I know TFA shows it on Comcast's page.. but still this is Comcast we're talking about. Are they going to just inject a pop-up while I'm randomly surfing?
Also, prepare for brand-new phishing tactics in 3, 2, 1..
Also, joining the chorus on this being tied to anti-P2P intentions.
What you're saying is true, I think the horizontal resolution would be defined by the usable bandwidth of the whole system from camera through transmission all the way up to the actual CRT itself.
If you're just out for fun then that's fine for you; if you're training more seriously for an endurance sport (training for 100 or 200 mile cycling events, or for half or full marathons, racing of any kind, etc) then you need to train more purposefully if you want to succeed at it, and having performance data is a basic part of that.
Beware: HRMs may give you estimated calories burned, and Polar will even claim it's accurate within 10%, but the formulas they're using to estimate calories burned makes some rather broad assumptions about human physiology and your specific level of fitness as well and will err on the high side to encourage people to continue exercising. Higher-end HRMs will allow you to enter your VO2max, which would make it more accurate, but VO2max is something that is done using a very strenuous and expensive lab test that the average person isn't going to go to the effort for, and even then there are still assumptions made based on statistical averages and general theories. HRMs are good for helping you stay within a level of exertion that is appropriate for the type of physical training you're doing (i.e., staying within an aerobic zone while running) but as a way of tracking calories they're rather poor.
I'm all for innovation. I just don't see this as true innovation though, I see this only as an electronics company responding to consumer demand in a time of worldwide financial crisis, where every company is scrambling for sales of any kind. It doesn't have to be practical, all it has to do is sell, and that's all I think they're going for here.
Why is anyone wasting any time on useless technology like this? Is it based on consumer demand? If so then consumers need some basic physics and electronics lessons. This is not Star Trek, people, we can't "beam" your power to you via subspace, the inverse-square law fully applies, this is not ever going to be efficient or practical! Electrically powered things require power cords, get over it!
..but Comcast will still try to create excuses for continually increasing the cost of broadband while finding excuses to decrease and limit the bandwidth.
..at least 70 years away, would you spend any money on that research, or would you spend it on something else?
See, it's that sort of thinking that gets humanity in trouble in the first place. We need to, as a race, see beyond the ends of our own noses. Yes, it may be true that spending time and resources on Technology-XYZ won't see any real benefit for X-number of years, but does that mean that it's not worth the effort? I believe the average person would say No, it's not worth it because I won't see any benefit from it in my lifetime, which is the wrong answer. "Why develop alternative energy? We have plenty of oil!"
Biased much? I'm sure that we can take seriously the word of a company pushing their own closed-source, commercial DNS server solution, when they say that software you don't have to pay anything for is bad.
You see my point; If, say, a few square feet of your roof can supply all of your daily electricity needs for the next 20 (or more) years, then what's that worth to you? If a dozen acres of otherwise useless land can supply a city the size of New York, then what's that worth? Naturally the cost of any technology goes down over time as manufacturing processes are perfected and optimized, and as more manufacturers are producing that technology.
It's obvious that these people are complete morons, they make the worst decisions all the time, why are we even bothering to get up in arms over news like this? It's become routine!
When I started with computers that were disk-capable, it was i8080 and Z80 based using dumb terminals. Installing CP/M-80 on a system required assembly language skills because you had to write your own BIOS to interface CP/M to your peripherals. Added a new serial or parallel port? Write your own driver for it!
Personally I think schools should be teaching kids to not be Anonymous Cowards, and to only open their mouths (or post, as the case may be) when they have something to say that they're willing to stand behind.
On the practical side, schools don't have any money for the necessities, so I doubt they'd spend any money on equipment to log heart rates of individuals. They're likely just going to use it to optimize physical training for each kid as much as possible. Look on the bright side: if your kid learns now to use a heart rate monitor, he might use one later in life for regular exercise and be overall healthier.
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I know TFA shows it on Comcast's page.. but still this is Comcast we're talking about. Are they going to just inject a pop-up while I'm randomly surfing?
Also, prepare for brand-new phishing tactics in 3, 2, 1..
Also, joining the chorus on this being tied to anti-P2P intentions.
..that I closed my PayPal account. :-)
If you want to go there, then we had video games with 4096x4096 graphics all the way back in 1977 (Cinematronics Space Wars).
What you're saying is true, I think the horizontal resolution would be defined by the usable bandwidth of the whole system from camera through transmission all the way up to the actual CRT itself.
