most of the teams that are actually recording bar codes are just using a simple webcam in waterproof enclosure. the on-board computer then performs some processor intenstive code to recognize bar codes in all sorts of conditions (orientation, etc).
what i'm curious about is why no-one went with a bar code reading system similar to that in use in a grocery store? certainly the hardware modifications are possible to make a cheapo and less processor intensive solution like that work underwater.
with technology like this, we're almost approaching the point where we may as well be pointint frikin laser beams around.
realistically, the LOW GHz just got viable. going higher will require multiple antanaes, larger hardware (for a while yet), and impossible tolerances in the components (by today's standards).
i think we need a ranking higher than +5... like +5 GOLD. this is an absolutely stellar spurr-of-the-moment piece of work! it must be elevated to the high level of recognition it deserves.
you know very well that each and every one of those incomplete "no doubt - hey baby hey baby hey" mp3s DIRECTLY EQUATES to lost revenue from sales of cd singles. you know very well that cd singles can cost as much as $10 a pop. so, that's a $100 pirated right there.
multiply that by the 100's if not 1000's of songs on your computer and that value grows to as much as $100,000.
multiply THAT by the millions and millions of poeple STEALING this music around the world, and this problem is brought into perspective.
we must stop these insideous crimes. we must bring to justice these CRIMINALS with the harshest punishments and fines imaginable... and put the money where it belongs: in the big fat record exec's offshore bank accounts.
Thousands of record stores across the country shut down!
Unexpectedly, millions of geeks rioted outside thousands of record stores across the country. Relentlessly, these "nerds" threw themselves at the doors and windows, even after the power was out and doors were locked.
When asked to comment, most of the so-called geeks claimed seeing a story on a website called "Slashdot". Others still said they heard about it on the "Gracenote" website. "I just couldn't resist. I had to come down and buy the new Eminem album."
Hours later, after the stores were still closed, people were walking away talking about how the store was "Slashdotted". What this means, we may never know.
ah yes...
and it would end all those criminals illegally retransmitting a copyrighted movie's THX audio tracks. Transmitted by cell phone in all of it's digitally compressed, Rayleigh Faded, 4Kbit splendour.
It looks like I'm going to take some major flack from everyone and their dog that I was telling to buy these things.
I expect things to get much worse. Not only will you have the programs that TiVo will push to you, but it's only a matter of time until mass spammers exploit this for their own evil plots... to take over the world.
Slashdot Mirror
okay great. now my LCD can think for itself.
but what ever happened to OLEDs & flexible LCDs?
Quick Robin!
to the BAT-PLANE!
no no it should read:
[Voiceover]: If you don't feed the fat cats, the terrorists will have won.
[Soccer mom again]: I wasn't hurting anyone...
[Fade to black]
chk... POOOOOW!
(gotta put that receiver with Lucasfilm THX to good use)
Sanyo & Eastman Kodak
check out AUVSI's Aerial Robotics Competition
most of the teams that are actually recording bar codes are just using a simple webcam in waterproof enclosure. the on-board computer then performs some processor intenstive code to recognize bar codes in all sorts of conditions (orientation, etc).
what i'm curious about is why no-one went with a bar code reading system similar to that in use in a grocery store? certainly the hardware modifications are possible to make a cheapo and less processor intensive solution like that work underwater.
thoughts??
p2p baby.
;P this is the re-evolution of mp3/p2p.
i can't wait to hack-up calls across the country bouncing from cell to cell.
the phone companies will no longer be able to price gouge.
if you read the article you might actually notice this:
This device is expected to be ready in two years.
So, in other words, by the time this thing gets released, it will be obsolete.
The company may as well file for bankruptcy right now.
i like it.
i like it A LOT!!
with technology like this, we're almost approaching the point where we may as well be pointint frikin laser beams around.
realistically, the LOW GHz just got viable. going higher will require multiple antanaes, larger hardware (for a while yet), and impossible tolerances in the components (by today's standards).
it's nice to know we're thinking ahead tho.
i think we need a ranking higher than +5... like +5 GOLD. this is an absolutely stellar spurr-of-the-moment piece of work! it must be elevated to the high level of recognition it deserves.
what, you don't like me mocking Recording Academy CEO Michael Greene's speech.
Advanced Book Exchange is what the article speaks of. They're "browse" section isn't perfect, but it does a fairly spiffy job.
rubbish. it has nothing to do with size.
you know very well that each and every one of those incomplete "no doubt - hey baby hey baby hey" mp3s DIRECTLY EQUATES to lost revenue from sales of cd singles. you know very well that cd singles can cost as much as $10 a pop. so, that's a $100 pirated right there.
multiply that by the 100's if not 1000's of songs on your computer and that value grows to as much as $100,000.
multiply THAT by the millions and millions of poeple STEALING this music around the world, and this problem is brought into perspective.
we must stop these insideous crimes. we must bring to justice these CRIMINALS with the harshest punishments and fines imaginable... and put the money where it belongs: in the big fat record exec's offshore bank accounts.
sigh.
i saw the picture,
and i had to check the date;
it's not april fools already is it?
better yet, use those new-fangled retina scans.
all you'll have to do is rip one of them eyes out and carry that around.
just hope that it's not an open casket.
From the greenpacket homepage:
Always Connected ...... With or Without A Network
.... iiiinteresting....
I think it's about time to re-think that slogan. I smell "dot bomb" if I ever did smell one. phew!
Thousands of record stores across the country shut down!
Unexpectedly, millions of geeks rioted outside thousands of record stores across the country. Relentlessly, these "nerds" threw themselves at the doors and windows, even after the power was out and doors were locked.
When asked to comment, most of the so-called geeks claimed seeing a story on a website called "Slashdot". Others still said they heard about it on the "Gracenote" website. "I just couldn't resist. I had to come down and buy the new Eminem album."
Hours later, after the stores were still closed, people were walking away talking about how the store was "Slashdotted". What this means, we may never know.
So I come back the day after to see what all the rage was about.
All I see is shitty dark & blurry pics. Nary a babe in sight.
Hmmm. I feel deceived. What adding the word "babe" to a post will make a guy do.
ah yes...
and it would end all those criminals illegally retransmitting a copyrighted movie's THX audio tracks. Transmitted by cell phone in all of it's digitally compressed, Rayleigh Faded, 4Kbit splendour.
yeah! those would be some sweet vibes!
quite simply, it is video spam
It looks like I'm going to take some major flack from everyone and their dog that I was telling to buy these things.
I expect things to get much worse. Not only will you have the programs that TiVo will push to you, but it's only a matter of time until mass spammers exploit this for their own evil plots... to take over the world.
WHAT? You mean you actually want me to get EXERCISE while I am englazed in a trance of joy playing video games?
NO THANK YOU.
True, this is.
... as Gillian Anderson herself confirmed on Letterman a few weeks ago.
The question: was it before or after she made out with David Letterman?!
and what?
you would rather have galavanted around with The (Q)ueer?
one bonus of that scenario: you'd get to spend eternity pillaging and tormenting unlimited species for one reason: because you can.
ah yeeeaaas.....
and monopoles, in theory, should be able to solve the entire world's energy problems.
... shame they don't exist.