hose in the "social justice" crowed are just naturally deranged, and voluntarily engage in the behavior that they do without requiring any sort of financial compensation or incentive.
It was more for the benefit of others who are all in on the whole VR thing. Maybe great minds think alike:-) I can see practical uses - especially in teaching medicine - but for the general public, it will probably be a niche thing, same as (trigger warning - I'm about to speak heresy now) how video gaming or going to the movies are things that are more attractive to certain groups than others. And how others cannot seem to put their phones down even while eating with others, but other people don't have that problem.
Besides, maybe I AM like a broken clock... why should I deprive myself (and others) of the fun of poking fun at myself?
Now, I get what you're saying about not being able to pull up all the info about something that catches your interest at the time; I think that's a very common experience because many tech people got to be tech people because are super-curious by nature. Now, I just tend to file those questions in the back of my mind to check out at a time when I've not much else to do - and if I forget to do so, then it probably wasn't that important, and will just pop up one day as a random "let me check that out now." I've been taught how to live more "in the moment" as part of my PTSD therapy, and it's a new experience (though I still spend much of my dog walks thinking about all sorts of stuff - but nowhere near all of it anymore). Sometimes I just look at them and enjoy their presence, and the surroundings, and the opportunity and ability to just take it all in and appreciate it for what it is without overthinking it. (the meds probably help reduce the anxiety that is part of why people over-think things). Or most likely (according to a couple of my sisters) I'm just nuts... but I'm finding it much easier to accept, for example, people who reject what I am, and empathize with the predicament they're in - I doubt anyone would choose to be the way they are, same as I didn't choose to be they way I am. I have no right to ask that they change unless they are intentionally trying to harm me. And now we're getting pretty darned far off-topic, but it's always interesting. Happy new year and all the best. TTYL.
So how's that whole 3D TV thing working out for you? I don't know anyone who has one who uses the 3D feature. And those minority-report-like displays? Still useless except for glamming up TV shows. And then there's the fiasco of Ruby - a "hot", then "not" language which many of us said was garbage from the get-go.
Maybe we're like broken clocks, gotta be right at least twice a day, but the only "every day" use I can see for this is military/police being given a virtual view of what's in front of them instead of having to depend on IR goggles. Would sure make piloting at low level at night a bit easier.
That's because they feel they need to walk around with their open-carry guns (Texas allows it as of the 1st) to feel safe when they go to the store, or just walking around... because you never know when you might run into another gun nut.
Honestly, people in general are panicky dangerous animals.
Most people would sell their neighbor to the FBI as terrorists if they though they could get money from it.
It's not even a trade-off. It's diverting resources that could have been better used on those who there exists probable cause. So you're trading liberty for LESS security, not more.
Sure, there's a balance between freedom and safety. The more freedom, the more safety because this forces the government to do its job properly and do proper investigations based on probable cause instead of wasting resources trying to follow everyone around.
It's definitely not a zero-sum game - it's a waste of taxpayer money that diverts resources that could be used to grow the economy in more productive ways, benefiting a select group of industries whose products we do not even want.
The problem is that government has extended their "legal, judicial, and intelligence processes" way beyond what would be allowable with proper judicial oversight. "Investigating" everyone is a huge over-reach of the government's mandate. Instead of mass surveillance, the funds should be better directed to actual investigations. Of course, that requires spending on people, not machines, and the corporations that provide those machines and the associated services would not like that.
If the government wants to watch me 24/7, go for it. Not only will you not find anything noteworthy, but there will be that much less resources devoted to monitoring real threats. You can't replace a team of 30 agents watching a known suspect 24/7 with mass monitoring of everyone's communications with no cause, never mind probable cause.
Just another symptom of how the US is now an oligarchy for the benefit of the rich and powerful, and screw the "one person, one vote" and "rule of law" crowd.
The old KGB would have loved to be able to do this sort of crap.
"Social VR platforms"? Are you kidding me? The whole idea behind social platforms is to actually avoid more realistic contact with others. You get to filter out everything you don't want others to see - like that you're sitting around in your pjs pigging out on ice cream while pretending that life is great and the diet is working out fine, you look like crap today because you have a "man-cold" and haven't showered all week, and you'll take 100 selfies so you can find the best (or least worst) one to post.
"still offering plenty of 3D movies"... not so much any more. 3d movies have come and gone for more than half a century, and they're still not all that mainstream.
Product lookup? Just ask your phone and it will speak the answer. Mapping? Not much - most people just want directions. No need to look like a dork with either of those.
You cannot try on a pair of shoes just using a VR headset to feel how they fit" Same with shirt collars (maybe too tight?), bras (shoulder straps cutting in, uncomfortable underwiring), underwear (chafing?), bathing suits (both sexes), etc. Fashion is about looks, clothing is about feel.
We already have so many ways to do group meetings at a distance in real time - phone, chat, skype - and none of these require you to look like a dork.
if you've ever worked as a receptionist, you'll quickly learn that bosses will lie
If you've ever worked as a receptionist, you'll learn that a low-cut slightly sheer blouse and a coy smile will get you everything you want. I'm sure that Nadine can be programmed to, uh, perform.
