If you RTFA, you will note that the RFID tag is only readable from "Up to four feet away". Somehow I don't think that really counts as a great distance.
When's the last time you saw a doorway over 4-feet wide?
Unless you plan on staying in the wide-open spaces the rest of your life, you're going to be scanned and tracked. All it takes is a simple scanning device and a building entrance. They already have tags and scanners at doors for tracking stolen, they just add a new scanner that tracks RFID and viola`.
We track and store that data, throw it into a database maybe link a couple of other databases together and now we know where you are, who you're with and what you're buying--all the time...
But you don't care, it's not like you're a criminal or a terrorist or anything..
-I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't stop drinking. -I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't stop smoking weed. -I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't be away from his girlfriend for 15 minutes. -I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't stop sleeping in.
I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't stop insert *any* activity here.
Mudding, MMORPGing, drinking, masturbating-- none of these are the *cause* of people failing, just the means they choose.
/In other words: Guns don't kill people, people kill people. //Whoops! Not Fark. ///Slashitty slash slash.
Remember, about a year or so ago there was talk of a Google web browser.
If they teamed up with Mozilla, they would save development costs, have a robust product already with a niche in the marketplace and also avoid alot of potential snags with P.R. and market perception.
I think the last thing that Google would want to do is be compared (or percieved threat...) to MS with thier own browser, search engine, maps, etc. What would be next? GoogleOS?
Something like that would give MS the perfect reason to 'lean on' Google, and perhaps even get some other companies who see an emerging threat to join in.
Supposedly, the FCC can censor and fine because they are 'moderating' the public airwaves.
What happens when the internet is a 'public' service? Will obscene/controversial/pr0n materials be subject to censorship and/or fining because they offend the public? (Like Stern, Bubba the Love Sponge, Janet's b00bie, etc?)
In which case, I (and many internet users) would opt to *pay* for unfiltered/moderated internet access. So what's the point beside giving the government another entity to spend money on and more power to control what people see, hear and read?
I used to think it was a good idea. Then the the rapid FCC started throwing it's weight around. Then congress and the FCC started talking about regulating cable and sattelite radio for decency. Now I am just paranoid of another piece of government regulation.
Remember, the Chinese are trying their damndest to regulate the internet, too!
[I can't define what is pornography.] "But I know it when I see it."-- Potter Stewart, SCOTUS Justice
First off, there seem to be a number of 'bad rappers' out there. The foremost in my mind is Pimp Daddy Welfare. I highly recommend his "Mr. T is a bitch" to anyone who hasn't heard him...
Is there any collaboration/communication/organization among artists in this genre?
Secondly, if this is indeed a genre, who are the founders and who would you classify as the up-and-comers to keep an eye on?
Of course, you're assuming that they are using current commercial technology for the project.
The delay could be overcome using some tangled quantum pairs.
But, then again, if they were using those why would they need a sattelite?
From time to time Segway's product development team devotes days, or even weeks, to creating new product concepts with the goal of finding a prince among frogs.
Actually, I think they're really looking for a fool and his money.
1. Intuitive user controls:
Thumbs forward: The Centaur's forward and backward propulsion is easily controlled by pushing a thumb throttle located on the underside of the right-hand handlebar.
Innovation, thy name is Segway. Kinda like a Rascal, eh? Genius!
2. Pop a wheelie: The Centaur uses dynamic stabilization technology...
Why? Who cares? Besides, the guy on the Rascal page seems to be having a blast keeping all 4 wheels on the ground. No broken hips there.
Lean forward, go forward...
Then why #1? See #2
3. Smart steering: The front two wheels turn left and right mechanically...
See #1. Looks like those wiley Rascal folks beat you to the punch.
4. No exhaust: Batteries power the Centaur, which means that there are no emissions...
Personally, I would rather see the RIAA spend some of thier resources in ensuring better music is being produced instead of the formulized crap they are turning out currently.
Of course they could, but why should they bother trying to churn out a better product when you're just going to steal it anyway?;)
Maybe the public is just getting what it deserves.
More like still up for debate. Unless I'm mistaken, status quo remains and this can continue to be repeatedly brought up until the issue finally does get ruled on by the court. Correct?
Use i before e except after c or when sounded like a as in neighbor or weigh; and except seize and seizure and also leisure, weird, height, and either, forfeit, and neither.
You are Moses. Now lead the Israelites around a desert the size of Rhode Island for 40 years.
Or
Second Coming: Vengence
a game where the devil interferes with the timeline (ala Start Trek) and hurls Jesus 2000 years into the future where he never dies for our sins. Now 'saviour-free', the earth is overrun by demon-zombies and aliens.
