Yup. On one of my previous driver's license renewals I wanted to stick out my tongue, they wouldn't let me.
Considering all the bad photos they allow to be used when they take the picture when the subject isn't ready, I don't see how my pose would hinder the ability to identify me any more.
To be fair, the world has changed as the internet has grown.
The internet has greatly helped to shut down stores all over the place, has severely reduced the choices provided in the big-box-stores that remain, etc.
Before the internet, I'd drive to Blockbuster and rent a game or a movie a couple times each week.. Blockbuster is doing poorly, it's small competitors are nearly gone, and now even it's big competitors like Redbox don't have new movies for months.
Both Broadcast TV and Cable TV was much higher quality. Though we had fewer channels, there was far more worth watching. No, this isn't just nostalga.
Radio has become a wasteland precisely because things like Shoutcast and Pandora are so very superior.
You'll have a hard time finding a record store these days. Maybe Walmart or Target has a CD you want, maybe it doesn't. It probably doesn't...
When your computers need replacement parts, well, I hope your boss doesn't mind you wasting a lot of time shopping, because you're not going to find that stuff in stores these days.
I think you either weren't paying attention or are remembering things in the opposite order they really happened.
Big box stores have been blamed for local retailers going away for decades, the latest complainers are grocery stores because more big-box retail stores are becoming dual purpose variety and grocery stores, too. The reduced choices has nothing to do with the Internet. Wal-Mart chose that route itself, literally. It was a business decision they made to allow them to simplify their stores and purchasing, and it blew up in their face as shoppers started going other places to shop when they simply couldn't find what they wanted anymore (instead of falling lockstep into buying whatever brands Wal-Mart chose for them like they wanted). Wal-Mart is backtracking and adding selection back today because it was a bad choice.
People were complaining about Blockbuster putting mom & pop video stores out of business years ago. Netflix (the DVD service) has been killing Blockbuster, yes. Netflix Streaming and Hulu have only really caught on a critical mass in last year or two. You can throw online piracy in there but I don't consider "free and illegal" a genuine "competitor" to Blockbuster. Blockbuster might not be going down the tubes if they had made a better effort to be competitive with Netflix's pricing instead of trying to hang onto their old, outrageous gouge-fest rates.
CableTV didn't get worse because of the Internet -- it got worse because of digital cable. Providers suddenly could fit a whole lot of extra channels in the same bandwidth by going digital, and what's more, they could switch access to these channels on and off like a light, and bill people per TV set for them. So programmers rushed to find a new way to create extra channels to package into new premium "tiers" of service they could nickel and dime consumers for every month. The only issue is they didn't really have the content to fill these new 24/7 channels they wanted to run, so they took the good stuff they had on one station, spread it around to all the channels, then filled in all the empty hours with reruns and infomercials. Net result -- TV gets worse because ratio-wise it's much more crap. The relative small, expensive amount of bandwidth on analog cable meant that programmers wanted to make sure they'd get more revenue for their broadcast time, so higher quality content that could attract views was used. Look at today. Why is the programming so much better in prime-time TV than other times? Because, fortunately, the television industry hasn't found a way to decrease the rotation of the Earth during that time of day, so those special hours are and always will be a limited block of time in viewers' schedules.
Radio has been a wasteland since the '90's. Where I lived there was a local, independent modern rock station. I was thankful for this station, it was the main radio station I listed to in the dr
Fullerton Police Patrol Officer Kelly Mejia used the well-known stealing technique of placing a bag (in this case, a bag of chicken) http://www.fullertonsfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Mejia-Arrest.pdf over the item and then removing both. People steal cell phones using this method all the time. It happened to me on a bus in Kansas City, MO.
That is a very interesting arrest affidavit. Did you see the "Ethnicity" blank on the form they have in addition to the actual "Race" blank? It has two check boxes. "Hispanic" and "Not Hispanic".
GoogleTV doesn't really host anything, though. It's more a fancy search engine to TV content already available on the Net, which is why sites are blocking connections from GoogleTV clients. Hulu actually has the shows and the blessing of the studios to show them. Completely different services.
The amount of "it'll be here later" on the products launching lately seems horrible. How many features on the iPad were listed on the box and in the marketing material but didn't come out until a later software update? How many were there on the BlackBerry tablet? Even the Nintendo 3DS did this.
