Smart TVs are almost certainly involved and if they aren't already, soon will be.
Gullible people seem quite happy to install TVs with inbuit cameras and microphones in their living rooms and connect them to the Internet. What could possibly go wrong?
I'm... not... sure you're replying to the right post there, sonny. I was the one backing up your fair use of the legitimate term M$. I know nothing of your use of MSN, with a $ or otherwise.
ISPs are now a basic utility. They provide bandwidth through which you perform your online activities. That "series of tubes" analogy, while simplistic, applies quite well here. You're renting a small tube.
In no way should a utility be liable for the actions of its customers. When a psychopath electrocutes puppies in their garage is the electricity company held liable? When someone floods their neighbours basement with a garden hose is the water company liable? Then it should not be so for ISPs, who should as a result have no just cause to snoop on what goes through their "tubes".
Legally this isn't the case in most jurisdictions, but it damn well should be.
They were probably paid lots of money by a certain monopolist to cripple the PC version so as to not make their XBox version look so bad in side-by-side comparisons. The lowest common denominator wins again.
Title explanation: Recall that Halo for PC was never released. A pity because it looked quite good. What eventually came out on the PC was a low-quality port of the XBox version.
Yes indeed, "not again". The US system of taxes on prizes is utterly ludicrous. No way should the recipient of a prize be liable for any kind of payment. Tax the prizes if you must, but that will be payable by the organization that issues the prize.
And don't get me started on a slightly OT rant about the retarded situation that permits US mobile carriers to charge customers to receive SMS messages.
More likely though is that children grow in bursts and you may have had such a growth spurt coincide with the surgery. Children who have become accustomed to their bodies having certain parameters (height, mass, limb length, etc), can and do often appear clumsy and less coordinated overall for a period when these parameters suddenly change. Although I suspect this is more evident in teenagers.
Of course content providers will salivate over making these devices do just the opposite - provide access to a given device or media for an "approved" period of time before rendering it unusable.
The cloud is automation layers to manage virtualization solutions and baremetal as a whole, automate management and deployment. It is about efficiency and accesibility for the enduser. It's about the possibility of exposing resources direct to users on demand.
Now that I disagree with.
The cloud is synonymous with "someone else's computer".
While the current trends are undeniable and a strong case for human causation exists, climate scientists, or at least people dressing up as climate scientists, often make statements beyond their expertise.
I'm talking about bold predictions such as by year 20xx sea levels will rise by x mm or the polar ice caps will be xx% smaller or Chicago will be xx degrees hotter in winter.
That's what I thought the GP was getting at, but I could of course be mistaken.
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So... why is it still open?
Smart TVs are almost certainly involved and if they aren't already, soon will be.
Gullible people seem quite happy to install TVs with inbuit cameras and microphones in their living rooms and connect them to the Internet. What could possibly go wrong?
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I'm... not... sure you're replying to the right post there, sonny. I was the one backing up your fair use of the legitimate term M$. I know nothing of your use of MSN, with a $ or otherwise.
No.
M$ is the acceptable shorthand for Microsoft Corporation, commonly used by those who dislike them.
And, if you have been paying any attention to the activities of that company, this will include you.
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Are you serious?
Here's my priorities for a smart-watch, in decreasing order of importance. Satisfy all of these and I'll consider wearing one:
C. It's C all the way down.
This.
ISPs are now a basic utility. They provide bandwidth through which you perform your online activities. That "series of tubes" analogy, while simplistic, applies quite well here. You're renting a small tube.
In no way should a utility be liable for the actions of its customers. When a psychopath electrocutes puppies in their garage is the electricity company held liable?
When someone floods their neighbours basement with a garden hose is the water company liable?
Then it should not be so for ISPs, who should as a result have no just cause to snoop on what goes through their "tubes".
Legally this isn't the case in most jurisdictions, but it damn well should be.
They were probably paid lots of money by a certain monopolist to cripple the PC version so as to not make their XBox version look so bad in side-by-side comparisons. The lowest common denominator wins again.
Title explanation: Recall that Halo for PC was never released. A pity because it looked quite good. What eventually came out on the PC was a low-quality port of the XBox version.
Hell, I'd settle for standard 60fps over the crappy juddery 30fps all the consumer cameras seem to have today.
You know, like we had ten years ago but with higher resolution and not interlaced.
It sometimes helps to picture the Slashdot community as a room full of Comic Book Guys. It's probably not far from reality.
FWIW, I think this is a pretty cool project.
Because if they tried to do that, their supporters would then "take a dim view" of their actions. Yeah, that'll show 'em.
Yes indeed, "not again". The US system of taxes on prizes is utterly ludicrous. No way should the recipient of a prize be liable for any kind of payment. Tax the prizes if you must, but that will be payable by the organization that issues the prize.
And don't get me started on a slightly OT rant about the retarded situation that permits US mobile carriers to charge customers to receive SMS messages.
There could be a relationship there.
More likely though is that children grow in bursts and you may have had such a growth spurt coincide with the surgery. Children who have become accustomed to their bodies having certain parameters (height, mass, limb length, etc), can and do often appear clumsy and less coordinated overall for a period when these parameters suddenly change. Although I suspect this is more evident in teenagers.
Would, then, damage caused by exposure to other chemicals such as ethanol not also be flushed in infants?
I find that highly doubtful.
This is another form of DRM.
Of course content providers will salivate over making these devices do just the opposite - provide access to a given device or media for an "approved" period of time before rendering it unusable.
When I grow up I'm going to Lepton University!
No wait...
The cloud is automation layers to manage virtualization solutions and baremetal as a whole, automate management and deployment. It is about efficiency and accesibility for the enduser. It's about the possibility of exposing resources direct to users on demand.
Now that I disagree with.
The cloud is synonymous with "someone else's computer".
What are you going to do about that? Isn't there some clause in your country's constitution that mandates you to fix situations like this?
Determined people can still access content despite the DRM, not because of it.
And now, thanks to the DRM, pirated content has more value than the original product. Who's letting the market decide now?
No.
Mozilla did have a choice. They made the wrong one.
That's not how I read the GP at all.
While the current trends are undeniable and a strong case for human causation exists, climate scientists, or at least people dressing up as climate scientists, often make statements beyond their expertise.
I'm talking about bold predictions such as by year 20xx sea levels will rise by x mm or the polar ice caps will be xx% smaller or Chicago will be xx degrees hotter in winter.
That's what I thought the GP was getting at, but I could of course be mistaken.
Which one will let me capture at a high frame rate (>60fps)?
And for you young'uns, what do you suppose your C++ or Java development times would be like if you got one compile a day?"
The development time might be a bit longer but, dammit, the code would be a hell of a lot better.
Perhaps we should go back to that system.