If I take a photo that has license plates, street addresses etc...I CUT them out, PAST another image of the photo
in place. If you don't just blur it, but REMOVE it, how would they figure it out?
There are some flower parks I go to several times a year, for photography locations.
This summer, it was almost impossible, due to the pokemon' zombies.
The past couple weeks, I've noticed most of them have given up on it.
I've been in the photocopier (now called MFP) business, from the service side for 37 years.
Other than Xerox or Canon, I've pretty much worked on them all. Been with Toshiba & Konica/Minolta for the last 19 years.
Samsung made us a push when they got into the desktop & console market a few years back. They had a rock bottom
price to get into the market, 3 year part warranty on ANYTHING. Of course the sales department JUMPED on it.
They brought in a couple machines, SCX-8030 b&w, and CLX-9230 color, for us to look at. "oh these have been tested
and tested, they are perfect". As techs, we popped off the covers to take a look, pulled out the image units, fuser etc.
The wiring, boards, very well laid out. Image & fusers looked ok.
I put a bad omen on our relationship by saying to the sales guys...from a hardware point, they look good, the only variable
is going to be the software/firmware.
Boy, did I speak the truth! From day 1, we had nothing but trouble from these machines...software wise. Scan wouldn't work
fax wouldn't work, this glitch, that glitch...update after update after patch after patch. Then we had trouble with the imaging units
puking out all over the place requiring replacement. Then the fuser belt for the upper roller would shread itself. None of the consumable
items would make it anywhere near their expected life.
Then about 7 months later, they came out with a new model...."tested in the lab, it's perfect". LOL. Same issues, control panel UI
lock ups, scan to this or that lock ups, print driver problems....imaging unit & fuser unit issues.
They came out with a new series this spring, the SL-X7400/7500. It has issues with the large capacity tray skewing, and there are NO
mechanical adjustments to get rid of it. Even more, they came out with these translucent rollers which did not allow the paper to even
come out of the tray. I took it upon myself to replace them with the OLD STYLE soft rubber rollers which worked in the older model machines,
but Samsung said that should not work. Well, I don't care if it does or not, it works, that's what I'm using. They sent a hardware engineer
over from S. Korea to look at what I have done to make them work in the field (18 machines at one location). He took the rollers out, installed
a new set of factory rollers...the "new" style, and it wouldn't feed. He played around with it for over an hour not getting it to work, then put my
"fix" in, the old rollers and it works like a champ. He took a bunch of photos, downloaded some data files, called someone in Korea, spoke with
them for 20 minutes then got back on the airplane to Korea. Still haven't heard but I'm leaving it the way it is.
Their technical support hotline is a JOKE. They will even say "I don't know what to tell you, but, if you figure it out, call us back so we can add it
to our database".
If HP goes through with this, I think they are asking for it. Unless they BEEF UP the software to where it works, fix the issues with the imaging units/fuser
units not working, they are going to piss off a lot of HP loyal I.T. people.
Not surprised. Kill off all of the competition, make a "port" (lightning), patented, sell overpriced
wired headphones, overpriced adapters (which initially come with the phone), or have people buy
overpriced bluetooth headsets...which they own one of the best selling ones.
For all of the liberal anti everything types that purchase Apple products, they forget they are a pure
CAPITALIST company, cutting where they can, overcharging where they can, TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
Most of these places, are 3rd world countries, or have oppressive dictatorships, that don't want their citizens educated
or informed on what is going on, via an outside independent source.
As for the countries in Africa, when you live in mud & straw huts, drink from a ditch beside your hut, I don't think internet
access is #1 on their priority list.
99% of the apple drones I run into are spoiled hipster/millennials. Do they EVER put their iPhones down?
I see them all across high schools and colleges, clutching these things like a life preserver. You always see
them in Starbucks, sucking up the free bandwith. Spoiled brats from birth.
Just carry the small injection package, small tin box with a needle, syringe, bottle of Eppie and it's just a couple bucks.
The epipen is a CONVENIENCE item. I don't know why everyone is making this out like it's a frigging big deal!
It's a CONVENINCE ITEM. No one is pricing this medicine OUT of your price range. It's a CONVENIENCE item.
Just use the regular stuff for a couple bucks. If most people did that, they would either drop the price, or go out of
business.
