Check out the blog, she usually constructs 3D models manually herself from lower quality images/models.
And the first blog example where she used an existing model, Fallout 3's Pip-Boy 3000, she spent "about 12 hours" cleaning up the 3D printed model.
She's a crafts-person, old school style with new school tools (similar old school tools would have involved molds, similar to using an existing 3D model). Pretty cool stuff in my opinion.
Going to Six Flags for a day accomplishes nothing. Except for the personal enjoyment of the rides (contrasted against the pain of waiting in line, a poor example of anticipation buildup).
And now people are using free will to buy it, big brother doesn't even have to force it upon us. And given the inane nature of most content provided, it is the perfect tool for pacification.
But, given the context of the actual privacy policy, it means they can listen (and given such freedom, why would they not?). I quoted the Salon article, which was a direct quote from the privacy policy of the TV.
I don't consider this product a TV. It's a privacy invasion device with a screen (that's how to get around a restocking fee when returning...).
Thanks for the comment, I hadn't considered the recording and transmission of a visitor's speech. That clarifies things, but along with you, I am not a lawyer...
You have to activate those services ("OK Google"). I'm assuming this always listens, even when off (so it can be powered on via voice command).
And it is a reasonable assumption these services send the data to the company (Google or Apple), not some unnamed "third party". The third party part is pretty scary in my opinion, they make it clear that they aren't the ones listening.
Is this TV even legal in all states? It sends the audio it hears to a third party (per the Salon article). Seems that may run afoul of audio recording laws in all-consent states (maybe even single-party consent states). Can providing the TV with power be considered "consent" to have everything you say in your living room sent to a 3rd party?
From the Salon article: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party.”
As a child I had a Casio solar digital watch. Wore it for weeks. I liked the white ring it made on my arm during the summer. But after a month or so, running around sweating with the watch on, I took it off. A green ring of fungus had formed.
"Today's wildlife revs at higher r.p.m.'s," Gedman said. "So when you're a gray seal swimming after a fish at over 200 strokes per minute, you can't afford any excess friction on your fins or tail. You need a quality motor oil to keep them as loose as possible."
I really enjoyed A World Made By Hand. I'm not sure if you are aware, but there are two more books in the series at this point. The Witch of Hebron came out a over a year ago. "A History of the Future" was released very recently.
If you are into this sort of literature (I might be overplaying the word there, but they are books...), Patriots is a pretty good yarn. It's also very applicable to this article on survival knowledge, it's a fictional story combined very directly with extreme preparation and survival skills (tons of gun info, literally tons; and home prep, radio comms, location scouting, how to destroy tanks, etc.).
I finally took the time to RTFA and the situation is different than I understood.
Does the FTDI driver have any patented technology (I hate software patterns, but it matters a bit in this case)? And, why are the fake chips requesting FTDI's driver?
Patent issues aside, it sounds like the hardware is requesting a 3rd party driver, which the 3rd party owns and benefits from, even though they "give it away" for free. The fakes need to provide their own driver. Bootstrapping to a 3rd party proprietary driver is a situation where one should expect problems or failures, especially as the driver is updated (and regardless of how one receives it). Bricking is pushing it, just non-functional would suffice (bricking pure counterfeits is fine to me, but fakes that aren't promoted as the real thing is different - except they want the 3rd party driver).
If there are patents in the driver code then IP is being stolen.
In any case, the fakes should provide their own drivers. That is the crux of the issue.
Is Wally World doing "malicious damage" by, in many cases, selling few-use cheap crap when more higher quality is available? That's an implicit guarantee of failure to me. The business model is dependance on failure due to low quality. (which is an issue here, so some degree).
But after having had their proprietary IP (and Trademark by the sound of it), one for which they claim a certain hardware/software performance expectation, can an attempt to enforce authenticity be a problem? What's the point of any IP? Keep in mind that they have to handle and deflect counterfeit claims.
This is counterfeiting and potentially Trademark infringement as well. If you receive counterfeit currency, are you legally allowed to use it?
The only criminal side is the infringer.
Devil's advocate: Don't take the update. Does the hardware allow for a rollback/reflash? That's not FTDI's problem.
Any "good faith" on the part of the purchaser is irrelevant. They purchased counterfeit goods (not much different from stolen, in fact stolen applies in terms of IP/Trademark). Even if they "made a mistake", the product they have purchased is effectively illegal, why should they be allowed to use it?
And they disable a bunch of truly pirate hardware. This isn't a software issue, it's a hardware interface issue (OK, it's software, but the connection to the hardware is the key). I'm would think they have IP/patents on their setup. I haven't verified that, but if they have an non-unique hardware/software solution it is certainly patentable (preferably as hardware and software together, the verification means they have addressed both sides I assume).
Everyone purchasing the fake is harmed, and it is harm. They need to take it up with the company they bought the hardware from AND with the company that manufactured it. That is the route to a fair legal solution.
Class action against the offenders, not those who defend their propriety IP.
Is the FTDI hardware interface driver a 100% pure "standard" USB interface (something Windows or Linux may include by default)? Then the hardware should work. If not, FTDI is clear and free to enforce their hardware via their drivers. Graphics cards come to mind (Nvidias driver optimizations wouldn't work with a competing card).