Jesus can fly and shoot lasers out of his eyes, destroying demon-spawn until he has a showdown with the devil -- his twin brother *gasp*.
On the topic of timliness of Trek, I'm reminded of a two-parter DS9 that seemed almost prophetic.
It's after the Dominion has started to make in-roads to the alpha quadrant that Cisco and Odo go back to earth to head up security.
During the course of events, it becomes clear that a high-ranking Starfleet official is using the paranoia surronding the possibility of 'changling' terrorist attacks to repeal rights and declare martial law on earth.
Seeing it on SpikeTV a month or so ago, it really struck a nerve with the current state of affairs and the 'Patriot' Act.
If the resulting product from the distributed computing were public property, or for the public good-- then I could see it.
But to offload all the costly/time-consuming work and THEN let them sell it back to you 4 or 5 times (Theater, Pay-Per-View, DVD Rental/purchase) along with all the marketing tie-ins doesn't seem to make sense (to the consumer, that is. For them it's great, less equipment overhead and quicker turn-around.)
If you think that's a good idea, I've got some swampland I can sell you.
This type of thing makes absolute sense for things that might not otherwise get funding and don't derive a profit (SETI@home, Folding@home, etc.).
If you want to get paid next to nothing animating scenes for a giant studios next big movie, get a job at some asian animation house.
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If you RTFA, you will note that the RFID tag is only readable from "Up to four feet away". Somehow I don't think that really counts as a great distance.
When's the last time you saw a doorway over 4-feet wide? Unless you plan on staying in the wide-open spaces the rest of your life, you're going to be scanned and tracked. All it takes is a simple scanning device and a building entrance. They already have tags and scanners at doors for tracking stolen, they just add a new scanner that tracks RFID and viola`. We track and store that data, throw it into a database maybe link a couple of other databases together and now we know where you are, who you're with and what you're buying--all the time... But you don't care, it's not like you're a criminal or a terrorist or anything..
Well, if you want horror stories:
/In other words: Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
//Whoops! Not Fark.
///Slashitty slash slash.
-I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't stop drinking.
-I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't stop smoking weed.
-I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't be away from his girlfriend for 15 minutes.
-I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't stop sleeping in.
I know a guy who failed out of college because he couldn't stop insert *any* activity here.
Mudding, MMORPGing, drinking, masturbating-- none of these are the *cause* of people failing, just the means they choose.
Remember, about a year or so ago there was talk of a Google web browser.
If they teamed up with Mozilla, they would save development costs, have a robust product already with a niche in the marketplace and also avoid alot of potential snags with P.R. and market perception.
I think the last thing that Google would want to do is be compared (or percieved threat...) to MS with thier own browser, search engine, maps, etc. What would be next? GoogleOS?
Something like that would give MS the perfect reason to 'lean on' Google, and perhaps even get some other companies who see an emerging threat to join in.
I thought they meant Sybians.
Supposedly, the FCC can censor and fine because they are 'moderating' the public airwaves.
What happens when the internet is a 'public' service? Will obscene/controversial/pr0n materials be subject to censorship and/or fining because they offend the public? (Like Stern, Bubba the Love Sponge, Janet's b00bie, etc?)
In which case, I (and many internet users) would opt to *pay* for unfiltered/moderated internet access. So what's the point beside giving the government another entity to spend money on and more power to control what people see, hear and read?
I used to think it was a good idea. Then the the rapid FCC started throwing it's weight around. Then congress and the FCC started talking about regulating cable and sattelite radio for decency. Now I am just paranoid of another piece of government regulation.
Remember, the Chinese are trying their damndest to regulate the internet, too!
[I can't define what is pornography.] "But I know it when I see it."-- Potter Stewart, SCOTUS Justice
They should give up on milking it and maybe take a break and completely reinvent it...
Like the current king of all SciFi- Battlestar Galactica.
--Flame on!
Just think of all the souls he'll save BEFORE the slashdot effect kicks in.
Aside from that, Black Leaf in the Chick tract is a hottie and Elfstar/Debbie should be played by Uma in Dark Dungeons: The Movie.
That is all.
BTW- Black Leaf in the Chick tract is a hottie.
What's the difference between this and the old iRiver flash memory devices with a radio?
I'm still trying to figure out what the shuffle has over my iFP-190T aside from a little memory and lack of tuner.
First off, there seem to be a number of 'bad rappers' out there. The foremost in my mind is Pimp Daddy Welfare. I highly recommend his "Mr. T is a bitch" to anyone who hasn't heard him...
