If you read her paper, you will find that she won an award from the American Astronomical Society last year that helped pay for this project. Her dad taught her AutoCad and how to machine the parts herself.
She used her own Canon digital camera as the detector.
She bought a used, "bad condition" Pentax 200 mm lens for $109.
She used a $12 filter as a grating holder, since she didn't have the ability to machine a thread to fit the lens.
And, oh yes, she's also a genius.
streaming internet radio broadcast (via pTunes)... bluetooth headphones... Treo... Neuros 2+
TCPMP video player... Goodlink... Documents 2 Go... Verichat to IM... Bluetooth modem to let me connect my laptop to the internet... personal email on Snapper...
..and when you can make this happen for five of your English Major friends, or God Forbid, my parents,
I will be one of the first beating a path to your door. Until then, I'll just send them all to the Apple
Store, where it will just work. iPhone was designed to do all those wonderful things without third party apps,
aftermarket add-ons, or knowing what any of those things are. Which is why Apple will sell a bazillion of them.
..it's because the Wall Streeters haven't gotten back from their Fiji vacations yet to see the demo.
The Blackberry and Treo are lousy phones, and only slightly better organizers/email platforms.
iPhone makes them both look like something from the Soviet era.
And if I recall correctly, the iPod was introduced at a similarly high price, with pundits complaining
that no one would want to pay that just to hear music. Now, iPods are handed out as party favors.
My only complaint is that they didn't make it cell carrier agnostic.
..until it can demonstrate the ability to shave and/or apply mascara at speed, cut off other drivers, and give the finger to old men going 48 mph in the passing lane. There's a good reason they're not holding this on the East coast.
...because there's no better instruction in writing quality code than having to sift through some other idiots' poorly commented, unstructured mess on a deadline.
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Le Guin? Hello? Left Hand of Darkness? Lathe of Heaven?
Please don't tar her with the same brush...
If you read her paper, you will find that she won an award from the American Astronomical Society last year that helped pay for this project. Her dad taught her AutoCad and how to machine the parts herself.
She used her own Canon digital camera as the detector.
She bought a used, "bad condition" Pentax 200 mm lens for $109.
She used a $12 filter as a grating holder, since she didn't have the ability to machine a thread to fit the lens.
And, oh yes, she's also a genius.
..or a big red inverted teardrop icon with an "A" in it... --Gene
Apple has already mastered micropayments there, why not start adding this and other widgets for a buck?
I will be one of the first beating a path to your door. Until then, I'll just send them all to the Apple
Store, where it will just work. iPhone was designed to do all those wonderful things without third party apps,
aftermarket add-ons, or knowing what any of those things are. Which is why Apple will sell a bazillion of them.
The Blackberry and Treo are lousy phones, and only slightly better organizers/email platforms.
iPhone makes them both look like something from the Soviet era.
And if I recall correctly, the iPod was introduced at a similarly high price, with pundits complaining
that no one would want to pay that just to hear music. Now, iPods are handed out as party favors.
My only complaint is that they didn't make it cell carrier agnostic.
..in _The Humane Interface_. I certainly hope Platt cited him.
Who needed the gun? My brother and I would take a roll of caps (100 per roll), lay it on the pavement, and hit it with a sledge hammer.
..until it can demonstrate the ability to shave and/or apply mascara at speed, cut off other drivers, and give the finger to old men going 48 mph in the passing lane. There's a good reason they're not holding this on the East coast.
..where Polonium 210 is used as the ionizer in "StaticMaster" brushes, used to clean dust off of negatives.
...because there's no better instruction in writing quality code than having to sift through some other idiots' poorly commented, unstructured mess on a deadline.