Before anyone has a conniption, consider this: do you really think that "they" have a database they could reference to find out what printer serial number goes to what citizen? I don't. I know they could, but I choose to believe (most likely for good reason) that they don't.
Just realize that 99.9% of the world doesn't give a shit about anything you do, and all that paranoia just slips away. That's what I did.
In addition to everything you've said, is anybody really surprised that companies try and maximize their revenue? That's their sole purpose. To make money. If everybody's willing to pay it...what's stopping them? That's my understanding of capitalism. It's not a necessary service so they can make a 999% profit if they'd like. No monopoly = no regulation = don't buy one if you don't want them to profit off you.
Yes, I realized that I put in "going to" instead of "want to" when I saw the post confirmation, but alas Slashdot doesn't have an edit post function, so now it looks like I didn't read the article.
Am I missing something? They're going increase the price of songs so you're paying pretty much the same price as a cd to have it in a proprietary, non-portable format with no artwork and nothing tangible? What benefit would people be getting from the iTunes music store at that point, exactly?
Things like this are fun to experiment with, and in some applications they're very useful and make people's lives better. But what do we really have to gain by developing RFID in our personal lives? So we don't have to "deal with" the cashiers at a store? We're eliminating the need for human contact.
"... but they want to be faster "
Why do they want to be faster? So they can continue to work a 40-hour week and rush home to...to what? The internet?
Sorry, but my life is too fast-paced as it is, the last thing I need is another thing to expedite my trip through life.
How about instead of suing Google, they sue the people who are actually displaying the copyrighted images on their sites and simultaneously give Google a big pat on the back for making it so easy to find these people using GIS?
Not saying it's always 100% factual, but more often than not, the perception is that people who are technically apt are not able to deal with people.
Someone who shows "too much" technical knowledge might not ever make it to a managerial position. More often than not if someone knows "too much" about what actually goes into something, they can't dissociate their own opinions about the methods used in order to see the picture and get the job done, IMO.
The doctor, Philip Mach, had a license to practice medicine in New Jersey but he provided prescriptions to people throughout the United States without ever evaluating them, both of which are big no-no's.
He was giving out prescriptions without a proper medical exam? That's not a good idea. But...wait...he was practicing medicine in New Jersey? How CRIMINAL!...Am I missing something here? What else is a big no-no?
In my opinion, receding into your house because you dislike the way people behave is not the way to go. If someone throws popcorn at you, tell them to stop or report them. If someone kicks your seat, let them know so they'll stop. If you don't want to spend so much on popcorn, don't buy any! Can you really not sit through a two-hour movie without eating?
If you just run away from everything you don't feel comfortable with, the problem isn't ever going to go away.
Part of being a person in society is dealing with other people in society. If you're not comfortable in dealing with other people, the movie theaters aren't the ones at fault.
Everybody seems to be concerned about it, as it's pretty much every other comment. You can turn the search archiving off and nobody makes you use Google Talk, Gmail, or any other service they have now or will have in the future, so, if you don't like it, don't use it.
I ask you: What ever happened to free will?
Even if Google Talk doesn't turn out to be revolutionary, Tinker said, "I don't think that matters."
As much as I enjoy Gmail, and Google Maps, I feel like this statement is a bit ridiuclous. Gmail was the first instance that I was exposed to that felt like a very well-constructed desktop application over the web. And Google Maps, with the available API and easy navigation I also felt was somewhat revolutionary. Are we getting to the point where because we like their other products we don't expect anything from them? I think that's counter-productive.
This is starting to remind me of the bastard son of Samurize or some similar program and that really irritating Microsoft Office companion bar they were slinging for a few years
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It was a joke. Laugh.
Before anyone has a conniption, consider this: do you really think that "they" have a database they could reference to find out what printer serial number goes to what citizen? I don't. I know they could, but I choose to believe (most likely for good reason) that they don't.
Just realize that 99.9% of the world doesn't give a shit about anything you do, and all that paranoia just slips away. That's what I did.
In addition to everything you've said, is anybody really surprised that companies try and maximize their revenue? That's their sole purpose. To make money. If everybody's willing to pay it...what's stopping them? That's my understanding of capitalism. It's not a necessary service so they can make a 999% profit if they'd like. No monopoly = no regulation = don't buy one if you don't want them to profit off you.
Yes, I realized that I put in "going to" instead of "want to" when I saw the post confirmation, but alas Slashdot doesn't have an edit post function, so now it looks like I didn't read the article.
Am I missing something? They're going increase the price of songs so you're paying pretty much the same price as a cd to have it in a proprietary, non-portable format with no artwork and nothing tangible? What benefit would people be getting from the iTunes music store at that point, exactly?
Things like this are fun to experiment with, and in some applications they're very useful and make people's lives better. But what do we really have to gain by developing RFID in our personal lives? So we don't have to "deal with" the cashiers at a store? We're eliminating the need for human contact .
"... but they want to be faster
" Why do they want to be faster? So they can continue to work a 40-hour week and rush home to...to what? The internet?
Sorry, but my life is too fast-paced as it is, the last thing I need is another thing to expedite my trip through life.
How about instead of suing Google, they sue the people who are actually displaying the copyrighted images on their sites and simultaneously give Google a big pat on the back for making it so easy to find these people using GIS?
Not saying it's always 100% factual, but more often than not, the perception is that people who are technically apt are not able to deal with people.
Someone who shows "too much" technical knowledge might not ever make it to a managerial position. More often than not if someone knows "too much" about what actually goes into something, they can't dissociate their own opinions about the methods used in order to see the picture and get the job done, IMO.
The doctor, Philip Mach, had a license to practice medicine in New Jersey but he provided prescriptions to people throughout the United States without ever evaluating them, both of which are big no-no's.
...Am I missing something here? What else is a big no-no?
He was giving out prescriptions without a proper medical exam? That's not a good idea. But...wait...he was practicing medicine in New Jersey? How CRIMINAL!
In my opinion, receding into your house because you dislike the way people behave is not the way to go. If someone throws popcorn at you, tell them to stop or report them. If someone kicks your seat, let them know so they'll stop. If you don't want to spend so much on popcorn, don't buy any! Can you really not sit through a two-hour movie without eating?
If you just run away from everything you don't feel comfortable with, the problem isn't ever going to go away.
Part of being a person in society is dealing with other people in society. If you're not comfortable in dealing with other people, the movie theaters aren't the ones at fault.
There was recently a how-to posted on getting Ubuntu and E16-E17 paired up on ubuntu forums if anyone is interested and hasn't seen it:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=54476
Everybody seems to be concerned about it, as it's pretty much every other comment. You can turn the search archiving off and nobody makes you use Google Talk, Gmail, or any other service they have now or will have in the future, so, if you don't like it, don't use it. I ask you: What ever happened to free will?
Even if Google Talk doesn't turn out to be revolutionary, Tinker said, "I don't think that matters." As much as I enjoy Gmail, and Google Maps, I feel like this statement is a bit ridiuclous. Gmail was the first instance that I was exposed to that felt like a very well-constructed desktop application over the web. And Google Maps, with the available API and easy navigation I also felt was somewhat revolutionary. Are we getting to the point where because we like their other products we don't expect anything from them? I think that's counter-productive.
This is starting to remind me of the bastard son of Samurize or some similar program and that really irritating Microsoft Office companion bar they were slinging for a few years