I am sure that wearing these on the bus/train/lunch room will get us all the ladies...
How long before we read about someone driving with these on?
I would like to see this type of thing for two functions (there were somewhat similar devices in the military)- 1) a picture in picture type display so that I can listen to my wife yell at me while there is a small display in an upper corner of my glasses showing sportscenter, or one of those E best bikini beaches shows or 2) a stop watch function in my field of view for running and doing intervals- it is a pain to keep screwing up my stride/ breaking form to look at my wrist watch.
Also: RE: cables- I would wait until it is wireless... Imagine if you mumble and start talking about the coax that kept bumping your chin this morning....
The worst mission statements are the ones that are just so disconnected from reality- The ones that were dreamed up in a boardroom where no one had ever seem the manufacturimg facility. I bought a pair jeans and on the tag it said that "we strive to create the best most durable blah blah blah" and when I put them on, a button fell off....
How about some honest ones- "We seek to have a complete monopoly on unreliable operating systems..."
I love the ones that have nothing to do with the product... "Our mascara comany seeks to delight our customers, create world peace, and give out random orgasms...."
For me, I am interested in open source spyware removal. I would like a product designed by people with a mindset like mine (anti all spyware). One of the issues is that anti-spyware/virus companies are getting sued by adware companies for slander etc. for calling the adware, well, adware.
That is part of why a program that installs itself, logs your keystokes, saves your credit card info, and turns on your webcam while you are in the shower is a "petentially unwanted program" As long as anti-adware companies are suable entities, we are going to have these issues in addition to absolutely egregious issues like MS buying a spyware company.
Next thing you know Cancer will have to be called "potentially unwated cells."
And let us not be of the mindset, if people can't figure out how to keep spyware off their computer, they deserve it. A lot of those people are our parents and grandparents.
Can you imagine spyware clippy- It looks like you are writing a letter to a bankruptcy attorney. Would you like me to set you up with my rich exiled Nigerian uncle?
How much would you hate to invent something used by hundreds of millions of people every day and have no one know that you invented it.... The qwerty keyboard layout was invented by a mister Sholes (i think we all know why- because it is the layout that leads to the fewest typewriter hammers sticking together during normal typing), so why not call it the Sholes layout to stave off any qwert v. qerty confusion....
I am guessing that it is much like second language skills- Studies are always showing that the younger you are when you pick up a second language, the more easy it is to become conversationally fluent. I used to be fluent in German and had an easy time switching between English and German (Please no jokes from our fine British friends about how we Yanks aren;t fluent in English...). But the the greater the difference in ratio between the two, i.e. if I spoke 30 % German for a week and 70% English, it was tougher to go back into German right away...
I wonder if people who are bi/multi lingual have an easier time switching between keyboard layouts, as they are used to switching between things.
Um, has no one noticed that this is part of their publicity campaign? There are stories all over the media about the protections on the harry potter book, and every one of them is getting the book more publicity....
I mean, hey, we intellectuals are discussing it here...
Marketing departments constantly use press releases, stunts, anything to get their products free press- it is free advertising. The bigger the hype, the more stories.
There is a internet casino that rhymes with "holden chalice" that uses this all the time... Buy a piece of toast with an image britney spears' home pregnancy test and every news outlet carries a story... I mean, think about the tatoo forehead woman- for ten thousand dollars, this woman is disfigured for life, and the web site gets hundred's of thousands of free advertising...
To test this, I may have myself delivered to a singles bar in an armored car in a big box that says very handsome contents.
I have started getting telemarketing calls on my phone number I have had for 10 years. The key is, every bit of data is available, from small things to classified stuff. As long as people are involved, there can always be leaks.
In my opinion, the problem is that for the crimes there is little penalty. And little enforcability. Yes we live in a global economy, but also a global criminal economy, so enforcement is difficult.
