They code part has given way to monetary transactions.
Instead of typing idkfa to get all the weapons, you can buy those guns for a dollar each as DLC. Instead of typing the Konami code to get extra lives, you have to buy them with micro-transactions.
The "code" is now your credit card number. Type that in, and get extra power.
Check my reply below. SCOTUS defined imminent threat as something that can physically harm the officers, or facilitate escape (i.e. A razor blade or handcuff key tucked into your phone case)
The ruling actually spells it out "imminent threat" as a physical threat.
Digital data stored on a cell phone cannot itself be used as a weapon to harm an arresting officer or to effectuate the arrestee’s escape. Law enforcement officers remain free to examine the physical aspects of a phone to ensure that it will not be used as a weapon—say, to determine whether there is a razor blade hidden between the phone and its case. Once an officer has secured a phone and eliminated any potential physical threats, however, data on the phone can endanger no one.
Simple solution: Require every uniformed officer to wear a Go-Pro (or similar device) with very VERY strict guidelines and harsh punishment for data that "just happens to go missing."
While I'm pretty sure you're just trolling, I'll go ahead and respond. Maybe someone else will read through it and learn something.
Really? Two people working together lose their freedom of speech just because they happen to be working together? You will next suggest shutting down the NYT editorial department, I suppose?
It's funny that you mention strawman later, because that's exactly what this is. You're setting up a false argument on my behalf (that would be the "completely fabricating" part), so that you can beat that straw man down. No where did I ever say that the people working together would lose their freedom of speech. In fact, I said quite the opposite in my previous reply, and will say it again here. The people (that is, the actual human beings) still have all the rights that any individual has. They can still speak freely. Their rights are not abated in any way.
You don't own the company you work for, so this is irrelevant. The rights of the company to freedom of speech should be equivalent to the rights of the owners of the company, since the company does what they say and speaks for them.
Who cares? Private companies are owned and run by people. Those people should decide what the companies do and say. If you want the company to do or say something different, start your own business and spend your own money. What is this, communism?:p
As for the rest of that comment, how does lack of ownership make my opinion irrelevant? For instance: I support Net Neutrality, should I quit my job at Comcast? I'm just a cable tech, but the Corporate guys are using the revenue I generate for the company to fight against Net Neutrality. Not their own inflated salaries. They're not opening their personal wallets to fight for something they personally believe in (which is fully within their rights) but instead, they're spending the corporate revenue that I help generate to fight on behalf of their personal issues.
And therein lies the real rub. Even if I wanted to ditch these guys and go self employed or work for a competitor, I can't. I'm a cable/wire tech, and Comcast has a lock-tight monopoly in the area. They've already leveraged corporate revenues to establish an illegal business practice (in clear violation of antitrust laws) Now they're layering illegal practices on top of illegal practices on top of illegal practices.
Truth be told though, I'd much rather attack the problem from the other side, as proposed and discussed way back in TFA. Limit the total revenue that a politician can spend on campaigns, from all sources, and more strictly monitor gifts/bribes. Not only will this solve the root problem of Corpos buying politicians by the bucket, but it will allow the politician to actually do their jobs and legislate, instead of spending their entire terms fundraising to compete with the challenger who has nothing but free time to fundraise.
Suing a corporation has nothing to do with them being people, and everything to do with them being deflector shield for the criminals in charge.
Case in point: General Motors. GM knowingly allowed a defect pass into production, and that defect killed over a dozen people. Somewhere along the line someone (Director, VP, or CEO) decided that it was cost effective to just let people die, rather than issuing a recall and fixing the defect. But that person is legally NOT culpable for negligence or any malfeasance. The corporation "GM" will get sued, will probably pay out some wrongful death suits, and back to business as usual.
That's not to say that corporations as legal targets is an entirely bad idea. Suing the corporation ensures a somewhat speedy resolution to the case for the victims. If we had to wait and dig through emails and history to see who approved the defect, nothing would ever get solved. Just look at what's going on with the IRS inquiry. "Oops, we lost that drive... oops, those emails got deleted... oops, etc." And even if we could sort out the individual who pressed OK on the defect, that would completely remove culpability from the management above said person, who were likely pushing an unreasonable schedule and forcing corners to be cut
Corporations are legal targets for litigation. Still doesn't make them people, persons, citizens, or any other such thing.
Pretty sure you're the one who needs to think this through. The people still have rights. The people may speak freely, donate to politics or otherwise exercise any rights enjoyed by We the People. But the corporation, the group, the amassed collection of people does not have rights. CocaCola does not get a vote in November. All of the Coca Cola employees do, sure (assuming non-felons, US citizens, etc) but the corporation is not a person.
