It could be significantly improved with speech recognition for commands and text entry
Yeah, because that already work so well on devices with processors that are hundreds of times faster and have permanent internet connections... oh, no, wait, voice input still sucks most of the time.
Handwriting as an input method would be nice too
And what price were you hoping to pay for all of these new features? Bearing in mind it'd take a processor and probably battery upgrade which you'd presumably want squeezed into the same form factor...
Are you sure you don't actually want an e-ink tablet, rather than a souped-up Kindle?
I can get the same effect on my reader by pressing anywhere along the side of the page.
"Pressing" or "touching"? Can you be touching the same spot while holding the device and not initiate a page turn?
Parent's point was that you can't hold the Kindle and initiate a page turn without changing how you're holding the Kindle. I like the idea of not having to move my hand or fingers, just having to increase pressure. If I hold my Paperwhite in one hand at an awkward angle, moving my thumb into place to tap the screen is awkward, since it's also what's gripping the device.
Isn't this just called "scientific progress"? When you have little evidence, you won't be able to make brilliant predictions. Gather more evidence, and you can make better predictions. For example:
But instead of rubber stamping the idea, the panel made a monumental error. It concluded that most sources of x-rays would be flaring stars and that consequently, the scientific motivation for an X-ray telescope was weak.
On the basis of the limited evidence available at the time, weren't they right to conclude that an X-ray telescope probably wasn't worth the cost? It's all very well looking back now and shaking our fists at our incompetent ancestors, but weren't they just doing the best they could?
That Newton was such an idiot because he didn't know about general relativity...
A 65" 1080p TV and a 65" 4K TV, from 10 feet away, playing a proper 4k video source from a hard drive, the difference was "smack you in the face" obvious which one was better. (hint, it was the 4k)
For any particular resolution there will always be a viewing distance at which doubling the resolution will be "smack you in the face" obvious. Why not try a 90" screen at 8 feet, then you'll be ruing the days you've wasted on 4K when 8K was what you needed!
65" at 10 feet sounds ridiculously close, personally. For what I, personally, consider to be a reasonably sized screen at a reasonable viewing distance, I don't think 4K would make much difference.
The only article I could find that even vaguely attempts to explain how this works was, yuck, from the Daily Mail:
If trapped on a small device, like a trip [chip], their [the trapped atoms'] tiny fluctuations can then be tracked from great distances away and their locations pinpointed with a huge degree of accuracy.
Is that even remotely right? If these things allow subs and the like to be accurately located remotely, how does that make them impervious to interference, since presumably you'd then have to communicate the pinpointed location back to the sub?
If it's possible to simulate qubits using, at the bottom, bits, and, if qubits and quantum computing allow for performing NP calcs in parametric time
Being able to simulate qubits doesn't mean you can do so in parametric time.
One can simulate a few molecules chemically reacting, but you can't reasonably do so at a molecular level for a macroscopic sample - yet in reality both would take a similar amount of time.
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First Contact will happen by 2024; the Singularity won't. It is a nerd's wet dream based on not understanding how the physical and meta-physical work.
As opposed to First Contact in 2024, which is definitely going to happen because...?
Chicks hate that.
It could be significantly improved with speech recognition for commands and text entry
Yeah, because that already work so well on devices with processors that are hundreds of times faster and have permanent internet connections... oh, no, wait, voice input still sucks most of the time.
Handwriting as an input method would be nice too
And what price were you hoping to pay for all of these new features? Bearing in mind it'd take a processor and probably battery upgrade which you'd presumably want squeezed into the same form factor...
Are you sure you don't actually want an e-ink tablet, rather than a souped-up Kindle?
I can get the same effect on my reader by pressing anywhere along the side of the page.
"Pressing" or "touching"? Can you be touching the same spot while holding the device and not initiate a page turn?
Parent's point was that you can't hold the Kindle and initiate a page turn without changing how you're holding the Kindle. I like the idea of not having to move my hand or fingers, just having to increase pressure. If I hold my Paperwhite in one hand at an awkward angle, moving my thumb into place to tap the screen is awkward, since it's also what's gripping the device.
Belief In Evolution Doesn't Measure Science Literacy
Well, no; abstract concepts like "belief" and "literacy" don't really "measure" each other.
"Imply" or "correlate with" seem like better choices, to me.
Become a Linux Kernel Hacker and Write Your Own Module
I don't want to. You do it. sudo you do it.
Yo dawg, I... can't be bothered.
"Whoever ... knowingly and with intent to defraud, accesses a protected computer
Uh... it's my computer.
We've run out of cake.
Isn't this just called "scientific progress"? When you have little evidence, you won't be able to make brilliant predictions. Gather more evidence, and you can make better predictions. For example:
But instead of rubber stamping the idea, the panel made a monumental error. It concluded that most sources of x-rays would be flaring stars and that consequently, the scientific motivation for an X-ray telescope was weak.
On the basis of the limited evidence available at the time, weren't they right to conclude that an X-ray telescope probably wasn't worth the cost? It's all very well looking back now and shaking our fists at our incompetent ancestors, but weren't they just doing the best they could?
That Newton was such an idiot because he didn't know about general relativity...
And finish in the article are annoying.
A German amateur photographer has found out after his ex-girlfriend took him to court
Motorised curving TVs, at least, are on the way from, if I recall correctly, Samsung and LG.
But I think they only bend to around 20 degrees - not quite what you're hoping for (which would be cool).
A 65" 1080p TV and a 65" 4K TV, from 10 feet away, playing a proper 4k video source from a hard drive, the difference was "smack you in the face" obvious which one was better. (hint, it was the 4k)
For any particular resolution there will always be a viewing distance at which doubling the resolution will be "smack you in the face" obvious. Why not try a 90" screen at 8 feet, then you'll be ruing the days you've wasted on 4K when 8K was what you needed!
65" at 10 feet sounds ridiculously close, personally. For what I, personally, consider to be a reasonably sized screen at a reasonable viewing distance, I don't think 4K would make much difference.
And how much did you pay for this terrible support?
Capitalise your sentences and proper nouns, you colonial oaf.
And does that make you feel special? Better than the rest of us? Or what?
Intended to be operated by inexperienced pilots with a minimum of 20 minutes of instruction
Is that a typo? Is it supposed to say "life expectancy"?
Please limit yourself to one question per post.
What if I don't want to? Hmm?
The only article I could find that even vaguely attempts to explain how this works was, yuck, from the Daily Mail:
If trapped on a small device, like a trip [chip], their [the trapped atoms'] tiny fluctuations can then be tracked from great distances away and their locations pinpointed with a huge degree of accuracy.
Is that even remotely right? If these things allow subs and the like to be accurately located remotely, how does that make them impervious to interference, since presumably you'd then have to communicate the pinpointed location back to the sub?
What am I (or the Daily Mail) missing?
THIS JUST IN
Slashdot reader skims article and misunderstands new technology.
Who's saying it's a reinvention of the compass? It's just a name.
Where does it say this new thing is inertial?
I suppose it really depends on your definition of "value."
If it's possible to simulate qubits using, at the bottom, bits, and, if qubits and quantum computing allow for performing NP calcs in parametric time
Being able to simulate qubits doesn't mean you can do so in parametric time.
One can simulate a few molecules chemically reacting, but you can't reasonably do so at a molecular level for a macroscopic sample - yet in reality both would take a similar amount of time.
* the above is an uninformed guess
This joke is both funny and not funny now.
Oh, wait... its waveform just collapsed. Guess what to?