Jackson, I have no problem with the .GOV TLDs; I do have a problem with a government that doesn't appear to have the most basic understanding of the concept of terrorism, choosing instead to sow FUD in the name of getting themselves re-elected.
And I don't follow the thought process about moving to a "Middle East hell hole"...? I'm in Scotland, passing comment on some very public stupidity from the US Government. Where does the Middle East come into this? Do you somehow think all "terrorists" come from the Middle East? Or are you just proud that your Government has led the way in taking many marginally unpleasant countries all the way to full "hell hole" status?
i must admit, you apparently have a great talent of saying things that are in no way related to the topic at hand. though, you're skills seem lacking in talking about subject matter that really means something.
What if the Canadian gov't wanted a quick but accurate estimate of how much change there was in circulation?
By giving, say, 1,000 or even 10,000 coins a unique RFID they could put readers in, for example, toll booths and by figuring out how many of these uniquely tagged coins passed through compared to the total amount of currency that passed through they could form an estimate of just how much small change is actually out there. A moderately useful task with no direct privacy implications as they'd be making no attempt to track the coins to any individual.
OK, from the examples given (admittedly not a statistically significant sample) I would infer that, in the equipment used, the zero key is right next to the "Enter" key. Let's just replace all the keypads so that, say, "." is where zero is at the moment and zero moves to wherever it was. That way, "42" might be mis-entered as "42." and the damn thing will still work; no more stories in Slashdot, minimal costs.
Why don't Segway separate out the circuit that detects you pulling back on the handlebars, mark it clearly on the PCB and label it "Brake". That way, if a Police officer stops a Segway user and demands to see their brake they can show it to them. Problem solved.
I bought a VHS tape in Woolworths of Aberdeen a few years back. The woman took the tape out of my hand, took my credit card, rang the sale through, then ripped the cellophane off the tape, opened the box and put a "Woolworths" rubber-stamp on the tape label over the printed info. I complained and asked for an "undamaged" copy - she refused and told me it was the shop's policy to stamp everything they sell because they had a run of people returning goods that they hadn't originally bought there. Yeah, right.
I admit I may have let my calculation slip a decimal place, but at least I can spell and use apostrophes. Oh, and it's "maths" unless you'r ignorant, American or both.
I just had a look through the (192K/s) MP3s I downloaded from AllOfMP3.com, and it the cost averaged about 12 cents per 6MB of data, or 2 cents per Megabyte. If you spent $645 that means that in that three weeks you downloaded approximately 322.5GB of data - my connection is "capped" at 40GB a month, and here in the UK that's considered "generous".
Perhaps I read this wrong, but my guess is that they were fined for advertising the 'phones as being "MP3 Compatible" when in fact they were only enabled to play some proprietary format. That would certainly make the story make sense.
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Re: Re: Lets think laterally for a moment...
And I don't follow the thought process about moving to a "Middle East hell hole"...? I'm in Scotland, passing comment on some very public stupidity from the US Government. Where does the Middle East come into this? Do you somehow think all "terrorists" come from the Middle East? Or are you just proud that your Government has led the way in taking many marginally unpleasant countries all the way to full "hell hole" status?
To summarise, fuck off you arsehole.
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Lets think laterally for a moment...
The US Army made great PR over their use of "Shock and Awe"?
So, what this law will, in effect do is to outlaw many American .GOV domains. I can live with that.
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Just one tinnnnnnnny point, though...
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Re: Free speech != anonymity
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That reminds me...
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Re: Re: Makes perfect sense
Dear Troll,
Fuck Off.
Thank you.
Peet
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Another, more realistic possibility...
By giving, say, 1,000 or even 10,000 coins a unique RFID they could put readers in, for example, toll booths and by figuring out how many of these uniquely tagged coins passed through compared to the total amount of currency that passed through they could form an estimate of just how much small change is actually out there. A moderately useful task with no direct privacy implications as they'd be making no attempt to track the coins to any individual.
Just my bugged 2 cents worth... :-)
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So, can we just get one thing straight...
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Out of curiosity...
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I'm so, so, sorry. Please forgive me.
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Let's fix this.
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Semantic solution
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Re: Only a matter of time...
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That should, of course, say "...you're ignorant..."
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Slashdotism
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re: Boy, I sue wish
Alternately, they'd buy the sites, up the prices and DRM the sh*t out of them.
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Re: "last 3 weeks"...
Wow, Justin, I'm impressed! Who's your ISP?
I just had a look through the (192K/s) MP3s I downloaded from AllOfMP3.com, and it the cost averaged about 12 cents per 6MB of data, or 2 cents per Megabyte. If you spent $645 that means that in that three weeks you downloaded approximately 322.5GB of data - my connection is "capped" at 40GB a month, and here in the UK that's considered "generous".
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False advertising
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