"It is impossible to be completely private. This is not a bad thing."
Eh I dunno. Personally, I'm kind of in the middle on the issue. On one hand, I don't really care if the gov't is aware of where I'm driving. (It's not like they don't have me by the balls without that information.) On the other, due process is VERY important to me. Worse, the data they could gather is very out of context. If I'm suspected of a crime, and they don't have a process to find information like this, they could find circumstantial evidence that I was guilty of the crime, as opposed to searching for stronger legitimate evidence that may point at somebody else.
So yeah, I want to be found if my airbag goes off, but I don't want somebody correlating my trip to Lake Oswego with a murder I wasn't involved with. Get a search warrant before looking at my data.
I think there's a middle ground here. Unfortunately, it'll require that the government be more disciplined, and the citizens will have to ditch the attitude that the gov't is out to get them.
"Infact, they worked so well that trolls like you remember them, and apparently still use them."
Psst, your home page is linked right under your username. It's not that he remembered, he just spotted it. It doesn't make him any less of a troll, but it does deflate the "well it's so well engineered everybody remember sit" argument.
As for his trolling, you did dismiss a lot of data for a not-so-solid reason.
"Yes, we British did make a twin engined fighter (named the Mosquito) out of wood. The Germans hated the Mosquito, it flew too high and too fast for them to shoot it down. Also, when they did managed to hit one, it generally survived to get back to base."
Here's a picture of the plane that survived being shot down a few times.
"1) Fell into a crater?! Come on! The landing area was intentionally selected to be free of any obstructions.. It's a goddamn flood plane."
You understand it wasn't a human at the controls, right? It had to be pre-programmed in order to get to that state. I'm not the least bit surprised that a.) It missed its target or b.) we weren't aware there was a crater there.
Get a clue, we're talking about Mars here, not Neverland Ranch.
"The question that I have is, how much will it cost?... unless this GBA thingy is really cheap, I just don't see much of a place for it."
I doubt it'll cost that much. It's got to have an input medium, and a decoder chip. How can that possibly come close to the cost of a portable DVD player?
" When I can get a portable DVD player with 7" widescreen for US$250,"
Though I doubt this will replace your DVD player, I just thought I'd point out that 7" is a hell of a lot bigger than your pocket. I hate carrying crap like that on a plane.
"Do we really need this in the GBA? I like mine because I can play good games in weird places, not because it's a do-all device. "
This doesn't strike me as an "OOO EVERYBODY'LL LOVE THIS" product. But more like "There's a few people that'll find this useful."
A few things to consider:
1.) GBA is small and very battery efficient. 2.) GBA is a common travel companion. 3.) DVD players, even portables, are very large. Damn ~5" discs.
If you're asking that question, simply put, it's not for you. Don't assume you represent the entire target audience, though. 2 little carts = 1 movie. If they can make that affordable, then I'd probably get it just to have something to watch instead of spending $200+ for a bulky DVD player.
Just curious, do you ever come back to them? I started to be that organized, then I realized they never come back out, so I stuff them all into a big envelope at the end of the year. In recent months, I have most of my bills come to my email account instead.
I guess what I'm saying is "I need more info" before I can suggest a method that is helpful to you. One major ingredient to how you sort is how you intend to retrieve it. I'm reasonably certain that anybody who's ever written a search algorithm will give you a similar answer.
I beg to differ. There's an American flag sitting on it. And if you trespass, we'll... uh.. damn, wish I had thought of something before hitting submit.
"And I didn't even mention the worst new irritant: the accumulated ringings of everyone's personal cellphones, all of which are set up to ring with the most annoying and lengthy ringtone possible, at the highest possible volume. "
I've found a good way to deal with this problem. I approach the person and say "Could you pleases turn down your ringer?" For some reason, it took a month for somebody to do that at my office.
Be careful, though. I found out that turning off an investor's cell phone is a nono, even if he does set it somewhere and let it constantly ring as though the caller has NFI what voicemail is.
"Paying $10 an hour for Wi-Fi access is almost twice as you pay for a movie."
I'm sorry, but I don't see the relevance of comparing movies to internet access. Keep reading...
"Is this an incentive to cross Paris, carrying your laptop, to meet a friend in a Wi-Fi connected cafe? I don't think so. As long as prices will remain that high, the utilization will remain very low. And of course, nobody will make money... As long as prices will remain that high, the utilization will remain very low. And of course, nobody will make money."
I'm impressed with the short-sightedness of this guy's comment. Does he know anything about business? Economics? Everything starts off expensive and gets CHEAPER as time goes by, customers get used to the idea, and competition settles in. These services that run $6-$10 are NOT aimed to him, the causual user. They are for the business traveller. $10 to get on the net, wirelessly, at broadband speeds for an hour is reasonable, especially when it's expensible. If you can business expense it, it means you're paying $10 to be productive.
How long will this pricing be in effect? Well, for one, they need to recoup their expenses. So the early adopters (the ones who'll really benefit from this service even if it is a bit pricey) will cover that. Then, over time, prices will go down, and if the service is popular, they'll expand their capacity. By then, the expenses of running that service will go down. And, perhaps, another business will be built on a similar service, and provide a little competition, causing services to go cheaper/better.
