Exactly, however it seems the acceptable business model is to sell eyeballs, not product. The first company that can provide me the same product as Gmail (ubiquitous email across multiple devices, all updated in real time), without the tracking and forced advertising gets my money. But anyone coming to a VC meeting with a pay-for-play product is going to be laughed out of the room.
A bargain at $9,999. But after looking at the image I'd say there's a lot of chromatic distortion in that lens, at least for that price. I wonder if they wouldn't have been better off using a Newtonian reflector?
Yea, I used to think the same thing until I dated a woman who was bipolar. There are people out there with real problems, problems that aren't easily solved by "shake it off and take a lap." You probably went to the wrong doctor, who instead of taking the time to find out what your problem was (or wasn't), put you on the pharma cure.
Exactly why the various three letter agencies are hovering up all the digital data.
And if the case is somewhat sketchy, with a lot of circumstantial evidence, if they can pile on the flimsy evidence to overwhelm the jury they will. And of course that works the other way too, if there's good evidence that might introduce doubt or exonerate the defendant, if the defense doesn't have a good discovery mechanism, it will never be known.
If you've ever served on a jury you know that the DA will always have multiple charges against the accused. Some of them might not much of anything to do with the major reason for prosecution, but as long as the jury finds the defendant guilty of something, the DA counts it as a win.
And Abrams' Trek movies are more “tent pole” films than the old ones ever were. It’s well known that Harve Bennett had to beg Paramont for the money after the lackluster performance of the first film. I doubt it had the marketing and promotion of the reboots.
You mean those same people who set up the rules for 401(k) plans that prohibit shorting stocks, often times forbiding holding cash, and forcing all trades at the END of a day?
Mutual funds are great with an expanding economy and green heat maps. Not so good when some hedge fund decides to kill the market in a day. Nothing you can do but sit back and watch them take your money.
Sadly, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is against using fission for producing electricity, which, along with large-scale hydro, is the only way to actually reduce greenhouse gas without impacting quality of life.
Why can't my phone screen calls for me? It's supposed to be smart, right?
In fact, why do phones even ring? Why shouldn't Siri or whoever say "Excuse me sir, but your dentist's office is calling. Do you want to take the call or should I take a message?"
If the caller isn't authenticated, get more information before passing along the call. Sure, it would be somewhat simple for a telemarketer to fake their way in, but that's always been the case with salespeople. As the software evolves it would get better (along with sharing whitelists and other tools amongst users).
Atari 800 disk drive I/O beeping through the monitor speaker while it loaded programs. The "shucka-shucka-shucka" sound of Apple ][ disk drives booting.
Just because something you said on a TV show became popular online doesn’t mean we need an app built around it. It would be one thing if it were a clever word or phrase, but it’s not.
So my new "Up your nose with a rubber hose." app might not be the next big thing?
The issue, at least in the US, is that we're expected to be self-policing. The FCC, as an extension of the IRU, puts severe limits on speech over the airwaves. I'm sure the UK is similar. When encrypted information is transmitted there's no way to know if the information is in compliance. For example, imagine an ambulance service installing ham radios in all their vehicles then instructing their drivers to get amateur licenses. They could start using the local repeaters for business communication and no one would be able to prove it. The ambulance company could say they were conducting a drill, or that the drivers were just rag chewing during their downtime because they enjoy the hobby, whatever.
BTW, in the US, amateurs have been setting up DMR repeaters. Most of these repeaters are capable of encrypted communications. It's just a setting in the software.
I agree that whackers are a problem with modern ham radio, but they do help protect the bands (especially UHF and above) just because the ARRL can wave the disaster flag at the FCC every so often. I got into the hobby to play with radios and experiment, not be a "hero."
But I also think there's been a massive overreaction by the health care industry because of HIPAA, and DHS' attempt to co-opt the bands under the guise of disaster relief after the FCC screwed up the police bands with narrow banding. I've participated in traffic nets. I'm a big boy and know what counts as health and welfare traffic. And I also understand that most of the time hams should be sending "I'm OK" radiograms to family members outside the disaster zone and helping keep the shelters stocked, not sending doctor's email over our bands.
Mortgage rates have nothing to do with why you shouldn't pay off your home loan. Your home loan is your single biggest tax deduction...
Maybe if you have a million dollar home. Most people who own modest homes don't pay out that much interest. Even if they do pay a lot out in interest, say $10,000, that still works out to be around a $200-300 write off. Spend $10,000 to save $200? Great advice!
The vast majority of people get their biggest deduction from having children and using the standard deductions. Small business owners get to write down a lot of their business expenses. Mortgage interest deductions aren't the deal they're made out to be.
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Exactly, however it seems the acceptable business model is to sell eyeballs, not product. The first company that can provide me the same product as Gmail (ubiquitous email across multiple devices, all updated in real time), without the tracking and forced advertising gets my money. But anyone coming to a VC meeting with a pay-for-play product is going to be laughed out of the room.
You do realize the FBI can lock you up in jail, or even kill you if you "resist" arrest, right?
Your software analyzer can't do that. I'd say that's a fairly huge difference.
Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 IS:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...
A bargain at $9,999. But after looking at the image I'd say there's a lot of chromatic distortion in that lens, at least for that price. I wonder if they wouldn't have been better off using a Newtonian reflector?
Yea, I used to think the same thing until I dated a woman who was bipolar. There are people out there with real problems, problems that aren't easily solved by "shake it off and take a lap." You probably went to the wrong doctor, who instead of taking the time to find out what your problem was (or wasn't), put you on the pharma cure.
