The local government is crying because it believes that it is losing an effective method in combating crime in public. Locals however are rejoicing that they are no longer being recorded whilst walking down the street."
WHO runs the "local" government here? Apparently *not* the locals, if "their" local government feels differently than them. Time to hire a different police chief? Time to ELECT a different "local" government?
You are dumber, but thats a reflection on you and not the summary.
It's so easy to Toll on the Intertubes, I'm surprised you chose to Troll logged in rather than as an Anonymous Coward... I'll give you "points" for that, but not your comment.
Letâ(TM)s hope the Redittors are more accurate with this "issue" than they were with the Boston Bombers. People seem so willing to take whatever is posted on some web site by people that (right or wrong) have some vested thing in some opinion or view. Sometimes a critical mass builds in the Forums when the actual facts end up being completely different from reality. I wasn't there, Iâ(TM)m not jumping on the Band Wagon until the whole thing shakes out.
Marcus Wohlsen writing in Wired Business makes a good case for why no amount of marketing hype will cure Google Glass of its inherent dorkiness.
And walking around glued to your Smart Phone doesn't? Remember when hands-free Blue Tooth ear thingies came out? Tell me that's not dorky, walking around talking to yourself...
Yes, today it is. But being tied to your mobile device (even *having* a mobile device) use to be very nerdy. In time it will be "nerdy" *not* to have a some type of Intertube connected HUD on your eyeball. Eventually there will be implants and the data will be âoeprojectedâ directly into your brain.
Besides, we all know that "nerds" actually set the tech style trends. There will be a critical mass point, and weâ(TM)ll start seeing these things for sale at the Big Box stores.
Simply because Firefox is free to download does not mean that Mozilla does not derive any income from Firefox. Mozilla does not run off donations from people like you and I, they provide a service to a number of companies that pay they many many millions of dollars.
Loss is reputation results in fewer downloads results in a product association that is worth less to these companies.
Later on, the "submarine patent" surfaces and sues everyone.
Have they sued anyone? Or are they just asking people to license a patent that they legally own?
A company has an obligation to look at the technology they use in their products and do a patent search to see if they are infringing on existing technology owned by someone else.
Simply because BT had not until now chosen to require or ask for licensing doesn't give other people a free ride for ever. The onus is on YOU to do due diligence with your products that you market for profit, YOU bare the responsibility to properly license that which you do not own.
1. LinkedIn is actually a sort-of competitor of slashdot's owner. That's a bit of a weird slashvertisement choice(not impossible, but weird). 2. The FTC would come down on facebook like a ton of bricks if they tried to buy out one of the largest other social networks.
Ah, yeah. LinkedIn may be - to some extent - a "networking" site, but I would challenge you to name a significant number of your "peeps" that use it as a "social network". As well, fewer and fewer people see any need at all to "network" through LinkedIn, its value being more and more seen as over rated.
Apparently I didn't make the joke ridiculous enough for you to get it.
Apparently not, I'm still not getting it. But I'll accept your "good faith" attempt at humor...
A conspiracy [wikipedia.org] is (by definition) an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime in the future.
Broaden your horizens beyond the Wikipedia Bible. You've referenced "Conspiracy (Crime)". But the "Conspiracy Theory" entry says:
A conspiracy theory is an explanatory proposition that accuses a person, group or organization of having caused or covered up an event or phenomenon of great social, political, or economic impact... The term "conspiracy theory" is used to indicate a narrative genre that includes a broad selection of (not necessarily related) arguments for the existence of grand conspiracies.
Perhaps this is something that should have been taken seriously 30 years ago? It will take at least that long to hone the technology and pry the funding from the tightwads that only approve of pork in their districts.
And, maybe NASA should jump at this - they seem to be in search of a mission and the dollars that go with it, maybe this is it?
Slashdot Mirror
Really? How do you come to that conclusion when the thing is still in very very early user beta?
Echelon collects. Does it store everything? And for how long?
WOW . . . that place sucks. Could someone post a list of common CCTV cameras with microphones?
England.
The local government is crying because it believes that it is losing an effective method in combating crime in public. Locals however are rejoicing that they are no longer being recorded whilst walking down the street."
WHO runs the "local" government here? Apparently *not* the locals, if "their" local government feels differently than them. Time to hire a different police chief? Time to ELECT a different "local" government?
So, did anything that matters happen today?
Kentucky Derby. GOD am I wasted...
You are dumber, but thats a reflection on you and not the summary.
It's so easy to Toll on the Intertubes, I'm surprised you chose to Troll logged in rather than as an Anonymous Coward... I'll give you "points" for that, but not your comment.
