We want to use our debit cards like we do almost everywhere else.
I don't know about all of you, but I'm not too comfortable allowing my checking account info to be used with the RFID technology. The "holding company" is a way to make you feel more comfortable that, if someone were to circumvent their system and intercept your account info, your "$10" are all that are at stake, not 100's/1000's/10000's in your checking account.
The speedpass thing is attractive because of convenience. I HATE the credit card transaction process. The fact that ANY signature can be used on the slip is annoying and does not make me feel anymore secure. However, having that info transmitted everywhere I go is even worse. The problem is, if every company had a "holding" of your money to use their RFID technology, you would have to juggle all of these "accounts" and devices. I think that for this technology to be ubiquitous, it will have to be a balance between security of the transaction and convenience of transaction.
When I read this headline, I really thought someone modded a transformer toy to transform by itself or something to that effect.
On that note, this probably could be an Ask Slashdot question, but does anyone know who to go to, to create a Decepticon icon replacement for my honda symbol on my prelude? I always thought that would be a real subtle, cool thing...(since they look similar)
I also want to say is that the reason most geeks are looked down upon is usually because they're socially inept be it not knowing how to carry a conversation, being self conscious, saying things that put people off or just plain bad uncomfortable vibe. Look at Linus Torvalds. His interview in Wired made him look very charming, charismatic and intelligent. I think most people would take that first impression and allow them to see the geek that he is, in a positive light.
That reminds of that game show on Comedy Central called "Beat the Geeks". The host was a dweeb geek, and then you had your movie, music, and tv geek + one (guest) geek, where (guest) = Star Wars, Star Trek, Playboy, etc.
That was a great show and I watched it when I could. I guess they Canceled it.
But to get on topic, that show is a great concept and definitely shows that geek-ideals are present in the Mainstream Pop culture.
My older brother would call me a geek when I was a teenager. At the time I knew he was just making fun of me like a big brother can, whats funny is that, after I received my BS in CS and am now a Software Engineer he still calls me a Geek (caps on purpose), except that he says it in a more respectful way. He respects my intelligence and knowledge. Now on that note, my brother is a football geek, he played college football and coached for an ACC team (1 National Championship ring) and an SEC team. When I play Madden or NCAA football on the PS2 he breaks down plays to me technically in the same manner as if I were to explain to him the architecture of a military flight simulation. So the notion that jocks have repressed nerds is really a Highschool social inequity. Jocks, when they are intelligent, become geeks in their respective interests too.
(disclaimer: i was a jock in highschool though not popular, I was a closet geek)
Doesn't this fall in the same category as MS patching up they're OS to avoid hacker exploits? Isn't somebody going to find a way to exploit this? It seems that computer viruses(sp?) are going to behave, in a lot of ways, like bacteria. If you throw a lot of anti-bacteria out there, they'll just evolve and overcome and become a stronger nastier bacteria. Isn't some networking evil genius going to find a way to exploit this solution as well? Actually causing/stimulating the creation of an even nastier virus that is a lot harder to detect/destroy?
I'm pretty sure that there is more than one possible jedi slot available. You just have to do an enumerable amount of work to get the slot. From what I understand, the person who got the first slot deleveled like 3 times, only to have to remaster one of the professions he let go. Whoever has that much time to spend on the game has got to really step back and look at his/her life. It takes an enormous amount of time to do what this person accomplished. For what really? Nothing. A game shouldn't be an extension of your life. It should be a temporary release from reality.
Well, isn't bullet time just a relative perspective? To other players you would be moving very quickly, or at least like in the movie, when the agents moved in that echo-like way when dodging bullets (in M1 at the Rooftop scene). So if someone went into bullet-time, you'd have to as well or else he would be to fast for you.
Problem is, while your relative perspective is changed (and the rate of your time passage compared to real time), it has not in the real world. So if you came out of bullet time, it would seem like 1 second went by, however 30 seconds have actually gone by in the real world. hard problem...it hurts my brain just explaining it much less trying to solve that problem.
what part of Special interest in the Acronym SIG don't we understand here? It seems that we're being subjected to the BlueTooth SIG PR machine. I shop/buy/research toys all the time and I rarely see blue tooth in any device. What MP3 player has blue tooth? (I ask because it sounds like a good idea....now if I could only find the bluetooth headphones....)
For example, common voters, without any insider privileges, can cast unlimited votes without being detected by any mechanisms within the voting terminal
Diebold Salesman: "This is a feature, an unintentional extra for your customers!"
I think your thinking of Nitrous Oxide. Best inflated in a balloon by an industrial whip cream dispenser that takes nitrous oxide canistors (like the C02 cannisters in paint/pellet guns). You want to talk about losing brain cells and actually feeling it...?
You know I have heard a couple of mosts about the "masses" need to learn or the "masses" are too lazy.
I think the problem is that technology is moving so fast and these terms are coming at them so quickly that they feel overwhelmed. Tech terms are white noise to the masses. And it will only get worse. We don't see this because we are constantly surrounded by it, constantly keeping pace with technology (i think that's the defn of a slashdot reader).
