on the one hand, it is scary. but I'm waiting for the hacker patch so that such a feature does not work.
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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."
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.
DCJensen - Jun 17, 2011 7:33:34 pm PDT #16989 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Okay, but the problem is that the router keeps trying to dish the same IP address to 2 devices. I know it *shouldn't* happen, but it has been for months.
I set my router's DHCP to start at x.x.x.100 through x.x.x.200, which means that I can have up to 100 devices obtain ip automatically, but reserves x.x.x.2 through x.x.x.99 (and 201-254) for static IPs.
Seems to work for me, and if I have to I can change a device to DHCP quickly.
quester - Jun 18, 2011 7:30:49 pm PDT #16990 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I need some Buffista-riffic help!
I have a small Western Digital external hard drive that I've been using as my back-up via Time Machine. I have an Apple MacBook Pro, BTW.
Anyway, I got tired of dragging it around with me while I was and internet gypsy. Well, I plugged it back in when I got back online, but I just noticed it wasn't backing up. In fact, the computer doesn't seem to recognize it anymore.
I've plugged it into both USB ports and neither make a difference. It did get dropped once...or twice.
Could I have killed it? Is there anyway to get the data off of it?