And one should certainly rely on the fictional Star Trek(tm) universe for patent guidance...
Those series were prescient in their anticipation of frivolous patent abuse. Most notably by their stand not to use the "infringing technology" of "circuit breakers", as evidenced by every episode where the consoles exploded into showers of sparks, during a power-surge.
1) Submit production samples of your candidate locks to several Defcon conferees, particularly those who have defeated lock mechanisms in the past.
2) A decision on whether your locks meets the specification will be rendered after next year's Defcon.
For those of us who have never used twitter, is there an edited, "best of" to convince us to use it?
I googled "best of twitter", but it appears to be an reductio ad absurdum situation - all the top links seem to want me to follow some twitter account...
They are only banning the sale in the city... last time I looked it didn't take very long to leave the city of SF... guess you will have to take your pet buying business to the next city, who will get the sales tax, etc.
All modern operating systems do it, right? I heard IOS locks itself in pretty good. For crying out loud - once you click "accept" to that first question, doesn't that imply you agree forever? C'mon bitch, where's your automatic update now?
That is widows and orphans rate. Where I am in California there are several tiers, each very tiny, you very rapidly approach the top tier of $0.30/kWh....
A couple of years ago, I figured out that the old VCR machines used about $17/year just sitting there, blinking "12:00"...
Apple could just make up a name and make is stick - how about synchole - marketing would be a snap "just toss all of your digital data in our synchole!"
Not always true - I once worked for a very large company as a Contractor. This company was populated with PHB types and was very fond of meetings to track the progress, of... the latest reorg or something. Dunno.
Anyhow, while filling out timesheets and painfully aware of my per-hour rate doing "admin" work for a not-quite-deployed system, I felt like I should be doing something. With my "developer" background, I wrote all kinds of tools to make my "operations" work easier... pretty my automating my way out of a job, which was my goal, since I was on a 6 month contract. I also did the onerous task of reviewing vendor support agreements and such, and pretty much saved the company my salary in un-needed maintenance contracts.
Long story, short, they offered me a full time senior position at the end of my contract. Alas, the company was still a PITA to work (more about process, sensitivity classes, and other bs, than working.) The employees were all pretty much clock-punchers with no initiative, which is a toxic place to stay if you have any personal ambition. The point is, in this case, the employees were worse than the "contractors".
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And one should certainly rely on the fictional Star Trek(tm) universe for patent guidance...
Those series were prescient in their anticipation of frivolous patent abuse. Most notably by their stand not to use the "infringing technology" of "circuit breakers", as evidenced by every episode where the consoles exploded into showers of sparks, during a power-surge.
Sounds good, but I will only buy one if they design the thorium receptacle to look like a "Mr Fusion" machine.
Increased incidents of skin cancer next year
Not for those of us who live in Mom's basement, thank you very much.
Lock specification:
1) Submit production samples of your candidate locks to several Defcon conferees, particularly those who have defeated lock mechanisms in the past.
2) A decision on whether your locks meets the specification will be rendered after next year's Defcon.
This is why I don't have freinds. Hell, apparently I can't even spell the word.
Oh, and Malthus was wrong too.
But some cultures DO suck, albeit by objective western standards.
However, that is not PC to say. The only PC thing one can say is that western cultural standards are insensitive.
Successful companies grow... and hire more people... and add a layer of management... and the managers are hired last... thus the meanest.
Or maybe an edited version?
For those of us who have never used twitter, is there an edited, "best of" to convince us to use it?
I googled "best of twitter", but it appears to be an reductio ad absurdum situation - all the top links seem to want me to follow some twitter account...
Is there compelling twitter content I am missing?
But I still remember the gist of the game...
You type in something like: jjkkljjkk
And the response is something like: "You killed your dog"
If my passwords for eBay and PayPal are too hard to type when I am durnk, I won't get cool random things delivered to my PO BOX!
Nothing irks me more than technology being crippled for no good reason. Yay for lawyers and IP nonsense!
... or is my statement redundant?
As annoying as that is, at least I understand the commercial desire to maximize profit.
Nothing irks me more than our freedoms being crippled for no good reason. Yay for legislators and political nonsense!
BTW - I just copyrighted "iStore", maybe (check in your local jurisdiction).
Also, let's burn "widget store", "got app?", "widget factory", and "buyme*".
* harkening back to simpler times when one could post a program named "playme" to wreak havoc, for the hacker fun of it (no pop-up dialogs involved.)
"They" will track you down... just 191 ahead of you.
...So why can't we fix this?
Ahhh, grasshopper, when you can define what is broke (and for whom it is broken), only then will you know the answer.
They are only banning the sale in the city... last time I looked it didn't take very long to leave the city of SF... guess you will have to take your pet buying business to the next city, who will get the sales tax, etc.
All modern operating systems do it, right? I heard IOS locks itself in pretty good. For crying out loud - once you click "accept" to that first question, doesn't that imply you agree forever? C'mon bitch, where's your automatic update now?
This is why the oximoronic term "astronomically small" has been coined.
I pretty much sell everything at a loss...
I don't see where eBay reports the "cost of goods"... and don't forget the 9% or eBay fee... or 3.x% for paypal...
That is widows and orphans rate. Where I am in California there are several tiers, each very tiny, you very rapidly approach the top tier of $0.30/kWh....
A couple of years ago, I figured out that the old VCR machines used about $17/year just sitting there, blinking "12:00"...
Apple could just make up a name and make is stick - how about synchole - marketing would be a snap "just toss all of your digital data in our synchole!"
Heh.
I don't think I have the gene to see ads. Blacked out of my consciousness like crying kids on a cross-country flight.
Oddly, I tend to avoid buying anything with a label, and remove the ones I do notice. Maybe I have an anti-ad gene?
If you took off the labels can you still name the brand? if so, why label? If not, why pay a premium?
Don't let 10 year olds see "leisure suit larry"! Or use google, I guess.
Not always true - I once worked for a very large company as a Contractor. This company was populated with PHB types and was very fond of meetings to track the progress, of... the latest reorg or something. Dunno.
;-)
Anyhow, while filling out timesheets and painfully aware of my per-hour rate doing "admin" work for a not-quite-deployed system, I felt like I should be doing something. With my "developer" background, I wrote all kinds of tools to make my "operations" work easier... pretty my automating my way out of a job, which was my goal, since I was on a 6 month contract. I also did the onerous task of reviewing vendor support agreements and such, and pretty much saved the company my salary in un-needed maintenance contracts.
Long story, short, they offered me a full time senior position at the end of my contract. Alas, the company was still a PITA to work (more about process, sensitivity classes, and other bs, than working.) The employees were all pretty much clock-punchers with no initiative, which is a toxic place to stay if you have any personal ambition. The point is, in this case, the employees were worse than the "contractors".
But I have to agree on "consultants"
"Who will video the video makers?