* updates automatically every few weeks whether I want it to or not.
* sends *anonymous* viewing data to "improve the experience", against my will.
* changes the interface on the tv, and meanings of the buttons on the remote every 3rd or so update.
* that I will need to install adblock plus on to get rid of ads or keep them under control.
* that I will spend needless hours trying to find how to activate the power button after an update reconfigures the power button to require the auxillary button to be pushed down at the same time.
* requires that I install plug-ins that also self update just to get the tv to operate the way I want it to.
* that requires a unplug/ replug every few days as it runs out of ram and slows down channel switching and video output to a crawl.
* that as an organization, doesn't listen to it's user base and does what it wants instead.
Yes, but how much RESEARCH does it take to figure out that "It Costs $450 In Marketing To Make Someone Buy a $49 Nokia Lumia" ??? That is the real question!
What happens if you get your fingers stuck in the machine when it's "unprinting"! I can imagine it now. office employee: "Hey xerox guy... I was taking care of this paper jam when all of a sudden half my finger disappeared! What do I do?" The xerox guy raises his three fingered hand. "yep, been there - done that. next time unplug it and wait 20 minutes... I found this out the hard way." office employee: "are you giving me the finger?" zeros guy: does a half grin, and unplugs the printer.
No shit. A third of them aren't even alive anymore anyway. They simply exist as a hologram. Anyone see Nancy Pelosi lately? Don't tell me someone can naturally be that ugly! Oh no - it's just our computer hardware and software can't project a good looking person just yet. So if you were wondering why there were do many old, ugly people in congress, here's why!
Um... Is it me... or is December not here yet? So either this is a REALLY OLD article or they somehow invented a time machine, went about two months into the future and came back to give us this good news? I don't get it..... Maybe it has something to do with the 2013 Delorian???
I was thinking the same thing. A whole man's job could be to replace these disks. He'd probably always be busy, too.
Estimating that a single drive fails in approximately 7 years, it is estimated that at or around that time and from then on you would have 28,571.429 drives failing per year. This comes to 78.277888 drives per day that would need to be replaced to maintain the system. And that's counting on it being a raid system that can restore itself.
He can see the movie magically in his head as it plays. He envisions the movie's "psychic vibe rays" in the air as it is projected across to the wall. He can do this in real time, before the light actually hits the wall, so he can see the movie's end before anyone else can. All good psychics can, you know!
There is NO mercury in incandescent bulbs... But the coal used to generate electricity does contain mercury.
I have seen numerous people make the untrue statement that incandescent bulbs contain mercury. They do not. However about 50% of our power still comes from coal - and that does contain mercury (and it is released when power is generated...) But it is not in the bulbs themselves.
Think of it this way - would you rather have a CFL bulb (with mercury) break in your home and be directly exposed to mercury (which is a neurotoxin), or would you rather have it exposed in the environment where it will dissipate greatly so it's concentration in any particular area is minimal? Of course the perfect thing would be a energy source that didn't release anything harmful (in particular, for this post, mercury), and halogen bulbs (think incandescent version 2.0), which saves energy, and doesn't have mercury, either.
Of course all Flourescent bulbs, including CFLs, DO HAVE mercury.
As for LED Bulbs, they don't have mercury but their quality of light is quite poor. Our eyes were designed to receive more than a very limited spectrum of light at a time (read: not natural). They are costly and not great for your eyes.
I don't understand why the government didn't give tax breaks or other incentives to adopt halogen bulbs instead. The process would support energy conservation, and allow people to use bulbs that won't catch fire, don't contain dangerous neurotoxins, and emit a higher quality of light (which will help save your eyes from extra strain).
We don't have anyone competent in the government anymore - you know - people who are willing to admit they aren't knowledgeable on a topic - and instead obtain outside input from people in that field - you know - people that know what they are doing. People that have a neutral standpoint (nothing to gain either way) but can provide the pros and cons of changes like this? I mean how hard could it be? When I don't know about something I obtain my opinions after researching both sides of an argument and I come to my own conclusions. I become more knowledgeable in the topic and can defend my opinion well because of it. Haven't we grown beyond having opinions based on either incomplete information or from what our colleagues and friends have said? From what I have seen lately, my opinion is that government officials (at least) have not - how sad!
I think it's time we get these clowns out of congress, before it is too late.
No, it's not... Didn't you read between the lines of the agreement? They forgot to mention that you have to defraud them to get it.
