"The debate over how to pronounce GIF, which stands for Graphics Interchange Format, re-emerged this week when Steve Wilhite, the inventor of the widely used Web illustration, declared it should be pronounced “jif,” like the brand of peanut butter, rather than with a hard G sound."
That's great you have that. As others here have said, carriers should be held responsible to clean up their house. Charging to block spam calls is quite possibly an extortion lawsuit.
GTA is a fucking made up fantasy video game that immature young adults can be/are influenced by. That's the truth whether you like it or not. Most kids know it's just a b.s. game, this swatter guy did not. An innocent man died because of this.
You're the officer called to the scene of a possible armed man. You only have the info given over the radio. As far as the officer knows, the guy in the house is armed. You only have a few seconds to decide how to react. You want only to survive this call and ensure your fellow officers also survive. After two seconds you or your fellow officers may be dead if you do not react. The swatter caused this entire situation, not the police who responded.
No my friend, it's the theaters fault for not making space to get to the exits.
Bullshit! If you yell 'fire' when there is no fire, you created a panic situation that got scared people trampled by people trying to escape. You, as the person who screamed "Fire!" are the cause of any injuries/deaths that happened. You caused the situation. You should be held responsible for your actions.
Imagine that you are one of the police officers responding to this unknown to you this swat call. All you know is from the police dispatch that there may be a dangerous gun holding suspect at this (wrong address) home. Your adrenaline is pumped up. Innocent person opens the door to his home to see why police are outside. As the cop, all you know is that the guy may be armed and dangerous. How would you react? Yeah, innocent life taken, all due to some video game kid who thinks he's got some type of invincible power to manipulate the police 011 system. Bad info caused by this swatter made the situation happen. Do not blame an officer who reacted when the innocent homeowner opened his door, blame the person who created this entire situation because his online game playing believed he had the power to control his vengeance by using society's protectors.
The last console game I played was GTA3. Very realistic game that glorifies violence, lot of fun crap to do, however I was well into my adulthood then. If I had a son who wanted to play that game then I'd have not allowed him to, unless he had enough maturity to understand that it is just a fantasy video game, not to be taken as reality. If this swatter had any type of parenting, they failed in their job of raising their child.
Ars also has an informative story with lots of links. This guy does deserve the sentence he got. If his jail sentence means others will learn not to do horrendous acts that endanger peoples lives then GOOD! No sympathy for this sociopath or psychopath. Don't parents teach kids that video games are not reality?
Did IQs suddenly drop while I was away? You could feed a family of four with what these cost. When they stop working you just throw them out?! I have a few decent $8 earbuds from over 5 years ago that still work and sound perfect to this day. In my opinion, they make people look ridiculous, at least Spock and Uhura's earpieces looked better on them than these things. I weep for the future.
That's why I had to put NoRoot Firewall ( https://norootfirewall.weebly.... ) on my un-rooted Android phone. It has pre-installed apps like Facebook that can't be uninstalled.and have no right to send my info anywhere. A file manager/mp3 player or game app doesn't need internet access to function. I don't need ads popping up either.
I'm nearing 60 orbits around our Sun, have seen the "progress" of the internet over the years, back when annoying banner ads 'strobe light flashed' to get your attention. So I have learned to completely ignore any ad, thank God for adblocking software. Am I willing to have to wait while a 30/60 second ad plays before I can actually do what I intended? Of course not. Todays modern internet is invasive enough already. If I need to buy something I know how to find it, I do not need some ad telling me how happier my life will be if I buy this soda or car or whatever, but I'm old and much wiser now. The newer people are not aware of how advertising works, they are the new 'suckers' for the ad companies. God damn, we do live in an interesting time.
If there's a camera in some place that I'm renting, that'd be when duct tape is my friend. There's a Kickstarter project that detects hidden camera lenses, link below... How Does It Work?
When the power button is “pressed” on side of unit, and you look through the viewfinder, it activates six special bright-red LED strobe lights designed to bounce off the smallest of camera lenses. The tiny camera lens will appear to blink back at you as a reflection off camera lens itself , instantly giving away its location as you scan the area around you. It doesn’t matter if the camera is turned on or off, recording or not...even if its a non-working camera, the blinking effect will clearly show you the presence of a camera lens which is almost impossible to detect with the naked eye. Knowing where the camera is located will allow you to take immediate action to prevent unauthorized recording of activity. In addition, there are 3 LED intensity levels which helps hone in on camera lenses which could be hidden behind different surfaces. A flat wall 30 feet away could use the highest LED intensity, while a semi reflective shiny surface 5 feet away would use the lowest intensity. This prevents false reflections, maximizing the ability to find a hidden camera lens in any room environment. https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...
