But maybe something like traffic.com would be more efficient?
I think that it would be cool to have an LCD screen in the car with realtime information from something like traffic.com beamed in realtime.
Maybe piggyback on a Sirius satellite stream or something neat like that?;)
Traffic in Japan can be a nightmare. when I lived there, I remember seeing LED billboard type signs above the highway with colors indicating the traffic patterns ahead. Actually, I'm surprised that they haven't done the "get realtime data to your car via satellite" thing yet. Traffic & weather would be useful to have. At the very least, it's something to look at when you're stuck in traffic.
No problem at all. Be an attention whore all you want. My point was that I don't think it's worthy of "Person of the Year." I just get mad when it turns into Googleclutter.
"Among the 22 expressions on the "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness" are "blog," "sale event," "body wash" and "zero percent APR financing.""
yeah, they pretty much are - one of the first quotes is from Dylan, the 11 year old girl with her videoblog.
They gave some props to commercial blogs, but for the most part it looked like they were talking about Joe Bob Blog instead of the corporate (ie wonkette.com) blogs.
And that's *EXACTLY* what is wrong with it. Also, Google has been re-working pagewank to *not* include so many blogs.
"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Dell+Best+ Bu y+ad" is an example. Most of the top results are blogs talking about a News.com article. Most of them link to an image on the LA Times website that is no longer there.
Now is that useful? No, it's not. it's GoogleClutter.
"But for Verdi, it is the simple pleasure of knowing that someone is listening that makes blogging worthwhile.
"On my blog it allows people to post comments, and I have gotten comment upon comment upon comment," she said. "It makes me feel really good that somebody else cares about what I have to say." "
That pretty much sums it up - blogging for a feeling of self importance. Blogging turns people into serious attention whores. People start getting upset when nobody comments on their blog.
No wonder we're now seeing t-shirts that say "Go cry about it in your Livejournal."
"Dylan Verdi, an 11-year-old known as the world's youngest videoblogger, says she covers "things that I've seen that I like or that I've heard of, or just anything that happened to me that day that I'm thinking.""
"videoblogger?" great, another buzzword. I wonder what her "videoblog" is about - what 11 year old girls really like? Oh brother, that oughta be a hoot.
A chick named "Dylan?" Now that's a new one!
But *that* is something that Time considered worthy of "People of the Year?" An 11 year old with a video camera talking about what she likes? (they failed to link to the blog, though)
There are so many other people that are far more deserving of the title than effin *Bloggers* - blah.
Soldiers, scientists, and other people that are providing services to humanity are probably shaking their heads at this, but meanwhile a thousand camgirl bloggers are saying "OMG Time called me "People of the Year!!" LOL OMG!!!"
I'm getting really sick of searching Google (and other search engines) for stuff only to find nothing but blog hits (usually from some self-glorifying twit with some catchy emo domain name) cluttering up the results.
Even worse is when it's the same "Trackback" crap, and none of the morons have bothered to retain the original article they were linked to, and it's link rotted.
Blogs *are* the most over-rated and overhyped thing of 2004.
I was reading something earlier about this, and that such a warning system would not be wanted because it could potentially scare off tourists, thus causing financial losses for the areas tourism industry.
"But now take the cost of a high speed internet connection ($30/mo. for cable modems around here), "
Wow. That's cheap. Where are you? Here in the SF Bay Area, Comcast tells me that I can pay $42 if I'm a cable subscriber (I'm not) or $63 + $3/mo for the modem if I'm not. That's $66/mo + taxes for a cable modem. DSL is not available at my apartment complex. There are no other cable modem providers.
Broadband is getting more and more expensive these days.
You kind of answered a question I posed elsewhere - "How long has the airline been aware of the fact that this software has potentially serious issues?"
Delta Airlines has also been gutting its IT (and other) staff in recent years, while offering expensive protections to executives and many other employees making over $200,000/yr.
I'm wondering when Delta & Comair identified the troublesome software package as something that they should upgrade? The article says that it's going to be upgraded in upcoming weeks, so when did the upgrade get approved?
Is Comair going to try to go after SBS International for damages?
Has this issue ever come up before or did the powers-that-be know about the possibility of major issues beforehand?
It'd be interesting to see what happens as a result of this.
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Sirius has many traffic stations already, but they're still.. radio stations. I'm looking for the LCD with realtime maps and everything. :)
Of course it'll be too expensive when it comes out, and we'll be seeing it in new Mercades & Acura SUVs only, but it'll still be cool.
yeah, you can tell I haven't had coffee. Sorry for the overuse of the word "realtime" in the original post.
:D
See, I'm trying to do my part to make sure that "realtime" is one of the most overused words of 2005. Looks like I'm off to a good start!
But maybe something like traffic.com would be more efficient?
;)
I think that it would be cool to have an LCD screen in the car with realtime information from something like traffic.com beamed in realtime.
Maybe piggyback on a Sirius satellite stream or something neat like that?
Traffic in Japan can be a nightmare. when I lived there, I remember seeing LED billboard type signs above the highway with colors indicating the traffic patterns ahead.
