Withe pretty much any other thing you can name, I can own more than one, even if they do the same thing but slightly differently.
Two cars if I can afford it? One's a pickup and the other's a Mini? Can do.
Hi-tops, oxfords, and sandals? A big TV and a little TV? No problem.
But for just personal use I can only really have one mobile phone. If I want two phones I'd have to pay an additional fee and have an extra phone number that I don't need.
If I was heavily into social networking, having a phone designed from the ground up just for that could be handy. But I'd still want a "real" smart phone that's good at everything else. If I have to choose between one or the other, I'd take the smart phone that's just OK at social networking.
If they want things like the Kin to work, they need to let users have more than one phone on the same number. Only then will people other than tween girls buy a "fun" phone along with a "real" phone.
"There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy your new 4G iPhone. By the way, is there anyone out there who knows how to design an antenna?"
It's the 1970's. Two math professors, old friends who both live in London, are on the phone discussing an upcoming conference in Edinburgh they'll both be attending.
- Hey, we could fly over together if you'd like.
- Thanks, but I'll be driving.
- All that way? It'd take you most of the day! Whatever for?
- Well, I recently made a study of the statistics of bombs being smuggled on board passenger planes. And while the odds of it occurring on any particular flight are high, the possibility still makes me uncomfortable with flying.
- Well, suit yourself. I'm going to take the plane.
A short time later, the one professor is boarding her flight out to the conference, and who should be sitting in the adjacent seat but her old friend! They're both pleasantly surprised, and the first professor settles into her seat. She leans in and quietly asks her friend -
- So what about that whole probability issue? Was your math off, or did you just work up the nerve?
- Wrong on both counts! I did have a breakthrough, however.
- Really? How do you mean?
- Well, I went over the statistics again, and worked out the odds of two bombs being separately smuggled on board the same flight.
- High?
- Astronomical! You've a better chance of being struck by lightning!
- So how does knowing that make you more comfortable with flying?
- (singsongs) Guess what I've got in the briefcase...(pats the case on her lap)
The video notably has no audio track, which keeps you from hearing the WHIRRRRRRR being pumped out by the spinning mirror. Compare this demo to, say, this demo of a motorized laser system.
MIT's Technology Review is 'nalyzin a team's success in combating problems with a-bringin' liquid mirrors into the practical applications of astronomy.
In ten years, what we call a 'smartphone' will be a 'normal cell phone'. Think of places like Lagos where in the slum areas you can have access to electricity and cellular phone service but basics like pluming, sewage, and, yes, access to doctors remain a problem.
"These LimeWire folks owe the record labels - what is it clerk? Go ahead, bite the bullet and be vague - one-point-five trillion dollars, which is a whole lotta loot. They ain't got it, and the RIAA and the record labels won't settle for anything less. The RIAA are (reading) a "trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies and the obliteration of all other means of distribution." I've heard a lot of worse game plans. But these "other means of distribution" just aren't going away anytime soon, and the RIAA won't stop suing the hell out of everybody until they are stopped. These are a bunch of really sweet guys, but you wouldn't want to share a Galaxy with them, not if they're just gonna keep at it, not if they're not gonna learn to relax a little. I mean it's just gonna be continual nervous time, isn't it, right? Pow, pow, pow, when are they next coming at us? Peaceful coexistence is just right out, right? So hear me, hear me. I've got an idea. LimeWire will hereby deposit one dollar into a savings account paying compound interest. The headquarters of the RIAA and their participating record labels - along with the city of Los Angeles - will be enclosed for perpetuity in an envelope of Slo-Time, inside which life will continue almost infinitely slowly. They will remain encased in the envelope until a) both the amount in the account is equal to or exceeds the one-point-five-trillion dollars owed, plus COLAs natch, and b) all other non-RIAA sanctioned means of music distribution have ceased to exist, which will probably mean the end of all creation. At that point they will be allowed to emerge from the envelope, access the account, and use that money to restart the music industry as they see fit."
By the time the applause in the court had died down, Judiciary Pag was already in the Sens-O-Shower with a rather nice member of the jury that he'd slipped a note to half an hour earlier.
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Withe pretty much any other thing you can name, I can own more than one, even if they do the same thing but slightly differently.
Two cars if I can afford it? One's a pickup and the other's a Mini? Can do.
Hi-tops, oxfords, and sandals? A big TV and a little TV? No problem.
But for just personal use I can only really have one mobile phone. If I want two phones I'd have to pay an additional fee and have an extra phone number that I don't need.
If I was heavily into social networking, having a phone designed from the ground up just for that could be handy. But I'd still want a "real" smart phone that's good at everything else. If I have to choose between one or the other, I'd take the smart phone that's just OK at social networking.
If they want things like the Kin to work, they need to let users have more than one phone on the same number. Only then will people other than tween girls buy a "fun" phone along with a "real" phone.
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"There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy your new 4G iPhone. By the way, is there anyone out there who knows how to design an antenna?"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6dLdGHDR5v8#t=6m14s
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It's the 1970's. Two math professors, old friends who both live in London, are on the phone discussing an upcoming conference in Edinburgh they'll both be attending.
- Hey, we could fly over together if you'd like.
- Thanks, but I'll be driving.
