I have a couple questions and comments about this stuff...
First, doesn't the US import most of its oil from South America? Maybe I'm remembering outdated information, but I could have sworn that was true..
Second, aren't oil prices sort of artificially controlled by OPEC? I mean, if the Middle East wanted prices to go down, they could just produce more oil. So it seems like they're trying to get to that sweet sport where prices are high enough that they make lots of money, but low enough that it seems expensive to extract shale oil or invest in alternative energy..
Personally I'm all for some alternatives. Heck, I wish there was a ton more public transit in the USA- I'm living in NYC now and I don't know how I lived without the subway system...
I remember a decade ago, somebody from l0pht was discussing how they could take down the entire internet and keep it down for a while. I'm sure many people have made a point of keeping up with advancing technology and continuing to find ways that they could take down the internet itself...
Perhaps one of these lists could be compiled along side a list of the most violent movies of all time, and maybe the most violent news stories of all time, or most violent public spectacles of all time..
That last one would make for an interesting list, humans had some pretty messed up forms of entertainment back in the day. Public blood sport, torture, rape, execution, etc..
Obviously this whole concept is a bit silly, but how exactly would these plants be able to isolate WHICH passenger was carrying bomb materials, if they happened to turn white?
And as somebody else mentioned, I'm sure it takes a while for the plants to change color..
And I'm sure there are MANY explosives (fertilizer based?) that these things probably wouldn't detect, and probably many things that would cause false positives..
I suppose it might be usefult to plant these things around suspected bomb-making locations, but I'd think that people would get savvy really quick and take a lawnmower to their property....
It's a touchPAD on the back, not a screen. Basically I equate it with playing a shooter on my laptop, except (hopefully) the button layout will be such that I can easily press any button without moving my finger from the touchpad. On my laptop, it's difficult to right-click without moving my finger on the touchpad, and there's really no way to middle-click or emulate the wheel.. whereas with a purpose-built gaming touchpad, these issues could easily be solved. I don't need to see a touchpad to use it, either....
I'm not saying it's going to work as well as my greatest imagination says it might, I'm just tossing out an idea for potantial usage.
First person shooters might benefit greatly from a touchpad. I can't stand trying to aim with an analog stick, but a touchpad is just a small step away from a mouse.. so if it's ergonomic, it might make this handheld one of the best devices around for playing shooters...
Not really, other than my assumption that somebody would be making that stupid joke so it might as well be me. Didn't realize I had 'first post' until later. So... score?:)
Also, I'm geeky, but not geeky enough to understand all the math involved in this article. I just want to be able to contribute in some small way. Or something.
Something tells me that companies that have a lot of data on their users are going to be leveraging it to their own benefit, not the benefit of their users..
It's how things seem work these days.
Exactly. After the obscenity that was the mortgage scandal, did anything change? Nope, and the greedy bastards responsible even got a shitload of free money from The Taxpayers...
"Free" money that they later paid back with interest..
For pretty much anything happening high-speed, you want to take your photo slightly after whatever triggering event happens. If you're firing a gun, you want to see the bullet exiting the chamber, not the initial loud explosion when the hammer hits the bullet inside the gun. With a glass shattering, you want to see shards and fragments suspended in mid-air with a hammer partially through the glass, not the initial impact of the hammer before the glass has broken up.
So, basically, with a sound trigger or a light trigger (say an infra-red beam hitting a sensor, or something like that) you're still going to want a delay before the strobe is fired.
Even better... Just open your camera's shutter and put your hand in front of the lens until you see a lightning strike beginning. Remove your hand for just the amount of time that you see lightning. Then, put your hand back without closing the shutter. Repeat for however long you want to leave the shutter open, say 30 seconds. If you capture a few lightning bolts this way, you end up with a shot that looks like Zeus was VERY angry.
Also, the thing about this type of high speed photography is that you're triggering the light source... so if you're trying to photograph something that creates its own light, these strobe-triggering devices are going to do you no good at all.
