But it doesn't end up being everybody, or at least it isn't going to.
Anon obviously has or has ready access to computers. That means they probably have reliable electricity. And probably HVAC and a nice bed or couch or something to sleep on at night. Clean water and something to eat.
There are always a few who buy into the idealism too much who end up as the execption to the rule, but generally people with all their basic needs well met and some bread and circuses on top of that aren't likely to revolt against tyranny. At least the kind of tyranny you refer to.
A bunch of people showed up to 'support' events like Ruby Ridge and Waco but did anyone stand in front of a tank there? Or throw themselves in front of Lon Horiuchi? Even when they do stand in front of tanks, how much do they accomplish? There are some recent notable examples, especially in the middle east, of populations withstanding force but honestly, that was amateur night force and most of those people were far worse off than anon seems to be.
I was born in South Africa so I certainly don't believe that a government can hold power against overwhelming numbers, but I see a huge difference between the will of those people and the will of people I've met in the west.
I would prefer everything be named with a version number, an animal name, and an adjective. That way when I look for software some people will list compatibility by the version number, some by the animal name, and some by adjective.
If the adjective starts with the same letter as the animal name and an acronym is appended to the version number that is doubly awesome. Also if the OS would take pains to hide some or all of the descriptors...like that too.
Do you suppose Verizon et al would reciprocate, if I were to care? Do you think if I called them and said I'd have a tough quarter and wouldn't be able to fund my full invoice, that they would be understanding?
I care about them as much as they've ever cared about me. Which is exactly enough for me to fulfill whatever contractual obligation we have between us provided they fulfill theirs.
So no, I don't care and I don't believe that is based in enlightened or unenlightened self interest. It is based on me not being able to feel too bad for the difficulties encountered by a gigantic nameless faceless corporation with an architecture that is exactly as its designers intend. If it is too hard, quit and give someone else a chance.
This is because Apple is the current FOSS type boogeyman. 10 years ago it was M$ or Windoze or Winblows or whatever else, and people using Apple software were barely noticed unless someone wanted to start a BSD versus Linux flamewar.
You should feel no need to defend your OS choice, I don't. I use what works best for me, with my eyes wide open and having tred the available alternatives. I dont know any of the people here from a can of paint, and they don't know me, so pretending that they would somehow know better than me what operating system I need is a dumb premise on which to base a debate. No one knows what I want better than I do. I likewise extend similar courtesy to others in that I don't recount pairwise feature comparisons or evoke dark, usually sex themed, dreamworld scenarios where the principal personality associated with a given operating system dominates those who use it.
Except for people who use vi instead of emacs, they are idiots.
The thing is, I'm a user, so I don't really care how hard it is for them to upgrade their networks, or notice when they need to. I don't care why they need to, or which phone caused it. I'll admit to being a little skeptical at the idea that they didn't see any of this coming because I and a lot of other people did the first time we picked up a useable smartphone, and we don't even work in the industry.
Anyone who used WAP browser one day and mobile Safari the next would have to be an imbecile not to see this coming.
If anything I think the carriers are shortsighted in trying to rein in data use. They have an opportunity to entrench a lifestyle that is depedent on the always on wireless internet connection that they provide. They could have multiple generations of people who view their product as being as essential to their daily lives as TV is today. Or cars or gasoline. They could be putting the coke back in coke here, but instead they are telling people to use less of their product.
The next time a phenomenon such as this is detected I suppose a warning could be issued, but what if people ignored it? Except for governments that have the authority and capability to force people to comply, something as vaporous as 'there might be an earthquake in the next few days' isn't going to change routines.
Giant quakes don't exactly happen often and the further removed generations are from one the more likely they are to have an 'it can't happen to me' mindset. Japan had warnings carved into rock to avoid building in tsunami vulnerable areas, and they built a nuclear plant in one.
How would one conduct such feasibility studies? I'm guessing it starts with stocking up on cheetos and jolt, calling a pizza joint, making sure Wikipedia isn't down...
he Bush Administration really wanted to have enemies so they could have wars.
That is a cornerstone of neo-con philosophy, but it is for extremist muslims as well. The philosophies of Leo Strauss and Sayyid Qutb are more alike than they are different.
I use Windows at work and OSX at home and if, under the heading 'managing', you lump having to respond to all the little administrative nagging that Windows does I'd have to agree that is is torture.
Windows can't seem to understand that I'm working on something, even though Microsoft made both the OS and the word processing program I'm using. the OS blits things at me from the taskbar that I don't care about: your AV hasn't been updated recently, updates are available, three or four distinct messages just for plugging in a USB drive, it can't see my wireless network, etc etc. Then you have all the 3rd party crap doing the same thing, which I can't blame Microsoft for directly but can be unhappy that they've enabled that kind of behavior by their ridiculous security model that gives installations free reign over the entire OS.
