Fringe also has super retarded giant floating text.
Gotta agree with you there - that 3D text is the most idiotic thing ever. The worst part is that they try to make appear to be part of the landscape - I remember one scene in which the letters had snowfall on them. I'm guessing somebody got a new compositing tool and had to use it to go put shinies in every scene because they could.
It kinda reminds me of the early days of the web when everybody had pages littered with blinking text, rainbow line dividers, animated gifs and techno background music. Or, you know, like MySpace.
at some point they need to collectively decide that their increased costs are going to get passed on because their customers have little alternative for moving their goods.
This might work, except for those pesky antitrust laws.
You see, if you keep the mouse moving while typing (ie. just jiggle it back and forth with one hand while typing with the other), for some reason the system was able to keep up with the typing.
Aha! Now I get all those jokes about typing one-handed. Thanks!
If TFA is correct, this has to be a different ASAT weapon. The ASM-135 was designed to be launched from a fighter plane in a near-vertical ascent at high altitude. CNN seems to think the current proposal would involve a surface-launched missile. Sounds to me as though somebody's looking for an excuse to demonstrate that shutting down the ASM-135 program wasn't the end of our ASAT efforts.
Yeah, but then that guy goes psycho and kills the drill sergeant in the latrine in the middle of the night, before blowing his own brains onto the white tile wall.
Well, in all fairness, the way you phrased your original comment was confusing. When you said it creates a "selling opportunity for people who had already shorted Netflix", what you really meant was that it creates an opportunity for short sellers to close out their positions. And, of course, one closes out a short position by buying the underlying asset.
The idea is that a jury never sees any of what you mention above...Your lawyer should be able to get all of this labeled as inadmissible by showing that multiple MAC addresses regularly and routinely connect to your computer.
The ISP logs constitute a record of activity that occurred over your connection, and consequently have probative value. The fact that your AP is open and used by multiple individuals would be presented by the defense in an attempt to dilute the effect of the logs. It is the jury's task to weigh these things against each other, not the judge's (assuming a jury trial).
...you supeana the computers of everyone in a 500 ft radius and check for matching MAC addresses. Then you search matching computers for evidence of those searches.
Good luck with that. Imagine a high-rise apartment building in an affluent city neighborhood. On how many innocent people's property and privacy rights would you be intruding in your attempt to identify the one whom you allege was responsible for all those bad things in your ISP's logs? Ever hear the phrase "fishing expedition"?
I'm using your router, so while I'm not anonymous I am not me either.
Unless you're extremely diligent about clearing your cookies, it's likely that whatever search engine you frequent can piece together who you are. Remember the AOL logs? If you use gmail or yahoo mail, it gets even easier, as they can cross-reference against your email.
I'm beginning to think that the best defense is to have an open WiFi connection and claim to be a "data communist" when confronted with IP logs.
A friend of mine has the same philosophy. While I agree with it in principle, I think in practice it's rather dangerous in today's world. Imagine what a jury is going to be thinking when the prosecution trots out your ISP's traffic logs showing searches on murder methods, police procedures, firearms regulations, evasion techniques, money laundering and corpse disposal, complete with hard copies of a few choice pictures from ogrish or rotten. Regardless of the fact that you run an open AP, most of the jury members are only going to remember all the disturbing things that were searched and viewed from your connection, and believe that even if you didn't perform those searches and view those pages, you must have some implicit connection with those who did.
Or, imagine that the RIAA sues you for copyright infringement after downloading Britney's greatest hits from somebody leeching your connection. Even if you've never run a P2P client yourself, you're now in the unenviable position of having to defend yourself against a well-financed team of legal bullies. Even if you get them to concede that your open AP casts doubt on their assertion that you were the direct infringer, I wouldn't be surprised if they then decided to change tacks and go after you for contributory infringement or some such.
It would be cheaper (in the long run, of course) to install a system in the ground that has two transmitter/receivers on each yard line
But remember that there are multiple cameras around the stadium, some of which are not in fixed positions. You still need positioning and angle on the camera being used for any given play in order to draw the line in the correct place.
I remember an internal site I worked on a while back in which we pursued an escalating series of changes to get the users to read important instructions. First, the key bits were bolded. Next, we increased the font size. Then we changed the color to red. After that, we added a modal popup (has to be closed before the user can proceed). Then we gave up. Most users simply don't read. Anything.
I don't think virtualization buys you anything here. How do you get the user to install the host OS for your virtual machine? Do you wrap that into the game installer? If so, do you put it underneath the existing OS or on top of it? Underneath isn't likely to go over well (remember the furor when TurboTax copy protection modified the boot sector), and if you put it on top, you're back where you started, trying to retain compatibility with somebody else's OS.
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That's a hell of a long flight! Maybe you should take the train next time.
the old double switcheroo trick
That's the second time this week!
can we still call it 'the tube' or should we switch to 'the panel'?
Hmmmm. Perhaps "boob tube" becomes "channel panel"?
Fringe also has super retarded giant floating text.
Gotta agree with you there - that 3D text is the most idiotic thing ever. The worst part is that they try to make appear to be part of the landscape - I remember one scene in which the letters had snowfall on them. I'm guessing somebody got a new compositing tool and had to use it to go put shinies in every scene because they could.
