Apple Guy: Hi, I'm an Apple.
PC Guy: Hi, I'm a PC.
Apple Guy: *itching crotch*
PC Guy: Got a problem there?
Apple Guy: No, I'm fine. (*cockroaches fall to floor from pant leg*)
PC Guy: Having a little problem with that "Nvidia card"? (chuckles)
Apple Guy: *walks off set*
PC Guy: Don't mind him, he's just trying to support more than 2GB of RAM...
This is a self-contradicting article. It claims that these chickens have cancer fighting proteins... but then turns around and says that not only is it not known if this stuff will actually work (huh?), but we won't even know for 5 more years.
What, may I ask, is the friggin' point of this article? (Other than to get people's hopes up and sell news?)
LOL - Yes you did. That was friggin' weird. The guy seems to imply it's a bad idea, but then turns right around and says it's a good idea as if he suggested it! *sigh*
Excellent point. That's the loop hole. Of course, you better retrieve your "tracking" phone before the battery dies, or else your target might find it!
"The next wave of innovation will compress today's parallel solutions in an evolutionary convergence of electronics and optics: 3-D and even holographic memory cells; lasers inscribed on the tops of chips, replacing copper pins with streams of photons; and all-optical networks in which thousands of colors of light travel along a single fiber. As these advances find their way into an increasing variety of devices, the petascale computer will shrink from a dinosaur to a teleputer - the successor to today's handhelds - in your ear or in your signal path. It will access a variety of searchers and servers, enabling participation in metaverses beyond the ken of even Ray Kurzweil's prophetic imagination. Moreover, it will link to trillions of sensors around the globe, giving it a constant knowledge of the physical state of the world, from traffic conditions to the workings of your own biomachine."
I would assume that this software is really just a way for computers to sift through lots of photo/video to look for possible matches - it is then the job of humans to make the final call. Even humans make false positive id's, so we can hardly expect computers to ever be better at judging such a subjective and changing real world feature as the human face.
"Shrek" might be in a store's window display, as a cardboard cut-out. So when the Feds are looking for Barbara, they may get "false positives" from mall video surveillance all over the country.
I don't doubt that it didn't drop Agent Orange. I'll take your word for it that it didn't.
I'm just sarcastically pointing out that the point is moot - the Tomcat was a killing machine - I see no reason for us all to feel sentimental for something being "retired" (anthropomorphism anyone?) that existed on this earth for the sole reason of killing human beings.
Yeah, never mind the bullets, missles, and bombs deployed from the F-14 that killed countless people...but it NEVER dropped Agent Orange, so the F-14 was kind to humanity.
There's a product idea: a stereo plug "mute" switch.
You plug this little toggle button thing into the headphone jack, when it's depressed the speakers are "muted", when it's out the speakers are on. Have it manufactured in China for like.50 each and sell them on eBay for $4.95 a piece as the "Vista Startup Bypass Switch".
Exactly for that reason, Microsoft's mandatory startup sound would actually backfire. People would learn to dispise that sound in every classroom, coffee house, library, dorm room, study hall, cubicle, office, etc...
I agree with you 100%. The banks are passing the "problem" that they created on to us, the taxpayers, which is causing a "reaction", and the "solution" the government recommends is "National ID".
It's a classic example of "The Hegelian Dialectic".
The fact that Banks just give away credit cards with scant pieces of information has NOTHING TO DO WITH governmental issues. Credit should be much more difficult to obtain. In order to get it there should be background checks, lie detector tests, multiple interviews with bankers, multiple confirmed references, etc....but alas, that costs the banks money.
So their answer is make the taxpayers pay for it - tell citizens that it's THEIR problem banks don't want to protect their credit. Tell them they need a National ID!!
That way, the banks don't have to pay for it, PLUS the government gets to treat ALL citizens like criminals by gathering their biometric data! Individualized Demographic information that the Corporations would just LOVE to give to their marketing departments, not to mention police databases.
That's called a Police State.
If you think Identity Theft is going away with "National ID" card, you've been fooled by the slick salesmen (politicians) that are trying to please their bosses (corporations).
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Apple Guy: Hi, I'm an Apple.
PC Guy: Hi, I'm a PC.
Apple Guy: *itching crotch*
PC Guy: Got a problem there?
