I'm still looking for a replacement for my Garmin iQue 3600 (GPS, PDA, no phone and no phone bill). Maybe an Android tablet nobody wants is just the thing!
I suspect Ghostery will have the same problem as RequestPolicy. That is, some sites have 50 or so suspicious trackers etc. There is no way to navigate the web if you have to fret over 50 3rd party redirects and tracking widgets on a page. The concept is welcome, but I don't see how anyone can use it efficiently.
Wait. Don't they still do this? A few months ago I got a charge on my land line from a place called "CompuFix" for fake telephone computer support services. It was not just for $12.95, it was for $12.95 per month. So I called Frontier and had the charge removed. The next bill came and I was charged $2.95 for the privilege of not being robbed. So I called again and received a complex explanation of p-lists and 3rd party charges, but they removed the charge. Do I really have to go over the bill every month with a microscope? Bah! And Verizon is even worse!
While reaching for my coffee sitting in the DVD drive tray and stepping on the mouse with my foot, it's hard to do a ctrl-F while shaving using a CD for a mirror and texting on the phone.
Just get an iPhone! You are not supposed to carry a giant laptop and a huge camera anymore. Take crappy photos on a cell phone and send them to the cloud!
This is what used to be called the "magic screwdriver". You sell the customer something with features disabled and when they complain, you appear, make a big show of technical force and flip a software switch which enables something that was there all along. You're a hero! No wait; it's really: profit.
Suppose you could use the information from such a system to find a missing child. You would have to do it. Imagine an episode of "Law and Order: Special Minor Child Victims Unit" where the cops are complaining about privacy advocates are blocking GPS info that would rescue a child (especially a blonde blue-eyed girl). Yes, you could get a court order, but there's no TIME for that!
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I'm still looking for a replacement for my Garmin iQue 3600 (GPS, PDA, no phone and no phone bill). Maybe an Android tablet nobody wants is just the thing!
Perhaps you mean the encheferizer? http://www.tuco.de/home/jschef.htm
Ponies? Who has a pony? In fact, I hate anyone that ever had a pony when they were growing up.
I suspect Ghostery will have the same problem as RequestPolicy. That is, some sites have 50 or so suspicious trackers etc. There is no way to navigate the web if you have to fret over 50 3rd party redirects and tracking widgets on a page. The concept is welcome, but I don't see how anyone can use it efficiently.
It's Amoco, I believe. BP acquired Amoco in 2001.
You are correct, sir!
Wait. Don't they still do this? A few months ago I got a charge on my land line from a place called "CompuFix" for fake telephone computer support services. It was not just for $12.95, it was for $12.95 per month. So I called Frontier and had the charge removed. The next bill came and I was charged $2.95 for the privilege of not being robbed. So I called again and received a complex explanation of p-lists and 3rd party charges, but they removed the charge. Do I really have to go over the bill every month with a microscope? Bah! And Verizon is even worse!
Clearly you have no idea about what is really important.
It's way too big for any governmental use, NASA, or weather-related supercomputing application. Must be for Facebook
I felt nothing, but I might have been asleep...
I promise to only blow up bad people.
Vampires!=SciFi
Can you friend a teacher in your school that does not have you in any of his/her classes?
While reaching for my coffee sitting in the DVD drive tray and stepping on the mouse with my foot, it's hard to do a ctrl-F while shaving using a CD for a mirror and texting on the phone.
Wrong! It's 12345.
No cable, no problem!
Looked more like an optical contusion to me.
You said that on porpoise!
Just get an iPhone! You are not supposed to carry a giant laptop and a huge camera anymore. Take crappy photos on a cell phone and send them to the cloud!
+5 points for Fifth Element reference.
And what cellphone ever took an exceptional photo?
This is what used to be called the "magic screwdriver". You sell the customer something with features disabled and when they complain, you appear, make a big show of technical force and flip a software switch which enables something that was there all along. You're a hero! No wait; it's really: profit.
Because people are morons and I want to be protected from them.
Suppose you could use the information from such a system to find a missing child. You would have to do it. Imagine an episode of "Law and Order: Special Minor Child Victims Unit" where the cops are complaining about privacy advocates are blocking GPS info that would rescue a child (especially a blonde blue-eyed girl). Yes, you could get a court order, but there's no TIME for that!
AFAIK only 18 out of 50 states in the US have mandated inspection programs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection. I was surprised at this low number.