If the makers of all the other phones actually have to pay a licensing fee to Apple to disable jailbroken phones, they probably won't bother to - for lack of a better metaphor - "put them in jail" in the first place.
Some of the most respected authors in history - Dickens, Dumas, and Conan Doyle among them - published many of their novels, short stories, etc. in serial form i.e. in magazine and newspapers loaded with ads. (And certainly any/.er who considers comic books real fiction is immune to seeing ads in the middle of the story.) Could we see the return of publishing serious works of fiction as serials in ebooks, including ads? Mind you we'd have to be able to skip over the ads just as easily as we could in paper form.
If she's up for it, hand her the tools and let her take her own videos, photos, and so on, of you and your kids, friends and family, favorite places, things, etc. Let her show the world what is meaningful to her. That can preserve her memory on an entirely different level.
Also, digital ephemera could be interesting in the future, so preserve a copy of her hard drive. Bookmarks, photos and videos she's downloaded, e-mails, etc. etc. etc.
On the analog side, a box of mementos, bits and pieces of her life that she used all the time like her driver's license, passport, favorite perfume, a bottle cap from her favorite drink, business cards, address book, the old iPod, and so on.
But as mentioned before, don't go overboard. Attaching significance to everything she owns is a one-way ticket to hoarding. Try to limit it to a single box of stuff - whether that's a shoe box or a storage bin. Donate, give away, and recycle everything else. Unless that VHS copy of "Beverly Hills Ninja" she bought is her favorite movie off all time, it can go.
On the other hand, I have the widget on my Droid that can disable the GPS to conserve the batteries. In the NYC area, using Google Maps, using the cell phone towers only for location, it usually off by a few blocks. With the GPS on, the location is dead-on e.g. if you're on the corner, so's your location on the map.
"I was just wondering what would happen!", cried the page as the men in black suits and mirrored sunglasses bundled him into the back of the black SUV.
A proper animation diet is also important, and the Popeyes by Fleisher Studios - the 30s answer to Pixar - put all the other incarnations from then to now to shame. (Famous Studios? Feh!) Case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFNtm18RQGU
Every time I see tools like this I wonder if QWERTY should still be relevant. "We're using a QWERTY keyboard, because everyone knows how to use a QWERTY keyboard." IIRC QWERTY was originally designed to keep typebars in manual typewriters from jamming together, and its kept on keeping on through Selectrics to PCs to today. It's all so roman-chariots-and-railroad-gauges (why abandon a good metaphor even if its not really true?) Are there finger-based text-inputting tools for touchscreens and/or smartphones that are a snap to use and lightning fast, but are sitting abandoned in the technology attic simply because they're not based on QWERTY?
Ya know what you should do? You should make the software round down the dollar amounts 'n put the extra pennies in a savings account that ya can siphon off. Think I saw that in a movie once.
So you think that despite the fact mankind has spend the past 150 years terraforming the planet with blacktop and smokestacks and automobiles and clearcutting and corn fields and cattle while at the same time quintupling the population, all on a planet in a solar system where the local temperatures range from -400 to 750 degrees Fahrenheit, that all that activity couldn't possibly nudge our mean temperature a few degrees one way or the other? Hmmm?
The next step if they don't pay is to bring in a collection agency, who will harass them for payment in return for a percentage. Paying a vig to the collection agent may sting a bit, but if it's more about principle than money it could be well worth it.
(I recall reading stories about cartoonist Ken Weiner, who, also out of principle, used this technique with deadbeat freelance clients, with good effect. His alternate method was to visit their offices during business hours unannounced - brandishing a large hammer.)
This may work out though. A friend of mine posted her own concert photos on her web site, one of which showed up published in a magazine, without her permission. She wrote the publishers and asked for payment. They paid.
That's SOOOO interesting. I mean, we REALLLLLY need help in pointing out when someone's being sarcastic. That'll be SOOOO helpful. I can't even BEGIN to tell you how useful that will be. These people REALLY are geniuses, and I TOTALLY mean that.
Is there much chance that major fields of pot being grown will result in pot plants showing up all over the place? I'm imagining the seeds being carried about all over through the wind, birdshit, etc. It worked for Monsanto after all.
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If the makers of all the other phones actually have to pay a licensing fee to Apple to disable jailbroken phones, they probably won't bother to - for lack of a better metaphor - "put them in jail" in the first place.
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Some of the most respected authors in history - Dickens, Dumas, and Conan Doyle among them - published many of their novels, short stories, etc. in serial form i.e. in magazine and newspapers loaded with ads. (And certainly any /.er who considers comic books real fiction is immune to seeing ads in the middle of the story.) Could we see the return of publishing serious works of fiction as serials in ebooks, including ads? Mind you we'd have to be able to skip over the ads just as easily as we could in paper form.
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...it uses a series of tubes.
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The sponges came ashore, but Hasselhoff put 'em back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jNTnBTKiQk
He's sorta like Chuck Norris, without the roundhouse kick.
