If the police suspect someone of a crime, then they can already arrest them on that suspicion and take their fingerprints.
While the original intent may have been to quickly ID suspects, it is quite conceivable that this device will find more use as a police fishing tool. Or as a means to provide an excuse to arrest someone.
It's the same fizzy glass of joy no matter what measuring system you use. Until I can actually buy a litre of beer at a pub, I'm not going to ask for one.
And who buys milk in pints? Down my local shop it's either a 1 litre bottle, or 2 litres or 4.
"That looks like spoofing and sending bogus data, not exactly overspamming DoS."
Sounds like it falls under the 1990 Computer Misuse Act. "Unauthorised acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing, operation of computer, etc."
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How do you put the dvd in the drive?
Do dvd drives even work under all that oil?
Re: Oh good
The Catholic Church is always thinking of the children!
"could you please click on an ad or two'"
I would click on an ad, if they were advertising anything to me that I was interested in,
But they don't show me ads for products I'd consider buying.
So I don't click on them.
Re: I'd rather have an UI that was very much en usability.
Oh a thousand times this!
A good user interface that is easy to use trumps some graphic designers "vision" every time.
Deep Fried Chips
I'm sure the Scottish thought of it first.
Please "Click on an add"
ROFLMAO!
No.
Oh wait, you're serious? Let me laugh harder! :D
Blue skies on Mars?
That's a new one.
Space Elevators
They are quite hard to build from what I hear.
Re: Great but oversold?
"The biggest achievement of SpaceX is in doing what they've done at a low cost."
Wait until they get their spaceships into mass production.
Suspects Fingerprints.
If the police suspect someone of a crime, then they can already arrest them on that suspicion and take their fingerprints.
While the original intent may have been to quickly ID suspects, it is quite conceivable that this device will find more use as a police fishing tool. Or as a means to provide an excuse to arrest someone.
The most complex part of this problem
will be teaching the computers to like honey.
Re: Go SpaceX
I thought exactly the same thing.
It's not quite the moon landings. But you've got to admit, it's pretty damn awesome.
Is Swishery the new Fondle?
Yet another input type to code for.
Disciplined
I hope that means fired.
Vile Load
Isn't the real Facebook a vile load too?
Paris. She knows how to swallow a vile load.
"Vodafone is rolling in cash thanks to a massive tax dodge"
I'd be rolling in cash if I didn't pay my taxes either.
Article layout looks mangled in chrome.
Anyone else see that?
Governments really don't like their people talking to each other do they?
Once something has been posted and read, you can't force people to unread it.
To read the article
You'd think that Google was the only search engine there was.
The trust had been faxing patient lists
To where? The 1980's?
Just the motivation I needed
to upgrade to a more secure android rom.
It's either that or mod my phone to do a retinal scan before allowing access to the filesystem.
It's awesome!
I want one.
With thermite.
I think this is relevant
http://xkcd.com/1032/
Have they patented this?
Or are they releasing this into the public domain?
Because no patent would equal no licensing restrictions which would make adoption of the standard much easier.
Don't expect torrent of enforcement action
Because torrents are evil and The Pirate Bay has been blocked now.
So many cores!
I wonder how many neurons you could simulate with that.
Re: lol @ todays "hackers"
Yeah, he should have been behind at least 7 proxies.
Unable to report payment arrears properly.
Somehow I don't think that will stop them from applying for Deduction of Earnings Order and taking the arrears anyway.
@Tom 38, Re: If its wrong most of the time...
Thanks for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense.
Re: Also, does it matter ...
And a litre of water weighs a kilogram. Much easier to convert in your head.
Re: Napoleon and his metric system conquered Europe,
There's something wrong with my hand. I can only count up to 31 on it.
Re: metrication has already happened
If your pint has too much head on it, you have the right to have it topped up.
The more you know...
OK. Time to stop this nonsense and use a real unit like the Bloit
The bloit is defined as the distance the king's favorite pet runs in an hour.
Point 57 of a litre please.
It's the same fizzy glass of joy no matter what measuring system you use. Until I can actually buy a litre of beer at a pub, I'm not going to ask for one.
And who buys milk in pints? Down my local shop it's either a 1 litre bottle, or 2 litres or 4.
70 years on
Who exactly is the copyright protecting here?
Warner Bros claims to have a "A Commitment to the Community.", it would be nice to see them practice what they preach.
Re: If its wrong most of the time...
I don't understand how they can get it wrong.
They know where you are, they know where the exchange is and they know what the transport medium will be. Shouldn't it just be simple maths?
Not providing a fingerprint scan.
That sounds like suspicious subversive behaviour if you ask me!
Looks like you're nicked sonny!
Does anyone still have a TV?
I hear that they are like PC's but less functional.
Re: Where do I sign up for knobology training?
Better than a Certificate from the University of New Technology then :)
Re: As far as "ologies" go I think that I'll pass on this one.
You get an ology, you're a scientist!
I think I speak for everyone when I say
Where is the sexy footage?
Paris, because... well, no Megan Fox icon yet.
Re: What guarantees do we have...
Absolutely none.
As soon as the police process your DNA and fingerprints, it's on their database forever. Regardless of whether you've committed a crime or not.
I can see this technology becoming an essential part of any police officers fishing kit.
Re: How could the holocaust have happened when King Canute couldn't even hold back the tide?
That's a total non-sequitur. The one has absolutely nothing to do with the other.
Re: Line printers
IIRC, aren't those the same programs that used to sometimes either:
a) shake the printer apart.
b) produce enough noise to temporarily stun unfortunate lusers.
I can't do anything anymore!
Can't drive a car. Can't drink milk. I can't even decompose without accruing a carbon debt.
If we increase taxes for the rich, rich people will just move abroad!
But if we lower taxes for the rich, the rich just move abroad anyway.
Bugger.
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Re: Flatland?
That's a bloody good point. Why aren't they growing space potatoes?
I would have thought that having something living in their prototypes would have been a better integrity test.
Does anyone know where I can download a copy of PriatePay IP adresses?
There's probably a .torrent with them in around somewhere :)
Re: DoS?
"That looks like spoofing and sending bogus data, not exactly overspamming DoS."
Sounds like it falls under the 1990 Computer Misuse Act. "Unauthorised acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing, operation of computer, etc."
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