Comment Re:That is like suing Ford (Score 4, Funny) 365
Yes, technology itself isn't bad. Like they say "Guns don't kill people, people kill people".
No rappers do.
Comment Re:By "reform" you mean legal for Gov' not for us. (Score 1) 209
And do not forget jamming devices, they will be banned if somthing new comes up to counter.
Sawtooth Jammer to block controlling and sending frequencies and/or IR Leds to stop nightvision as people are doing on baseball caps.
Comment Re:Who is Emil Protalinski? (Score 1) 113
> Who is Emil Protalinski? Second cousin to Hiro Protagoniski?
+1 funny
Comment Re:Summary can't add (Score 3, Insightful) 234
The iPhone version was $56,000. The Blackberry version was $40,000. Together, they were $96,000. It says this very clearly in the original scan.
It doesn't sound that much once you have dealt with specs and tenders with govt orgs.
Comment Re:duh (Score 1) 34
This to be expected,
High life expectancy is not not in itself bad genetically though is it. It just gets normally screened out before you get to reproduce.
Comment Re:Pictures of the car (Score 1) 151
Here are pictures of the car: http://www.streetscooter.eu/news-und-info/bildarchiv.html
RENDERS not pictures. Thery didnt make anything but some renders.
Surely renders not photographs. Both renders and photos are pics. Although your point is very valid.
Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 800
People aren't going to use Siri very much, because talking to your phone makes you look stupid. It's been on Android for years anyway, and no-one used it there. That Apple claim it's more useful now means nothing. It's like forward facing cameras - outside of a tiny niche no-one cares.
I had to look at my HTC to see if it had a front facing camera then.
Comment Re:Important (Score 2) 183
While a program that fetches more things you are interested in is great, you should realize the consequences of such a program. In particular you should realize the concept of a filter bubble. Namely that by only picking out things you are already interested in, you exclude things that you could be interested in or things that are too important to exclude.
There's been a TED talk about this, I suggest you watch it so that you can take active steps (when needed) to step out of your comfort zone now and then:
I already have a real world filter bubble. I like the the things I like. I like to go out of my comfort zone now and then but I often end up back there as its my comfort zone
Comment probably (Score 0) 179
Ipad owners :)
Comment That ruins the use of (Score 1) 163
those guns that shoot around corners.
http://www.gizmag.com/go/2576/
Comment Vlingo (Voice Recognition app) and google search (Score 1) 692
Can I just point out that Vlingo has a website from 2006 so this stuff has existed for a fair time and hasn't been particularly revolutionary.
http://web.archive.org/web/20071011102531/http://vlingo.com/
"Tell your phone what to do! The Vlingo Virtual Assistant turn your words into action. Vlingo combines voice to text technology with its "intent engine" to help you quickly complete your desired action. "
I guess Vlingo for android is not as integrated but even the google search bar has a voice search option.
I have used the google voice search once and it was very good but I don't think in that way. For example I am typing this and not using Dragon Naturally. (I have tried it)
I tried Vlingo and its quite good but I am bored already.
I remember windows introducing voice recog and the volume down problem when the software can't hear you.
What I predict is pretentious apple - lets just say people - walking around saying "Iphone text Mum is dinner ready"
I guess Vlingo for android is not as integrated but even the google search bar has a voice search option.
I have used the google voice search once and it was very good but I don't think in that way. For example I am typing this and not using Dragon Naturally. (I have tried it)
I tried Vlingo and its quite good but I am bored already.
I remember windows introducing voice recog and the volume down problem when the software can't hear you.
What I predict is pretentious apple - lets just say people - walking around saying "Iphone text Mum is dinner ready"
Submission + - Is the FBI Being Disingenuous About Foiled Terrori (reuters.com)
ideonexus writes: "As the Obama Administration takes the case to the U.N. to unite the world against the Iranian regime for an assassination plot against the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., they quietly admit that much of the alleged plot makes no sense, especially why the Iranian government would seek out a used car salesman to arrange the assassination. The news stories covering the plot emphasize the terrorist intent to also attack the Saudi and Israeli embassies and the car salesman's attempt to hire Mexican Drug Cartel members to perform the assassination, but the fact that the "Mexican Drug Cartel" was actually an undercover DEA Agent and therefore the car salesman had little to no chance of actually ever pulling off the plot gets buried deep in the news stories if it gets mention at all.
This American Life did a story a few years back about the first conviction in the FBI's war on Terror, Hemant Lakhani, a man with no connections to any terrorists or arms traders, but who was greedy enough that, when the FBI came to him pretending to be a terrorist organization, jumped at the chance to make some money finding them a missile to carry out their attack, and the FBI, also pretending to be an arms trader, sold him a fake missile. Then they arrested him and took credit for foiling a terrorist attack involving missile strikes against American targets.
This same pattern of the FBI finding completely incompetent people and setting them up with fake missiles and bombs has been repeated in the 2009 Synagogue Bombing Plot and the 2010 holiday tree lighting bomb plot in Portland. It's hard to sympathize with the people being convicted in these plots, who were given ample opportunity to bow out; however, it does seem like the FBI and news media are being disingenuous in its portrayal of these events and scaring Americans into increasing the Agency's budget with headlines that read "FBI FOILS BOMBING PLOT" when, in reality, without the FBI's involvement, it's extremely unlikely that these incompetent individuals would ever get close to pulling off the dramatic acts of terrorism the FBI is regularly taking credit for preventing.
Thoughts?"
