Every FBI agent who asked for/took information not legally allowed should be sacked immediately,...
Excellent first step.
As a second step how about we enshrine in law a protection for citizens that are requested to comply with such overreaching data collection techniques. Think about it, if you were asked by a government agency to do something you thougtht was immoral, then one choice would only involve your concience, but the other choice might involve legal trouble and possible jail time. Citizens need protection too.
And yet nothing is there to prevent a company from having a representative post on the site to sell gold...
If you want something that would prevent a bussiness from being able to conduct bussiness, then the only way to achieve that would be to pass a law that could then be enforced by a government.
Ebay did not fail to provide a marketplace. They chose not to, stating that they were trying to reduce their users' exposure to risk...
Haha, ya, and Slashdotters choose not to get laid all the time too. How about I decide for myself how much risk I'm willing to take, in fact, in my experience I've been ripped off numerous times for DVD and CD transactions, but never, not once on a game transaction.
Why do you think this will eliminate the middle man? They will now just have a set of prices to beat and offer 30% cheaper then the other company.
They didn't call it gamer2company.:-)
I think they are trying to fill in, where Ebay like companies have failed, and that's to allow one person to trade with another person (more personable), rather than having to deal with a company.
For example, linking to a private story that requires registration with the NYTimes could make anyone violent. On the up side, at least it's FREE EXCLUSIVE ONLINE ACCESS!!!
I thought that when a crazy guy shot someone, and then killed himself, we were supposed to blame evil guns. Now when a crazy guy shoots somone, and then kills himself, we are supposed to blame evil video games. If this progression continues I wonder who... correction, I wonder whom... correction, I wonder what will we blame next.
After assembling something, if there are any parts left over I simply declare them to be extra junk. With scientists declaring the same thing about DNA they can't identify, I guess the old saw is true, great minds do think alike.
I assume you mean "does the human brain count" as the ear doesn't identify sounds. There is a lot of research into the human brain, and how it does what it does so well, but I doubt MS's latest innovation would match the intelligence methodology of the human brain.
Remember, patents require more than an idea, otherwise every Sci-Fi movie in history that has an AI identify the main character when they use a phone would be prior art. You must also explain how it's done.
What's the purpose of caller ID after I've picked up the phone?
If someone had acquired some of your personal information, and then tried to impersonate you, an automated voice recognition system could be useful by raising an alarm, or at least giving a percentage of how much their voice is like yours.
Odd there's no mention of the computer hack
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During the installation, one the navigation computers had a glitch that caused false fire alarms and a loss of gyroscope control, which sent the station spinning out of control. Only thanks to a hack were they able to bypass the Russian functions, and get the gyroscopes working again.
If the station couldn't align the solar panels toward the sun for each days charge, then it would only be a matter of time before the batteries died, and without power nothing on the station will work, nothing.
Unless you believe that companies (AT&T, Google, MS) and government agencies (Big Brother) have a right to listen in on every conversation you have, review every site you visit, and examine every transaction you make, then either don't let them or stop complaining.
Instead of sending everything by postcard, send everything by envelope (encrypted), and stop expecting every lawyer, politician, company, government agency, and identity thief to respect your privacy.
She took a bunch of historical information about wars, built a model and then when run on that historical information it was 80% accurate.
Amazing stuff.
The idea of studying history, and learning from it in order to avoid mistakes, is a good idea. The trick is if you can define sufficiently and accurately, many of the significant condtions and possibilities. For instance, the Vietnam war is a success if you consider the objective to be standing up to and halting the spread of worldwide communism, but could also be seen as a failure if you ignore the rest of the world and simply see America pulling out and the remaining Vietnamese being slaughtered.
I realize the concept that this software, if it became more accurate, could be used by repressive regimes against their citizens. But as far a priorities go, I think they would do better to concentrate on bringing attention to human rights violations, and educatiting people about the rule-of-law.
I mean, it's a phone for God's sake, not a cure for cancer.
Are you sure? When Jobs was diagnoised with pancreatic cancer, he was told he had less than 6 months to live. Also, he's never over-hyped a product before.
