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Perhaps a "Click and Drag along this line" then a "Now change things around the screen and do it again"
Or many other idea's like it.
EDIT: Forgot to mention it's really beautiful to play with. Sorry sorry sorry.
As I said in the live chat to them tonight - please guys, get to the UK soon :-)
You can download full version of apps for free very easily with a Jailbroken phone.
As a developer, by using in-app purchase you have a very good chance of defeating that loophole.
People drive at a constant speed.
The root cause of traffic jams, in my opinion, is that people brake much quicker than they accelerate.
This leads to traffic bunching up, and then stretching out as people regain speed.
In the UK, the variable speed limits on major routes work if people obey them, as it cuts down this emergent behaviour.
When reporting issues I often say "Can you upgrade your browser?" to which I get the reply "No, it's what the IT department put on all of the machines, I use (BrowserX) at home though."
I suspect this is common.
"He felt like an insider because he worked for Verizon, so let him feel that way."
Whilst I too wouldn't have said anything, it's interesting to consider the number of people he may have said this to in the course of his work...
...Who then may have changed their buying intentions based on this false information.
Perhaps around $7.99, to make it £5 in the UK, more or less.
Fantastic idea, fantastic site. Well done.
This service will help in finding somewhere to camp if we are in a random area of the UK and want to see a little more of it the next day.
They should have a "Ok to pee in bushes" search option though ;-)
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In the past I have bought in-game money with real-world money. A character would turn up in the game to meet your character at a pre-determined locations, and complete the deal. (Usually ;-) )
I'm guessing something like this is happening. If that was the case, I'd like to think between Apple and Sega they could work out privately between themselves who may be involved in this.
A protest about an unfortunate incident led to some people throwing stuff at the Police. This escalated.
Others then saw this as an opportunity to go looting in other towns.
Bringing up Jean Charles de Mendez at this point in time makes no sense at all. We have no idea what happened to Mark Duggan exactly yet.
On ones own, it is unlikely the average man will head off to a mobile phone store, force the shutter open, smash the windows and head off inside to collect some iOS booty.
Collectively, a group of men are considerably more likely to do so.
Organising a group of people on Facebook to gather and go forth and cause problems in a town is therefore a very serious issue.
(In this case, nobody did gather, but what if they did? Millions of pounds worth of damage may have been caused - as it was in other towns.)
It wasn't rioting or a protest.
I think the change is law is to help clarify this a little more. In reality, once the perps in this case dived out the window, they could have pulled weapons and started shooting themselves.
I'd sooner face jail than that possibility.
I won't argue that these sentences are disproportionate.
But is it what we need in response to this? I'd argue yes.
The spark for these "riots" was a gentleman who was killed during an arrest. Bad times, of course. Very bad times.
But it's important to understand that the details of /exactly/ what happened here are currently officially unknown. The official report has not been released.
On the back of this, groups of people all over the UK decided to go on organised shoplifting spree's. When asked by the media "Why" they said things like "To get back our taxes, innit." [SIC]
Perhaps a few, who are at the very least comfortable with criminal behaviour, need to be given these sorts of sentences - and then for the media to make it well known it's happened.
A deterrent. Unfortunate for those singled out for it, but perhaps one needed for the good of the whole society.
They looted charity shops for fucks sake. Parents supported the kids doing it.
Something had to be done. This was it.
(Which for these sort of offences are very unlikely to be applied.)
The was the only one that opened upon a map over me :-)
We have two ears, and one mouth. 70/30%
(Can't think of anything else to add, sorry.)
But in this case, and probably any that follow it, it's extremely unlikely they used/will use their own details or credit cards.
Me too. I'm thinking that the Apple/Lodsys one has the best chance of making a change, as for Apple so much is at stake.
I don't know how it is over in the US, but here in the UK the whole issue isn't really high profile, even with stakes as high as they are. (IE. HTC not being able to sell mobiles if the patent decision is upheld in December.)
One thing is for sure, I for one would not put any app in a US app store, which is a shame for me and my potential customers.
I've read lots of the discussions about this today, and I think I'm the first to post this:
http://www.airbnb.com/home/safety
It is no better or worse than Craigslist, as humans are involved. Some humans always screw things up for the rest of us.
But a nutter having your key is just a minor detail if entry is desired; and with AirBnB at least you get a cash reward for your risk.
That would be a selfish act then. (But from a business point of view an understandable one.)
But on the other hand, I'm not sure what we would expect them to do? There simply isn't a way they can guarantee you don't get a nutter.
It's a gamble that you choose, you may win, you may lose.
I for one would not rent anything other than a steel box with a blow up matress on the floor that cost less that the rent I was charging.
But on the other hand I'd love to visit some of the places they have available. I'd treat those locations with the upmost of respect, but would be mindful of the fact any number of camera's could be filming me.
AirBnB is a fantastic idea, if people were not people.
I expect that unless you rented out your space a lot in a given policy year, it may render it unprofitable to do so.