"hi, i'm taking a survey on capitalone's new extremely low interest rate credit card that offers more features over the leading brand. Would you say you prefer capitalone's new low interest rate credit card with no credit checks and no monthly fee for only a limited time over the other leading brand?
yeah true, but processor id tags last forever. rfid tags are so susceptible to environmental dangers, who would spend the money to do anything important with it?
Yeah, agreed. Though sometimes I see them put on underwear at stores like BR. Would people really care about ink stains on underwear? How many people do you know that prance around in their underwear all the time? I think most of the time it's just a theft deterrent. But I think using rfid tags as a secret theft deterrent is better... thieves might actually try to sneak a few undies in their coat pocket thinking they have no security identifier on them. It's an easy way to catch more crooks.
So we boycott the company just because they're using some new technology that everyone is afraid of. Early adopters often get the flak from public, but once everyone starts doing it, nobody cares!
They've invented a way to purify sewage water into drinkable water more pure than the water that normally comes out of the tap, but nobody is buying into it simply because they know where it came from. But in a few decades when it's too expensive to acquire fresh water for the increasingly high population, they are going to have to use alternatives like purifying sewage. By that time, everyone is going to be drinking purified sewage, yet nobody is going to even give it a second thought.
If you guys really hate Benetton, you could get a handheld emp gun and zap their entire store rendering all their rfid tags useless. If enough people did it, they would probably stop doing using it. Alternatively, the easy solution would probably to just get a microwave oven and leave the door open during operation.... although that might get you into some trouble.
Salesperson: "What are you doing with the microwave?"
oh please. I doubt Benetton is going to be expecting these rfid tags to still work after people buy their clothing. Stuff like static electricity in hot dryers and just general wear and tear is going to wear them out. And when all else fails, there is the microwave oven.
I'm betting they are going to destroy the tag the minute you checkout so it won't beep when you walk out the store. They'll probably use the rfid tags as a new way to put security tags on the clothing instead of those heavy dongles you see sometimes on expensive clothing.
When the whole processor id thing was introduced way back when, people threw a big fit about it. Now what average Joe these days even know about it? Believe me, if big brother wants to track you down, they're gonna track you down and it won't be using unreliable stuff like rfid tags.
I think people swap other types other than integers more often probably. Especially in this polymorphic decade when everything is an object. How would you do that with an object reference or a string?
I guess people misunderstood my response? I was referring to the parent that was listing the Java 1.4 features over 1.3. I understand that 1.4 brings new life over 1.3, but I think 1.4 has been around long enough that even Mac people know what improvements it brings over 1.3. At our development shop, I have already been using 1.4 specific features for the last 4-5 months already!
I don't see how this is newsworthy. The only news is that Apple now has Java 1.4.1 built in. Java 1.4 has been out for so long, it's pointless to mention the features 1.4 offers over 1.3. You might as well mention the features that Perl 5 offers over Perl 4 now that Perl 6 is out.:-)
Why did the article disappear from the mysterious future, but not appear on the front page? Is it deemed not stuff that matters or is it a dupe of the java 1.4.1 developer preview on Oct 26?
since I subscribe, I got to read the article in the mysterious future when it wasn't slashdotted! Some subscribers should make a mirror of the site when it's actually in the mysterious future....
why use useless memory as a keyring fob? get a small working usb drive as a keyring fob! it's better looking and you can actually use it for something!
but really this is nice! Imagine all those times you are switching from break to gas when you're stuck in heavy traffic? now you can just let it all go and let the car do the annoying work!
I don't agree with this. Why is it that smaller devices cost more $$$ than big ones? Why not compare the $600-$700 with an equivalent desktop build? I bet I can make a LCD desktop with $800 and have stuff like a 2400+ AMD chip in it.
Actually I think the most applicable quote is this one:
Michael: Yeah, well, at least your name isn't Michael Bolton. Samir: You know, there's nothing wrong with that name. Michael: There WAS nothing wrong with it. Until I was about 12 years old, and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys. Samir: Well, why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?. Michael: No way! Why should I change? He's the one who sucks!
I admit it, I'm a Michael Bolton fan! I celebrate the guy's entire collection! For my money it doesn't get any better than when he sings "When a Man Loves a Woman"!
There are lots of people using it with Linux already. Just check out the Sony Ericsson forum on Esato. All of Ericsson's mobile phone products that talk the bluetooth protocol work pretty well with Linux. I've got mine to talk to the BlueZ Linux drivers on the first try... I can upload ringer tones, pictures, or sync my address book/calendar without much trouble.
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"hi, i'm taking a survey on capitalone's new extremely low interest rate credit card that offers more features over the leading brand. Would you say you prefer capitalone's new low interest rate credit card with no credit checks and no monthly fee for only a limited time over the other leading brand?
yeah true, but processor id tags last forever. rfid tags are so susceptible to environmental dangers, who would spend the money to do anything important with it?
