Since it's only supposed to be used by trained military personel, that shouldn't be a problem. If it's brought into civilian life, I would assume that it would be customizable so that you could program in slang and other words. (Possibly with the help of an online database of translations or something.) Or maybe you could download upgrade packs that would have various word translations, such as slang and whatnot, programmed into them.
They still need to pay someone to sit there all day and actually open these envelopes. Imagine the look on that minimum wage employee's face when he/she opens the envelope to find more junk mail!
For example, a computer trackball that uses a spherical motor could actually provide resistance against pushing fingers to create the impression of raised braille dots. "You could create the sensation of bumping into a wall in a maze game, or even the feeling of a ball hitting a racket in a game of computer Pong," says Chirikjian...
Isn't this basically force feedback, which has been around for years? They briefly mention a use that would help people (braile), but of course, they want to use it for Computer Games! It'll make much more money that way, more gamers, less people with disabilities like blindness.
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...you have to explicitly opt-in in order to get spam.
Oh, so now ALL of the spammers can find of list of people who are willing to recieve spam. Now they don't even have to buy lists of email addresses, they can find them all on a government provided list!
You know what's even worse, all those cell phone towers. I know people who literally have them in their backyards. Has anyone done any studies on people that live near them? I'm sure those are going to cause something at least as bad as what cell phones would cause.
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Not to defend Microsoft (I don't think they even need to get into this industry), but there are still plenty of other consolse out there, and one more won't do much more harm.
Don't be so worried that kids are spending so much time playing games, they could be doing plenty of other things that would take away from family time such as sports, and whatnot. Sure, sports may sound better than games, but they're all just hobbies and if the kids like games, it's good they've found something they like. Adults are much more flexible than children, so maybe if the parrents spend time with the kids while they play the games, it would help.
There are plenty of fun things to do with all those CD's though. You can:
-Use them as frisbees. They don't fly as well, but it can be fun nonetheless.
-Simply throw them at the wall to see them shatter. Great stress reliever.
-Use them to install AOL on friends computers when they aren't looking. A great practical joke to play on someone.
-Mount them on the wall with the shiny side out. If placed right, it makes for some sweet lighting effects.
Too bad you can't reformat the CD's, like you clould the floppies.
I get the Xbox games, but what about the PC games? PC games won't run on it, will they? Or are they going to take really sweet games that are set for the PC (Like Halo) and instead put them on the XBox?
At CNN, it says
"The Quadrantids officially began December 28, but should reach a sharp maximum on January 4 between midnight and 7 a.m. EST, with as many as 200 shooting stars visible per hour."
Does anyone know if it will end precisely on the 4th, or will it go on for several more days, but at a slower pace?
Just wondering if I should keep my eyes peeled.
Isn't the world supposed to end sometime soon? Or is it just going to pick one of the 1000 years we have left in this millenium? Does it have to be at the start of it?
After all, the Mayan calendar ends in 2012, where they predict that everything will go to hell and technology will turn on us. There are plenty of ways what we have now can do that. Nukes can go off, power grids can cease working, or something Matrix-esque where we develope an intelligent AI that turns on us.
What a pessimitic vision of the future I have...
If you're burried in those crappy CD's that AOL and various other ISP's send out, there are some fun things to do with them:
1) Mount them on a wall backwards, so the shiny part shows. This makes for some really sweet lighting effects.
2) Take them, along with your favorite shotgun and go skeet shooting.
3) Throw them at the wall like a frisbee and watch them shatter. It's a good stress reliever.
America Online [NYSE: AOL] said today that it is in the process of closing a security loophole that allowed hackers to steal AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) screen names and, in some cases, access AOL members' credit cards.
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That reminded me of this. Not the greatest, but kinda neat.
Since it's only supposed to be used by trained military personel, that shouldn't be a problem. If it's brought into civilian life, I would assume that it would be customizable so that you could program in slang and other words. (Possibly with the help of an online database of translations or something.) Or maybe you could download upgrade packs that would have various word translations, such as slang and whatnot, programmed into them.
They still need to pay someone to sit there all day and actually open these envelopes. Imagine the look on that minimum wage employee's face when he/she opens the envelope to find more junk mail!
...you have to explicitly opt-in in order to get spam. Oh, so now ALL of the spammers can find of list of people who are willing to recieve spam. Now they don't even have to buy lists of email addresses, they can find them all on a government provided list!
You know what's even worse, all those cell phone towers. I know people who literally have them in their backyards. Has anyone done any studies on people that live near them? I'm sure those are going to cause something at least as bad as what cell phones would cause.
Not to defend Microsoft (I don't think they even need to get into this industry), but there are still plenty of other consolse out there, and one more won't do much more harm.
Don't be so worried that kids are spending so much time playing games, they could be doing plenty of other things that would take away from family time such as sports, and whatnot. Sure, sports may sound better than games, but they're all just hobbies and if the kids like games, it's good they've found something they like. Adults are much more flexible than children, so maybe if the parrents spend time with the kids while they play the games, it would help.
There are plenty of fun things to do with all those CD's though. You can:
-Use them as frisbees. They don't fly as well, but it can be fun nonetheless.
-Simply throw them at the wall to see them shatter. Great stress reliever.
-Use them to install AOL on friends computers when they aren't looking. A great practical joke to play on someone.
-Mount them on the wall with the shiny side out. If placed right, it makes for some sweet lighting effects.
Too bad you can't reformat the CD's, like you clould the floppies.
"Play UNRELEASED PC and Xbox games!"
I get the Xbox games, but what about the PC games? PC games won't run on it, will they? Or are they going to take really sweet games that are set for the PC (Like Halo) and instead put them on the XBox?
At CNN, it says "The Quadrantids officially began December 28, but should reach a sharp maximum on January 4 between midnight and 7 a.m. EST, with as many as 200 shooting stars visible per hour." Does anyone know if it will end precisely on the 4th, or will it go on for several more days, but at a slower pace? Just wondering if I should keep my eyes peeled.
Isn't the world supposed to end sometime soon? Or is it just going to pick one of the 1000 years we have left in this millenium? Does it have to be at the start of it? After all, the Mayan calendar ends in 2012, where they predict that everything will go to hell and technology will turn on us. There are plenty of ways what we have now can do that. Nukes can go off, power grids can cease working, or something Matrix-esque where we develope an intelligent AI that turns on us. What a pessimitic vision of the future I have...
Who is going to attempt to patent this?
If you're burried in those crappy CD's that AOL and various other ISP's send out, there are some fun things to do with them: 1) Mount them on a wall backwards, so the shiny part shows. This makes for some really sweet lighting effects. 2) Take them, along with your favorite shotgun and go skeet shooting. 3) Throw them at the wall like a frisbee and watch them shatter. It's a good stress reliever.
Kinda reminds me of when I had aol.
It's still working after 35 years? Now, if they could do that with the stuff we're sending up now...
If you read the article linked to up there, it says that they could get AOL members credit card numbers, and AIM members screen names and passwords.