I assume you don't want to roll your own, so I suggest you get in touch with the BCS (British Computer Society) in London. One session I have seen was about a company that has in principle created a LTSP based project as a packaged solution which scales easily, is simple to maintain and doesn't cost a ridiculously wasteful amount of licensing fees.
I'm not advocating LTSP as an anything-but-MS solution, there are simply too many advantages to ignore: cheap clients and software (with a stable interface as nobody is trying to sell you a new version), a sort of "desktop anywhere" approach which also allows access at home (kids ill or on trips can still have access), and as the roll out only requires unconfigured PCs you can kit a whole new classroom out in 30 minutes, including getting rid of the boxes. What's more, the openness of it all means you can get other parties to write bits for it that you may need.
Worth examining IMHO. Even if you don't actually plan to USE the solution you will be able to use the fact that you're looking at it to cut the Microsoft charges to a sensible level..
I think you're a bit early to judge. The mess that the Bush administration made in 8 years can't be cleared up in a month. As a matter of fact, I'll be impressed if we see something improve in the first year.
You're forgetting that the abuse of law and privilege is something that deeply permeates the fabric of government. Too many bottom feeders, too many vested interests installed, so it will take a while. A motivation for the request could be that it connects to something what would disrupt the nation when taken apart too quickly.
The good news is that Obama appears to have at least some retro-active powers, a sort of "undo" button. In the UK this is much harder, which is why the New Labour government is busy ramming ID Card scams, sorry, schemes through as soon as they can, targeting foreigners because they are much less likely to challenge this in court.
I hate to point this out, but you forgot to misspell "intelligence".
BTW, the most impressive contribution the Internet made to spelling was that everyone all of a sudden could spell "anonymous" (mainly because most admins didn't tell people that "ftp" would have worked as well). Sadly we stopped using direct FTP logins before more interesting words could be introduced like "miscellaneous".
A couple of weeks ago I woke up in Intensive Care with severe concussion. It's getting better now but my memory *sucked* major league for the first two weeks and I had to rely on notes and anyone trying to get those off me would have had a hard time and would have to resort to violence to get what they wanted.
Having said that, this is of course only one side of the story but this appears so far divorced from what is legally, ethically and professionally permissible that it makes me wonder if the lecturer's locker should be searched for drugs..
So, in short, the answer to the Q "can she do that" is "ab-so-lu-te-ly not". Not in any way, shape or form.
Interesting post, but I must admit "guarantee" means little to me without context.
Would you care to elaborate a bit?
On a related note, a while back I was talking to some people who apparently make movies for a living (accidental, just met these people in a pub) and it was interesting. They do need education on the effects of copying (and the various types of it, because "piracy" is to me the wholesale manufacturing not the "I'll make a copy for a friend" type) but what I found fascinating is that the whole region limiting is apparently because of a small minority. Most of these guys intensely disliked it for the same reasons I dislike it too: it stops legitimate customers buy anywhere. People that travel have money and are bored, so stopping exactly that group from buying is seen as incredibly stupid but it appears there are some reasons they're stuck with this idea..
.. and, of course, after their "value add" of editing out the bits they don't like..
I like the judges blunt hint that they're welcome to do their own thing with the material IF CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. I have the feeling she's got these guy's measure, which is why their current SCO-esque objection strategy is liable to spectacularly backfire.
One can only hope for additional sanctions, because without it it'll only be one case lost against the profit of thousands. Sure, the game is over but if they get to keep the illegal coin it will does not send a message to other legal system gamers that abuse is no longer a tolerated strategy.
IMHO there is a need for judges to start thinking about what to do to clock back the systematic abuse. It is destroying (umm, no, already has) the reputation of the US legal system. Having said that, it's a screaming mess in the UK too who have the added problem that they have full jails so jailtime is probably by invitation now. And the guy who caused this shortage can thus not be locked up either:-/
OK, back to topic. I think this recording needs to be published and maybe sold on CD on a site where you can also donate to whatever effort is set up to go after the RIAA *MEMBERS* for the previous cases as they appear to have been mainly based on misdirection of judges and public. And the RIAA should not be allowed to act as shielding device - there is no way the members can claim they didn't know or were not involved in the strategy and decision. That should have been clear after the first babies and dead people were sued.
