Really now, examples like this are what make the MS zellots snicker. I looked at Looking Glass at the Sun booth at LinuxWorld. I liked it. It was cool. Great fun, really. Some excelent ideas! It was a technology demo. Geeks would have a great time playing with it. No one would use it as a work desktop.
That may be the last headline we read for years if the worst case of public health scares actually occurs. How long will the internet stay running if there is only 1-2 techs per city standing.
"A number of recent events and factors have significantly heightened concern that a specific near-term pandemic may be imminent. It could be caused by H5N1, the avian influenza strain currently circulating in Asia. At this juncture scientists cannot be certain. Nor can they know exactly when a pandemic will hit, or whether it will rival the experience of 1918-19 or be more muted like 1957-58 and 1968-69. The reality of a coming pandemic, however, cannot be avoided."
Michael T. Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
The core point is that in 1918 without air travel the disease covered the entire world, with modern movement, millions could be dead before it even registers on the global awareness.
Very scary stuff. No one will care about 9/11 or Iraq when the big one hits...
Many (quality) original scripts submitted are tight well thought out with plot points and technical devices that make sense and work.
They key step is to add the advice of the personal assistant, hairdresser and buddy or three of the producers. Take a well thought out scientific thriller that uses subtle and interesting plot points based on subtleties of a particular field then just before it goes into production insist there be 15 explosions, a car chase, 7.5 seconds of nipple, and an alien that drinks blood. That really cranks up the science.
The original script for 'The Island' started out with a pregnant clone and a distinct lack of car chases and no explosions. If the Pentagon thinks that starting with a rational script will up the quality of Hollywood productions, well, I have a bridge in Iraq to sell them. Oh wait, they've already bought a few...
Isn't the real issue the current bloatedness of web pages such as this for example? Most current phones could probably handle an RSS feed pretty well, sans graphics. It just seems silly to try to build a web-phone until bandwidth, latency and window size issues have been resolved.
An RSS enabled phone would be cool though.
Actually just a basic phone number sync would be a pleasant surprise.
Evans & Sutherland has had a bunch of cities available for 'walk thrus' for years: (not a great link but one can infer what 'legacy dataset' implies) http://www.es.com/products/software/ect/index.asp
There must be something clever/neat/subversive, er special, about the google truck. I bet it has a terrorist sensor.
They need a 'filter the stupid stuff' applied real quick or this will be relegated to the dustbin of the web. Really, the balance between 'needs clever users' vs results is too skewed.
Does kinda make sense, I just saw a 'VC blog' with the question: 'is the bubble back'.
The Boston Chapter of SIGGRAPH http://boston.siggraph.org/ had a 'factory visit' last year. Very cool tech, nice very smart folks. The main problem is display bus bandwidth, if you start cubing the required data over any existing wire the technology just does not exist yet.
A high end render requires several to a bunch of large image files and significant resources, a single frame can take days. Also the precision of different systems can result in rounding errors that are visible from frame to frame, render farms use identical systems too avoid that.
It's certainly possible but there are real issues and BURP is very pre-alpha. A noble endevor!
Concur excepting the form factor. I thought this thing was totally stupid when my wife had to have one for her class. But for pure text input it is a great solution. Basically a solid full keyboard with a one line LCD display. Runs forever on two double A's. Solid product but as I said stupid unless you are just keying in something.
If a West Wing plot twist puts a conservative in the White Hose and the producers hire away writers from Second City and Kids in the Hall, they couldn't come up with material like this! Sheesh.
I can log off anytime I want. This is not an addiction, I just choose to be online. I don't have to be connected, it's just, you know, like chocolate, it's good, satisfying, it's where it's at.
There was a scene in a old movie where a neighbor added gas to his friend VW Beetle who compulsivly tracked millage. The jokee was very excited at his luck until the reverse occurred.
I visualize three small green guys with smirks sneaking up underneath the cameras with an extension cord from a hidden entrance...
There are still a few categories, such as the photography branch, that I still find handy. This may be habit but I the links seem somewhat recently updated and infrequently stale.
Perhaps they could add an option to suggest new categories.
Then vote on new categories.
Then when a category hits a threshold, put some personal attention into it so it improves rapidly. That boost in topical focused quality of information could buy muchomany new clicks.
That should be all tightly integrated with instant feedback, the new category gets added to the candidate list with a vote of one and a current percentage. If votes come in while a page is up, the change should be reflected immediately. Live, dynamic but topical.
Implement MUTP, that way cool new protocol: Mint Under The Pillow. When each click gets me a small chocolate treat, that's the search engine I'm using!
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Really now, examples like this are what make the MS zellots snicker. I looked at Looking Glass at the Sun booth at LinuxWorld. I liked it. It was cool. Great fun, really. Some excelent ideas! It was a technology demo. Geeks would have a great time playing with it. No one would use it as a work desktop.
That may be the last headline we read for years if the worst case of public health scares actually occurs. How long will the internet stay running if there is only 1-2 techs per city standing.
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http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050701faessay8440
"A number of recent events and factors have significantly heightened concern that a specific near-term pandemic may be imminent. It could be caused by H5N1, the avian influenza strain currently circulating in Asia. At this juncture scientists cannot be certain. Nor can they know exactly when a pandemic will hit, or whether it will rival the experience of 1918-19 or be more muted like 1957-58 and 1968-69. The reality of a coming pandemic, however, cannot be avoided."
