I'm just curious -- What made you the ultimate authority on right and wrong, because that's a great position in life. Hey, is it wrong to fart in an elevator even when you are by yourself? I've had that question burning in my mind for awhile, and if you could answer that, I would be most appreciative.
Maybe you are no longer the target market for cell phone companies. At any rate, these things in the article are called prototypes, and they are absolutely necessary when you want compete in the market for gadgets that do more and more things every day. Nobody knows what kids will want tomorrow. But if you keep a fresh buffet of shiny new things for them to pick from, you are sure to keep their attention.
As for your complaints of the current phones on the market, "Phones that work. Phones that sound good. Phones that have decent battery life." From what I understand and have seen, nearly every phone in the store has those attributes. I myself have a brand new phone that I picked up about a month ago. It is a phone that you would not want. Two high resolution color displays, mp3 player with stereo speakers, 1 megapixel video / still camera.
"It works. " Check.
"It sounds good." Well, I have had no problem hearing people. I have taken it to a bowling alley, and people I talked to did not hear the ambient noise in the background. The speakerphone is also very clear and loud, and surprisingly lacks the echo that seems to be prevalent on most landline phones. I was impressed.
"It has a decent battery life." I use about 500 minutes a month. I have gone as long as 36 hours without plugging it in and making average amounts of calls throughout my two days. Also, I was testing the phone when I first got it. I watched a little over an hour's worth of video, listened to music for about an hour, and of course made some phone calls (didn't take note of how many) but in the end the battery was showing half full. Not exactly scientific, but batteries and power management are getting good across the board.
So, my recommendation is to buy the phone that you hate the least, and in a week you will be used to it. There you go.
Can somebody give me some insight into why people feel the need to immediately scream copyright violation and put and end to a cool thing like this? What possible reason or scenario could the subway be harmed in this situation? It just baffles my mind that someboy is getting paid to spend time to fight a fight that is so absolutely unneccesary.
This brings to mind a similar situation where the current owner of the old GI JOE cartoon series placed a cease and desist on an incredibly creative guy who redubbed / reedited some GI JOE PSAs and posted them on the Internet. I mean how in the world can this be destructive? Granted it is their right, but why is it a problem. Why spend the time and money protecting yourself (as that is what the law is for) from something that is completely docile and is of no worry?
I'm a bit miffed on the resolution of the device. The big bold text claims 720x480, while the specs say 320x480. I am going to guess that it's the latter, as 720 on a 3" screen would be a really expensive lcd.
I am curious how open the hardware is to the developers. Could one conceivably replace the dashboard (for lack of a better term) with a port of, say, Xbox Media Center? I would be hard pressed to find a better application for that software, besides Xbox of course.
I am picturing filling a 1gb card with a couple movies and music, and jumping on a 3 hour flight. I imagine games will also come in SD format.
Can anybody remember an art installation that was a similar idea? It involved a paintbrush with a CCD camera built in that would effectively paint any surface onto a digital screen. It also incorporated live video of the artist as a source of ink.
I know the artist was big into digital installations like this, however I don't think it was implemented as effectively as the MIT brush.
Actually as far as I know, the dialers out there don't modify existing dial up settings, but rather sit and wait for when a user's modem connection is not being used, and call these numbers and rack up the bills via a virus running in the background.
a jolly good idea because all the poor buggers like my brother (who got caught for 125gbp just the other day - bloody MS insecure ^&*&^%$) would find their net connection refused and realise that they're being done
Wow, my brother had the same exact thing happen too. When he called the phone company the 1st tier of customer service played dumb until he went up a tier and they had heard the story many times before. In short he didn't pay a dime. I wonder how many other people this happens to...
A higher sample rate is better. Think of it like a sound recording. Higher sample rates achieve a higher more detailed sound quality. A mouse is the same way. I am pretty sure most users can make tiny adjustments faster than 80hz once they are used to a mouse.
Try using a USB mouse and then a wireless mouse. There is a huge difference in how it feels. I never like the the wireless ones anyway, they are heavier and more cumbersome.
So far, I haven't seen this explained... What if you had two entangled particles, one on say, the Mars Rover and the other back at NASA. Why isn't it possible, to set up an instant line of serial based communication using a system of Changed or Not Changed. Changed being a '1' and !Changed being a '0' You sync the clocks on the rover and back at NASA, and just manipulate the particles at 9600bps! I'm going to attempt to answer my own question here and guess that the reason this form of communication is not possible, is because as soon as the particle's state is read, the state changes?
They don't care when people buy them. If they can have 10% of their buyers spend $20, and have the rest buy the movie two years later at $12, how would it be better for them to originally sell them all at $12? They would still have the same amount of sales, but their net profit will be lower. Large companies are not as dumb as you think they are. SCO not included:D
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I'm just curious -- What made you the ultimate authority on right and wrong, because that's a great position in life. Hey, is it wrong to fart in an elevator even when you are by yourself? I've had that question burning in my mind for awhile, and if you could answer that, I would be most appreciative.
My wife had bad asthma, so we put her down last spring.
Maybe you are no longer the target market for cell phone companies. At any rate, these things in the article are called prototypes, and they are absolutely necessary when you want compete in the market for gadgets that do more and more things every day. Nobody knows what kids will want tomorrow. But if you keep a fresh buffet of shiny new things for them to pick from, you are sure to keep their attention.