I think they would also have to prove that the charge was very prominently displayed. Given the reputation of OpenOffice and the (by now) known fact that it is free the user would have a default expectation of this. A variation would have to be made very clear.
In addition, I wonder how a company can charge a fee for something that is clearly not theirs. They could come up with some service charge or a download charge, but to license OOo itself they'd have to be authorised to do so. I'd be very surprised if that was the case, so it may be worth asking them for evidence of authorisation.
If they can't provide that you could report them for deception and fraud instead. AFAIK that's not a pleasant charge to get in Germany.
Note, however, IANAL, but I'd spin it out to a court case. I doubt the company would want to go through the expenses, and if they don't cave in early they'd be facing counterclaims and costs.
I guess a couple of people could also team up and group-buy the kit and have a local shop do a batch install. Win-win for everyone.
I'm not a pilot but intend to be a bit later (PPL in a couple of years - don't have the time right now). How are these beacons used for location, and what makes the new ones so more accurate?
"This is indicative of why some are calling for Microsoft to rethink Patch Tuesday, as reader buzzardsbay pointed out."
Oh, for crying out loud, AFAIK the weekly cycle had NOTHING to do with security in the first place so calling for abandoning it isn't going to help unless you address the actual motives.
The whole idea behind patch Tuesday was to batch the never ending stream of updates so Windows looked less than the leaking ship it is. I'm glad they have at least partially abandoned the bundling of security problems so the marketing droids could claim "less problems than Linux/Apple/whatever" (which nobody believed), but the weekly cycle's main function has zero to do with it's alleged purpose to bring some stability to corporate computing.
It is(/was) IMHO quite simply a marketing exercise, a way to batch all those updates so you get hit once a week rather than hourly/daily, with the eternal reboot prompt threatening to lose your work. Only when you make clear to MS that you have seen through that deception are you likely to get some sense out of them.
The model has been broken repeatedly of late anyway so they might as well bite the bullet and go back to what they did before, but allow the CUSTOMERS to decide on batching. That way the risk management choices are made at the point where the thinking is available to balance the benefit of uninterrupted computing vs. instant updates. That is not a decision that can be made by the vendor IMHO.
You're welcome. I got riled a bit by those who were dismissing this technique without knowing the most basic details, and given the large amount of children it can help I found that disappointing. Having said that, I admit that the spectacular nature of some of the results is indeed sometimes hard to believe.
With respect to memory I'm no expert so I can only theorize that a short attention span doesn't allow for much imprinting time. It may be worth it for you to study mnemonics, the art of linking and association to remember things (not a new technique, the Greeks were reputedly already using it and I think the word itself is almost as old:-)). There are heaps of books about it, try those of Tony Buzan, the "father" of mind mapping. That doesn't actually "fix" the issue, but kind of works around it:-)
On the speed issue, the main problem with that is that it "freezes" the various brain regions into a fixed state, which you then have to undo by avoiding the medication for a few hours if you need to think or act differently. The brain switches various regions on or off (OK, more "high" and "low") according to need, and it's more that SWITCHING mechanism that appears impaired by AD(H)D - some regions go dormant or get more active at the wrong moment. Neurofeedback trains more the ability of the brain to regain control over the switching (AFAIK, I'm not the expert, more a happy and studied end user:-). This is why Ritalin isn't as helpful as "advertised".
Good luck with it, and feel free to let me know how you get on.
You can actually create a map of neural activity against a normalised database (let's avoid the "what's normal" argument for a moment - this is averaged statistics). This is done by fitting a skullcap and ruining whatever hairstyle you had with a lot of goo for the electrodes, and running through a whole battery of tests. For ADHD sufferers this is pretty close to torture, but it is the most precise route to see EXACTLY where your "version" doesn't quite follow the norm - and then you decide what to address.
The other approach is like your family doctor uses: see symptoms, rationalise a solution based on prior evidence and try out what appears to be indicated as a remedy. There too can you decide what aspects to address.
