Sony's poor decisions that negatively impact and general lack of concern for what the user wants are a couple of the reasons that make the Xbox 360 far more popular than the PS3 (at least with the people I know). The Xbox 360 is not perfect, but it is still a decent system. If Xbox pushes these 'features' I will refuse to buy one and a lot of other people will too.
If Microsoft truly want people to buy new games, they shouldn't limit the game's ability to handle second hand games. Instead they need sell them at a reasonable price! I rent a game before I buy it to see if it is worth the money. If I cannot do this, I won't buy the game. If it is really good and appears to have a high 'replay value', I might buy it new. However, I usually buy games second hand because $60 is outrageous and $20-$30 is much more reasonable. Selling games for download is also a nice choice, but many of those cost the same (or close to it) as a retail hard-copy. Microsoft needs to rethink their plans and talk with users to see what they will agree with... not listen high-level board members that think they have a working strategy, but do not understand what users want.
Why? I am not a huge fan of Comcast and I do not mean this as a troll... I just don't understand why you would rather pay money to the government than businesses if you are paying the same amount and receiving a similar service.
I know it isn't going to happen like this, but I cannot help but think of the flooded salt mine on Lake Peigneur. Some drillers miscalculated their location and drilled down, through a lake bed, into a nearby salt mine shaft. The lake was drained and temporarily reversed the flow of nearby rivers. Look it up on youtube... its kind of interesting to hear how a relatively small 14 inch drill bit can cause a disaster large enough to sink multiple barges and reverse rivers.
An AI is only as good as its programmers. Programmers are human. They will make mistakes. They will get things wrong. They will fail to consider certain things that typically do not apply to the region in which they live. When these things happen, the only thing the precision sensor equipment will do is ensure the insurance companies and/or emergency response teams will be able to get precise information about what happened during the the crash.
Also, I doubt the auto-drive system will be COMPLETELY separate from the other computing devices. Think about it... bugs in the software will be found and they can either create a way for the updates to automatically happen through the internet or some wireless means, or they can force the drivers to inconvenience themselves by taking it to a shop for the update (which would also cost the company money because they would pay for at least some of the technicians labor). Also, self driving cars need to have some idea of how to get from point A to point B. This information changes frequently due to construction/detours, unexpected events, and the creation of new roads... without this information being updated, the self-drive feature will become useless.
People keep mentioning things like faster response time and the ability to monitor more things. Yes, a computer can respond much faster and can take in more data. But will it respond to the right data? How often do you think the driving system is going to say, 'Hey these roads are covered in ice, I am on a multi-lane road, and the guy behind me is driving like a moron. I am going to purposely drive slower so the other guy changes lanes and passes me.'? I have done this.... and it was a good idea because I saw the same car unable stop when he arrived at the ice-covered intersection (luckily there was very little traffic). Good driving comes from experience and predicting what the other drivers will do.... not just taking in real-time data and responding to it.
Yes there are some things that machine are better at than we are.... but driving is one of the things in which you constantly find exceptions to normal conditions and you cannot count on other drivers following the rules. If the rules are useless, then the abilities of the computer become much less effective.
It is free and easy to use. It also seems to be easier on the resources than some other tools. However I have had it miss things that other programs found (and they were NOT false positives). I know of other people that have experienced this problem as well. I recently looked through some antivirus comparisons and MSSE really fell short on a few of those tests. If I remember correctly, one of these tests had MSSE fail to detect about 14%. I would look for other software.
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Google is accused of using its search service to direct users to its own services and to reduce the visibility of competing websites and services.
So google is considered to be in the wrong because they don't promote their competition on their results. Tell me, do you typically see Burger King advertisements at McDonalds?
It makes GoDaddy appear incompetent to geeks and computer-savvy users. However, to the average person that does not know much about computers, they will accept it as a computer problem that 'just happens'.... just like all of the errors that they have on their home computers that supposedly have no cause. As long as GoDaddy makes the problem sound really technical while saying they know exactly what caused it and know how to quickly implement a solution that prevents future instances, they will appear competent to the average computer user. After all, to an average user, an admin's ability to solve a problem that sounds complex will make the admin's skill sound really impressive.
