Twitter apps can set your location (many do it at the same time as you tweet), but this is a single location associated with your profile, so it will be changed as you move around. The new API assigns a geolocation to the specific tweet so you will have historical data for users location which, no doubt, someone will think of a good use for. It's pretty much building on top of the location that currently exists, but you will be able to set a "home" location that specifies the area you are in, making it easy to find people in the same town as you, for instance, but still be able to update your specific location over time.
I'm planning a service that, for a couple of bucks let cheating spouses and teenagers send tweets from a specified location and time to act as an alibi for their indiscretion/unauthorised trips to make-out point.
I usually try to hit a round number when filling up since it makes it easier to balance your bank account.
Of course, now it's all done on a computer it's not really an issue so I've been trying out just letting it stop wherever it automatically knocks off, but it feels weird.
I also can't have a numeric volume control at an odd number unless it ends with a five:(
That seems like you are implying that atheism and theism are both irrational viewpoints. I assume you don't believe in the tooth fairy, but are you really saying you don't believe in a lack of the tooth fairy? Are you only agnostic about the tooth fairy or are you an atheist with regard to the tooth fairy.
There are an infinite number of things to not believe in, but saying that not believing all these possibilities is the same as believing in them seems rather ludicrous.
"checking cars have been locked, and leaving notes warning people of the dangers involved with leaving their vehicles unsecured."
So, as a criminal, the police have saved me the trouble of having to work out which cars are unlocked by flagging them up for me?
Slightly more on topic, is there a law against leaving your network open in Australia? What if I'm just being helpful, will they continue to badger me until I lock down my access point?
What of US Naval Commander Henry Honychurch Gorringe, the captain of the USS Gettysburg who discovered Gorringe Ridge in 1875? (lifted straight from Wikipedia). Also Blorenge Hill in Wales.
Do proper nouns count if we're not playing Scrabble?
iTunes music store has explicit warnings for naughty words and parents can block access to those.
The App store doesn't yet have them for anything but games (age ratings are coming for all apps in 3.0) so they are assuming all ages have access to all content. A number of apps have been rejected with the advisory that they are resubmitted when 3.0 is live as they can then be flagged as R rated or similar.
Not at all, I have plenty of actual friends from whom I don't get letters because I see them every week. This is from people I was at uni with eight years ago, we're all busy workers with families and kids and, apart from an occasional IM chat, we don't see each other or get to spend proper lengths of time talking about the kids etc. Doesn't mean I no longer regard these people as friends, they are just distant these days but I'm interested in hearing how their lives are going.
I see. Strangely enough, I like getting Christmas letters from my friends who I don't often see, just to let me know a bit about what's been happening in their lives. Sure, it's a bit impersonal and we should probably make an effort to stay in better contact through the year, but when you have a busy work life and kids, sometimes it's difficult to find the time.
I guess I'm just strange, enjoying hearing from friends.
But if I'd planned on downloading, it's/., let's assume it's the newest Debian build, to install when I got home from work, that wouldn't really be an answer if I'd neglected to hit the go button before walking out the door.
It was an app to remotely control your desktop client. In other words the main utility was in starting your download again once you're on the bus and realise you forgot to unpause it.
Looking at the Transmission control interface through Safari on my iPhone right now. I guess now that Safari might be used to facilitate "this category of application" Apple will be pulling it from the OS?
I'm as much of a fanboy as the next guy, but Apple really need to get the house in order over the app store.
The Kleenex thing has always fascinated me as it hasn't made the leap across the Atlantic. In the UK you ask for a tissue or a hankie, but never a Kleenex. Here, Kleenex is still very much a specific brand. To my knowledge this is also the case with Xerox. We photocopy things, we don't Xerox them.
I concur. The number of times my local Tesco doesn't have bottles of Pepsi but have almost an entire aisle of Coke is astounding. I can only assume Coke are paying them not to order Pepsi that week.
No idea if that is true or not (I don't even live in the same country), but if so it's a most egregious case of screwing the majority to appease a vocal minority.
Yes, my wife would love it if every time I left the house she was stuck watching Top Gear repeats all day because my phone was the only thing that controlled the TV.
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Twitter apps can set your location (many do it at the same time as you tweet), but this is a single location associated with your profile, so it will be changed as you move around. The new API assigns a geolocation to the specific tweet so you will have historical data for users location which, no doubt, someone will think of a good use for. It's pretty much building on top of the location that currently exists, but you will be able to set a "home" location that specifies the area you are in, making it easy to find people in the same town as you, for instance, but still be able to update your specific location over time.
I'm planning a service that, for a couple of bucks let cheating spouses and teenagers send tweets from a specified location and time to act as an alibi for their indiscretion/unauthorised trips to make-out point.
