Odd, though, you've never made a single post until this article. Hmmmm. What's that UID? Ahhhhh.........
Well, it's easy to see what happened. This lawsuit occurred, and the poster discovered the secret of time travel, built a time machine, tested it in a mall parking lot, went back in time, accidentally went too far, interfered in the meeting of his parents, was stuck in the past for about a week, fixed the situation by getting his parents together at their senior prom, went to the correct date in the past(about a year ago), set up the account, came to the present, started posting, and now we are where we are now. See, it makes total sense. Of course this is the first post, because he skipped over the year between then and now. How can you doubt him? It makes perfect sense!
No sane person wants any kind of ad, targeted or not.
I find the targeted ads on Google searches to be useful. When I'm searching for information on Product X and there's a sponsored link along the lines of "Buy Product X here for $...", I'll often click that link if the stated price is reasonable. Well-targeted non-intrusive ads can be quite helpful for comparison shopping.
I don't click on any of the ads on Google searches. Call me jaded, but I don't feel like being redirected to a site which redirects me to a site which redirects me to a site which is a spam site of some sort. I don't trust the ad links, and I don't click any of them. I don't even click the sponsored link. Ever. I've just become too jaded to any kind of commercialism online to ever bother rewarding a company(which I might very well be searching for to begin with to purchase from) to buying ad space. This goes for YouTube ads(the embedded ads that I immediately X out of. And no, I really don't believe that anyone on YouTube should be paid for making videos and posting them online.
To summarize: If I come across an ad/sponsored link in my online travels, I refuse to click on it. Not because I necessarily hate the company, but because I neither trust the ads I come across(spamming/phishing possibilities) nor do I wish to reward a company for intruding into my private life. Of course, I hate 90% of ads, period(Internet, TV, newspaper, magazine, billboard). However, Super Bowl ads do occasionally make me laugh.
The Sun has been very quiet recently, so this is not surprising. Now that the Sunspots are back and the Sun is getting more active, I would expect things to go back to normal.
"If you don't purchase this software, you can't use all the features that come with it in its fully purchased form." This is done every day by thousands of companies and developers all over the world. This is nothing new. Tell me, have you ever used a trial version of software before? You haven't paid for it, so it doesn't come with all the features. Companies use this tactic to get people to purchase the software, so they can use all the features.
Before anyone goes on a 'free software' rant, remember, companies don't make software so people can use all the features and feel good about it, companies make software to make money. And if people think that the pay-for-software world doesn't affect the free-software world, just remember, hardware innovation would be years behind without those big flashy pay-for software programs that require more and more processing power. Whether it is the latest FarCry game or the newest version of 3d Studio Max, powerful software requires powerful hardware. Companies like Crytek aren't going to give away their software for free. It just won't happen. Free software is great, but pay-for software is great too. They each have their own pros and cons.
Okay, so that was more rantish than I was hoping for, but its been a long day, and I have to listen to a free software zealot earlier who had no concept of pay-for software usefulness, and would not listen to any reason at all. Forgive my ranting.
Perhaps those without security(who are paying) should increase their security by simply installing something like AVG. Even its free antivirus program is better than most pay-for security suites by other antivirus companies(especially those which rhyme with 'imantec' and 'iccaffee'). While dedicated pirates will never pay for software, those who do pay have plenty of options(many of which are free) which they can protect themselves with. While I think that it would be in Microsoft's best interest to include security software for all people(legitimate and stolen), the expense of not including it because of non-protected people having a harder time is not something I am particularly sympathetic about.
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Second hand sodomy! Oh won't someone think of the children!
Unless I missed something in biology, I'm pretty sure children will never be the end result of sodomy no matter how many hands you choose to sodomize with.
Well, as far as the military is concerned, sodomy is any type of sexual activity that isn't the missionary position. So, basically, if you have sex with a girl 'doggy style' or 'reverse cowgirl' or something else of the sort, you are committing sodomy. Not only can this result in children, some old wives claim that you will get a boy! Congrats!
Hmm...I am marked a troll merely for pointing out the fact that the police are using nonlethal methods rather than randomly shooting actual bullets and killing people, which is what some people around here seem to think that police always do. It seems like there are people here who actually believe that every police officer is out to kill everyone who disagrees with them. And I am the one marked a troll. Unbelievable. There seem to be a few anarchists around here who think the government is always out to get them, and anyone who thinks that having a police force in society being a pretty good thing is marked a troll. Unbelievable.
