A friend involved with the project pointed out that this is more complicated than it sounds, and I'm sure he's right, but it would be fun one day to be able to take a photo, tag it with coordinates, and at least have it stuffed in an online pigeonhole for later linking to a spot on OSM-based maps. Click on a map, have it show the nearest-tagged photo... in some places, the nearest tagged photo might be many miles away, making it a sort of challenge to split the gap by taking another photo between the distant points.
I am actually astounded by the advances shown, even the ones that raise some red flags; just that they're being shown here means they have some pretty big upsides in the view of Google the company. You're seeing a (slightly) cleaned up stream-of-consciousness view from the floor, including a few off-the-cuff thoughts, but I don't think the upshot is negativity (sure isn't, in my head). That's really the nature of the site, though; watching the stream by itself gets you the unvarnished / un-commented version, of course...
No! In fact, have never heard of it until your comment. See that I just missed it. We really need a reader-facing, reader-populated events calendar for just such things. Lots of cool regional events...
Really, we should (and hopefully you'll see this actually happen -- it's been a long stretch of nagging so far;)) have far more interesting events announced like this. In the case of this one, though, I have to point out I only found out about it myself a few days beforehand, and wasn't sure what to expect.
If you have any thoughts about exactly *how* you'd like to see interesting events mentioned (A calendar link? on the Slashdot twitter feed? etc) and what sort of events you'd want to be shown, I would like to use them to inform my own ongoing brainstorm on this.
I don't know from your comment whether you're in Texas, but on May 5th, there's a mini Maker Faire in Austin;)
They might need to run more shifts on the Old Bay conveyor belt.
I would like (quite seriously, not black humor) to know whether these larger crabs taste as good as the smaller ones. Bigger crabs would mean more crab meat volume compared to the work of shelling them. The shelling is fun, but it's also tedious and can be hard on the fingers. And the best thing about a cut incurred at a Maryland style crab feast is the way that particles of pepper, celery salt, paprika, etc, are embedded in the wound.
And I always used to say that George Carlin stopped being funny sometime in the '80s;) You've proved me wrong.
Note: I just got back from the Texas state surplus store; among the items they carry are all sorts of things seized by airport security. Good place to get a leatherman or a nice Gerber knife, cheap;) (Or a snow globe with a miniature Alamo inside, tiny baseball bats, etc.)
Sorry that the sound sucked, even though Roblimo did his best to rescue it. You're right. This was a human error -- mine. Actually, a series of them, but "mine" still applies.
End of the day, of the last day at SXSW, didn't expect to even get to the Digital Bolex booth. As it turns out, I did get there, but didn't have my handheld mic. Stupid. The D.B. folks very graciously tried to help; believe it or not, she's talking into a lav mic, she's just got a very quiet voice, probably after talking to too many people in too short a time. And he's trying to speak loudly enough into the shotgun mic on top of the camera.
I ended up borrowing a better wireless mic shortly thereafter, and then buying one (factory refurb, yay!) for myself when I saw what a difference it made. I also finally replaced a cable on a set of better-isolating headphones. Various things I should have done better; hopefully, you'll see continuing improvement.
When I was a student at UT, it was all film and music, and (since it's at the university's spring break anyhow) always meant a time for me to get out of Dodge/Austin to avoid crowds / parking problems / traffic jams, etc. It really has ballooned, and the Multimedia (bah! bad word!) part I keep hearing is still the fastest growing.
I still don't care much for loud / dark / drunken nightlife stuff, the crowds, the traffic jams, but it is great to see a lot of interesting ideas on display.
It's not that cross-platform-ness that I'm thinking of when it comes to stability, but the new OpenShot library; greater stability is one of the key things that it's supposed to be bring. (That library would be in all three versions, though...)
More users might mean more developers, too, since the source is open, and that might lead to stability fixes in itself.
The new library is probably the most important thing, and that will be found in all three.
I think of having a cross-platform release as good advertising for the Linux verson; if the same software and files work on Linux as on Windows, the user is slightly less likely to be "stuck on Windows." (Or on OS X. With OS X, my fantasy is that the presence of iMovie will be a spur for keeping the interface friendly;))
Unlabeled ad? Nope. That is an interesting conspiracy theory, but not reality:) They want to make money from it, certainly, but you misunderstand.
It's just an interesting product that I hadn't seen before -- Linux-based, cheap 3D modeling! -- that was on display in the maker-oriented sub-show called SXSW Create, across the way from the Board Forge project. (Also on Kickstarter, and which also wants to raise money; thinking about it that way, *these companies* are advertising simply by having a presence at a trade show, but we're showing them because they're making cool tech. If they want to buy advertising that appears on the site, they're free to -- we are an ad-supported site, after all -- but the editorial side doesn't handle that, nor do we select or approve the ads that run.)
Slashdot Mirror
There is, though! There are even ads for some of them right in the same section of the paper (of course ;)).
It's sad when people are badly injured, but many of the accidents described are related in funny police-blotter way.
So they're using open source software in the executive suite -- hurrah! ;)
Oh, eye scans? Phew -- eyes are a solved problem ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSQdEkcm6zs
I will sell anyone who'd like a space blanket and a sombrero. I will sign them in Sharpie for just a small surcharge.
A friend involved with the project pointed out that this is more complicated than it sounds, and I'm sure he's right, but it would be fun one day to be able to take a photo, tag it with coordinates, and at least have it stuffed in an online pigeonhole for later linking to a spot on OSM-based maps. Click on a map, have it show the nearest-tagged photo ... in some places, the nearest tagged photo might be many miles away, making it a sort of challenge to split the gap by taking another photo between the distant points.
"It seems like anything is new and worthy of patenting if it's on a computer, on the internet or on an Apple :-("
Or "in space."