It's as simple as that. Just about every technology service has worked that way. So what does this have to do with the price of a movie ticket? Nothing! This isn't an hour of entertainment, it's an hour of business dependent service. Prices don't stay at a constant level unless you're selling music CDs.
"Your.sig, however, says it all, you're being a zealot. Not all down-mods are evil incarnate."
You are absolutely right. I'm being an ass. I'm not going to argue that I'm right. I'm not. What I should do is just keep meta-moderating. When I've calmed down on the issue, I'll re-examine that.
"If you really disagree with down-mods., you can go into your preferances and give Ratings like troll and flamebait +1 or even +2 to counter this."
That doesn't solve a thing. Think about what would set me off for a sec. Think about what would drive me to be so harsh. Try to imagine my point of view for a sec. "I don't agree with you, so I'm modding you down.""Uh oh, you're tactfully badmouthing Mozilla, take THAT!""Here's an AC being stupid to another AC, well I better make sure he's at -1 instead of 0. Never mind all those interesting posts out there.""Oh look at that funny comment. Too bad it's off-topic even though the FAQ says to be funny."
I kinda hope a few dudes with mod points will read my message and my sig and think twice before abusing their mod points. If not, at least you cannot fault me for trying to fix the problem.
"Oh BTW, congratulations on becoming my first foe! I really hate zealots."
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"It is impossible to be completely private. This is not a bad thing."
Eh I dunno. Personally, I'm kind of in the middle on the issue. On one hand, I don't really care if the gov't is aware of where I'm driving. (It's not like they don't have me by the balls without that information.) On the other, due process is VERY important to me. Worse, the data they could gather is very out of context. If I'm suspected of a crime, and they don't have a process to find information like this, they could find circumstantial evidence that I was guilty of the crime, as opposed to searching for stronger legitimate evidence that may point at somebody else.
So yeah, I want to be found if my airbag goes off, but I don't want somebody correlating my trip to Lake Oswego with a murder I wasn't involved with. Get a search warrant before looking at my data.
I think there's a middle ground here. Unfortunately, it'll require that the government be more disciplined, and the citizens will have to ditch the attitude that the gov't is out to get them.
"How do you post the text backwards like that?"
I spent 2 minutes and wrote a VB app, complete with GUI.
"Just strap an X-10 on it... And start whacking off."
Ouch. Wouldn't that inhibit whacking off? Besides, the rapidly swaying view would turn nauseating.
"Infact, they worked so well that trolls like you remember them, and apparently still use them."
Psst, your home page is linked right under your username. It's not that he remembered, he just spotted it. It doesn't make him any less of a troll, but it does deflate the "well it's so well engineered everybody remember sit" argument.
As for his trolling, you did dismiss a lot of data for a not-so-solid reason.
"Yes, we British did make a twin engined fighter (named the Mosquito) out of wood. The Germans hated the Mosquito, it flew too high and too fast for them to shoot it down. Also, when they did managed to hit one, it generally survived to get back to base."
Here's a picture of the plane that survived being shot down a few times.
"1) Fell into a crater?! Come on! The landing area was intentionally selected to be free of any obstructions.. It's a goddamn flood plane."
You understand it wasn't a human at the controls, right? It had to be pre-programmed in order to get to that state. I'm not the least bit surprised that a.) It missed its target or b.) we weren't aware there was a crater there.
Get a clue, we're talking about Mars here, not Neverland Ranch.
"So, according to the theory, the probe didn't make a crater, it landed in one. Just to make things clear."
You just know somebody at NASA shouted "nothin but net!"
Damn, they blew up the lander. I hope I have enough RU's to build a new one!
Well, sorry folks. I tried to work a Star Control 2 funny in here, but I'm just out of steam.
"Production costs: $1.2 million
2 minutes of network airtime: $2 million
Mention on Slashdot: Priceless."
This is not off-topic.
"The question that I have is, how much will it cost? ... unless this GBA thingy is really cheap, I just don't see much of a place for it."
I doubt it'll cost that much. It's got to have an input medium, and a decoder chip. How can that possibly come close to the cost of a portable DVD player?
" When I can get a portable DVD player with 7" widescreen for US$250,"
Though I doubt this will replace your DVD player, I just thought I'd point out that 7" is a hell of a lot bigger than your pocket. I hate carrying crap like that on a plane.
"Do we really need this in the GBA? I like mine because I can play good games in weird places, not because it's a do-all device. "
This doesn't strike me as an "OOO EVERYBODY'LL LOVE THIS" product. But more like "There's a few people that'll find this useful."
A few things to consider:
1.) GBA is small and very battery efficient.
2.) GBA is a common travel companion.
3.) DVD players, even portables, are very large. Damn ~5" discs.
If you're asking that question, simply put, it's not for you. Don't assume you represent the entire target audience, though. 2 little carts = 1 movie. If they can make that affordable, then I'd probably get it just to have something to watch instead of spending $200+ for a bulky DVD player.