Is there any collaboration/communication/organization among artists in this genre?
Secondly, if this is indeed a genre, who are the founders and who would you classify as the up-and-comers to keep an eye on?
Of course, you're assuming that they are using current commercial technology for the project. The delay could be overcome using some tangled quantum pairs. But, then again, if they were using those why would they need a sattelite?
Where are the flying cars?
I want my flying car, dammit!
From time to time Segway's product development team devotes days, or even weeks, to creating new product concepts with the goal of finding a prince among frogs.
Actually, I think they're really looking for a fool and his money.
1. Intuitive user controls:
Thumbs forward: The Centaur's forward and backward propulsion is easily controlled by pushing a thumb throttle located on the underside of the right-hand handlebar.
Innovation, thy name is Segway. Kinda like a Rascal, eh? Genius!
2. Pop a wheelie: The Centaur uses dynamic stabilization technology...
Why? Who cares? Besides, the guy on the Rascal page seems to be having a blast keeping all 4 wheels on the ground. No broken hips there.
Lean forward, go forward...
Then why #1? See #2
3. Smart steering: The front two wheels turn left and right mechanically...
See #1. Looks like those wiley Rascal folks beat you to the punch.
4. No exhaust: Batteries power the Centaur, which means that there are no emissions...
Rascal Rascal Rascal Rascal Rascal
5. Quiet...
Hmmm...could the Rascal be quiet, too? See a pattern here?
Now, if the Rascal company borrows a page from the book of SCO, I think we'll litigious comedy gold.
Personally, I would rather see the RIAA spend some of thier resources in ensuring better music is being produced instead of the formulized crap they are turning out currently.
;)
Of course they could, but why should they bother trying to churn out a better product when you're just going to steal it anyway?
Maybe the public is just getting what it deserves.
I don't think so.
More like still up for debate. Unless I'm mistaken, status quo remains and this can continue to be repeatedly brought up until the issue finally does get ruled on by the court. Correct?
Whoops.
"Weird"
Use i before e except after c or when sounded like a as in neighbor or weigh; and except seize and seizure and also leisure, weird, height, and either, forfeit, and neither.
I can *never* get that straight.
Begun, this display war has. /Wow. Wierd grammar-- it just feels right imagining Yoda's voice reading that entire headline.
On the topic of Han and Greedo:
Has he ever addressed why he changed it?
It's not like the technology to make Greedo shoot first didn't exist at the time of the originals?
Ah, fuck it. I'm sure once the DVD's are out, someone will edit it back to the Original Gangsta Version soon enough.
I think it's going to take some serious time-shifting to make Adam Curry popular again.
I'd much rather run OSX on Windows than Windows on OSX.
Anybody doing this kind of thing?
But I don't even believe in Jebuz!
The next 503 error will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and see it early!
EXODUS: The Game-
You are Moses. Now lead the Israelites around a desert the size of Rhode Island for 40 years.
Or
Second Coming: Vengence
a game where the devil interferes with the timeline (ala Start Trek) and hurls Jesus 2000 years into the future where he never dies for our sins.
Now 'saviour-free', the earth is overrun by demon-zombies and aliens.
Jesus can fly and shoot lasers out of his eyes, destroying demon-spawn until he has a showdown with the devil -- his twin brother *gasp*.
Of course, they use ninja swords in the showdown.
On the topic of timliness of Trek, I'm reminded of a two-parter DS9 that seemed almost prophetic.
It's after the Dominion has started to make in-roads to the alpha quadrant that Cisco and Odo go back to earth to head up security.
During the course of events, it becomes clear that a high-ranking Starfleet official is using the paranoia surronding the possibility of 'changling' terrorist attacks to repeal rights and declare martial law on earth.
Seeing it on SpikeTV a month or so ago, it really struck a nerve with the current state of affairs and the 'Patriot' Act.
If the resulting product from the distributed computing were public property, or for the public good-- then I could see it.
But to offload all the costly/time-consuming work and THEN let them sell it back to you 4 or 5 times (Theater, Pay-Per-View, DVD Rental/purchase) along with all the marketing tie-ins doesn't seem to make sense (to the consumer, that is. For them it's great, less equipment overhead and quicker turn-around.)
If you think that's a good idea, I've got some swampland I can sell you.
This type of thing makes absolute sense for things that might not otherwise get funding and don't derive a profit (SETI@home, Folding@home, etc.).
If you want to get paid next to nothing animating scenes for a giant studios next big movie, get a job at some asian animation house.