Info about Pikachu is kept not just because of interest, but it's also objectively verifiable from a number of sources. However, it's not intended as a blog or a local newspaper used for cores of a local high school basketball game, where only local residents may or may not be able to validate the information or find it interesting.
Otherwise, what's to prevent me from inventing a fictional game using real town and high school and reporting on it where the lead scorer scored 300 points? Or I can write an autobiographical article about my fortune that's tied up in an account in Nigeria.
I think that the danger here is that, if it's perfected, this will be a easy sell for airport security. Now, we don't have to take off our shoes and take out laptops. They'll be able to scan for "incorrect thought" without physical contact. This
How soon after that before it is mounted in intersections and high ways instead of security cameras? Even thinking about speeding (and general road rage) might be illegal...
Porn will not decide next gen because it does not make sense for them to play.
In the 80's there was no internet and no broadband, so recorded media was the only way to distribute their products. Now, porn can be distributed in standard def easily over internet. It cuts out (or at least marginalizes) the middle man, it reduces up-front manufacturing costs, and they get to charge per view. It also allows for them to develop additional features for their clients.
So, why would they even want to play the HD game, especially since it would only serve to hurt the fantasy that porn sells?
I look forward to them distributing all the translated content on torrent, as a part of the freedom of info act or something, so that we can get English subbed foreign TV programs. I think that the anime shares will be most popular
with the change EST will only be in effect for 4.5 months. If EST is so unwanted, why don't we just go all the way and do away with EST and use EDT all year around?
hmmm... a possible attempt to hook a non-profit on MS crack?
Another way might be to give it to a gadget/software blog site and they can start a contest for it. This way, somebody who wants/needs it will get it and everyone can enjoy some interesting entries for the competition
I think that the pro's and cons of the beta both are related in how it tries to emulate Outlook.
It's nice that it has a familiar interface compared to desktop apps. However, it also lost a nice feature which allowed me to select messages that I know are spam and report them. Now, I actually have to select the message (downloading the images that might contain trojans, etc) before I can report them.
FTA, "[MS] didn't pay the $63 million cost -- that was borne by the Philadelphia School District"
Seems that Philly was just a paying beta customer of a MS designed education system. If it succeeds, MS can roll it out in other districts and make $$$$. If it fails, no skin off their back as all the risk is borne by Philly citizens. You'd think that the B&M Gates foundation would at least put their money where their mouth is...
because the road runner service is still capped at 384kbps UL, which is just embarrassingly slow. But since my area (Flushing!) has no FIOS, DSL, nor cablevision, TW still holds a monopoly on "broadband"
The simple fact of the matter is that making an a la carte package is extremely expensive. NOT from the content cost perspective, but from the maintenance perspective. Every a la carte item needs to be programmed, price maintained, trained to the CSR's and the more a la carte item, the more expensive it is. All it would get them is the small percentage elite prosumers which have no loyalties anyway and are only after lowest cost or highest tech, which means either less revenue or more cost, respectively. Neither is interesting to the cable co's
In terms of data density, it's 135x135x11 / 300GB (it's a square cartrige) or 200475mm^3 / 300GB ~ 666mm^3/GB.
Whereas the current HDD is at 102x147x26 / 750GB or 389844mm^3 / 750GB or ~519mm^3/GB, beating out the optical by ~20%
Let's not even get to the cost / GB and the tech maturity. The only advantage that the holo may hold is in transfer speed, which the article does not address. Tho iirc, the numbers from older articles on holo tech left me underwhelmed in that category as well
Also the form factor was an extremely poor choice. It's not a matter of accidentally shoving a cartridge into the DVD drive, but that most cases and drive cages will NOT have a slot of appropriate size, requiring either an custom external solution or a custom case for the entire machine to host this drive internally. Yet another cost to kill this emerging tech
Miles and miles of forests need to be dug in order to allow the grandparent poster to "get away from it all", not to mention all the power lost and infrastructure cost of delivering power and utility and internet to the "getaway".
The suburban lifestyle was an idea cooked up by the auto industry to battle the train industry in the 30's, clearly, the auto industry won. It was great as US was becoming the major auto manufacturer. However, with virtually every automobile meaning that money leaves US (if not directly with purchase of a foreign car, then indirectly with gas), it's time to rethink the idea of the suburban / rural sprawl and regrow urban centers
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So, you've uncovered the ancient Chinese secret SETI project
in the same way
Wikipedia is a source of information. Not news.
Info about Pikachu is kept not just because of interest, but it's also objectively verifiable from a number of sources. However, it's not intended as a blog or a local newspaper used for cores of a local high school basketball game, where only local residents may or may not be able to validate the information or find it interesting.
Otherwise, what's to prevent me from inventing a fictional game using real town and high school and reporting on it where the lead scorer scored 300 points? Or I can write an autobiographical article about my fortune that's tied up in an account in Nigeria.
