Hovercrafts, unlike rockets, do not use equal and opposite reaction to gain lift. Hovercrafts use air pressure to inflate a not-very-well sealed airbag (the skirt) to lift the whole apparatus off of the ground. At small scales, the skirt to ground seal has much less integrity over grass than over concrete.
If, by "*types* of games", you are refering to the second screen, then I laugh at you and Nintendo. The types of games that would benefit from a secondary display are few and far between. Also, game developers have learned to display every kind of game quite nicely from one screen. Those that *might* benefit from the secondary screen have no absolute need for it.
It's nothing but a cash grab, they're reselling you the same crap you already have (but now portable!) use your heads/wallets and get a DS. You won't regret it.
There is a lot more revolutionairy stuff about this PSP than there was in the Game Boy Color, the Virtual Boy, The Game boy Advanced, and the Gameboy Advanced Advanced. I think that the PSP is speced to be an awsome contender in the portable market.
It's not just 7 year olds that play game boy(ish portables). The market goes all the way up to college, where people finally start putting their noses to the grindstone.
I know the new gameboy has wireless lan as well, so this applies to both portables. Being able to multiplayer just by being NEAR your buddy is going to be a killer selling point over consoles. Plus, everybody in the multiplayer game will get a seperate, full quality display! It's lan party in a pocket.
Call me a half-empty glass but what consumer product of great complexity than a donut is not encumbered by OTHER patents that make it prohibitively expensive to sell that product to any smart consumers.
1. Robots and AI
Robot players beats human world championchip masters in a standard soccer match.
Only three humans were injured unintentionally by their bulky metal foes. The fourth doesn't count because he deliberately picked a fight with top robotic player Android Schwarzenegger.
5. Transportation
Antigravity
Baloon trash is a thing of the past. Now, when you lose grip on the string, the baloon navigates itself out of the solar system.
We already have lots of innovation in raw technology. The problem is that they're not economically feasable. The next prizes should be given to the company (or individual) who brings a next generation technology to the masses.
Don't you know that collecting published information can lead to national security risks? I can't find the article, but last year maybe, there was a Slashdot article about how a map of the electrical grid, compiled from public information, created a threat from terrorists.
You can expect, within a year, an agreement between the apartments and the University. The apartments will soon require all tenants to uphold the university regulations upon sign a new lease or renewing an old one. Call me pessimistic.
You are completely off-topic. Your employer owns the data, the equipment, and the rights to connectivity to those. More importantly, they are not selling or advertising public access to their network.
Universities have a reputation for censorship and user-monitoring. There also may be a bandwidth issue, a user fee that can be avoided, and/or worries about availability of IP space. You can package in the lack of a right to host websites and/or other services from your private box, and you might understand why some students would choose another provider.
Disclaimer: These are guesses; I do not attend the university in question. I'm merely stating the issues I would worry about before signing on with the University's network.
Non-existance is fundamentally unprovable. Take for example the non-existance of criminal guilt. The Founders realized that no man can adequitly disprove a false statement of his guilt, and therefor no man can be presumed guilty until there is reasonable evidence of his guilt. I digress. This is off-topic.
20 years after the last Stupid Patent (tm) is issued, the entire system will be free for public use. Unless someone stupid (cough Congress cough) decides to extend the patent rights to match those of copyrights.
Slashdot Mirror
We know, already. Can't you take a joke?
Hovercrafts, unlike rockets, do not use equal and opposite reaction to gain lift. Hovercrafts use air pressure to inflate a not-very-well sealed airbag (the skirt) to lift the whole apparatus off of the ground. At small scales, the skirt to ground seal has much less integrity over grass than over concrete.
If, by "*types* of games", you are refering to the second screen, then I laugh at you and Nintendo. The types of games that would benefit from a secondary display are few and far between. Also, game developers have learned to display every kind of game quite nicely from one screen. Those that *might* benefit from the secondary screen have no absolute need for it.
There is a lot more revolutionairy stuff about this PSP than there was in the Game Boy Color, the Virtual Boy, The Game boy Advanced, and the Gameboy Advanced Advanced. I think that the PSP is speced to be an awsome contender in the portable market.
It's not just 7 year olds that play game boy(ish portables). The market goes all the way up to college, where people finally start putting their noses to the grindstone.
I know the new gameboy has wireless lan as well, so this applies to both portables. Being able to multiplayer just by being NEAR your buddy is going to be a killer selling point over consoles. Plus, everybody in the multiplayer game will get a seperate, full quality display! It's lan party in a pocket.
And will be socially inept in American culture. Not that missing a few American prejudices would be a bad thing, mind you.
You and my dog.
Yes! You can have a Mt. Dew! Just go get it!
Call me a half-empty glass but what consumer product of great complexity than a donut is not encumbered by OTHER patents that make it prohibitively expensive to sell that product to any smart consumers.
Only three humans were injured unintentionally by their bulky metal foes. The fourth doesn't count because he deliberately picked a fight with top robotic player Android Schwarzenegger.
5. Transportation Antigravity
Baloon trash is a thing of the past. Now, when you lose grip on the string, the baloon navigates itself out of the solar system.
A true highway autopilot in a sub $30k car
Safe fog and rain navigation for the same car
Economic and RELIABLE robotic assembly lines
Stuff like that.
Don't you know that collecting published information can lead to national security risks? I can't find the article, but last year maybe, there was a Slashdot article about how a map of the electrical grid, compiled from public information, created a threat from terrorists.
volcano cam is up. And staring right at a bugs underside.
Show what you know about lesdyxics.
Pr0n in governemnt?
The prince of Bel-Air installs it?
The pack Dentine in with the restore disks?
*rimshot*
You need to check your blinker fluid. When the car turns, the conductive fluid shifts to side and connects the turn signal contacts.
Oh wait! No don't! Get away! Get aw--OUUUCH!
. . . Hey Mom! Look what I got pierced!
You can expect, within a year, an agreement between the apartments and the University. The apartments will soon require all tenants to uphold the university regulations upon sign a new lease or renewing an old one. Call me pessimistic.
You are completely off-topic. Your employer owns the data, the equipment, and the rights to connectivity to those. More importantly, they are not selling or advertising public access to their network.
Disclaimer: These are guesses; I do not attend the university in question. I'm merely stating the issues I would worry about before signing on with the University's network.
Non-existance is fundamentally unprovable. Take for example the non-existance of criminal guilt. The Founders realized that no man can adequitly disprove a false statement of his guilt, and therefor no man can be presumed guilty until there is reasonable evidence of his guilt. I digress. This is off-topic.
A new consortium of keyboard makers have replaced the old, patent encumbered "Tab" key with a new key in the same location, labelled "Over".
20 years after the last Stupid Patent (tm) is issued, the entire system will be free for public use. Unless someone stupid (cough Congress cough) decides to extend the patent rights to match those of copyrights.
Whoa, as of right now, Slashdot has prime billing on Google news!
And they are still using Windows Server 2010 to demonstrate the Slashdot Crash!
I'll have Nintendo get right on it. ;-)