well, you wouldn't put the Knight Rider-ish personality on a bastardized Echo...
Now, if Toyota brought back the twin turbo Supra and threw in Knight Rider intelligence, it's something I would consider. (it wouldn't be SAD when you do a smoky launch, it'd be sending you messages on the dash telling you how much it likes it!)
you know, those cyber-pet things the 12 year olds would carry around, they'd have to hit the "FEED" button to keep the pet from getting sad and dying...
So, to reset the emotions, you just take the battery out of this toy as well?
So, if you downshift into second gear going 85 mph, does it dim its lights and spray washer fluid (crying?) to let you know you hurt its feelings (not to mention camshaft and valves, as well?)
OK... lets assume (BIG assumption) that this actually will hold water in court and Magnus-Opus can legally collect royalties on 11-digit DTMF combinations, they'll probably collect bigtime on every phone book printed in the US (if DTMF combinations can be called a "musical piece", then phone books will be treated the same way sheet music would be, and the copyright holder collects on each printed copy of sheet music)...
BUT, they shouldn't be legally able to collect telephones and other DTMF generating equipment. Did they take out a copyright on 911? Doubtful. What about cellular informational services (*XX) or other countries in the world who didn't adopt the US 11-digit numbering system but still use DTMF?
They'll never be able to legally collect telephones, even if they WERE used to infringe upon their copyright. They'll merely be considered DTMF instruments. (Have you ever heard of anyone getting their guitar confiscated for playing "Enter Sandman"?)
Dots with sticks printed on paper aren't copyrightable, but sheet music is. If this actually holds water in court, phone books would be treated the same way sheet music is (in which the copyright holder collects royalties from a copy of the sheet music, or a performance of the work), and telephones would be nothing more than the instruments that you can perform these "pieces" on.
This reminds me a LOT of hearing about how they've pinpointed where Noah's Ark should be, but they still can't find it. Better still, it bears a closer similarity to finding microbial life on Mars and claiming we've found E.T.!
Great. They've found underground volcanic pillars. If they build up for millions of years, they make islands. What's so earth shattering about that? Again, they're not claiming to have found Atlantis, but without a big Disney movie to get everyone's imagination stirring, this news clip wouldn't have shown up on anyone's radar.
Sony (or any other electronics manufacturer) is able to get the parts to put together a computer (or gaming console) FAR cheaper than you or I could ever touch. I'd be willing to bet Sony at least cuts even on PS2s.
However, like you, I support the "stripped down" hardware idea too. It doesn't even have to be a P2- hell, ANY machine with net access will do. How many of us first got on the internet with 486s (some even older) with 8 megs of ram and a 540 meg hard drive? And how many of us have them sitting in our closets never to be used again? Even better, large companies with many desktops will replace their employees PCs every 3-5 years. Where do the old ones go? Odd tasks around the office (print servers, etc), end up in a landfill, or sold really cheap. Large corps would LOVE to get the tax writeoff- and the great press- for donating many computers to bring technology to the Third world.
Bottom line is, why the HELL do they need a PS2 or something else to get on the net when an even cheaper alternative currently exists? I don't think many people in Africa are going to be playing Counterstrike when they need to find out if they're having AIDS symptoms.
Simple! You can either have a button to toggle into or out of Ballet mode or Yoga mode, etc.
Better idea! How about a voice activated system, that responds to all of the above-mentioned languages! I dont think anyone speaking Albanian would ever find out he could bend soldiers into pretzels with a few magic words!
true dat, however German seems to be spoken in places with a history of political distress... I don't mean to knock on Portuguese speaking countries, they're just not hot-spots of international importance. We'll just get rid of the Albanian instead for the portuguese, if it makes you happy...hehe
Sure, I can see the benefit to applying this sort of technology to the handicapped, but do reasonably able bodied Americans need yet another way to get lazier? People get in their cars and DRIVE three blocks to the convenience mart, now they won't even have to burn ANY calories... getting in their car, going into the convenience mart, picking up the six-pack and Chee-tos and back home while exerting no more energy that it would to use the shitter.
Mechanical legs powered by a chain-saw engine? Come on, lets nip this thing in the bud right now and blow up the Cyberdyne building before the naked robot goes chasing after Sarah Connor with an Uzi.
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well, you wouldn't put the Knight Rider-ish personality on a bastardized Echo...
Now, if Toyota brought back the twin turbo Supra and threw in Knight Rider intelligence, it's something I would consider. (it wouldn't be SAD when you do a smoky launch, it'd be sending you messages on the dash telling you how much it likes it!)
you could always reprogram the ECU...
