Instant streaming tech has a long way to go before it's useful in that respect.
FWIW, I gave a couple different apps a try (Qik before it sucked, and one other I can't recall the name of); both were either A) too shitty of a stream to really tell what was going on, or B) didn't actually stream, it saved the recording to the phone and uploaded it afterwards.
Right because you put these on and they immediately start recording everything you do and everything you look at. It's recording video always, at all times they are on, yup thats it.
I really don't think masses will tolerate always-on advertising in a classical banner-video format in the visual field space.
I think you're over-estimating the collective intellect of those we refer to as "the masses."
Advertising will have to be done via shaping your information feed and not by distracting or grabbing your attention.
Right - think less "banner ads flashing across the entire display while you're driving," and more "suddenly every building and car you pass is covered in 'artwork,' that turns out to be thinly veiled advertisements for Valtrex and Nikes." Kinda like Times' Square, but every-fucking-where.
Google has made it clear that making Glass minimally distracting is a major design goal.
Well, thank goodness that Google is going to insist on maintaining complete control over the platform, and not allow anyone else to develop their own apps for it, amirite?
Americans generally do not want to pay outragous amounts for degrees with fancy acronyms, that won't land them a decent job because the government allows corporations to import Amir from Bangladesh to do the same work for half the wage.
we're saying that the wealthy should pay to maintain the society they live in and benefit handsomely from.
OK, that I agree with, but the statement, "provide a basic income" doesn't sound like it means "tax the wealthy at higher rate." I'm going to ignore all the butthurt, assumptive nonsense you posited thereafter, since it's essentially stupid, baseless partisanship, and I refuse to lie to myself by pretending there's such a thing as the "good guy" party and the "bad guy" party - FYI, they're both full of bad guys who only care about their own, personal bottom lines.
Now, If I'm right, and OP was saying that taxpayer should foot the bill just so that other people can exist, well... that puts me in a tight spot. On the one hand, I have a major fucking issue with the idea that I have to work harder just so Uncle Sam can confiscate more of my meager paycheck and hand it over to lazy doper fuckheads who could work, but don't because the government will steal from me to pay for them (which would be easily solved by A - taxing the wealthy at a more reasonable rate, say 70-80%, and B - not spending so much of our goddamn treasure on stupid shit like domestic surveillance and never-ending wars). Conversely, I'm also intelligent enough to understand that the alternative, i.e. rampant crime and an even-more overcrowded prison system, isn't a better solution.
I suppose situations like this are where the phrase, 'ignorance is bliss' comes from... Knowing the circumstances and understanding that there really is no possible win-win outcome sucks, man. It just sucks.
I think, the best course of action when someone is claiming to speak for God, would be to A) run far, far away, as fast as you can, and if possible B) have their loony asses committed.
To protect it from other users, not the server admin nor police. Also to prevent others from pretending to be you, again not the server admins as that would be trivial.
It would be trivial for my mail carrier to open the envelopes I place in his care as well, but still not legal.
Can't speak for anyone else, obviously, but when I was in the Glass, Mould, and Pottery Maker's union, it was pretty much a situation of the latter, assuming you weren't a total fuck-up and actually got your work done in a reasonable time.
But yea, so long as I had my shit done so the next guy could do his work, they didn't really seem to care if I was sweeping floors or sitting on my ass reading magazines and smoking.
OTOH, fuck-ups and lazy bastards didn't usually last more than a week or two.
Case in point: ever discuss a broadcasted sporting event in a public place, without express written consent of the sporting organization and broadcasting network? If you said 'yes,' then you've broken the law, even though it has harmed not a soul.
No, you're not breaking the law. You're just breaking the imaginary law that the networks claim exists.
I don't disagree; technically, any law that violates the Constitution is also an imaginary law. Unfortunately, the system that props itself up on such illegitimate acts doesn't tend to take "Because it's un-fucking-Constitutional, that's why" as seriously as they should.
I never said it was smart or right, just pointing out the way things are (which is, in a word - fucked).
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You might want to set your sights a tad higher... or figure out what Google Glass actually does...
I think we'd all be interested in hearing you tell what, exactly, that is, since it seems even Google has no idea what it's for...
Instant streaming tech has a long way to go before it's useful in that respect.
FWIW, I gave a couple different apps a try (Qik before it sucked, and one other I can't recall the name of); both were either A) too shitty of a stream to really tell what was going on, or B) didn't actually stream, it saved the recording to the phone and uploaded it afterwards.
Future sign to be placed at the entrance of all government offices:
HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYS/RECORDING DEVICES PROHIBITED BEYOND THIS POINT
fuck you filter error, sometime shit needs to be all caps (like a sign, for instance).
Right because you put these on and they immediately start recording everything you do and everything you look at. It's recording video always, at all times they are on, yup thats it.
Refutation in one word: CarrierIQ.
Also, you're an idiot.
I really don't think masses will tolerate always-on advertising in a classical banner-video format in the visual field space.
I think you're over-estimating the collective intellect of those we refer to as "the masses."
