Is this the whole HTML 2.0 thing where it's not HTML at all, but compiled code to "run faster"?
If so, I want no part in this. The Web is perfectly speedy, but it's the Ads and garbage slowing it down. Combined with the MPAA and RIAA mafia's, ALL 4 major browsers simultaneously announcing support... and my conspiracy meter goes off.
The more anonymous the transaction, the better. The last thing anyone needs is to put more of ourselves "out there" ready for hackers or NSA terrorists to take advantage of.
..This just in!
The Russian Ministry of Logic declared the following:
Russia announced the ban on currency other 'money surrogates' in March of 2016, asserting that all currencies facilitate money-laundering and other criminal activity.
*not an actual announcement*
Dropping support for something without having a reasonable replacement is usually a bad idea. But it's a good idea if you're trying to decrease choice, increase frustration, and leave the people who depend on you hanging. It might make things easier on the development side, but the long-term affects can be far reaching.
Personally, I'd think the people who would have a problem with this would just move to a distribution that *does* have it - and then you've lost market share. It's hard to get back people who have already moved away.
I requested a refund. Seems like Apple promptly granted it to me. Not sure when the funds will be returned to my account though.
I *strongly* urge everyone to do the same out of principle. Sling-Media pulled this stunt with the Slingbox. We need to nip this sort of thing in the bud.
So... what's the story here? If someone was just a few years older, they could have also been charged?
Let me clear some things up for us here.
Parenting failure = Stupid judicial oversight, bizarre scenarios with society, and things blown out of proportion.
The state in NO WAY WHATSOEVER have anything to do with this situation. At all. Kid sends picture to another kid. Not only should the boy be disciplined, but maybe the girl's parents should step in and set some limits for their child as well. And did I see that she distributed it? My point is this: We are pathetic. We blame others and at the drop of a hat, we bring civil charges to each other. It's disturbing, costs a LOT, and shows now love and respect to our fellow human beings.
It's sad he has a record for the next 10 years. It's also sad he did that in the first place, but there *must* be consequences and if we aren't willing to work out consequences amongst ourselves, as RESPONSIBLE adults, we get stupid crap situations like this. Notice how I'm not directly blaming his parents or her parents, but addressing it as a problem of us. It's because I see this happening FAR too often./endrant
This reminds me of Pacific Rim, where they keep getting bigger and more frequent. The rift (probably human psychology) can't be nuked. Gotta change our mindset from the inside.
While not open, I was very impressed with what I could pull off with the Y-cam's several years ago.. Although not fancy with remote controls, they came with a built-in webserver for setting up the camera, including selectable areas for motion detection, multiple stream types, and RTSP output, readable in VLC. I've not used the camera for security applications, but theater. It was used to view the stage in complete blackout with a videofeed to the director so they could see when the stage was 100% clear. There was only a 1-2 second delay in the realtime feed.
I would definitely consider the Y-cam for my home security as well. I haven't found a satisfactory solution that uses such universal and linux-friendly.
Also, go with a wired setup, I wasn't too pleased with the wireless capabilities (drop-outs/lag/delays), but that may have been my terrible wireless setup as well.
I had a Y-cam HD (Square-looking thing)...and no, I am in no way affiliated with y-cam or the company.:)
Hold the phone. Looks like the company *did* respond and the case was closed, but I was not informed of the response or the case disclosure. I also can't view the case at all, in any way shape or form online- although I can see my case (it is the only one) filed. I'll be calling the BBB soon enough to figure out what is going on.
I'm attempting to do just that. However, I bought mine a year ago and didn't really get a chance to use it until a couple of months ago, when, to my horror, ads were all over it. I attempted a return, but SlingMedia doesn't handle hardware returns, instead directing me to their hardware partner. I requested a return, but it was rejected 3 weeks later on the basis that there wasn't anything wrong with the hardware. (I COMPLETELY abhor advertisements and would not have bought the device if I had known they were going to have ads. I posted on the forums a couple of times trying to show people what I was doing. But I discovered my threads were silently "locked" and I just created a new one with the status update.
Recently, when I try to post or create anything, it says I'm logged off the forums, even though I'm clearly logged in. Tried from multiple computers and browsers.
I've since filed a BBB case to return the product, and BBB has accepted my case, but have yet to hear anything from Sling Media.
My stance is this: I've already bought the product, as well as the use of the software to use the product. Product 100% payed for. They switched the function of the software several months after I bought to software so that I keep "paying" for something I do not want.
The way the company has been behaving towards its customers, as well as their actions towards me on the forums (I was completely NON-Hostile and I presented my case as professionally as possible), is completely uncalled for and I'm not surprised this class-action lawsuit exists. It might save me from going to small-claims.