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If she's up for it, hand her the tools and let her take her own videos, photos, and so on, of you and your kids, friends and family, favorite places, things, etc. Let her show the world what is meaningful to her. That can preserve her memory on an entirely different level.
Also, digital ephemera could be interesting in the future, so preserve a copy of her hard drive. Bookmarks, photos and videos she's downloaded, e-mails, etc. etc. etc.
On the analog side, a box of mementos, bits and pieces of her life that she used all the time like her driver's license, passport, favorite perfume, a bottle cap from her favorite drink, business cards, address book, the old iPod, and so on.
But as mentioned before, don't go overboard. Attaching significance to everything she owns is a one-way ticket to hoarding. Try to limit it to a single box of stuff - whether that's a shoe box or a storage bin. Donate, give away, and recycle everything else. Unless that VHS copy of "Beverly Hills Ninja" she bought is her favorite movie off all time, it can go.
Good luck.
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That film (didn't read the book) offers two valuable lessons:
1) True happiness can only be found when you share your life with others.
2) Only a complete idjit goes into the woods without a compass and a map.
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On the other hand, I have the widget on my Droid that can disable the GPS to conserve the batteries. In the NYC area, using Google Maps, using the cell phone towers only for location, it usually off by a few blocks. With the GPS on, the location is dead-on e.g. if you're on the corner, so's your location on the map.
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“I don't mind what language an opera is sung in, so long as it is a language I don't understand.” - Sir Edward Appleton, noted physicist.
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What if your coal company you work for owns 90% of the mines, and the companies that own the other 10% aren't hiring?
This is the case for unions in the great industrial age - whether the industry is privately owned or government run.
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"I was just wondering what would happen!", cried the page as the men in black suits and mirrored sunglasses bundled him into the back of the black SUV.
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A proper animation diet is also important, and the Popeyes by Fleisher Studios - the 30s answer to Pixar - put all the other incarnations from then to now to shame. (Famous Studios? Feh!) Case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFNtm18RQGU
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http://www.hulu.com/watch/10322/futurama-bottle-cap
But this prolonged exposure to radiation is making me thirsty...
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Yeah, it's not March 14th but for the occasion it seems fitting:
It's a Wonderful Day for Pi
Pi - full version / just the numbers
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...but when I do, I prefer Falcon Dos Equis.
Stay orbital, my friends.
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Before this happened, his friends and family thought he'd never amount to shit.
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But we are creating a framework through which names can be taken and through said metadata asses can be located and kicked.
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Every time I see tools like this I wonder if QWERTY should still be relevant. "We're using a QWERTY keyboard, because everyone knows how to use a QWERTY keyboard." IIRC QWERTY was originally designed to keep typebars in manual typewriters from jamming together, and its kept on keeping on through Selectrics to PCs to today. It's all so roman-chariots-and-railroad-gauges (why abandon a good metaphor even if its not really true?) Are there finger-based text-inputting tools for touchscreens and/or smartphones that are a snap to use and lightning fast, but are sitting abandoned in the technology attic simply because they're not based on QWERTY?
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Ya know what you should do? You should make the software round down the dollar amounts 'n put the extra pennies in a savings account that ya can siphon off. Think I saw that in a movie once.
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So you think that despite the fact mankind has spend the past 150 years terraforming the planet with blacktop and smokestacks and automobiles and clearcutting and corn fields and cattle while at the same time quintupling the population, all on a planet in a solar system where the local temperatures range from -400 to 750 degrees Fahrenheit, that all that activity couldn't possibly nudge our mean temperature a few degrees one way or the other? Hmmm?
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... Blam! Blam! Blam! Click. Click. Click.
FREEZE! FBI!!
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The next step if they don't pay is to bring in a collection agency, who will harass them for payment in return for a percentage. Paying a vig to the collection agent may sting a bit, but if it's more about principle than money it could be well worth it.
(I recall reading stories about cartoonist Ken Weiner, who, also out of principle, used this technique with deadbeat freelance clients, with good effect. His alternate method was to visit their offices during business hours unannounced - brandishing a large hammer.)
This may work out though. A friend of mine posted her own concert photos on her web site, one of which showed up published in a magazine, without her permission. She wrote the publishers and asked for payment. They paid.
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Three of Earth's most chemically imbalanced heros!
It's The Manic Maurauder! (POW!)
The Hyperthymic Huntress! (ZAP!)
And The Depressed Defender! (Mwah-mwahhh!)
Using their insanity in a never-ending battle against crime and the forces of evil!
They're off their meds and on the case! It's The Bipolorons!!
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That's SOOOO interesting. I mean, we REALLLLLY need help in pointing out when someone's being sarcastic. That'll be SOOOO helpful. I can't even BEGIN to tell you how useful that will be. These people REALLY are geniuses, and I TOTALLY mean that.
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Is there much chance that major fields of pot being grown will result in pot plants showing up all over the place? I'm imagining the seeds being carried about all over through the wind, birdshit, etc. It worked for Monsanto after all.
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Chico and Harpo on the problems with Flash substitutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Ovh18nYwc
"Alright never mind c'mon we work without it.."
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