Seeing as TFA doesn't have a link (at least not that I saw), here is the web site for VEIL Interactive. I find it interesting that VEIL's claim to fame, so far, is the use of their technology in a Batman toy.
I think it's clear to everyone that they're using the video signal to carry data, but they're not forthcoming with any real details on how they're doing it. Anyone have any ideas? I would guess luminosity modulation, but that wouldn't really be 'invisible to the human eye,' it would likely be 'unnoticed by the human brain.' IM!HO, their site is long on PR and short on tech. Which makes me wonder if it's not easily bypassed.
An interesting bit of fluff from their 'technology' page is this:
There is no question that the world is experiencing an age of fractionalization of television audiences. It's clear that advertisers are paying more to reach less. Compounding the problem are devices designed to "zap" unwanted content such as Tivo. Our mission at VEIL Interactive Technologies is to create a whole new experience in watching television, giving the viewer a reason to actively participate rather than an excuse to channel surf.
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In the end, I didn't lose money, but I did lose 20-30 hours of tracking this guy down and calling the police, FBI, and even the Secret Service.
I submit that your time is worth something, even at minimum wage. Not knowing what you do for a living, I can't say what that something might be. But, in my case, 20-30 hours would be worth significantly more than you were at risk of losing due to PayPal/eBay malfeasance.
Don't sell yourself short and don't convince yourself that you haven't lost money. On the other hand, if you're into volunteer work and have the right skill set, maybe I could subcontract to you.;)
Insightful is being able to see past these pop words meant to make us feel in the way the author wants us to.
So, then you admit that your use of the emotionally loaded trigger phrase 'Insightful is...' is designed to bypass the rational thought processes of those reading your post so they will agree with you (and presumably mod you up)?
It seems to me that you want people to read your last sentence and think, 'Gosh, if I agree with this post, I must be insightful!' Who doesn't want to think of themselves as insightful?;)
Are there many non-scientific written works that don't attempt to manipulate the emotions of the reader?
from Italy, Germany, Spain, Pakistan, Iran, Usa, Chile, India, Australia, Brasil and Mexico."
I googled for it, but I can't seem to locate this heretofore unknown country 'Usa.' Any/.'ers know anything about it? Good place to escape to from the United States?
It might just be that I spend too much time with various programming languages, but any time I see marketing/ad copy with exclamation marks I mentally substitute 'not' for the exclamation marks. So, the copy you posted would read something like:
For just $19.99, a Lumenlab Premium Membership will show you how. NOT.
When you build it yourself you save big money. NOT.
You can do it. NOT.
If you've been thinking about buying a rear-projection television forget it. NOT. A Lumenlab projector blows them away for a fraction of the cost. NOT.
Build your own custom designs. NOT.
Your gaming experience will never be the same. NOT.
Your friends and family will love watching films, sports and television on a giant 10 foot screen. NOT.
This is a great project for the entire family. Maybe you're looking for a science fair winner? This is it. NOT.
This project is FUN. You'll have hours of enjoyment building, and YEARS of enjoyment watching your projector. And WOW what a sense of accomplishment. NOT.
Don't go to the movies, bring them home. NOT. The popcorn is cheaper and there's never a line for the bathroom. NOT.
Can't plastic surgery of the non-face-transplant nature already alter the looks of those faces on post office walls, milk cartons or mug shots in pictorial line ups? It would seem to me that chin implants, cheek implants, nose jobs, eye work, etc. would all add up to significantly alter the appearance of anyone in those pictures you mention.
As far as doctor's being up against any wall if they have to choose whether or not to completely change somebody's face, well, all I have to say to that is money talks and there's always someone with open ears, if you know what I mean. Besides, have you seen any of the before/after shots on that website (google is your friend) that shows the celebs with overdone plastic surgery? Jeebuz, the doctors that *did* those jobs *should* be up against a wall somewhere, man!;)
It seems apparent, to me at least, that the moderator who scored this one Offtopic didn't read the whole post.
While I agree that it's lengthy, the story is most definitely on topic...virtual markets, virtual values, the eventual crash. The moral is not limited to Project Entropia, however, but can be extrapolated into just about any Western style market...arbitrage, stocks, bonds, etc.
