You know there can actually be good reasons for printing photos immediately, although most consumers may not need it. For example, I worked in the film industry for several years. Before the cast and extras went for lunch, or left for the day, Polaroid photos were taken of everyone, to make sure they cam back wearing the same clothes, same hair, didn't have ketchup stains, etc. If people were leaving just for a short break, having printed photos are very handy - post them all on a board, everyone can look and compare. Sure, you can do it all digitally, but the expense behind digital cameras, flat panel display so everyone can see, requiring someone technically adept and posting all the photos, etc. makes a Polaroid seem too simple.
Does it bug anyone else around here when they boast about how they built systems for as cheap as they claim?
You really built a server for less than $200 with the specs you suggest? Maybe you upgraded an older system, or scrounged around different parts, and you had to dish out $200 for the extra parts, but not a complete system for that price.
I'm all for getting rid of tax loopholes, exemptions, deductions, tax credits, etc. but one of the biggest problems with getting rid of them is there are entire industries that exist only because these exceptions exists. For example, CPA's, accountants, auditors, the IRS!!! If you get rid of all exceptions and go to a simple flat tax rate, you instantly have destroyed thousands of business and caused I don't know how many hundreds of thousands of people to lose their job. Which politician in their right mind (i.e. wants to be elected or re-elected) would want to be responsible for adding to the unemployment problem in the US right now?
1. Get rid of the keyboard
2. Get rid of the buttons
3. Get rid of the touch screen (iPhone 5, after everyone uses Siri exclusively)
4. Get rid of the voice input (iPhone 6)
Now you just think what you want to do, and it will be done.
It's the next step in the natural progression of the Apple-inspired UI. Once Apple removes the visible/touchable UI completely, you'll have to talk to it.
Consider Taxation without Representation. Should corporations pay taxes but not be able to influence the government imposing those taxes? Stop taxing corporation and then the government can, and should be forced by law, to ignore them, their lobbyiests and their donations. But, as long as you tax a corporation, they should be able to represent themselves. And their donations and influence should be in proportion to the amount they are taxed.
Very Interesting TechDirt/Floor64. Because if I read your Terms & Conditions correctly on your websites, it appears that you will be very willing to prosecute if I
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Many of those topics you bring up are not issues that the Federal Government should be dealing with, so if you ever hear a Tea Partier talk about Abortion, Marijuana (medical or not), etc, they are not talking about it from the Tea Party perspective, but from their own opinion.
That's another thing you don't understand about the Tea Party - unlike Dems and Reps, they all don't believe the exact same thing, or vote the same way. In contrast, if your a loyal Dem you vote for Abortion, and if you're a loyal Rep you vote against Abortion. But, if you're are a Tea Partier, you don't support Abortion being a Federal issue.
The Tea-Party wants more FREEDOM and less SECURITY. Those are polar opposites. Dems and Reps both want to increase Security and decrease Freedom. So, for people who want Freedom, where do they go? who do they vote for? who represents them?
Don't criticize the Tea-Party for wanting Freedom. Because they don't have an official leader, yet, there are a lot of them who make different statements and claims, and they all don't agree with the details. But the one thing they all agree on is Freedom.
And you're right, many of them don't understand history, and taxes ARE too low to support the current government programs that ensure our Security.
Most, a majority, of the deaths, by far, were from trees and tree limbs falling on people, falling into houses, falling onto cars, etc. that ended up crushing people. That's not a stupid death. That's a death from someone who was waiting out the storm in their own house. Unfortunately, many of the trees surrounding the homes weren't accustomed to the winds and were very large and couldn't handle the wind. Yes, it would have been wise for people to trim the trees prior to the storms. So maybe they were stupid in that sense. But surely it wasn't surfing-in the-storm stupidity.
Sounds like you're in the category along with 40+% of the rest of the US that doesn't even pay Federal Income Tax. Congratulations. I will gladly continue to pay your "fair share" of the social resources you consume. Because that's what Freedom is all about.
No, do the opposite. Scrap the income tax and implement a consumption (sales) tax. Who cares how much you make. Tax on what you spend, because what you spend things on impacts what government resources are needed to support it. How much money you have in the bank has zero impact on society. But the cars you drive, food you consume, house(s) you live in, etc. all those impact everyone.
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TFA says they are using 500 cameras (CCD's) to accomplish this task. And isn't video simply many still frames put together? So what's the difference?
Verizon is a movie production company?
So, in other words, you should take the Bus
With all that helium and hydrogen, I would imagine it was pretty high-pitched.
