In a regulated world, you generally have to show that a product is safe and/or effective *before* release. So if Apple has a category for "medical" apps, they could require some form of certification before they could be published.
At that point there's no need (or less need anyhow) for fines, because the snake-oil never makes it to market.
I have a friend who works in CyberCrime. He doesn't talk that much about his job but the basic take is that it deals with a lot of things normal people who rather not think about or look at. He's a cop, which seems a much better job that an Google. At least if you're a cop you get some person satisfaction when some of these sick f***s get sent to jail.
AcnePwner was downloaded 3,300 times at a cost of 99 cents in the Android Marketplace. There were about 11,600 downloads of AcneApp from the iTunes store, which cost $1.99.
3300 * $0.99 = $3267
11600 * $1.99 = $23084
According to the settlement, Koby Brown and Gregory W. Pearson of DermApps are required to pay $14,294, and Andrew N. Finkle of Acne Pwner must pay $1,700.
$3267 - $1700 = $1657
$23084 - $14294 = $8790
Now granted some of this goes to Apple (and don't they have a vetting process, how did these make it through?).
But it seems that this crime is still fairly profitable, unless that amount was a fine on top of refunding any affected users (yeah, good luck).
Seems to me that the parents is right. These need to be regulated.
As for those saying "treat it like a website"... most websites don't charge, so they're more guilty of misinformation than being an outright scam.
When the content comes out a little after the game. However, what I've seen a good many people complain about is when 90%+ of the content is *already on the game DVD* and what you actually get for your money is actually an unlock code which turns it on. Sometimes also download a bit more content etc as well
This is in contrast to "expansions" in which you got a whole new disc of content. Think "Brood Wars" for Starcraft.
If it exists on the existing media, then it's not "new content", it's content left out of the game.
Actually, South Korea is "Republic of Korea", not the "Democratic Republic of Korea"
DPRK is, of course, the North.
I had to double (and triple) check that when sending money to the south, because I'm fairly sure that sending it Northwards would have resulted in a) It never coming back to me b) Me ending up on some sort of watch list
Luckily a smartphone and a google search ensured I had the *correct* Korea, though I'm a bit annoyed that the bank doesn't have it noted somewhere.
If the site costs $30/month, and a "lifetime" membership is $100. You might expect to take at least a year to find somebody, so in that respect $100 isn't all that pessimistic.
Does anyone else feel like these are just coming out a bit too fast? I mean, I like having cool, affordable, and charity-benefitting games and all, but it seems that the "Humble Bundle's" are cranking out every month or two.
Beyond that, we have FieldRunners which is... yet *another* tower defence game. It seems like the IOS/Android market are full of these. A bit more originality would be nice, especially since the earlier bundles seemed to be about games that were - while not the best graphically - often quite original in gameplay/theme (the rest in the bundle seem to fit this fairly well)
Teacher: We don't want them on facebook, because they might take embarrassing/inappropriate pictures of other kids and post them online. We need you to block facebook. Me: How are they taking these pictures Teacher: With their camera phones. We're worried they may take pictures in the locker rooms etc. We need you to block it Me: We can't block somebody's phone. It's using the phone network, not the school's Teacher: It's in the school. You should block it. We can't let this happen Me: Why not just deal with the students who are behaving inappropriately? Teacher: I don't have time to deal with them. I have too many students. Just deal with it. Setup a block or something.
As a former school-district sysadmin, I'd say that blocking (bad) content from a school while allowing (good) content is nearly an impossible task. Obviously you can make a good effort, but it's an arms-race you can't win.
One should not underestimate the resourcefulness of a school full of bored teens. Hell, some of the most amazing stuff I've done was while I was in High School.
As an adult, it's not easy to pick this stuff up with the time available. Being young with an active brain and free time is a powerful thing, and a school full of semi-intelligent bored teens can be a pretty interesting place.
Why are those considered dangerous hours? Maybe if you're driving tired, but if you're a night-shift worker etc they may actually be safer due to less others on the road.
