I think Apple should offer a free basic package that would include email, limited photo hosting and iSync support with a decent, but low (say, 250MB) amount of storage space with the purchase of the boxed version of iLife. I haven't used any of the iLife apps that came with my Powerbook G4, but a free.Mac account would certainly give me a reason to upgrade and try them out. I love the idea of iSync, but I'm not willing to shell out $99 for the privlidge.
It's their own fault, really. I have a T3 and I love it, but I think it will be their last good PDA unless they pull something out of their arse.
They aquaired BeOS, and did nothing with it. While all their competitors were working wireless into their units, palm comes out with the T5 that is -less- functional then the T3.
It's a shame, too, because the PDA market wouldn't be where it is right now without Palm.
I would not be surprised if this is the way our own brain works when figuring out problems. Raw ideas form and mutate and are tested - sometimes we are conscious of it, many times not. It's the way species evolve - it only makes sense that the same logic is built within our own brain.
Of couse, I am also a big proponent of the idea that evolution gave humans the greatest gift of all - the ability to self-evolve ourselves.
Imagine both a sender unit and receiver unit has a random number generator that is linked together somehow to keep them synchronized. It goes along, happily displaying random numbers until a button is pressed. At the time the button is pressed the number it stopped on is displayed at the location at where it was pressed, but since both areas are synchroized, the random numbers stop at the other location - only you don't know because the display only comes on when the button is pushed. So when you push the button and a number is displayed, you don't know if you stopped the random number generator, or if it had been stopped previously and is just displaying the number.
This is sort of how entanglement works (as I understand it). While the two particles can instantly exchange information, the nature of observation makes this information useless.
"I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts! It wasn't my fault, I swear to God!"
- 'Joliet' Jake Blues, The Blues Brothers
Doc brown would be impressed
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They already have a device that does this. If you've ever been to a optomotrist, they sit you on a machine that flashes a pattern in front of you and makes some whirrs and clicks, and the doctor writes down the numbers. During my last exam, after my doctor gave me a traditional eye test, I asked her about that machine. She said that it gives the correct prescription nearly ever single time. I guess they do the traditional test just to be sure (or to save themselves a job:)
With or without VoIP regulation, will a global P2P (PSTN-connected) voice network emerge? Will it start out as hobbyists setting up Asterisk Open Source PBX boxes connected to their home POTS line? Will some form of ENUM allow least cost routing to boxes sitting in basements and garages around the world? If an ITSP in Europe can setup an Asterisk box with PSTN access and start offering US phone numbers and vice-versa, will global number plans become obsolete? What effect will the ridiculously low barrier to entry for VoIP have on telecommunications?
Answer each question completely, citing examples whenever possible. Use the back of Slashdot for scratchwork if necessary.
He said the physicists used the weight of explosive to work out how it would affect its surroundings.
"We know that the more explosive we have the more energy will be released when the charge is set off.
"From the pressure pulse generated by the explosion, we can tell if windows are going to be smashed or if whole buildings will be demolished," he said.
He explained that the further from the blast the lesser the effects until only a faint bang is audible.
Obviously they had their top minds working on this.
I thought the biggest problem with making handheld versions of this was recoil - using mulitple magnets to accellerate the target and the weapon recoils at each magnetic acceleration point, making it rather difficult to hold (at least, that's what I was told by my 12th grade Physics teacher when me and a couple of my friends got it into our heads that this would be easy to build and the coolest thing -ever-):)
I haven't read the article (./'d), so maybe he's come up with a way aroudn this or only uses one magnet?
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I think Apple should offer a free basic package that would include email, limited photo hosting and iSync support with a decent, but low (say, 250MB) amount of storage space with the purchase of the boxed version of iLife. I haven't used any of the iLife apps that came with my Powerbook G4, but a free .Mac account would certainly give me a reason to upgrade and try them out. I love the idea of iSync, but I'm not willing to shell out $99 for the privlidge.
Check out the bumper stickers here:
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Gotta love Cat and Girl.
It's their own fault, really. I have a T3 and I love it, but I think it will be their last good PDA unless they pull something out of their arse.
They aquaired BeOS, and did nothing with it. While all their competitors were working wireless into their units, palm comes out with the T5 that is -less- functional then the T3.
It's a shame, too, because the PDA market wouldn't be where it is right now without Palm.
