Since yesterday when I have no internet, I've been using my nexus one to tether. Just browsing the internets on my laptop I've gone over that. Limit is 1GB. let's hope i have the internet installed by then!
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/breakthrough_nand_flash_memory_could_lead_10gbs_ssd_writes
We have had a breakthrough in solving the voltage problem. I think the authoer is nothing but idiotic to believe that SSD isn't going to replace hdds for the average consumer. Later this year intel is going to release its G3 SSDs, with the lArgest at 600GB. G2 drives were 60% cheaper than G1 drives. Let's hope we see a similar drop.
Seriously, transcribe it manually... automatic speech recognition just doesn't work.
That view is only ever held by people who have not used speech to text software in a very long time. Speech recognition software today works INCREDIBLY well. I would say that it was over 95% accurate (and I have a very cheap microphone). Here's a video of it in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsohqUgjqK0&feature=related It frustrates me that people think that speech recognition hasn't progressed since they last used it and therefore their opinion of it from when they used it years ago is still valid. Speech recognition works INCREDIBLY well, for me it's more accurate than typing.
This is kind of like saying "I flip a coin. What is the chance it lands heads facing up?"
And you say "50%."
And I say, "Incorrect. There is a very small chance it will land balanced perfectly on it's side, so both the chance of heads and the chance of tails is under 50%."
If you said "I flip a fair coin..." then saying that it may land on its side would be wrong. But when modelling the probability of some actual even happening in the real word (where no perfectly fair things, such as fair coins, exist) you should consider as much as you can. The more the better. There IS a chance it could land on its side.
X is here to stay and you will eventually be using it. The same goes for Y. The Y is truly revolutionary and many otherwise informed people are dismissing it as a Z clone. It surprises me how many people here on Slashdot are poor at predicting what technologies will become commonplace in the future.
See what I did there?
Yes, you did nothing. Replacing what I was referring to with letters achieves nothing. Such techniques should only be used when explaining a logical flaw in an argument. And I have mostly ignored any marketing efforts. When the Wii came out I was unimpressed (and still am) but when the Kinect was released I was able to recognize its brilliance.
Are you sure about that? 3D TV may very well come along, but it's hardly an assumption that people should be making. 3D has been available to film makers for a half century and it still hasn't really taken off.
I disagree with that. Only recently has the technology become good enough (3D using polarization - those glasses with different coloured lenses as filters were a joke) at an affordable price.
From time to time there's a story which works better in 3D, but the reality is that most movies are already 3D in the mind of the viewer, We know what's close and what's far and adding 3D to that doesn't contribute a whole lot.
3D is to HD as HD is to standard definition. It takes it to the next level. It isn't about letting the viewer understand the distances better. It's about making it look better.
Not all technologies pan out. The Virtual boy was 3D and the original Gameboy was a black and white lcd.
I never claimed that all technologies panned out. When I said that geeks often dismiss new technologies, I meant that they thought the new technology was stupid or poor or bad in some way without giving it a proper evaluation.
The truth is you are either invested in games or you are not, period.
That is a false dichotomy. The amount of interest a person has in games is different for each person.
Geeks often dismiss new technologies. Such as 3D TVs. 3D is here to stay and you will eventually be using it. The same goes to the Kinect. The Kinect is truly revolutionary and many otherwise informed people are dismissing it as a Wii clone. It surprises me how many people here on slashdot are poor at predicting what technologies will become commonplace the future.
I find it interesting that many intelligent people are unable to distinguish between the technology and experience in the Kinect and the Wii. One is a stupid tracker that follows one point in x y z and the other is a very advanced system of cameras that tracks YOUR ENTIRE BODY and doesn't require a controller. The technology and experience from using the Kinect are vastly superior to the Wii's. DO NOT GROUP THEM TOGETHER.
The fact is that new types of bacteria appear in the ocean all the time. You've been watching too many movies if you're scared of this idea. Fear not, the bacteria will not mutate and infect all life in the sea.
It really has nothing to do with capitalism. Even in communism they would remove companies and technologies that are obsolete. It's just stupid to think that newspapers have a right to exist and make a profit.
He was only selling lost property. Nothing more, nothing less. People do this all the time. Why the hell do so many people think he did something evil?
The public pays for gathering the data, the public should have access to that data. Kinda hard to find fault with that.
No, it isn't. The fault is that the data may contain sensitive information. The Army collects data about enemies, should that be free access for the public? Nope. (I'm not arguing against making university data public, but your logic is flawed)
That's not live.. its online (duh?). And heads up has the MOST variance. Please stop giving anecdotal evidence.. its so dumb that its making my head hurt. Variance can be calculated using solid mathematical methods. The confidence levels of having a certain BB/100 can be calculated too. And so on. There's no need to tell stupid retarded lame stories.
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Since when is a helicopter crash surreal?
Since yesterday when I have no internet, I've been using my nexus one to tether. Just browsing the internets on my laptop I've gone over that. Limit is 1GB. let's hope i have the internet installed by then!
I can type on swype without looking with ease.
What is the energy density of SCiB? And what is the energy density of a conventional battery? Thanks.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/breakthrough_nand_flash_memory_could_lead_10gbs_ssd_writes We have had a breakthrough in solving the voltage problem. I think the authoer is nothing but idiotic to believe that SSD isn't going to replace hdds for the average consumer. Later this year intel is going to release its G3 SSDs, with the lArgest at 600GB. G2 drives were 60% cheaper than G1 drives. Let's hope we see a similar drop.
Seriously, transcribe it manually... automatic speech recognition just doesn't work.
That view is only ever held by people who have not used speech to text software in a very long time. Speech recognition software today works INCREDIBLY well. I would say that it was over 95% accurate (and I have a very cheap microphone). Here's a video of it in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsohqUgjqK0&feature=related It frustrates me that people think that speech recognition hasn't progressed since they last used it and therefore their opinion of it from when they used it years ago is still valid. Speech recognition works INCREDIBLY well, for me it's more accurate than typing.
The sky is falling in... literally!
This is kind of like saying "I flip a coin. What is the chance it lands heads facing up?"
And you say "50%."
And I say, "Incorrect. There is a very small chance it will land balanced perfectly on it's side, so both the chance of heads and the chance of tails is under 50%."
If you said "I flip a fair coin..." then saying that it may land on its side would be wrong. But when modelling the probability of some actual even happening in the real word (where no perfectly fair things, such as fair coins, exist) you should consider as much as you can. The more the better. There IS a chance it could land on its side.
X is here to stay and you will eventually be using it. The same goes for Y. The Y is truly revolutionary and many otherwise informed people are dismissing it as a Z clone. It surprises me how many people here on Slashdot are poor at predicting what technologies will become commonplace in the future. See what I did there?
Yes, you did nothing. Replacing what I was referring to with letters achieves nothing. Such techniques should only be used when explaining a logical flaw in an argument. And I have mostly ignored any marketing efforts. When the Wii came out I was unimpressed (and still am) but when the Kinect was released I was able to recognize its brilliance.
Are you sure about that? 3D TV may very well come along, but it's hardly an assumption that people should be making. 3D has been available to film makers for a half century and it still hasn't really taken off.
I disagree with that. Only recently has the technology become good enough (3D using polarization - those glasses with different coloured lenses as filters were a joke) at an affordable price.
From time to time there's a story which works better in 3D, but the reality is that most movies are already 3D in the mind of the viewer, We know what's close and what's far and adding 3D to that doesn't contribute a whole lot.
3D is to HD as HD is to standard definition. It takes it to the next level. It isn't about letting the viewer understand the distances better. It's about making it look better.
"Geeks often dismiss new technologies."
You mean like the Sega CD, the 32X, the SNES Zapper, the power glove, virtual boy and R.O.B.?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.O.B.
Not all technologies pan out. The Virtual boy was 3D and the original Gameboy was a black and white lcd.
I never claimed that all technologies panned out. When I said that geeks often dismiss new technologies, I meant that they thought the new technology was stupid or poor or bad in some way without giving it a proper evaluation.
The truth is you are either invested in games or you are not, period.
That is a false dichotomy. The amount of interest a person has in games is different for each person.
Geeks often dismiss new technologies. Such as 3D TVs. 3D is here to stay and you will eventually be using it. The same goes to the Kinect. The Kinect is truly revolutionary and many otherwise informed people are dismissing it as a Wii clone. It surprises me how many people here on slashdot are poor at predicting what technologies will become commonplace the future.
Why is parent +5 interesting? Completely off topic. poor moderation
When we have AI strong enough to understand personal data Google will soon become a trillion dollar business because of all the data it has.
I find it interesting that many intelligent people are unable to distinguish between the technology and experience in the Kinect and the Wii. One is a stupid tracker that follows one point in x y z and the other is a very advanced system of cameras that tracks YOUR ENTIRE BODY and doesn't require a controller. The technology and experience from using the Kinect are vastly superior to the Wii's. DO NOT GROUP THEM TOGETHER.
The fact is that new types of bacteria appear in the ocean all the time. You've been watching too many movies if you're scared of this idea. Fear not, the bacteria will not mutate and infect all life in the sea.
It really has nothing to do with capitalism. Even in communism they would remove companies and technologies that are obsolete. It's just stupid to think that newspapers have a right to exist and make a profit.
They only had 2 hives in their experiment?
if i see another +5 insightful "correlation != causation" my brain is going to fucking explode.
On my slashdot? It's more likely than you think!
He was only selling lost property. Nothing more, nothing less. People do this all the time. Why the hell do so many people think he did something evil?
Too big for what, exactly?
The public pays for gathering the data, the public should have access to that data. Kinda hard to find fault with that.
No, it isn't. The fault is that the data may contain sensitive information. The Army collects data about enemies, should that be free access for the public? Nope. (I'm not arguing against making university data public, but your logic is flawed)
Actually, you don't need a license to watch iPlayer.
That's not live.. its online (duh?). And heads up has the MOST variance. Please stop giving anecdotal evidence.. its so dumb that its making my head hurt. Variance can be calculated using solid mathematical methods. The confidence levels of having a certain BB/100 can be calculated too. And so on. There's no need to tell stupid retarded lame stories.