By contrast OSX, when it has updates, opens a dialog in the background. If it loses a wireless connection or can't find one it doesn't do anything disctracting. If I plug in a USB drive an icon simply appears on my desktop, no celebration of having accomplished that mundane task is launched.
Curiously, with iOS Apple can't seem to apply this same practice of getting the administrative debris out of the user's way so they can actually use. If they don't fix notifications before my phone is up it's off to Android for me.
can hover over a Window or get a nice line of sight, seems perfect for sniper type assassination missions to me.
From a retired 0311/8541, your scenario is fantasy.
I've mentioned riding in quiet helicopters before and been told by people who couldn't find them on Jane's that they do not exist. But quiet or not, hovering in front of a window so a man can deliver precision fire is not their application.
Sony did mend their ways. After the rootkit fiasco for sure, but after most of the other bonehead moves as well. They apologized and promised to do better and all that, like they all do.
But, like they all do, over time the same forces that led them to this will lead them there again. Corporate structures being what they are it simply isn't possible to communicate an intangible risk like 'what if a hacker breaks in and copies all our data' well enough to garner the kind of funding to implement real security. At least not at a company the size of Sony. And certainly their users have proven that at every turn they are willing to sacrifice security for convenience and price and features. This site has a Sony gaffe poll on the front page, and the readership is better educated about tech issue than most, yet how many PS3s per capita do you think there are here?
So Sony has little motivation to really change and I doubt they are alone in having lax security.
I am looking forward to the show they will put on after this is over. Figure they will hire Bruce Scheiner and Theo DeRaadt. Fireworks. Maybe a hovercraft pulls up to Sony HQ and the team that took Bin Laden pours out, sets up a perimeter. Sony's CEO stomps onto the stage in a mecha and declares war on hackers. It is going to be amazing.
Since we* can't make the absolute best conceivable robot that anyone can imagine we should make no robots at all. And they should be bulletproof and able to pass through solid objects and turn invisible.
* by we we mean specifically robotics engineers since the rest of us just complain on the internet and read science fiction
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No please explain, I'm thick.
Do I just download Android from Google and do whatever I want with it?
And the open sourcing of Android was accomplished how?
Why aren't they the worst they've ever been (for any of us) right now?
But it doesn't end up being everybody, or at least it isn't going to.
Anon obviously has or has ready access to computers. That means they probably have reliable electricity. And probably HVAC and a nice bed or couch or something to sleep on at night. Clean water and something to eat.
There are always a few who buy into the idealism too much who end up as the execption to the rule, but generally people with all their basic needs well met and some bread and circuses on top of that aren't likely to revolt against tyranny. At least the kind of tyranny you refer to.
A bunch of people showed up to 'support' events like Ruby Ridge and Waco but did anyone stand in front of a tank there? Or throw themselves in front of Lon Horiuchi? Even when they do stand in front of tanks, how much do they accomplish? There are some recent notable examples, especially in the middle east, of populations withstanding force but honestly, that was amateur night force and most of those people were far worse off than anon seems to be.
I was born in South Africa so I certainly don't believe that a government can hold power against overwhelming numbers, but I see a huge difference between the will of those people and the will of people I've met in the west.
And based on yours I don't think you a) recognize sarcasm; b) know that energy isn't 'lost' as far as the universe is concerned.
That is why you use the maglevs, so you don't contribute to the heat death.
I would prefer everything be named with a version number, an animal name, and an adjective. That way when I look for software some people will list compatibility by the version number, some by the animal name, and some by adjective.
If the adjective starts with the same letter as the animal name and an acronym is appended to the version number that is doubly awesome. Also if the OS would take pains to hide some or all of the descriptors...like that too.
Are there people going to the FSF web site for advice on choosing a software license, who would expect to receive the opinion of than the FSF's?
You can in fact. Ask Bradley Manning, if you can get word to him.
Do you suppose Verizon et al would reciprocate, if I were to care? Do you think if I called them and said I'd have a tough quarter and wouldn't be able to fund my full invoice, that they would be understanding?
I care about them as much as they've ever cared about me. Which is exactly enough for me to fulfill whatever contractual obligation we have between us provided they fulfill theirs.
So no, I don't care and I don't believe that is based in enlightened or unenlightened self interest. It is based on me not being able to feel too bad for the difficulties encountered by a gigantic nameless faceless corporation with an architecture that is exactly as its designers intend. If it is too hard, quit and give someone else a chance.
It is really surprising that someone who stands to make money from an IPO would hype it. I can't seem someone in that position being wrong.
This is because Apple is the current FOSS type boogeyman. 10 years ago it was M$ or Windoze or Winblows or whatever else, and people using Apple software were barely noticed unless someone wanted to start a BSD versus Linux flamewar.
