There was a scene in an old animated movie called Heavy Metal (1981) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082509/) that is almost exactly as you describe (except it's a robot, not human with a prosthetic).
I think the robot was asked whether he's sexually capable. He raises his hand, finger extended, and it whirls around at high speed. He says, "Fully functional", as I recall.
The sign of a weak UI blog is one that does not or cannot provide mitigations. Anyone can say that today's UI sucks. But that's not particularly constructive.
While strictly off topic, a more entertaining "8-Point Agenda" is this one from UK hip-hop artist The Herbaliser, complete with summary at the end:
We don't believe in other people thieving the ideas that our cerebrums cultivate and create, make no mistake.
We believe in unconditional control of our beliefs and our opinions, our souls, our growth, and our dominions.
We don't believe in you controlling we. I'm not obligated to do or say or listen to a god damn thing you tellin me.
We believe in all of the above just for the reasons given
Up, livin' it up, livin' not... givin' up - setting
Government and loving it, so we self-sufficient
Not trippin' off of that subliminal stuff
We not submitting coming with it rough and tough
We gonna suppliment your knowledge with.. a substance
We not gonna let an opportunity get left out
We not... gonna let some indecision stop what we about
We not... gonna show no mercy over flowing the drought.
We believe in looking alive and recognize, by the makeup of our character, eyes, by our merits and vibes, not as indistinguishable in appearance, but as equal keepers of the inextinguishable fire.
We don't believe in a quick fix to livin' it, a constant routine of maintenance and adjustment, once in you gotta keep it jumpin', pumpin', pumpin', sayin' something before your severance, ascend to point.
Seven's a reflection of our beliefs and histories, events, unpleasentries, and pestilence, disease, insensitivity}, as reference to be seen, as lessons, a series of tests, and a complete testament to our team and strengths as a means of success, now as a team take set.
Point eight just to set it straight set it straight, before we get too far up out of the gates, I'm going straight. Let's recap the way we came to that great point eight, like fate and tell the fake why they can't create:
Point one: [No bitin']
Point two: [I'm writin']
Point three: [You ain't and]
Point four's point four
Point five: [Recognize]
Point six: [Make adjustments]
Point seven: [Is a testament]
Point eight: [Go on, set it now]
Michelle Delio has covered hacking and computer security, privacy, the internet and evolving technology for the past 12 years. Before becoming utterly obsessed with the things she can do with and to technology, she was the editor of Outlaw Biker magazine for three years, and for a decade prior was a professional palm and tarot card reader. She figures fast bikes and fortune telling were the perfect preparation for life as a tech reporter. As Arthur C. Clarke said: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" and, as Arthur C. Clarke didn't say, when you're online no one knows if you're an outlaw. Delio has been online since 1983 and so considers herself a cyber-crone at the ripe old age of 36. She lives and works in New York City.
I thought it was fairly evident: I made it up on the fly. If I wasn't racing to avoid being the 3,000th Richard Gere reference, it would have been better.:-)
He would swear he had heard it before...perhaps it was the complex interplay of the rhythmic patterns, or the odd dominant in the second part of the melody. But something about it was stirring, it was an emotional connection.
Before he could place the tune, his reverie was interrupted.
"Mr. Gere, your limousine has arrived."
"Thank you, Miles," he said distractedly, but not before the tiniest hint of a smile crossed his face.
According to Webalizer, the most common search term that gets people to my (crap) site is "disco ball." I have no idea why -- I don't think I have any disco ball pictures on my site. But web logs don't lie. My site must be high up in Google's results for that search term. So...
...it is very likely that the astro/cosmonauts on the International Space Station will need a few boxes of Pop-Tarts and a six pack or two before the elevator's ready.
Yep, you're right. Shared memory space, no memory protection. But finding buffer overflows is so hard, compared to just getting the trusting user to just run your code for you.
One way we (a bunch of Apple engineers and the author of VirusRx) thought of, back in the day, but never saw, was to embed a virus in a pr0n QuickTime movie, which allowed embedded codecs. All the victim has to do is have a peek at the QT movie, and bang - 0w3nd. For all I know this is still possible.
Some of the longest jail sentences in US history were the result of convictions for stealing US mail: one year per piece of mail stolen.
It's a good thing for this guy that sentencing for spam doesn't work like that: he supposedly sent 800 million emails using the two identities he stole.
Then again, it wasn't a spam law under which he was convicted and sentenced. But put a few spammers away for 800 million years, and it might help in the neverending fight.