I agree with the solution of being like doctors (suggested from a parent post). Explain succinctly and simply what information you are trying to convey in terms that the "average" person would understand.
yeah this is true, but you don't "use" calculus in your upper level CS courses. The only thing calc helped me with was to give me a background to do good in the Physics classes. And maybe hone the logic part of my brain, which is really what these general ed classes are supposed to do.
This "instant gratification" feeling concerning the downloading of music shouldn't be unique to most of you. Didn't Napster produce this same endorphin enduced euphoria that was music download bliss?
Point: Has it been so long that we've forgotten what it was like to satisfy our insatiable download appetite? If so, tacking on $0.99 to those downloads is going to make them a lot of money. Personally, when I see that I have to pay $0.99 per song, it softens the desire to want the song. How about $0.15 per song? I would get the "Napster Satisfaction" out of $0.15 per song.
Of course, this is a game from Japan. We should just be happy that that country of deviants showed the restraint of not having an octopus demon slither into the room and take a crap on her forehead
holy shit...that's the funniest thing I've ever read. Why are the japanese so sexually weird anyway?
Depends, is a well-behaved terrorist one who terrorizes and an ill-behaved terrorist who makes people feel safe and secure?
Kinda like Dr. Evil wanting Scott to be more evil, he was semi-evil, he was the margarin of evil, The Diet Coke of Evil, just one calorie, not evil enough..
It doesn't say christmas 2003 or October 2004. Did they update the site when it got slashdotted?
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Thanks...I'm sitting here reading these explanations and thinking "i could have sworn my Physics Prof in College said that centrifugal force was not real". He was a pakistani and i couldn't understand a damn word he said (example: Teetah = theta...took me almost half the semester to figure out wtf Teetah was). What I did get out of it is that so called centrifugal "force" is a result of the centripetal force holding you(the object) in rotational motion.
Forget them ole Next Gen'rs, that Starship Exeter movie had better acting and a superior plot.
Seriously, I enjoyed watching that fan-based production as much as I enjoyed Nemesis. They both sucked equally and one cost a lot less to make.
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Didn't Arthur C. Clark have a hand in the invention/concept of Radar? I could have sworn it's in his Bio on all of his books.
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We want to use our debit cards like we do almost everywhere else.
I don't know about all of you, but I'm not too comfortable allowing my checking account info to be used with the RFID technology. The "holding company" is a way to make you feel more comfortable that, if someone were to circumvent their system and intercept your account info, your "$10" are all that are at stake, not 100's/1000's/10000's in your checking account.
The speedpass thing is attractive because of convenience. I HATE the credit card transaction process. The fact that ANY signature can be used on the slip is annoying and does not make me feel anymore secure. However, having that info transmitted everywhere I go is even worse. The problem is, if every company had a "holding" of your money to use their RFID technology, you would have to juggle all of these "accounts" and devices.
I think that for this technology to be ubiquitous, it will have to be a balance between security of the transaction and convenience of transaction.
ok....that was a blatantly obvious statement.
I saw these girls live (next to a kick ass golf simulation, swinging real clubs at real golf balls at a projection screen).
I'll tell you right now, the blond was NOT wearing anything under that shirt when I saw her. The "turkey was done" in its full glory!
wow. I'm going to see those lame tasks they show in the dremel commercials in a whole new light. Thanks, I'll do some research on this.
When I read this headline, I really thought someone modded a transformer toy to transform by itself or something to that effect.
On that note, this probably could be an Ask Slashdot question, but does anyone know who to go to, to create a Decepticon icon replacement for my honda symbol on my prelude? I always thought that would be a real subtle, cool thing...(since they look similar)
I was thinking more along the lines of "Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil". Minus the see no evil.
I also want to say is that the reason most geeks are looked down upon is usually because they're socially inept be it not knowing how to carry a conversation, being self conscious, saying things that put people off or just plain bad uncomfortable vibe. Look at Linus Torvalds. His interview in Wired made him look very charming, charismatic and intelligent. I think most people would take that first impression and allow them to see the geek that he is, in a positive light.
That reminds of that game show on Comedy Central called "Beat the Geeks". The host was a dweeb geek, and then you had your movie, music, and tv geek + one (guest) geek, where (guest) = Star Wars, Star Trek, Playboy, etc.
That was a great show and I watched it when I could. I guess they Canceled it.
But to get on topic, that show is a great concept and definitely shows that geek-ideals are present in the Mainstream Pop culture.
My older brother would call me a geek when I was a teenager. At the time I knew he was just making fun of me like a big brother can, whats funny is that, after I received my BS in CS and am now a Software Engineer he still calls me a Geek (caps on purpose), except that he says it in a more respectful way. He respects my intelligence and knowledge. Now on that note, my brother is a football geek, he played college football and coached for an ACC team (1 National Championship ring) and an SEC team. When I play Madden or NCAA football on the PS2 he breaks down plays to me technically in the same manner as if I were to explain to him the architecture of a military flight simulation. So the notion that jocks have repressed nerds is really a Highschool social inequity. Jocks, when they are intelligent, become geeks in their respective interests too.
