"Have you seen how disgusting your fellow humans are? when your feet stick to the floor in a theater and you find booger encrusted seats.. No thanks, I'm not putting on any jacket that some gross sweaty stinkbomb wore last..."
Interesting...my first thoughts were not that it would be something the theater provided, but, something YOU as the individual would purchase, and bring with you. That way you could use it at the movies and at home for your home theater.
The pr0n possibilities really go up if this is the case....for home 'usage'.
"It's great to say that making the customer happy should be the most important thing to a company, but you have to keep it reasonable. Do you think AT&T would have happier customers if they restrict tethering on the iPhone, by blocking it or charging extra for it, or if their data network is dead slow or constantly unavailable because of congestion?
AT&T bet that you'd rather have data access just on your phone as opposed to effectively no access at all. They went with the no-tethering-at-all option. Now they're changing their minds and going with the tethering-for-a-fee option. Expect to see some limitations, either caps or restrictions on the type of traffic on those tethering plans as well."
These arguments would be valid only AT&T didn't already allow and have tethering plans for most all of their other phones that are capable of such functionality.
It isn't like the concept of tethering to an AT&T phone is new to them.....just for some reason, 'new' to them to allow it on an iPhone.
"The only thing that will force a revolution in this industry is when you convince the parents of the entire teen population not to pay for shit their kids don't need.
Fixed that for you;)
Wow. Do I ever stand corrected. Your statement is so true it's painful."
I hear ya. It seems that today's parents have forgotten one of the most important words in their vocabulary...NO
It seems parental units, somewhere along the years, have forgotten that THEY and ONLY THEY are in charge in a household. Things like toys, cell phones, video games, etc...are luxuries that are doled out as their option, they are not 'rights' that children have.
I think that's why I seem to observer so many kids today with the sense of entitlement to all these things, rather than being grateful that they have a few luxuries. The kids seem to run the adults lives...rather than the other way around.
Don't get me wrong, if a person chooses to have children, they do need to prepare themselves for the personal and financial sacrifice that goes with it. But, that doesn't mean that you no longer rule the roost so to speak.
"Since the UK has essentially made illegal the photographing of the police doing its thing, I believe it is now a de-facto police state. If you can't gather hard evidence on their wrongdoing (what is better than an image or a video?) the police are effectively unfettered."
When and why did this happen?
I know in the US, if the cops see you filming them, they will often try to harass you, but, I've never heard that it was downright illegal to photograph the police in action in a western nation like the US or UK??
"So let me get this straight: you want to subject me to mind numbing boredom, for little more than the cost of parking and a sandwich? It's little wonder everyone does whatever they can to get out of it. Frankly, it's offensive that you think my time is worth so little."
I can see your point, and I used to think JUST that same way.
But, as I've started over the past years, to really start to pay attention to what's happening in this country, with rights being nullified, changes to laws, expansion of laws, learing more of what I should have been taught in civics class.
I'm thinking the opposite now, in that...do YOU really consider your civic duty to be so worthless? Do you find that the principals for handing out justice (which you or someone you know could easily be on the wrong end of a trial) so worthless, that it isn't worth sacrificing a little of your time and money, to participate....and try to lend (hopefully) an intelligent ear and brain to try to help decide a fellow citizens fate?
Worst case scenario...YOU are falsely accused of something that would mark or ruin you for life, or deprive you of your liberty or very life.
Would you want someone like YOU on your jury....sitting there bored, not paying attention, pisseed about missing work, and just wanting to vote whatever way will get you out of there the fastest?
"Of course, as the original article relates, the obvious answer is yes. Apparently people lack self-control, and common sense, to not read or listen to any news story about the case they are deciding on or even cases similar to the one you are deciding."
Sounds like we have a new method for getting out of jury duty!!
If shouting out racial or sexual slurs doesn't get your thrown out of the jury pool....claim you are 'addicted' to the internet, and cannot possibly keep yourself from surfing online about everything, including the case you are on.
"Really, if you have a reasonable doubt that the crime was commited (i.e. you think the defense hasn't brought up good questions you would ask and thus the issues have not been resolved) why are you voting guilty?"
Good point.
I've heard it put forth...that when you are on a jury, you are one of the most powerful people in the United States. You could potentially even have power greater than, or over that of the President. You *can* vote how you feel....and it carries a great deal of weight!!
My bank will surely give me a mortgage for one of those. This investment is definitely safer than what they had been doing a couple of years ago."
You know..I really don't know why people are so shocked and all that houses went down in value...??
I mean, they are a commodity just like anything else...they can go down in value.
I'm particularly blown away by people complaining, and apparently going to get bailed out because they are 'upside down' in their homes. Why? Have these people never bought a new car? You are upside down in a car the second you drive it off the lot. Why should a home be any different. It isn't an 'investment' as such...it is a freakin' place to LIVE.
