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« Last post by Tinman57 on January 10, 2013, 08:56 AM »Just spam, pure and simple. Nothing like free advertising for those silly enough to do it. lol
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Judge Rules Against Texas Teen Who Refused to Wear SmartID Badge
In a closely watched case, a federal judge today ruled against a high school sophomore who refused to wear a student ID embedded with a radio frequency chip that tracks students' movement on campus.
http://threatpost.co...smartid-badge-010813-Tinman57 (January 09, 2013, 08:08 PM)
In the midst of the budget junk, I lost track who was worse on privacy, Dems or Repubs.-TaoPhoenix (January 09, 2013, 10:23 PM)
I grilled the HP rep (at one of their tech shows) for an hour about that when it first came out. It works via passive polling, so the printer just checks its own Email address via the HP cloud server (which is where your print jobs are actually sent (eek!)). so over all it (ePrint) isn't really that bad.-Stoic Joker (January 09, 2013, 02:09 PM)
+1
let's face it - we are the consumer - with the influence
It can unfortunately be hard to find information, but if people express an interest and follow up on any info that is out there, things will get better.
I know I've avoided and supported products depending on their reputation with regard to their factories.-tomos (January 07, 2013, 04:55 PM)
Let's face it anyone reading this (including me) is probably using at least one component (probably a lot more) that is a product of a Chinese (or other Far Eastern) sweatshop in the computer(s), phone(s) or tablet(s) they use.-Carol Haynes (January 08, 2013, 02:53 AM)
Not 100% accurate quote but close enough for me:Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.-Tim Minchin
Sadly, since I had heard about dark mass and dark energy (and other dark mambo-jumbo), I've realized that current science is more like religion with pretty strange base.
Black holes with mass so big that nothing can escape… wait! They can radiate.
Lots of particles building world… wait! It does not sum up! OK now we have dark mass. Still not working… dark energy for rescue!
Nothing can be faster than light… OK tachyons.
Absolute zero? Now we have negative temperatures which are hotter than infinity. Seriously? Is it still math?
Eh, I am no longer even sure what am I complaining about.-fenixproductions (January 07, 2013, 03:02 AM)
While there is a lot of scientific value in space exploration and experimentation, and it does create jobs, it still seems to me that $2.6 billion could be better spent somehow to create jobs that get people off the dole.-Renegade (January 06, 2013, 07:17 PM)
Really? Look at the last time we spent money to get people in better positions. How did that work out? Despite the article I linked, we really don't know with all of the politicking, and I don't think we ever will.
Sorry...that's my cynicism showing through...-wraith808 (January 06, 2013, 09:46 PM)
I think I am the prototype on the thread's subject. I have purchased hundreds of useful programs that weren't useful at all - at least not to me. And then I upgrade to the new version, because now I have it, so I must upgrade it, or the initial purchase would seem wasted...
Just like our DC member Darwin I have now changed my ways. I am down to 145 programs installed, and haven't made a single purchase.. ehh... more than a couple of purchases since November. Hello, my name is Curt, I am a softoholic...-Curt (January 04, 2013, 10:26 PM)
You have software OCD!!! You can directly download- you don't have to use their downloader.
See the Gog downloader mode- notice how mine is off? If you click with it off, it downloads directly. I don't think it supports other speed up programs (especially those that download over multiple threads), but you can download directly.-wraith808 (January 04, 2013, 05:08 PM)
GOG is redoing the "End of the World" sale that they had on Dec 21 - there are a bunch of bundles at 75% off and nearly all of their games are 50% off if you decide not to go with a bundle.
If you like old, nostalgic games, it's a good time to buy. I've been replaying Ultima Underworld the past few days, and I'm loving it (but my sleep cycle isn't).
All games on GOG are DRM free.
http://www.gog.com/-mwb1100 (January 02, 2013, 01:21 PM)
Guess I shouldn't have said "died."Yeah, considering they're just a husband and wife team, they're probably on vacation or something. The last update on their website as far as I can tell was Dec 13th.Just noted that the site has not been updated for several weeks, and the last entry on the Twitter feed was December 11. Hope they are just on holiday.
-dspelley (January 04, 2013, 03:54 PM)
Something I did notice though is many replacements for Halogen floodlights in fact use slightly more power than the compact flourescent versions, although the tradeoff is the CFL versions take a few minutes to reach full intensity in cold weather while the LED lamps are instantly at full power.-SeraphimLabs (January 04, 2013, 03:47 PM)
Considering that I'm a natural born 'Merican, I'm pretty well versed in the "supplements" here.It just gives me the urge to defecate......-Tinman57 (January 03, 2013, 08:25 PM)
Us 'Mericans have got just the "supplement" to help with that problem!-Deozaan (January 04, 2013, 06:07 AM)
Tinman, The start menu has acted this way since Vista....I've never played with Vista, 7 or 8. Still using XP for now.-Josh (January 03, 2013, 09:18 PM)