Really? I find it hard to think of any examples. "The United States", sure, but that is very awkward. "The Germany"? "The Monopoly"? "The Phil"? "The Microsoft"? "The It's a Wonderful Life"? "The January"?
This rule seems to be not even remotely valid. Am I missing something?
I was sortof unclear, but I was saying that if it IS NOT preceded by "the," then it's a proper noun. "The United States" seems to be one of the few exceptions.
You don't capitalize "checkers" or "chess"; you shouldn't capitalize "go".
It's one of those areas in which you're dealing with shades of gray. You wouldn't say "the chess" or "the go," which is a characteristic of a proper noun. (not being preceded by "the") Proper nouns are, obviously, capitalized. It really comes down to whether or not "chess" and "go" are proper nouns. They are names, which are generally proper nouns, but it's usually more _brand_ names than anything. It's not really something I would criticize though. It could really go either way..
I wish they would do this in the US. It's dumb that each company has their own chargers.
Sounds socialist to me. I like letting capitalism sort it out. Just like it did with CDMA, TDMA, GSM, LTE and WiMAX. Thanks to capitalism we have the cheapest and fastest wireless phones known to the world.
I agree that it's a slippery slope but you've gotta admit it would be awesome if all phones used the same charger/data port.
If you don't need the lectures because you are just going to study on your own and take the test, then you don't need the education in the first place.
Yeah but try getting a decent job without a degree. They don't care if you've read all of the textbooks and studied the material. It's about credentials. The college is essentially certifying to potential employers that you've studied the material and know it to some reasonable degree. If you can learn the material on your own, I don't think the lectures should be mandatory. You are, after all, paying (a lot) to be there.
One very old scheme is to embed a checksum of the code segment inside the binary itself and then check it at runtime. It's not foolproof but it will identify most pirated copies with zero chance of false positives.
That would prevent modification, but how does that prevent it from being duplicated?
Also, the headline is horrible: "Apple Patents Glasses-Free 3D Projector"
The innovation is the surface onto which a slightly modified projector projects. There isn't much to the projector itself. Besides, most of the patent's paperwork is describing the surface - not the projector.
Grocery stores already have video cameras aimed at every register. They also have digital logs of what items were purchased at what register at any given time.
Would you be okay with grocery stores sending their footage to India (or wherever) to have cheap labor analyze the tapes and match race, age, and gender with a timestamp (in order to match it with products) and subsequently selling the statistics to manufacturers? The process could be automated fairly well with software (and eventually you could eliminate a human from the process given the state of facial recognition algorithms these days).
It's pretty much the same scenario except it would be entirely legal (even if a law similar to that referenced in the summary were to pass). I mean what are you going to do, force stores to stop using cameras? Cameras are important for legal reasons as well. Worker fakes an injury, it's nice to have video proof that it didn't happen on the job. (or conversely: that it DID happen on the job) Granted, the video-analysis method is slightly more expensive (although not if you use modified facial recognition algorithms which are very much in development right now in the universities all over the world).
But my point is: it's not going away and it's really not that bad. If you want prevent discrimination, make the discrimination illegal. (albeit hard to prove)
We already have such a setting. Tools->Options->Privacy->Uncheck "Accept cookies." Some web sites work with it unchecked. Some don't. Make your choice whether you want their content.
Its pretty trivial to track you even if you have cookies unchecked.
You'd also have to disable: -Javascript: (which can retrieve typing cadence via AJAX) -Images -Plugins: (like Flash, Java, et al.)
Sounds like a pretty exciting internet at that point. You might as well be browsing in a text-only browser like Lynx. And even if you follow all of the steps above, you can still be tracked pretty effectively by the specific configuration of your browser.
Now, that being said, I'm still in favor of tracking (to an extent). It's an important part of product development (amongst other things) and poses very little risk to the individual. (even if you are doing illegal stuff - do you think Google cares if you're running a meth lab out of your basement?)
Any slashdotters which have turned off access logging on their webservers? Or at least turned to anonymous access logging (like mod_removeip for Apache)?
