I fully admit I'm pretty uninformed on this stuff - but why the FTC? What can they do about it? What control or influence do they have over what a private business does with their member's website?
Now if your application included scoring, support for multiple players (pass the iPhone, or a web-based lobby system), and a zoom out feature, it would be awesome.
What would make me PAY money for the thing (if I had an iPhone) would be the ability to submit my own images. Of course, you'd only ever get images of genitalia and poop, and you'd never get the damn thing approved for the app store.
A new version with scoring is pending review in the app store right now.
I love the idea of the "pass the phone" concept for multi-player - I'll consider adding it.
Zoom out could be very cool as well, if implemented well.
As for adding your own images - This was one of the first ideas I had, but shot it down nearly immediately for the same reasons you suggest.
I'm not much of an astronomy geek, but I bought a telescope for my kids for Christmas - and can't wait to haul it out into the backyard and see the wonder in their eyes when they first get to see what is really out there. I also think it's great that we have such easy and ready access to the images produced by Herschel.
Anyone have any recommendations for what I ought to show my 6, 4, and 3 year old in the night sky? We're in the pacific northwest of the US.
Does this mean that I can charge my lawnmower with my laptop charger? Or, better yet, will my laptop charge in a fraction of the time if I use my lawnmower charger on it?
I realize that the above is ludicrous, but does Joe Sixpack? How many exploding laptops will we see from some eco-green lawnmower lover trying to implement the above?
Of course I did not RTFA, nor am I trained in any sort of medical field - but I imagine that the possibilities that this might present are astounding. Are they hoping to restore mobility and function to people who have had major nerve damage as in the cases of spinal cord injuries? I thought stem cells were all the rage for that..is this a completely different approach?
Also - if we can stimulate the growth of nerve cells to help people, can the same therapy be used for nefarious stuff? (i.e., what happens if you grow too much nerves?)
"This marks the first time Amazon Web Services' cloud infrastructure has been used for this type of illegal activity"
So, has it been used for other illegal things that have been reported on? Is it even possible for anyone to find out all the possible illegal uses of technolgies like cloud computing?
Ok, so then I went and rtfa, and it claims he'll fly 23 miles. Then I checked google earth, and it lists the distances between the 2 locations mentioned in the article as 19.3 miles.
As others have said, I'll get excited when he can go from, say, New Jersey to the Oregon coast (with an in-flight movie along the way).
I'm sure there is significant engineering effort involved in creating something like a personal jetpack, but he's still jumping out of a plane at altitude and essentially gliding with a bit of a boost from his jet engines along the way.
Being a lazy American, of course I did not rtfa, but I did take the time to look up just how far he'll actually fly: looks like about 12 miles.
Several of the comments mention that the bar could be held liable *if they overserve* someone and something nasty happens. How is this measured or enforced? I assume that someone can get drunk enough that they are over the legal driving limit but not too drunk to be cut off by the bartender. Is the bar released from liability in this instance?
Similarly, is the city really culpable for the actions of one user of their public access wifi network?
I don't drink Alcohol, and have never spent time in bars while others around me get plastered - so I'm honestly curious:
What responsibility or culpability does the bar owner / bar tender have if someone leaves their bar totally drunk and kills someone on their way home?
I know that bars and such are private entities, but I fail to understand how the municipality would think that they are responsible for the actions taken by those using their goods or services. I say let the MPAA come after them - prove culpability or get off my lawn.
From a link from TFS:
"Vishing is much like phishing, but instead of urging e-mail recipients to click on a link (to a bogus website) this message instructs the reader to call a telephone number to rectify a problem with your account."
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I, for one, welcome our new anti-frozen overlords.
I fully admit I'm pretty uninformed on this stuff - but why the FTC? What can they do about it? What control or influence do they have over what a private business does with their member's website?
Now if your application included scoring, support for multiple players (pass the iPhone, or a web-based lobby system), and a zoom out feature, it would be awesome. What would make me PAY money for the thing (if I had an iPhone) would be the ability to submit my own images. Of course, you'd only ever get images of genitalia and poop, and you'd never get the damn thing approved for the app store.
A new version with scoring is pending review in the app store right now. I love the idea of the "pass the phone" concept for multi-player - I'll consider adding it. Zoom out could be very cool as well, if implemented well.
