Or, on the flip side and giving Philips the benefit of the doubt, perhaps they're just going to sit on the patent, not implement it, and then no one else can implement either. In which case we should all buy three Philips TVs on matter of principle.
Hey, I can dream can't I??
I really think you ought to change ruin with change in your post. We're part of nature too you know, and even if we were able to change things so much that 90% of the worlds biology went extinct, it would just be nature doing it's thing. Does that mean we shouldn't consider the impacts of our actions? Absolutely not, personally I'm wanting a clean, hospitable Earth for my grandkids. But we shouldn't try to not impact the environment at all, unless you want to go back to hunting/gathering, with no technology whatsoever.
Thinking like a black hat for a moment, say you get thrown in the lockup and served with a 'Government Access to Keys' request. Go ahead and give them the key, but give them the one that your computer recognizes as 'destroy all incriminating evidence'. One rm -rf later, the authorities have nothing to work with, and you're free to go.
Here is a site that might be worth checking into as well. Not 733t-speak, but damn funny and understandable by anyone with an IQ greater than yogurt. From Moby Dick: Captain Ahab
I stab at thee. I stab at thee. (Everybody dies except Ishmael, although this is no surprise, because it was foreshadowed CONTINUALLY from the BEGINNING.)
Reminds me of a Dave Barry column where he was talking about how we should pay off the national debt. One of the ideas was to connect electrodes to politicians' bodies, then send a jolt through that corresponds to the size of the dept. With a little bit of tweaking the idea could be very effective in keeping tax increases to a minimum.;-)
- install low flow toilets or those kits that limit the amount of water per toilet flush.
Tip for those who don't want to pay for a 'kit': Fill a gallon milk jug with water and put it in the toilet tank, the gallon of space (Yes, I know, not an appropriate unit of measure. Sue me.) it takes up reduces the amount of water flushed by (guess what) a gallon.
Interesting idea, but have you ever played with a gyroscope? Or spun the bicycle wheel, then held it by the axle and tried to tip/turn it? There's a huge force to overcome, and I wouldn't really like to be driving a semi with a 2 ton (number pulled out of a hat, I imagine to be worth it the flywheel would have to be huge, with a LOT of inertia) gyroscope trying to keep me going straight when I'm going around curves.
Did you make sure to check the 'Site Blocking' option in Adblock options? I missed that step (as did the author of the instructions. After I made sure the option was checked it worked great.
Why do you think they cut all those jobs?? Now they can afford to purchase AT&T!!!
(Disclaimer: I have no understanding of the issues involved here, I was going for funny. I may get hit with the "nothing funny about losing your job" trolls, but hey, humor insults people, get over it.:-)
I haven't yet seen my personal favorite, so I'll go ahead and add it here.
Ford: It's unpleasantly like being drunk.
Arthur: What's so unpleasant about being drunk??
Ford: You ask a glass of water...
It's that kind of mind-bending thought process that I love about the guy. Truly a work of art.
If the only reason you're proposing this is so you'll be able to avoid speed traps, it's not going to work. They'll be able to tell (from your GPS unit) that you drove a 30 mile route in a subdivision (speed limit 35) in 25 minutes. It'd be relatively simple to set up a routine to check for this and send you a speeding ticket, no human intervention required.
If you're not worried about speeding, but rather about not having the cops around when you're meeting with your 'substance dealer' (not sure what you'd call them, not in the business myself) I'm sure once the authorities finger the guy they'd love to have a record of everyone who stopped at his house/apartment/street corner.
I'm guessing it's because as soon as his real name gets out, five hundred slashdotters are going to register gmail accounts with his name and start spamming people.
(Well, okay, that's just what I'd do. Am I the only jerk on this site???;-)
Looks to me like they already fixed it, I tried sending an email without putting the end bracket on the address (Just like the guys in TFA) and it popped an error message. Those guys at Google are on the ball today.:-)
Slashdot Mirror
Not to argue with your logic, but according to his proposed method you'd be "grabbing" eight samples, not four.
In all seriousness, how many web savvy people are going to the types of sites they depict? None.
Hah! How web savvy am I, I didn't even go to TFA!
You don't happen to work for Book-A-Minute, do you???
Or, on the flip side and giving Philips the benefit of the doubt, perhaps they're just going to sit on the patent, not implement it, and then no one else can implement either. In which case we should all buy three Philips TVs on matter of principle.
Hey, I can dream can't I??
