Texas has "upgraded" some of their toll booths with a similar technology. For about a month after they first started using it, I can remember the reports of people from out of state being fined, and likewise for what should be a relatively simple system.
Unfortunately, the complexity came from something that was "outside" (figuratively speaking) the system.
That being said, what's so newsworthy about this? The fact that it's in New York?
It's when the government starts setting up cameras everywhere to monitor people that you need to be concerned. First it starts with tolls, then red lights, then every street corner, then it starts with measuring the velocity of a moving automobile, then RFID chips, and THEN an Orwellian society might come into play.
That being said, the tin foil hat goes on tonight.
Java's only real strength is that native code (native to Java's VM) can be run anywhere, but anything where there's a the runtime environment to run it.
The financial word must note how slow Java applications are, I hope. (In comparison to so many other languages.)
I've personally heard from a friend that Lisp is pretty damn powerful, particularly in the terms of calcuations and the like, so I can see it being used for some backend applications.
Although, I personally find Lisp more obscure than C++, or C#, but that's just me.
And while you're at it, take away their computers.
The kids'll start obsessing over sports, and then fall into a downward spiral known as neo-neanderthalism, where their bodies begin to become suited for less intellectual pursuits.
That being said, so long as MySpace goes away, I'd still be content, kids sitting at their computers all day reading forwards definitely does not help the obesity problem. (And yes, I realize the example I posted is extreme in any case, if not impossible, but it's just an example.)
I'm not sure if you noticed, but there's both more iPhones on the market (due to popularity) and a larger market for the iPhone (can the PSP make phone calls (out of thoe box)?), and I also would take a gamble and say the iPhone wasn't created with gaming in mind. (Not as much as the PSP, therefore different hardware specs., and a different control configuration.)
At most, all this person deserved was a slap on the wrist.
The person, "Jhannet", didn't want to tape the whole movie. Just a clip to show her brother.
In the olden days, the days where mom and pop stores still existed, if you were caught shoplifting, they'd call your parents and your parents would discipline (beat) you so you wouldn't do it again.
Shoplift at Wal-mart, and it's a $10,000 fine and several years of prison.
I personally think the theater manager was just being a jerk, in order to go through the length and trouble needed to report them. (But that's just me.)
/b/'s actually quite well known, to anyone who's been on the internet for awhile.
I'll start by calling it the cesspool of the internet; it's where all the waste from the tubes go to die.
That being said,/b/ is the one who brought things such as Caturday (Not "lolcats") into existence, and also sveral motivational posters. There's actually a lot of internet culture that spawns form that cesspool, which is to say the least, ironic.
If you want to find out what/b/, or/i/ is, I recommend going there yourself. (... Not on your work computer, either.)
[The author is in no way responsible for the aforementioned post whatsoever. What one does with the aforementioned information, etc. is solely the responsibility of the doer.]
I'm actually surprised this took a day to get on/., and as far as the "anaonymous" reign of terror goes, as far as they would go is maybe sending a couple hundred thousand empty boxes to your address through the USPS.
I personally don't think that in any way they deserve being called an "Internet Hate Machine".
Of course, I personally think that which Anonymous is was exagerrated by their undercover information (whose name isn't hard to find).... I for one thank Fox for it's completely unbiased newcasts!
... and when will they realize that it's adults who still play video games in their mother's basements that play them?
All lack of seriousness aside, you're right about there being a potential market for an AO console. This being said, however, the game are still banned from being sold at retailers in several states. That presents a problem, other than having to order them off of some internet site. (Even then I'm sure lawmakers will have this "loophole" in their hands and strangling it, in a strange twist of irony.) Will you have to go behind the beads draped down from a doorway and into the back of the video game store in order to buy AO-rated games?
If anyone else played the original Condemned, you'd probably agree wtih me that it would probably be rated AO, simply for all the blood. (And probably the ending.)
Nonetheless, I'm extremely pissed that game makers have to worry about ratings now in order to get their games on the shelves. In the past it was, "Oh, look.. That conservative group is trying to nag at our game. Ha! We're number one on the selling charts!" And then finally, those "conservative groups" get a couple of lawmakers to enforce this type of law because of some group of idiot developers who decide to put an extremely well hidden sex scene in their game.
