I've thought about the same thing, but doesn't the phone need to be unlocked for NFC to work? (at least on Android, which is what I'm assuming you're talking about since you mention Tasker). I've seen some mods to get around this, but they never worked on my GNex.
I would be happy if there were options of:
"If I see this WiFi network....., then don't require a password to unlock the phone (also turn volume up)" for at home
"If I see this WiFi network....., then don't require a password to unlock the phone (also turn volume off)" for at work
i first read about this a decade ago and it has been happening for hundreds of years. scientists are studying ships' logs from the 1700's and earlier and this process started 300 years ago.
Ships used compasses (likely GPS now), which use the magnetic north & south poles - we've known about them moving about the place for ages, and even flipping.
This is about the geographic poles which are at different locations - the Earth spins around these..
In what world does a company continuing to use it's founders name which has substantial investment in that brand, mean the founder is still involved with the company?
In Australia, Dick Smith, the electronics company (much like Tandy) is still named after the founder.
He sold the company to Woolworths in 1982, and re-sold to Anchorage Capital Partners last year.
They don't go after the electronics hobbyists much anymore, but more the general public now - so many things have been dumbed down.
I and several member of my family have congenital cataracts in both eyes - seems to have started with my grandmother, and seem to have approx 60% chance of passing them on to offspring.
We use eye drops (Atropine 1%) that relax the muscles that constrict the pupils, such that a larger amount of light can get into our eyes and get past the mass of the cataract. My pupils are almost permanently dilated as much as possible and with them I can go outside - regular people with the same eye drops could not go outside as it would be far too bright.
My (corrected) vision is 6/12 -1, so my vision is poor by most standards - it has not changed has far as we have records so I don't know what will happen over time. I'm currently 42, and have had nothing done to my eyes yet. When I visit my ophthalmologist we often chat about surgery options to get them removed, but she recommends that I don't have anything done until my vision starts to go downhill (she even has her own laser surgery practice)
My brother has has one eye corrected with laser surgery, and while his vision improved markedly it is still not 20/20. The ophthalmologist says (in my words) that because our eyes have never seen with normal vision our brain will not be able to understand a fully corrected image - seems to be basically correct based on my brother's experience. My niece had her cataracts removed at 6-months, and will need either contacts or glasses until she finishes growing, then she can have her lenses shaped to give her fairly normal vision.
Apparently our condition is not that uncommon - but I have never encountered anyone outside of my family with congenital cataracts.
(not sure what my point was with writing all that, but I fell better anyway)
In addition, there is no way to sell bundles, no way to split profits between multiple developers and charities, no way to allow people to pay what they want, no way to bundle soundtracks and source code as bonuses, no way to provide gifting options, no way to provide app availability across mutliple platforms.. I could go on. Everything that makes buying a Humble Bundle different from just buying a game in the app store would have to be eliminated to fit it into an app store.
I have no idea really, but I suspect that Apple might want to talk if someone contacted with them with a possible million sales, then perhaps the profit shares and other downloads might suddenly become possible.
I'm amazed at the high average donation this time around. IIRC the last few Humble Bundles I bought into had an average of around $2. At the time of writing the average on this bundle is $3.98. I guess these games offer pretty good value.
The higher average price might also be - if you pay more then the (at payment time) average price paid then you get another two games (and so then the average goes up slightly)
... In fact, I think metamoderation is a great solution to this, or provides a great tool for it.
First, from your own allegations, I think any old posts receiving moderation should get a higher priority for metamod and should get in front of more eyeballs.
Second, it would be great to make sure that each moderated article gets its unique moderation points evaluated multiple times, and higher priority with the greater number of mods (so someone slamming your post with 50 downvotes would quickly cause it to be metamodded).
...
Just had a thought that might help but I can't think through the possibilities.
How about making moderations expire over time, similar to how mod points expire over time. Maybe the longer you've been a member the more permanent your mods are. It could make trendy things not so important, but good facts should always be good.
I have always got on well with the other staff at the few places that I have worked.
I would prefer to visit people at their desk rather then talk over the phone. Eat in the lunch room - nearly everyone goes there. Introduce yourself to the new staff, and remember their name, even the cleaners. On slow days grab a cup of tea/coffee and wander the office, check-in on the people that you don't see much and ensure that people can see that you will talk to them. When you get invites to go down to the pub after work, go occasionally even if you don't drink.