I doubt Ballmer would be interested in any such a position, and think McCain is merely speaking metaphorically that the type of guy he would seek, would be someone competent in technology and bussiness like Steve Ballmer, but not him literally.
A camera doesn't just detect touch, it can detect movement, objects, people, etc. For example, if you where in a conference room, and someone lifted a chair to throw, then the cameras could identify the object being thrown, who is throwing it, and whom it was aimed at, and then play the appropriate sound file DUCK.wav!!!
Well said, I am from London, And I simply see Americans as just normal people, with a little bit different culture, and a slight accent.. other than that... just normal.
Well, I am from California, and I couldn't disagree with you more vehemently. It is you that has the slight accent.:-)
As someone who loves games, I find it frustrating that the mainstream media consistently portrays video games as the reason behind children shooting up some school, or guy gamers as addicted anti-socials that kill themselves when someone steals their sword of blah-blah. I realize bad news sells, but I'm willing to buy good news too.
The interview is not as fanboy biased as the/. summary implies. Watching the entire interview is worth it, and entertaining, and you'll be able to see why these two are still such great leaders.
anyone who didn't like the end and isn't looking forward to the 48 remaining episodes could never have been a fan of the show in the first place.
Lost is a much better show if you can watch the episodes in faster succession, like one a night. The nebulous story arc and large cast of characters make it difficult to get into, and keep interested, when you only see a new episode every week or three.
Why bother talking about multi core supporting operating systems when we still haven't embraced 64-bit technology yet.
Because an OS is software that runs on top of hardware. People that use computers want the most powerful computer they can afford. If an OS manufacturer wants to be chosen by consumers, then it will have to support new hardware technology. If you don't want to be on the bleeding edge of technology then don't be, life is possible without the latest-greatest-fastest.
Affordable processing power, for home users, isn't going to come from faster mhz as much as from multiple cores, so naturally new software will need to take advantage of this new hardware to be competitive.
Any OS that doesn't provide support may find itself outdistanced from an OS that does. Of course, if an OS doesn't have a very large game base to begin with, then they won't have much to lose either.
Actually, we used to have programs in place that would pay informants for information on ideas and plans against us. But in the 90s those programs were canceled because they paid "bad" people. The alternative we are stuck with now was documented in a movie, Team America:World Police, where the only way left for us to infiltrate cells are to... well, just watch the movie baka-huka-baka-baka.
For example, if you don't want to see any stories regarding Paris Hilton, then use -"paris hilton". When enough people are using the filter, then publishers will stop publishing stories that readers refuse to view.
Oh well, I thought it was a good idea, but I also thought putting locks on cockpit doors was a good idea too, but we all know how that one turned out...
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Excellent first step.
As a second step how about we enshrine in law a protection for citizens that are requested to comply with such overreaching data collection techniques. Think about it, if you were asked by a government agency to do something you thougtht was immoral, then one choice would only involve your concience, but the other choice might involve legal trouble and possible jail time. Citizens need protection too.
Haha, ya, and Slashdotters choose not to get laid all the time too. How about I decide for myself how much risk I'm willing to take, in fact, in my experience I've been ripped off numerous times for DVD and CD transactions, but never, not once on a game transaction.
I think they are trying to fill in, where Ebay like companies have failed, and that's to allow one person to trade with another person (more personable), rather than having to deal with a company.
For example, linking to a private story that requires registration with the NYTimes could make anyone violent. On the up side, at least it's FREE EXCLUSIVE ONLINE ACCESS!!!
I thought that when a crazy guy shot someone, and then killed himself, we were supposed to blame evil guns. Now when a crazy guy shoots somone, and then kills himself, we are supposed to blame evil video games. If this progression continues I wonder who... correction, I wonder whom... correction, I wonder what will we blame next.
After assembling something, if there are any parts left over I simply declare them to be extra junk. With scientists declaring the same thing about DNA they can't identify, I guess the old saw is true, great minds do think alike.
I assume you mean "does the human brain count" as the ear doesn't identify sounds. There is a lot of research into the human brain, and how it does what it does so well, but I doubt MS's latest innovation would match the intelligence methodology of the human brain.
