(b) record the license plate tag, location, and time of motor vehicle operation, and (c) cross reference the license plate tag information with a comprehensive insurance coverage database in in order to (d) send out $500 citations via mail to potential offenders.
While it may be feasible to create the network of cameras described in (a), it is substantially difficult with current technology to implement the optical character recognition required to implement part (b).
bullshit. i have a fastrak transponder here in california for going through tolls. i ride a motorcycle, so i have to keep the transponder on my person instead of a dashboard. if the transponder fails to be detected for a toll, my plates are OCRd and matched against what's registered in my account. recently, i got vanity plates for my bike and forgot to update my fastrak account with the new details. without fail, i received a bill from the state assuming i was a scofflaw. if the OCR can pick up tiny ass motorcycle plates going 80 (sometimes at night), they can pick up car plates going 30 in the daytime.
given the sheer amount of grants and subsidies (read: free taxpayer money) honda, vw, etc. got for building their plants in the right-to-work south, it hardly seems fair to the big 3 that their competitors are being rewarded for, well, nothing.
the only thing i find lacking in the iPhone is the lack of enabled bluetooth profiles. lack of a2dp on a music device just seems strange, i can somewhat understand not enabling the DUN profile (though i don't really see it adding that much more to their network throughput), and, most importantly, not having the serial port profile enabled just seems ridiculous on a device that's supposed to be a hub for other, separate devices.
i specifically went with XM because of their contract with MLB. if the merger goes through, both of their sports leagues portfolios get put together. huzzah!!
(( yes, i know, i uttered the evil 'S' word on slashdot. ))
as a fellow 12" G4 PB user, i have no idea where you're getting some of this stuff from.
In my experience the Mac crashes more often than my XP machine.
in my experience, i've only KP'd when I was futzing with the internals of the OS or installing things that did the same. most users only install things via drag-to-applications or opening a package, not even knowing the terminal even exists.
The Dock irritates me no end on this small 12" screen.
i'm going to dispute your "arguably am more knowledgeable than most users" statement as you either a) haven't located the dock preferences in system preferences or b) did not bother to read/comprehend the specs of 1024x768 on a 12" screen when you were making your purchase.
I'll take the Windows task bar any day. Simpler is better.
purely subjective statement. i myself find it easier to keep the apps i use 90% of the time in the dock rather than have to click through the start menu, etc. to find my apps and having an indicator underneath to let me know that the app is running. combines the quick launch toolbar and the taskbar. but that's just me. other folks don't mind a little more complication.
It also drives me crazy that the Mac defaults to leaving all apps running forever instead of shutting them down when you click the "close" button.
bullshit. some apps stay running after you close their window and some apps shut down immediately. it's the same on windows when some apps shut down completely upon closing the main window and some apps stay open in the systray. it depends on how your particular application was coded and that is true no matter what OS you run.
i think you're talking about the pacific surfliner line. i catch it at irvine (though there are many other OC stops) and it drops me off at sante fe station. trolley is right there, if that's your thing. i get picked up by SD friends when i get there. $18 each way.
i'm purely taking this at "Network Attached Storage" verbatim word definition, i'm not sure how this jibes with everybody else's definitions...
i run openWRT on a linksys wrtsl54gs. installed the usb storage drivers, installed samba, attached a hub and multiple usb hard drives. no need to keep a pc up and running all day and still have easy local and remote access to files. i also attached a thumb drive purely for use by the router's os since you can fill up the flash on the router pretty quick installing your favorite extensions.
i haven't tried any of the rsync, etc. stuff for backups, so my ass is out in the wind as far as data reliability. ymmv.
Most of the regular season, stadiums can't even fill half their seats.
not quite. i don't know if you follow sports or not, but this is the nfl we're talking about here, not mlb. and above that, we're talking about the new england patriots, not the arizona cardinals. there's not a snowball's chance in hell that the pats won't pack the house every game. the green bay packers don't even sell single-game tickets. every seat in lambeau is a season-ticket, and the waiting list is 37 years on average. in a town of about 100k residents!
i agree with you that the team is a business and has to hit the top of the curve where they're maximizing profits. but more than ticket sales are merchandise sales. price your fan base out of the market and they'll stop buying your jerseys, cancel their sunday ticket plan with directv, etc. etc.
of course, this whole discussion could be just navel-gazing as MA has anti-scalping laws and the nfl has revenue-sharing. i'm just pissed at brokers using bots to buy tickets and then gouging fans for them. that is, no matter how it's spun, unfair. especially in a league of only 16 game seasons, thus 8 home games per year.
ugh. nowhere in my post did i say i was a libertarian, but thanks for assuming things about me that i don't give evidence for.
so by your argument, only the wealthiest fans should be able to attend games because middlemen sprung up to grab the fans by the short hairs. why are tickets priced at the level they are? so that all members of the community at least have a shot at enjoying the game. if they feel they can't go, what's the point of supporting the team? (and buying the merchandise, following the games on tv and subsequent advertising, etc.)
i guess we're not going to see eye-to-eye, as i believe that just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should. brokers are using bots to squeeze out folks that want to see a game and aren't interested in making a profit. using an unfair advantage to gouge people isn't taking advantage of market forces, it's acting like a complete douchebag.