Yeah, agreed. Though sometimes I see them put on underwear at stores like BR. Would people really care about ink stains on underwear? How many people do you know that prance around in their underwear all the time? I think most of the time it's just a theft deterrent. But I think using rfid tags as a secret theft deterrent is better... thieves might actually try to sneak a few undies in their coat pocket thinking they have no security identifier on them. It's an easy way to catch more crooks.
this is why the microwave oven might be easier. but it might be a health risk to leave the door open at a store.
So we boycott the company just because they're using some new technology that everyone is afraid of. Early adopters often get the flak from public, but once everyone starts doing it, nobody cares!
They've invented a way to purify sewage water into drinkable water more pure than the water that normally comes out of the tap, but nobody is buying into it simply because they know where it came from. But in a few decades when it's too expensive to acquire fresh water for the increasingly high population, they are going to have to use alternatives like purifying sewage. By that time, everyone is going to be drinking purified sewage, yet nobody is going to even give it a second thought.
If you guys really hate Benetton, you could get a handheld emp gun and zap their entire store rendering all their rfid tags useless. If enough people did it, they would probably stop doing using it. Alternatively, the easy solution would probably to just get a microwave oven and leave the door open during operation.... although that might get you into some trouble.
Salesperson: "What are you doing with the microwave?"
Joe Freak: "I'm just warming up my lunch"
Salesperson: "In the underwear section?"
oh please. I doubt Benetton is going to be expecting these rfid tags to still work after people buy their clothing. Stuff like static electricity in hot dryers and just general wear and tear is going to wear them out. And when all else fails, there is the microwave oven.
I'm betting they are going to destroy the tag the minute you checkout so it won't beep when you walk out the store. They'll probably use the rfid tags as a new way to put security tags on the clothing instead of those heavy dongles you see sometimes on expensive clothing.
When the whole processor id thing was introduced way back when, people threw a big fit about it. Now what average Joe these days even know about it? Believe me, if big brother wants to track you down, they're gonna track you down and it won't be using unreliable stuff like rfid tags.
how does downloading an image half a gig in size help keep the server from being slashdotted?
I think people swap other types other than integers more often probably. Especially in this polymorphic decade when everything is an object. How would you do that with an object reference or a string?
I guess people misunderstood my response? I was referring to the parent that was listing the Java 1.4 features over 1.3. I understand that 1.4 brings new life over 1.3, but I think 1.4 has been around long enough that even Mac people know what improvements it brings over 1.3. At our development shop, I have already been using 1.4 specific features for the last 4-5 months already!
I don't see how this is newsworthy. The only news is that Apple now has Java 1.4.1 built in. Java 1.4 has been out for so long, it's pointless to mention the features 1.4 offers over 1.3. You might as well mention the features that Perl 5 offers over Perl 4 now that Perl 6 is out. :-)
Why did the article disappear from the mysterious future, but not appear on the front page? Is it deemed not stuff that matters or is it a dupe of the java 1.4.1 developer preview on Oct 26?
even though this topic is dead.... here's my response:
At the time, this poster was the first poster to make that comment. Just look at the comment numbers of the other wannabe jokers and compare.
LOL... why is this redundant? Again, slashdot moderators fail in the humor department.
a ha!
since I subscribe, I got to read the article in the mysterious future when it wasn't slashdotted! Some subscribers should make a mirror of the site when it's actually in the mysterious future....
why use useless memory as a keyring fob? get a small working usb drive as a keyring fob! it's better looking and you can actually use it for something!
but really this is nice! Imagine all those times you are switching from break to gas when you're stuck in heavy traffic? now you can just let it all go and let the car do the annoying work!
I don't think you could afford a macintosh in 1984 if you were 12 in 1982.... unless you made $3000 selling lemonade at 5 cents a cup.
I don't agree with this. Why is it that smaller devices cost more $$$ than big ones? Why not compare the $600-$700 with an equivalent desktop build? I bet I can make a LCD desktop with $800 and have stuff like a 2400+ AMD chip in it.
Actually I think the most applicable quote is this one:
Michael: Yeah, well, at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.
Samir: You know, there's nothing wrong with that name.
Michael: There WAS nothing wrong with it. Until I was about 12 years old, and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.
Samir: Well, why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?.
Michael: No way! Why should I change? He's the one who sucks!
Obligatory Office Space comment...
I admit it, I'm a Michael Bolton fan! I celebrate the guy's entire collection! For my money it doesn't get any better than when he sings "When a Man Loves a Woman"!
Dude!! It's obviously the same moral obligation Microsoft has for making bug-free products we've all come to expect!!
See screenshots here:
http://www.esato.com/reviews/opera.php
Well considering it has more pixel res than those dinky palm pilots... and palms have web browsers too. It can't be much worse.
There are lots of people using it with Linux already. Just check out the Sony Ericsson forum on Esato. All of Ericsson's mobile phone products that talk the bluetooth protocol work pretty well with Linux. I've got mine to talk to the BlueZ Linux drivers on the first try... I can upload ringer tones, pictures, or sync my address book/calendar without much trouble.