But take the good with the bad- sure there is identity theft, but we also get to see paris hilton and fred durst's phone content!!!
doesnt this kind of prove the original web point- wasn't DARPA net designed for communication after nuclear war?
I think I read that 90 some odd percent of identity theft still occurs the old fashioned way- stolen mail... trash etc.
But we geeks can be the communication network if anything goes down... think about it, an army of geniuses in bunkers (well parents basements) with stocks of food stuffs (cheetos and mountain dew in little dorm size fridges...)
Any screenshots?
All this will do is fan the flames of the "video games turn kids into depraved sex clowns" crowd.
At some point though, this could be criminal- If this has been sold to under 18s in the US, it is a crime in many states to give under 18s adult materials... "get to the bottom of the situation"
This is a situation I would like to keep abreast of, and stay on top of
Sounds like this game is getting a rise out of some people.
Does the game come with a "joystick"?
The feature that I really like about this is the fact that it gets refunded if the target isn't met.
I would be much more likely to donate to something if I knew that if the goal wasn't met I would get my $$$ back...
Sort of like donating money to buy someone a new heart, but then the person dies before enough money is raised, what happens to the $$$? With this system you could get your donation back.
Since it is Friday afternoon I will share a crazy yet apt analogy- It would be nice if you could do this with a third party candidate- there is one on TV, who isnt my cup of tea (his name rhymes with Matt Rocannon) who always says people tell him they would vote for him if they thought he could win- What if voting was like this funding plan ie you get byour vote back if your third (or whatever) party candidate doesn't even get close.... Yes that undermines our system and commitment, but still is interesting.
I think I mis-expressed myself, and I apologize for the confusion. I wasn't comaring the xprize winners to the shuttle as far as the orbiting. I could have used one of the college teams that creates a solar race car on a tiny budget compared to GM with billions who can't get it done- titally different results and situations- I guess my point is, you have NASA with genius scientists, women and men who love their work, a huge budget, and nat'l security implications, and there are still problems. That was my point.
Sorry to get everyone all worked up.
From the article Managers want the best possible views of Discovery at liftoff to see if any foam insulation or other debris falls off the tank and hits the shuttle, as happened during Columbia's 2003 flight.
Forgive me, but what good would that do? So they could give the astronauts a few seconds to make peace if it is a problem that effects liftoff?
It seems to me that the shuttle has some serious issues... I mean, if they notice debris falling and damaging the shuttle, what can they do, is the shuttle carrying spare parts for a spacewalk repair of the exterior?
My opinion, the beurocracy is the problem... Why can the X prize competitors do what they do, but NASA, with many times the budget, has these problems? It must lie in the beurocracy.
I believe that ordinary people will be downloading a lot more content- How long before we can get all of out tv shows etc "on demand" from our computer?
There is a chicken and egg thing going on- With more out there, people want higher speeds, but with higher speeds, more will be created out there---
Real world example- I used to work for a newspaper website, a big one, and in late 90's early 00s our big problem was that with slow load times and dialing in (5-10% of people had broadband) it didnt make sense for people to read the paper online from home as it took too long. With broadband, it does. Once everyone has the capacity, it will make sense to oofer more video on demand etc. The real money is in the 99% of users that don't know much tech, just from a #s standpoint.
TMM- I understand your point- however, the sasser is still out there. One must wonder, if you planted a bunch of mines a week before you turned 18, and they went off and injured people after your 18th birthday, was the crime commited as a youth?
This cost a lot of people a lot of money- and it seems that if you commit a crime that has worldwide effect, there should maybe be a larger penalty than a suspended sentence, whether as punishment or deterent.
I know that the laws can't keep up with the tech- on a mostly related note- there was an article in the Free Cleveland independent paper about a mafios guy who was commiting some type of fraud with airline baggage, i.e. insuring a bag for the max, never putting the bag on the plane, and then collecting the lost luggage ins. money. The gist of this, was the guy and his crew made hundreds of thousands of $$ (this was before 911 when airlines were looser) and he said that it was funny that you get caught with 75K$ worth of drugs and you get 25-life, but steal millions through fraud and you get maybe 6 mos max... (this obviously doesn't apply to high profile corporate crimes.)
