Okay then... I have used it, or one essentially identical to it; we informally evaluated it at work for a peer group searching for potential applications.
It was kind of neat when used "properly", that is when you used the demo custom version of PowerPoint they provided which showed different related content on each layer. You pretty much had to be sitting right in front of it for it to look good, though. Both layers were a bit washed out / hard to focus on, and reading was not as easy as on a traditional display.
In the end, we struggled to come up with many scenarios where this type of display would have a strong advantage over virtual layering of data/content. My own conclusion: it's good that someone is making products like this, pushing the boundaries a bit, but I won't be recommending it any time soon. (Of course, if some "killer app" comes along my tune could change.)
The movie version of Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut was just as good as the book and had very few differences, if my memory serves me. It's been a while since I've read the book, but that was my impression at the time. Good stuff.
Thank you for providing that explanation. I was wondering the same thing as the AC grandparent poster--we studied the ClearBoard idea in a Computer Supported Cooperative Work class and I remember being particularly impressed by the idea. At first I thought you'd still have to reverse the video image to keep pointing consistent, but as you said, you're not trying to make it work like two people facing each other through glass... simple but clever. Will you be submitting an article to CHI or any other journals/conferences?
When I first came here, this was all snow. Everyone said I was daft to build a base in the snow, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the snow. So I built a second one. That sank into the snow. So I built a third. That got covered over, caved in, then sank into the snow. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, lad, the strongest base in all of Antarctica!
In this case, one action is completely identical to another (highlight to copy is indistinguishable from highlight to select) and you end up with a potentially destructive situation. When something like this is considered normal usage, it may not be "wrong" but it sure ain't "good."
Damn, you beat me to the ST:VI reference. Anyways, as I posted in a Mac-oriented forum that no one here will really care about...
In Star Trek VI, when the Klingon empire was months from collapse and they came to the Federation to discuss an alliance, Kirk first exclaimed "let them die!" But cooler heads, who saw the potential of such an alliance, prevailed. And the result was a number of intersting Next Generation episodes. Oh, and a better future for both, for example uniting against common enemies like the Romulans and the Borg.
I leave the drawing of screamingly obvious parallals to the reader.
That trick (setting the clock forward--I choose 20 years out--and then setting it back) works for Mac OS X as well. And I'm fairly confident it works on Windows as well.
Except... polished look 2 (the OP of this thread) talked about "hyrdrogen-3," getting the name for "helium-3" wrong. And s/he meant helium-3, because the linked article talks about its potential for fusion (which we still can't accomplish; I believe there was a recent article saying the next serious attempt would be ready for a first try in 2014).
Aside from nit-picking your nit-pick of my nit-pick (nit!--no, you're doing it wrong, it's ni!)... that's a very interesting link you've provided. I wonder how expensive it is to separate and store the gases (esp. the nitrogen) from the moondust exhaust. And 100 million tons sounds like a damn lot of rock to cook. I hope we can't see the results from Earth for a while. Maybe we'll dig underground and use the space for living quarters, which would make sense for structural and shielding reasons anyway.
I say, any reason for having more than a tiny handful of people and a bunch of robots on the Moon will be a result of establishing a permanent human presence on Mars. A huge telescope? Built by humans and robots, maintained by robots, operated remotely by humans on Earth. Strip mining for He-3? Robots. A space port for the steady trickle of traffic between Earth and Mars? Ah, a role for humans.
Yes, I'd love to see us living on the Moon. But the truth is, on Mars there is soil that's more than just powered rock, and there's an atmosphere made of useful gases. Those things will be extremely important to humans on Mars, and we can't really "practice" utilizing them on the cold, dead Moon.
It's helium-3, not hydrogen-3--you gotta get your fad science straight if you want to convince anyone... And what exactly should we do with the helium-3 until we actual achieve practical fusion power generation (in 30-1,000 years)? Just store it in tanks? That kind of long-term profit potential won't get you very much support.
First off, in the article, Salkever
proposes that Apple "allow other device and software makers to license... FairPlay". That's much more than just allowing other online stores to sell FairPlay DRM'd songs. But let's consider what the original poster said about licensing to other stores.
I definitely think that Apple should license FairPlay to other online music stores, but not other hardware or software players just yet. Why? It's a matter of perception. I'm sure there are people out there who won't buy an iPod because they learn that it can only play iTMS songs (out of all the other legal download stores, ignoring any MP3 stores). If Wal*Mart and any other "me too" store also sold FairPlay music, all of a sudden this wouldn't be a problem--iPod users could buy online music from any number of places. iPod users would have a choice.
