I suspect you might be a victim of Verizon's firmware. They redid the software for their RAZRs and it exhibited all the symptoms you mention; the Motorola firmware is just fine were it's derivations. I know this because I spent 3 weeks flashing my Verizon RAZR to Altell's firmware. The difference is night and day (literally as well with the additional camera modes) well worth it for the number of years that phone lasted me.
Since we are talking commercial interest, why not give this sort of thing to the insurance companies? Instead of increasing rates for dangerous drivers we can route them away from confusing intersections, distracting billboards, cliffs, cities, other cars, and objects in general. Direct them around a parking lot for several hours if they've just left a bar, stop navigation if they're driving too fast, the possibilities are endless!
To think my original suggestions were directing people the wrong way over road spikes (sponsored by Joe's Tires) or through speed traps (courtesy your local government)
I am under the impression that the policy was up to the establishment, but they must make exceptions for service animals, which is fair on both counts.
For one reason or another it has just become custom to flex that right and restrict animals from most places. As long as this doesn't dissuade patrons of any particular establishment it just means fewer potential issues for the owner, so really it has less to do with people's concerns and more to do with convenience for the business.
Trolls will troll. Showing your junk to the camera is the easiest and most obvious way..
I think most of them are just exhibitionists since they've actually reported me for a nature documentary. (read: I've successfully trolled them) I suppose they could have been trolls themselves if my video annoyed them then they were rather 'weak'. You are right about it just moving onto the next thing though; that's just the nature of the environment. Penny Arcade summed it up nicely: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/
Well, almost. In middle school, back in 2000 for me, I had a simple electrolysis project with a nail, penny, battery and jar of vinegar. My teacher set it outside for the weekend because of the hydrogen and told the janitor what it was so he/she wouldn't remove it. Despite this the battery and wires caught the attention of one of the administrators and the authorities were called in. (at a significant expense I'm told) Fortunately for me they had the luxury of learning their lesson quietly over the weekend and while I never got my $3 worth of parts back I did learn some about our society.
Everyone has to own the game and you can't play it at every LAN. The residential "high-speed" connection has been rendered useless at every LAN I've been to because of 20+ people and a tiny upstream. Steam's whimsical DRM still works, but good luck playing a fast-paced game online under those circumstances. I just hope they can't allow LAN support because of a gameplay element and not because they're afraid everyone will use that to bypass the DRM. I can dream, right?
I don't see anything in the article about how much one of these might cost, but I'm guessing it's not cheap. From the image it looks like anyone with an allen wrench could remove the device and pocket it. In it's defense it just looks like a light and I doubt many potential thieves would care, but it's something to consider. They could incorporate a quick-release but having to put it somewhere removes some of the appeal of the device.
And by doing that you're (mostly) circumventing their advertising even if it's a movie with the game's name or just the cover art. We still have demos, games aren't movies and I imagine most welcome all the free publicity but I still fear any movement toward a similar structure.
I was just about to comment on that. Not only do they collect it but they have a page for it albeit a simplified one. I wouldn't expect Valve to collect personal data, implement in-game advertisement or the like, especially with private servers, but it's always a concern in the era of online games. Though it's not fair to single out data mining in games when it's a common practice when dealing with internet. All you can do is keep your tinfoil hat handy whenever you start to secrete personal information.
I had a hard enough time collecting my free (emphasis on free) copy of Vista when it was offered to people who had purchased XP boxes shortly before the release. Taking the time for just $5 doesn't make sense for either party, plus the majority of people don't have their proof of purchase, don't know about the settlement or the mod, or just plain don't care. I'd call it a huge success with those numbers. I'd even bet that there's a fair number of people who learned about the mod through this case and that also a handful that took the money and then took to finding the mod. what a world what a world
I'm not sure about the patent itself or the notion of "enforcing" these things but I can say that it would be convenient for myself if my phone would automatically switch to vibrate in a theater, classroom or other noise-sensitive environment. It would also make a nice default setting for the breed of people that cannot determine how to operate the devices or be bothered to do so. There's even a financial incentive for businesses to implement this sort of thing. Keep manual mode setting for people who want it and to prevent abuse and everyone wins. (completely disabling should always be out for reasons already discussed)
Also, a personal anecdote for "no flash photography". I was at an aquarium with an octopus, which is apparently sensitive to light. There are gigantic "no flash" signs and symbols all around the tank and even on the floor, yet there are no less then three people using their flash. Again, I can only see this as a good thing. Well, in my fantasy world where ideas like these are implemented in a reasonable fashion and misused by no one.