Anyway, if this kid had done some kind of vandalism to physical structures causes the same monetary damage as his worm, he would be up s*&t creek with no paddle...
Um-okay- here is the issue. Take other infastructure, like roads. Allowing for inflation and all, the cost of repaving or putting in a new road stays fairly static, so a report on the cost makes sense.
The problem is that we aren't talking about ass-fault, we are talking about wi-fi. In 5 years there may be a totally new way of putting in the systems, or the cost may come down so low that it is laughable.
So a report on what a new tech will cost is sort of ridicerous. I mean, if you decided to buy every student in a certain school a nice new PC 10 years ago, the number $$ would be very different than it is now.
Please let this get popular....
please let this get popular....
Dude, if I could get away with giving my wife an old commodore 64 part on a rope to wear as a neclace instead of some gold crap, I would be soooo happy.
Remember those clocks rappers wore around their necks in the early 90's? Maybe the next fashion will be CRT's haning around the neck....
I am sure there is some way I could fashion an old dot matrix printer into a sex toy... just give me time
There is a very, very real danger in students using free software- they may develop a crazy idea that information should be accesible to everyone, and reasonably priced and GASP even free!!!
Next thing you know these crazy kids will be downloading free copies of Boy George hits, drinking excessive amounts of YooHoo, and having parties where more than 10 people watch a movie on DVD without paying royalties!!!!
This needs to be stopped now! Ship windows! Ship windows!!!!!!! Why isn't Geldoff taking up this cause!
There are times when keystroke logging could be appropriate, like if you are in data entry- and they need to see how many wpms you are at.
I for one expect no privacy at work, because I am being paid and am using their equipment. Then again, the toilet belongs to my company, and I don't want them watching me pinch a loaf....
This article did give me quite a jolt- I almost posted as an AC.... What is the current plan? Will there be a charge for this service?
In all seriousness: WiFi will kill this in my opinion It seems to me we will end up with wifi being broadcast like AM radio, blanketing everything- wires will not be needed.
I will say that when I told people that I had read a few years ago the fed gov't could pick up data from your computer when it was plugged in through the data bleed over the power line, people thought I should have a tinfoil hat...
I have one more dumb question- the infastructure where I am is buied and not bad- my parents live in an old suburb with ca 1924 power lines- not buried. Even if the new power lines are all buried, my question is this- I lose power quite a bit, I rarely (never) lose phone service, and have only lost my cable access (I have cable internet) only once in the past year. As the internet becomes more important (there have been times where a half hour w/out internet at home could have caused me huge inconvenience) shouldn't we focus on more reliable transmission methods? And even if we all had little direct tv type dishes to get internet, wouldn't that be soooo much cheaper than wires?
The issue is, in my opinion, whatever your feelings regarding the war driving- we need to get the laws/rules ironed out before we blanket the world in wi-fi.
I live not 50 yards from a starbucks- would it be okay for me to use their hotspot from my terrace? What if I was on my terrace with a cup of takeout Starbucks? It goes on....
Is it a different issue if you are using a bit of unused bandwidth v. using a lot and slowing down the owners connection? These are just issues we need to iron out. Will wi fi be like AM radio, blanketing the nation for free, or like XM, subscription only?
And on a total tangent- I run every night, and the houses are close to the street. I can see the soft glow of computer monitors in living rooms- If I look in the window, while on public sidewalk, and read the content on the monitor, have I stolen bandwidth?
Sure the connection appears clear with the MS buying of Claria (rumoured), but there has been a lot of press as of late regarding how a lot of spyware (alleged) are suing anti-spy companies to get off the lists.
Since we are "geeks" we may know what to remove and what to keep, but I feel bad for people like my grandparents who rely on anti spy 100% to make their decisions....
