I actually paid for a CueCat, albeit a decrypted one, and then used it to catalog my DVD collection (it was much easier to scan the bar codes on the cover than typing that stuff in by hand). That useless gadget became useful for some, I wonder if the same can be said of the Spectacles?
My encrypted password DB is in my Google drive so I can access it from my computer or directly from an app on my phone when I'm not in front of my PC but need a password. This requires wifi or a data connection but otherwise it's been working great so far.
I did this using KeePass and a Google drive plugin, but there are other plugins available as well.
I've browsed Prime Video since I got it for free with my Prime subscription and frankly, it's lackluster.
They have a few cool original shows but there's way too much contents that you have to purchase, sorry... rent, on top of your subscription to actually watch. They have a pretty huge library but I need to pay extra for most of it and I'm not only talking about current seasons, a lot of old stuff needs to be paid for as well.
If I'd be paying 8.99$/month I would expect access to the whole catalog, not 1/3 of it.
And then what? Dogs need to be punished immediately otherwise they don't understand why you're yelling and you're just making them nervous.
I guess you could use the system while home, but it seems a bit expensive just to detect if your dog like to be comfortable when he sleeps.
I'd be curious to see how your 69$ drone would fare after being lugged around a dusty/windy desert for a few days and/or a very humid jungle and/or stuck in a tight pack that was thrown around a few times.
Another option would be to make all tests open book.
You can then build the test to actually test comprehension of the material instead of people's ability to memorize stuff and then you totally screw over those who need to search their notes for every answer.
From what I understood, the law is so poorly written that even "entirely new fields" would fall under it's umbrella and the scientists would still be boned.
In a factory environment it provides no advantage and I'm fairly certain that we could devise a propulsion system that would be nearly as effective in a combat scenario but require less processing power and less expensive parts, no?
I've been driving for nearly 30 years and I have yet to come up with a reason why my car needs to be on the internet. Or my DVD player. Or TV. Or refrigerator. Or light bulbs. They all seem to work just fine in standalone mode.
Well, the TV and DVD kind of make sense with the advent of streaming video services.
Everything else though... yeah... that seems pretty dumb until you realize that there were probably lots of folks who didn't see the point of wiring electricity in everyone's homes, they'd been living without electricity just fine for years, who needed that?
So yeah, internet on your light bulbs is pretty much just a novelty now, but in a few years we might get some interesting innovations out of it.
I'm not sure you'd want someone from the porn industry behind you... You'd probably just end up walking funny for a few days and not gain anything else out of it.
I don't get this. If the card system used the universal SD card system (which everyone already uses in their phone/camera), then the experience would still be consistent. The only difference is that now everyone is getting consistently pissed off at SONY for being forced to use a proprietary card system that's very expensive and useless with anything else.
Speaking of which, it's 2011, why do PVRs look and work as if they came from 1995?
I'm with Videotron in Canada and we're forced to use Scientific Atlanta PVRs and they are horrible. Switching channels takes seconds (used to be instant with regular cable, so no more zapping), the interfaces are butt-ugly and the features are non-existent (why, for the love of god, can't I hide the channels that I'm not paying for?).
Stop fiddling with headache enducing-gimmicky 3D and instead work on providing decent hardware to actually improve the user experience.
Netflix streaming is still BY FAR the best deal around.
Selection-wise, perhaps. But it really isn't if you have bandwidth caps. You can't watch that many movies/shows in HD if your limit is 20-30gb a month and you use your internet for other things than media streaming.
Not that I want to defend the contractor, but perhaps it's not their fault. I've oftentimes had to develop crappy products because I absolutely had to follow the provided specs. The customer just wouldn't listen to our suggestions for improvements.
We can't assume that the people in charge at the government were actually competent and sometimes you've just gotta do what they ask if you want to get paid, no matter how crappy it is.
Add to this the ever changing specs and scope creep problem of most government projects and a 1 day project lasts a month.
Why don't they put two naked chicks fondling the expensive card monitor behind it . ..?
And Roseanne Barr behind the cheapo one . . . ?
Then I would know which one to buy!
I wouldn't, Roseanne has the most seductive laugh...
Yeah, but if I'm in NY and buying something from an online retailer with a headquarters in CA, do I pay NY tax or CA tax or both? What if that online retailer also has offices in FL, which taxes win?
Therein lies the problem with taxing online purchases.
It is unfair, but it's also a complicated issue to fix.
Actually, I don't mind paying for it. What I do mind however is the amount of money that is wasted by the government with redundancy, inefficiency, redundancy and bureaucracy. So before asking me for more money, use the cash that you're already getting from me in a better way and then I might be inclined to give you more.
You are doing yourself a disservice if you don't read Taleb.
I don't know about that one, it's much more fun to see Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman making out live on the screen, rather than imagining it in my head while reading.
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Speaking of which, remind me from which country the vast majority of the 9/11 terrorists came from?
I actually paid for a CueCat, albeit a decrypted one, and then used it to catalog my DVD collection (it was much easier to scan the bar codes on the cover than typing that stuff in by hand). That useless gadget became useful for some, I wonder if the same can be said of the Spectacles?
My encrypted password DB is in my Google drive so I can access it from my computer or directly from an app on my phone when I'm not in front of my PC but need a password. This requires wifi or a data connection but otherwise it's been working great so far.
