Wake me up when they actually say that Google violated antitrust law. This action was so obvious that I wonder if any/.er didn't already assume this would happen.
I remember in high school the who baby care/egg care thing where you (and a pair of classmates) had to take turns watching a fake baby or an egg for a few days. That was my first thought on adopting a star. Oh dang, my star esploded! Does that mean I get a zero on my report card?
Meanwhile, other classmates are laughing because their star is not going anywhere for another 2 million years.
That's close, but kiddies are going to go further because anything they can say in fewer letters will become so. They'll start calling it gubing and blogging in turn will become just 'bing'. "I'm bing, atm." or "Let me bing that." and "That's totally going on my gub."
always find out about good things when they all call it quits? Unfortunately I found out about Windows well before Bill Gates called it quits, and I'd envy anyone who found out otherwise.
You know, they identify crispy corpses using dental records somewhat accurately. Only the craziest of criminals (see The Whole Nine Yards) would do something like replacing teeth or removing teeth. How hard would it be to implement dental authentication? In addition, I believe teeth are one thing that even genetically similar people differ on because environmental factors affect their development.
I wonder if this treatment will go by the wayside in 100 years just like how redheads will be extinct in that time. Since more people are getting cancer than ever, I'd imagine the genes required for healthy granulocytes could be recessive.
But it's just like Star Trek! Only, when you put your hand through, it is decomposed like a transporter, then digitally imaged by the hologram, and finally recomposed out the other side. Then there's no image field distortion.
I think the argument is even more fundamental than what you describe.
As you noted, Microsoft moved to make IE an integrated part of the operating system, which is a key difference. Firefox is a third-party application and thus is treated in that respect.
People see a new version of the free Firefox out and they upgrade for promise of a familiar, but better experience and the upgrade won't destroy your computer. No one looks at IE and says, "Oh, I could upgrade that today and have a familiar experience without my computer behaving in a completely different manner and without chance of my computer breaking."
Microsoft may say IE is not integrated into Windows, but they'd certainly be wrong. It comes prepackaged as part of the OS, so not only do people use it since it's already there but they don't feel they can change it without paying for an upgrade to the next generation of Windows. It's completely misunderstood because everyone pays money for an upgrade version from 2K to XP (or from Office 2K3 to 2K7, or SQL 2K to SQL 2K5). The only reasonable chance IE will be upgraded, besides buying the next Windows, is if it appears as a priority update. Even then, the fears caused by news of failed service-pack upgrades keep weary-minded users from accepting such an update.
IE users fear upgrades like they fear upgrading to Windows Vista. Will my programs work with IE7/Vista? Will IE7/Vista break my computer? Clearly IE is treated with the same woes as an operating system. Maybe because everyone thinks and knows it as an integral part of Windows? We are comparing an integrated application with a third-party application.
So Pinky and The Brain are the same mouse, huh? Rapamycin-induced MPD could explain it. Takes the drug: "Try to take over the world!" Drug wears off: "NARF!!!"
Or how about take the software licensing approach and say something like, "By touching, or directing employees or other persons to touch this brick (the Brick) you release all liability for damages caused by the thrower of the Brick (the angry mob) and will adhere to all demands by the angry mob which include but are not limited to: reducing service expenses by half or the square root of current contract offers -- whichever is greater; hiring qualified support engineers according to the type of support call; removing all network throttling hardware not already destroyed by the angry mob that threw the Brick."
Then affix the disclaimer with text facing in toward the brick and hurdle it through ISP of your choice.
Stand there and laugh at said ISP's lawyers who cannot do anything because the evidence they need to convict you is now wrapped within a release of liability notice.