Gutsy statement, but I regret to inform Gorm's developers that Gnome and KDE went the way of the dodo as soon as I woke up from my 'desktop wars' fueled dreamstate and realized all I need is a way to launch Firefox, Evolution and maybe VMWare from time to time. Blackbox does that for me, with minimal overhead (at least compared to KDE and Gnome) and without getting in my way. I'd go find out if Gorm is as lightweight as Blackbox, but the site is aleady/.-ed. Somehow I doubt that it is, though, what with talk of 'Object Oriented Desktop' and making Gnome and KDE obsolete.:\
Why waste time trying to make my desktop work and act like Windows(tm)(r)(C)(and possible 666) when all I really want is to get my work done without all the bling?
When I read 'Gaiman and Whedon...' the first thing that popped into my head was Whoopi Goldberg and Ensign Crusher. The strang(er?) part is that I never really watched any of the follow-on series.
...Why any developed country would want their critical infrastructure and national security owned by a foreign owned commercial entity is beyond me...
I don't know that I would call a desktop OS 'critical infrastructure.' When I think 'critical infrastructure,' I think of data routers and switches, or DMS100s or ESS switches. Power circuit relays in electrical substations might be better termed 'critical infrastructure,' vice 'Microsoft Windows.'
That being said, your underlying point, 'Why would any rational country depend on foreign suppliers for their critical infrastructure needs' is open for debate. Perhaps there is no domestic supplier for such items or services. Perhaps the domestic equivalents to foreign goods and services are anything but equivalent. Or, perhaps the foreign company has a domestic 'arm' which muddies the waters as to what is domestic and what is foreign.
Is a desktop OS (we're talking about JDS, remember) really 'critical infrastructure?' I'm not convinced it qualifies as such. But, that may just be me.
One of the (many) issues I have with the tin-foil wearing, New World Order conspiracy types is that the alleged conspirators are doing nothing to get our^H^H^H^H their fledgling empire on the same page. This article highlights exactly that point. If we^H^H^H the $cabal_of_choice were really taking over the entire freaking planet, don't you think one of the first things we^H^H^H they'd do is ease our^H^H^H^H their management tasks by standardizing everything within sight?
And don't give me that 'But, But, But...WINDOWS!!!1!!one!!won!' jive, either. Gates has failed us!^H^H^H to demonstrate an ability to leverage his so-called monopoly into global domination. Linux is just five years away from mainstream acceptance...does that sound like a Windows takeover to you? We^H^H I didn't think so.
Of course, the tin-foil hatters will tell you that we^H^H^H the $cabal_of_choice is fostering the growth and adoption of Linux and open file formats as part of our^H^H^H^H their fiendish master plan. Don't listen to any of it!
While looking at the pictures, I thought, 'Man, John Titor probably needed one of these to control his microsingularity drive(s).' Hell, maybe good ol' John is on the board over there at AtomChip!
The stated result of Patent Reform Act of 2005, HR 2795 is supposed to make the system work 'more efficiently' and be 'less prone to litigation.'"
Five bucks says the unstated continuation of that reads '...to make the system work more efficiently and be less prone to litigation, on behalf of our benefactors and major contributors to our campaign coffers. With any luck at all, the proletariat won't make the connection.'
...The operator consequently set aside capacity for phone calls to emergency services...
I believe that 'to' is the operative word in that statement. The parent was suggesting that cell companies do not have a way to allow only traffic from those phones being carried by emergency services (specifically police, in the parent). Allowing phone traffic to emergency services and nowhere else seems like it would be trivial.
Then again, perhaps I've misinterpreted the meaning of your quote. Also, it's entirely possible that municipalities have agreements with cell carriers such that the carriers can block traffic from all phones except those carried by emergency services personnel. Though, that would surprise me.
I find it hard to believe, however, that emergency services personnel would depend upon commercial cell carriers in an emergency situation. Too much risk, especially when (in the US) police, fire and ambulance have licensed, dedicated radio frequencies.
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I think it's clear to everyone that they're using the video signal to carry data, but they're not forthcoming with any real details on how they're doing it. Anyone have any ideas? I would guess luminosity modulation, but that wouldn't really be 'invisible to the human eye,' it would likely be 'unnoticed by the human brain.' IM!HO, their site is long on PR and short on tech. Which makes me wonder if it's not easily bypassed.
An interesting bit of fluff from their 'technology' page is this:
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Let's see, unilaterally means of or relating to one side only. Hrmm. So, unironically would mean of or relating to one Ron only?
I submit that your time is worth something, even at minimum wage. Not knowing what you do for a living, I can't say what that something might be. But, in my case, 20-30 hours would be worth significantly more than you were at risk of losing due to PayPal/eBay malfeasance.
