It's still pretty damn cool. I mean, c'mon - moving shit with sound? I can see this tech coming in handy for shipwreck recovery, among other applications I haven't thought of yet...
Wonder how well it works outside a liquid medium...
Wrong - "can" implies an ability to do something, "will" implies a desire or need to do something.
Just because you can have sex with a man, doesn't mean you will.
Even if you could walk [at some point in the future], it doesn't mean you will.
Have we really fallen so far as a society that people no longer know the difference between basic words like can and will? Shit, no wonder I can't understand half the garbage people put online - they themselves have no idea what they're actually saying.
Not to mention, how is an inventor supposed to "raise financing and secure a market" when the details of their invention are secret?
Inventor: "You really should invest in my design, it's the next big thing!"
Guy With Money: "Cool, what is it?"
Inventor: "Sorry, can't tell you that, might compromise my ability to raise financing... "
GwM: "Yea, looks like it just did." *walks away*
Are under the impression that Slashdot is/not/ gutter press?
Indeed, to qualify they would have to publish something terrible themselves, as opposed to linking to other people's terrible blog posts. At this point, more like a gutter press aggregator...
if you stir the air, you're going to get a change in temp.. it doesn't fall into the same category as greenhouse gasses etc... and this mostly applies at night - whereas "actual" climate change doesn't care what time of day it is.
While I agree with the premise that this doesn't really qualify as climate change, I do have to wonder what possible long term effects we would see from doing it [stirring the air] every day for an extended period of time...
IMHO 'can' denotes something that is far more likely to occur than 'might' or 'could' - hence the headline is effectively editorializing (even if not explicitly done)
'could' is the future tense of the word 'can.' They mean precisely the same thing.
How about encouraging real companies to "sponsor" games by having their products advertised within, ala television, movies, sporting events, etc. etc. etc.
Not only would this provide a revenue stream with which games can be developed, it would also assist in the immersive quality of the games. Think about it; playing the latest installment of GTA, you jack a Ford Escape (complete with Sync system, connected to the microphone in your Eyetoy/Kinect), drive to the nearest Cabela's to load up on an Armalite AR-15 and some Winchester ammo, then head down to the Starbucks (passing various real-world product billboards) to get your next mission... and rob the joint; this is GTA, after all. So long as the advertising doesn't detract from the gameplay or atmosphere, it's a win-win-win situation.
Heck, enough sponsorship and a developer could practically give the game away.
My wife's Jetta has Bluetooth built in, which means all I have to do after pairing my DX with her car is get in it and hit play on the stereo (or give the equivalent voice command). Surprisingly, it also has an SD slot in the dash.
The only thing I would change with her system is the inability to share my phone's screen with the 6" touchscreen built into the dash... not that it's really an issue, I would just like to be able to watch YouTube videos on a slightly larger screen while I'm waiting for her to finish getting a manicure.
Interesting stuff; it's nice to hear a voice that actually knows what it's talking about every once in a while.
Layman frequently underestimate how much of the technology space has been explored and found to be dead ends due to either unsurmountable technical difficulties or simple economics.
True, but as I recall, around the turn of the century we were experiencing similar issues with deep sea exploration, albeit regarding the intense pressures of the deep as opposed to the vacuum of space. In less than 100 years, we went from the Beebe and Barton observing jellyfish at nearly 1400 ft depth in their Bathysphere, to a movie director exploring the Challenger Deep (35,000+ ft below sea level) in a custom submersible.
I have utmost faith in the ability of mankind to overcome such engineering challenges.
However, what would probably happen is that we'd end up handing it over the the USA as our leaders are too short sighted and too cheap to fund anything truly visionary or world beating.
At which point our leaders would promptly turn it over to venture capitalists, who would immediately strip the company of any and all value and sell what's left off for their own personal profit.
How about, I'd rather not get fucking stabbed.
$deity, what kind of spineless, unthinking drone just stands there while some motherfucker stabs them???
Not only would his veto have done nothing, it would have also opened the door to attack ads about how he vetoed healthcare for wounded veterans, since that's also in the bill. The man shouldn't fall on his sword just to keep you happy.
So... 'tis better to assrape the population, than get a little mud on your suit?
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It's still pretty damn cool. I mean, c'mon - moving shit with sound? I can see this tech coming in handy for shipwreck recovery, among other applications I haven't thought of yet...
Wonder how well it works outside a liquid medium...
Wrong - "can" implies an ability to do something, "will" implies a desire or need to do something.
Just because you can have sex with a man, doesn't mean you will.
Even if you could walk [at some point in the future], it doesn't mean you will.
Have we really fallen so far as a society that people no longer know the difference between basic words like can and will? Shit, no wonder I can't understand half the garbage people put online - they themselves have no idea what they're actually saying.
Not to mention, how is an inventor supposed to "raise financing and secure a market" when the details of their invention are secret?