I merely play the devil's advocate. Instead of simply always assuming that the government is wrong, or the corporation is part of an evil empire, I try to also see the other side of the coin. If this makes me an idiot in your eyes, I can live with it. I just don't like to always assume that the government is always wrong, and the individual is always right. Whether or not the government is wrong in this case, there can still be someone willing to try to see it from its point of view sometimes. Again, if trying to see both sides of the coin makes me an idiot, so be it. It seems that in this case, the devil's advocate was wrong. But in other cases, the devil's advocate(which I do so love to play) has made people rethink their initial views on topics.
They've already used rubber bullets, batons, and fucking tear gas...
A friend of mine has been out there for the majority of this week.
Seeing that they only just used this now it's pretty pathetic.
Would your friend rather that they used real bullets?
I'm the vindicative sort, so if they cut me off like this I would post their "confidential information" as far and as wide as I could.
Yes, and then screw over those 1,300 people whose information you wrongly received. Congrats, you would have just became a criminal. I can only hope you would enjoy your stay in prison.
I guess it's time to start backing up all my account data to my home machine by default.
This is yet another strike against "cloud computing" taking over. If they can order your account just plain zapped because a bank fucked up, I don't see how anyone's data is safe. At least if you had it stored at home or at work on your own machine, you'd at least know what the hell happened to it.
A bit of warning: Your data has never been safe when it is stored on a server other than your own. Especially when the server that it is being stored on is a free account. Years and years ago, I had an angelfire free website account(50 whole MB!). One day, I went to work on it, and it had been 'zapped'. I never got an answer as to why it had suddenly been deleted(although I had theories regarding the fact that my free account was now being charged for, but since I had been grandfathered in, I still had a free account). I was still in high school at the time, so I simply assumed I couldn't do anything(blame small-town young-person naivete). I didn't have a backup(though now, there is the Internet Archives, so I do, for the most part, have a backup). I learned my lesson. Now, everything I have is backed up(on my own dedicated backup computer).
You're right Google isn't to blame in this case. Not given the fact that the judge could have told the bank to suck it up, transfer the account to new numbers, and pay a fine to their customer for failing to live up to their security responsibilities. Instead he decided to punish the innocent people in this case. The bank screwed up, the bank should be held accountable. Anything less is yet another miscarriage of justice.
Yes, someone has the problem of their account being deactivated. This sucks. But, imagine, for one moment, had the opposite happened. Say, for instance, the judge ordered to bank to change the numbers of the 1,300 accounts, resulting in 1,300 people having to change their financial information on all documents relating to those accounts. I'm not sure if you've ever had to do this, but it can take months for the changes to finally take hold on everything from direct deposit accounts to credit cards and Paypal accounts. Assuming that everything worked out correctly, that is. Granted, if they were wise, the customers would be doing this now themselves.
As far as the person being innocent, if you read the article, the bank sent an email to this account asking the recipient to destroy the file without opening it. The email account holder did not respond at all. The bank then contacted Google asking them to disclose the account holder's information. Google told the bank that they would need a court order. The bank got a court order for Google disclosing the account holder's information as well as deactivating the account.
Personally, I don't see this as being a problem. The account holder refused to respond to the bank, which, had they done so, something could have been done to avert their account being deactivated. We don't know anything at all about this person, so we cannot say that they wouldn't use the financial information for wrongdoing. Had they simply done anything to aid the bank in this matter, there is a chance that they could have saved their account. But they chose to ignore the issue. I don't know about you, but if a bank suddenly sent me 1,300 account's financial information, and then sent me an email telling me not to open it, I would be sending an email, calling, writing a letter, anything, because if something happens later to any of those accounts, I'm going to be one of the first people looked at. I would be cooperating completely with the bank in order to avoid future headaches whenever something strange happened to any of those accounts.