To do that, you'd need to trigger a high speed shutter, which is a lot harder to do.. there's usually a lag between when a shutter is triggered and when it actually takes a picture, and the mechanical shutters on most SLR's don't actually go much faster than 1/250s. The images you see of matches being struck and explosions happening and such are taken with motion picture cameras with very high framerates.
Although, with electronic shutters that are becoming more common, there might be a way to get actual shutter speeds of 1/8000s with minimal lag. Could be very cool.
There was an article about the cubestormer quite a few months ago here on Slashdot. It seems to be able to solve the cube much quicker, and it just looks a lot more sturdy. See video here.. So is it really that impressive that they did this using an ARM?
Instead of the same silly explosions we've seen a thousand times, we'll have sweet electrical arcs and lightning bolts flying out. Then, if they want, the bolts of lightning can ignite other "conventional" cars and make them explode/catch fire/whatever.
Anybody look at the article linked for the $40 price point? It's advertising a cheap folding chair with a built in desk. The style of desks I remember from middle school were selling on that web site for $100-$150 each.
They weren't the most comfy things in the world, but when I was a kid I was far less prone to get sore from sitting in weird ways or get random backaches and such.
Youth is wasted on the young. But that's beside the point. I think schools are already spending well more than $40/chair.
Well I was only 85% kidding. I think that cosmetic uses would be a massive money maker. If you look at how much people spend on minoxidil to get a barely noticeable increase in hair, or the surgeries people go through... I am mostly thinking of hair loss because I am bald, but also because it seems like stem cells could be coaxed into follicles with very little effort.
If only they could figure out how to use these stem cells to do something truly useful... like growing hair on bald men, enlarging penises, extending eyelashes, or inflating boobs.
Or perhaps they might finally find a cure for the dreaded RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) which has been giving me so many nightmares!
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I have a couple questions and comments about this stuff...
First, doesn't the US import most of its oil from South America? Maybe I'm remembering outdated information, but I could have sworn that was true..
Second, aren't oil prices sort of artificially controlled by OPEC? I mean, if the Middle East wanted prices to go down, they could just produce more oil. So it seems like they're trying to get to that sweet sport where prices are high enough that they make lots of money, but low enough that it seems expensive to extract shale oil or invest in alternative energy..
Personally I'm all for some alternatives. Heck, I wish there was a ton more public transit in the USA- I'm living in NYC now and I don't know how I lived without the subway system...
I remember a decade ago, somebody from l0pht was discussing how they could take down the entire internet and keep it down for a while. I'm sure many people have made a point of keeping up with advancing technology and continuing to find ways that they could take down the internet itself...
Still interesting to read about though.
Perhaps one of these lists could be compiled along side a list of the most violent movies of all time, and maybe the most violent news stories of all time, or most violent public spectacles of all time..
That last one would make for an interesting list, humans had some pretty messed up forms of entertainment back in the day. Public blood sport, torture, rape, execution, etc..
Obviously this whole concept is a bit silly, but how exactly would these plants be able to isolate WHICH passenger was carrying bomb materials, if they happened to turn white?
And as somebody else mentioned, I'm sure it takes a while for the plants to change color..
And I'm sure there are MANY explosives (fertilizer based?) that these things probably wouldn't detect, and probably many things that would cause false positives..
I suppose it might be usefult to plant these things around suspected bomb-making locations, but I'd think that people would get savvy really quick and take a lawnmower to their property....
It's a touchPAD on the back, not a screen. Basically I equate it with playing a shooter on my laptop, except (hopefully) the button layout will be such that I can easily press any button without moving my finger from the touchpad. On my laptop, it's difficult to right-click without moving my finger on the touchpad, and there's really no way to middle-click or emulate the wheel.. whereas with a purpose-built gaming touchpad, these issues could easily be solved. I don't need to see a touchpad to use it, either....
I'm not saying it's going to work as well as my greatest imagination says it might, I'm just tossing out an idea for potantial usage.
First person shooters might benefit greatly from a touchpad. I can't stand trying to aim with an analog stick, but a touchpad is just a small step away from a mouse.. so if it's ergonomic, it might make this handheld one of the best devices around for playing shooters...
I think you need to APOLOgize..
