Are these damn players becoming like cell phones? Do app stores matter? Makes no sense to me.
In the case of the iPod Touch, it's become a highly popular gaming platform, not to mention having things like iCal, wifi, safari bundled, etc etc. It's either filled a void by providing a hybrid PDA+music player+gaming device, or created that void and told people that they need this. Imho it's a bit of both.
I have thrown one book into the garbage, in my 35 years of life, and it was Atlas Shrugged. Normally I would have given the book to a thrift shop or a friend, or placed at my front curb for a passerby, but something in me knew that copy had to just disappear, vanish, never to be seen again. I didn't want to be the one responsible for passing that poison on to someone else. Didn't even make it past 45% of the story.
Any post-Anthem Rand, is pretty much trash worthy.
The problem here is, you won't be able to come up with a single credible source to back you up on this. The rumors surrounding your Hitler == Jew myth are based on non-evidence regarding his grandmother getting knocked up while working the grounds at a rothschild estate. Bullshit.
His behavior showed someone extremely driven (at almost any cost) to seek any way to gain power over others. Psychologically that's very interesting, as it strongly points to a personality disorder that I strongly suspect Mandelson shares many aspects with. A good example is their extreme self interest, with such a total lack of empathy for opponents.
I cast my vote for NPD, or some related form of sociopathy.
I have to agree, but it really does depend on the game. Taking a couple of SEGA's offerings as an example: something like Super Monkey Ball using only the accelerometer for control is perfect (if not overly sensitive however for my tastes), but Sonic the Hedgehog utilizing the arrow-disc on the lower left and another layered floating button control on the right is far too cramped during game-play, and the left portion of the screen is indeed overly obscured. I think more thought needs to be given to keep in mind the platform you are designing the game for, and not just try to port over all your earlier successes from other platforms/paradigms.
According to the LAWS that govern the use of a Social Security number: it is illegal to use that number for anything but social security tax purposes...
In other words, you can only use it for Banks, Employment, and IRS Tax purposes.
It used to be printed on the SS cards that you couldn't use the SSN for anything other than government uses and corporations did it anyway.
By the time the phrase NOT TO BE USED FOR IDENTIFICATION was printed onto the cards, Roosevelt had issued an executive order[PDF file] allowing its use as such. His fault.
I should clarify, that the link I provided does in fact outline the use of the SSN by govt. agencies, but not by others, so my reply was inaccurate (it only points out the contradiction to the written injunction on the card). My own opinion is that it is one of those things that happened gradually (the use by non-governmental entities) and propagated/spawned.
It used to be printed on the SS cards that you couldn't use the SSN for anything other than government uses and corporations did it anyway.
By the time the phrase NOT TO BE USED FOR IDENTIFICATION was printed onto the cards, Roosevelt had issued an executive order[PDF file] allowing its use as such. His fault.
is it possible to do identity theft with only the SSN alone?
Unfortunately, yes. It provides enough of a building block (used both as an identifier and as an authenticator) to allow a moderately-clever person to build up the rest of the identity.
During my most recent trip to the midwest, I ended up flying DELTA, although I had purchased Northwest tickets initially. Now, I'm waiting for one of my flights from Charlotte NC to Chicago IL. I am accosted by one of the DELTA "SkyTeam" who is trying (heroically) to sell me on their SkyMiles, and get me enrolled.
So, I take a look at the enrollment form, and not surprisingly, it has SSN as a required field. I ask this guy (he couldn't have been more than 22 years old) why on earth he wants my SSN so I can be allowed to accumulate Sky Miles.
He became quite offended I was challenging him on the necessity of this SSN, and retorted "Whats the matter? Don't you trust me? We have a safe right here on site." I asked who stores the number, where it is stored, how many 3rd parties get to have it in the process, whether it is encrypted, and these types of questions. He basically thought I was off my rocker. Last time I fly DELTA.
MIT allowed students to refuse to have their SS numbers as their Institute ID numbers.
A technical college I attended in Arizona was slightly different. They did allow you to use your SSN for your student ID, however, if you did so, every 4 months you were sent a letter that explained why this was a bad idea, for the student, to persist in doing this, and it closed out with a paragraph urging you to change it to something different.
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It was always a sight whenever one of those students would drop their stack of cards all over the computing room floor....
A little pencilled number on each one goes a long way. ;)
Are these damn players becoming like cell phones? Do app stores matter? Makes no sense to me.
In the case of the iPod Touch, it's become a highly popular gaming platform, not to mention having things like iCal, wifi, safari bundled, etc etc. It's either filled a void by providing a hybrid PDA+music player+gaming device, or created that void and told people that they need this. Imho it's a bit of both.
but I've yet to hear MySQL's customer base, which skews toward the technology-savvy Web crowd, fretting about Oracle's impact on MySQL's business.
Could this be a non-issue due to that they can just fall back on Monty's MariaDB? ( community developed, stable, and always Free branch of MySQL )
Gosh, Ayn Rand was awful!
I have thrown one book into the garbage, in my 35 years of life, and it was Atlas Shrugged. Normally I would have given the book to a thrift shop or a friend, or placed at my front curb for a passerby, but something in me knew that copy had to just disappear, vanish, never to be seen again. I didn't want to be the one responsible for passing that poison on to someone else. Didn't even make it past 45% of the story.