However, I think you're mixing up two things. What you describe is more a symptom of light Aspergers, an "affliction" of the autistic spectrum but functional (means: you can still live in society without help), and is not atypical for geeks. It doesn't make you "ill" or "special" or "in need of help", you merely shift on the scale from social to analytical to the analytical side (sorry to generalise so dramatically but I'm typing this from memory, and I had a serious concussion a few weeks ago which doesn't help:-).
You may want to look for a book called "born on a blue day" which is the first person story who has this in a somewhat extreme form. Worth a read.
BTW, if you are an "Aspie" you're in good company. Recent research suggests both Einstein and Newton were too. And being one makes it much easier to communicate with other similarly "equipped" people, it's why certain types of geeks are much easier to talk to than others, and it most certainly doesn't declare you "without" feeling or passion. It just comes out in a different way.
I happen to have a son who had ADD symptoms, and I have been aware of neurofeedback for quite a few years (from before some US idiots got hold of it and started to make all sorts of unwarranted claims which gave it a bad reputation).
It was initially EXTREMELY hard to get him to sit still, but the fact that it was a screen appeared to have helped. About 2 sessions further we were seeing extremely significant changes, in 6 sessions he appears to have learned enough control to do without it (circumstances meant we had to stop - we moved).
The neurofeedback concept is simple: it treats brain zones as "muscles" which you must learn to control. There is no worry my son would have faked the progress - at age 6 you don't have the required skills nor inclination.
I refuse to declare ANY treatment as a miracle cure, but the basics are sound, and I had the pleasure of working with UK's leading lights on this (who also refrain from anything that isn't hard science).
What's more, if you as a parent or an individual are facing the choice of either a life on speed (which is really what Ritalin is) which actually only "works" in 50% of cases, and makes more or a mess of the patient and their life than helps or try a treatment where it's very quickly clear that it helps or not (i.e. you won't spend a lifetime paying for something that doesn't work) it's very clear to me that trying is a must-do. Having said that, in the process of researching who would treat him I have come across a number of unqualified quacks who should be locked up instead of allowed to practice - it does need some form of quality control which is what a proper regulated approach could bring.
Sadly, all of that does rather sharply cut into pharma profits. And we wouldn't want to ruin that, would we? Ruining a child's future is a small price to pay, no? (in case you missed this, this is sarcasm).
If health services were REALLY interested in saving money they would fund more research - but that would cut the government handouts in some countries. I have SEEN neurofeedback work, or I wouldn't have believed it either (and I most certainly would not have exposed my own son to it), and I have both a security and a scientific background. I believe only what I see, and I prefer proper scientific methodology for proof. And the proof is there. Denying this to kids is IMHO almost criminal - especially since it proves so quickly if you're on the right track.
I actually developed a model to commercialize this too (after the research) but I'm busy doing other stuff so I'm short of time right now:-(. It's not hard, but you MUST commit to funding further research or it'll have a short shelf life. And I never set up a business to run for just a few years, especially if it can help so many children.
There are quite a few of this "instant access" style 2D barcodes around. One is your basic 2D but bigger, I've seen one which looks like a honeycomb arrangement - it's neither new nor innovativate anymore (I guess that's why MS has finally picked it up:-)).
I'm sure they'll try to screw any available standard and they're big enough to get away with it in the PC market (even though nobody will believe the ad in which Bill is doing his own shopping), but the mobile market has already shown quite a resistance to the MS "embrace and screw it up for everyone" approach.
I'd say "wait and see". At least it'll expose all the journalists that have no idea what researching for an article means:-)
.. which is the correct statement. There is no posted restriction on photography per se, only on using flash while doing so. The problems are the definition of "flash", the lack of control some cameras have over that feature and the inability of most tourists to spot the limitation..
Unless you want to combine an iPod with a not terribly useful phone you're wasting your time (and money). The iPhone is not multitasking so app switching (which always needs to go via the "home" screen) means unloading one app and loading another making it dog slow. I use a Sony Ericsson P1i and after 3 weeks of iPhone I use the Sony again as it's much faster for what I need it for - the iPhone is now only a form of non-RIM crackberry (mine's from work). The whole UI is far overrated, it doesn't even have cut & paste unless you install a 3rd party app, auto correct sucks in languages other than English (especially if you live in a multi-lingual area) and cannot be corrected - the list is long.
