Interesting Thanks for the article Michael.
Personally I just see things like this as More Of The Same and is part of the reason why I don't play in areas like this. The same with using Plastic to pay for things when you do the Banks who issue...
View ArticleYou are very welcome, Col
And thank you for that information. I read about it, but had no idea it was that extensive. Are those Chip and Pin cards?
View ArticleFrom my understand Michael
They are all types of cards as the Data was stolen after the sale was made from what is stored/transmitted on the Sellers System.The sellers themselves had their systems hacked and where effectively...
View ArticleOh, OK, Col
I was curious as a while back I wrote about how some English academics were able to crack a Chip and PIN PoS device -- supposedly not possible. I'm betting the next step is to move to RFID PoS devices....
View ArticleMichael, the situation with e-books is much worse than you realise
due to the companies making proprietary devices and using proprietary formats for the Kindle, Nook, e-pub etc it means there are formats that can be dropped if the company doesn't see enough profit,...
View ArticleThanks, Ernest
And I realize what you are saying. I think about it every time I buy an eBook. Up until four years ago, I felt the same way about PDF. I don't have a good answer for proprietary methods.
View ArticleMy answer, at the moment , is to avoid them. I only use PDF due to the
easy to get open source variants that work just as well, and often better.
View ArticleSo what about fire?
That's arguably the first technology, and that was used to cook food before any pseudo-military applications came about. Not to mention that the use of plowshares, spears & bows as weapons of war...
View Articletechnology is not evil
people aresee my comment abovebtw ever see 2001 A Space odyssey? Plausible opening sequence there...
View ArticleSorry, wrong answer.
The Chinese invented the "fire arrow" (hollow arrow filled with gunpowder) by AD 989, not long after gunpowder was first created... and around the same time as the "peaceful" fireworks first came...
View ArticleI know what you mean, but that's an issue with using such a small device
and a major reason why I advocate the use of basic html for creating e-books. Sadly B&N, Amazon, and Apple don't agree as they may lose some potential income in doing so. I think they'd gain more...
View ArticleEver had a some idiot jogger run into because they were too busy listening
to their walkman to watch where they're going?
View ArticleI think that's what I was going for
In my more long-winded reply to your original comment. =)And yes, I have seen "2001: A Space Odyssey". Also, in reference to your comment above, where you mention people seeing wheels for the first...
View ArticleeBooks
Which is why I buy my eBooks from Baen EBooks. No DRM, no security issues. Besides, if you want to not have your reading monitored, then buy a hard copy. I mean it's the same idea with web surfing,...
View ArticleConvenience versus privacy
Michael,I buy lots of E-books, from a wide variety of vendors. I have bought two or three from Amazon, but I was very disappointed by the results.You see, I own my E-books. Yes, I do! That's because I...
View ArticleI too buy books from Baen, but also from Amazon.
I'm not too worried about amazon knowing my reading habits, they track everything i look up on their website anyway and there is a lot more of that. That said the first thing i do when i have bought an...
View ArticleKind of Reinforces
My main reason for not getting one. A friend an I have the same taste in fiction so we kind of take it in turns to buy novels, then swap them. Can't do that if "they" can control my content.
View ArticleGuessing
It wasn't long after the first use of fire that someone decided to use it to burn another person/family/tribe or their possessions.
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