"Given that the amount of time involved in a "tomorrow" is already a hundred years and steadily growing"
Really? I see that it's getting shorter.
In 1970 we had fantastical space TV shows with impossible thin tablets that displayed computer information.
Today I have an iPad that does more than captian kirks' pad. We have medical tricorders around the corner, computer technology has went from stone age to tiny in a history "blink of an eye".
If you want to see what holds back space exploration and travel? Look at the people that call themselves republicans and the people that call themselves democrats. They are more interested in killing other people and making themselves rich than space and furthering mankind.
Until we get past the immature "kill everyone not like me" moment in our world, we will NEVER leave this planet.
and that is why we will never do it. the Human race cant let go of hate.
Nahh, what fool throws away the games? some sucker will buy them on ebay.
Heck If I was to say "screw it" to my Xbox360 I could get more than I expected out of it and all the games right now. In fact I would be ahead as I have already enjoyed the games.
Abandoning a platform is always a monetary gain. Being a fool and throwing it all away? that is where losses come in.
Nobody does flash animations anymore. Why would you torture yourself for weeks to do that when you can use a modern rotoscoping app for animation and create a mpeg4 file in 1/10th the time.
Then embed it in a flash wrapper to play the video file to confuse fans that want the video file on their local drive.
It's why this UAW kid whos daddy worked and died at GM and used to be a die hard GM/Pontiac fan will never ever buy another GM vehicle again in my life.
I have a relative with the ugly as hell Chevy minivan called the Traverse that has had the same problems as the 1998-2004 years did. Wheel bearings that do not last, electrical problems, and flat out lousy gas mileage.
Yeah, if you want reliable it's still a wise choice to avoid GM.
Some of us have had this technology for well over a decade. MIT Steve Mann(Now Prof at U of Toronto) and Thad Starner invented wearable computing and they have been using this tech for10+ years already. Many of their grad students as well as interested techies also have.
I had a 386 based belt PC, HUD and Handeykey chording keyboard back in 1997 I had a 5 hour run time using pc104 low power useage computer boards and a Nicad pack that was actually a bandolier of batteries designed to run a video light for a camera operator.
when my coat was on, you could only see the hud. Steve Mann made his into funky glasses.
I can tell you. as I have a 1st gen device. the LooxCie BT headset camera. You get about 4 hours of run time on with full video streaming going. if it's smaller packets of data, a lot longer.
and that is with the tiny battery that is in the LooxCie to make it not a humongous thing. This eyepiece will be at least 12X larger and hang out in front. obstructing your vision on one eye.
Why the hell is this not sold to motorcyclists? Instead they sell it to a far smaller group, ski and snow board.
Having GPS, speed, and engine data, radar detector, and a REAR FACING CAMERA view in that on a bike would be invaluable instead of looking down at the display or having to turn my head and look completely away from the road to see if some idiot in a SUV is riding 12 inches from me in my blind spot.
That company needs to pair with a helmet maker and make more money than they ever dreamed of by selling to motorcyclists.
Because most smart people have a phone with this magical thing called Bluetooth. and a BT connection to the headset would be cheaper and allow it to work as an augmented display with the phone.
I can tell you that there are times I would want my phone in my hands, like when I want to show someone a photo, or a youtube video of a android fanboi getting beat up by a roving gang of iphone gang members.
Some of the more advanced dongles use the TI iButtons. those are cryptographic and does a challenge response that makes it wicked hard for a cracker to reverse engineer. Unless the company that uses them was retarded and used the example code library provided by TI and the cracker can easily reverse engineer it.
Dont even have to do that. Encode binary in the top scan line that states it's not licensed. easy to detect automatically and would be invisible to 99% of the pirates.
If your product is $10,000 a license then you need to close up shop. AVID already OWNS The market you are thinking of going into and no shop will use your podunk software over an industry Standard like AVID or FCP.
Honestly if you guys are the app I think you are, You guys are way, way, WAY behind Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas, both does more and are far more supported out there at a lower price.
Your real solution is to give your software away and charge for support, if you want any chance at all becoming a standard out there and used on any large projects.
In africa it's normal to rape women. It's part of their culture. Hell they believe to get rid of AIDS you rape little girls. That is how fucked up that whole country is.
dude, you know that shooting a gun in the direction of people is stupid.
What the drunken idiot hunters (probably only 2 of them) did was wrong. the majority of the hunters were safe and put their firearms away and left. but there always is at least 2 idiots in a crowd that does something stupid. And that was the ones that shot at the remote control helicopter.
