need access to my smart-phone for various reasons
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various sorts of data access
Part of writing a good ticket is being specific about your use case and not presupposing the solution. From what you've written, the problem is not technical and has nothing to do with a smart watch. The problem is you are forgetful.
If you can be specific about what you are actually doing with your phone, we can give you solutions that may or may not involve a smart watch.
I am a Mandarin speaker.
Yes, his accent was horrible. However, this is what impressed me:
He understood everything the interviewer asked in one pass.
His response was a genuine expression of his thoughts rather than a textbook answer.
He did not have to rely on inserting English words.
His grammar was basically correct.
'There is an old fable,' said Hardin, 'as old perhaps as humanity, for the oldest records containing it are merely copies of other records still older, that might interest you. It runs as follows:
A horse having a wolf as a powerful and dangerous enemy lived in constant fear of his life. Being driven to desperation, it occurred to him to seek a strong ally. Whereupon he approached a man, and offered an alliance, pointing out that the wolf was likewise an enemy of the man. The man accepted the partnership at once and offered to kill the wolf immediately, if his new partner would only co-operate by placing his greater speed at the manÃ(TM)s disposal. The horse was willing, and allowed the man to place bridle and saddle upon him. The man mounted, hunted down the wolf, and killed him.
The horse, joyful and relieved, thanked the man, and said: ÃNow that our enemy is dead, remove your bridle and saddle and restore my freedom.
Whereupon the man laughed loudly and replied, ÃThe hell you say. Giddy-ap, Dobbin,Ã(TM) and applied the spurs with a will.
So the consequence to Sony is they give some more games away, at ZERO marginal cost to them, increasing customer lock-in. How exactly does this deter behaviour again?
Here's a couple of reports on that very same park by a few locals:
I had just visited the park where this happened to watch because i love this hobby (prior to the incident) and there really should be more safety precautions taken in fling fields, because these helicopters are only 40-50 yards from the spectators, and there is nothing stopping these things to do what it did to that kid
Last year I went to a fun fly at that field. A lot of those guys, including Roman (who I met), were pretty much flying right in their faces and on the deck the entire time they were flying. Even that day there was an incident where another guy was flying above his skill level on the deck, the tail smacked the ground and the heli started pirouetting out of control. Well it flew right into the pit area and hit a car, and the shattering glass injured somebody. And yet immediately after there were still about 6 or 7 guys at a time flying next to each other on a field that's about 500 feet wide without any concept of staying in their own flight box. Since that day I hadn't been there again and I definitely am not going back there now.
What you are describing is not "net neutrality", but usage based billing. There is no problem with that on/..
What/.ers are talking about when they refer to net neutrality is the neutral treatment of data based on the content of the data, NOT the manner in which the content is transmitted. That is a very important technical distinction to make that is commonly misapplied when the term "net neutrality" is used without understanding the underlying issue.
Your electricity bill is "electric neutral" already. If BC Hydro were to overturn "electric neutral" they would bill you differently not only the quantity of electricity you used, but for the purpose to which you put the electricity. They could do things like bill you more for powering a non-BC Hydro branded/partner TV or fridge, but they would sell it to you as a "discount" for using their services. If you complained, they would say oh just switch to a competing provider!
Except the only other "competition" colludes with them in price.
While technically this correct, in practice you cannot always de-authorize your consoles.
*You must MANUALLY deauthorize your PSN account on EACH PS3 which you have ever logged in.*
That means: If your PS3 crashed and you were unable to get to the deauthorize menu item, you lose that "slot" forever. If you reformat YOUR OWN PS3 without deauthorizing your PSN account, you lose that "slot" forever. If you have shared your PSN account with someone and they don't deauthorize the account, you lose that "slot" forever.
Citation: I've read this on the official Sony FAQ some time in the past but I can't find it right now, so here is another link that explains how things work: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=158147
I had one of these growing up too and it was one of my favourite toys. There are lots of opportunities to experiment by modifying the suggested experiments with changing resistance values and inputs and outputs.
That's all fine and dandy if the attacker/zombie is under the jurisdiction of the Australia government, but what if it is not? Is the insurance company really going to step into your shoes and chase someone halfway across the world to get a judgment and enforce it? What if you don't have a cause of action against the attacker/zombie in the foreign jurisdiction?
Ironically, the effect of your proposed law would be to protect foreign victims of Australian attackers.
I guess what you are proposing is some sort of multi-national treaty whereby all signatories of the treaty would enact similar legislation to force internet users to take liability for the actions of their computers.
Good luck!
The entire "study" has one huge glaring problem: A PIRATED GAME DOES NOT MEAN A LOST SALE.
He asks what he can do to "convert more people to become buyers". You can't convert people that wouldn't have bought your game in the first place. The only way to stop people copying your game is to provide more value to a so-called pirate such that the "pirate" gets more utility from the game by paying for it than by downloading it. If your game sucks and provides only marginal utility, even if he couldn't play the game for free the game he wouldn't have paid for it.
