".....squeeze every last drop of energy out of the batteries."
It's already benn well-documented that cell phone providers manipulate phone OSes to erroneously report remaining battery life. So what Apple is doing is simply NOT modifying the OS to give false readings.
"It also would make it harder to disconnect the call"
A dead spot is a dead spot is a dead spot. Plain and simple. I'll wager there is a disclaimer that states this feature is only available in areas where the reception is already satisfactory. It's already illegal to disconnect or interrupt any emergency communications anyways. This is a moot "feature", since Apple is basically saying that compliance with the law is a "feature" that they are providing.
Phone providers are already required to provide full service to calls made from any cell phone, include phones where the customer has had their account canceled, closed, or terminated.
Personally, I think that having a patent on an emergency feature that is as ubiquitous as cell phones is just plain stupid, as now providers will have to pay to license the potentially life-saving technology.
Good thing that the VAT Tax (a.k.a. "FAT" Tax) only applies to value added, not value depreciated!
Anyways, they have a very, VERY small chance of getting anything from re-sales, as everything will go underground (e.g. flea markets, ebay, craigslist, classified adverts, and person-to-person) out of to view of their beady little eyes.
If some idiot thinks that they actually deserve to be treated by people, you can:
1. Take ALL their computers away from them. Wipe their drives and donate them to needy schools. 2. Seize ALL their financial assets, such as stocks, bonds, home equity, savings, checking accounts, and cash. 3. Seize their personal assets, such as jewelry, cars, real estate, boats, electronics, furniture, livestock, and house, and donate to needy schools/community colleges.
Let them suffer complete forfeiture of their assets. That is the only way these idiots will learn. Alan Ralsky, for example, keeps setting up new enterprises regardless of his punishments.
For those that have a family with small children that need to be taken care of or a disabled family member that depends on them, liquidate assets so that the children or disabled family member won't suffer the life-changing interruption because of one of their parents. If it is both parents, then send them to live with a foster parent, and use the proceeds from the liquidation to support the foster family as well as the children, or a specialized care facility if they are disabled. Also, forbid contact with the offending parties until the minor reaches age 18, and put in a stipulation that the offender can NEVER benefit from the proceeds through another party.
I remember the initial reports of the Ramirez case. I remember hearing over and over how her blood had crystallized in the syringe as they were drawing it. Also, there were reports that she had tried to kill herself by ingesting pesticides.
1: Delete by quickly pressing 1 key, 2: Don't get as NEARLY as much SPAM mail, 3: You just need a cheap phone, and not a whole computer, internet access, ISP, etc.
Voice mail will never go away. Period. I wish these 'tech people' would quit making their bizarre predictions just to get their name in a magazine or article.
Go to Moscow and find a strip joint named 'Glasnost'. Ask for Valentin. I got a nice warhead from him, 1960's vintage in the original crate. Only cost me a couple of cartons of smokes and a washing machine.
I wanted to get a surface-to-air missile as a graduation present for my little cousin (finally finished high school!), but the customs agent downed my bottle of Kentucky Bourbon before I could leave the terminal.
A comic book IS NOT a graphic novel. I am sick and tired of people trying to 'shine up' what is essentially crap.
1. 'Illustrations' pass for washed-out commercial hackwork more suited for truck stop restrooms, and nothing else. 2. 'Illustrations' do not consist of POW!, BOOM! RATATATATT!, BLAM!, or any other such nonsense. 3. 'Storylines' are shallow, simplistic, cheap, generic, and recycled from comic book to comic book. 4. Sold with the intent to maximize profits and minimize costs. 5. So simple even a 2nd grader could read and follow it.....And they do.
All books are sold as a means of generating revenue. That's why authors bother to take the time to write them, but COMIC BOOKS are sold with the pure motive of gereating profit and are not written for the enlightenment of the reader.
A 'novel' has literary value, and was written to be an enlightnening read, a COMIC BOOK does not. Tru graphic novels are deep, intellectual, mentally stimulating, and complex. Foxtrot, Dilbert, Calvin And Hobbes, and "Bloom County"/"Billy And The Boingers Bootleg" would be good examples of true 'graphic novels'. Call it what you want, but they are complex enough to where you have to think about what you are reading, and characters develop their traits, rather than starting out with everything 'prefabricated'.
Novels are like fine wines, whereas comic books are the literary equivalent of bathtub gin.
Yes, yes, internet piracy is deadly serious to National Security.....
First, we learned that terrorists make money from drugs, and that if we buy drugs, we are funding terrorism.
Now, we know that if we pirate software, we are funding terrorism.
