It still doesn't hold water if it is in a police investigation, or illegal for that matter. They can make you sign something that says they have the right to kill you if you are late on 2 or more payments but that doesn't circumvent the law.
Well said. The only thing they are spouting here is that users will be given permission to use their service that was already contractually given to them, instead of illegally manipulated. There does not need to be a bill of rights. Laws already are in place to manage what ISPs and end users are allowed to do. End of story. If Comcast is getting scared because of FCC fines/class action lawsuits they only have themselves to blame for how they "managed" this, not the end users. Fuck off...and go to hell.
I've seen math authorizations used somewhere before and like it a lot. I'd imagine that would save on programming space as well as convenience since I even have trouble discerning if that is a 4 or a sideways h with lines through it.
Here's an alternate site explaining it. (Sorry for the blog, but everywhere else redirects to pcspy. If you're too lazy to click it, all it does is ask you to select the kittens from a grouping of photos of animals to verify you're human. Hey, maybe the Turing test could be implemented, then again I wonder how many humans would actually fail it.
That is just a misinterpreted end-time theory. Scholars have been trying to figure out the Mayan calendar in Gregorian terms for a long ass time. I've heard it best described as odometer like. When it hits the "end" around Dec. 21st 2012 it will roll over and begin a new "era" of the calendar, ending 1/5 (5,125.36 years) of the Platonic Year (about 26,000 years), which measures the length of the procession of equinoxes. Their calendar was all about mapping cycles, and on Dec. 21st 2012 there will be a pretty impressive event when the Sun conjuncts with the Milky Way and the ecliptic. whew. Anything else you'd like to know about it?
I'm surprised no one spotted his reference to an expired patent that Monster has probably used to threaten other companies.
Also, please provide me all of the information referenced above as it relates to your expired patent D323643, a copy of which I am attaching. I will need to know what products Monster now offers or at any time has offered for sale which were believed to fall within the scope of D323643, and what claims, if any, of infringement of D323643 were made against others by Monster, whether those claims of infringement took the form of correspondence only, litigation, or otherwise.
He's pretty much saying did you use this to extort anyone else? If so you will need to return the monies you extorted. Thanks!
You put it very well. It's just a quick-and-dirty look up resource and not really meant to be authoritative. No one in a college setting will accept a wikipedia citation, for good reason, but can still be used to point you in the right direction if you really need it to. I, for one, didn't really learn how to do proper secondary research using scientific journals until maybe late in my second year in college during a required "how-to" session at the school's library for an english class. I've learned a great deal since then, but I didn't grow up with it so I may have a different take on it in comparison to someone now in high school.
You are right about that article (must have been slashdotted) but it also went on to explain how producers are pumping more and more money into movies and advertising as well. It sounds like they're trying to hold onto the "old-fashioned" way to me. I would imagine the idea of spending less on fancy special effects and especially on advertisements is a crazy idea to movie studios but even cutting those costs by 20% would have no negative impact on the sales. IMHO seeing 25 commercials for something does nothing to improve sales. 1 prominent ad will do the trick of 25 annoying ones, plus commercials that try to convince you to buy something only work on the idiots who need convincing that they need something in the first place. If a consumer wants something, they will search for it until they find something they like. If you remember Jumper, it had tons of commercials, trailers, spots during football games, etc. and it got a 16% on RT. They spent god knows how much money on production and even more on advertising. (Here's a hint movie studios: Make a good story line and people will go see it.)
It's true that people still consume media the old-fashioned way -- but fewer and fewer do so every day. Most of the content industries are seeing flat or declining revenues and audiences.
I'm sorry but you sir must not be aware of what is going on in the world.
Something similar happened to me. I kept getting boxes of electronic goods, but it turned out my neighbor was continually getting billed for the items. So what if they were left on his doorstep, finders keepers!
While in college I knew a few people who would sell off their ritalin pills, prescribed to them, to friends who would use them during long study periods or to write papers or take tests. Selling it was probably illegal but I doubt many people would be up in arms about it. I never really considered them that bad since they are really serving their purpose by letting you focus if you can't. Plus how many kids these days are diagnosed false positively ADD/ADHD?
I think the piggy-backing thing would be obvious to spot. Instead of a tail on the screen x cm long, it is 2x cm long, plus the person might notice someone 2 feet behind them. But, then again someone would have to be monitoring for it wouldn't they?
RTFA: They will mainly use motion sensors and place cameras in strategic locations so they can go back and track a particular person if they need to. It doesn't seem like a good implementation for a method of time-sensitive tracking to me, plus in a crowd situation it's pretty useless. I may be wrong but it sounded like it was more a way of studying movement behaviors rather than pure individual tracking.
"It has large implications for energy savings," Ivanov adds, saying that heating or air-conditioning use could be informed by the data."
This is one thing I've always wondered about. Why in the hell do office building needs to keep the lights on 24/7? I'm not sure if it has something to do with how the power grid operates, but if not then motion sensors connected to the lights and AC would be a great idea imho. Lower (or raise) the temp a little to save energy, and shut off most lights when the building is not in use.
I can't remember who I remember hearing this from, but during some flight I recalled some flight personnel talking about it and the reason behind it being that not all cell phones are alike and not all plane equipment is alike. The testing needed to be completely sure that there wouldn't be any sort of interference would be horrendously laborious, not to mention that something new comes out just about every month. I can't vouch that this is absolutely true, but I do see where they are coming from. Plus like one of the above posts said, I don't want Mr. "I'm an important asshat" blabbing on his bluetooth earpiece while I'm trying to sleep. People don't have common sense so let's just leave it at that.