Is it cutting out a revenue stream? Or increasing the size of the pie? How do you know they aren't embedding commercials in the bt version and making MORE money by telling advertisers they are reaching MORE eyes? Show me.
Even if we accept that they will make less money with this distribution method, is it going to be significant to overshadow the savings to the CBC by using bt as a distribution channel? About 1/3 of CBC's funding comes from non-taxpayer sources, according to their 2005-2006 annual report. Of that 1/3, only a fraction of it is from advertising. Of that fraction, only a smaller portion yet comes from TV advertising. Is that a significant amount? Show me.
Why are you so ready to draw negative conclusions so early?
Um... isn't the whole point of this article that some people think it's a good idea? TFS even says there is debate over whether it is a good or bad idea!
Google doesn't (directly) benefit when you click ads. The company advertising is the beneficiary of increased exposure.
When you bare your life to Google, they can take all that aggregated info to a seller interested in advertising and say, "We have these profiled markets that you may be interested in because they are your market." The more information you give them, the more valuable your profile is worth to a seller and the more money Google can charge the seller for a "hookup" to this targeted market.
Therefore gmail, google spreadsheet, and google search are not "in the red". They are products that build something for Google to sell to advertisers. gmail, google spreadsheet, and google search all do the same thing. They build profiles.
When you mention that you wish to help Google by clicking on your ads you are misunderstanding the way Google makes money. You are not Google's market. You (your profile) is the commodity Google sells.
By using gmail, you are signaling to Google that you want to keep using it. You don't need to click on their ads to provide value to them. In fact, the direct beneficiary of the click is probably not even Google, but the company advertising. The bean-counters at Google aren't counting ad revenue. They are counting how often you email whom, what your most common email topics are, and who you email what to whom. That is the value you are providing to them.
If you want to give a direct incentive to Google, start exposing more and more of your private life to them through plaintext gmail.
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Comes with a 0-4G vibration sensor, can be extended with other sensors in the future if you want to repurpose it later.
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various sorts of data access
Part of writing a good ticket is being specific about your use case and not presupposing the solution. From what you've written, the problem is not technical and has nothing to do with a smart watch. The problem is you are forgetful.
If you can be specific about what you are actually doing with your phone, we can give you solutions that may or may not involve a smart watch.
Here it is... http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/12/11/1410931111.full.pdf
Most modern cars will provide interesting diagnostic data via the ODB2 interface. Something like this would be a good first project: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=95037.0
One of Pete Postlethwaite's last movies covered the issue in a similar way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
I am a Mandarin speaker. Yes, his accent was horrible. However, this is what impressed me: He understood everything the interviewer asked in one pass. His response was a genuine expression of his thoughts rather than a textbook answer. He did not have to rely on inserting English words. His grammar was basically correct.
'There is an old fable,' said Hardin, 'as old perhaps as humanity, for the oldest records containing it are merely copies of other records still older, that might interest you. It runs as follows:
A horse having a wolf as a powerful and dangerous enemy lived in constant fear of his life. Being driven to desperation, it occurred to him to seek a strong ally. Whereupon he approached a man, and offered an alliance, pointing out that the wolf was likewise an enemy of the man. The man accepted the partnership at once and offered to kill the wolf immediately, if his new partner would only co-operate by placing his greater speed at the manÃ(TM)s disposal. The horse was willing, and allowed the man to place bridle and saddle upon him. The man mounted, hunted down the wolf, and killed him.
The horse, joyful and relieved, thanked the man, and said: ÃNow that our enemy is dead, remove your bridle and saddle and restore my freedom.
Whereupon the man laughed loudly and replied, ÃThe hell you say. Giddy-ap, Dobbin,Ã(TM) and applied the spurs with a will.
So the consequence to Sony is they give some more games away, at ZERO marginal cost to them, increasing customer lock-in. How exactly does this deter behaviour again?
Because children can't fight back when their voice is co-opted.
Luckily blind, deaf and disabled adults are able to.
I had just visited the park where this happened to watch because i love this hobby (prior to the incident) and there really should be more safety precautions taken in fling fields, because these helicopters are only 40-50 yards from the spectators, and there is nothing stopping these things to do what it did to that kid
Last year I went to a fun fly at that field. A lot of those guys, including Roman (who I met), were pretty much flying right in their faces and on the deck the entire time they were flying. Even that day there was an incident where another guy was flying above his skill level on the deck, the tail smacked the ground and the heli started pirouetting out of control. Well it flew right into the pit area and hit a car, and the shattering glass injured somebody. And yet immediately after there were still about 6 or 7 guys at a time flying next to each other on a field that's about 500 feet wide without any concept of staying in their own flight box. Since that day I hadn't been there again and I definitely am not going back there now.