Advertising will have to be done via shaping your information feed and not by distracting or grabbing your attention.
Right - think less "banner ads flashing across the entire display while you're driving," and more "suddenly every building and car you pass is covered in 'artwork,' that turns out to be thinly veiled advertisements for Valtrex and Nikes." Kinda like Times' Square, but every-fucking-where.
Google has made it clear that making Glass minimally distracting is a major design goal.
Well, thank goodness that Google is going to insist on maintaining complete control over the platform, and not allow anyone else to develop their own apps for it, amirite?
Who's gonna buy the 1st-generation device if it doesn't have those things?
The crapload of developers who already dropped $1,500 on one, for starters.
Right, because this is Slashdot, which means we're a bunch of simple-minded children and we need to have every little thing spelled out for us. /sarc
Sheesh.
50K a year actually isn't bad if you live outside the Constitution-Free Zone.
Americans generally do not want to pay outragous amounts for degrees with fancy acronyms, that won't land them a decent job because the government allows corporations to import Amir from Bangladesh to do the same work for half the wage.
FTFY.
Ah, I see now.
Yea, no such law that I know of.
we're saying that the wealthy should pay to maintain the society they live in and benefit handsomely from.
OK, that I agree with, but the statement, "provide a basic income" doesn't sound like it means "tax the wealthy at higher rate." I'm going to ignore all the butthurt, assumptive nonsense you posited thereafter, since it's essentially stupid, baseless partisanship, and I refuse to lie to myself by pretending there's such a thing as the "good guy" party and the "bad guy" party - FYI, they're both full of bad guys who only care about their own, personal bottom lines.
Now, If I'm right, and OP was saying that taxpayer should foot the bill just so that other people can exist, well... that puts me in a tight spot. On the one hand, I have a major fucking issue with the idea that I have to work harder just so Uncle Sam can confiscate more of my meager paycheck and hand it over to lazy doper fuckheads who could work, but don't because the government will steal from me to pay for them (which would be easily solved by A - taxing the wealthy at a more reasonable rate, say 70-80%, and B - not spending so much of our goddamn treasure on stupid shit like domestic surveillance and never-ending wars). Conversely, I'm also intelligent enough to understand that the alternative, i.e. rampant crime and an even-more overcrowded prison system, isn't a better solution.
I suppose situations like this are where the phrase, 'ignorance is bliss' comes from... Knowing the circumstances and understanding that there really is no possible win-win outcome sucks, man. It just sucks.
I think, the best course of action when someone is claiming to speak for God, would be to A) run far, far away, as fast as you can, and if possible B) have their loony asses committed.
For the good of the species.
We own you. //The Reich
FTFY.
To protect it from other users, not the server admin nor police. Also to prevent others from pretending to be you, again not the server admins as that would be trivial.
It would be trivial for my mail carrier to open the envelopes I place in his care as well, but still not legal.
"obviously you have nothing to hide..."
Have you ever needed to pee or poop when you were in a group of people? Did you just do it on the spot or what?
Doesn't everyone?
Huh, that may explain all the odd looks...
Biden says the chance of the U.S. Gov becoming oppressive is virtually nil.
... isn't that the same dude who said the best method of home defense is to step outside and fire shotguns randomly into your neighborhood?
And here I thought all the clowns left with the last administration...
Plenty of laws regulating labor in this country, the Fair Labor Standards Act being chief among them.
Here's another resource with more information on the differences between employees and contractors.
Shit, Wal-Marx will fire you just for saying the word "union" in the wrong context.
these people are NOT employees. They are contractors.
I'm confused as to what the difference is in general, aside from job security.
A few things, actually.
A better solution: provide a basic income,
... I'm sorry, what?
You're not seriously saying that the government (read: taxpayers) should be paying people just to exist, are you?
LOL, glad I wasn't the only one who noticed!
Can't speak for anyone else, obviously, but when I was in the Glass, Mould, and Pottery Maker's union, it was pretty much a situation of the latter, assuming you weren't a total fuck-up and actually got your work done in a reasonable time.
But yea, so long as I had my shit done so the next guy could do his work, they didn't really seem to care if I was sweeping floors or sitting on my ass reading magazines and smoking.
OTOH, fuck-ups and lazy bastards didn't usually last more than a week or two.
Case in point: ever discuss a broadcasted sporting event in a public place, without express written consent of the sporting organization and broadcasting network? If you said 'yes,' then you've broken the law, even though it has harmed not a soul.
No, you're not breaking the law. You're just breaking the imaginary law that the networks claim exists.
I don't disagree; technically, any law that violates the Constitution is also an imaginary law. Unfortunately, the system that props itself up on such illegitimate acts doesn't tend to take "Because it's un-fucking-Constitutional, that's why" as seriously as they should.
I never said it was smart or right, just pointing out the way things are (which is, in a word - fucked).
Point out that the system is fucked, and my AC stalker chimes in to make homosexual passes at me...
WTF?
Hey, dude, here's a tip for you - grow a fucking life, instead of wasting it stalking people on Slashdot.
A right that, once exercised, always leads to punishment, is no right at all.