(disclaimer: i was a jock in highschool though not popular, I was a closet geek)
Doesn't this fall in the same category as MS patching up they're OS to avoid hacker exploits? Isn't somebody going to find a way to exploit this? It seems that computer viruses(sp?) are going to behave, in a lot of ways, like bacteria. If you throw a lot of anti-bacteria out there, they'll just evolve and overcome and become a stronger nastier bacteria. Isn't some networking evil genius going to find a way to exploit this solution as well? Actually causing/stimulating the creation of an even nastier virus that is a lot harder to detect/destroy?
I'm pretty sure that there is more than one possible jedi slot available. You just have to do an enumerable amount of work to get the slot. From what I understand, the person who got the first slot deleveled like 3 times, only to have to remaster one of the professions he let go.
Whoever has that much time to spend on the game has got to really step back and look at his/her life. It takes an enormous amount of time to do what this person accomplished. For what really? Nothing. A game shouldn't be an extension of your life. It should be a temporary release from reality.
Well, isn't bullet time just a relative perspective? To other players you would be moving very quickly, or at least like in the movie, when the agents moved in that echo-like way when dodging bullets (in M1 at the Rooftop scene). So if someone went into bullet-time, you'd have to as well or else he would be to fast for you.
Problem is, while your relative perspective is changed (and the rate of your time passage compared to real time), it has not in the real world. So if you came out of bullet time, it would seem like 1 second went by, however 30 seconds have actually gone by in the real world.
hard problem...it hurts my brain just explaining it much less trying to solve that problem.
- no fancy sig to see here, keep moving
what part of Special interest in the Acronym SIG don't we understand here? It seems that we're being subjected to the BlueTooth SIG PR machine. I shop/buy/research toys all the time and I rarely see blue tooth in any device. What MP3 player has blue tooth? (I ask because it sounds like a good idea....now if I could only find the bluetooth headphones....)
- no fancy sig to see here, keep moving
For example, common voters, without any insider privileges, can cast unlimited votes without being detected by any mechanisms within the voting terminal
Diebold Salesman: "This is a feature, an unintentional extra for your customers!"
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I think your thinking of Nitrous Oxide. Best inflated in a balloon by an industrial whip cream dispenser that takes nitrous oxide canistors (like the C02 cannisters in paint/pellet guns). You want to talk about losing brain cells and actually feeling it...?
You know I have heard a couple of mosts about the "masses" need to learn or the "masses" are too lazy.
I think the problem is that technology is moving so fast and these terms are coming at them so quickly that they feel overwhelmed. Tech terms are white noise to the masses. And it will only get worse. We don't see this because we are constantly surrounded by it, constantly keeping pace with technology (i think that's the defn of a slashdot reader).
I agree with the solution of being like doctors (suggested from a parent post). Explain succinctly and simply what information you are trying to convey in terms that the "average" person would understand.
Don't forget "Plaid"
yeah this is true, but you don't "use" calculus in your upper level CS courses. The only thing calc helped me with was to give me a background to do good in the Physics classes. And maybe hone the logic part of my brain, which is really what these general ed classes are supposed to do.
This "instant gratification" feeling concerning the downloading of music shouldn't be unique to most of you. Didn't Napster produce this same endorphin enduced euphoria that was music download bliss?
Point: Has it been so long that we've forgotten what it was like to satisfy our insatiable download appetite? If so, tacking on $0.99 to those downloads is going to make them a lot of money. Personally, when I see that I have to pay $0.99 per song, it softens the desire to want the song. How about $0.15 per song? I would get the "Napster Satisfaction" out of $0.15 per song.
from the top ten "naughty games":
Of course, this is a game from Japan. We should just be happy that that country of deviants showed the restraint of not having an octopus demon slither into the room and take a crap on her forehead
holy shit...that's the funniest thing I've ever read. Why are the japanese so sexually weird anyway?
Yesh...the goverbment should provide...the bourbon of proof...(hiccup)
Depends, is a well-behaved terrorist one who terrorizes and an ill-behaved terrorist who makes people feel safe and secure?
Kinda like Dr. Evil wanting Scott to be more evil, he was semi-evil, he was the margarin of evil, The Diet Coke of Evil, just one calorie, not evil enough..
It doesn't say christmas 2003 or October 2004. Did they update the site when it got slashdotted?
Thanks...I'm sitting here reading these explanations and thinking "i could have sworn my Physics Prof in College said that centrifugal force was not real". He was a pakistani and i couldn't understand a damn word he said (example: Teetah = theta...took me almost half the semester to figure out wtf Teetah was). What I did get out of it is that so called centrifugal "force" is a result of the centripetal force holding you(the object) in rotational motion.
am I off?
Forget them ole Next Gen'rs, that Starship Exeter movie had better acting and a superior plot.
Seriously, I enjoyed watching that fan-based production as much as I enjoyed Nemesis. They both sucked equally and one cost a lot less to make.
Didn't Arthur C. Clark have a hand in the invention/concept of Radar? I could have sworn it's in his Bio on all of his books.