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Comment Re:Energy == $$ (Score 3, Insightful) 405

EPEAT probably is going to have to give on this or be replaced if that is the trend.

Right, because when environmental standards become inconvenient for big companies to adhere to then the standards need to change. We certainly can't expect companies to lessen their impact on the environment in order to meet these standards, can we?
What exactly is the point of having these standards if we just change them every time some big company decides it will be profitable?

Comment Re:No. Shit. (Score 1) 336

C# (has a constant vague patent cloud over it that he dismisses)

So, what is the alternative then? I'm sure that you are aware that Java has its own vague patent cloud these days. The market has shown that there is a need for a JIT compiled platform for architecture neutral binaries. If Java and .net are out then what can we use?

Comment Re:Radiation Hormesis (Score 1) 86

I'm afraid your analogy does not meet the Current Analogy Requirements for analogies on slashdot. A more correct response would have been:

So its like taking your car to the mechanic for an oil change and having him repair the failing alternator he noticed while he was in there?

We take standards seriously here at slashdot and would like you to please be more careful in the future.

Comment Re:They Never Even Said Those Things (Score 1) 735

This is exactly correct. Oil and coal are finite. So long as they remain the cheapest source of energy someone, somewhere will continue to burn them. If you aren't operating under the assumption that the vast majority of the world's oil and coal reserves will be burned regardless of politics then you are being naive.
If burning oil and coal changes the climate, then the climate will change. All resources spent on slowing that change are ultimately wasted. The only real options left are devising a power source that is cheaper and as convienant as oil or investing in adapting to the inevitable. The odds of a revolutionary new energy source coming to market before we run out of carbon-based resources approach nil so the only thing left to do is get ready.

Comment Re:You have to be kidding (Score 1) 210

Let's try a hypothetical example:

KnoxOS is so locked down that the only way to install software on your machine is to mail your passport and a hand-written request to the company that wrote it.
BasementOS is written in javascript, tries to execute anything it receives on a socket and has a mandatory root shell with no password accessible on port 23.

KnoxOS runs on the security system at fort knox while BasementOS runs on a super nintendo in someone's basement. Several trojans are written for KnoxOS because everyone wants that gold, but they are never installed because the admin isn't stupid. Zero malware is written for BasementOS because nobody cares about some basement dwellers super nintendo.

If we apply your metrics, BasementOS is more secure than KnoxOS.

Any sufficiently advanced operating system can have malware written for it. Counting how many trojans are written for an OS might give you an idea of how valuable of a target it is, but it doesn't tell you how secure it is.

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