But you KNEW the Visor didn't have flash when you bought it. Every review I ever read on the Visor before they were available said that there was no way to upgrade the OS like the Palm. The Visor was cheaper because of this. Now you are going to complain that you didn't get the features of the more expensive Palm? Unreal. WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
I see from the streambox website that the VCR is not yet available. Is there another application out there that can save a RealAudio stream for later playback?
If you don't use Amazon anymore, then log on to your account, and change your info to something incorrect. Make them think you live at Rigley Field (homage to Blues Brothers). When they sell the info to whoever, I'm sure they will be selling the most recent stuff in their database.
So much for being able to just put one in your pocket. A Gameboy shouldn't be larger than a Palm III, and maybe have some minimal organizer capabilities (maybe via another cart) so that you could just take one thing with you in a pinch.
I'm sorry, but this gets me about as excited as watching some RC car race in the local supermarket parking lot. How about NON-CONTROLLED robots fighting it out? I would like to see a competition where the robots actually needed some brains to win. This is where the real competition lies. Otherwise, what's the point?
The recent User Friendly cartoon about this was pretty funny. For those that didn't see it, one of the characters, Pitr, hacks Linux email clients to that they are vulnerable to the the same VB Script virus hell that Windows users face. It was funny at the time, but maybe it's a sign of things to come....
I keep reading about people with Visors trumpeting the Springboard modules as an "insanely great" feature of these things. Are any of them out? I can remember Visor putting out a huge list of companies releasing these things, and I for one, haven't seen squat so far. If anyone actually has a Visor with a module of some kind, let me know.
First thing - don't underestimate what the students can do. I participated as a judge at a local science fair last year, and I was actually blown away by what some of these students had done. Good thing I'll be in management before these kids hit the work force...
Simulations are a good idea. You can create a simple framework, and let teams of students fill in the pieces to model. Maybe like an aquarium, where students each create a fish - see how they interact.
Make it a contest. The first programming I ever did was Muse's "Robot War" on my Apple II. It was basically a simple language and compiler for creating robots that would compete with each other in an arena. There are a number of clones out there for this type of game. Lots of fun, and immediate gratification of seeing your code make the robot do something. Good luck!
If you are really worried about young kids delving into the dark arts, better get down to the local bookstore and protest all those Harry Potter books being sold.
Actually, if you want a really funny take on that, go here
just buy the cards they want to review? These sites make money, right? Many of the people running these things make it their full-time job/business. Buy your own damn card and review it! After it's reviewed, put it up on Ebay, and somebody will buy it for probably more than you paid. I see people paying over mail-order prices all the time for these things. In addition, this lets them review the released version of the card, which is really the only one that matters. Who cares about the pre-release card with the pre-release drivers, that may or may not have anything to do with the final version.
..have a/. story about every speed bump that Intel or AMD makes? Next thing you know,/. stories will all start running together because of redundanc... shit... too late.
I would like one that calculated the current land speed of the cell phone, based on triangulation of cell sites. When it determines that some is driving while using their cellphone, a large metal spike would shoot out of the phone and into their head. I think this would be the best possible improvement to making cell phones safer.
I don't know... I mean, I don't see how they can do it without turning it into some kind of semi-comic relief. Campbell has a niche, and it will always be a non-serious role. Even when he's been on the X-Files previouosly, it was hard to watch...always expecting him to jump up with a funny line of some kind. I started watching "Jack Of All Trades", and although sometimes pretty amusing, it is overall a very average show. Part of what made the X-Files great was the chemistry of the Mulder and Scully. I don't see it happening with Campbell. I really don't envy Carter having to come up with a replacement.
The first Microsoft product I remember seeing was "Olympic Decathlon" for the Apple II. Did another company make this? It was actually pretty fun if I remember right. I think I still have it somewhere as a disk image you can run on a Apple II emulator....along with the original (and awesome) "Castle Wolfenstein." I miss those days... Remember Beagle Brothers?
You know, for a little bit larger footprint, you can go with a PC/104 solution, and get a fully functional PC for a fraction of the cost. None of the JAVA based, special purpose embedded web server crap, but a real-life functional PC that can run anything you want. The beauty of these things, is once you have the main CPU board, you can add on virtually anything you want...hundreds of different interface boards for them. Check out this link for some examples....
When I receive something in the mail (countless crappy credit card offers, vacation property...) I tear up the contents, and put it back in their postage paid envelope. This COSTS THEM MONEY. I'm not sure what effect this has, but I have noticed that in recent months, I get FAR fewer of these.
When I get flyers on my car or the door to my apartment, I call the business, and tell them specifically that I will never do business with them because of their advertising methods. I think if more people did this, and they got some idea that people DON'T like this (and I think most people don't), then they might think twice.
...has been the most immersive game I've ever played. It was actually quite scarey at times. Lights out, volume cranked, and creepy freaking shambling bodies walking around moaning "join us". I haven't played Thief II yet, but I've heard nothing but good things about it.
