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For those out of the loop, here's the reference.

Here ya go - they even briefly bring it up during the movie (good satire can't overtly call itself satire while it's being satire) - the only good bug is a dead bug - skip to 2minutes and 9 seconds. It couldn't call itself a spade any more blatantly because, well...when's the last time you saw the Onion saying "hey no really, this is all fake, satirical stuff - don't take it as real, we're mocking things to make a point..." - you won't see Onion doing that, because...it's not supposed to. You're just supposed to use common sense and see that it's satire

high speed web rendering

Rather worthless without 3G, which plenty of phones in that price range had (the iPhone was EDGE-only, although it did require a data plan.)

animation based interaction

Which was laggy as hell (for the G1 and most other earlier devices as well.) Not really a plus.

Nokia had much better better UIs --smoother and more powerful even though they were using resistive touchscreens. Granted, these devices were marketed as micro-computers and for some reason it took them longer to stick an actual phone in it (in the form of the tragically underrated N800), but the writing was on the wall. The development of Android far predated the release of the iPhone as well.

Apple pounced with an under-speced, over-priced product that did a few flashy things that weren't yet common (but other phones in that price range had), and then they screamed and screamed at the top of their lungs that they were doing it first and doing it best.

They also emphasized that you could use your phone as an MP3 player, which was something the vast majority of new phones could do (even phones running OSes like Symbian), but the public was, for whatever reason, under-utilizing this.

I think you should watch the introductory video to get an idea of how much Job's ideas contrasted with the competition at the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

That's ok; I'll visit the RDF re-education center some other time. I examined the first iPhone when it was first introduced and noticed these issues immediately. I thought the MMS issue would kill it for sure but alas, I underestimated the momentum their iPod and OS X devisions had given them.

Apparently you are unaware of this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

It's the most horrible time of the year.
With the nights getting longer,
The evil is stronger,
And there's much to fear.
It's the most horrible time of the year.

It's the unhappiest season of all.
When your knuckles are whitening
From visions so frightening
You must not recall.
It's the unhappiest season of all.

Great Cthulhu is calling
And sanity's falling
And cultists are roaming the land.
With the darkness descending
Our destiny's bending
To forces we can't understand.

It's the most horrible time of the year.
There'll be ritual killing
And omens fulfilling
As Old Ones appear!
It's the most horrible time of the year.

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In 2007 Apple released the first phone with:
a) capacitive touchscreen as the primary or sole means of input
b) animation based interaction
c) high speed web rendering

There was no other product with that triple. That triple is now the standard. Obviously since they were the only one that was unique and since it has become more or less the standard it was quite innovative.

I think you should watch the introductory video to get an idea of how much Job's ideas contrasted with the competition at the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

How about Global Thermonuclear War? https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Nazis get repressed because they're violent antisocial cunts. Deal with it.

So just to be safe, we have to censor all speech that can in any way be interpreted as nazism, instead of just letting the person ruin their own credibility. Fine people these Germans are.

It's no wonder the US issued a stark warning about Germany:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

As then Speaker Pelosi said, "We have to pass the bill, so you can find out what is in it!"

Or, as Rep. John Conyers famously said "Read the bill?"

As then Speaker Pelosi said, "We have to pass the bill, so you can find out what is in it!"

Or, as Rep. John Conyers famously said "Read the bill?"

Not the "OMG OMG BIGBROTHER" hysteria reaction. https://www.youtube.com/result...

I don't know about you, but I enjoy news about complaints against Apple.

Yeah? Well, here's one. They could have put a few dollars worth (if that) of still completely current hardware into the macbook pro, and then no one would need these WAY more expensive dongles.

Here's your Macbook (cough) "Pro", right here.

Buy now, while you're still DRUNK!

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This amazingly lifelike video of a non existent phenomenon from 3 years ago needs to be investigated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

clearly somebody has invented a time machine and then faked up a video and posted it, and forgotten to include any mention of Elon Musk or Tesla, the bastards.

I'm surprised TFA doesn't have a video. This is what they're talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?..

And the crowd goes mild.

No - that won't ever replace fireworks.

I'm surprised TFA doesn't have a video. This is what they're talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

For some reason people these days always seem to want to "disrupt" things. It's not enough to create something new; you have to destroy everything that came before you to be considered a success. I think Intel's drone show looks nice - it's very serene and calm - but fireworks are explosions. This is not necessarily worse or better, it's just a different thing from fireworks, and doesn't look like it'd create the same atmosphere.

On a semi-related note, those who like fireworks might this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?.... It's a daytime fireworks show that uses colored smoke trails, as well as microcontrollers to synchronize detonations. Some very cool effects.