My wife would be awesome at a document preservation job- she still has birthday cards from her grandmother from 20 years ago, and the movie stub from our first date.
Maybe these companies could hire armies of "scrapbookers." Imagine all the emails and docs saved artisticly, with cute frills and interesting stamps. Your Honor, the document in question, is the one with the unicorn sticker on it...
I know Banks have very strict retention requirements, but seriously, who is going to pay for all this storage capacity...
And is it just a prohibition on shredding? Does that mean they can burn the docs?
I really think that the Brits will come through this okay- They are a very tough people. I think that if you are so inclined it would be nice to say a prayer for our friends in Britain.
There are a lot of crazy violent people out there, but it will not strain British resolve. Lets hope that there aren't more attacks, and keep our friends in Europe in our thoughts.
Thanks to Sattelite Radio and the internet, I can listen to BBC (Used to have to get it on shortwave)
Was it so easy, a caveman could do it?
Sorry guys... I didn't know you were there...
Think how cool this could be- we could have a whole army of cavemen, caveman butlers etc.
Ooooohhhh.... will there be cave women????
I am getting tired of buying viynl patches for my girlfriend...
We could do this with dinosaurs, and then have a theme park... except hopefully we won't accidently use frog DNA to fill in holes....
I am 27, and nothing about me is slim, however I do have some familiarity with this. Number one, and I am serious, I read a lot (don't get out much- not since my girlfriend started losing air...), and computer history is interesting to me, and number 2, I actually went to a school district where as wee ones in the gifted class (I was in there due to a clerical/administrative error) were heavily exposed tothe computer tech of the day. I actually have spent plenty of time using an acoustic modem, the type where the old style phone compnay receiver fits in the the two holes on the modem.... Now those were cool. Even ascii images took 30 minutes to download with.05 BAUD....
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I am sure that wearing these on the bus/train/lunch room will get us all the ladies...
How long before we read about someone driving with these on?
I would like to see this type of thing for two functions (there were somewhat similar devices in the military)- 1) a picture in picture type display so that I can listen to my wife yell at me while there is a small display in an upper corner of my glasses showing sportscenter, or one of those E best bikini beaches shows or 2) a stop watch function in my field of view for running and doing intervals- it is a pain to keep screwing up my stride/ breaking form to look at my wrist watch.
Also: RE: cables- I would wait until it is wireless... Imagine if you mumble and start talking about the coax that kept bumping your chin this morning....
The worst mission statements are the ones that are just so disconnected from reality- The ones that were dreamed up in a boardroom where no one had ever seem the manufacturimg facility. I bought a pair jeans and on the tag it said that "we strive to create the best most durable blah blah blah" and when I put them on, a button fell off....
How about some honest ones- "We seek to have a complete monopoly on unreliable operating systems..."
I love the ones that have nothing to do with the product... "Our mascara comany seeks to delight our customers, create world peace, and give out random orgasms...."
For me, I am interested in open source spyware removal. I would like a product designed by people with a mindset like mine (anti all spyware). One of the issues is that anti-spyware/virus companies are getting sued by adware companies for slander etc. for calling the adware, well, adware.
That is part of why a program that installs itself, logs your keystokes, saves your credit card info, and turns on your webcam while you are in the shower is a "petentially unwanted program" As long as anti-adware companies are suable entities, we are going to have these issues in addition to absolutely egregious issues like MS buying a spyware company.
Next thing you know Cancer will have to be called "potentially unwated cells."
And let us not be of the mindset, if people can't figure out how to keep spyware off their computer, they deserve it. A lot of those people are our parents and grandparents.
Can you imagine spyware clippy- It looks like you are writing a letter to a bankruptcy attorney. Would you like me to set you up with my rich exiled Nigerian uncle?
