The newly designed VAIO QR (PCG-QR1/BP) sheds the magnesium-grey outer shell seen on its conventional line of laptops and adopts a blue-black translucent plastic surface that is so dark it is almost opaque
And with a light grey aluminium pipe surrounding the outer edges connecting into fold-out handle, it is reminiscent of Apple Computer Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) iBook laptop.
It's certainly possible, but it takes away somewhat from the length of a mission. By parking a probe in orbit around a planet (like they did with Galileo) you can get years of use out of it. For a probe to come back to Earth, it would either have to slingshot back around the planet, which means it would only get one chance to look at everything, or it would have to have to have a more powerful rocket and plenty of fuel - something that could pull it out of orbit and send it back towards us.
In the end, it's actually much more cost efficient to just throw the probes away.
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I thought last weeks X-files/Cops cross over was the "poke fun at ourselves" episode. And on top of that, there's an episode in March where Fox and Scully check out the movie set of a film based on the x-files - the episode guest stars Tea Leoni and Gary Shandling. Just how much are they going to laugh at themselves this season?
I don't know about lonely, but I know a lot of people who spend 'inordinate' amounts of time on the web that are increasingly uncomfortable when they have to interact in actual reality.
I think this may be a chicken and the egg issue. Is using the net making these people more uncomfortable around other people, or is their discomfort around other people driving them towards using the net? I have more than a few friends who are socially inept to an extreme when confronted with a real life situation, but are incredbily articulate online. Most of them have been introverted all their lives. The net has given them an outlet they didn't have before. You may very well know people for whom the net has hurt their social skills. I think, perhaps, it depends more on the individual in question then the internet itself.
I think perhaps you're being too critical. The camera is obviously not meant to be the end-all be-all of 3d modeling. It's meant to provide a relatively cheap, very simple method of creating 3d models of real world objects. If someone really wants high quality, there are plenty of other (far more expensive) options. But for a small business, this is a great way of setting their products apart from the rest.
I worked for a company that made sensors and parts for many research and engineering corporations. They wanted to be able to put 3d models of their products on the CD version of their catalog. With hundreds of thousands of items to be modeled, however, they couldn't afford the cost of either having it professionally scanned or hiring a computer modeler. They would love a camera like this.
One of the possible problems with the probe is it may have been too cold for the batteries to function. If that is the case, now that the pole is moving out of winter the batteries may be able to function again.
What possibilities for data transfer would those be? I don't see how this is any more convenient than burning a regular CD and giving it to someone - and with a regular CD, I don't have to worry that I won't be able to read it should I ever need to use it again. Or do you see a use that I don't?
As far as I'm concerned, the idea of thousands upon thousands of dvd's being tossed into our already overflowing landfills is disturbing as hell. Rather than spend money on technology like this, we should focus on getting high bandwidth connections to the home. Want to rent a movie? Download it. That way there's nothing to return or throw out.
Well it's "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.", not "News for Nerds: Stuff that matters". The punctuation may not seem important, but it makes a difference. The implication is that the "news for nerds" doesn't necessarily have to be "stuff that matters." A new utility is an interesting thing when it involves a technology that is often discussed on Slashdot: mp3's. Does it matter? Probably not. But as I've already says, it doesn't have to. Personally, I find it fascinating. Most online storage related sites won't let you store mp3's, even if they are perfectly legal. MP3.com is the first to encourage it. I think that's a pretty big deal.
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Ah, but there is one. www.flightgear.org is an open source flight sim project that has been in development for some time now. I don't know what the latest status is, but if it's ever finished it should be quite something (as opposed to quite nothing, which of course nobody wants).
the disappearance of European empires... the Holocaust
What exactly do either of these have to do with technology? Can anyone ever predict political shiftings or mass genocide? Sure, we probably could have seen Hitler's rise to power, or the collapse of the brittish empire, but could anyone have predicted the full extent of the horrors acted out during world war 2? I somehow doubt it.
But that's just an opinion. This just pisses me off:
individual humans versus greed and bigness
Bigness is not a word! Or at least it hasn't been for a few hundred years. Does anyone proofread these articles?
Are you sure you live near the city? ADSL is everywhere, and getting cheaper every month. You can't walk anywhere in the city without seeing ads for Red of Bell Atlantic. Public transportation may not be perfect, but the subways are safe, clean, and a lot cheaper than in most cities ($1.50 will get you from Coney Island all the way to Mount Vernon - That's close to 20 miles!).
She didn't technically win, Rather, the credit card company settled. That may amount to the same thing as far as she was concerned, but legally there is still no precedent. This suite could go either way.
1337 = leet = eleet = elite = wannabe = thought the movie "Hackers" defined their generation = people with subscriptions to 2600 who don't understand 90 percent of all the articles and send letters asking how they can get credit card numbers = kids with keyboards who need to be spanked.
Ah, but here is where the incredible pace of technology could beat out the wages of war. Can you think of any American cities that don't have at least one computer? I'm sure there may be some, but certainly there aren't many. Nuclear explosions would focus on major population and industrial centers, but a significant majority of the rural areas would only be affected indirectly (nuclear fallout, etc). So it is certainly conceivable that a sginificant amount of computer equipment would survive.
Besides, I wrap all my computers in high density Faraday shields. Don't you?
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It's certainly possible, but it takes away somewhat from the length of a mission. By parking a probe in orbit around a planet (like they did with Galileo) you can get years of use out of it. For a probe to come back to Earth, it would either have to slingshot back around the planet, which means it would only get one chance to look at everything, or it would have to have to have a more powerful rocket and plenty of fuel - something that could pull it out of orbit and send it back towards us.
