Interestingly, there is no language in this law governing what the notification has to say, and whether or not it has to be easily understood by the customer
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You're forgetting that this is a known problem, and there are rules in place for when a company can call their car a year 200x model. Something about it not being able to be released until a certain month. There are none of those rules when it comes to software. You could see Madden 2009 next month if they wanted to release it that way.
A friend of mine (Chinese ethnicity, as a matter of fact) had a condition where his face would break out into a red flush after he consumed alcohol.
A system like this could introduce some annoying false positives for SARS infected passengers.
What that is is called the Asian Blush. Basically, people with asian heritages don't have a certain enzyme to process alcohol correctly. The end result is a reddening of the face, but not increased temperatures that would set off the thermal scanners.
I think that if CCNP certification and building a slashsite are higher up on your list than finding a girlfriend, you are probably going to be single for a looooooooooooooooong time;)
I can't see how the images would be misleading. At the bottom of every picture that was a rendering it was specifically stated that it was an artist rendering. It might be a bit misleading if you couldn't read english, but aside from that it's pretty explicit.
That will encourage programmers be more careful. Then again, single programmers are probably use to all those smells anyhow.
Nevermind. Then how about the opposite? If a programmer writes a program with no bugs the smell of a womans perfume is released. With the ammount of programmers that have little to no contact with those of the fairer sex I think that could be some decent motivation.;)
Even if you have to give out your SS# to pay with a personal check at the gas station, the attendant doesn't automatically get to know much else about you (other than your address and phone number printed on the check). If they start making you swipe a national ID card through a reader, however, they just added lots of your personal information to their computer database.
How about drivers licenses?
Whenever you write a check you need to show that to the attendant. That's got your name, address, date of birth, gender, etc. on it. Granted, the attendant isn't going to particularly care about all that info but it's there for them to see. I'd consider the DL more like the national ID card that Japan is implementing.
Think about it. It is voluntary, but it's something that 99.9% of the people living in the US carry around all the time. To buy beer or cigarettes, get into clubs, drive, rent movies, whatever you need to show a DL. True, it is voluntary... you don't HAVE to get a drivers license, but how many people don't have one (aside from people under the age of 16 or 15 for learners permits)? And if you don't have a DL many of the rest of the people still choose to get a government issued ID card for the purpose of everything but driving.
Am I the only person here who thinks that this is a miniscule issue at most?
For example, a generic treehouse could be a fort, a pirate ship, a space ship, a storefront, etc.
Obviously someone spent a great deal of effort here, but this treehouse can only be a giant mech...
Um... WTF? A giant mech is just as open ended as those things are. What else can a priate ship be aside from... a pirate ship? If it's painted and has all the markings of a pirate ship it's not like it will magically transform into an F1 race car. Or a space ship. What else can it be? an office cubicle for children to pretend playing "real life in their future"? Even the store front isn't too open ended... Yeah it can be a general store now, and maybe as the kids get older a tobacco store, smoke shop (for when they start puffin the cheeba), or even doctors office (hey, a kids gotta learn about the opposite sex sometime)... but that still doesn't seem very much more open ended than a giant mech would be.
If they want to find some new species to name, they should check out my bedroom. With all the crap that's been laying around for who knows how long I'm sure a few things have mutated into new organisms by now.
We've got uber spygear in cars now...it's only a matter of time before the insurance guys and their lobbyists pressure the auto industry and congress to mandate cars that can't break the law. Imagine, cars that won't go over the speed limit (based on GPS and databases of local speed limits); I remember an article on/. a while ago (6+ months IIRC) that dealt with a company testing out just that kind of tech. They were hoping to put the boxes into rental cars (I guess since many times people renting cars are not used to the area/speed limits). I haven't heard much about that since then; I guess the company couldn't find any buyers. Sometimes it's just safer to go over the speed limit for a few seconds to get away from something rather than just staying at or below the legal limit.
cars that won't start if your seatbelt isn't buckled, or if you've blown a high blood-alcohol content. They've got these already. Get pulled over for a DUI or DWI and you'll see. A judge can order that a box be put onto your car that does just that as part of your probation. One of my friends had this put onto his car about a year ago and it's remarkably effective. Anytime you want to start the car you must blow into this box mounted near the steering wheel. If you're registering too much alcohol on your breath the car will simply not start.