How much would you hate to invent something used by hundreds of millions of people every day and have no one know that you invented it.... The qwerty keyboard layout was invented by a mister Sholes (i think we all know why- because it is the layout that leads to the fewest typewriter hammers sticking together during normal typing), so why not call it the Sholes layout to stave off any qwert v. qerty confusion....
I am guessing that it is much like second language skills- Studies are always showing that the younger you are when you pick up a second language, the more easy it is to become conversationally fluent.
I used to be fluent in German and had an easy time switching between English and German (Please no jokes from our fine British friends about how we Yanks aren;t fluent in English...). But the the greater the difference in ratio between the two, i.e. if I spoke 30 % German for a week and 70% English, it was tougher to go back into German right away...
I wonder if people who are bi/multi lingual have an easier time switching between keyboard layouts, as they are used to switching between things.
Um, has no one noticed that this is part of their publicity campaign? There are stories all over the media about the protections on the harry potter book, and every one of them is getting the book more publicity.... ...
I mean, hey, we intellectuals are discussing it here
Marketing departments constantly use press releases, stunts, anything to get their products free press- it is free advertising. The bigger the hype, the more stories.
There is a internet casino that rhymes with "holden chalice" that uses this all the time... Buy a piece of toast with an image britney spears' home pregnancy test and every news outlet carries a story... I mean, think about the tatoo forehead woman- for ten thousand dollars, this woman is disfigured for life, and the web site gets hundred's of thousands of free advertising...
To test this, I may have myself delivered to a singles bar in an armored car in a big box that says very handsome contents.
I have started getting telemarketing calls on my phone number I have had for 10 years. The key is, every bit of data is available, from small things to classified stuff. As long as people are involved, there can always be leaks.
In my opinion, the problem is that for the crimes there is little penalty. And little enforcability. Yes we live in a global economy, but also a global criminal economy, so enforcement is difficult.
But take the good with the bad- sure there is identity theft, but we also get to see paris hilton and fred durst's phone content!!!
doesnt this kind of prove the original web point- wasn't DARPA net designed for communication after nuclear war?
I think I read that 90 some odd percent of identity theft still occurs the old fashioned way- stolen mail... trash etc.
But we geeks can be the communication network if anything goes down... think about it, an army of geniuses in bunkers (well parents basements) with stocks of food stuffs (cheetos and mountain dew in little dorm size fridges...)
Any screenshots?
All this will do is fan the flames of the "video games turn kids into depraved sex clowns" crowd.
At some point though, this could be criminal- If this has been sold to under 18s in the US, it is a crime in many states to give under 18s adult materials...
"get to the bottom of the situation"
This is a situation I would like to keep abreast of, and stay on top of
Sounds like this game is getting a rise out of some people.
Does the game come with a "joystick"?
Actually.... Ex-snip-it A your honor..../ a/2005/07/06/MNGANDJFVK1.DTL&type=printableL
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Actually pinapple has another effect, that of making your bodily secretions smell/taste better. That is an old date trick....
The feature that I really like about this is the fact that it gets refunded if the target isn't met.
I would be much more likely to donate to something if I knew that if the goal wasn't met I would get my $$$ back...
Sort of like donating money to buy someone a new heart, but then the person dies before enough money is raised, what happens to the $$$? With this system you could get your donation back.
Since it is Friday afternoon I will share a crazy yet apt analogy- It would be nice if you could do this with a third party candidate- there is one on TV, who isnt my cup of tea (his name rhymes with Matt Rocannon) who always says people tell him they would vote for him if they thought he could win- What if voting was like this funding plan ie you get byour vote back if your third (or whatever) party candidate doesn't even get close.... Yes that undermines our system and commitment, but still is interesting.
I think I mis-expressed myself, and I apologize for the confusion. I wasn't comaring the xprize winners to the shuttle as far as the orbiting. I could have used one of the college teams that creates a solar race car on a tiny budget compared to GM with billions who can't get it done- titally different results and situations- I guess my point is, you have NASA with genius scientists, women and men who love their work, a huge budget, and nat'l security implications, and there are still problems. That was my point.