I didn't band together with the CEO of my company to accomplish something political. I'd wager that the vast VAST majority of Americans didn't pick their current job because of the political leanings of the C-suite (if those political leanings are even allowed to leak into public knowledge)
The core issue is conflating money with speech. That has always been a lie, payed for by the very rich to ensure that they maintained absolute control, and is grossly exacerbated by the more recent "corporations are people" lie.
Combine the two, and you have legalized bribery. And not just random Joe Millionaire trying to protect his own indulgences, but multi-billion dollar companies spending the money of their employees to keep entire swaths of congress in their pockets.
They really really are becoming half-ass trade schools. But not for the trade you want. Colleges are trade schools for beaurocracy.
Most degrees are less about gaining understanding and knowledge in your desired field. Instead, it's all about spending 4+ years crossing your t's and dotting your lower case j's. That's the skill employers are after. Your ability to suffer through paperwork hell.
Not sure which is worse... that GP confused Mbps for Gbps, or the fact that the smaller one (less than a tenth of a percent of the other) would still be pretty damned good speeds around these parts.
The mouse issues in W_D get really wonky in other areas, too. The mouse is also used to, for instance, select buttons on a keypad (actually a simulated Smart Phone) which has different acceleration than outside the simulated phone.
Meatspace analogy mk2: To better represent the situation in the game, set your phone on your desk. Imaging being limited to 2 inches per second of motion while interfacing with your phone (dialing a number, or selecting an app from your home screen) but while not interfacing with the phone your limit was much different, to allow faster movement across your desk. Not only does dialing the phone become a major hassle, but as soon as you're done dialing and try to go pick up your coffee, the increased speed screws with your mental calibration. Worse yet, if you're trying to move the cursor between two non-phone items, but happen to cross the path of the phone screen... ugh
A lot of the ideas sound reasonable at first, but as soon as you get hands on and try to use the thing, it's immediately apparent that it's NOT working, not viable and needs to be redone. (similar to the Depth of Field mentioned elsewhere in these comments... sounds good on paper, looks great for screenshots or carefully planned scenarios, but in practice it's WAY more trouble than it's worth)
You realize that range was chosen quite intentionally to suit road trips.
Drive 4 hours and hit a supercharger station. 20 minute "refill" while you use the restroom, stretch your legs, etc. and back on the road. Rinse and repeat. You can find a hotel along the way that'll let you plug in overnight, and away you go.
People have already made coast to coast road trips in a tesla. Sure, it requires a bit more forethought than a petrol-mobile. But it's certainly possible.
Check out Total Biscuit's YouTube Channel "WTF is..."
He does first impressions and mainly focuses on smaller indy titles (not exclusively, but primarily) Smaller budget games can't just throw "SUPER MEGA REALISTIC AMAZING POLYGRAPHICS" and have to rely on creativity, story and gameplay instead.
Originally it was based on school letter grades. An "A" game was one without any flaws. A game rated "AAA" not only was free of flaws or defects, but pushed the boundaries of what games could accomplish. They elevated their genres to new heights or defined entire new ones.
That definition has been long forgotten however. These days, AAA Game just means "massive budget." People are throwing millions and millions and millions at AAA games. With that kind of money at stake, studios can't afford to be creative or take risks. So AAA games are now risk-adverse "follow the leader" operations, with massive ad campaigns to ensure maximum profits. Often released annually with incremental changes (Madden, CoD, BF, etc) and sponsored by Mountain Dew, Doritos, or whatever other company is willing to throw $$$ at them.
Meatspace analogy time: Look at something on your right. Now look at something on your left. Pretty quick maneuver. Imagine being limited to 30 degrees of rotation per second, making that 180 degree change of direction (from your left to your right) a 6 second operation.
While this particular set of data isn't a(n alleged) violation of the 4th amendment, it was (allegedly) caught in the net of massive (alleged) 4th amendment violations
Funny thing is, Uber has built in protections against most of the scams.
They're metered based on GPS, so it's exceedingly easy for a client to see if they've been going in circles to increase the fare.
They're planned and organized in advance, so there will be less waving at random yellow cars for a ride.
Every passenger in an Uber car has a cell phone (requirement for booking) so if the cabbie tries to hijack them, they have the means to call 911 handy
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They code part has given way to monetary transactions.
Instead of typing idkfa to get all the weapons, you can buy those guns for a dollar each as DLC.
Instead of typing the Konami code to get extra lives, you have to buy them with micro-transactions.
The "code" is now your credit card number. Type that in, and get extra power.
Check my reply below. SCOTUS defined imminent threat as something that can physically harm the officers, or facilitate escape (i.e. A razor blade or handcuff key tucked into your phone case)
The ruling actually spells it out "imminent threat" as a physical threat.
