I have "unlimited" data service on my android phone, so after a damn simple rooting I now have wifi tethering for devices to the phones 4G network. This let me get rid of my clear.com service for my laptop ($45 a month), and avoid buying another data service for my ipad.
It may be a breach of service contract, but I'll be goddamned if I'm going to buy 4 completely different internet data services, when one is all I need at any given time (except I really do need two as the one at home has to be up all the time).
In the case of copyright, it is the rights of the dead's living dependents that meant to be are protected.
How exactly do the rights of the dependents encourage the dead person to go on creating works?
I dunno how, but it seems to work. Tupac, Michael Jackson, Notorious BIG, Janis Joplin, on and on the list goes of artists who released big money works after they died.
Damn but it's funny when people neither read what they're responding to, OR the articles they post in rebuttal.
I guess you missed the part where your own article admitted that the feared "resistant strains" had never been seen, or produced in the laboratory.
But here's a thought for you: Since triclosan acts on bacterial cell walls in almost the exact same fashion as soap and water, just 100's of times more effectively (yes, soap DOES kill bacteria, not just wash it off for all you poorly informed people), why does nobody suggest we should stop washing our hands with soap? It's going to produce resistant strains too right...and at an even greater rate because it's LESS outright lethal...right?
Kid or not, the undeniable fact is this is a previously existing "invention" that has been on the market for about a decade (at least). 10 seconds with google produced a half dozen variations, so I doubt the kid, or parents were unaware of prior art.
The fact that the patent office actually awards patents on things that are extraordinary slight variations on existing products is just showing how broken our patent system is. THAT is the story here, not some tinkering kid (although I would encourage him to keep at it, the world needs more As Seen On TV crap).
I've suspected for years that the use of antibacterial soap would prove problematic as it promotes the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Life always finds a way...
I've suspected for years that people confuse the word "anti-bacterial" with "antibiotic", without realizing they are two very different things.
Worrying that anti-bacterial soap is going to product antibiotic resistant bacteria is like worrying that lethal injection is going to produce super villains.
The soap's main deadly effect is to breed antibiotic resistant super-bacteria.
These bacteria will not discriminate against those of us smart enough to avoid overuse of antibiotics.
Anti-bacterial and antibiotic are not synonyms. The "main deadly effect" you're concerned about is not a result of anti-bacterial soap, it's a result of people misunderstanding basic science but thinking they still have a valid opinion.
People who are convinced that urine is the cleanest thing ever are more than welcome to roll around in the dive bar urinal trough of their choice to illustrate that fact.
You watch too much television. There is no such thing as "sleeping gas".
even surgical anesthesia wouldn't accomplish what you suggest, as some if not MOST people would die on every flight from the anesthetic. Anesthesiologists are highly trained to keep ONE person carefully balanced in between awake and dead.
But dont' let the real world stop you from solving all our problems with fantasy. there's lots more we need your help with. Could you do AIDS next?
realistic yes...pornographic, no. There's nothing that I would consider a "nude photo", only bald semi-skull headed blobby people with visible butt cracks.
I can see where a distinct sound card would be useful in a media center. I can't for the life of me get the stupid onboard audio working in 5.1 mode on my current board with Windows 7, even though it's supposed to be supported. I'm thinking of just shutting it down in bios and trying again with a discrete card. Oblig. Ask Slashdot: Any suggestions?
I had just the opposite problem. After trying two different discreet cards (one a SB Audigy one a Hercules something or other) and not being able to get 5.1 Dolby Digital to work, I switched to using the onboard digital passthrough and it was rock solid.
Later, I upgraded to a video card that covered full audio over the HDMI connection and I'd NEVER go back now, at least not on a media server that's connected through an AV receiver.
At current exchange rates, 2.5 million pounds is about $4 million.
With that much money on the line, I would consider the possibility of flagrantly violating the law, and moving someplace nice that will legally protect me in exchange for a smaller tax.
He should have called it a "old family heirloom" and not a "treasure find". But then governments being what they are, they'd probably ask for back inheritance taxes for 10 generations.
define "very good". The best I've seen are so far removed from anything that could be called "nude photos" that I can only assume there's a lot of ignorance and/or outright deliberate panic mongering going on.
You guys do know that these things do NOT produce nude photos right? I mean when you say it does, that's just hyperbole and exaggeration, right? The pictures from these things look barely human, no less some sexually erotic nude photo spread. Child pornography, really?
It does the privacy cause very, very little good when you sound this unmedicated paranoid delusional.
I just had this discussion with a friend earlier today. The millimeter wave scanners don't even USE x-ray radiation, and the backscatter uses about 1/100ththe radiation of a dental x-ray. I asked my friend if she was going to stop getting dental x-rays, she said no because they only do that once a year. can't really argue with that level of logic.
The primary reason I give up on games and stop playing them is poor AI being augmented by outright cheating.
