Peel said he had several returns after Christmas, then a few other returns and exchanges — all with a receipt. That, apparently, was enough to put him on The Retail Equation's most-wanted list and Best Buy's no-returns-or-exchanges-for-90-days list.
So yes, he had returned a number of things. But if he's anything like me then he got a while swag of things for Christmas that he didn't really want, so I can't blame him for trying to take some of them back.
New feature: Shill tagging. If a user gets enough of their posts shill tagged (by unique UIDs) within a week/month then their account automatically gets suspended. They can appeal to the/. gods to be unsuspended, otherwise it's suspended for good.
Bullshit - name a useful feature lacking in Skype 2.2.0.25
A useful feature missing in Skype 2.2.0.25: It only works with the system's default input/output devices. Too bad if you want sounds coming out of your speakers and just leave your comms headset sitting on the desk until you need it (as I do with the Windows version).
What a load of nonsense. The only "health problem" I'm aware of related to wind turbines is Shadow Flicker, which has been refuted by studies. That hasn't stopped turbine producers like (Danish) Vestas from creating solutions that reduce or prevent shadow flicker by using sun position angle (and proximity of residences) to slow or stop the turbine blades if they would cause shadow flicker.
Normal model aircraft might climb at two knots, and that is without cameras and communications gear.
Normal model aircraft, maybe, but not all. Electric hotliners such as the Espada RL are cruising when they climb at 100ft/sec (60kts) and can go much faster.
The problem with coaxial rotor helis in the hobbyist market is that they're all fixed-pitch blade - so are completely useless for outdoor operation in even a light breeze. Although they're still fixed-pitch, quadcopters are much better at doing this. e.g.:
I believe you can override it on a per-page basis. Thats how chrome deals with it.
Afraid not, it's a choice of completely disabling the plugin or not. But the disablement dialog that pops doesn't tell users why Firefox wants to disable Java, and the default state is disabled, so the majority of users seeing it will probably just disable it.
I wouldn't expect this to affect the majority of Java users out there - only the ones like myself that have disabled JRE's automatic updates.
Most USB webcams do not have infrared filters so are completely useless for daytime outdoor scenes. They also perform badly at night. You are much better off getting dedicated security cameras and associated hardware as brokenin2 suggested.
There is no reason for a word processing program to access the Internet, especially if the IP address is somewhere in China or Russia.
Yes internet access should be gated as you suggest and there are plenty of software firewalls around that do that already, but I'll give you two use cases where a word processor needs to access the internet: 1. A user copies something from a web page and pastes it into the word processor - the clipboard only holds the HTML of the selection, so the word processor has to fetch any image references to embed in the document. 2. A user wants to view or edit a document in a SharePoint (or other) repository - so the word processor has to make WebDAV requests or similar to fetch and update the document online.
No, it's not just you. I too had recollections the system menu bar from GeOS, GS/OS and MacOS (long before OSX) when I read this in TFRN...
Application menus are a new feature that will become an increasingly familiar part of our applications in the future. These menus, which are labelled with the application's name and can be seen in the top bar, provide a new space for options that affect the whole application (as opposed to specific windows), such as application preferences and documentation.
It's just 80's vintage GUI with more curves and colours thrown in. Won't stop me from using it, though.
It's not just some auto-correcting QWERTY keyboard, though, it's an icon-based dynamic keyboard. See figure 2B in the patent application - unfortunately USPTO requires Javascript and QuickTime to view images...
You laugh, but I recently had to find a working 5 1/4" disk drive and an old linux distro (modern ones don't support them any more) to recover files from a floppy disk for an astronomy society.
Attempting to emulate Double Fine's success to fund another currently dead genre of computer game...
Considering Double Fine were only after $400,000 and they've already passed the $3,200,000 mark, I'd say point and click adventure games aren't dead in the eyes of their customers.
Anyone who cares about having different passwords for different sites will already be using a password database manager such as KeePass. Most password database managers also have random password generators. This is Google's solution in search of a problem.
The PRO 3100, like all of the PRO series, is a semi-integrated satnav device that connects to your cars systems to do things other than turn-by-turn navigation - like monitor fuel consumption. The discounted insurance is dependant on you (a) having good driving habits, and (b) leaving the 3100 on for compliance monitoring. Switch it off and you'll get no discount.
CoffeeScript compiles to JavaScript but has a slightly saner object model for people coming from C++ or Java.
Yes, the lack of quality IDEs are a problem.
And the quality of Javascript code examples out there on the internet are just as bad as they are for every other language - so shouldn't be a new bad experience.
And, of course, every browser has their own little idiosyncrasies when dealing with Javascript and DOM, etc., so you're probably better off learning to use a decent library like jQuery that takes care of (most of) that for you.
You know there are a bunch of proxy servers available for Android, right? Including Privoxy. It's optional on Android just like it is on every other OS because, right or wrong, people blocking advertising are definitely in the minority.
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Nice American accent.
Peel said he had several returns after Christmas, then a few other returns and exchanges — all with a receipt. That, apparently, was enough to put him on The Retail Equation's most-wanted list and Best Buy's no-returns-or-exchanges-for-90-days list.