Actually, I'm surprised that they haven't done the "get realtime data to your car via satellite" thing yet. Traffic & weather would be useful to have. At the very least, it's something to look at when you're stuck in traffic.
No problem at all. Be an attention whore all you want. My point was that I don't think it's worthy of "Person of the Year."
I just get mad when it turns into Googleclutter.
"Among the 22 expressions on the "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness" are "blog," "sale event," "body wash" and "zero percent APR financing.""
Story here
yeah, they pretty much are - one of the first quotes is from Dylan, the 11 year old girl with her videoblog.
They gave some props to commercial blogs, but for the most part it looked like they were talking about Joe Bob Blog instead of the corporate (ie wonkette.com) blogs.
http://www.ninjagear.net/ was making them but they're on hiatus.
And that's *EXACTLY* what is wrong with it. Also, Google has been re-working pagewank to *not* include so many blogs.
+ Bu y+ad" is an example. Most of the top results are blogs talking about a News.com article. Most of them link to an image on the LA Times website that is no longer there.
"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Dell+Best
Now is that useful? No, it's not. it's GoogleClutter.
http://www.ninjagear.net/
BUT - they say "on hiatus" right now. Grrr....
Hmm.. not really, because that's always done in the background or while I'm sleeping.
:)
I was mainly referring to time spent sitting on the couch in front of the TV.
"But for Verdi, it is the simple pleasure of knowing that someone is listening that makes blogging worthwhile.
"On my blog it allows people to post comments, and I have gotten comment upon comment upon comment," she said. "It makes me feel really good that somebody else cares about what I have to say."
"
That pretty much sums it up - blogging for a feeling of self importance. Blogging turns people into serious attention whores. People start getting upset when nobody comments on their blog.
No wonder we're now seeing t-shirts that say "Go cry about it in your Livejournal."
"Dylan Verdi, an 11-year-old known as the world's youngest videoblogger, says she covers "things that I've seen that I like or that I've heard of, or just anything that happened to me that day that I'm thinking.""
"videoblogger?" great, another buzzword. I wonder what her "videoblog" is about - what 11 year old girls really like? Oh brother, that oughta be a hoot.
A chick named "Dylan?" Now that's a new one!
But *that* is something that Time considered worthy of "People of the Year?" An 11 year old with a video camera talking about what she likes? (they failed to link to the blog, though)
There are so many other people that are far more deserving of the title than effin *Bloggers* - blah.
Soldiers, scientists, and other people that are providing services to humanity are probably shaking their heads at this, but meanwhile a thousand camgirl bloggers are saying "OMG Time called me "People of the Year!!" LOL OMG!!!"
I'm getting really sick of searching Google (and other search engines) for stuff only to find nothing but blog hits (usually from some self-glorifying twit with some catchy emo domain name) cluttering up the results.
Even worse is when it's the same "Trackback" crap, and none of the morons have bothered to retain the original article they were linked to, and it's link rotted.
Blogs *are* the most over-rated and overhyped thing of 2004.
I definately spend less time watching TV (shows) because I grab ad-free versions off the net. That'll shave off 15 minutes from each show right there.
Two TV shows without adverts and I have a half hour of my life back.
They're all coming out and posting in this thread...
:D
How long before the lawyers on Slashdot start crawling out of the woodwork?
I was reading something earlier about this, and that such a warning system would not be wanted because it could potentially scare off tourists, thus causing financial losses for the areas tourism industry.
"But now take the cost of a high speed internet connection ($30/mo. for cable modems around here), "
Wow. That's cheap. Where are you? Here in the SF Bay Area, Comcast tells me that I can pay $42 if I'm a cable subscriber (I'm not) or $63 + $3/mo for the modem if I'm not. That's $66/mo + taxes for a cable modem.
DSL is not available at my apartment complex. There are no other cable modem providers.
Broadband is getting more and more expensive these days.
There have been quite a few Marathon spinoffs, but I don't really remember too many of them ever nearing a stage that could be considered complete.
Maybe this will change? Marathon is still a pretty cool game.
If any post on here is a troll, this ain't it. heh.
I don't know, but isn't there a way that we can blame Microsoft or SCO for this whole Comair mess? :)
MSN, Google, hi5.com, Netcraft, Yahoo, AOL's....
:)
So guys, when will the Slashdot Toolbar come out?
You kind of answered a question I posed elsewhere - "How long has the airline been aware of the fact that this software has potentially serious issues?"
"some time ago.."
"All of this digital e-Crap is driving us all ^%$#@!& bonkers."
Delta Airlines has also been gutting its IT (and other) staff in recent years, while offering expensive protections to executives and many other employees making over $200,000/yr.
I'm wondering when Delta & Comair identified the troublesome software package as something that they should upgrade? The article says that it's going to be upgraded in upcoming weeks, so when did the upgrade get approved?
Is Comair going to try to go after SBS International for damages?
Has this issue ever come up before or did the powers-that-be know about the possibility of major issues beforehand?
It'd be interesting to see what happens as a result of this.