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It still doesn't hold water if it is in a police investigation, or illegal for that matter. They can make you sign something that says they have the right to kill you if you are late on 2 or more payments but that doesn't circumvent the law.
Well said. The only thing they are spouting here is that users will be given permission to use their service that was already contractually given to them, instead of illegally manipulated. There does not need to be a bill of rights. Laws already are in place to manage what ISPs and end users are allowed to do. End of story. If Comcast is getting scared because of FCC fines/class action lawsuits they only have themselves to blame for how they "managed" this, not the end users.
Fuck off...and go to hell.
And apparently I don't.
Fool me once, shame on you. jeeze.
Exactly. Fool me once, shame on me. You know the rest.
I've seen math authorizations used somewhere before and like it a lot. I'd imagine that would save on programming space as well as convenience since I even have trouble discerning if that is a 4 or a sideways h with lines through it.
Here's an alternate site explaining it. (Sorry for the blog, but everywhere else redirects to pcspy.
If you're too lazy to click it, all it does is ask you to select the kittens from a grouping of photos of animals to verify you're human. Hey, maybe the Turing test could be implemented, then again I wonder how many humans would actually fail it.
Who's killing kittens?
/.ed.
Cutest kitten
That is just a misinterpreted end-time theory. Scholars have been trying to figure out the Mayan calendar in Gregorian terms for a long ass time. I've heard it best described as odometer like. When it hits the "end" around Dec. 21st 2012 it will roll over and begin a new "era" of the calendar, ending 1/5 (5,125.36 years) of the Platonic Year (about 26,000 years), which measures the length of the procession of equinoxes. Their calendar was all about mapping cycles, and on Dec. 21st 2012 there will be a pretty impressive event when the Sun conjuncts with the Milky Way and the ecliptic.
whew. Anything else you'd like to know about it?
/Fail.
RTFA next time before shouting wolf. I mean dupe.
You put it very well. It's just a quick-and-dirty look up resource and not really meant to be authoritative. No one in a college setting will accept a wikipedia citation, for good reason, but can still be used to point you in the right direction if you really need it to.
I, for one, didn't really learn how to do proper secondary research using scientific journals until maybe late in my second year in college during a required "how-to" session at the school's library for an english class. I've learned a great deal since then, but I didn't grow up with it so I may have a different take on it in comparison to someone now in high school.
You are right about that article (must have been slashdotted) but it also went on to explain how producers are pumping more and more money into movies and advertising as well. It sounds like they're trying to hold onto the "old-fashioned" way to me. I would imagine the idea of spending less on fancy special effects and especially on advertisements is a crazy idea to movie studios but even cutting those costs by 20% would have no negative impact on the sales. IMHO seeing 25 commercials for something does nothing to improve sales. 1 prominent ad will do the trick of 25 annoying ones, plus commercials that try to convince you to buy something only work on the idiots who need convincing that they need something in the first place. If a consumer wants something, they will search for it until they find something they like. If you remember Jumper, it had tons of commercials, trailers, spots during football games, etc. and it got a 16% on RT. They spent god knows how much money on production and even more on advertising. (Here's a hint movie studios: Make a good story line and people will go see it.)
- Movie ticket sales at record high.
- Cable company reports record sales.
- Digital sales boost music industry.
Should I go on?He may be correct about newspapers declining, but the other points I believe are false.
But I loved that huge headline on the article: "Vanilla Ice Arrested."
People already do.
I guess I should have used /sarcasm tags.
Something similar happened to me. I kept getting boxes of electronic goods, but it turned out my neighbor was continually getting billed for the items. So what if they were left on his doorstep, finders keepers!
Ironically? Cynically? I'd say adverbially.
While in college I knew a few people who would sell off their ritalin pills, prescribed to them, to friends who would use them during long study periods or to write papers or take tests. Selling it was probably illegal but I doubt many people would be up in arms about it. I never really considered them that bad since they are really serving their purpose by letting you focus if you can't. Plus how many kids these days are diagnosed false positively ADD/ADHD?
I think the piggy-backing thing would be obvious to spot. Instead of a tail on the screen x cm long, it is 2x cm long, plus the person might notice someone 2 feet behind them. But, then again someone would have to be monitoring for it wouldn't they?
RTFA: They will mainly use motion sensors and place cameras in strategic locations so they can go back and track a particular person if they need to. It doesn't seem like a good implementation for a method of time-sensitive tracking to me, plus in a crowd situation it's pretty useless. I may be wrong but it sounded like it was more a way of studying movement behaviors rather than pure individual tracking.
Don't want to sound like a jackass, but I think you mean motion.
(Cue, you are a jackass comments)
Also forgot about the varying frequencies and networks that cell phones use, CDMA, PCS, 2G, 3G...etc.
I can't remember who I remember hearing this from, but during some flight I recalled some flight personnel talking about it and the reason behind it being that not all cell phones are alike and not all plane equipment is alike. The testing needed to be completely sure that there wouldn't be any sort of interference would be horrendously laborious, not to mention that something new comes out just about every month. I can't vouch that this is absolutely true, but I do see where they are coming from.
Plus like one of the above posts said, I don't want Mr. "I'm an important asshat" blabbing on his bluetooth earpiece while I'm trying to sleep. People don't have common sense so let's just leave it at that.