How about cars that won't allow you to turn your steering wheel unless you've signaled first??? Not sure if that'll ever happen. Paying attention to other cars on the road is important enough that you should see that a car is changing lanes without signaling. If the car is right next to you and will run you off the road then you probably wouldn't have seen the blinker anyways.
Quick! Someone tell the stock brokers! I'll be expecting an announcement in a day or two that says this product is heralding in an upsurge in the economy. Think of all the jobs this product will create!
I thought many of the overclockers would kill to get a system down to -10 degrees. I'd only be worried about it heating up, and even then my opinion would be if a human can stand it it should be ok for a computer (but still have a good heat sink and good ventilation)
Um, I do hope you wern't refering to me with that classified comment, seeing as how all I've stated was information that is freely available just about anywhere (try going to Google and typing in "marine combat engineer")
As for your second comment, obviously you are a complete moron who wouldn't have the guts to stand up and do something for his country if his life depended on it. So instead of getting off your fat lazy ass and working for something greater than yourself you feel the need to sit behind your keyboard and spout off worthless drivel because you think that in some way it will make your penis become somehow attractive to women in addition to your right hand.
I just joined the US Marines and my job is Combat Engineering. That means I'll be doing some mine clearing and I like the old way better:
Get a line with C4 blocks every few feet, launch that over the area you're trying to clear, and detonate the whole thing at once. Big explosion.
With this I'll not be able to make such a large blast. Oh well, I guess the computer geek in me would like to play with a laser rifle to clear an area.
The actual comic readers would know that Batman would most likely win (or at least kick the daylights out of superman) while the common public wont be able to get past the idea that since superman has powers and batman does not, then it will be an easy victory for superman. Unfortunately in todays Hollywood noone want's to show a "good guy" getting beaten. The ending will probably be something stupid where at the end they both realize that the other has their place in the world and shake hands and then walk away. That would be the best thing that could happen. I would assume something worse than that will happen: They become partners. Batman seems to be picking up new partners every time he gets a new movie (and I know there are no more partners he can pick up in the typical batman universe)
Batman runs in from the left, cape fluttering behind him. Robin runs in from the right, cape fluttering Batgirl runs in from the right, cape fluttering, boobs bouncing. Superman flys in from the top, grabs Batgirl, drags her off camera. Cue sounds of rubber suit being ripped off.
As they look at each other, they get a slight grin on their faces. Batman pulls out the Bat Camcorder and they both run off in the direction the moans are coming from...
Hey wait a minute, I might be willing to pay money for that;)
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The missions are set up so that you're either attacking or defending a base, and your team is always the Americans, and the other team always looks like terrorists. This creates an interesting unstated message to the game: American troops are exactly the same and have the same objectives as terrorists. I understand why the army doesn't want to encourage people roll-playing the axis of evil, but I'm not sure if this is the subtext they want to create either.
Um, yes that's the message in the game, but that's also life in the military. What do you think happens in war? Both sides are fighting to win, and there's one of two things that could happen. Either you're attacking or defending. We're in Afghanistan and granted few of the opposing forces are attacking us so we are on the total offense. Think about what would happen if they got a large force and started coming after our bases. Wouldn't we have to defend? Yes. In war there are not definite lines drawn on who does what. Both sides are going to be doing the same thing: eliminate the other side (or make them take enough casualties that they give up) and keep your side from being eliminated. That's war. What would you have us do? Not invade? Or not defend our bases when we are attacked? That kind of defeats the purpose of war now doesn't it?
The glass bottles look like they'd fit very easily into one of the machines that dispenses nestea. Also, for bottled water there already are vending machines for Aquafina (I've seen and purchased from them). Call up the manufacturer of the drink you want in there and talk to them. I believe they'll work out a deal for the machine if they believe there is enough of a profit to be had, and they will know exactly where to get an appropriate machine from.