:)
aaaand I can just hear my slashdot karma crashing down.
Not really, other than my assumption that somebody would be making that stupid joke so it might as well be me. Didn't realize I had 'first post' until later. So... score? :)
Also, I'm geeky, but not geeky enough to understand all the math involved in this article. I just want to be able to contribute in some small way. Or something.
I think Apolo Anton spells his last name "Ohno" anyway..
any relation to Yoko?
Something tells me that companies that have a lot of data on their users are going to be leveraging it to their own benefit, not the benefit of their users.. It's how things seem work these days.
That would be because it was a list of most admired MEN. Sarah Palin ranked #2 on the list of most admired women....
Huked awn fonix wurked four me!
Or you could just have a ship-based apartment. Check out Residensea....
They have some very nice diagrams for explaining how to tie a helf / full windsor knot in your tie.
I actually wouldn't mind an English translation. Seems like a good style guide.
Exactly. After the obscenity that was the mortgage scandal, did anything change? Nope, and the greedy bastards responsible even got a shitload of free money from The Taxpayers...
"Free" money that they later paid back with interest..
For pretty much anything happening high-speed, you want to take your photo slightly after whatever triggering event happens. If you're firing a gun, you want to see the bullet exiting the chamber, not the initial loud explosion when the hammer hits the bullet inside the gun. With a glass shattering, you want to see shards and fragments suspended in mid-air with a hammer partially through the glass, not the initial impact of the hammer before the glass has broken up.
So, basically, with a sound trigger or a light trigger (say an infra-red beam hitting a sensor, or something like that) you're still going to want a delay before the strobe is fired.
Even better... Just open your camera's shutter and put your hand in front of the lens until you see a lightning strike beginning. Remove your hand for just the amount of time that you see lightning. Then, put your hand back without closing the shutter. Repeat for however long you want to leave the shutter open, say 30 seconds. If you capture a few lightning bolts this way, you end up with a shot that looks like Zeus was VERY angry.
Also, the thing about this type of high speed photography is that you're triggering the light source... so if you're trying to photograph something that creates its own light, these strobe-triggering devices are going to do you no good at all.
To do that, you'd need to trigger a high speed shutter, which is a lot harder to do.. there's usually a lag between when a shutter is triggered and when it actually takes a picture, and the mechanical shutters on most SLR's don't actually go much faster than 1/250s. The images you see of matches being struck and explosions happening and such are taken with motion picture cameras with very high framerates.
Although, with electronic shutters that are becoming more common, there might be a way to get actual shutter speeds of 1/8000s with minimal lag. Could be very cool.
Even if you happen to own a private jet, it may not be enough.. Just do a quick search on Steve Jobs' recent security problems.
There was an article about the cubestormer quite a few months ago here on Slashdot. It seems to be able to solve the cube much quicker, and it just looks a lot more sturdy. See video here.. So is it really that impressive that they did this using an ARM?
Not at all.
Instead of the same silly explosions we've seen a thousand times, we'll have sweet electrical arcs and lightning bolts flying out. Then, if they want, the bolts of lightning can ignite other "conventional" cars and make them explode/catch fire/whatever.
Anybody look at the article linked for the $40 price point? It's advertising a cheap folding chair with a built in desk. The style of desks I remember from middle school were selling on that web site for $100-$150 each.
They weren't the most comfy things in the world, but when I was a kid I was far less prone to get sore from sitting in weird ways or get random backaches and such.
Youth is wasted on the young. But that's beside the point. I think schools are already spending well more than $40/chair.
Well I was only 85% kidding. I think that cosmetic uses would be a massive money maker. If you look at how much people spend on minoxidil to get a barely noticeable increase in hair, or the surgeries people go through... I am mostly thinking of hair loss because I am bald, but also because it seems like stem cells could be coaxed into follicles with very little effort.
If only they could figure out how to use these stem cells to do something truly useful... like growing hair on bald men, enlarging penises, extending eyelashes, or inflating boobs.
Or perhaps they might finally find a cure for the dreaded RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) which has been giving me so many nightmares!