Maybe we'll even let the heart surgeon in a movie theatre get his emergency phone call, if we're sure that (A) the phone is capped to vibrating inside the room, instead of playing a retarded tune at 80 dB, and (B) he'll have to walk out to actually talk. I'm a dumb, numb, amputee heart surgeon, you insensitive clod!
A reference as thinly veiled as it gets to anal sex. (I know, buggrit, and here we were enjoying a nice fantasy in which only porn causes people to get such perverted ideas;) I read "anal sex, (I know Bridget"
Additionally you can control the playback at your leisure and even stop watching the movie at no expense having not paid for a ticket to a movie you haven't seen. Last I checked you can't walk out of a movie early for a partial refund. Let's even throw downloading out of the picture and say you bought the DVD and, having not liked the movie, are now selling it for some reimbursement. That and you can eat whatever you want like, say, a premade foot long sub for the price of a hot dog and a drink at a theater.
Not to discredit 'the experience' entirely. If you're lucky enough to not have any children in the theater, R rated films included, and it's relatively clean then the full sized screen and speakers make up for the drive and expense. Also, on some people's blogs, I noticed accounts of people going to the theater with other people they refer to as "friends" which can only be good, I think.
I wouldn't say it is an implication that American law should prevail everywhere but Google's law. Though I'm not sure what you have taken offense to; they will eventually unite the internet and the world under one administration that can "do no evil". Anyone who states otherwise is to be made example of.
Don't worry, if you're modded down it's just the moderatoers being sarcastic. Certainly that's why all of my youtube comments score at least a negative eight.
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There is actually a Far Side panel where a fish drives a fishbowl on land; this personally influence my subconscious.
I suspect you might be a victim of Verizon's firmware. They redid the software for their RAZRs and it exhibited all the symptoms you mention; the Motorola firmware is just fine were it's derivations. I know this because I spent 3 weeks flashing my Verizon RAZR to Altell's firmware. The difference is night and day (literally as well with the additional camera modes) well worth it for the number of years that phone lasted me.
I almost wonder if Adobe commissioned the trojan just so they can say "Look, it wasn't me this time"
Since we are talking commercial interest, why not give this sort of thing to the insurance companies? Instead of increasing rates for dangerous drivers we can route them away from confusing intersections, distracting billboards, cliffs, cities, other cars, and objects in general. Direct them around a parking lot for several hours if they've just left a bar, stop navigation if they're driving too fast, the possibilities are endless!
To think my original suggestions were directing people the wrong way over road spikes (sponsored by Joe's Tires) or through speed traps (courtesy your local government)
Why should nerds be concerned with regrowing muscles?
I am under the impression that the policy was up to the establishment, but they must make exceptions for service animals, which is fair on both counts.
For one reason or another it has just become custom to flex that right and restrict animals from most places. As long as this doesn't dissuade patrons of any particular establishment it just means fewer potential issues for the owner, so really it has less to do with people's concerns and more to do with convenience for the business.
It will be discovered that there is a secret fourth Directive which prevents the device from arresting any senior executive of Motorola Inc.
Trolls will troll. Showing your junk to the camera is the easiest and most obvious way..
I think most of them are just exhibitionists since they've actually reported me for a nature documentary. (read: I've successfully trolled them) I suppose they could have been trolls themselves if my video annoyed them then they were rather 'weak'. You are right about it just moving onto the next thing though; that's just the nature of the environment. Penny Arcade summed it up nicely: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/
Couldn't the church just have faith in the pupils' attendance instead of requiring notebooks with evidence? I mean, that is how this works, right?
Well, almost. In middle school, back in 2000 for me, I had a simple electrolysis project with a nail, penny, battery and jar of vinegar. My teacher set it outside for the weekend because of the hydrogen and told the janitor what it was so he/she wouldn't remove it. Despite this the battery and wires caught the attention of one of the administrators and the authorities were called in. (at a significant expense I'm told) Fortunately for me they had the luxury of learning their lesson quietly over the weekend and while I never got my $3 worth of parts back I did learn some about our society.