I would opt for even a simple face recognition check. For one, the criminal will likely not have a picture of the person they stole the card from. If they stopped to take a picture of the person, it'd buy the victim time to subdue the thief. Additionally, if someone steals money, the bank could block both the card and the criminal's face. If they show their face again, the ATM booth could sound an alarm or lock them up if it's a card-access booth.
because of the difficulty in connecting 300,000+ (how exactly is color encoded for the brain?) wires/electrodes to the optical nerve
That is precisely the reason, but I wonder why they don't mix in some stem cell research with their bio-informatics to essentially grow the connections in place. We can grow flesh, so it might be possible to manipulate it to bond with the electrodes. Perhaps the electrodes are just too big to fit a small fortune in the eye.
This is nearing the equivalent of Jordi LaForge's visor. In fact, we could probably create a cheap version of it with a little product design. From what I saw of the 1st-gen, it makes the patient look like a total geek with a web cam over their eye. Not much better than a kid wearing a gauze eye-patch. Even MIT's newer wearable computer enthusiasts are more attractive. But to really match sci-fi, we need to approach the idea of detaching the eye and replacing it with a fully functional robotic implant. At least we're seeing some progress. It's amazing how far it is in comparison to paralysis treatment.
Perhaps the age old public safety announcement has stuck to a generation of people who are now completely disconnected from the world in one way or another come 10pm.
I agree, something this important should be sent via some sort of priority post, not email, but I would imagine the email was sent in respect to the Paper Reduction Act. If it can be stored on a computer instead of killing a tree, opt for the electronic method. I'm sure the EPA is one of the greater observers of the act.
This is like the behavior of a child who thinks that covering their eyes means no one around can see them. Does Pres. Bush have dementia? First his speech, and now his age behavior? A fellow at my church has Dementia and he's starting to behave a bit like a child in this way. It's not fun for anyone to go through, but the White House? Next we'll see folks walking around in diapers saying they forget how to use their computers.
Lets see... according to the speed of playback, I'd say the attacker jumped around the corner and startled John Doe before killing him and fleeing. It's clear that John Doe was a sports fan and configured his system to slow the video down when the current game play is unexpectedly upsetting.
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Wake me up when they actually say that Google violated antitrust law. This action was so obvious that I wonder if any /.er didn't already assume this would happen.
I remember in high school the who baby care/egg care thing where you (and a pair of classmates) had to take turns watching a fake baby or an egg for a few days. That was my first thought on adopting a star. Oh dang, my star esploded! Does that mean I get a zero on my report card?
Meanwhile, other classmates are laughing because their star is not going anywhere for another 2 million years.
That's close, but kiddies are going to go further because anything they can say in fewer letters will become so. They'll start calling it gubing and blogging in turn will become just 'bing'. "I'm bing, atm." or "Let me bing that." and "That's totally going on my gub."
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always find out about good things when they all call it quits? Unfortunately I found out about Windows well before Bill Gates called it quits, and I'd envy anyone who found out otherwise.
You know, they identify crispy corpses using dental records somewhat accurately. Only the craziest of criminals (see The Whole Nine Yards) would do something like replacing teeth or removing teeth. How hard would it be to implement dental authentication? In addition, I believe teeth are one thing that even genetically similar people differ on because environmental factors affect their development.
Go with the flail/morning star. I hear you can put full force into your swings that way.
You mean like the Optimus?
I wonder if this treatment will go by the wayside in 100 years just like how redheads will be extinct in that time. Since more people are getting cancer than ever, I'd imagine the genes required for healthy granulocytes could be recessive.
Oh, even better, make a donation with the money you saved by not buying Vista.
You can't put your hand through the image
But it's just like Star Trek! Only, when you put your hand through, it is decomposed like a transporter, then digitally imaged by the hologram, and finally recomposed out the other side. Then there's no image field distortion.
I think the argument is even more fundamental than what you describe.
As you noted, Microsoft moved to make IE an integrated part of the operating system, which is a key difference. Firefox is a third-party application and thus is treated in that respect.
People see a new version of the free Firefox out and they upgrade for promise of a familiar, but better experience and the upgrade won't destroy your computer. No one looks at IE and says, "Oh, I could upgrade that today and have a familiar experience without my computer behaving in a completely different manner and without chance of my computer breaking."