Exactly. Further, if people would stop to think about "why" companies would want to track you, they would realize it's not such a bad thing. If you ask me, you lose the right to complain about sucky products when you let companies stop collecting data one what interests you. I mean, we've all read 1984, but this isn't about black helicopters, it's about market research and making products that people actually want to buy. People on/. are far too paranoid.
It's "[citation needed]"... you can turn in your geek card at the door.
Also, tracking brings lots of revenue for advertising companies. Advertising companies are then hired by practically every company on the Fortune 500 list. (or done in-house, which essentially yields the same result) More advertising for the aforementioned companies leads to more revenue. Those Fortune 500 companies give jobs/paychecks to you and me. (because now that they have more revenue, they can branch out into other areas and create new products, etc.)
Democrats loved the Pentagon Papers but they sure do hate Wikileaks. What's the difference?
At the time of release of the Pentagon Papers, republicans were in power. At the time of release of the various Wikileaks documents, democrats were in power.
Can't definitively say that's the sole reason, but maybe it certainly could've been a component.
In their defense, it's pretty easy to photoshop an image on a monitor. People do it all the time in both still and motion photography. Without special light-analyzing forensic software, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference (real or fake).
Yeah children shouldn't be given a pass either. It's more dangerous for them in the long run. (it would likely lead to the aforementioned bomb-strapping on children, so it's really for their protection). However, groping ANYONE in the name of safety is taking it too far. The security measures should be the same for adults and children, but they are currently too tight. Use the air-puff-bomb-detecting machines... use some bomb-sniffing german shepherds... use metal detectors... but virtual strip searches and pat-downs should be saved for actual criminals.
I guess what I'm saying is that eventually, after the point where you've replaced most of the parts with new ones, is it still the same computer or is it a new one? I mean, if the only thing in common is the metal frame, then does that really count? But idk, maybe I'm overthinking it.
Well that depends on how you define "break." The PC is the whole system of components. One component dies and the system is "broke", in my opinion. Yes, you can replace the component that dies, and "fix" the PC, but it's the exact same way with cars. When a car "breaks down," usually it's only a few of its components. You can always replace those components. Haven't you ever had a motherboard or a GPU die?
How useful are cameras, either? So you happen to catch a guy on film robbing your house. Even if you happen to be watching while it happens, the guy is going to be long gone before the cops get there, and what good is the video really going to do you? It's fine for evidence... IF the cops ever catch the guy who did it, which is highly unlikely. But I don't see how it deters a break-in in the first place.
It seems to me you'd be a lot better off to invest in more secure locks, alarm systems (more for scaring off the burglar than anything else), and similar stuff.
Also, a video of a guy wearing a mask is less than useful. I agree with the locks... even Medeco locks aren't completely bump-proof, but why go to the extra trouble of key-bumping a Medeco lock (which is much more work than bumping a regular lock) when there's a house across the street with its windows unlocked.
If I had the balls to break into somebody's home, I'd probably just take the robot to spite them.
Yeah, especially if the thief thinks that the robot is storing the video footage locally. I didn't RTFA but I imagine it streams the video to a server wirelessly (i.e. not inside of the robot), but that doesn't mean the thief knows that. But I guess if the video _is_ stored externally, then at least you would a pretty good shot of the thief (even if you do lose the robot).
further, I would imagine that internet-based approaches (like this one with Google) will typically skew toward democrats (at least the raw data - Google likely accounts for this). Democrats are younger and use the internet more (why do you think they are the party of Net Neutrality? it's because Net Neutrality lobbyists know that democrats are younger and are more likely to care about internet stuff).
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Really? I find it hard to think of any examples. "The United States", sure, but that is very awkward. "The Germany"? "The Monopoly"? "The Phil"? "The Microsoft"? "The It's a Wonderful Life"? "The January"?
This rule seems to be not even remotely valid. Am I missing something?
I was sortof unclear, but I was saying that if it IS NOT preceded by "the," then it's a proper noun. "The United States" seems to be one of the few exceptions.
You don't capitalize "checkers" or "chess"; you shouldn't capitalize "go".