Must be different in Canada.I can't recall being asked what my mileage was when renewing my insurance.
They *do* have different brackets depending on your distance to work. Having =15km from work to home/w no more than 6 days/month over is a reduced rate, but overall driving for year doesn't seem to be a factor here. Where you live, what you drive, your age, and probably tons of other stuff is though.
The box comes with a USB charging cable and why do you need a dock?
I don't think you'd want a dock for charging, but there are an awful lot of devices that plug an iPhone/iPod into a dock-style connector to play music etc
Good point. I hadn't though about the app-scaling issue. I wonder how all the Android apps manage it (the "HD" apps seem to be more recent, but they seem decent enough).
Indeed. This is more like having the Paparazzi on every street corner, and you're a person of interest. We *know* that those "higher up" don't like that, so why should we put up with it from cameras.
It also works on 4.1, though you have to side-load it.
I installed from APK on my Nexus. My browser settings are "tap-to-use" so flash content doesn't show immediately by default, but it lets me browse sites with embedded flash videos etc when there's something I actually want to see.
You will get exactly the same problem in concerts, night clubs, stadiums or any place a lot of people are put together in a relatively small space
Yes, and when it happens, I expect the bouncer to toss the guy out - ban him if possible - and/or contact the police as appropriate. Do you think that if some dude crotch-grabbed a woman at a concert or baseball game it would have required this amount of publicity to be acted upon?
Perhaps in some nightclubs that may have gotten past, but in most I know the guy would have been feeling the dirt between his teeth after being bounced.
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In a regulated world, you generally have to show that a product is safe and/or effective *before* release.
So if Apple has a category for "medical" apps, they could require some form of certification before they could be published.
At that point there's no need (or less need anyhow) for fines, because the snake-oil never makes it to market.
I have a friend who works in CyberCrime. He doesn't talk that much about his job but the basic take is that it deals with a lot of things normal people who rather not think about or look at.
He's a cop, which seems a much better job that an Google. At least if you're a cop you get some person satisfaction when some of these sick f***s get sent to jail.
AcnePwner was downloaded 3,300 times at a cost of 99 cents in the Android Marketplace. There were about 11,600 downloads of AcneApp from the iTunes store, which cost $1.99.
3300 * $0.99 = $3267
11600 * $1.99 = $23084
According to the settlement, Koby Brown and Gregory W. Pearson of DermApps are required to pay $14,294, and Andrew N. Finkle of Acne Pwner must pay $1,700.
$3267 - $1700 = $1657
$23084 - $14294 = $8790
Now granted some of this goes to Apple (and don't they have a vetting process, how did these make it through?).
But it seems that this crime is still fairly profitable, unless that amount was a fine on top of refunding any affected users (yeah, good luck).
Seems to me that the parents is right. These need to be regulated.
As for those saying "treat it like a website"... most websites don't charge, so they're more guilty of misinformation than being an outright scam.
I'm just waiting for "Super Mario Bros: space" to come out...
(ok, actually that might be cool if done right)
So where did you get a $40 copy of win7 from?
When the content comes out a little after the game. However, what I've seen a good many people complain about is when 90%+ of the content is *already on the game DVD* and what you actually get for your money is actually an unlock code which turns it on. Sometimes also download a bit more content etc as well
This is in contrast to "expansions" in which you got a whole new disc of content. Think "Brood Wars" for Starcraft.
If it exists on the existing media, then it's not "new content", it's content left out of the game.
Grasping that?
That is an alternative, yes.
You're correct.
The option he was thinking of does exist in VB, but it's called "Tachy goes to Coventry"
It's good for dealing with trolls
Actually, South Korea is "Republic of Korea", not the "Democratic Republic of Korea"
DPRK is, of course, the North.
I had to double (and triple) check that when sending money to the south, because I'm fairly sure that sending it Northwards would have resulted in
a) It never coming back to me
b) Me ending up on some sort of watch list
Luckily a smartphone and a google search ensured I had the *correct* Korea, though I'm a bit annoyed that the bank doesn't have it noted somewhere.
