"The telemarketing problem was already solved with the national do-not-call registry. If you opt out there, they already can't call you."
You very clearly do not understand the full breadth and scope of DNC lists.
This has done nothing to stop telemarketers. They claim "We're based in another country, this doesn't apply to us" or "We dialed this number manually, not via automated system, DNC rules do not apply."
"The new rules won't apply to certain types of calls, including..."
Protected by paywall, subscribers only.
I wanted to know these rules, and linking to a story that is behind a paywall leaves out said crucial details.
"The new rules do not apply to a telemarketing company that has a real person dial the phone numbers. The FCC says the do not call list is still a consumer's first line of protection against telemarketing calls.
There are exceptions to these rules. School closing information and flight cancellations can be made to land line phones without written permission. The FCC says consumers could sue the companies that violate the new rules. "
Much better.
Auto-filter out any WSJ links, mods/admins. That shit is annoying. Ban WSJ period from/.
>implying a machine would ever understand humans enough to develop the appropriate fuzzy logic to anticipate the myriad ways a human can fuck things up.
""My conclusion? For a given skill level, the auto is always safer because your attention is never distracted at a crucial moment. When you brake, you brake; no remembering the "clutch" or to "change down"."
I guess you've got some of the worst muscle memory and situational awareness ever. I've driven a manual so long that it's literally second-nature to me, everything happens without thinking, it's pure reflex. I don't even bother with the RPM gauge, I know most cars by feel and sound alone, there should be ZERO distraction, it should be an immediate reflex and nothing more.
Also, you tell me how an automated vehicle is going to have the fuzzy logic to know whether a car nearby is actually about to swerve out of control or if the driver is just inattentive and drifting.
Also, there are plenty of manual transmission cars without a clutch mechanism, having it done automatically after you press the gear up/down paddles on the steering wheel/floor ratchet shifter.
If the permanent altering is the blocking of a targeted section of nerves, I'm all for it. I'll even lab rat for it, you just don't know the pain I'm in. Fuck animal and simulated testing, I'll be the first to say "Stick me with the needle, let's see what this does."
"Isn't there a different way to use water for the same purpose with possibly higher efficiency?"
That's exactly what I do. I also drastically reduce land required to produce the same amount of crop, and nutrient usage. I also design lighting per-crop.
I'm well ahead of this game, with a more efficient system than the best over at Philips have produced. Even has a faster payback/investment recoup time!
I'm reading your comment and typing this one ~18 feet from my 32" 1080p TV, just so I could see if you were telling the truth.
I think you need to get your eyes checked. I have zero issues discerning your text or any other text on the screen, at native resolution, no zoom or text enlarging.
"I can't tell you how much I hope they manage to find a non-opiate way to handle chronic pain"
Try medical cannabis. Major post-operative neuropathic pain after getting a fair bit of my skeleton replaced. Worked just as well as Oxy 40mg.
There's research going on regarding sea slug toxins. I'm really interested in that, because if I could be pain-free without needing to resort to smoking/vaping/eating cannabis, I'm down for it.
"I love a good public flogging as much as the next security nerd, but calling this "shocking" and speculating on how it could facilitate terrorism is a little bit extra."
Well, while I'm draining your bank and credit lines to fund weapons purchases and false identification, you keep thinking terrorists aren't going to get this info and use it.
"Well, we still carry around our appendix, our tonsils"
I have no tonsils, never did. Deep throat is sooooo easy. I also seem to have much cleaner breath, even as a smoker, versus people with tonsils and the subsequent tonsil stones that get produced (gawd those things REEK!) Appendix, yep, still there. Hate the fucker, every time I get a pain in that area, it's my typical first thought.
"Whether it's choice or not is irrelevant to whether it should be considered a criminal act."
No argument from me there, at all.
"And for most people, it's far from a choice - it's pretty much hard-wired. That on a planet with 7 billion there are exceptions shouldn't be surprising - it's part of life
I'm sure it's got a hard wire in nature outside of humanity (having witnessed it across multiple mammalian and avian species,) but I'm finding it difficult to think we've kept it as an evolutionary advantage (besides population control.) I certainly had no real attraction to men until I started thinking objectively after one of the more miserable relationships I've had.
As for it working, yea, that took a while to get everything sorted out. 7 years coming near the end of this month.
I'm sorry if it offends you. See, I only think of the HUMAN condition, not gender-specific nonsense. Therefore, I am immune to the power that words seem to have, free of the influence which your mind succumbs to.
You don't get very far in life holding onto such silly nonsense.
Die a couple of times like I have, maybe your brain will turn on some other section that will enable you to think outside of all of that.
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"The telemarketing problem was already solved with the national do-not-call registry. If you opt out there, they already can't call you."
You very clearly do not understand the full breadth and scope of DNC lists.
This has done nothing to stop telemarketers. They claim "We're based in another country, this doesn't apply to us" or "We dialed this number manually, not via automated system, DNC rules do not apply."
"The new rules won't apply to certain types of calls, including ..."
Protected by paywall, subscribers only.
I wanted to know these rules, and linking to a story that is behind a paywall leaves out said crucial details.
"The new rules do not apply to a telemarketing company that has a real person dial the phone numbers. The FCC says the do not call list is still a consumer's first line of protection against telemarketing calls.
There are exceptions to these rules. School closing information and flight cancellations can be made to land line phones without written permission. The FCC says consumers could sue the companies that violate the new rules. "
Much better.