Sadly, advances in technology over the years has not brought us better bosses.
Never had a female boss, have you? Especially when she walks in and you see she's wearing pretty much the same outfit as you... though adding a short skirt does wonders when dealing with male sales reps, customers, and employees.
Your solution is sub-optimal. A perfectly flat world, with strips of water pre-allocated when you're in design mode and water pumps placed between the strips, will give you enough water for everyone. As the world expands, go from coal (bunch the plants in one unused corner) to nuclear to fusion. Skip oil, gas, and solar. The first are too expensive per unit of power, and the third covers too much space.
This will allow you cover the whole world, and eventually place arcologies like crazy. After a few of the lower-value arcologies, concentrate on launch arcologies. The simulator can only calculate 150 different "mini-sim areas", so once you pass that, arcologies immediately fill up to maximum capacity. Soon you will see "The exodus haw begun", and you will have won the game.
With proper pre-planning, you should be able to do this in one marathon 24-hour session. Enjoy. (For those under linux, run the dos version in dosbox).
There's just one little problem - if you've ever worked as a receptionist, you'll quickly learn that bosses will lie and say it was YOU who forgot to tell them something. Can't do that with a robot with perfect recall.
And if work is just not available? It happens. Also, I've been living alone for almost 30 years, because I didn't want the hassles of a roommate sharing my "space." This year I found out just how stupid I was - I rented out my spare bedroom twice this year for 4 months at a time to two different guys, and it as good to have company around.
The last one left 2 weeks ago, and I just finished showing the place to a woman via skype, we talked, she's moving in early in the new year. I'm looking forward to it.
A "random roommate" is probably the best way to choose - a friend could put a real strain on a friendship. And it's not like you can't pick and choose through the people, and vice versa. Plus, adjusting to the vagarities of a new roommate will keep your brain from ossifying (and since you mentioned getting older, that's a big concern).
Just what the world needs - MOAR SELFSLEEZE Hopefully this will be the last of the stupid ideas we'll hear about this year. Maybe their first innovation of next year will also be something else they think the world needs - better cat pictures! In 3D! And MICROSOFT EDGE browser integration. That reports everything back to the mother ship because CLOUD!
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hose in the "social justice" crowed are just naturally deranged, and voluntarily engage in the behavior that they do without requiring any sort of financial compensation or incentive.
You left out the ones milking it for money ... :-(
It was more for the benefit of others who are all in on the whole VR thing. Maybe great minds think alike :-) I can see practical uses - especially in teaching medicine - but for the general public, it will probably be a niche thing, same as (trigger warning - I'm about to speak heresy now) how video gaming or going to the movies are things that are more attractive to certain groups than others. And how others cannot seem to put their phones down even while eating with others, but other people don't have that problem.
Besides, maybe I AM like a broken clock ... why should I deprive myself (and others) of the fun of poking fun at myself?
Now, I get what you're saying about not being able to pull up all the info about something that catches your interest at the time; I think that's a very common experience because many tech people got to be tech people because are super-curious by nature. Now, I just tend to file those questions in the back of my mind to check out at a time when I've not much else to do - and if I forget to do so, then it probably wasn't that important, and will just pop up one day as a random "let me check that out now." I've been taught how to live more "in the moment" as part of my PTSD therapy, and it's a new experience (though I still spend much of my dog walks thinking about all sorts of stuff - but nowhere near all of it anymore). Sometimes I just look at them and enjoy their presence, and the surroundings, and the opportunity and ability to just take it all in and appreciate it for what it is without overthinking it. (the meds probably help reduce the anxiety that is part of why people over-think things). Or most likely (according to a couple of my sisters) I'm just nuts ... but I'm finding it much easier to accept, for example, people who reject what I am, and empathize with the predicament they're in - I doubt anyone would choose to be the way they are, same as I didn't choose to be they way I am. I have no right to ask that they change unless they are intentionally trying to harm me. And now we're getting pretty darned far off-topic, but it's always interesting. Happy new year and all the best. TTYL.
So how's that whole 3D TV thing working out for you? I don't know anyone who has one who uses the 3D feature. And those minority-report-like displays? Still useless except for glamming up TV shows. And then there's the fiasco of Ruby - a "hot", then "not" language which many of us said was garbage from the get-go.
Maybe we're like broken clocks, gotta be right at least twice a day, but the only "every day" use I can see for this is military/police being given a virtual view of what's in front of them instead of having to depend on IR goggles. Would sure make piloting at low level at night a bit easier.
That's because they feel they need to walk around with their open-carry guns (Texas allows it as of the 1st) to feel safe when they go to the store, or just walking around ... because you never know when you might run into another gun nut.
Honestly, people in general are panicky dangerous animals. Most people would sell their neighbor to the FBI as terrorists if they though they could get money from it.
So what we need is
1. MOAR NEIGHBORS
2. PROFIT!
It's not even a trade-off. It's diverting resources that could have been better used on those who there exists probable cause. So you're trading liberty for LESS security, not more.
Sure, there's a balance between freedom and safety. The more freedom, the more safety because this forces the government to do its job properly and do proper investigations based on probable cause instead of wasting resources trying to follow everyone around.
