How much you want to bet there was a fine print clause buried in the Equipment Issuance paperwork that allows the school to monitor their student issued equipment in any way they deem fit? That any information that is stored on that computer is school property? That the school reserves the right to monitor, intercept, or act on any information gathered by said computer?
I bring this up because it is standard for any government owned computer, and I bet the issuance form was read by and signed by both the parent and the student.
I really thought TR had potential. It's true that the launch was a little rocky and it was rough around the edges but as you really progressed through the game, the story was actually rather compelling.
I had some misgivings about the limited character creation system where is was basically a cookie cutter system where you could only change the face as a whole, hair, skin color and a couple accessories; as well as the clunky and convoluted crafting system that they took way too long to fix. I think they really had the game to a point where they could tweak settings here and there and still add more content.
I thought the graphics were great, the enemy character models looked real and had a lot of detail. Gameplay was almost constant out in the field. They even took player created events and made a separate zone for them to hold it. It was a prime example of the developers listening to the players and giving them what they want.
I think ultimately where they failed was in the advertising arena. When I talked about the game to other gamers, 75% of them had no idea what I was talking about. It is a sad day indeed for TR fans, but I suppose I can invest more time into CoH now.
Indeed this could be the start of a slippery slope but there are certain ways to beat this system, such as putting the phone down and walking away.
Any kid could simply leave the phone in his/her bedroom and still sneak out the window while any surveillant parent using only this technology would only see the location of the phone instead of acting like actual parents and personally checking up on them once in a while.
There is a company called Digital Angel which is working on a product which is in essence an implantable GPS tracker that parents can place in their children. It is also described in certain circles as "The Mark of the Beast" because it is without exception the start of a slippery slope that as always starts out with the best of intentions.
On the surface it looks like every responsible parents dream come true because God forbid anything happen to my child (i.e. serious injury, lost in woods, kidnapping) the chances of recovery are greatly increased without the added cost of a wide search party. However underneath there are the obvious privacy issues (IMHO children are not afforded privacy) but thinking more long range, should the situation ever arise that the people would demand greater security in the wake of, for example a series of terror attacks and a viable and inexpensive solution would be to implant the rest of the population with such tags and authorities could easily track any terror suspects in order to prevent any future attacks, but any high school sci-fi writer could see ways that this technology could lead to stripping of all personal freedoms and anonymity and lead to total authoritative domination when the government knows where you are at all times.
Personally I don't see this cell phone as cause for panic...yet. Since this only tracks the location of the phone and if your child is anything like me, they'd forget and leave it at home all the time. Besides, popping the battery is an easy way to disable any cell phone, but I think it's important to keep a close eye on how this technology is used.
Geoengineering is no magic bullet, Dr. Cicerone said. But done correctly, he added, it will act like an insurance policy if the world one day faces a crisis of overheating, with repercussions like melting icecaps, droughts, famines, rising sea levels and coastal flooding
Or we could leave it alone and let the planet take care of itself like it always has for the last 40 billion years or so.
Every time humans get involved with monkeying around with the ecosphere, the net results are less then positive.
What I don't understand, is that we can't stop floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes or related natural disasters from destroying homes and lives, but we're arrogant enough to suggest that we can simply put a giant parasol in space, manufacture 'special' clouds, lace the stratosphere with sulphur, or my personal favorite "Trick oceans into soaking up more heat-trapping greenhouse gases" and expect to be able to accurately control the planet's climate.
FTA: The UK's first mobile phone call was made 20 years ago this year, when Ernie Wise rang the Vodafone head office, which was then above a curry shop in Newbury.
Was the guy on the other end named Watson by any chance?
I pegged anime for a fad in the late 90's. There was some incredible stuff coming out, but there was a TON material dating back to the 1970's that still had not been shown to outside [of Japan] audiences. Most people outside of Japan didn't watch Akira or Vampire Hunter D until they were 5 - 10 years old. I figured the well of good old material would dry up and there wouldn't be enough new material to keep interest going. Looks like I was wrong.
