Really. A 20 second glance at the patent link answered this.
Should they be able to patent this. Not likely...its an obvious idea but they are making something than CAN do something very useful.
BUT, even if you ask for seperate checks up front, this approach is very attractive.
Think about being out with a large group, trying to make it somewhere by a certain time, trying to hunt down the waitstaff because everyone's ready NOW vs. when they came by 20 min ago and one person was still eating, identify who got what, how much to put on what card, wait for them to ring it up, put slips in little balck books, bring em back, hand them out, etc.
Device shows check. You can select the items you had through the touchscreen interface. It gives a total. You pay your part. You FN leave.
Actually, I hate to give him this credit, but the earliest example I am aware of doing something in a SOMEWHAT similar vein as MST was Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily.
(though I am sure someone else will pipe in with something earlier ans no one hit the perfect recipe for this like Joel did)
I know! And the other day I was minding my own business, talking to this sweet honey in a bar when her husband punched me right in the face! Don't blame me, I'm the victim!
It seems SOME would consider that a reasonable reaction. Thats my point. Thats an extreme reaction to something particularly trivial as a conversation.
The fact that "he" had his reasons, does not mean I must get introspective about if I DESERVED that extreme reaction.
Many of my posts can sound quite sarcastic, well, because that is many times my intent:)
So, just so we are clear, {no sarcasm} I truly believe that you are being quite reasonable, and this might be something approaching an intelligent conversation on the internet (ok, some sarcasm there, because that never happens, but thats a commentary on how internet political discussions are pointless in general and nothing on this thread)
So, I am truly curious as to what behavior you would have considered changing based on the statement: you have to consider whether it is more practical to modify the provoking behavior to (hopefully) cease provoking attacks
Obviously, the post above stating how we occupied their country wouldn't be the provoking reason, and that was AFTER the 9/11...
I will presume you do have something more reasonably thought through...
Not that any sane person can condone the 9/11 attacks
Are you sure about that? You mean a statement like this?
the proper response should probably have been a good long look at why the US was being attacked by these people
It might seem innocuous enough. But what you have to look at is the logic that supports this being offered as a question worth anything beyond a immediate dismissal. You always have the right, and maybe even duty to consider all questions. BUT, there are things that its ok to say "This is Black and White. Its not gray. This was not a reasonable thing to spend anytime thinking about"
As Mia says in Pulp Fiction- Marsellus throwing Tony out of a four story window for giving me a foot massage seemed reasonable?
Poor implementation of cryptography and who you trust with the keys being unreliable do not mean that making it stronger has no practical benefit.
*I* can control who I give the keys to. Just because most people/implementations do not does not mean there isn't a reason for better cryptography.
The problem is that cryptography is used for many things that either are not important enough to the person that has the keys for them to protect. If I have the keys, and the only keys to my secret $1,000,000,000 lottery ticket, I will pretect it fiercely. Give it to my secretary who has no interest or knowledge of what it protects and she will write the key on a note
BTW, before I get bombed for this, I included the link for their hosted service, but the subset that is damn close to what you described is Microsoft Exchange Hosted Continuity
I can forgive HTC for allowing a "less polished" feel in return for not having to pay the enormous mark-up present on Apple's iPhone.
A reasonable trade off...
eagerly anticipate the post in the near future of "Android hacked onto iPhone chassis".
Now that might make the iPhone worth the extorsionate price they're charging for it!
So its okay for the phone to be less polished, because you won't have to pay as much for it, but you're willing to pay the iPhone's "extorsionate price" if you could get less polished Android like performance from it?!?
All for Open Source, and I am sure someone else will argue that Android is just as good/better/more holy/yourchoicehere, but this logic seems nothing other than fanboy "never seen it yet, but I like it because its not the popular choice"
Google elevator statement for Protocol Buffers is "a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible way of serializing structured data for use in communications protocols, data storage, and more."
Christ, I hope I'm never in an elevator with someone who would consider THAT an elevator statement.
Dear Bruce Schneier,
We read with interest your comments on preventing phishing activities.
Our conclusion is that we are not taking appropriate measures to prevent phishing.
Therefore, we have acted to prevent such damages in the future. This action is the only certain method of fraud provention: Your account has been closed and we have placed you on a universal banking blacklist to prevent you being able to open an account with any other bank.
Thank you for your refreshing point of view, and good luck.
Doesn't matter that the people who SUGGEST that are completely wrong, right?
IF Gore had not skipped over states that he knew he was winning to campaign in states that were close, they MIGHT have a point.
Gore also "played the game" of how the electoral based election system works. He campaigned in states that have large electoral votes just like Bush did.
So who wins football games, the team that gains the most YARDS or POINTS?