I don't have great social skills and am very much an introvert, but I make an effort and most people appreciate that.
When people see you as a regular person then they will have a nicer attitude towards you.
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What are they going to add when we finally get time travel working and can go back in time?
The problem as I see it with using an automated spellchecker is that Slashdot is a place where many stories are likely to include references to obscure terms and acronyms that may not be in the standard (or even an incredibly extensive) dictionary. You're pretty much limited to either no filtering, or having a human looking at each story to sanity check the spellcheckers work, and at that point you might as well just do full out editing.
Perhaps then a spell checker like the one that Google uses when you spell check an email in Gmail. One that highlights words with possible errors and give a few options, it is easy to quickly look over and do a quick check. Even some browsers highlight words these days (though Firefox doesn't seem to know 'Gmail'). You could include it in the Preview screen that we have to go through to post a comment.
It should also check for company names and products, eg Microsoft and iPhone. Maybe have an option so people could add new words or at least understand non-US English spellings.
Give me a screen that can be mounted, placed, or moved up high so I don't have to bend my neck looking downwards at the screen. Oh, and the keyboard should be detachable, so it can be placed at the proper height for a keyboard (a few inches below normal desk height). And a real mouse, also at keyboard level, not desk level. And the screen should either be portrait, or it should be huge. I think after I'm done, I'd end up with a desktop.
If you still want portability you should get a docking station for you laptop. then you can plug everything into that for when you need to work. I've got a wireless KB, Mouse, Monitor, network and audio all connected through mine, and can unplug the laptop by pressing a button.
I don't think that mine can deal with multiple monitors, but it is about 5 years old (and so is the laptop)
Good one guys, but I saw that coming from a mile away! Oh wait...it's March 31st.
Not in Australia, Slashdot says your posting was at Fri 01 Apr 02:18AM, and the story was posted at Fri 01 Apr 02:12AM Previous years have taught me not to trust anything on here until the 1st April is nowhere on the planet. Even RTFA's can be dangerous this time of the year.
You're forgetting about Kinect. A touch screen phone or Kinect and a big TV are similar interfaces. Apps and game could possibly run on both. If a phone with a controller comes out, tons of games could be ported pretty quick. With better hardware in the future, perhaps all the games will be able to be ported.
Would it be possible for the smart phone to be a controller.
An iPhone4 has GPS (not much use indoors), gyroscope, compass, LED, cameras, vibration, onboard memory, Bluetooth, touchscreen, two way audio and doesn't need a clear line of sight to a receiver if using Bluetooth/WiFi
I'm sure others have similar capabilities.
Maybe you can plug some sort of device into it with buttons.
Or that all phones should have inch thick plastic and rubberized surrounds so that the people who drop their phones onto concrete or bus floors can do so with confidence.
Better solution is for all of your people who love dropping your phones to practice up on your football/soccer skills.
Though I've noticed that my iphone does not stay on those rubbery non-slip sheets, that seem to hold anything else just fine.
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I've thought about the same thing, but doesn't the phone need to be unlocked for NFC to work? (at least on Android, which is what I'm assuming you're talking about since you mention Tasker). I've seen some mods to get around this, but they never worked on my GNex.
I would be happy if there were options of: ....., then don't require a password to unlock the phone (also turn volume up)" for at home
....., then don't require a password to unlock the phone (also turn volume off)" for at work
"If I see this WiFi network
"If I see this WiFi network
i first read about this a decade ago and it has been happening for hundreds of years. scientists are studying ships' logs from the 1700's and earlier and this process started 300 years ago.
Ships used compasses (likely GPS now), which use the magnetic north & south poles - we've known about them moving about the place for ages, and even flipping. This is about the geographic poles which are at different locations - the Earth spins around these..
I could've swore I heard about this less than 23 hours ago somewhere... http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/05/02/2119214/llnlrpi-supercomputer-smashes-simulation-speed-record
Maybe they could use 0.000000001% of it's processing power to look for duplicate stories on here.
In what world does a company continuing to use it's founders name which has substantial investment in that brand, mean the founder is still involved with the company?
In Australia, Dick Smith, the electronics company (much like Tandy) is still named after the founder. He sold the company to Woolworths in 1982, and re-sold to Anchorage Capital Partners last year.