Does it suck for the person to have his email deactivated? Yes. Is it going to be a huge hassle for him/her in regards to the lost email? Yes. Did the person do anything to avoid this fate? No. It sucks that they were brought into this, but it happened, and once it did, they had a responsibility to cooperate to resolve the issue. While I sympathize, I also sympathize with the bank, who had no idea what kind of person it was that the information was mistakenly sent to, and thus had little choice once the mistake had occurred, and no response was given by the person. For all we know, it could be a identity thief, rejoicing in their good fortune. Or it could be a random person, just going about their daily business. Or it could be an empty account, whose owner has long since gone on to a different account. It's a free account. I know many people who have had accounts that they no longer use, or they use only as a spam blocker account. So it is possible that no one even uses the account anymore.
Oh, and by the way: From the article:
When Google receives legal process, such as court orders and subpoenas, where possible we promptly provide notice to users to allow them to object to those requests for information
So most likely, the person knew something was up, and could have begun backing up their email messages/contacts. Yet still, no response.
It's almost like he is in full support of spaghetti code. This guy probably would've had Duke Nukem Forever out already, but only the first level would've actually worked the way it was supposed to...until patches 1.01 through 6.8 came out. But hey, it mostly kinda works...on Sundays...during full moons...
I wouldn't report any kind of crime or safety hazard if this becomes a regular tactic.
Good. Perhaps this will teach people that just because you found some security holes, all is not forgiven for breaking into government computer systems without the authority to do so. The government already pays people to find security holes. They don't pay you. Perhaps this will teach some people that if you don't want to pay the fines for breaking the law, then don't break the law!
Also, you can say, "But this guy is obviously crazy. He's trying to find stuff about aliens." So, basically, as long as the guy's defense is aliens, it's okay. Well, I'm sure that China will love to hear that. Now they can attack government computer systems as much as they want, as long as they say that it is to find evidence of aliens. People don't lie about their motives, right?
Didn't anyone play TAG (The Assassination Game) as a kid? The iPhone knows where you are and which direction the phone is pointing, so you could theoretically use it as a "gun". Or to drop off a "bomb" on a timer. Another player could detect the bomb if they're in the area and run a scan with their phone.
No more peanut butter on the underside of a car handle to indicate you just got blown up.
I think this could be awesome.
Yea, there's nothing that could go wrong with that. In some public building, scanning with your iPhone, muttering "I just know there's a bomb in here somewhere..." Cue security guard/police/bomb squad...
Yet... trust me, they will be bankrupt within 3 to 4 months with the current depressed state of new car sales in America.
Ford got in trouble before the depression started, and sold off their assets while they still had value. That was dumb luck, not foresight.
The Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police use Ford Rangers as their only vehicle for getting around. So I'm thinking that Ford will stay afloat, at least long enough to get out of this current economic environment.
If you want electric cars to be delivered next year you just have to do one thing -- increase the price of fuel dramatically. Until that happens none of this matters and no efforts short of that to move to electric cars will work.
I believe that the oil companies tried that already. It didn't work as well as was hoped. All that happened was a lot of people who couldn't afford an electric car or the high fuel prices went bankrupt. Now we're gonna try something new that doesn't involve half the country choosing between food and fuel.
Good thing we have government funded public schools so that anyone can eventually become a literate Supreme Court judge, not just rich kids whose parents could send them to a private school their whole life(which is still a form of socialism, since the kids themselves are relying on someone else [in this case, their parents] to pay for their education).
Why not just build the battery right into the camera. End of story.
Because many people like to have multiple batteries so they can take more pictures/video without having an hour or so wait in between battery changes.
Battery problems? Take your camera to an authorized Panasonic repair shop...
Or buy a new one without having to drive several hours just to be told that you need a new battery, therein having to pay for a new battery AND having to pay labor costs.
Either way, the market will decide on this. Panasonic isn't the only player in town.
Or we could just use some good old fashioned anti-competition regulation and stop Panasonic from preying on those people who don't know about their practices. Why punish individuals for the sins of a company? Because we want the market to decide everything? An unregulated market is as dangerous as a cobra in an orphanage. Everyone wants to play, but only one creature makes it out alive.
2) The Apple ad started with a web page that was previously cached before they clicked on a link. The Pc Pro guys started from google, had to type in the URL, then wait for the page to load... that was a HUGE chunk of time over what the ad was doing.