Anyone saying different needs to take gun safety classes again. Because any law enforcement seeing that or the video can have your Concealed carry permit revoked.
Sucks to be you. I can take photos of you on your property when I am standing on public land. Heck I cant take photos through your windows as long as I don't trespass, yes I have a lens that can do that, and I can fly things over your property. Maybe you should be far less ignorant and actually learn the law. In fact I can fly a hot air balloon over your house and take photos, and you will go to "ass rape" prison if you shoot at me. In fact the redneck "I shoot trespassers" is illegal, and it will get you not only in prison but the trespasser will probably own your land after the judge rakes you over the coals in court. And that little toy, yes they can legally sue you for property damage and you will need to pay for damages.
I am unsure of if I am violating wiretapping laws if I bounce a laser listener off of one of your windows and listened in on your conversations, that one I need to look up, but I certainly would not be trespassing.
If you think you have privacy on your "private land" you are very poorly educated in the matter.
I don't, I let the dog bite the kid, pull the dog back because the kid will most likely get a single bite. you see I'm a responsible pet owner and have all it's shots so the kid will at most get a couple of teeth punctures, most of the time far less than that. Or do you run dog fighting kennels where they are trained to maul? Because I train them from puppy to NOT hurt anyone.
So now the kid understands not to tease an animal and the child has actually learned something.
let me guess if your kid puts a fork in an electrical outlet and get's shocked you shoot the house? What a shitty parent you are.
It will spray it's euro toxin at the researchers and take over their bodies with it's spores. commanding it's new plant zombie army to take over the world!
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"Given that the amount of time involved in a "tomorrow" is already a hundred years and steadily growing"
Really? I see that it's getting shorter.
In 1970 we had fantastical space TV shows with impossible thin tablets that displayed computer information.
Today I have an iPad that does more than captian kirks' pad. We have medical tricorders around the corner, computer technology has went from stone age to tiny in a history "blink of an eye".
If you want to see what holds back space exploration and travel? Look at the people that call themselves republicans and the people that call themselves democrats. They are more interested in killing other people and making themselves rich than space and furthering mankind.
Until we get past the immature "kill everyone not like me" moment in our world, we will NEVER leave this planet.
and that is why we will never do it. the Human race cant let go of hate.
makes the modern car theft systems not track you. Lojack still works though.
get a PSP1000 they are far more durable than the crap PSP2000 and PSP3000
Nahh, what fool throws away the games? some sucker will buy them on ebay.
Heck If I was to say "screw it" to my Xbox360 I could get more than I expected out of it and all the games right now. In fact I would be ahead as I have already enjoyed the games.
Abandoning a platform is always a monetary gain. Being a fool and throwing it all away? that is where losses come in.
"We (in the sense of you and me, specifically) will indeed never get off this rock. But our grandchildren might."
My grandfather said those exact words.
I'm betting you are as wrong as he was
"I also expect a cable manufacturer is likely to be getting a strongly worded email in the near future."
Not really, Monoprice does not really care if the customer is doing science with their low price cables.
I have seen them in people's hands for a week now. One of the gamers here at the office had his in last friday showing it off.
Nobody does flash animations anymore. Why would you torture yourself for weeks to do that when you can use a modern rotoscoping app for animation and create a mpeg4 file in 1/10th the time.
Then embed it in a flash wrapper to play the video file to confuse fans that want the video file on their local drive.
Yup GM cars are still crap.
It's why this UAW kid whos daddy worked and died at GM and used to be a die hard GM/Pontiac fan will never ever buy another GM vehicle again in my life.
I have a relative with the ugly as hell Chevy minivan called the Traverse that has had the same problems as the 1998-2004 years did. Wheel bearings that do not last, electrical problems, and flat out lousy gas mileage.
Yeah, if you want reliable it's still a wise choice to avoid GM.
Chording keyboards work great.
Some of us have had this technology for well over a decade. MIT Steve Mann(Now Prof at U of Toronto) and Thad Starner invented wearable computing and they have been using this tech for10+ years already. Many of their grad students as well as interested techies also have.
I had a 386 based belt PC, HUD and Handeykey chording keyboard back in 1997 I had a 5 hour run time using pc104 low power useage computer boards and a Nicad pack that was actually a bandolier of batteries designed to run a video light for a camera operator.
when my coat was on, you could only see the hud. Steve Mann made his into funky glasses.
https://www.google.com/webhp?rlz=1C1PRFA_enUS419US419&sourceid=chrome-instant&ix=sea&ie=UTF-8&ion=1#hl=en&rlz=1C1PRFA_enUS419US419&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=wearable%20computing&pbx=1&oq=&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&fp=4bd463be09dc681c&ix=sea&ion=1&ix=sea&ion=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=4bd463be09dc681c&biw=1626&bih=777&ix=sea&ion=1
for more info into how google did not come up with this but built upon what others have been doing for a while.