If you want elections based on YARDS, talk to your congressman about amending the Constitution...
In his most extensive remarks on the future of the American military, Sen. John F. Kerry said here Thursday that he would expand the active-duty Army by 40,000 soldiers, including a doubling of U.S. Special Forces...
Personally, I feel that a Draft is highly unlikely.
However, with Kerry saying he wanted 40,000 MORE troops, he was in no place to suggest that if Bush would HAVE to implement a draft, that Kerry would NOT have to add 40000 troops.
Do you know Mr. Sharp? My guess is no, BUT you never can tell, maybe he was your college roommate and he drank more than his fair share of beer while flirting with your girlfriend.
Maybe you read an article in some OSS mag that gave all the details of his betrayal and turn to the Dark Side...
Maybe he was fired from RedHat...and M$ offered him a job
Maybe he moved and was not permitted to continue working for Redhat.
MAYBE M$ did offer him F-loads of money and stock options and he decided it wasn't evil in any way to go there
I look forward to hearing your sources (just leave out the details of how he corrupted your girl if that's the case...)
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Really. A 20 second glance at the patent link answered this.
Should they be able to patent this. Not likely...its an obvious idea but they are making something than CAN do something very useful.
BUT, even if you ask for seperate checks up front, this approach is very attractive.
Think about being out with a large group, trying to make it somewhere by a certain time, trying to hunt down the waitstaff because everyone's ready NOW vs. when they came by 20 min ago and one person was still eating, identify who got what, how much to put on what card, wait for them to ring it up, put slips in little balck books, bring em back, hand them out, etc.
Device shows check.
You can select the items you had through the touchscreen interface.
It gives a total.
You pay your part.
You FN leave.
My idea of American 'culture' is fast food, celebrities, gas guzzling cars, and guns. Have I missed anything?
I am always taken back by how people in other countries think about us.
It is horrifying to me that you left out porn...
Actually, I hate to give him this credit, but the earliest example I am aware of doing something in a SOMEWHAT similar vein as MST was Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily.
(though I am sure someone else will pipe in with something earlier ans no one hit the perfect recipe for this like Joel did)
Oh yes, easily my fav MST line ever (and there are so many close competitors...)
***I*** want to decide who posts on Slashdot and who is banished to kuro5hin.
Probably a fate worse than death
I know! And the other day I was minding my own business, talking to this sweet honey in a bar when her husband punched me right in the face! Don't blame me, I'm the victim!
It seems SOME would consider that a reasonable reaction. Thats my point. Thats an extreme reaction to something particularly trivial as a conversation.
The fact that "he" had his reasons, does not mean I must get introspective about if I DESERVED that extreme reaction.
Many of my posts can sound quite sarcastic, well, because that is many times my intent :)
So, just so we are clear, {no sarcasm} I truly believe that you are being quite reasonable, and this might be something approaching an intelligent conversation on the internet (ok, some sarcasm there, because that never happens, but thats a commentary on how internet political discussions are pointless in general and nothing on this thread)
So, I am truly curious as to what behavior you would have considered changing based on the statement: you have to consider whether it is more practical to modify the provoking behavior to (hopefully) cease provoking attacks
Obviously, the post above stating how we occupied their country wouldn't be the provoking reason, and that was AFTER the 9/11...
I will presume you do have something more reasonably thought through...
Not that any sane person can condone the 9/11 attacks
Are you sure about that? You mean a statement like this?
the proper response should probably have been a good long look at why the US was being attacked by these people
It might seem innocuous enough. But what you have to look at is the logic that supports this being offered as a question worth anything beyond a immediate dismissal. You always have the right, and maybe even duty to consider all questions. BUT, there are things that its ok to say "This is Black and White. Its not gray. This was not a reasonable thing to spend anytime thinking about"
As Mia says in Pulp Fiction-
Marsellus throwing Tony out of a four story window for giving me a foot massage seemed reasonable?
And you believed that???
the proper response should probably have been a good long look at why the US was being attacked by these people
Hear, hear!!
You nailed it. I mean its just like the sluts walking around showing a little thigh and a hint of cleavage. Total deserve to be raped.
Seriously, you do something I perceive as being slightly wrong, TOTALLY gives me permission to ruin you.
It is far from pointless.
Poor implementation of cryptography and who you trust with the keys being unreliable do not mean that making it stronger has no practical benefit.
*I* can control who I give the keys to. Just because most people/implementations do not does not mean there isn't a reason for better cryptography.