Remember many of GoDaddy's customers are individuals and small businesses that have mediocre computer skills that rely on a simplified WYSIWYG tool. To them, evil hackers that steal information are much worse than an annoying problem that just happens because computers all have problems (in their experience). As long as the customer doesn't realize that it was a problem that should not have occurred and it was only caused by incompetence, then they are less likely to lose those customers.
Besides the obvious tin-foil hat, privacy, and security concerns that people are going to mention, the people that created this idea overlook something fairly important. In my area, if something was severe enough to knock out all of the cell phone towers within range of a cell phone, then the power grid and/or internet connections are almost certainly down in that area. Without power, the routers are not going to be on. The Internet connection may or may not be important, depending on how they want the communication to reach the headquarters.. if they intend on using voip over the Internet from the router, then it will fail. These concerns may or may not be an issue in other areas. In large cities, cellphone towers may be overworked in an emergency... but the likelihood of the towers in my area becoming overworked is quite small.
I think the better idea would be to either find a way to give first-responder/emergency workers a way to gain priority on the towers, instead forcing router manufacturers to waste time and money to incorporate something that will not only be fairly useless in most cases, but will also open a number of other concerns.
The testimonial page on their site is covered with the logos of major companies (eg: Google, Ebay, Facebook, Wired, etc). I cannot help but wonder if they have permission to use all of these logos.
Yes, I agree completely on the first part of your argument, stating that we should wait for actual facts.
However, you do have a statement that I do not completely agree with.
It doesn't matter what we believe is fair and just, frequently the law isn't to all parties, it matters what can be proven in law.
Maybe I am interpreting this incorrectly, but that sounds like you are a person that makes their judgements completely on the letter of the law and does not consider the spirit of the law. I do not completely agree with that. Most times, the letter of the law and the spirit of the law can work together in a trial. However, laws cannot be written in a manner that will always be perfect in every unexpected circumstance. You do have to consider the spirit of the law... this is what the law is supposed to mean and what the law was created to handle. That is why we have juries that consist of actual people and they are generally selected from the same region as the crime. We need real people to give intelligent decisions and opinions when making determining if a person or company is actually guilty both in the letter of the law and the spirit of the law (after hearing all of the evidence). This is also why the juries are generally selected from the region in which the crime(s) are committed... the people from the same region are more likely to have similar values and moral codes that will account for the spirit of the law.
That was my first thought too. However, you must remember they are looking for flaws in mobile apps... not necessarily mobile apps written by AT&T. In the article, it gave an example of a young girl that is working with AT&T finding a specific flaw that existed in several games.
Their use is not common in all places in the US. In my area, card swipes that also support rfid scanning are fairly common, but some places do not have them. However, I have never seen anyone actually use one of those scanners anywhere. What type of location do you live in? A large city?
There is a reason why 1 in 12 tests fail to detect it. From what I have been told in the past (which may have changed over the years), the HIV virus has a period of time in which it cannot be easily detected. This window can be a few months long. If somebody finds out that their partner has the virus and immediately takes the test, then it may not detect it if they have not been with that person long.
Also, I saw an interview about this a few nights ago. The doctor repeatedly stated that most people should go to a doctor's office to get the test. However there is a small group that do not go to a doctor's office (it may be out of embarrassment or fear of stigma or something else). This test is aimed at that small group... doctors and the makers of the test figure that a test like this (that may not be as informative as a consultation with a doctor) is better than not test at all. The doctor also stressed that the makers of the test will have a hotline to provide information on how to find a real doctor and get immediate treatment.
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Sony's poor decisions that negatively impact and general lack of concern for what the user wants are a couple of the reasons that make the Xbox 360 far more popular than the PS3 (at least with the people I know). The Xbox 360 is not perfect, but it is still a decent system. If Xbox pushes these 'features' I will refuse to buy one and a lot of other people will too.
If Microsoft truly want people to buy new games, they shouldn't limit the game's ability to handle second hand games. Instead they need sell them at a reasonable price! I rent a game before I buy it to see if it is worth the money. If I cannot do this, I won't buy the game. If it is really good and appears to have a high 'replay value', I might buy it new. However, I usually buy games second hand because $60 is outrageous and $20-$30 is much more reasonable. Selling games for download is also a nice choice, but many of those cost the same (or close to it) as a retail hard-copy. Microsoft needs to rethink their plans and talk with users to see what they will agree with... not listen high-level board members that think they have a working strategy, but do not understand what users want.