This American Life did a story a few years back about the first conviction in the FBI's war on Terror, Hemant Lakhani, a man with no connections to any terrorists or arms traders, but who was greedy enough that, when the FBI came to him pretending to be a terrorist organization, jumped at the chance to make some money finding them a missile to carry out their attack, and the FBI, also pretending to be an arms trader, sold him a fake missile. Then they arrested him and took credit for foiling a terrorist attack involving missile strikes against American targets.
This same pattern of the FBI finding completely incompetent people and setting them up with fake missiles and bombs has been repeated in the 2009 Synagogue Bombing Plot and the 2010 holiday tree lighting bomb plot in Portland. It's hard to sympathize with the people being convicted in these plots, who were given ample opportunity to bow out; however, it does seem like the FBI and news media are being disingenuous in its portrayal of these events and scaring Americans into increasing the Agency's budget with headlines that read "FBI FOILS BOMBING PLOT" when, in reality, without the FBI's involvement, it's extremely unlikely that these incompetent individuals would ever get close to pulling off the dramatic acts of terrorism the FBI is regularly taking credit for preventing.
Thoughts?"
Submission + - iOS5 - Siri as 'Sculley Era Apple' (daringfireball.net)
juliangamble writes: Can Apple survive without Steve Jobs? John Gruber hints that things are already headed in a different direction.
Noted Blogger John Gruber writes, "Siri feels like old-school Apple. Newton-esque, at least in spirit. Sculley-era Apple was obsessed with this sort of thing.
Noted Blogger John Gruber writes, "Siri feels like old-school Apple. Newton-esque, at least in spirit. Sculley-era Apple was obsessed with this sort of thing.
Submission + - Security Pros Feel Outgunned By Attackers (net-security.org)
dinscott writes: Interviews with 1,967 professionals at the recent Cisco Live and Black Hat USA conferences found that more than 75 percent of network management and security professionals believe that automated tools give hackers the upper hand in evading the defensive systems utilized by most enterprises to protect their critical assets and data.
Further compounding the issue, a vast majority of those IT pros surveyed reported that their employers – for the most part large organizations – cannot maintain necessary layered defenses based on their inability to determine where gaps in those systems exist.
Further compounding the issue, a vast majority of those IT pros surveyed reported that their employers – for the most part large organizations – cannot maintain necessary layered defenses based on their inability to determine where gaps in those systems exist.
Submission + - Disapora asking for money
dredwerker writes: I can't believe that Diaspora hasn't disappeared"
I got this asking for money this morning. We have google+ and facebook already.
Diaspora's business model seems to be:
1. Invent project in a p2p manner to stick it to the large corporations. So the common man champions it.
2. Ask for funding?
3. Take forever
4. Ask for more funding?
5. Profit
"Dear Friend of Diaspora* -
We love you. Yes. Really, we do.
We’re building Diaspora*, in a spirit of community, because we believe in you. You’re one of the innovators, the creative ones, the people who make the world awesome.
We’re building tools that we hope will help you bring your true voice to the world. For no other reason than we want to see what you’ll say and do here, where you’ll have total control over your privacy, identity, and data. We’re doing this for the pure joy of it.
You’ve been incredibly patient in waiting for an invitation. We’re still working as fast as we can to get yours to you, and we’re sorry it’s taking so long.
In the meantime, though, we’re reaching out to ask if you’d be willing to help us go faster. Every dollar we’ve spent building Diaspora* has come from the generosity of our community, from people like you who believe in what we’re building, and have given some of their hard-earned money to support our work.
Every one of these gifts has been incredibly humbling. Each one says that someone shares our belief in what’s possible, and is willing to go the extra distance to help make it happen. Every time someone contributes, it feels like a huge, warm hug.
With love, humility and respect, we‘re writing to ask if you’d be willing to make a gift as well.
Can you contribute $25.-, or any other amount you feel comfortable with?
We’re not in this for the money. But any amount you can give will really make a difference. It will help us bring Diaspora* to you faster, and it will help us keep building the best service we possibly can, for everyone. "
I got this asking for money this morning. We have google+ and facebook already.
Diaspora's business model seems to be:
1. Invent project in a p2p manner to stick it to the large corporations. So the common man champions it.
2. Ask for funding?
3. Take forever
4. Ask for more funding?
5. Profit
"Dear Friend of Diaspora* -
We love you. Yes. Really, we do.
We’re building Diaspora*, in a spirit of community, because we believe in you. You’re one of the innovators, the creative ones, the people who make the world awesome.
We’re building tools that we hope will help you bring your true voice to the world. For no other reason than we want to see what you’ll say and do here, where you’ll have total control over your privacy, identity, and data. We’re doing this for the pure joy of it.
You’ve been incredibly patient in waiting for an invitation. We’re still working as fast as we can to get yours to you, and we’re sorry it’s taking so long.
In the meantime, though, we’re reaching out to ask if you’d be willing to help us go faster. Every dollar we’ve spent building Diaspora* has come from the generosity of our community, from people like you who believe in what we’re building, and have given some of their hard-earned money to support our work.
Every one of these gifts has been incredibly humbling. Each one says that someone shares our belief in what’s possible, and is willing to go the extra distance to help make it happen. Every time someone contributes, it feels like a huge, warm hug.
With love, humility and respect, we‘re writing to ask if you’d be willing to make a gift as well.
Can you contribute $25.-, or any other amount you feel comfortable with?
We’re not in this for the money. But any amount you can give will really make a difference. It will help us bring Diaspora* to you faster, and it will help us keep building the best service we possibly can, for everyone. "
