Bluetooth beacons enable fine-grained location tracking, at 1/10 of a second intervals.
Retailers and others can place these in stores, track your location and behavior while walking through their store, and match it with a physical person at the register when paying with a credit card.
Tim, I would like more control of my iPhone so I could assure privacy myself.
a few quick examples:
- Can I use my apple phone without apple knowing who I am? - Can I block some apps from internet access at all times (not just over cellular)? - Can I create/adjust my own content blockers? - Can I have a firewall, bidirectional? Please?
I believe the car is holding back SO MUCH stuff that folks using a smartphone is their only recourse.
The PC industry was based around a "screwup" on IBM's part - it opened the PC architecture. They tried to correct it (remember the PS/2 and OS/2 and the proprietary microchannel architecture?)
The rise of windows was based on this open architecture. Microsoft pushed to have PCs become a commodity so windows sales would be strong. (Read up on substitutes and complements - if peanut butter prices go down, jelly sales will rise).
I believe if the car manufacturers opened up their cars like the IBM PC and it's bus, put in *simple* plug-in slots or something similar for computer hardware, all kinds of crazy and useful stuff would come to your car. Imagine if you (not an installer) could change or add to your car stereo like plugging in a graphics card or sound card? (probably would work better like a rack - think smaller 19" rack mounting for audio equipment, except with standard interfaces in the back)
I have a crazy grandfathered plan with unlimited staples, but limited nails.
NOW they have payment plans... which is just a way of having a lower priced plan if you own your phone/hammer. But my plan gives me the phone/hammer every 18-24 months.
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Actually, it is MUCH more insidious than this.
Look at iBeacon or eddystone or equivalents.
Bluetooth beacons enable fine-grained location tracking, at 1/10 of a second intervals.
Retailers and others can place these in stores, track your location and behavior while walking through their store, and match it with a physical person at the register when paying with a credit card.
Tim, I would like more control of my iPhone so I could assure privacy myself.
a few quick examples:
- Can I use my apple phone without apple knowing who I am?
- Can I block some apps from internet access at all times (not just over cellular)?
- Can I create/adjust my own content blockers?
- Can I have a firewall, bidirectional? Please?
As to loss, thicker wires would eliminate the issue.
I think it would be great for off-grid applications.
I believe the car is holding back SO MUCH stuff that folks using a smartphone is their only recourse.
The PC industry was based around a "screwup" on IBM's part - it opened the PC architecture. They tried to correct it (remember the PS/2 and OS/2 and the proprietary microchannel architecture?)
The rise of windows was based on this open architecture. Microsoft pushed to have PCs become a commodity so windows sales would be strong. (Read up on substitutes and complements - if peanut butter prices go down, jelly sales will rise).
I believe if the car manufacturers opened up their cars like the IBM PC and it's bus, put in *simple* plug-in slots or something similar for computer hardware, all kinds of crazy and useful stuff would come to your car. Imagine if you (not an installer) could change or add to your car stereo like plugging in a graphics card or sound card? (probably would work better like a rack - think smaller 19" rack mounting for audio equipment, except with standard interfaces in the back)
why not both?
vs SATA SSDs. The post title is misleading, they're not talking about hard disks.
First Reddit, Walmart next...
But how many people can you piggyback on one account?
Yeah, what has happened? Before it seems I was able to skip through DVD previews and now I can't. Has this been changing?
I'd vote for Intelligent omnipotent Toasters.
store bought dough is disgusting compared to small effort to make your own cookies from ingredients you buy at a store...
Buy toll house cookie dough at grocery store.
take out of fridge, break along pre-cut lines into chunks and place on cookie sheet.
12 minutes later, hot chocolate chip cookies.
I find it pleasingly simple. Sometimes a little fiddling with mixing bowls or config files ends up eating your free time.
Why does everything have to be an "in-app purchase" type transaction?
decimal math is orthogonal to ebcdic.
I wonder if visa might NOT WANT widespread acceptance of Apple pay.
As soon as apple pay is the standard, there's no reason that competing
payment systems could be plugged into it circumventing visa, right?
...and give me a slightly more roomy seat with more legroom
Historically, more space just means more passengers.
Some airlines would remove aisles and exit rows if authorities would allow it.
First Fukushima, now Mount Ontake?
We should push for more stringent regulation of these kinds of disasters.
I'm not sure, do you understand the City of London is not London?
Now for sale: fingerprint scanner jammers. Rob homes with ease, jam their guns and have no worries!
Pays for itself with 3 robberies or one drug deal double-cross!
What is the best trolling motor to get? Is there any other equipment that is a must-have for trolling?
You know, the greatest thing about cards is that the games can span a range of abilities...
From the youngest Go Fish and Crazy-8 players to the most sophisticated Poker or 52-card-pickup players. ;)
I have a crazy grandfathered plan with unlimited staples, but limited nails.
NOW they have payment plans... which is just a way of having a lower priced plan if you own your phone/hammer. But my plan gives me the phone/hammer every 18-24 months.
Beer - it is required for communication, just like a flag bit or a destination ip address.
That sounds good, I'll sign up for the Gold Plan.
(turns can of Pepsi so it faces forward in the browser window)
Although the Bronze plan with adblocker might be doable.
(has anyone seen my Subway gift card? I'm going for lunch)
By the way, your post is pretty funny, too bad I don't have mod points.
My cellphone bill pays for a limited number of nails, and one new hammer every 18-24 months.
I thought you weren't a real engineer unless you could Boot a steam engine..