Re:Camera phones are silly
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I disagree.
The problem is that people misuse it. They seem to think the camera phone is there to replace your camera. Right now it isn't!
Since getting a camera phone I have enjoyed taking pics. But at no point did I think they were going to be of high enough quality to be printed out and framed or put up on a web site. But, the ability to take a picture of something and MMS it to a friend (usually to find out if I'm looking at the correct thing), has proved invaluable a couple of times already.
My father bought a digital camera about 6 years ago. It's maximum resolution was 640x480. It was expensive, and little more than a toy. Look at the quality of digital cameras now. I bet within 3 or 4 year time your phones will be more than adequate for posting arb pictures on your website. Why carry around a small camera and a small phone, when you can carry around one camera phone.
As for SMS's and web browsing being fads. Maybe in america, but I know here in South Africa SMS's are huge (and cell phones are owned by almost everyone, well over half the population as far as I know). Maybe its because we're poorer and therefor the money saved is worth it. Given that I just got a camera phone free of charge when renewing my cell phone contract, and even a cheap digital camera costs decent part of a salary here, I think its worth it.
How did I ever survive without one...
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Web site seems slash dotted already.:(
I just got a samsung x600 (capable of 640x480 pics) and for the first time ever have a camera phone (or for that matter a phone that does anything more than sms and phone calls).
Its amazingly good, as long as you're in sunlight.
If you're not in sunlight, then the pictures only look decent when displayed on the tiny phone screen.
I guess it depends on the office space. Where I currently work the pointy haired boss is an ex programmer and so isn't too pointy haired. I tend to work a lot more in the office because the way things are set up work. The management stays away as long as we are getting stuff done.:)
I think the point is that different things work for different people and their jobs and also apply differently based on the culture of the company.
I do know that at my previous company I would have gotten tons more work done if I had worked at home, but now, with a change of company, the reverse is true.
how much work I'd actually get done at home. I bet many people would get more stuff done, but my ps2 being in such close proximity to my work station may cause more trouble than its worth.
With small 802.11b/g capable devices getting more and more common and powerful, 100% coverage is becoming more and more useful. Here in South Africa, cell phone coverage has gotten better and better (to the point where people living in tin shacks and barely enough money to feed their family still manage to own cell phones). One can only hope that something similar with hot spots happens here (though I dobut it). Once things like this take off the benifits are amazing, people just have to learn how to turn the devices off once in a while.:)
Don't ham radios put out a much stronger signal on the same frequency range? There was a time when ham radio's were quite popular (and in some places they still are) and I don't remember anything about ham radio's massive cancer causing properties.
Almost got blind when a 200 gallon container spilled? Damn that'd keep this pda running for so long.;)
I'd assume you'd be able to buy small cannisters to refil the fuel cell, that would be quite safe and even if they did rupture and empty their contents into the air, would be unlikely to provide enough methanol to blind you. Assuming of course you're not in an cramped airtight box.
Asteroids move faster than the speed of sound in Earth's atmosphere. As a result, the air pressure ahead of a fireball can substantially exceed the air pressure behind it. The difference can be so great that it actually crushes the object
Isn't the point of this system so that there is security without the invasion of privacy?
Now I'd assume there would be concerns to the security of the data. I'm sure most of the information this database contains could be found elsewhere (though it'd be spread out between different sources). The point though is that the US is trying to find ways to find the terrorists amongst you, and any method that helps with this while not making all your personal information available to any law enforcement agency that wants it, is a method that should at least be looked at.
SmartRipper has an option under settings for file splitting. Set it to max file size and then make sure the max file size is larger than that movie. This will get you a single VOB file. Any DVD playing software should be able to read these (I use powerDVD and it can play ripped VOB's perfectly)
Right now I guess I too have no reason to keep em uncompressed. A 1.5 gig xvid has no noticable quality loss with my current run of the mill system (not that its a bad system, but its just not absolutly great).
But the point is more that once one spends some extra cash on an expensive TV and 5.1 sound system (okay, a lot of extra cash), then you can start noticing the difference between uncompressed and compressed.
Also, compressing movies you own is just that extra bit of effort. Once these new huge drives become cheaper, one won't have to compress since it just won't be worth the effort.
Personally I like to keep all my favourite DVD's on hdd. Easy access, the DVD itself can stay safe and sound in its cover. 400GB is going to fit easily over 50 uncompressed DVD's, and I doubt I'll ever have 50 movies that I watch often enough that I benifit from copying them to hdd.
