Web trends come and go. Much of the time, it is just a roll of the dice on the company's part as to which "trendy" startup they decide to buy. Hell, perhaps "Facebook" was just easier to say/read/pronounce for todays high-school drones, so it became popular. Or perhaps it was i'ts (once) simplistic interface and (semi) useful purpose. Or perhaps the flying spaghetti-monster decided to cut the strings. Either way, nothing new under the sun, and the lesson to be learned from here is that if you gamble on fluctuating trends and fads, there is always an inherent risk to be understood.
And plus, if your company spams the world with digital coasters for a decade, well, your really screwed.
Game publishers are going to be all over this technology if they can make it work because it means the game source code never has to be released and, implemented correctly, the games will be impossible to crack. I'm not too happy about it, but it's the future. If not now, probably this decade or early next.
+1 Insightful. This is what MAFIAADRMFAGS want. And as persistent they are and with as much pull in the industry as they have, they will get it. They say we have purchasing power with the dollar to sway the market. But IMO, wallet power does not compare to litigation or lobbyist power, and hence WE. ARE. FUCKED.
You probably do and haven't realized it. Having worked IT in law enforcement, I can attest that you CANNOT judge a person's sex life by their appearance. That sweet girl on the plane or straight laced guy could be into some freaky stuff and you would never know.
Not being snide, but what instances in your law enforcement IT experience point to that conclusion? Just looking for the scandal, humor, etc...Could you enlighten us with the correlation for the purpose of comedy and more jokes against the state (TM)?
Thats what I was thinking. Some asshat psychopath getting one and pointing it at a gas nozzle while somebody fills up their tank. I am all for sweet and responsible use of technology, but something like this makes it too easy to get these in the hands of the people with evil intentions. I understand that you could build something like this in your home, and even distribute them, but mass marketed high power lasers just makes it easier for Joe Blow Psycho to get his hands on something that could really do some harm.
I guarantee these will be heavily regulated and banned immediately in many states. Hell, in many states it is illegal to be caught with brass knuckles, spring loaded switch-blades, butter-fly knives, cross-bows. These will not be any different; the second legislators start hearing about this, the codification of the laws will begin.
I am envisioning a future of urbanites wandering aimlessly as they frantically mash a virtual piano, while in reality they are 3-finger-saluting the air because they can't access their FarceBook or Twatter. Bring on the Windows Mobile Revolution(TM) !
Nope. The indoor smoking ban finally hit us this year. Also, no smoking within 50-feet of a public building. G.S.130A-497. And yet we are still proliferated with Tobacco fields. Go figure.
I feel like we have this same discussion at least 100 times a year. In the end, its generally different strokes for different folks, and at the end of the day it is the extremes that the lobbyist argue, while reality is a grey area. The thing is, grey areas don't pass bans and don't suffice as lobbyist ammunition. One study will be inconclusive, the next will be clear and cut confirmation of correlation. The title really summed it up best "[insert stimulus here] Only Affect Some People." Now can somebody tattoo this on every think-of-the-children-ban-crazy-iron-fist congresslobbymancritter.
What's the age of [whateveritscalled] in China? i.e. Why do over 16/18 (?) year olds need to "escape"? Pressure from the government, or parents, or honour, or something else?
I think the word your looking for is "oppression", and the answer is "any".
“I would come in with music on a CD-RW labeled with something like ‘Lady Gaga’, erase the music then write a compressed split file,” he wrote. “No one suspected a thing and, odds are, they never will.”
“[I] listened and lip-synced to Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ while exfiltrating possibly the largest data spillage in American history,” he added later. ”Weak servers, weak logging, weak physical security, weak counter-intelligence, inattentive signal analysis a perfect storm.”
Russian media says the station is switching to soft rock.
It would be redundant. The uncreative repetition of top 40's these days is no different than "a buzzing sound that lasts 0.8 seconds, pausing for 1–1.3 seconds, and repeating 21–34 times per minute". Mainstream must all wear tinfoil hats, because they already took a page out of UVB-76's book.
So the main article comes from a discussion board on a conspira-blog-forum. And the description of the station in question is from Wikipedia, followed by a YouTube video in the third link. Now, don't get me wrong, I am not questioning the journalistic capabilities of the submitters, but holy-jumping-jeebus can we get an article with some legitimate [CITATION NEEDED] please. Perhaps this one was a tongue-in-cheek submission facetiously posted for the TFH crowd.
That you never get into an accident. If you do, then you must accept that it's just god punishing you for being evil
If thats the case for an errant mistake of judgment, what is are the biblical ramifications of immoral activities? By your standards all politicians and murderers should have already spontaneously combusted and turned into piles of dog turds that are succinctly eaten by a pack of rabid grues. If only...