Just because it had been a long time since home value sank...doesn't mean it couldn't happen again.
Actually...these performance cars, that don't look like a fugly Prius...are the only things that are starting to garner my attention. I'm all for performance, and something that looks like a sports car.
If they could get these down to the Vette price range, I'd be all over buying one. If they can get them into the $50K-$65K range, put me on the list.
Man...you sure are wanting to take a lot of the FUN out of driving man.
Are you wanting to take away our motorcycles too? Make them automated?
Many of us don't just see driving our own vehicles as merely a means to get from point a to point b. Some of us enjoy performance vehicles and the like for enjoying getting out on the open road.
"Speeding is stupid, and is always dangerous. Yes, on a 75MPH highway everyone might be doing 80, but the idiot doing 95-100, dangerously merging and trying to get in front of traffic is an accident waiting to happen."
I dunno where you live, but, down here if you're only going 75mph on the highway...you'll get run over. If you are going that slow, you'd better not get into the passing lane.
Heck...I drive 50-60 easily on most city streets when conditions permit safely....
"And why do you want another depression, exactly?"
No...but, I don't believe the govt. can SPEND our way out of this recession, and with what they've done so far....the inflation that will hit in a year or so...will be killer.
If they would concentrate on loosening up the credit market and get the banks healthy, I think most of this mess would fix itself. Get credit flowing, and then investors and responsible potential home owners can buy up all these foreclosed properties at a more reasonable price.
Spending tons of tax dollars on earmarks, saving some rodent in CA, etc...is not the way to get the economy rolling.
Heck, if they wanted to get money back to 'the people' quicker...why not just immediately stop the payroll taxes for a year. I guarantee I could buy more if I had more of my own hard earned money to begin with.
"Why not? You have NO PROBLEM with people paying this money to insurance companies who spend it on cocaine and hookers, why would it be worse to give this money to the government instead?"
So that my govt. can spend it on blow and hookers?
Geez...at least with the private sector doing it....they don't have all the red tape and bureaucracy.
Frankly...I looked at my paycheck (currently working W2 again)...and with all the taxes, I pay freaking 33% right off the top. Now, add in all the sales tax, property tax..etc....
I already pay TOO MUCH tax. Let them start to CUT spending first.
"1 in 10 Americans is on parole or "monitored" in some way. "
1 in 10???
Where did you get THIS statistic. That is way too high....
"Or how about the other side? Your husband is in prison, should you take the 8-hour round trip to see him on the bus or should you abandon him?"
Well, I think you should REALLY consider the latter choice...get rid of the criminal, and try to go for a man with a real job...who has something going for him (and also for a family).
"BONUS: This also jams some types of lidar (laser "radar") and is virtually undetectable. This doesn't automatically make it illegal, since the interference is an incidental function that isn't the primary purpose of the device. Lidar can be jammed by a simple reflection of sunlight from a windshield, and windshields aren't illegal. The same applies to this device."
As far as I know...jamming Laser guns isn't illegal, and never has been. Only active jamming of radar is illegal...for obvious safety reasons.
"That isn't going to help against accidental clicks on spam links that take you to places you didn't want to go. What the OP wants is something that prevents accidental exposure to offensive content."
I have to ask...do people REALLY that often, hit porn sites by accident?
I mean, I can count on one hand (I know I know) the number of times I've actually had porn flash up on my browser when I was not looking for it....in all these years.
How bad a problem is this actually? From anecdotal evidence, I'd have to guess if someone has porn on the screen....they were looking for it.
"I'm a middle-income head of household. I just paid off my car and have a mortgage and lifestyle appropriate for my income. My wife's car is 2 years in.
I get laid off, and the best work I can get in this economy is flipping burgers by day and working at a movie theater by night."
Have you considered moving to where a better job market is? Maybe you could do some contracting (assuming tech person), and travel while kids and wife stay put?
We are in tough times, but, there are always ways around problems, something you have to bend a good bit till the economy improves. Good Luck man!
"And so we come full-circle with the root-cause of the memory loss."
LOL...I hear ya. From the 20's through the 30's...that's when you do your best to destroy your brain cells by partying.
I hated it when a few years ago...I actually discovered what a hangover REALLY meant. Oh sure, in the past...I'd wake up a little 'slow'...not feeling that great, but, was functional.
Now?
One good throwdown party Friday night, and I'm sick in bed all day Sat., most of Sun, and frankly, not feeling that chipper on Monday.
I think in my late 30's...I must have blown a liver.
:)
Now, on the weekends, I go for quality over quantity. I try to stick to having only 3-4 drinks (martinis or scotch)....or a few beers. I have to watch it even then to stay hydrated....
OH, but, man..the good old days, now THAT was fun. At 27, I remember looking at my watch and asking my friends..."Hey, it is 11pm, isn't it a little early to be going out yet???"
