Spoken like a tech at heart... Guess what the non tech-savvy majority don't care about hardware innovation unless in goes Bling and catches the eye -- Apple proved that. Nokia's problem was that it didn't have any good choices, switching to Android would have placed Nokia in a very crowded spot of yet another Android phone manufacturer. If Nokia whats to grab a real market share the only way is to radically stand out from everyone else.
Really? For most of us 99.9999% of those 7 billion are out of reach, then remove of the remaining 0.00001% those of unwanted age, sex, language, looks and you're left with a surprisingly small minority. if you find ONE your in luck.
It's somewhat depressing to see that educational material publishers work the same methods world-wide...
Take the same book every 1-2 years, hash the chapter numbers, change numerical values in math problems, perhaps tweak color pallets and you have a new edition... Which is incompatible to the last year's one effectively killing the second-hands market.
Segway is not too dorky or clumsy, it just was -- and still is -- way too expensive to become normal everyday transportation.
A Bluetooth headset is dorky, but that's not the reason people aren't wearing it all the time. It's simply not nearly comfortable enough for that.
Google Glass? It's current looks is not all that cool... ok it is kinda dorky, but give it a chance. I positive future iterations of the technology can compress it even further and make more stylish.
And one more thing, fashions change quickly. Today's dorky just might be tomorrow's cool.
Of course Brin wants everyone hard-wired to their Google account 24/7. He wants to make Google an inseparable, integral and vital part of our every day life. Glass is a step in that direction.
For me, while I do use Google products all the time and however much I like my Android smartphone, I feel just fine leaving it in my pocket/on my desk most of the time. I've no desire to "see the world" through it.
He found that by placing a corrugated or wavy pattern tuned to particular wavelength on the seabed it would cause surface waves to temporarily become internal waves.
The two layers of water are a natural phenomenon which allow the waves to be transferred underwater.
"Tuned to particular wavelength..." how is that a natural phenomenon?
As I understand, to generate that cloak you need to create/modify underwater layers by changing salinity or temperature or direction. It all comes down to manipulating HUGE masses of water -- meaning investing HUGE amounts or energy. It's a cool idea but the implementation is in the regions of sci-fi.
So continuing with your logic... It's ridiculous to finance a 800$ bulletproof vest to stop a 20c bullet (that's a much higher price difference).
You judge price-efficiency by how much damage the attack can cause if you fail to stop it. NOT by how much money it costs the enemy.
Come on. The first state of Israel (promised land) was founded on ethnic cleansing. Why should the chosen people abandon their holy tradition of extermination of other cultures?
Hmm... 1300 air strikes in 7 days. ~110 dead... in one of the most densely populated areas in the world(!)
I guess those Israelies suck at exterminating.
According to a different source all or most sites taken down where private or business owned and the data published is from a "Unity Coalition for Israel" group and user data from some real-estate board.
It's quite possible that the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Am I the only one finds the last statement "This is an incredible resource!" depressing?!
Is everything always measured by how it can be of use and profit us people?
I firmly believe that before long the only organisms left on earth will be the ones humans couldn't find ANY use for -- and the list does not include other humans.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
-- quote from "I, Candidate for Governor" by Upton Sinclair (1935)
Do you really want your smartphone collecting information about you when you're fooling around on your bike? more evidence your for future speeding tickets?
I can already see court orders waiting in line for the company's data.
The same sort of subtle or not too subtle shakedown / "protection" / extortion has been around since forever. It just found it's way into a newer platform which makes it even easier to stay anonymous.
Firefox as a platform will never be a major threat to Chrome/IE9 for the single sad reason, Google+MS+Apple have all the money and all the patents and can sue Mozilla's pants off.
Why try to beat US security at their own game? go low tech. it works for el-qaeda.
If they used the good old mail services they would have gone unnoticed for another 10 years.