Digital data stored on a cell phone cannot itself be used as a weapon to harm an arresting officer or to effectuate the arrestee’s escape. Law enforcement officers remain free to examine the physical aspects of a phone to ensure that it will not be used as a weapon—say, to determine whether there is a razor blade hidden between the phone and its case. Once an officer has secured a phone and eliminated any potential physical threats, however, data on the phone can endanger no one.
Simple solution: Require every uniformed officer to wear a Go-Pro (or similar device) with very VERY strict guidelines and harsh punishment for data that "just happens to go missing."
While I'm pretty sure you're just trolling, I'll go ahead and respond. Maybe someone else will read through it and learn something.
Really? Two people working together lose their freedom of speech just because they happen to be working together? You will next suggest shutting down the NYT editorial department, I suppose?
It's funny that you mention strawman later, because that's exactly what this is. You're setting up a false argument on my behalf (that would be the "completely fabricating" part), so that you can beat that straw man down. No where did I ever say that the people working together would lose their freedom of speech. In fact, I said quite the opposite in my previous reply, and will say it again here. The people (that is, the actual human beings) still have all the rights that any individual has. They can still speak freely. Their rights are not abated in any way.
You don't own the company you work for, so this is irrelevant. The rights of the company to freedom of speech should be equivalent to the rights of the owners of the company, since the company does what they say and speaks for them.
Who cares? Private companies are owned and run by people. Those people should decide what the companies do and say. If you want the company to do or say something different, start your own business and spend your own money. What is this, communism? :p
Speaking of logical fallacies : That communism snark is full of Appeal to Emotion and Ad Hominem, with just a touch of Bandwagon. Or maybe communism is just a red herring ...
As for the rest of that comment, how does lack of ownership make my opinion irrelevant? For instance: I support Net Neutrality, should I quit my job at Comcast? I'm just a cable tech, but the Corporate guys are using the revenue I generate for the company to fight against Net Neutrality. Not their own inflated salaries. They're not opening their personal wallets to fight for something they personally believe in (which is fully within their rights) but instead, they're spending the corporate revenue that I help generate to fight on behalf of their personal issues.
And therein lies the real rub. Even if I wanted to ditch these guys and go self employed or work for a competitor, I can't. I'm a cable/wire tech, and Comcast has a lock-tight monopoly in the area. They've already leveraged corporate revenues to establish an illegal business practice (in clear violation of antitrust laws) Now they're layering illegal practices on top of illegal practices on top of illegal practices.
Truth be told though, I'd much rather attack the problem from the other side, as proposed and discussed way back in TFA. Limit the total revenue that a politician can spend on campaigns, from all sources, and more strictly monitor gifts/bribes. Not only will this solve the root problem of Corpos buying politicians by the bucket, but it will allow the politician to actually do their jobs and legislate, instead of spending their entire terms fundraising to compete with the challenger who has nothing but free time to fundraise.
Suing a corporation has nothing to do with them being people, and everything to do with them being deflector shield for the criminals in charge.
Case in point: General Motors. GM knowingly allowed a defect pass into production, and that defect killed over a dozen people. Somewhere along the line someone (Director, VP, or CEO) decided that it was cost effective to just let people die, rather than issuing a recall and fixing the defect. But that person is legally NOT culpable for negligence or any malfeasance. The corporation "GM" will get sued, will probably pay out some wrongful death suits, and back to business as usual.
That's not to say that corporations as legal targets is an entirely bad idea. Suing the corporation ensures a somewhat speedy resolution to the case for the victims. If we had to wait and dig through emails and history to see who approved the defect, nothing would ever get solved. Just look at what's going on with the IRS inquiry. "Oops, we lost that drive ... oops, those emails got deleted ... oops, etc." And even if we could sort out the individual who pressed OK on the defect, that would completely remove culpability from the management above said person, who were likely pushing an unreasonable schedule and forcing corners to be cut
Corporations are legal targets for litigation. Still doesn't make them people, persons, citizens, or any other such thing.
Pretty sure you're the one who needs to think this through. The people still have rights. The people may speak freely, donate to politics or otherwise exercise any rights enjoyed by We the People. But the corporation, the group, the amassed collection of people does not have rights. CocaCola does not get a vote in November. All of the Coca Cola employees do, sure (assuming non-felons, US citizens, etc) but the corporation is not a person.
I didn't band together with the CEO of my company to accomplish something political. I'd wager that the vast VAST majority of Americans didn't pick their current job because of the political leanings of the C-suite (if those political leanings are even allowed to leak into public knowledge)
Corporations are absolutely NOT people.