Microsoft may say IE is not integrated into Windows, but they'd certainly be wrong. It comes prepackaged as part of the OS, so not only do people use it since it's already there but they don't feel they can change it without paying for an upgrade to the next generation of Windows. It's completely misunderstood because everyone pays money for an upgrade version from 2K to XP (or from Office 2K3 to 2K7, or SQL 2K to SQL 2K5). The only reasonable chance IE will be upgraded, besides buying the next Windows, is if it appears as a priority update. Even then, the fears caused by news of failed service-pack upgrades keep weary-minded users from accepting such an update.
IE users fear upgrades like they fear upgrading to Windows Vista. Will my programs work with IE7/Vista? Will IE7/Vista break my computer? Clearly IE is treated with the same woes as an operating system. Maybe because everyone thinks and knows it as an integral part of Windows? We are comparing an integrated application with a third-party application.
I'm huntin' astwoids!
So Pinky and The Brain are the same mouse, huh? Rapamycin-induced MPD could explain it. Takes the drug: "Try to take over the world!" Drug wears off: "NARF!!!"
Or how about take the software licensing approach and say something like, "By touching, or directing employees or other persons to touch this brick (the Brick) you release all liability for damages caused by the thrower of the Brick (the angry mob) and will adhere to all demands by the angry mob which include but are not limited to: reducing service expenses by half or the square root of current contract offers -- whichever is greater; hiring qualified support engineers according to the type of support call; removing all network throttling hardware not already destroyed by the angry mob that threw the Brick."
Then affix the disclaimer with text facing in toward the brick and hurdle it through ISP of your choice.
Stand there and laugh at said ISP's lawyers who cannot do anything because the evidence they need to convict you is now wrapped within a release of liability notice.
I would opt for even a simple face recognition check. For one, the criminal will likely not have a picture of the person they stole the card from. If they stopped to take a picture of the person, it'd buy the victim time to subdue the thief. Additionally, if someone steals money, the bank could block both the card and the criminal's face. If they show their face again, the ATM booth could sound an alarm or lock them up if it's a card-access booth.
This is nearing the equivalent of Jordi LaForge's visor. In fact, we could probably create a cheap version of it with a little product design. From what I saw of the 1st-gen, it makes the patient look like a total geek with a web cam over their eye. Not much better than a kid wearing a gauze eye-patch. Even MIT's newer wearable computer enthusiasts are more attractive. But to really match sci-fi, we need to approach the idea of detaching the eye and replacing it with a fully functional robotic implant. At least we're seeing some progress. It's amazing how far it is in comparison to paralysis treatment.
Do you know where your parents are?
Perhaps the age old public safety announcement has stuck to a generation of people who are now completely disconnected from the world in one way or another come 10pm.
I agree, something this important should be sent via some sort of priority post, not email, but I would imagine the email was sent in respect to the Paper Reduction Act. If it can be stored on a computer instead of killing a tree, opt for the electronic method. I'm sure the EPA is one of the greater observers of the act.
This is like the behavior of a child who thinks that covering their eyes means no one around can see them. Does Pres. Bush have dementia? First his speech, and now his age behavior? A fellow at my church has Dementia and he's starting to behave a bit like a child in this way. It's not fun for anyone to go through, but the White House? Next we'll see folks walking around in diapers saying they forget how to use their computers.
Lets see... according to the speed of playback, I'd say the attacker jumped around the corner and startled John Doe before killing him and fleeing. It's clear that John Doe was a sports fan and configured his system to slow the video down when the current game play is unexpectedly upsetting.
And then we can develop our ASAX applications! Then /.ers can mod up posts in transit by coaxing the more interesting snails to arrive first.
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I'm totally going for thisistheworldslongestdomainnameandthensomeandthensomeand_ thensomemoreandsomemoreandsomemore. thisistheworldslongesttldandthensomeandsomemoreandevenmore_ thanbeforebecausewewantsomemore
Cue world-record-breaking free-for-all.