Not needed. Simple as that. Our devices are getting more powerful each generation, and they worked well enough with HTML and human-readable text. This probably wouldn't even be on the table if it weren't for the bazillion advertisements and spyware on most major websites. My 2 cents at least.
There have historically been branches of Christianity that believed the body was the soul, so I think the issue isn't quite as settled as you think.
Excellent observation. I do present this article to you, which clarifies a bit that the words "soul" and "body" were in fact, speaking about 2 different things (although it doesn't go into too much detail). It focuses heavily on our current body's and the body we will have when we are raised up:
http://www.christiandoctrine.c...
Sorry for blocks of text, I rarely post on Slashdot and have no idea how to format stuff.:\
I'm a Christian and his statements represent a gross misunderstanding of Christianity.
"I don't see Christ's redemption limited to human beings," Reverend Dr. Christopher J. Benek
(http://gizmodo.com/when-superintelligent-ai-arrives-will-religions-try-t-1682837922/+charliejane)
The Bible time and time again states that Christ died for our disobedience towards God. The penalty for this disobedience is death. The only way to reconcile our disobedience to a Holy God was for someone perfect to die on our behalf. This is person is Christ. A person who follows Christ is a Christian. What reconciling does a tree/rabbit/AI need to do? (Answer: None). In Genesis, humans were given dominion over the Earth. We are responsible for what we have been given. So any AI we create, by proxy, is our responsibility.
Also, In Christianity, we are in fact, a soul. Our bodies are merely vessels. All is meaningless, there is no purpose if we cease to exist after we die. Christianity is 100% pointless if we do not have a soul. So to "convert" AI is just as useful as converting trees/rabbits/etc...
This line of thinking from Christopher bothers me - similar to how climate change deniers bother scientists.
I've always thought tying accounts to your phone, via SMS or Phone number was a really dumb idea. Especially when the pervasive attitude is for apps to collect as much information about you as possible and read text messages. Combined with the fact that phone numbers are moved and traded all the time from person to person... Just a bad idea overall in my opinion.
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Is this the whole HTML 2.0 thing where it's not HTML at all, but compiled code to "run faster"? If so, I want no part in this. The Web is perfectly speedy, but it's the Ads and garbage slowing it down. Combined with the MPAA and RIAA mafia's, ALL 4 major browsers simultaneously announcing support... and my conspiracy meter goes off.
The more anonymous the transaction, the better. The last thing anyone needs is to put more of ourselves "out there" ready for hackers or NSA terrorists to take advantage of.
..This just in! The Russian Ministry of Logic declared the following: Russia announced the ban on currency other 'money surrogates' in March of 2016, asserting that all currencies facilitate money-laundering and other criminal activity. *not an actual announcement*
Dropping support for something without having a reasonable replacement is usually a bad idea. But it's a good idea if you're trying to decrease choice, increase frustration, and leave the people who depend on you hanging. It might make things easier on the development side, but the long-term affects can be far reaching. Personally, I'd think the people who would have a problem with this would just move to a distribution that *does* have it - and then you've lost market share. It's hard to get back people who have already moved away.
Well that's a bummer. Who's going to take up the torch against the terrorists? Is there another program that does something similar?
I signed in just to say how awesome the title is. It makes it sound like a political article. Well done. Well done.
I requested a refund. Seems like Apple promptly granted it to me. Not sure when the funds will be returned to my account though. I *strongly* urge everyone to do the same out of principle. Sling-Media pulled this stunt with the Slingbox. We need to nip this sort of thing in the bud.
...of common sense no doubt! I love hearing stories of correct implementations.
I was just about to post this very link when I saw you already had. Well done.
So... what's the story here? If someone was just a few years older, they could have also been charged? Let me clear some things up for us here. Parenting failure = Stupid judicial oversight, bizarre scenarios with society, and things blown out of proportion. The state in NO WAY WHATSOEVER have anything to do with this situation. At all. Kid sends picture to another kid. Not only should the boy be disciplined, but maybe the girl's parents should step in and set some limits for their child as well. And did I see that she distributed it? My point is this: We are pathetic. We blame others and at the drop of a hat, we bring civil charges to each other. It's disturbing, costs a LOT, and shows now love and respect to our fellow human beings. It's sad he has a record for the next 10 years. It's also sad he did that in the first place, but there *must* be consequences and if we aren't willing to work out consequences amongst ourselves, as RESPONSIBLE adults, we get stupid crap situations like this. Notice how I'm not directly blaming his parents or her parents, but addressing it as a problem of us. It's because I see this happening FAR too often. /endrant
This reminds me of Pacific Rim, where they keep getting bigger and more frequent. The rift (probably human psychology) can't be nuked. Gotta change our mindset from the inside.