...but then you'd probably get sued under the DMCA.
you know, those cyber-pet things the 12 year olds would carry around, they'd have to hit the "FEED" button to keep the pet from getting sad and dying...
So, to reset the emotions, you just take the battery out of this toy as well?
So, if you downshift into second gear going 85 mph, does it dim its lights and spray washer fluid (crying?) to let you know you hurt its feelings (not to mention camshaft and valves, as well?)
OK... lets assume (BIG assumption) that this actually will hold water in court and Magnus-Opus can legally collect royalties on 11-digit DTMF combinations, they'll probably collect bigtime on every phone book printed in the US (if DTMF combinations can be called a "musical piece", then phone books will be treated the same way sheet music would be, and the copyright holder collects on each printed copy of sheet music)...
BUT, they shouldn't be legally able to collect telephones and other DTMF generating equipment. Did they take out a copyright on 911? Doubtful. What about cellular informational services (*XX) or other countries in the world who didn't adopt the US 11-digit numbering system but still use DTMF?
They'll never be able to legally collect telephones, even if they WERE used to infringe upon their copyright. They'll merely be considered DTMF instruments. (Have you ever heard of anyone getting their guitar confiscated for playing "Enter Sandman"?)
Dots with sticks printed on paper aren't copyrightable, but sheet music is. If this actually holds water in court, phone books would be treated the same way sheet music is (in which the copyright holder collects royalties from a copy of the sheet music, or a performance of the work), and telephones would be nothing more than the instruments that you can perform these "pieces" on.
This reminds me a LOT of hearing about how they've pinpointed where Noah's Ark should be, but they still can't find it. Better still, it bears a closer similarity to finding microbial life on Mars and claiming we've found E.T.! Great. They've found underground volcanic pillars. If they build up for millions of years, they make islands. What's so earth shattering about that? Again, they're not claiming to have found Atlantis, but without a big Disney movie to get everyone's imagination stirring, this news clip wouldn't have shown up on anyone's radar.
Sony (or any other electronics manufacturer) is able to get the parts to put together a computer (or gaming console) FAR cheaper than you or I could ever touch. I'd be willing to bet Sony at least cuts even on PS2s. However, like you, I support the "stripped down" hardware idea too. It doesn't even have to be a P2- hell, ANY machine with net access will do. How many of us first got on the internet with 486s (some even older) with 8 megs of ram and a 540 meg hard drive? And how many of us have them sitting in our closets never to be used again? Even better, large companies with many desktops will replace their employees PCs every 3-5 years. Where do the old ones go? Odd tasks around the office (print servers, etc), end up in a landfill, or sold really cheap. Large corps would LOVE to get the tax writeoff- and the great press- for donating many computers to bring technology to the Third world. Bottom line is, why the HELL do they need a PS2 or something else to get on the net when an even cheaper alternative currently exists? I don't think many people in Africa are going to be playing Counterstrike when they need to find out if they're having AIDS symptoms.
Simple! You can either have a button to toggle into or out of Ballet mode or Yoga mode, etc. Better idea! How about a voice activated system, that responds to all of the above-mentioned languages! I dont think anyone speaking Albanian would ever find out he could bend soldiers into pretzels with a few magic words!
come on, you haven't seen either of the terminator movies?
That only makes me want to watch RoboCop for the first time in ten years.
Cheney's the first VP who can be assassinated with a Bloomin' Onion. So let the poor bastard have his way with aftermarket limbs :)
true dat, however German seems to be spoken in places with a history of political distress... I don't mean to knock on Portuguese speaking countries, they're just not hot-spots of international importance. We'll just get rid of the Albanian instead for the portuguese, if it makes you happy...hehe
not to get snippy, but "civillian" only has one L in it- perhaps the reason it won't translate?
kinda like you eh? that 'no particular use' part seems to have a familiar ring to it...
Nah, man. Transformers! robots in disguise...
Sure, I can see the benefit to applying this sort of technology to the handicapped, but do reasonably able bodied Americans need yet another way to get lazier? People get in their cars and DRIVE three blocks to the convenience mart, now they won't even have to burn ANY calories... getting in their car, going into the convenience mart, picking up the six-pack and Chee-tos and back home while exerting no more energy that it would to use the shitter.
you would be amazed how witty i can be for how stupid tired I am. sleep is for ninnies.
Mechanical legs powered by a chain-saw engine? Come on, lets nip this thing in the bud right now and blow up the Cyberdyne building before the naked robot goes chasing after Sarah Connor with an Uzi.