I'm actually surprised that anime isn't as popular as it could be. I'll admit that the growth of the anime/manga industry over the last 15 years has been pretty phenomenal considering that the availability has basiclly gone from a couple of shelves in a comic/hobby store to entire sections in the largest national chains. Unfortunately it still carries the stigma that animated shows are only for (a) little kids, (b) freaks with too much time on their hands, or (c) contain thoughtful social commentary that the public 'doesn't want to think about'.
The article says that there has been a 7.4 percent drop in prime time viewership, and IMHO I believe that people have become bored with the stream of cop/law dramas, forensic scientist doctors, and alternative domestic relationship shows that derive their entertainment value from sexually implicit humor. 500 channels and nothing good on? I do however, think there is a change in the way studios produce shows and they seem to be shifting to serialized shows that an actual storyline (i.e. 24, Lost, Desperate Housewives). This is one of the reasons I got interested an anime, because it was different, it had an actual plot that I wanted to follow to the end, and it doesn't patronize its audience. I've had more personal revelations with series like Evengelion, Lain, Lone Wolf and Cub, OMG, Ranma 1.5 and so forth then I have from American television.
I'll agree that there is a lot of good stuff that hasn't been released in the States, but there are also a lot of gems from Hollywood that have been buried in the sands of time when actors actually *had talent*, but you're not likely to find unless you really go looking for them. The industry is always looking forward.
Oh, I don't know, how about face to face with people their own age where they can learn such things as manners, etiquette, constructive dialog, the fact that "teh" is not a word. Not to mention that one kid can't say something disrespectful, disparaging, or derogatory about another without immediately being smacked in the face like we used to do in the good ol' days.
The climate on planet Earth has gotten less than a degree warmer in the last 150 years.
I'd contribute it to the global cycle of change just like spring, summer, fall, and winter, day and night, axial tilt, the tides, the ice age, and the inevitability of mid-season on FOX.
Sometimes you need a scientist to tell you these things.
Otherwise how else will you know that willingly sucking down smoke ten times a day, and hacking up a big wad of tar every morning is going to eventually kill you?
From Infinium's Investor relations section;
Under SEC filings, reads the following words:
You can browse SEC filings in Edgar by clicking here. Note that you will be redirected to an external website. We cannot guarantee the accuracy and timeliness of any information therein.
READ: Whatever the SEC says, it just isn't true!
Also, the Infinium Labs stock closed today at $0.13 a share after an increase of five one-thousanth of a cent.
Now who wants to buy this red-hot technology at a super-low bargin price?
I know I'm redundant here, but did anybody really not see this comming? They hyped this so-called "on demand", they only way they could have made it even more out landish is if they advertised to have it implated inside my brain.
Nokia expects to become the largest seller of portable MP3 players this year.
Then why not make a really good MP3 player? I'm not going to drop another chunk of change just because Nokia crams another "feature" into a cell phone.
If I want a digital camera, I'll buy a good digital camera. If I want a PDA, I'll buy a good PDA. If I want an MP3 player, I'll buy a good MP3 player.
My Swiss Army knife has lots of all-in-one features, but I'm not likely to use it to open my soup or screw in a new door knob. I have real tools for that.
It seems only fitting. If we can drive over the boarder to get cheap percription drugs, they should be able to come over our boarder for tax free tunes.
I was locked up over something like this. The cashier thought I stole my mothers credit card. Which was a legitimate thought since it was reported stolen by my mother.
To speak practiclly, it becomes a problem when the dust gets in the building. Unless, you want to walk around and work with a mask or filter over your face.
With the shear volume and diversity to video games in the market, the worst thing you can do is pick out a small percentage of the genre that you think is "cool" and declare it mainstream.
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How much you want to bet there was a fine print clause buried in the Equipment Issuance paperwork that allows the school to monitor their student issued equipment in any way they deem fit?
That any information that is stored on that computer is school property?
That the school reserves the right to monitor, intercept, or act on any information gathered by said computer?
I bring this up because it is standard for any government owned computer, and I bet the issuance form was read by and signed by both the parent and the student.
I really thought TR had potential. It's true that the launch was a little rocky and it was rough around the edges but as you really progressed through the game, the story was actually rather compelling.