While not open, I was very impressed with what I could pull off with the Y-cam's several years ago.. Although not fancy with remote controls, they came with a built-in webserver for setting up the camera, including selectable areas for motion detection, multiple stream types, and RTSP output, readable in VLC. I've not used the camera for security applications, but theater. It was used to view the stage in complete blackout with a videofeed to the director so they could see when the stage was 100% clear. There was only a 1-2 second delay in the realtime feed. I would definitely consider the Y-cam for my home security as well. I haven't found a satisfactory solution that uses such universal and linux-friendly. Also, go with a wired setup, I wasn't too pleased with the wireless capabilities (drop-outs/lag/delays), but that may have been my terrible wireless setup as well. I had a Y-cam HD (Square-looking thing) ...and no, I am in no way affiliated with y-cam or the company. :)
Hold the phone. Looks like the company *did* respond and the case was closed, but I was not informed of the response or the case disclosure. I also can't view the case at all, in any way shape or form online- although I can see my case (it is the only one) filed. I'll be calling the BBB soon enough to figure out what is going on.
I'm attempting to do just that. However, I bought mine a year ago and didn't really get a chance to use it until a couple of months ago, when, to my horror, ads were all over it. I attempted a return, but SlingMedia doesn't handle hardware returns, instead directing me to their hardware partner. I requested a return, but it was rejected 3 weeks later on the basis that there wasn't anything wrong with the hardware. (I COMPLETELY abhor advertisements and would not have bought the device if I had known they were going to have ads. I posted on the forums a couple of times trying to show people what I was doing. But I discovered my threads were silently "locked" and I just created a new one with the status update. Recently, when I try to post or create anything, it says I'm logged off the forums, even though I'm clearly logged in. Tried from multiple computers and browsers. I've since filed a BBB case to return the product, and BBB has accepted my case, but have yet to hear anything from Sling Media. My stance is this: I've already bought the product, as well as the use of the software to use the product. Product 100% payed for. They switched the function of the software several months after I bought to software so that I keep "paying" for something I do not want. The way the company has been behaving towards its customers, as well as their actions towards me on the forums (I was completely NON-Hostile and I presented my case as professionally as possible), is completely uncalled for and I'm not surprised this class-action lawsuit exists. It might save me from going to small-claims.
Not needed. Simple as that. Our devices are getting more powerful each generation, and they worked well enough with HTML and human-readable text. This probably wouldn't even be on the table if it weren't for the bazillion advertisements and spyware on most major websites. My 2 cents at least.
There have historically been branches of Christianity that believed the body was the soul, so I think the issue isn't quite as settled as you think.
Excellent observation. I do present this article to you, which clarifies a bit that the words "soul" and "body" were in fact, speaking about 2 different things (although it doesn't go into too much detail). It focuses heavily on our current body's and the body we will have when we are raised up: http://www.christiandoctrine.c... Sorry for blocks of text, I rarely post on Slashdot and have no idea how to format stuff. :\
I'm a Christian and his statements represent a gross misunderstanding of Christianity. "I don't see Christ's redemption limited to human beings," Reverend Dr. Christopher J. Benek (http://gizmodo.com/when-superintelligent-ai-arrives-will-religions-try-t-1682837922/+charliejane) The Bible time and time again states that Christ died for our disobedience towards God. The penalty for this disobedience is death. The only way to reconcile our disobedience to a Holy God was for someone perfect to die on our behalf. This is person is Christ. A person who follows Christ is a Christian. What reconciling does a tree/rabbit/AI need to do? (Answer: None). In Genesis, humans were given dominion over the Earth. We are responsible for what we have been given. So any AI we create, by proxy, is our responsibility. Also, In Christianity, we are in fact, a soul. Our bodies are merely vessels. All is meaningless, there is no purpose if we cease to exist after we die. Christianity is 100% pointless if we do not have a soul. So to "convert" AI is just as useful as converting trees/rabbits/etc... This line of thinking from Christopher bothers me - similar to how climate change deniers bother scientists.
I wonder how the speed compares with OwnCloud.
I've always thought tying accounts to your phone, via SMS or Phone number was a really dumb idea. Especially when the pervasive attitude is for apps to collect as much information about you as possible and read text messages. Combined with the fact that phone numbers are moved and traded all the time from person to person... Just a bad idea overall in my opinion.