The potential for being beaten on the streets is just amazing! I hope they have it in their budget to replace the guys stuff every night. I cannot imagine him not being jumped and having the flat screen + games taken from him just about everytime he sets foot outside.
The price for secondhand Handspring's plummeted after a deluge of used Visors hit local pawn shops. Also, apparently drug dealers are able to keep much better track of their appointments due also to a mass influx of visors being swapped for addicts driugs of choice.
I own one of the TV's actually designed for use as a computer monitor... The Gateway Destination TV. I'll tell you right now, it's crap. Technically it can do 1600x1200 resolution, but the screen itself gets so unreadable from the large pixels that the screen itself is only useable at 640x480 or 800x600 (and that's pushing the limits of "useable")
I would assume that regular TV screens would look even more horrible, and can only recomend that you give up now. I ended up buying another monitor and using the system as a media box for my *ahem* legally acquired movie clips. Even use as an mp3 server was impossible since standard text gets completely garbled by a TV, making reading song names a huge pain.
Car companies are the same way, just look at the Nissan Skyline, Subaru WRX (now here), Mitsubishi Lancer (an not the crap they are selling in the US now), etc.
Just FYI: The lancer you're talking about, the EVO VII (the good one), IS coming to the US. Last I heard it should be here in October.
If UUNet goes away, then were will the spammers turn? Right now they have UUNet which says 'not our problem because the spammer is our customer's customer.' What happens if UUNet is taken over by a reputable ISP that shuts down spammers and those that harbor them? Then they just spam from overseas. If it were only that easy to stop spammers I would have bankrupted Worldcom myself years ago...
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Interestingly, there is no language in this law governing what the notification has to say, and whether or not it has to be easily understood by the customer
To: someoneinCA@aol.com
Subject: Grow your penis 10 inches in less than a day!
Greetings fellow soon to be elephant sized penis man. Let me take the time to tell you about a GUARANTEED and PROVEN method we've developed over 30 years to work perfectly the first time and give you up to 10 inches more in your member's length! All you have to do is realize that your wildest dream is about to come true and just click on our website and order our system! Under Civil Code 1798.82 your information was downloaded illegally by a hacker on July 10, 2003. Act now!
I figured for the licenses to that franchise the payments would be in excess of $10 mil total.
You're forgetting that this is a known problem, and there are rules in place for when a company can call their car a year 200x model. Something about it not being able to be released until a certain month. There are none of those rules when it comes to software. You could see Madden 2009 next month if they wanted to release it that way.
Thanks to google, here is a URL that doesn't require registration to read. Enjoy!
You know, it took you longer to find that site through google than it would have if you'd just made up a fake name for registration.
A friend of mine (Chinese ethnicity, as a matter of fact) had a condition where his face would break out into a red flush after he consumed alcohol.
A system like this could introduce some annoying false positives for SARS infected passengers.
What that is is called the Asian Blush. Basically, people with asian heritages don't have a certain enzyme to process alcohol correctly. The end result is a reddening of the face, but not increased temperatures that would set off the thermal scanners.
I think that if CCNP certification and building a slashsite are higher up on your list than finding a girlfriend, you are probably going to be single for a looooooooooooooooong time ;)
I can't see how the images would be misleading. At the bottom of every picture that was a rendering it was specifically stated that it was an artist rendering. It might be a bit misleading if you couldn't read english, but aside from that it's pretty explicit.
Stack_overflow_error ==> Dirty_Socks_Smell
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That will encourage programmers be more careful. Then again, single programmers are probably use to all those smells anyhow.
Nevermind.
Then how about the opposite? If a programmer writes a program with no bugs the smell of a womans perfume is released. With the ammount of programmers that have little to no contact with those of the fairer sex I think that could be some decent motivation.
Even if you have to give out your SS# to pay with a personal check at the gas station, the attendant doesn't automatically get to know much else about you (other than your address and phone number printed on the check). If they start making you swipe a national ID card through a reader, however, they just added lots of your personal information to their computer database.
How about drivers licenses?
