Anyone want to guess how long before "qubit" gets compressed to "quit" (as "bigit" became "bit" in the last century)? 'quits' seems a little too self-deprecating from a marketing perspective. I predict it will be shortened to 'qunts' isntead, as in: "By the end of next year, we will have a thousand qunts working to solve puzzles that normal computers could solve in seconds!"
Cingular is the American version of Rogers wireless (at least, whenever i go to the states, it says Cingular right under Rogers), and Apparently Cingular and AT&T are one and the same now (Rogers is AT&T, you know). I assume Rogers will be the Canadian iPhone carrier, and I would think the transition should be quick and simple. However, iTunes took forever to go to Canada so it may be more of a legal issue (i.e., getting the Canadian version of the FTC to approve it).
I'm soon going to be dropping Rogers and doing what my girlfriend does, that is use Cingular and buy the 'west coast' package, which allows roaming anywhere on the west coast. And thats because I travel all over the northwest, not because I'll do anything for the iPhone!
Actually, data visualization, which he touched on and didn't really say anything about, could go a long way with unique interfaces like this. Visualizing data is one thing that is still has a lot of work to go, but exploring large amounts of data visually could really use new HCI techniques. Personally, i think this thing is pretty cool, and i think there is definately potential in it (perhaps with haptic feedback through a glove?)
Well if you get US money to go to school in Canada like me, you WILL be labelled a terrorist. Just listen for the click the next time you call your mom on the phone!!
Text may be in 2d, but accessing that text need not be. A user interface that efficiently allows you to access information can be implemented in a 3d environment, and in the foreseeable future likely won't be in just two dimensions. I mean, you live in a 3 dimensional world and when you want to read a text, you go to your bookshelf. Think outside the window man!
Or waste countless man hours working with an unintuitive API, plus not being able to easily deliver a cross-platform product with considerable ease. So, develop for free with open source Qt and release under GPL, or if you are a real software house that doesn't want to waste time, invest a couple thousand in the initial fee. In most cases the investment pays off.
This is pretty old tech, but i agree that it might not seem extremely useful in day to day computer use (at least not that I can see). But, for example, in MIT's REA, a software real estate agent, or for any other commercial application, it would be very useful in determining a customers affective state and curtailing the sales pitch to every emotional change.
How quick is this software? I mean, theres not much use figuring out someones emotions after the fact, at least no computational use. What I want is live emotion recognition so that software can adapt to your affective state on-the-fly. I know this has been done (e.g. MIT's Rea), but are these guys doing it better?
There are plenty of journal articles and articles from conferences and other sources available on the web. I just wrote a paper on text summarization using sources I only found through google.. Mainly because going through my school's journal databases is too much of a hassle.
I already asked this sort of question, albeit I wanted something to listen to while i'm AT work.. Lots of good replies though, a lot of good conversations to get into and pass the time.
Not even that.. A society that has existed in that lifestyle for so long would develop subconscious techniques of analyzing that environment.. The sixth sense is no more than computing conclusions based on a small amount of detail and a lifetime of experience.
I have this book called '283 useful inventions from japan.' While a lot of them are great, and even simple designs that would make life much nicer in the states(like why don't we have pillows that allow proper airflow so they don't overheat?), a lot of them are absolutely useless and seem to have been designed just because they can be. I sure won't ever use the portable blatter sack. Just because they have the ability, doesn't mean they have the need.
For real. Its called specialization. People are passionate about computers, not like people are passionate about assembling car parts. There will be new fields in the IT industry to work with and these fields will be all over the world. I opted to major in Cognitive Science rather than plain ol' comp.sci. because i can specialize my computer skills to areas that involve more than just busting out code, plus I have other skills to back myself up on. Besides, the tech industry changes so much, who knows what IT jobs will open up in the future, besides that they WILL open up.
This concept has already been developed and is thriving.. At my dorm, everyone that uses iTunes has their library shared over the network. This, accompanied w/ myTunes, allows for thousands of tracks to be browsed and downloaded. I like this plugin idea because it allows for the same concept to be practiced over the internet rather than a LAN. My bright idea of recent: promote a large 'iTunes party' where everyone can bring their laptops and share their libraries over a WLAN and suggest new music to each other... Of course, this would get a lot of people very angry!