You should feel no need to defend your OS choice, I don't. I use what works best for me, with my eyes wide open and having tred the available alternatives. I dont know any of the people here from a can of paint, and they don't know me, so pretending that they would somehow know better than me what operating system I need is a dumb premise on which to base a debate. No one knows what I want better than I do. I likewise extend similar courtesy to others in that I don't recount pairwise feature comparisons or evoke dark, usually sex themed, dreamworld scenarios where the principal personality associated with a given operating system dominates those who use it.
Except for people who use vi instead of emacs, they are idiots.
The thing is, I'm a user, so I don't really care how hard it is for them to upgrade their networks, or notice when they need to. I don't care why they need to, or which phone caused it. I'll admit to being a little skeptical at the idea that they didn't see any of this coming because I and a lot of other people did the first time we picked up a useable smartphone, and we don't even work in the industry.
Anyone who used WAP browser one day and mobile Safari the next would have to be an imbecile not to see this coming.
If anything I think the carriers are shortsighted in trying to rein in data use. They have an opportunity to entrench a lifestyle that is depedent on the always on wireless internet connection that they provide. They could have multiple generations of people who view their product as being as essential to their daily lives as TV is today. Or cars or gasoline. They could be putting the coke back in coke here, but instead they are telling people to use less of their product.
Exactly.
The next time a phenomenon such as this is detected I suppose a warning could be issued, but what if people ignored it? Except for governments that have the authority and capability to force people to comply, something as vaporous as 'there might be an earthquake in the next few days' isn't going to change routines.
Giant quakes don't exactly happen often and the further removed generations are from one the more likely they are to have an 'it can't happen to me' mindset. Japan had warnings carved into rock to avoid building in tsunami vulnerable areas, and they built a nuclear plant in one.
How would one conduct such feasibility studies? I'm guessing it starts with stocking up on cheetos and jolt, calling a pizza joint, making sure Wikipedia isn't down...
he Bush Administration really wanted to have enemies so they could have wars.
That is a cornerstone of neo-con philosophy, but it is for extremist muslims as well. The philosophies of Leo Strauss and Sayyid Qutb are more alike than they are different.
What branch of the US armed forces are you in?
I use Windows at work and OSX at home and if, under the heading 'managing', you lump having to respond to all the little administrative nagging that Windows does I'd have to agree that is is torture.
Windows can't seem to understand that I'm working on something, even though Microsoft made both the OS and the word processing program I'm using. the OS blits things at me from the taskbar that I don't care about: your AV hasn't been updated recently, updates are available, three or four distinct messages just for plugging in a USB drive, it can't see my wireless network, etc etc. Then you have all the 3rd party crap doing the same thing, which I can't blame Microsoft for directly but can be unhappy that they've enabled that kind of behavior by their ridiculous security model that gives installations free reign over the entire OS.
By contrast OSX, when it has updates, opens a dialog in the background. If it loses a wireless connection or can't find one it doesn't do anything disctracting. If I plug in a USB drive an icon simply appears on my desktop, no celebration of having accomplished that mundane task is launched.
Curiously, with iOS Apple can't seem to apply this same practice of getting the administrative debris out of the user's way so they can actually use. If they don't fix notifications before my phone is up it's off to Android for me.
Toyota donated lobbyists.
I'm sure they will, and their excellent portfolio of non-Windows software offerings should stand as evidence.
can hover over a Window or get a nice line of sight, seems perfect for sniper type assassination missions to me.
From a retired 0311/8541, your scenario is fantasy.
I've mentioned riding in quiet helicopters before and been told by people who couldn't find them on Jane's that they do not exist. But quiet or not, hovering in front of a window so a man can deliver precision fire is not their application.
Sony did mend their ways. After the rootkit fiasco for sure, but after most of the other bonehead moves as well. They apologized and promised to do better and all that, like they all do.
But, like they all do, over time the same forces that led them to this will lead them there again. Corporate structures being what they are it simply isn't possible to communicate an intangible risk like 'what if a hacker breaks in and copies all our data' well enough to garner the kind of funding to implement real security. At least not at a company the size of Sony. And certainly their users have proven that at every turn they are willing to sacrifice security for convenience and price and features. This site has a Sony gaffe poll on the front page, and the readership is better educated about tech issue than most, yet how many PS3s per capita do you think there are here?
So Sony has little motivation to really change and I doubt they are alone in having lax security.
I am looking forward to the show they will put on after this is over. Figure they will hire Bruce Scheiner and Theo DeRaadt. Fireworks. Maybe a hovercraft pulls up to Sony HQ and the team that took Bin Laden pours out, sets up a perimeter. Sony's CEO stomps onto the stage in a mecha and declares war on hackers. It is going to be amazing.
I don't want the admins at Dropbox going through my files.
Don't put them on Dropbox's servers.
I absolutely agree 100%.
Since we* can't make the absolute best conceivable robot that anyone can imagine we should make no robots at all. And they should be bulletproof and able to pass through solid objects and turn invisible.
* by we we mean specifically robotics engineers since the rest of us just complain on the internet and read science fiction
What would you have done against this one?