I personally like the "mostly harmless" adventure games
Likewise here. It's nice to be able to enjoy games with my six year old daughter, and see the smile on her face when she kicks my ass in Super Smash Brothers.;) Nintendo wins hands down for parents such as myself.
"Accelerate too fast from that stop sign? Change lanes without signaling? Talk on your phone while driving?" ------------- By themselves, none of these are illegal.
Uh, yes, they are. I've known friends who had tickets handed out for the first two, and a couple of places have made talking on a phone while driving illegal.
You're one of those people who believes you should follow every law to the letter, and just get it changed if you don't like it (but continue to adhere to it while working for change). I agree with the working to get it changed bit, but I don't agree to blindly following unjust or stupid laws. In fact, I received $250 cash for Christmas last year, AND had a yard sale last month, without reporting any of it to the IRS. With your line of thinking, I should be brought up on charges of tax evasion.:rolleyes:
I guarantee you break laws on a regular basis. Ever jaywalked? Built a fence or deck or installed a water heater without a permit? You've never, ever driven at 5mph+ over the speed limit? Gained anything of value without paying taxes on it? There are enough laws out there that you are guaranteed to break some law on a regular basis. Normally this is fine, but when you have a device that monitors you and turns you into the government, then we're talking about a police state. And that's not a place I'd want to live.
And the AC below me completely missed the point. I understand we're only tracking a phone and it can't rat on you for not signaling, or not buying a permit for your deck. The point is simply this: You seem to think it's OK for a device to tattle on people every time they speed because "they deserve it for breaking the law". I disagree, for all of the reasons mentioned above. If this technology is ever used in this manner, then it's only a matter of time before monitoring systems are placed everywhere to keep tabs on citizens. The government has no business using electronic devices to monitor all citizens' every moves for the purpose of catching lawbreakers.
How is having tons of time different from having tons of money?
They're exact opposites. You typically have one or the other - or neither - but not both. Jobless geek? You've got time, but no money. CEO? Lots of money, zero time. The rest of us work our asses off and have neither time nor money.
Do a search on homeschooling, look up studies, talk to homeschooling parents and their children, etc. Find what's right for you. Homeschooling certainly isn't right for everyone, though there are great advantages if you can make it work.
If you decide you want to go for it, find your state's laws. Homeschooling can be difficult with many restrictions, or a free-for-all, depending on where you live. We're in Washington State and the laws are quite simple and easy to comply with.
Which is too bad. If the entire group is breaking the law, they all deserve to get fined.
So, you can be the first to have the transmitter placed on you. Any time you break a law the transmitter will turn you in. Accidentally hit 56mph in a 55 yesterday? Your $130 fine will be in the mail. Accelerate too fast from that stop sign? Change lanes without signaling? Talk on your phone while driving? The fine is in the mail, every time. Afterall, as a lawbreaker, you deserve to get fined.
And without vigilance, it could easily become an expected part of life.
Like the videocameras my city has at every stoplight. Sure, people bitched at first, but now we just shut up and accept it. They've been around for a couple of years, it's already deployed, the money has been spent... what can you do? Nothing.
While I despise public schools, I think the interaction with other kids is necessary.
No, actually, it's detrimental to the children. I'm serious. Home-schooled children spend most of their time interacting with adults. End result? My six year old is articulate. She speaks and composes herself on an adult level. She can hold an intelligent conversation with any adult, and you don't have to "talk down" to her.
As a bonus for us, we don't have to deal with the bathroom jokes and bad behavior learned from other children.
That said, it is important to let the kids be kids. So you enroll them in various things. We do swimming lessons, horse riding lessons, tennis, Awana, church programs (you said you aren't into that; that's fine, there are other things available). Not all at once, mind you - we rotate activities based on the season, enrollment, costs, and her desires. We also participate in homeschooling groups, go to the park with other homeschooled children, etc.
In doing so, we can (somewhat) choose the type of children she associates with, therefore eliminating a large number of typical childhood behavioral problems by avoiding children who exhibit these problems. End result, my little girl gets a better chance at life.
The "interaction with other kids" is the biggest argument against homeschooling, and it's also the biggest load of shit. Homeschooled children simply blow away public schooled children in communication and social skills.
Tilt your mouse 90 degrees to the left, grab it, and feel what I mean.
You're a bastard. I actually did this. Man, was that ever comfortable! Now I am forever going to hate using my mouse, until someone comes out with the sort of mouse you're talking about...
