I don't know about Conficker, but I took a Hepatitis test the other day and passed with flying colors! I got an A, two B's and a C! (Sorry, stole that one from Will Ferrell)
"Face Observation Opera Language"... F.O.O.L... hmm...:) I honestly don't think this technology is too far off however. I worked on a senior project in college where we made a security system with the entire interface being your eyes. We had infrared cameras track eye movement and if the user of the system looked at a particular location for a period of time, it would zoom a camera at that point. If they looked toward a border of the screen, it would pan in that direction. It was VERY intuitive to use and we got a lot of positive feedback when doing user testing. It was a very fun project.
If I had to guess, I'd say they probably DO use less... Have you ever tried to quickly navigate the web using a PDA (or iPhone or smartphone)? Due to the time it takes to render web pages and such, bandwidth usage tends to be a lot lower. Also, because laptops support a larger variety of file formats, more downloads and such would probably be likely for users on a laptop as opposed to a PDA or phone.
It won't pay for itself in a few months, but maybe in a few years. If even 50 people use it per flight (a very high estimate in my opinion), that's still 200 flights before it's paid for ($10/person x 50people/flight x 200flights = $100,000). Although I suppose they will probably increase business overall due to the availability of wifi...
Oh, I'm sorry. I totally missed that phrase:) I should read more carefully... Another possibility: the article says sales were up 10 percent (probably revenue?) and mentions a 17 million CUSTOMER drop in CD sales and an 8 million CUSTOMER rise in mp3 sales. Maybe the people who are buying mp3s are just buying a lot more?
Or maybe nothing made up the gap? Maybe it was caused by the growing music streaming industry (the article mentioned Pandora doing very will) and maybe partially to piracy as well?
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I don't know about Conficker, but I took a Hepatitis test the other day and passed with flying colors! I got an A, two B's and a C! (Sorry, stole that one from Will Ferrell)
"Face Observation Opera Language"... F.O.O.L... hmm... :) I honestly don't think this technology is too far off however. I worked on a senior project in college where we made a security system with the entire interface being your eyes. We had infrared cameras track eye movement and if the user of the system looked at a particular location for a period of time, it would zoom a camera at that point. If they looked toward a border of the screen, it would pan in that direction. It was VERY intuitive to use and we got a lot of positive feedback when doing user testing. It was a very fun project.
If I had to guess, I'd say they probably DO use less... Have you ever tried to quickly navigate the web using a PDA (or iPhone or smartphone)? Due to the time it takes to render web pages and such, bandwidth usage tends to be a lot lower. Also, because laptops support a larger variety of file formats, more downloads and such would probably be likely for users on a laptop as opposed to a PDA or phone.
No one on /. is American? I thought I was, but...
Good point. I guess they'll make it up in 2 days then.
If it pays for itself within a few months...
It won't pay for itself in a few months, but maybe in a few years. If even 50 people use it per flight (a very high estimate in my opinion), that's still 200 flights before it's paid for ($10/person x 50people/flight x 200flights = $100,000). Although I suppose they will probably increase business overall due to the availability of wifi...
Oh, I'm sorry. I totally missed that phrase :) I should read more carefully... Another possibility: the article says sales were up 10 percent (probably revenue?) and mentions a 17 million CUSTOMER drop in CD sales and an 8 million CUSTOMER rise in mp3 sales. Maybe the people who are buying mp3s are just buying a lot more?
Or maybe nothing made up the gap? Maybe it was caused by the growing music streaming industry (the article mentioned Pandora doing very will) and maybe partially to piracy as well?
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You mean "What are 3 things your wife likes more than you?"... Not to be nit-picky or anything.
I had always learned that the sensations of temperature, pressure, and pain were all grouped into the sense known as "touch."