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So... how much would you pay for this.
seriously
see my post above.
Re:If you've got the money, it can be done
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er, the helmet must also have had two, to determine which way it was pointing. duh.
If you've got the money, it can be done
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I did some reading about this a few years ago (sorry, I don't have any links), and I tried out several systems at an "arcade" in NYC. For all I know, it may still be there, near times square.
It was WICKED COOL! It was also incredibly expensive of course.
As you say, the software would be no problem by now.
The catch is the goggles. They were somewhat low resolution. You can only fit so many pixels in a display small enough to wear, though I'm sure we can do better now than we could a few years ago. The displays have to be aligned JUST RIGHT for each person. They are heavy, at least they used to be (I don't remember whether the ones I tried were CRT or LCD). The helmet has to be tight to keep them in place. Adjustable helmets just don't cut it, at least if you want to move around much. Probably the only way for this to be practical would be to build them on a motorcycle type helmet, which would have to come in several sizes and fit tightly. Now as a long time motorcycle rider I wouldn't mind, but most people (i.e. consumers) would not want to use them for long periods.
Also the goggles kept fogging up. I think a couple of little fans would have helped that.
And yes, they do have head-tracking devices, which work reasonably well. They don't work by gyroscopes, but by a sort of triangulation method with 3 sensors mounted on the walls and a transmitter on the helmet or vice versa. They had a transmitter on a hand held device too (I suppose the guns and swords had two, to establish where they were pointing).
See through screens have been tried as well (think heads-up displays for pilots). I don't remember the details.
If I had the capital, I'd love to work on it.
There are suicide prevention or mental health hotlines listed in the front of most phone books.
Or just do a search on "suicide prevention hotline", I suppose.
I wonder if censorware programs block out all references to suicide. Somehow that wouldn't surprise me.:'-(
You're expecting something the feral government does to make sense?
"The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind." - N.H. Constitution
Re:Not that different from what we have now
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Heinlein mentioned something like that in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". I believe that only 1/3 of this branch would have to vote against a law to get it repealed.
"The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind." - N.H. Constitution
"The Digital Village as a registered company has ceased to exist. However, as a group of people who loved and worked with Douglas Adams, The Digital Village will continue for a long time. No-one from TDV can really accept or believe what has happened yet. Douglas just seemed like he would go on forever. Our thoughts are with Douglas' family and friends.
-- TDV "
From www.douglasadams.com, which, BTW, has a message board where you can express your condolences to those who knew him personally.
There's no reason a character based app has to be monochrome - mine certainly aren't. When they are, its just because the customer decided to save a few bucks on the monitor.
When you say tabbed interface, do you mean one where you can press "tab" to go from one field to the next? Many char based apps do that. Or if you mean tabs like in some Windows dialog boxes, these can be simulated. So can drop down menus etc.
It was bad enough when the feral government started calling marijuana a "narcotic", now caffeine is a "narcotic"? Narcotics are opiates - heroin, morphine etc., and maybe other depressants, but all drugs.
~ If you like the war on drugs you're gonna just love the war on guns
Better buy those firearms now... pretty soon you won't be able to (legally) buy them anonymously. In some states you already can't.
That's what these so called "close the gun show loophole" laws are about - making sure the government knows about all private firearm sales, no matter where they happen. It really has nothing to do with gunshows.
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seriously
see my post above.
er, the helmet must also have had two, to determine which way it was pointing. duh.
It was WICKED COOL! It was also incredibly expensive of course.
As you say, the software would be no problem by now.
The catch is the goggles. They were somewhat low resolution. You can only fit so many pixels in a display small enough to wear, though I'm sure we can do better now than we could a few years ago. The displays have to be aligned JUST RIGHT for each person. They are heavy, at least they used to be (I don't remember whether the ones I tried were CRT or LCD). The helmet has to be tight to keep them in place. Adjustable helmets just don't cut it, at least if you want to move around much. Probably the only way for this to be practical would be to build them on a motorcycle type helmet, which would have to come in several sizes and fit tightly. Now as a long time motorcycle rider I wouldn't mind, but most people (i.e. consumers) would not want to use them for long periods.
Also the goggles kept fogging up. I think a couple of little fans would have helped that.
And yes, they do have head-tracking devices, which work reasonably well. They don't work by gyroscopes, but by a sort of triangulation method with 3 sensors mounted on the walls and a transmitter on the helmet or vice versa. They had a transmitter on a hand held device too (I suppose the guns and swords had two, to establish where they were pointing).
See through screens have been tried as well (think heads-up displays for pilots). I don't remember the details. If I had the capital, I'd love to work on it.
There are suicide prevention or mental health hotlines listed in the front of most phone books.
:'-(
Or just do a search on "suicide prevention hotline", I suppose.
I wonder if censorware programs block out all references to suicide. Somehow that wouldn't surprise me.
"The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind." - N.H. Constitution
"The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind." - N.H. Constitution
"...feels unpleasantly like being drunk"
"What's unpleasant about being drunk?"
"Ask a glass of water"
"The Digital Village as a registered company has ceased to exist. However, as a group of people who loved and worked with Douglas Adams, The Digital Village will continue for a long time. No-one from TDV can really accept or believe what has happened yet. Douglas just seemed like he would go on forever. Our thoughts are with Douglas' family and friends.
-- TDV "
From www.douglasadams.com, which, BTW, has a message board where you can express your condolences to those who knew him personally.
Life. Don't talk to me about life.
RTFM
Actually one of the books said the human looking ones were "fusions", i.e. part Klingon and part human slave (or something).
"Very funny, Mr. Scott. Now beam down my clothes."
I'm not sure about stealing garbage, but stealing materials put out for recycling is. They belong to the recycling company.
Only us geeks are allowed to do that.
When you say tabbed interface, do you mean one where you can press "tab" to go from one field to the next? Many char based apps do that. Or if you mean tabs like in some Windows dialog boxes, these can be simulated. So can drop down menus etc.
If you like the war on drugs, you're gonna just love the war on guns
It was bad enough when the feral government started calling marijuana a "narcotic", now caffeine is a "narcotic"? Narcotics are opiates - heroin, morphine etc., and maybe other depressants, but all drugs.
~ If you like the war on drugs you're gonna just love the war on guns
~ eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines ~
It seems to me, that if my car was being reposessed, the last thing I'd want was for my coworkers to find out!
~ If you like the War On Drugs, you're gonna just love the War On Guns
I suspect that even the sheeple who don't know much history would have reacted badly to a "drug fuhrer"...
~ If you like the War On Drugs, you're gonna just love the War On Guns...
It has text-to-speech capability, presumably optimized for the local language, and an icon-based interface.
You don't have to be connected to a nationwide AC power grid to have electricity.
It runs on 3 AA batteries. I have a little solar charger that will charge them up in a few hours, and which cost about $15.
I just thought I'd mention that at this terraserver page you can just click on the "free download link".
Which a lot of people apparently think is reasonable. Firearm manufacturers get sued for making products that can be used for bad purposes...
Better buy those firearms now... pretty soon you won't be able to (legally) buy them anonymously. In some states you already can't. That's what these so called "close the gun show loophole" laws are about - making sure the government knows about all private firearm sales, no matter where they happen. It really has nothing to do with gunshows.