Apple Guy: No, I'm fine. (*cockroaches fall to floor from pant leg*)
PC Guy: Having a little problem with that "Nvidia card"? (chuckles)
Apple Guy: *walks off set*
PC Guy: Don't mind him, he's just trying to support more than 2GB of RAM...
Apply directly to the beer head.
Apply directly to the beer head.
Apply directly to the beer head.
This is a self-contradicting article. It claims that these chickens have cancer fighting proteins... but then turns around and says that not only is it not known if this stuff will actually work (huh?), but we won't even know for 5 more years.
What, may I ask, is the friggin' point of this article? (Other than to get people's hopes up and sell news?)
LOL - Yes you did. That was friggin' weird. The guy seems to imply it's a bad idea, but then turns right around and says it's a good idea as if he suggested it! *sigh*
Excellent point. That's the loop hole. Of course, you better retrieve your "tracking" phone before the battery dies, or else your target might find it!
I would assume that this software is really just a way for computers to sift through lots of photo/video to look for possible matches - it is then the job of humans to make the final call. Even humans make false positive id's, so we can hardly expect computers to ever be better at judging such a subjective and changing real world feature as the human face.
"Shrek" might be in a store's window display, as a cardboard cut-out. So when the Feds are looking for Barbara, they may get "false positives" from mall video surveillance all over the country.
Just saying...
...is me. I have been created. I speak about news. Thank you for watching.
I liked the part where the blond girl says to the black reporter:
"I like black laptops."
We got the double entendre, honey. Cute.
....Swedish Humor doesn't translate well into English. WTF was that?
I don't doubt that it didn't drop Agent Orange. I'll take your word for it that it didn't.
I'm just sarcastically pointing out that the point is moot - the Tomcat was a killing machine - I see no reason for us all to feel sentimental for something being "retired" (anthropomorphism anyone?) that existed on this earth for the sole reason of killing human beings.
So, just pointing that out.
Yeah, never mind the bullets, missles, and bombs deployed from the F-14 that killed countless people...but it NEVER dropped Agent Orange, so the F-14 was kind to humanity.
...Military Industrial War Complex....new planes, new weapons, new profits...
There's a product idea: a stereo plug "mute" switch.
.50 each and sell them on eBay for $4.95 a piece as the "Vista Startup Bypass Switch".
You plug this little toggle button thing into the headphone jack, when it's depressed the speakers are "muted", when it's out the speakers are on. Have it manufactured in China for like
Exactly for that reason, Microsoft's mandatory startup sound would actually backfire. People would learn to dispise that sound in every classroom, coffee house, library, dorm room, study hall, cubicle, office, etc...
MySpace doesn't care about the EcoSystem!!
...just how old is CowboyNeal, really?
Not to mention, the "unlightbulb" would generate electricity, not consume it!
...just Ask A Ninja about the Net Neutrality issue!
I agree with you 100%. The banks are passing the "problem" that they created on to us, the taxpayers, which is causing a "reaction", and the "solution" the government recommends is "National ID".
It's a classic example of "The Hegelian Dialectic".
...only the outlaws will have streaming MP3's.
Doesn't quite have the same *ring* to it.
ID theft is a banking issue.
The fact that Banks just give away credit cards with scant pieces of information has NOTHING TO DO WITH governmental issues. Credit should be much more difficult to obtain. In order to get it there should be background checks, lie detector tests, multiple interviews with bankers, multiple confirmed references, etc....but alas, that costs the banks money.
So their answer is make the taxpayers pay for it - tell citizens that it's THEIR problem banks don't want to protect their credit. Tell them they need a National ID!!
That way, the banks don't have to pay for it, PLUS the government gets to treat ALL citizens like criminals by gathering their biometric data! Individualized Demographic information that the Corporations would just LOVE to give to their marketing departments, not to mention police databases.
That's called a Police State.
If you think Identity Theft is going away with "National ID" card, you've been fooled by the slick salesmen (politicians) that are trying to please their bosses (corporations).
Wait a minute, you have FAKE ID that you show to cops (and your fugitive friends to do) and you are FOR the National ID?
So, criminals are FOR National ID.
I obey the law and I'm AGAINST National ID. That speaks volumes, don't it?