Remember, patents require more than an idea, otherwise every Sci-Fi movie in history that has an AI identify the main character when they use a phone would be prior art. You must also explain how it's done.
If someone had acquired some of your personal information, and then tried to impersonate you, an automated voice recognition system could be useful by raising an alarm, or at least giving a percentage of how much their voice is like yours.
During the installation, one the navigation computers had a glitch that caused false fire alarms and a loss of gyroscope control, which sent the station spinning out of control. Only thanks to a hack were they able to bypass the Russian functions, and get the gyroscopes working again.
If the station couldn't align the solar panels toward the sun for each days charge, then it would only be a matter of time before the batteries died, and without power nothing on the station will work, nothing.
Unless you believe that companies (AT&T, Google, MS) and government agencies (Big Brother) have a right to listen in on every conversation you have, review every site you visit, and examine every transaction you make, then either don't let them or stop complaining.
Instead of sending everything by postcard, send everything by envelope (encrypted), and stop expecting every lawyer, politician, company, government agency, and identity thief to respect your privacy.
The idea of studying history, and learning from it in order to avoid mistakes, is a good idea. The trick is if you can define sufficiently and accurately, many of the significant condtions and possibilities. For instance, the Vietnam war is a success if you consider the objective to be standing up to and halting the spread of worldwide communism, but could also be seen as a failure if you ignore the rest of the world and simply see America pulling out and the remaining Vietnamese being slaughtered.
I realize the concept that this software, if it became more accurate, could be used by repressive regimes against their citizens. But as far a priorities go, I think they would do better to concentrate on bringing attention to human rights violations, and educatiting people about the rule-of-law.
I doubt Ballmer would be interested in any such a position, and think McCain is merely speaking metaphorically that the type of guy he would seek, would be someone competent in technology and bussiness like Steve Ballmer, but not him literally.
And how long before he "doesn't renew" YouTube's license?
A camera doesn't just detect touch, it can detect movement, objects, people, etc. For example, if you where in a conference room, and someone lifted a chair to throw, then the cameras could identify the object being thrown, who is throwing it, and whom it was aimed at, and then play the appropriate sound file DUCK.wav!!!
Well, I am from California, and I couldn't disagree with you more vehemently. It is you that has the slight accent.
As someone who loves games, I find it frustrating that the mainstream media consistently portrays video games as the reason behind children shooting up some school, or guy gamers as addicted anti-socials that kill themselves when someone steals their sword of blah-blah. I realize bad news sells, but I'm willing to buy good news too.
The interview is not as fanboy biased as the /. summary implies. Watching the entire interview is worth it, and entertaining, and you'll be able to see why these two are still such great leaders.
Lost is a much better show if you can watch the episodes in faster succession, like one a night. The nebulous story arc and large cast of characters make it difficult to get into, and keep interested, when you only see a new episode every week or three.
Because an OS is software that runs on top of hardware. People that use computers want the most powerful computer they can afford. If an OS manufacturer wants to be chosen by consumers, then it will have to support new hardware technology. If you don't want to be on the bleeding edge of technology then don't be, life is possible without the latest-greatest-fastest.
Affordable processing power, for home users, isn't going to come from faster mhz as much as from multiple cores, so naturally new software will need to take advantage of this new hardware to be competitive.
Any OS that doesn't provide support may find itself outdistanced from an OS that does. Of course, if an OS doesn't have a very large game base to begin with, then they won't have much to lose either.
Actually, we used to have programs in place that would pay informants for information on ideas and plans against us. But in the 90s those programs were canceled because they paid "bad" people. The alternative we are stuck with now was documented in a movie, Team America:World Police, where the only way left for us to infiltrate cells are to... well, just watch the movie baka-huka-baka-baka.
For example, if you don't want to see any stories regarding Paris Hilton, then use -"paris hilton". When enough people are using the filter, then publishers will stop publishing stories that readers refuse to view.
Oh well, I thought it was a good idea, but I also thought putting locks on cockpit doors was a good idea too, but we all know how that one turned out...