Tune a radio to white noise, sample the audio 72 times and use that. Can I patent cosmic background radiation encryption?
Exactly why the various three letter agencies are hovering up all the digital data.
And if the case is somewhat sketchy, with a lot of circumstantial evidence, if they can pile on the flimsy evidence to overwhelm the jury they will. And of course that works the other way too, if there's good evidence that might introduce doubt or exonerate the defendant, if the defense doesn't have a good discovery mechanism, it will never be known.
If you've ever served on a jury you know that the DA will always have multiple charges against the accused. Some of them might not much of anything to do with the major reason for prosecution, but as long as the jury finds the defendant guilty of something, the DA counts it as a win.
Ignoring inflation, Wrath of Kahn was up against ET:
http://www.the-numbers.com/mov...
Star Trek Into Darkness was up against Well, not much:
http://www.the-numbers.com/mov...
And Abrams' Trek movies are more “tent pole” films than the old ones ever were. It’s well known that Harve Bennett had to beg Paramont for the money after the lackluster performance of the first film. I doubt it had the marketing and promotion of the reboots.
You mean those same people who set up the rules for 401(k) plans that prohibit shorting stocks, often times forbiding holding cash, and forcing all trades at the END of a day?
Mutual funds are great with an expanding economy and green heat maps. Not so good when some hedge fund decides to kill the market in a day. Nothing you can do but sit back and watch them take your money.
Sadly, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is against using fission for producing electricity, which, along with large-scale hydro, is the only way to actually reduce greenhouse gas without impacting quality of life.
Why can't my phone screen calls for me? It's supposed to be smart, right?
In fact, why do phones even ring? Why shouldn't Siri or whoever say "Excuse me sir, but your dentist's office is calling. Do you want to take the call or should I take a message?"
If the caller isn't authenticated, get more information before passing along the call. Sure, it would be somewhat simple for a telemarketer to fake their way in, but that's always been the case with salespeople. As the software evolves it would get better (along with sharing whitelists and other tools amongst users).
Atari 800 disk drive I/O beeping through the monitor speaker while it loaded programs. The "shucka-shucka-shucka" sound of Apple ][ disk drives booting.
Shortwave radio listeners can hear the time lady on WWVH, as long as the time dude on WWV doesn't overpower her.
Or 1/10 of that price if you shop for used CDs and frequented the “going out of business” record stores in the 2000s.
Yep, they bet that they’d become the 3rd party cell phone king. They forgot that in the US, the carrier is happy to extend credit for the handsets.
Bad bet, but hey, it happens. At the time, the other side of the bet was to start selling homebrew PC components, and look where CompUSA is now...
I’ll believe the system works when we see perp walks and jail time.
Except that 1) your neighbor has no lawn mower, 2) your neighbor has no lawn.
Yep, a worker’s paradise.
Just because something you said on a TV show became popular online doesn’t mean we need an app built around it. It would be one thing if it were a clever word or phrase, but it’s not.
So my new "Up your nose with a rubber hose." app might not be the next big thing?
For those of you under 40...
And a repeater, tower (or rent), a maintenance contract, etc. it adds up when your primary goal is to "maximizize shareholder value"
Oh, and because we're licensed by governments, we're already tested for our trustworthiness. Some are a little more trustworthy than others though...
The issue, at least in the US, is that we're expected to be self-policing. The FCC, as an extension of the IRU, puts severe limits on speech over the airwaves. I'm sure the UK is similar. When encrypted information is transmitted there's no way to know if the information is in compliance. For example, imagine an ambulance service installing ham radios in all their vehicles then instructing their drivers to get amateur licenses. They could start using the local repeaters for business communication and no one would be able to prove it. The ambulance company could say they were conducting a drill, or that the drivers were just rag chewing during their downtime because they enjoy the hobby, whatever.
BTW, in the US, amateurs have been setting up DMR repeaters. Most of these repeaters are capable of encrypted communications. It's just a setting in the software.
I agree that whackers are a problem with modern ham radio, but they do help protect the bands (especially UHF and above) just because the ARRL can wave the disaster flag at the FCC every so often. I got into the hobby to play with radios and experiment, not be a "hero."
But I also think there's been a massive overreaction by the health care industry because of HIPAA, and DHS' attempt to co-opt the bands under the guise of disaster relief after the FCC screwed up the police bands with narrow banding. I've participated in traffic nets. I'm a big boy and know what counts as health and welfare traffic. And I also understand that most of the time hams should be sending "I'm OK" radiograms to family members outside the disaster zone and helping keep the shelters stocked, not sending doctor's email over our bands.
Pulsars are precision references that could easily be used on a spacecraft with a suitable radio:
http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REP-R...
“I have no strong feelings one way or the other”
-Neutral President
http://theinfosphere.org/Neutr...
Mortgage rates have nothing to do with why you shouldn't pay off your home loan. Your home loan is your single biggest tax deduction...
Maybe if you have a million dollar home. Most people who own modest homes don't pay out that much interest. Even if they do pay a lot out in interest, say $10,000, that still works out to be around a $200-300 write off. Spend $10,000 to save $200? Great advice!
The vast majority of people get their biggest deduction from having children and using the standard deductions. Small business owners get to write down a lot of their business expenses. Mortgage interest deductions aren't the deal they're made out to be.
Oh, but buttons and knobs cost money to make, the touch screen is just a few bucks.
And touch screens are sexy. Touch screens sell cars. Knobs are sooooo 20th century. Your granddad's car had knobs.