I did a small test on how much one can actually get from an asbestos page. I made a quiz about mesothelioma (which is caused by asbestos exposure). Since the page IS related to asbestos, all the AdSense ads are of course for asbestos and mesothelioma. I put a $50 prize (Amazon gift certificate) to be given to one of the people who can answer the questions on the page correctly and posted the quiz to all sweepstakes sites on the net. As I started getting hundreds of hits per day with a CTR of 1.2% I thought I was set. Well, as greedy stories tend to go, it didn't quite work out -- what I actually get from a click turns out to be just $.14 and not $40. Back to the drawing board.
In Germany they built a concept store which uses a number of new technologies, including electronic price tags. "Electronic shelf labels display current prices of goods on the shelf. Unchanging information, such as the product name, is printed on a paper label affixed beneath the LCD display. From a computer in the back room or store headquarters, prices can be changed within seconds. In fact, all 40,000 SKUs in the Future Store can be changed in less than one hour."http://www.packagingdigest.com/articles/200507/40. php
I have used the LibriE electronic book mentioned in the article, which is available in Japan. I felt that it was an adequate replacement for a book, with an easily readable screen. Changing the page had some delay, but on the other hand so does changing the page of a real book. I imagine that the target audience of this are people wishing to read books on crowded Tokyo trains. Since less space is required this could be a good book replacement, after the cost comes down a bit. Biggest problem for their target group surely must be reading newspapers on the train, since they require a lot of space to open. It would be nice to see them provide newspapers for easy download to these devices.
If you use 800 x 600 resolution you can see it fullscreen. It placed third in the Assembly 2005 demo competition. IE recommended for watching, though it runs on Firefox as well.
So where are all the story comments on Slashdot?
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Can anyone tell me, with all the users supposedly online and with the popularity of Slashdot, why are there so few comments per story? Amount of comments seems to be in the range of 100-1000. There are millions of readers. Why so few comments?
What are they thinking, don't they realize what this is going to do to their image? Microsoft, the company cherished for it's warm human point of view and high quality software, associating itself with such a low-life company.
Yet again Google manages to dig up something more we may want to search. Usability of video search heavily depends on the spread of broadband, but it seems to be advancing well as previously reported on SlashDot.
By the way, have you ever noticed how Larry and Sergey seem to be inseparable? Almost like they spend every waking hour together. Ever thought that maybe it means something?
Do YOU hate Roland Piquepaille? It doesn't have to be so. With my scientifically proven brainwashing program, you can rid yourself of piquephobia forever!
"...utilizing Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). A one-dimensional BEC in an optical lattice is rapidly rotated, causing a quantized vortex to form. The bosonic part of the superstring consists of this vortex line. Inside the vortex, they would trap an ultracold cloud of fermionic..."
Yes, of course! Just like general relativity and the uncertainty principle, this is one of those things that feels just SO obvious in retrospect.
The robot adults longed for in their childhood, "some day, I want to control a robot of my own". "LAND WALKER" makes this dream a reality. We decided to use a four-pedal controlling system assisted by a computer. This leaves the hands free to operate the guns, even while moving. Even though the robot is large, it can be controlled with ease! Currently there is only one robot, but maybe in the near future mecha duel fights will become possible...
Height: 3.4 meters (11.15 feet) Weight: 1000 kg (2204 pounds) Passengers: 1 (0.5 Americans) Engine: 250cc Movement: shuffle (feet not lifted from ground) Speed: 1.5km / h (1 mile / h) Equipment: 2 air guns (softball), cockpit monitor Right side: chaingun-type Left side: shotgun-type
There have been some attempts to create text message based services, but apart from little kids downloading ringtones they haven't been very popular. However now the cell phone can do something at least I am very bad at doing: describing my location accurately. For example meeting someone in a new city, it would be very useful to be able to give your location to that person rather than try to explain. Personally I get this rather uncomfortable feeling when the other person asks, when I am in a completely unknown place "hey where are you now?".