That's why I always use a credit card with them. Had the same problem once. My credit card co took care of it. As paypal refused to live up to their agreement, I helped them make the right choice and made them live up to their obligations.
That's what's wrong with people today. Everyone thinks they're entitled to something. What ever happened to being happy with what you have, and if that isn't enough, to find a replacement job or second job? Apple computers and iPads, etc. are expensive enough already.
My bank a year or two ago required you to enter an answer to two or three questions. I gave them false information (which I wrote down).
Think about it - why would giving a financial more private information make your information more secure? I mean sure it would be harder to break in that way to an individual account, but what if someone hacked the whole server, and got that private information? Wouldn't that make me less secure in the future?
I don't like this ask x personal questions about your customers policy one bit. I like the intent - but I dont' like the possibility of more private information getting into the hands of hackers and evil-doers.
While not perfect, we need some way to authenticate biometric data via the internet - be it a fingerprint or whatever. Or maybe a secret electronic key that only the account holder has - maybe something you plug into a usb port? a physical device that has a hard coded encryption key that only works on your account mixed with a password would be in my opinion much more secure than this 'ask x questions about our customers private lives' trend.
I mean really - it's none of the bank's fucking business where I lived when I was 13, or what my first car was.
That is all speculation on your part. I don't know what hiring practices itself has to do with this - employees generally will do as they are instructed. But as for management... I would like to note that I have never hired employees at Google, or been hired there. Unless you have, it's all speculation on your part. But, I don't see what that has to do with what/how managers approve / instruct employees.
As for the management part, we can only speculate that their management is better than that. I certainly hope it is... But unless either of us has a direct point of reference (aka - somehow interacting with these managers - be it being employed by Google, having one as a friend, etc...), there is no way to state for certain that Google's management is truly better than that.
I definitely hope you are right. But I'll believe it when I see it.
They don't specifically say it. But they don't mention anything about any type of warning either. When a web site doesn't want to work for me it usually states something like "this is an unsupported browser". So while I can honestly only say that it is speculation (based on past experience) on my part, I wholeheartedly believe that my scenario is a reasonable possibility. I don't think it's any less reasonable than your assumption that there will be a warning message displayed on unsupported browsers.
Companies do such things to keep the general public from accessing something that won't work for them, and to help minimize confusion, and to get them to upgrade if possible. That is why, while they don't state it specifically, I believe they may end up doing this user-agent filtering in the end. I realize you do not concur with my conclusion. I think we're at a stalemate. It's anyone's guess what might happen.
Your right - it won't solve any bugs (or being out of date) in the browser. But I've seen stuff like this before where the server will only accept specific user agents. If they block firefox 3.5 user agent, but it unofficially works, my suggestion above is a good workaround. I've actually had to do this on a few websites on occasion as I use a 3rd party re-compiled version of firefox 4 and the user agent is just slightly different enough that some websites cry foul. It's not that the browser doesn't have the capability in these instances - it's just that the web server is set to deny everything but a limited list of user agents.
As for google apps, you don't know that for a fact - they may in the future only allow specific user agents. I understand why they do this - to make sure their software will work with your browser. But at the same time it can be a pain as sometimes the website would work fine with a different browser or version.
So in reference to the above information, I specifically refute your statement that "Deceiving the server about the version your'e using won't fix any bugs in the browser.". Sometimes it will allow you to a access a page that you otherwise wouldn't be able to. Weather you consider being able to access a page depending upon your user agent to be a bug, or not, I leave up to you. Only time will tell if this becomes true with Google's apps and websites.
no need to update. simply install the User Agent Switcher plug-in for firefox - and set it to send out a "version 4.0" user agent... and it should probably run fine - at least for a while. As far as the web server is concerned, you'd be running 4.0
Like many other things, I like the intent of the scanners, but don't like how it's implemented. Give me a scanner that looks like the one in Total Recall (see link below for youtube reference). Also make it safe (low radiation) and you'll have me sold. Until that happens though, the TSA won't be seeing my privates in any form - I'll refrain from flying until this is fixed.
I wasn't thinking of needing an adapter for speed. I was thinking of one for compatibility should thunderbolt take place of usb (to a point where usb is no longer offered on motherboards and the cards are rare or expensive as everyone will have switched over to the then current standard).
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Just what I needed... a TV that...
* updates automatically every few weeks whether I want it to or not.
* sends *anonymous* viewing data to "improve the experience", against my will.
