Probably depends on the character. They do have Sherlock Holmes. But there's no way in hell they'd have Micky Mouse, as Disney has that locked up until at least the 29th century.
I got pulled over for speeding, expired plates (registration) and expired inspection. I was polite, the officer was polite, he gave me a ticket for a speed within the range to have it dismissed through defensive driving (I was going a bit faster than that) and allowed me to pull the current documents out of my glove box to avoid the plates and inspection charges.
It was like he was doing his job.
Funny that, I broke the law and he was nice to me.
Hmmm, maybe because I was polite.
I had a similar experience. A cop pulled me over for expired plates. He was polite enough, but during a long wait while he was checking my license, another cop car rolled up, presumably backup in case I wasn't polite. I thought it was overkill, but I understand why he did it.
Another problem is that good tracking doesn't help if the advertiser is stupid. If I've just bought a car, it's probably a waste of time showing me a bunch of ads for the very car I just bought. Even if I like pig butts (to use the other guy's example), I don't want them shoved at me every time I get online!
But I did 3 pocket-dials in a short time. I have no idea how that happened, since my iPhone was locked. Those calls were to my GF and my mom, so it appeared to be accessing my Favorites, but how it did that is a mystery.
There are at least two compelling reasons for any advanced technological species to conquer or eliminate us:
1) Remove a potential threat or competitor. Given the aggressive tendencies of humanity, preemptive containment or extermination is entirely rational.
We're about as threatening to anyone capable of interstellar travel as an ocean jellyfish is to someone in Missouri. I could see them keeping an eye on us and making sure we don't get the capability of leaving our solar system until we get our violence under control, but otherwise, why would they bother.
I don't think space aliens would travel thousands of light-years for a Homo Sapiens sandwich. We don't taste that good. Zoos might be a legitimate concern. They might think, with justification, that they're saving us from extinction.
I haven't used Linux for awhile, but when I did, most distros out of the box were as memory hungry as Windows. Of course, with Linux you could use something other than KDE/Gnome on lower-end machines.
When I bought my Nissan Altima, I got Nissan ads out every orifice! How many people casually buy new cars for their friends? Certainly, none of my friends do.:(
I suppose it would make sense to advertise frequently bought items like food, but they push ads for stuff that I buy once every 5 years! WTF?
Even those of us who live in houses might have problems. My previous house didn't have off-street parking. Neither did most of the houses on that block. My current house has a driveway, but I'd need an extention cord to reach the house. Houses with garages are the minority in my area.
nobody cares if the Orcs speak a butchered version of Sindarin except the geeks... and they'll just pay to see the movie three or four more times so they can gather evidence for their arguments;-)
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Why would there be "trash frigates"? Wouldn't they just beam the trash into the sun? Or maybe just disintegrate it?
"Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic".
Probably depends on the character. They do have Sherlock Holmes. But there's no way in hell they'd have Micky Mouse, as Disney has that locked up until at least the 29th century.
I got pulled over for speeding, expired plates (registration) and expired inspection.
I was polite, the officer was polite, he gave me a ticket for a speed within the range to have it dismissed through defensive driving (I was going a bit faster than that) and allowed me to pull the current documents out of my glove box to avoid the plates and inspection charges.
It was like he was doing his job.
Funny that, I broke the law and he was nice to me.
Hmmm, maybe because I was polite.
I had a similar experience. A cop pulled me over for expired plates. He was polite enough, but during a long wait while he was checking my license, another cop car rolled up, presumably backup in case I wasn't polite. I thought it was overkill, but I understand why he did it.
Way back in 2004 I worked in an office where you had to dial 9-1 before dialing an outside line. Try dialing a 1-800 number after that.
At my office they changed the "9" to "8" to get an outside line, and I heard that was the reason.
It sounds like FreeBSD supports LSB better than certain Linux distros.
But, is it that much harder than talking out your ass?
Might make it hard to call for assistance after that home invader ties you up and gags you.
The option for those without adblockers is "see so many ads that the content is drowned out". Disgust goes back up.
Another problem is that good tracking doesn't help if the advertiser is stupid. If I've just bought a car, it's probably a waste of time showing me a bunch of ads for the very car I just bought. Even if I like pig butts (to use the other guy's example), I don't want them shoved at me every time I get online!
Your grandfather was a wise man. Also, get off my lawn!
But I did 3 pocket-dials in a short time. I have no idea how that happened, since my iPhone was locked. Those calls were to my GF and my mom, so it appeared to be accessing my Favorites, but how it did that is a mystery.
In my case it's definitely "pocket-dial". I have it in the wrong pocket to "butt-dial" anything.
I don't understand it either. I keep my phone in either my shirt pocket or my front pants pocket. I don't want to sit on the damn thing.
There are at least two compelling reasons for any advanced technological species to conquer or eliminate us:
1) Remove a potential threat or competitor. Given the aggressive tendencies of humanity, preemptive containment or extermination is entirely rational.
We're about as threatening to anyone capable of interstellar travel as an ocean jellyfish is to someone in Missouri. I could see them keeping an eye on us and making sure we don't get the capability of leaving our solar system until we get our violence under control, but otherwise, why would they bother.
I don't think space aliens would travel thousands of light-years for a Homo Sapiens sandwich. We don't taste that good. Zoos might be a legitimate concern. They might think, with justification, that they're saving us from extinction.
I haven't used Linux for awhile, but when I did, most distros out of the box were as memory hungry as Windows. Of course, with Linux you could use something other than KDE/Gnome on lower-end machines.
One of my peeves was that when Vista came out, many PCs had 512MB - with Vista! I thought it was crap with 1 GB. I can only imagine it in half that.
OTOH, we're getting a lot fewer Tesla and Bitcoin ads^w stories.
Until we get a story about the new Tesla self-driving car, purchased with bitcoins.
I ASSume that you could still post anon by logging out completely, rather than checking the button while logged in.
When I bought my Nissan Altima, I got Nissan ads out every orifice! How many people casually buy new cars for their friends? Certainly, none of my friends do. :(
I suppose it would make sense to advertise frequently bought items like food, but they push ads for stuff that I buy once every 5 years! WTF?
Even those of us who live in houses might have problems. My previous house didn't have off-street parking. Neither did most of the houses on that block. My current house has a driveway, but I'd need an extention cord to reach the house. Houses with garages are the minority in my area.
I agree. They need to subtract the extra letter.
nobody cares if the Orcs speak a butchered version of Sindarin except the geeks... and they'll just pay to see the movie three or four more times so they can gather evidence for their arguments ;-)
The elves might be pissed off at that.
Yeah, and I'm sure the real gorillas weren't too happy with the movie either.