Skydiving may be a niche sport, but it's also at times a sport that relies on many gadgets. As a skydiver, I could see uses for the following: A barometric altimeter...
This could be hilarious:
"I wonder if it's time to pop the chute yet?" [Checks watch] "Damn beachball! Come on! Maybe I need to rebo..." [Splat!]
So, I guess what you're looking for is the app that could shield you from the death rays that the black helicopters are beaming at you, and pop up a pre-folded tin-foil hat.
Maybe the fact that most kids these days only play on consoles?
I think you're right about this one.
Back 'in the day' the game software got more sophisticated almost with each game released. Home consoles were fairly primitive. For the game or pro computer consumer there was a constant pressure to build a machine that could keep up with the latest software.
I think there are several factors which contributed to the stagnation of the hardware upgrade cycle.
1. More game developers now are using middleware to develop their product; instead of writing fresh and improved code for each release. As such, the render demands are stratified between each release of middleware, rather than each release of title. 2. With a larger segment of the game consumers on consoles, the game quality, and render specs, again, tend to stratify between console releases, rather than individual game releases. 3. The build–your–own PC market has shrunk. Remember all those cool computer shows, and PC boutiques? Most are gone; and the hard-core builder is left with places like Fry's, and Newegg. 4. With the increase in game consoles, and smart phone games, the number of actual releases for PC has declined. Walk around a Game Stop these days looking for PC games, and you're likely to get the same feeling one would get wandering around an old video rental store looking for Betamax. "Oh look! There's the one shelf with the PC games on it!"
Never thought of this until I made the same typo elsewhere a few minutes ago: B, or b doesn't look line N, or n in handwriting. On the other hand, B is next to N on a keyboard. Therefore, Woody Allen wrote that script on a typewriter.
You are very wise...
Mr. Allen writes everything on a typewriter. An Olympia portable model SM-3, to be precise.
He bought it in 1951, and has used it for every script he's written since.
Bonus factoid: Instead of [CTL] X and [CTL] V, Mr. Allen uses scissors and stapler.
Writing "gun" on a piece of paper and handing it to the teller might actually be effective - it conveys the threat of force and probably would lead to armed robbery charges.
You can keep adding factors to it, too: in 2008 what is the population of the city where abraham lincoln was born: Results: 2743 people
Plus it will show you all the sources involved: Primary source: Wolfram|Alpha knowledgebase, 2014 External source:
Administrative division data
Law, G. Statoids.
City data
Brinkhoff, T. City Population.
Cohen, S. (Ed.). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World. Columbia University Press, 2008.
Demographics USA: City Edition 1996. Sales & Marketing Management, 1996.
Federal Housing Finance Agency. "Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Divisions through 2008Q4." House Price Indexes.
GeoHive. GeoHive.
Gibson, Campbell. "Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990." Population Division Working Paper no. 27, United States Bureau of the Census, 1998.
Helders, S. World Gazetteer.
Knowledgerush. List of City Nicknames.
The London Times. Index Gazetteer of the World. Houghten Mifflin, 1966.
Munro, D. (Ed.). Cambridge World Gazetteer: A Geographical Dictionary. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
National Association of Realtors. Realtor.org.
Room, A. Place-Name Changes Since 1900: A World Gazetteer. Scarecrow Press, 1979.
Spiritus-Temporis.com. List of City Nicknames.
Texas Transportation Institute. "Congestion Data for Your City." Urban Mobility Information.
United States Census Bureau. "2005-2007 American Community Survey 3Year Estimates." American FactFinder.
United States Census Bureau. International Data Base (IDB).
United States Census Bureau. "Current Lists of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Definitions." Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas.
United States Census Bureau. "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions." Population Estimates, Cities and Towns.
United States Census Bureau. "Data Sets." Population Estimates.
United States Census Bureau. "Quarterly Sales by Price and Financing." New Residential Sales Index.
United States Census Bureau. "Table 3: Metropolitan Areas Ranked by Population: 2000." Ranking Tables for Metropolitan Areas: 1990 and 2000.
United States Census Bureau. "The 2009 Statistical Abstract." The National Data Book.
United States Census Bureau. United States Census 2000.
United States Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook.
United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Crime and Justice Data Online.
A total of 1920x1080 for both eyes might be passable, but NOT when that 1920x1080 isn't actually 1920x1080. The Note 3 has a pentile display - you're getting significantly reduced chroma resolution.
Manufacturers of high quality colour LCD/AMOLED displays will laugh at you if you ask for a custom design in quantities of less than 1,000,000. Even for the final version it will be hard for them to justify signing a contract for 1 million displays up front, not being certain of sales volume. Off-the-shelf displays are pretty much their only choice.
Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2Bil. I don't think they will have any problem coming up with enough capital to buy 1Mil displays @ wholesale.
Even if they don't sell 1Mil units; FB will laugh and take it as a write off.
People who are savvy will buy online, or from a trusted source. Only people who have no clue will but from Home Depot. If you're reading this, would you buy a MakerBot from HD? Of course not.
