And if you measure the frequency response of that vibrating thingy beforehand you can in the software compensate for the lack of quality of the analogue part of the device.
Maybe we can turn this thread into a thread about something more interesting. For instance, I always wonder how humans managed to make very straight lines when in the beginning all they had was sticks and stones.
Seriously, why does this man's face have to be all over the internet for something as little as what he did? I hope for him he isn't looking for a job or something like that.
Ehm... Have you ever seen a modern chicken that is raised for food? They can't walk because they are too heavy. They don't move because, well, being able to move was not a requirement for those chickens so the urge for them to move around was bred out of them. Those chickens spend their time in a small area, eating and growing VERY fast until they are killed. I guess their meat will not differ much from 'chicken' meat out of petri dishes.
And what do you think all those burgers ate when they were still cows? Soja and corn that was grown especially for them. For the soja alone, massive amounts of rainforest are cut down in countries like Brazil every year.
You still do your calculations on the back of an envelope? But then again, you can use your mobile phone now to do calculations on that you needed a super duper top of the line computer for only 5 years ago.
There was a time when there were no computers. That was as early as the 1960s! By your anology there weren't any people in tech by then. Luckily that is not true. Technology is everywhere, even in the third world. You don't need computers to do technology.
Ford was also pretty good at it. People wanted a faster horse that could carry big loads or lots of people. He built them an affordable car. People didn't even know they wanted that before it got on the market but it sold like crazy.
When Europe goes down the drain a few months from now we will soon have a worldwide economic crisis of unprecedented and apocalyptical proportions, which is good for the environment and will reduce CO2 emissions well beyond what is necessary for tackling the excess greenhouse effect that we are dealing with now.
From one of TFAs: "The developers at Rovio took existing gameplay, presented it in a unique style, and sold it to people who would never have looked twice at Crush the Castle or the games from which it had been derived." So Rovio is just like Apple then! Maybe Rovio's boss should be the new Steve Jobs.
I think that is one of the reasons young scientists made most of the discoveries in those days. Quantum mechanics was so new back then that it had to be invented, and you need a very flexible mind to be able to do that. Something older people like me just don't have.
That should depend on the costs of retrieving it. Apparently those things are pretty expensive. I also was thinking: how can these things het a reliable GPS signal if they are under a car, shielded by metal? They must be pretty sensitive.
My answer was not supposed to come over as sarcastic. It's just that here in Europe we don't have so many large and almost unpopulated areas as there are in the US.
I don't know how long you plan to follow people with a device like this but it only has to transmit data every now and then. And it can have a much larger battery than a normal mobile phone, so it could easily work for a month or so. And does it really matter that it's sometimes offline?
You can call 112 here in Europe even without a SIM card. Your phone has an IMEI number that is known by your provider the moment it makes contact with it.
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And if you measure the frequency response of that vibrating thingy beforehand you can in the software compensate for the lack of quality of the analogue part of the device.
Those people also deserve it but they do not get it. Life is unfair like that.
Well, she deserves it, so good for her.
Maybe we can turn this thread into a thread about something more interesting. For instance, I always wonder how humans managed to make very straight lines when in the beginning all they had was sticks and stones.
Sounds like a spell from Harry Potter. "Obscruction!" he shouted. He pointed his wand at professor Umbridge, who fainted instantly.
Seriously, why does this man's face have to be all over the internet for something as little as what he did? I hope for him he isn't looking for a job or something like that.
WiFi is fast enough for transferring data.
That is pretty cool. I never was good enough at maths to be any use in mathematical modeling so I always marvel at the people who can do it :).
Ehm... Have you ever seen a modern chicken that is raised for food? They can't walk because they are too heavy. They don't move because, well, being able to move was not a requirement for those chickens so the urge for them to move around was bred out of them. Those chickens spend their time in a small area, eating and growing VERY fast until they are killed. I guess their meat will not differ much from 'chicken' meat out of petri dishes.
And what do you think all those burgers ate when they were still cows? Soja and corn that was grown especially for them. For the soja alone, massive amounts of rainforest are cut down in countries like Brazil every year.
You still do your calculations on the back of an envelope? But then again, you can use your mobile phone now to do calculations on that you needed a super duper top of the line computer for only 5 years ago.
So in other words, space exploration is cheap.
There was a time when there were no computers. That was as early as the 1960s! By your anology there weren't any people in tech by then. Luckily that is not true. Technology is everywhere, even in the third world. You don't need computers to do technology.
You can start with a moped or a bicycle.
Ford was also pretty good at it. People wanted a faster horse that could carry big loads or lots of people. He built them an affordable car. People didn't even know they wanted that before it got on the market but it sold like crazy.
When Europe goes down the drain a few months from now we will soon have a worldwide economic crisis of unprecedented and apocalyptical proportions, which is good for the environment and will reduce CO2 emissions well beyond what is necessary for tackling the excess greenhouse effect that we are dealing with now.
Unfortunately our government uses it to stream their TV programs on the Web.
From one of TFAs: "The developers at Rovio took existing gameplay, presented it in a unique style, and sold it to people who would never have looked twice at Crush the Castle or the games from which it had been derived." So Rovio is just like Apple then! Maybe Rovio's boss should be the new Steve Jobs.
I think that is one of the reasons young scientists made most of the discoveries in those days. Quantum mechanics was so new back then that it had to be invented, and you need a very flexible mind to be able to do that. Something older people like me just don't have.
Nope.
That should depend on the costs of retrieving it. Apparently those things are pretty expensive. I also was thinking: how can these things het a reliable GPS signal if they are under a car, shielded by metal? They must be pretty sensitive.
My answer was not supposed to come over as sarcastic. It's just that here in Europe we don't have so many large and almost unpopulated areas as there are in the US.
I don't know how long you plan to follow people with a device like this but it only has to transmit data every now and then. And it can have a much larger battery than a normal mobile phone, so it could easily work for a month or so. And does it really matter that it's sometimes offline?
And why would you want to carry a mobile phone with no battery wrapped in Al foil around you everywhere you go?
You can call 112 here in Europe even without a SIM card. Your phone has an IMEI number that is known by your provider the moment it makes contact with it.