It's called 20q and I bought it at in the Seattle Science Center gift ship for $15. the box in came in clearly says it can 'read your mind'. One time I thought of 'playstation' and it got the answer after 9 questions. Then I thought 'this thing is pretty dumb' and it got the answer after 3 questions!
Booze never "gives" you a hangover. A hangover comes from the lack of water in your system; dehydration. Just make every second of third drink a glass of water, *poof* no hangovers.
Should be interesting.
Have they considered there are many ways one can curse?
I suspect they have not
Totally ineffectual law if you ask me.
A law on being polite? Workable? No...what's the word I am looking for?
Best.
Law.
Ever.
From TFA: "I promise you that if we do not get a good response to this on Thursday we are moving our bank account to a bank that respects and appreciates our business."
Yeah good luck with that. If a bank dumps you for what they decide to be 'questionable conduct', they usually communicate that with other banks. I would doubt he could get an account with anything other than a small community bank now...not that that's a bad thing.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
"We can do anything now that scientists have invented magic" - Marge Simpson
I call BS on that. That would be pallets of Twinkies and Smoke-a-Roni snacks. All I did was drive two counties away and Chevron shut my card down for 'suspicious activity' (I had to call in to verifiy those were legit purchases). What's more, most (all?) gas pumps prevent personal gas cards from ringing up more than $100 a day (fleet cards are different). Are you sure it wasn't one of those gas card/regular credit card combos? Because that's a whole different ball game.
Yeah, but they're not doing that at all. All it is doing to opening (in the background) something similar to MSN Live Messenger (or Yahoo, or any other major chat client) voice chat. There's no compression to speak of and certainly no QoS stuff. LIke recording yourself in a WAV file and emailing it to someone...only really fast. And then there's a small rj-11 jack to plug in a handset. As far as I know web based voice chats are not regulated at all.
I have also read that, despite being advertised on those 'as seen on TV' ads that everyone hates, the product actually does what it says. Even stodgy old Consumer Reports says it's a winner.
Or you could do what I do and just get a dedicated gas card from Chevron, Shell, etc. Then, even if it's scanned and compromised, all they could get are gas $40 worth of gas (and snacks) at a time.
That is not even remotely accurate. The three factors of security are: something you have (like a door key or credit card), something you know (like a username or password), and something you are (like a fingerprint or a geographic location). A username/password combo is just duplicate single factor security.
It will never happen unless it physically hurts otherwise. Governments have had centuries of practice at, and have thus become exceedingly good at, keeping the populace docile and compliant. Panem et circenses and all that.
If one really wants to change the way things are done, try bringing down the cable TV system(s). There would a freaking armed revolt.
From TFA: The final nail in the coffin was an app we found five screens in, which even allowing for "cultural differences" Apple would never allow through the approvals process. The app in questions showed a lissom Asian lady lying on a bed who wriggles and moans suggestively when you rub your finger over her.
So Apple would not allow this, but we can have like 100 fart apps? That's pretty messed up.
These really aren't Pyrrhic victories; they're just victories. The ill effects of these terrible decisions don't come around until the executives have long since cashed in their stock options and retired to wine and wealth. I think of these more along the lines of 'mortgaging the future of the industry in general'. But who cares? The gaming community will just bend over and take as they always have done. Remember the outcry against Spore with its oppressive DRM? That was about as organized and vocal as the gaming community have ever gotten, and Spore is still selling and still has brutal DRM.
A letter like that would not make it past the mail room interns. Consumers will just do what they are told. As they always have. I have abandoned all hope of society in general ever standing up to this type of thing.
Indeed. The thing is I bet those boys will run down to buy the game without reading the tiny text that says they need Internet access to even play single player.....
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All one can really infer from that is Apple is in bed with big game studios.
It's called 20q and I bought it at in the Seattle Science Center gift ship for $15. the box in came in clearly says it can 'read your mind'. One time I thought of 'playstation' and it got the answer after 9 questions. Then I thought 'this thing is pretty dumb' and it got the answer after 3 questions!
Booze never "gives" you a hangover. A hangover comes from the lack of water in your system; dehydration. Just make every second of third drink a glass of water, *poof* no hangovers.