It's just optimization of the hardware to software interface. Competitive advantage. Something that is very worth protecting, And this is defense, not offense in my opinion.
But, this is certainly an offensive attack on the Alibaba business model. And that is a good thing (full disclosure, I have purchased dashcams from the Allibaa consumer site, Russian design, direct from China, with English as the default language - great stuff, I also watched some pro-camera scammers get shut down, I was looking for a deal that was "too good to be true").
You get what you pay for. Unless good counterfeits are a high percentage of the market you will know the price. You KNOW the real price. Those discounts are "too good to be true".
This is a driver issue, and a manufacturer can certainly code solely to their hardware (who doesn't? other than general hardware providers that can implement an existing interface, and expose the fact of this implementation). And they can enforce this (enforcing a driver/hardware interface).
The solution is simple, the knockoffs need to provide a proper driver set. But if their knockoff hardware identifies as, but isn't, another companies product, then so be it. If that prevents a proper alternative driver set, then so be it. They are identifying as hardware they are not.
The knockoff companies should get "their asses sued big-time". And I would bet they will. But those taking advantage of the "too good to be true" are also complicit in the counterfeiting (I guarantee someone knew what was up). These parties both deserve and need to pay up, if this is the hardware solution they want to keep.
Your last sentence is quite ironic (I have little to no idea what you were talking about), but I thoroughly enjoyed your post.
Keep it up, whatever it is (I believe "it" = framing various parties as D&D entities and then, somehow, performing mathematical calculations based on the words describing moral direction, resulting in nonsensical results?).
They describe is as "Kiva is the ultimate goods-to-man (goods-to-person) automation system."
Now they want to replace the word "man" or "person" with "robot".
The next step from there is to automate stocking of the shelves (I'm would bet the shelves come to the loading area when there are items available to resupply them).
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Check out the blog, she usually constructs 3D models manually herself from lower quality images/models.
And the first blog example where she used an existing model, Fallout 3's Pip-Boy 3000, she spent "about 12 hours" cleaning up the 3D printed model.
She's a crafts-person, old school style with new school tools (similar old school tools would have involved molds, similar to using an existing 3D model). Pretty cool stuff in my opinion.
Going to Six Flags for a day accomplishes nothing. Except for the personal enjoyment of the rides (contrasted against the pain of waiting in line, a poor example of anticipation buildup).
Manipulating language is called being "politically correct". Human nature undermines interpersonal relationships.
And now the TV has cameras and microphones.
And now people are using free will to buy it, big brother doesn't even have to force it upon us. And given the inane nature of most content provided, it is the perfect tool for pacification.
Oxygen processing is a purely physical and automatic process.
But, given the context of the actual privacy policy, it means they can listen (and given such freedom, why would they not?). I quoted the Salon article, which was a direct quote from the privacy policy of the TV.
I don't consider this product a TV. It's a privacy invasion device with a screen (that's how to get around a restocking fee when returning...).
Thanks for the comment, I hadn't considered the recording and transmission of a visitor's speech. That clarifies things, but along with you, I am not a lawyer...
You have to activate those services ("OK Google"). I'm assuming this always listens, even when off (so it can be powered on via voice command).
And it is a reasonable assumption these services send the data to the company (Google or Apple), not some unnamed "third party". The third party part is pretty scary in my opinion, they make it clear that they aren't the ones listening.
Maybe the NSA is servicing my TV commands...
Is this TV even legal in all states? It sends the audio it hears to a third party (per the Salon article). Seems that may run afoul of audio recording laws in all-consent states (maybe even single-party consent states). Can providing the TV with power be considered "consent" to have everything you say in your living room sent to a 3rd party?
From the Salon article:
“Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party.”
As a child I had a Casio solar digital watch. Wore it for weeks. I liked the white ring it made on my arm during the summer. But after a month or so, running around sweating with the watch on, I took it off. A green ring of fungus had formed.
I stopped wearing watches that day.
Massive oil spills do increase wildlife viscosity:
http://www.theonion.com/articl...
"Today's wildlife revs at higher r.p.m.'s," Gedman said. "So when you're a gray seal swimming after a fish at over 200 strokes per minute, you can't afford any excess friction on your fins or tail. You need a quality motor oil to keep them as loose as possible."
I really enjoyed A World Made By Hand. I'm not sure if you are aware, but there are two more books in the series at this point. The Witch of Hebron came out a over a year ago. "A History of the Future" was released very recently.
If you are into this sort of literature (I might be overplaying the word there, but they are books...), Patriots is a pretty good yarn. It's also very applicable to this article on survival knowledge, it's a fictional story combined very directly with extreme preparation and survival skills (tons of gun info, literally tons; and home prep, radio comms, location scouting, how to destroy tanks, etc.).
I finally took the time to RTFA and the situation is different than I understood.
Does the FTDI driver have any patented technology (I hate software patterns, but it matters a bit in this case)? And, why are the fake chips requesting FTDI's driver?