So yes, he had returned a number of things. But if he's anything like me then he got a while swag of things for Christmas that he didn't really want, so I can't blame him for trying to take some of them back.
It's not just Best Buy, it's a service provided by a third party: The Retail Equation.
There'll probably be timers in hardware, but without interrupts you'll have to poll them.
New feature: Shill tagging. If a user gets enough of their posts shill tagged (by unique UIDs) within a week/month then their account automatically gets suspended. They can appeal to the /. gods to be unsuspended, otherwise it's suspended for good.
Second this!
Bullshit - name a useful feature lacking in Skype 2.2.0.25
A useful feature missing in Skype 2.2.0.25: It only works with the system's default input/output devices. Too bad if you want sounds coming out of your speakers and just leave your comms headset sitting on the desk until you need it (as I do with the Windows version).
What a load of nonsense. The only "health problem" I'm aware of related to wind turbines is Shadow Flicker, which has been refuted by studies. That hasn't stopped turbine producers like (Danish) Vestas from creating solutions that reduce or prevent shadow flicker by using sun position angle (and proximity of residences) to slow or stop the turbine blades if they would cause shadow flicker.
Normal model aircraft might climb at two knots, and that is without cameras and communications gear.
Normal model aircraft, maybe, but not all. Electric hotliners such as the Espada RL are cruising when they climb at 100ft/sec (60kts) and can go much faster.
The problem with coaxial rotor helis in the hobbyist market is that they're all fixed-pitch blade - so are completely useless for outdoor operation in even a light breeze. Although they're still fixed-pitch, quadcopters are much better at doing this. e.g.:
Horizon Hobby Blade mQX Micro Quad-Copter with AS3X RTF & BNF Review
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1579977
I believe you can override it on a per-page basis. Thats how chrome deals with it.
Afraid not, it's a choice of completely disabling the plugin or not. But the disablement dialog that pops doesn't tell users why Firefox wants to disable Java, and the default state is disabled, so the majority of users seeing it will probably just disable it.
I wouldn't expect this to affect the majority of Java users out there - only the ones like myself that have disabled JRE's automatic updates.
"Good luck" was from the submitter (or one of the /. editors), not from any of the source material.
Most USB webcams do not have infrared filters so are completely useless for daytime outdoor scenes. They also perform badly at night. You are much better off getting dedicated security cameras and associated hardware as brokenin2 suggested.
There is no reason for a word processing program to access the Internet, especially if the IP address is somewhere in China or Russia.
Yes internet access should be gated as you suggest and there are plenty of software firewalls around that do that already, but I'll give you two use cases where a word processor needs to access the internet: 1. A user copies something from a web page and pastes it into the word processor - the clipboard only holds the HTML of the selection, so the word processor has to fetch any image references to embed in the document. 2. A user wants to view or edit a document in a SharePoint (or other) repository - so the word processor has to make WebDAV requests or similar to fetch and update the document online.
Application menus are a new feature that will become an increasingly familiar part of our applications in the future. These menus, which are labelled with the application's name and can be seen in the top bar, provide a new space for options that affect the whole application (as opposed to specific windows), such as application preferences and documentation.
It's just 80's vintage GUI with more curves and colours thrown in. Won't stop me from using it, though.
It's not just some auto-correcting QWERTY keyboard, though, it's an icon-based dynamic keyboard. See figure 2B in the patent application - unfortunately USPTO requires Javascript and QuickTime to view images...
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN/5748177
That shouldn't be a problem, as long as the aliens use XML.
Now we have two problems.
You laugh, but I recently had to find a working 5 1/4" disk drive and an old linux distro (modern ones don't support them any more) to recover files from a floppy disk for an astronomy society.
Attempting to emulate Double Fine's success to fund another currently dead genre of computer game...
Considering Double Fine were only after $400,000 and they've already passed the $3,200,000 mark, I'd say point and click adventure games aren't dead in the eyes of their customers.
If ever it were to get any traction, the minute that happens it'll be pwned by shills.
What they're saying is your company chooses when the ugprades are done and can give employees a heads up.
And all that's off the table with Office 365 - upgrades happen when Microsoft wants them to.
Anyone who cares about having different passwords for different sites will already be using a password database manager such as KeePass. Most password database managers also have random password generators. This is Google's solution in search of a problem.
The PRO 3100, like all of the PRO series, is a semi-integrated satnav device that connects to your cars systems to do things other than turn-by-turn navigation - like monitor fuel consumption. The discounted insurance is dependant on you (a) having good driving habits, and (b) leaving the 3100 on for compliance monitoring. Switch it off and you'll get no discount.
CoffeeScript compiles to JavaScript but has a slightly saner object model for people coming from C++ or Java.
Yes, the lack of quality IDEs are a problem.
And the quality of Javascript code examples out there on the internet are just as bad as they are for every other language - so shouldn't be a new bad experience.
And, of course, every browser has their own little idiosyncrasies when dealing with Javascript and DOM, etc., so you're probably better off learning to use a decent library like jQuery that takes care of (most of) that for you.
2. Users start blocking ad servers
You know there are a bunch of proxy servers available for Android, right? Including Privoxy. It's optional on Android just like it is on every other OS because, right or wrong, people blocking advertising are definitely in the minority.