The only thing about Avatar that constantly set my teeth on edge was the usage of the word "Unobtainium". That was probably the most glaringly inappropriate mineral name I have ever heard used in a SciFi movie. They were mining it; it wasn't exactly unobtainable. It didn't exactly do wonders for my suspension of disbelief either.
Other than that I didn't think it was all that bad.
But nonetheless all of those methods require point to point pairing. NFC has no concept of pairing, you wave it past a sensor and something happens.
Having to stop and pair your device with a coke machine is a large amount of effort for such a tiny transaction.
Maybe, but I don't want to have to worry about possibly walking too close to vending machines and getting "mugged". Not to mention the various scams that will eventually start popping up (like the card readers that crooks attach to ATMs). If it is going to cost me money I want to be able to say "No" on the hardware I control.
If you've got an OEM copy then it should be pre-activated.
Only for certain types of OEM copies. OEM copies from large manufacturers such as Dell, Gateway, etc. would usually come pre-activated. However you could also buy OEM copies of Windows which were not activated. (They were supposed to only be sold to end-users with hardware, but a mouse is technically hardware...)
Exactly. All the Second Amendment states is that because the individual States might need to draft their people to serve in a militia the federal government cannot prevent those people from having and using the arms they need to serve. The fact that this also enables said people to go hunting for deer and turkey and the like is just an added (though most certainly intended) perk.
Allow me to introduce you to a wonderful "new" feature supported by almost every browser ever created by mankind: The Bookmark. (Maybe you should google that.)
Anyone know what percentage of the US population has never flown on a plane in their entire lives? I'm curious if such a statistic has ever been calculated. (Assuming that the parent post's figure of 80% approval of the TSA is correct, I have a hunch I could make a pretty close guess...)
No. Google benefits. They get to see where you are going on the web even when you aren't using search to find it. I'd wager they love it when people do that.
Look at the UK and the gag orders put on the media by the courts to protect the wealthy s privacy (and their misdeeds which can be embarrassing).
And that has what exactly to do with the United States Constitution? Not saying it isn't true, but it's not all that relevant. If I remember correctly Truth isn't a liable/slander legal defense in the UK. I seem to recall that, indeed the law there is written to protect the important from being "embarrassed" publicly by their actions. (Someone from the UK want to comment on that?).
Putting a gps on each vehicle and somehow anonimizing the data seems the only realistic way.
How do you figure to do that to data that by its very nature needs to identify the vehicle, the number of miles driven, and where those miles were driven? I'm not seeing how that could be done in any meaningful way. At best you might be able to limit the reporting to a breakdown of miles per state or something of that nature. But good luck getting big brother to give up one of the most important "unintended" side-effects of taxing by miles driven.
Have every tried going exactly the speed limit on any moderately busy road?
Yes. I'm an ass that way sometimes. I can be a real jerk if someone is tail-gating me in an attempt to make me speed up or change lanes. Usually that just makes me vigorously observe posted limits.
Hmm, not sure I buy it. If that were the case she (if she was paying attention to her driving) should have been able to see him standing in the brightly illuminated road ahead of her before she entered the glare. If the area of bright sunlight was so big she couldn't see him in it farther down the road she was driving recklessly in adverse conditions.
Regardless of if she was reading/posting to facebook, she wasn't paying adequate attention to *driving*.
Basically they treated us as young adults, and expected us to behave the same.
I think you've hit the exact problem with schools in the U.S. and most likely elsewhere. This simply isn't true anymore and I think we're all the worse for it.
I think maybe what they're afraid of is that since they're letting these machines go for almost no profit (or even a loss?) that you'll use it for something other than games, which is where the money is really at.
I think you are only half right. I think what they are really afraid of is that companies that would otherwise have to pay them license fees in order for Sony to sign their PS3 games will start signing their own games. As long as they don't use Sony's SDK, I think it would probably be legal. That is what I think Sony is really worried about.
Then you have to wade through forums, sometimes obscure ones, to figure out what went wrong. Im used to doing that on Windows machines mostly by myself but it always seemed like more of a pain in my ass to fix Linux problems.
You do realise that the average user is usually incapable of fixing even the smallest Windows issue, right? Linux or Windows doesn't make much difference here.
It sounds more like you're complaining about losing all of the sunk cost in time learning how to fix Windows. I could be wrong (easily) but that's my take on it.
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True, Avatar wasn't embarrassingly bad.
The only thing about Avatar that constantly set my teeth on edge was the usage of the word "Unobtainium". That was probably the most glaringly inappropriate mineral name I have ever heard used in a SciFi movie. They were mining it; it wasn't exactly unobtainable. It didn't exactly do wonders for my suspension of disbelief either.
Other than that I didn't think it was all that bad.
But nonetheless all of those methods require point to point pairing. NFC has no concept of pairing, you wave it past a sensor and something happens.
Having to stop and pair your device with a coke machine is a large amount of effort for such a tiny transaction.