Discover New's header banner says "Discovery News...Welcomes robotic overlords." in one of the dynamic text. Reference to us Slashdotter's flooding their hole (pun intended), or chance circular reference? (bad pun intended)
After one training session, there is never a "practice" battery or anything of that nature. Its pretty much a badge's words vs. your's in these matters. Really just depends on how you present yourself in court and what the officers prior citation record looks like, and yours as well.
Well, I'd like to test that theory. Let's do a scientific test with many cars and see how good the officer's powers of estimation are.
And since fines usually vary with speed, an accurate speed is very important.
Not agreeing with the practice, just stating the existence of it has been known for awhile. Procedures like this are par for the course as far as government policy goes (or moreover strays) from a rational, analytical, and logical standpoint.
I have a good bit of family in law enforcement up in Illinois. This is SOP for officers up there. When they go through their training, speed estimation is one of the things they are taught, for things such as radar malfunctions and times where they are not in their car, (ie foot / bike / segway patrol). If they see somebody who "looks" like they are doing double the speed limit, based on the cars they are blowing by, then they can cite / arrest them on their powers of guesstimation alone. This has been around for awhile, but apparently only newsworthy until now.
Not saying I agree with the practice, but lets not blow this out of proportion as there is nothing new under the sun. Precedent shows that the officers word is statistically more "trusted" than yours by the judges, and thems the ropes, folks. Sigh...
1) Graber was not arrested immediately. Ten days after the encounter, he posted some of he material to YouTube, and it embarrassed Trooper J. D. Uhler. The trooper, who was in plainclothes and an unmarked car, jumped out waving a gun and screaming. Only later did Uhler identify himself as a police officer. When the YouTube video was discovered the police got a warrant against Graber, searched his parents' house (where he presumably lives), seized equipment, and charged him with a violation of wiretapping law.
In soviet russia, hot grits and Natalie Portman power naked and petrified slashdot user's controlling shark's with laserbeams (running linux) during their blackjack and hookers break hour. Robotic overlords manage the operation, placing CowboyNeal in charge of Ogging the Frosty Pissers into Goatse oblivion.
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Web trends come and go. Much of the time, it is just a roll of the dice on the company's part as to which "trendy" startup they decide to buy. Hell, perhaps "Facebook" was just easier to say/read/pronounce for todays high-school drones, so it became popular. Or perhaps it was i'ts (once) simplistic interface and (semi) useful purpose. Or perhaps the flying spaghetti-monster decided to cut the strings. Either way, nothing new under the sun, and the lesson to be learned from here is that if you gamble on fluctuating trends and fads, there is always an inherent risk to be understood.
And plus, if your company spams the world with digital coasters for a decade, well, your really screwed.
Game publishers are going to be all over this technology if they can make it work because it means the game source code never has to be released and, implemented correctly, the games will be impossible to crack. I'm not too happy about it, but it's the future. If not now, probably this decade or early next.
+1 Insightful. This is what MAFIAADRMFAGS want. And as persistent they are and with as much pull in the industry as they have, they will get it. They say we have purchasing power with the dollar to sway the market. But IMO, wallet power does not compare to litigation or lobbyist power, and hence WE. ARE. FUCKED.
You probably do and haven't realized it. Having worked IT in law enforcement, I can attest that you CANNOT judge a person's sex life by their appearance. That sweet girl on the plane or straight laced guy could be into some freaky stuff and you would never know.
Not being snide, but what instances in your law enforcement IT experience point to that conclusion? Just looking for the scandal, humor, etc...Could you enlighten us with the correlation for the purpose of comedy and more jokes against the state (TM)?
Thats what I was thinking. Some asshat psychopath getting one and pointing it at a gas nozzle while somebody fills up their tank. I am all for sweet and responsible use of technology, but something like this makes it too easy to get these in the hands of the people with evil intentions. I understand that you could build something like this in your home, and even distribute them, but mass marketed high power lasers just makes it easier for Joe Blow Psycho to get his hands on something that could really do some harm.
I guarantee these will be heavily regulated and banned immediately in many states. Hell, in many states it is illegal to be caught with brass knuckles, spring loaded switch-blades, butter-fly knives, cross-bows. These will not be any different; the second legislators start hearing about this, the codification of the laws will begin.
Along those lines, 'the shocker' takes on a whole new meaning to power management.
I am envisioning a future of urbanites wandering aimlessly as they frantically mash a virtual piano, while in reality they are 3-finger-saluting the air because they can't access their FarceBook or Twatter. Bring on the Windows Mobile Revolution(TM) !
The title:
AT&T's Gaping Hole Exposes...
and
... before reporting this gaping hole to AT&T...
and this gem:
Apple CEO Steve Jobs surely won't rest until AT&T's gaping hole is filled
Goatse FTW.
