According to Procter, the chips can also be used for financial transactions. ...
The VeriChip is inserted at the club and means club-goers will no longer have to wait in line to pay to get in and will be able to use the chip to pay their bar bill.
This company hasn't started chipping yet, and they're already talking about using it for non-medical uses.
I'm sure it will be during someone's Physics lecture. At least that's when the last "We've been here an hour but the clock says we just started" moment occurred.
Unfortunately, due to inconsistent implementation of Daylight Savings, an erroneous timestamp will cause the system to place this post significantly further down the list. Rest assured, though, that this post was made an hour before the timestamp shows, and was, therefore, first.
Hopefully this software will be very smart about where the spam really came from, and all the paths that the reply spams and any related undeliverable messages might take. I recall years ago an extremely upset exchange of IMs with someone who insisted I'd sent them junk mail (my address had been spoofed). With all the "Mail could not be delivered" messages I get already, hopefully this software doesn't, by some means or another, land more crap in MY email box.
Contrarily, my Zalman 7000 currently runs at 1700 RPM, staying very quiet and keeping my Athlon64 system at a stable 43C on this warm summer day under load. Manufacturers' specs aren't the best place to do research. I have 3 fans in my case, including power, due to carefully selected components. You can have it now, no innovation required.
If you are, indeed, the person who wrote the article, what are you doing buying Thermaltake fans and expecting a quiet box? Do some research before cooling your CPU with a hairdryer.
He will be declined, ejected from the resort area, and heavily sued. I think we're all familiar with Disney's views on piracy.
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Why is it that at a university, where you're supposedly learning things significantly more advanced and in-depth than in K-12, it's perfectly reasonable to spend less than four hours on campus a day as a "full time" student? For 30 weeks of the year?
This "maximize time in the classroom" mantra that's going around is sickening. I remember darn well what I was doing 80% of the time in K-12. Reading a book. Playing with my calculator. Daydreaming. Doodling. With a 3.9 GPA.
If the school day were to end at noon, it would not only keep the kids sane, but also provide time for them to pursue more meaningful activities. Music. Art. Athletics. Science clubs. Playing tag. Interacting with other people in a non-structured environment (such scandalous madness!).
As an added bonus, they would be significantly less brain-fried due to less hours sitting still, and therefore more attentive. They might also be more active with this reduced mental exhaustion and increased time, helping to stem the "obesity epidemic."
My mom is from Argentina, where school was just like that. 8 to noon, five days a week, with electives available in the afternoon. When she moved here, speaking very little English, she was bumped up a grade. It can work.
We need to get rid of tests. Rather, you can keep the tests if you like, but get rid of the stupidly high emphasis they are given. Rather than for feel-good "don't hurt their feelings" reasons, though, here's my rationale:
It seems that the better part of education is "to prepare you for the test." Why do you study math? So you pass. Why read the book? There's a quiz on it. Learning is rarely about engaging the subject matter, but rather moving students from test to test.
I'm usually happier in a class where I don't care about the grade, and will end up doing better as a result. People should try it more.
Standardized tests are even worse. Aside from the "they don't mean squat" issues, there's the horrific amount of class time spent preparing for them.
Take the phrase, test-taking strategies. Why on earth would a person in a rational society need this?
We seem obsessed with giving people scores on things, and even more obsessed with maximizing our personal score, even when that score is for something completely arbitrary and meaningless (notice how much people will go through for an award certificate).
My current one works fine, the new one requires hours upon hours of configuration and getting familiar, and even then most of the stuff I'd like to run doesn't run on it. Can't imagine why they don't take off.
Au contraire! Even if it is just you strumming your guitar, you have the copyright to it just by creating it. Poor wording on Sweden's and/or the article writer's and/or the translator's part. Stuff from iTunes is copyrighted as well... by buying the track you have permission to use it but it's still copyrighted.
Heck, our TI-82 CALCULATOR was enough of a distraction and hindrance to learning. How do you solve a quadratic equation? Why, you plug the numbers into "Quad Killer!" This was the teacher's official policy and recommendation. Not to mention all the Lunar Lander, Tetris, etc. Can't imagine how distracting it would be to have a laptop in high school.
Or, you could plant a tree or two for shade. We're one of the few houses in my neighborhood near Los Angeles that doesn't have A/C, and we don't need it. Sure, it gets warm at times, but with open windows a light breeze will take care of excess heat. The water used is no more than our neighbors pour onto their sparse lawns. Even outdoors, the temperature drops about ten degrees when you walk past our house. Unfortunately, the neighbors' A/C noise still negates the effects of my quiet PC.
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According to Procter, the chips can also be used for financial transactions.
The VeriChip is inserted at the club and means club-goers will no longer have to wait in line to pay to get in and will be able to use the chip to pay their bar bill.
This company hasn't started chipping yet, and they're already talking about using it for non-medical uses.
it's electronic freedom foundation
No, it's Electronic Frontier Foundation. http://www.eff.org/
I'm sure it will be during someone's Physics lecture. At least that's when the last "We've been here an hour but the clock says we just started" moment occurred.
* the 'sun' is that awfully bright thing that hurts your eyes when you let in the pizza guy.
What are you doing up at that hour?