Just curious, do you ever come back to them? I started to be that organized, then I realized they never come back out, so I stuff them all into a big envelope at the end of the year. In recent months, I have most of my bills come to my email account instead.
I guess what I'm saying is "I need more info" before I can suggest a method that is helpful to you. One major ingredient to how you sort is how you intend to retrieve it. I'm reasonably certain that anybody who's ever written a search algorithm will give you a similar answer.
"So, you meta-mod as unfair whenever someone marks a GNAA post as Offtopic, Troll, or Flamebait despite it clearly being all of the above?"
Well, let me put it this way: It doesn't make for an effective warning if I say "All negative mods will be metamodded fairly."
"Sheesh. There's nothing worse than someone who tries to destroy something out of pure spite."
Yep, you're right, I'm being an ass. Just remember it took 3 years of utter bullshit to drive me to this extreme.
Considering the source...
" (Especially since no one owns the Moon.) "
I beg to differ. There's an American flag sitting on it. And if you trespass, we'll... uh.. damn, wish I had thought of something before hitting submit.
"Farsi is written RIGHT to LEFT. not the other way around. fix please "
.dnuora yaw rehto eht ton . TFEL ot THGIR nettirw si israF"
Okay, here you go:
"esealp xif
Don't know why you couldn't fix it yourself, tho.
"In short, I think this is a well discuised attempt at karma whoring, and should be treated as such. "
Hmm... it'd appear that the handful of us that have girlfriends have been inconsiderate. Sorry!
"And I didn't even mention the worst new irritant: the accumulated ringings of everyone's personal cellphones, all of which are set up to ring with the most annoying and lengthy ringtone possible, at the highest possible volume. "
I've found a good way to deal with this problem. I approach the person and say "Could you pleases turn down your ringer?" For some reason, it took a month for somebody to do that at my office.
Be careful, though. I found out that turning off an investor's cell phone is a nono, even if he does set it somewhere and let it constantly ring as though the caller has NFI what voicemail is.
"So.. (Score:0, Flamebait) "
"If Microsoft falls, who will the Linux Community have to copy from? I hope it's Apple."
I hope this clarifies the meaning of my sig.
"Further confirming your status as Bonehead."
Few things in life are as worriesome as an AC calling me a bonehead.
"If they would have used a linux platform instead of Windows... "
They would have scored 0. Photoshop is not available for Linux.
Doesn't that mean they're testing anti-gravity?
"WiFi is certainly not worth $10 an hour."
It is when I'm on a business trip.
"Paying $10 an hour for Wi-Fi access is almost twice as you pay for a movie."
I'm sorry, but I don't see the relevance of comparing movies to internet access. Keep reading...
"Is this an incentive to cross Paris, carrying your laptop, to meet a friend in a Wi-Fi connected cafe? I don't think so. As long as prices will remain that high, the utilization will remain very low. And of course, nobody will make money... As long as prices will remain that high, the utilization will remain very low. And of course, nobody will make money."
I'm impressed with the short-sightedness of this guy's comment. Does he know anything about business? Economics? Everything starts off expensive and gets CHEAPER as time goes by, customers get used to the idea, and competition settles in. These services that run $6-$10 are NOT aimed to him, the causual user. They are for the business traveller. $10 to get on the net, wirelessly, at broadband speeds for an hour is reasonable, especially when it's expensible. If you can business expense it, it means you're paying $10 to be productive.
How long will this pricing be in effect? Well, for one, they need to recoup their expenses. So the early adopters (the ones who'll really benefit from this service even if it is a bit pricey) will cover that. Then, over time, prices will go down, and if the service is popular, they'll expand their capacity. By then, the expenses of running that service will go down. And, perhaps, another business will be built on a similar service, and provide a little competition, causing services to go cheaper/better.
It's as simple as that. Just about every technology service has worked that way. So what does this have to do with the price of a movie ticket? Nothing! This isn't an hour of entertainment, it's an hour of business dependent service. Prices don't stay at a constant level unless you're selling music CDs.
"Your .sig, however, says it all, you're being a zealot. Not all down-mods are evil incarnate."
You are absolutely right. I'm being an ass. I'm not going to argue that I'm right. I'm not. What I should do is just keep meta-moderating. When I've calmed down on the issue, I'll re-examine that.
"If you really disagree with down-mods., you can go into your preferances and give Ratings like troll and flamebait +1 or even +2 to counter this."
That doesn't solve a thing. Think about what would set me off for a sec. Think about what would drive me to be so harsh. Try to imagine my point of view for a sec. "I don't agree with you, so I'm modding you down." "Uh oh, you're tactfully badmouthing Mozilla, take THAT!" "Here's an AC being stupid to another AC, well I better make sure he's at -1 instead of 0. Never mind all those interesting posts out there." "Oh look at that funny comment. Too bad it's off-topic even though the FAQ says to be funny."
I kinda hope a few dudes with mod points will read my message and my sig and think twice before abusing their mod points. If not, at least you cannot fault me for trying to fix the problem.
"Oh BTW, congratulations on becoming my first foe! I really hate zealots."
I don't blame you. You're right.
At least have a happy holidays.