They don't go after the electronics hobbyists much anymore, but more the general public now - so many things have been dumbed down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Smith_(entrepreneur) has nothing to do with the stores now, apart from his good name which still holds a lot of power
(Slashdot, please can you add a login button the the editing page when you submit a comment)
I've wondered the same about the first guy to eat a wild hot pepper. Who ate a screaming burning hot pepper and thought it was a great idea?
Probably related to the first person to look at an oyster and think - that thing that looks like a huge piece of snot - I'm gonna try that one.
(Now, to wait for sanely available purchases and software support to allow that use...)
If you're looking to use an iPad as a 2nd monitor, then this might be what you are looking for.
http://www.howtogeek.com/100886/how-to-use-your-ipad-as-a-second-monitor-for-your-pc-or-mac/
I and several member of my family have congenital cataracts in both eyes - seems to have started with my grandmother, and seem to have approx 60% chance of passing them on to offspring.
We use eye drops (Atropine 1%) that relax the muscles that constrict the pupils, such that a larger amount of light can get into our eyes and get past the mass of the cataract. My pupils are almost permanently dilated as much as possible and with them I can go outside - regular people with the same eye drops could not go outside as it would be far too bright.
My (corrected) vision is 6/12 -1, so my vision is poor by most standards - it has not changed has far as we have records so I don't know what will happen over time. I'm currently 42, and have had nothing done to my eyes yet. When I visit my ophthalmologist we often chat about surgery options to get them removed, but she recommends that I don't have anything done until my vision starts to go downhill (she even has her own laser surgery practice)
My brother has has one eye corrected with laser surgery, and while his vision improved markedly it is still not 20/20. The ophthalmologist says (in my words) that because our eyes have never seen with normal vision our brain will not be able to understand a fully corrected image - seems to be basically correct based on my brother's experience. My niece had her cataracts removed at 6-months, and will need either contacts or glasses until she finishes growing, then she can have her lenses shaped to give her fairly normal vision.
Apparently our condition is not that uncommon - but I have never encountered anyone outside of my family with congenital cataracts.
(not sure what my point was with writing all that, but I fell better anyway)
The only problem is that there used to be many more sheep.
The wolves have been voting with us sheep all along, and then taking out another sheep each time we turned our backs.
What happens when the last sheep falls asleep?
Yeah, but was there camera coverage of the actual minivan strike, or just BDA (ball damage assessment)?
Next episode title 'See what a canonball can do to modern houses and cars' - a wreckers delight.
Likewise Angry Birds is was at 42 million in 2010, with new ports still coming.
http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/010/12/angry_birds_hits_42_million_free_and_paid_downloads.htm
In addition, there is no way to sell bundles, no way to split profits between multiple developers and charities, no way to allow people to pay what they want, no way to bundle soundtracks and source code as bonuses, no way to provide gifting options, no way to provide app availability across mutliple platforms.. I could go on. Everything that makes buying a Humble Bundle different from just buying a game in the app store would have to be eliminated to fit it into an app store.
I have no idea really, but I suspect that Apple might want to talk if someone contacted with them with a possible million sales, then perhaps the profit shares and other downloads might suddenly become possible.
I'm amazed at the high average donation this time around. IIRC the last few Humble Bundles I bought into had an average of around $2. At the time of writing the average on this bundle is $3.98. I guess these games offer pretty good value.
The higher average price might also be - if you pay more then the (at payment time) average price paid then you get another two games (and so then the average goes up slightly)
The average now is $4.06
... In fact, I think metamoderation is a great solution to this, or provides a great tool for it.
First, from your own allegations, I think any old posts receiving moderation should get a higher priority for metamod and should get in front of more eyeballs.
Second, it would be great to make sure that each moderated article gets its unique moderation points evaluated multiple times, and higher priority with the greater number of mods (so someone slamming your post with 50 downvotes would quickly cause it to be metamodded).
...
Just had a thought that might help but I can't think through the possibilities.
How about making moderations expire over time, similar to how mod points expire over time.
Maybe the longer you've been a member the more permanent your mods are.
It could make trendy things not so important, but good facts should always be good.
My house has security screens and deadbolt doors. I guess that means I don't need a guard dog or a gun, then ?
My house has 'fly' screens and standard door locks, but they were here when I moved in.
It doesn't have a guard dog or a gun.
