You ask the user for their identifying information, if they don't willingly give it, you stop there. Period. Anything else is a great way to get permanently blacklisted. Seriously stupid mistake. (Never mind that in North America that solicitation calls on a cellphone are seriously frowned upon)
Retail return rates are based on the first 30 days or so. A 16% rate there is a significant warning sign. Retail rates should be closer to 5% as a maximum.
Failure rate after a year should be slightly higher, but not significantly higher. Microsofts numbers are downright disturbing, and makes one wonder how many Shipped units include warranty replacement units; numbers which are used to perpetuate more sales but which may have been significantly skewed by replacement units.
Once users have a significant investments in games for any particular console they are unlikely to switch, inspite of issues.
As a barcode replacement it sucks. However, the motion capture aspects looked pretty good. Using infrared would improve it as well since the camera can pick it up, but your eye would never notice it.
Apple will not allow 3rd parties to write apps that can run in the background. This is mostly due to battery life, and memory issues. Do some research on the typical issues people run into with background apps on other platforms and it starts to make a lot of sense. However, in this instance I think Apple is off their rocker. They should create an API to handle on-going location recording and posting.
People are surprised when I have this conversation with them.
They think I'm nuts until I make it clear that the reason I don't make stupid little facebook apps is because I don't agree with their information sharing. I use facebook (no, I have an account, I seldom use it), but I don't add apps.
Do what you want, but I think Facebook should make it perfectly clear what type of information is being given to app developers. A checklist confirming what type of information that particular developer gets access to. Something clear, and obvious. I suspect the number of apps, and type of apps, people would add would be substantially different.
Facebook, even under Canadian law, can share all the same data. They must however make it very clear what is actually being shared and with whom. (So that the user can go back to the companaies involved and file with them to have the information removed).
To the extent that Facebook advertises and offers services directly to Canadians they should be held to the same legal requirements as anyone else. By the way, the Canadian privacy act is actually quite lenient, if people are properly informed of the information to be shared.
It would be relevant, but most of the time when people mention a temperature it's inaccurate anyway. Consumer grade thermometers are generally out by a degree or 2 Celsius. Your local weather report is probably more accurate, but only where the temperature is actually taken.
Using Fahrenheit is more precise, it isn't more accurate.
At the end of the day, when all is said and done, do you really want to start another war? There is a point where interference in a country constitutes an act of war.
The requirements to bring charges in Canadian courts do not only rest with the Police and the crown. There is a process by which you can file charges and have them assessed and, potentially prosecuted without police involvement.
This isn't the normal process, and it is heavily discouraged but an incident a few years ago where an individual who was being prosecuted hard a charge of treason brought forward against a judge confirms it. The charge was not pursued as another judge overseas the process and it was without cause; but the point is that police do not have to be involved.
One thing with that is that many of these same companies negotiate multi-year tax breaks for doing upgrades; but this would automatically exclude those options of a city owned company.
It's the lack of profiteering that keeps the price down.
If you see communications as a service to be provided to your community; rather than something to be exploited for profit then the dynamics change drastically.
If a file is closed queue an fsync within a few seconds. If many files are closed by the same application before the first fsync bump the SHORT delay each time. This means the last fsync will only be 1 delay period away from write.
An fsync caused by a close should be less than 2 seconds away. DONE. Problem stays OUTSIDE of the application space where it sure as fuck does not belong in the first place.
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Because you can, doesn't mean you should.
You ask the user for their identifying information, if they don't willingly give it, you stop there.
Period. Anything else is a great way to get permanently blacklisted. Seriously stupid mistake.
(Never mind that in North America that solicitation calls on a cellphone are seriously frowned upon)
With a failure rate considerably lower than Microsoft you are seriously going to harp on Sony? Really?
Who wrote this, Microsoft?
Latency is the likely reason to not go with the Google lookup method.
Besides, don't know about you, but I'd prefer that not all my browser habits be logged to the government.
Retail return rates are based on the first 30 days or so. A 16% rate there is a significant warning sign.
Retail rates should be closer to 5% as a maximum.
Failure rate after a year should be slightly higher, but not significantly higher. Microsofts numbers are downright disturbing, and makes one wonder how many Shipped units include warranty replacement units; numbers which are used to perpetuate more sales but which may have been significantly skewed by replacement units.