Sorry to get everyone all worked up.
From the article Managers want the best possible views of Discovery at liftoff to see if any foam insulation or other debris falls off the tank and hits the shuttle, as happened during Columbia's 2003 flight.
Forgive me, but what good would that do? So they could give the astronauts a few seconds to make peace if it is a problem that effects liftoff?
It seems to me that the shuttle has some serious issues... I mean, if they notice debris falling and damaging the shuttle, what can they do, is the shuttle carrying spare parts for a spacewalk repair of the exterior?
My opinion, the beurocracy is the problem... Why can the X prize competitors do what they do, but NASA, with many times the budget, has these problems? It must lie in the beurocracy.
I believe that ordinary people will be downloading a lot more content- How long before we can get all of out tv shows etc "on demand" from our computer?
There is a chicken and egg thing going on- With more out there, people want higher speeds, but with higher speeds, more will be created out there---
Real world example- I used to work for a newspaper website, a big one, and in late 90's early 00s our big problem was that with slow load times and dialing in (5-10% of people had broadband) it didnt make sense for people to read the paper online from home as it took too long. With broadband, it does. Once everyone has the capacity, it will make sense to oofer more video on demand etc. The real money is in the 99% of users that don't know much tech, just from a #s standpoint.
TMM- I understand your point- however, the sasser is still out there. One must wonder, if you planted a bunch of mines a week before you turned 18, and they went off and injured people after your 18th birthday, was the crime commited as a youth?
This cost a lot of people a lot of money- and it seems that if you commit a crime that has worldwide effect, there should maybe be a larger penalty than a suspended sentence, whether as punishment or deterent.
I know that the laws can't keep up with the tech- on a mostly related note- there was an article in the Free Cleveland independent paper about a mafios guy who was commiting some type of fraud with airline baggage, i.e. insuring a bag for the max, never putting the bag on the plane, and then collecting the lost luggage ins. money. The gist of this, was the guy and his crew made hundreds of thousands of $$ (this was before 911 when airlines were looser) and he said that it was funny that you get caught with 75K$ worth of drugs and you get 25-life, but steal millions through fraud and you get maybe 6 mos max... (this obviously doesn't apply to high profile corporate crimes.)
Anyway, if this kid had done some kind of vandalism to physical structures causes the same monetary damage as his worm, he would be up s*&t creek with no paddle...
Um-okay- here is the issue. Take other infastructure, like roads. Allowing for inflation and all, the cost of repaving or putting in a new road stays fairly static, so a report on the cost makes sense.
The problem is that we aren't talking about ass-fault, we are talking about wi-fi. In 5 years there may be a totally new way of putting in the systems, or the cost may come down so low that it is laughable.
So a report on what a new tech will cost is sort of ridicerous. I mean, if you decided to buy every student in a certain school a nice new PC 10 years ago, the number $$ would be very different than it is now.
Please let this get popular....
please let this get popular....
Dude, if I could get away with giving my wife an old commodore 64 part on a rope to wear as a neclace instead of some gold crap, I would be soooo happy.
Remember those clocks rappers wore around their necks in the early 90's? Maybe the next fashion will be CRT's haning around the neck....
I am sure there is some way I could fashion an old dot matrix printer into a sex toy... just give me time
There is a very, very real danger in students using free software- they may develop a crazy idea that information should be accesible to everyone, and reasonably priced and GASP even free!!!
Next thing you know these crazy kids will be downloading free copies of Boy George hits, drinking excessive amounts of YooHoo, and having parties where more than 10 people watch a movie on DVD without paying royalties!!!!
This needs to be stopped now! Ship windows! Ship windows!!!!!!! Why isn't Geldoff taking up this cause!
There are times when keystroke logging could be appropriate, like if you are in data entry- and they need to see how many wpms you are at.