The problem is I can't "try" Apple maps, I can only commit to it. Once I have installed iOS 6, I cannot go back to iOS 5 on my device.
What /.ers are talking about when they refer to net neutrality is the neutral treatment of data based on the content of the data, NOT the manner in which the content is transmitted. That is a very important technical distinction to make that is commonly misapplied when the term "net neutrality" is used without understanding the underlying issue.
Your electricity bill is "electric neutral" already. If BC Hydro were to overturn "electric neutral" they would bill you differently not only the quantity of electricity you used, but for the purpose to which you put the electricity. They could do things like bill you more for powering a non-BC Hydro branded/partner TV or fridge, but they would sell it to you as a "discount" for using their services. If you complained, they would say oh just switch to a competing provider!
Except the only other "competition" colludes with them in price.
http://gear.ign.com/articles/765/765614p1.html
These were going for around $10 on ebay a while ago.
While technically this correct, in practice you cannot always de-authorize your consoles.
*You must MANUALLY deauthorize your PSN account on EACH PS3 which you have ever logged in.*
That means:
If your PS3 crashed and you were unable to get to the deauthorize menu item, you lose that "slot" forever.
If you reformat YOUR OWN PS3 without deauthorizing your PSN account, you lose that "slot" forever.
If you have shared your PSN account with someone and they don't deauthorize the account, you lose that "slot" forever.
Citation: I've read this on the official Sony FAQ some time in the past but I can't find it right now, so here is another link that explains how things work: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=158147
I had one of these growing up too and it was one of my favourite toys. There are lots of opportunities to experiment by modifying the suggested experiments with changing resistance values and inputs and outputs.
The option to install Linux is removed in the new 3.0 firmware.
The new 3.0 firmware is required to play online.
Old owners have the "option" of retaining the ability to install Linux, or giving up the ability to play any games online.
That's all fine and dandy if the attacker/zombie is under the jurisdiction of the Australia government, but what if it is not? Is the insurance company really going to step into your shoes and chase someone halfway across the world to get a judgment and enforce it? What if you don't have a cause of action against the attacker/zombie in the foreign jurisdiction? Ironically, the effect of your proposed law would be to protect foreign victims of Australian attackers. I guess what you are proposing is some sort of multi-national treaty whereby all signatories of the treaty would enact similar legislation to force internet users to take liability for the actions of their computers. Good luck!
The ambassador should have given something like a collection of classic American music on cassette tape.
He asks what he can do to "convert more people to become buyers". You can't convert people that wouldn't have bought your game in the first place. The only way to stop people copying your game is to provide more value to a so-called pirate such that the "pirate" gets more utility from the game by paying for it than by downloading it. If your game sucks and provides only marginal utility, even if he couldn't play the game for free the game he wouldn't have paid for it.
What is with you and all the FUD?
Is it cutting out a revenue stream? Or increasing the size of the pie? How do you know they aren't embedding commercials in the bt version and making MORE money by telling advertisers they are reaching MORE eyes? Show me.
Even if we accept that they will make less money with this distribution method, is it going to be significant to overshadow the savings to the CBC by using bt as a distribution channel? About 1/3 of CBC's funding comes from non-taxpayer sources, according to their 2005-2006 annual report. Of that 1/3, only a fraction of it is from advertising. Of that fraction, only a smaller portion yet comes from TV advertising. Is that a significant amount? Show me.
Why are you so ready to draw negative conclusions so early?
Um... isn't the whole point of this article that some people think it's a good idea? TFS even says there is debate over whether it is a good or bad idea!
"It" is referring to Linspire, not Ubuntu.
That looks like "The Rahmens", a very well known comedy duo in Japan. Here is a sample of their best work illustrating how to eat sushi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIb6ZSqal64&feature =PlayList&p=51CAE8F9A6BB401A&index=7
Let me simplify it for you.
Google doesn't (directly) benefit when you click ads. The company advertising is the beneficiary of increased exposure.
When you bare your life to Google, they can take all that aggregated info to a seller interested in advertising and say, "We have these profiled markets that you may be interested in because they are your market." The more information you give them, the more valuable your profile is worth to a seller and the more money Google can charge the seller for a "hookup" to this targeted market.
Therefore gmail, google spreadsheet, and google search are not "in the red". They are products that build something for Google to sell to advertisers. gmail, google spreadsheet, and google search all do the same thing. They build profiles.
When you mention that you wish to help Google by clicking on your ads you are misunderstanding the way Google makes money. You are not Google's market. You (your profile) is the commodity Google sells.
By using gmail, you are signaling to Google that you want to keep using it. You don't need to click on their ads to provide value to them. In fact, the direct beneficiary of the click is probably not even Google, but the company advertising. The bean-counters at Google aren't counting ad revenue. They are counting how often you email whom, what your most common email topics are, and who you email what to whom. That is the value you are providing to them.
If you want to give a direct incentive to Google, start exposing more and more of your private life to them through plaintext gmail.