Don't sell yourself short and don't convince yourself that you haven't lost money. On the other hand, if you're into volunteer work and have the right skill set, maybe I could subcontract to you. ;)
So, then you admit that your use of the emotionally loaded trigger phrase 'Insightful is...' is designed to bypass the rational thought processes of those reading your post so they will agree with you (and presumably mod you up)?
It seems to me that you want people to read your last sentence and think, 'Gosh, if I agree with this post, I must be insightful!' Who doesn't want to think of themselves as insightful? ;)
Are there many non-scientific written works that don't attempt to manipulate the emotions of the reader?
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I googled for it, but I can't seem to locate this heretofore unknown country 'Usa.' Any /.'ers know anything about it? Good place to escape to from the United States?
I'm pretty sure I didn't parse that the way you intended it. Oddly, it makes a pretty decent pseudo-haiku.
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As far as doctor's being up against any wall if they have to choose whether or not to completely change somebody's face, well, all I have to say to that is money talks and there's always someone with open ears, if you know what I mean. Besides, have you seen any of the before/after shots on that website (google is your friend) that shows the celebs with overdone plastic surgery? Jeebuz, the doctors that *did* those jobs *should* be up against a wall somewhere, man! ;)
On /., you get sensationalism desperately in search of a story. Man, talk about putting your causation before your correlation!
Or, something...
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Well, the non-sucky music will cost less until word gets out that it is:
Then two things will happen:
Once the inexpensive, non-sucky music becomes expensive and popular, it will transform, as if by magic, into 'sucky' music. You read it here first. ;)
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This
While I agree that it's lengthy, the story is most definitely on topic...virtual markets, virtual values, the eventual crash. The moral is not limited to Project Entropia, however, but can be extrapolated into just about any Western style market...arbitrage, stocks, bonds, etc.
If I had the mod points, I'd call it Insightful.
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Granola, oats, raisins, peanuts. Although Wikipedia's entry says it might also mean Good Old Raisins and Peanuts.
Why waste time trying to make my desktop work and act like Windows(tm)(r)(C)(and possible 666) when all I really want is to get my work done without all the bling?
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I don't know that I would call a desktop OS 'critical infrastructure.' When I think 'critical infrastructure,' I think of data routers and switches, or DMS100s or ESS switches. Power circuit relays in electrical substations might be better termed 'critical infrastructure,' vice 'Microsoft Windows.'
That being said, your underlying point, 'Why would any rational country depend on foreign suppliers for their critical infrastructure needs' is open for debate. Perhaps there is no domestic supplier for such items or services. Perhaps the domestic equivalents to foreign goods and services are anything but equivalent. Or, perhaps the foreign company has a domestic 'arm' which muddies the waters as to what is domestic and what is foreign.
Is a desktop OS (we're talking about JDS, remember) really 'critical infrastructure?' I'm not convinced it qualifies as such. But, that may just be me.
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And don't give me that 'But, But, But...WINDOWS!!!1!!one!!won!' jive, either. Gates has failed us!^H^H^H to demonstrate an ability to leverage his so-called monopoly into global domination. Linux is just five years away from mainstream acceptance...does that sound like a Windows takeover to you? We^H^H I didn't think so.
Of course, the tin-foil hatters will tell you that we^H^H^H the $cabal_of_choice is fostering the growth and adoption of Linux and open file formats as part of our^H^H^H^H their fiendish master plan. Don't listen to any of it!
While looking at the pictures, I thought, 'Man, John Titor probably needed one of these to control his microsingularity drive(s).' Hell, maybe good ol' John is on the board over there at AtomChip!
Five bucks says the unstated continuation of that reads '...to make the system work more efficiently and be less prone to litigation, on behalf of our benefactors and major contributors to our campaign coffers. With any luck at all, the proletariat won't make the connection.'
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I believe that 'to' is the operative word in that statement. The parent was suggesting that cell companies do not have a way to allow only traffic from those phones being carried by emergency services (specifically police, in the parent). Allowing phone traffic to emergency services and nowhere else seems like it would be trivial.
Then again, perhaps I've misinterpreted the meaning of your quote. Also, it's entirely possible that municipalities have agreements with cell carriers such that the carriers can block traffic from all phones except those carried by emergency services personnel. Though, that would surprise me.
I find it hard to believe, however, that emergency services personnel would depend upon commercial cell carriers in an emergency situation. Too much risk, especially when (in the US) police, fire and ambulance have licensed, dedicated radio frequencies.
Must be time to wipe eMule off the Windows box again.
These Corsairs are Unsafe At Any Speed!
Uhh, what's that? Corvair? Uh, never mind.