I vote for scary.
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Laga - Jun 16, 2011 9:16:37 am PDT #16979 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
omnis_audis - Jun 16, 2011 9:19:03 am PDT #16980 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
and useful at parties for those of us who don't like our picture being taken. I can see it now. Mom gets everyone to scrunch together for a group photo. And the emo son taps away at his iOS device and makes the camera not work. Mom looks at the camera exasperated "why does this thing never work for these group photos? I miss my old KodaChrome instamatic with cube flash".
le nubian - Jun 16, 2011 9:30:47 am PDT #16981 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
on the one hand, it is scary. but I'm waiting for the hacker patch so that such a feature does not work.
meara - Jun 16, 2011 10:04:16 am PDT #16982 of 25501
Very scary because governments could use it to stop people from recording protests or police misconduct. I mean, if you were the government you'd probably just use it preemptively, as another tool in your arsenal. And that's not cool.
Vortex - Jun 16, 2011 10:20:54 am PDT #16983 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But would the system have to be installed somewhere? So, it could be used in a club or concert venue building, but not a handheld or mobile blocker in a car or something.
tommyrot - Jun 16, 2011 10:40:58 am PDT #16984 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But would the system have to be installed somewhere?
Who knows?
Apple just applied for (or was just granted) the patent for this, so I imagine a bunch of stuff is yet to be determined.
Toddson - Jun 16, 2011 10:43:51 am PDT #16985 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In vaguely related news, the U.S. Open (golf) is taking place not too far away and they've banned cell phones and other electronic devices completely. They've got ... metal detectors? ... to keep people from bringing anything in.
Liese S. - Jun 16, 2011 4:17:54 pm PDT #16986 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, it's an anti-bootlegging device!
Steph L. - Jun 17, 2011 9:26:19 am PDT #16987 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Am I losing my mind, or is Google not returning cached results anymore? I'm not getting the "Cached" link underneath the search results today. (Or "Similar," either, but that doesn't matter so much.)
t edit At least one other person noticed it: [link]
Steph L. - Jun 17, 2011 9:40:13 am PDT #16988 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, I see what they did -- it's moved over to the bottom of the big giant preview image that pops up when you click on the magnifying glass icon next to the result. That's not particularly intuitive.