I for one expect no privacy at work, because I am being paid and am using their equipment. Then again, the toilet belongs to my company, and I don't want them watching me pinch a loaf....
This article did give me quite a jolt- I almost posted as an AC.... What is the current plan? Will there be a charge for this service?
In all seriousness: WiFi will kill this in my opinion It seems to me we will end up with wifi being broadcast like AM radio, blanketing everything- wires will not be needed.
I will say that when I told people that I had read a few years ago the fed gov't could pick up data from your computer when it was plugged in through the data bleed over the power line, people thought I should have a tinfoil hat...
I have one more dumb question- the infastructure where I am is buied and not bad- my parents live in an old suburb with ca 1924 power lines- not buried. Even if the new power lines are all buried, my question is this- I lose power quite a bit, I rarely (never) lose phone service, and have only lost my cable access (I have cable internet) only once in the past year. As the internet becomes more important (there have been times where a half hour w/out internet at home could have caused me huge inconvenience) shouldn't we focus on more reliable transmission methods? And even if we all had little direct tv type dishes to get internet, wouldn't that be soooo much cheaper than wires?
The issue is, in my opinion, whatever your feelings regarding the war driving- we need to get the laws/rules ironed out before we blanket the world in wi-fi.
I live not 50 yards from a starbucks- would it be okay for me to use their hotspot from my terrace? What if I was on my terrace with a cup of takeout Starbucks? It goes on....
Is it a different issue if you are using a bit of unused bandwidth v. using a lot and slowing down the owners connection? These are just issues we need to iron out. Will wi fi be like AM radio, blanketing the nation for free, or like XM, subscription only?
And on a total tangent- I run every night, and the houses are close to the street. I can see the soft glow of computer monitors in living rooms- If I look in the window, while on public sidewalk, and read the content on the monitor, have I stolen bandwidth?
Sure the connection appears clear with the MS buying of Claria (rumoured), but there has been a lot of press as of late regarding how a lot of spyware (alleged) are suing anti-spy companies to get off the lists.
Since we are "geeks" we may know what to remove and what to keep, but I feel bad for people like my grandparents who rely on anti spy 100% to make their decisions....
My wife would be awesome at a document preservation job- she still has birthday cards from her grandmother from 20 years ago, and the movie stub from our first date.
Maybe these companies could hire armies of "scrapbookers." Imagine all the emails and docs saved artisticly, with cute frills and interesting stamps. Your Honor, the document in question, is the one with the unicorn sticker on it...
I know Banks have very strict retention requirements, but seriously, who is going to pay for all this storage capacity...
And is it just a prohibition on shredding? Does that mean they can burn the docs?
I really think that the Brits will come through this okay- They are a very tough people. I think that if you are so inclined it would be nice to say a prayer for our friends in Britain.
There are a lot of crazy violent people out there, but it will not strain British resolve. Lets hope that there aren't more attacks, and keep our friends in Europe in our thoughts.
Thanks to Sattelite Radio and the internet, I can listen to BBC (Used to have to get it on shortwave)
Was it so easy, a caveman could do it?
Sorry guys... I didn't know you were there...
Think how cool this could be- we could have a whole army of cavemen, caveman butlers etc.
Ooooohhhh.... will there be cave women????
I am getting tired of buying viynl patches for my girlfriend...
We could do this with dinosaurs, and then have a theme park... except hopefully we won't accidently use frog DNA to fill in holes....
I am 27, and nothing about me is slim, however I do have some familiarity with this. Number one, and I am serious, I read a lot (don't get out much- not since my girlfriend started losing air...), and computer history is interesting to me, and number 2, I actually went to a school district where as wee ones in the gifted class (I was in there due to a clerical/administrative error) were heavily exposed tothe computer tech of the day. I actually have spent plenty of time using an acoustic modem, the type where the old style phone compnay receiver fits in the the two holes on the modem.... Now those were cool. Even ascii images took 30 minutes to download with .05 BAUD....