It looks like this is treating the fourth dimension as more of a quick transport (can't watch the video here at work, just looked at the still shots). It would be interesting to see a game wher you could actually move through the fourth dimension incrementally and continually instead of jumping.
Sure but does it scale evenly. Does that 50% reduction in death also correspond with a decrease or less than 50% increase in incidents?
In our area they created the "Michigan left turn" which is instead of turning left, you have to turn right and then do a U-turn at a traffic light. I don't know for sure but these seem to lead to confusion and more accidents. Perhaps less severe accidents but more accidents.
Another example is the new cable barriers on the freeways. Instead of concrete down the middle they put cables to keep cars from driving into oncoming traffic. While these prevent at speed head on collisions, the barriers tend to bounce cars back into their own traffic lanes, sometimes sideways or turned around...
You don't want to for work but what about MMOs? Yes this will probably lead to whole new problems but think about the ability to run a game continuously across multiple devices. There is a part of me that is annoyed with is annoyed with the exploitation of MMO addiction but I know a company will try this.
I'm sure there are other examples that would work too, ex GPS maps or grocery lists...
Right, these things may make most cars slow down but are they any safer at the slower speeds they are now going rather than the faster speeds on the roads that can support those speeds?
Where I'm at on the other hand I almost never have delay loading a slashdot page. Look at where the internet is now compared to where it was ten years ago. We have an explosion of broadband access compared to back then. If the internet continues growing that may no longer be a problem in ten years.
On the other hand an internet OS will use a lot of that bandwidth, likely leading to increased lag even as bandwidth increases (see hardware requirements of Win 95 vs Win 7...).
Unfortunately the only sure way to know how well it will work or not is to try it and see what happens. Then if it doesn't, see what fails and if it can be improved. The internet OS has enough potential to make it worth it but yes it has as many potential downfalls...
Or if he can tell the difference between those wifi devices and the electric generators on the trains running behind his house (just actually read the article...)
This isn't really something that works perfectly now but it is something that could work in the near future (if everything goes perfect).
You can already connect your computer to the cell phone network for internet, get this updated for bandwidth and reliability and there is no reason a computer cannot always be connected to the internet.
Additionally having the OS on the internet instead of your device allows you to be working on a document on you desktop, move it over to your iphone to continue work on the bus (PLEASE NOT in the CAR!) and when you get to work you can move it off the iphone to your work computer seamlessly. I see more power in being able to connect to the internet OS with multiple devices, possibly at the same time and they don't operate completely independly.
Not saying this will be perfect but this is a possibility.
With a major point showing how much EM radiation there is from the sun and then from all the TV and cell phone signals without this person using anything and then what little increase (if noticable) there is when this person's devices are turned on...
So taking pictures of yourself is more important than having a prevew of what you are taking a picture of so it will come out level and properly framed? I fear for the future of photos...
Because having someone else do the crunching decentralizes the storage of the data you are using? With it decentralized you no longer have to upgrade your hard drive capacity, you can have a power outage and the data will still be procesed and multiple people can process it at the same time without interference?
This is assuming a perfect system, the server has to upgrade appropriately and have proper data, power and network backups to prevent the same issues but how often does slashdot go down these days?
Dumb terminals have the capability to eliminate nearly all hardware requirements for the client except for ability to process the connection. On the other hand they require extreme levels of backup on the server side that has the potential to be cost prohibitive.
We may be at the point where things are stable enough (How often do you loose your gmail? Yes it went down for me the other day but its the first time in at least a couple years). The risks are much higher than the gains but they can be overcome if enough care is spent (not saying it will be but...).
In Michigan our local library always carried computer games. Not always up to date but a good selection of Maxis games, tycoon types and even a few shooters. It seemed to work out quite well to me...
In 7th and 8th grade I could not learn algebra. No matter how I tried it just didn't work. When I hit college I managed to squeak by on testing out of algebra and while I took calculus I learned my missing algebra really quick and did quite well in calculus.
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So is it time we can just admit the entire IPad is an April Fools meant to be revealed today and move on? What? Why the suddent silence?
It looks like this is treating the fourth dimension as more of a quick transport (can't watch the video here at work, just looked at the still shots). It would be interesting to see a game wher you could actually move through the fourth dimension incrementally and continually instead of jumping.
You mean like the last season or two of Stargate?
My preference on this would be to only use sites that allow encrypted files. I've noticed a lot of clouds don't allow that, wonder why :)
Sure but does it scale evenly. Does that 50% reduction in death also correspond with a decrease or less than 50% increase in incidents?