Anyone who chooses a position of power over others, be it a priest, judge, police officer, politician, cult 'leader', etc... is a possible sociopath/psychopath who does not care for another's suffering. Not all cops are bad cops, just like not all priests are bad priests. Welcome to the human world.
Twit's former contributor, Fr. Robert Ballester, is currently a guest on This Week In Tech ( https://twit.tv/shows?shows_ac... ), Episode 711, He is a Franciscan priest who is very into tech and tech toys, and he's also very personable, He's very tech-savvy, and has served the Catholic Church as a Friar. He has been recently been serving at the Vatican, my guess is perhaps he has something to do with the Pope learning to write a line of code. https://twit.tv/people/fr-robe...
It is my opinion that our human race is either on the brink of greatness or of self-annihilation. The next 100 or so years will decide which way we go. We have the ability, intelligence and awareness to alter future possible outcomes and to change our DNA makeup, possibly creating the next evolution of the human race. Or, we can hide our heads in the sand, keep arguing meaningless political viewpoints and miss out on possible solutions. We can forget/omit on purpose the past, or learn from the past and move forward. There should not be any 'us vs. them' mentality, just how do we continue furthering all life on our thin little orb.
The real sad part of this is that the submitter, iwastheone, is creimer!
I can assure you I am not this Creimer persona. I used to use my old account "sternishefan' here on/., I've made this known before. Whatever this creimer controversy is all about, I do not care nor do I pay attention to any related comments about it. I come here for the knowledge I've learned from/. over the years.
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Just like when The Grateful Dead stopped touring, now they're all these FBook users asking, "So what do we do now???"
About 10 years ago, years before MS bought out Skype, I bought an
Android tablet that had Skype pre-loaded. I told a relative via a phone call (who works for an un-named U.S. government agency), "Hey, now we can 'Skype' to each other!" My relative immediately said to me, "No, it's not secure." That told me volumes about how insecure the internet was.
Slowly but surely the 'free internet' is being locked down, bit by bit. Say or do nothing on any device that you would not want to be repeated back in any open courtroom. Phones are mini computers that have a 'phone app', and are basically spy-devices that we pay for monthly. Slowly but surely 1984 is becoming a reality. Act accordingly.
Over a decade ago, the Pathmark grocerry chain shut down, and every worker lost all their retirement benefits. Other large corporations learned from this and followed suit by limiting hours to under 40 per week. I know people who have been forced to get 3 part time jobs in order to make ends meet
When the power button is “pressed” on side of unit, and you look through the viewfinder, it activates six special bright-red LED strobe lights designed to bounce off the smallest of camera lenses. The tiny camera lens will appear to blink back at you as a reflection off camera lens itself , instantly giving away its location as you scan the area around you. It doesn’t matter if the camera is turned on or off, recording or not...even if its a non-working camera, the blinking effect will clearly show you the presence of a camera lens which is almost impossible to detect with the naked eye. Knowing where the camera is located will allow you to take immediate action to prevent unauthorized recording of activity. In addition, there are 3 LED intensity levels which helps hone in on camera lenses which could be hidden behind different surfaces. A flat wall 30 feet away could use the highest LED intensity, while a semi reflective shiny surface 5 feet away would use the lowest intensity. This prevents false reflections, maximizing the ability to find a hidden camera lens in any room environment.
I'm nearing 60. My neighbors are in the 80's, so I'm their tech guy. For one man I put Classic Shell on for the Win7 desktop UI look, and Chrome because IE/Edge is a mess, and it worked. Classic Shell's developer isn't updating anymore because he's tired of playing 'whack-a-mole' with every other update. This good man just wants to watch porno and check email. He's paid for Malwarebytes which saves him from his browsing habits, it auto-deletes lots of 'pups'. There's no way a tablet will work for him (failing eyesight).
MS attempting playing 'catch-up' to be like Apple/Android means retired/limited income folks who knew Windows are set adrift. Even a Chromebook means a new learning curve for them that may be too difficult to adapt to.:/
Try explaining to an elderly person who's used to 95/XP/7 how to get around Win10. Everything's hidden, icons that are confusing, and the modern desktop UI just baffles them to the point where they just give up..
