There is already a lot of anecdotal evidence that the proliferation of cell phones and the consequent ability of witnesses to contact police while a crime is in progress has been one of the primary reasons for the drop in crime in recent decades.
With a video camera/cell phone, they could also be recording evidence to be used at trial.
Violent public crime would become obsolete, and violent criminals would find it hard to remain free.
He's created the first but surely not the last truly Unaccountable Corporation, a vast entity that is, in fact, above the law and more powerful than the government which enables it.
Your jealousy and Fascist tendencies are showing, Jon. The powers of the federal government are supposed to be limited to those enumerated in the Constitution. The government is not supposed to be in charge of everything. Just because you don't like Microsoft (and I don't either) doesn't mean the federal government is supposed to cut them down to size to suit you (or me).
I would gladly suffer a thousand Bill Gates over one Bill Clinton or Janet Reno.
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"Amazon.com is a prime example of the shortcomings of our current capitalist economy."
Actually, the capitalist market economy is working just as intended, siphoning money away from poor investors who base their decisions on "smoke and mirrors" and funnelling it to intelligent investors who choose companies with a "legitimate, profit-making business model."
Slashdot Mirror
...never mind
Try a digitial camera in macro mode. I bet it would work.
...had the right idea about credit card companies.
...as if P2P on the Internet were not enough of a bandwidth blackhole.
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"He who spends the most money is the most important."
...all over again.
There must be lots of money in manufacturing hysteria.
Cisco's new technology
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that provides 10MB/sec Ethernet over existing phone lines ought to make the entire broadband issue a done deal. What am I missing?
With a video camera/cell phone, they could also be recording evidence to be used at trial.
Violent public crime would become obsolete, and violent criminals would find it hard to remain free.
Your jealousy and Fascist tendencies are showing, Jon. The powers of the federal government are supposed to be limited to those enumerated in the Constitution. The government is not supposed to be in charge of everything. Just because you don't like Microsoft (and I don't either) doesn't mean the federal government is supposed to cut them down to size to suit you (or me).
I would gladly suffer a thousand Bill Gates over one Bill Clinton or Janet Reno.
Actually, the capitalist market economy is working just as intended, siphoning money away from poor investors who base their decisions on "smoke and mirrors" and funnelling it to intelligent investors who choose companies with a "legitimate, profit-making business model."