In summary, it depends on your needs but I can't recommend it. If you already have an iPod Touch, I would not bother.
(Just my personal opinion, of course, YMMV etc etc).
The bit I'm worried about is cascade effect. If one of those automatics hits the brakes the next one will have to throw out it's anchor as well, and so on.. That's how you get motorway bunching.
However, until there is a car that tasers and then parks a driver who goes lane hopping in peak hour traffic to gain those precious 5 secs/hour at great risk to others I fear the risk is reduced, not eradicated.
And don't forget the ABS effect. When that was introduced (and AFAIK even now) it has been found that drivers take more risks, a bit like those with nano windshield coating forgetting that seeing better in rainy weather still does not mean improve tyre adhesion..
Enfin, it's a good idea, let's hope it goes the way of ABS and makes it into all cars. Otherwise I'd make sure the headrests are at the right height first..
Given that we're in principle talking about illegal activity and the beneficial use of such activity, is there any chance of followup? Or will both MediaSentry and the RIAA get away with it again?
1 - there ARE alternatives. Cost is a major driver for people at the moment to overcome the usual resistance to change.
2 - Excellent idea to psychologically associate MS Office with school work. I think only their anti-piracy drive is more likely to switch off children as future MS customers.
I forgot something - a trademarked name *must* be protected and AFAIK the timeframe is still acceptable for Psion to try and enforce it - otherwise it goes the way of cellotape.. This is not a matter of taking what isn't theirs - it IS theirs, properly.
This is also illustrated in the letter where they accept it way take some time to transition away from the name (try subnotebook) - but it still leaves the Intel question out there. AFAIK Intel may have a problem on its hands, or has already licensed the name. One way or the other, that's where the entertainment will be.
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I assume you don't want to roll your own, so I suggest you get in touch with the BCS (British Computer Society) in London. One session I have seen was about a company that has in principle created a LTSP based project as a packaged solution which scales easily, is simple to maintain and doesn't cost a ridiculously wasteful amount of licensing fees.
I'm not advocating LTSP as an anything-but-MS solution, there are simply too many advantages to ignore: cheap clients and software (with a stable interface as nobody is trying to sell you a new version), a sort of "desktop anywhere" approach which also allows access at home (kids ill or on trips can still have access), and as the roll out only requires unconfigured PCs you can kit a whole new classroom out in 30 minutes, including getting rid of the boxes. What's more, the openness of it all means you can get other parties to write bits for it that you may need.
Worth examining IMHO. Even if you don't actually plan to USE the solution you will be able to use the fact that you're looking at it to cut the Microsoft charges to a sensible level..
I think it might be PutOS. He still runs the show..
I think you're a bit early to judge. The mess that the Bush administration made in 8 years can't be cleared up in a month. As a matter of fact, I'll be impressed if we see something improve in the first year.
You're forgetting that the abuse of law and privilege is something that deeply permeates the fabric of government. Too many bottom feeders, too many vested interests installed, so it will take a while. A motivation for the request could be that it connects to something what would disrupt the nation when taken apart too quickly.
The good news is that Obama appears to have at least some retro-active powers, a sort of "undo" button. In the UK this is much harder, which is why the New Labour government is busy ramming ID Card scams, sorry, schemes through as soon as they can, targeting foreigners because they are much less likely to challenge this in court.
I hate to point this out, but you forgot to misspell "intelligence".
BTW, the most impressive contribution the Internet made to spelling was that everyone all of a sudden could spell "anonymous" (mainly because most admins didn't tell people that "ftp" would have worked as well). Sadly we stopped using direct FTP logins before more interesting words could be introduced like "miscellaneous".
Did I win the record for most offtopic post? :-)
A couple of weeks ago I woke up in Intensive Care with severe concussion. It's getting better now but my memory *sucked* major league for the first two weeks and I had to rely on notes and anyone trying to get those off me would have had a hard time and would have to resort to violence to get what they wanted.
Having said that, this is of course only one side of the story but this appears so far divorced from what is legally, ethically and professionally permissible that it makes me wonder if the lecturer's locker should be searched for drugs..