EditorDavid is all right in my book, he's condensed my submissions from a wall of text several times. Early Sunday morning editing? I'd give him a pass on this one.
Then, we pedestrians and cyclists will be knocked out before being run over.
Frankly, cars are so 1990. They gotta go.
So, you're able to safely transport a family and a months worth of groceries 20+ miles as a pedestrian/cyclist? In bad weather? Please post a video of this for us all to marvel at your super-human abilities.
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"The debate over how to pronounce GIF, which stands for Graphics Interchange Format, re-emerged this week when Steve Wilhite, the inventor of the widely used Web illustration, declared it should be pronounced “jif,” like the brand of peanut butter, rather than with a hard G sound."
That's great you have that. As others here have said, carriers should be held responsible to clean up their house. Charging to block spam calls is quite possibly an extortion lawsuit.
GTA is a fucking made up fantasy video game that immature young adults can be/are influenced by. That's the truth whether you like it or not. Most kids know it's just a b.s. game, this swatter guy did not. An innocent man died because of this.
You're the officer called to the scene of a possible armed man. You only have the info given over the radio. As far as the officer knows, the guy in the house is armed. You only have a few seconds to decide how to react. You want only to survive this call and ensure your fellow officers also survive. After two seconds you or your fellow officers may be dead if you do not react. The swatter caused this entire situation, not the police who responded.
No my friend, it's the theaters fault for not making space to get to the exits.
Bullshit! If you yell 'fire' when there is no fire, you created a panic situation that got scared people trampled by people trying to escape. You, as the person who screamed "Fire!" are the cause of any injuries/deaths that happened. You caused the situation. You should be held responsible for your actions.
The last console game I played was GTA3. Very realistic game that glorifies violence, lot of fun crap to do, however I was well into my adulthood then. If I had a son who wanted to play that game then I'd have not allowed him to, unless he had enough maturity to understand that it is just a fantasy video game, not to be taken as reality. If this swatter had any type of parenting, they failed in their job of raising their child.
Ars also has an informative story with lots of links. This guy does deserve the sentence he got. If his jail sentence means others will learn not to do horrendous acts that endanger peoples lives then GOOD! No sympathy for this sociopath or psychopath. Don't parents teach kids that video games are not reality?
Did IQs suddenly drop while I was away? You could feed a family of four with what these cost. When they stop working you just throw them out?! I have a few decent $8 earbuds from over 5 years ago that still work and sound perfect to this day. In my opinion, they make people look ridiculous, at least Spock and Uhura's earpieces looked better on them than these things. I weep for the future.
That's why I had to put NoRoot Firewall ( https://norootfirewall.weebly.... ) on my un-rooted Android phone. It has pre-installed apps like Facebook that can't be uninstalled.and have no right to send my info anywhere. A file manager/mp3 player or game app doesn't need internet access to function. I don't need ads popping up either.
I'm nearing 60 orbits around our Sun, have seen the "progress" of the internet over the years, back when annoying banner ads 'strobe light flashed' to get your attention. So I have learned to completely ignore any ad, thank God for adblocking software. Am I willing to have to wait while a 30/60 second ad plays before I can actually do what I intended? Of course not. Todays modern internet is invasive enough already. If I need to buy something I know how to find it, I do not need some ad telling me how happier my life will be if I buy this soda or car or whatever, but I'm old and much wiser now. The newer people are not aware of how advertising works, they are the new 'suckers' for the ad companies. God damn, we do live in an interesting time.
If there's a camera in some place that I'm renting, that'd be when duct tape is my friend. There's a Kickstarter project that detects hidden camera lenses, link below... How Does It Work? When the power button is “pressed” on side of unit, and you look through the viewfinder, it activates six special bright-red LED strobe lights designed to bounce off the smallest of camera lenses. The tiny camera lens will appear to blink back at you as a reflection off camera lens itself , instantly giving away its location as you scan the area around you. It doesn’t matter if the camera is turned on or off, recording or not...even if its a non-working camera, the blinking effect will clearly show you the presence of a camera lens which is almost impossible to detect with the naked eye. Knowing where the camera is located will allow you to take immediate action to prevent unauthorized recording of activity. In addition, there are 3 LED intensity levels which helps hone in on camera lenses which could be hidden behind different surfaces. A flat wall 30 feet away could use the highest LED intensity, while a semi reflective shiny surface 5 feet away would use the lowest intensity. This prevents false reflections, maximizing the ability to find a hidden camera lens in any room environment. https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...