The problem is that cryptography is used for many things that either are not important enough to the person that has the keys for them to protect. If I have the keys, and the only keys to my secret $1,000,000,000 lottery ticket, I will pretect it fiercely. Give it to my secretary who has no interest or knowledge of what it protects and she will write the key on a note
BTW, before I get bombed for this, I included the link for their hosted service, but the subset that is damn close to what you described is Microsoft Exchange Hosted Continuity
http://www.microsoft.com/online/exchange-hosted-services/continuity.mspx
And yes, I know there are likely tons of other non-evil alternatives to MS for this, just mentioning MS has this since the parent said they should...
True, too bad they haven't thought of it yet
http://www.microsoft.com/online/exchange-hosted-services/learn.mspx
Okay, so they just need to promote it more.
I knew a girl once that I would say had a glowing blackhole...it really was spectacular. OHHHHH /andrewdiceclayvoice
I can forgive HTC for allowing a "less polished" feel in return for not having to pay the enormous mark-up present on Apple's iPhone.
A reasonable trade off...
eagerly anticipate the post in the near future of "Android hacked onto iPhone chassis".
Now that might make the iPhone worth the extorsionate price they're charging for it!
So its okay for the phone to be less polished, because you won't have to pay as much for it, but you're willing to pay the iPhone's "extorsionate price" if you could get less polished Android like performance from it?!?
All for Open Source, and I am sure someone else will argue that Android is just as good/better/more holy/yourchoicehere, but this logic seems nothing other than fanboy "never seen it yet, but I like it because its not the popular choice"
Can I demand statistics on penetration from them?
Demanding stats on penetration from penis pills spammers???
Yeah, call me a pestimist, I don't know how the dominos fall on this one, but I think it ends BADLY
Key pieces of this story:
It's Apple.
It's Jobs.
It's therefore NOT eligible for scrutiny.
Move along...
Google elevator statement for Protocol Buffers is "a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible way of serializing structured data for use in communications protocols, data storage, and more."
Christ, I hope I'm never in an elevator with someone who would consider THAT an elevator statement.
What Spooks Microsoft's Chief Security Advisor?
Flying chairs?
Dear Bruce Schneier,
We read with interest your comments on preventing phishing activities.
Our conclusion is that we are not taking appropriate measures to prevent phishing.
Therefore, we have acted to prevent such damages in the future. This action is the only certain method of fraud provention: Your account has been closed and we have placed you on a universal banking blacklist to prevent you being able to open an account with any other bank.
Thank you for your refreshing point of view, and good luck.
Sincerly,
Your Bank
compensate copyright owners whose music is copied to a different format for private use
Copied to a different format huh? So, I have to pay money to do this :
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Due to the heat of walking around in a desert in a metal suit, the codpiece from C3PO's costume went for FAR LESS than expected...
Doesn't matter that the people who SUGGEST that are completely wrong, right?
IF Gore had not skipped over states that he knew he was winning to campaign in states that were close, they MIGHT have a point.
Gore also "played the game" of how the electoral based election system works. He campaigned in states that have large electoral votes just like Bush did.
So who wins football games, the team that gains the most YARDS or POINTS?
If you want elections based on YARDS, talk to your congressman about amending the Constitution...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A119 71-2004Jun3.html
In his most extensive remarks on the future of the American military, Sen. John F. Kerry said here Thursday that he would expand the active-duty Army by 40,000 soldiers, including a doubling of U.S. Special Forces...
Personally, I feel that a Draft is highly unlikely.
However, with Kerry saying he wanted 40,000 MORE troops, he was in no place to suggest that if Bush would HAVE to implement a draft, that Kerry would NOT have to add 40000 troops.
he's just some greedy bastard
Do you know Mr. Sharp? My guess is no, BUT you never can tell, maybe he was your college roommate and he drank more than his fair share of beer while flirting with your girlfriend.
Maybe you read an article in some OSS mag that gave all the details of his betrayal and turn to the Dark Side...
Maybe he was fired from RedHat...and M$ offered him a job
Maybe he moved and was not permitted to continue working for Redhat.
MAYBE M$ did offer him F-loads of money and stock options and he decided it wasn't evil in any way to go there
I look forward to hearing your sources (just leave out the details of how he corrupted your girl if that's the case...)
Now as I write this 10 years later I wonder why we just didn't take off the damn dosimeter and place it and not us next to the damn hot spot!
Obviously, I mean it doesn't take a nuclear scientist to figu...oh
sized device which sends signals of 'no service' to cellphone frequencies, prompting phone to send calls directly to voicemail.
Uh, WHAT???
Doe cell phones honor a signal of "no service" over the ACTUAL signal?
Do phones even LISTEN for a "no service" signal?
Isn't that a little too Col. Klink'ish: I HEAR NOTHING!!!
Why would you even program something to say "If you get this signal, PRETEND there isn't a signal"