Patent issues aside, it sounds like the hardware is requesting a 3rd party driver, which the 3rd party owns and benefits from, even though they "give it away" for free. The fakes need to provide their own driver. Bootstrapping to a 3rd party proprietary driver is a situation where one should expect problems or failures, especially as the driver is updated (and regardless of how one receives it). Bricking is pushing it, just non-functional would suffice (bricking pure counterfeits is fine to me, but fakes that aren't promoted as the real thing is different - except they want the 3rd party driver).
If there are patents in the driver code then IP is being stolen.
In any case, the fakes should provide their own drivers. That is the crux of the issue.
Is Wally World doing "malicious damage" by, in many cases, selling few-use cheap crap when more higher quality is available? That's an implicit guarantee of failure to me. The business model is dependance on failure due to low quality. (which is an issue here, so some degree).
But after having had their proprietary IP (and Trademark by the sound of it), one for which they claim a certain hardware/software performance expectation, can an attempt to enforce authenticity be a problem? What's the point of any IP? Keep in mind that they have to handle and deflect counterfeit claims.
This is counterfeiting and potentially Trademark infringement as well. If you receive counterfeit currency, are you legally allowed to use it?
The only criminal side is the infringer.
Devil's advocate: Don't take the update. Does the hardware allow for a rollback/reflash? That's not FTDI's problem.
Any "good faith" on the part of the purchaser is irrelevant. They purchased counterfeit goods (not much different from stolen, in fact stolen applies in terms of IP/Trademark). Even if they "made a mistake", the product they have purchased is effectively illegal, why should they be allowed to use it?
Yeah, I didn't RTFA or even the complete thread... Does that impact my logic?
And they disable a bunch of truly pirate hardware. This isn't a software issue, it's a hardware interface issue (OK, it's software, but the connection to the hardware is the key). I'm would think they have IP/patents on their setup. I haven't verified that, but if they have an non-unique hardware/software solution it is certainly patentable (preferably as hardware and software together, the verification means they have addressed both sides I assume).
Everyone purchasing the fake is harmed, and it is harm. They need to take it up with the company they bought the hardware from AND with the company that manufactured it. That is the route to a fair legal solution.
Class action against the offenders, not those who defend their propriety IP.
Is the FTDI hardware interface driver a 100% pure "standard" USB interface (something Windows or Linux may include by default)? Then the hardware should work. If not, FTDI is clear and free to enforce their hardware via their drivers. Graphics cards come to mind (Nvidias driver optimizations wouldn't work with a competing card).
It's just optimization of the hardware to software interface. Competitive advantage. Something that is very worth protecting, And this is defense, not offense in my opinion.
But, this is certainly an offensive attack on the Alibaba business model. And that is a good thing (full disclosure, I have purchased dashcams from the Allibaa consumer site, Russian design, direct from China, with English as the default language - great stuff, I also watched some pro-camera scammers get shut down, I was looking for a deal that was "too good to be true").
You get what you pay for. Unless good counterfeits are a high percentage of the market you will know the price. You KNOW the real price. Those discounts are "too good to be true".
This is a driver issue, and a manufacturer can certainly code solely to their hardware (who doesn't? other than general hardware providers that can implement an existing interface, and expose the fact of this implementation). And they can enforce this (enforcing a driver/hardware interface).
The solution is simple, the knockoffs need to provide a proper driver set. But if their knockoff hardware identifies as, but isn't, another companies product, then so be it. If that prevents a proper alternative driver set, then so be it. They are identifying as hardware they are not.
The knockoff companies should get "their asses sued big-time". And I would bet they will. But those taking advantage of the "too good to be true" are also complicit in the counterfeiting (I guarantee someone knew what was up). These parties both deserve and need to pay up, if this is the hardware solution they want to keep.
Thanks for the tip. And Winkey+Up = Maximize (+Down can be deduced, expect the app loses focus at that point).
Here it is:
https://www.google.com/maps/@3...
I like to concatenate song lyrics first letters.
My favorite password, which I can't take credit for was:
sdftr,ndtwtsotr!
Translates to:
Seasons don't fear the reaper, nether do the wind, the sun, or the rain.
Needs more cowbell!
I can't YouTube from work, but there's a video shot in Alaska of a Traxxis road car going 100mph down a highway for a few miles.
It was this model:
http://traxxas.com/products/mo...
0 to 100mph in 5 seconds. I'm happy with my much slower (35mph) off roader by the same company. Awesome fun while camping.
No, it cost two pence.
Your last sentence is quite ironic (I have little to no idea what you were talking about), but I thoroughly enjoyed your post.
Keep it up, whatever it is (I believe "it" = framing various parties as D&D entities and then, somehow, performing mathematical calculations based on the words describing moral direction, resulting in nonsensical results?).
"Sea Ranger" was my favorite part.
The shelves come to the human picker with the items for a particular order.
http://www.kivasystems.com/sol...
They describe is as "Kiva is the ultimate goods-to-man (goods-to-person) automation system."
Now they want to replace the word "man" or "person" with "robot".
The next step from there is to automate stocking of the shelves (I'm would bet the shelves come to the loading area when there are items available to resupply them).