You should also be ashamed of your development department and especially of your QA department.
My TomTom 2535TM WTE is the most annoying and frustrating piece of electronics that I have ever owned. And yes, I can elaborate if anyone is willing to do something about it.
Tineye's image similarity is a lot smarter than Google's.
Smarter how, exacly?
For every image that I tried in the past year or so, Google found more matches than Tineye. More often than not, Tineye would find zero matches while Google presented several pages.
Plus, Google supports filtering results by image size and/or by time. Not to mention that, no doubt due to the integration with their traditional search, they find related keywords that allow you to dig deeper (for example, find such images on non-indexed sites).
On the other hand, Google's results are arranged then Tineye's (I often have to click the "more sizes" and "visually similar" links to get to results that don't display on the main results page) and Tineye has more sorting options, but those are really minor points.
Do you know that Tineye once had a forum on its site? They took it down after it started getting filled with posts comparing it to Google Image Search and reaching the same conclusion -- that Tineye is no longer relevant.
You see, there were not so long ago (or perhaps there still are) laws against oral and gay sex in some states. Such a backward an irrelevant laws must be overturned.
Once upon a time, the majority of the population believed the Earth was flat.
1) Are you conflating scientifically-testable facts and moral guidelines?
2) <engineer> For most practical purposes, Classical Mechanics is a reasonable approximation of the actual physical laws governing motion. Ditto, for most practical purposes, "flat" has historically been a reasonable approximation of the actual shape of the Earth. </engineer>
Please forgive us for being critical of laws coming from a nation that bills itself as "the land of the free" yet still criminalized going down on your spouse in the 21st century CE.
Bill C-11 is a done deal. The only hope is to elect a more citizen-friendly government that will amend/repeal that atrocity. But until then, we get to live with it.
Publishers and other IP holders would flee the US in droves. Hollywood and Silicon Valley would cease to exist as world centres of filmmaking and software development, respectively. Without the obscenely long protection period afforded by current copyright and other IP laws, major publishers would no longer consider it profitable to arrange for their works to be produced in the US. They would instead move their operations to countries with IP laws favourable to their monopolies.
What I don't understand is why does Ron Paul seem to focus exclusively on the presidency. Why not gather a bunch of like-minded people, who would pledge to uphold his ideals, and try to get them into Congress?
Granted, I don't follow US politics closely so I may be missing something.
He seems to think that pretty much all expression should have First Amendment protection. It's almost as if he takes that "inalienable rights" and "Congress shall make no law" stuff seriously.
Please correct me if I am wrong but my understanding is that it was never the case where "pretty much all expression" had First Amendment protection.
Several of examples off the top of my head are: - Soliciting a crime - Death threats and other forms of coercion - Perjury - Slander and libel
When California passed laws limiting property taxes, local funds for schools decreased. They were never fully replaced with state funds. The problem is, sadly, democracy driven by greed. In California, laws can be made by referendum - direct voting by the people, who voted to keep their money and to hell with the school systems. I don't blame them. I have no children and don't particularly want to pay to school any, but this is the result.
Read your post carefully. All of it. Then consider that, in 10 years, these children for whose education "you don't want to pay" will be voting on the issues that may directly affect your interests. With that in mind, re-read your post again.
South Korea should simply take out those jamming trucks with missiles. If that escalates into a war, then that may be for the best.
There's an Interesting thing about wars that you may not be aware of: people die in them. On both sides. So unless you are planning on joining the infantry and leading the assault, kindly shove your suggestions back into the backside orifice they came from.
I especially like the one about peeling apples because they have been coated in chemicals. The chemicals they are coated with is simple wax used to replace the naturally occurring wax that is removed during the washing process. Why wash the apples? To remove fungus spores, dirt and insect eggs. Why replace the wax? To prevent premature spoilage due to excess oxygen getting to the fruit.
most snakes aren't poisonous, it's just the famous ones that are.
I don't care about poisonous snakes, as they are not a part of my diet. Venomous snakes, on the other hand, can lead to quite an unpleasant experience.