My solution to this is to simply not buy the product until the feature arrives (if it ever really does). Thankfully I am someone who can still think rationally enough to do this, unlike many people.
I'd like to get a bluray player, and there are a couple LG models I'm particularly interested in. But I also want one that supports Hulu Plus. I know support for this is "coming soon". Well, LG, as soon as the support is present and working you just email me and I'm come look at your product again.
Dude, that's complete bullshit. The majority of Apple Store employees are part time and don't get any benefits (except for cheap benefits like commuter checks.) Part timers start at ~$12 an hour.
That sounds pretty good. I've been working full-time for my current employer for over seven years and have only just now hit $12/hr. And that even being on a grandfathered pay scale. New employees are making federal minimum wage.
Doesn't youtube also have age verification? Set up an account for the kid and make clear it's a kid.
Since the "age verification" is that you're supposed to be 13 or older to have a YouTube account, that seems to suggest YouTube has already labeled itself "PG-13".
So really this guy shouldn't be letting his kid on it alone at all. I don't go to an R-rated film and complain when the content is over PG after all.
He might have been joking been if you noticed the +5, Informative post a bit down from here on the page the used goo can actually be burned. The radioactive particles don't become gaseous but instead remain behind in the ash left behind, so you can just drum and store the much smaller volume of ash instead.
While functionality removal certainly is a danger, the reality is that it's quite unlikely that a Blu-Ray player with a red "Netflix" sticker on the front as one of its main selling features is going to suddenly remove that functionality.
You should check the Hulu support forums for streaming devices. There are a lot of people who bought Samsung C6500 BluRay players under the idea they would be able to view Hulu Plus on them -- probably because the Hulu logo appeared on the box with the other streaming media services it supported.
Hulu Plus support did not ship with the C6500, and now Hulu Plus is available as a downloadable add-on for Samsung Blu-Ray players, but only the newer 6800 and above models are allowed. Everyone who bought the 6500 is still SOL last I heard.
The consensus of that discussion seemed to be "there are none".
Now lets take those results and add the stipulation they support not only voice but video, too, and to top it off, they have to be Open-Source. I'm sure that will result in more programs, right?
TMG temporarily suspended the gathering of data on file-sharers while they investigated the breach, later claiming that the attack was on 'an unprotected test server with no confidential data.
So I suppose if this is really not confidential data they should have no issues with it being released on the Net then, huh?
I work tech support and I agree the UIs are too complicated quite often. Have you ever tried to navigate television using a digital cable box? Those things are ridiculously unintuitive and difficult, and keep in mind we're talking about an appliance that is literally targeted towards the least intelligent section of the consumer market.
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Yup. On one of my previous driver's license renewals I wanted to stick out my tongue, they wouldn't let me.
Considering all the bad photos they allow to be used when they take the picture when the subject isn't ready, I don't see how my pose would hinder the ability to identify me any more.
To be fair, the world has changed as the internet has grown.
The internet has greatly helped to shut down stores all over the place, has severely reduced the choices provided in the big-box-stores that remain, etc.
Before the internet, I'd drive to Blockbuster and rent a game or a movie a couple times each week.. Blockbuster is doing poorly, it's small competitors are nearly gone, and now even it's big competitors like Redbox don't have new movies for months.
Both Broadcast TV and Cable TV was much higher quality. Though we had fewer channels, there was far more worth watching. No, this isn't just nostalga.
Radio has become a wasteland precisely because things like Shoutcast and Pandora are so very superior.
You'll have a hard time finding a record store these days. Maybe Walmart or Target has a CD you want, maybe it doesn't. It probably doesn't...
When your computers need replacement parts, well, I hope your boss doesn't mind you wasting a lot of time shopping, because you're not going to find that stuff in stores these days.
I think you either weren't paying attention or are remembering things in the opposite order they really happened.
There are people a lot better educated and arguably more productive to society making about that figure.
Yes, but do those people have "getting shot" on their list of likely risks while on the job?
Fullerton Police Patrol Officer Kelly Mejia used the well-known stealing technique of placing a bag (in this case, a bag of chicken) http://www.fullertonsfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Mejia-Arrest.pdf over the item and then removing both. People steal cell phones using this method all the time. It happened to me on a bus in Kansas City, MO.