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
The core issue is conflating money with speech. That has always been a lie, payed for by the very rich to ensure that they maintained absolute control, and is grossly exacerbated by the more recent "corporations are people" lie.
Combine the two, and you have legalized bribery. And not just random Joe Millionaire trying to protect his own indulgences, but multi-billion dollar companies spending the money of their employees to keep entire swaths of congress in their pockets.
They really really are becoming half-ass trade schools. But not for the trade you want. Colleges are trade schools for beaurocracy.
Most degrees are less about gaining understanding and knowledge in your desired field. Instead, it's all about spending 4+ years crossing your t's and dotting your lower case j's. That's the skill employers are after. Your ability to suffer through paperwork hell.
Not sure which is worse... that GP confused Mbps for Gbps, or the fact that the smaller one (less than a tenth of a percent of the other) would still be pretty damned good speeds around these parts.
The mouse issues in W_D get really wonky in other areas, too. The mouse is also used to, for instance, select buttons on a keypad (actually a simulated Smart Phone) which has different acceleration than outside the simulated phone.
Meatspace analogy mk2: To better represent the situation in the game, set your phone on your desk. Imaging being limited to 2 inches per second of motion while interfacing with your phone (dialing a number, or selecting an app from your home screen) but while not interfacing with the phone your limit was much different, to allow faster movement across your desk. Not only does dialing the phone become a major hassle, but as soon as you're done dialing and try to go pick up your coffee, the increased speed screws with your mental calibration. Worse yet, if you're trying to move the cursor between two non-phone items, but happen to cross the path of the phone screen ... ugh
A lot of the ideas sound reasonable at first, but as soon as you get hands on and try to use the thing, it's immediately apparent that it's NOT working, not viable and needs to be redone. (similar to the Depth of Field mentioned elsewhere in these comments... sounds good on paper, looks great for screenshots or carefully planned scenarios, but in practice it's WAY more trouble than it's worth)
Basically your entire post is bullshit.
I was actually conducting an experiment to see if people would mod-up a factually incorrect post that sounded plausible.
I really hope you weren't conducing an experiment to see if people would rescind their moderation based on new information, because if you were ...
True, they don't have full coverage yet.
So if your use case is many road trips to/from the middle of Montana, then buying a Tesla probably isn't an option for you.
Yet
You realize that range was chosen quite intentionally to suit road trips.
Drive 4 hours and hit a supercharger station. 20 minute "refill" while you use the restroom, stretch your legs, etc. and back on the road. Rinse and repeat. You can find a hotel along the way that'll let you plug in overnight, and away you go.
People have already made coast to coast road trips in a tesla. Sure, it requires a bit more forethought than a petrol-mobile. But it's certainly possible.
Check out Total Biscuit's YouTube Channel "WTF is..."
He does first impressions and mainly focuses on smaller indy titles (not exclusively, but primarily) Smaller budget games can't just throw "SUPER MEGA REALISTIC AMAZING POLYGRAPHICS" and have to rely on creativity, story and gameplay instead.
Originally it was based on school letter grades. An "A" game was one without any flaws. A game rated "AAA" not only was free of flaws or defects, but pushed the boundaries of what games could accomplish. They elevated their genres to new heights or defined entire new ones.
That definition has been long forgotten however. These days, AAA Game just means "massive budget." People are throwing millions and millions and millions at AAA games. With that kind of money at stake, studios can't afford to be creative or take risks. So AAA games are now risk-adverse "follow the leader" operations, with massive ad campaigns to ensure maximum profits. Often released annually with incremental changes (Madden, CoD, BF, etc) and sponsored by Mountain Dew, Doritos, or whatever other company is willing to throw $$$ at them.
The mouse just used to point and look.
Meatspace analogy time: Look at something on your right. Now look at something on your left. Pretty quick maneuver. Imagine being limited to 30 degrees of rotation per second, making that 180 degree change of direction (from your left to your right) a 6 second operation.
I'm just upset that you missed an obvious opportunity to say "The cloud is raining on home automation"
The problem, per TFS, is that they still consume nearly full power while off.
While this particular set of data isn't a(n alleged) violation of the 4th amendment, it was (allegedly) caught in the net of massive (alleged) 4th amendment violations
There are dozens of us!
DOZENS!
We already did. Perhaps you've heard of taxes.
Funny thing is, Uber has built in protections against most of the scams.
They're metered based on GPS, so it's exceedingly easy for a client to see if they've been going in circles to increase the fare.
They're planned and organized in advance, so there will be less waving at random yellow cars for a ride.
Every passenger in an Uber car has a cell phone (requirement for booking) so if the cabbie tries to hijack them, they have the means to call 911 handy
In California, where TFA takes place, all motorists are required to have liability insurance, at the very least.