Now, would Apple lose some iTMS revenue? Probably, but big deal. iTMS is a loss-leader for selling iPod, which has been pointed out many times here before. I bet, though, that Apple would continue to be the industry leader in terms of selling songs to iPod users because they have such a clean, easy-to-use interface and seamless interoperability between the player, the store, and the iPod.This is something the standalone FairPlay licensee stores would not be able to offer. They could compete on price, or selection, which Apple competes based on ease-of-use and style (which would not be Mac vs. PC all over again because Apple would still control the iPod hardware).
So it would be win-win. Apple would have more stores selling music for its iPod, which would make consumers more comfortable in committing to iPods, and Apple would be able to maintain the near-excellent user experience for customers who stick with the iTMS.
Oh, so it's like with appliances. "You mean I could take this vaccum cleaner to a repair shop if it has problems? That sounds expensive, so I'll just buy one that can't be repaired."
To the Brits, it's Nasa. They like to make initial caps words out of acronyms, for example Nato. And British English tends to dominate in Europe, and elsewhere around the world, so...
Anyway, this is hardly a surprise from NASA. I mean, the requirement for *every* shuttle flight to be in ISS orbit, so they can get off and crowd into the station if there's an emergency is nice, but not terribly useful. Then again, the shuttle itself is being repurposed as little more than a, er, shuttle (as in shuttle bus) to the station. Grumble...
Yeah, it's pretty much just proof-of-concept. But it's also a good idea to produce these so that *other* companies can try to do some R&D, so that more products can make quick use of the technology once it's matured.
Also, while it may have the same resolution as your PocketPC, if it could all roll up into a spine/tube for travel, it'd be a lot more portable than the PDA. Assuming you could use it for input, which you can't at this point, so we're back to the proof-of-concept stage.
Good observation. However, iTunes is still free--just don't go looking for the download link on iTune's iLife page. You have to go to the iPod+iTunes page. Shame that iPhoto may no longer be free, but... I guess I'll just wait until I get a new computer. Oh, and a digital camera.;^)
Unfortunately there's some definite potential in some of the technical underpinnings of Longhorn...
First off I'd better be sure to say that I'm a longtime fairly ardent Mac user, and while I'm quite familiar with Windows (perhaps and intermediate-level user with bits of poweruser knowledge) I'll never spend my own money on Windows again (hopefully). And I'm running Panther and enjoying the smooth interface, the usability improvements, etc.
However, it seems like one of the big things in Longhorn will be the WinFS--which I understand to the the database-as-a-filesystem. Yes, I think I've read that Be did something like this, but I'm betting M$ will take it further. The propoganda/article by Thurrott indicates that: ""I should not care about location when I save," says Microsoft VP Chris Jones. "Why can't I just click on my computer and it shows me my documents? It is a computer. It should know what a document is, what I have edited and annotated, what I have searched for before, and what other places I have looked for documents. It is not just documents on my computer I am looking for. It is documents I care about."
That's a great idea: why should I care where I save things? Why can't I have a NASA movie clip from the Galileo mission appear when I'm looking thru my movies (next to whatever Simpsons clips or whatever else) and when I'm looking thru my space files (next to images or articles)? Currently, the only way I can do this is by making aliases and making sure everything is in discrete folders (e.g. movies/space/galileo vs. movies/space/cassini, each of which can be aliased into their corresponding pictures/space/ folders).
I truly hope that Apple is looking into developing a database-like-extension to their HFS (hierarchal file system). I want to keep using my Mac for years and years to come, and very likely will, but I think a database-filesystem is essential to the platform.
Of course, if Longhorn just confuses users too much and M$ has to remove the functionality, or provide a layer over it to simulate hierarchal folders all over again, then... maybe a database-filesystem is not something users will crave. But I think there's a place for it...
I think people fail to realise how powerful the German business sector is. If Germany was the same size of the USA, I'm sure it would be the top dog at the moment, not the USA. And now that the European European Union is creating the biggest single global market, Germany should be able to increase it's economy even further as it is at the heart of Europe.
<Mr. Burns>Uh oh, the Germans are going to get me! Don't let the Germans come after me... Oh no, the Germans are coming after me... No! They're so big and strong! Oh, protect me from the Germans!...</Mr. Burns>
I keep hearing this, but somehow no-one has EVER demonstrated a working system. If microwave power transmission is such a panacea, how come we have never seen it done here on earth!!!!!!
I don't know where you've been, but I was building microwave transmission power plants in every single one of my Sim Cities years ago. They worked like a charm. And with Distasters turned off, I can proudly report 0 accidents across dozens of cities, over hundreds of years. A simple model that the U.S. and other industrialized nations would be wise to follow...