She & Bill have been protected, since they were in Arkansas. Look how many people connected to them have met with "accidents".
Count is up around 100 by now.
This election is a farce. She was already picked. Trump got into the election to steal the spotlight from any other Republican candidate.
He is called to a meeting with Bill before he even considered running, then all of a sudden runs for president. The Clinton's and Trump's have
been friends for DECADES. Wouldn't surprise me if he drops out at the last minute. About the only thing that will stop Hillary from becoming
the president, is if she has a major stroke, or drops dead before being nominated, sadly. We the people are just pawns in this nation anymore.
We are too preoccupied with Pokemon, "reality" tv, hollywood fanism than what is going on. Plus, our education system in the USA is to politically
correct and has a couple generations of SHEEP, that believe all that is bad with this nation is capitalism, white privilege etc, and have been lead on
a path to socialism by the (un)education system, who is nothing more than a bunch of grown up 60's radicals.
Why do you think all of this data mining is going on?
This sounds tin-foil hat, but, eventually, if not already, the government is using or will use this
data against its citizens.
Here's a company that came out of nowhere, in the early 2000's with what was one of the best noise cancelling
BT headsets around. I got the first, second, fourth, but then they got into boom box speakers, fitness things and
their headset noise cancelling headphones suffered. Their last one, the ERA, was a joke. Battery never would last
the day unless you carried around the spare battery pack to charge it from time to time. It would cut out, not pick
up and all sorts of issues. Even after they sent 2 different replacements, tried it on multiple phones, the thing still
sucked. They got too spread out, and the quality SUFFERED.
Slashdot Mirror
Is nothing but a slab of plastic. But, it's an iPhone...the iDrones and iFanboys will line up willing to overpay for "a phone".
No dates, no nagging, no money spent on dates, no diseases.... Poor russians will have to use proxies I guess.
If I take a photo that has license plates, street addresses etc...I CUT them out, PAST another image of the photo in place. If you don't just blur it, but REMOVE it, how would they figure it out?
There are some flower parks I go to several times a year, for photography locations. This summer, it was almost impossible, due to the pokemon' zombies. The past couple weeks, I've noticed most of them have given up on it.
I've been in the photocopier (now called MFP) business, from the service side for 37 years. Other than Xerox or Canon, I've pretty much worked on them all. Been with Toshiba & Konica/Minolta for the last 19 years. Samsung made us a push when they got into the desktop & console market a few years back. They had a rock bottom price to get into the market, 3 year part warranty on ANYTHING. Of course the sales department JUMPED on it. They brought in a couple machines, SCX-8030 b&w, and CLX-9230 color, for us to look at. "oh these have been tested and tested, they are perfect". As techs, we popped off the covers to take a look, pulled out the image units, fuser etc. The wiring, boards, very well laid out. Image & fusers looked ok. I put a bad omen on our relationship by saying to the sales guys...from a hardware point, they look good, the only variable is going to be the software/firmware. Boy, did I speak the truth! From day 1, we had nothing but trouble from these machines...software wise. Scan wouldn't work fax wouldn't work, this glitch, that glitch...update after update after patch after patch. Then we had trouble with the imaging units puking out all over the place requiring replacement. Then the fuser belt for the upper roller would shread itself. None of the consumable items would make it anywhere near their expected life. Then about 7 months later, they came out with a new model...."tested in the lab, it's perfect". LOL. Same issues, control panel UI lock ups, scan to this or that lock ups, print driver problems....imaging unit & fuser unit issues. They came out with a new series this spring, the SL-X7400/7500. It has issues with the large capacity tray skewing, and there are NO mechanical adjustments to get rid of it. Even more, they came out with these translucent rollers which did not allow the paper to even come out of the tray. I took it upon myself to replace them with the OLD STYLE soft rubber rollers which worked in the older model machines, but Samsung said that should not work. Well, I don't care if it does or not, it works, that's what I'm using. They sent a hardware engineer over from S. Korea to look at what I have done to make them work in the field (18 machines at one location). He took the rollers out, installed a new set of factory rollers...the "new" style, and it wouldn't feed. He played around with it for over an hour not getting it to work, then put my "fix" in, the old rollers and it works like a champ. He took a bunch of photos, downloaded some data files, called someone in Korea, spoke with them for 20 minutes then got back on the airplane to Korea. Still haven't heard but I'm leaving it the way it is. Their technical support hotline is a JOKE. They will even say "I don't know what to tell you, but, if you figure it out, call us back so we can add it to our database". If HP goes through with this, I think they are asking for it. Unless they BEEF UP the software to where it works, fix the issues with the imaging units/fuser units not working, they are going to piss off a lot of HP loyal I.T. people.