As for your complaints of the current phones on the market, "Phones that work. Phones that sound good. Phones that have decent battery life." From what I understand and have seen, nearly every phone in the store has those attributes. I myself have a brand new phone that I picked up about a month ago. It is a phone that you would not want. Two high resolution color displays, mp3 player with stereo speakers, 1 megapixel video / still camera.
"It works. " Check.
"It sounds good." Well, I have had no problem hearing people. I have taken it to a bowling alley, and people I talked to did not hear the ambient noise in the background. The speakerphone is also very clear and loud, and surprisingly lacks the echo that seems to be prevalent on most landline phones. I was impressed.
"It has a decent battery life." I use about 500 minutes a month. I have gone as long as 36 hours without plugging it in and making average amounts of calls throughout my two days. Also, I was testing the phone when I first got it. I watched a little over an hour's worth of video, listened to music for about an hour, and of course made some phone calls (didn't take note of how many) but in the end the battery was showing half full. Not exactly scientific, but batteries and power management are getting good across the board.
So, my recommendation is to buy the phone that you hate the least, and in a week you will be used to it. There you go.
Can somebody give me some insight into why people feel the need to immediately scream copyright violation and put and end to a cool thing like this? What possible reason or scenario could the subway be harmed in this situation? It just baffles my mind that someboy is getting paid to spend time to fight a fight that is so absolutely unneccesary.
This brings to mind a similar situation where the current owner of the old GI JOE cartoon series placed a cease and desist on an incredibly creative guy who redubbed / reedited some GI JOE PSAs and posted them on the Internet. I mean how in the world can this be destructive? Granted it is their right, but why is it a problem. Why spend the time and money protecting yourself (as that is what the law is for) from something that is completely docile and is of no worry?
I'm a bit miffed on the resolution of the device. The big bold text claims 720x480, while the specs say 320x480. I am going to guess that it's the latter, as 720 on a 3" screen would be a really expensive lcd.
I am curious how open the hardware is to the developers. Could one conceivably replace the dashboard (for lack of a better term) with a port of, say, Xbox Media Center? I would be hard pressed to find a better application for that software, besides Xbox of course.
I am picturing filling a 1gb card with a couple movies and music, and jumping on a 3 hour flight. I imagine games will also come in SD format.
With two processors and a screen as big as it is, how long will 2 AA's last I wonder?
I think it would be fantastic to see this take off, perhaps it could jumpstart open source games. (yeah yeah insert comment about Tuxracer)
Can anybody remember an art installation that was a similar idea? It involved a paintbrush with a CCD camera built in that would effectively paint any surface onto a digital screen. It also incorporated live video of the artist as a source of ink.
I know the artist was big into digital installations like this, however I don't think it was implemented as effectively as the MIT brush.
Is the JPEG rendering in Firefox running on Windows independent of any underlying MS library and is therefore not affected?
Furthermore... What about Opera? I did a quick scan of their forums and found nothing.
... yep, supposed to be a "here" in there somewhere.. ah damn
The patch for this one is already out. ... and is available :)
OK mods, now give me a +5 Informative for my hard work!
Pick your OS and download it here!
Of course here, is this place --> here
I knew that preview button was good for something
Pick your OS and download it here
:)
Also, if you have SP2 or uh, don't use MS software, you're fine
Pick your OS and download it here!
That is wrong, think of all the PC users out there that will click on every dialog box that pops up.>User: Yes I would like to see more porn!
Happens all the time...
Actually as far as I know, the dialers out there don't modify existing dial up settings, but rather sit and wait for when a user's modem connection is not being used, and call these numbers and rack up the bills via a virus running in the background.
:/
It sucks, talk to my brother
a jolly good idea because all the poor buggers like my brother (who got caught for 125gbp just the other day - bloody MS insecure ^&*&^%$) would find their net connection refused and realise that they're being done
Wow, my brother had the same exact thing happen too. When he called the phone company the 1st tier of customer service played dumb until he went up a tier and they had heard the story many times before. In short he didn't pay a dime. I wonder how many other people this happens to...
the extra "got" in his first sentence. Now everybody move along now.
A higher sample rate is better. Think of it like a sound recording. Higher sample rates achieve a higher more detailed sound quality. A mouse is the same way. I am pretty sure most users can make tiny adjustments faster than 80hz once they are used to a mouse.
Try using a USB mouse and then a wireless mouse. There is a huge difference in how it feels. I never like the the wireless ones anyway, they are heavier and more cumbersome.
So far, I haven't seen this explained... What if you had two entangled particles, one on say, the Mars Rover and the other back at NASA. Why isn't it possible, to set up an instant line of serial based communication using a system of Changed or Not Changed. Changed being a '1' and !Changed being a '0' You sync the clocks on the rover and back at NASA, and just manipulate the particles at 9600bps!
I'm going to attempt to answer my own question here and guess that the reason this form of communication is not possible, is because as soon as the particle's state is read, the state changes?
I feel you there, I have asdf@www.com and it is completely unusable. I keep paying for it just because it is such a unique address.
They don't care when people buy them. If they can have 10% of their buyers spend $20, and have the rest buy the movie two years later at $12, how would it be better for them to originally sell them all at $12? They would still have the same amount of sales, but their net profit will be lower. Large companies are not as dumb as you think they are. SCO not included :D
To add to the statistics; I have tried this method.... It did not work.
I don't have an answer to that, but that leads to another question - Who took the pictures with her in them?
Like cupcakes!