I had some misgivings about the limited character creation system where is was basically a cookie cutter system where you could only change the face as a whole, hair, skin color and a couple accessories; as well as the clunky and convoluted crafting system that they took way too long to fix. I think they really had the game to a point where they could tweak settings here and there and still add more content.
I thought the graphics were great, the enemy character models looked real and had a lot of detail. Gameplay was almost constant out in the field. They even took player created events and made a separate zone for them to hold it. It was a prime example of the developers listening to the players and giving them what they want.
I think ultimately where they failed was in the advertising arena. When I talked about the game to other gamers, 75% of them had no idea what I was talking about. It is a sad day indeed for TR fans, but I suppose I can invest more time into CoH now.
Indeed this could be the start of a slippery slope but there are certain ways to beat this system, such as putting the phone down and walking away.
Any kid could simply leave the phone in his/her bedroom and still sneak out the window while any surveillant parent using only this technology would only see the location of the phone instead of acting like actual parents and personally checking up on them once in a while.
There is a company called Digital Angel which is working on a product which is in essence an implantable GPS tracker that parents can place in their children. It is also described in certain circles as "The Mark of the Beast" because it is without exception the start of a slippery slope that as always starts out with the best of intentions.
On the surface it looks like every responsible parents dream come true because God forbid anything happen to my child (i.e. serious injury, lost in woods, kidnapping) the chances of recovery are greatly increased without the added cost of a wide search party. However underneath there are the obvious privacy issues (IMHO children are not afforded privacy) but thinking more long range, should the situation ever arise that the people would demand greater security in the wake of, for example a series of terror attacks and a viable and inexpensive solution would be to implant the rest of the population with such tags and authorities could easily track any terror suspects in order to prevent any future attacks, but any high school sci-fi writer could see ways that this technology could lead to stripping of all personal freedoms and anonymity and lead to total authoritative domination when the government knows where you are at all times.
Personally I don't see this cell phone as cause for panic...yet. Since this only tracks the location of the phone and if your child is anything like me, they'd forget and leave it at home all the time. Besides, popping the battery is an easy way to disable any cell phone, but I think it's important to keep a close eye on how this technology is used.
Geoengineering is no magic bullet, Dr. Cicerone said. But done correctly, he added, it will act like an insurance policy if the world one day faces a crisis of overheating, with repercussions like melting icecaps, droughts, famines, rising sea levels and coastal flooding
Or we could leave it alone and let the planet take care of itself like it always has for the last 40 billion years or so.
Every time humans get involved with monkeying around with the ecosphere, the net results are less then positive.
What I don't understand, is that we can't stop floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes or related natural disasters from destroying homes and lives, but we're arrogant enough to suggest that we can simply put a giant parasol in space, manufacture 'special' clouds, lace the stratosphere with sulphur, or my personal favorite "Trick oceans into soaking up more heat-trapping greenhouse gases" and expect to be able to accurately control the planet's climate.
Are these red spots contagious?
No, these are common when gas giants go through puberty.
FTA: The UK's first mobile phone call was made 20 years ago this year, when Ernie Wise rang the Vodafone head office, which was then above a curry shop in Newbury.
Was the guy on the other end named Watson by any chance?
I'm a plant, you insensitive clod!
A plant? I thought people like you were called a fruit.
I pegged anime for a fad in the late 90's. There was some incredible stuff coming out, but there was a TON material dating back to the 1970's that still had not been shown to outside [of Japan] audiences. Most people outside of Japan didn't watch Akira or Vampire Hunter D until they were 5 - 10 years old. I figured the well of good old material would dry up and there wouldn't be enough new material to keep interest going. Looks like I was wrong.
I'm actually surprised that anime isn't as popular as it could be. I'll admit that the growth of the anime/manga industry over the last 15 years has been pretty phenomenal considering that the availability has basiclly gone from a couple of shelves in a comic/hobby store to entire sections in the largest national chains. Unfortunately it still carries the stigma that animated shows are only for (a) little kids, (b) freaks with too much time on their hands, or (c) contain thoughtful social commentary that the public 'doesn't want to think about'.
