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Clothes Make the Network
Roland Piquepaille writes "Howard Rheingold is looking at how "wearable computers create ad-hoc wireless communities." Here is the main idea, introduced by Gerd Kortuem, a 38-year-old assistant professor, who recently moved to Lancaster University in England from the University of Oregon's Wearable Computing Lab. "As he sees it, the crowds who surround us every day constitute a huge waste of social capital. If you live in a city for instance, there are many who pass within a few yards of you each day who could give you a ride home, buy an item you're trying to sell, or consider you as dating material. Dynamic networking makes it possible to tap those resources through a momentary alliance among transient interest groups." Check this column for a summary or the full article if you have more time."
Sun: The Panties are the Computer
Honey, I shrunk the Cygwin
great, now not looking in the eye of a drunk on the corner doesn't excuse me for not offering him a few buck. now his software will spam me until i pay for his next drink.
The physical world is so 20th century. The future is virtual.
I hate people. Now I'll have to keep some around so I can get decent bandwidth.
great! now maybe the waitress will bring the katsup i asked her for. just advertise her tip-meter every few seconds to show the rapid decrease in funds.
If you live in a city for instance, there are many who pass within a few yards of you each day who could give you a ride home, buy an item you're trying to sell,
No longer will drug dealers have to stand suspiciously on corners or in parks!
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
-sniff-...my network needs to be washed.
"Quoting famous computer scientists out of context is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming." - K
...that this guy was the one at home watching Trek on prom night.
"In a 32-bit world, you're a 2-bit user. You've got your own newsgroup, alt.total.loser." -Weird Al
or consider you as dating material
:-P
Um... This is Slashdot - will that many people consider us geeks as dating material??
(Obligatory smilie here).
Is the first War-Pantsing going to occur?
"Woah, I sure hope that's a 802.11b antenna poking into my backside!"
What is music when you despise all sound?
Why would you be wearing a computer that broedcasts your personal information? Sure, they'll be commercial things that do this, but not all will, and if nothing else, carry a linux install (or whatever) in your pocket.
1) Want to stuff you into a barrell.
2) Want to rip you off.
3) Put you in their basement forever.
4) Want to spam you constantly for deals. Can't wait for the first Nigerian coat spam scam.
5) Trolls who will be constantly broadcasting that, "In Russia, you are the wearable computer...Searching for girls named Natilie and grits...First Shirt Post...Hey is this a first of a beowulf of cloths!"
I can't wait till I walk down the street, my wearable stating that I'm single, and I receive a message like "Looking for a guy like you, check out my live web cam and chat at TeenCollegeSluts.com" every ten steps.
Intel Pentium III, 3.0Ghz CPU, 256KB second level cache
256MB SDRAM, PC133 onboard
20GB IDE Hard Disk Drive, 2.5" Internal, High Shock
24X CD-Rom, IDE, Slim style installed
Chipset Intel® 815EG North, I/O: Intel® Hub 2 (South)
Video On Board (DB15) SVGA, 2D/3D
1x -Serial RS-232,
2x -PS/2 for Keyboard and Mouse
3x -USB Ports, 1-front, 2-rear
1x -Firewire, IEEE-1394, Lucent FW323 Chipset, 400Mb transfer rate
1x -Ethernet Port, Intel 82562ET 10/ 100 LAN controller, RJ-45 connector
1x -Parallel Port
Power on, reset buttons with power On and HDD LED's
Audio Software AC 97 Audio CODEC, 1-line-in, 1-Mic-out, 1-Earphone
With the blue cords and white trim
Karma: Censored (mostly affected by decency laws)
Now when someone says, "stay away from him -- he's got some kind of virus," it won't just mean someone's got the flu.
Trolls lurk everywhere. Mod them down.
Do you realize that the underpants gnomes are suddenly a lot closer to a revenue model?
nmap girl.in.corner.of.bar
Muttering to myself...damn, port 79 is closed...
Did I just post this? Gawd I'm a geek....
-- Good judgement comes with experience. -- Experience comes with bad judgement.
I see you're trying not to collide with this 18 wheeler while trying to silence your fighting children. Would you like some help with that?
Honk 17 times for no.
Keep your packets off my GNU/Girlfriend!