The iPhone has quite a few otherwise great apps (like IM clients and such) that don't get used much because they can't run in the background.
AIM or Yahoo IM aren't much use to me if, in order to stay connected to the IM service, the phone has to have that app running in the foreground at all times.
Seriously, add multitasking. Let users answer texts or change the current song while still running another application in the background.
Except the press shouldn't be *trying* to get the public to mistrust the military.
"OMG The DoD enhanced this completely crap photo of this general"
Unless the story was about the aesthetic qualities of the general in question, it's IRRELEVANT.
That photo is not photo evidence of anything, just a "oh and here's a picture of who we are talking about".
And yet some people see it as a reason to distrust the military.
Most of the places I can think of that have a problem with kidnappers would be places like the Philippines where I seriously doubt the kidnap-for-ransom groups would have RFID readers powerful enough to scan a large group of people and locate you.
Besides, they won't be looking for AMERICANS, they would be looking for anyone from a devloped nation because they might have money. Most of these places you would stick out like a sore thumb looking like a tourist anyway, so the RFID card isn't going to give you away anymore than your appearance likely does anyhow.
So, I think this fear of 'kidnappers' is overblown.
the article states that the researchers hope to speed up research by doing this, and goes on to say that they're using a computer program to copy the information into Wikipedia...
If the only thing they are doing is copying data to Wikipedia, how will this speed up research? It's against Wikipedia's rules to post original research, so I'm assuming this is all they CAN do.
While it is neat, I'm not sure I understand how this will speed up new research...
I'd much rather someone admit to not knowing something than to pretend otherwise.
Changing the oil in a car is not difficult, but it really ISN'T that expensive to have someone else do.
It's $25 at my local dealer; cheap enough that changing your own isn't worth it to many people.
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The iPhone has quite a few otherwise great apps (like IM clients and such) that don't get used much because they can't run in the background. AIM or Yahoo IM aren't much use to me if, in order to stay connected to the IM service, the phone has to have that app running in the foreground at all times. Seriously, add multitasking. Let users answer texts or change the current song while still running another application in the background.
Except the press shouldn't be *trying* to get the public to mistrust the military. "OMG The DoD enhanced this completely crap photo of this general" Unless the story was about the aesthetic qualities of the general in question, it's IRRELEVANT. That photo is not photo evidence of anything, just a "oh and here's a picture of who we are talking about". And yet some people see it as a reason to distrust the military.
Most of the places I can think of that have a problem with kidnappers would be places like the Philippines where I seriously doubt the kidnap-for-ransom groups would have RFID readers powerful enough to scan a large group of people and locate you. Besides, they won't be looking for AMERICANS, they would be looking for anyone from a devloped nation because they might have money. Most of these places you would stick out like a sore thumb looking like a tourist anyway, so the RFID card isn't going to give you away anymore than your appearance likely does anyhow. So, I think this fear of 'kidnappers' is overblown.
the article states that the researchers hope to speed up research by doing this, and goes on to say that they're using a computer program to copy the information into Wikipedia... If the only thing they are doing is copying data to Wikipedia, how will this speed up research? It's against Wikipedia's rules to post original research, so I'm assuming this is all they CAN do. While it is neat, I'm not sure I understand how this will speed up new research...
I'd much rather someone admit to not knowing something than to pretend otherwise. Changing the oil in a car is not difficult, but it really ISN'T that expensive to have someone else do. It's $25 at my local dealer; cheap enough that changing your own isn't worth it to many people.