Whenever you write a check you need to show that to the attendant. That's got your name, address, date of birth, gender, etc. on it. Granted, the attendant isn't going to particularly care about all that info but it's there for them to see. I'd consider the DL more like the national ID card that Japan is implementing.
Think about it. It is voluntary, but it's something that 99.9% of the people living in the US carry around all the time. To buy beer or cigarettes, get into clubs, drive, rent movies, whatever you need to show a DL. True, it is voluntary... you don't HAVE to get a drivers license, but how many people don't have one (aside from people under the age of 16 or 15 for learners permits)? And if you don't have a DL many of the rest of the people still choose to get a government issued ID card for the purpose of everything but driving.
Am I the only person here who thinks that this is a miniscule issue at most?
For example, a generic treehouse could be a fort, a pirate ship, a space ship, a storefront, etc.
Obviously someone spent a great deal of effort here, but this treehouse can only be a giant mech...
Um... WTF? A giant mech is just as open ended as those things are. What else can a priate ship be aside from... a pirate ship? If it's painted and has all the markings of a pirate ship it's not like it will magically transform into an F1 race car. Or a space ship. What else can it be? an office cubicle for children to pretend playing "real life in their future"? Even the store front isn't too open ended... Yeah it can be a general store now, and maybe as the kids get older a tobacco store, smoke shop (for when they start puffin the cheeba), or even doctors office (hey, a kids gotta learn about the opposite sex sometime)... but that still doesn't seem very much more open ended than a giant mech would be.
If they want to find some new species to name, they should check out my bedroom. With all the crap that's been laying around for who knows how long I'm sure a few things have mutated into new organisms by now.
We've got uber spygear in cars now...it's only a matter of time before the insurance guys and their lobbyists pressure the auto industry and congress to mandate cars that can't break the law. Imagine, cars that won't go over the speed limit (based on GPS and databases of local speed limits); /. a while ago (6+ months IIRC) that dealt with a company testing out just that kind of tech. They were hoping to put the boxes into rental cars (I guess since many times people renting cars are not used to the area/speed limits). I haven't heard much about that since then; I guess the company couldn't find any buyers. Sometimes it's just safer to go over the speed limit for a few seconds to get away from something rather than just staying at or below the legal limit.
I remember an article on
cars that won't start if your seatbelt isn't buckled, or if you've blown a high blood-alcohol content.
They've got these already. Get pulled over for a DUI or DWI and you'll see. A judge can order that a box be put onto your car that does just that as part of your probation. One of my friends had this put onto his car about a year ago and it's remarkably effective. Anytime you want to start the car you must blow into this box mounted near the steering wheel. If you're registering too much alcohol on your breath the car will simply not start.
How about cars that won't allow you to turn your steering wheel unless you've signaled first???
Not sure if that'll ever happen. Paying attention to other cars on the road is important enough that you should see that a car is changing lanes without signaling. If the car is right next to you and will run you off the road then you probably wouldn't have seen the blinker anyways.
Quick! Someone tell the stock brokers! I'll be expecting an announcement in a day or two that says this product is heralding in an upsurge in the economy. Think of all the jobs this product will create!
I thought many of the overclockers would kill to get a system down to -10 degrees. I'd only be worried about it heating up, and even then my opinion would be if a human can stand it it should be ok for a computer (but still have a good heat sink and good ventilation)
Um, I do hope you wern't refering to me with that classified comment, seeing as how all I've stated was information that is freely available just about anywhere (try going to Google and typing in "marine combat engineer")
As for your second comment, obviously you are a complete moron who wouldn't have the guts to stand up and do something for his country if his life depended on it. So instead of getting off your fat lazy ass and working for something greater than yourself you feel the need to sit behind your keyboard and spout off worthless drivel because you think that in some way it will make your penis become somehow attractive to women in addition to your right hand.
I just joined the US Marines and my job is Combat Engineering. That means I'll be doing some mine clearing and I like the old way better:
Get a line with C4 blocks every few feet, launch that over the area you're trying to clear, and detonate the whole thing at once. Big explosion.
With this I'll not be able to make such a large blast. Oh well, I guess the computer geek in me would like to play with a laser rifle to clear an area.