It kinda reminds me of the early days of the web when everybody had pages littered with blinking text, rainbow line dividers, animated gifs and techno background music. Or, you know, like MySpace.
Yeah, ok. Thanks Fouad.
Battered wives should talk to abusive husband thru lawyers, police officers and large caliber pistols only.
Fixed that for you ;)
I can't hear you! Don't fire the gun while you're talking!
Therefore, you always check iTMS first, and only head to Amazon if iTMS doesn't have what you want in DRM-free format.
Ummmm... what?
it's unlikely they worked a full eight hours every day
As opposed to those of us posting on Slashdot on a Wednesday afternoon.
at some point they need to collectively decide that their increased costs are going to get passed on because their customers have little alternative for moving their goods.
This might work, except for those pesky antitrust laws.
...Note that being moderated Funny doesn't help your karma. You have to be smart, not just a smart-ass.
http://slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml#cm700
You see, if you keep the mouse moving while typing (ie. just jiggle it back and forth with one hand while typing with the other), for some reason the system was able to keep up with the typing.
Aha! Now I get all those jokes about typing one-handed. Thanks!
If TFA is correct, this has to be a different ASAT weapon. The ASM-135 was designed to be launched from a fighter plane in a near-vertical ascent at high altitude. CNN seems to think the current proposal would involve a surface-launched missile. Sounds to me as though somebody's looking for an excuse to demonstrate that shutting down the ASM-135 program wasn't the end of our ASAT efforts.
Yeah, but then that guy goes psycho and kills the drill sergeant in the latrine in the middle of the night, before blowing his own brains onto the white tile wall.
I bet that jelly donut was pretty tasty, though.
Oscar de la Hoya has a linux distribution?
Well, in all fairness, the way you phrased your original comment was confusing. When you said it creates a "selling opportunity for people who had already shorted Netflix", what you really meant was that it creates an opportunity for short sellers to close out their positions. And, of course, one closes out a short position by buying the underlying asset.
Netflix didn't drop their prices to do "the right and obvious thing", they did it in response to increasing competition from Blockbuster.
Ok, first of all, IANAL. Now then.
...you supeana the computers of everyone in a 500 ft radius and check for matching MAC addresses. Then you search matching computers for evidence of those searches.
The idea is that a jury never sees any of what you mention above...Your lawyer should be able to get all of this labeled as inadmissible by showing that multiple MAC addresses regularly and routinely connect to your computer.
The ISP logs constitute a record of activity that occurred over your connection, and consequently have probative value. The fact that your AP is open and used by multiple individuals would be presented by the defense in an attempt to dilute the effect of the logs. It is the jury's task to weigh these things against each other, not the judge's (assuming a jury trial).
Good luck with that. Imagine a high-rise apartment building in an affluent city neighborhood. On how many innocent people's property and privacy rights would you be intruding in your attempt to identify the one whom you allege was responsible for all those bad things in your ISP's logs? Ever hear the phrase "fishing expedition"?
I'm using your router, so while I'm not anonymous I am not me either.
Unless you're extremely diligent about clearing your cookies, it's likely that whatever search engine you frequent can piece together who you are. Remember the AOL logs? If you use gmail or yahoo mail, it gets even easier, as they can cross-reference against your email.
I'm beginning to think that the best defense is to have an open WiFi connection and claim to be a "data communist" when confronted with IP logs.
A friend of mine has the same philosophy. While I agree with it in principle, I think in practice it's rather dangerous in today's world. Imagine what a jury is going to be thinking when the prosecution trots out your ISP's traffic logs showing searches on murder methods, police procedures, firearms regulations, evasion techniques, money laundering and corpse disposal, complete with hard copies of a few choice pictures from ogrish or rotten. Regardless of the fact that you run an open AP, most of the jury members are only going to remember all the disturbing things that were searched and viewed from your connection, and believe that even if you didn't perform those searches and view those pages, you must have some implicit connection with those who did.
Or, imagine that the RIAA sues you for copyright infringement after downloading Britney's greatest hits from somebody leeching your connection. Even if you've never run a P2P client yourself, you're now in the unenviable position of having to defend yourself against a well-financed team of legal bullies. Even if you get them to concede that your open AP casts doubt on their assertion that you were the direct infringer, I wouldn't be surprised if they then decided to change tacks and go after you for contributory infringement or some such.
That's good!
It would be cheaper (in the long run, of course) to install a system in the ground that has two transmitter/receivers on each yard line
But remember that there are multiple cameras around the stadium, some of which are not in fixed positions. You still need positioning and angle on the camera being used for any given play in order to draw the line in the correct place.
Perhaps by someone with the proper tools...
I remember an internal site I worked on a while back in which we pursued an escalating series of changes to get the users to read important instructions. First, the key bits were bolded. Next, we increased the font size. Then we changed the color to red. After that, we added a modal popup (has to be closed before the user can proceed). Then we gave up. Most users simply don't read. Anything.
Ditto for Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, respectively...
I don't think virtualization buys you anything here. How do you get the user to install the host OS for your virtual machine? Do you wrap that into the game installer? If so, do you put it underneath the existing OS or on top of it? Underneath isn't likely to go over well (remember the furor when TurboTax copy protection modified the boot sector), and if you put it on top, you're back where you started, trying to retain compatibility with somebody else's OS.
It's a glandular problem.