Why? I am not a huge fan of Comcast and I do not mean this as a troll... I just don't understand why you would rather pay money to the government than businesses if you are paying the same amount and receiving a similar service.
... I can play Fruit Ninja on a 22" screen!
Tie the RFID chip to a rat, and leave out rat treats on the floor in your favorite classes.
...and then show up to class every day to leave the treats for the rat to eat.... make perfect sense.
(Adults are dumb.)
You're over 18, aren't you?
Of course, it never flew, as far as we know...
Yeah, the whole 'powered by nuclear fusion' bit could put a bit of a damper on its R&D.
You're the center of the universe? And people say that I have a big head...
On an unrelated note, bicycle sales have recently skyrocketed in Brazil
I know it isn't going to happen like this, but I cannot help but think of the flooded salt mine on Lake Peigneur. Some drillers miscalculated their location and drilled down, through a lake bed, into a nearby salt mine shaft. The lake was drained and temporarily reversed the flow of nearby rivers. Look it up on youtube... its kind of interesting to hear how a relatively small 14 inch drill bit can cause a disaster large enough to sink multiple barges and reverse rivers.
An AI is only as good as its programmers. Programmers are human. They will make mistakes. They will get things wrong. They will fail to consider certain things that typically do not apply to the region in which they live. When these things happen, the only thing the precision sensor equipment will do is ensure the insurance companies and/or emergency response teams will be able to get precise information about what happened during the the crash.
Also, I doubt the auto-drive system will be COMPLETELY separate from the other computing devices. Think about it... bugs in the software will be found and they can either create a way for the updates to automatically happen through the internet or some wireless means, or they can force the drivers to inconvenience themselves by taking it to a shop for the update (which would also cost the company money because they would pay for at least some of the technicians labor). Also, self driving cars need to have some idea of how to get from point A to point B. This information changes frequently due to construction/detours, unexpected events, and the creation of new roads... without this information being updated, the self-drive feature will become useless.
People keep mentioning things like faster response time and the ability to monitor more things. Yes, a computer can respond much faster and can take in more data. But will it respond to the right data? How often do you think the driving system is going to say, 'Hey these roads are covered in ice, I am on a multi-lane road, and the guy behind me is driving like a moron. I am going to purposely drive slower so the other guy changes lanes and passes me.'? I have done this.... and it was a good idea because I saw the same car unable stop when he arrived at the ice-covered intersection (luckily there was very little traffic). Good driving comes from experience and predicting what the other drivers will do.... not just taking in real-time data and responding to it.
Yes there are some things that machine are better at than we are.... but driving is one of the things in which you constantly find exceptions to normal conditions and you cannot count on other drivers following the rules. If the rules are useless, then the abilities of the computer become much less effective.
It is free and easy to use. It also seems to be easier on the resources than some other tools. However I have had it miss things that other programs found (and they were NOT false positives). I know of other people that have experienced this problem as well. I recently looked through some antivirus comparisons and MSSE really fell short on a few of those tests. If I remember correctly, one of these tests had MSSE fail to detect about 14%. I would look for other software.
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If a person gives their two cents on an argument, does inflation make their opinion worth less?
Google is accused of using its search service to direct users to its own services and to reduce the visibility of competing websites and services.
So google is considered to be in the wrong because they don't promote their competition on their results. Tell me, do you typically see Burger King advertisements at McDonalds?
I think I read somewhere that they were going to improve the upon the original version's Xen chapter... which would explain why they are delaying it.
Doesn't anyone else remember playing games on the graphing calculators?
It makes GoDaddy appear incompetent to geeks and computer-savvy users. However, to the average person that does not know much about computers, they will accept it as a computer problem that 'just happens'.... just like all of the errors that they have on their home computers that supposedly have no cause. As long as GoDaddy makes the problem sound really technical while saying they know exactly what caused it and know how to quickly implement a solution that prevents future instances, they will appear competent to the average computer user. After all, to an average user, an admin's ability to solve a problem that sounds complex will make the admin's skill sound really impressive.
