That rumour came from Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, so take it with a very large grain of salt. Perhaps a salt-lick, even.
I think it's a very interesting idea (great, even), but it would depend on what data network we're talking about, as most of them in the U.S. are pretty crappy when it comes to 3G. I'd also like to see what happens when you need to call 911 and you aren't near any WiFi access. Cell radio still in the handset for free 911 calls? That'd be a good solution, and quite possibly enough for me to bite.
You will get one million dollars, but someone you don't know will die... that or a staples employee will appear out of no where and say "That was easy!"
Can it be the Staples employee that dies? Cuz that's a deal I could live with. So to speak.
Wow, if Google starts eating its own dogfood, by taking the leap into the handset manufacturing business, then I'll most certainly be eating my own words.
Just because Google gives out some handsets to its employees, doesn't mean it's getting into the handset business. They may just be wanting a bigger inhouse testbed, which would be a great idea.
I liked the sound of Arrington's recent rumour about a WiFi/Skype-only mobile phone from them, though. That would be an interesting option to have, if you could _only_ pay the data fees.
Battery will probably be worse due to the stronger processor
Maybe not - the screen is an AMOLED, which should use less juice than the Droid's. Dunno if it's enough to make up for more juice for the CPU, so only time will tell.
This phone seems to be the HTC Passion, the CDMA version of which (the Bravo) is rumoured for Verizon in 1Q2010, so if you don't need the crappy keyboard of the Droid, and want a faster processor, better screen, and FM radio, that would be the one to wait for (assuming the rumours are true). Flash on the Bravo is rumoured to be dual LED, btw.
Oh right. I suspect feder thought about it in the same terms as me there. What he meant that it is a drive that does not seem to conserve momentum (I haven't read the article, but I take it it might actually conserve it).
However, a gyroscope conserves momentum, but it also does not impart any linear momentum on anything.
I was only commenting on the 'reactionless drive' being equated with the same class as a perpetual motion machine (i.e. a physical impossibility). The old high school physics demonstration of having someone sit on a swivel stool and hold the spinning bicycle wheel proves a reactionless drive is not a physical impossibility. Though, it IS rather slow.:)
> Using gyros to change attitude of spacecraft is reactionless >> It is not. The spacecraft is rotated one way, and as a reaction the gyro is rotated the other way.
Your definition of 'reactionless' is not the one I'm familiar with. What the gyro does in response is not the same 'reaction' as in 'reactionless drive'.
A reactionless drive or inertial propulsion engine (also reactionless thruster, reactionless engine, bootstrap drive, and inertia drive) is any form of propulsion not based around expulsion of fuel or reaction mass. (from Wikipedia)
There is no fuel, propellant or reaction mass in a gyro, thus it IS a 'reactionless drive'.
You seem to be confusing 'reactionless drive' with something else. Using gyros to change attitude of spacecraft is reactionless, and those have existed for a long time. If you have to put something into a system (like, say, electricity) to get something out (like, say, motive force), then that's not against the laws of physics, or even remotely technically difficult.
Practicality, however, is another matter, especially when it comes to using something like this to be the primary mover of a spacecraft.
The rest of their diet would come from low-protein foods like oil, sugar and low-calorie-density vegetables. It wouldn't be much fun, but it ought to be doable
The problem with this is that living that way isn't really living. But then again, vegetarianism/veganism IS its own punishment. Have you ever had vegan 'cheese'? *shudder* I'll enjoy my cheeses and chocolates and reboot into my next incarnation, thank you so very much. Reincarnation is the only way to enjoy the next generation's music, anyway.
> Even a sudden jump of 10 years to human lifespan would cause some social disruption. 20 years or more and the ground starts to shift under our social institutions.
>> Good. I hope it does. The elite would not be able to keep such a prize away from the masses. There's no reason everyone couldn't have it, and hoarding it would be so obviously unjust, and personally threatening to each and every one of us that there would be massive support for egalitarian change.
Yes, a much longer life spent at the poverty level, working to make the rich richer. It's called 'inevitability'.
dedicated e-readers with their crisp printlike displays
Bullshit. There ARE no such e-readers, unless the only print you've ever seen is darkish grey text on lightish grey paper. E-reader displays are NOWHERE NEAR 'printlike' yet. Ugh.