The actual comic readers would know that Batman would most likely win (or at least kick the daylights out of superman) while the common public wont be able to get past the idea that since superman has powers and batman does not, then it will be an easy victory for superman.
;)
Unfortunately in todays Hollywood noone want's to show a "good guy" getting beaten. The ending will probably be something stupid where at the end they both realize that the other has their place in the world and shake hands and then walk away. That would be the best thing that could happen. I would assume something worse than that will happen: They become partners. Batman seems to be picking up new partners every time he gets a new movie (and I know there are no more partners he can pick up in the typical batman universe)
Batman runs in from the left, cape fluttering behind him.
Robin runs in from the right, cape fluttering
Batgirl runs in from the right, cape fluttering, boobs bouncing.
Superman flys in from the top, grabs Batgirl, drags her off camera. Cue sounds of rubber suit being ripped off.
As they look at each other, they get a slight grin on their faces. Batman pulls out the Bat Camcorder and they both run off in the direction the moans are coming from...
Hey wait a minute, I might be willing to pay money for that
The missions are set up so that you're either attacking or defending a base, and your team is always the Americans, and the other team always looks like terrorists. This creates an interesting unstated message to the game: American troops are exactly the same and have the same objectives as terrorists. I understand why the army doesn't want to encourage people roll-playing the axis of evil, but I'm not sure if this is the subtext they want to create either.
Um, yes that's the message in the game, but that's also life in the military. What do you think happens in war? Both sides are fighting to win, and there's one of two things that could happen. Either you're attacking or defending. We're in Afghanistan and granted few of the opposing forces are attacking us so we are on the total offense. Think about what would happen if they got a large force and started coming after our bases. Wouldn't we have to defend? Yes. In war there are not definite lines drawn on who does what. Both sides are going to be doing the same thing: eliminate the other side (or make them take enough casualties that they give up) and keep your side from being eliminated. That's war. What would you have us do? Not invade? Or not defend our bases when we are attacked? That kind of defeats the purpose of war now doesn't it?
The glass bottles look like they'd fit very easily into one of the machines that dispenses nestea. Also, for bottled water there already are vending machines for Aquafina (I've seen and purchased from them). Call up the manufacturer of the drink you want in there and talk to them. I believe they'll work out a deal for the machine if they believe there is enough of a profit to be had, and they will know exactly where to get an appropriate machine from.
The potential for being beaten on the streets is just amazing!
I hope they have it in their budget to replace the guys stuff every night. I cannot imagine him not being jumped and having the flat screen + games taken from him just about everytime he sets foot outside.
The price for secondhand Handspring's plummeted after a deluge of used Visors hit local pawn shops. Also, apparently drug dealers are able to keep much better track of their appointments due also to a mass influx of visors being swapped for addicts driugs of choice.
I own one of the TV's actually designed for use as a computer monitor... The Gateway Destination TV. I'll tell you right now, it's crap. Technically it can do 1600x1200 resolution, but the screen itself gets so unreadable from the large pixels that the screen itself is only useable at 640x480 or 800x600 (and that's pushing the limits of "useable")
I would assume that regular TV screens would look even more horrible, and can only recomend that you give up now. I ended up buying another monitor and using the system as a media box for my *ahem* legally acquired movie clips. Even use as an mp3 server was impossible since standard text gets completely garbled by a TV, making reading song names a huge pain.
Car companies are the same way, just look at the Nissan Skyline, Subaru WRX (now here), Mitsubishi Lancer (an not the crap they are selling in the US now), etc.
Just FYI: The lancer you're talking about, the EVO VII (the good one), IS coming to the US. Last I heard it should be here in October.
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Insightful??? Ah c'mon people, lighten up! That should have been +1 funny, not insightful.
If UUNet goes away, then were will the spammers turn? Right now they have UUNet which says 'not our problem because the spammer is our customer's customer.' What happens if UUNet is taken over by a reputable ISP that shuts down spammers and those that harbor them?
Then they just spam from overseas. If it were only that easy to stop spammers I would have bankrupted Worldcom myself years ago...