With this change, adults will be expected to act as adults. If you don’t want the public to know what you are up to, don’t post it on the public internet, it seems rather simple to me.
And what if the userbase isn't made up of entirely adults? This is wow we are talking about. I bet their are millions of minors who play.
facebook profiles are created with that intention. You are making an account that is you. No one makes their orc warlock thinking it is really who they are. (I'm preparing for contradictory comments below).
Wouldn't this bring up some real issues about the legitimacy of the Swedish government? While I think this is a great (hilarious!) idea, I think this would probably do more harm than good.
I wonder which companies will run the calculations and decide that they will lose more profits opening up than they would by simply leaving the European market. While this sounds nice, companies who do a smaller percentage of business in Europe than they do elsewhere may decide it is worth it to keep their code locked. After all, no one will be able to implement interoperability exclusively in the EU, the US + rest of the world will get it too.
Oh man, I can't wait until we get networked authoritarianism too! That internet killswitch idea was a step in the right direction but this is so much better!
Firefox will fit nicely into the niche of people who want a secure, fast(ish) browser that can block ads. Google will never allow (or make it easy) to block all of its ads through Chrome, because after all, it was designed as a tool to show you more ads. Chrome will become the new go-to replacement for IE, and if adblock is possible with technical prowess, maybe the/. types as well. However, if ads can't be blocked in Chrome, many people will still stick with Firefox.
Only $5 million? At first I thought this story was about the failure to store data electronically, but now I realize that it's about government efficiency.
Now there's a race to see which smartphone will be the first to do a "You're holding it wrong." (person changes grip) "You're holding it wrong" x5 followed by "Droid: You're holding it right"
As someone who is tired of Gizmodo's general behavior and attitude, but enjoys the spectrum of coverage they provide, what would be a viable alternative tech blog to read? I mainly read giz, slashdot, and ars.
As someone who lives blocks from where the new Olympic Village would be held, I can assure you that it really isnt a safe place (right now). Too bad we didnt win the bid, as it would have really helped to clean up the area. Washington Park, the intended site, IIRC had multiple shootings over the summer. The Olympics would be hosted in a pretty bad part of town - Some of the worst neighborhoods in the city are literally right down the street.
It seems that these days, slashdot takes all of its news from gizmodo, wired, and ars. This is news I (and much of the tech community) read already. Please find new sources.
As evidenced here.
Too late for anyone to see this, but what about instead of adding a watermark, you just check for identifiable features already included? AFAIK, no codecs speed up or slow down songs (at least not intentionally), but even then, you could check for a certain audible frequency, say, 440Hz at x seconds, then wait until 759Hz is heard, and then if 1355Hz is heard y seconds later, thats your check.
Now, the only difference is this would be sort of a key-dictionary model, and checking against a database of these would be exceedingly difficult...
I taught a class recently and when I asked one 6-yr-old if her mommy would let her do that, she responded with "my mommy never says no." If she didnt look like a human, Id have sworn she was something from hell, that girl was so evil.
Most iphone customers have the unlimited text plan, and the ones that dont still probably text anyway.
Also, texting isnt a problem. Even when I get shitty voice coverage, texting is usually online and working.
Actually, Safari loads the page element by element, in its entirety. It will go through the HTML and load each section in order, i.e. It creates the background, then the text, then the pretty images, then the sidebars, then the ads.
Generally you can stop it around 75% of the load and still get the full webpage.
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This has now been quoted in back-to-back threads, both times used effectively.
"But ... won't somebody think of the children's privacy?!"
FTFY
Sound like slashdot yet?
With this change, adults will be expected to act as adults. If you don’t want the public to know what you are up to, don’t post it on the public internet, it seems rather simple to me.
And what if the userbase isn't made up of entirely adults? This is wow we are talking about. I bet their are millions of minors who play.
facebook profiles are created with that intention. You are making an account that is you. No one makes their orc warlock thinking it is really who they are. (I'm preparing for contradictory comments below).
The execution of the majority of government policy is left to unelected bureacrats.
Wouldn't this bring up some real issues about the legitimacy of the Swedish government? While I think this is a great (hilarious!) idea, I think this would probably do more harm than good.
will never hold up in court.
I wonder which companies will run the calculations and decide that they will lose more profits opening up than they would by simply leaving the European market. While this sounds nice, companies who do a smaller percentage of business in Europe than they do elsewhere may decide it is worth it to keep their code locked. After all, no one will be able to implement interoperability exclusively in the EU, the US + rest of the world will get it too.
Or, you know, the original leak site, cryptome...
Oh man, I can't wait until we get networked authoritarianism too! That internet killswitch idea was a step in the right direction but this is so much better!
what are they thinking?
money money money money
Firefox will fit nicely into the niche of people who want a secure, fast(ish) browser that can block ads. Google will never allow (or make it easy) to block all of its ads through Chrome, because after all, it was designed as a tool to show you more ads. Chrome will become the new go-to replacement for IE, and if adblock is possible with technical prowess, maybe the /. types as well. However, if ads can't be blocked in Chrome, many people will still stick with Firefox.
Prepaid phones
Only $5 million? At first I thought this story was about the failure to store data electronically, but now I realize that it's about government efficiency.
Now there's a race to see which smartphone will be the first to do a "You're holding it wrong." (person changes grip) "You're holding it wrong" x5 followed by "Droid: You're holding it right"
I highly doubt VideoLAN will ever approve increasing the download size from 17MB to 100MB. This would fail on bandwidth provisions alone.
As someone who is tired of Gizmodo's general behavior and attitude, but enjoys the spectrum of coverage they provide, what would be a viable alternative tech blog to read? I mainly read giz, slashdot, and ars.
As someone who lives blocks from where the new Olympic Village would be held, I can assure you that it really isnt a safe place (right now). Too bad we didnt win the bid, as it would have really helped to clean up the area. Washington Park, the intended site, IIRC had multiple shootings over the summer. The Olympics would be hosted in a pretty bad part of town - Some of the worst neighborhoods in the city are literally right down the street.
It seems that these days, slashdot takes all of its news from gizmodo, wired, and ars. This is news I (and much of the tech community) read already. Please find new sources. As evidenced here.
Nice, your sig is more pertinent than your comment.
Too late for anyone to see this, but what about instead of adding a watermark, you just check for identifiable features already included? AFAIK, no codecs speed up or slow down songs (at least not intentionally), but even then, you could check for a certain audible frequency, say, 440Hz at x seconds, then wait until 759Hz is heard, and then if 1355Hz is heard y seconds later, thats your check. Now, the only difference is this would be sort of a key-dictionary model, and checking against a database of these would be exceedingly difficult...
I taught a class recently and when I asked one 6-yr-old if her mommy would let her do that, she responded with "my mommy never says no." If she didnt look like a human, Id have sworn she was something from hell, that girl was so evil.
They also arent trying to define broadband as .7 mbps...
Most iphone customers have the unlimited text plan, and the ones that dont still probably text anyway. Also, texting isnt a problem. Even when I get shitty voice coverage, texting is usually online and working.
Actually, Safari loads the page element by element, in its entirety. It will go through the HTML and load each section in order, i.e. It creates the background, then the text, then the pretty images, then the sidebars, then the ads. Generally you can stop it around 75% of the load and still get the full webpage.