You know you're supposed to tune the iTrip and your radio to the same frequency, right? *rimshot*
Seriously, I've never had a problem like this. Ever. Does the iTrip broadcast to your home stereo? To a friend's stereo? I'm thinking your's is simply defective...
Psst, Taco: Our plan worked. The first story-advertisements were too obvious, but this, yesss, this is working perfectly. World domination will soon be ours!
I hold no hope for it ever happening, but I'll support you all the way.
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how many people do you know that fly real helicopters?
Only one, and God willing, he is going to teach me some day (a buddy's father has a Robinson R-22; I've only been up in it once, but man, what a rush. A heli is the first thing I'm buying when I'm filthy stinking rich;) ).
Man, that blows. So what, they called 911 and turned in his license plate? Or the cops caught him there? This is a little scary. What if I'm sitting outside a Starbucks and get hooked up on some company's LAN instead of Starbucks' LAN - they sieze every bit of computer equipment they can find?
If I were your friend, I'd put a huge write-up about this on the Internet, talk to all of the media outlets, and make a nasty stink about it. And I'd hire a good lawyer.
Because we all know that the vast majority of consumers out there want to spend hours installing and configuring software on their new computer instead of being able to turn it on and have something that works...
(sigh), why does everything have to be an absolute with you people? They could, you know, give you $x off the price of a computer and ship it with a blank drive _at your request_. That doesn't mean they would somehow be forced to do that to _everyone_, for crying out loud...
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I personally like the "mostly harmless" adventure games
;) Nintendo wins hands down for parents such as myself.
Likewise here. It's nice to be able to enjoy games with my six year old daughter, and see the smile on her face when she kicks my ass in Super Smash Brothers.
"Accelerate too fast from that stop sign? Change lanes without signaling? Talk on your phone while driving?"
:rolleyes:
-------------
By themselves, none of these are illegal.
Uh, yes, they are. I've known friends who had tickets handed out for the first two, and a couple of places have made talking on a phone while driving illegal.
You're one of those people who believes you should follow every law to the letter, and just get it changed if you don't like it (but continue to adhere to it while working for change). I agree with the working to get it changed bit, but I don't agree to blindly following unjust or stupid laws. In fact, I received $250 cash for Christmas last year, AND had a yard sale last month, without reporting any of it to the IRS. With your line of thinking, I should be brought up on charges of tax evasion.
I guarantee you break laws on a regular basis. Ever jaywalked? Built a fence or deck or installed a water heater without a permit? You've never, ever driven at 5mph+ over the speed limit? Gained anything of value without paying taxes on it? There are enough laws out there that you are guaranteed to break some law on a regular basis. Normally this is fine, but when you have a device that monitors you and turns you into the government, then we're talking about a police state. And that's not a place I'd want to live.
And the AC below me completely missed the point. I understand we're only tracking a phone and it can't rat on you for not signaling, or not buying a permit for your deck. The point is simply this: You seem to think it's OK for a device to tattle on people every time they speed because "they deserve it for breaking the law". I disagree, for all of the reasons mentioned above. If this technology is ever used in this manner, then it's only a matter of time before monitoring systems are placed everywhere to keep tabs on citizens. The government has no business using electronic devices to monitor all citizens' every moves for the purpose of catching lawbreakers.
How is having tons of time different from having tons of money?
They're exact opposites. You typically have one or the other - or neither - but not both. Jobless geek? You've got time, but no money. CEO? Lots of money, zero time. The rest of us work our asses off and have neither time nor money.
Do a search on homeschooling, look up studies, talk to homeschooling parents and their children, etc. Find what's right for you. Homeschooling certainly isn't right for everyone, though there are great advantages if you can make it work.
If you decide you want to go for it, find your state's laws. Homeschooling can be difficult with many restrictions, or a free-for-all, depending on where you live. We're in Washington State and the laws are quite simple and easy to comply with.
Good luck with whatever option you choose!
Which is too bad. If the entire group is breaking the law, they all deserve to get fined.
So, you can be the first to have the transmitter placed on you. Any time you break a law the transmitter will turn you in. Accidentally hit 56mph in a 55 yesterday? Your $130 fine will be in the mail. Accelerate too fast from that stop sign? Change lanes without signaling? Talk on your phone while driving? The fine is in the mail, every time. Afterall, as a lawbreaker, you deserve to get fined.
And without vigilance, it could easily become an expected part of life.
Like the videocameras my city has at every stoplight. Sure, people bitched at first, but now we just shut up and accept it. They've been around for a couple of years, it's already deployed, the money has been spent... what can you do? Nothing.