It's one of those areas in which you're dealing with shades of gray. You wouldn't say "the chess" or "the go," which is a characteristic of a proper noun. (not being preceded by "the") Proper nouns are, obviously, capitalized. It really comes down to whether or not "chess" and "go" are proper nouns. They are names, which are generally proper nouns, but it's usually more _brand_ names than anything. It's not really something I would criticize though. It could really go either way..
I wish they would do this in the US. It's dumb that each company has their own chargers.
Sounds socialist to me. I like letting capitalism sort it out. Just like it did with CDMA, TDMA, GSM, LTE and WiMAX. Thanks to capitalism we have the cheapest and fastest wireless phones known to the world.
I agree that it's a slippery slope but you've gotta admit it would be awesome if all phones used the same charger/data port.
If you don't need the lectures because you are just going to study on your own and take the test, then you don't need the education in the first place.
Yeah but try getting a decent job without a degree. They don't care if you've read all of the textbooks and studied the material. It's about credentials. The college is essentially certifying to potential employers that you've studied the material and know it to some reasonable degree. If you can learn the material on your own, I don't think the lectures should be mandatory. You are, after all, paying (a lot) to be there.
This was on Ars Technica awhile back:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/12/how-a-rc-airplane-buzzed-the-statue-of-liberty-with-no-arrests.ars
Worst. Title. Ever.
I was under the impression that the summary was talking about console games. (I think it mentioned the Nintendo DS)
"Anyone know how they detect pirated copies?"
One very old scheme is to embed a checksum of the code segment inside the binary itself and then check it at runtime. It's not foolproof but it will identify most pirated copies with zero chance of false positives.
That would prevent modification, but how does that prevent it from being duplicated?
I'm assuming they intentionally leaked the bugged game to torrent sites, etc.
But that wouldn't be "detection"... (then again it wouldn't exactly be a surprise for a slashdot summary to use a wrong word)
Anyone know how they detect pirated copies?
No paste for Chrome on Windows either...
Also, the headline is horrible: "Apple Patents Glasses-Free 3D Projector"
The innovation is the surface onto which a slightly modified projector projects. There isn't much to the projector itself. Besides, most of the patent's paperwork is describing the surface - not the projector.
Ok, so here's a hypothetical:
Grocery stores already have video cameras aimed at every register. They also have digital logs of what items were purchased at what register at any given time.
Would you be okay with grocery stores sending their footage to India (or wherever) to have cheap labor analyze the tapes and match race, age, and gender with a timestamp (in order to match it with products) and subsequently selling the statistics to manufacturers? The process could be automated fairly well with software (and eventually you could eliminate a human from the process given the state of facial recognition algorithms these days).
It's pretty much the same scenario except it would be entirely legal (even if a law similar to that referenced in the summary were to pass). I mean what are you going to do, force stores to stop using cameras? Cameras are important for legal reasons as well. Worker fakes an injury, it's nice to have video proof that it didn't happen on the job. (or conversely: that it DID happen on the job) Granted, the video-analysis method is slightly more expensive (although not if you use modified facial recognition algorithms which are very much in development right now in the universities all over the world).
But my point is: it's not going away and it's really not that bad. If you want prevent discrimination, make the discrimination illegal. (albeit hard to prove)
We already have such a setting. Tools->Options->Privacy->Uncheck "Accept cookies." Some web sites work with it unchecked. Some don't. Make your choice whether you want their content.
Its pretty trivial to track you even if you have cookies unchecked.
You'd also have to disable:
-Javascript: (which can retrieve typing cadence via AJAX)
-Images
-Plugins: (like Flash, Java, et al.)
Sounds like a pretty exciting internet at that point. You might as well be browsing in a text-only browser like Lynx. And even if you follow all of the steps above, you can still be tracked pretty effectively by the specific configuration of your browser.
Now, that being said, I'm still in favor of tracking (to an extent). It's an important part of product development (amongst other things) and poses very little risk to the individual. (even if you are doing illegal stuff - do you think Google cares if you're running a meth lab out of your basement?)
It should be opt-in.
Then let's start with the webservers.
