Yup. This has happened to my daughter several times. She didn't come home on the bus as expected. This is how I dealt with it: I dialed her cellphone number. When she answered, I asked her where she was, and she told me.
I'm very glad to hear that Bill. Now, what if she didn't answer the phone?
Also, I base *all* of my media player purchases on how accurately they keep track of last play dates and accurate play counts.
So it can't do that. Which rules out smart playlists based on those parameters.
I couldn't care less how you make your purchasing decisions, but don't pretend things do everything iTunes does, then *roll eyes* like a petulant girl about things it they can't do.
Bright kids go missing as well as stupid ones. Kids are kids, and they tend to be thoughtless and they misbehave. And nothing in the intelligence of the parent is going to change it. And no amount of intelligence is going to tell them whether the kid has been thoughtless, disobedient, or been kidnapped.
Just calling people stupid is no answer to anything.
Consider the Cane Toad. Introduced deliberately to Australia in order to combat the native Cane Beetle that was a pest to Sugar Cane growers. As an invasive species it's causing massive damage to the native ecosystem.
If that can happen with naturally occurring species that are simply moved from one continent to another. How can one possibly imagine that introducing new species, this time genetically modified ones, on a frequent basis, can possibly be a good idea. The intentions might be good, but the repercussions are often a surprise.
This story simply confirms it. A GM wheat species that was supposed to have been eradicated a decade ago is growing wild. Once a genie is out of a bottle it can't be put back.
If so many other countries are banning GMO foods, why aren't we in the US seriously considering this?
Because Monsanto is an American corporation that spends a lot of money on bribing politicians. It's euphemistically called "lobbying" and "campaign contributions".
Well it might not at your school. But kids do go missing. The article says that not a single day goes by in the district without a parent enquiring where their AWOL kid is. It might be as innocent as going to a friends house without thinking to phone home. But it might not.
pro-tip: when buses are hijacked or children kidnapped, it will be an adult that does it. As for recognizing kids, the driver can work off a paper with thumbnail pictures
Neither of which address the problem being targeted. This is about kids going missing. Parent wonder's why Jonny hasn't arrived home, school knows what if any bus they got on and where they got off. Kid gets on school bus, doesn't arrive at school, school knows kid's gone AWOL.
A low-wage bus driver could be given thumbnail pictures and be required to check the kids on. Which would slow things up. But good luck on making sure the right kids have been ticked off then leaving the bus. That's like trying to hold back a hydrant with your finger.
There's arguments on both sides of whether it's a good idea, bit let's at least not mis-represent the aim of the system.
And such software would have to scan the MP3 player directory tree every time it's connected. How does such software keep an accurate play count, and last played date?
Even if you drag and drop 100 files without "managing them", the MP3 player can list them by album, artist, and so on.
But it won't spot which files are new. And it won't intelligently copy files according to parameters you choose.
+Drag-and-drop music loading +No need for iTunes +Buttons so I don't have to stare at the screen to skip a track +SD card slot +No need for OS updates and obsolescence
And you have the disease of one-sided feature lists. First of all "drag-and-drop" music loading means manually managing music. Rather than having the computer do it for you. Most people would call that a negative.
Secondly, you miss out all the features that the iPod Touch has that your ageing MP3 player doesn't. Too many to mention, but apps, a touchscreen and real web-browsing to name the top 3.
And televisions have been on sale for at least 80s years, so everyone must have one of those by now. Yet for some strange reason every electrical retailer has a big display of TVs.
And you can buy just about any other MP3 player on the market with the same features for under $50...
MP3 playing is simply one app on the mobile computer that is the iPod Touch. There are all the usual PDA apps and a web browser built in, plus 100s of thousands of apps available.
It's a good point about the phone. Obviously iPhones are more attractive for business users than iPods.
But whilst there can be uses for cameras in business, there are a plenty of business and governmental scenarios where you're not allowed a camera. An employee with a camera-phone might be fired, and a visitor with one will have it retained by security.
A camera-less iPhone would certainly have a market.
I don't know that I ever saw anything in it that qualified as a game. But the effect was amazing. For a kid brought up on Star Wars that was the first proper Sci-Fi style "hologram" I'd seen.
Battery Life Camera quality Display quality / size sweet spot Build quality / hand feel..and a huge asterisk added to the end: Strip your shitty bloatware "custom UI" off it and leave it stock Android.
You mean an Android phone designed like an iPhone?
If they are established beyond reasonable doubts - surely that's all the prosecution needs. If they need to see them that doesn't sound like 'beyond reasonable doubts' to me at all.
Of course that is ignoring the fact that prosecution already have the storage devices in their possession. Rendering any 'producing' argument moot.
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Yup. This has happened to my daughter several times. She didn't come home on the bus as expected. This is how I dealt with it: I dialed her cellphone number. When she answered, I asked her where she was, and she told me.
I'm very glad to hear that Bill. Now, what if she didn't answer the phone?
Also, I base *all* of my media player purchases on how accurately they keep track of last play dates and accurate play counts.
So it can't do that. Which rules out smart playlists based on those parameters.
I couldn't care less how you make your purchasing decisions, but don't pretend things do everything iTunes does, then *roll eyes* like a petulant girl about things it they can't do.
Casio have integrated a calculator into a watch! Surely that makes them high end. Rolex watches don't have calculators built in.
That won't work. You'd need a version with a padlock.