What's next on the National Security stage? Are they going to tell me that I should boycott my local kebab house because it is a meeting place for terrorists? Or maybe stop shopping at RadioShack because they might be secretly funneling SPST switches to Al Queda? Maybe also boycott my local---
WE'RE SORRY, BUT THE POST HAS BEEN TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL SECURITY DIRECTIVE 666-B, ALONG WITH THE AUTHOR.
BEST REGARDS,
Joseph Biden Vice President, United States of America
"Cyberbullying" should be decided on a case-by-case basis in the courts. It's clearly harassment, and that is already illegal. If speech is directed at a specific individual adn intended to cause emotional distress and harm, it clearly falls under harassment. However, they should allow far harsher penalties for the kind of 'cyberbullying' that happened in the Megan Meier case.
Also, would I see any return on my videos that generate YouTube money? Probably not, and given the fact that record labels and film studios pay their writers and production staff beans and pocket the millions the film generates, I doubt it. If YouTube starts charging, it'll just demonstrate that:
A. They have a business model that depends on the submission of other people's work, B. They are basing their income on videos submitted by people who know they won't be paid for their work, C. They have no way of guaranteeing quality, D. They really want to bankrupt. Maybe they're hoping for a bailout.....
Knowing Microsoft, I'll bet their 'Super Secure' version is the equivalent of installing a cheap Chinese-made deadbolt over a spackle-encrusted lock that has already been kicked open.....
Maybe for moms and dads to take pictures of their hyperactive children during family get-togethers, whereas with a normal camera, they'd just be a blur.
Seriously. Will Stallman PLEASE shut up?! His rants where he tries to link any form of property belonging to someone as an infringement on everybody's freedom is just plain stupid. I understand the concept of 'free software', and if somebody wants to make something freely available, then they can, but his arguments regarding personal property just contradict themselves. Owning something is a part of the concept of freedom. People have the freedom to make something theirs. People also have the freedom to make something freely available. It's a double-edged sword and clearly RMS doesn't like that.
He fails to realize that this is in fact infringing on our rights to personal property.
Richard Stallman: The screaming poster child of the 'Have Nots'.
Maybe if we didn't completely sterilize every conceivable surface in out packing houses and restaurants, sterilize foods in radiation and chemicals, and push people to drench their houses in Lysol every time somebody coughed, we either wouldn't have this problem, or it wouldn't be as bad as it is.
The problem today is that sanitization and sterilization of our restaurants and homes is that we are now exposed to FAR FEWER germs than in the past. When we kill germs with powerful disinfectants, we eliminate the chances of allowing our immune system to strengthen itself. I see commercials for cleaners that kiil 99.9% of bacteria, commercials for disinfectants aimed at parents using children as an excuse for sanitizing everything they touch so they don't get a cold.
The more we continue to push for stricter standards, and the increased sanitization of our homes, workplaces, and restaurants, the weaker our immune systems will get, and the more deadly previously harmless germs will become.
Wow. They drew up a 'hit list' and wound up putting themselves in the cross hairs instead.
Sounds like a 'black list', which is very shady, but the fact that they stated that they needed to use some kind of action against the doctors clearly turns it into a 'hit list'.
I guess you could say that Merck was caught with it's pants down..... by doctors! ZING!
Who needs all the buttons on those newfangled contollers and their sleek, flash consoles?
In my day, real men beat games with only a joystick and one, albeit majestic, button.
The "Big Three" of classic gaming (in order of superiority):
1. Atari 2600 2. Nintendo NES 3. Sony Playstation (the first one)
Video game systems are following relatively the same path as cars:
Cars: 1950's - 1970's = Awesome machines
1970's - 1980's = Mediocre contraptions
1990's - Present = Getting back in to sleek high tech machines, but nowhere near as elegant and powerful as the earlier models of the 1950's-1970's.
Video game systems: 1980's - late-1990's = Classic games (many of which are older versions of 'new' games)
late-1990's - 2000 = Mediocre
2000 - Present = All flashing lights and graphics, very little challenge, complex, but not sophisticated. Development purely motivated by hype, marketing, and profit.
Slashdot Mirror
I guess that this particular neurologist likes to do it with the lights on.....
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Welders do it in all positions.
Why don't men like condoms?
BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE PUTTING YOUR DICK IN A VISE!
(This answer provided free of charge)
".....squeeze every last drop of energy out of the batteries."
It's already benn well-documented that cell phone providers manipulate phone OSes to erroneously report remaining battery life. So what Apple is doing is simply NOT modifying the OS to give false readings.
"It also would make it harder to disconnect the call"
A dead spot is a dead spot is a dead spot. Plain and simple. I'll wager there is a disclaimer that states this feature is only available in areas where the reception is already satisfactory. It's already illegal to disconnect or interrupt any emergency communications anyways. This is a moot "feature", since Apple is basically saying that compliance with the law is a "feature" that they are providing.