So, in short, the answer to the Q "can she do that" is "ab-so-lu-te-ly not". Not in any way, shape or form.
I think you ought to write a howto - could be quite amusing :-)
Interesting post, but I must admit "guarantee" means little to me without context.
Would you care to elaborate a bit?
On a related note, a while back I was talking to some people who apparently make movies for a living (accidental, just met these people in a pub) and it was interesting. They do need education on the effects of copying (and the various types of it, because "piracy" is to me the wholesale manufacturing not the "I'll make a copy for a friend" type) but what I found fascinating is that the whole region limiting is apparently because of a small minority. Most of these guys intensely disliked it for the same reasons I dislike it too: it stops legitimate customers buy anywhere. People that travel have money and are bored, so stopping exactly that group from buying is seen as incredibly stupid but it appears there are some reasons they're stuck with this idea..
.. and, of course, after their "value add" of editing out the bits they don't like ..
I like the judges blunt hint that they're welcome to do their own thing with the material IF CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. I have the feeling she's got these guy's measure, which is why their current SCO-esque objection strategy is liable to spectacularly backfire.
One can only hope for additional sanctions, because without it it'll only be one case lost against the profit of thousands. Sure, the game is over but if they get to keep the illegal coin it will does not send a message to other legal system gamers that abuse is no longer a tolerated strategy.
IMHO there is a need for judges to start thinking about what to do to clock back the systematic abuse. It is destroying (umm, no, already has) the reputation of the US legal system. Having said that, it's a screaming mess in the UK too who have the added problem that they have full jails so jailtime is probably by invitation now. And the guy who caused this shortage can thus not be locked up either :-/
OK, back to topic. I think this recording needs to be published and maybe sold on CD on a site where you can also donate to whatever effort is set up to go after the RIAA *MEMBERS* for the previous cases as they appear to have been mainly based on misdirection of judges and public. And the RIAA should not be allowed to act as shielding device - there is no way the members can claim they didn't know or were not involved in the strategy and decision. That should have been clear after the first babies and dead people were sued.
It's cleanup time.
ROFL - I like your sense of humor.
Hahaha.
Personally, I would dearly hope the matter of sanctions to start biting the RIAA and its members. But one thing at the time, I guess..
I think they would also have to prove that the charge was very prominently displayed. Given the reputation of OpenOffice and the (by now) known fact that it is free the user would have a default expectation of this. A variation would have to be made very clear.
In addition, I wonder how a company can charge a fee for something that is clearly not theirs. They could come up with some service charge or a download charge, but to license OOo itself they'd have to be authorised to do so. I'd be very surprised if that was the case, so it may be worth asking them for evidence of authorisation.
If they can't provide that you could report them for deception and fraud instead. AFAIK that's not a pleasant charge to get in Germany.
Note, however, IANAL, but I'd spin it out to a court case. I doubt the company would want to go through the expenses, and if they don't cave in early they'd be facing counterclaims and costs.
I guess a couple of people could also team up and group-buy the kit and have a local shop do a batch install. Win-win for everyone.
I'm not a pilot but intend to be a bit later (PPL in a couple of years - don't have the time right now). How are these beacons used for location, and what makes the new ones so more accurate?
"This is indicative of why some are calling for Microsoft to rethink Patch Tuesday, as reader buzzardsbay pointed out."
Oh, for crying out loud, AFAIK the weekly cycle had NOTHING to do with security in the first place so calling for abandoning it isn't going to help unless you address the actual motives.
The whole idea behind patch Tuesday was to batch the never ending stream of updates so Windows looked less than the leaking ship it is. I'm glad they have at least partially abandoned the bundling of security problems so the marketing droids could claim "less problems than Linux/Apple/whatever" (which nobody believed), but the weekly cycle's main function has zero to do with it's alleged purpose to bring some stability to corporate computing.
It is(/was) IMHO quite simply a marketing exercise, a way to batch all those updates so you get hit once a week rather than hourly/daily, with the eternal reboot prompt threatening to lose your work. Only when you make clear to MS that you have seen through that deception are you likely to get some sense out of them.