You're right.
Corrected now; that was a slip-up, should have caught it in the original submission.
timothy
Corrected now; that was a slip-up, should have caught it in the original submission.
timothy
Sorry, that's England. This story's about Germany. Also, pub glass :) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10083843/Scottish-outrage-at-nanny-state-plan-to-ban-pint-glass-in-Highlands-pubs.html
timothy
Not necessarily; he *could* be arguing in his spare time.
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(b'dum, psshh.)
I am actually astounded by the advances shown, even the ones that raise some red flags; just that they're being shown here means they have some pretty big upsides in the view of Google the company. You're seeing a (slightly) cleaned up stream-of-consciousness view from the floor, including a few off-the-cuff thoughts, but I don't think the upshot is negativity (sure isn't, in my head). That's really the nature of the site, though; watching the stream by itself gets you the unvarnished / un-commented version, of course ...
If you go back far enough, you'll find that you are related to Charlemagne, or Ghandi.
Which one?
WHICH ONE?!
No! In fact, have never heard of it until your comment. See that I just missed it. We really need a reader-facing, reader-populated events calendar for just such things. Lots of cool regional events ...
timothy
You're right.
Really, we should (and hopefully you'll see this actually happen -- it's been a long stretch of nagging so far ;)) have far more interesting events announced like this. In the case of this one, though, I have to point out I only found out about it myself a few days beforehand, and wasn't sure what to expect.
If you have any thoughts about exactly *how* you'd like to see interesting events mentioned (A calendar link? on the Slashdot twitter feed? etc) and what sort of events you'd want to be shown, I would like to use them to inform my own ongoing brainstorm on this.
I don't know from your comment whether you're in Texas, but on May 5th, there's a mini Maker Faire in Austin ;)
Cheers,
timothy
They might need to run more shifts on the Old Bay conveyor belt.
I would like (quite seriously, not black humor) to know whether these larger crabs taste as good as the smaller ones. Bigger crabs would mean more crab meat volume compared to the work of shelling them. The shelling is fun, but it's also tedious and can be hard on the fingers. And the best thing about a cut incurred at a Maryland style crab feast is the way that particles of pepper, celery salt, paprika, etc, are embedded in the wound.
timothy
And I always used to say that George Carlin stopped being funny sometime in the '80s ;) You've proved me wrong.
Note: I just got back from the Texas state surplus store; among the items they carry are all sorts of things seized by airport security. Good place to get a leatherman or a nice Gerber knife, cheap ;) (Or a snow globe with a miniature Alamo inside, tiny baseball bats, etc.)
Sorry that the sound sucked, even though Roblimo did his best to rescue it. You're right. This was a human error -- mine. Actually, a series of them, but "mine" still applies.
End of the day, of the last day at SXSW, didn't expect to even get to the Digital Bolex booth. As it turns out, I did get there, but didn't have my handheld mic. Stupid. The D.B. folks very graciously tried to help; believe it or not, she's talking into a lav mic, she's just got a very quiet voice, probably after talking to too many people in too short a time. And he's trying to speak loudly enough into the shotgun mic on top of the camera.
I ended up borrowing a better wireless mic shortly thereafter, and then buying one (factory refurb, yay!) for myself when I saw what a difference it made. I also finally replaced a cable on a set of better-isolating headphones. Various things I should have done better; hopefully, you'll see continuing improvement.
timothy
"That the person in question is joking is not a suspicion; it is a confirmed fact -"
Joking, or a plain curious question. Like asking the police swarming one's neighborhood what they're looking for.
That's just what they *want* you to think!
(I have not yet printed, but keep contemplating, some nice TSA shirts that say, for instance "ASK HOW YOU CAN GET *YOUR* FREE MASSAGE!")
timothy
"sxsw has ballooned ridiculously.
however this looks cool."
When I was a student at UT, it was all film and music, and (since it's at the university's spring break anyhow) always meant a time for me to get out of Dodge/Austin to avoid crowds / parking problems / traffic jams, etc. It really has ballooned, and the Multimedia (bah! bad word!) part I keep hearing is still the fastest growing.
I still don't care much for loud / dark / drunken nightlife stuff, the crowds, the traffic jams, but it is great to see a lot of interesting ideas on display.
It's not that cross-platform-ness that I'm thinking of when it comes to stability, but the new OpenShot library; greater stability is one of the key things that it's supposed to be bring. (That library would be in all three versions, though ...)
More users might mean more developers, too, since the source is open, and that might lead to stability fixes in itself.
timothy
The new library is probably the most important thing, and that will be found in all three.
I think of having a cross-platform release as good advertising for the Linux verson; if the same software and files work on Linux as on Windows, the user is slightly less likely to be "stuck on Windows." (Or on OS X. With OS X, my fantasy is that the presence of iMovie will be a spur for keeping the interface friendly ;))
timothy
Unlabeled ad? Nope. That is an interesting conspiracy theory, but not reality :) They want to make money from it, certainly, but you misunderstand.
It's just an interesting product that I hadn't seen before -- Linux-based, cheap 3D modeling! -- that was on display in the maker-oriented sub-show called SXSW Create, across the way from the Board Forge project. (Also on Kickstarter, and which also wants to raise money; thinking about it that way, *these companies* are advertising simply by having a presence at a trade show, but we're showing them because they're making cool tech. If they want to buy advertising that appears on the site, they're free to -- we are an ad-supported site, after all -- but the editorial side doesn't handle that, nor do we select or approve the ads that run.)
timothy
I-10 finally re-opened, but I didn't get as far as I'd hoped today -- Ft. Stockton rather than El Paso.
Google will not prevent you from finding what you seek ;)
Thanks -- you're right, I.