Any slashdotters which have turned off access logging on their webservers? Or at least turned to anonymous access logging (like mod_removeip for Apache)?
Exactly. Further, if people would stop to think about "why" companies would want to track you, they would realize it's not such a bad thing. If you ask me, you lose the right to complain about sucky products when you let companies stop collecting data one what interests you. I mean, we've all read 1984, but this isn't about black helicopters, it's about market research and making products that people actually want to buy. People on /. are far too paranoid.
Where did you think Google got all its money? Adsense, MAYBE?
I wonder how Adsense works...
If you read the second line of parent's post:
Tracking certainly brings in BIG BUCKS for tracking companies, but is there any evidence that it actually brings in much money for anyone else?
I think Google qualifies as a "tracking company." (although I would say "advertising company" would be a better choice of words)
[citation required]
It's "[citation needed]"... you can turn in your geek card at the door.
Also, tracking brings lots of revenue for advertising companies. Advertising companies are then hired by practically every company on the Fortune 500 list. (or done in-house, which essentially yields the same result) More advertising for the aforementioned companies leads to more revenue. Those Fortune 500 companies give jobs/paychecks to you and me. (because now that they have more revenue, they can branch out into other areas and create new products, etc.)
Democrats loved the Pentagon Papers but they sure do hate Wikileaks. What's the difference?
At the time of release of the Pentagon Papers, republicans were in power.
At the time of release of the various Wikileaks documents, democrats were in power.
Can't definitively say that's the sole reason, but maybe it certainly could've been a component.
In their defense, it's pretty easy to photoshop an image on a monitor. People do it all the time in both still and motion photography. Without special light-analyzing forensic software, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference (real or fake).
Yeah children shouldn't be given a pass either. It's more dangerous for them in the long run. (it would likely lead to the aforementioned bomb-strapping on children, so it's really for their protection). However, groping ANYONE in the name of safety is taking it too far. The security measures should be the same for adults and children, but they are currently too tight. Use the air-puff-bomb-detecting machines... use some bomb-sniffing german shepherds... use metal detectors... but virtual strip searches and pat-downs should be saved for actual criminals.
I guess what I'm saying is that eventually, after the point where you've replaced most of the parts with new ones, is it still the same computer or is it a new one? I mean, if the only thing in common is the metal frame, then does that really count? But idk, maybe I'm overthinking it.
Well that depends on how you define "break." The PC is the whole system of components. One component dies and the system is "broke", in my opinion. Yes, you can replace the component that dies, and "fix" the PC, but it's the exact same way with cars. When a car "breaks down," usually it's only a few of its components. You can always replace those components. Haven't you ever had a motherboard or a GPU die?
How useful are cameras, either? So you happen to catch a guy on film robbing your house. Even if you happen to be watching while it happens, the guy is going to be long gone before the cops get there, and what good is the video really going to do you? It's fine for evidence... IF the cops ever catch the guy who did it, which is highly unlikely. But I don't see how it deters a break-in in the first place.
It seems to me you'd be a lot better off to invest in more secure locks, alarm systems (more for scaring off the burglar than anything else), and similar stuff.
Also, a video of a guy wearing a mask is less than useful. I agree with the locks... even Medeco locks aren't completely bump-proof, but why go to the extra trouble of key-bumping a Medeco lock (which is much more work than bumping a regular lock) when there's a house across the street with its windows unlocked.
If I had the balls to break into somebody's home, I'd probably just take the robot to spite them.
Yeah, especially if the thief thinks that the robot is storing the video footage locally. I didn't RTFA but I imagine it streams the video to a server wirelessly (i.e. not inside of the robot), but that doesn't mean the thief knows that. But I guess if the video _is_ stored externally, then at least you would a pretty good shot of the thief (even if you do lose the robot).
further, I would imagine that internet-based approaches (like this one with Google) will typically skew toward democrats (at least the raw data - Google likely accounts for this). Democrats are younger and use the internet more (why do you think they are the party of Net Neutrality? it's because Net Neutrality lobbyists know that democrats are younger and are more likely to care about internet stuff).