You're moaning about 'crappy alternatives' that look much better than Slashcode (sorry, but they do). I don't see you lot making your own. You don't innovate, you just get on the bandwagon and start bitching at anything you think will make you look good.
I have more respect for the people making the 'crappy alternatives' than I do the people complaining about them.
That's where you and I differ. If this system could be implemented in a way that would not stop me from walking around like I do at the moment (proximity cards, etc) then I wouldn't mind it. I don't do anything wrong. I don't do anything I'm ashamed of. I don't cheat on my wife. I don't abuse the neighbours kids. You see, being innocent means I don't fear anything the police do. Obviously you have something to hide.
Do you see where you've gone wrong? My post was actually related to the topic and the attitudes displayed within. Your post was just a poor attempt to look clever and provocative, whereas you just look like an idiot with a cow fetish.
Maybe they should put a camera on you to make sure you don't worry any sheep?
Not wanting the cameras is a sign of guilt. Cameras themselves aren't intrusive in your public life (unless you let your local authorities place one in your home), and we all have to pay a price to live in a free society, relatively free of crime. That, in this day and age, is going to be the most cost-effective way to monitor the streets, which just happens to be cameras.
If you have fear of the camera, chances are you belong in jail.
Equating the installation of video cameras to the ethnic cleansing of 6,000,000 jews and countless armies is slightly sad. Please, in future, don't bother replying - you're just embarassing yourself.
That's exactly true. I live in London, and there's a lot of cameras around. I don't have a problem with it, as I don't do anything illegal (on the streets anyway:)).
True, the cameras don't technically prevent crime (in the same way that mace and tazers do) but they do tell people that if they fuck around on the streets, they will be seen and there will be evidence of their activities.
The only reason you wouldn't want cameras on the streets is if you are a low-life mugging piece of shit. More cameras! now!
They're not compiling a list of what you wear to work. Just think, if you were carjacked going to work, and someone at work realised you'd gone missing. The police could then ask the trafficmaster system to track your car, and they'd then be able to get the police to intercept the carjacker. You'd be pretty grateful for them then.
They're not trying to make a behaviour-census of the world, just help people.
As for your disgust of ID cards, think about the US Drivers License - you have to show that whenever you want a drink, and you need it when you drive - even the Americans aren't moaning about that one. (if you think the idea of global ID cards is a bad one - we already have them - passports - linked to multinational computer networks? gonna start crying about that too?).
They're not being put there to watch you, just to look over you. Be thankful.
It's not like there's a huge room with 1 person per camera, actually watching you, it's going to be about 20 cameras+ to one person, with that person simply looking at the picture on the screen. They're not taping it to take home and show the wife and kids, they're just surveilling the area and if something dodgy happens they'll have it on film.
Risking sounding rude, is it always in the American psyche to treat every gesture of attempted help with agression? You keep moaning that everyone's getting shot and stabbed in the street, and when the authorities try to help you in an effective manor, you just get all arsey like a little kid who's being sent to bed.
You're all moaning on about invasion of privacy, but when are you in private in PUBLIC? madness.
You all sound like fucking x-files conspiracy freaks. it's not the government trying to steal your brain or something, it's just a legitimate way of attempting to control crime.
Someone tries to help you, and you just moan on about it like some spoilt little children who don't understand what's going on.
During the census that was just completed, the census guys encountered nearly 30 different languages. You can't expect a diverse population of 1,000,000,000 people to all speak the same language:)
So they use a different unit to measure memory. If they're using custom memory, then they'd probably be using megabit chips, so who cares if they express the capacity in gigabits? Can't you find anything better to do than insult people's units?:)
OpenGL is exactly that OpenGL - if it's OpenGL, then it'll run on ANY card/display that has OpenGL-compatible drivers, so that would work out of the box.
Now all they need to do is to fit an ashtray and a drinksholder to the bastard, and I'd buy one for my house.
There's no way microbes could survive in space - how would they live? They'd need air and food. You could argue that they could evolve, but if I put you in a swimming pool full of bleach, would you evolve gills and immunity before you died? nope.
If there were any bacteria/microbes on Mir, we put them there, so they can safely return to earth.
If you're worried about the terrestrial microbes mutating, then surely you're against Astronauts coming back to earth, in case they turn out to be x-men or something:)
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I have more respect for the people making the 'crappy alternatives' than I do the people complaining about them.
He must be American.
Paranoid freak.
Pedant.
That's where you and I differ. If this system could be implemented in a way that would not stop me from walking around like I do at the moment (proximity cards, etc) then I wouldn't mind it. I don't do anything wrong. I don't do anything I'm ashamed of. I don't cheat on my wife. I don't abuse the neighbours kids. You see, being innocent means I don't fear anything the police do. Obviously you have something to hide.
Maybe they should put a camera on you to make sure you don't worry any sheep?
We tend to go for the Americans over here :) j/k
If you have fear of the camera, chances are you belong in jail.
Equating the installation of video cameras to the ethnic cleansing of 6,000,000 jews and countless armies is slightly sad. Please, in future, don't bother replying - you're just embarassing yourself.
Of course they're taping it - they're just not copying it and watching it at home like you think they are.
True, the cameras don't technically prevent crime (in the same way that mace and tazers do) but they do tell people that if they fuck around on the streets, they will be seen and there will be evidence of their activities.
The only reason you wouldn't want cameras on the streets is if you are a low-life mugging piece of shit. More cameras! now!
Because if it was owned by an American, they'd start whining about invasion of privacy and wouldn't shut up.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Do you mind people looking at you in the street? Surely they could draw a picture of you and show it to someone! How would you cope?
It's midday here. You did remember that there are other countries in the world?
Fascist man-whore
They're not trying to make a behaviour-census of the world, just help people.
As for your disgust of ID cards, think about the US Drivers License - you have to show that whenever you want a drink, and you need it when you drive - even the Americans aren't moaning about that one. (if you think the idea of global ID cards is a bad one - we already have them - passports - linked to multinational computer networks? gonna start crying about that too?).
They're not being put there to watch you, just to look over you. Be thankful.
It's not like there's a huge room with 1 person per camera, actually watching you, it's going to be about 20 cameras+ to one person, with that person simply looking at the picture on the screen. They're not taping it to take home and show the wife and kids, they're just surveilling the area and if something dodgy happens they'll have it on film.
Just grow the fuck up.
You all sound like fucking x-files conspiracy freaks. it's not the government trying to steal your brain or something, it's just a legitimate way of attempting to control crime.
Someone tries to help you, and you just moan on about it like some spoilt little children who don't understand what's going on.
During the census that was just completed, the census guys encountered nearly 30 different languages. You can't expect a diverse population of 1,000,000,000 people to all speak the same language :)
So they use a different unit to measure memory. If they're using custom memory, then they'd probably be using megabit chips, so who cares if they express the capacity in gigabits? Can't you find anything better to do than insult people's units? :)
Now all they need to do is to fit an ashtray and a drinksholder to the bastard, and I'd buy one for my house.
There's no way microbes could survive in space - how would they live? They'd need air and food. You could argue that they could evolve, but if I put you in a swimming pool full of bleach, would you evolve gills and immunity before you died? nope. If there were any bacteria/microbes on Mir, we put them there, so they can safely return to earth. If you're worried about the terrestrial microbes mutating, then surely you're against Astronauts coming back to earth, in case they turn out to be x-men or something :)