The only way to have meaningful changes (be they patent reforms or anything else) is to ensure that those in the position to enact the changes have both the means and the will to do so.
Until we reach that stage, all the ideas, suggestions and discussions amount to nothing more than intellectual masturbation.
All the evidence described here can easily be ascribed to one, or if necessary a tiny group, of rogue party operatives.
It's a smoking gun, sure, but it's not in the hand of the party as a whole. Just one or two guys.
I have a nagging suspicion that if those "one or two guys" were facing a REAL punishment for their crime (say, 20 years without parole), they would miraculously come up with evidence that those actions were authorized (perhaps even ordered) by people up in the food chain.
Speaking of the constitution, I suspect the federal power to pass such a law would stem from the interstate commerce clause. Therefore, a completely non-commercial entity should be exempt.
Not so. by using a non-commercial entity you avoid using a commercial one, thus affecting commerce. (References: Wickard v. Filburn and Gonzales v. Raich)
What's new are the long term consequences (sometimes not manifesting until decades later), and the links to depression, domestic violence, and suicide.
I think the NFL has a big problem.
The NFL (as in "the league") does not have a problem at all. The players on the other hand...
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Which was caused by a firmware error in a Broadcom chip used in several products. Firmware was made by Broadcom, not TomTom.
True, but it was TomTom's responsibility to test those chips before using them in a product.
So they are still incompetent.
You should also be ashamed of your development department and especially of your QA department.
My TomTom 2535TM WTE is the most annoying and frustrating piece of electronics that I have ever owned.
And yes, I can elaborate if anyone is willing to do something about it.
As a TomTom employee, you should also be ashamed of your development department and especially of your QA department.
My 2535TM WTE is the most annoying and frustrating piece of electronics that I have ever owned.
And yes, I can elaborate if anyone is willing to do something about it.
Things may have changed recently.
In the late 80's, cadets in an "elite IDF program" (which requires high security clearance) used to openly play (A)D&D in the dorms.
Of course, they were already vetted by psychologists.
Tineye's image similarity is a lot smarter than Google's.
Smarter how, exacly?
For every image that I tried in the past year or so, Google found more matches than Tineye.
More often than not, Tineye would find zero matches while Google presented several pages.
Let's try it with an image from your site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)
OK, just for fun, let's take an image from the Tineye web site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)
Outright embarrassing.
Or a different one:
Google
Tineye
Ouch!
Plus, Google supports filtering results by image size and/or by time.
Not to mention that, no doubt due to the integration with their traditional search, they find related keywords that allow you to dig deeper (for example, find such images on non-indexed sites).
On the other hand, Google's results are arranged then Tineye's (I often have to click the "more sizes" and "visually similar" links to get to results that don't display on the main results page) and Tineye has more sorting options, but those are really minor points.
Do you know that Tineye once had a forum on its site? They took it down after it started getting filled with posts comparing it to Google Image Search and reaching the same conclusion -- that Tineye is no longer relevant.
You see, there were not so long ago (or perhaps there still are) laws against oral and gay sex in some states. Such a backward an irrelevant laws must be overturned.
They were.
Once upon a time, the majority of the population believed the Earth was flat.
1) Are you conflating scientifically-testable facts and moral guidelines?
2) <engineer>
For most practical purposes, Classical Mechanics is a reasonable approximation of the actual physical laws governing motion.
Ditto, for most practical purposes, "flat" has historically been a reasonable approximation of the actual shape of the Earth.
</engineer>
Your option, though, is illegal.
So was consensual oral sex between married couples in Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah, Virginia (and possibly other states) until as recently as 2003.
Please forgive us for being critical of laws coming from a nation that bills itself as "the land of the free" yet still criminalized going down on your spouse in the 21st century CE.
Bill C-11 is a done deal.
The only hope is to elect a more citizen-friendly government that will amend/repeal that atrocity.
But until then, we get to live with it.