Just great. So while we're censoring every form of art, how about Michelangelo's statue? Someone needs to put some leaves there. Oh, is that a breast on that artwork? Better get the censor bars out.
No matter what it is, there's always some group that complains enough that, "This shouldn't be shown, because it's just.. shouldn't." Of course, I'll also assume that their kids will group up and be smiling adults that always do the right thing, help old ladies cross the streets, turn their head away from those XXX nightclubs, and of course, never ever get angry.
Beautiful, just beautiful. I suppose if people have a bad enough psychosis that they can't tell that Condemned has a world in which demons exist and physically manifest to cause riots apart from the real world, well.. My opinion on humanity is at a loss for words.
Clearly, the fault lies in Microsoft's IE7. Why? The problem comes from IE7, not Firefox. I don't know, but the last time I checked, Internet Explorer was integrated into the Windows Shell, laying room for much potential harm.
My point being? If you have the plugin installed that allows Firefox to utilize ActiveX by running and instance of Internet Explorer in it, and someone has an ActiveX exploit on their page, which browser is liable to fix the vulnerability? Internet Explorer, obviously. Will they do it in a timely manner? Most likely not.
I'll disagree with you on EQ2 having a better housing system than UO.
UO's housing system actualyl implemented houses that could be real (physical in elation tot he wrold) houses, instead of Inns like EQ2.
Having played both, I'd still say UO was by far sueprior to EQ2 in terms of "woah, I can do this, this, and this." UO had a craft leveling system like EQ2's, except EQ2's has you running around various places, looking for scattered (to a point) resources. UO typically made you go to the mine to mine ore.
However, that being said, if you want an MMORPG where you can do "anything", I'd suggest looking into one called "Wyrm Online".
It's funny to think that television is finally being replaced (or at the very least, threatened) by a medium that actually supports the end of the couch potato. Irony? Just a bit.
It's not a "dupe" per se, but it has been posted before.
...and then again.
... and again.
... and then again.
The only new bit of information about this is that it was disclosed in a meeting, which could be significant or insignificant, depending on the way you look at it.
The vulnerability only stems from the fact that Firefox puts the passwords into the box.
There is no workaround for this.
So, if you're that worried about your passwords being stolen, don't use the password manager. If you're worried about burgulars, close your window and add some bars. Better yet, get rid fo the window all together.
What this article fails to mention is the decrease in personel in Engineering-related jobs. (Which I can, at this time, not find a viable link to, so you'll have to take my word for it. I read about it in (coincidentally enough) an engineering class I took last year.)
Engineering doesn't pay enough anymore. And I'm not sure if anyone else noticed, but the interest in math and science isn't there in American school children anymore. Ask any random kid if they like science or not, and 9/10 will tell you not.
Add this to the growing population in overseas Engineers, and what do you have? That's right, -- an accountability for the dramatic flatline in American engineering articles being published.
Obviously, this list was built on popularity, rather than any actual figures, or account of depth of story.
That being said, I would still have to put Phantasy Star Online up there, even with a horrid storyline. But come on.. Counterstrike isn't even on there.
Take as a piece of evidence, there are elements found extraterrestrial to our planet.
Earth could've had some of these elements, very long ago. A past civilization was built upon them, and dissapeared because it ran out of them, or abandoned the planet because it ran out of them, and took with them all their technology.
Microrganisms existed in the ocean at this time. This civilization had no need to worry, nor eliminate them, or even stumble upon them.
The reason for no traces ie because it would be stupid to leave anything on a planet where only you thought you existed.
And as for the resources argument, why use oil when you have some miracle resource that doesn't pollute, has a trillion times more energy output, and can be found elsewhere?
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Texas has "upgraded" some of their toll booths with a similar technology. For about a month after they first started using it, I can remember the reports of people from out of state being fined, and likewise for what should be a relatively simple system.
Unfortunately, the complexity came from something that was "outside" (figuratively speaking) the system.
That being said, what's so newsworthy about this? The fact that it's in New York?