Should be interesting.
Have they considered there are many ways one can curse?
I suspect they have not
Totally ineffectual law if you ask me.
A law on being polite? Workable? No...what's the word I am looking for?
Best.
Law.
Ever.
From TFA: "I promise you that if we do not get a good response to this on Thursday we are moving our bank account to a bank that respects and appreciates our business."
Yeah good luck with that. If a bank dumps you for what they decide to be 'questionable conduct', they usually communicate that with other banks. I would doubt he could get an account with anything other than a small community bank now...not that that's a bad thing.
Great minds think alike:
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
"We can do anything now that scientists have invented magic" - Marge Simpson
The SSID of my unsecured 'guest' hotspot (for friends' cell phone and such) has be called 'keystroke_logger_enabled" for years.
I call BS on that. That would be pallets of Twinkies and Smoke-a-Roni snacks. All I did was drive two counties away and Chevron shut my card down for 'suspicious activity' (I had to call in to verifiy those were legit purchases). What's more, most (all?) gas pumps prevent personal gas cards from ringing up more than $100 a day (fleet cards are different). Are you sure it wasn't one of those gas card/regular credit card combos? Because that's a whole different ball game.
Yeah, but they're not doing that at all. All it is doing to opening (in the background) something similar to MSN Live Messenger (or Yahoo, or any other major chat client) voice chat. There's no compression to speak of and certainly no QoS stuff. LIke recording yourself in a WAV file and emailing it to someone...only really fast. And then there's a small rj-11 jack to plug in a handset. As far as I know web based voice chats are not regulated at all.
I have also read that, despite being advertised on those 'as seen on TV' ads that everyone hates, the product actually does what it says. Even stodgy old Consumer Reports says it's a winner.
Maybe. But it works. I made a stunning $6.00 in ad revenue while earning my +5 Informative. :P
Here's my list of games I would love to play.
Or you could do what I do and just get a dedicated gas card from Chevron, Shell, etc. Then, even if it's scanned and compromised, all they could get are gas $40 worth of gas (and snacks) at a time.
That is not even remotely accurate. The three factors of security are: something you have (like a door key or credit card), something you know (like a username or password), and something you are (like a fingerprint or a geographic location). A username/password combo is just duplicate single factor security.
It will never happen unless it physically hurts otherwise. Governments have had centuries of practice at, and have thus become exceedingly good at, keeping the populace docile and compliant. Panem et circenses and all that.
If one really wants to change the way things are done, try bringing down the cable TV system(s). There would a freaking armed revolt.
I also dislike the opt-out Safari install that I have to remember every time I upgrade iTunes.
I noticed this a few days ago and had enough. I found the KB article the spells out how to disable and wrote it up here.
Agreed. A camera is an input device. A projector would be an output device. It's like comparing a keyboard with speakers....
From TFA: The final nail in the coffin was an app we found five screens in, which even allowing for "cultural differences" Apple would never allow through the approvals process. The app in questions showed a lissom Asian lady lying on a bed who wriggles and moans suggestively when you rub your finger over her.
So Apple would not allow this, but we can have like 100 fart apps? That's pretty messed up.
You need to learn how to slipstream all that stuff into one install disc. It's way faster...
Microsoft needs to start testing against all known (and future) viruses and other malware. It just makes sense.
These really aren't Pyrrhic victories; they're just victories. The ill effects of these terrible decisions don't come around until the executives have long since cashed in their stock options and retired to wine and wealth. I think of these more along the lines of 'mortgaging the future of the industry in general'. But who cares? The gaming community will just bend over and take as they always have done. Remember the outcry against Spore with its oppressive DRM? That was about as organized and vocal as the gaming community have ever gotten, and Spore is still selling and still has brutal DRM.
A letter like that would not make it past the mail room interns. Consumers will just do what they are told. As they always have. I have abandoned all hope of society in general ever standing up to this type of thing.
Indeed. The thing is I bet those boys will run down to buy the game without reading the tiny text that says they need Internet access to even play single player.....
Yeah I am sure that there are no teenage boys in there at all :/