Freedom of speech is about being able to say anything you want, and not be punished for your ideas and viewpoints.
If someone wants to tell the world that he approves of child abuse, and likes to have sex with children then that's free speech. Once the act is committed then it's moved beyond the boundaries of speech, how is it that people can't understand this very simple point?
Then came the night the first missile approached Earth. It was thought to be an ordinary falling star, but the next day there was a huge crater in the middle of the Common, and Ogilvy came to examine what lay there: a cylinder, thirty yards across, glowing hot...and with faint sounds of movement coming from within.
You might want to mention that to the people who finally proved the 4 colour conjecture a few years back then.
And anyway, even if you couldn't find a proof of this theorem through pure number crunching, you may be able to find a counter-example, which would be equally interesting.
Unless the ants evolve into giant mutant space ants before the shuttle returns, I don't see how this can be of any practical value.
I don't really thing giant mutant space ants are going to be very practical are they, I mean what do we feed them for one, and can you imagine a 600' high anthill? , that's definitely going to bring some complaints from the neighbours:)
Text of Proposal document
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Peephole Displays
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· Score: 4, Informative
As it's been slashdotted already
OVERVIEW
Recent years have shown an explosion of interest in handheld computing devices (such as personal digital assistants, cellphones, and mini-notebook computers). These devices have a form factor that enhances convenience, portability, and durability, and they tend to provide desirable operational features such as instant-on, fast non-volatile storage, and simpler, more direct modes of interaction (touch screens, application-specific buttons, no need to "save" work and "quit" programs).
However, current display technology constrains the size of the display to be no larger than the physical size of the device. This sets up a tension between the desire to make the device small, light, and non-intrusive, and the desire to display a reasonable amount of information and provide efficient interaction.
Accessing a large amount of information on a small display generally requires some kind of selection or scrolling mechanism. Cellphones and PDAs, for example, have "up" and "down" buttons that are pressed repeatedly to scroll through lists of records, but using them is slow and cumbersome.
I propose a new scrolling mechanism based on the metaphor of a virtual window: the information is laid out on a virtual space much larger than the device itself. The device itself is moved around the virtual space to view a small part (a window) of the space. I hypothesize that this will have several advantages:
Scrolling becomes direct and intuitive; one can move to a new region of the space just as fast as one can move the device.
It eliminates the feedback loop of normal scrolling (press "Down", read, press "Down", read, etc.) and replaces it with a single movement.
It replaces discrete control with continuous control, massively increasing the bandwidth of information communicated between user and device.
It frees the hand used to operate the device, permitting scrolling and interaction at the same time. Scrolling moves into the background, occupying little or no cognitive load, producing the illusion that the entire
workspace is available at once.
It yields some of the advantages of two-handed interfaces for free: the non-dominant hand gives coarse positioning information, while the dominant hand does specific pointing and manipulation.
SPECIFIC GOALS
During this semester, i hope to achieve the following specific goals:
Choose a platform that is sufficiently open and fast to support this development (a Palm-based PDA will be a likely first choice if early attempts to interface to it are successful).
Explore and develop at least one method for sensing the position of the device. (Some possibilities to examine include: the use of accelerometers to obtain differential information; the use of a tether with a mechanical encoder to measure absolute position; the use of computer vision to locate a marker that's stuck to the device.)
Devise a task to be performed that requires scrolling functionality. (Possibilities include making a selection from a scrolling list, or locating an object on a large map.)
Develop a sample application that allows a user to perform this task (a) using directional scrolling buttons; (b) using conventional scrollbars; (c) using the virtual window technique (or techniques) developed in this project.
Perform user tests and compare performance and preference among these scrolling techniques.
Submit a short paper to UIST.
RELATED WORK
I've heard of other work on tilting input, but not direct-positioning input. Tilting, in my opinion, completely misses the point: tilt input is still differential rather than direct, and is therefore no better than holding down a scroll button and waiting until you've arrived. Positional input should be much better, because it just lets you put yourself where you want to be.
Joel F. Bartlett. Rock'n'Scroll Is Here to Stay. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, May/June 2000, pp. 40-45.
Jun Rekimoto. Tilting Operations for Small Screen Interfaces. User Interface Software and Technologies 1996.
And when people decide they don't like 2 separate area codes in the same town, are they going to build a large garbage wall down the middle and get The Who to play on it??:)
Yup, when I saw that I did expect to lose karma on it, but hey, it's not my fault that the mods chose to favour me today:)
I could also point out that it's a little r i diculous that you misspelt a word you were quoting from my post, but that would be a bit pedantic, so I won't bother.:)
"The Linux, NetBSD and Microsoft Windows operating systems are known to have vulnerable link layer implementations, and it is extremely likely that other operating systems are also affected."
OK, it's slashdot, so we expect people to post comments without reading the article, but it's a little ridiculous that the submitter didn't even bother.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh for pities sake.
Child Pornography is NOT speech.
Freedom of speech is about being able to say anything you want, and not be punished for your ideas and viewpoints.
If someone wants to tell the world that he approves of child abuse, and likes to have sex with children then that's free speech. Once the act is committed then it's moved beyond the boundaries of speech, how is it that people can't understand this very simple point?
Um, since when is perl legacy technology?
so why shouldn't they charge an admission fee?
Oh I dunno, maybe because the DOJ settlement said they had to? Or is that not a good enough reason for you?
so it might as well be me.
Use Trillian , it rocks.
Bart: Unckie Herb, what advice would you give to a young boy who would most likely become a bum like yourself?