"umm I can see a big flower shop near me and umm..." Describing your location by landmarks is easy if you happen to stand next to the big ben or eiffel tower, but mostly there is nothing much to describe and it's unlikely that street names would help much either, unless you're talking to a taxi driver. I welcome wholeheartedly the opportunity to simply beam my location to the other person than try to explain. Yes, it will cost. But how much does it cost when you spend a long time trying to explain your location?
Location-based services will be one of those things that will seem like an obvious feature of mobile phones in the future. Not only that, but there might come other location based services which are useful. I don't think we will get personalized advertisements from shops, unless receiving advertisements would have some benefit for the consumer as well, possibly as reduced phone bill.
No, rather I would predict a service that would allow me to actively seek information than be fed information. Example? Alright, you are at a bar and it's closing but you still feel like continuing your round. So you take out your trusty mobile and check the list of currently open bars sorted by their distance to you. Or perhaps you aren't feeling so good, so you want to know if there are any pharmacies near you.
Yes, it will require that a list of companies and their opening hours is available. This is not a problem. Such lists exist even now on the web, it is simply a problem of adapting it for comfortable cell phone use. Oh yeah, if I turn out to be wrong and none of these services ever appear, I guarantee you it will be because of poor implementation rather than there not existing a need for such a service.
By 2012, the proliferation of LCD screens and the introduction of alternatives, such as LEP technology, OLEDs, electronic ink, and many other novel approaches, will almost completely end CRT-based screen production (0.6 probability).
I find it interesting that he predicts the death of CRT screens so far away. I see that as happening right now.
Slashdot Mirror
I did a small test on how much one can actually get from an asbestos page. I made a quiz about mesothelioma (which is caused by asbestos exposure). Since the page IS related to asbestos, all the AdSense ads are of course for asbestos and mesothelioma. I put a $50 prize (Amazon gift certificate) to be given to one of the people who can answer the questions on the page correctly and posted the quiz to all sweepstakes sites on the net. As I started getting hundreds of hits per day with a CTR of 1.2% I thought I was set. Well, as greedy stories tend to go, it didn't quite work out -- what I actually get from a click turns out to be just $.14 and not $40. Back to the drawing board.
In Germany they built a concept store which uses a number of new technologies, including electronic price tags. "Electronic shelf labels display current prices of goods on the shelf. Unchanging information, such as the product name, is printed on a paper label affixed beneath the LCD display. From a computer in the back room or store headquarters, prices can be changed within seconds. In fact, all 40,000 SKUs in the Future Store can be changed in less than one hour." http://www.packagingdigest.com/articles/200507/40. php
I have used the LibriE electronic book mentioned in the article, which is available in Japan. I felt that it was an adequate replacement for a book, with an easily readable screen. Changing the page had some delay, but on the other hand so does changing the page of a real book. I imagine that the target audience of this are people wishing to read books on crowded Tokyo trains. Since less space is required this could be a good book replacement, after the cost comes down a bit. Biggest problem for their target group surely must be reading newspapers on the train, since they require a lot of space to open. It would be nice to see them provide newspapers for easy download to these devices.
Try this small DHTML thingy we made :-)
o /pure_javascript_demo_by_IKU.zip
http://assembly.mbnet.fi/asm05/compos/browser_dem
If you use 800 x 600 resolution you can see it fullscreen. It placed third in the Assembly 2005 demo competition. IE recommended for watching, though it runs on Firefox as well.
Can anyone tell me, with all the users supposedly online and with the popularity of Slashdot, why are there so few comments per story? Amount of comments seems to be in the range of 100-1000. There are millions of readers. Why so few comments?
mmmmm! pi!
http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm
What are they thinking, don't they realize what this is going to do to their image? Microsoft, the company cherished for it's warm human point of view and high quality software, associating itself with such a low-life company.
Yet again Google manages to dig up something more we may want to search. Usability of video search heavily depends on the spread of broadband, but it seems to be advancing well as previously reported on SlashDot.
By the way, have you ever noticed how Larry and Sergey seem to be inseparable?
Almost like they spend every waking hour together.
Ever thought that maybe it means something?
Google stress-relief game
Aren't you tired of always hearing news about Google Google Google? This stress-relieving game may help.