I'm sure someone has a much longer list, but the usual things like unlimited numbers of enemies, enemies that never run out of ammo while I'm required to scrounge every round, enemies that start rounds fully supplied when you start empty handed, enemies that always know exactly where you are, never miss, etc...and the just plain "haha, I'm a developer and I don't want you to finish the game so the last level is literally impossible without cheatcodes" bullshit.
Many games I've given up because I wasn't having fun, i was just pissed off that the game was cheating so badly.
Yeah, I remember Myst. The best selling game nobody played. It was "the emperors new clothes" of video games, everyone said it was the best game ever, but if you pressed them you'd find out they got bored and didn't play more than a few minutes of it.
Stunning graphics...if you like rendered still photos to click from one to another. Great puzzles...if you like figuring out what order to click 5 buttons in to open a door.
The 7th Guest, which came out 6 months earlier, was a far superior game in the narrative puzzle genre, with full motion rendered video (not still pictures) and FAR more creative puzzles.
Myst was literally the most boring game I ever played.
I agree, but am surprised that you cite Diablo 2 because that was exactly what came to mind as a game that failed to keep me engaged.
Games that advance in level by simply multiplying the amount of enemy you have to fight are sloppy and boring to me. Diablo 1 & 2 were the worst examples of this I've seen. Playing on a high difficulty level results in later game levels having literally HUNDREDS of enemy to kill every time the screen changes. It lacks a credible story line...why were so many enemies waiting one screen away, just standing there shoulder to shoulder, waiting for me to walk in and cook off my chain-lightning and kill all of them in 3 seconds.
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I have "unlimited" data service on my android phone, so after a damn simple rooting I now have wifi tethering for devices to the phones 4G network. This let me get rid of my clear.com service for my laptop ($45 a month), and avoid buying another data service for my ipad.
It may be a breach of service contract, but I'll be goddamned if I'm going to buy 4 completely different internet data services, when one is all I need at any given time (except I really do need two as the one at home has to be up all the time).
Please for the love of christ, stop saying "jailbreaking" when the term you're looking for is "unlocking".
In the case of copyright, it is the rights of the dead's living dependents that meant to be are protected.
How exactly do the rights of the dependents encourage the dead person to go on creating works?
I dunno how, but it seems to work. Tupac, Michael Jackson, Notorious BIG, Janis Joplin, on and on the list goes of artists who released big money works after they died.
Uh no. Science? You fail it. Unless, of course, you've got some sort of citation to present. Oh look, Triclosan makes poison gas when used in sunlight, that's a whole side topic but pretty hilarious.
Damn but it's funny when people neither read what they're responding to, OR the articles they post in rebuttal.
I guess you missed the part where your own article admitted that the feared "resistant strains" had never been seen, or produced in the laboratory.
But here's a thought for you: Since triclosan acts on bacterial cell walls in almost the exact same fashion as soap and water, just 100's of times more effectively (yes, soap DOES kill bacteria, not just wash it off for all you poorly informed people), why does nobody suggest we should stop washing our hands with soap? It's going to produce resistant strains too right...and at an even greater rate because it's LESS outright lethal...right?
I can guranantee with 100% certainty that the "like button" is NOT tracking me. As I have never clicked, nor SEEN the "like button".
Seriously, I couldn't be safer from Facebook's privacy issues...don't even have an account.
Kid or not, the undeniable fact is this is a previously existing "invention" that has been on the market for about a decade (at least). 10 seconds with google produced a half dozen variations, so I doubt the kid, or parents were unaware of prior art.
The fact that the patent office actually awards patents on things that are extraordinary slight variations on existing products is just showing how broken our patent system is. THAT is the story here, not some tinkering kid (although I would encourage him to keep at it, the world needs more As Seen On TV crap).
I've suspected for years that the use of antibacterial soap would prove problematic as it promotes the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Life always finds a way...
I've suspected for years that people confuse the word "anti-bacterial" with "antibiotic", without realizing they are two very different things.
Worrying that anti-bacterial soap is going to product antibiotic resistant bacteria is like worrying that lethal injection is going to produce super villains.
The soap's main deadly effect is to breed antibiotic resistant super-bacteria. These bacteria will not discriminate against those of us smart enough to avoid overuse of antibiotics.
Anti-bacterial and antibiotic are not synonyms. The "main deadly effect" you're concerned about is not a result of anti-bacterial soap, it's a result of people misunderstanding basic science but thinking they still have a valid opinion.
In the past 20 years or so we have become so afraid of dirt that our kids will have practically no immune system at all.
hyperbole much?
Sterile actually.
So? Everything STARTS OUT sterile...
People who are convinced that urine is the cleanest thing ever are more than welcome to roll around in the dive bar urinal trough of their choice to illustrate that fact.