It's when the government starts setting up cameras everywhere to monitor people that you need to be concerned. First it starts with tolls, then red lights, then every street corner, then it starts with measuring the velocity of a moving automobile, then RFID chips, and THEN an Orwellian society might come into play.
That being said, the tin foil hat goes on tonight.
Java's only real strength is that native code (native to Java's VM) can be run anywhere, but anything where there's a the runtime environment to run it. The financial word must note how slow Java applications are, I hope. (In comparison to so many other languages.)
I've personally heard from a friend that Lisp is pretty damn powerful, particularly in the terms of calcuations and the like, so I can see it being used for some backend applications. Although, I personally find Lisp more obscure than C++, or C#, but that's just me.
And while you're at it, take away their computers. The kids'll start obsessing over sports, and then fall into a downward spiral known as neo-neanderthalism, where their bodies begin to become suited for less intellectual pursuits. That being said, so long as MySpace goes away, I'd still be content, kids sitting at their computers all day reading forwards definitely does not help the obesity problem. (And yes, I realize the example I posted is extreme in any case, if not impossible, but it's just an example.)
Where's the touch screen, and where's the ... Oh, I don't know, NES emulation?
I'm not sure if you noticed, but there's both more iPhones on the market (due to popularity) and a larger market for the iPhone (can the PSP make phone calls (out of thoe box)?), and I also would take a gamble and say the iPhone wasn't created with gaming in mind. (Not as much as the PSP, therefore different hardware specs., and a different control configuration.)
Also, you may want to check out the following:
Playstation Emulator for PSP Released
x86 Emulator on PSP Runs Windows & Linux
Gameboy Emulator Released for PSP
At most, all this person deserved was a slap on the wrist.
The person, "Jhannet", didn't want to tape the whole movie. Just a clip to show her brother.
In the olden days, the days where mom and pop stores still existed, if you were caught shoplifting, they'd call your parents and your parents would discipline (beat) you so you wouldn't do it again.
Shoplift at Wal-mart, and it's a $10,000 fine and several years of prison.
I personally think the theater manager was just being a jerk, in order to go through the length and trouble needed to report them. (But that's just me.)
GRUB != Grub, apparently. Could've fooled me, however.
/b/'s actually quite well known, to anyone who's been on the internet for awhile.
/b/ is the one who brought things such as Caturday (Not "lolcats") into existence, and also sveral motivational posters. There's actually a lot of internet culture that spawns form that cesspool, which is to say the least, ironic.
/b/, or /i/ is, I recommend going there yourself. (... Not on your work computer, either.)
I'll start by calling it the cesspool of the internet; it's where all the waste from the tubes go to die.
That being said,
If you want to find out what
[The author is in no way responsible for the aforementioned post whatsoever. What one does with the aforementioned information, etc. is solely the responsibility of the doer.]
I'm actually surprised this took a day to get on /., and as far as the "anaonymous" reign of terror goes, as far as they would go is maybe sending a couple hundred thousand empty boxes to your address through the USPS.
... I for one thank Fox for it's completely unbiased newcasts!
I personally don't think that in any way they deserve being called an "Internet Hate Machine".
Of course, I personally think that which Anonymous is was exagerrated by their undercover information (whose name isn't hard to find).
... and when will they realize that it's adults who still play video games in their mother's basements that play them?
All lack of seriousness aside, you're right about there being a potential market for an AO console. This being said, however, the game are still banned from being sold at retailers in several states. That presents a problem, other than having to order them off of some internet site. (Even then I'm sure lawmakers will have this "loophole" in their hands and strangling it, in a strange twist of irony.) Will you have to go behind the beads draped down from a doorway and into the back of the video game store in order to buy AO-rated games?
If anyone else played the original Condemned, you'd probably agree wtih me that it would probably be rated AO, simply for all the blood. (And probably the ending.)
Nonetheless, I'm extremely pissed that game makers have to worry about ratings now in order to get their games on the shelves. In the past it was, "Oh, look.. That conservative group is trying to nag at our game. Ha! We're number one on the selling charts!" And then finally, those "conservative groups" get a couple of lawmakers to enforce this type of law because of some group of idiot developers who decide to put an extremely well hidden sex scene in their game.