It's definitely not a zero-sum game - it's a waste of taxpayer money that diverts resources that could be used to grow the economy in more productive ways, benefiting a select group of industries whose products we do not even want.
The problem is that government has extended their "legal, judicial, and intelligence processes" way beyond what would be allowable with proper judicial oversight. "Investigating" everyone is a huge over-reach of the government's mandate. Instead of mass surveillance, the funds should be better directed to actual investigations. Of course, that requires spending on people, not machines, and the corporations that provide those machines and the associated services would not like that.
If the government wants to watch me 24/7, go for it. Not only will you not find anything noteworthy, but there will be that much less resources devoted to monitoring real threats. You can't replace a team of 30 agents watching a known suspect 24/7 with mass monitoring of everyone's communications with no cause, never mind probable cause.
Just another symptom of how the US is now an oligarchy for the benefit of the rich and powerful, and screw the "one person, one vote" and "rule of law" crowd.
The old KGB would have loved to be able to do this sort of crap.
Of the 12 movies showing at the Imax 2 km away, only 3 are 3D, and one of them is also showing in regular 2d as well.
Isn't posting speculation about VR kind of second level VR and therefore redundant?
It's only second level virtual reality if you're raving about it. If you're saying how dorky it is, it's just plain old reality :-)
"Social VR platforms"? Are you kidding me? The whole idea behind social platforms is to actually avoid more realistic contact with others. You get to filter out everything you don't want others to see - like that you're sitting around in your pjs pigging out on ice cream while pretending that life is great and the diet is working out fine, you look like crap today because you have a "man-cold" and haven't showered all week, and you'll take 100 selfies so you can find the best (or least worst) one to post.
"still offering plenty of 3D movies" ... not so much any more. 3d movies have come and gone for more than half a century, and they're still not all that mainstream.
They couldn't even make 3D TVs, which have high refresh rates, no latency issues, and no head tracking, acceptable to the public.
Product lookup? Just ask your phone and it will speak the answer. Mapping? Not much - most people just want directions. No need to look like a dork with either of those.
Or the people who got suckered into buying the last big fad and are still in denial - 3D TVs.
You cannot try on a pair of shoes just using a VR headset to feel how they fit" Same with shirt collars (maybe too tight?), bras (shoulder straps cutting in, uncomfortable underwiring), underwear (chafing?), bathing suits (both sexes), etc. Fashion is about looks, clothing is about feel.
We already have so many ways to do group meetings at a distance in real time - phone, chat, skype - and none of these require you to look like a dork.
VR tech for rule 34 is being obsoleted by sexbots. Why settle for video images when you can defy Mr. Whipple and squeeze the Charmin.
if you've ever worked as a receptionist, you'll quickly learn that bosses will lie
If you've ever worked as a receptionist, you'll learn that a low-cut slightly sheer blouse and a coy smile will get you everything you want. I'm sure that Nadine can be programmed to, uh, perform.
Sadly, advances in technology over the years has not brought us better bosses.
Never had a female boss, have you? Especially when she walks in and you see she's wearing pretty much the same outfit as you ... though adding a short skirt does wonders when dealing with male sales reps, customers, and employees.
Try it. It takes a LOT of play just to suss out the underlying mechanisms. And experimenting with different layout. And graph paper.
This will allow you cover the whole world, and eventually place arcologies like crazy. After a few of the lower-value arcologies, concentrate on launch arcologies. The simulator can only calculate 150 different "mini-sim areas", so once you pass that, arcologies immediately fill up to maximum capacity. Soon you will see "The exodus haw begun", and you will have won the game.
With proper pre-planning, you should be able to do this in one marathon 24-hour session. Enjoy. (For those under linux, run the dos version in dosbox).
There's just one little problem - if you've ever worked as a receptionist, you'll quickly learn that bosses will lie and say it was YOU who forgot to tell them something. Can't do that with a robot with perfect recall.
And if work is just not available? It happens. Also, I've been living alone for almost 30 years, because I didn't want the hassles of a roommate sharing my "space." This year I found out just how stupid I was - I rented out my spare bedroom twice this year for 4 months at a time to two different guys, and it as good to have company around.
The last one left 2 weeks ago, and I just finished showing the place to a woman via skype, we talked, she's moving in early in the new year. I'm looking forward to it.
A "random roommate" is probably the best way to choose - a friend could put a real strain on a friendship. And it's not like you can't pick and choose through the people, and vice versa. Plus, adjusting to the vagarities of a new roommate will keep your brain from ossifying (and since you mentioned getting older, that's a big concern).
Just what the world needs - MOAR SELFSLEEZE Hopefully this will be the last of the stupid ideas we'll hear about this year. Maybe their first innovation of next year will also be something else they think the world needs - better cat pictures! In 3D! And MICROSOFT EDGE browser integration. That reports everything back to the mother ship because CLOUD!
You can get the same company and for a lot longer by going to the library and joining one of their activities.
No, he thought they WERE deleted, and I said slashdot doesn't do that. Easy enough if you look up-thread.