Not surprised. Kill off all of the competition, make a "port" (lightning), patented, sell overpriced wired headphones, overpriced adapters (which initially come with the phone), or have people buy overpriced bluetooth headsets...which they own one of the best selling ones. For all of the liberal anti everything types that purchase Apple products, they forget they are a pure CAPITALIST company, cutting where they can, overcharging where they can, TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
Most of these places, are 3rd world countries, or have oppressive dictatorships, that don't want their citizens educated or informed on what is going on, via an outside independent source. As for the countries in Africa, when you live in mud & straw huts, drink from a ditch beside your hut, I don't think internet access is #1 on their priority list.
So instead of a firecracker, this one was the size of a cherry bomb?
Slashdot....the TMZ of blogs ;)
About as much faith as we can put in to Dan Rather's report on the Bush National Guard issue.
If not backwards compatible, ie: PAY UP SUCKERS
LOL, think they will make a "retro" version with a 3.5" screen, HUGE like the original iPhone They'd sell a ton to "nostalgia" types
99% of the apple drones I run into are spoiled hipster/millennials. Do they EVER put their iPhones down? I see them all across high schools and colleges, clutching these things like a life preserver. You always see them in Starbucks, sucking up the free bandwith. Spoiled brats from birth.
I have blocked the anniversary update for now...too many glitches. I've been using f.lux for years, without one hiccup.
RESPECT other peoples property. All OUTSIDE the property line, YOURS. All INSIDE the property line, MINE. Good shot lady!
Just carry the small injection package, small tin box with a needle, syringe, bottle of Eppie and it's just a couple bucks. The epipen is a CONVENIENCE item. I don't know why everyone is making this out like it's a frigging big deal! It's a CONVENINCE ITEM. No one is pricing this medicine OUT of your price range. It's a CONVENIENCE item. Just use the regular stuff for a couple bucks. If most people did that, they would either drop the price, or go out of business.
My butt....5 will get you 10, that it will be 30 hours "on the clock", but, required to be at their beck & call, the other 10 hours of "the week".
She & Bill have been protected, since they were in Arkansas. Look how many people connected to them have met with "accidents". Count is up around 100 by now. This election is a farce. She was already picked. Trump got into the election to steal the spotlight from any other Republican candidate. He is called to a meeting with Bill before he even considered running, then all of a sudden runs for president. The Clinton's and Trump's have been friends for DECADES. Wouldn't surprise me if he drops out at the last minute. About the only thing that will stop Hillary from becoming the president, is if she has a major stroke, or drops dead before being nominated, sadly. We the people are just pawns in this nation anymore. We are too preoccupied with Pokemon, "reality" tv, hollywood fanism than what is going on. Plus, our education system in the USA is to politically correct and has a couple generations of SHEEP, that believe all that is bad with this nation is capitalism, white privilege etc, and have been lead on a path to socialism by the (un)education system, who is nothing more than a bunch of grown up 60's radicals.
Global warming started AT THE BEGINNING of the industrial revolution. In other words MAN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
Why do you think all of this data mining is going on? This sounds tin-foil hat, but, eventually, if not already, the government is using or will use this data against its citizens.
IS AN lDIOT. End of discussion.
I block all their "suggested" crap and block the ads anyway.
Here's a company that came out of nowhere, in the early 2000's with what was one of the best noise cancelling BT headsets around. I got the first, second, fourth, but then they got into boom box speakers, fitness things and their headset noise cancelling headphones suffered. Their last one, the ERA, was a joke. Battery never would last the day unless you carried around the spare battery pack to charge it from time to time. It would cut out, not pick up and all sorts of issues. Even after they sent 2 different replacements, tried it on multiple phones, the thing still sucked. They got too spread out, and the quality SUFFERED.
Heck, I'd be happy with 100mb speed. Most of the time out here in flyover country, you consider 10mb to be flying!
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