I'm 40 years old, and I've never used a check. In Sweden, where I live, checks are OBSOLETE. Since long time back.
I think some people in the banking industry in the UK (and the US) needs to start learning about computers and information technology. It's about time.
Anyway, the Kreatel hardware I've dealt with is huge in comparison.
Huge?
See the picture on http://www.kreatel.se/products_ipstb.htm. Compare the size of the remote and the STB. The STB is approx the same size as an ordinary book. If that's huge, the Amino STB better ship with a magnifying glass, in case you misplace it.
The United States government isn't the only government body that funds medical research, you know... What you describe is a completely impossible cover-up.
They can still patent it anywhere else where software patents are allowed. Protecting an innovation usually amounts to patenting it on major markets, not just your domestic market.
Iris biometric devices also require some blood pulsing to be detected as well (as do fingerprint devices) so you cannot use a fancy glass eye, or an amputated eyeball.
Sorry guys, best go back to the privacy debate on this one.
And as everyone knows, this is Robbery 101 material. Students failing this will not be allowed to go into robbery and will have to make their living on petty theft.
I had the same feeling. I've been developing digital TV apps and boxes for five years and every month there's a new "standard". However, these guys seem to try to address a need. From their FAQ:
Q: Do the standards work with ATVEF or MHP?
A: The standards are agnostic to the distribution platform. Thus, they can be used with both ATVEF and MHP.
Q: Why is there a need for production standards when there are so many standards on the distribution side?
A: The content community made up of studios, networks, producers and others has struggled over the past few years with a multitude of changing distribution methodologies. There is tremendous work taking place throughout the industry to create distribution standards. In order to facilitate economically viable production of interactive content today, the content community has proactively created this committee to provide a standard method for creating interactive content. This standard will benefit all involved, including the work in progress for various other standards forums in the industry.
However, for it to make a difference, it needs to be "compiled" on the distribution side to MHP/ATVEF/*Fad_Of_The_Month*/OpenTV... or packaged and interpreted on the terminal. Hence, someone needs to develop and deploy that software.
If you ask me, this is way premature. If someone comes up with ORIGINAL programming utilizing interactive TV (not commercials...) that is so fun and/or useful that every ITV network and user wants it, then the cost of implementing that on different distribution networks will exceed the cost of implementing and deploying the needed general software. Maybe then it will happen. Otherwise... Naaah! Get's my vote for fad of the month.
I'm a contractor and I take my job very seriously, there is no way in hell I would ever betray the confidence of any of my employers. Not just because it would tarnish my reputation with future employers but also because I am that kind of person.
Wise.
I used to manage a project which utilized software from another company. They in turn used a contractor to tweak it for our purposes. I was totally impressed by his skills and he was very high up on my list of people to hire for anything in the future.
Suddenly the other company decided to discontinue the product and there was no way they could allow us access to the source code to continue development ourselves, because of intellectual property and licensing issues. That pissed us off, but there was nothing we could do about it, except whining.
Enter the contractor. He called me and let me know that if I was interested, he had made a copy of the source code. Faced with this blatant offer to participate in industrial espionage I merely stammered out an "Uh-hu", made some small-talk, hung-up, and erased him from my list of people to hire for anything in the future.
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I'm 40 years old, and I've never used a check. In Sweden, where I live, checks are OBSOLETE. Since long time back. I think some people in the banking industry in the UK (and the US) needs to start learning about computers and information technology. It's about time.
They usually can dance, though...
Anyway, the Kreatel hardware I've dealt with is huge in comparison.
Huge?
See the picture on http://www.kreatel.se/products_ipstb.htm. Compare the size of the remote and the STB. The STB is approx the same size as an ordinary book. If that's huge, the Amino STB better ship with a magnifying glass, in case you misplace it.
Fredrik
The United States government isn't the only government body that funds medical research, you know... What you describe is a completely impossible cover-up.
Please go trolling somewhere else.
Fredrik
They can still patent it anywhere else where software patents are allowed. Protecting an innovation usually amounts to patenting it on major markets, not just your domestic market.
At 10:56 AM CET it's less surprising.
nuff said!
Fredrik
And as everyone knows, this is Robbery 101 material. Students failing this will not be allowed to go into robbery and will have to make their living on petty theft.
Fredrik
I had the same feeling. I've been developing digital TV apps and boxes for five years and every month there's a new "standard". However, these guys seem to try to address a need. From their FAQ:
However, for it to make a difference, it needs to be "compiled" on the distribution side to MHP/ATVEF/*Fad_Of_The_Month*/OpenTV... or packaged and interpreted on the terminal. Hence, someone needs to develop and deploy that software.
If you ask me, this is way premature. If someone comes up with ORIGINAL programming utilizing interactive TV (not commercials...) that is so fun and/or useful that every ITV network and user wants it, then the cost of implementing that on different distribution networks will exceed the cost of implementing and deploying the needed general software. Maybe then it will happen. Otherwise... Naaah! Get's my vote for fad of the month.
Fredrik
Correction: "The Inmates are Running the Asylum" was written by Alan Cooper. Another review here [uidesign.net].
Wise.
I used to manage a project which utilized software from another company. They in turn used a contractor to tweak it for our purposes. I was totally impressed by his skills and he was very high up on my list of people to hire for anything in the future.
Suddenly the other company decided to discontinue the product and there was no way they could allow us access to the source code to continue development ourselves, because of intellectual property and licensing issues. That pissed us off, but there was nothing we could do about it, except whining.
Enter the contractor. He called me and let me know that if I was interested, he had made a copy of the source code. Faced with this blatant offer to participate in industrial espionage I merely stammered out an "Uh-hu", made some small-talk, hung-up, and erased him from my list of people to hire for anything in the future.