeah but they said it's owned by a friend of one of Brin's girlfriends. What's that all about?
-Plane seating position
-email address
So terrorists will try to sit closer to the pilot? Or to the bathroom at the other end of the plane? Will everybody's email account get pwned, or will they try to figure out your political inclinations from your (presumed to be real)nickname?
Just a couple of examples to show the futility of this. The most important info is your previous flight data which is on your passport. No need for the fuss.
I can't believe this. A bunch of serious replies and a mod troll. Say it after me people:
HUMOUR
Well at least we have achieved something today: people with Windows are people in need, in the same league as orphans and elderly neighbors, whereas we FOSS supporters are the real Warren Buffets of the world (Gates would be too much of a pun).
:)
And with this humbling thought, I go off to bed a happier man than I ever was.
We guys can't get breast cancer because we don't have breasts. We have pecks, those of us who are still men, and the rest are a bunch of transexuals!
Friggin liberals!!
Free speech is always under attack in the US by those who wish to push their brand of morality on the whole population.
:)
But the solution is not to eliminate all "brands" of morality so as to avoid discrimination. That is called chaos, and the US avoids that by having certain limits which lobbyists and politicians have shaped into political correctness over the years.
So what is the solution? If I told you that, I'd be telling you everything. Besides, it's sunday night. I'm sure you understand
PS: Congrats on your daughter. I don't drink.
Very well, but in that case why not also highlight the inherent danger if using MS products that are terrible to begin with, and - to top it off - not supported anymore? Like a link to a small paper/article with every patch release?
It's more like stopping to help with a car model that Hyundai doesn't support anymore even though it's in heavy use, so if Bob walks away the poor schmuck will discover why so many people are pissed at the company.
Finally, they may have a point, but life is too short. Too many things to do, programs to write, choclates to eat, moves to make. You can spend your life writing patches for MS products. It's just wrong in a universal sort of way.
Regards,
-P
Doesn't matter if it's soft inside..it's still scary as shit.
But by "helping" these adamant users they are also helping MS stay popular. Why give charity to the world's biggest software corporation?
A lot of people have the power to mitigate MS problems, but that doesn't mean we should spend our free time helping a company that already makes far more money than it deserves, just because it is popular. If the users want to stick with it, let them.
There are some situations where charity doesn't apply.
What are you saying??!! He has Color Kinetics LED lighting fixtures for his eyes and antennae. These combine red, green, and blue LEDs. That has to be newsworthy!
Why do these third-party groups release patches for proprietory software that they have to reverse engineer to understand? What kick do they get out of it?
I can understand when you devote your time to some OSS effort, but to MS? You can write viruses for their OS, release exploits, send them hatemail..but why help their victims when the only thanks you get are the kind of comments we've seen?
If you live somewhere with easy access to cheap and skillful carpenters(e.g Egypt), you can kick the collective bottom of these cases. $35000? I'm in Egypt at the moment, and for $35000 I could buy a beautiful Arabesque case and the carpenter and his dog.
1) Go with carpenter to select wood from source provider
2) Agree on external chassis specs
3) Argue for 15 min on price
4) $200, and you're robbing yourself
5) hammers and splinters and...
6) Profit!
You are assuming that greater "freedom" is better in all cases, and that complaints can only come in this direction.
:)
I am still of the opinion that this doesn't need to be taken to google, though. If Brazil can't handle it's local packets it shouldn't go after other countries' logs. In the case that a crime has been committed there is nothing wrong with them asking for help from the approriate authority.
In other words, I am with Google on this one. Also, you are correct: this is a side-discussion. But it's saturday night..I'm sure you understand
I hope you're right.
Because if 1 out of 40 S/W Eng. are capable of understanding a javascript function call, then by God I deserve more money.
We could easily top that by dropping a couple boxes from the roof of their headquarters.
No..I haven't seen any tubes on the interstate.
Good point. Many of the recent wars and political stand-offs have been driven by a sense in infallibility in American politics. They need to realize that even if leaders imply action is based on American principles, these principles may not be good enough to impose on other people.
Some level of maturity needs to be applied though. I'd hand over the logs if serious crimes were committed, but some data must have gone past Brazilian ISPs before google. Why aren't they made to respond first?
If you can amuse scores of thousands of geeks with it, then yes of course. Are you new here?
So China can blast our satellites with lasers and produce infinite amounts of energy any given afternoon. Is anyone else soiling themselves, or is it just yours truly?
On another note, I find it interesting they produced "more energy" than they put in. Who gives a damn about conservation of energy and all that shit, right? Energy-mass equivalence can kiss my black ass! Einstein is burning in hell!!
[I realize what they meant to say, just being funny; laugh]