I wonder if this system could be integrated with parking sensors, to prevent some instances of lane-changing when there's another vehicle in the blind spot.
re: indicators, I welcome anything that even gently enforces their use.
Yes, I did actually know that Sony had bought Ericsson's stake in the venture, which is why I said this:
in the same way that SCEE aren't SME either.
All those hijinks that SCEE pulled with the PS3 and the rootkit-infested CDs that came from SME had nothing to do with with the guys happily sat way over in the corner making phones. There's bound to be a little overlap between SE and SME especially when it comes to the so-called Walkman phones, but as I said Sony's disgrace isn't a result of something that the people at SE have done.
FWIW I didn't buy SE phones before and I certainly won't now. Before it was because I didn't care to use MS (that and I "upgraded" from a T68M to a T68i and saw the way the wind was blowing), but now it's because I won't have anything with Sony written on it. It's hard luck for the guys who had no part in it, but that's life.
SonyEricsson are not Sony, in the same way that SCEE aren't SME either. Yes, the whole brand has been tainted, but it's not necessarily because of anything the mobile phone guys did.
A summary of the lawsuit and events over the course of the last 3 years paints a very dark picture of Amazon's tactics for crushing competition and stealing the best ideas from its partners.
*emphasis mine* I'm no expert, but is 'painting a picture' another one of those libel-dodging phrases like 'allegedly'?
Apparently neither outputs 1080p, so I think I'll be best served looking at other brands; I'm not going to fork out over five hundred quid for a Mac Mini.
No matter how you get your porn you still have to watch it on something. I'd like to see wireless display mirroring between my TV and my laptop, not just for porn though.
Spare us. Even though it's an appeal to authority I'm sure NewYorkCountryLawyer knows a shit-load more about conflicts of interest than most people here, including me.
And you.
Personally, after reading a little about Hollywood accounting years ago, I shed my last tear for Big Celluloid.
360 pressure sensors give us one solid computer verifiable data point; weight.
No, you get 360 pressure measurements. That's more than one. You really ought to re-read what I said about uneven weight distribution. Imagine for a moment that we set a bowl full of water onto an array of pressure sensors: the bottom of the bowl exerts the most pressure. Given enough sensors it's possible to ascertain the shape of an object placed upon them.
If we used ultrasonic sensors instead of pressure ones to read the density of what's above them - like some fingerprint scanners - the end result would be the same: an image of the thing you're scanning, with a data point for every sensor/pixel.
Fingerprint recognition works by creating an image of the print.
This isn't true. It wouldn't work that way. Fingerprint recognition works by building a set of verifiable data points.
Any fingerprint reader captures an image first, this image is then converted to a series of points for matching against a database. Whether or not a matching system displays the source image of each print while it examines the hash (for want of a better word) is irrelevant. There's no reason it couldn't but obviously it does this only in the movies for exposition or artistic license.
Tell me, if a person's weight was all this system looked at would they really be using hundreds of sensors?
I believe almost all the accuracy from this device will be based on a single data point: weight. Weight is a good addition to a security system, it's already used in some areas, but thinking it can ID a person is silliness.
The bucket seat's lower section is lined with 360 pressure sensors that measure pressure on a scale from 0 to 256, sending information to a laptop, which aggregates the information, generates the key data and produces a precise map of the seated person's rear profile.
*emphasis mine* Fingerprint recognition works by creating an image of the print. This new method is no different, though the resolution is much, much lower and the area being examined is different.
A person's weight is not evenly distributed across their cheeks. Even if it were then the shape and size of the crack differs from person to person; I'm not saying this is the be-all and end-all of arse recognition but it does illustrate the point that one might be able to differentiate between people by looking at their backsides.
It's called that, but none of the systems are really democratic. What the romans did worked - a lottery, the same as with jury duty.
It sounds like you're talking about sortition, which AFAIK was a Greek thing, not Roman. Personally I'd quite like to see sortition used as a method to appoint government representatives tempered by voting to recall unsatisfactory ones. Just as an experiment, that is.
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I'm usually dead set against feeding trolls, but I did like seeing Guest House Paradiso again after what seems like so many years.
Why does he need so many accounts, anyway?
Economics is not a science!
I wonder if this system could be integrated with parking sensors, to prevent some instances of lane-changing when there's another vehicle in the blind spot.
re: indicators, I welcome anything that even gently enforces their use.
Please, tell me you're not thinking about the barber's knock.
But... but... Apps! In the Cloud! On iPads! Using social media! Web 2.0, man!
How else are the Tories ever supposed to convince us that they either know or care one whit about the general populace?!
Yes, I did actually know that Sony had bought Ericsson's stake in the venture, which is why I said this:
in the same way that SCEE aren't SME either.