The only consolation here, is that game designers with that much talent will surely get hired somewhere else, and continue to perfect their craft.
Yeah, to see some piece of shit game like Diakatana (sp?) get hyped, while better stuff goes down the drain...that is a shame.
I am SO sick of hearing about Napster on/. Do you guys have stock in the f**king company? What is it?/. was meant is, from the title, "News for Nerds." It's not "News for people who try to screw over the MAN and get away with it." This really should all go on a LEGAL ISSUES page, that people who are into this kind of stuff can view if they want. Talking about this legal crap is no better than using/. as a place to discuss environmental issues.
Actually, you are wrong about the scarcity of Titanium. Titanium is the fourth most abundant metallic element in the earth's crust. It occurs chiefly as an oxide ore. The commercially important forms are rutile (titanium dioxide) and ilmeite (titanium-iron oxide), the former being richest in titanium content.
Ti has about the strength of steel, and is slightly heavier (IIRC) than aluminum, but not by much. The reason for the expense of Ti is that it is difficult to work. It has to be machined at low speeds, because it heats up quickly, and can actually weld itself to cutting tools. It is tough to polish, cut, and can wear out stamps and other tools quickly. All this adds to the expense of a final product.
Realize that it's foggy, or likely to be icy and what patches of the road are likely to be icy and adjust appropriately?
Actually, yes. It's been done. A number of car manufacturers have been working with active suspension systems that take this into consideration.
Notice a small child at the side of the road and slow down or and be ready to stop immediately?
Through the use of infrared, no problem.
Notice a basketball being shot at a hoop above a hedge that obscures a driveway and assume that children might be playing behind the hedge and slow down?
Subtle difference than the little girl, but yes again.
Notice a driver late at night that's weaving slightly, pick him out for a drunk and take appropriate action to avoid him?
Yes again.
See the reflection of the eyes of a deer in the bushes and be prepared for it to jump in the road?
Same deal again....
Other obsticles considered....
Yes, I think that a computer system could do much of the above. In fact, I don't think most humans do most of the above.
More importantly, here are some things that it can do much better than a human:
+ Not fall sleep behind the wheel
+ Not drink and drive
+ Much faster reflexes, and imagine the ability to be wired into the ABS and traction control mechanisms of the car, so that you KNEW where the limits really were.
+ See things ahead in the roadway that we can't with normal vision. Yes, I'm aware of the IR feature in one of the new cars coming out.
+ Not slam on it's brakes and hit a tree, schoolbus, or whatever if a squirrel runs across the street in front of it.
+ Connect via network to other robo-cars in the fast lane, close together, so that they may all use drafting to reduce energy costs. Because each knows what the other is doing, no pileups.
+ No road rage.
The list really goes on, but the point is, that there are many things that a computer can do well in place of a human.
Certainly, there is a lot of intuition and experience that it will be very hard and even impossible to duplicate. I'm not saying that it will be a technology that will eliminate the need for human intervention, but I can see the day, when I can put my car on auto-pilot on the freeway and take a nap. Sure would make those 5-hour trips to Vegas a lot nicer....
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But you KNEW the Visor didn't have flash when you bought it. Every review I ever read on the Visor before they were available said that there was no way to upgrade the OS like the Palm. The Visor was cheaper because of this. Now you are going to complain that you didn't get the features of the more expensive Palm? Unreal.
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I see from the streambox website that the VCR is not yet available. Is there another application out there that can save a RealAudio stream for later playback?
Problem solved.
That's a lot of face to loose to AMD.
So much for being able to just put one in your pocket. A Gameboy shouldn't be larger than a Palm III, and maybe have some minimal organizer capabilities (maybe via another cart) so that you could just take one thing with you in a pinch.
I'm sorry, but this gets me about as excited as watching some RC car race in the local supermarket parking lot. How about NON-CONTROLLED robots fighting it out? I would like to see a competition where the robots actually needed some brains to win. This is where the real competition lies. Otherwise, what's the point?
The recent User Friendly cartoon about this was pretty funny. For those that didn't see it, one of the characters, Pitr, hacks Linux email clients to that they are vulnerable to the the same VB Script virus hell that Windows users face. It was funny at the time, but maybe it's a sign of things to come....
I keep reading about people with Visors trumpeting the Springboard modules as an "insanely great" feature of these things. Are any of them out? I can remember Visor putting out a huge list of companies releasing these things, and I for one, haven't seen squat so far. If anyone actually has a Visor with a module of some kind, let me know.
Simulations are a good idea. You can create a simple framework, and let teams of students fill in the pieces to model. Maybe like an aquarium, where students each create a fish - see how they interact.
Make it a contest. The first programming I ever did was Muse's "Robot War" on my Apple II. It was basically a simple language and compiler for creating robots that would compete with each other in an arena. There are a number of clones out there for this type of game. Lots of fun, and immediate gratification of seeing your code make the robot do something. Good luck!