"That's a really easy opinion to hold until you try riding public transit four hours each day to and from your menial minimum-wage job. And I'm not making this up, I know someone with a college degree who is in this position."
Well, life is tough my friend. And in the US, equal opportunity, does NOT mean equal results. Things (like owning and driving a car) cost money, and you have to work to earn it. Some have to work a little harder for do to luck of the draw at birth (genetics, parental skills of parents, etc)....if you are poor and want a car, then work that extra time to educate yourself. If you blew it the first time around it was offered to you, well yes, it will take more effort when you're older, but other people have done it, and so can you.
If you cannot afford to follow the rules for a private car, they you should not have one.
"They may not have money, but they have a vehicle. Confiscate it."
They actually tried doing that down here in New Orleans...back before Katrina. The measure got thrown out as that it was branded a 'racist' ordinance. That just blew me away. I don't care what color you are, if you can't afford to have lawful insurance on the car, you shouldn't be driving one. A car costs money (fuel, repair and insurnace)...if you can't afford one, don't drive one.
"I've got no sympathy at all for uninsured motorists."
I don't either, but, I also don't want the cities photographing, id'ing and logging everyone as they drive about just to catch the few people out there that are driving w/o insurance. That is just WAY too large a dragnet.
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Interesting...my first thoughts were not that it would be something the theater provided, but, something YOU as the individual would purchase, and bring with you. That way you could use it at the movies and at home for your home theater.
The pr0n possibilities really go up if this is the case....for home 'usage'.
AT&T bet that you'd rather have data access just on your phone as opposed to effectively no access at all. They went with the no-tethering-at-all option. Now they're changing their minds and going with the tethering-for-a-fee option. Expect to see some limitations, either caps or restrictions on the type of traffic on those tethering plans as well."
These arguments would be valid only AT&T didn't already allow and have tethering plans for most all of their other phones that are capable of such functionality.
It isn't like the concept of tethering to an AT&T phone is new to them.....just for some reason, 'new' to them to allow it on an iPhone.
Fixed that for you ;)
Wow. Do I ever stand corrected. Your statement is so true it's painful."
I hear ya. It seems that today's parents have forgotten one of the most important words in their vocabulary...NO
It seems parental units, somewhere along the years, have forgotten that THEY and ONLY THEY are in charge in a household. Things like toys, cell phones, video games, etc...are luxuries that are doled out as their option, they are not 'rights' that children have.
I think that's why I seem to observer so many kids today with the sense of entitlement to all these things, rather than being grateful that they have a few luxuries. The kids seem to run the adults lives...rather than the other way around.
Don't get me wrong, if a person chooses to have children, they do need to prepare themselves for the personal and financial sacrifice that goes with it. But, that doesn't mean that you no longer rule the roost so to speak.
When and why did this happen?
I know in the US, if the cops see you filming them, they will often try to harass you, but, I've never heard that it was downright illegal to photograph the police in action in a western nation like the US or UK??
Details please?
You mean you stopped doing this for some reason!?!?!?!
I can see your point, and I used to think JUST that same way.
But, as I've started over the past years, to really start to pay attention to what's happening in this country, with rights being nullified, changes to laws, expansion of laws, learing more of what I should have been taught in civics class.
I'm thinking the opposite now, in that...do YOU really consider your civic duty to be so worthless? Do you find that the principals for handing out justice (which you or someone you know could easily be on the wrong end of a trial) so worthless, that it isn't worth sacrificing a little of your time and money, to participate....and try to lend (hopefully) an intelligent ear and brain to try to help decide a fellow citizens fate?
Worst case scenario...YOU are falsely accused of something that would mark or ruin you for life, or deprive you of your liberty or very life.
Would you want someone like YOU on your jury....sitting there bored, not paying attention, pisseed about missing work, and just wanting to vote whatever way will get you out of there the fastest?
Something to ponder.....
Sounds like we have a new method for getting out of jury duty!!
If shouting out racial or sexual slurs doesn't get your thrown out of the jury pool....claim you are 'addicted' to the internet, and cannot possibly keep yourself from surfing online about everything, including the case you are on.
Good point.
I've heard it put forth...that when you are on a jury, you are one of the most powerful people in the United States. You could potentially even have power greater than, or over that of the President. You *can* vote how you feel....and it carries a great deal of weight!!
Yeah...like that is exciting. *snore* indeed.
If they can get the Inzo or Tesla in the $55K range...THEN I'm interested. Then again, I've never owned anything by 2 seat sports cars in my life.
My bank will surely give me a mortgage for one of those. This investment is definitely safer than what they had been doing a couple of years ago."
You know..I really don't know why people are so shocked and all that houses went down in value...??
I mean, they are a commodity just like anything else...they can go down in value.