I did this using KeePass and a Google drive plugin, but there are other plugins available as well.
I've browsed Prime Video since I got it for free with my Prime subscription and frankly, it's lackluster.
They have a few cool original shows but there's way too much contents that you have to purchase, sorry... rent, on top of your subscription to actually watch. They have a pretty huge library but I need to pay extra for most of it and I'm not only talking about current seasons, a lot of old stuff needs to be paid for as well.
If I'd be paying 8.99$/month I would expect access to the whole catalog, not 1/3 of it.
And then what? Dogs need to be punished immediately otherwise they don't understand why you're yelling and you're just making them nervous. I guess you could use the system while home, but it seems a bit expensive just to detect if your dog like to be comfortable when he sleeps.
I'd be curious to see how your 69$ drone would fare after being lugged around a dusty/windy desert for a few days and/or a very humid jungle and/or stuck in a tight pack that was thrown around a few times.
Another option would be to make all tests open book.
You can then build the test to actually test comprehension of the material instead of people's ability to memorize stuff and then you totally screw over those who need to search their notes for every answer.
From what I understood, the law is so poorly written that even "entirely new fields" would fall under it's umbrella and the scientists would still be boned.
Why are they giving this thing legs?
In a factory environment it provides no advantage and I'm fairly certain that we could devise a propulsion system that would be nearly as effective in a combat scenario but require less processing power and less expensive parts, no?
I've been driving for nearly 30 years and I have yet to come up with a reason why my car needs to be on the internet. Or my DVD player. Or TV. Or refrigerator. Or light bulbs. They all seem to work just fine in standalone mode.
Well, the TV and DVD kind of make sense with the advent of streaming video services.
Everything else though... yeah... that seems pretty dumb until you realize that there were probably lots of folks who didn't see the point of wiring electricity in everyone's homes, they'd been living without electricity just fine for years, who needed that?
So yeah, internet on your light bulbs is pretty much just a novelty now, but in a few years we might get some interesting innovations out of it.
I'm not sure you'd want someone from the porn industry behind you... You'd probably just end up walking funny for a few days and not gain anything else out of it.
Oh come on now, that's unfair. Regular workers don't get penalized or fired when they screw up, why should CEOs?
Oh wait...
Well at least we too get the big fat bonuses when stock value goes up, right guys? ...guys?
I am.
"Ensuring a consistent experience for all users."
I don't get this. If the card system used the universal SD card system (which everyone already uses in their phone/camera), then the experience would still be consistent. The only difference is that now everyone is getting consistently pissed off at SONY for being forced to use a proprietary card system that's very expensive and useless with anything else.
Speaking of which, it's 2011, why do PVRs look and work as if they came from 1995?
I'm with Videotron in Canada and we're forced to use Scientific Atlanta PVRs and they are horrible. Switching channels takes seconds (used to be instant with regular cable, so no more zapping), the interfaces are butt-ugly and the features are non-existent (why, for the love of god, can't I hide the channels that I'm not paying for?).
Stop fiddling with headache enducing-gimmicky 3D and instead work on providing decent hardware to actually improve the user experience.
What's that?
Netflix streaming is still BY FAR the best deal around.
Selection-wise, perhaps. But it really isn't if you have bandwidth caps. You can't watch that many movies/shows in HD if your limit is 20-30gb a month and you use your internet for other things than media streaming.
Oh noes! Congress might raise minimum wage! Here's an interesting factoid:
Average worker hourly rate in 1965: 19.61$
Average worker hourly rate in 2007: 19.71$
Average CEO hourly rate in 1965: 490.31$
Average CEO hourly rate in 2007: 5419.97$
You know what, I don't think that congress raising minimum wage is where we should focus our attention...
Not that I want to defend the contractor, but perhaps it's not their fault. I've oftentimes had to develop crappy products because I absolutely had to follow the provided specs. The customer just wouldn't listen to our suggestions for improvements.
We can't assume that the people in charge at the government were actually competent and sometimes you've just gotta do what they ask if you want to get paid, no matter how crappy it is.
Add to this the ever changing specs and scope creep problem of most government projects and a 1 day project lasts a month.
Why don't they put two naked chicks fondling the expensive card monitor behind it . . .?
And Roseanne Barr behind the cheapo one . . . ?
Then I would know which one to buy!
I wouldn't, Roseanne has the most seductive laugh...
Unfortunately, Zuck can probably find 420k $ between his sofa cushions, so it's not much of a deterrent.
Yeah, but if I'm in NY and buying something from an online retailer with a headquarters in CA, do I pay NY tax or CA tax or both? What if that online retailer also has offices in FL, which taxes win?
Therein lies the problem with taxing online purchases.
It is unfair, but it's also a complicated issue to fix.
*slow clap*
Bravo good sir, you've hit the nail right on the head.
Actually, I don't mind paying for it. What I do mind however is the amount of money that is wasted by the government with redundancy, inefficiency, redundancy and bureaucracy. So before asking me for more money, use the cash that you're already getting from me in a better way and then I might be inclined to give you more.
3. Black Swan - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
You are doing yourself a disservice if you don't read Taleb.
I don't know about that one, it's much more fun to see Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman making out live on the screen, rather than imagining it in my head while reading.