They used to say "Cops always have the best drugs". Now they say "Cops always have the best porn". I'm sure this won't be used to build up anybody's private collections...
Given that the number of ex-wives of cops is greater than the number of serial killers by several orders of magnitude, which do you think this technology will be used for more often: a) Finding serial killers based on their phone data, or b) Harassing ex-wives new boyfriends by dumping their phone number from ex-wives phones?
Many cops consider it their job to go fishing for things to charge you for. Take the cop that pulled me over for "Failure to signal for a left hand turn" when I was in the left-turn only lane, and he was immediately to my right (as in there was no physical way he could have seen my left turn signal!) No, I'm pretty sure I looked like I was enjoying myself too much in my Del Sol, so he thought he had to make something up as a pretext to pull me over AND block the left hand lane for 15 minutes in heavy traffic, thus greatly improving public safety. No, he didn't find anything so he didn't charge me with anything. But really, there must not be enough donut shops in Hillsboro, because the cops apparently don't have anything to do.
I'm sure your employer would have something to say about your storing HIPAA protected information on your cell phone, yes. And that something might just happen to be Donald Trump's well-known catch phrase, "You're fired!"
If you get pulled over for "driving while being a hot-looking young coed", cops would naturally want to check for phone for any nude photos (and make copies of course).
"You see, Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shutdown. Kif, show them the medal I won."
For God's sake, they did a REMAKE of TRUE GRIT! Apparently because John Wayne really sucked in his original (Oscar winning) performance! Yes, I'd have to say it's all about the benjamins, and not about art or originality.
Lets look at another scenario: my PS3 fails (it's Sony hardware, it's not going to last forever). Do I now have to pay to use the games I already own on my replacement device? How about if I sell the PS3 with the games?
So change the business model. Give the software away for free, and charge people for access to the servers for multiplayer gaming. Problem solved. (Granted, this doesn't work for all games. But the notion that a game should be both a single-player game and a multiplayer game is silly anyway.)
Remember, whenever you leave the room to take a leak during a television commercial, you're stealing from the people who actually paid for that program!
Dominoes swears delivery is free, but pizzas cost half as much if you pick them up at the store. It's unlawful for broadcasters to turn up the volume of the commercials, so they just lower the volume of the actual programs. Sony doesn't punish people for buying used games, they just reward the people who don't.
So first, any normal business practice becomes patentable if you add the words "on a computer" to it. Now this: anything you do on a computer (e.g. backup) becomes patentable if you and the words "in the cloud" to it??? WTF is wrong with our patent system?
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Fortunately it doesn't have almonds, 'cause that would just be nuts.
"It's a UNIX system! I know this!" and you guessed the password within 3 tries, right?
They used to say "Cops always have the best drugs". Now they say "Cops always have the best porn". I'm sure this won't be used to build up anybody's private collections...
Adultery is not illegal.
Really? Try cheating on a cop and see if anything bad happens to you...
Given that the number of ex-wives of cops is greater than the number of serial killers by several orders of magnitude, which do you think this technology will be used for more often: a) Finding serial killers based on their phone data, or b) Harassing ex-wives new boyfriends by dumping their phone number from ex-wives phones?
Many cops consider it their job to go fishing for things to charge you for. Take the cop that pulled me over for "Failure to signal for a left hand turn" when I was in the left-turn only lane, and he was immediately to my right (as in there was no physical way he could have seen my left turn signal!) No, I'm pretty sure I looked like I was enjoying myself too much in my Del Sol, so he thought he had to make something up as a pretext to pull me over AND block the left hand lane for 15 minutes in heavy traffic, thus greatly improving public safety. No, he didn't find anything so he didn't charge me with anything. But really, there must not be enough donut shops in Hillsboro, because the cops apparently don't have anything to do.
I'm sure your employer would have something to say about your storing HIPAA protected information on your cell phone, yes. And that something might just happen to be Donald Trump's well-known catch phrase, "You're fired!"
If you get pulled over for "driving while being a hot-looking young coed", cops would naturally want to check for phone for any nude photos (and make copies of course).
What if I take the MiniSD card out of the phone first?
"You see, Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shutdown. Kif, show them the medal I won."
Much worse than all that, Google knows where you live!
That would be Lexington and Concord, New Hampshire, right?
Address and ratings for all the girls that put out? Sure, there is no way this can be abused...
For God's sake, they did a REMAKE of TRUE GRIT! Apparently because John Wayne really sucked in his original (Oscar winning) performance! Yes, I'd have to say it's all about the benjamins, and not about art or originality.
Right, because forcing you to re-buy all your games again when your console craps out is an excellent business model!
Lets look at another scenario: my PS3 fails (it's Sony hardware, it's not going to last forever). Do I now have to pay to use the games I already own on my replacement device? How about if I sell the PS3 with the games?
So change the business model. Give the software away for free, and charge people for access to the servers for multiplayer gaming. Problem solved. (Granted, this doesn't work for all games. But the notion that a game should be both a single-player game and a multiplayer game is silly anyway.)
Remember, whenever you leave the room to take a leak during a television commercial, you're stealing from the people who actually paid for that program!
Dominoes swears delivery is free, but pizzas cost half as much if you pick them up at the store. It's unlawful for broadcasters to turn up the volume of the commercials, so they just lower the volume of the actual programs. Sony doesn't punish people for buying used games, they just reward the people who don't.
Cold enough to freeze methane is probably a little chilly for you. Be sure to bring a parka!
It's got a creamy nougat center with a hard shell outside!
Um, water ice floats because of a peculiarity in H20. Most solids are actually denser than their liquid forms.
So first, any normal business practice becomes patentable if you add the words "on a computer" to it. Now this: anything you do on a computer (e.g. backup) becomes patentable if you and the words "in the cloud" to it??? WTF is wrong with our patent system?
I can determine gender with just one or two digits, but I almost invariably get slapped for using this method.
Only a few minutes of zero G? What if my wife and I take longer than that to, uh, "complete our mission"?