* changes the interface on the tv, and meanings of the buttons on the remote every 3rd or so update.
* that I will need to install adblock plus on to get rid of ads or keep them under control.
* that I will spend needless hours trying to find how to activate the power button after an update reconfigures the power button to require the auxillary button to be pushed down at the same time.
* requires that I install plug-ins that also self update just to get the tv to operate the way I want it to.
* that requires a unplug/ replug every few days as it runs out of ram and slows down channel switching and video output to a crawl.
* that as an organization, doesn't listen to it's user base and does what it wants instead.
NO THANKS, MOZILLA!!!
Yes, but how much RESEARCH does it take to figure out that "It Costs $450 In Marketing To Make Someone Buy a $49 Nokia Lumia" ??? That is the real question!
What happens if you get your fingers stuck in the machine when it's "unprinting"! I can imagine it now. office employee: "Hey xerox guy... I was taking care of this paper jam when all of a sudden half my finger disappeared! What do I do?" The xerox guy raises his three fingered hand. "yep, been there - done that. next time unplug it and wait 20 minutes... I found this out the hard way." office employee: "are you giving me the finger?" zeros guy: does a half grin, and unplugs the printer.
No shit. A third of them aren't even alive anymore anyway. They simply exist as a hologram. Anyone see Nancy Pelosi lately? Don't tell me someone can naturally be that ugly! Oh no - it's just our computer hardware and software can't project a good looking person just yet. So if you were wondering why there were do many old, ugly people in congress, here's why!
"In December, a federal judge ruled"
Um... Is it me... or is December not here yet? So either this is a REALLY OLD article or they somehow invented a time machine, went about two months into the future and came back to give us this good news? I don't get it..... Maybe it has something to do with the 2013 Delorian???
Trebek: The best use for a new supercomputing cluster.
(buzzer of Contestant #3 triggers)
Trebek: Yes, Contestant #3.......
Contestant #3: What is a mega porn torrent server?
Trebek: Correct for $1,000.00
I was thinking the same thing. A whole man's job could be to replace these disks. He'd probably always be busy, too.
Estimating that a single drive fails in approximately 7 years, it is estimated that at or around that time and from then on you would have 28,571.429 drives failing per year. This comes to 78.277888 drives per day that would need to be replaced to maintain the system. And that's counting on it being a raid system that can restore itself.
He can see the movie magically in his head as it plays. He envisions the movie's "psychic vibe rays" in the air as it is projected across to the wall. He can do this in real time, before the light actually hits the wall, so he can see the movie's end before anyone else can. All good psychics can, you know!
Google's Self Driving Car Crashes
Ah, so in other words it drives like the average American driver... Good to know. Now it's truely ready for the main stream.
From the RSS feed headline, I thought this was an article about a James Bond-like spying ring or something. Imagine my disappointment.
There is NO mercury in incandescent bulbs... But the coal used to generate electricity does contain mercury.
I have seen numerous people make the untrue statement that incandescent bulbs contain mercury. They do not. However about 50% of our power still comes from coal - and that does contain mercury (and it is released when power is generated...) But it is not in the bulbs themselves.
Think of it this way - would you rather have a CFL bulb (with mercury) break in your home and be directly exposed to mercury (which is a neurotoxin), or would you rather have it exposed in the environment where it will dissipate greatly so it's concentration in any particular area is minimal? Of course the perfect thing would be a energy source that didn't release anything harmful (in particular, for this post, mercury), and halogen bulbs (think incandescent version 2.0), which saves energy, and doesn't have mercury, either.
Of course all Flourescent bulbs, including CFLs, DO HAVE mercury.
As for LED Bulbs, they don't have mercury but their quality of light is quite poor. Our eyes were designed to receive more than a very limited spectrum of light at a time (read: not natural). They are costly and not great for your eyes. I don't understand why the government didn't give tax breaks or other incentives to adopt halogen bulbs instead. The process would support energy conservation, and allow people to use bulbs that won't catch fire, don't contain dangerous neurotoxins, and emit a higher quality of light (which will help save your eyes from extra strain).
We don't have anyone competent in the government anymore - you know - people who are willing to admit they aren't knowledgeable on a topic - and instead obtain outside input from people in that field - you know - people that know what they are doing. People that have a neutral standpoint (nothing to gain either way) but can provide the pros and cons of changes like this? I mean how hard could it be? When I don't know about something I obtain my opinions after researching both sides of an argument and I come to my own conclusions. I become more knowledgeable in the topic and can defend my opinion well because of it. Haven't we grown beyond having opinions based on either incomplete information or from what our colleagues and friends have said? From what I have seen lately, my opinion is that government officials (at least) have not - how sad!
