Comment Re:Same reason as... (Score 1) 128
At least when titans of industry in the U.S. become the head of the regulatory agencies that oversee their former companies, they actually have to leave those companies.
At least when titans of industry in the U.S. become the head of the regulatory agencies that oversee their former companies, they actually have to leave those companies.
I imagine this will be standard in the next generation of display connectors.
I don't think it's being mandated in DisplayPort 1.3 though, for whatever reason.
A good summary. Here is Nvidia's overview of G-SYNC.
Well ok, but you've not made a convincing case, you've just restated your opinion.
Nay, it is heresy! Long live vim!
As a child with a GameBoy once told his younger sibling: this console ain't big enough for the two of us.
Your phrasing rather implies you do object to the project.
The idea is to make a shitload of money off poor people who are desperate.
Let's try that more neutrally: there's a profit-motive here, whether or not it's benefiting the Africans themselves.
Let's not ignore the free-as-in-beer alternatives, such as Open Office and its forks.
increasing the supply of consumers.
Isn't that just a cynical way of saying making Africans richer and more computer literate?
Sure, the likely Windows lock-in kinda sucks, and a FOSS utopia would be great and all, but still it seems a lot better than doing nothing.
It's very easy to cause unconsciousness and, eventually, death, by compressing the carotid arteries. This is essentially painless.
It can be applied manually with a rear naked choke (don't mind the name - it's a strangle not a choke, as it prevents blood-flow but doesn't block the wind-pipe).
I doubt it would take a huge feat of engineering to achieve that.
My preferred solution would be to stop executing people, mind. That would solve the problem neatly.
Well sure, that's my assumption. I'm not sure what's the nearest example we can look at.
The old anything government does is wrong line, then.
It's not self-evident that government efforts to stop botnets are doomed to fail.
the group responsible for the harm gets to investigate their own involvement in the harm
In the UK, we have an official body separate from the police who follow up police complaints. Is that not how things are done stateside, or does it exist in theory but fail in practice? Either way is a problem, but improvement is possible.
paid time off while this is happening
As it should be: presumed innocence. The real problem is if an officer faces no consequences even when guilt is clear from the investigation.
I don't see how putting crooked cops in cars will stop that. They can still get out of the car and strong-arm people, no?
Government "needs" to address them since society is too lazy to do so on their own.
It's government or nothing. Sure, in a perfect world, everyone would maintain good security on their own machines. But it's not happening.
I'll have a go at a less cynical explanation:
As society advances, there will be an ongoing increase in the number of issues that government needs to address, requiring ever-increasing specific powers.
According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.