I can tell you. as I have a 1st gen device. the LooxCie BT headset camera. You get about 4 hours of run time on with full video streaming going. if it's smaller packets of data, a lot longer.
and that is with the tiny battery that is in the LooxCie to make it not a humongous thing. This eyepiece will be at least 12X larger and hang out in front. obstructing your vision on one eye.
Why the hell is this not sold to motorcyclists? Instead they sell it to a far smaller group, ski and snow board.
Having GPS, speed, and engine data, radar detector, and a REAR FACING CAMERA view in that on a bike would be invaluable instead of looking down at the display or having to turn my head and look completely away from the road to see if some idiot in a SUV is riding 12 inches from me in my blind spot.
That company needs to pair with a helmet maker and make more money than they ever dreamed of by selling to motorcyclists.
I don't see where they turn completely black when they sense danger.
Because most smart people have a phone with this magical thing called Bluetooth. and a BT connection to the headset would be cheaper and allow it to work as an augmented display with the phone.
I can tell you that there are times I would want my phone in my hands, like when I want to show someone a photo, or a youtube video of a android fanboi getting beat up by a roving gang of iphone gang members.
Sorry, i'm an American that went to public school. not like those European kids, that country has a better education system.
Some of the more advanced dongles use the TI iButtons. those are cryptographic and does a challenge response that makes it wicked hard for a cracker to reverse engineer. Unless the company that uses them was retarded and used the example code library provided by TI and the cracker can easily reverse engineer it.
Dont even have to do that. Encode binary in the top scan line that states it's not licensed. easy to detect automatically and would be invisible to 99% of the pirates.
If your product is $10,000 a license then you need to close up shop. AVID already OWNS The market you are thinking of going into and no shop will use your podunk software over an industry Standard like AVID or FCP.
Honestly if you guys are the app I think you are, You guys are way, way, WAY behind Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas, both does more and are far more supported out there at a lower price.
Your real solution is to give your software away and charge for support, if you want any chance at all becoming a standard out there and used on any large projects.
In africa it's normal to rape women. It's part of their culture. Hell they believe to get rid of AIDS you rape little girls. That is how fucked up that whole country is.
bring it little girl I'll kick your ass fast.
dude, you know that shooting a gun in the direction of people is stupid.
What the drunken idiot hunters (probably only 2 of them) did was wrong. the majority of the hunters were safe and put their firearms away and left. but there always is at least 2 idiots in a crowd that does something stupid. And that was the ones that shot at the remote control helicopter.
Anyone saying different needs to take gun safety classes again. Because any law enforcement seeing that or the video can have your Concealed carry permit revoked.
you are wrong as nobody would be able to fly private aircraft and hot air balloons.
And yes I know this, I was a private pilot. I'm not tresspassing until I am below the tree line.
Sucks to be you. I can take photos of you on your property when I am standing on public land. Heck I cant take photos through your windows as long as I don't trespass, yes I have a lens that can do that, and I can fly things over your property. Maybe you should be far less ignorant and actually learn the law. In fact I can fly a hot air balloon over your house and take photos, and you will go to "ass rape" prison if you shoot at me. In fact the redneck "I shoot trespassers" is illegal, and it will get you not only in prison but the trespasser will probably own your land after the judge rakes you over the coals in court. And that little toy, yes they can legally sue you for property damage and you will need to pay for damages.
I am unsure of if I am violating wiretapping laws if I bounce a laser listener off of one of your windows and listened in on your conversations, that one I need to look up, but I certainly would not be trespassing.
If you think you have privacy on your "private land" you are very poorly educated in the matter.
I don't, I let the dog bite the kid, pull the dog back because the kid will most likely get a single bite. you see I'm a responsible pet owner and have all it's shots so the kid will at most get a couple of teeth punctures, most of the time far less than that. Or do you run dog fighting kennels where they are trained to maul? Because I train them from puppy to NOT hurt anyone.
So now the kid understands not to tease an animal and the child has actually learned something.
let me guess if your kid puts a fork in an electrical outlet and get's shocked you shoot the house? What a shitty parent you are.
It will spray it's euro toxin at the researchers and take over their bodies with it's spores. commanding it's new plant zombie army to take over the world!
and it will have fabulous parties.