Actually, if you want a really funny take on that, go here
JMHO
-jimi
..have a /. story about every speed bump that Intel or AMD makes? Next thing you know, /. stories will all start running together because of redundanc... shit... too late.
BTW - There is a news story on Yahoo about the growing problem of the High-Tech driver distraction threat.
I don't know... I mean, I don't see how they can do it without turning it into some kind of semi-comic relief. Campbell has a niche, and it will always be a non-serious role. Even when he's been on the X-Files previouosly, it was hard to watch...always expecting him to jump up with a funny line of some kind. I started watching "Jack Of All Trades", and although sometimes pretty amusing, it is overall a very average show. Part of what made the X-Files great was the chemistry of the Mulder and Scully. I don't see it happening with Campbell. I really don't envy Carter having to come up with a replacement.
Just posted up on Yahoo...
This would totally lower my snake feeding bills.
The first Microsoft product I remember seeing was "Olympic Decathlon" for the Apple II. Did another company make this? It was actually pretty fun if I remember right. I think I still have it somewhere as a disk image you can run on a Apple II emulator....along with the original (and awesome) "Castle Wolfenstein." I miss those days... Remember Beagle Brothers?
You know, for a little bit larger footprint, you can go with a PC/104 solution, and get a fully functional PC for a fraction of the cost. None of the JAVA based, special purpose embedded web server crap, but a real-life functional PC that can run anything you want. The beauty of these things, is once you have the main CPU board, you can add on virtually anything you want...hundreds of different interface boards for them. Check out this link for some examples....
When I receive something in the mail (countless crappy credit card offers, vacation property...) I tear up the contents, and put it back in their postage paid envelope. This COSTS THEM MONEY. I'm not sure what effect this has, but I have noticed that in recent months, I get FAR fewer of these.
When I get flyers on my car or the door to my apartment, I call the business, and tell them specifically that I will never do business with them because of their advertising methods. I think if more people did this, and they got some idea that people DON'T like this (and I think most people don't), then they might think twice.
Maybe not.
The only consolation here, is that game designers with that much talent will surely get hired somewhere else, and continue to perfect their craft.
Yeah, to see some piece of shit game like Diakatana (sp?) get hyped, while better stuff goes down the drain...that is a shame.
I am SO sick of hearing about Napster on /. Do you guys have stock in the f**king company? What is it? /. was meant is, from the title, "News for Nerds." It's not "News for people who try to screw over the MAN and get away with it." This really should all go on a LEGAL ISSUES page, that people who are into this kind of stuff can view if they want. Talking about this legal crap is no better than using /. as a place to discuss environmental issues.
I know this is probably heresy, but I think the BSD Devil is way cooler then a freakin Penguin.
Ti has about the strength of steel, and is slightly heavier (IIRC) than aluminum, but not by much. The reason for the expense of Ti is that it is difficult to work. It has to be machined at low speeds, because it heats up quickly, and can actually weld itself to cutting tools. It is tough to polish, cut, and can wear out stamps and other tools quickly. All this adds to the expense of a final product.
Actually, yes. It's been done. A number of car manufacturers have been working with active suspension systems that take this into consideration.
Notice a small child at the side of the road and slow down or and be ready to stop immediately?
Through the use of infrared, no problem.
Notice a basketball being shot at a hoop above a hedge that obscures a driveway and assume that children might be playing behind the hedge and slow down?
Subtle difference than the little girl, but yes again.
Notice a driver late at night that's weaving slightly, pick him out for a drunk and take appropriate action to avoid him?
Yes again.
See the reflection of the eyes of a deer in the bushes and be prepared for it to jump in the road?
Same deal again....
Other obsticles considered....
Yes, I think that a computer system could do much of the above. In fact, I don't think most humans do most of the above.
More importantly, here are some things that it can do much better than a human:
+ Not fall sleep behind the wheel
+ Not drink and drive
+ Much faster reflexes, and imagine the ability to be wired into the ABS and traction control mechanisms of the car, so that you KNEW where the limits really were.
+ See things ahead in the roadway that we can't with normal vision. Yes, I'm aware of the IR feature in one of the new cars coming out.
+ Not slam on it's brakes and hit a tree, schoolbus, or whatever if a squirrel runs across the street in front of it.
+ Connect via network to other robo-cars in the fast lane, close together, so that they may all use drafting to reduce energy costs. Because each knows what the other is doing, no pileups.
+ No road rage.
The list really goes on, but the point is, that there are many things that a computer can do well in place of a human.
Certainly, there is a lot of intuition and experience that it will be very hard and even impossible to duplicate. I'm not saying that it will be a technology that will eliminate the need for human intervention, but I can see the day, when I can put my car on auto-pilot on the freeway and take a nap. Sure would make those 5-hour trips to Vegas a lot nicer....