You know there can actually be good reasons for printing photos immediately, although most consumers may not need it. For example, I worked in the film industry for several years. Before the cast and extras went for lunch, or left for the day, Polaroid photos were taken of everyone, to make sure they cam back wearing the same clothes, same hair, didn't have ketchup stains, etc. If people were leaving just for a short break, having printed photos are very handy - post them all on a board, everyone can look and compare. Sure, you can do it all digitally, but the expense behind digital cameras, flat panel display so everyone can see, requiring someone technically adept and posting all the photos, etc. makes a Polaroid seem too simple.
Does it bug anyone else around here when they boast about how they built systems for as cheap as they claim?
You really built a server for less than $200 with the specs you suggest? Maybe you upgraded an older system, or scrounged around different parts, and you had to dish out $200 for the extra parts, but not a complete system for that price.
I'm all for getting rid of tax loopholes, exemptions, deductions, tax credits, etc. but one of the biggest problems with getting rid of them is there are entire industries that exist only because these exceptions exists. For example, CPA's, accountants, auditors, the IRS!!! If you get rid of all exceptions and go to a simple flat tax rate, you instantly have destroyed thousands of business and caused I don't know how many hundreds of thousands of people to lose their job. Which politician in their right mind (i.e. wants to be elected or re-elected) would want to be responsible for adding to the unemployment problem in the US right now?
That's cause you couldn't talk to it.
1. Get rid of the keyboard
2. Get rid of the buttons
3. Get rid of the touch screen (iPhone 5, after everyone uses Siri exclusively)
4. Get rid of the voice input (iPhone 6)
Now you just think what you want to do, and it will be done.
It's the next step in the natural progression of the Apple-inspired UI. Once Apple removes the visible/touchable UI completely, you'll have to talk to it.
Consider Taxation without Representation. Should corporations pay taxes but not be able to influence the government imposing those taxes? Stop taxing corporation and then the government can, and should be forced by law, to ignore them, their lobbyiests and their donations. But, as long as you tax a corporation, they should be able to represent themselves. And their donations and influence should be in proportion to the amount they are taxed.
Everyone loved the program. One parent complained and the project was shut down.
And all NBC is saying is they who created the content (TV shows, movies, etc) should retain all the rights.
Yes, the contest is stupid for claiming rights on the submissions, but TechDirt isn't completely anti-copyright as they pretend to be by this contest.
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I think the new camera on the 4S made it possible to image planets directly.
Or, you take a picture of them, as in TFA
Modded up for failing to understand a joke and then correct it? That's cool.
Sarcasm, perhaps?
I only have a 3G3. If I had my 4S I would have been able to snap the picture faster before it ran away.
Did you see the measuring tape in the picture in TFA? 10 inches does not make a foot! If the measuring tape is wrong....
Many of those topics you bring up are not issues that the Federal Government should be dealing with, so if you ever hear a Tea Partier talk about Abortion, Marijuana (medical or not), etc, they are not talking about it from the Tea Party perspective, but from their own opinion.
That's another thing you don't understand about the Tea Party - unlike Dems and Reps, they all don't believe the exact same thing, or vote the same way. In contrast, if your a loyal Dem you vote for Abortion, and if you're a loyal Rep you vote against Abortion. But, if you're are a Tea Partier, you don't support Abortion being a Federal issue.
The Tea-Party wants more FREEDOM and less SECURITY. Those are polar opposites. Dems and Reps both want to increase Security and decrease Freedom. So, for people who want Freedom, where do they go? who do they vote for? who represents them?
Don't criticize the Tea-Party for wanting Freedom. Because they don't have an official leader, yet, there are a lot of them who make different statements and claims, and they all don't agree with the details. But the one thing they all agree on is Freedom.
And you're right, many of them don't understand history, and taxes ARE too low to support the current government programs that ensure our Security.
Most, a majority, of the deaths, by far, were from trees and tree limbs falling on people, falling into houses, falling onto cars, etc. that ended up crushing people. That's not a stupid death. That's a death from someone who was waiting out the storm in their own house. Unfortunately, many of the trees surrounding the homes weren't accustomed to the winds and were very large and couldn't handle the wind. Yes, it would have been wise for people to trim the trees prior to the storms. So maybe they were stupid in that sense. But surely it wasn't surfing-in the-storm stupidity.
Sounds like you're in the category along with 40+% of the rest of the US that doesn't even pay Federal Income Tax. Congratulations. I will gladly continue to pay your "fair share" of the social resources you consume. Because that's what Freedom is all about.
No, do the opposite. Scrap the income tax and implement a consumption (sales) tax. Who cares how much you make. Tax on what you spend, because what you spend things on impacts what government resources are needed to support it. How much money you have in the bank has zero impact on society. But the cars you drive, food you consume, house(s) you live in, etc. all those impact everyone.