I'm particularly blown away by people complaining, and apparently going to get bailed out because they are 'upside down' in their homes. Why? Have these people never bought a new car? You are upside down in a car the second you drive it off the lot. Why should a home be any different. It isn't an 'investment' as such...it is a freakin' place to LIVE.
Just because it had been a long time since home value sank...doesn't mean it couldn't happen again.
If they could get these down to the Vette price range, I'd be all over buying one. If they can get them into the $50K-$65K range, put me on the list.
I think if you look at the average American, you can see we definitely have NO problem with starvation here.
Are you wanting to take away our motorcycles too? Make them automated?
Many of us don't just see driving our own vehicles as merely a means to get from point a to point b. Some of us enjoy performance vehicles and the like for enjoying getting out on the open road.
I dunno where you live, but, down here if you're only going 75mph on the highway...you'll get run over. If you are going that slow, you'd better not get into the passing lane.
Heck...I drive 50-60 easily on most city streets when conditions permit safely....
No...but, I don't believe the govt. can SPEND our way out of this recession, and with what they've done so far....the inflation that will hit in a year or so...will be killer.
If they would concentrate on loosening up the credit market and get the banks healthy, I think most of this mess would fix itself. Get credit flowing, and then investors and responsible potential home owners can buy up all these foreclosed properties at a more reasonable price.
Spending tons of tax dollars on earmarks, saving some rodent in CA, etc...is not the way to get the economy rolling.
Heck, if they wanted to get money back to 'the people' quicker...why not just immediately stop the payroll taxes for a year. I guarantee I could buy more if I had more of my own hard earned money to begin with.
So that my govt. can spend it on blow and hookers?
Geez...at least with the private sector doing it....they don't have all the red tape and bureaucracy.
Frankly...I looked at my paycheck (currently working W2 again)...and with all the taxes, I pay freaking 33% right off the top. Now, add in all the sales tax, property tax..etc....
I already pay TOO MUCH tax. Let them start to CUT spending first.
1 in 10???
Where did you get THIS statistic. That is way too high....
"Or how about the other side? Your husband is in prison, should you take the 8-hour round trip to see him on the bus or should you abandon him?"
Well, I think you should REALLY consider the latter choice...get rid of the criminal, and try to go for a man with a real job...who has something going for him (and also for a family).
As far as I know...jamming Laser guns isn't illegal, and never has been. Only active jamming of radar is illegal...for obvious safety reasons.
I have to ask...do people REALLY that often, hit porn sites by accident?
I mean, I can count on one hand (I know I know) the number of times I've actually had porn flash up on my browser when I was not looking for it....in all these years.
How bad a problem is this actually? From anecdotal evidence, I'd have to guess if someone has porn on the screen....they were looking for it.
Have you considered moving to where a better job market is? Maybe you could do some contracting (assuming tech person), and travel while kids and wife stay put?
We are in tough times, but, there are always ways around problems, something you have to bend a good bit till the economy improves. Good Luck man!
Thought I'd something more to say."
No one told you when to run....
LOL...I hear ya. From the 20's through the 30's ...that's when you do your best to destroy your brain cells by partying.
I hated it when a few years ago...I actually discovered what a hangover REALLY meant. Oh sure, in the past...I'd wake up a little 'slow'...not feeling that great, but, was functional.
Now?
One good throwdown party Friday night, and I'm sick in bed all day Sat., most of Sun, and frankly, not feeling that chipper on Monday.
I think in my late 30's...I must have blown a liver.
Now, on the weekends, I go for quality over quantity. I try to stick to having only 3-4 drinks (martinis or scotch)....or a few beers. I have to watch it even then to stay hydrated....
OH, but, man..the good old days, now THAT was fun. At 27, I remember looking at my watch and asking my friends..."Hey, it is 11pm, isn't it a little early to be going out yet???"
Well, life is tough my friend. And in the US, equal opportunity, does NOT mean equal results. Things (like owning and driving a car) cost money, and you have to work to earn it. Some have to work a little harder for do to luck of the draw at birth (genetics, parental skills of parents, etc)....if you are poor and want a car, then work that extra time to educate yourself. If you blew it the first time around it was offered to you, well yes, it will take more effort when you're older, but other people have done it, and so can you.
If you cannot afford to follow the rules for a private car, they you should not have one.
They actually tried doing that down here in New Orleans...back before Katrina. The measure got thrown out as that it was branded a 'racist' ordinance. That just blew me away. I don't care what color you are, if you can't afford to have lawful insurance on the car, you shouldn't be driving one. A car costs money (fuel, repair and insurnace)...if you can't afford one, don't drive one.
I don't either, but, I also don't want the cities photographing, id'ing and logging everyone as they drive about just to catch the few people out there that are driving w/o insurance. That is just WAY too large a dragnet.