"being a douche" should be legal. i am a douche, i should be able to commit as much douchery as i wish. neither the government nor the bag should be able to stop me.
ahem.... MARTYR. you could have made your argument without the "i know i'm going to get modded down for being a republican, but...." crap.
this is about the pats, already a multi-billion-dollar generating business, wanting a cut of the gray market surrounding their product. there's no consumer advocacy going on here. it's corporate advocacy. in no place are there arguments for the people getting gouged. the argument is that the pats want a cut of the gouge.
targeted ads for calcium supplements next to broken bone x-rays, valtrex next to any note with keyword "itchy" or "burns", viagra/levitra with "limp". the possibilities are endless!
as another reply stated, just because you lack the imagination for why someone would want to access the hardware doesn't justify the hardware being inaccessible. 3rd party apps for sony-ericsson, motorola, palm, etc. phones for the overwhelming majority haven't done jack shite for "bringing down" cell infrastructures. face it: the reasons for not releasing an iphone SDK are bullshit, plain and simple. the whole point of the apps demoed so far is that we don't *need* a laptop to get at information, provide useful tools, or do things with this handy little gizmo that even the all-knowing oz^H^H jobs hasn't thought of yet. it may be a storm in a teacup, but it doesn't make the move any less bullshit.
Why yes I am! I suppose you're going to say I haven't had a problem because I'm white? In Seattle, the police department is actually over-represented with minorities, wouldn't that skew things the other way?
Never had a problem in pretty much anywhere I've been, around the world. Maybe it's just attitude? Maybe it's not freaking out if an officer wants to talk to me? Maybe... to answer your questions: yes, no, attitude gets you nowhere if you're biased against before you speak, see previous answer. and fyi: even overseas, whitey is protected vs. those of brown skin.
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(b) record the license plate tag, location, and time of motor vehicle operation, and (c) cross reference the license plate tag information with a comprehensive insurance coverage database in in order to (d) send out $500 citations via mail to potential offenders.
While it may be feasible to create the network of cameras described in (a), it is substantially difficult with current technology to implement the optical character recognition required to implement part (b).
bullshit. i have a fastrak transponder here in california for going through tolls. i ride a motorcycle, so i have to keep the transponder on my person instead of a dashboard. if the transponder fails to be detected for a toll, my plates are OCRd and matched against what's registered in my account. recently, i got vanity plates for my bike and forgot to update my fastrak account with the new details. without fail, i received a bill from the state assuming i was a scofflaw. if the OCR can pick up tiny ass motorcycle plates going 80 (sometimes at night), they can pick up car plates going 30 in the daytime.
given the sheer amount of grants and subsidies (read: free taxpayer money) honda, vw, etc. got for building their plants in the right-to-work south, it hardly seems fair to the big 3 that their competitors are being rewarded for, well, nothing.
and if you're blind, asshole?
you skated just under the line with that one. only a thin ray of daylight as the margin.
lying about [spying on rivals, illegal arms deals, reasons for going to war] <<< lying about getting head from a chubby intern.
duh...
uh, i had to sign up for the draft in order to get a FAFSA loan for college. the precedent's already been set, dude.
hear hear....
the only thing i find lacking in the iPhone is the lack of enabled bluetooth profiles. lack of a2dp on a music device just seems strange, i can somewhat understand not enabling the DUN profile (though i don't really see it adding that much more to their network throughput), and, most importantly, not having the serial port profile enabled just seems ridiculous on a device that's supposed to be a hub for other, separate devices.
hear hear....
i specifically went with XM because of their contract with MLB. if the merger goes through, both of their sports leagues portfolios get put together. huzzah!!
(( yes, i know, i uttered the evil 'S' word on slashdot. ))
as a fellow 12" G4 PB user, i have no idea where you're getting some of this stuff from.
In my experience the Mac crashes more often than my XP machine.
in my experience, i've only KP'd when I was futzing with the internals of the OS or installing things that did the same. most users only install things via drag-to-applications or opening a package, not even knowing the terminal even exists.
The Dock irritates me no end on this small 12" screen.
i'm going to dispute your "arguably am more knowledgeable than most users" statement as you either a) haven't located the dock preferences in system preferences or b) did not bother to read/comprehend the specs of 1024x768 on a 12" screen when you were making your purchase.
I'll take the Windows task bar any day. Simpler is better.
purely subjective statement. i myself find it easier to keep the apps i use 90% of the time in the dock rather than have to click through the start menu, etc. to find my apps and having an indicator underneath to let me know that the app is running. combines the quick launch toolbar and the taskbar. but that's just me. other folks don't mind a little more complication.