Basically between the two videos, both are not accurate and I agree with pulling the Apple ad - but the Apple ad is way more representative of real world use than the PC Pro video. I don't see you (or anyone else chastising Apple) complaining about those missteps, I wonder what your motivations could be... Apple Hater.
You are right! I know that in real world web surfing, I always make sure to preload various websites before I actually go to them. I like to go to every website I might encounter throughout the week every Sunday night, because then, when I encounter them on Thursday, they load ultra fast! The news sites were tricky, but ever since I got that flux capacitor installed next to my heat sink, caching future events in my web browser has gotten a whole lot easier. By the way, sorry, but I modded you down next Tuesday. It was a really stupid comment, and you misspelled hippopotamus.
There is no dis-inscentive for this type of lying. There is no reason NOT to do this if you can afford it.
You mean, other than risking your company's supposedly spotless reputation for playing fair and being the 'good guy' in the world of computers for a patent that may or may not actually net you any kind of moneys?
The whole 'Windows users are surprised when they do" comment irritates me. I use Windows for my main OS, and I must say, sure, sometimes things don't go smoothly, but, generally it is a simple problem that can generally be fixed by getting an update for whichever program I happen to be using. I can't really remember the last time that I had Windows crash. Once in a while a software program may crash, but generally, this is due to the software needing an update, as I stated above. I do not blame Microsoft for the coding mistakes of third party companies.
The whole thing about Mac users being surprised when things don't work is probably because no error messages are shown, and they have no idea what could have caused the problem. Then they have to go to the apple store, pay one of their technicians to fix whatever caused the problem, and hope that something can be done. If it turns out that "It's just one of those things," well, that's just part of the 'Mac Experience' that I hear so much about.
As far as Microsoft not having trouble with antitrust and ads if their stuff actually worked, I wonder how many Slashdotters would willingly use Windows, even if it worked perfectly. I highly doubt it, judging by the comments left on Microsoft based articles.
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Yes, I can see that.
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Odd, though, you've never made a single post until this article. Hmmmm. What's that UID? Ahhhhh.........
Well, it's easy to see what happened. This lawsuit occurred, and the poster discovered the secret of time travel, built a time machine, tested it in a mall parking lot, went back in time, accidentally went too far, interfered in the meeting of his parents, was stuck in the past for about a week, fixed the situation by getting his parents together at their senior prom, went to the correct date in the past(about a year ago), set up the account, came to the present, started posting, and now we are where we are now. See, it makes total sense. Of course this is the first post, because he skipped over the year between then and now. How can you doubt him? It makes perfect sense!
No sane person wants any kind of ad, targeted or not.
I find the targeted ads on Google searches to be useful. When I'm searching for information on Product X and there's a sponsored link along the lines of "Buy Product X here for $...", I'll often click that link if the stated price is reasonable. Well-targeted non-intrusive ads can be quite helpful for comparison shopping.
I don't click on any of the ads on Google searches. Call me jaded, but I don't feel like being redirected to a site which redirects me to a site which redirects me to a site which is a spam site of some sort. I don't trust the ad links, and I don't click any of them. I don't even click the sponsored link. Ever. I've just become too jaded to any kind of commercialism online to ever bother rewarding a company(which I might very well be searching for to begin with to purchase from) to buying ad space. This goes for YouTube ads(the embedded ads that I immediately X out of. And no, I really don't believe that anyone on YouTube should be paid for making videos and posting them online.
To summarize: If I come across an ad/sponsored link in my online travels, I refuse to click on it. Not because I necessarily hate the company, but because I neither trust the ads I come across(spamming/phishing possibilities) nor do I wish to reward a company for intruding into my private life. Of course, I hate 90% of ads, period(Internet, TV, newspaper, magazine, billboard). However, Super Bowl ads do occasionally make me laugh.
The Sun has been very quiet recently, so this is not surprising. Now that the Sunspots are back and the Sun is getting more active, I would expect things to go back to normal.
It may go back to normal...or it may do a bit of a pendulum...
"If you don't purchase this software, you can't use all the features that come with it in its fully purchased form." This is done every day by thousands of companies and developers all over the world. This is nothing new. Tell me, have you ever used a trial version of software before? You haven't paid for it, so it doesn't come with all the features. Companies use this tactic to get people to purchase the software, so they can use all the features.