Maybe, but I don't want to have to worry about possibly walking too close to vending machines and getting "mugged". Not to mention the various scams that will eventually start popping up (like the card readers that crooks attach to ATMs). If it is going to cost me money I want to be able to say "No" on the hardware I control.
If you've got an OEM copy then it should be pre-activated.
Only for certain types of OEM copies. OEM copies from large manufacturers such as Dell, Gateway, etc. would usually come pre-activated. However you could also buy OEM copies of Windows which were not activated. (They were supposed to only be sold to end-users with hardware, but a mouse is technically hardware...)
Exactly. All the Second Amendment states is that because the individual States might need to draft their people to serve in a militia the federal government cannot prevent those people from having and using the arms they need to serve. The fact that this also enables said people to go hunting for deer and turkey and the like is just an added (though most certainly intended) perk.
Allow me to introduce you to a wonderful "new" feature supported by almost every browser ever created by mankind: The Bookmark. (Maybe you should google that.)
Anyone know what percentage of the US population has never flown on a plane in their entire lives? I'm curious if such a statistic has ever been calculated. (Assuming that the parent post's figure of 80% approval of the TSA is correct, I have a hunch I could make a pretty close guess...)
Oh please, spare me your moral rhetoric.
Corporations are going to gouge their customers no matter what the circumstances. They don't give a shit about customers' rights.
They are nothing but chislers.
Hyperbole works both ways.
But the more we understand free will, the less it seems to exist.
...
I'm not faulting the research, but I'm considering getting annoyed at the universe.
What would be the point if there isn't any free will? Wouldn't that simply mean that It (the universe) wanted you to know it was screwing with you?
...and that there was ever a Highlander II.
To be fair, every Highlander movie after it ignored the existance of Highlander II.
No. Google benefits. They get to see where you are going on the web even when you aren't using search to find it. I'd wager they love it when people do that.
Look at the UK and the gag orders put on the media by the courts to protect the wealthy s privacy (and their misdeeds which can be embarrassing).
And that has what exactly to do with the United States Constitution? Not saying it isn't true, but it's not all that relevant. If I remember correctly Truth isn't a liable/slander legal defense in the UK. I seem to recall that, indeed the law there is written to protect the important from being "embarrassed" publicly by their actions. (Someone from the UK want to comment on that?).
Excuse me?! The movie had a fully automatic crossbow in it. How is that even remotely reasonable? (I'm not even going to mention the bad acting.)
Putting a gps on each vehicle and somehow anonimizing the data seems the only realistic way.
How do you figure to do that to data that by its very nature needs to identify the vehicle, the number of miles driven, and where those miles were driven? I'm not seeing how that could be done in any meaningful way. At best you might be able to limit the reporting to a breakdown of miles per state or something of that nature. But good luck getting big brother to give up one of the most important "unintended" side-effects of taxing by miles driven.
Have every tried going exactly the speed limit on any moderately busy road?
Yes. I'm an ass that way sometimes. I can be a real jerk if someone is tail-gating me in an attempt to make me speed up or change lanes. Usually that just makes me vigorously observe posted limits.
I believe that the drivers in question were for the hypervisor.
Please assume the party escort position.
This was (almost) a triumph.
There is: dslreports
Hmm, not sure I buy it. If that were the case she (if she was paying attention to her driving) should have been able to see him standing in the brightly illuminated road ahead of her before she entered the glare. If the area of bright sunlight was so big she couldn't see him in it farther down the road she was driving recklessly in adverse conditions.
Regardless of if she was reading/posting to facebook, she wasn't paying adequate attention to *driving*.
If I remember correctly this is only true if you go directly to the page from a google search, otherwise the answer is hidden.
Might I suggest common unix commands? Any results from Google will be buried in the pages of results.
Just a guess but I'd say his BBS login name was probably "tomcat".
Basically they treated us as young adults, and expected us to behave the same.
I think you've hit the exact problem with schools in the U.S. and most likely elsewhere. This simply isn't true anymore and I think we're all the worse for it.
I think maybe what they're afraid of is that since they're letting these machines go for almost no profit (or even a loss?) that you'll use it for something other than games, which is where the money is really at.
I think you are only half right. I think what they are really afraid of is that companies that would otherwise have to pay them license fees in order for Sony to sign their PS3 games will start signing their own games. As long as they don't use Sony's SDK, I think it would probably be legal. That is what I think Sony is really worried about.
Then you have to wade through forums, sometimes obscure ones, to figure out what went wrong. Im used to doing that on Windows machines mostly by myself but it always seemed like more of a pain in my ass to fix Linux problems.
You do realise that the average user is usually incapable of fixing even the smallest Windows issue, right? Linux or Windows doesn't make much difference here.
It sounds more like you're complaining about losing all of the sunk cost in time learning how to fix Windows. I could be wrong (easily) but that's my take on it.
Don't get too excited. It isn't actually helpful.