How is this organizing the world's information?
Well, I guess my account can be represented as an integer of information. Actually, a byte would do just as well...
As a bonus, here is a small stress relief game if you're annoyed with all the news being about Google.
Always Google this and Google that! Release your anger with this therapeutical game:
http://www.bemmu.com/google
Do YOU hate Roland Piquepaille? It doesn't have to be so. With my scientifically proven brainwashing program, you can rid yourself of piquephobia forever!
http://www.bemmu.com/pique/
I for one welcome a beowulf cluster of these.
"...utilizing Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). A one-dimensional BEC in an optical lattice is rapidly rotated, causing a quantized vortex to form. The bosonic part of the superstring consists of this vortex line. Inside the vortex, they would trap an ultracold cloud of fermionic..."
Yes, of course! Just like general relativity and the uncertainty principle, this is one of those things that feels just SO obvious in retrospect.
Robots do not exist.
People who got the IRC stuff going made millions? Who?
Hey Larry, stop surfing on Slashdot and get back to work on Oracle 11g.
The robot adults longed for in their childhood, "some day, I want to control a robot of my own". "LAND WALKER" makes this dream a reality. We decided to use a four-pedal controlling system assisted by a computer. This leaves the hands free to operate the guns, even while moving. Even though the robot is large, it can be controlled with ease! Currently there is only one robot, but maybe in the near future mecha duel fights will become possible...
Height: 3.4 meters (11.15 feet)
Weight: 1000 kg (2204 pounds)
Passengers: 1 (0.5 Americans)
Engine: 250cc
Movement: shuffle (feet not lifted from ground)
Speed: 1.5km / h (1 mile / h)
Equipment: 2 air guns (softball), cockpit monitor
Right side: chaingun-type
Left side: shotgun-type
Microsoft Eyes; What do you want to see today?
By the way, if anyone in Finland is lusting after a DS or PSP, I can send one to you (for a fee).
o m/psp.php
http://www.bemmu.com/ds.php
http://www.bemmu.c
There have been some attempts to create text message based services, but apart from little kids downloading ringtones they haven't been very popular. However now the cell phone can do something at least I am very bad at doing: describing my location accurately. For example meeting someone in a new city, it would be very useful to be able to give your location to that person rather than try to explain. Personally I get this rather uncomfortable feeling when the other person asks, when I am in a completely unknown place "hey where are you now?".
"umm I can see a big flower shop near me and umm..." Describing your location by landmarks is easy if you happen to stand next to the big ben or eiffel tower, but mostly there is nothing much to describe and it's unlikely that street names would help much either, unless you're talking to a taxi driver. I welcome wholeheartedly the opportunity to simply beam my location to the other person than try to explain. Yes, it will cost. But how much does it cost when you spend a long time trying to explain your location?
Location-based services will be one of those things that will seem like an obvious feature of mobile phones in the future. Not only that, but there might come other location based services which are useful. I don't think we will get personalized advertisements from shops, unless receiving advertisements would have some benefit for the consumer as well, possibly as reduced phone bill.
No, rather I would predict a service that would allow me to actively seek information than be fed information. Example? Alright, you are at a bar and it's closing but you still feel like continuing your round. So you take out your trusty mobile and check the list of currently open bars sorted by their distance to you. Or perhaps you aren't feeling so good, so you want to know if there are any pharmacies near you.
Yes, it will require that a list of companies and their opening hours is available. This is not a problem. Such lists exist even now on the web, it is simply a problem of adapting it for comfortable cell phone use. Oh yeah, if I turn out to be wrong and none of these services ever appear, I guarantee you it will be because of poor implementation rather than there not existing a need for such a service.
I especially liked the "Holographic President". The perfect solution to bloated executive salaries!
Thank you for explaining who Linus Torvalds is.
mmm'kay?
By 2012, the proliferation of LCD screens and the introduction of alternatives, such as LEP technology, OLEDs, electronic ink, and many other novel approaches, will almost completely end CRT-based screen production (0.6 probability).
I find it interesting that he predicts the death of CRT screens so far away. I see that as happening right now.