I worked at a university in Canada during the rise of the iPhone/iPod touch. Kids (young adults) who were deemed to have a 'learning disability' could apply for funds to purchase technology that would assist them. One of the qualifying technologies was "a PDA, either Palm or Pocket PC device".
I assisted a student in completing a request for a iPod touch instead of either Palm or Compaq iPaq. The students request was denied because the iPod touch "could be used to play games or listen to MP3s".
It didn't matter that the Palm or Pocket PCs at the time could do that as well. They had already been "approved" for use.
The patent office should do it like the insurance companies do it. Reject every single application on first submission. Find some detail that is just cause for rejecting it, and stamp a big red X through it.
The ones that come back modified with more details are the ones that get a serious review.
Dual 24" screens, one oriented as portrait. 8GB RAM (max 16GB). Upgradeable CPU. Two internal HDs, with space for two more. Upgradeable video card. Full-size keyboard with numeric keypad + trackball. Decent computer speakers.
No notebook can offer that.
If the government is going to force people to get vaccinated (and they do; you can't go to school without it), there is at least some burden on them to pay for the negative effects, no matter how well intentioned.
Why? Look at seatbelts. Required by the government. What if it jams in an accident, and you can't get out of your car, and you are severely burned. Does the government owe you compensation because they required you to wear a seatbelt? Maybe you were burned badly, but if you weren't wearing a seatbelt, you would have been thrown through the windshield and killed in that accident.
It's all a big numbers game, and the numbers support forced vaccinations.
Computers will never be "good enough". Just like 640k wasn't. 486 DX2/66 wasn't. 10GB HD wasn't. 17" monitor wasn't. Over and over again history has taught us that the top of the line computer from three years ago whimpers like a little baby in the corner of the room today.
So, instead of spending $4 to watch the latest movie on DVD, studios want you to spend a minimum $20.
How many of those people will just go the other way, and download a BitTorrent?
Very coincidentally, I picked up this book last Friday. Downloaded the SDK, and did the first chapter (dead easy). Beyond that, the book does recommend at least a passing knowledge of Objective-C. Fortunately, I have a "Learning Objective-C" book for noobs (which I am when it comes to anything C).
They can search your person for drugs, fruits, vegetables, undeclared trinkets, or whatever, all because they are allowed to control what flows into the country.
Digital data is no different. Yes, they can't stop the Internet, but they can control video tapes and DVDs. That is digital data, and nobody cries when they bust illegal imports of movies.
If you have sensitive data on your computer, PROTECT IT. It is easy enough encrypt your data. Border officials can't force you to decrypt your data. What are they going to do? Go Zoolander on it?
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"the alarm will not ring if the power is out at the time of the alarm."
Mine does. It's an irritating high-pitched beeping, but it still goes off. Maybe you just have a crappy alarm clock.
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I worked at a university in Canada during the rise of the iPhone/iPod touch. Kids (young adults) who were deemed to have a 'learning disability' could apply for funds to purchase technology that would assist them. One of the qualifying technologies was "a PDA, either Palm or Pocket PC device".
I assisted a student in completing a request for a iPod touch instead of either Palm or Compaq iPaq. The students request was denied because the iPod touch "could be used to play games or listen to MP3s".
It didn't matter that the Palm or Pocket PCs at the time could do that as well. They had already been "approved" for use.
The patent office should do it like the insurance companies do it. Reject every single application on first submission. Find some detail that is just cause for rejecting it, and stamp a big red X through it.
The ones that come back modified with more details are the ones that get a serious review.
Dual 24" screens, one oriented as portrait. 8GB RAM (max 16GB). Upgradeable CPU. Two internal HDs, with space for two more. Upgradeable video card. Full-size keyboard with numeric keypad + trackball. Decent computer speakers. No notebook can offer that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm0CruhJ7Lk
Red Dwarf did "Enhance" best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm0CruhJ7Lk
A meteor is the trail of light generated when a meteoroid enters the atmosphere.
A meteor can't enter the atmosphere, as it can't exist until it the meteoroid enters the atmosphere.
A meteorite is a meteoroid that has impacts the ground.
Short of a fire, flood, or shredding, the documents in the filing cabinet aren't going anywhere. Electromagnetic data storage is the devil's tool!
If the government is going to force people to get vaccinated (and they do; you can't go to school without it), there is at least some burden on them to pay for the negative effects, no matter how well intentioned. Why? Look at seatbelts. Required by the government. What if it jams in an accident, and you can't get out of your car, and you are severely burned. Does the government owe you compensation because they required you to wear a seatbelt? Maybe you were burned badly, but if you weren't wearing a seatbelt, you would have been thrown through the windshield and killed in that accident. It's all a big numbers game, and the numbers support forced vaccinations.
If I can have piece of mind for three years for a couple hundred bucks, I'm okay with that.
Computers will never be "good enough". Just like 640k wasn't. 486 DX2/66 wasn't. 10GB HD wasn't. 17" monitor wasn't. Over and over again history has taught us that the top of the line computer from three years ago whimpers like a little baby in the corner of the room today.
Airport Express base station with a decent set of computer speakers. Remote control via iPhone or iPod Touch.
So, instead of spending $4 to watch the latest movie on DVD, studios want you to spend a minimum $20. How many of those people will just go the other way, and download a BitTorrent?
With amphetamines and a quiet room, nothing else is required.
Very coincidentally, I picked up this book last Friday. Downloaded the SDK, and did the first chapter (dead easy). Beyond that, the book does recommend at least a passing knowledge of Objective-C. Fortunately, I have a "Learning Objective-C" book for noobs (which I am when it comes to anything C).
There are already a handful of free options available (AVG, Avast, etc), and they haven't stopped Symantec from raking in the bucks.
They can search your person for drugs, fruits, vegetables, undeclared trinkets, or whatever, all because they are allowed to control what flows into the country. Digital data is no different. Yes, they can't stop the Internet, but they can control video tapes and DVDs. That is digital data, and nobody cries when they bust illegal imports of movies. If you have sensitive data on your computer, PROTECT IT. It is easy enough encrypt your data. Border officials can't force you to decrypt your data. What are they going to do? Go Zoolander on it?
Some audiophiles aren't pretentious little dweebs. Vinyl is dead. Deal with it.