Well, I grew up in the 1970s, and for the 50+ years before that, people hadn't needed computers in their home.
Also we used to play games in the street.
Things change.
I am playing devil's advocate here. I tend to doubt there's cause to justify such a system. But let's have real arguments about it, not false ones.
Bright kids go missing as well as stupid ones. Kids are kids, and they tend to be thoughtless and they misbehave. And nothing in the intelligence of the parent is going to change it. And no amount of intelligence is going to tell them whether the kid has been thoughtless, disobedient, or been kidnapped.
Just calling people stupid is no answer to anything.
Consider the Cane Toad. Introduced deliberately to Australia in order to combat the native Cane Beetle that was a pest to Sugar Cane growers. As an invasive species it's causing massive damage to the native ecosystem.
If that can happen with naturally occurring species that are simply moved from one continent to another. How can one possibly imagine that introducing new species, this time genetically modified ones, on a frequent basis, can possibly be a good idea. The intentions might be good, but the repercussions are often a surprise.
This story simply confirms it. A GM wheat species that was supposed to have been eradicated a decade ago is growing wild. Once a genie is out of a bottle it can't be put back.
If so many other countries are banning GMO foods, why aren't we in the US seriously considering this?
Because Monsanto is an American corporation that spends a lot of money on bribing politicians. It's euphemistically called "lobbying" and "campaign contributions".
Most of the people I know that oppose GMO's are atheist.
So far this has resulted in no deaths or maiming.
Well it might not at your school. But kids do go missing. The article says that not a single day goes by in the district without a parent enquiring where their AWOL kid is. It might be as innocent as going to a friends house without thinking to phone home. But it might not.
mag stripes on student IDs.
You're underestimating the extent to which the kids will subvert a system.
pro-tip: when buses are hijacked or children kidnapped, it will be an adult that does it. As for recognizing kids, the driver can work off a paper with thumbnail pictures
Neither of which address the problem being targeted. This is about kids going missing. Parent wonder's why Jonny hasn't arrived home, school knows what if any bus they got on and where they got off. Kid gets on school bus, doesn't arrive at school, school knows kid's gone AWOL.
A low-wage bus driver could be given thumbnail pictures and be required to check the kids on. Which would slow things up. But good luck on making sure the right kids have been ticked off then leaving the bus. That's like trying to hold back a hydrant with your finger.
There's arguments on both sides of whether it's a good idea, bit let's at least not mis-represent the aim of the system.
You can use a software if you want to.
And such software would have to scan the MP3 player directory tree every time it's connected. How does such software keep an accurate play count, and last played date?
Even if you drag and drop 100 files without "managing them", the MP3 player can list them by album, artist, and so on.
But it won't spot which files are new. And it won't intelligently copy files according to parameters you choose.
Is Rolex high end any more? Casio have some new features on their latest digital watch.
+Drag-and-drop music loading
+No need for iTunes
+Buttons so I don't have to stare at the screen to skip a track
+SD card slot
+No need for OS updates and obsolescence
And you have the disease of one-sided feature lists. First of all "drag-and-drop" music loading means manually managing music. Rather than having the computer do it for you. Most people would call that a negative.
Secondly, you miss out all the features that the iPod Touch has that your ageing MP3 player doesn't. Too many to mention, but apps, a touchscreen and real web-browsing to name the top 3.
And televisions have been on sale for at least 80s years, so everyone must have one of those by now. Yet for some strange reason every electrical retailer has a big display of TVs.
Almost every non-Apple music player ever made supports "drag and drop" music copying from your PC, without any crappy software required.
In other words, with other MP3 players you have to manually manage your music. iTunes does it automatically.
And you can buy just about any other MP3 player on the market with the same features for under $50...
MP3 playing is simply one app on the mobile computer that is the iPod Touch. There are all the usual PDA apps and a web browser built in, plus 100s of thousands of apps available.
Full disclosure: I hate Apple
Yeah, that was kinda obvious from the FUD.
It's a good point about the phone. Obviously iPhones are more attractive for business users than iPods.
But whilst there can be uses for cameras in business, there are a plenty of business and governmental scenarios where you're not allowed a camera. An employee with a camera-phone might be fired, and a visitor with one will have it retained by security.
A camera-less iPhone would certainly have a market.
Someone modded it down because it said something positive about an Apple product.
I don't know that I ever saw anything in it that qualified as a game. But the effect was amazing. For a kid brought up on Star Wars that was the first proper Sci-Fi style "hologram" I'd seen.
Glass/foil holograms hah!
Battery Life ..and a huge asterisk added to the end: Strip your shitty bloatware "custom UI" off it and leave it stock Android.
Camera quality
Display quality / size sweet spot
Build quality / hand feel
You mean an Android phone designed like an iPhone?
Keysianism is about the relationship between aggregate demand and economic output.
You can't tell Keynsianism from a hole in the ground.
What's "Keysianism" and "Keynsianism"? Are either of them similar to Keynesianism?
And "It's about" followed by one bullet point?
I don't think I need any help on what Keynesianism is from someone who can't even spell it.
If they are established beyond reasonable doubts - surely that's all the prosecution needs. If they need to see them that doesn't sound like 'beyond reasonable doubts' to me at all.
Of course that is ignoring the fact that prosecution already have the storage devices in their possession. Rendering any 'producing' argument moot.
Good job it's not your decision then.
TFA.