Lossless copying - the document contains a URL with its source, so 10,000 generations of copying produce the exact same quality as the original.
Document from a page - every page of the document contains the URL for the source, so having a page means being able to reproduce the entire document. This plays very well with version control software.
Of course to make these really work, you have to build it into copiers and printers and put them on the same network, so they can talk to each other. If only someone who makes printers and copiers had developed this ten years ago...
Ditto. I finally got the SDK for this years ago after jumping through hoops, forking over money and signing an NDA. After all that, it just wasn't worth my time to develop anything, because they were too closed and inflexible about the licensing. It drove me nuts.
You would think there would be some limit to the number of times a single company could develop a really cool technology, only to waste it. If Xerox had played their cards right, every scanner, fax, copier, and printer manufacturer would be paying them royalties by now. DataGlyphs would be everywhere.
I first heard about DataGlyphs in this Wired story.
People who are extremely nearsighted have a greatly increased risk for torn retinas. Corrective lenses tend to make the nearsighted more nearsighted, because the eye adapts. So how would this effect the risk of torn retinas?
I may be the only one in the world, but I am relatively content with the whole DNS system for static IP address allocation. Dynamic IP address allocation is another matter. Services like DynDNS and TZO are a good start, but don't go nearly far enough.
I would love to see a distributed name to IP resolution service, that uses an architecture similar to Gnutella . Of course there is no reason to limit the service to domain name resolution. It can be quite handy to resolve an email address to an IP address, too.
This new piece of Internet infrastructure would be very handy for anyone wanting to do things cheaply. I'm thinking of:
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- Lossless copying - the document contains a URL with its source, so 10,000 generations of copying produce the exact same quality as the original.
- Document from a page - every page of the document contains the URL for the source, so having a page means being able to reproduce the entire document. This plays very well with version control software.
Of course to make these really work, you have to build it into copiers and printers and put them on the same network, so they can talk to each other. If only someone who makes printers and copiers had developed this ten years ago...You don't have a PDF reader? Go read the article.
You would think there would be some limit to the number of times a single company could develop a really cool technology, only to waste it. If Xerox had played their cards right, every scanner, fax, copier, and printer manufacturer would be paying them royalties by now. DataGlyphs would be everywhere.
I first heard about DataGlyphs in this Wired story.
People who are extremely nearsighted have a greatly increased risk for torn retinas. Corrective lenses tend to make the nearsighted more nearsighted, because the eye adapts. So how would this effect the risk of torn retinas?
I would love to see a distributed name to IP resolution service, that uses an architecture similar to Gnutella . Of course there is no reason to limit the service to domain name resolution. It can be quite handy to resolve an email address to an IP address, too.
This new piece of Internet infrastructure would be very handy for anyone wanting to do things cheaply. I'm thinking of: