There is no alternative platform, despite what others may say about Android, it's immature and their app store(s) are a wild west nightmare
You know, maybe if half the iPhone App Developers decided to opt out of Apple's ridiculous system, and started developing more apps for Android, perhaps there would be more incentive to improve their app store to put it on par with Apple's.
Just sayin' man.
Another thing, this is like complaining that you didn't get into the NFL when you chose pro football as your career. Perhaps you should have done a little research before becoming an iPhone App developer, Hmmm? The fact that you got INTO the App store - AND were successful enough to have it sell at all, is considered lucky in my opinion.
Except you have to remember that it is not Adobe or Apple who decides how ads get imbedded, that is up to the webhost. Which is influenced by whoever is hosting the ad.
If you are getting paid by clicks through to the website, you have a tough choice. Take the slower ads which will run on more devices, or take the slightly faster ads which might not reach the full audience.
Essentially, Apple could give in and Allow Flash on the iPhone, but that won't stop people from using SmokeScreen to get a larger audience - unless they themselves don't want their page to be negatively affected by it. In which case, they might not have ads, period.
Hey, now those flash ads can bog you down EVEN MORE, and just in case you left Javascript on with flash uninstalled, you get the benefit of it as well!
Honestly, I think this will force most people to turn Javascript off if nothing else.
We had a special class offered to IB (international baccalaureate) students called "Theory of Knowledge" where they were essentially taught to critically analyze everything. I remember one of the students saying the first lesson went as follows:
"Has anyone here ever been to Mongolia" "No" "So how do you know it is there?" "Well..." "But they could be lieing. You could have been lied to your entire life. Fact is, you have no empirical evidence that Mongolia exists. Perhaps China engulfs the entire region, and used it to inspire sympathy in the past. If China even exists, that is."
So some of you might think of that as a stupid course (and a lot of students did. Basically admit to knowing nothing and you pass!). But it obviously spurs more critical thinking of everything you see and hear, which we severely lack in todays day and age. I mean, am I to believe that some Australian Schools teach Intelligent Design, simply because/. told me so? I guess If I believe everything I read online, I'm easily manipulated.
They are arguing that this helps critical thinking and allows the child to make their own conclusions... but curiously this "critical thinking" that presents an opposing view is curiously the view that the localized religion adheres to. If you want to teach critical thinking, expose the child to more views than what the adults are already largely marketing to them in the home and at religious services.
Yes. Oh God Yes (pun intended).
I went to a Catholic School growing, though here in Canada that doesn't mean a whole lot. Since there is such an unbelievable mix of culture, you get kids who are Half-Christian Half-Buddhist, or Catholic Jews, or just about any combo you can think of. Even people who weren't exactly Catholic could get in, there were kids who didn't have catholic parents, but said they weren't sure what they believed in, and were able to go.
In my High school year, one of the big projects was to research a religion you had little to no knowledge about, in small groups, and then present it to the class.
I think it was one of the most educational lessons I've ever recieved from High school. Not only do you see the differences between Eastern and Western Religions, but also why certain ones spark conflict, and the histories of how they've interacted.
I think most of all, it was interesting to hear a Jewish peer's view on Catholicism and Christianity as a whole, as well as a Buddhist and Hindu. Likewise, they found our explanations of their religions also valuable. I mean its easy to look at a hasidic jew and criticize their way of life, only to have someone point out how your holidays have evolved into some corporate spend-a-thon, since Santa Claus has nothing to do with Christ.
I dunno, it was kind of like taking a step back and seeing the big picture for once, and I wish more schools did this (and I hope mine still does)
How much does one unit cost, and is this actually scalable and affordable for nations where there are landmines? Most of these countries are third-world as the majority of landmines in first-world countries (e.g. Germany) was cleared years ago.
I'm not sure I entirely agree with your statement. There are third world countries that are actually well off enough. They aren't super powers like the states or anything, but they are still better off than what you probably mean as a developing nation - or something along those lines. Before the tsunami, I would have considered places like Thailand to be pretty well off for being a third world country. And Germany, contrary to popular belief, was a second-world country.