I think that the danger here is that, if it's perfected, this will be a easy sell for airport security. Now, we don't have to take off our shoes and take out laptops. They'll be able to scan for "incorrect thought" without physical contact. This
How soon after that before it is mounted in intersections and high ways instead of security cameras? Even thinking about speeding (and general road rage) might be illegal...
Porn will not decide next gen because it does not make sense for them to play.
In the 80's there was no internet and no broadband, so recorded media was the only way to distribute their products. Now, porn can be distributed in standard def easily over internet. It cuts out (or at least marginalizes) the middle man, it reduces up-front manufacturing costs, and they get to charge per view. It also allows for them to develop additional features for their clients.
So, why would they even want to play the HD game, especially since it would only serve to hurt the fantasy that porn sells?
On the term "alternative search engine" and post the first 100 results as an article?
I look forward to them distributing all the translated content on torrent, as a part of the freedom of info act or something, so that we can get English subbed foreign TV programs. I think that the anime shares will be most popular
with the change EST will only be in effect for 4.5 months. If EST is so unwanted, why don't we just go all the way and do away with EST and use EDT all year around?
And every office in the land!! This way he'll be able to re-write the constitution in the Daily Show's image! Huzzah!!
hmmm... a possible attempt to hook a non-profit on MS crack?
Another way might be to give it to a gadget/software blog site and they can start a contest for it. This way, somebody who wants/needs it will get it and everyone can enjoy some interesting entries for the competition
yes, but in Japan there will be pixelated mosaic around the genital region.
I think that the pro's and cons of the beta both are related in how it tries to emulate Outlook.
It's nice that it has a familiar interface compared to desktop apps. However, it also lost a nice feature which allowed me to select messages that I know are spam and report them. Now, I actually have to select the message (downloading the images that might contain trojans, etc) before I can report them.
FTA, "[MS] didn't pay the $63 million cost -- that was borne by the Philadelphia School District"
Seems that Philly was just a paying beta customer of a MS designed education system.
If it succeeds, MS can roll it out in other districts and make $$$$.
If it fails, no skin off their back as all the risk is borne by Philly citizens.
You'd think that the B&M Gates foundation would at least put their money where their mouth is...
because the road runner service is still capped at 384kbps UL, which is just embarrassingly slow. But since my area (Flushing!) has no FIOS, DSL, nor cablevision, TW still holds a monopoly on "broadband"
The simple fact of the matter is that making an a la carte package is extremely expensive. NOT from the content cost perspective, but from the maintenance perspective. Every a la carte item needs to be programmed, price maintained, trained to the CSR's and the more a la carte item, the more expensive it is. All it would get them is the small percentage elite prosumers which have no loyalties anyway and are only after lowest cost or highest tech, which means either less revenue or more cost, respectively. Neither is interesting to the cable co's
Indeed, I think that his mom should claim the prize for him for having to take care of such an eccentric person
Everyone knows that the only reason you add fluorine to anything is for mind control! Soon, my tin-foil hat will need a anti-fluorine upgrade
Well, the article you linked to is also a survey on Americans.
Hmmm... maybe a pattern?
Will they have booth babes?
By that logic, Porn suppliers should just send out external HDD which the buyers can just "jack in" to their computer.
More bang for the buck that way
Case of do as I say where I retain the right to change what I say?
Hmmm... never knew that Archimedes was a politician
In terms of data density, it's 135x135x11 / 300GB (it's a square cartrige) or 200475mm^3 / 300GB ~ 666mm^3/GB.
Whereas the current HDD is at 102x147x26 / 750GB or 389844mm^3 / 750GB or ~519mm^3/GB, beating out the optical by ~20%
Let's not even get to the cost / GB and the tech maturity. The only advantage that the holo may hold is in transfer speed, which the article does not address. Tho iirc, the numbers from older articles on holo tech left me underwhelmed in that category as well
Also the form factor was an extremely poor choice. It's not a matter of accidentally shoving a cartridge into the DVD drive, but that most cases and drive cages will NOT have a slot of appropriate size, requiring either an custom external solution or a custom case for the entire machine to host this drive internally. Yet another cost to kill this emerging tech
Well, 90+% can be probably be recovered by just copying all the spam that their other users got.
Please mod parent up.
Miles and miles of forests need to be dug in order to allow the grandparent poster to "get away from it all", not to mention all the power lost and infrastructure cost of delivering power and utility and internet to the "getaway".
The suburban lifestyle was an idea cooked up by the auto industry to battle the train industry in the 30's, clearly, the auto industry won. It was great as US was becoming the major auto manufacturer. However, with virtually every automobile meaning that money leaves US (if not directly with purchase of a foreign car, then indirectly with gas), it's time to rethink the idea of the suburban / rural sprawl and regrow urban centers
Interesting how the your post indicating that you're an asshole was modded as informative. I guess a lot of people didn't know ;)