Any post-Anthem Rand, is pretty much trash worthy.
There's a Turing machine for that.
If I were on a desert island, and had one nutritious mod point left to eat, I would give it to to you sir.
The fact is that Adolph Hitler was a Catholic Jew
The problem here is, you won't be able to come up with a single credible source to back you up on this. The rumors surrounding your Hitler == Jew myth are based on non-evidence regarding his grandmother getting knocked up while working the grounds at a rothschild estate. Bullshit.
How many die of 'regular' flu each year? 35K? 40K?M
How many have died of swine flu? What, one? five?
Settle down people. Settle down.
Any particular reason you chose District of Columbia?
What were they doing in a storm drain?
Clearly they were playing Wolfenstein RPG and decided the sewer system was the only way to reach the castle in time.
While some of it has been implemented in surprising ways, the technology itself had largely been anticipated.
This can also be an indicator of how we now interface with technology conceptually, more than a quantitative measure of said technology.
So.... do you feel it is the responsibility of a programming language to protect you from your own blunders?
In short, I don't think we've heard the real rationale
My first thought on the matter is that Apple has something similar up it's sleeve (to GVoice) and hasn't brought it to market yet.
Wrong. While still 'un-official', a developer preview of Google Chrome for Linux has been out for a long time, freely available.
32- or 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 or later, or 32-bit Debian 5. Support for other Linux distributions is planned;
Mobile Review got hold of one and has an article with specs and photos:
article
This is the same article linked to in TFS(ummary)
I prefer www.socuteurl.com. It's just, irresistable. There. I said it. I've made the first step toward recovery.
What in Gore's name is that thing?
Bagger 288
His behavior showed someone extremely driven (at almost any cost) to seek any way to gain power over others. Psychologically that's very interesting, as it strongly points to a personality disorder that I strongly suspect Mandelson shares many aspects with. A good example is their extreme self interest, with such a total lack of empathy for opponents.
I cast my vote for NPD, or some related form of sociopathy.
I have to agree, but it really does depend on the game. Taking a couple of SEGA's offerings as an example: something like Super Monkey Ball using only the accelerometer for control is perfect (if not overly sensitive however for my tastes), but Sonic the Hedgehog utilizing the arrow-disc on the lower left and another layered floating button control on the right is far too cramped during game-play, and the left portion of the screen is indeed overly obscured. I think more thought needs to be given to keep in mind the platform you are designing the game for, and not just try to port over all your earlier successes from other platforms/paradigms.
Nah, there aren't that many Scotsmen in Alabama. You do realize there is a reason that Dolly was cloned in Scotland, right?
Q: What is the difference between a Scotsman and Mick Jagger?
A: One sings Hey McCloud get offa my ewe!
According to the LAWS that govern the use of a Social Security number: it is illegal to use that number for anything but social security tax purposes... In other words, you can only use it for Banks, Employment, and IRS Tax purposes.
But is it truly illegal? [warning: link is to pdf file]
It used to be printed on the SS cards that you couldn't use the SSN for anything other than government uses and corporations did it anyway.
By the time the phrase NOT TO BE USED FOR IDENTIFICATION was printed onto the cards, Roosevelt had issued an executive order[PDF file] allowing its use as such. His fault.
I should clarify, that the link I provided does in fact outline the use of the SSN by govt. agencies, but not by others, so my reply was inaccurate (it only points out the contradiction to the written injunction on the card). My own opinion is that it is one of those things that happened gradually (the use by non-governmental entities) and propagated/spawned.
It used to be printed on the SS cards that you couldn't use the SSN for anything other than government uses and corporations did it anyway.
By the time the phrase NOT TO BE USED FOR IDENTIFICATION was printed onto the cards, Roosevelt had issued an executive order[PDF file] allowing its use as such. His fault.
is it possible to do identity theft with only the SSN alone?
Unfortunately, yes. It provides enough of a building block (used both as an identifier and as an authenticator) to allow a moderately-clever person to build up the rest of the identity.
During my most recent trip to the midwest, I ended up flying DELTA, although I had purchased Northwest tickets initially. Now, I'm waiting for one of my flights from Charlotte NC to Chicago IL. I am accosted by one of the DELTA "SkyTeam" who is trying (heroically) to sell me on their SkyMiles, and get me enrolled.
So, I take a look at the enrollment form, and not surprisingly, it has SSN as a required field. I ask this guy (he couldn't have been more than 22 years old) why on earth he wants my SSN so I can be allowed to accumulate Sky Miles.
He became quite offended I was challenging him on the necessity of this SSN, and retorted "Whats the matter? Don't you trust me? We have a safe right here on site." I asked who stores the number, where it is stored, how many 3rd parties get to have it in the process, whether it is encrypted, and these types of questions. He basically thought I was off my rocker. Last time I fly DELTA.
MIT allowed students to refuse to have their SS numbers as their Institute ID numbers.
A technical college I attended in Arizona was slightly different. They did allow you to use your SSN for your student ID, however, if you did so, every 4 months you were sent a letter that explained why this was a bad idea, for the student, to persist in doing this, and it closed out with a paragraph urging you to change it to something different.