I'm surprised TFA doesn't have a video. This is what they're talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

For some reason people these days always seem to want to "disrupt" things. It's not enough to create something new; you have to destroy everything that came before you to be considered a success. I think Intel's drone show looks nice - it's very serene and calm - but fireworks are explosions. This is not necessarily worse or better, it's just a different thing from fireworks, and doesn't look like it'd create the same atmosphere.

On a semi-related note, those who like fireworks might this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?.... It's a daytime fireworks show that uses colored smoke trails, as well as microcontrollers to synchronize detonations. Some very cool effects.

...but sheep work too.

The earth's biological productivity is rising rapidly (14% in 30 years) mainly due to increased CO2 in the atmosphere reports Matt Ridley in a Royal Society video with a transcript. Environmentalists may hate it, but it looks like good science to me. See it quicker (19 minutes), less political, and 3 years ago or for busy folk, in Snippets: (2 min) and (20 sec).

The earth's biological productivity is rising rapidly (14% in 30 years) mainly due to increased CO2 in the atmosphere reports Matt Ridley in a Royal Society video with a transcript. Environmentalists may hate it, but it looks like good science to me. See it quicker (19 minutes), less political, and 3 years ago or for busy folk, in Snippets: (2 min) and (20 sec).

The earth's biological productivity is rising rapidly (14% in 30 years) mainly due to increased CO2 in the atmosphere reports Matt Ridley in a Royal Society video with a transcript. Environmentalists may hate it, but it looks like good science to me. See it quicker (19 minutes), less political, and 3 years ago or for busy folk, in Snippets: (2 min) and (20 sec).

The earth's biological productivity is rising rapidly (14% in 30 years) mainly due to increased CO2 in the atmosphere reports Matt Ridley in a Royal Society video with a transcript. Environmentalists may hate it, but it looks like good science to me. See it quicker (19 minutes), less political, and 3 years ago or for busy folk, in Snippets: (2 min) and (20 sec).

"Where are we anyway?"

For a change of mood, check out a video narrated by Truman Bradley the host of 50's tv show Science Fiction Theatre (mentioned in Back to the Future).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

It was a circa 1945 film produced to promote sales of savings bonds. I don't know about peaches and cream, but I did see apples and cattle in there.

A negative profit is still a profit.

Go back to Berkeley genius. By the way, the saying is "You can't fix stupid", by Ron White.

Wow.. you're so hip on denigrating people that are only trying to add a positive comment. And you started out so well with some good reasoning... Best to watch your punctuation when you're getting snippy and pedantic.

Go back to Berkeley, genius. By the way, the saying is, "You can't fix stupid," by Ron White.

FTFY

I'm probably gonna get down-voted for saying that, but I just had to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Meet the Flamespin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Bro has numerous tech videos too on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/B...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

If you switch to a methodology where you're estimating in 6 month blocks and you're off by 100% like that, you're now 6 months off schedule instead of one week off -- that's even worse!

You apparently have never worked at a place like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Trust me that happening once every 6 months is waaaay better than every 2 weeks.

Never give up, never surrender.
Today slashdot, tomorrow the world!

On a slightly different note, how many voice actors have recorded twenty minutes of dialog in the past? How many of their contracts give them control over how the movie studios use those recordings or mandate that the studios give them royalties for using "remixed" versions of their voices?

"In a world..."

(And, of course, the obligatory link. I can't hear that phrase without thinking of this. Although Pablo Francisco does a pretty good job.)

On a slightly different note, how many voice actors have recorded twenty minutes of dialog in the past? How many of their contracts give them control over how the movie studios use those recordings or mandate that the studios give them royalties for using "remixed" versions of their voices?

"In a world..."

(And, of course, the obligatory link. I can't hear that phrase without thinking of this. Although Pablo Francisco does a pretty good job.)

Not interested until the "virtual interactive human" can be a beautiful brunette (barely) dressed in my choice of lingerie. And she needs to sound seriously awesome, cute, etc. Like the babe in this commercial. Bring the good cheer, digi-honey. :)

Then they'll have a real product.

Here are a couple of links that I hope are not in any way connected to this:

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

The youtube clip is 8 years old, and has approximately the same borders as the new October map. This has been simmering for 98 years, and seems to be gathering steam in recent years. Note that Turkey is following the long established practice of demanding territory where ethnic Turks live while refusing to give up territory where non-Turks live.

Erdogan has been consolidating power since the failed plot to remove him, which was about 4 months ago now. (Also see Sledgehammer.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZGK7QolaE

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Samsung had a concept short on the sort of thing you mentioned (2013). The add is rather the stupid but the tech showcased is rather interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

I didn't know the Jetsons drive an iCar! https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

To be fair, I'm not sure the actual quote is better.

"North Polar Ice cap....75-80% chance that during summer months it will be completely and totally gone in five years..."

If you want to check the authenticity, here's the video. I was in the audience at Web 2.0 Summit when he said this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

(He's also factually wrong on the "millions of years" since there was no ice cap during summer in the beginning of the Holocene, or during the last interglacial)

The full launch-to-orbit sequence has been posted on YouTube.