Michael T. Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
The core point is that in 1918 without air travel
the disease covered the entire world, with
modern movement, millions could be dead before
it even registers on the global awareness.
Very scary stuff. No one will care about 9/11 or Iraq when the big one hits...
There is a certain percentage that can not recognize sarcasm... ;-)
>We need to cap CEO salaries to something like 4 times
Ben and Jerrys tried to force a 7 times cap. They were going out of business until that was relaxed and they found the right person.
I don't understand it,if I did I certainly wouldn't be reading slashdot...
Many (quality) original scripts submitted are tight well thought out with plot points and technical devices that make sense and work.
They key step is to add the advice of the personal assistant, hairdresser and buddy or three of the producers. Take a well thought out scientific thriller that uses subtle and interesting plot points based on subtleties of a particular field then just before it goes into production insist there be 15 explosions, a car chase, 7.5 seconds of nipple, and an alien that drinks blood. That really cranks up the science.
The original script for 'The Island' started out with a pregnant clone and a distinct lack of car chases and no explosions. If the Pentagon thinks that starting with a rational script will up the quality of Hollywood productions, well, I have a bridge in Iraq to sell them. Oh wait, they've already bought a few...
Looks like a lot (300+) of companies have shelled out at least a 100k yen ($900) to join the industry consortium:
http://www.t-engine.org/english/member.html
>RSS will be integrated into the heart of Longhorn
Maybe there will be a scripting extension so I can add some dynamic content to my blog.
Hey how about automatic forwarding?
> You do realise that phones have had browsers for years?
Sigh, yes I do.
Isn't the real issue the current bloatedness of web pages such as this for example? Most current phones could probably handle an RSS feed pretty well, sans graphics. It just seems silly to try to build a web-phone until bandwidth, latency and window size issues have been resolved.
An RSS enabled phone would be cool though.
Actually just a basic phone number sync would be a pleasant surprise.
Evans & Sutherland has had a bunch of cities available for 'walk thrus' for years: (not a great link but one can infer what 'legacy dataset' implies)
http://www.es.com/products/software/ect/index.asp
There must be something clever/neat/subversive, er special, about the google truck. I bet it has a terrorist sensor.
They need a 'filter the stupid stuff' applied real quick or this will be relegated to the dustbin of the web. Really, the balance between 'needs clever users' vs results is too skewed.
Does kinda make sense, I just saw a 'VC blog' with the question: 'is the bubble back'.
Dream on.
Buy tulips.
MS required final cut. They know how to make movies. This is one trainwreck I'm looking forward too seeing on MST2000.
Oh, they also requested 60 first class airfare seat for MS employees to attend the premier. Good plan, it would've doubled the audience.
The Boston Chapter of SIGGRAPH http://boston.siggraph.org/ had a 'factory visit' last year. Very cool tech, nice very smart folks. The main problem is display bus bandwidth, if you start cubing the required data over any existing wire the technology just does not exist yet.
A high end render requires several to a bunch of large image files and significant resources, a single frame can take days. Also the precision of different systems can result in rounding errors that are visible from frame to frame, render farms use identical systems too avoid that.
It's certainly possible but there are real issues and BURP is very pre-alpha. A noble endevor!
Concur excepting the form factor. I thought this thing was totally stupid when my wife had to have one for her class. But for pure text input it is a great solution. Basically a solid full keyboard with
a one line LCD display. Runs forever on two double A's. Solid product but as I said stupid unless you are just keying in something.
If a West Wing plot twist puts a conservative in the White Hose and the producers hire away writers from Second City and Kids in the Hall, they couldn't come up with material like this! Sheesh.
shame on me, fool the government over and over how many times?
But I guess the new phrase would be: "Fool the government over and over, fool on me anyway"
Really...
No really, anytime I choose. Really I can.
I can log off anytime I want. This is not an addiction, I just choose to be online. I don't have to be connected, it's just, you know, like chocolate, it's good, satisfying, it's where it's at.
But I could stop anytime I want. Really.
There was a scene in a old movie where a neighbor added gas to his friend VW Beetle who compulsivly tracked millage. The jokee was very excited at his luck until the reverse occurred.
I visualize three small green guys with smirks sneaking up underneath the cameras with an extension cord from a hidden entrance...
Unfortunately a probably life cycle of this kind of tech will be:
1) use in a carefully restored, prestigious film
3) good reviews and ratings/audience
2) creation of a mac based product
4) profit
but... oh yes
5) a slew of third rate knock offs that use the effect to justify a 5th rate plot
There are still a few categories, such as the photography branch, that I still find handy. This may be habit but I the links seem somewhat recently updated and infrequently stale.
Perhaps they could add an option to suggest new categories.
Then vote on new categories.
Then when a category hits a threshold, put some personal attention into it so it improves rapidly. That boost in topical focused quality of information could buy muchomany new clicks.
That should be all tightly integrated with instant feedback, the new category gets added to the candidate list with a vote of one and a current percentage. If votes come in while a page is up, the change should be reflected immediately. Live, dynamic but topical.
Implement MUTP, that way cool new protocol: Mint Under The Pillow. When each click gets me a small chocolate treat, that's the search engine I'm using!
Mutants Planned Attack...