Maybe you need to live in a more secure operating environment/country.
I have always got on well with the other staff at the few places that I have worked.
I would prefer to visit people at their desk rather then talk over the phone.
Eat in the lunch room - nearly everyone goes there.
Introduce yourself to the new staff, and remember their name, even the cleaners.
On slow days grab a cup of tea/coffee and wander the office, check-in on the people that you don't see much and ensure that people can see that you will talk to them.
When you get invites to go down to the pub after work, go occasionally even if you don't drink.
I don't have great social skills and am very much an introvert, but I make an effort and most people appreciate that.
When people see you as a regular person then they will have a nicer attitude towards you.
What are they going to add when we finally get time travel working and can go back in time?
The problem as I see it with using an automated spellchecker is that Slashdot is a place where many stories are likely to include references to obscure terms and acronyms that may not be in the standard (or even an incredibly extensive) dictionary. You're pretty much limited to either no filtering, or having a human looking at each story to sanity check the spellcheckers work, and at that point you might as well just do full out editing.
Perhaps then a spell checker like the one that Google uses when you spell check an email in Gmail. One that highlights words with possible errors and give a few options, it is easy to quickly look over and do a quick check. Even some browsers highlight words these days (though Firefox doesn't seem to know 'Gmail'). You could include it in the Preview screen that we have to go through to post a comment.
It should also check for company names and products, eg Microsoft and iPhone.
Maybe have an option so people could add new words or at least understand non-US English spellings.
What, did he smash a hard drive or something? Please tell me he didn't just click "Delete" and move on!
For that matter, how do you lose something irrevocably?
I trust that he also got last weeks offsite backup as well then.
Actually I meant to say a port replicator instead of a docking station.
Give me a screen that can be mounted, placed, or moved up high so I don't have to bend my neck looking downwards at the screen.
Oh, and the keyboard should be detachable, so it can be placed at the proper height for a keyboard (a few inches below normal desk height).
And a real mouse, also at keyboard level, not desk level.
And the screen should either be portrait, or it should be huge.
I think after I'm done, I'd end up with a desktop.
If you still want portability you should get a docking station for you laptop. then you can plug everything into that for when you need to work.
I've got a wireless KB, Mouse, Monitor, network and audio all connected through mine, and can unplug the laptop by pressing a button.
I don't think that mine can deal with multiple monitors, but it is about 5 years old (and so is the laptop)
I remember entering a 1/2 page BASIC program that was an Assemble language loader from Australia Amstrad User. (late 80's I guess)
Spent about an hour or two typing everything in and verifying everything was right before running it.
RUN
screen clears
in small letters up the top of the screen is now written
'APRIL FOOL'
The worst part was that I was fairly good at Z80 assembler, and still didn't twig as to what the program was going to do :-(
Seeing it's /. and all, my suggestion for the following version is Petrified Portman
Don't click the link in the summary - it posts a message to Slashdot telling everyone you tried to read the article :(
Are the editors looking for things to do next April Fool's day?
Good one guys, but I saw that coming from a mile away!
Oh wait...it's March 31st.
Not in Australia, Slashdot says your posting was at Fri 01 Apr 02:18AM, and the story was posted at Fri 01 Apr 02:12AM
Previous years have taught me not to trust anything on here until the 1st April is nowhere on the planet.
Even RTFA's can be dangerous this time of the year.
You're forgetting about Kinect. A touch screen phone or Kinect and a big TV are similar interfaces. Apps and game could possibly run on both. If a phone with a controller comes out, tons of games could be ported pretty quick. With better hardware in the future, perhaps all the games will be able to be ported.
Would it be possible for the smart phone to be a controller.
An iPhone4 has GPS (not much use indoors), gyroscope, compass, LED, cameras, vibration, onboard memory, Bluetooth, touchscreen, two way audio and doesn't need a clear line of sight to a receiver if using Bluetooth/WiFi
I'm sure others have similar capabilities.
Maybe you can plug some sort of device into it with buttons.
Or that all phones should have inch thick plastic and rubberized surrounds so that the people who drop their phones onto concrete or bus floors can do so with confidence.
Better solution is for all of your people who love dropping your phones to practice up on your football/soccer skills.
Though I've noticed that my iphone does not stay on those rubbery non-slip sheets, that seem to hold anything else just fine.