Auto-filter out any WSJ links, mods/admins. That shit is annoying. Ban WSJ period from /.
>implying a machine would ever understand humans enough to develop the appropriate fuzzy logic to anticipate the myriad ways a human can fuck things up.
""My conclusion? For a given skill level, the auto is always safer because your attention is never distracted at a crucial moment. When you brake, you brake; no remembering the "clutch" or to "change down"."
I guess you've got some of the worst muscle memory and situational awareness ever. I've driven a manual so long that it's literally second-nature to me, everything happens without thinking, it's pure reflex. I don't even bother with the RPM gauge, I know most cars by feel and sound alone, there should be ZERO distraction, it should be an immediate reflex and nothing more.
Also, you tell me how an automated vehicle is going to have the fuzzy logic to know whether a car nearby is actually about to swerve out of control or if the driver is just inattentive and drifting.
Also, there are plenty of manual transmission cars without a clutch mechanism, having it done automatically after you press the gear up/down paddles on the steering wheel/floor ratchet shifter.
"Think about what being able to sue for cross pollination really means. It's absolutely absurd if you know anything about agriculture."
I work in agriculture and your statement is bullshit.
If the permanent altering is the blocking of a targeted section of nerves, I'm all for it. I'll even lab rat for it, you just don't know the pain I'm in. Fuck animal and simulated testing, I'll be the first to say "Stick me with the needle, let's see what this does."
"You can't use salt-laden "grey water" to grow things"
That would actually be dependent upon the types of salts dissolved into the water.
"Isn't there a different way to use water for the same purpose with possibly higher efficiency?"
That's exactly what I do. I also drastically reduce land required to produce the same amount of crop, and nutrient usage. I also design lighting per-crop.
A video tour of the research/testing shed. Note Systems growing plants without any direct light on the left, as well.
I'm well ahead of this game, with a more efficient system than the best over at Philips have produced. Even has a faster payback/investment recoup time!
"Wasn't so long ago we were playing games using machines which didn't have soundcards"
That's right, we didn't need them as the PC speaker was enough!
I'm reading your comment and typing this one ~18 feet from my 32" 1080p TV, just so I could see if you were telling the truth.
I think you need to get your eyes checked. I have zero issues discerning your text or any other text on the screen, at native resolution, no zoom or text enlarging.
"Unless you've got a 32" TV you sit 18" from"
Well........ stand is more like it, but whatever! Gimme more resolution! My old Trinitron CRT had more resolution (and higher refresh rates!)
Nope, you don't need millions of dollars.
You wait for Zynga to win and set precedent.
Then you sue using their own precedent against them.
No major lawyers required. Even a fresh law grad could figure it out.
"I can't tell you how much I hope they manage to find a non-opiate way to handle chronic pain"
Try medical cannabis. Major post-operative neuropathic pain after getting a fair bit of my skeleton replaced. Worked just as well as Oxy 40mg.
There's research going on regarding sea slug toxins. I'm really interested in that, because if I could be pain-free without needing to resort to smoking/vaping/eating cannabis, I'm down for it.
Why make it public?
Because people using this app should know, since the company behind the app isn't doing shit to remedy what could be a serious problem.
"I love a good public flogging as much as the next security nerd, but calling this "shocking" and speculating on how it could facilitate terrorism is a little bit extra."
Well, while I'm draining your bank and credit lines to fund weapons purchases and false identification, you keep thinking terrorists aren't going to get this info and use it.
I guess you've never heard of Ruderalis.
"Complaining that the Intel compiler optimizes instructions differently/better for Intel CPUs and not for other vendors is not an anti-trust matter"
It most certainly is when a chip NOT from Intel is identified as an Intel and suddenly has this massive performance increase in the same benchmark.
That's called fucking rigging, and it's a goddamned deceptive lie and totally anti-competitive.
BTW, the Feminists don't have a point. XD
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker
Out into orbit in less than a minute. Cripes that's fast.
You just gave the thugs ideas on how to plan their stuff without police snooping.
Way to let them know about encrypted radio, idiots.
"Well, we still carry around our appendix, our tonsils"
I have no tonsils, never did. Deep throat is sooooo easy. I also seem to have much cleaner breath, even as a smoker, versus people with tonsils and the subsequent tonsil stones that get produced (gawd those things REEK!) Appendix, yep, still there. Hate the fucker, every time I get a pain in that area, it's my typical first thought.
How do you make a hormone? Kick her in the stomach!
>My face when you don't understand a homophonic joke.
Go back to Code Pink, where the rest of the easily-offended and thin-skinned female humans go.
"Whether it's choice or not is irrelevant to whether it should be considered a criminal act."
No argument from me there, at all.
"And for most people, it's far from a choice - it's pretty much hard-wired. That on a planet with 7 billion there are exceptions shouldn't be surprising - it's part of life
I'm sure it's got a hard wire in nature outside of humanity (having witnessed it across multiple mammalian and avian species,) but I'm finding it difficult to think we've kept it as an evolutionary advantage (besides population control.) I certainly had no real attraction to men until I started thinking objectively after one of the more miserable relationships I've had.
As for it working, yea, that took a while to get everything sorted out. 7 years coming near the end of this month.
I'm sorry if it offends you. See, I only think of the HUMAN condition, not gender-specific nonsense. Therefore, I am immune to the power that words seem to have, free of the influence which your mind succumbs to.
You don't get very far in life holding onto such silly nonsense.
Die a couple of times like I have, maybe your brain will turn on some other section that will enable you to think outside of all of that.