As for adding your own images - This was one of the first ideas I had, but shot it down nearly immediately for the same reasons you suggest.
Thanks for the feedback!
Just how effective is it to hear "use our stuff - we won't sue!" as the marketing message?
Guess it's time to try a little test...
I promise not to sue anyone who buys my iphone apps.
There. We'll see how that works out for me.
*ducks under the desk for cover from the coming flames*
I'm not much of an astronomy geek, but I bought a telescope for my kids for Christmas - and can't wait to haul it out into the backyard and see the wonder in their eyes when they first get to see what is really out there. I also think it's great that we have such easy and ready access to the images produced by Herschel.
Anyone have any recommendations for what I ought to show my 6, 4, and 3 year old in the night sky? We're in the pacific northwest of the US.
Big friggin' laser beams.
I use this instead: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7518
Does this mean that I can charge my lawnmower with my laptop charger? Or, better yet, will my laptop charge in a fraction of the time if I use my lawnmower charger on it?
I realize that the above is ludicrous, but does Joe Sixpack? How many exploding laptops will we see from some eco-green lawnmower lover trying to implement the above?
Of course I did not RTFA, nor am I trained in any sort of medical field - but I imagine that the possibilities that this might present are astounding. Are they hoping to restore mobility and function to people who have had major nerve damage as in the cases of spinal cord injuries? I thought stem cells were all the rage for that..is this a completely different approach?
Also - if we can stimulate the growth of nerve cells to help people, can the same therapy be used for nefarious stuff? (i.e., what happens if you grow too much nerves?)
"This marks the first time Amazon Web Services' cloud infrastructure has been used for this type of illegal activity"
So, has it been used for other illegal things that have been reported on? Is it even possible for anyone to find out all the possible illegal uses of technolgies like cloud computing?
I second this.
Not that my vote counts for much....
This spells disaster in the form of global climate change on mars! Who wants to be the first to martian up and buy some methane offsets?
Ok, so then I went and rtfa, and it claims he'll fly 23 miles. Then I checked google earth, and it lists the distances between the 2 locations mentioned in the article as 19.3 miles.
As others have said, I'll get excited when he can go from, say, New Jersey to the Oregon coast (with an in-flight movie along the way).
I'm sure there is significant engineering effort involved in creating something like a personal jetpack, but he's still jumping out of a plane at altitude and essentially gliding with a bit of a boost from his jet engines along the way.
Being a lazy American, of course I did not rtfa, but I did take the time to look up just how far he'll actually fly: looks like about 12 miles.
He seriously placed more than 8k phone calls for the purpose of harassing them? Did he place all these calls himself, or hire a small army?
I think my limit for placing calls to complain about something is around 4 - the 5th is to just cancel and move on.
Collision for the next 3 years because something else breaks?
Seems like this thing only ever makes the news because it is broken again in a new and interesting way.
Several of the comments mention that the bar could be held liable *if they overserve* someone and something nasty happens. How is this measured or enforced? I assume that someone can get drunk enough that they are over the legal driving limit but not too drunk to be cut off by the bartender. Is the bar released from liability in this instance?
Similarly, is the city really culpable for the actions of one user of their public access wifi network?
I don't drink Alcohol, and have never spent time in bars while others around me get plastered - so I'm honestly curious:
What responsibility or culpability does the bar owner / bar tender have if someone leaves their bar totally drunk and kills someone on their way home?
I know that bars and such are private entities, but I fail to understand how the municipality would think that they are responsible for the actions taken by those using their goods or services. I say let the MPAA come after them - prove culpability or get off my lawn.
I don't run any sites that will likely be the subject of a subpoena, but I also don't keep logs around for more than a few weeks.
Do they honestly expect that logs from last year will still be available and contain the info they are demanding?
Traitor, bully, and an idiot? Wants America to fail?
I dunno - as a normal, educated American I'd like to see your sources, please.
Start leaking? I figured by now they had just about finished fixing the memory leaks!
From a link from TFS: "Vishing is much like phishing, but instead of urging e-mail recipients to click on a link (to a bogus website) this message instructs the reader to call a telephone number to rectify a problem with your account."
I agree - "vishing" is a stupid term.
This I gotta see - have any video?
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So it's diesel - is it as gutless as I've been led to believe diesel cars are? I've never driven one, but I am genuinely curious....