Before anyone goes on a 'free software' rant, remember, companies don't make software so people can use all the features and feel good about it, companies make software to make money. And if people think that the pay-for-software world doesn't affect the free-software world, just remember, hardware innovation would be years behind without those big flashy pay-for software programs that require more and more processing power. Whether it is the latest FarCry game or the newest version of 3d Studio Max, powerful software requires powerful hardware. Companies like Crytek aren't going to give away their software for free. It just won't happen. Free software is great, but pay-for software is great too. They each have their own pros and cons.
Okay, so that was more rantish than I was hoping for, but its been a long day, and I have to listen to a free software zealot earlier who had no concept of pay-for software usefulness, and would not listen to any reason at all. Forgive my ranting.
Perhaps those without security(who are paying) should increase their security by simply installing something like AVG. Even its free antivirus program is better than most pay-for security suites by other antivirus companies(especially those which rhyme with 'imantec' and 'iccaffee'). While dedicated pirates will never pay for software, those who do pay have plenty of options(many of which are free) which they can protect themselves with. While I think that it would be in Microsoft's best interest to include security software for all people(legitimate and stolen), the expense of not including it because of non-protected people having a harder time is not something I am particularly sympathetic about.
Second hand sodomy! Oh won't someone think of the children!
Unless I missed something in biology, I'm pretty sure children will never be the end result of sodomy no matter how many hands you choose to sodomize with.
Well, as far as the military is concerned, sodomy is any type of sexual activity that isn't the missionary position. So, basically, if you have sex with a girl 'doggy style' or 'reverse cowgirl' or something else of the sort, you are committing sodomy. Not only can this result in children, some old wives claim that you will get a boy! Congrats!
Hmm...I am marked a troll merely for pointing out the fact that the police are using nonlethal methods rather than randomly shooting actual bullets and killing people, which is what some people around here seem to think that police always do. It seems like there are people here who actually believe that every police officer is out to kill everyone who disagrees with them. And I am the one marked a troll. Unbelievable. There seem to be a few anarchists around here who think the government is always out to get them, and anyone who thinks that having a police force in society being a pretty good thing is marked a troll. Unbelievable.
You sir are a true idiot
I merely play the devil's advocate. Instead of simply always assuming that the government is wrong, or the corporation is part of an evil empire, I try to also see the other side of the coin. If this makes me an idiot in your eyes, I can live with it. I just don't like to always assume that the government is always wrong, and the individual is always right. Whether or not the government is wrong in this case, there can still be someone willing to try to see it from its point of view sometimes. Again, if trying to see both sides of the coin makes me an idiot, so be it. It seems that in this case, the devil's advocate was wrong. But in other cases, the devil's advocate(which I do so love to play) has made people rethink their initial views on topics.
They've already used rubber bullets, batons, and fucking tear gas... A friend of mine has been out there for the majority of this week. Seeing that they only just used this now it's pretty pathetic.
Would your friend rather that they used real bullets?
I'm the vindicative sort, so if they cut me off like this I would post their "confidential information" as far and as wide as I could.
Yes, and then screw over those 1,300 people whose information you wrongly received. Congrats, you would have just became a criminal. I can only hope you would enjoy your stay in prison.
I guess it's time to start backing up all my account data to my home machine by default.
This is yet another strike against "cloud computing" taking over. If they can order your account just plain zapped because a bank fucked up, I don't see how anyone's data is safe. At least if you had it stored at home or at work on your own machine, you'd at least know what the hell happened to it.
A bit of warning: Your data has never been safe when it is stored on a server other than your own. Especially when the server that it is being stored on is a free account. Years and years ago, I had an angelfire free website account(50 whole MB!). One day, I went to work on it, and it had been 'zapped'. I never got an answer as to why it had suddenly been deleted(although I had theories regarding the fact that my free account was now being charged for, but since I had been grandfathered in, I still had a free account). I was still in high school at the time, so I simply assumed I couldn't do anything(blame small-town young-person naivete). I didn't have a backup(though now, there is the Internet Archives, so I do, for the most part, have a backup). I learned my lesson. Now, everything I have is backed up(on my own dedicated backup computer).