What are the consequences of having super-strong magnetic dust all over the place? Can it get into your lungs? Into your eyes? What if a baby swallows some? Would walking next to a steel car cause perforations through the body?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... ;)

I don't know. For the sellers to care they must risk facing the consequences if it's bad.

The initial video demo for Magic Leap looked very impressive, but it was just a concept video and was quite misleading. The problem is that the video shows various virtual objects that are darker than the background, e.g. The dark red robot against the cream wall at 49 seconds in.

Unlike the composited lies of the initial video, all their subsequent videos are shot through their device and it is abundantly clear that they are using an additive light technology (much like you would get from bouncing an image off a piece of glass at 45 degrees). The first thing you notice is that all of the videos shot through the device are in rather dark rooms, some very dark indeed. If you look at this shopping demo you will see that the eyes of the weird yellow lamp creature are meant to be black, but the grey background shows through them. This is a limitation of additive light.

Now people who have used the device say they were blown away and I'm quite sure that if I saw their Star Wars demo in a conveniently darked room, I would also be amazed. The problem is that people who have experienced the device in darkened rooms might come away with the impression that it can show dark objects, or rather, realistically lit objects, in a normal well-lit environment. In an outdoor environment, or even a well-lit room, the objects could look very washed-out, or at the very least, very bright, glowy and unnatural. If you just want to shoot glowing space aliens or read some glowy text, that isn't an issue. However, if people are expecting to see realistic naturally lit objects that actually look like they belong in your current environment, I think they may be sorely disappointed. The additive light limitations could also be a big problem for shopping applications. After all, it's a bit difficult to see how that dark green couch is going to look in your lounge if the wall behind it just shows through. Google's project tango has the advantage there since it can just composite naturally lit objects over the video feed.

I'm not saying their device couldn't be really useful, or even pretty amazing in certain situations and environments, but I think the limitations will cause issues and may put a lot of people off buying one. I could also be wrong, and for some reason they have been refusing to show their amazing light-blocking technology in their demo videos, but that seems unlikely.

P.S. Although they have been more honest in their videos recently, I should point out that their website still shows concept images that misleadingly give the impression that they are able to show objects darker than the background. I should also point out that Magic Leap have been far more honest than Microsoft who seem to exclusively composite their videos to hide their crappy field of view and similar additive light limitations.

The initial video demo for Magic Leap looked very impressive, but it was just a concept video and was quite misleading. The problem is that the video shows various virtual objects that are darker than the background, e.g. The dark red robot against the cream wall at 49 seconds in.

Unlike the composited lies of the initial video, all their subsequent videos are shot through their device and it is abundantly clear that they are using an additive light technology (much like you would get from bouncing an image off a piece of glass at 45 degrees). The first thing you notice is that all of the videos shot through the device are in rather dark rooms, some very dark indeed. If you look at this shopping demo you will see that the eyes of the weird yellow lamp creature are meant to be black, but the grey background shows through them. This is a limitation of additive light.

Now people who have used the device say they were blown away and I'm quite sure that if I saw their Star Wars demo in a conveniently darked room, I would also be amazed. The problem is that people who have experienced the device in darkened rooms might come away with the impression that it can show dark objects, or rather, realistically lit objects, in a normal well-lit environment. In an outdoor environment, or even a well-lit room, the objects could look very washed-out, or at the very least, very bright, glowy and unnatural. If you just want to shoot glowing space aliens or read some glowy text, that isn't an issue. However, if people are expecting to see realistic naturally lit objects that actually look like they belong in your current environment, I think they may be sorely disappointed. The additive light limitations could also be a big problem for shopping applications. After all, it's a bit difficult to see how that dark green couch is going to look in your lounge if the wall behind it just shows through. Google's project tango has the advantage there since it can just composite naturally lit objects over the video feed.

I'm not saying their device couldn't be really useful, or even pretty amazing in certain situations and environments, but I think the limitations will cause issues and may put a lot of people off buying one. I could also be wrong, and for some reason they have been refusing to show their amazing light-blocking technology in their demo videos, but that seems unlikely.

P.S. Although they have been more honest in their videos recently, I should point out that their website still shows concept images that misleadingly give the impression that they are able to show objects darker than the background. I should also point out that Magic Leap have been far more honest than Microsoft who seem to exclusively composite their videos to hide their crappy field of view and similar additive light limitations.

(Silly) Samsung promo video from 2014
Samsung to introduce foldable phones in 2017

(Silly) Samsung promo video from 2014
Samsung to introduce foldable phones in 2017

Fold in half, like a flip phone? Pfui.

I want something like the omniphone (omni for short) described in Alastair Mayer's T-Space stories, which is based on the Nokia Morph concept. (See also the video, here.)

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