Asking all websites in different countries on the planet to implement legal age verification is completely unrealistic. It takes too much work and duplicates that work on all the websites.
What's easy to do is ask websites to add metas about the content. A standard about the metas and their keywords could be established but we already have something used by media companies when publishing movies on DVD, etc.
The "locking down" side should come from the browsers themselves. It's easy to ask international companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft to add "child locks" to their browsers, in fact I think some of them already have something similar.
And while the idea of asking all websites to put locks in place is dumb for the reasons mentioned above, I'm glad they're thinking about locking down adult content instead of trying to block it all for everyone.
If Amazon would just slap a QR code on everything they sell, you could use your phone to buy another one. It might also be used for verification that a picking robot has located the correct item.
Couldn't they use the older barcode that's already on everything? I understand that a QR code contains more data, but if grocery stores can manage with the old barcodes, why couldn't Amazon?
You want each and every container of every product to have built-in detectors and wireless hardware? Do you not know about the problems of electronic waste?
Your idea would work and be better if Amazon had made their Dash hardware into a weighing scale instead of a tiny key fob. Each product has a known weight when full and a known weight when empty. Obviously put the ordering on a timer and put some logic into it: did the person just take some of the product? Has the container been put back on the scale for at least an hour? Is the product weight now low enough to order?
Maybe Amazon did try the weighing scale idea but decided against it because the cost was too high. Key fobs are smaller, lower cost and fit in more places with their backed adhesive.
Instead of "running out" of something, use the backup system. It's useful for things like laundry detergent, coffee, water filter, toilet paper, etc.
Always have two of everything. One that you're currently using, the other is the backup. When you finish the one you're using and open the backup, it's time to buy another one. That leaves you plenty of time to do so, usually at least a week depending on the item. Put it on your groceries list.
Quad-Core Arduino, Intel-powered Raspberry Pi, Apple making the iMessage protocols free and open source, IBM buying back the ThinkPad brand...
Enough with the same joke over and over again. It was fun once, maybe twice. After that it's just painful. Are you going to stop or will you go through all the classic science-fiction movies/TV shows/books?
Nuke Slashdot from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Note to Dice: Slashdot needs to have NERD pranks, not lame science-fiction references passed as faux news. This is only funny for stupid people in your marketing department. PLEASE STOP.
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Now people will not want to be teachers and the current ones will change job.
Don't forget that edumacation iz importenant and u r34lly sh0u1d b3 c4r3fu1.
That happens every hour on trading sites, for multiple crypto-currencies.
The article doesn't give any details about what the word apple or an apple logo has to do with a patent. A trademark I could understand, but a patent?
Can you tell us the value of Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin in the future?
Thanks.
Not true, otherwise nothing would play on my Flash-free computer. Maybe you should use a better browser?
Asking all websites in different countries on the planet to implement legal age verification is completely unrealistic. It takes too much work and duplicates that work on all the websites.
What's easy to do is ask websites to add metas about the content. A standard about the metas and their keywords could be established but we already have something used by media companies when publishing movies on DVD, etc.
The "locking down" side should come from the browsers themselves. It's easy to ask international companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft to add "child locks" to their browsers, in fact I think some of them already have something similar.
And while the idea of asking all websites to put locks in place is dumb for the reasons mentioned above, I'm glad they're thinking about locking down adult content instead of trying to block it all for everyone.
Not really.
Try Vimeo.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." - Albert Einstein
Dear jklovanc,
your comment makes a lot of sense, however - that AA battery is fully charged, I have to remove it from the charger.
Hey, the washing cycle is over, I need to put clothes in the dryer.
It's 10:45, I should really start thinking what I'm going to prepare for lunch...
Couldn't they use the older barcode that's already on everything? I understand that a QR code contains more data, but if grocery stores can manage with the old barcodes, why couldn't Amazon?
Joke's on them, I'm going to get both a Gain and a Tide button!
Oh wait.
You want each and every container of every product to have built-in detectors and wireless hardware? Do you not know about the problems of electronic waste?
Your idea would work and be better if Amazon had made their Dash hardware into a weighing scale instead of a tiny key fob. Each product has a known weight when full and a known weight when empty. Obviously put the ordering on a timer and put some logic into it: did the person just take some of the product? Has the container been put back on the scale for at least an hour? Is the product weight now low enough to order?
Maybe Amazon did try the weighing scale idea but decided against it because the cost was too high. Key fobs are smaller, lower cost and fit in more places with their backed adhesive.
Instead of "running out" of something, use the backup system. It's useful for things like laundry detergent, coffee, water filter, toilet paper, etc.
Always have two of everything. One that you're currently using, the other is the backup. When you finish the one you're using and open the backup, it's time to buy another one. That leaves you plenty of time to do so, usually at least a week depending on the item. Put it on your groceries list.
No need for such widgets or online ordering.
V-GINY is superior!
Quad-Core Arduino, Intel-powered Raspberry Pi, Apple making the iMessage protocols free and open source, IBM buying back the ThinkPad brand...
Enough with the same joke over and over again. It was fun once, maybe twice. After that it's just painful. Are you going to stop or will you go through all the classic science-fiction movies/TV shows/books?
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(*) Nuke the Slashdot servers from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
That's enough Internet for today. If anyone needs me I'll be on the 13th floor, doing some code for the next generation of Vocaloids.
For crying out loud please make it stop, it's less painful to work than to read Slashdot.
Nuke Slashdot from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Note to Dice: Slashdot needs to have NERD pranks, not lame science-fiction references passed as faux news. This is only funny for stupid people in your marketing department. PLEASE STOP.
Nuke Slashdot from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Note to Dice: Slashdot needs to have NERD pranks, not lame science-fiction references passed as faux news. This is only funny for stupid people in your marketing department. PLEASE STOP.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I've heard they're spending all their time doing outdoor barbecuing these days.