I think it's time we get these clowns out of congress, before it is too late.
The fraud protection is a fraud...
No, it's not... Didn't you read between the lines of the agreement? They forgot to mention that you have to defraud them to get it.
That's why I always use a credit card with them. Had the same problem once. My credit card co took care of it. As paypal refused to live up to their agreement, I helped them make the right choice and made them live up to their obligations.
That's what's wrong with people today. Everyone thinks they're entitled to something. What ever happened to being happy with what you have, and if that isn't enough, to find a replacement job or second job? Apple computers and iPads, etc. are expensive enough already.
and your badge number is..........?
My bank a year or two ago required you to enter an answer to two or three questions. I gave them false information (which I wrote down).
Think about it - why would giving a financial more private information make your information more secure? I mean sure it would be harder to break in that way to an individual account, but what if someone hacked the whole server, and got that private information? Wouldn't that make me less secure in the future?
I don't like this ask x personal questions about your customers policy one bit. I like the intent - but I dont' like the possibility of more private information getting into the hands of hackers and evil-doers.
While not perfect, we need some way to authenticate biometric data via the internet - be it a fingerprint or whatever. Or maybe a secret electronic key that only the account holder has - maybe something you plug into a usb port? a physical device that has a hard coded encryption key that only works on your account mixed with a password would be in my opinion much more secure than this 'ask x questions about our customers private lives' trend.
I mean really - it's none of the bank's fucking business where I lived when I was 13, or what my first car was.
GO Microsoft!
I think this is the first time I can truly raise my head up high when I say I use Microsoft products.
Well, Wii U, too, pal! and yes... for those who are oblivious, replace Wii with F***
As for the management part, we can only speculate that their management is better than that. I certainly hope it is... But unless either of us has a direct point of reference (aka - somehow interacting with these managers - be it being employed by Google, having one as a friend, etc...), there is no way to state for certain that Google's management is truly better than that.
I definitely hope you are right. But I'll believe it when I see it.
Companies do such things to keep the general public from accessing something that won't work for them, and to help minimize confusion, and to get them to upgrade if possible. That is why, while they don't state it specifically, I believe they may end up doing this user-agent filtering in the end. I realize you do not concur with my conclusion. I think we're at a stalemate. It's anyone's guess what might happen.
Your right - it won't solve any bugs (or being out of date) in the browser. But I've seen stuff like this before where the server will only accept specific user agents. If they block firefox 3.5 user agent, but it unofficially works, my suggestion above is a good workaround. I've actually had to do this on a few websites on occasion as I use a 3rd party re-compiled version of firefox 4 and the user agent is just slightly different enough that some websites cry foul. It's not that the browser doesn't have the capability in these instances - it's just that the web server is set to deny everything but a limited list of user agents. As for google apps, you don't know that for a fact - they may in the future only allow specific user agents. I understand why they do this - to make sure their software will work with your browser. But at the same time it can be a pain as sometimes the website would work fine with a different browser or version. So in reference to the above information, I specifically refute your statement that "Deceiving the server about the version your'e using won't fix any bugs in the browser.". Sometimes it will allow you to a access a page that you otherwise wouldn't be able to. Weather you consider being able to access a page depending upon your user agent to be a bug, or not, I leave up to you. Only time will tell if this becomes true with Google's apps and websites.
no need to update. simply install the User Agent Switcher plug-in for firefox - and set it to send out a "version 4.0" user agent... and it should probably run fine - at least for a while. As far as the web server is concerned, you'd be running 4.0
Two Words: Duct Tape
Like many other things, I like the intent of the scanners, but don't like how it's implemented. Give me a scanner that looks like the one in Total Recall (see link below for youtube reference). Also make it safe (low radiation) and you'll have me sold. Until that happens though, the TSA won't be seeing my privates in any form - I'll refrain from flying until this is fixed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wY0bk31ylA
Don't these "researchers" have anything better to do than watch Back to the Future, Part III? I mean really - a flying train... Give me a break!
I wasn't thinking of needing an adapter for speed. I was thinking of one for compatibility should thunderbolt take place of usb (to a point where usb is no longer offered on motherboards and the cards are rare or expensive as everyone will have switched over to the then current standard).