exactly. it's almost beyond comedy to act like buying anything *now* is ever good advice.
In addition we have 4K tv's on the way. Wouldn't a better time to buy a TV be right when 4K TV's become widespread and relevant 1080P TV's become cheap as dirt?
yes, because clearly everyone is going to have laptop speakers on, blasting their movies. are you kidding? it's an airplane, the seats have high backs, you aren't going to have "bright light" in the cabin aside from if someone next to you has a laptop.
Uh, no. They said certain parts of binding arbitration agreements are enforceable if it doesn't create an undue burden. They didn't say you could actually give up your right to litigation.
Is DNA evidence alone enough to acquit or convict?
It is easier to exclude a suspect than to convict someone based on a DNA match. The FBI estimates that one-third of initial rape suspects are excluded because DNA samples failed to match.
Forensic DNA is just one of many types of evidence. It is important to examine other clues such as motive, weapon, or additional evidence linking a suspect to the crime scene. The more evidence collected, the less likely it is that samples from a particular suspect were planted, either on purpose or by accident, at the crime scene.
So assuming that taking someone's DNA is going to match later? And not acknowledging that people could be mis-identified?
Either everyone on the planet is in your "DNA bank" or it's simply not going to be accurate. Guess how realistic that is? "look a DNA match! this guy's guilty, let's go arrest him" (because he's the only person in the database). You know that will happen.
Console lockdown has created a giant opening for cross-platform gaming. The platform is not "the device" but simply "the genre of the game" Something that runs on the tablet/smartphone will almost guaranteed be able to run on any computing device, basically. Which is something consoles don't really lean towards (see: "Exclusive" titles, PC only, etc).
so the question of "what will it play on?" is basically gone. Which is why companies like gameloft are going to be out of business - they rip off games and market them to specific devices and try to create this exclusivity, and then blame the market for their own failures in 2009. Yet a year later? "we're moving in on android!" etc etc.This is a company trying to become another console manufacturer equivalent (failure) for smartphones, and thus has huge money being poured in from console manufacturers. Why? Because they are one. Owned by lovely Ubisoft.. Half of their games are exclusive to specific iphone models or specific android phones. Yet, long term? colossal failure.
Time isn't value, and never was correlated. That's part of the issue here. The result of "more time = good" is that game producers were making elaborate timesinks which was basically idiotic.
Actually no, they don't. This is the windows denial and/or general outlook that people are missing entirely.
If you can run linux on your phone (and you can) when it's docked into a laptop interface, what do you need a linux laptop for? If you can run windows apps on your phone (and you can) when it's docked into a laptop interface, what do you need windows for?
Also, phones are seriously increasing in processing power. Quad core 2ghz is already on the way and it's been what, 3 years for smartphones what took 10+ for PCs? This is like saying in 2012 that SSD's are never going to replace the hard drive. Look 5 years down the road from now, and smartphones are pretty much setting up to replace PC's in the same way SSD's will replace hard drives. All they need is a few more performance bumps.
You can turn a smartphone into a laptop or a tablet - see the Padfone. All you need is a dock, and then you have no reason to have a PC or a laptop by itself in any form.
Actually, you can replace google with any large technology company - not just microsoft or apple, and the issue is the same. Don't forget: Cisco, Riverbed, any MPLS complaint devices, any internet-facing devices, DNS, ISPs, TIVO, etc.
The list is way, way, way bigger than Google. Not a good thing but something worth highlighting.
There are more mobile phones being sold today than laptops and PCs combined.
So no, this isn't a time they can afford to be continuing to a: lose marketshare for another 3 years and B: lose even more marketshare at the same time.
I'm talking about torrents/magnets as well. I don't trust DC++ hubs - not for reasons of legal concerns but more because it's a bit harder to get feedback on if a file is legitimate and that actually the speeds are lower than what you can achieve with private trackers.
They're only measuring one thing. Basically, it's a nice efficient LED, sure, but this isn't 100% efficient. Essentially, they're only controlling watts energy: light
and not energy: energy.
So is it any surprise? There's probably a lot of heat as mentioned which is given off at the same time.
Yeah, I never thought I'd max my downstream until I found that stuff. At that point with those speeds, I have no incentive to try to act like I should somehow accept DRM for just about any product.
Movies to pay for? Only independant documentaries. Games to pay for? Only if it's a subscription that's worth it. Music to pay for? Isn't it funny how techno artists are one of the few types who are smart enough to give their music away for free and thus it's worth it to support them/buy the albums. Ebooks? hahaha.
Man I can't wait until "content owners" (as they are content shares) wake up to all this.
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exactly. it's almost beyond comedy to act like buying anything *now* is ever good advice.
In addition we have 4K tv's on the way. Wouldn't a better time to buy a TV be right when 4K TV's become widespread and relevant 1080P TV's become cheap as dirt?
yes, because clearly everyone is going to have laptop speakers on, blasting their movies. are you kidding? it's an airplane, the seats have high backs, you aren't going to have "bright light" in the cabin aside from if someone next to you has a laptop.
adblocker does this for you - as long as you have root, no need for custom firmware
Uh, no. They said certain parts of binding arbitration agreements are enforceable if it doesn't create an undue burden. They didn't say you could actually give up your right to litigation.
entirely non starter. Not enforceable either.