Just great. So while we're censoring every form of art, how about Michelangelo's statue? Someone needs to put some leaves there. Oh, is that a breast on that artwork? Better get the censor bars out.
No matter what it is, there's always some group that complains enough that, "This shouldn't be shown, because it's just.. shouldn't." Of course, I'll also assume that their kids will group up and be smiling adults that always do the right thing, help old ladies cross the streets, turn their head away from those XXX nightclubs, and of course, never ever get angry.
Beautiful, just beautiful. I suppose if people have a bad enough psychosis that they can't tell that Condemned has a world in which demons exist and physically manifest to cause riots apart from the real world, well.. My opinion on humanity is at a loss for words.
Clearly, the fault lies in Microsoft's IE7. Why? The problem comes from IE7, not Firefox. I don't know, but the last time I checked, Internet Explorer was integrated into the Windows Shell, laying room for much potential harm.
My point being? If you have the plugin installed that allows Firefox to utilize ActiveX by running and instance of Internet Explorer in it, and someone has an ActiveX exploit on their page, which browser is liable to fix the vulnerability? Internet Explorer, obviously. Will they do it in a timely manner? Most likely not.
As I was about to say, they don't look that dead to me.
I'll disagree with you on EQ2 having a better housing system than UO.
UO's housing system actualyl implemented houses that could be real (physical in elation tot he wrold) houses, instead of Inns like EQ2.
Having played both, I'd still say UO was by far sueprior to EQ2 in terms of "woah, I can do this, this, and this." UO had a craft leveling system like EQ2's, except EQ2's has you running around various places, looking for scattered (to a point) resources. UO typically made you go to the mine to mine ore.
However, that being said, if you want an MMORPG where you can do "anything", I'd suggest looking into one called "Wyrm Online".
Although, be careful what you wish for.
It's funny to think that television is finally being replaced (or at the very least, threatened) by a medium that actually supports the end of the couch potato. Irony? Just a bit.
It's not a "dupe" per se, but it has been posted before.
...and then again.
... and again.
... and then again.
The only new bit of information about this is that it was disclosed in a meeting, which could be significant or insignificant, depending on the way you look at it.
The vulnerability only stems from the fact that Firefox puts the passwords into the box.
There is no workaround for this.
So, if you're that worried about your passwords being stolen, don't use the password manager. If you're worried about burgulars, close your window and add some bars. Better yet, get rid fo the window all together.
What this article fails to mention is the decrease in personel in Engineering-related jobs. (Which I can, at this time, not find a viable link to, so you'll have to take my word for it. I read about it in (coincidentally enough) an engineering class I took last year.)
Engineering doesn't pay enough anymore. And I'm not sure if anyone else noticed, but the interest in math and science isn't there in American school children anymore. Ask any random kid if they like science or not, and 9/10 will tell you not.
Add this to the growing population in overseas Engineers, and what do you have? That's right, -- an accountability for the dramatic flatline in American engineering articles being published.
Duchovny already stated this on a late night show interview quite awhile back. Why is this new news?
No, the question I want to really ask is, does it run linux?
No pictures of at least a draft design?
I'd love to see what it looks like, especially if it's 3' by 3'.
FFXII at #8? Before FFVII?
Obviously, this list was built on popularity, rather than any actual figures, or account of depth of story.
That being said, I would still have to put Phantasy Star Online up there, even with a horrid storyline. But come on.. Counterstrike isn't even on there.
Take as a piece of evidence, there are elements found extraterrestrial to our planet.
Earth could've had some of these elements, very long ago. A past civilization was built upon them, and dissapeared because it ran out of them, or abandoned the planet because it ran out of them, and took with them all their technology.
Microrganisms existed in the ocean at this time. This civilization had no need to worry, nor eliminate them, or even stumble upon them.
The reason for no traces ie because it would be stupid to leave anything on a planet where only you thought you existed.
And as for the resources argument, why use oil when you have some miracle resource that doesn't pollute, has a trillion times more energy output, and can be found elsewhere?
I believe it would be "CD nuking", on high for about 3:45.