But it's a *BIG* screen. And I can view it while sitting on a nice comfy couch. It's also connected to a fantastic audio system with really good speakers. Why in the world would I *PAY MONEY* to:
- play games on a smaller screen - connected to tinny little speakers - while sitting on an uncomfortable seat while riding the bus?
How many people sued Coca-Cola after they changed the formula to New Coke? How many people sued McDonalds for changing their french fries? How many people sued Wal-Mart for offering self checkout? I don't think that your scenario is likely.
In reality, your $12 adapter will cost $39. There are always licensing fees for proprietary connectors, and the manufacturer has to make money. If it were just a lightning connector on one end, a headphone jack on the other, and just wire in between, it might cost $12. If there is any sort of active component required in between those connectors, expect at least $39.
I appreciate your advice, and offer a little story of my own:
I pay $50 a month for an assigned parking space in my apartment's underground garage. Several years ago, the building management painted all the walls in the garage, and stenciled stall numbers for each stall... Except for mine, and 3 adjacent stalls. I don't know why they omitted the stall number for just those few. Maybe they ran out of paint, and then just forgot to follow up.
I made a couple of requests to the rental office to have the numbers placed on my stall, but to no avail. The stalls were unnumbered for about a year.
One night, I arrive home, pull into my garage, and find another car (it was the first of the month - a brand new tenant) parked in my stall. I wrote up an official sounding note, making it look like it came from the building management company, notifying the offending car owner that they were illegally parked in stall #20, and that their license plate number has been recorded, and they will be fined $50. Any questions, ask at the rental office.
Sadly, I wasn't present in the office when that new tenant tried to explain to the building management staff that the stall wasn't even numbered. The next day, the remaining stalls (including mine) were stenciled with proper numbers. That's all I ever wanted anyway!
THE MORAL OF THE STORY: If you ask nicely, and nothing gets done, use their own customers against them.
We will have A.I. making most of our decisions for us, and we will love it that way.
Until the AI makes an Obviously wrong decision, or it makes a seemingly correct decision that causes hundreds of human deaths, or just makes a decision that the humans just don't agree with. Then the humans will take advantage of the "Manual Override".
What? You say that you didn't build in a Manual Override capability in your AI? Well, then you shall be put on trial for "Crimes against Humanity".
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Yeah, but that's a LAW FIRM. You also use FAX on a daily basis.
Google's WOPR won't be online until spring.
Actually, they *DO* have a datacenter full of PS3s to run this on.... And, they're all release-date PS3s running OtherOS!
But it's a *BIG* screen. And I can view it while sitting on a nice comfy couch. It's also connected to a fantastic audio system with really good speakers. Why in the world would I *PAY MONEY* to:
- play games on a smaller screen
- connected to tinny little speakers
- while sitting on an uncomfortable seat while riding the bus?
In Soviet Russia, Windows Fucks *YOU*!
How many people sued Coca-Cola after they changed the formula to New Coke? How many people sued McDonalds for changing their french fries? How many people sued Wal-Mart for offering self checkout? I don't think that your scenario is likely.
We have all done things like this. It makes you a better troubleshooter in the end. Don't let this get you down.
It's progressive. Why wait for the user to break something when the developers can do it themselves?
Obligitory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inR02pEesCQ
I use NetMeeting.
I'll do you one better: Don't use LinkedIn.
Jeez! Even George Jetson's *FLYING* car only fits in his briefcase.
I think there is an Indiegogo campaign for that.
How to mix colors:
First, start with at least 2 colors. (NOTE: "pick" is *NOT* a color!)
I can understand seizing assets of a fugitive to prevent him from using them fleeing justice... But to withhold a Jet Ski? That's just mean.
In reality, your $12 adapter will cost $39. There are always licensing fees for proprietary connectors, and the manufacturer has to make money. If it were just a lightning connector on one end, a headphone jack on the other, and just wire in between, it might cost $12. If there is any sort of active component required in between those connectors, expect at least $39.
I, also, will never Spy Hunter.
Oh, did you mean to have a VERB in there somewhere?
Penultimate? You have been listening to Steve Gibson's "Security Now" podcast, haven't you?
I appreciate your advice, and offer a little story of my own:
I pay $50 a month for an assigned parking space in my apartment's underground garage. Several years ago, the building management painted all the walls in the garage, and stenciled stall numbers for each stall... Except for mine, and 3 adjacent stalls. I don't know why they omitted the stall number for just those few. Maybe they ran out of paint, and then just forgot to follow up.
I made a couple of requests to the rental office to have the numbers placed on my stall, but to no avail. The stalls were unnumbered for about a year.
One night, I arrive home, pull into my garage, and find another car (it was the first of the month - a brand new tenant) parked in my stall. I wrote up an official sounding note, making it look like it came from the building management company, notifying the offending car owner that they were illegally parked in stall #20, and that their license plate number has been recorded, and they will be fined $50. Any questions, ask at the rental office.
Sadly, I wasn't present in the office when that new tenant tried to explain to the building management staff that the stall wasn't even numbered. The next day, the remaining stalls (including mine) were stenciled with proper numbers. That's all I ever wanted anyway!
THE MORAL OF THE STORY: If you ask nicely, and nothing gets done, use their own customers against them.
He's the guy who says "Too much tech is creepy", which is kinda funny coming from a guy who has the same name as KITT's nemesis from Knight Rider...
You've just given me a great idea for a social media website name: "God's Microwave"
Until the AI makes an Obviously wrong decision, or it makes a seemingly correct decision that causes hundreds of human deaths, or just makes a decision that the humans just don't agree with. Then the humans will take advantage of the "Manual Override".
What? You say that you didn't build in a Manual Override capability in your AI? Well, then you shall be put on trial for "Crimes against Humanity".
A noble spirit emscriptens the smallest man.
That hex string *WAS* the key. It's the cyphertext that's unknown.