There are printer management systems which are typically used by government agencies, which can track the contents of what you print and will generate a unique watermark into each print job so that if a document is leaked they can identify the sources if they can get their hands on either a hardcopy or scan of the leaked document.
Even photocopying can be picked up as these system typically require a user to log in to make a copy.
Disclaimer - I used to work for a large copy/printer manufacturer.
You've forgotten that Garnter's business model is largely based on telling corporations how they can downsize their workforce and achieve the same revenue, thus increasing profits. Under such an arrangement they would end up with excess devices to be depreciated and/or sold. Easier to outsource the cost to the employee.
My guild uses TeamSpeak3, Vent is slightly more common and quite a few groups use Mumble.
TS3 is streets ahead of TS2 for quality, and not-for-profit licenses are free. We're pretty lucky in as much as we get free hosting of the server as well.
As someone who less than a month ago had surgery to remove an early detection cancer due to 'lots and lots of tests', the first of which was for a totally unrelated complaint, I would have to say that they are not always a bad idea. The fact that the cancer was detected before the tumour was of a size to be detected by feel greatly increased the probability that I will live a long a happy[1] life going forward.
[1] For a given value of happiness, which may or may not be impacted by the fact that I"m married and I apparently do not currently have cancer.
"Automate away! Anyone who can't adapt and find new work can conveniently starve to death or turn to crime and wind up in jail, where taxpayer dollars will provide for all their needs but breeding will not be an option, resulting in an eventual die-off of all non-essential humans."
This will only work if you do one of the following: prohibit conjugal visits while keeping them incarcerated until they are incapable of breeding (which is until menopause for women and effectively life for men), or permanently render them infertile upon release.
I'm not going to comment on the potential morality of your proposed solution, I'm just pointing out that they still have plenty of opportunities to breed even when they do turn to a life of crime and end up in the big house.
Possibly a better question would be what is the ROI on all those Ad Views for the advertisers. It's possible there are less ads being served in some markets because the advertisers were not really making a profit against the expense of serving the ads.
You could market it as a multi-media lucky dip - download RNG.file and who knows what you'd get. Maybe people could upvote or down vote tracks they'd liked, but don't give the option to add comments - so that way no one can identify the track after upload.
It could be a really interesting way to experience new media.
Given you posted this reply on ANZAC day I'm just going to point out that the USA weren't the only nation to send troops to both the European and Pacific theatres of war in WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf Wars 1 & 2 etc... You're welcome.
13 episodes is a long season for British TV, quite a few shows did 6-8, and there's even a couple of excellent shows that do 3-4 (thinking Sherlock and Whitechapel).
On a related note, why is it always assumed that economic growth is always good?
I suspect because it is never stated in terms of a closed system. There is an input cost that resources the growth - which is never accounted for by corporations or governments. If it was, sustainable growth would be a much bigger deal.
While I accept that the mook might possibly have thought his mate was offering him a great deal on the laptop - he should have questioned the credit card that went along with it that has been used to pay for online purchases such as subscriptions to porn sites he accessed. It does make the suspicion that he was the actual mugger reasonable.
In the late '80s some friends of mine were living half a block from a CB radio (and gun) shop. On of these friends was a bit of an audiophile with a stupidly expensive HiFi system.
It was no uncommon for his speakers to pick up transmissions from the CB shop, even when the tuner and amp were switched off.
Given the signal is probably generally spherical, deforming around any possible deflectors or signal sinks (which probably block cell reception of their own accord), your hypothetical situation would require an oddly shaped property.
I'm reminded of trying to calculate the area of affect for a fireball damage from AD&D 2E.
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Hey, don't knock the luggable - I typeset an economics textbook on one, carrying it to campus daily. It at least kept me fit.
There are printer management systems which are typically used by government agencies, which can track the contents of what you print and will generate a unique watermark into each print job so that if a document is leaked they can identify the sources if they can get their hands on either a hardcopy or scan of the leaked document.
Even photocopying can be picked up as these system typically require a user to log in to make a copy.
Disclaimer - I used to work for a large copy/printer manufacturer.