The article says that there has been a 7.4 percent drop in prime time viewership, and IMHO I believe that people have become bored with the stream of cop/law dramas, forensic scientist doctors, and alternative domestic relationship shows that derive their entertainment value from sexually implicit humor. 500 channels and nothing good on? I do however, think there is a change in the way studios produce shows and they seem to be shifting to serialized shows that an actual storyline (i.e. 24, Lost, Desperate Housewives). This is one of the reasons I got interested an anime, because it was different, it had an actual plot that I wanted to follow to the end, and it doesn't patronize its audience. I've had more personal revelations with series like Evengelion, Lain, Lone Wolf and Cub, OMG, Ranma 1.5 and so forth then I have from American television.
I'll agree that there is a lot of good stuff that hasn't been released in the States, but there are also a lot of gems from Hollywood that have been buried in the sands of time when actors actually *had talent*, but you're not likely to find unless you really go looking for them. The industry is always looking forward.
Where are they going to chat now?
Oh, I don't know, how about face to face with people their own age where they can learn such things as manners, etiquette, constructive dialog, the fact that "teh" is not a word. Not to mention that one kid can't say something disrespectful, disparaging, or derogatory about another without immediately being smacked in the face like we used to do in the good ol' days.
Are you sure?
I believe it was Sega.
The climate on planet Earth has gotten less than a degree warmer in the last 150 years.
I'd contribute it to the global cycle of change just like spring, summer, fall, and winter,
day and night, axial tilt, the tides, the ice age,
and the inevitability of mid-season on FOX.
But let's not jump to any conclusions.
Google will build the new stadium in NYC and name it The Googleplex.
Sometimes you need a scientist to tell you these things.
Otherwise how else will you know that willingly sucking down smoke ten times a day, and hacking up a big wad of tar every morning is going to eventually kill you?
You gotta love this stuff.
From Infinium's Investor relations section; Under SEC filings, reads the following words:
You can browse SEC filings in Edgar by clicking here. Note that you will be redirected to an external website. We cannot guarantee the accuracy and timeliness of any information therein.
READ: Whatever the SEC says, it just isn't true!
Also, the Infinium Labs stock closed today at $0.13 a share after an increase of five one-thousanth of a cent.
Now who wants to buy this red-hot technology at a super-low bargin price?
HardOCP has been on these guys for a long time, not to mention those wacky guys at Penny-Arcade.1 -22&res=l 8 -20&res=l
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-0
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-0
I know I'm redundant here, but did anybody really not see this comming? They hyped this so-called "on demand", they only way they could have made it even more out landish is if they advertised to have it implated inside my brain.
Nokia expects to become the largest seller of portable MP3 players this year.
Then why not make a really good MP3 player? I'm not going to drop another chunk of change just because Nokia crams another "feature" into a cell phone.
If I want a digital camera, I'll buy a good digital camera. If I want a PDA, I'll buy a good PDA. If I want an MP3 player, I'll buy a good MP3 player.
My Swiss Army knife has lots of all-in-one features, but I'm not likely to use it to open my soup or screw in a new door knob. I have real tools for that.
It's an upgrade. They used to use this.
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It seems only fitting. If we can drive over the boarder to get cheap percription drugs, they should be able to come over our boarder for tax free tunes.
Maybe just put it up on EBay. I'm sure there's somebody willing to put up the money for it, and maybe fund a replacement.
or does anyone else find it odd that he only planned on being in one season...
More importantly at this rate, isn't The Doctor going to run out of lives real fast?
I was locked up over something like this. The cashier thought I stole my mothers credit card. Which was a legitimate thought since it was reported stolen by my mother.
Well now that would make it stolen, wouldn't it?
To speak practiclly, it becomes a problem when the dust gets in the building. Unless, you want to walk around and work with a mask or filter over your face.
The weight of the average slashdotters brain.
With the shear volume and diversity to video games in the market, the worst thing you can do is pick out a small percentage of the genre that you think is "cool" and declare it mainstream.
By the way, Tony Hawk 2 sucks!