The model has been broken repeatedly of late anyway so they might as well bite the bullet and go back to what they did before, but allow the CUSTOMERS to decide on batching. That way the risk management choices are made at the point where the thinking is available to balance the benefit of uninterrupted computing vs. instant updates. That is not a decision that can be made by the vendor IMHO.
Time to roll out that classic sentence..
You're welcome. I got riled a bit by those who were dismissing this technique without knowing the most basic details, and given the large amount of children it can help I found that disappointing. Having said that, I admit that the spectacular nature of some of the results is indeed sometimes hard to believe.
With respect to memory I'm no expert so I can only theorize that a short attention span doesn't allow for much imprinting time. It may be worth it for you to study mnemonics, the art of linking and association to remember things (not a new technique, the Greeks were reputedly already using it and I think the word itself is almost as old :-)). There are heaps of books about it, try those of Tony Buzan, the "father" of mind mapping. That doesn't actually "fix" the issue, but kind of works around it :-)
On the speed issue, the main problem with that is that it "freezes" the various brain regions into a fixed state, which you then have to undo by avoiding the medication for a few hours if you need to think or act differently. The brain switches various regions on or off (OK, more "high" and "low") according to need, and it's more that SWITCHING mechanism that appears impaired by AD(H)D - some regions go dormant or get more active at the wrong moment. Neurofeedback trains more the ability of the brain to regain control over the switching (AFAIK, I'm not the expert, more a happy and studied end user :-). This is why Ritalin isn't as helpful as "advertised".
Good luck with it, and feel free to let me know how you get on.
You can actually create a map of neural activity against a normalised database (let's avoid the "what's normal" argument for a moment - this is averaged statistics). This is done by fitting a skullcap and ruining whatever hairstyle you had with a lot of goo for the electrodes, and running through a whole battery of tests. For ADHD sufferers this is pretty close to torture, but it is the most precise route to see EXACTLY where your "version" doesn't quite follow the norm - and then you decide what to address.
The other approach is like your family doctor uses: see symptoms, rationalise a solution based on prior evidence and try out what appears to be indicated as a remedy. There too can you decide what aspects to address.
However, I think you're mixing up two things. What you describe is more a symptom of light Aspergers, an "affliction" of the autistic spectrum but functional (means: you can still live in society without help), and is not atypical for geeks. It doesn't make you "ill" or "special" or "in need of help", you merely shift on the scale from social to analytical to the analytical side (sorry to generalise so dramatically but I'm typing this from memory, and I had a serious concussion a few weeks ago which doesn't help :-).
You may want to look for a book called "born on a blue day" which is the first person story who has this in a somewhat extreme form. Worth a read.
BTW, if you are an "Aspie" you're in good company. Recent research suggests both Einstein and Newton were too. And being one makes it much easier to communicate with other similarly "equipped" people, it's why certain types of geeks are much easier to talk to than others, and it most certainly doesn't declare you "without" feeling or passion. It just comes out in a different way.
Anyway, enough typed. Fooooood.
I happen to have a son who had ADD symptoms, and I have been aware of neurofeedback for quite a few years (from before some US idiots got hold of it and started to make all sorts of unwarranted claims which gave it a bad reputation).
It was initially EXTREMELY hard to get him to sit still, but the fact that it was a screen appeared to have helped. About 2 sessions further we were seeing extremely significant changes, in 6 sessions he appears to have learned enough control to do without it (circumstances meant we had to stop - we moved).
The neurofeedback concept is simple: it treats brain zones as "muscles" which you must learn to control. There is no worry my son would have faked the progress - at age 6 you don't have the required skills nor inclination.
I refuse to declare ANY treatment as a miracle cure, but the basics are sound, and I had the pleasure of working with UK's leading lights on this (who also refrain from anything that isn't hard science).
What's more, if you as a parent or an individual are facing the choice of either a life on speed (which is really what Ritalin is) which actually only "works" in 50% of cases, and makes more or a mess of the patient and their life than helps or try a treatment where it's very quickly clear that it helps or not (i.e. you won't spend a lifetime paying for something that doesn't work) it's very clear to me that trying is a must-do. Having said that, in the process of researching who would treat him I have come across a number of unqualified quacks who should be locked up instead of allowed to practice - it does need some form of quality control which is what a proper regulated approach could bring.
