The Pinto Memo was famously quoted in 'Fight Club' which is what I believe the AC is referencing here.
But I would be willing to bet that the AC did not know that. He only knew the Fight Club reference.
they get energy companies and local installers to push these things and that's how they make a return on their investment?
No. Google did not spend $3.2 billion on a company that makes thermostats. They paid $3.2 billion for a company that makes data acquisition devices that pose as thermostats. The amount of data that they can acquire is staggering. Wait until they offer enhancements like plugging in your current electric rate and provider so it can display the dollar savings.
WASHINGTON â" Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced their Driver Privacy Act, legislation that protects a driverâ(TM)s personal privacy by making it clear that the owner of a vehicle is also the owner of any information collected by an Event Data Recorder (EDR).
As it is, we have an agreement where I get X MBps for Y $/mo, so unless I exceed that (shouldn't be possible), leave me alone.
No, you have an agreement that they will provide you with up to X Mbps. If you want guaranteed throughput and a contractual up time, you are talking a business class connection and likely 10x or more in price.
Cybercriminals often advertise the kind of data they've captured from the card's magnetic stripe, which has three so-called "tracks," each containing data.
News flash. They are called tracks because they are tracks on a magnetic recording tape. Nothing "so called" about it.
That's not the answer: a cheaper labor force will replace existing jobs, but it won't create new ones.
A cheaper labor force can create new jobs if it allows a venture to become profitable where it wasn't before.
Your phone is borken if you don't get calls from Rachel at cardholder services.
I thought it was "Peggy".
Experience is learning from mistakes you make
I thought experience was something that you get right after you need it.
Wow, smartcards are finally going to become standard, I had one for 2004 to 2009 and the chip was only used twice because there were essentially zero POS readers that supported the chips and the home reader for online banking required IE for an ActiveX control which I felt probably made it less secure than entering my password with an alternative browser.
AMEX Blue by any chance?
a hypothetical interpretation of reality meant to foster vigorous discussion of various subjects and hypothetical constructs
Really? I thought it was a "a hypothetical interpretation of reality meant to maximize the number of ad impressions garnered".
IA labs made actual products similar to wii-fit and met with Nintendo to discuss making Wii accessories using their technology at about the time the 3DS was to be released. IA then found out that Nintendo made the accessories themselves, apparently "stealing the ideas" that IA presented to them. So that's not what we'd normally call a patent troll.
I agree. Based on this article, Interactive Labs held the original patents and made products based on those patents. iA Labs acquired the patents later, then sued Nintendo with them. I think this was actually a defensive measure by Interactive Labs.
On April 2(2010), IA Labs filed suit against Nintendo in the United States District Court of Maryland. The suit claims that Nintendo has willfully infringed upon IA Labs patents with Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus, and the Wii Balance Board, as well as the Wii Remote, Wii Nunchuk, Wii MotionPlus, Wii Wheel, and Wii Zapper. The company acquired the aforementioned patents in 2009 from Interaction Labs.
The fitness-technology company claims that the patents have been used in a number of products in the past. As detailed in the filing, Interaction Labs released the Kilowatt Sport and Exer-Station, both of which add a workout element to "any off-the-shelf video game on the PlayStation, Xbox, GameCube, or PC."
Both the patents and the products based on those patents were created by Interaction Labs. Interaction Labs held discussions with Nintendo in 2007 and 2008. iA Labs acquired the patents in 2009 and then sued Nintendo in 2010. iA Labs doesn't seem to have actually produced anything. One interesting thing to note is the following:
The suit also notes that then-Interaction Labs president and current IA Labs chief technology officer Greg Merril contacted Nintendo on a number of occasions in 2007 and 2008, through personal meetings and via e-mail. However, Merril's attempt to enter into a licensing agreement with Nintendo ultimately resulted in the publisher ceasing contact in late 2008.
One possibility is that iA Labs may have been spun off by Interactive Labs solely for the purpose of protecting the rest of Interactive Labs from an outcome like this.
"Confound these ancestors.... They've stolen our best ideas!" - Ben Jonson