Herb: Discarded pizza boxes are an inexpensive source of cheese.
discarded Pizza boxes are an inexpensive source of Cheese.
Given that this is slashdot, shouldn't that be apt-get install spankthemonkey ??
I wonder how many Mr TomHoward ordered before he submitted the article. :)
Then came the night the first missile approached Earth. It was thought to be an ordinary falling star, but the next day there was a huge crater in the middle of the Common, and Ogilvy came to examine what lay there: a cylinder, thirty yards
across, glowing hot...and with faint sounds of movement coming from within.
And of course we all know that the US would never violate a treaty that it had signed now would it.
Really?
You might want to mention that to the people who finally proved the 4 colour conjecture a few years back then.
And anyway, even if you couldn't find a proof of this theorem through pure number crunching, you may be able to find a counter-example, which would be equally interesting.
That's one of the funniest things i've read on Slashdot in a while, and I used all my mod points yesterday!
Unless the ants evolve into giant mutant space ants before the shuttle returns, I don't see how this can be of any practical value.
:)
I don't really thing giant mutant space ants are going to be very practical are they, I mean what do we feed them for one, and can you imagine a 600' high anthill? , that's definitely going to bring some complaints from the neighbours
As it's been slashdotted already
OVERVIEW
Recent years have shown an explosion of interest in handheld computing devices (such as personal digital assistants, cellphones, and mini-notebook computers). These devices have a form factor that enhances convenience, portability, and durability, and they tend to provide desirable operational features such as instant-on, fast non-volatile storage, and simpler, more direct modes of interaction (touch screens, application-specific buttons, no need to "save" work and "quit" programs).
However, current display technology constrains the size of the display to be no larger than the physical size of the device. This sets up a tension between the desire to make the device small, light, and non-intrusive, and the desire to display a reasonable amount of information and provide efficient interaction.
Accessing a large amount of information on a small display generally requires some kind of selection or scrolling mechanism. Cellphones and PDAs, for example, have "up" and "down" buttons that are pressed repeatedly to scroll through lists of records, but using them is slow and cumbersome.
I propose a new scrolling mechanism based on the metaphor of a virtual window: the information is laid out on a virtual space much larger than the device itself. The device itself is moved around the virtual space to view a small part (a window) of the space. I hypothesize that this will have several advantages:
Scrolling becomes direct and intuitive; one can move to a new region of the space just as fast as one can move the device.
It eliminates the feedback loop of normal scrolling (press "Down", read, press "Down", read, etc.) and replaces it with a single movement.
It replaces discrete control with continuous control, massively increasing the bandwidth of information communicated between user and device.
It frees the hand used to operate the device, permitting scrolling and interaction at the same time. Scrolling moves into the background, occupying little or no cognitive load, producing the illusion that the entire
workspace is available at once.
It yields some of the advantages of two-handed interfaces for free: the non-dominant hand gives coarse positioning information, while the dominant hand does specific pointing and manipulation.
SPECIFIC GOALS
During this semester, i hope to achieve the following specific goals:
Choose a platform that is sufficiently open and fast to support this development (a Palm-based PDA will be a likely first choice if early attempts to interface to it are successful).
Explore and develop at least one method for sensing the position of the device. (Some possibilities to examine include: the use of accelerometers to obtain differential information; the use of a tether with a mechanical encoder to measure absolute position; the use of computer vision to locate a marker that's stuck to the device.)
Devise a task to be performed that requires scrolling functionality. (Possibilities include making a selection from a scrolling list, or locating an object on a large map.)
Develop a sample application that allows a user to perform this task (a) using directional scrolling buttons; (b) using conventional scrollbars; (c) using the virtual window technique (or techniques) developed in this project.
Perform user tests and compare performance and preference among these scrolling techniques.
Submit a short paper to UIST.
RELATED WORK
I've heard of other work on tilting input, but not direct-positioning input. Tilting, in my opinion, completely misses the point: tilt input is still differential rather than direct, and is therefore no better than holding down a scroll button and waiting until you've arrived. Positional input should be much better, because it just lets you put yourself where you want to be.
Joel F. Bartlett. Rock'n'Scroll Is Here to Stay. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, May/June 2000, pp. 40-45.
Jun Rekimoto. Tilting Operations for Small Screen Interfaces. User Interface Software and Technologies 1996.
you have to make the Simpsons reference more obvious to get +5, funny
:)
Or have someone point out the fact that it is a Simpsons reference, cheers
636/939 ??
:)
And when people decide they don't like 2 separate area codes in the same town, are they going to build a large garbage wall down the middle and get The Who to play on it??
Yup, when I saw that I did expect to lose karma on it, but hey, it's not my fault that the mods chose to favour me today :)
:)
I could also point out that it's a little r i diculous that you misspelt a word you were quoting from my post, but that would be a bit pedantic, so I won't bother.
Straight from the article
OK, it's slashdot, so we expect people to post comments without reading the article, but it's a little ridiculous that the submitter didn't even bother.
Don't forget Tiny & Princess :)
Nope, IIRC Oedipus married his mother before he realised who it was.
self-respecting australian
;)
Sorry, didn't realise there was such a thing
I'm a little confused here:-
:)
Prob train A fails = 0.1
Prob train B fails = 0.1
Prob train A doesn't = 0.9
Prob train B doesn't = 0.9
So Prob neither fail = 0.9 * 0.9 = 0.81
So prob at least one fails = 0.19 = 19%
One of us has got the maths wrong.
Can someone who's not trying to remember his stats courses from years back tell me if it's me
Indeed.
But if the worst happens and it does sink, then there's a chance that someone might one day make a really really terrible film about it.
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