We need to come back to the history lesson that First World is Allies, Second World is Axis, and Third World is neutral. The First Second and Third world terminology came from allegiances during the second world war. It also happens to mirror that those participating happened to get a lot of industrial development, wars tend to do that.
So - where are the majority of landmines? Well, wherever the war is. I bet there are a ton in the middle east right now. I'd bet there are still a bunch in the Demilitarized zone seperating the Koreas, and possibly some around in Darfur.
So, whatever leader is capable of buying thousands of AK's to arm 14 year old boys to further his plans in Africa, or whatever tax money goes to fund American troops in the middle east, or however the middle eastern countries supply their own armed forces, or however North Korea is managing to test various military equipment, I -THINK- a robot like this might be affordable.
You don't have to deconstruct the fingerprint to copy it, you are given dozens of fingerprints every single day, and you give out dozens of fingerprints every single day.
The overzealous crime TV Shows would have you believe that simple because you touched something, enough of your fingerprint is on there to identify the person, or that it can somehow transcend other physical contact, or that they can stick to -any- surface.
Fact of the matter is, not all surfaces hold fingerprints very well. And criminal investigators usually need to use all five prints in order to narrow the suspects down to a reasonable few.
So I'm not sure where the problem lies. Acquiring someone's finger print would be very difficult. Not only do you have to get them to hand you an object with their finger fully pressed on it, but you also can't let anything touch that area to damage or remove the print. So is someone going to maliciously pull off this master scheme to check out books on my library account? Oh noes!
This kind of biometric system is perfect for these low-brow situations. Libraries, Locker rooms, personal computing.
what the hell is wrong with a HORSE. hasnt this been working for years. if you cant keep up with a horse drawn carriage you might have problems later on in life. further than that why not just use the FEET of the person who has to walk. IDIOTS!
So the laptops we got for our courses a couple years back had fingerprint readers on them, for you to set up fingerprint login. Toshiba product, I think a Satellite or something similar. Anyways, concerned with privacy, I took a gander on how the information is generated. They pick a series of points, and record tiny bits of information. Which way this line is going, how thick that line is, if it curves, all that little stuff. Next, they take those and encode them into some digital method or another, and at Toshiba, they encrypt it, just in case you wanted another layer of protection.
Now, because its only 6 or 7 or maybe a dozen datapoints, at various parts across your finger, it's impossible to reconstruct your finger print. It'd be like reconstructing a house with a single plank of wood.
So, anytime you use your finger - the data gets analyzed into the datapoints, encrypted, and tested against the database. The Database comes back with your records, and voila!
I wouldn't mind them storing that information, since they can't really use it for much.
Given the success of the Swedish Pirate Party, with 2 seats in European Parliament and currently the third-largest political party in Sweden, I'd say your pessimism is unjustified.
In the glorious land of Sweden they have proper representation.
It is entirely possible for Sweden to acquire 30% of the votes in Canada and not get a single seat.
What do these guys do in their spare time if any... code?
Surprisingly, yes!
A lot of the SC Original Pro's write their own AI scripts to make the AI in Starcraft a lot harder, capable of advanced techniques and deeper theory. Those little nifty tricks they've learned to beat PC's can now be done to them
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I wish there was a 'bring to the attention of the slashmods' button..
Report it for abuse. If you get reprimanded in any way, it'll still be worth it.
quit robbing the rest of us of our mental bandwidth.
Yeah, some of us are still on 300 baud!
I'm pretty sure Linus is an actual robot though. Sent back in time to save humanity.
There is no alternative platform, despite what others may say about Android, it's immature and their app store(s) are a wild west nightmare
You know, maybe if half the iPhone App Developers decided to opt out of Apple's ridiculous system, and started developing more apps for Android, perhaps there would be more incentive to improve their app store to put it on par with Apple's.