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Spoken like a tech at heart... Guess what the non tech-savvy majority don't care about hardware innovation unless in goes Bling and catches the eye -- Apple proved that. Nokia's problem was that it didn't have any good choices, switching to Android would have placed Nokia in a very crowded spot of yet another Android phone manufacturer. If Nokia whats to grab a real market share the only way is to radically stand out from everyone else.
Stable and dependable communication really helps establishing law and order.
Really? For most of us 99.9999% of those 7 billion are out of reach, then remove of the remaining 0.00001% those of unwanted age, sex, language, looks and you're left with a surprisingly small minority. if you find ONE your in luck.
It's you misfortune to live in a poor climate. My home windows are usually open for 10 months of the year.
It's somewhat depressing to see that educational material publishers work the same methods world-wide...
Take the same book every 1-2 years, hash the chapter numbers, change numerical values in math problems, perhaps tweak color pallets and you have a new edition... Which is incompatible to the last year's one effectively killing the second-hands market.
Segway is not too dorky or clumsy, it just was -- and still is -- way too expensive to become normal everyday transportation.
A Bluetooth headset is dorky, but that's not the reason people aren't wearing it all the time. It's simply not nearly comfortable enough for that.
Google Glass? It's current looks is not all that cool... ok it is kinda dorky, but give it a chance. I positive future iterations of the technology can compress it even further and make more stylish.
And one more thing, fashions change quickly. Today's dorky just might be tomorrow's cool.
It's not like the government is going to run out of cheap labor any time soon.
Of course Brin wants everyone hard-wired to their Google account 24/7. He wants to make Google an inseparable, integral and vital part of our every day life. Glass is a step in that direction. For me, while I do use Google products all the time and however much I like my Android smartphone, I feel just fine leaving it in my pocket/on my desk most of the time. I've no desire to "see the world" through it.
The idea is to accelerate/decelerate slowly over a long period. So yeah, 300kg can do the job (with enough fuel).
He found that by placing a corrugated or wavy pattern tuned to particular wavelength on the seabed it would cause surface waves to temporarily become internal waves.
The two layers of water are a natural phenomenon which allow the waves to be transferred underwater.
"Tuned to particular wavelength..." how is that a natural phenomenon?
As I understand, to generate that cloak you need to create/modify underwater layers by changing salinity or temperature or direction. It all comes down to manipulating HUGE masses of water -- meaning investing HUGE amounts or energy. It's a cool idea but the implementation is in the regions of sci-fi.
So continuing with your logic... It's ridiculous to finance a 800$ bulletproof vest to stop a 20c bullet (that's a much higher price difference). You judge price-efficiency by how much damage the attack can cause if you fail to stop it. NOT by how much money it costs the enemy.
Come on. The first state of Israel (promised land) was founded on ethnic cleansing. Why should the chosen people abandon their holy tradition of extermination of other cultures?
Hmm... 1300 air strikes in 7 days. ~110 dead... in one of the most densely populated areas in the world(!) I guess those Israelies suck at exterminating.
According to a different source all or most sites taken down where private or business owned and the data published is from a "Unity Coalition for Israel" group and user data from some real-estate board. It's quite possible that the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Am I the only one finds the last statement "This is an incredible resource!" depressing?! Is everything always measured by how it can be of use and profit us people? I firmly believe that before long the only organisms left on earth will be the ones humans couldn't find ANY use for -- and the list does not include other humans.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" -- quote from "I, Candidate for Governor" by Upton Sinclair (1935)
Do you really want your smartphone collecting information about you when you're fooling around on your bike? more evidence your for future speeding tickets? I can already see court orders waiting in line for the company's data.
The same sort of subtle or not too subtle shakedown / "protection" / extortion has been around since forever. It just found it's way into a newer platform which makes it even easier to stay anonymous.
Here goes the remains of the rain forests.
Firefox as a platform will never be a major threat to Chrome/IE9 for the single sad reason, Google+MS+Apple have all the money and all the patents and can sue Mozilla's pants off.
Why try to beat US security at their own game? go low tech. it works for el-qaeda. If they used the good old mail services they would have gone unnoticed for another 10 years.