Oh shove off. NYT is a CORPORATION, not a public interest group. A corporation that happens to publish a lot of interesting / relevant news. Sigh, time for... "-1 Off-topic"... well, I earned it at least.
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You could have warned us that the JuiceBox link leads to an obnoxiously noisy site. Fun way to get noticed at work. Yick.
It was kind of neat when used "properly", that is when you used the demo custom version of PowerPoint they provided which showed different related content on each layer. You pretty much had to be sitting right in front of it for it to look good, though. Both layers were a bit washed out / hard to focus on, and reading was not as easy as on a traditional display.
In the end, we struggled to come up with many scenarios where this type of display would have a strong advantage over virtual layering of data/content. My own conclusion: it's good that someone is making products like this, pushing the boundaries a bit, but I won't be recommending it any time soon. (Of course, if some "killer app" comes along my tune could change.)
In case anyone cares:
Amazon link for the book
IMDB link for the movie
The movie's own web site
Ah, I found a link to a technical paper in PDF format posted on this blog page. (I think the paper is being Slashdotted at the moment--arrowed!)
Thank you for providing that explanation. I was wondering the same thing as the AC grandparent poster--we studied the ClearBoard idea in a Computer Supported Cooperative Work class and I remember being particularly impressed by the idea. At first I thought you'd still have to reverse the video image to keep pointing consistent, but as you said, you're not trying to make it work like two people facing each other through glass... simple but clever. Will you be submitting an article to CHI or any other journals/conferences?
When I first came here, this was all snow. Everyone said I was daft to build a base in the snow, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the snow. So I built a second one. That sank into the snow. So I built a third. That got covered over, caved in, then sank into the snow. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, lad, the strongest base in all of Antarctica!
In this case, one action is completely identical to another (highlight to copy is indistinguishable from highlight to select) and you end up with a potentially destructive situation. When something like this is considered normal usage, it may not be "wrong" but it sure ain't "good."
Damn, you beat me to the ST:VI reference. Anyways, as I posted in a Mac-oriented forum that no one here will really care about...
In Star Trek VI, when the Klingon empire was months from collapse and they came to the Federation to discuss an alliance, Kirk first exclaimed "let them die!" But cooler heads, who saw the potential of such an alliance, prevailed. And the result was a number of intersting Next Generation episodes. Oh, and a better future for both, for example uniting against common enemies like the Romulans and the Borg.
I leave the drawing of screamingly obvious parallals to the reader.
That trick (setting the clock forward--I choose 20 years out--and then setting it back) works for Mac OS X as well. And I'm fairly confident it works on Windows as well.
Aside from nit-picking your nit-pick of my nit-pick (nit!--no, you're doing it wrong, it's ni!)... that's a very interesting link you've provided. I wonder how expensive it is to separate and store the gases (esp. the nitrogen) from the moondust exhaust. And 100 million tons sounds like a damn lot of rock to cook. I hope we can't see the results from Earth for a while. Maybe we'll dig underground and use the space for living quarters, which would make sense for structural and shielding reasons anyway.
I say, any reason for having more than a tiny handful of people and a bunch of robots on the Moon will be a result of establishing a permanent human presence on Mars. A huge telescope? Built by humans and robots, maintained by robots, operated remotely by humans on Earth. Strip mining for He-3? Robots. A space port for the steady trickle of traffic between Earth and Mars? Ah, a role for humans.
Yes, I'd love to see us living on the Moon. But the truth is, on Mars there is soil that's more than just powered rock, and there's an atmosphere made of useful gases. Those things will be extremely important to humans on Mars, and we can't really "practice" utilizing them on the cold, dead Moon.
It's helium-3, not hydrogen-3--you gotta get your fad science straight if you want to convince anyone... And what exactly should we do with the helium-3 until we actual achieve practical fusion power generation (in 30-1,000 years)? Just store it in tanks? That kind of long-term profit potential won't get you very much support.
I definitely think that Apple should license FairPlay to other online music stores, but not other hardware or software players just yet. Why? It's a matter of perception. I'm sure there are people out there who won't buy an iPod because they learn that it can only play iTMS songs (out of all the other legal download stores, ignoring any MP3 stores). If Wal*Mart and any other "me too" store also sold FairPlay music, all of a sudden this wouldn't be a problem--iPod users could buy online music from any number of places. iPod users would have a choice.