(yes, I know this is off-topic)
While I despise public schools, I think the interaction with other kids is necessary.
No, actually, it's detrimental to the children. I'm serious. Home-schooled children spend most of their time interacting with adults. End result? My six year old is articulate. She speaks and composes herself on an adult level. She can hold an intelligent conversation with any adult, and you don't have to "talk down" to her.
As a bonus for us, we don't have to deal with the bathroom jokes and bad behavior learned from other children.
That said, it is important to let the kids be kids. So you enroll them in various things. We do swimming lessons, horse riding lessons, tennis, Awana, church programs (you said you aren't into that; that's fine, there are other things available). Not all at once, mind you - we rotate activities based on the season, enrollment, costs, and her desires. We also participate in homeschooling groups, go to the park with other homeschooled children, etc.
In doing so, we can (somewhat) choose the type of children she associates with, therefore eliminating a large number of typical childhood behavioral problems by avoiding children who exhibit these problems. End result, my little girl gets a better chance at life.
The "interaction with other kids" is the biggest argument against homeschooling, and it's also the biggest load of shit. Homeschooled children simply blow away public schooled children in communication and social skills.
whats the difference then of me clicking on "But it Now", or "Add to Cart" on Amazon?
One violates a patent belonging to a former CIA engineer, and the other violates a patent belonging to Amazon.
Tilt your mouse 90 degrees to the left, grab it, and feel what I mean.
You're a bastard. I actually did this. Man, was that ever comfortable! Now I am forever going to hate using my mouse, until someone comes out with the sort of mouse you're talking about...
I agree. I'd love a 3D desktop where I can really layer windows and navigate the space to hide/reveal objects.
At least until he enters the public education system with children raised by lazy parents like you.
You can lick this one, too: Homeschool him. That's what we're doing.
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Oh, shit. They found me.
Ah ha. So we setup a huge library, and you can borrow for free, so long as you cover shipping & slightly exaggerated handling costs. ;)
Seems legal enough to me. Once you ship it back, then you can borrow another.
You know you're supposed to tune the iTrip and your radio to the same frequency, right? *rimshot*
Seriously, I've never had a problem like this. Ever. Does the iTrip broadcast to your home stereo? To a friend's stereo? I'm thinking your's is simply defective...
A product like this should be transmitting in an ISM band using spread-spectrum, like Bluetooth or WiFi.
Right, so you can use it to listen to your iPod on your car's FM radio without disturbing others...
Oh, wait.
GriffinTech should be paying for this spot
Psst, Taco: Our plan worked. The first story-advertisements were too obvious, but this, yesss, this is working perfectly. World domination will soon be ours!
Ctrl-F that page for "good-looking"
;)
BWAAA!! Sound the alarm! I found another one of those "Windows" users here!
Surely you mean "grep that page"?
Sounds like a good idea to me.
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I hold no hope for it ever happening, but I'll support you all the way.
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how many people do you know that fly real helicopters?
;) ).
Only one, and God willing, he is going to teach me some day (a buddy's father has a Robinson R-22; I've only been up in it once, but man, what a rush. A heli is the first thing I'm buying when I'm filthy stinking rich
as well as get a kudos from /. That may well be worth the initial costs of fighting the subpeonas.
Right, because the world revolves around what a bunch of pasty little computer nerds think...
(No, it's not flamebait; I'm one of those pasty little computer nerds, too. And damn proud of it!)
While I can't say I've ever flown a real helicopter, I do have a lot of in game experience
;)
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Bummer; I hope he gets it back soon. Thank you for relating the story. :)
Man, that blows. So what, they called 911 and turned in his license plate? Or the cops caught him there? This is a little scary. What if I'm sitting outside a Starbucks and get hooked up on some company's LAN instead of Starbucks' LAN - they sieze every bit of computer equipment they can find?
If I were your friend, I'd put a huge write-up about this on the Internet, talk to all of the media outlets, and make a nasty stink about it. And I'd hire a good lawyer.
Because we all know that the vast majority of consumers out there want to spend hours installing and configuring software on their new computer instead of being able to turn it on and have something that works...
(sigh), why does everything have to be an absolute with you people? They could, you know, give you $x off the price of a computer and ship it with a blank drive _at your request_. That doesn't mean they would somehow be forced to do that to _everyone_, for crying out loud...
Their actions have created groups of people that no longer even care about acquiring the music. Their purpose is to screw the RIAA.
Come on in, the water's nice!