Public sector jobs (or at least the ones I know) tend to all have wages (and I'd assume taxes as derived from such) listed as public information.
If the site costs $30/month, and a "lifetime" membership is $100.
You might expect to take at least a year to find somebody, so in that respect $100 isn't all that pessimistic.
Does anyone else feel like these are just coming out a bit too fast?
I mean, I like having cool, affordable, and charity-benefitting games and all, but it seems that the "Humble Bundle's" are cranking out every month or two.
Beyond that, we have FieldRunners which is... yet *another* tower defence game. It seems like the IOS/Android market are full of these. A bit more originality would be nice, especially since the earlier bundles seemed to be about games that were - while not the best graphically - often quite original in gameplay/theme (the rest in the bundle seem to fit this fairly well)
Teacher: We don't want them on facebook, because they might take embarrassing/inappropriate pictures of other kids and post them online. We need you to block facebook.
Me: How are they taking these pictures
Teacher: With their camera phones. We're worried they may take pictures in the locker rooms etc. We need you to block it
Me: We can't block somebody's phone. It's using the phone network, not the school's
Teacher: It's in the school. You should block it. We can't let this happen
Me: Why not just deal with the students who are behaving inappropriately?
Teacher: I don't have time to deal with them. I have too many students. Just deal with it. Setup a block or something.
As a former school-district sysadmin, I'd say that blocking (bad) content from a school while allowing (good) content is nearly an impossible task. Obviously you can make a good effort, but it's an arms-race you can't win.
One should not underestimate the resourcefulness of a school full of bored teens. Hell, some of the most amazing stuff I've done was while I was in High School.
As an adult, it's not easy to pick this stuff up with the time available. Being young with an active brain and free time is a powerful thing, and a school full of semi-intelligent bored teens can be a pretty interesting place.
Why are those considered dangerous hours?
Maybe if you're driving tired, but if you're a night-shift worker etc they may actually be safer due to less others on the road.
Must be different in Canada.I can't recall being asked what my mileage was when renewing my insurance.
They *do* have different brackets depending on your distance to work. Having =15km from work to home /w no more than 6 days/month over is a reduced rate, but overall driving for year doesn't seem to be a factor here.
Where you live, what you drive, your age, and probably tons of other stuff is though.
I wonder if that's meant to cover things like this?
Hopefully in the rest of the world, things will be more sane.
The box comes with a USB charging cable and why do you need a dock?
I don't think you'd want a dock for charging, but there are an awful lot of devices that plug an iPhone/iPod into a dock-style connector to play music etc
Good point. I hadn't though about the app-scaling issue.
I wonder how all the Android apps manage it (the "HD" apps seem to be more recent, but they seem decent enough).
Indeed. This is more like having the Paparazzi on every street corner, and you're a person of interest.
We *know* that those "higher up" don't like that, so why should we put up with it from cameras.
Some of that money is used to offset the cost of maintaining your line.
I think you spelled "make fantabulous profits at the expense of your privacy" wrong.
It also works on 4.1, though you have to side-load it.
I installed from APK on my Nexus. My browser settings are "tap-to-use" so flash content doesn't show immediately by default, but it lets me browse sites with embedded flash videos etc when there's something I actually want to see.
Nexus 7 is 1280x800
With that in mind, I doubt that Apple would go for a lower resolution.
You will get exactly the same problem in concerts, night clubs, stadiums or any place a lot of people are put together in a relatively small space
Yes, and when it happens, I expect the bouncer to toss the guy out - ban him if possible - and/or contact the police as appropriate. Do you think that if some dude crotch-grabbed a woman at a concert or baseball game it would have required this amount of publicity to be acted upon?
Perhaps in some nightclubs that may have gotten past, but in most I know the guy would have been feeling the dirt between his teeth after being bounced.