...just reading the article.
'I'm Feeling Lucky' takes on a whole new meaning.
I would not be surprised if this is the way our own brain works when figuring out problems. Raw ideas form and mutate and are tested - sometimes we are conscious of it, many times not. It's the way species evolve - it only makes sense that the same logic is built within our own brain.
Of couse, I am also a big proponent of the idea that evolution gave humans the greatest gift of all - the ability to self-evolve ourselves.
The reason it won't work is this:
Imagine both a sender unit and receiver unit has a random number generator that is linked together somehow to keep them synchronized. It goes along, happily displaying random numbers until a button is pressed. At the time the button is pressed the number it stopped on is displayed at the location at where it was pressed, but since both areas are synchroized, the random numbers stop at the other location - only you don't know because the display only comes on when the button is pushed. So when you push the button and a number is displayed, you don't know if you stopped the random number generator, or if it had been stopped previously and is just displaying the number.
This is sort of how entanglement works (as I understand it). While the two particles can instantly exchange information, the nature of observation makes this information useless.
the Friday timeslot tolls, it tolls for thee.
Guy 1: Hey Mark, when did you start carrying a purse?
Guy 2: Oh. I bought the new Game Boy. This is the battery.
"I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts! It wasn't my fault, I swear to God!"
- 'Joliet' Jake Blues, The Blues Brothers
*obligitory BTTF reference*
They already have a device that does this. If you've ever been to a optomotrist, they sit you on a machine that flashes a pattern in front of you and makes some whirrs and clicks, and the doctor writes down the numbers. During my last exam, after my doctor gave me a traditional eye test, I asked her about that machine. She said that it gives the correct prescription nearly ever single time. I guess they do the traditional test just to be sure (or to save themselves a job :)
Bob: Hey Tom, what time is it?
Tom: It's... oh shit, I lost my watch...
(Meanwhile, across town)
Fred: Hey Mark, what time is it?
Mark: Time for some more free hamburgers!
I was thinking before I posted, "What happens when there's bumper-to-bumper traffic; how do you target every car when they move that slowly?"
:)
Simple! If it detects traffic moving that slowly, it puts up an ad for the local metrorail system
That's okay - I'm used to not understanding anyone I talk to from AOL.
With or without VoIP regulation, will a global P2P (PSTN-connected) voice network emerge? Will it start out as hobbyists setting up Asterisk Open Source PBX boxes connected to their home POTS line? Will some form of ENUM allow least cost routing to boxes sitting in basements and garages around the world? If an ITSP in Europe can setup an Asterisk box with PSTN access and start offering US phone numbers and vice-versa, will global number plans become obsolete? What effect will the ridiculously low barrier to entry for VoIP have on telecommunications?
Answer each question completely, citing examples whenever possible. Use the back of Slashdot for scratchwork if necessary.
It would strick with precision, in an instant, and leave behind no trace of where it came from.' (Story from IEEE Spectrum Online)"
That's why they didn't have any EMPs at Zion - they were still waiting for IEEE Compliancy.
I'm convinced - the internet has killed sarcasm. It's like a breeding ground for humourless fuckwads.
He said the physicists used the weight of explosive to work out how it would affect its surroundings.
"We know that the more explosive we have the more energy will be released when the charge is set off.
"From the pressure pulse generated by the explosion, we can tell if windows are going to be smashed or if whole buildings will be demolished," he said.
He explained that the further from the blast the lesser the effects until only a faint bang is audible.
Obviously they had their top minds working on this.
All right! I _knew_ all theose afternoons perfecting the 100m dash in EPYX Summer Olympics would pay off some day!
They just didn't predict all the porn.
"Drying boxers..."
*DING*
"Your boxers are now dry!"
Cummon... almost everyone in the modern entertainment industry owes their life to silicon(e).
How about... Global Viral Outbreak?
I thought the biggest problem with making handheld versions of this was recoil - using mulitple magnets to accellerate the target and the weapon recoils at each magnetic acceleration point, making it rather difficult to hold (at least, that's what I was told by my 12th grade Physics teacher when me and a couple of my friends got it into our heads that this would be easy to build and the coolest thing -ever-) :)
I haven't read the article (./'d), so maybe he's come up with a way aroudn this or only uses one magnet?
if /. editors are allowed to change their stories without notification, should users be able to delete their replies?