Okay, I know I'm getting off topic, but here goes...
How about a better database for traffic conditions.
Here in Detroit, there is an online traffic website that lets you check current conditions, BUT....
I think it would be a lot cooler if I could maybe "subscribe" to a certain road at 7:00 a.m. and be e-mailed when there is traffic congestion so I can plan ahead.
This summer I had an opportunity to visit several European countries. Every country I visited had the differently mapped keyboard. French Keyboards actually require you to hold the shift key just to type numbers!
I couldn't even visit my own webpage because some European keyboards don't have a tilda key!
I sometimes run very large.xls files that put a pretty good load on my Win2K box. It would be cool if I could expect at least 80% of native Win2K performance, though I would settle for less.
Also... What kind of compatibility can I expect?
Since my coworkers unfortunately run M$ Office on Windoze, I can't run StarOffice since some things on Star Office are not 100% compatible with M$ Office (i.e. Macros)
Can I expect to be able to use things like VBscript in Excel?
Okay, so they need computers. Why do they need to be laptops?
-Laptops are expensive to purchase
-expensive to upgrade (if possible)
-Are easily Stolen
-have keyboards that suck.
-suck for taking notes when math symbols are needed. (which is damn near any class of mine)
-Don't run most of the 'hard core' applications I would need as a Mechanical Engineer. I doubt I'll ever run a fininte element analysis on a laptop with only 128 megs of Ram when our school has Dual Processor Sparcstations available with 1 gig+ of RAM
Why not just have a few computer labs available for students (like the current system). Sparcstation labs for me, Linux labs for the Hardcore C.S. students, Macs for the hippies, and Windoze labs for the losers.
I would argue that computer labs (with regular computers) would be a much cheaper way to run a school. Backups are run nightly, SysAdmins can fix a zillion computers at a time, and you don't have to worry as much about a computer problem right before exam time.
And what software will I be required to purchase? Wouldn't it make more sense to have 100 computers available for every 300 or so students. I Doubt all 300 students will need the computers at any given time.
I say make the laptops recommended, but optional.
Maybe make everybody buy palm pilots with those full size keyboards. Palm Pilots are truely portable, and would more than likely be used for work and not goofing off.
How about a spin off of the popular 'Survivor' TV show. Contestants would live on the space station and instead of being voted off the island, they'd be fed to the Fungus.
Of course the logistics would have to be worked out, but it could work!
It doesn't sound as trendy as single click technology, but realistically, it wouldn't take any longer to buy stuff. From what I see on the patent, This would be a great loop-hole to work around.
I know this would open a whole new can of worms, but....
what would happen if we had to register our music in a way similar to the way we're supposed to register our software?
If there were some easy way to register, such as an automatic registration with credit card purchases, maybe something like this could work.
But I suppose somebody would have to handle the owner database (Record labels perhaps).... and it would probably make it a pain in the ass to purchase/sell used music.
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> What would you do with it?
......They would have to be size XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL covered front and back.
;-)
Sell a lot of T-Shirts.
Okay, I'm dying to know...
Why is M$ making this news public? Wouldn't it make more sense to keep this whole thing hush-hush?
I sense a conspriacy theory!!
Okay, I know I'm getting off topic, but here goes...
How about a better database for traffic conditions.
Here in Detroit, there is an online traffic website that lets you check current conditions, BUT....
I think it would be a lot cooler if I could maybe "subscribe" to a certain road at 7:00 a.m. and be e-mailed when there is traffic congestion so I can plan ahead.
The language isn't the only incompatibility.
This summer I had an opportunity to visit several European countries. Every country I visited had the differently mapped keyboard. French Keyboards actually require you to hold the shift key just to type numbers!
I couldn't even visit my own webpage because some European keyboards don't have a tilda key!
www.kettering.edu/~brad3378
What kind of performance can I expect?
I sometimes run very large
Also...
What kind of compatibility can I expect?
Since my coworkers unfortunately run M$ Office on Windoze, I can't run StarOffice since some things on Star Office are not 100% compatible with M$ Office (i.e. Macros)
Can I expect to be able to use things like VBscript in Excel?
Thanks !
UK Employers May Read Employees' Mail
;-)
When I read that headline, I first thought it meant that it was refering to snail mail.
Apparently it only refers to e-mail.
(Or should I say "email" ?)
>There's no doubt it will fly, if the engines are powerful enough. But one needs to ask what would a pilot do in the event of an engine failure
scream like hell and cross your fingers!
Okay, so they need computers. Why do they need to be laptops?
-Laptops are expensive to purchase
-expensive to upgrade (if possible)
-Are easily Stolen
-have keyboards that suck.
-suck for taking notes when math symbols are needed. (which is damn near any class of mine)
-Don't run most of the 'hard core' applications I would need as a Mechanical Engineer. I doubt I'll ever run a fininte element analysis on a laptop with only 128 megs of Ram when our school has Dual Processor Sparcstations available with 1 gig+ of RAM
Why not just have a few computer labs available for students (like the current system). Sparcstation labs for me, Linux labs for the Hardcore C.S. students, Macs for the hippies, and Windoze labs for the losers.
I would argue that computer labs (with regular computers) would be a much cheaper way to run a school. Backups are run nightly, SysAdmins can fix a zillion computers at a time, and you don't have to worry as much about a computer problem right before exam time.
And what software will I be required to purchase? Wouldn't it make more sense to have 100 computers available for every 300 or so students. I Doubt all 300 students will need the computers at any given time.
I say make the laptops recommended, but optional. Maybe make everybody buy palm pilots with those full size keyboards. Palm Pilots are truely portable, and would more than likely be used for work and not goofing off.
How about a computer chess game that moves it's own pieces?
Or Just think what UPS/USPS/FedEx could do with this in a warehouse full of packages?
Mix this technology with that pressure sensitive sensing material, and maybe optical recognition, and it would be able to do damn near anything!
How about a spin off of the popular 'Survivor' TV show. Contestants would live on the space station and instead of being voted off the island, they'd be fed to the Fungus.
Of course the logistics would have to be worked out, but it could work!
How about a double click method instead?
It doesn't sound as trendy as single click technology, but realistically, it wouldn't take any longer to buy stuff. From what I see on the patent, This would be a great loop-hole to work around.
I know this would open a whole new can of worms, but....
what would happen if we had to register our music in a way similar to the way we're supposed to register our software?
If there were some easy way to register, such as an automatic registration with credit card purchases, maybe something like this could work.
But I suppose somebody would have to handle the owner database (Record labels perhaps).... and it would probably make it a pain in the ass to purchase/sell used music.