Remember many of GoDaddy's customers are individuals and small businesses that have mediocre computer skills that rely on a simplified WYSIWYG tool. To them, evil hackers that steal information are much worse than an annoying problem that just happens because computers all have problems (in their experience). As long as the customer doesn't realize that it was a problem that should not have occurred and it was only caused by incompetence, then they are less likely to lose those customers.
that people that wear lots of light sensors and goggles have trouble sleeping as well as they do without them.
Besides the obvious tin-foil hat, privacy, and security concerns that people are going to mention, the people that created this idea overlook something fairly important. In my area, if something was severe enough to knock out all of the cell phone towers within range of a cell phone, then the power grid and/or internet connections are almost certainly down in that area. Without power, the routers are not going to be on. The Internet connection may or may not be important, depending on how they want the communication to reach the headquarters.. if they intend on using voip over the Internet from the router, then it will fail. These concerns may or may not be an issue in other areas. In large cities, cellphone towers may be overworked in an emergency... but the likelihood of the towers in my area becoming overworked is quite small.
I think the better idea would be to either find a way to give first-responder/emergency workers a way to gain priority on the towers, instead forcing router manufacturers to waste time and money to incorporate something that will not only be fairly useless in most cases, but will also open a number of other concerns.
The testimonial page on their site is covered with the logos of major companies (eg: Google, Ebay, Facebook, Wired, etc). I cannot help but wonder if they have permission to use all of these logos.
Yes, I agree completely on the first part of your argument, stating that we should wait for actual facts.
However, you do have a statement that I do not completely agree with.
It doesn't matter what we believe is fair and just, frequently the law isn't to all parties, it matters what can be proven in law.
Maybe I am interpreting this incorrectly, but that sounds like you are a person that makes their judgements completely on the letter of the law and does not consider the spirit of the law. I do not completely agree with that. Most times, the letter of the law and the spirit of the law can work together in a trial. However, laws cannot be written in a manner that will always be perfect in every unexpected circumstance. You do have to consider the spirit of the law... this is what the law is supposed to mean and what the law was created to handle. That is why we have juries that consist of actual people and they are generally selected from the same region as the crime. We need real people to give intelligent decisions and opinions when making determining if a person or company is actually guilty both in the letter of the law and the spirit of the law (after hearing all of the evidence). This is also why the juries are generally selected from the region in which the crime(s) are committed... the people from the same region are more likely to have similar values and moral codes that will account for the spirit of the law.
Has anyone created a 'super computer' out of raspberry pi's yet?
That was my first thought too. However, you must remember they are looking for flaws in mobile apps... not necessarily mobile apps written by AT&T. In the article, it gave an example of a young girl that is working with AT&T finding a specific flaw that existed in several games.
Their use is not common in all places in the US. In my area, card swipes that also support rfid scanning are fairly common, but some places do not have them. However, I have never seen anyone actually use one of those scanners anywhere. What type of location do you live in? A large city?
There is a reason why 1 in 12 tests fail to detect it. From what I have been told in the past (which may have changed over the years), the HIV virus has a period of time in which it cannot be easily detected. This window can be a few months long. If somebody finds out that their partner has the virus and immediately takes the test, then it may not detect it if they have not been with that person long.
Also, I saw an interview about this a few nights ago. The doctor repeatedly stated that most people should go to a doctor's office to get the test. However there is a small group that do not go to a doctor's office (it may be out of embarrassment or fear of stigma or something else). This test is aimed at that small group... doctors and the makers of the test figure that a test like this (that may not be as informative as a consultation with a doctor) is better than not test at all. The doctor also stressed that the makers of the test will have a hotline to provide information on how to find a real doctor and get immediate treatment.
Me: Are you a bot?
Eugene: Yes, I'm a machine. Have you seen "Terminator"? It was about me. But that faint guy who played me was just a weak parody of my strong and magnificent metallic body!
Me: What is the meaning of life?
Eugene: Life is meaningless... Though not too much people commit suicide. Seems strange a bit.
He has the teenager's negative view on life down.