Well the weak canadian dollar isn't really that attrractive anymore.. Today its at 1.22 canadian to the USD, the lowest i've seen it since i've moved to Vancouver from PA. Otherwise, people still like filming up here in 'Hollywood north' because the scenery can be adapted to a number of different set types. Science fiction is particularly suited to the uber-modern cityscape and Simon Fraser U., which looks like a freakin moon colony, is the setting for many Stargate episodes.
I'd also recomend Cognitive Science.. Right now I study Comp. Sci., Philosophy, and Psychology, and i can adapt to a lot of different types of jobs with all of these under my belt. Plain computer science is just too generic these days. Also, employers love philosophy students, because they have good critical thinking and communication skills.
It seems like whatever education is going on will just be broadcasted information.. No different than the discovery channel. Is there going to be a physical teacher designated to the students, or will it be like a lecture format where the student merely listens to the instructor and doesn't interact? I always thought it would be a good idea to develop artificial intelligence to a point where a software teacher can understand questions about a given topic and have a knowledge base to give answers from. but maybe i'm just unrealistic:P
Recreational advantages are merely a part of the issue. Studying in canada made just too much sense to me and the other 6000 americans up here. Its cheap, the schools are fantastic(yet almost unheard of in the states), there are interesting people from all over the world, and, well, its not america. The political system isn't perfect here, but at least corruption is obvious here and the culprits get their just punishment. By the way, pot IS decriminalized here. You don't get arrested for anything unless your growing or trafficking. I've had friends in the states sent to jail for having just a couple grams. And its almost legal.. they've started selling pot out of stores here in vancouver. It only needs a few more years. I don't think i'm a pussy. I think youre a tool.. what do you really think you can do to change the US government? Nothing will ever change until theres a revolution.
I think the problem with people giving up IE is that it is so integrated with the windows OS. When i had my mac there was the finder for files, and netscape for the internet. On windows, if i just want to casually hit up a web page, i can easily open a new explorer window and type in the address, as opposed to waiting for mozilla to load up(though mozilla has a much better web browsing environment). I think the layman feels the same way. I'd love for there to be a more efficient way to browse files so i could delete explorer from my computer altogether. Well, i'm sure there is, but i'd rather hold out until i get another mac:)
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Cingular is the American version of Rogers wireless (at least, whenever i go to the states, it says Cingular right under Rogers), and Apparently Cingular and AT&T are one and the same now (Rogers is AT&T, you know). I assume Rogers will be the Canadian iPhone carrier, and I would think the transition should be quick and simple. However, iTunes took forever to go to Canada so it may be more of a legal issue (i.e., getting the Canadian version of the FTC to approve it).
I'm soon going to be dropping Rogers and doing what my girlfriend does, that is use Cingular and buy the 'west coast' package, which allows roaming anywhere on the west coast. And thats because I travel all over the northwest, not because I'll do anything for the iPhone!
Its late november and I live in Canada!
Actually, data visualization, which he touched on and didn't really say anything about, could go a long way with unique interfaces like this. Visualizing data is one thing that is still has a lot of work to go, but exploring large amounts of data visually could really use new HCI techniques. Personally, i think this thing is pretty cool, and i think there is definately potential in it (perhaps with haptic feedback through a glove?)
Well if you get US money to go to school in Canada like me, you WILL be labelled a terrorist. Just listen for the click the next time you call your mom on the phone!!
Text may be in 2d, but accessing that text need not be. A user interface that efficiently allows you to access information can be implemented in a 3d environment, and in the foreseeable future likely won't be in just two dimensions. I mean, you live in a 3 dimensional world and when you want to read a text, you go to your bookshelf. Think outside the window man!
Or waste countless man hours working with an unintuitive API, plus not being able to easily deliver a cross-platform product with considerable ease. So, develop for free with open source Qt and release under GPL, or if you are a real software house that doesn't want to waste time, invest a couple thousand in the initial fee. In most cases the investment pays off.
All you need is the mantra "Arise chicken".
And of course a chicken head on a stick.
This is pretty old tech, but i agree that it might not seem extremely useful in day to day computer use (at least not that I can see). But, for example, in MIT's REA, a software real estate agent, or for any other commercial application, it would be very useful in determining a customers affective state and curtailing the sales pitch to every emotional change.
How quick is this software? I mean, theres not much use figuring out someones emotions after the fact, at least no computational use. What I want is live emotion recognition so that software can adapt to your affective state on-the-fly. I know this has been done (e.g. MIT's Rea), but are these guys doing it better?
