My friend at IBM has replied on an issue I had with my PC's randomly rebooting itself (it's hardware, not software). He had another IBM tech explain that the computer would reboot for no reason. Everyone poured over the machine, finding absolutely nothing wrong, and the system would be stable only when someone else used it, but when this individual touched it, it would reboot.
I've had this happen with my mom's computer as well. Ever since I gave it to her (a handmedown, once I bought a replacement), it's been 100% more stable. My newish computer, on the other hand, spontaneously reboots for no apparent reason.
Jeeze, I guess the Japanese are jealous that the X-Box controller is so huge, because this PDA dwarfs even that. They should have just slapped a keyboard onto it and marketed it as a subnotebook.
Well, we all know now what E.T was saying.
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There is the hypothetical "Planet X" that was orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, that some claim formed the asteroid belt due to the enormous gravitational shear between the two planets.
I wonder what the possibility is of Mars being much larger (approximately the size of Earth, give or take), but due to the gravitational shear at the right proximity, it was quickly pulled away from its orbit until Planet X shattered, losing it's own mass due to debris impacting the surface and destroying its magnetosphere.
Back in the late 60s/early 70s, most of the cost was technically in the research. The final costs of sending people to the moon ranged in the millions of dollars, between 5 and 10 million, if I recall correctly. This was in 1970s dollars. If applied with today's economy/inflation, that's more like 500 million to one billion dollars. Miles away from the trillions quoted. Even if they had to construct a moon base, you're talking 1-5 billion.
Leave it to the Bush administration to use the new "idiot friendly" math.
(1) Obviously, the electronics/display portion needs to be rigid, this is unavoidable (at least until OLED/OLEP tech comes down in price enough to make a wraparound screen).
(2) Flexible circuitry and flexible rubber or silicone keyboards have been available for years. Why not make it part of the wristband?
(3) Logically, what they should do is have as small as possible a "CPU", a hinged screen that can flip up and/or be plugged in, so you could flip the screen up when typing on the bottom of your wrist, and/or just pop the screen out when you're done doing geek stuff, stowing the screen in your pocket.
It is impressive, however, that they have an almost full sized PDA screen on the doohickey, pity the original designers of a programmable computer watch haven't considered releasing a modernized version of the wrist computer back in the mid 80s (I forget the brand).
Well, considering steam engine type Sci-Fi is called "Steamerpunk", and this is based more on the 1920s-40sish retro theme, there isn't apparently an official label.
I guess the most appropriate genre/setting would be either "Vacuumpunk", "Electrodepunk", "Cathodepunk", "Streampunk" (eg; the streamline trend of the 20's-40's), or as the tendacy with retrotech was heavy use of neon (almost 50 years before Miami Vice even), how about "Neonpunk"?
Heh, or one could combine all of the above and call it "Frankenpunk".
When Challenger was built, it was originally planned as an alternative Enterprise demonstration model. Would it be possible to modify the module to act as part of another space station?
He produced an animated movie titled Rojin Z (early 90s IIRC), about a robotic "sick bed" that would be commited to the elderly as caregivers. In essense that seems to be the pattern forming.
I believe there's a major difference between silver nitrate film (a chemical light reactive process) and digital cameras (CCD or CMOS being an electronic reactive process). That may be the reason why there was no fogging (recall too that a lot of cameras used to videotape Chernobyl were either tube or CCD based).
If I recall correctly, it wasn't the X-rays emitted by the bombs, it was the bright light they emitted, several times as bright as the sun. Naturally that much candlepower would be enough to see through your hands to a degree.
The problem is, ultra religious people have, for the last 2-3 millenia, considered themselves, and thusly the planet Earth as the center of the universe. For example, look how the Catholics persecuted Galileo for daring to suggest that the Earth orbited the sun, and not the other way around.
It's ironic that religions that focus on basing themselves on the total importance of (insert your deity of choice here), instead think that their respective deities are part of some "Terran Humans Only" popularity club.
I'd rather have a crapload of features I don't want and be able to turn them off, than something with no features at all, that I would have to walk over hot coals to enable.
And then there's Comcast's "Channel not available, please stand by", occasional dropouts on their digital cable, their "Dolby Pro Logic" label on the decoder (which only became available after they replace the box).
One stupid argument is how digital cable is so much better than digital satellite. IIRC, both systems use MPEG-2, does anyone know what the actual quality levels are between the two encoded streams and transport method?
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Well, there IS a live action Akira in the works, probably a'la Evangelion: http://anime.futurizmo.com/news/EpFyFupAZkbNuxsQHu .php
It's a semi recumbant bike. I had a Honda Helix about 10 years back, and the riding position was very similar. Very VERY stable.
And of course there's recumbant bikes in their own right, all very ridable and stable, and all have been around for decades.
When gremlins are involved.
My friend at IBM has replied on an issue I had with my PC's randomly rebooting itself (it's hardware, not software). He had another IBM tech explain that the computer would reboot for no reason. Everyone poured over the machine, finding absolutely nothing wrong, and the system would be stable only when someone else used it, but when this individual touched it, it would reboot.
I've had this happen with my mom's computer as well. Ever since I gave it to her (a handmedown, once I bought a replacement), it's been 100% more stable. My newish computer, on the other hand, spontaneously reboots for no apparent reason.