If you're just out for fun then that's fine for you; if you're training more seriously for an endurance sport (training for 100 or 200 mile cycling events, or for half or full marathons, racing of any kind, etc) then you need to train more purposefully if you want to succeed at it, and having performance data is a basic part of that.
Beware: HRMs may give you estimated calories burned, and Polar will even claim it's accurate within 10%, but the formulas they're using to estimate calories burned makes some rather broad assumptions about human physiology and your specific level of fitness as well and will err on the high side to encourage people to continue exercising. Higher-end HRMs will allow you to enter your VO2max, which would make it more accurate, but VO2max is something that is done using a very strenuous and expensive lab test that the average person isn't going to go to the effort for, and even then there are still assumptions made based on statistical averages and general theories. HRMs are good for helping you stay within a level of exertion that is appropriate for the type of physical training you're doing (i.e., staying within an aerobic zone while running) but as a way of tracking calories they're rather poor.
I'm all for innovation. I just don't see this as true innovation though, I see this only as an electronics company responding to consumer demand in a time of worldwide financial crisis, where every company is scrambling for sales of any kind. It doesn't have to be practical, all it has to do is sell, and that's all I think they're going for here.
Nice try AC, for a fraction of a second I thought you were serious(ly that retarded). 3/10.
Why is anyone wasting any time on useless technology like this? Is it based on consumer demand? If so then consumers need some basic physics and electronics lessons. This is not Star Trek, people, we can't "beam" your power to you via subspace, the inverse-square law fully applies, this is not ever going to be efficient or practical! Electrically powered things require power cords, get over it!
..finds that U.S. residents do not want to receive Web advertising of any sort.
There, fixed that for you.
The discs will be used for high-end commercial niches initially and then migrate to consumer markets in 2012-2015.
Assuming the Earth doesn't end in a gigantic apocalypse and we're all still here, that is.
..but Comcast will still try to create excuses for continually increasing the cost of broadband while finding excuses to decrease and limit the bandwidth.
mainly relying on cooked meat
Shitstorm from the vegetarian/vegan crowd in 3, 2, 1..
*shrug* somebody's got to blink, because the staring contest can only go on for so long.
..at least 70 years away, would you spend any money on that research, or would you spend it on something else?
See, it's that sort of thinking that gets humanity in trouble in the first place. We need to, as a race, see beyond the ends of our own noses. Yes, it may be true that spending time and resources on Technology-XYZ won't see any real benefit for X-number of years, but does that mean that it's not worth the effort? I believe the average person would say No, it's not worth it because I won't see any benefit from it in my lifetime, which is the wrong answer.
"Why develop alternative energy? We have plenty of oil!"
Biased much?
I'm sure that we can take seriously the word of a company pushing their own closed-source, commercial DNS server solution, when they say that software you don't have to pay anything for is bad.
they are both fairly important..
You see my point; If, say, a few square feet of your roof can supply all of your daily electricity needs for the next 20 (or more) years, then what's that worth to you? If a dozen acres of otherwise useless land can supply a city the size of New York, then what's that worth? Naturally the cost of any technology goes down over time as manufacturing processes are perfected and optimized, and as more manufacturers are producing that technology.
Carbon nanotubes can't be mass produced economically yet.
There, fixed that for you.
The question is, it it cost-effective?
If someone developed a 99% efficient solar cell, would you really care what it cost?
It's obvious that these people are complete morons, they make the worst decisions all the time, why are we even bothering to get up in arms over news like this? It's become routine!
When I started with computers that were disk-capable, it was i8080 and Z80 based using dumb terminals. Installing CP/M-80 on a system required assembly language skills because you had to write your own BIOS to interface CP/M to your peripherals. Added a new serial or parallel port? Write your own driver for it!
Personally I think schools should be teaching kids to not be Anonymous Cowards, and to only open their mouths (or post, as the case may be) when they have something to say that they're willing to stand behind.
Hear, hear. I'll fight this with my dying breath. You do NOT have the right to track me wherever I go, damnit!
Oh for fuck's sake.. we've got enough paranoia and helicoptering of parents, don't give them any more ideas!
On the practical side, schools don't have any money for the necessities, so I doubt they'd spend any money on equipment to log heart rates of individuals. They're likely just going to use it to optimize physical training for each kid as much as possible. Look on the bright side: if your kid learns now to use a heart rate monitor, he might use one later in life for regular exercise and be overall healthier.