I have one of those Lenovo tablet/clamshell PCs with a multitouch display running Windows 7.
It's no surprise that there are only a few uses for multitouch on the PC (e.g. the zooming is stepped in most programs and just doesn't work as you would want). But one of the fundamental issues that you would think is easy to solve is that there is no Windows theme for touch. The menus, the minimize/restore/close areas... they're all too small. I haven't easily found on the web or in the Microsoft site any theme that could solve this utterly simple issue. It seems that the touting of Windows 7 as tablet ready was thought through in typical responsive fashion, with no fundamental understanding of what that entails.
I just got a patent approved that uses that process. Please let me know if you hear of anyone using that method because I have a great business opportunity for them.
I will tell you that Adesso made one circa 1995 and I had it. It was difficult to use. The reason is that the pointer stick was in that big open area between the two keys. So you had to remove your hands from the keys in order to use it and then re-find the keys when you were done. This defeated the purpose to me as I could just grab a mouse in the same effort.
What I really want is a nice USB keyboard with a trackpoint pointer and a Windows key. If you find one of those, please post here where to get one. It would be like an Ultranav but with a Windows key.
You write that, but you know that neither this nor the OP is true. You see consoles selling in quantums of 199, 249, and 299. Any variation is set largely on customer perception. There is no slight increase in price to, say, 302. Console price has little to do with minor variations in parts costs.
If you really want to correct the OP, then talk about the profit margin. In that case, the customer doesn't care.
I was thinking about what part of this could be considered unique. The three decisions in the flow chart have certainly been made before.
So I thought that maybe the tool was a custom application: "Place heated bread product over tool(s) with the crown over the crown cavity and the heel over the heel cavity"
"People can sense an electric field of more than about 20 kilovolts/meter (kV/m) as a slight tingling sensation on their skin. This level can be found underneath high voltage power lines. On the other hand, most people cannot feel the presence of AC magnetic fields, except at extraordinarily strong levels (although some people claim they can sense even low levels of EMF)."
It is odd that as the game is shown under play with about 3:20 to go (as my media player shows it), that only Macs are used for playing the game.
This trend continues to the end of the video.
I don't get it.
If I were a terrorist, I'd just buy myself some senators and tell them to make everyone scared so that they push through legislation and, separately, spend themselves into a hole. It's working a lot better than bombing.
If you stole the programming equipment from Medronic, then no, you wouldn't need 30K of gear.
Part of the cost would be attributable to the fact that these items operate in the MICS band (402-405 MHz), which is a specific band isolated for medical implantable use. To generate and listen to signals at this frequency, you would typically need some type of engineering test equipment or a custom built circuit. This is regardless of any encryption or whatnot. It's more of a security through obscurity model.
Secondly, assuming you had access to the protocol details and a familiarity with wireless set-ups, you need to really want to hurt someone. Most engineers working for medical device companies don't seek that kind of thrill. For those that do, there are plenty of other ways to cause damage that is so much easier.
I want to be able to upload mine with dance moves developed after my latest self-education in 1985 and have it teach them to me (motors on) then grade my progress (motors off).
Basically because 1394b is not backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1.
Many embedded chips are available with build in logic for USB peripherals, hosts, or On-The-Go, which is really both in one. Most Firewire options require an extra logical chip. It is simply less expensive to implement USB when it is good enough for what you need, and you have the extra security knowing that many PCs out there are natively compatible if you implement one of the common protocols such as HID or Mass Storage.
If this were in place, it would say that any books, movies, and music written before 2003 would be free to duplicate and sell today.
I don't see how the book industry should be 'punished' because of the RIAA.
It seems more reasonable to put it at, say 20 years, and then each advancing year shorten the history in a linear way down to some agreed-upon target duration. This would give companies with catalogs of copywrited material enough time to adjust their business model without causing such a shock to all businesses that have infrastructure depending in part on this royalty income. So many companies own media that this would impact the US market as a whole. Of course, that is the same reason why legislation like this would not even pass.
Redundant implies that it does the same thing. A standard TiVo provides a different featureset and is used in a different manner than a VCR.
By your example, a computer is redundant to a typewriter, so assuming you are not one to fall for "redundant technologies," who did you give your comment to to get them to post it?
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I'm pregnant!
Oh, wait, that was just a fart.
That video player embedded in the seat in front of me better be really good in bright light.
I have one of those Lenovo tablet/clamshell PCs with a multitouch display running Windows 7.
It's no surprise that there are only a few uses for multitouch on the PC (e.g. the zooming is stepped in most programs and just doesn't work as you would want).
But one of the fundamental issues that you would think is easy to solve is that there is no Windows theme for touch. The menus, the minimize/restore/close areas... they're all too small. I haven't easily found on the web or in the Microsoft site any theme that could solve this utterly simple issue. It seems that the touting of Windows 7 as tablet ready was thought through in typical responsive fashion, with no fundamental understanding of what that entails.