Just sayin' man.
Another thing, this is like complaining that you didn't get into the NFL when you chose pro football as your career. Perhaps you should have done a little research before becoming an iPhone App developer, Hmmm? The fact that you got INTO the App store - AND were successful enough to have it sell at all, is considered lucky in my opinion.
Consider it a make work project?
Except you have to remember that it is not Adobe or Apple who decides how ads get imbedded, that is up to the webhost. Which is influenced by whoever is hosting the ad.
If you are getting paid by clicks through to the website, you have a tough choice. Take the slower ads which will run on more devices, or take the slightly faster ads which might not reach the full audience.
Essentially, Apple could give in and Allow Flash on the iPhone, but that won't stop people from using SmokeScreen to get a larger audience - unless they themselves don't want their page to be negatively affected by it. In which case, they might not have ads, period.
Hey, now those flash ads can bog you down EVEN MORE, and just in case you left Javascript on with flash uninstalled, you get the benefit of it as well!
Honestly, I think this will force most people to turn Javascript off if nothing else.
I think it would take someone who is quite familiar with drugs to ask a question like "What happens when you put a snail on speed".
And I don't mean someone like a pharmacist.
If you need a book to understand a CMS, you have defeated the purpose of a CMS.
QFT
Wouldn't that be good though?
We had a special class offered to IB (international baccalaureate) students called "Theory of Knowledge" where they were essentially taught to critically analyze everything. I remember one of the students saying the first lesson went as follows:
"Has anyone here ever been to Mongolia"
"No"
"So how do you know it is there?"
"Well..."
"But they could be lieing. You could have been lied to your entire life. Fact is, you have no empirical evidence that Mongolia exists. Perhaps China engulfs the entire region, and used it to inspire sympathy in the past. If China even exists, that is."
So some of you might think of that as a stupid course (and a lot of students did. Basically admit to knowing nothing and you pass!). But it obviously spurs more critical thinking of everything you see and hear, which we severely lack in todays day and age. I mean, am I to believe that some Australian Schools teach Intelligent Design, simply because /. told me so? I guess If I believe everything I read online, I'm easily manipulated.
They are arguing that this helps critical thinking and allows the child to make their own conclusions ... but curiously this "critical thinking" that presents an opposing view is curiously the view that the localized religion adheres to. If you want to teach critical thinking, expose the child to more views than what the adults are already largely marketing to them in the home and at religious services.
Yes. Oh God Yes (pun intended).
I went to a Catholic School growing, though here in Canada that doesn't mean a whole lot. Since there is such an unbelievable mix of culture, you get kids who are Half-Christian Half-Buddhist, or Catholic Jews, or just about any combo you can think of. Even people who weren't exactly Catholic could get in, there were kids who didn't have catholic parents, but said they weren't sure what they believed in, and were able to go.
In my High school year, one of the big projects was to research a religion you had little to no knowledge about, in small groups, and then present it to the class.
I think it was one of the most educational lessons I've ever recieved from High school. Not only do you see the differences between Eastern and Western Religions, but also why certain ones spark conflict, and the histories of how they've interacted.
I think most of all, it was interesting to hear a Jewish peer's view on Catholicism and Christianity as a whole, as well as a Buddhist and Hindu. Likewise, they found our explanations of their religions also valuable. I mean its easy to look at a hasidic jew and criticize their way of life, only to have someone point out how your holidays have evolved into some corporate spend-a-thon, since Santa Claus has nothing to do with Christ.
I dunno, it was kind of like taking a step back and seeing the big picture for once, and I wish more schools did this (and I hope mine still does)
How are you going to get other fingerprints (without already having their identity, of course)
How much does one unit cost, and is this actually scalable and affordable for nations where there are landmines? Most of these countries are third-world as the majority of landmines in first-world countries (e.g. Germany) was cleared years ago.