Sadly, all of that does rather sharply cut into pharma profits. And we wouldn't want to ruin that, would we? Ruining a child's future is a small price to pay, no? (in case you missed this, this is sarcasm).
If health services were REALLY interested in saving money they would fund more research - but that
would cut the government handouts in some countries. I have SEEN neurofeedback work, or I wouldn't have believed it either (and I most certainly would not have exposed my own son to it), and I have both a security and a scientific background. I believe only what I see, and I prefer proper scientific methodology for proof. And the proof is there. Denying this to kids is IMHO almost criminal - especially since it proves so quickly if you're on the right track.
I actually developed a model to commercialize this too (after the research) but I'm busy doing other stuff so I'm short of time right now :-(. It's not hard, but you MUST commit to funding further research or it'll have a short shelf life. And I never set up a business to run for just a few years, especially if it can help so many children.
There are quite a few of this "instant access" style 2D barcodes around. One is your basic 2D but bigger, I've seen one which looks like a honeycomb arrangement - it's neither new nor innovativate anymore (I guess that's why MS has finally picked it up:-)).
I'm sure they'll try to screw any available standard and they're big enough to get away with it in the PC market (even though nobody will believe the ad in which Bill is doing his own shopping), but the mobile market has already shown quite a resistance to the MS "embrace and screw it up for everyone" approach.
I'd say "wait and see". At least it'll expose all the journalists that have no idea what researching for an article means :-)
Are you sure it's not the SWEDISH cook you're thinking of? :-)
.. which is the correct statement. There is no posted restriction on photography per se, only on using flash while doing so. The problems are the definition of "flash", the lack of control some cameras have over that feature and the inability of most tourists to spot the limitation..
Unless you want to combine an iPod with a not terribly useful phone you're wasting your time (and money). The iPhone is not multitasking so app switching (which always needs to go via the "home" screen) means unloading one app and loading another making it dog slow. I use a Sony Ericsson P1i and after 3 weeks of iPhone I use the Sony again as it's much faster for what I need it for - the iPhone is now only a form of non-RIM crackberry (mine's from work). The whole UI is far overrated, it doesn't even have cut & paste unless you install a 3rd party app, auto correct sucks in languages other than English (especially if you live in a multi-lingual area) and cannot be corrected - the list is long.
In summary, it depends on your needs but I can't recommend it. If you already have an iPod Touch, I would not bother.
(Just my personal opinion, of course, YMMV etc etc).
The bit I'm worried about is cascade effect. If one of those automatics hits the brakes the next one will have to throw out it's anchor as well, and so on.. That's how you get motorway bunching.
However, until there is a car that tasers and then parks a driver who goes lane hopping in peak hour traffic to gain those precious 5 secs/hour at great risk to others I fear the risk is reduced, not eradicated.
And don't forget the ABS effect. When that was introduced (and AFAIK even now) it has been found that drivers take more risks, a bit like those with nano windshield coating forgetting that seeing better in rainy weather still does not mean improve tyre adhesion..
Enfin, it's a good idea, let's hope it goes the way of ABS and makes it into all cars. Otherwise I'd make sure the headrests are at the right height first..
Given that we're in principle talking about illegal activity and the beneficial use of such activity, is there any chance of followup? Or will both MediaSentry and the RIAA get away with it again?
Immigration is easy for EU residents - AFAIK no problem as long as you have a job to go to..
1 - there ARE alternatives. Cost is a major driver for people at the moment to overcome the usual resistance to change.
2 - Excellent idea to psychologically associate MS Office with school work. I think only their anti-piracy drive is more likely to switch off children as future MS customers.
Dumb.
I forgot something - a trademarked name *must* be protected and AFAIK the timeframe is still acceptable for Psion to try and enforce it - otherwise it goes the way of cellotape.. This is not a matter of taking what isn't theirs - it IS theirs, properly.
This is also illustrated in the letter where they accept it way take some time to transition away from the name (try subnotebook) - but it still leaves the Intel question out there. AFAIK Intel may have a problem on its hands, or has already licensed the name. One way or the other, that's where the entertainment will be.