So what happens when the rapists and other evil-doers have this drug? Wouldn't it clear the victim of any knowledge of what happened occuring? Sort of brainwashing... Sounds like something that can easily be misused.
You should place your monitor in a better environment for things. A lot of people talk about having a light behind their monitor to provide a soft light to contrast upon, but how about putting your monitor right by your window? Every now and then you can simply look out your window and focus on different things. It would definitely give your eyes a break. That and if you have glare problems from your screen, invest in some tinting for the windows. I have my monitor right by a window and I can definitely say it reduces my eye strain quite well.
A couple things that the scanners could do to tell the difference between playdough and a finger is. Make sure whatever is on the scanner is at average body temperature. Check the presence of natural skin oils. Check for a pulse.
Users will be more willing to use digital downloads now, since the whole debacle over "malicious code" infected CDs from Sony. So, the industry might have to come to terms with their pricing just to keep consumers.
I don't think I purchased any "high-demand" song on iTunes. I mean come on, do we really listen to Brittany Spears or whoever record companies are trying to shove down our throats.
I would think there are a lot more 18-wheelers driving constantly than there are regular cars. Thus, it would only make sense that pollution would nationwide might decrease a lot even with cars that are without the technology. Infact, there should be steps for all commercial vehicles (delivery trucks, phone/gas/electric trucks, other fleet vehicles) implement the technology since I would think a bulk of pollution would be coming from them.
So, if the International Telecommunications group wants to run on their own time, what's wrong with that? Astronomers need more advanced/sync'ed clocks and would keep having them. Splitting the two doesn't seem to make much of a difference atleast to the average citizen. We don't add in "leap" seconds into our clocks at home. Day Light Savings seemed like a bigger issue.
Perhaps this is why there is a shift away from science in the US? People say we need to "reignite" science here, but with such strong patent laws I could see why scientists would be more persuaded to research elsewhere.
Seriously - almost every financial transaction needs this number
I don't need an SSN to withdraw money from my ATM, or make a deposit. And it should be kept that way. Anything that has a frequent transaction rate (financial transactions, university logins, bank logins, etc) should never use anything involving a SSN. By increasing the frequency of transactions involving SSN, you remove the user's will to protect this number. It begins to become more of a hassle for them to use this number, thus they'll do anything they want to make it easier for them to use the number (writing it down on notes, cards, sharing is easily to get from step A to step B). By making it rare to use the number, you also increase the user's protectiveness towards the number as well as the amount of information in exsistence using the number (transaction receipets, database entries, etc), causing eless things to become compromised.
So if we apply the same ideas, any number, or piece of information that is used freequently, can be easily obtained. While information that is not frequently used, is harder to obtain, and more easier to secure since you have less of a paper-trail.
Microsoft is in the position IBM was years ago and they are just beginning to realize the effect of Google and it seems a bit too late now......a lot of Microsoft's current offerings aren't all that appealing or innovative compared to Googles and other companies.
In California we have sigalert (sigalert.com). Which basically is a bunch of detectors implanted into the road (the same kind used for stop lights). And it measures the time where something moves from detector A to detector B. This would seem to be a much more cost-effective approach.
Perhaps Google should sort of teach the publishers a lesson and drop all existence of their companies from all Google searches in fear of copyright violations. The publishers would complain saying that no one could find their pages, but Google will just retort saying, "Well we wanted to make sure you won't sue us over copyrighted material, if you want back, then let us index your books too."
They seem to know how to use computers already! Excuse me while I go fax my banking information to the attorney of an imprisoned Prince whose country recently went into anarchy, I need to help transfer funds for him!
Perhaps I form of meta moderation should take place. For example, if a major change to an entry in wikipedia is detected, its flagged for group moderation/voting. The old and new is shown, and users would vote for which entry seems most accurate.
Either that, or when a major change is detected, the previous author and the new author have to delegate between old and new changes. If the old author feels that the information submitted by the new author is an acceptable change to what he has written, he can approve it... or the two can work things out to reach something acceptable.
Or, remove the ability to edit/remove text completely and only allow appending information, this would be quite inefficient though as you would have an entire length of information on the subject all in one giant block.
Well, short of a self-sterilizing pillow... but that's yet to be invented.
I can imagine one of these pillows going into self-sterilization mode while someone is sleeping on it. Someone waking up to their pillow autoclaving the side of their face.
"Coming from a country where major riots and civil disturbances have flared up several times in a decade, and where the electoral process in certain areas is inflected with violence, this may be a very positive development."
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So what happens when the rapists and other evil-doers have this drug? Wouldn't it clear the victim of any knowledge of what happened occuring? Sort of brainwashing... Sounds like something that can easily be misused.