You wouldn't happen to have a red Swingline stapler on your desk too, would you???
Darn, and here I was hoping to see a Google branded one of these. :-/
I really think you ought to change ruin with change in your post. We're part of nature too you know, and even if we were able to change things so much that 90% of the worlds biology went extinct, it would just be nature doing it's thing. Does that mean we shouldn't consider the impacts of our actions? Absolutely not, personally I'm wanting a clean, hospitable Earth for my grandkids. But we shouldn't try to not impact the environment at all, unless you want to go back to hunting/gathering, with no technology whatsoever.
Thinking like a black hat for a moment, say you get thrown in the lockup and served with a 'Government Access to Keys' request. Go ahead and give them the key, but give them the one that your computer recognizes as 'destroy all incriminating evidence'. One rm -rf later, the authorities have nothing to work with, and you're free to go.
Here is a site that might be worth checking into as well. Not 733t-speak, but damn funny and understandable by anyone with an IQ greater than yogurt. From Moby Dick:
Captain Ahab
I stab at thee. I stab at thee.
(Everybody dies except Ishmael, although this is no surprise, because it was foreshadowed CONTINUALLY from the BEGINNING.)
Reminds me of a Dave Barry column where he was talking about how we should pay off the national debt. One of the ideas was to connect electrodes to politicians' bodies, then send a jolt through that corresponds to the size of the dept. With a little bit of tweaking the idea could be very effective in keeping tax increases to a minimum. ;-)
And then you have the AOL-like lamers who can't use punctuation, proper capitalization, or grammar spamming up your neighborhood network.
;-)
(I keed, I keed!!!
Bah, sorry, brain fart. Goes to show you shouldn't get defensive until someone gives you a reason. :-)
- install low flow toilets or those kits that limit the amount of water per toilet flush.
Tip for those who don't want to pay for a 'kit': Fill a gallon milk jug with water and put it in the toilet tank, the gallon of space (Yes, I know, not an appropriate unit of measure. Sue me.) it takes up reduces the amount of water flushed by (guess what) a gallon.
Sounds like a solution for this guy. :-)
Interesting idea, but have you ever played with a gyroscope? Or spun the bicycle wheel, then held it by the axle and tried to tip/turn it? There's a huge force to overcome, and I wouldn't really like to be driving a semi with a 2 ton (number pulled out of a hat, I imagine to be worth it the flywheel would have to be huge, with a LOT of inertia) gyroscope trying to keep me going straight when I'm going around curves.
Did you make sure to check the 'Site Blocking' option in Adblock options? I missed that step (as did the author of the instructions. After I made sure the option was checked it worked great.
I'm guessing that'll be changed as soon as it's out of beta stage.
Nah, my money's on the goatse guy.
:-O
(Well, not literally...)
That would explain why we didn't see it. FF 1.0 with Adblock, and the sponsor's picture wasn't even there.
Why do you think they cut all those jobs?? Now they can afford to purchase AT&T!!!
:-)
(Disclaimer: I have no understanding of the issues involved here, I was going for funny. I may get hit with the "nothing funny about losing your job" trolls, but hey, humor insults people, get over it.
I haven't yet seen my personal favorite, so I'll go ahead and add it here.
Ford: It's unpleasantly like being drunk.
Arthur: What's so unpleasant about being drunk??
Ford: You ask a glass of water...
It's that kind of mind-bending thought process that I love about the guy. Truly a work of art.
If the only reason you're proposing this is so you'll be able to avoid speed traps, it's not going to work. They'll be able to tell (from your GPS unit) that you drove a 30 mile route in a subdivision (speed limit 35) in 25 minutes. It'd be relatively simple to set up a routine to check for this and send you a speeding ticket, no human intervention required.
If you're not worried about speeding, but rather about not having the cops around when you're meeting with your 'substance dealer' (not sure what you'd call them, not in the business myself) I'm sure once the authorities finger the guy they'd love to have a record of everyone who stopped at his house/apartment/street corner.
I'm guessing it's because as soon as his real name gets out, five hundred slashdotters are going to register gmail accounts with his name and start spamming people. ;-)
(Well, okay, that's just what I'd do. Am I the only jerk on this site???
Looks to me like they already fixed it, I tried sending an email without putting the end bracket on the address (Just like the guys in TFA) and it popped an error message. Those guys at Google are on the ball today. :-)
(Puts on Cynic hat...) :-P
And THAT'S why the (current) government is not going to do anything about it.