I love it - a low tech solution to what Kevin Warwick of Reading University in the UK has been trying to do. Or rather, he has been trying to make a lot of PR with crap science. It's nice to see a simple solution provide the same basic science.
Augmenting our senses is nothing new. Pigeons can sense magnetic fields, so why not us?
Other countries and organisations like the UN engage in military actions in foreign countries to help protect the populations from civil war, for example by providing a 'show of strength' to deter trouble.
That was a really well written, thoughtful response. You'll be alright. If your country has a few more people like you around to vote the right people in next time, the world will be better for it. Not just the USA.
Otherwise I completely agree. But as I design embedded systems on small memory footprint devices I couldn't care less; the more that attitude persists, the more likley I'll still have a job in 10 years time!
I dont understand why this comment was moderated off-topic; It's a perfectly valid observation, albeit done jokingly. It's an indication that PC's are cheap, but Microsoft software so expensive that a new (old?) licencing system is required to get access to it - unless you opt for a potentially better suit of software, at no cost at all.
I'm old enough to remember working in the time-sharing model; yes I know time-sharing is a multitasking principle, but in the old days it was used to charge users *per cycle*. I shudder at the memory, and will certainly avoid any use of such a licencing scheme.
This will just make Linux more attractive. Thanks Microsoft!
>'I doubt if there is a sysadmin on the planet who hasn't written a Perl program at some time or another.'
There are a few of us on the planet who use Windows server and GUI's, you know. Not everyone thinks perl is better than sliced bread. Jeez, give us a bit of fecking balance man.
The quality of the lens will be more important. Not much point having a large imaging array if you have a cheap plastic lens between it and the subject.
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>an embarrassment to US science
As opposed to world science?
>you know, some people shouldn't use computers, let alone linux
I think you meant:
some people shouldn't use Computers
I love it - a low tech solution to what Kevin Warwick of Reading University in the UK has been trying to do. Or rather, he has been trying to make a lot of PR with crap science. It's nice to see a simple solution provide the same basic science.
Augmenting our senses is nothing new. Pigeons can sense magnetic fields, so why not us?
Other countries and organisations like the UN engage in military actions in foreign countries to help protect the populations from civil war, for example by providing a 'show of strength' to deter trouble.
Confused? Consult a dictionary.
>The very reason why it is proper English to refer to it as standard English rather than proper English. Or at least that's the standard.
:o)
Nice one
I completely agree with your other points too.
You could start with the Oxford English Dictionary.
Then move onto Fowler's Modern English.
Nice site, thanks for the link. Yet another way to idle away the hours :o)
Another nail in the coffin of Standard English. We might as well start speaking C++.
Noticed the logo on the bottom left of the slide. Maybe it should have read
DeviStation
>- to ensure that "essential" government functions continue undisrupted in an emergency."
yea, like DRM and IP. I wonder if the drill is sponsered by anyone...
They are the company who have the worst user interface tools on the planet.
The GUI's would have sucked in the 1980's.
Every SQL statement was designed by a dfferent person, with a different syntax.
If the guy expects us to assume he is an authority on the subject, he should clean up his own rubbish first.
That was a really well written, thoughtful response. You'll be alright.
If your country has a few more people like you around to vote the right people in next time, the world will be better for it. Not just the USA.
Good luck
>OSS is great about this,
Apart from KDE maybe?
Otherwise I completely agree. But as I design embedded systems on small memory footprint devices I couldn't care less; the more that attitude persists, the more likley I'll still have a job in 10 years time!
"Any performance limitations now will be resolved as Moores Law continues"
Not that I like the argument.
I dont understand why this comment was moderated off-topic; It's a perfectly valid observation, albeit done jokingly. It's an indication that PC's are cheap, but Microsoft software so expensive that a new (old?) licencing system is required to get access to it - unless you opt for a potentially better suit of software, at no cost at all.
I'm old enough to remember working in the time-sharing model; yes I know time-sharing is a multitasking principle, but in the old days it was used to charge users *per cycle*. I shudder at the memory, and will certainly avoid any use of such a licencing scheme.
This will just make Linux more attractive. Thanks Microsoft!
>'I doubt if there is a sysadmin on the planet who hasn't written a Perl program at some time or another.'
There are a few of us on the planet who use Windows server and GUI's, you know. Not everyone thinks perl is better than sliced bread. Jeez, give us a bit of fecking balance man.
The quality of the lens will be more important. Not much point having a large imaging array if you have a cheap plastic lens between it and the subject.
So, do I need to send my wifi keys too? And bluetooth? What about the encryption used by GSM?
And my car remote lock fob, that too?
Is it April the 1st?
Pity the story didn't come out yesterday:
b ert-20060517.html
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dil
by a woman.
Bloody woman drivers!
There goes the no-claims discount.
Ethereal. Excellent tool, even for non black hats!
That will be in part because 'Ming' is a rather nasty slang word in the uk :o)
>Its like Unix in 1989 :)
:o)
Except that it is very reliable!
Man, that's really dull, isn't it?
It's just you. The link works for me ( on another PC )
Mike.