/"You get out of jail about when the Sun has expanded to the size of Mars' orbit."
"Our requirements were stiff from the get-go: we needed to far surpass the 3.3 dismemberments per minute in the original film. We found SpectSoft's Rave HD was the only solution that could deliver that kind of gore on our tight production schedule."
I hear that! It's like all the tenets of industrial design have been pushed by the wayside. I wonder whether these kinds of keypads are easier to use for one thumb than the other? And can you run them without looking at them?
IANAD (designer) but to me the newer phones are just *ugly*, and I bet their usability suffers too.
The reason sites break up articles into tiny pages is simple: ad impressions. They have more ad impressions per article, so their chances of an ad click-through are better.
So...unless the economics of the web changes soon, get used to it.
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I think the robot was asked whether he's sexually capable. He raises his hand, finger extended, and it whirls around at high speed. He says, "Fully functional", as I recall.
While strictly off topic, a more entertaining "8-Point Agenda" is this one from UK hip-hop artist The Herbaliser, complete with summary at the end:
Up, livin' it up, livin' not... givin' up - setting
Government and loving it, so we self-sufficient
Not trippin' off of that subliminal stuff
We not submitting coming with it rough and tough
We gonna suppliment your knowledge with.. a substance
We not gonna let an opportunity get left out
We not... gonna let some indecision stop what we about
We not... gonna show no mercy over flowing the drought.
Point one: [No bitin']
Point two: [I'm writin']
Point three: [You ain't and]
Point four's point four
Point five: [Recognize]
Point six: [Make adjustments]
Point seven: [Is a testament]
Point eight: [Go on, set it now]
...where the average poster will be lucky to get 0.001 of a kilogirl.
Sounds like we shoul start putting quote marks around the word "secure" whenver we talk about Bluetooth devices.
From Wired News Staff pages:
[quote]
Michelle Delio, Correspondent
Michelle Delio has covered hacking and computer security, privacy, the internet and evolving technology for the past 12 years. Before becoming utterly obsessed with the things she can do with and to technology, she was the editor of Outlaw Biker magazine for three years, and for a decade prior was a professional palm and tarot card reader. She figures fast bikes and fortune telling were the perfect preparation for life as a tech reporter. As Arthur C. Clarke said: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" and, as Arthur C. Clarke didn't say, when you're online no one knows if you're an outlaw. Delio has been online since 1983 and so considers herself a cyber-crone at the ripe old age of 36. She lives and works in New York City.
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"as Arthur C. Clarke didn't say..."
Not just Arthur C. Clarke it seems!
I thought it was fairly evident: I made it up on the fly. If I wasn't racing to avoid being the 3,000th Richard Gere reference, it would have been better. :-)
Before he could place the tune, his reverie was interrupted.
"Mr. Gere, your limousine has arrived."
"Thank you, Miles," he said distractedly, but not before the tiniest hint of a smile crossed his face.
I'm braced for an undeserved slashdotting!
"Sorry, don't understand your banter."
...it is very likely that the astro/cosmonauts on the International Space Station will need a few boxes of Pop-Tarts and a six pack or two before the elevator's ready.
Impressively, kfg can draw parallels between any given subject and vampires. That's twice today, that I've seen ;-)
One way we (a bunch of Apple engineers and the author of VirusRx) thought of, back in the day, but never saw, was to embed a virus in a pr0n QuickTime movie, which allowed embedded codecs. All the victim has to do is have a peek at the QT movie, and bang - 0w3nd. For all I know this is still possible.
It's a good thing for this guy that sentencing for spam doesn't work like that: he supposedly sent 800 million emails using the two identities he stole.
Then again, it wasn't a spam law under which he was convicted and sentenced. But put a few spammers away for 800 million years, and it might help in the neverending fight.
/"You get out of jail about when the Sun has expanded to the size of Mars' orbit."
Don't be so sure...I'm remote viewing you right now...
http://www.eink.com/news/images/
...of taking pictures of things before you blow the shit out of them.
...how many subscriptions to MILFHunter you can buy with $65 million?
You could definitely miss something if you blinked at 10 Gbits/sec or whatever it runs at...
OK. Just checking.
IANAD (designer) but to me the newer phones are just *ugly*, and I bet their usability suffers too.
The reason sites break up articles into tiny pages is simple: ad impressions. They have more ad impressions per article, so their chances of an ad click-through are better. So...unless the economics of the web changes soon, get used to it.
I worked at four startups that sank money in technologies that never turned a profit ;-)
Those who have the most shit have the most power.