Nope. The indoor smoking ban finally hit us this year. Also, no smoking within 50-feet of a public building. G.S.130A-497. And yet we are still proliferated with Tobacco fields. Go figure.
I feel like we have this same discussion at least 100 times a year. In the end, its generally different strokes for different folks, and at the end of the day it is the extremes that the lobbyist argue, while reality is a grey area. The thing is, grey areas don't pass bans and don't suffice as lobbyist ammunition. One study will be inconclusive, the next will be clear and cut confirmation of correlation. The title really summed it up best "[insert stimulus here] Only Affect Some People." Now can somebody tattoo this on every think-of-the-children-ban-crazy-iron-fist congresslobbymancritter.
What's the age of [whateveritscalled] in China? i.e. Why do over 16/18 (?) year olds need to "escape"? Pressure from the government, or parents, or honour, or something else?
I think the word your looking for is "oppression", and the answer is "any".
“I would come in with music on a CD-RW labeled with something like ‘Lady Gaga’, erase the music then write a compressed split file,” he wrote. “No one suspected a thing and, odds are, they never will.” “[I] listened and lip-synced to Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ while exfiltrating possibly the largest data spillage in American history,” he added later. ”Weak servers, weak logging, weak physical security, weak counter-intelligence, inattentive signal analysis a perfect storm.”
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Yes, under "Reckless Driving / Endangerment"
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Russian media says the station is switching to soft rock.
It would be redundant. The uncreative repetition of top 40's these days is no different than "a buzzing sound that lasts 0.8 seconds, pausing for 1–1.3 seconds, and repeating 21–34 times per minute". Mainstream must all wear tinfoil hats, because they already took a page out of UVB-76's book.
Heard about this on 4chan's science board
Current events research. Your doing it wrong.
So the main article comes from a discussion board on a conspira-blog-forum. And the description of the station in question is from Wikipedia, followed by a YouTube video in the third link. Now, don't get me wrong, I am not questioning the journalistic capabilities of the submitters, but holy-jumping-jeebus can we get an article with some legitimate [CITATION NEEDED] please. Perhaps this one was a tongue-in-cheek submission facetiously posted for the TFH crowd.
I work as a software developer in public safety, and SSN's are an integral part our some of our NCIC queries. Your a body with a number.
That you never get into an accident. If you do, then you must accept that it's just god punishing you for being evil
If thats the case for an errant mistake of judgment, what is are the biblical ramifications of immoral activities? By your standards all politicians and murderers should have already spontaneously combusted and turned into piles of dog turds that are succinctly eaten by a pack of rabid grues. If only...
Discover New's header banner says "Discovery News...Welcomes robotic overlords." in one of the dynamic text. Reference to us Slashdotter's flooding their hole (pun intended), or chance circular reference? (bad pun intended)
After one training session, there is never a "practice" battery or anything of that nature. Its pretty much a badge's words vs. your's in these matters. Really just depends on how you present yourself in court and what the officers prior citation record looks like, and yours as well.
Well, I'd like to test that theory. Let's do a scientific test with many cars and see how good the officer's powers of estimation are.
And since fines usually vary with speed, an accurate speed is very important.
Not agreeing with the practice, just stating the existence of it has been known for awhile. Procedures like this are par for the course as far as government policy goes (or moreover strays) from a rational, analytical, and logical standpoint.
I have a good bit of family in law enforcement up in Illinois. This is SOP for officers up there. When they go through their training, speed estimation is one of the things they are taught, for things such as radar malfunctions and times where they are not in their car, (ie foot / bike / segway patrol). If they see somebody who "looks" like they are doing double the speed limit, based on the cars they are blowing by, then they can cite / arrest them on their powers of guesstimation alone. This has been around for awhile, but apparently only newsworthy until now.
Not saying I agree with the practice, but lets not blow this out of proportion as there is nothing new under the sun. Precedent shows that the officers word is statistically more "trusted" than yours by the judges, and thems the ropes, folks. Sigh...
Because we are not in the "in" crowd.
1) Graber was not arrested immediately. Ten days after the encounter, he posted some of he material to YouTube, and it embarrassed Trooper J. D. Uhler. The trooper, who was in plainclothes and an unmarked car, jumped out waving a gun and screaming. Only later did Uhler identify himself as a police officer. When the YouTube video was discovered the police got a warrant against Graber, searched his parents' house (where he presumably lives), seized equipment, and charged him with a violation of wiretapping law.
Bureaucratic mother fuckers.
In soviet russia, hot grits and Natalie Portman power naked and petrified slashdot user's controlling shark's with laserbeams (running linux) during their blackjack and hookers break hour. Robotic overlords manage the operation, placing CowboyNeal in charge of Ogging the Frosty Pissers into Goatse oblivion.