Most of the people who work there don't know a 2x4 from a hammer; this will just be a fucking disaster.
The lady at the MakerBot display was a 'MakerBot' person, not a HD employee.
Of course, I don't know if this will always be the case...
Put it in a vending machine like case and sell the printing service by time/volume maybe? Couple it with a 3d scanner, so I can scan in some part I need copied / remade right there. But also make it possible to remotely queue jobs and then pick them up at the store later when they're finished.
That's a great idea. People could pre-order, pre-pay online with a credit card. The machine would give them an estimated pick-up time.
When it's done printing the part, it could push it onto one of those locked shelves like they have on sandwich machines.
When you stick your credit card in the machine, it would unlock your window.
I don't see home depot as servicing the target market for these products. On a story I heard this morning, it seems like people think they can go home and print gaskets or a screw...
Actually, at the Home Depot 3D printer demo they are handing out a sample nut and bolt (with finger nubs to tighten them, not hex heads.)
I'm not sure I'd use them to bolt my house together, but them seem fairly sturdy.
Hmm, My immediate thought actually is that there's a fucking huge overlap. Print your own cornicing for your house... Print your own bath plugs...
True... I actually wandered into the demo at the HD near me.
The rest of my shopping as I wandered through the store, every time I saw some plastic part, I was thinking, "I could print THAT, and THAT, and part of THAT..."
Slashdot Mirror
$6,000 to join $3,000 pa and they only have a .info domain? Nothing says "exclusive" and "accomplished" like a .info domain...
Well, for $60 down and $30 a month you can join the .MOBI version...
Skydiving may be a niche sport, but it's also at times a sport that relies on many gadgets.
As a skydiver, I could see uses for the following:
A barometric altimeter...
This could be hilarious:
"I wonder if it's time to pop the chute yet?"
[Checks watch]
"Damn beachball! Come on! Maybe I need to rebo..."
[Splat!]
So I can tell the time, which I currently use my phone for. Oh, I still need a phone?
That seems to be the main issue here.
It's not really a stand-alone 'Smart Watch' (in the way that a phone is a 'Smart Phone')
It's more like a "peripheral for your smart phone"
I just love the 4k TV trend.
Those rich people parting with their money now will finance a cheap very good quality set of computer monitors for me in just a few years.
They are coming out with 5K TVs now.
That's good, 'cause all those people with 4K TVs are probably tired of watching movies and TV in stupid 4K.
Debt is Wealth... ...Cold is Warm.
So, I guess what you're looking for is the app that could shield you from the death rays that the black helicopters are beaming at you, and pop up a pre-folded tin-foil hat.
Got it.
do you have any idea how small the display on google glass actually is?
Yes. It's like a 25" inch high definition screen seen from eight feet away.
+++OUT OF CHEESE ERROR+++
I'm just glad that Balmer didn't write:
This Windows application has stopped responding to the ayiiiiiiiiiiEEEEEEEEEE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Or perhaps for nude or sensitive pictures or video, use a stand-alone camera; not a camera phone or networked device.
I'm pretty sure most of these movie stars could afford a cheap point-n-shoot or DSLR.
...I recommend using multiple safes/vaults/etc with different passwords...
It's just funny - because Pamela Anderson had her sex tape stolen from her safe. (back when there were 'tapes')
Okay, so why is the german version cheaper?
Ve haf ways uf making you read!
Maybe the fact that most kids these days only play on consoles?
I think you're right about this one.
Back 'in the day' the game software got more sophisticated almost with each game released. Home consoles were fairly primitive. For the game or pro computer consumer there was a constant pressure to build a machine that could keep up with the latest software.
I think there are several factors which contributed to the stagnation of the hardware upgrade cycle.
1. More game developers now are using middleware to develop their product; instead of writing fresh and improved code for each release. As such, the render demands are stratified between each release of middleware, rather than each release of title.
2. With a larger segment of the game consumers on consoles, the game quality, and render specs, again, tend to stratify between console releases, rather than individual game releases.
3. The build–your–own PC market has shrunk. Remember all those cool computer shows, and PC boutiques? Most are gone; and the hard-core builder is left with places like Fry's, and Newegg.
4. With the increase in game consoles, and smart phone games, the number of actual releases for PC has declined. Walk around a Game Stop these days looking for PC games, and you're likely to get the same feeling one would get wandering around an old video rental store looking for Betamax. "Oh look! There's the one shelf with the PC games on it!"
"Out of pure curiosity" do you shower with gay men?
Do you like movies about gladiators?
Well, this part of the thread explains the ">150 GB per month" part.
Never thought of this until I made the same typo elsewhere a few minutes ago: B, or b doesn't look line N, or n in handwriting. On the other hand, B is next to N on a keyboard. Therefore, Woody Allen wrote that script on a typewriter.
You are very wise...
Mr. Allen writes everything on a typewriter. An Olympia portable model SM-3, to be precise.
He bought it in 1951, and has used it for every script he's written since.
Bonus factoid:
Instead of [CTL] X and [CTL] V, Mr. Allen uses scissors and stapler.