Go figure.
Jeeze, I guess the Japanese are jealous that the X-Box controller is so huge, because this PDA dwarfs even that. They should have just slapped a keyboard onto it and marketed it as a subnotebook.
He was telling us to pull his finger.
There is the hypothetical "Planet X" that was orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, that some claim formed the asteroid belt due to the enormous gravitational shear between the two planets.
I wonder what the possibility is of Mars being much larger (approximately the size of Earth, give or take), but due to the gravitational shear at the right proximity, it was quickly pulled away from its orbit until Planet X shattered, losing it's own mass due to debris impacting the surface and destroying its magnetosphere.
Back in the late 60s/early 70s, most of the cost was technically in the research. The final costs of sending people to the moon ranged in the millions of dollars, between 5 and 10 million, if I recall correctly. This was in 1970s dollars. If applied with today's economy/inflation, that's more like 500 million to one billion dollars. Miles away from the trillions quoted. Even if they had to construct a moon base, you're talking 1-5 billion.
Leave it to the Bush administration to use the new "idiot friendly" math.
(1) Obviously, the electronics/display portion needs to be rigid, this is unavoidable (at least until OLED/OLEP tech comes down in price enough to make a wraparound screen).
(2) Flexible circuitry and flexible rubber or silicone keyboards have been available for years. Why not make it part of the wristband?
(3) Logically, what they should do is have as small as possible a "CPU", a hinged screen that can flip up and/or be plugged in, so you could flip the screen up when typing on the bottom of your wrist, and/or just pop the screen out when you're done doing geek stuff, stowing the screen in your pocket.
It is impressive, however, that they have an almost full sized PDA screen on the doohickey, pity the original designers of a programmable computer watch haven't considered releasing a modernized version of the wrist computer back in the mid 80s (I forget the brand).
And nobody has eyes the size of their head, not even the women.
They better have at least one pantsu shot to make up for that, or they ain't getting my $8.
Well, considering steam engine type Sci-Fi is called "Steamerpunk", and this is based more on the 1920s-40sish retro theme, there isn't apparently an official label.
I guess the most appropriate genre/setting would be either "Vacuumpunk", "Electrodepunk", "Cathodepunk", "Streampunk" (eg; the streamline trend of the 20's-40's), or as the tendacy with retrotech was heavy use of neon (almost 50 years before Miami Vice even), how about "Neonpunk"?
Heh, or one could combine all of the above and call it "Frankenpunk".
"and taught 800,000 school children how to fight crime."
"Stay out of trouble."
Now all they need is a Lee Iacocca elementary school.
Yeah, but that wasn't directly due to a flaw in Challenger, it was a failed o-ring gasket in the solid rocket booster that did it in.
When Challenger was built, it was originally planned as an alternative Enterprise demonstration model. Would it be possible to modify the module to act as part of another space station?
If I remember correctly, there was a huge war between the humans, dwarves, and elves in The Hobbit.
And then there's the whole Smaug rampage scene.
He produced an animated movie titled Rojin Z (early 90s IIRC), about a robotic "sick bed" that would be commited to the elderly as caregivers. In essense that seems to be the pattern forming.
I believe there's a major difference between silver nitrate film (a chemical light reactive process) and digital cameras (CCD or CMOS being an electronic reactive process). That may be the reason why there was no fogging (recall too that a lot of cameras used to videotape Chernobyl were either tube or CCD based).
If I recall correctly, it wasn't the X-rays emitted by the bombs, it was the bright light they emitted, several times as bright as the sun. Naturally that much candlepower would be enough to see through your hands to a degree.
The problem is, ultra religious people have, for the last 2-3 millenia, considered themselves, and thusly the planet Earth as the center of the universe. For example, look how the Catholics persecuted Galileo for daring to suggest that the Earth orbited the sun, and not the other way around.
It's ironic that religions that focus on basing themselves on the total importance of (insert your deity of choice here), instead think that their respective deities are part of some "Terran Humans Only" popularity club.
Now all we need is Dib to go on a rampage with Zim, monster truck style (SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!).
Well, there are duct tape wallets on the market. Does anyone know if the metal content of the tape would be sufficient to block alien probe rays?
Just think, Red Green is the saviour of our generation. We're SO boned.
That reminds me of the good ol' days when people would put condoms on their floppy disks to prevent themselves from catching computer viruses.
Just wait, the truly 1337 are going to make a run on it when they release the inevitabe PEN15 model.
I'd rather have a crapload of features I don't want and be able to turn them off, than something with no features at all, that I would have to walk over hot coals to enable.
And then there's Comcast's "Channel not available, please stand by", occasional dropouts on their digital cable, their "Dolby Pro Logic" label on the decoder (which only became available after they replace the box).
One stupid argument is how digital cable is so much better than digital satellite. IIRC, both systems use MPEG-2, does anyone know what the actual quality levels are between the two encoded streams and transport method?
"Obviously they didn't launch rockets to put those there, they used the same hyperspace portal that George Lucas uses."
You mean the same place where Lucas gets his scripts?
No, wait, that was his ass. He'd need a tube of KY the size of a super star destroyer to pass something like a Mars probe.