I had some dealings with a startup company that was exploring similar ideas. They were planning to put these simulators into retail stores (ie. GAP and kin). One of the biggest problems that they got stuck on was how do you accurately model the persons body without making them stip naked and put on a MoCap suit?
"What good is spending 350-400 billion a year on the military if you only spend 20 billion a year on public schools?"
Whats the good of having a well educated population that is unable to defend itself? Some power mad asshole decides "Oh boy! Suckers ripe for the plucking!"
Think about this for a minute. We are in a democracy here, which means these average joes from public schools control (ideally) the direction of the whole country. Maybe it would help to think of this on a human scale. Would you prefer us to be like a fool with a bazooka or an inteligent person with a rifle?
Actually, at one time, it was expected that for every million dollars you spent on a construction project you would lose one worker. This was sort of a rule of thumb. You can take a look at the brooklyn bridge casualty list as an example here.
This new work is actually not claiming to be "cold fusion". Its actually claiming to be hot fusion in a very small place (inside a collapsing bubble). See the work for more details.
I know that most of you guys aren't going to believe this, but I was watching a show a while back extolling the virtues of the TRS-80 portable (there is some info here). Basically, it was so rugged that people were still using them for non-speed critical applications. Heck, in this show one guy actually THREW ONE AT THE FLOOR. No, it didn't shatter, it bounced and THEN BOOTED! Try that with your Dell:)
Would slashdot have us believe that this is not the case in the USA? I think its pretty clear that many people are expressing dissatisfaction with products and actually getting away with it. Check epinions as an example.
Actually, there are a number of ways to ensure that the data is non-volatile. Flash or battery backed RAM come to mind. Bitmicro (www.bitmicro.com) is a vendor that currently sells non-volatile flash based drives. I checked them out a little while ago, but found that it was a bit too pricey for me still.
I'd suggest getting a smallish (1gb or so) flash drive for your windows/linux/amiga/whatever partition, and use some monstrous drive to store all your media files.
* High-tech scanners -- dubbed "X-rated X-rays" by critics
Don't nerds dream of Xray glasses? I'm surprised that this didn't get modded way up.
Seriously though, there is a better article describing bodysearch
here.
It *IS* available in the US!
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"What REALLY gets me is that the system isn't even released in the US and already it's emulated!"
Actually, It IS available in the US. I was tinkering with one in Toys R Us the other day. You can buy one online here. I can't believe how inflated the prices are online. I remember the store by me had them for $95. Maybe I need to get on over to ebay:)
A reference can be found here which is a conversation between The Pope and Steven Hawking (!). The snippet is taken
from Mr. Hawking's wildly popular book A Brief History of Time.
I hate to be a nitpicker, but I believe that it is Dr. Hawking.
I wonder how the whole electronic signature thing will effect people getting there names on the ballot. Its a hell of a lot easier to sign for a candidate on a web page. Hell, even Nader isn't on the ballot in my state (GA).
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Has anybody ever thought of using a yes/no checkbox for each candidate? It would work like this:
Do you think x is suitable for president?
x=bush NO
x=gore YES (holding nose)
x=nader YES
x=buchanan NO
x=browne NO
Consider if 60% of people are torn between gore and nader.
Current system:
40% Bush (Winner)
30% Gore
30% Nader
Yes/no boxes:
60.00001% Nader (Winner-Hey its my fantasy, I can do whatever I want)
59.99999% Gore
40% Bush
Inheritance taxes make us all poorer, even if we don't pay them ourselves.
This is nonsense. Inheritance taxes can be thresholded so that they do not effect the middle class citizen.
Slashdot Mirror
I had some dealings with a startup company that was exploring similar ideas. They were planning to put these simulators into retail stores (ie. GAP and kin). One of the biggest problems that they got stuck on was how do you accurately model the persons body without making them stip naked and put on a MoCap suit?
Whats next? Somebody going to steal Fritz Hollings credit card numbers?
PS: Note to FBI - It wasn't me!
"What good is spending 350-400 billion a year on the military if you only spend 20 billion a year on public schools?"
Whats the good of having a well educated population that is unable to defend itself? Some power mad asshole decides "Oh boy! Suckers ripe for the plucking!"
Think about this for a minute. We are in a democracy here, which means these average joes from public schools control (ideally) the direction of the whole country. Maybe it would help to think of this on a human scale. Would you prefer us to be like a fool with a bazooka or an inteligent person with a rifle?
Actually, at one time, it was expected that for every million dollars you spent on a construction project you would lose one worker. This was sort of a rule of thumb. You can take a look at the brooklyn bridge casualty list as an example here.
This new work is actually not claiming to be "cold fusion". Its actually claiming to be hot fusion in a very small place (inside a collapsing bubble). See the work for more details.
I know that most of you guys aren't going to believe this, but I was watching a show a while back extolling the virtues of the TRS-80 portable (there is some info here). Basically, it was so rugged that people were still using them for non-speed critical applications. Heck, in this show one guy actually THREW ONE AT THE FLOOR. No, it didn't shatter, it bounced and THEN BOOTED! Try that with your Dell :)
Would slashdot have us believe that this is not the case in the USA? I think its pretty clear that many people are expressing dissatisfaction with products and actually getting away with it. Check epinions as an example.
I saw this a couple of days ago. Can you spot the irony?
This seems almost dilbert-esque. You are not able to cut it as a programmer, so the only obvious path is to advance to management.
Am I the only one thinking Unimog?
Write congress. Sign the DMCA abolition petition @ this link
Actually, there are a number of ways to ensure that the data is non-volatile. Flash or battery backed RAM come to mind. Bitmicro (www.bitmicro.com) is a vendor that currently sells non-volatile flash based drives. I checked them out a little while ago, but found that it was a bit too pricey for me still.
I'd suggest getting a smallish (1gb or so) flash drive for your windows/linux/amiga/whatever partition, and use some monstrous drive to store all your media files.
* High-tech scanners -- dubbed "X-rated X-rays" by critics
Don't nerds dream of Xray glasses? I'm surprised that this didn't get modded way up.
Seriously though, there is a better article describing bodysearch here.
"What REALLY gets me is that the system isn't even released in the US and already it's emulated!"
:)
Actually, It IS available in the US. I was tinkering with one in Toys R Us the other day. You can buy one online here. I can't believe how inflated the prices are online. I remember the store by me had them for $95. Maybe I need to get on over to ebay
There appears to be a mirror here for when this site gets slashdotted.
What are "gypies" exactly?
Isn't the point now moot since we now are blessed with "internet keywords"?
A reference can be found here which is a conversation between The Pope and Steven Hawking (!). The snippet is taken from Mr. Hawking's wildly popular book A Brief History of Time.
I hate to be a nitpicker, but I believe that it is Dr. Hawking.
I wonder how the whole electronic signature thing will effect people getting there names on the ballot. Its a hell of a lot easier to sign for a candidate on a web page. Hell, even Nader isn't on the ballot in my state (GA).
Has anybody ever thought of using a yes/no checkbox for each candidate? It would work like this:
Do you think x is suitable for president?
x=bush NO
x=gore YES (holding nose)
x=nader YES
x=buchanan NO
x=browne NO
Consider if 60% of people are torn between gore and nader.
Current system:
40% Bush (Winner)
30% Gore
30% Nader
Yes/no boxes:
60.00001% Nader (Winner-Hey its my fantasy, I can do whatever I want)
59.99999% Gore
40% Bush
Inheritance taxes make us all poorer, even if we don't pay them ourselves. This is nonsense. Inheritance taxes can be thresholded so that they do not effect the middle class citizen.