Once users have a significant investments in games for any particular console they are unlikely to switch, inspite of issues.
If you shoplift a candy bar and get caught they don't just ask for the money...
And the new ones require something like a flash so they are bright enough for the camera.
Lasers draw very little power compared to a flash. As a barcode these things bite. But they may find a niche.
As a barcode replacement it sucks. However, the motion capture aspects looked pretty good. Using infrared would improve it as well since the camera can pick it up, but your eye would never notice it.
Actually, the OS itself fully supports it.
Apple will not allow 3rd parties to write apps that can run in the background.
This is mostly due to battery life, and memory issues. Do some research on the typical issues people run into with background apps on other platforms and it starts to make a lot of sense. However, in this instance I think Apple is off their rocker. They should create an API to handle on-going location recording and posting.
People are surprised when I have this conversation with them.
They think I'm nuts until I make it clear that the reason I don't make stupid little facebook apps is because I don't agree with their information sharing.
I use facebook (no, I have an account, I seldom use it), but I don't add apps.
Do what you want, but I think Facebook should make it perfectly clear what type of information is being given to app developers. A checklist confirming what type of information that particular developer gets access to. Something clear, and obvious. I suspect the number of apps, and type of apps, people would add would be substantially different.
Facebook, even under Canadian law, can share all the same data. They must however make it very clear what is actually being shared and with whom. (So that the user can go back to the companaies involved and file with them to have the information removed).
To the extent that Facebook advertises and offers services directly to Canadians they should be held to the same legal requirements as anyone else. By the way, the Canadian privacy act is actually quite lenient, if people are properly informed of the information to be shared.
Actually, they do MMS just fine.
But I wouldn't expect you to know that.
Considering the program I had running on my iPhone 3G and touch I can say this is generally hogwash.
It is very likely a battery issue and any significant usage will trigger it if that's the case.
This is bull shit. Cisco sold the same type of stuff to China.
This is just more bullshit for the U.S. government to work around trade agreements they've signed in the past.
It would be relevant, but most of the time when people mention a temperature it's inaccurate anyway.
Consumer grade thermometers are generally out by a degree or 2 Celsius. Your local weather report is probably more accurate, but only where the temperature is actually taken.
Using Fahrenheit is more precise, it isn't more accurate.
At the end of the day, when all is said and done, do you really want to start another war?
There is a point where interference in a country constitutes an act of war.
The requirements to bring charges in Canadian courts do not only rest with the Police and the crown. There is a process by which you can file charges and have them assessed and, potentially prosecuted without police involvement.
This isn't the normal process, and it is heavily discouraged but an incident a few years ago where an individual who was being prosecuted hard a charge of treason brought forward against a judge confirms it. The charge was not pursued as another judge overseas the process and it was without cause; but the point is that police do not have to be involved.
Stem cell results are dangerous. Should we just ignore the risks?
Until we get a good handle on it it certainly should be treated like it is potentially hazardous, because it is.
FUCK YOU.
One thing with that is that many of these same companies negotiate multi-year tax breaks for doing upgrades; but this would automatically exclude those options of a city owned company.
It's the lack of profiteering that keeps the price down.
If you see communications as a service to be provided to your community; rather than something to be exploited for profit then the dynamics change drastically.
Their track record for security products is the strewn ruins of product after product.
I expect it will turn out the company had poor records of which server is which; or refused to provide the information required to restrict the scope.
That Microsofts logo is worth much less than Apples.
It's radar signature will be HUGE actually.
Not like it will matter much. Only a couple of countries with capability to shoot it down would even consider it. That's pretty much Russia and China.
It is a good idea, however it's real purpose will be above U.S. cities to spy on the locals.
If a file is closed queue an fsync within a few seconds. If many files are closed by the same application before the first fsync bump the SHORT delay each time. This means the last fsync will only be 1 delay period away from write.
An fsync caused by a close should be less than 2 seconds away.
DONE.
Problem stays OUTSIDE of the application space where it sure as fuck does not belong in the first place.
Since Netbook has NO MEANING anyway?
Psion will lose because they aren't an American company. Not because they don't have a case.