In our area they created the "Michigan left turn" which is instead of turning left, you have to turn right and then do a U-turn at a traffic light. I don't know for sure but these seem to lead to confusion and more accidents. Perhaps less severe accidents but more accidents.
Another example is the new cable barriers on the freeways. Instead of concrete down the middle they put cables to keep cars from driving into oncoming traffic. While these prevent at speed head on collisions, the barriers tend to bounce cars back into their own traffic lanes, sometimes sideways or turned around...
You don't want to for work but what about MMOs? Yes this will probably lead to whole new problems but think about the ability to run a game continuously across multiple devices. There is a part of me that is annoyed with is annoyed with the exploitation of MMO addiction but I know a company will try this.
I'm sure there are other examples that would work too, ex GPS maps or grocery lists...
Right, these things may make most cars slow down but are they any safer at the slower speeds they are now going rather than the faster speeds on the roads that can support those speeds?
Do a search for camera on amazon.com. Tell me how many of the results you would want to use for teleconferencing.
Though I think I'm just in an argumentative mood today, probably shouldn't be posting to slashdot right now...
Where I'm at on the other hand I almost never have delay loading a slashdot page. Look at where the internet is now compared to where it was ten years ago. We have an explosion of broadband access compared to back then. If the internet continues growing that may no longer be a problem in ten years.
On the other hand an internet OS will use a lot of that bandwidth, likely leading to increased lag even as bandwidth increases (see hardware requirements of Win 95 vs Win 7...).
Unfortunately the only sure way to know how well it will work or not is to try it and see what happens. Then if it doesn't, see what fails and if it can be improved. The internet OS has enough potential to make it worth it but yes it has as many potential downfalls...
Or if he can tell the difference between those wifi devices and the electric generators on the trains running behind his house (just actually read the article...)
This isn't really something that works perfectly now but it is something that could work in the near future (if everything goes perfect).
You can already connect your computer to the cell phone network for internet, get this updated for bandwidth and reliability and there is no reason a computer cannot always be connected to the internet.
Additionally having the OS on the internet instead of your device allows you to be working on a document on you desktop, move it over to your iphone to continue work on the bus (PLEASE NOT in the CAR!) and when you get to work you can move it off the iphone to your work computer seamlessly. I see more power in being able to connect to the internet OS with multiple devices, possibly at the same time and they don't operate completely independly.
Not saying this will be perfect but this is a possibility.
With a major point showing how much EM radiation there is from the sun and then from all the TV and cell phone signals without this person using anything and then what little increase (if noticable) there is when this person's devices are turned on...
Then don't advertise it as a camera (you know, for taking pictures?). Advertise it as a webcam or something similar...
So taking pictures of yourself is more important than having a prevew of what you are taking a picture of so it will come out level and properly framed? I fear for the future of photos...
Because having someone else do the crunching decentralizes the storage of the data you are using? With it decentralized you no longer have to upgrade your hard drive capacity, you can have a power outage and the data will still be procesed and multiple people can process it at the same time without interference?
This is assuming a perfect system, the server has to upgrade appropriately and have proper data, power and network backups to prevent the same issues but how often does slashdot go down these days?
Dumb terminals have the capability to eliminate nearly all hardware requirements for the client except for ability to process the connection. On the other hand they require extreme levels of backup on the server side that has the potential to be cost prohibitive.
We may be at the point where things are stable enough (How often do you loose your gmail? Yes it went down for me the other day but its the first time in at least a couple years). The risks are much higher than the gains but they can be overcome if enough care is spent (not saying it will be but...).
You mean the way real people would nuke a living tree and its nine foot tall blue worshipers?
In Michigan our local library always carried computer games. Not always up to date but a good selection of Maxis games, tycoon types and even a few shooters. It seemed to work out quite well to me...
In 7th and 8th grade I could not learn algebra. No matter how I tried it just didn't work. When I hit college I managed to squeak by on testing out of algebra and while I took calculus I learned my missing algebra really quick and did quite well in calculus.
shrug...
So if he is too slow then what, the central office will report ths? [ x ] Gun user.
So should that tool be a pistol instead? Not saying that instance is good but I'd rather be pepper sprayed than shot if given the choice...
Fine, if you don't want me to use peper spray against you I'll just shoot you in the head with a 9mm pistol. Wait a second...
So MRAM is the new SSD? Sorry, just had to...
I want to play someone else with different emotions in those games, not myself...
RPG coders are just lazy (relatively speaking) and don't want to code those features. Whatever...