Are we really that politically correct now that even killing a pirate is wrong? Pirates. Not a down-trodden minority. Kill them. All of them. It's the right thing to do.
You pussy. Killing's too good for 'em! I say disable their vessel with a net, pelt them to death with golfballs, then take their boat with any booty they've already collected. Also, I hear Somalis make for good eatin'. Mmm mmm!
I thought you couldn't even install apps. Here they're installing the test suite, performing LZMA compressions, etc. Perhaps Chromium OS does more than we were led to believe it can do.
Doesn't Chrome OS have the same 'Native Code' support that Chrome has?
Don't read or write science fiction that that aims to change technology. Read or write science fiction that aims to change the way society looks at or uses technology.
Either that, or something that is simply a good read.
Damn, I remember you on gonzo. I was joe@wolfe.net and my wife-to-be was tiff@wolfe.net. Irving Wolfe let me host/. images for no charge. I was the modem and T-1 guy there for about two years. I worked in the Westin for almost 7 years. Those were great days. Some friends and I talked Irving into starting wolfe.net when connected.com died, leaving Irving without his UUCP account.
I can't believe you remember me from that far back! Even the server name. That's really kind of scary.:)
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That rumour came from Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, so take it with a very large grain of salt. Perhaps a salt-lick, even.
I think it's a very interesting idea (great, even), but it would depend on what data network we're talking about, as most of them in the U.S. are pretty crappy when it comes to 3G. I'd also like to see what happens when you need to call 911 and you aren't near any WiFi access. Cell radio still in the handset for free 911 calls? That'd be a good solution, and quite possibly enough for me to bite.
You will get one million dollars, but someone you don't know will die... that or a staples employee will appear out of no where and say "That was easy!"
Can it be the Staples employee that dies? Cuz that's a deal I could live with. So to speak.
Wow, if Google starts eating its own dogfood, by taking the leap into the handset manufacturing business, then I'll most certainly be eating my own words.
Just because Google gives out some handsets to its employees, doesn't mean it's getting into the handset business. They may just be wanting a bigger inhouse testbed, which would be a great idea.
I liked the sound of Arrington's recent rumour about a WiFi/Skype-only mobile phone from them, though. That would be an interesting option to have, if you could _only_ pay the data fees.
Battery will probably be worse due to the stronger processor
Maybe not - the screen is an AMOLED, which should use less juice than the Droid's. Dunno if it's enough to make up for more juice for the CPU, so only time will tell.
This phone seems to be the HTC Passion, the CDMA version of which (the Bravo) is rumoured for Verizon in 1Q2010, so if you don't need the crappy keyboard of the Droid, and want a faster processor, better screen, and FM radio, that would be the one to wait for (assuming the rumours are true). Flash on the Bravo is rumoured to be dual LED, btw.
Oh right. I suspect feder thought about it in the same terms as me there. What he meant that it is a drive that does not seem to conserve momentum (I haven't read the article, but I take it it might actually conserve it).
However, a gyroscope conserves momentum, but it also does not impart any linear momentum on anything.
I was only commenting on the 'reactionless drive' being equated with the same class as a perpetual motion machine (i.e. a physical impossibility). The old high school physics demonstration of having someone sit on a swivel stool and hold the spinning bicycle wheel proves a reactionless drive is not a physical impossibility. Though, it IS rather slow. :)
> Using gyros to change attitude of spacecraft is reactionless
>> It is not. The spacecraft is rotated one way, and as a reaction the gyro is rotated the other way.
Your definition of 'reactionless' is not the one I'm familiar with. What the gyro does in response is not the same 'reaction' as in 'reactionless drive'.
A reactionless drive or inertial propulsion engine (also reactionless thruster, reactionless engine, bootstrap drive, and inertia drive) is any form of propulsion not based around expulsion of fuel or reaction mass. (from Wikipedia)
There is no fuel, propellant or reaction mass in a gyro, thus it IS a 'reactionless drive'.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REACTIONLESS DRIVE.
You seem to be confusing 'reactionless drive' with something else. Using gyros to change attitude of spacecraft is reactionless, and those have existed for a long time. If you have to put something into a system (like, say, electricity) to get something out (like, say, motive force), then that's not against the laws of physics, or even remotely technically difficult.
Practicality, however, is another matter, especially when it comes to using something like this to be the primary mover of a spacecraft.