Phone providers are already required to provide full service to calls made from any cell phone, include phones where the customer has had their account canceled, closed, or terminated.
Personally, I think that having a patent on an emergency feature that is as ubiquitous as cell phones is just plain stupid, as now providers will have to pay to license the potentially life-saving technology.
Good Idea? Yes.
Good Patent? Fuck no.
Good thing that the VAT Tax (a.k.a. "FAT" Tax) only applies to value added, not value depreciated!
Anyways, they have a very, VERY small chance of getting anything from re-sales, as everything will go underground (e.g. flea markets, ebay, craigslist, classified adverts, and person-to-person) out of to view of their beady little eyes.
Just out of curiosity, I have to ask:
Did the 'Disgruntled Staffer" happen to work in the mailroom?
GM completely ruined the Hummer with their godforsaken pile of wheeled plastic crap.
Sold it to a Chinese company? So what. Now that same godforsaken pile of wheeled plastic crap will fall apart when you turn set the car alarm.
HUMVEER = HUMMER
GM HUMMER = PURE SHIT
Let GM rot.
EXECUTE THE SPAMMERS.
If some idiot thinks that they actually deserve to be treated by people, you can:
1. Take ALL their computers away from them. Wipe their drives and donate them to needy schools.
2. Seize ALL their financial assets, such as stocks, bonds, home equity, savings, checking accounts, and cash.
3. Seize their personal assets, such as jewelry, cars, real estate, boats, electronics, furniture, livestock, and house, and donate to needy schools/community colleges.
Let them suffer complete forfeiture of their assets. That is the only way these idiots will learn. Alan Ralsky, for example, keeps setting up new enterprises regardless of his punishments.
For those that have a family with small children that need to be taken care of or a disabled family member that depends on them, liquidate assets so that the children or disabled family member won't suffer the life-changing interruption because of one of their parents. If it is both parents, then send them to live with a foster parent, and use the proceeds from the liquidation to support the foster family as well as the children, or a specialized care facility if they are disabled. Also, forbid contact with the offending parties until the minor reaches age 18, and put in a stipulation that the offender can NEVER benefit from the proceeds through another party.
I remember the initial reports of the Ramirez case. I remember hearing over and over how her blood had crystallized in the syringe as they were drawing it. Also, there were reports that she had tried to kill herself by ingesting pesticides.
Unfortunately, there is no trading of workers..... It's a one sided deal.
Voice Mail is easier than E-Mail.
With voice mail, you can:
1: Delete by quickly pressing 1 key,
2: Don't get as NEARLY as much SPAM mail,
3: You just need a cheap phone, and not a whole computer, internet access, ISP, etc.
Voice mail will never go away. Period. I wish these 'tech people' would quit making their bizarre predictions just to get their name in a magazine or article.
Need plutonium you say?
Go to Moscow and find a strip joint named 'Glasnost'. Ask for Valentin. I got a nice warhead from him, 1960's vintage in the original crate. Only cost me a couple of cartons of smokes and a washing machine.
I wanted to get a surface-to-air missile as a graduation present for my little cousin (finally finished high school!), but the customs agent downed my bottle of Kentucky Bourbon before I could leave the terminal.
A comic book IS NOT a graphic novel. I am sick and tired of people trying to 'shine up' what is essentially crap.
1. 'Illustrations' pass for washed-out commercial hackwork more suited for truck stop restrooms, and nothing else.
2. 'Illustrations' do not consist of POW!, BOOM! RATATATATT!, BLAM!, or any other such nonsense.
3. 'Storylines' are shallow, simplistic, cheap, generic, and recycled from comic book to comic book.
4. Sold with the intent to maximize profits and minimize costs.
5. So simple even a 2nd grader could read and follow it.....And they do.
All books are sold as a means of generating revenue. That's why authors bother to take the time to write them, but COMIC BOOKS are sold with the pure motive of gereating profit and are not written for the enlightenment of the reader.
A 'novel' has literary value, and was written to be an enlightnening read, a COMIC BOOK does not. Tru graphic novels are deep, intellectual, mentally stimulating, and complex. Foxtrot, Dilbert, Calvin And Hobbes, and "Bloom County"/"Billy And The Boingers Bootleg" would be good examples of true 'graphic novels'. Call it what you want, but they are complex enough to where you have to think about what you are reading, and characters develop their traits, rather than starting out with everything 'prefabricated'.
Novels are like fine wines, whereas comic books are the literary equivalent of bathtub gin.
Yes, yes, internet piracy is deadly serious to National Security.....
First, we learned that terrorists make money from drugs, and that if we buy drugs, we are funding terrorism.
Now, we know that if we pirate software, we are funding terrorism.