Letâ(TM)s hope the Redittors are more accurate with this "issue" than they were with the Boston Bombers. People seem so willing to take whatever is posted on some web site by people that (right or wrong) have some vested thing in some opinion or view. Sometimes a critical mass builds in the Forums when the actual facts end up being completely different from reality. I wasn't there, Iâ(TM)m not jumping on the Band Wagon until the whole thing shakes out.
It's a black thing
Really? Because around where I live, it seems to be fat white guys that look like they work in "IT".
"Passe" jumped the shark years ago.
...Along with "lite, smooth, and oaky" Chardonnay.
But yesterday's passe is tomorrowâ(TM)s "retro cool".
Google Glass is Google Jumping the Shark.
The phrase "jumping the shark" was passe years ago. Indeed, the web site no longer exists.
....I pretty much see only the bluetooth receiver in the ear all the time primarily with one race, at least here in the US.
Exactly *which* race are you alluding to? The Morons?
Wearing sagging pants is incredibly dorky.
As are "skinny jeans" on males.
Marcus Wohlsen writing in Wired Business makes a good case for why no amount of marketing hype will cure Google Glass of its inherent dorkiness.
And walking around glued to your Smart Phone doesn't? Remember when hands-free Blue Tooth ear thingies came out? Tell me that's not dorky, walking around talking to yourself...
Yes, today it is. But being tied to your mobile device (even *having* a mobile device) use to be very nerdy. In time it will be "nerdy" *not* to have a some type of Intertube connected HUD on your eyeball. Eventually there will be implants and the data will be âoeprojectedâ directly into your brain.
Besides, we all know that "nerds" actually set the tech style trends. There will be a critical mass point, and weâ(TM)ll start seeing these things for sale at the Big Box stores.
You are wrong. It is a life event, not a yearly occurrence...
Clearly you are not Catholic, Mormon, or from the Bible Belt.
You can't sue for damages if there aren't any.
Simply because Firefox is free to download does not mean that Mozilla does not derive any income from Firefox. Mozilla does not run off donations from people like you and I, they provide a service to a number of companies that pay they many many millions of dollars.
Loss is reputation results in fewer downloads results in a product association that is worth less to these companies.
Later on, the "submarine patent" surfaces and sues everyone.
Have they sued anyone? Or are they just asking people to license a patent that they legally own?
A company has an obligation to look at the technology they use in their products and do a patent search to see if they are infringing on existing technology owned by someone else.
Simply because BT had not until now chosen to require or ask for licensing doesn't give other people a free ride for ever. The onus is on YOU to do due diligence with your products that you market for profit, YOU bare the responsibility to properly license that which you do not own.
Now that Jobs is gone we have not seen anything really radical come out of Apple.
It's not like he's been dead for YEARS...
...Apple CEO Tim Cook believes that RIM will be dead by 2018. 'In five years I don't think there'll be a reason to buy a BlackBerry anymore'.
1. LinkedIn is actually a sort-of competitor of slashdot's owner. That's a bit of a weird slashvertisement choice(not impossible, but weird).
2. The FTC would come down on facebook like a ton of bricks if they tried to buy out one of the largest other social networks.
Ah, yeah. LinkedIn may be - to some extent - a "networking" site, but I would challenge you to name a significant number of your "peeps" that use it as a "social network". As well, fewer and fewer people see any need at all to "network" through LinkedIn, its value being more and more seen as over rated.
I smell a Slashvertisment... Seriously, LinkedIn? Biggest spammer in my Inbox. Of dubious professional value. Facebook, *please* buy them?
Spoken like a true Anonymous Coward.
Anonymous Coward == Asshole
Apparently I didn't make the joke ridiculous enough for you to get it.
Apparently not, I'm still not getting it. But I'll accept your "good faith" attempt at humor...
A conspiracy [wikipedia.org] is (by definition) an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime in the future.
Broaden your horizens beyond the Wikipedia Bible. You've referenced "Conspiracy (Crime)". But the "Conspiracy Theory" entry says:
A conspiracy theory is an explanatory proposition that accuses a person, group or organization of having caused or covered up an event or phenomenon of great social, political, or economic impact... The term "conspiracy theory" is used to indicate a narrative genre that includes a broad selection of (not necessarily related) arguments for the existence of grand conspiracies.
Perhaps this is something that should have been taken seriously 30 years ago? It will take at least that long to hone the technology and pry the funding from the tightwads that only approve of pork in their districts.
And, maybe NASA should jump at this - they seem to be in search of a mission and the dollars that go with it, maybe this is it?
Because we all know that screen actors are working for slave wages...
Many more than you might imagine work for "scale".