You're right Google isn't to blame in this case. Not given the fact that the judge could have told the bank to suck it up, transfer the account to new numbers, and pay a fine to their customer for failing to live up to their security responsibilities. Instead he decided to punish the innocent people in this case. The bank screwed up, the bank should be held accountable. Anything less is yet another miscarriage of justice.
Yes, someone has the problem of their account being deactivated. This sucks. But, imagine, for one moment, had the opposite happened. Say, for instance, the judge ordered to bank to change the numbers of the 1,300 accounts, resulting in 1,300 people having to change their financial information on all documents relating to those accounts. I'm not sure if you've ever had to do this, but it can take months for the changes to finally take hold on everything from direct deposit accounts to credit cards and Paypal accounts. Assuming that everything worked out correctly, that is. Granted, if they were wise, the customers would be doing this now themselves.
As far as the person being innocent, if you read the article, the bank sent an email to this account asking the recipient to destroy the file without opening it. The email account holder did not respond at all. The bank then contacted Google asking them to disclose the account holder's information. Google told the bank that they would need a court order. The bank got a court order for Google disclosing the account holder's information as well as deactivating the account.
Personally, I don't see this as being a problem. The account holder refused to respond to the bank, which, had they done so, something could have been done to avert their account being deactivated. We don't know anything at all about this person, so we cannot say that they wouldn't use the financial information for wrongdoing. Had they simply done anything to aid the bank in this matter, there is a chance that they could have saved their account. But they chose to ignore the issue. I don't know about you, but if a bank suddenly sent me 1,300 account's financial information, and then sent me an email telling me not to open it, I would be sending an email, calling, writing a letter, anything, because if something happens later to any of those accounts, I'm going to be one of the first people looked at. I would be cooperating completely with the bank in order to avoid future headaches whenever something strange happened to any of those accounts.
Does it suck for the person to have his email deactivated? Yes. Is it going to be a huge hassle for him/her in regards to the lost email? Yes. Did the person do anything to avoid this fate? No. It sucks that they were brought into this, but it happened, and once it did, they had a responsibility to cooperate to resolve the issue. While I sympathize, I also sympathize with the bank, who had no idea what kind of person it was that the information was mistakenly sent to, and thus had little choice once the mistake had occurred, and no response was given by the person. For all we know, it could be a identity thief, rejoicing in their good fortune. Or it could be a random person, just going about their daily business. Or it could be an empty account, whose owner has long since gone on to a different account. It's a free account. I know many people who have had accounts that they no longer use, or they use only as a spam blocker account. So it is possible that no one even uses the account anymore.
Oh, and by the way: From the article:
When Google receives legal process, such as court orders and subpoenas, where possible we promptly provide notice to users to allow them to object to those requests for information
So most likely, the person knew something was up, and could have begun backing up their email messages/contacts. Yet still, no response.
To summarize, the bank screwed up. T
I would like to see how the computer grades for insight.
Probably about the same as Slashdot grades for insight...
If this is as "great" as modern hearing aids, I will pass. I have no desire to live with "coleco vision" for the remainder of my life.
As opposed to "no vision" for the remainder of your life?
It's almost like he is in full support of spaghetti code. This guy probably would've had Duke Nukem Forever out already, but only the first level would've actually worked the way it was supposed to...until patches 1.01 through 6.8 came out. But hey, it mostly kinda works...on Sundays...during full moons...
I wouldn't report any kind of crime or safety hazard if this becomes a regular tactic.
Good. Perhaps this will teach people that just because you found some security holes, all is not forgiven for breaking into government computer systems without the authority to do so. The government already pays people to find security holes. They don't pay you. Perhaps this will teach some people that if you don't want to pay the fines for breaking the law, then don't break the law!
Also, you can say, "But this guy is obviously crazy. He's trying to find stuff about aliens." So, basically, as long as the guy's defense is aliens, it's okay. Well, I'm sure that China will love to hear that. Now they can attack government computer systems as much as they want, as long as they say that it is to find evidence of aliens. People don't lie about their motives, right?
Didn't anyone play TAG (The Assassination Game) as a kid? The iPhone knows where you are and which direction the phone is pointing, so you could theoretically use it as a "gun". Or to drop off a "bomb" on a timer. Another player could detect the bomb if they're in the area and run a scan with their phone.