Now, would Apple lose some iTMS revenue? Probably, but big deal. iTMS is a loss-leader for selling iPod, which has been pointed out many times here before. I bet, though, that Apple would continue to be the industry leader in terms of selling songs to iPod users because they have such a clean, easy-to-use interface and seamless interoperability between the player, the store, and the iPod.This is something the standalone FairPlay licensee stores would not be able to offer. They could compete on price, or selection, which Apple competes based on ease-of-use and style (which would not be Mac vs. PC all over again because Apple would still control the iPod hardware).
So it would be win-win. Apple would have more stores selling music for its iPod, which would make consumers more comfortable in committing to iPods, and Apple would be able to maintain the near-excellent user experience for customers who stick with the iTMS.
Oh, so it's like with appliances. "You mean I could take this vaccum cleaner to a repair shop if it has problems? That sounds expensive, so I'll just buy one that can't be repaired."
You make an interesting point, though.
To the Brits, it's Nasa. They like to make initial caps words out of acronyms, for example Nato. And British English tends to dominate in Europe, and elsewhere around the world, so...
Anyway, this is hardly a surprise from NASA. I mean, the requirement for *every* shuttle flight to be in ISS orbit, so they can get off and crowd into the station if there's an emergency is nice, but not terribly useful. Then again, the shuttle itself is being repurposed as little more than a, er, shuttle (as in shuttle bus) to the station. Grumble...
Yeah, it's pretty much just proof-of-concept. But it's also a good idea to produce these so that *other* companies can try to do some R&D, so that more products can make quick use of the technology once it's matured.
Also, while it may have the same resolution as your PocketPC, if it could all roll up into a spine/tube for travel, it'd be a lot more portable than the PDA. Assuming you could use it for input, which you can't at this point, so we're back to the proof-of-concept stage.
THANK YOU for posting those links! Very informative.
IBM should know that Pink was the predecessor to Taligent which was the predecessor to absolutely nothing.
The I Shing said: I wonder what color the HP iPod will be.
According to ZDNet's article, the HPod will come in "HP Blue"
Good observation. However, iTunes is still free--just don't go looking for the download link on iTune's iLife page. You have to go to the iPod+iTunes page. Shame that iPhoto may no longer be free, but... I guess I'll just wait until I get a new computer. Oh, and a digital camera. ;^)
First off I'd better be sure to say that I'm a longtime fairly ardent Mac user, and while I'm quite familiar with Windows (perhaps and intermediate-level user with bits of poweruser knowledge) I'll never spend my own money on Windows again (hopefully). And I'm running Panther and enjoying the smooth interface, the usability improvements, etc.
However, it seems like one of the big things in Longhorn will be the WinFS--which I understand to the the database-as-a-filesystem. Yes, I think I've read that Be did something like this, but I'm betting M$ will take it further. The propoganda/article by Thurrott indicates that:
""I should not care about location when I save," says Microsoft VP Chris Jones. "Why can't I just click on my computer and it shows me my documents? It is a computer. It should know what a document is, what I have edited and annotated, what I have searched for before, and what other places I have looked for documents. It is not just documents on my computer I am looking for. It is documents I care about."
That's a great idea: why should I care where I save things? Why can't I have a NASA movie clip from the Galileo mission appear when I'm looking thru my movies (next to whatever Simpsons clips or whatever else) and when I'm looking thru my space files (next to images or articles)? Currently, the only way I can do this is by making aliases and making sure everything is in discrete folders (e.g. movies/space/galileo vs. movies/space/cassini, each of which can be aliased into their corresponding pictures/space/ folders).
I truly hope that Apple is looking into developing a database-like-extension to their HFS (hierarchal file system). I want to keep using my Mac for years and years to come, and very likely will, but I think a database-filesystem is essential to the platform.
Of course, if Longhorn just confuses users too much and M$ has to remove the functionality, or provide a layer over it to simulate hierarchal folders all over again, then... maybe a database-filesystem is not something users will crave. But I think there's a place for it...
<Mr. Burns>Uh oh, the Germans are going to get me! Don't let the Germans come after me... Oh no, the Germans are coming after me... No! They're so big and strong! Oh, protect me from the Germans!...</Mr. Burns>
In Soviet Russia, moon lands on you after 32 years!
I don't know where you've been, but I was building microwave transmission power plants in every single one of my Sim Cities years ago. They worked like a charm. And with Distasters turned off, I can proudly report 0 accidents across dozens of cities, over hundreds of years. A simple model that the U.S. and other industrialized nations would be wise to follow...
Oh shove off. NYT is a CORPORATION, not a public interest group. A corporation that happens to publish a lot of interesting / relevant news.
Sigh, time for... "-1 Off-topic"... well, I earned it at least.