this story is about 2 months old. The RFID triggers a sensor and then you may be asked to take the towel out of your luggage, or be billed for a towel. This type of news could also be a hoax and people read the sign and don't take the chance. Theft is theft, it shouldn't happen.
ooooops sorry, I missed the it was best to worst (100) which still leaves several countries Worse than Bahrain, so is it a crap article, or do they fudge their own figures?
I like and own several MS hardware items, and they usually work better/well when compared to similar priced items. BUT having followed the path of this device I feel that it is in the wrongs hands, I don't think that it is part of MS focus and so it will get marginalised, and even forgotten once they need another game feature to trump the others. The only hope that I see for it is to have a 3rd party develop uses for it.
nice to see that someone else knows about his. A couple of strokes with 60 grit emery paper will also make them unreadable, and you can keep a piece in your desk draw.
there may be something that I missed about this one, but I'm sure that I have seen the same or similar years ago. Might be already patented, time will tell.
Apple has historically faced anti-religion, pro-gay accusations in the past, selling the Apple I for $666.66 and the (gay) rainbow colours of the Apple Logo, and for using an apple (a traditional sign of temptation) and now that it passes an pro-hetro app for iTunes together with other soft porn apps, the tables seem to have turned. Ok, so now the gay lobby will want the Bible removed from ITunes too? The Bible says that gay behaviour is disgusting, along with a number of other things relating to heterosexuality, and not to forget, lying, cheating and stealing.
I was writing shareware from about 1991, when you had to chose it from a catalogue and got it on floppies, then people paid for shareware. Then CDs were becoming cheap, people bought the CD and had a ton of software available, and people also stopped paying fees. Ask most people and they think that shareware = freeware. Saddly may companies often have terminal apps the are shareware but they have never paid for it. Sad really.
MS dominated because it could sell a cheaper OS for cheaper hardware, and so it reached the Critical Mass level where you had to Lock In to MS because everyone else was. Apple sold a Better iPackage to people, there are lots of alternatives but no-one sells a whole package that works. The Apple empire will crumble when this happens. I also think that it's a generational thing, the current generation wants the 'flash' instead of the cash.
the original GUI didn't query you when you dumped stuff into the trash, only when you finally emptied the trash, which is handy for multiple file deletions, like cleaning out a folder. I currently have a UNIX drive mapped in, and so everything is deleted instantly, but it asks first, while in the commandline, when it's deleted, it's gone! My preference is the first instance, place files aside and then delete them as a bundle, but my second choice is where delete means DELETE.
take the silver and the tablet, put them in a hot oven for an hour, then see which one retains it's value. I can use a silver nib for a pen and then write, draw and calculate, so why buy a tablet when the silver will last sooooo much longer.
the comment in the article by the CEO of iFixit should be read along with the iFixit adv which wishes to sell you a 20 cent screwdriver as part of a Liberation Kit, for $9.95. Profits can be made on both sides.
a decade ago when games were simple, I/we had discussions about restarts and there was a real suggestion that If you died then you would have to start the games from the very begining, no levels, no saved games to fall back on. That the choices that you make are irreversible. But as it has already been said, these are games, not real-life(tm).
auto updates, streaming video, cloud computing, and now we'll se downloads for minor updates to minor (often unused) apps, as we watch as the internet choke and die.
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there have already been a couple of groups caught planning attacks in Oz, or did you not read/hear the news?.
how many are actually under 13? I mean really.... Who puts in their correct age?
buy better keyboards and mice, instead of those cheap crappy ones.
this story is about 2 months old. The RFID triggers a sensor and then you may be asked to take the towel out of your luggage, or be billed for a towel. This type of news could also be a hoax and people read the sign and don't take the chance. Theft is theft, it shouldn't happen.
thanks for the link, I'm submitting my form now, before the site is /.'ed.
ooooops sorry, I missed the it was best to worst (100) which still leaves several countries Worse than Bahrain, so is it a crap article, or do they fudge their own figures?
the table in the article shows Thailand being worse than Bahrain, or am I missing something?
I like and own several MS hardware items, and they usually work better/well when compared to similar priced items. BUT having followed the path of this device I feel that it is in the wrongs hands, I don't think that it is part of MS focus and so it will get marginalised, and even forgotten once they need another game feature to trump the others. The only hope that I see for it is to have a 3rd party develop uses for it.
"EV Fast-Charging Standards In Flux" get it? Charging - flux? oooops,
the other two big Oz telcos also sell similar devices, not much of a monopoly.
I use WiFi for most of my connections and need 3G almost never. I saved money an just bought WiFi, I can buy a 3G/WiFi gizmo, if I ever need it.
nice to see that someone else knows about his. A couple of strokes with 60 grit emery paper will also make them unreadable, and you can keep a piece in your desk draw.
there may be something that I missed about this one, but I'm sure that I have seen the same or similar years ago. Might be already patented, time will tell.
Apple has historically faced anti-religion, pro-gay accusations in the past, selling the Apple I for $666.66 and the (gay) rainbow colours of the Apple Logo, and for using an apple (a traditional sign of temptation) and now that it passes an pro-hetro app for iTunes together with other soft porn apps, the tables seem to have turned. Ok, so now the gay lobby will want the Bible removed from ITunes too? The Bible says that gay behaviour is disgusting, along with a number of other things relating to heterosexuality, and not to forget, lying, cheating and stealing.
I was writing shareware from about 1991, when you had to chose it from a catalogue and got it on floppies, then people paid for shareware. Then CDs were becoming cheap, people bought the CD and had a ton of software available, and people also stopped paying fees. Ask most people and they think that shareware = freeware. Saddly may companies often have terminal apps the are shareware but they have never paid for it. Sad really.
MS dominated because it could sell a cheaper OS for cheaper hardware, and so it reached the Critical Mass level where you had to Lock In to MS because everyone else was. Apple sold a Better iPackage to people, there are lots of alternatives but no-one sells a whole package that works. The Apple empire will crumble when this happens. I also think that it's a generational thing, the current generation wants the 'flash' instead of the cash.
the original GUI didn't query you when you dumped stuff into the trash, only when you finally emptied the trash, which is handy for multiple file deletions, like cleaning out a folder. I currently have a UNIX drive mapped in, and so everything is deleted instantly, but it asks first, while in the commandline, when it's deleted, it's gone! My preference is the first instance, place files aside and then delete them as a bundle, but my second choice is where delete means DELETE.
take the silver and the tablet, put them in a hot oven for an hour, then see which one retains it's value. I can use a silver nib for a pen and then write, draw and calculate, so why buy a tablet when the silver will last sooooo much longer.
so can I buy one to protect me from 'bears' and accidentally use it to TASER a shop owner?
the comment in the article by the CEO of iFixit should be read along with the iFixit adv which wishes to sell you a 20 cent screwdriver as part of a Liberation Kit, for $9.95. Profits can be made on both sides.
http://www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts/iPhone-4-Liberation-Kit/IF182-019
you could burn yourself out so that a poorly planned and managed company can either profit or die, but for the sake of your health, don't do it.
Surely history must have some prior art that preceeds this stuff???
a decade ago when games were simple, I/we had discussions about restarts and there was a real suggestion that If you died then you would have to start the games from the very begining, no levels, no saved games to fall back on. That the choices that you make are irreversible. But as it has already been said, these are games, not real-life(tm).
you are right. I would guess that a lot of people are buying smartphones instead of laptops.
auto updates, streaming video, cloud computing, and now we'll se downloads for minor updates to minor (often unused) apps, as we watch as the internet choke and die.