Writing "gun" on a piece of paper and handing it to the teller might actually be effective - it conveys the threat of force and probably would lead to armed robbery charges.
Does this look like "gub" or "gun"?
You can keep adding factors to it, too:
in 2008 what is the population of the city where abraham lincoln was born:
Results: 2743 people
Plus it will show you all the sources involved:
Primary source: Wolfram|Alpha knowledgebase, 2014
External source:
Administrative division data
Law, G. Statoids.
City data
Brinkhoff, T. City Population.
Cohen, S. (Ed.). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World. Columbia University Press, 2008.
Demographics USA: City Edition 1996. Sales & Marketing Management, 1996.
Federal Housing Finance Agency. "Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Divisions through 2008Q4." House Price Indexes.
GeoHive. GeoHive.
Gibson, Campbell. "Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990." Population Division Working Paper no. 27, United States Bureau of the Census, 1998.
Helders, S. World Gazetteer.
Knowledgerush. List of City Nicknames.
The London Times. Index Gazetteer of the World. Houghten Mifflin, 1966.
Munro, D. (Ed.). Cambridge World Gazetteer: A Geographical Dictionary. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
National Association of Realtors. Realtor.org.
Room, A. Place-Name Changes Since 1900: A World Gazetteer. Scarecrow Press, 1979.
Spiritus-Temporis.com. List of City Nicknames.
Texas Transportation Institute. "Congestion Data for Your City." Urban Mobility Information.
United States Census Bureau. "2005-2007 American Community Survey 3Year Estimates." American FactFinder.
United States Census Bureau. International Data Base (IDB).
United States Census Bureau. "Current Lists of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Definitions." Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas.
United States Census Bureau. "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions." Population Estimates, Cities and Towns.
United States Census Bureau. "Data Sets." Population Estimates.
United States Census Bureau. "Quarterly Sales by Price and Financing." New Residential Sales Index.
United States Census Bureau. "Table 3: Metropolitan Areas Ranked by Population: 2000." Ranking Tables for Metropolitan Areas: 1990 and 2000.
United States Census Bureau. "The 2009 Statistical Abstract." The National Data Book.
United States Census Bureau. United States Census 2000.
United States Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook.
United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Crime and Justice Data Online.
Wow! So...it's like Google?
Is it like Wolfram Alpha?
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Here I am, in downtown Richmond... ...3Mbps DSL.
You do know that they are talking about the average speed for the state..?
The way it breaks down in Virginia is:
You (and everybody else) = 3 Mbps
The CIA in Langley = 2000 Tbps
State average = 13.7 Mbps
This would be great for HMD's too. You could design them to be worn without having to accommodate glasses.
A total of 1920x1080 for both eyes might be passable, but NOT when that 1920x1080 isn't actually 1920x1080.
The Note 3 has a pentile display - you're getting significantly reduced chroma resolution.
This version is just a DK.
Oculus is working on a 4K:
http://www.dvice.com/2013-10-2...
Manufacturers of high quality colour LCD/AMOLED displays will laugh at you if you ask for a custom design in quantities of less than 1,000,000. Even for the final version it will be hard for them to justify signing a contract for 1 million displays up front, not being certain of sales volume. Off-the-shelf displays are pretty much their only choice.
Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2Bil. I don't think they will have any problem coming up with enough capital to buy 1Mil displays @ wholesale.
Even if they don't sell 1Mil units; FB will laugh and take it as a write off.
"[...] until our lease runs out."
This makes selling the equipment an even better ROI.
People who are savvy will buy online, or from a trusted source. Only people who have no clue will but from Home Depot. If you're reading this, would you buy a MakerBot from HD? Of course not.
Most of the people who work there don't know a 2x4 from a hammer; this will just be a fucking disaster.
The lady at the MakerBot display was a 'MakerBot' person, not a HD employee.
Of course, I don't know if this will always be the case...
Put it in a vending machine like case and sell the printing service by time/volume maybe?
Couple it with a 3d scanner, so I can scan in some part I need copied / remade right there. But also make it possible to remotely queue jobs and then pick them up at the store later when they're finished.
That's a great idea. People could pre-order, pre-pay online with a credit card. The machine would give them an estimated pick-up time.
When it's done printing the part, it could push it onto one of those locked shelves like they have on sandwich machines.
When you stick your credit card in the machine, it would unlock your window.
I don't see home depot as servicing the target market for these products. On a story I heard this morning, it seems like people think they can go home and print gaskets or a screw...
Actually, at the Home Depot 3D printer demo they are handing out a sample nut and bolt (with finger nubs to tighten them, not hex heads.)
I'm not sure I'd use them to bolt my house together, but them seem fairly sturdy.
Hmm, My immediate thought actually is that there's a fucking huge overlap. Print your own cornicing for your house... Print your own bath plugs...
True...
I actually wandered into the demo at the HD near me.
The rest of my shopping as I wandered through the store, every time I saw some plastic part, I was thinking, "I could print THAT, and THAT, and part of THAT..."