I remember those Symbol devices, and they had a dedicated laser scanner that could reliably scan a bar code from a good distance while held at various angles. In other words, they were rather expensive, specialized devices. Now, of course, every phone has a camera, and some clever software makes the camera work as reliably as those old laser scanners? That does sound like something new.
NASA Engineer: "You know, chief, I've been thinking. I bet we could just about triple the performance of this thing if we supercooled it." Manager: "Super what?" Engineer: "Chilled it to absolute zero, like in the large hadron supercollider. Speeds up the electrons." Manager: "What would you need to do that?" Engineer: "Oh, I don't know, maybe... a ton of liquid helium?"
You are making a sweeping generalization, of course. I earned an MBA in 2000, and I'd estimate that a third of the students at my school were engineers, pretty bright and interesting people, too, and not all bound for Wall Street finance jobs. My study group included a Stanford-trained engineer who remains one of the smartest guys I know. He's working on optical routers and he is as technically competent as they come.
Here's a great idea: cook up a human child to make flying potion. Then just kind of hover over Battle Mountain until all the dweebs on their bikes are looking at you, jaws dropped, then say something like "Hey, I got your fastest human-powered vehicle right here!" as you glide effortlessly over the horizon. That would be so cool.
I wish I had mod points for you. I have heard reporting on the possible hazards of nano particles in sunscreens. They are small enough to pass right through the skin into the blood stream. And then what happens? We don't really know. But if there's a chance they could behave like, say, asbestos, why rush into it? You know, asbestos was used on movie sets to simulate snow before we found out how harmful it was. Just one classic example of assuming cool new stuff is safe.
"Losing the war?" Only if somehow Samsung and Motorola's larger market share confers a strategic advantage in supplying devices with multi-touch screens. Balda supplies Apple -- do they supply the other guys as well, and are quantity discounts significant enough to marginalize all but Samsung and Motorola?
These startups are notorious for their vague business plans. They don't take the time to do the math. They just kind of give their impressions of how they think their revenue will add up. Sheesh!
You see, most blokes, you know, will be httping at port 80. You're on 80 here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on 80. Where can you go from there? Where?
in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software.
I'm pretty sure that's me, and I use Google docs. It's a natural since I have never bought my own printer in twenty years. When I need to print something, I do it at work, or the public library or Kinko's. So tell me why I'd pay $70 per year for Word?
Back in my day, the President of the United States declared that arsenic counted as a vegetable in our school lunches, and although we didn't much like the taste, we all did our part to defeat the commies and make the world free. And this is the thanks the next generation has for us -- gettin' all uppity about using it in computers. Sheesh!
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Zero-Gzmo?
Perhaps he meant alma mater of none.
Global warming putting a damper on your ski vacations in the Alps or Rockies? Not a problem!
I remember those Symbol devices, and they had a dedicated laser scanner that could reliably scan a bar code from a good distance while held at various angles. In other words, they were rather expensive, specialized devices. Now, of course, every phone has a camera, and some clever software makes the camera work as reliably as those old laser scanners? That does sound like something new.
NASA Engineer: "You know, chief, I've been thinking. I bet we could just about triple the performance of this thing if we supercooled it."
Manager: "Super what?"
Engineer: "Chilled it to absolute zero, like in the large hadron supercollider. Speeds up the electrons."
Manager: "What would you need to do that?"
Engineer: "Oh, I don't know, maybe... a ton of liquid helium?"
I understand cars and would love to help you out, but, unfortunately, I don't understand analogies. Are they anything like cars?
You are making a sweeping generalization, of course. I earned an MBA in 2000, and I'd estimate that a third of the students at my school were engineers, pretty bright and interesting people, too, and not all bound for Wall Street finance jobs. My study group included a Stanford-trained engineer who remains one of the smartest guys I know. He's working on optical routers and he is as technically competent as they come.
So there.
Okay, you had me up until that point, but this campaign is as doomed as the previous. We all know which operating system guys with beards use.
Here's a great idea: cook up a human child to make flying potion. Then just kind of hover over Battle Mountain until all the dweebs on their bikes are looking at you, jaws dropped, then say something like "Hey, I got your fastest human-powered vehicle right here!" as you glide effortlessly over the horizon. That would be so cool.
That'll never fly.
I wish I had mod points for you. I have heard reporting on the possible hazards of nano particles in sunscreens. They are small enough to pass right through the skin into the blood stream. And then what happens? We don't really know. But if there's a chance they could behave like, say, asbestos, why rush into it? You know, asbestos was used on movie sets to simulate snow before we found out how harmful it was. Just one classic example of assuming cool new stuff is safe.
"Losing the war?" Only if somehow Samsung and Motorola's larger market share confers a strategic advantage in supplying devices with multi-touch screens. Balda supplies Apple -- do they supply the other guys as well, and are quantity discounts significant enough to marginalize all but Samsung and Motorola?
I thought that meant he was receiving a "fax." Isn't that how that old joke goes?
Paleolithic?
These startups are notorious for their vague business plans. They don't take the time to do the math. They just kind of give their impressions of how they think their revenue will add up. Sheesh!
It's virgin territory.
You forgot to engage the hydropower backup generator.
Not if it's a UNIX system :)
If you shoehorned a Subaru WRX all-wheel drivetrain into this thing, you'd have some serious acceleration.
Please, oh please don't tell me that Freder shoots first.
You see, most blokes, you know, will be httping at port 80. You're on 80 here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on 80. Where can you go from there? Where?
Usually after about a thousand sheets.
I'm pretty sure that's me, and I use Google docs. It's a natural since I have never bought my own printer in twenty years. When I need to print something, I do it at work, or the public library or Kinko's. So tell me why I'd pay $70 per year for Word?
and, of course, a kill switch
Back in my day, the President of the United States declared that arsenic counted as a vegetable in our school lunches, and although we didn't much like the taste, we all did our part to defeat the commies and make the world free. And this is the thanks the next generation has for us -- gettin' all uppity about using it in computers. Sheesh!