When looking at the headline and seeing my native USA flag, I couldn't help but think that before long it might be analogous to Fark's "Florida" tag.
i.e. "Look what these crazies are doing now!"
It's been a long time coming, but the word "geek" is now officially ruined. Time to find another social-outcast-and-proud-of-it moniker.
Unfortunately, due to inconsistent implementation of Daylight Savings, an erroneous timestamp will cause the system to place this post significantly further down the list. Rest assured, though, that this post was made an hour before the timestamp shows, and was, therefore, first.
You mean the company that will soon be formerly known as Vista Windows?
... because, whether you like it or not, you're likely to say, "Wow, look at that."
Hopefully this software will be very smart about where the spam really came from, and all the paths that the reply spams and any related undeliverable messages might take. I recall years ago an extremely upset exchange of IMs with someone who insisted I'd sent them junk mail (my address had been spoofed). With all the "Mail could not be delivered" messages I get already, hopefully this software doesn't, by some means or another, land more crap in MY email box.
As a musician, I take offense at the notion that I must be working in some sort of content factory, extruding music product on an assembly line.
Being referred to in such a way makes me all the less motivated to "produce content."
Microsoft, I fart in your general direction.
Contrarily, my Zalman 7000 currently runs at 1700 RPM, staying very quiet and keeping my Athlon64 system at a stable 43C on this warm summer day under load. Manufacturers' specs aren't the best place to do research. I have 3 fans in my case, including power, due to carefully selected components. You can have it now, no innovation required.
And yet you can't spell "satirical"?
If you are, indeed, the person who wrote the article, what are you doing buying Thermaltake fans and expecting a quiet box? Do some research before cooling your CPU with a hairdryer.
He will be declined, ejected from the resort area, and heavily sued. I think we're all familiar with Disney's views on piracy.
Why is it that at a university, where you're supposedly learning things significantly more advanced and in-depth than in K-12, it's perfectly reasonable to spend less than four hours on campus a day as a "full time" student? For 30 weeks of the year?
This "maximize time in the classroom" mantra that's going around is sickening. I remember darn well what I was doing 80% of the time in K-12. Reading a book. Playing with my calculator. Daydreaming. Doodling. With a 3.9 GPA.
If the school day were to end at noon, it would not only keep the kids sane, but also provide time for them to pursue more meaningful activities. Music. Art. Athletics. Science clubs. Playing tag. Interacting with other people in a non-structured environment (such scandalous madness!).
As an added bonus, they would be significantly less brain-fried due to less hours sitting still, and therefore more attentive. They might also be more active with this reduced mental exhaustion and increased time, helping to stem the "obesity epidemic."
My mom is from Argentina, where school was just like that. 8 to noon, five days a week, with electives available in the afternoon. When she moved here, speaking very little English, she was bumped up a grade. It can work.
We need to get rid of tests. Rather, you can keep the tests if you like, but get rid of the stupidly high emphasis they are given. Rather than for feel-good "don't hurt their feelings" reasons, though, here's my rationale:
It seems that the better part of education is "to prepare you for the test." Why do you study math? So you pass. Why read the book? There's a quiz on it. Learning is rarely about engaging the subject matter, but rather moving students from test to test.
I'm usually happier in a class where I don't care about the grade, and will end up doing better as a result. People should try it more.
Standardized tests are even worse. Aside from the "they don't mean squat" issues, there's the horrific amount of class time spent preparing for them.
Take the phrase, test-taking strategies. Why on earth would a person in a rational society need this?
We seem obsessed with giving people scores on things, and even more obsessed with maximizing our personal score, even when that score is for something completely arbitrary and meaningless (notice how much people will go through for an award certificate).
+1 Funny
Obviously the mods can't spell. This is perfectly on-topic.
My current one works fine, the new one requires hours upon hours of configuration and getting familiar, and even then most of the stuff I'd like to run doesn't run on it. Can't imagine why they don't take off.
too lazy to link. Hint: it's at atchive.org
:P
Too lazy to proofread as well, apparently. Here: archive.org
You get your stuff not seized by the government.
Au contraire! Even if it is just you strumming your guitar, you have the copyright to it just by creating it. Poor wording on Sweden's and/or the article writer's and/or the translator's part. Stuff from iTunes is copyrighted as well... by buying the track you have permission to use it but it's still copyrighted.
Amen to that!
Heck, our TI-82 CALCULATOR was enough of a distraction and hindrance to learning. How do you solve a quadratic equation? Why, you plug the numbers into "Quad Killer!" This was the teacher's official policy and recommendation. Not to mention all the Lunar Lander, Tetris, etc. Can't imagine how distracting it would be to have a laptop in high school.
Indeed! I was thinking "Why does the town of Greenwich have such a say on Google's operations?"
Look at Zombo.com... total stealth startup. The website just sat there with no defined purpose, as far as anyone could tell.
And now, look at it. You can do ANYTHING at Zombo.com.
Or, you could plant a tree or two for shade. We're one of the few houses in my neighborhood near Los Angeles that doesn't have A/C, and we don't need it. Sure, it gets warm at times, but with open windows a light breeze will take care of excess heat. The water used is no more than our neighbors pour onto their sparse lawns. Even outdoors, the temperature drops about ten degrees when you walk past our house. Unfortunately, the neighbors' A/C noise still negates the effects of my quiet PC.