The rest of their diet would come from low-protein foods like oil, sugar and low-calorie-density vegetables. It wouldn't be much fun, but it ought to be doable
The problem with this is that living that way isn't really living. But then again, vegetarianism/veganism IS its own punishment. Have you ever had vegan 'cheese'? *shudder* I'll enjoy my cheeses and chocolates and reboot into my next incarnation, thank you so very much. Reincarnation is the only way to enjoy the next generation's music, anyway.
> Even a sudden jump of 10 years to human lifespan would cause some social disruption. 20 years or more and the ground starts to shift under our social institutions.
>> Good. I hope it does. The elite would not be able to keep such a prize away from the masses. There's no reason everyone couldn't have it, and hoarding it would be so obviously unjust, and personally threatening to each and every one of us that there would be massive support for egalitarian change.
Yes, a much longer life spent at the poverty level, working to make the rich richer. It's called 'inevitability'.
I mean, we wouldn't want "those people" to have longer lives, which means they become more numerous, am I right?
Damned straight - this should never be made available to people who think Fox 'News' is news.
dedicated e-readers with their crisp printlike displays
Bullshit. There ARE no such e-readers, unless the only print you've ever seen is darkish grey text on lightish grey paper. E-reader displays are NOWHERE NEAR 'printlike' yet. Ugh.
I was going through the timeline and at 1830 it shows a big white dot with a pop-up "Spanish Inquisition Ends".
I never saw that coming.
I think the beginning was the bigger suprise than the ending. Kind of like the opposite of an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
What, they were assholes all along?!
If meat is outlawed, only outlaws will have meat!
Meat doesn't kill people, people kill animals to get meat.
They can have my meat when they pry it from my cold, dead (greasy) sausage-like fingers.
Artificial meat is artificial murder!
I theorize we can make an artificial wormhole by making pork rinds out of artificial meat. Either that or dark matter.
Are we really that politically correct now that even killing a pirate is wrong?
Pirates. Not a down-trodden minority.
Kill them. All of them.
It's the right thing to do.
You pussy. Killing's too good for 'em! I say disable their vessel with a net, pelt them to death with golfballs, then take their boat with any booty they've already collected. Also, I hear Somalis make for good eatin'. Mmm mmm!
My Farmville will be much more efficient!
Not exactly sure what this will do to my vampire clan, though. Hmm...more energy?
Apple just likes the word because it begins with an i.
I expect they'll change their name to iPple as soon as they realize they need to, to outrun their bad reputation with app developers.
Alas, poor MiniNova, I knew him well...
Oh well, that's life in the big city. *shrug*
Watch out for 'varlets'. They're everwhere, I hear.
...and don't ask whether or not we have 'internet kiosks'. It's not the bloody Middle Ages here.
If you still have 'internet kiosks', that's the Internet equivalent of the Middle Ages. We in the modern era call it '3G'. Wireless. Look into it. :)
I thought you couldn't even install apps. Here they're installing the test suite, performing LZMA compressions, etc. Perhaps Chromium OS does more than we were led to believe it can do.
Doesn't Chrome OS have the same 'Native Code' support that Chrome has?
Funny, I thought Linux was a Kernel.
Since we're being pedantic and all.
Pedantic-Man(tm) says you should not have capitalized the word 'kernel'. Just sayin'.
I don't see why they don't put data chips in the original Heinz ketchup bottles.. Nothing ever comes out of those.
Yeah, until someone writes a virus that hits it on the secret spot - the '57' on the side.
Don't read or write science fiction that that aims to change technology. Read or write science fiction that aims to change the way society looks at or uses technology.
Either that, or something that is simply a good read.
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Wow - I didn't know they needed an entire framework just to support NOBR and WBR. Weird.
Honestly, Slashdot, if you can't handle HTML tags in story titles, how about you take all of 1 minute to add the code that strips it out? Sheesh.
Damn, I remember you on gonzo. I was joe@wolfe.net and my wife-to-be was tiff@wolfe.net. Irving Wolfe let me host /. images for no charge. I was the modem and T-1 guy there for about two years. I worked in the Westin for almost 7 years. Those were great days. Some friends and I talked Irving into starting wolfe.net when connected.com died, leaving Irving without his UUCP account.
I can't believe you remember me from that far back! Even the server name. That's really kind of scary. :)