This is capitalism, folks. Free markets demand freedom of advertising, and anything that stands in the way ineluctably promotes communism. This includes popup blockers, bathroom breaks while watching television, even being able to blink -- freedom of advertising is the only thing that stands between the free world and the collectivist nightmare of places like North Korea, China and, um, Sweden. So technology that forces ad viewing is essential to modern capitalism and free markets. Ad-blockers -- whether using fancy computer programs or more simple popup blockers like your eyelids -- destroy faith in the free market.
Besides, technology that forces ad viewing can also be used to force the viewer to listen to long diatribes read from Atlas Shrugged.
If you have access to the barcode on the item, you probably have access to the actual item, which means you are likely in a place where you could just buy the item without using a camera or a computer.
the only thing more pointless than reading articles about things that "should" "theoretically" be "possible" is writing them.
Not to stomp on a good put down, but the only reason many things are possible today is because someone wrote "pointless" articles about them when they were only theoretically possible.
Sorry, but why exactly is language support that much of a big deal for a media player? Does Realplayer actually do on-the-fly translation of video content? (I doubt it, but that might explain how slow it is...) Other than being able to read the help pages, what significance is language support?
I bought some X10 automation equipment several years ago when they were advertising a special deal -- for $10, you got a basic automation system; add another $5 for connectors to other devices. No cameras were included; just the basic automation stuff and you plug in whatever devices you want switched. $15 seemed like a good deal to get into the automation game, and when I got the stuff, I looked at the stuff in the boxes, looked at the instructions, and put the boxes in the storage room to look at later. This was about 8 years ago, so I feel confident in my ability to offer the following evaluation based on having X10 for this long:
Price: 95%! $15 is not too much to spend.
Ease of use: 100%! X10 does very well here; since I never really took it out of box or tried to install it on anything, it was very easy to use. Simply put it in the garage and forget about it.
Functionality: 1% based entirely on the ability to write this review, which is the only real use I've gotten out of this device.
All in all, a decent buy; I can definitely recommend it if you don't have any other use for $15.
Or just plain old-fashioned spying. That seems to be the only real utility of something like this. Rescuing and/or destroying are gonna take a lot more than a little fly. (And btw this recalls a kid's book I read 100 years ago where a kid invented a mechanical fly for just this very purpose... anyone here remember the title?)
I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Wusthoff fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Wusthoff (a 4.5 Spear Point Parer) for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to slice 17 slivers of tomato. 20 minutes. At home, on my Kai Shun 9-in. Slicing Knife with the Granton Edge, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this Wusthoff, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.
In addition, during this slicing incident, my garlic press will not work. And the mortar and pestle has ground to a halt. Even the Blender is straining to keep up as I type this.
I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various Wusthoffs, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a Wusthoff that has cut faster than its Kai Shun counterpart, despite the Wusthoff's faster chipping architecture. My 6-in. Alton's Angle Chef's Knife cuts faster than this 8" Chef's knife at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the Wusthoff is a superior knife.
Wusthoff addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a Wusthoff over other faster, cheaper, more stable knives.
I hadn't seen that Natl Review article but I think it is BS. The writing style seems sarcastic and tongue in cheek, and it is written by the known fabricator Michael Ledeen. I don't know what to make of it, but even if the conversation imagined here actually happened, it doesn't refute any of the points I made. There was open pressure by the likes of Hayes and Hoekstra (and also Santorum) for release of these documents, not a shadowy government conspiracy.
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Actually, I find this far more offensive morally than a suicide machine.
Besides, technology that forces ad viewing can also be used to force the viewer to listen to long diatribes read from Atlas Shrugged.
If you have access to the barcode on the item, you probably have access to the actual item, which means you are likely in a place where you could just buy the item without using a camera or a computer.
Not to stomp on a good put down, but the only reason many things are possible today is because someone wrote "pointless" articles about them when they were only theoretically possible.
Sorry, but why exactly is language support that much of a big deal for a media player? Does Realplayer actually do on-the-fly translation of video content? (I doubt it, but that might explain how slow it is...) Other than being able to read the help pages, what significance is language support?
Price: 95%! $15 is not too much to spend.
Ease of use: 100%! X10 does very well here; since I never really took it out of box or tried to install it on anything, it was very easy to use. Simply put it in the garage and forget about it.
Functionality: 1% based entirely on the ability to write this review, which is the only real use I've gotten out of this device.
All in all, a decent buy; I can definitely recommend it if you don't have any other use for $15.
Amateurs.
I've been saving them for you as requested. You want them one at a time or all at once?
That's the one! Thanks
Or just plain old-fashioned spying. That seems to be the only real utility of something like this. Rescuing and/or destroying are gonna take a lot more than a little fly. (And btw this recalls a kid's book I read 100 years ago where a kid invented a mechanical fly for just this very purpose... anyone here remember the title?)
Try managing a 100-seat Mac lab with VNC.
That hyperlink technology is definitely useful, but it is patented, so use it sparingly!
Of course not.
They're working on the cover sheets.
Or leave it at the office. Why are you bringing your laptop to the mall on your lunch break?
Michael Who?
You don't visit this site very often, do you?
right here.
Self-reading stories. Then I can finally get my ass out of this chair and go outside or something.
There. Fixed that for you.
is to mod this post +informative.
I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Wusthoff fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Wusthoff (a 4.5 Spear Point Parer) for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to slice 17 slivers of tomato. 20 minutes. At home, on my Kai Shun 9-in. Slicing Knife with the Granton Edge, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this Wusthoff, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that. In addition, during this slicing incident, my garlic press will not work. And the mortar and pestle has ground to a halt. Even the Blender is straining to keep up as I type this. I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various Wusthoffs, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a Wusthoff that has cut faster than its Kai Shun counterpart, despite the Wusthoff's faster chipping architecture. My 6-in. Alton's Angle Chef's Knife cuts faster than this 8" Chef's knife at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the Wusthoff is a superior knife. Wusthoff addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a Wusthoff over other faster, cheaper, more stable knives.
Speak American, dude. What you mean is, "white is the new black."
That's about as intuitive as having to drag a disk to the garbage can to eject it.
Listen to the KSF 10.5 and say that. I didn't think so.
I hadn't seen that Natl Review article but I think it is BS. The writing style seems sarcastic and tongue in cheek, and it is written by the known fabricator Michael Ledeen. I don't know what to make of it, but even if the conversation imagined here actually happened, it doesn't refute any of the points I made. There was open pressure by the likes of Hayes and Hoekstra (and also Santorum) for release of these documents, not a shadowy government conspiracy.