You should place your monitor in a better environment for things. A lot of people talk about having a light behind their monitor to provide a soft light to contrast upon, but how about putting your monitor right by your window? Every now and then you can simply look out your window and focus on different things. It would definitely give your eyes a break. That and if you have glare problems from your screen, invest in some tinting for the windows. I have my monitor right by a window and I can definitely say it reduces my eye strain quite well.
A couple things that the scanners could do to tell the difference between playdough and a finger is. Make sure whatever is on the scanner is at average body temperature. Check the presence of natural skin oils. Check for a pulse.
"...others have sought less litigious solutions."
Oh they have
Users will be more willing to use digital downloads now, since the whole debacle over "malicious code" infected CDs from Sony. So, the industry might have to come to terms with their pricing just to keep consumers.
I don't think I purchased any "high-demand" song on iTunes. I mean come on, do we really listen to Brittany Spears or whoever record companies are trying to shove down our throats.
I would think there are a lot more 18-wheelers driving constantly than there are regular cars. Thus, it would only make sense that pollution would nationwide might decrease a lot even with cars that are without the technology. Infact, there should be steps for all commercial vehicles (delivery trucks, phone/gas/electric trucks, other fleet vehicles) implement the technology since I would think a bulk of pollution would be coming from them.
So, if the International Telecommunications group wants to run on their own time, what's wrong with that? Astronomers need more advanced/sync'ed clocks and would keep having them. Splitting the two doesn't seem to make much of a difference atleast to the average citizen. We don't add in "leap" seconds into our clocks at home. Day Light Savings seemed like a bigger issue.
Sandstorm a.k.a. Gator.
Perhaps this is why there is a shift away from science in the US? People say we need to "reignite" science here, but with such strong patent laws I could see why scientists would be more persuaded to research elsewhere.
Seriously - almost every financial transaction needs this number
I don't need an SSN to withdraw money from my ATM, or make a deposit. And it should be kept that way. Anything that has a frequent transaction rate (financial transactions, university logins, bank logins, etc) should never use anything involving a SSN. By increasing the frequency of transactions involving SSN, you remove the user's will to protect this number. It begins to become more of a hassle for them to use this number, thus they'll do anything they want to make it easier for them to use the number (writing it down on notes, cards, sharing is easily to get from step A to step B). By making it rare to use the number, you also increase the user's protectiveness towards the number as well as the amount of information in exsistence using the number (transaction receipets, database entries, etc), causing eless things to become compromised. So if we apply the same ideas, any number, or piece of information that is used freequently, can be easily obtained. While information that is not frequently used, is harder to obtain, and more easier to secure since you have less of a paper-trail.
Microsoft is in the position IBM was years ago and they are just beginning to realize the effect of Google and it seems a bit too late now... ...a lot of Microsoft's current offerings aren't all that appealing or innovative compared to Googles and other companies.
In California we have sigalert (sigalert.com). Which basically is a bunch of detectors implanted into the road (the same kind used for stop lights). And it measures the time where something moves from detector A to detector B. This would seem to be a much more cost-effective approach.
Isn't there porn for PSP? I would see the PSP targeting a younger audience more than the iPod would.
Dissatisfied with your current size? Use a natural enhancer "Looks like our CEO has some confidence problems..."
Seeing as the Presidential Seal is already used to stamp satirical looking speeches and documents...
Perhaps Google should sort of teach the publishers a lesson and drop all existence of their companies from all Google searches in fear of copyright violations. The publishers would complain saying that no one could find their pages, but Google will just retort saying, "Well we wanted to make sure you won't sue us over copyrighted material, if you want back, then let us index your books too."
They seem to know how to use computers already! Excuse me while I go fax my banking information to the attorney of an imprisoned Prince whose country recently went into anarchy, I need to help transfer funds for him!
Perhaps I form of meta moderation should take place. For example, if a major change to an entry in wikipedia is detected, its flagged for group moderation/voting. The old and new is shown, and users would vote for which entry seems most accurate. Either that, or when a major change is detected, the previous author and the new author have to delegate between old and new changes. If the old author feels that the information submitted by the new author is an acceptable change to what he has written, he can approve it... or the two can work things out to reach something acceptable. Or, remove the ability to edit/remove text completely and only allow appending information, this would be quite inefficient though as you would have an entire length of information on the subject all in one giant block.
Same people who put new engines in their VW Bugs. If the rest of the car is still good, then just upgrade the engine to keep up with the times.
Well, short of a self-sterilizing pillow... but that's yet to be invented.
I can imagine one of these pillows going into self-sterilization mode while someone is sleeping on it. Someone waking up to their pillow autoclaving the side of their face.
Because I don't need to enlarge my penis...
...Us geeks lack the ability to mate
What's with the vacuum?
Pod Racing anyone?
"Coming from a country where major riots and civil disturbances have flared up several times in a decade, and where the electoral process in certain areas is inflected with violence, this may be a very positive development."
You must be from the United States.