Fair point, but when the person in question volunteers to respond to children's Santa letters it should raise a red flag or two.
Everyone has to own the game and you can't play it at every LAN. The residential "high-speed" connection has been rendered useless at every LAN I've been to because of 20+ people and a tiny upstream. Steam's whimsical DRM still works, but good luck playing a fast-paced game online under those circumstances. I just hope they can't allow LAN support because of a gameplay element and not because they're afraid everyone will use that to bypass the DRM. I can dream, right?
I don't see anything in the article about how much one of these might cost, but I'm guessing it's not cheap. From the image it looks like anyone with an allen wrench could remove the device and pocket it. In it's defense it just looks like a light and I doubt many potential thieves would care, but it's something to consider. They could incorporate a quick-release but having to put it somewhere removes some of the appeal of the device.
The majority of my video game 'art' comes from Japan.
And by doing that you're (mostly) circumventing their advertising even if it's a movie with the game's name or just the cover art. We still have demos, games aren't movies and I imagine most welcome all the free publicity but I still fear any movement toward a similar structure.
I was just about to comment on that. Not only do they collect it but they have a page for it albeit a simplified one. I wouldn't expect Valve to collect personal data, implement in-game advertisement or the like, especially with private servers, but it's always a concern in the era of online games. Though it's not fair to single out data mining in games when it's a common practice when dealing with internet. All you can do is keep your tinfoil hat handy whenever you start to secrete personal information.
I had a hard enough time collecting my free (emphasis on free) copy of Vista when it was offered to people who had purchased XP boxes shortly before the release. Taking the time for just $5 doesn't make sense for either party, plus the majority of people don't have their proof of purchase, don't know about the settlement or the mod, or just plain don't care. I'd call it a huge success with those numbers. I'd even bet that there's a fair number of people who learned about the mod through this case and that also a handful that took the money and then took to finding the mod. what a world what a world
I'm not sure about the patent itself or the notion of "enforcing" these things but I can say that it would be convenient for myself if my phone would automatically switch to vibrate in a theater, classroom or other noise-sensitive environment. It would also make a nice default setting for the breed of people that cannot determine how to operate the devices or be bothered to do so. There's even a financial incentive for businesses to implement this sort of thing. Keep manual mode setting for people who want it and to prevent abuse and everyone wins. (completely disabling should always be out for reasons already discussed)
Also, a personal anecdote for "no flash photography". I was at an aquarium with an octopus, which is apparently sensitive to light. There are gigantic "no flash" signs and symbols all around the tank and even on the floor, yet there are no less then three people using their flash. Again, I can only see this as a good thing. Well, in my fantasy world where ideas like these are implemented in a reasonable fashion and misused by no one.
Here's to the next generation of normal adults.
Additionally you can control the playback at your leisure and even stop watching the movie at no expense having not paid for a ticket to a movie you haven't seen. Last I checked you can't walk out of a movie early for a partial refund. Let's even throw downloading out of the picture and say you bought the DVD and, having not liked the movie, are now selling it for some reimbursement. That and you can eat whatever you want like, say, a premade foot long sub for the price of a hot dog and a drink at a theater.
Not to discredit 'the experience' entirely. If you're lucky enough to not have any children in the theater, R rated films included, and it's relatively clean then the full sized screen and speakers make up for the drive and expense. Also, on some people's blogs, I noticed accounts of people going to the theater with other people they refer to as "friends" which can only be good, I think.
I wouldn't say it is an implication that American law should prevail everywhere but Google's law. Though I'm not sure what you have taken offense to; they will eventually unite the internet and the world under one administration that can "do no evil". Anyone who states otherwise is to be made example of.
Skynet tried that on itself, didn't work.
Seriously though, thy played the 'skynet has no central core' monologue over the image of skynet nuking everything.
I think 2^20 or 1,048,576 is a much better cutoff. One million is just an arbitrary number gained from the use of base 10.
Don't worry, if you're modded down it's just the moderatoers being sarcastic. Certainly that's why all of my youtube comments score at least a negative eight.