You watch too much television. There is no such thing as "sleeping gas".
even surgical anesthesia wouldn't accomplish what you suggest, as some if not MOST people would die on every flight from the anesthetic. Anesthesiologists are highly trained to keep ONE person carefully balanced in between awake and dead.
But dont' let the real world stop you from solving all our problems with fantasy. there's lots more we need your help with. Could you do AIDS next?
Which video card, please?
a VERY inexpensive card: MSI R4350-MD512H Radeon HD 4350
goes for about $35 on newegg.
I dont' know that I'd try to play call of duty on it, but for a media server it does great. Blu-ray decoding on card and 7.1 audio over HDMI.
realistic yes...pornographic, no. There's nothing that I would consider a "nude photo", only bald semi-skull headed blobby people with visible butt cracks.
I can see where a distinct sound card would be useful in a media center. I can't for the life of me get the stupid onboard audio working in 5.1 mode on my current board with Windows 7, even though it's supposed to be supported. I'm thinking of just shutting it down in bios and trying again with a discrete card. Oblig. Ask Slashdot: Any suggestions?
I had just the opposite problem. After trying two different discreet cards (one a SB Audigy one a Hercules something or other) and not being able to get 5.1 Dolby Digital to work, I switched to using the onboard digital passthrough and it was rock solid.
Later, I upgraded to a video card that covered full audio over the HDMI connection and I'd NEVER go back now, at least not on a media server that's connected through an AV receiver.
Not so crazy now, is it?
I used to work right on Waikiki beach, and every morning I'd see these old guys out there with their thousand+ dollar detectors and sifters.
every time I'd ask on of these guys what they find, they'd say "keys...lots and lots of keys".
At current exchange rates, 2.5 million pounds is about $4 million.
With that much money on the line, I would consider the possibility of flagrantly violating the law, and moving someplace nice that will legally protect me in exchange for a smaller tax.
He should have called it a "old family heirloom" and not a "treasure find". But then governments being what they are, they'd probably ask for back inheritance taxes for 10 generations.
define "very good". The best I've seen are so far removed from anything that could be called "nude photos" that I can only assume there's a lot of ignorance and/or outright deliberate panic mongering going on.
You guys do know that these things do NOT produce nude photos right? I mean when you say it does, that's just hyperbole and exaggeration, right? The pictures from these things look barely human, no less some sexually erotic nude photo spread. Child pornography, really?
It does the privacy cause very, very little good when you sound this unmedicated paranoid delusional.
I just had this discussion with a friend earlier today. The millimeter wave scanners don't even USE x-ray radiation, and the backscatter uses about 1/100ththe radiation of a dental x-ray. I asked my friend if she was going to stop getting dental x-rays, she said no because they only do that once a year. can't really argue with that level of logic.
actually, it makes me want to play it again too!
I didn't (and don't) hate the game, it just gets too repetitive for me to play for very long.
Can't people write regular C code anymore these days? When you get down to it, Arduino is just software added to a regular Atmel AVRs.
I was going to say that! only with more actual words.
Why don't you complete the quote:
Because the rest of the quote doesn't address anything in the first half, doesn't nullify or expand on it. it's just another sentence.
You did read it right? Or are you nitpicking an incomplete quote because you don't have any other response?
The primary reason I give up on games and stop playing them is poor AI being augmented by outright cheating.
I'm sure someone has a much longer list, but the usual things like unlimited numbers of enemies, enemies that never run out of ammo while I'm required to scrounge every round, enemies that start rounds fully supplied when you start empty handed, enemies that always know exactly where you are, never miss, etc...and the just plain "haha, I'm a developer and I don't want you to finish the game so the last level is literally impossible without cheatcodes" bullshit.
Many games I've given up because I wasn't having fun, i was just pissed off that the game was cheating so badly.
Yeah, I remember Myst. The best selling game nobody played. It was "the emperors new clothes" of video games, everyone said it was the best game ever, but if you pressed them you'd find out they got bored and didn't play more than a few minutes of it.
Stunning graphics...if you like rendered still photos to click from one to another. Great puzzles...if you like figuring out what order to click 5 buttons in to open a door.
The 7th Guest, which came out 6 months earlier, was a far superior game in the narrative puzzle genre, with full motion rendered video (not still pictures) and FAR more creative puzzles.
Myst was literally the most boring game I ever played.
I agree, but am surprised that you cite Diablo 2 because that was exactly what came to mind as a game that failed to keep me engaged.
Games that advance in level by simply multiplying the amount of enemy you have to fight are sloppy and boring to me. Diablo 1 & 2 were the worst examples of this I've seen. Playing on a high difficulty level results in later game levels having literally HUNDREDS of enemy to kill every time the screen changes. It lacks a credible story line...why were so many enemies waiting one screen away, just standing there shoulder to shoulder, waiting for me to walk in and cook off my chain-lightning and kill all of them in 3 seconds.