Well I wouldn't necessarily call them competition. I think they target different spaces. Photoshop express seems like it's targeting the casual consumer market. Touchups, redeye reduction whatnot. Phoenix (Aviary's image editing software) is closer to a full fledged layer based image editor ala 'real' photoshop.
Thats actually a rather silly thing to agree to. As another poster explained in full detail, firing a gun is most certainly not the easiest thing in the world. It takes a lot of time, effort, strength and muscle memory to accurately fire any weapon. (You could argue about the accuracy with a shotgun, but it still takes some practice to get used to the recoil). Just pick up a newspaper and read about some cops firing 40 rounds, 10 feet from the victim and only landing 8 bullets. And they're supposed to have training. (Im sorry but 50 rounds a year just ain't enough.)
Im seeing a lot of people arguing that it wouldn't work. (Sites could just register a.com and bypass the issue. What gets constituded as porn?) While all of these are valid areas if concern, the way I see it working is this: Sites dedicated to porn will register for a.xxx domain because if nothing else, it's easier than dealing with getting caught publishing under a.com. Other sites in the grey area still get filtered. Filters aren't going away. People still want to hide guns, violence, perversions, etc. from their children. This will just help with the game.
Most modern moviegoers are a simple lot that don't have the capability to enjoy a good movie. Hollywood releases a lot of crap because that's what most people like and in turn will bring back the most money.
And how else should a business be run? I agree, it would be nice if Hollywood only released "good" movies, but then they wouldn't be making any money would they? The fact of the matter is, people enjoy overblown special effects, guns, and explosions. It's exciting. And while that doesn't always mean an intellectually thrilling film, it does mean more money for those involved in making the movie.
This almost sounds more frightening than the cloak, since there's no reason why the sensors would have to be placed outside. Imagine a world where PHBs can turn their office wall into a window onto any cube. Zero privacy.
How would this be any different than using video cameras, privacy wise? and we've had those for years.
I didn't read the article but from the OP it looks like it just makes it so the RFID reader rejects the information. That means that there was some sort "attempted" transfer of data involved. In other words, the alarm would go off, it just wouldn't know what caused it. The best way I can think of to do this is to have the RFID reader hooked up to some sort of database that only contains information about items sold in that store. That would solve the problem of an alarm going off everytime you entered or left a store with all that RFID embeded clothing you're wearing. It would also solve the privacy problem if the RFID tag only contained a unique key (like a barcode:) ) that corresponded an identical key in the reader's database. Of course then you'ld have a problem if you entered the store where you bought your clothing...Eh whatever. I can't think of everything:)
Actually, I don't think you could determine that either way. The fact is, programming has been around long enough in the US that everyone and their dog thinks they can do it. Over the years, there's been a huge influx in the number of dumbass kids taking a few programming courses and thinking they're the best programmers in the world. My guess is that in India the number of programmers is still such that they actually have to know what they're doing in order get anywhere. Expect this to change over time.
PS - I'm totally talking out of my ass here, but I've a feeling I've got the right of it.
Has anyone considered that perhaps this is the Earths natural course? I mean, how long have scientists been monitoring this planet? The earth has been around for millions of years, how do we know that this hasn't happened before?
(I ask the same question of global warming)
Just my $.02
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Well I wouldn't necessarily call them competition. I think they target different spaces. Photoshop express seems like it's targeting the casual consumer market. Touchups, redeye reduction whatnot. Phoenix (Aviary's image editing software) is closer to a full fledged layer based image editor ala 'real' photoshop.
Thats actually a rather silly thing to agree to. As another poster explained in full detail, firing a gun is most certainly not the easiest thing in the world. It takes a lot of time, effort, strength and muscle memory to accurately fire any weapon. (You could argue about the accuracy with a shotgun, but it still takes some practice to get used to the recoil). Just pick up a newspaper and read about some cops firing 40 rounds, 10 feet from the victim and only landing 8 bullets. And they're supposed to have training. (Im sorry but 50 rounds a year just ain't enough.)
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Im seeing a lot of people arguing that it wouldn't work. (Sites could just register a .com and bypass the issue. What gets constituded as porn?) While all of these are valid areas if concern, the way I see it working is this: Sites dedicated to porn will register for a .xxx domain because if nothing else, it's easier than dealing with getting caught publishing under a .com. Other sites in the grey area still get filtered. Filters aren't going away. People still want to hide guns, violence, perversions, etc. from their children. This will just help with the game.
Most modern moviegoers are a simple lot that don't have the capability to enjoy a good movie. Hollywood releases a lot of crap because that's what most people like and in turn will bring back the most money.
And how else should a business be run? I agree, it would be nice if Hollywood only released "good" movies, but then they wouldn't be making any money would they? The fact of the matter is, people enjoy overblown special effects, guns, and explosions. It's exciting. And while that doesn't always mean an intellectually thrilling film, it does mean more money for those involved in making the movie.
It's just a glorified counter!
Who's gonna debug the debugger?
This almost sounds more frightening than the cloak, since there's no reason why the sensors would have to be placed outside. Imagine a world where PHBs can turn their office wall into a window onto any cube. Zero privacy.
How would this be any different than using video cameras, privacy wise? and we've had those for years.
Once someone creates the holodeck that's where we'll spend all our time. No more inovation, no more productivity.
I didn't read the article but from the OP it looks like it just makes it so the RFID reader rejects the information. That means that there was some sort "attempted" transfer of data involved. In other words, the alarm would go off, it just wouldn't know what caused it. The best way I can think of to do this is to have the RFID reader hooked up to some sort of database that only contains information about items sold in that store. That would solve the problem of an alarm going off everytime you entered or left a store with all that RFID embeded clothing you're wearing. It would also solve the privacy problem if the RFID tag only contained a unique key (like a barcode :) ) that corresponded an identical key in the reader's database. Of course then you'ld have a problem if you entered the store where you bought your clothing...Eh whatever. I can't think of everything :)
Really? What's this then?
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PS - I'm totally talking out of my ass here, but I've a feeling I've got the right of it.
You must have some pretty thick thumbs...wait...
What I want to know is how they discovered this cure. Did they just start injecting random viruses into peoples neck tumors?
...how the hell do you turn it off!!! I did a search for "Dark Sword" and got over 32,000 results :(
Still available here :)
Well truth be told, neither the author nor the publisher make money off used book (or cd) sales either.
I believe George Carlin calls it "passive eugenics" :p
Ah mom, the shower crashed again :)
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hehe, they could have commercials for upgrades by Raid, "Keeping the bugs out of your system since 2015"
This could also bring a whole new meaning to cyber terrorism...
Has anyone considered that perhaps this is the Earths natural course? I mean, how long have scientists been monitoring this planet? The earth has been around for millions of years, how do we know that this hasn't happened before? (I ask the same question of global warming) Just my $.02