You've forgotten that Garnter's business model is largely based on telling corporations how they can downsize their workforce and achieve the same revenue, thus increasing profits. Under such an arrangement they would end up with excess devices to be depreciated and/or sold. Easier to outsource the cost to the employee.
That sure explains all the confusion in the #gimp channel.
My guild uses TeamSpeak3, Vent is slightly more common and quite a few groups use Mumble.
TS3 is streets ahead of TS2 for quality, and not-for-profit licenses are free. We're pretty lucky in as much as we get free hosting of the server as well.
Iain M. Bank's Culture books (The Player of Games in particular) posits such a society. Some people are particularly well suited to it, others aren't.
As someone who less than a month ago had surgery to remove an early detection cancer due to 'lots and lots of tests', the first of which was for a totally unrelated complaint, I would have to say that they are not always a bad idea. The fact that the cancer was detected before the tumour was of a size to be detected by feel greatly increased the probability that I will live a long a happy[1] life going forward.
[1] For a given value of happiness, which may or may not be impacted by the fact that I"m married and I apparently do not currently have cancer.
Mew?
"Automate away! Anyone who can't adapt and find new work can conveniently starve to death or turn to crime and wind up in jail, where taxpayer dollars will provide for all their needs but breeding will not be an option, resulting in an eventual die-off of all non-essential humans."
This will only work if you do one of the following: prohibit conjugal visits while keeping them incarcerated until they are incapable of breeding (which is until menopause for women and effectively life for men), or permanently render them infertile upon release.
I'm not going to comment on the potential morality of your proposed solution, I'm just pointing out that they still have plenty of opportunities to breed even when they do turn to a life of crime and end up in the big house.
Possibly a better question would be what is the ROI on all those Ad Views for the advertisers. It's possible there are less ads being served in some markets because the advertisers were not really making a profit against the expense of serving the ads.
I'm not sure about whether it would be in public domain, but it sounds like it would be an improvement.
You could market it as a multi-media lucky dip - download RNG.file and who knows what you'd get. Maybe people could upvote or down vote tracks they'd liked, but don't give the option to add comments - so that way no one can identify the track after upload.
It could be a really interesting way to experience new media.
That is a brilliant idea - pity you didn't think to patent it! Bwahaha!
Worse still, what if they were purple.
Thermite, like duct tape, is the solution to damn near everything.
Why did I spend all my mod points before finding this post? (Though it was already +5)
Bugger, I have mod points but have already posted in this thread or I would be modding you up about now.
Given you posted this reply on ANZAC day I'm just going to point out that the USA weren't the only nation to send troops to both the European and Pacific theatres of war in WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf Wars 1 & 2 etc... You're welcome.
I'm finding this whole story freaky given I share a name minus one letter.
13 episodes is a long season for British TV, quite a few shows did 6-8, and there's even a couple of excellent shows that do 3-4 (thinking Sherlock and Whitechapel).
On a related note, why is it always assumed that economic growth is always good?
I suspect because it is never stated in terms of a closed system. There is an input cost that resources the growth - which is never accounted for by corporations or governments. If it was, sustainable growth would be a much bigger deal.
You forgot putting #1 in the 'Disney Vault' and then re-releasing it as a special edition X years later. Rinse, repeat.
While I accept that the mook might possibly have thought his mate was offering him a great deal on the laptop - he should have questioned the credit card that went along with it that has been used to pay for online purchases such as subscriptions to porn sites he accessed. It does make the suspicion that he was the actual mugger reasonable.
In the late '80s some friends of mine were living half a block from a CB radio (and gun) shop. On of these friends was a bit of an audiophile with a stupidly expensive HiFi system.
It was no uncommon for his speakers to pick up transmissions from the CB shop, even when the tuner and amp were switched off.
Given the signal is probably generally spherical, deforming around any possible deflectors or signal sinks (which probably block cell reception of their own accord), your hypothetical situation would require an oddly shaped property.
I'm reminded of trying to calculate the area of affect for a fireball damage from AD&D 2E.
Was it confirmed by Netcraft?