I'd agree with you except this isn't the end of the line. These RFID cards will require the rollout of RFID readers at the point of sale. Then RFID cards will go away, replaced by subdermal RFIDs, and it will be impossible to "leave home without it".
What you say makes sense. I'd almost forgotten about these things that were of great interest to me in college. They've now been replaced by Visio diagrams, endless meetings and wrangling over whether to use tabs instead of spaces in my source code files. Do you know of anyone who likes to pay people to think about computer science instead of keeping caged code monkies?
those people who are sincerely interested in computer science will have a hard time making money in the field and not exercising purely academic interest.
Ok, but how long until I can get choline in my Centrum? Wait... do I take Centrum? I forget.
What's next? The Grand Canyon?
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If necessary, this will have to be stopped using the concept of ecological conservation. Every inch of nature's beauty does not need to be crammed with advertisements.
When I was visiting Bainbridge (near Seattle) and hoping to get a Linux PC from the local Walmart, I was told that they didn't carry any and never planned to. Wonder if there's some proximity pressure.
Software is the immediate result and the Manifestation of what you learned and what you know.
Here's what I learned and know: Software reusability is an awesome thing. Public (and most likely open source) packages are a lifesaver. They save me and the company I work for time and money, and help me to write complicated software without having to worry about low level implementation details.
To put it another way, reinventing MyWheel because someone has already written Wheel 1.0 and won't share it is a big mistake. If I happen to be the one inventing Wheel 1.0, why not share it and help a lot of other people write great software?
Let's see... Comcast... this is the same cable company that runs ads for porn on their Playboy channel as commercials for the Food Network during prime time. I don't think so.
Step 1 - Write Windows 98.
Step 2 - Stop supporting Windows 98, making everyone upgrade.
Step 3 - Profit.
Step 4 - Reveal that it was only a joke (wait... the end of support or the operating system in general?)
TLTWATHW? Wow. I'm not sure when this convention of using articles and conjunctions (and extra letters) in acronyms started, but it's kind of unnecessary and annoying. Wouldn't LWW be much nicer? Don't get me wrong, I'm waiting for the LOTRROTKEEDVD as much as anyone else.
Not exactly a blooper, but I noticed that some scenes and musical score from the trailer were not anywhere in the movie. That kinda bothered me, actually.
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I'd agree with you except this isn't the end of the line. These RFID cards will require the rollout of RFID readers at the point of sale. Then RFID cards will go away, replaced by subdermal RFIDs, and it will be impossible to "leave home without it".
What you say makes sense. I'd almost forgotten about these things that were of great interest to me in college. They've now been replaced by Visio diagrams, endless meetings and wrangling over whether to use tabs instead of spaces in my source code files. Do you know of anyone who likes to pay people to think about computer science instead of keeping caged code monkies?
everything from my pager to my tv remote already does this.... how the heck do these patents keep slipping by?
one cube for two users!
remember, think with your manager hat on.
offtopic? umm hi this was a joke. we slashdotted them almost immediately.
looks like their web server was pre-alpha too...
those people who are sincerely interested in computer science will have a hard time making money in the field and not exercising purely academic interest.
Ok, but how long until I can get choline in my Centrum? Wait... do I take Centrum? I forget.
If necessary, this will have to be stopped using the concept of ecological conservation. Every inch of nature's beauty does not need to be crammed with advertisements.
When I was visiting Bainbridge (near Seattle) and hoping to get a Linux PC from the local Walmart, I was told that they didn't carry any and never planned to. Wonder if there's some proximity pressure.
Software is the immediate result and the Manifestation of what you learned and what you know.
Here's what I learned and know: Software reusability is an awesome thing. Public (and most likely open source) packages are a lifesaver. They save me and the company I work for time and money, and help me to write complicated software without having to worry about low level implementation details.
To put it another way, reinventing MyWheel because someone has already written Wheel 1.0 and won't share it is a big mistake. If I happen to be the one inventing Wheel 1.0, why not share it and help a lot of other people write great software?
Although, I should warn you, I just patented the procedure of resolving copyright issues by changing the suffix of a product to "fox".
Isn't this tribute enough?
Let's see... Comcast... this is the same cable company that runs ads for porn on their Playboy channel as commercials for the Food Network during prime time. I don't think so.
These plants could be a really inexpensive way of exposing landmines. I really hope this project works out.
Sorry, I've already patented the idea of leaving really useful things unpatented.
Perhaps they should think of naming it after Princess Diana since she was a champion of landmine dangers and victims.
finding the right jacket to go with.
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Step 1 - Write Windows 98.
Step 2 - Stop supporting Windows 98, making everyone upgrade.
Step 3 - Profit.
Step 4 - Reveal that it was only a joke (wait... the end of support or the operating system in general?)
like no surfing while driving in the front seat of your oxen cart.
Yeah, no kidding. All those chemicals are probably present in your average soda. *sings* Wherever there is fun there's always flame retardant. (tm)
TLTWATHW? Wow. I'm not sure when this convention of using articles and conjunctions (and extra letters) in acronyms started, but it's kind of unnecessary and annoying. Wouldn't LWW be much nicer? Don't get me wrong, I'm waiting for the LOTRROTKEEDVD as much as anyone else.
Not exactly a blooper, but I noticed that some scenes and musical score from the trailer were not anywhere in the movie. That kinda bothered me, actually.
Some of the letters hint that high bandwidth usage may imply illicit activity.
Haven't these guys ever heard of videoconferencing or streaming media? There are legitimate uses for high bandwidth.
This will establish the RFID readers at point of sale that will eventually serve VeriPay or something like it. Ummm... yikes.