"The logger consists of a computer chip with memory capacity, a battery and a thermometer. It records the squirrel's internal temperature every 12 minutes. After a year and a half, the memory capacity is full." And now Barnes and the little squirrel live happily ever after...
"Barnes' research may do little to enhance human-squirrel relations, however, since it involves luring the squirrel into a cage and then whisking it off to the operating table where its abdominal cavity is cut open and a data logger inserted."
They love to state the obvious. Also, what happens to the data logger?
"Barnes said that the squirrels are not bothered by the procedure"
I'd be bothered if some massive stranger came over, offered me food, didn't give it and put me in a cage. Let alone then operating on me! Wonder if the dataloggers Microsoft Windows CE powered...
Firstly: "Psychologists in Canada" + "The methodology is not air-tight" = verifiably-true???!?!?!
"But we hypothesise that viewing pictures of pretty women was mildly arousing" Duh! Thats what the internet was invented for...
"If there's the prospect of getting a very [strike]attractive[/strike] rich partner it may pay a man to take more risks than if an average partner was available."
Thats better...
"If you are less attractive, with few potential partners, then it pays to take risks" I.e, go for the cute ones! Nice...thats where I am going wrong...lol
"we don't believe it's possible to protect digital content"
=
"I never have to purchase a CD/Movie/Game again!"
I doubt this will matter much though - companies will always try and protect their content as the majority of users will not try to break the protection anyway.
"Who in their right mind ignores advice from the people who are going to pay for your product? And in the end, that's what it comes down. Fans pay the bills - and they deserve respect." Bit he also points out the negative angle: "Fan suggestions are usually what would make the game better for that one individual. Developers need to consider the global effects of any suggestion and work to keep the majority happy."
As usual, a balence of both is often the best solution - most sensible suggestions should be listened to, and the better ones acted upon.
Most worrying bit:"If Johansen's acquittal is over-turned on appeal, it will become illegal for Norwegians to bypass DVD region code restrictions or technical restrictions that prevent fast-forwarding over advertisements, or otherwise circumvent digital controls on their own property," said IP Justice Executive Director Robin Gross.
This is really not good for peoples civil liberties at all - it sucks! This will mean lots of people will get sued potenially.
"One suggestion which I thought was partictularly interesting involved a bounty system whereby a price would be put on 'hacker's heads', incentivating other hackers to go after them and bring them forward"
Just remove all the remaining trust between hackers...
I am sure most hackers would not grass/bring them forward for money - especally in groups.
Its kinda like the card in HongKong called octopus - http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/train/octopus.html Which is used on the MTR and in shops and busses. Its great and a neat idea - you just wave your walet over the reader and thats it.
I had one of these in the UK on Orange when they came out:
It was ok, but it had one MAJOR flaw: You could not install any software which was not signed by Orange. This limited its usefulness so it went back within my 14-day period.
Camera quality was rubbish, MP3 was ok, GPRS was pretty nippy (but of not much use for downloading software).
Main problems were the cost of data/mb and the software installation problem. Also the phone is big, at least compared to most UK phones.
I have been informed there is a "fix" availible to the phone - but this is not something the majority of you will be able to get, and is not supported by the newtork operators. However the network does not have to lock the phone down in this way - most here do, to save on support calls when people shaft the phones up (apparently, but its probably to charge for a developer sig).
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You bought the cut down version, with many cars and tracks missing. This is not the same as the final version - it costs nearly half as much!
Anyway I found another interesting article - this one has pictures of the cars and a video feature(s) as well...
I bet she didn't even need an injection to achieve that with your subtly
"The logger consists of a computer chip with memory capacity, a battery and a thermometer. It records the squirrel's internal temperature every 12 minutes. After a year and a half, the memory capacity is full."
And now Barnes and the little squirrel live happily ever after...
Almost.
"Barnes' research may do little to enhance human-squirrel relations, however, since it involves luring the squirrel into a cage and then whisking it off to the operating table where its abdominal cavity is cut open and a data logger inserted."
They love to state the obvious.
Also, what happens to the data logger?
"Barnes said that the squirrels are not bothered by the procedure"
I'd be bothered if some massive stranger came over, offered me food, didn't give it and put me in a cage. Let alone then operating on me!
Wonder if the dataloggers Microsoft Windows CE powered...
jealousus-bastardus I think is the technical name...
Firstly: "Psychologists in Canada" + "The methodology is not air-tight" = verifiably-true???!?!?!
"But we hypothesise that viewing pictures of pretty women was mildly arousing"
Duh! Thats what the internet was invented for...
"If there's the prospect of getting a very [strike]attractive[/strike] rich partner it may pay a man to take more risks than if an average partner was available."
Thats better...
"If you are less attractive, with few potential partners, then it pays to take risks"
I.e, go for the cute ones! Nice...thats where I am going wrong...lol
"we don't believe it's possible to protect digital content"
=
"I never have to purchase a CD/Movie/Game again!"
I doubt this will matter much though - companies will always try and protect their content as the majority of users will not try to break the protection anyway.
IMHO this is the most embarrassing, disheartening, and bone-headed developments in the game industry over the past year: "one of the participants went to his car, got a gun, and pointed it at the head of a staff member"
As usual, a balence of both is often the best solution - most sensible suggestions should be listened to, and the better ones acted upon.
This is really not good for peoples civil liberties at all - it sucks! This will mean lots of people will get sued potenially.
Just remove all the remaining trust between hackers...
I am sure most hackers would not grass/bring them forward for money - especally in groups.
Some poor soul with far too much time on his hands has posted this article?
At least you can remove it, where as biometrics are kinda permanent...
Its kinda like the card in HongKong called octopus - http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/train/octopus.html Which is used on the MTR and in shops and busses. Its great and a neat idea - you just wave your walet over the reader and thats it.
Think you'll find that most do it to feed their children, to support them, to get them shoes and clothes.
Couldn't parents give the kids "credits" to play games when 1) they were good 2) proved they did their home work...
Then they'd still work, and play...
So no more late night fragging my mum on Half Life then?
I really wish they would make a game like this based on hardwar
Yeah probably. I have inside knowledge you see...
trusting the consumer?
Is that like trusting the user when designing a peice of software?
Sony Login Screen:
Don't worry about logging in, we trust you, just click here.
can't wait for half-life 27 to come out, its gonna be WAY better than Quake 30
wales? Oh Whales. I'm going back to sleep.
I have had one, the MP3 quality and general call qualitiy is normal compared to most high end phones and small mp3 players
I had one of these in the UK on Orange when they came out:
It was ok, but it had one MAJOR flaw: You could not install any software which was not signed by Orange. This limited its usefulness so it went back within my 14-day period.
Camera quality was rubbish, MP3 was ok, GPRS was pretty nippy (but of not much use for downloading software).
Main problems were the cost of data/mb and the software installation problem. Also the phone is big, at least compared to most UK phones.
I have been informed there is a "fix" availible to the phone - but this is not something the majority of you will be able to get, and is not supported by the newtork operators. However the network does not have to lock the phone down in this way - most here do, to save on support calls when people shaft the phones up (apparently, but its probably to charge for a developer sig).
Verdict- Get a P800 instead.
BitTorrent rocks - Almost everytime I use it to download things it max's out my cablemodem download rate! Noice