Part of me deeply wants the 'sol' in the URL to be an amusing in joke created by the developer. Sadly, I'm going to assume it is "Sun OnLine".
I usually try to hit a round number when filling up since it makes it easier to balance your bank account.
Of course, now it's all done on a computer it's not really an issue so I've been trying out just letting it stop wherever it automatically knocks off, but it feels weird.
I also can't have a numeric volume control at an odd number unless it ends with a five :(
That seems like you are implying that atheism and theism are both irrational viewpoints. I assume you don't believe in the tooth fairy, but are you really saying you don't believe in a lack of the tooth fairy? Are you only agnostic about the tooth fairy or are you an atheist with regard to the tooth fairy.
There are an infinite number of things to not believe in, but saying that not believing all these possibilities is the same as believing in them seems rather ludicrous.
See also: Burden of Proof.
"checking cars have been locked, and leaving notes warning people of the dangers involved with leaving their vehicles unsecured."
So, as a criminal, the police have saved me the trouble of having to work out which cars are unlocked by flagging them up for me?
Slightly more on topic, is there a law against leaving your network open in Australia? What if I'm just being helpful, will they continue to badger me until I lock down my access point?
What of US Naval Commander Henry Honychurch Gorringe, the captain of the USS Gettysburg who discovered Gorringe Ridge in 1875? (lifted straight from Wikipedia).
Also Blorenge Hill in Wales.
Do proper nouns count if we're not playing Scrabble?
iTunes music store has explicit warnings for naughty words and parents can block access to those.
The App store doesn't yet have them for anything but games (age ratings are coming for all apps in 3.0) so they are assuming all ages have access to all content. A number of apps have been rejected with the advisory that they are resubmitted when 3.0 is live as they can then be flagged as R rated or similar.
Parental controls/ratings are in iPhone OS 3.0
Not at all, I have plenty of actual friends from whom I don't get letters because I see them every week. This is from people I was at uni with eight years ago, we're all busy workers with families and kids and, apart from an occasional IM chat, we don't see each other or get to spend proper lengths of time talking about the kids etc. Doesn't mean I no longer regard these people as friends, they are just distant these days but I'm interested in hearing how their lives are going.
I see. Strangely enough, I like getting Christmas letters from my friends who I don't often see, just to let me know a bit about what's been happening in their lives. Sure, it's a bit impersonal and we should probably make an effort to stay in better contact through the year, but when you have a busy work life and kids, sometimes it's difficult to find the time.
I guess I'm just strange, enjoying hearing from friends.
I'm more interested in what they're going to do if I refuse? Throw me out of the country?
I'd also like to apologise on behalf of my government for driving Turing to suicide. We have much to be ashamed of.
If it's German it's 155 MPH. Audi, Merc, BMW and VW all have a "gentlemen's agreement" that their cars are limited to 155 MPH
But if I'd planned on downloading, it's /., let's assume it's the newest Debian build, to install when I got home from work, that wouldn't really be an answer if I'd neglected to hit the go button before walking out the door.
It was an app to remotely control your desktop client. In other words the main utility was in starting your download again once you're on the bus and realise you forgot to unpause it.
Looking at the Transmission control interface through Safari on my iPhone right now. I guess now that Safari might be used to facilitate "this category of application" Apple will be pulling it from the OS?
I'm as much of a fanboy as the next guy, but Apple really need to get the house in order over the app store.
The Kleenex thing has always fascinated me as it hasn't made the leap across the Atlantic. In the UK you ask for a tissue or a hankie, but never a Kleenex. Here, Kleenex is still very much a specific brand. To my knowledge this is also the case with Xerox. We photocopy things, we don't Xerox them.
When Google buys it.
Because the music store has the option to mark content as explicit, giving parents the ability to block that content from being purchased in iTunes.
AT THE MINUTE, only games on the app store have ratings and can be restricted from download.
With the 3.0 OS, this will change and ALL apps will be given content ratings, so this sort of thing should no longer be an issue.
I'm surprised that for such a tech savvy community, no-one in this thread has mentioned that as the reason.
I concur. The number of times my local Tesco doesn't have bottles of Pepsi but have almost an entire aisle of Coke is astounding. I can only assume Coke are paying them not to order Pepsi that week.
Right Click -> Bounce works in Mail.app on OSX, I assume any other competant mail client will have a similar option.
The issue with bouncing them is the headers are probably forged anyway, so the bounce usually doesn't go anywhere useful :(
No idea if that is true or not (I don't even live in the same country), but if so it's a most egregious case of screwing the majority to appease a vocal minority.
Oh to have mod points. I doff my cap to you, sir.
If you're running Boxee, they've just released an app to control it (on the real app store and for free).
Yes, my wife would love it if every time I left the house she was stuck watching Top Gear repeats all day because my phone was the only thing that controlled the TV.
Harmony FTW.