Obligatory link:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/
Publishers and other IP holders would flee the US in droves. Hollywood and Silicon Valley would cease to exist as world centres of filmmaking and software development, respectively. Without the obscenely long protection period afforded by current copyright and other IP laws, major publishers would no longer consider it profitable to arrange for their works to be produced in the US. They would instead move their operations to countries with IP laws favourable to their monopolies.
So, where's the catch?
What I don't understand is why does Ron Paul seem to focus exclusively on the presidency.
Why not gather a bunch of like-minded people, who would pledge to uphold his ideals, and try to get them into Congress?
Granted, I don't follow US politics closely so I may be missing something.
This baffles me on how money is wasted on anti-piracy.
The money is not "wasted". It finds its way to lawyers' pockets. This is by design.
We have found by experience, often personal, that some companies are not actually run by Gollum
True, some are run by Sauron.
He seems to think that pretty much all expression should have First Amendment protection. It's almost as if he takes that "inalienable rights" and "Congress shall make no law" stuff seriously.
Please correct me if I am wrong but my understanding is that it was never the case where "pretty much all expression" had First Amendment protection.
Several of examples off the top of my head are:
- Soliciting a crime
- Death threats and other forms of coercion
- Perjury
- Slander and libel
When California passed laws limiting property taxes, local funds for schools decreased. They were never fully replaced with state funds. The problem is, sadly, democracy driven by greed. In California, laws can be made by referendum - direct voting by the people, who voted to keep their money and to hell with the school systems. I don't blame them. I have no children and don't particularly want to pay to school any, but this is the result.
Read your post carefully. All of it.
Then consider that, in 10 years, these children for whose education "you don't want to pay" will be voting on the issues that may directly affect your interests.
With that in mind, re-read your post again.
Eat less crap
eat < crap
is a sure way to lose weight.
South Korea should simply take out those jamming trucks with missiles. If that escalates into a war, then that may be for the best.
There's an Interesting thing about wars that you may not be aware of: people die in them. On both sides.
So unless you are planning on joining the infantry and leading the assault, kindly shove your suggestions back into the backside orifice they came from.
I especially like the one about peeling apples because they have been coated in chemicals. The chemicals they are coated with is simple wax used to replace the naturally occurring wax that is removed during the washing process. Why wash the apples? To remove fungus spores, dirt and insect eggs. Why replace the wax? To prevent premature spoilage due to excess oxygen getting to the fruit.
But is the replacement wax good for you?
most snakes aren't poisonous, it's just the famous ones that are.
I don't care about poisonous snakes, as they are not a part of my diet.
Venomous snakes, on the other hand, can lead to quite an unpleasant experience.
The only way to have meaningful changes (be they patent reforms or anything else) is to ensure that those in the position to enact the changes have both the means and the will to do so.
Until we reach that stage, all the ideas, suggestions and discussions amount to nothing more than intellectual masturbation.
Q: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent a Box Office Record?
A: Because They Never Intended To.
All the evidence described here can easily be ascribed to one, or if necessary a tiny group, of rogue party operatives.
It's a smoking gun, sure, but it's not in the hand of the party as a whole. Just one or two guys.
I have a nagging suspicion that if those "one or two guys" were facing a REAL punishment for their crime (say, 20 years without parole), they would miraculously come up with evidence that those actions were authorized (perhaps even ordered) by people up in the food chain.
Speaking of the constitution, I suspect the federal power to pass such a law would stem from the interstate commerce clause. Therefore, a completely non-commercial entity should be exempt.
Not so. by using a non-commercial entity you avoid using a commercial one, thus affecting commerce.
(References: Wickard v. Filburn and Gonzales v. Raich)
Adding an attribution to Horace Dediu (the original author) is not that hard.
Or possibly even a link to the original article.
What's new are the long term consequences (sometimes not manifesting until decades later), and the links to depression, domestic violence, and suicide.
I think the NFL has a big problem.
The NFL (as in "the league") does not have a problem at all. The players on the other hand...