That is a very interesting arrest affidavit. Did you see the "Ethnicity" blank on the form they have in addition to the actual "Race" blank? It has two check boxes. "Hispanic" and "Not Hispanic".
Racially profile much, Florida?
GoogleTV doesn't really host anything, though. It's more a fancy search engine to TV content already available on the Net, which is why sites are blocking connections from GoogleTV clients. Hulu actually has the shows and the blessing of the studios to show them. Completely different services.
10 years. 5 x 2 = 10 last time I checked.
"Vsys make me a ham and swiss on rye... with dijon, lettuce and tomato. Hold the onion."
The amount of "it'll be here later" on the products launching lately seems horrible. How many features on the iPad were listed on the box and in the marketing material but didn't come out until a later software update? How many were there on the BlackBerry tablet? Even the Nintendo 3DS did this.
My solution to this is to simply not buy the product until the feature arrives (if it ever really does). Thankfully I am someone who can still think rationally enough to do this, unlike many people.
I'd like to get a bluray player, and there are a couple LG models I'm particularly interested in. But I also want one that supports Hulu Plus. I know support for this is "coming soon". Well, LG, as soon as the support is present and working you just email me and I'm come look at your product again.
Dude, that's complete bullshit. The majority of Apple Store employees are part time and don't get any benefits (except for cheap benefits like commuter checks.) Part timers start at ~$12 an hour.
That sounds pretty good. I've been working full-time for my current employer for over seven years and have only just now hit $12/hr. And that even being on a grandfathered pay scale. New employees are making federal minimum wage.
Doesn't youtube also have age verification? Set up an account for the kid and make clear it's a kid.
Since the "age verification" is that you're supposed to be 13 or older to have a YouTube account, that seems to suggest YouTube has already labeled itself "PG-13".
So really this guy shouldn't be letting his kid on it alone at all. I don't go to an R-rated film and complain when the content is over PG after all.
You're probably thinking of the iPhone, as there was a VoIP device that went under that very name at the time the iPhone was announced.
Is that supposed to be a clever GNU joke?
Sounds like a really, really old joke to me.
Like pre-historic.
You read it here: Microsoft and NVidia has Rules of Acquisition they have to follow!
Even at +5 this comment is underrated.
If the attacker has physical access to the hardware, security is already out the window at that point.
A USB-based attack would require the perpetrator to have as much access as the individuals using the current analog systems do now.
He might have been joking been if you noticed the +5, Informative post a bit down from here on the page the used goo can actually be burned. The radioactive particles don't become gaseous but instead remain behind in the ash left behind, so you can just drum and store the much smaller volume of ash instead.
...hackers have been the reason digital systems haven't been adopted sooner.
Here's an idea, let's not connect it to the Internet.
That's a direct quote from the article, too -- from Popular Science magazine!
Any minute now we'll get the BitCoin tie-in for this article.
Any minute now...
I'm waiting for it.
While functionality removal certainly is a danger, the reality is that it's quite unlikely that a Blu-Ray player with a red "Netflix" sticker on the front as one of its main selling features is going to suddenly remove that functionality.
You should check the Hulu support forums for streaming devices. There are a lot of people who bought Samsung C6500 BluRay players under the idea they would be able to view Hulu Plus on them -- probably because the Hulu logo appeared on the box with the other streaming media services it supported.
Hulu Plus support did not ship with the C6500, and now Hulu Plus is available as a downloadable add-on for Samsung Blu-Ray players, but only the newer 6800 and above models are allowed. Everyone who bought the 6500 is still SOL last I heard.
It's even linked right under the summary.
The consensus of that discussion seemed to be "there are none".
Now lets take those results and add the stipulation they support not only voice but video, too, and to top it off, they have to be Open-Source. I'm sure that will result in more programs, right?
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TMG temporarily suspended the gathering of data on file-sharers while they investigated the breach, later claiming that the attack was on 'an unprotected test server with no confidential data.
So I suppose if this is really not confidential data they should have no issues with it being released on the Net then, huh?
I work tech support and I agree the UIs are too complicated quite often. Have you ever tried to navigate television using a digital cable box? Those things are ridiculously unintuitive and difficult, and keep in mind we're talking about an appliance that is literally targeted towards the least intelligent section of the consumer market.
They must have finally found the Sword of Bipartisanship?