- All that way? It'd take you most of the day! Whatever for?
- Well, I recently made a study of the statistics of bombs being smuggled on board passenger planes. And while the odds of it occurring on any particular flight are high, the possibility still makes me uncomfortable with flying.
- Well, suit yourself. I'm going to take the plane.
A short time later, the one professor is boarding her flight out to the conference, and who should be sitting in the adjacent seat but her old friend! They're both pleasantly surprised, and the first professor settles into her seat. She leans in and quietly asks her friend -
- So what about that whole probability issue? Was your math off, or did you just work up the nerve?
- Wrong on both counts! I did have a breakthrough, however.
- Really? How do you mean?
- Well, I went over the statistics again, and worked out the odds of two bombs being separately smuggled on board the same flight.
- High?
- Astronomical! You've a better chance of being struck by lightning!
- So how does knowing that make you more comfortable with flying?
- (singsongs) Guess what I've got in the briefcase...(pats the case on her lap)
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"I'm sure Steve Jobs will fix this immediately."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h3Ogt2L44Q
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Katt Williams would say this cat's in touch with his star playa!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qlNEmpxQxI (NSFW - wear headphones)
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The video notably has no audio track, which keeps you from hearing the WHIRRRRRRR being pumped out by the spinning mirror. Compare this demo to, say, this demo of a motorized laser system.
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After running the image through some filters, it looks like this
NASA has decided to call it the Cave of Caerbannog.
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A quick poll - which do you think will happen in the next ten years? In twenty? Assuming at least one of them is inevitable, which would you prefer?
1) Star Wars IV - VI, converted to 3D
2) Star Wars IV - VI, remade in 3D
3) A third Star Wars trilogy, of course in 3D
Spoiler: Google "Star Wars 3D" - Lucas is already talking about the first option. Greedo shooting first, now in "bullet time!"
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Human sacrifice, Russians and Germans working together, mass hysteria!
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MIT's Technology Review is 'nalyzin a team's success in combating problems with a-bringin' liquid mirrors into the practical applications of astronomy.
FTFY
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Well, since they're monkeys, probably something like this instead
Lancelot Link - Secret Chimp!
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In ten years, what we call a 'smartphone' will be a 'normal cell phone'. Think of places like Lagos where in the slum areas you can have access to electricity and cellular phone service but basics like pluming, sewage, and, yes, access to doctors remain a problem.
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Others are working to bring the joy of vuvuzelas to the rest of the world. Sorta like OLPC, but in the other direction.
http://laughingsquid.com/vuvuzela-iphoneipad-app-annoy-while-on-the-go/
Oh, sure, Steve Jobs would sign off on this. Boobies? No. Vuvuzelas? You betcha.
(And yes, there's a whole bunch of vuvuzelapps for Android too.)
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People oughta be gettin' them iPads with the iWings instead, amiright? Hi-five!....
...c'mon yer leavin' me hangin'...
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"Man, it's a good thing that planet was there, or we never would have stopped!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4iiEj1lAhM
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The video has a *girl* in it!
Geek video + girl = double view count
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"These LimeWire folks owe the record labels - what is it clerk? Go ahead, bite the bullet and be vague - one-point-five trillion dollars, which is a whole lotta loot. They ain't got it, and the RIAA and the record labels won't settle for anything less. The RIAA are (reading) a "trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies and the obliteration of all other means of distribution." I've heard a lot of worse game plans. But these "other means of distribution" just aren't going away anytime soon, and the RIAA won't stop suing the hell out of everybody until they are stopped. These are a bunch of really sweet guys, but you wouldn't want to share a Galaxy with them, not if they're just gonna keep at it, not if they're not gonna learn to relax a little. I mean it's just gonna be continual nervous time, isn't it, right? Pow, pow, pow, when are they next coming at us? Peaceful coexistence is just right out, right? So hear me, hear me. I've got an idea. LimeWire will hereby deposit one dollar into a savings account paying compound interest. The headquarters of the RIAA and their participating record labels - along with the city of Los Angeles - will be enclosed for perpetuity in an envelope of Slo-Time, inside which life will continue almost infinitely slowly. They will remain encased in the envelope until a) both the amount in the account is equal to or exceeds the one-point-five-trillion dollars owed, plus COLAs natch, and b) all other non-RIAA sanctioned means of music distribution have ceased to exist, which will probably mean the end of all creation. At that point they will be allowed to emerge from the envelope, access the account, and use that money to restart the music industry as they see fit."
By the time the applause in the court had died down, Judiciary Pag was already in the Sens-O-Shower with a rather nice member of the jury that he'd slipped a note to half an hour earlier.
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It's got what slaves crave.
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Facebook is looking to patent its 1-nod 'opt-in' system. Although they do have a version that relies on blinking.
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With methane-based life forms, that's probably an understatement.
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All the other mayors said I was daft to build a city on top of ash, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em!
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According to the gas chromatograph, the secret ingredient in Chinese construction is... Love!? Who's been screwing with this thing?
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As soon as Monsanto works out how to create GMO corn that produces amylopectin, we'll be all set to use it in America!
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/email-from-aunt-accidentally-opened,2391/
Just another tool in the annoyance arsenal. If Splice was about software it'd probably be about a product like this.
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