Anyone who chooses a position of power over others, be it a priest, judge, police officer, politician, cult 'leader', etc... is a possible sociopath/psychopath who does not care for another's suffering. Not all cops are bad cops, just like not all priests are bad priests. Welcome to the human world.
Twit's former contributor, Fr. Robert Ballester, is currently a guest on This Week In Tech ( https://twit.tv/shows?shows_ac... ), Episode 711, He is a Franciscan priest who is very into tech and tech toys, and he's also very personable, He's very tech-savvy, and has served the Catholic Church as a Friar. He has been recently been serving at the Vatican, my guess is perhaps he has something to do with the Pope learning to write a line of code. https://twit.tv/people/fr-robe...
It is my opinion that our human race is either on the brink of greatness or of self-annihilation. The next 100 or so years will decide which way we go. We have the ability, intelligence and awareness to alter future possible outcomes and to change our DNA makeup, possibly creating the next evolution of the human race. Or, we can hide our heads in the sand, keep arguing meaningless political viewpoints and miss out on possible solutions. We can forget/omit on purpose the past, or learn from the past and move forward. There should not be any 'us vs. them' mentality, just how do we continue furthering all life on our thin little orb.
The real sad part of this is that the submitter, iwastheone, is creimer!
I can assure you I am not this Creimer persona. I used to use my old account "sternishefan' here on /., I've made this known before. Whatever this creimer controversy is all about, I do not care nor do I pay attention to any related comments about it. I come here for the knowledge I've learned from /. over the years.
Just like when The Grateful Dead stopped touring, now they're all these FBook users asking, "So what do we do now???"
About 10 years ago, years before MS bought out Skype, I bought an Android tablet that had Skype pre-loaded. I told a relative via a phone call (who works for an un-named U.S. government agency), "Hey, now we can 'Skype' to each other!" My relative immediately said to me, "No, it's not secure." That told me volumes about how insecure the internet was. Slowly but surely the 'free internet' is being locked down, bit by bit. Say or do nothing on any device that you would not want to be repeated back in any open courtroom. Phones are mini computers that have a 'phone app', and are basically spy-devices that we pay for monthly. Slowly but surely 1984 is becoming a reality. Act accordingly.
Over a decade ago, the Pathmark grocerry chain shut down, and every worker lost all their retirement benefits. Other large corporations learned from this and followed suit by limiting hours to under 40 per week. I know people who have been forced to get 3 part time jobs in order to make ends meet
Holy crap, what has our world come to when you can buy something like that commercially?
There is hope, though it'll mean more crap to have to buy... From: https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...
How Does It Work?
When the power button is “pressed” on side of unit, and you look through the viewfinder, it activates six special bright-red LED strobe lights designed to bounce off the smallest of camera lenses. The tiny camera lens will appear to blink back at you as a reflection off camera lens itself , instantly giving away its location as you scan the area around you. It doesn’t matter if the camera is turned on or off, recording or not...even if its a non-working camera, the blinking effect will clearly show you the presence of a camera lens which is almost impossible to detect with the naked eye. Knowing where the camera is located will allow you to take immediate action to prevent unauthorized recording of activity. In addition, there are 3 LED intensity levels which helps hone in on camera lenses which could be hidden behind different surfaces. A flat wall 30 feet away could use the highest LED intensity, while a semi reflective shiny surface 5 feet away would use the lowest intensity. This prevents false reflections, maximizing the ability to find a hidden camera lens in any room environment.
Thank you for this. I will definitely consider this for him. Cheers!
MS attempting playing 'catch-up' to be like Apple/Android means retired/limited income folks who knew Windows are set adrift. Even a Chromebook means a new learning curve for them that may be too difficult to adapt to. :/
Try explaining to an elderly person who's used to 95/XP/7 how to get around Win10. Everything's hidden, icons that are confusing, and the modern desktop UI just baffles them to the point where they just give up..
EditorDavid is all right in my book, he's condensed my submissions from a wall of text several times. Early Sunday morning editing? I'd give him a pass on this one.
Thanks, that video is hilarious, instant karma for that a-hole driver.
Then, we pedestrians and cyclists will be knocked out before being run over.
Frankly, cars are so 1990. They gotta go.
So, you're able to safely transport a family and a months worth of groceries 20+ miles as a pedestrian/cyclist? In bad weather? Please post a video of this for us all to marvel at your super-human abilities.