All those hijinks that SCEE pulled with the PS3 and the rootkit-infested CDs that came from SME had nothing to do with with the guys happily sat way over in the corner making phones. There's bound to be a little overlap between SE and SME especially when it comes to the so-called Walkman phones, but as I said Sony's disgrace isn't a result of something that the people at SE have done.
FWIW I didn't buy SE phones before and I certainly won't now. Before it was because I didn't care to use MS (that and I "upgraded" from a T68M to a T68i and saw the way the wind was blowing), but now it's because I won't have anything with Sony written on it. It's hard luck for the guys who had no part in it, but that's life.
Why do slashdotters use MBA as an interchangeable term for "idiot"?
Past experience, maybe?
SonyEricsson are not Sony, in the same way that SCEE aren't SME either. Yes, the whole brand has been tainted, but it's not necessarily because of anything the mobile phone guys did.
"They despise stupidity wherever they see it, and they see it everywhere."
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I'm curious...what other word/phrase would you use in its place?
Either a summary of the facts already known or a quote from the actual complaint.
A summary of the lawsuit and events over the course of the last 3 years paints a very dark picture of Amazon's tactics for crushing competition and stealing the best ideas from its partners.
*emphasis mine*
I'm no expert, but is 'painting a picture' another one of those libel-dodging phrases like 'allegedly'?
This device is pretty big to make a transistor.
So was this but look how that turned out.
What's the best way to update that for the internet?
...
Help me out here.
"Don't be a dick."
Works anywhere.
I expect they meant handbags at dawn,
Apparently neither outputs 1080p, so I think I'll be best served looking at other brands; I'm not going to fork out over five hundred quid for a Mac Mini.
No matter how you get your porn you still have to watch it on something. I'd like to see wireless display mirroring between my TV and my laptop, not just for porn though.
and finally The Democratic People's Republic of Apple®©.
Fixed your fix. Just remember that democratic republics usually aren't.
Hmm, sure sounds tempting... I must admit that having to transcode just to get subtitles is a big pain. Does the Apple TV read large (>4GB) MP4s too?
Does it do MKVs with ASS/SRT subs too? If it does then I might replace my Xbox with one of them.
I guess its the next logical progression from the iPod, iPad, and now iTv.
Good luck selling them in the UK then.
No, really, nothing would give me greater pleasure than seeing Apple buy that drivel-spewing POS of a TV station lock, stock and barrel.
Spare us. Even though it's an appeal to authority I'm sure NewYorkCountryLawyer knows a shit-load more about conflicts of interest than most people here, including me.
And you.
Personally, after reading a little about Hollywood accounting years ago, I shed my last tear for Big Celluloid.
360 pressure sensors give us one solid computer verifiable data point; weight.
No, you get 360 pressure measurements. That's more than one. You really ought to re-read what I said about uneven weight distribution. Imagine for a moment that we set a bowl full of water onto an array of pressure sensors: the bottom of the bowl exerts the most pressure. Given enough sensors it's possible to ascertain the shape of an object placed upon them.
If we used ultrasonic sensors instead of pressure ones to read the density of what's above them - like some fingerprint scanners - the end result would be the same: an image of the thing you're scanning, with a data point for every sensor/pixel.
Fingerprint recognition works by creating an image of the print.
This isn't true. It wouldn't work that way. Fingerprint recognition works by building a set of verifiable data points.
Any fingerprint reader captures an image first, this image is then converted to a series of points for matching against a database. Whether or not a matching system displays the source image of each print while it examines the hash (for want of a better word) is irrelevant. There's no reason it couldn't but obviously it does this only in the movies for exposition or artistic license.
Tell me, if a person's weight was all this system looked at would they really be using hundreds of sensors?
I believe almost all the accuracy from this device will be based on a single data point: weight. Weight is a good addition to a security system, it's already used in some areas, but thinking it can ID a person is silliness.
The bucket seat's lower section is lined with 360 pressure sensors that measure pressure on a scale from 0 to 256, sending information to a laptop, which aggregates the information, generates the key data and produces a precise map of the seated person's rear profile.
*emphasis mine*
Fingerprint recognition works by creating an image of the print. This new method is no different, though the resolution is much, much lower and the area being examined is different.
A person's weight is not evenly distributed across their cheeks. Even if it were then the shape and size of the crack differs from person to person; I'm not saying this is the be-all and end-all of arse recognition but it does illustrate the point that one might be able to differentiate between people by looking at their backsides.
P-shaw! If you were a true American you'd have already patented selling hot dogs to the mob instead of giving anyone else the idea.
WWCMOTDD?
It's called that, but none of the systems are really democratic. What the romans did worked - a lottery, the same as with jury duty.
It sounds like you're talking about sortition, which AFAIK was a Greek thing, not Roman. Personally I'd quite like to see sortition used as a method to appoint government representatives tempered by voting to recall unsatisfactory ones. Just as an experiment, that is.