In the end, it's actually much more cost efficient to just throw the probes away.
I thought last weeks X-files/Cops cross over was the "poke fun at ourselves" episode. And on top of that, there's an episode in March where Fox and Scully check out the movie set of a film based on the x-files - the episode guest stars Tea Leoni and Gary Shandling. Just how much are they going to laugh at themselves this season?
I think this may be a chicken and the egg issue. Is using the net making these people more uncomfortable around other people, or is their discomfort around other people driving them towards using the net? I have more than a few friends who are socially inept to an extreme when confronted with a real life situation, but are incredbily articulate online. Most of them have been introverted all their lives. The net has given them an outlet they didn't have before. You may very well know people for whom the net has hurt their social skills. I think, perhaps, it depends more on the individual in question then the internet itself.
I think perhaps you're being too critical. The camera is obviously not meant to be the end-all be-all of 3d modeling. It's meant to provide a relatively cheap, very simple method of creating 3d models of real world objects. If someone really wants high quality, there are plenty of other (far more expensive) options. But for a small business, this is a great way of setting their products apart from the rest.
I worked for a company that made sensors and parts for many research and engineering corporations. They wanted to be able to put 3d models of their products on the CD version of their catalog. With hundreds of thousands of items to be modeled, however, they couldn't afford the cost of either having it professionally scanned or hiring a computer modeler. They would love a camera like this.
One of the possible problems with the probe is it may have been too cold for the batteries to function. If that is the case, now that the pole is moving out of winter the batteries may be able to function again.
What possibilities for data transfer would those be? I don't see how this is any more convenient than burning a regular CD and giving it to someone - and with a regular CD, I don't have to worry that I won't be able to read it should I ever need to use it again. Or do you see a use that I don't?
As far as I'm concerned, the idea of thousands upon thousands of dvd's being tossed into our already overflowing landfills is disturbing as hell. Rather than spend money on technology like this, we should focus on getting high bandwidth connections to the home. Want to rent a movie? Download it. That way there's nothing to return or throw out.
Well, if you go back really far, it's not the same at all. Take a look at:
http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-New s/index.html
They're the usenet logs from 1981-1982. Life was beautiful
Boy am I an idiot...
That should have read:
So he's the Bill Gates of the company?
(Insert canned laughter here)
So he's the bill games of the company?
Well it's "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.", not "News for Nerds: Stuff that matters". The punctuation may not seem important, but it makes a difference. The implication is that the "news for nerds" doesn't necessarily have to be "stuff that matters." A new utility is an interesting thing when it involves a technology that is often discussed on Slashdot: mp3's. Does it matter? Probably not. But as I've already says, it doesn't have to. Personally, I find it fascinating. Most online storage related sites won't let you store mp3's, even if they are perfectly legal. MP3.com is the first to encourage it. I think that's a pretty big deal.
-m@
When was grafitti patented?
Ah, but there is one. www.flightgear.org is an open source flight sim project that has been in development for some time now. I don't know what the latest status is, but if it's ever finished it should be quite something (as opposed to quite nothing, which of course nobody wants).
the disappearance of European empires... the Holocaust
What exactly do either of these have to do with technology? Can anyone ever predict political shiftings or mass genocide? Sure, we probably could have seen Hitler's rise to power, or the collapse of the brittish empire, but could anyone have predicted the full extent of the horrors acted out during world war 2? I somehow doubt it.
But that's just an opinion. This just pisses me off:
individual humans versus greed and bigness
Bigness is not a word! Or at least it hasn't been for a few hundred years. Does anyone proofread these articles?
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Not even close! More expensive than Boston or Phoenix, I'll tell you.
Ever been to D.C.? Or London? Or Paris? Or Rome? Or Naples? Or Stuttgart? I said most cities, not all.
Whoops! "Red of Bell Atlantic" should be "Red or Bell Atlantic".
Are you sure you live near the city? ADSL is everywhere, and getting cheaper every month. You can't walk anywhere in the city without seeing ads for Red of Bell Atlantic. Public transportation may not be perfect, but the subways are safe, clean, and a lot cheaper than in most cities ($1.50 will get you from Coney Island all the way to Mount Vernon - That's close to 20 miles!).
What specifically are you referring to?
I think perhaps the Pentium V will be called the Pentipentium.
I can't wait for the Dodecipentium. The chip will be fast!
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That's only because their electricity runs on the wrong side of the wires.
:-)
She didn't technically win, Rather, the credit card company settled. That may amount to the same thing as far as she was concerned, but legally there is still no precedent. This suite could go either way.
Responses like this waste our time. If you don't want to spend a few minutes justifying your statements, don't bother making them.
1337 = leet = eleet = elite = wannabe = thought the movie "Hackers" defined their generation = people with subscriptions to 2600 who don't understand 90 percent of all the articles and send letters asking how they can get credit card numbers = kids with keyboards who need to be spanked.
So this was a joke, then? Perhaps you should simply say I'm sorry.
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Ah, but here is where the incredible pace of technology could beat out the wages of war. Can you think of any American cities that don't have at least one computer? I'm sure there may be some, but certainly there aren't many. Nuclear explosions would focus on major population and industrial centers, but a significant majority of the rural areas would only be affected indirectly (nuclear fallout, etc). So it is certainly conceivable that a sginificant amount of computer equipment would survive.
Besides, I wrap all my computers in high density Faraday shields. Don't you?