No more peanut butter on the underside of a car handle to indicate you just got blown up.
I think this could be awesome.
Yea, there's nothing that could go wrong with that. In some public building, scanning with your iPhone, muttering "I just know there's a bomb in here somewhere..." Cue security guard/police/bomb squad...
Yet... trust me, they will be bankrupt within 3 to 4 months with the current depressed state of new car sales in America.
Ford got in trouble before the depression started, and sold off their assets while they still had value. That was dumb luck, not foresight.
The Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police use Ford Rangers as their only vehicle for getting around. So I'm thinking that Ford will stay afloat, at least long enough to get out of this current economic environment.
If you want electric cars to be delivered next year you just have to do one thing -- increase the price of fuel dramatically. Until that happens none of this matters and no efforts short of that to move to electric cars will work.
I believe that the oil companies tried that already. It didn't work as well as was hoped. All that happened was a lot of people who couldn't afford an electric car or the high fuel prices went bankrupt. Now we're gonna try something new that doesn't involve half the country choosing between food and fuel.
Good thing we have government funded public schools so that anyone can eventually become a literate Supreme Court judge, not just rich kids whose parents could send them to a private school their whole life(which is still a form of socialism, since the kids themselves are relying on someone else [in this case, their parents] to pay for their education).
Why not just build the battery right into the camera. End of story.
Because many people like to have multiple batteries so they can take more pictures/video without having an hour or so wait in between battery changes.
Battery problems? Take your camera to an authorized Panasonic repair shop...
Or buy a new one without having to drive several hours just to be told that you need a new battery, therein having to pay for a new battery AND having to pay labor costs.
Either way, the market will decide on this. Panasonic isn't the only player in town.
Or we could just use some good old fashioned anti-competition regulation and stop Panasonic from preying on those people who don't know about their practices. Why punish individuals for the sins of a company? Because we want the market to decide everything? An unregulated market is as dangerous as a cobra in an orphanage. Everyone wants to play, but only one creature makes it out alive.
2) The Apple ad started with a web page that was previously cached before they clicked on a link. The Pc Pro guys started from google, had to type in the URL, then wait for the page to load... that was a HUGE chunk of time over what the ad was doing.
Basically between the two videos, both are not accurate and I agree with pulling the Apple ad - but the Apple ad is way more representative of real world use than the PC Pro video. I don't see you (or anyone else chastising Apple) complaining about those missteps, I wonder what your motivations could be... Apple Hater.
You are right! I know that in real world web surfing, I always make sure to preload various websites before I actually go to them. I like to go to every website I might encounter throughout the week every Sunday night, because then, when I encounter them on Thursday, they load ultra fast! The news sites were tricky, but ever since I got that flux capacitor installed next to my heat sink, caching future events in my web browser has gotten a whole lot easier. By the way, sorry, but I modded you down next Tuesday. It was a really stupid comment, and you misspelled hippopotamus.
This is the other half.
There is no dis-inscentive for this type of lying. There is no reason NOT to do this if you can afford it.
You mean, other than risking your company's supposedly spotless reputation for playing fair and being the 'good guy' in the world of computers for a patent that may or may not actually net you any kind of moneys?
Hmmm....
The whole 'Windows users are surprised when they do" comment irritates me. I use Windows for my main OS, and I must say, sure, sometimes things don't go smoothly, but, generally it is a simple problem that can generally be fixed by getting an update for whichever program I happen to be using. I can't really remember the last time that I had Windows crash. Once in a while a software program may crash, but generally, this is due to the software needing an update, as I stated above. I do not blame Microsoft for the coding mistakes of third party companies.
The whole thing about Mac users being surprised when things don't work is probably because no error messages are shown, and they have no idea what could have caused the problem. Then they have to go to the apple store, pay one of their technicians to fix whatever caused the problem, and hope that something can be done. If it turns out that "It's just one of those things," well, that's just part of the 'Mac Experience' that I hear so much about.
As far as Microsoft not having trouble with antitrust and ads if their stuff actually worked, I wonder how many Slashdotters would willingly use Windows, even if it worked perfectly. I highly doubt it, judging by the comments left on Microsoft based articles.