It also drives me crazy that the Mac defaults to leaving all apps running forever instead of shutting them down when you click the "close" button.
bullshit. some apps stay running after you close their window and some apps shut down immediately. it's the same on windows when some apps shut down completely upon closing the main window and some apps stay open in the systray. it depends on how your particular application was coded and that is true no matter what OS you run.
the big hits, bloody noses, and violence is on the field, not in the stands...
i see somebody's never been to a packers/bears game, redskins/cowboys game, or any game involving raiders fans...
i think you're talking about the pacific surfliner line. i catch it at irvine (though there are many other OC stops) and it drops me off at sante fe station. trolley is right there, if that's your thing. i get picked up by SD friends when i get there. $18 each way.
i'm purely taking this at "Network Attached Storage" verbatim word definition, i'm not sure how this jibes with everybody else's definitions...
i run openWRT on a linksys wrtsl54gs. installed the usb storage drivers, installed samba, attached a hub and multiple usb hard drives. no need to keep a pc up and running all day and still have easy local and remote access to files. i also attached a thumb drive purely for use by the router's os since you can fill up the flash on the router pretty quick installing your favorite extensions.
i haven't tried any of the rsync, etc. stuff for backups, so my ass is out in the wind as far as data reliability. ymmv.
Most of the regular season, stadiums can't even fill half their seats.
not quite. i don't know if you follow sports or not, but this is the nfl we're talking about here, not mlb. and above that, we're talking about the new england patriots, not the arizona cardinals. there's not a snowball's chance in hell that the pats won't pack the house every game. the green bay packers don't even sell single-game tickets. every seat in lambeau is a season-ticket, and the waiting list is 37 years on average. in a town of about 100k residents!
i agree with you that the team is a business and has to hit the top of the curve where they're maximizing profits. but more than ticket sales are merchandise sales. price your fan base out of the market and they'll stop buying your jerseys, cancel their sunday ticket plan with directv, etc. etc.
of course, this whole discussion could be just navel-gazing as MA has anti-scalping laws and the nfl has revenue-sharing. i'm just pissed at brokers using bots to buy tickets and then gouging fans for them. that is, no matter how it's spun, unfair. especially in a league of only 16 game seasons, thus 8 home games per year.
ugh. nowhere in my post did i say i was a libertarian, but thanks for assuming things about me that i don't give evidence for.
so by your argument, only the wealthiest fans should be able to attend games because middlemen sprung up to grab the fans by the short hairs. why are tickets priced at the level they are? so that all members of the community at least have a shot at enjoying the game. if they feel they can't go, what's the point of supporting the team? (and buying the merchandise, following the games on tv and subsequent advertising, etc.)
i guess we're not going to see eye-to-eye, as i believe that just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should. brokers are using bots to squeeze out folks that want to see a game and aren't interested in making a profit. using an unfair advantage to gouge people isn't taking advantage of market forces, it's acting like a complete douchebag.
"being a douche" should be legal. i am a douche, i should be able to commit as much douchery as i wish. neither the government nor the bag should be able to stop me.
ahem.... MARTYR. you could have made your argument without the "i know i'm going to get modded down for being a republican, but...." crap.
this is about the pats, already a multi-billion-dollar generating business, wanting a cut of the gray market surrounding their product. there's no consumer advocacy going on here. it's corporate advocacy. in no place are there arguments for the people getting gouged. the argument is that the pats want a cut of the gouge.
ass.
and here i thought he wore 11. the more you know!
targeted ads for calcium supplements next to broken bone x-rays, valtrex next to any note with keyword "itchy" or "burns", viagra/levitra with "limp". the possibilities are endless!
But the mystery box could be anything! It could even be an NGage!
What, like the back of a Volkswagen?
two words, dingus: Salling Clicker.
as another reply stated, just because you lack the imagination for why someone would want to access the hardware doesn't justify the hardware being inaccessible. 3rd party apps for sony-ericsson, motorola, palm, etc. phones for the overwhelming majority haven't done jack shite for "bringing down" cell infrastructures. face it: the reasons for not releasing an iphone SDK are bullshit, plain and simple. the whole point of the apps demoed so far is that we don't *need* a laptop to get at information, provide useful tools, or do things with this handy little gizmo that even the all-knowing oz^H^H jobs hasn't thought of yet. it may be a storm in a teacup, but it doesn't make the move any less bullshit.
he went on to state that he expects the company's rebuttal product, the Communication Handset Allowing Internet Relay, to go through the roof.
Bruce is actually a die hard Mets fan. I helped work on this project with him...
does he account for beltran removing the bat from his shoulder or just watching strike 3? and if so, constant or variable?
Never had a problem in pretty much anywhere I've been, around the world. Maybe it's just attitude? Maybe it's not freaking out if an officer wants to talk to me? Maybe... to answer your questions: yes, no, attitude gets you nowhere if you're biased against before you speak, see previous answer. and fyi: even overseas, whitey is protected vs. those of brown skin.
i'm used to all the "but this was on digg!!!!1!1! /. is teh SuX0r!1one"
but damn..... slashdot got scooped on a robot story by Deadspin. a sports website. over a week ago. AND had to wait until CNN picked it up.
y'all are slippin, i tells ya.