What's next on the National Security stage? Are they going to tell me that I should boycott my local kebab house because it is a meeting place for terrorists? Or maybe stop shopping at RadioShack because they might be secretly funneling SPST switches to Al Queda? Maybe also boycott my local---
WE'RE SORRY, BUT THE POST HAS BEEN TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL SECURITY DIRECTIVE 666-B, ALONG WITH THE AUTHOR.
BEST REGARDS,
Joseph Biden
Vice President,
United States of America
"Cyberbullying" should be decided on a case-by-case basis in the courts. It's clearly harassment, and that is already illegal. If speech is directed at a specific individual adn intended to cause emotional distress and harm, it clearly falls under harassment. However, they should allow far harsher penalties for the kind of 'cyberbullying' that happened in the Megan Meier case.
Would I pay for YouTube videos?
Well, would you pay ANYTHING to watch this vid? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XBurkUkdFE&feature=related
Also, would I see any return on my videos that generate YouTube money? Probably not, and given the fact that record labels and film studios pay their writers and production staff beans and pocket the millions the film generates, I doubt it. If YouTube starts charging, it'll just demonstrate that:
A. They have a business model that depends on the submission of other people's work,
B. They are basing their income on videos submitted by people who know they won't be paid for their work,
C. They have no way of guaranteeing quality,
D. They really want to bankrupt. Maybe they're hoping for a bailout.....
Super-Secure?
Knowing Microsoft, I'll bet their 'Super Secure' version is the equivalent of installing a cheap Chinese-made deadbolt over a spackle-encrusted lock that has already been kicked open.....
"Pssst! The key is under the mat!"
"Time Warner To Spin Off AOL" is a nice way to put it.
A more descriptive, and accurate, title would be:
"Time Warner Shits Out AOL Tapeworm".
Maybe for moms and dads to take pictures of their hyperactive children during family get-togethers, whereas with a normal camera, they'd just be a blur.
Yup, I remember that. Guess what the favorite song was?
Answer: 'Panama', by Van Halen.
Gotta love military humor.
Seriously. Will Stallman PLEASE shut up?! His rants where he tries to link any form of property belonging to someone as an infringement on everybody's freedom is just plain stupid. I understand the concept of 'free software', and if somebody wants to make something freely available, then they can, but his arguments regarding personal property just contradict themselves. Owning something is a part of the concept of freedom. People have the freedom to make something theirs. People also have the freedom to make something freely available. It's a double-edged sword and clearly RMS doesn't like that.
He fails to realize that this is in fact infringing on our rights to personal property.
Richard Stallman: The screaming poster child of the 'Have Nots'.
Maybe if we didn't completely sterilize every conceivable surface in out packing houses and restaurants, sterilize foods in radiation and chemicals, and push people to drench their houses in Lysol every time somebody coughed, we either wouldn't have this problem, or it wouldn't be as bad as it is.
The problem today is that sanitization and sterilization of our restaurants and homes is that we are now exposed to FAR FEWER germs than in the past. When we kill germs with powerful disinfectants, we eliminate the chances of allowing our immune system to strengthen itself. I see commercials for cleaners that kiil 99.9% of bacteria, commercials for disinfectants aimed at parents using children as an excuse for sanitizing everything they touch so they don't get a cold.
The more we continue to push for stricter standards, and the increased sanitization of our homes, workplaces, and restaurants, the weaker our immune systems will get, and the more deadly previously harmless germs will become.
GERMS ARE GOOD!
All I can say is "I told you so.".
Wow. They drew up a 'hit list' and wound up putting themselves in the cross hairs instead.
Sounds like a 'black list', which is very shady, but the fact that they stated that they needed to use some kind of action against the doctors clearly turns it into a 'hit list'.
I guess you could say that Merck was caught with it's pants down..... by doctors! ZING!
Who needs all the buttons on those newfangled contollers and their sleek, flash consoles?
In my day, real men beat games with only a joystick and one, albeit majestic, button.
The "Big Three" of classic gaming (in order of superiority):
1. Atari 2600
2. Nintendo NES
3. Sony Playstation (the first one)
Video game systems are following relatively the same path as cars:
Cars: 1950's - 1970's = Awesome machines
1970's - 1980's = Mediocre contraptions
1990's - Present = Getting back in to sleek high tech machines, but nowhere near as elegant and powerful as the earlier models of the 1950's-1970's.
Video game systems: 1980's - late-1990's = Classic games (many of which are older versions of 'new' games)
late-1990's - 2000 = Mediocre
2000 - Present = All flashing lights and graphics, very little challenge, complex, but not sophisticated. Development purely motivated by hype, marketing, and profit.
I put $10 on the Porn Industry advancing uses faster than anybody else.
Any takers?
"The more technologically advanced something is, the easier it is to defeat".
Bingo.