All I could think of when i read this was R. Kelly.
"I want to piss on you.. I really do..."
There are plenty of journal articles and articles from conferences and other sources available on the web. I just wrote a paper on text summarization using sources I only found through google.. Mainly because going through my school's journal databases is too much of a hassle.
I already asked this sort of question, albeit I wanted something to listen to while i'm AT work.. Lots of good replies though, a lot of good conversations to get into and pass the time.
Not even that.. A society that has existed in that lifestyle for so long would develop subconscious techniques of analyzing that environment.. The sixth sense is no more than computing conclusions based on a small amount of detail and a lifetime of experience.
I have this book called '283 useful inventions from japan.' While a lot of them are great, and even simple designs that would make life much nicer in the states(like why don't we have pillows that allow proper airflow so they don't overheat?), a lot of them are absolutely useless and seem to have been designed just because they can be. I sure won't ever use the portable blatter sack. Just because they have the ability, doesn't mean they have the need.
For real. Its called specialization. People are passionate about computers, not like people are passionate about assembling car parts. There will be new fields in the IT industry to work with and these fields will be all over the world. I opted to major in Cognitive Science rather than plain ol' comp.sci. because i can specialize my computer skills to areas that involve more than just busting out code, plus I have other skills to back myself up on. Besides, the tech industry changes so much, who knows what IT jobs will open up in the future, besides that they WILL open up.
A side job? I dont understand.. But I work at EA.
Has got to be the tackiest christmas tree i've ever seen. Do slashdotters really use that much tinsel?
This concept has already been developed and is thriving.. At my dorm, everyone that uses iTunes has their library shared over the network. This, accompanied w/ myTunes, allows for thousands of tracks to be browsed and downloaded. I like this plugin idea because it allows for the same concept to be practiced over the internet rather than a LAN. My bright idea of recent: promote a large 'iTunes party' where everyone can bring their laptops and share their libraries over a WLAN and suggest new music to each other... Of course, this would get a lot of people very angry!
Well the weak canadian dollar isn't really that attrractive anymore.. Today its at 1.22 canadian to the USD, the lowest i've seen it since i've moved to Vancouver from PA. Otherwise, people still like filming up here in 'Hollywood north' because the scenery can be adapted to a number of different set types. Science fiction is particularly suited to the uber-modern cityscape and Simon Fraser U., which looks like a freakin moon colony, is the setting for many Stargate episodes.
I'd also recomend Cognitive Science.. Right now I study Comp. Sci., Philosophy, and Psychology, and i can adapt to a lot of different types of jobs with all of these under my belt. Plain computer science is just too generic these days. Also, employers love philosophy students, because they have good critical thinking and communication skills.
It seems like whatever education is going on will just be broadcasted information.. No different than the discovery channel. Is there going to be a physical teacher designated to the students, or will it be like a lecture format where the student merely listens to the instructor and doesn't interact? I always thought it would be a good idea to develop artificial intelligence to a point where a software teacher can understand questions about a given topic and have a knowledge base to give answers from. but maybe i'm just unrealistic:P
Recreational advantages are merely a part of the issue. Studying in canada made just too much sense to me and the other 6000 americans up here. Its cheap, the schools are fantastic(yet almost unheard of in the states), there are interesting people from all over the world, and, well, its not america. The political system isn't perfect here, but at least corruption is obvious here and the culprits get their just punishment. By the way, pot IS decriminalized here. You don't get arrested for anything unless your growing or trafficking. I've had friends in the states sent to jail for having just a couple grams. And its almost legal.. they've started selling pot out of stores here in vancouver. It only needs a few more years. I don't think i'm a pussy. I think youre a tool.. what do you really think you can do to change the US government? Nothing will ever change until theres a revolution.
I hope this doesn't implicate me in any way, but i require the internet to do my work. Darn:)
I think the problem with people giving up IE is that it is so integrated with the windows OS. When i had my mac there was the finder for files, and netscape for the internet. On windows, if i just want to casually hit up a web page, i can easily open a new explorer window and type in the address, as opposed to waiting for mozilla to load up(though mozilla has a much better web browsing environment). I think the layman feels the same way. I'd love for there to be a more efficient way to browse files so i could delete explorer from my computer altogether. Well, i'm sure there is, but i'd rather hold out until i get another mac:)