Inventor: "You really should invest in my design, it's the next big thing!"
Guy With Money: "Cool, what is it?"
Inventor: "Sorry, can't tell you that, might compromise my ability to raise financing... "
GwM: "Yea, looks like it just did." *walks away*
Letters get you a generic, auto-generated response (i.e., ignored).
Protests get you maced and arrested for "resisting arrest."
Lobbyists belong to the wealthy and powerful, not we proles.
Not that I agree with the other suggestion, merely pointing out reality.
It changes the climate resulting in less destructive weather.
That explains the increase in tornadoes we've seen over the last few years...
Are under the impression that Slashdot is /not/ gutter press?
Indeed, to qualify they would have to publish something terrible themselves, as opposed to linking to other people's terrible blog posts. At this point, more like a gutter press aggregator...
Oh, wait...
Nevermind, as you were.
if you stir the air, you're going to get a change in temp.. it doesn't fall into the same category as greenhouse gasses etc... and this mostly applies at night - whereas "actual" climate change doesn't care what time of day it is.
While I agree with the premise that this doesn't really qualify as climate change, I do have to wonder what possible long term effects we would see from doing it [stirring the air] every day for an extended period of time...
IMHO 'can' denotes something that is far more likely to occur than 'might' or 'could' - hence the headline is effectively editorializing (even if not explicitly done)
'could' is the future tense of the word 'can.' They mean precisely the same thing.
Now you know.
How about encouraging real companies to "sponsor" games by having their products advertised within, ala television, movies, sporting events, etc. etc. etc.
Not only would this provide a revenue stream with which games can be developed, it would also assist in the immersive quality of the games. Think about it; playing the latest installment of GTA, you jack a Ford Escape (complete with Sync system, connected to the microphone in your Eyetoy/Kinect), drive to the nearest Cabela's to load up on an Armalite AR-15 and some Winchester ammo, then head down to the Starbucks (passing various real-world product billboards) to get your next mission... and rob the joint; this is GTA, after all. So long as the advertising doesn't detract from the gameplay or atmosphere, it's a win-win-win situation.
Heck, enough sponsorship and a developer could practically give the game away.
My wife's Jetta has Bluetooth built in, which means all I have to do after pairing my DX with her car is get in it and hit play on the stereo (or give the equivalent voice command). Surprisingly, it also has an SD slot in the dash.
The only thing I would change with her system is the inability to share my phone's screen with the 6" touchscreen built into the dash... not that it's really an issue, I would just like to be able to watch YouTube videos on a slightly larger screen while I'm waiting for her to finish getting a manicure.
Layman frequently underestimate how much of the technology space has been explored and found to be dead ends due to either unsurmountable technical difficulties or simple economics.
True, but as I recall, around the turn of the century we were experiencing similar issues with deep sea exploration, albeit regarding the intense pressures of the deep as opposed to the vacuum of space. In less than 100 years, we went from the Beebe and Barton observing jellyfish at nearly 1400 ft depth in their Bathysphere, to a movie director exploring the Challenger Deep (35,000+ ft below sea level) in a custom submersible.
I have utmost faith in the ability of mankind to overcome such engineering challenges.
Or maybe your meme is pure BS.
I don't think that means what you think it means.
Thank you for your service, and yes, I really mean that.
Yea, 'cuz we all totally agree that what the MPAA did to that woman was perfectly justified...
What a douche.
Haven't we already figured that out?
However, what would probably happen is that we'd end up handing it over the the USA as our leaders are too short sighted and too cheap to fund anything truly visionary or world beating.
At which point our leaders would promptly turn it over to venture capitalists, who would immediately strip the company of any and all value and sell what's left off for their own personal profit.
I was referring to the AC to whom you were responding.
Dude - you're responding to someone who actually believes what the Ministry of Truth, er, I mean mainstream media tells them.
You may as well be screaming at a wall.
Sounds like the NSA was right on track to get all the legal requirements ready for them before switching on their new data center out West.
FTFY.
Even if Obama does veto it, the alphabet agencies will have plenty of time to make copies of all our info before it even hits his desk.
They all have the same handlers, after all.
You mean Goldman Sachs?
How about, I'd rather not get fucking stabbed. $deity, what kind of spineless, unthinking drone just stands there while some motherfucker stabs them???
Oh, right...
Not only would his veto have done nothing, it would have also opened the door to attack ads about how he vetoed healthcare for wounded veterans, since that's also in the bill. The man shouldn't fall on his sword just to keep you happy.
So... 'tis better to assrape the population, than get a little mud on your suit?
Damn, we are out of options, aren't we?
Hmmm.... Idea - hydrophobic beer bottles.
Would that even work?
I blame California.
Second.
Those fuckers think everything causes cancer!
Course, the sad part is, they're probably right...