I don't see how adding another dimension can magically allow two objects to become linked when they were unable to be linked in a lower dimension.
Have you ever done a jigsaw puzzle where you have to pick up the piece to insert it into the other one instead of just sliding it along the table?
It's like that.
I just got a patent approved that uses that process. Please let me know if you hear of anyone using that method because I have a great business opportunity for them.
At this point, I'm accustomed to typing in my credit card number.
[transaction authorized]
Okay, so you were saying?
You should install some windows.
Then it will pass through your wall.
I will tell you that Adesso made one circa 1995 and I had it. It was difficult to use. The reason is that the pointer stick was in that big open area between the two keys. So you had to remove your hands from the keys in order to use it and then re-find the keys when you were done. This defeated the purpose to me as I could just grab a mouse in the same effort.
What I really want is a nice USB keyboard with a trackpoint pointer and a Windows key. If you find one of those, please post here where to get one. It would be like an Ultranav but with a Windows key.
If it were a UPS truck making the delivery then I would mod it +1 redundant.
You write that, but you know that neither this nor the OP is true. You see consoles selling in quantums of 199, 249, and 299. Any variation is set largely on customer perception. There is no slight increase in price to, say, 302. Console price has little to do with minor variations in parts costs.
If you really want to correct the OP, then talk about the profit margin. In that case, the customer doesn't care.
I was thinking about what part of this could be considered unique. The three decisions in the flow chart have certainly been made before.
So I thought that maybe the tool was a custom application:
"Place heated bread product over tool(s) with the crown over the crown cavity and the heel over the heel cavity"
But prior art for this tool = my hands.
> Can you cite a source for this information?
MRI is not a good comparison because MRI's dominant field is a static magnetic field. AC power produces a time-varying magnetic field.
One source is this. I don't know its credibility.
http://cawenterprises.com/pages/works.php
"People can sense an electric field of more than about 20 kilovolts/meter (kV/m) as a slight tingling sensation on their skin. This level can be found underneath high voltage power lines. On the other hand, most people cannot feel the presence of AC magnetic fields, except at extraordinarily strong levels (although some people claim they can sense even low levels of EMF)."
It is odd that as the game is shown under play with about 3:20 to go (as my media player shows it), that only Macs are used for playing the game. This trend continues to the end of the video. I don't get it.
The word on the street is that the flight simulators are very immersive.
If I were a terrorist, I'd just buy myself some senators and tell them to make everyone scared so that they push through legislation and, separately, spend themselves into a hole. It's working a lot better than bombing.
If you stole the programming equipment from Medronic, then no, you wouldn't need 30K of gear.
Part of the cost would be attributable to the fact that these items operate in the MICS band (402-405 MHz), which is a specific band isolated for medical implantable use. To generate and listen to signals at this frequency, you would typically need some type of engineering test equipment or a custom built circuit. This is regardless of any encryption or whatnot. It's more of a security through obscurity model.
Secondly, assuming you had access to the protocol details and a familiarity with wireless set-ups, you need to really want to hurt someone. Most engineers working for medical device companies don't seek that kind of thrill. For those that do, there are plenty of other ways to cause damage that is so much easier.
I want to be able to upload mine with dance moves developed after my latest self-education in 1985 and have it teach them to me (motors on) then grade my progress (motors off).
Basically because 1394b is not backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1.
Many embedded chips are available with build in logic for USB peripherals, hosts, or On-The-Go, which is really both in one.
Most Firewire options require an extra logical chip. It is simply less expensive to implement USB when it is good enough for what you need, and you have the extra security knowing that many PCs out there are natively compatible if you implement one of the common protocols such as HID or Mass Storage.
If this were in place, it would say that any books, movies, and music written before 2003 would be free to duplicate and sell today.
I don't see how the book industry should be 'punished' because of the RIAA.
It seems more reasonable to put it at, say 20 years, and then each advancing year shorten the history in a linear way down to some agreed-upon target duration. This would give companies with catalogs of copywrited material enough time to adjust their business model without causing such a shock to all businesses that have infrastructure depending in part on this royalty income. So many companies own media that this would impact the US market as a whole. Of course, that is the same reason why legislation like this would not even pass.
> Any suggestions for how to phrase it if you're not a New York resident?
You've got a pretty nice Office of Technology here.
It'd be a shame if something were to happen to it.
I'm just sayin'!
Fairness is generally adjusted by the number of items you are willing to consider.
...if they only let single hotties in too. And your username must include your dimensions.
> Even still, it's hard to see the benefit from future science students passing by guessing.
It's called a hypothesis!
How about Command line completion on a computer from the 1960s?
Redundant implies that it does the same thing. A standard TiVo provides a different featureset and is used in a different manner than a VCR.
By your example, a computer is redundant to a typewriter, so assuming you are not one to fall for "redundant technologies," who did you give your comment to to get them to post it?