I'm not sure I entirely agree with your statement. There are third world countries that are actually well off enough. They aren't super powers like the states or anything, but they are still better off than what you probably mean as a developing nation - or something along those lines. Before the tsunami, I would have considered places like Thailand to be pretty well off for being a third world country. And Germany, contrary to popular belief, was a second-world country.
We need to come back to the history lesson that First World is Allies, Second World is Axis, and Third World is neutral. The First Second and Third world terminology came from allegiances during the second world war. It also happens to mirror that those participating happened to get a lot of industrial development, wars tend to do that.
So - where are the majority of landmines? Well, wherever the war is. I bet there are a ton in the middle east right now. I'd bet there are still a bunch in the Demilitarized zone seperating the Koreas, and possibly some around in Darfur.
So, whatever leader is capable of buying thousands of AK's to arm 14 year old boys to further his plans in Africa, or whatever tax money goes to fund American troops in the middle east, or however the middle eastern countries supply their own armed forces, or however North Korea is managing to test various military equipment, I -THINK- a robot like this might be affordable.
both?
You don't have to deconstruct the fingerprint to copy it, you are given dozens of fingerprints every single day, and you give out dozens of fingerprints every single day.
The overzealous crime TV Shows would have you believe that simple because you touched something, enough of your fingerprint is on there to identify the person, or that it can somehow transcend other physical contact, or that they can stick to -any- surface.
Fact of the matter is, not all surfaces hold fingerprints very well. And criminal investigators usually need to use all five prints in order to narrow the suspects down to a reasonable few.
So I'm not sure where the problem lies. Acquiring someone's finger print would be very difficult. Not only do you have to get them to hand you an object with their finger fully pressed on it, but you also can't let anything touch that area to damage or remove the print. So is someone going to maliciously pull off this master scheme to check out books on my library account? Oh noes!
This kind of biometric system is perfect for these low-brow situations. Libraries, Locker rooms, personal computing.
what the hell is wrong with a HORSE. hasnt this been working for years. if you cant keep up with a horse drawn carriage you might have problems later on in life. further than that why not just use the FEET of the person who has to walk. IDIOTS!
Well, these tin foil hats are expensive you know, we gotta make sure we get every penny out of them.
So the laptops we got for our courses a couple years back had fingerprint readers on them, for you to set up fingerprint login. Toshiba product, I think a Satellite or something similar. Anyways, concerned with privacy, I took a gander on how the information is generated. They pick a series of points, and record tiny bits of information. Which way this line is going, how thick that line is, if it curves, all that little stuff. Next, they take those and encode them into some digital method or another, and at Toshiba, they encrypt it, just in case you wanted another layer of protection.
Now, because its only 6 or 7 or maybe a dozen datapoints, at various parts across your finger, it's impossible to reconstruct your finger print. It'd be like reconstructing a house with a single plank of wood.
So, anytime you use your finger - the data gets analyzed into the datapoints, encrypted, and tested against the database. The Database comes back with your records, and voila!
I wouldn't mind them storing that information, since they can't really use it for much.
Wait, you mean those words I type into the text field actually GO somewhere?
I thought Google worked like something out of Harry Potter.
By the second Sweden I meant Pirate Party. I mix those two up a lot. Its a conspiracy I tell ya. The swedes are taking over.
Given the success of the Swedish Pirate Party, with 2 seats in European Parliament and currently the third-largest political party in Sweden, I'd say your pessimism is unjustified.
In the glorious land of Sweden they have proper representation.
It is entirely possible for Sweden to acquire 30% of the votes in Canada and not get a single seat.
What do these guys do in their spare time if any... code?
Surprisingly, yes!
A lot of the SC Original Pro's write their own AI scripts to make the AI in Starcraft a lot harder, capable of advanced techniques and deeper theory. Those little nifty tricks they've learned to beat PC's can now be done to them
Upon reading that, I fold.
That made my day. Zzzzzing!
Suppose you can purchase a Blizzard Authenticating server for your company, to be used in a LAN only setting.
I'm not saying its going to happen but I wouldn't be surprised.