So why is this news?
Nothing?
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/20/local/me-dna20
http://www.darwinawards.com/science/forensic_analysis.html
that didn't take me long to find.
And the most damning, from a university:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/gel/forensics/
based on what, exactly? What makes them thugs?
DDOS'ing a website? Because that is actually called civil disobedience.
It's called ignorance.
Hirst has absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
It's not the organizations that do or can carry the weight, it was the individuals in this case.
DNA testing has been shown to be basically unreliable.
Fingerprints are actually *more* reliable.
Sounds great, huh.
Square is both a: a million times better and b: not paypal.
Those two reasons alone should be sufficient for anyone who has ethics and doesn't want to support paypal's censorship.
RTFA.
It pretty much does explain this.
Meaningless, you say?
Might want to take a look at http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/14/dylans-desk-microsoft-is-about-to-drive-a-wedge-into-the-mobile-market/
This stuff isn't rocket science, even with ridiculous spin. This is also what Barnes and Nobles claimed Microsoft would do in court.
Ultimately the issue is really basic.
Console lockdown has created a giant opening for cross-platform gaming. The platform is not "the device" but simply "the genre of the game" Something that runs on the tablet/smartphone will almost guaranteed be able to run on any computing device, basically. Which is something consoles don't really lean towards (see: "Exclusive" titles, PC only, etc).
so the question of "what will it play on?" is basically gone. Which is why companies like gameloft are going to be out of business - they rip off games and market them to specific devices and try to create this exclusivity, and then blame the market for their own failures in 2009. Yet a year later? "we're moving in on android!" etc etc.This is a company trying to become another console manufacturer equivalent (failure) for smartphones, and thus has huge money being poured in from console manufacturers. Why? Because they are one. Owned by lovely Ubisoft.. Half of their games are exclusive to specific iphone models or specific android phones. Yet, long term? colossal failure.
Surely I can agree with this.
I don't expect it to just happen overnight, but it's pretty clearly on the horizon at some point, and probably not far in the future for that matter.
Time isn't value, and never was correlated. That's part of the issue here. The result of "more time = good" is that game producers were making elaborate timesinks which was basically idiotic.
Actually no, they don't. This is the windows denial and/or general outlook that people are missing entirely.
If you can run linux on your phone (and you can) when it's docked into a laptop interface, what do you need a linux laptop for? If you can run windows apps on your phone (and you can) when it's docked into a laptop interface, what do you need windows for?
Also, phones are seriously increasing in processing power. Quad core 2ghz is already on the way and it's been what, 3 years for smartphones what took 10+ for PCs? This is like saying in 2012 that SSD's are never going to replace the hard drive. Look 5 years down the road from now, and smartphones are pretty much setting up to replace PC's in the same way SSD's will replace hard drives. All they need is a few more performance bumps.
Napkins aren't associated with mobile phones.
You can turn a smartphone into a laptop or a tablet - see the Padfone. All you need is a dock, and then you have no reason to have a PC or a laptop by itself in any form.
Way to strawman the issue via napkins, though.
Actually, you can replace google with any large technology company - not just microsoft or apple, and the issue is the same.
Don't forget: Cisco, Riverbed, any MPLS complaint devices, any internet-facing devices, DNS, ISPs, TIVO, etc.
The list is way, way, way bigger than Google. Not a good thing but something worth highlighting.
It doesn't mean they can survive.
There are more mobile phones being sold today than laptops and PCs combined.
So no, this isn't a time they can afford to be continuing to a: lose marketshare for another 3 years and B: lose even more marketshare at the same time.
I want to hear a TTS that can turn Punjabi into Valley Girl.
Why is anyone going to trust a: a biased website or b: give them any clicks? They are deserving of none.
That's not an excuse. It's subjecting Canada to the same problems as we have with US laws.
I'm talking about torrents/magnets as well. I don't trust DC++ hubs - not for reasons of legal concerns but more because it's a bit harder to get feedback on if a file is legitimate and that actually the speeds are lower than what you can achieve with private trackers.
It's not even remotely believable.
They're only measuring one thing. Basically, it's a nice efficient LED, sure, but this isn't 100% efficient. Essentially, they're only controlling
watts energy: light
and not energy: energy.
So is it any surprise? There's probably a lot of heat as mentioned which is given off at the same time.
Yeah, I never thought I'd max my downstream until I found that stuff. At that point with those speeds, I have no incentive to try to act like I should somehow accept DRM for just about any product.
Movies to pay for? Only independant documentaries.
Games to pay for? Only if it's a subscription that's worth it.
Music to pay for? Isn't it funny how techno artists are one of the few types who are smart enough to give their music away for free and thus it's worth it to support them/buy the albums.
Ebooks? hahaha.
Man I can't wait until "content owners" (as they are content shares) wake up to all this.