Of course I own all the DVD's so if the drive breaks its merely a pain to copy them back on. However, for the majority of users, 400GB of kazza'ed movies and music is a lot of time and bandwidth wasted.:P
People who do lots of video editing, and with 400 GB thats going to be A LOT of video, will love this I'm sure. Just as long as its not the only place the video is stored.
erm 7.2 kilometers per litre (assuming a good mix of city and freeway driving, almost 11 kilometers to the litre on long distance drives). *runs off to find a converter then gives up*;)
Thought about the fuel into washer and water into fuel tank issue and went down to the garage to refresh my memory why this doesn't happen. The fuel cap has two leather flaps over it as well as the cap, the one flap goes over the water inlet when its pulled away from the fuel cap. So it'd take actual effort to go spilling one into the other.
Though I still have a plastic cap on the washer inlet. Scrap yard a few hundred km away deals in scrapped porsches and posts what you need, and at a decent price.:)
My first computer was a ZX spectrum. And although it was mostly used for games, my clearest memories of it are from a book of games. They consisted of the code, which you copied in, saved and ran. At first it was direct copying, then modifying, then creating your own stuff from scratch. I got my degree after I left school. I did a ton of programming in it. But really, when compared to the programming I did by myself (and sometimes with friends) as a kid, I was taught a lot less.
Fiddling with your own computer and coding with your own computer, was, and I'm sure always will be the best way to learn. Except nowadays, we can get involved in open source projects. The ability to continue learning outside of the workplace is HUGE. Get involved in an open source project, get coding, because your code is going to be seen by a hell of a lot more people than when you're coding in some small business environment. And while you're doing this, you're helping create great software that is provided free to the world. So you're not making any money, I bet you're learning more than was spent on your education (unless you are lucky enough to live in a country where your education is payed for, and even then you can look at it as saving your country money).
The end result, good software that may be used for free instead of being bought. Does this really effect your ability to earn money? I doubt it, how many of us are directly involved in the programming of MS Office? Is being involved in open office taking money away from you? Unlikely. Since I have been coding for money, I have yet to code a single app that is not very directed at a very specific business requirement. If I learn something from an open source project, it only increases my knowledge and thus my worth.
Maybe its just my cynical view on life. But I swear this author was comparing writing in open source software to not getting laid. Constant references to women and children. tsk tsk.;)
I'm currently up to episode 11 of stand alone complex. So far I'm enjoying it immensely. I enjoyed the GiTS movie, but, to make it movie length too many things got cut out.
SAC although a different storyline, is touching a lot more subjects that were covered in the original manga.
... So far, 64bit computing doesn't... at this point with little immediate return...
Try reading the post properly...
64bit computing will become the standard one day, but microsoft is the king of doing things when they become profitable, NOT when they are new and untested.
Right now MS needs no reason for delaying a 64bit OS other than they don't need to release it now to keep making huge profits.
I think selacious was saying that biometrics is no different from a button or punch cards. And it isn't, whether its punch cards/buttons/biometrics, its still a manager looking at a name/number with a time next to it and not having a clue what that employee.
Bad/good management determines whether a time recording system works or doesn't, the technology just makes it harder to cheat. So now the honest guy who is late by 5 minutes doesn't get into trouble while the sneaky guy comes in half an hour late, safe in the knowledge that his card is already swiped.
I'd assume they still have weight divisions in this. Would be pretty unbalanced if the 100kg chess player gets to beat the crap out of the 70kg chess player.
Well sure when we get AI to the point of self awareness, that however is decades, maybe even centuries off.
We will have robots that run, jump, look like human beings long before any self awareness is achieved. And no they won't need to have rights, just because they will act and look human will mean nothing.
SETI may be called the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, but the data gained from it is used for various other scientific studies involving evaporating black holes and other radio wave emitting phenomena.
Christian groups may call SETI useless, but then of course they are scared of its results and the effect it would have on their beliefs.
And sure, the chance of finding any intelligent out there via SETI is incredibly slim. On the other hand, decoding a signal from outer space, even if we never translate it, will give us a very good idea of what direction to head when we do eventually get to exploring the universe (or more likely where our militaries decide to start pointing their guns, figuratively speaking).
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I disagree.
The problem is that people misuse it. They seem to think the camera phone is there to replace your camera. Right now it isn't!
Since getting a camera phone I have enjoyed taking pics. But at no point did I think they were going to be of high enough quality to be printed out and framed or put up on a web site. But, the ability to take a picture of something and MMS it to a friend (usually to find out if I'm looking at the correct thing), has proved invaluable a couple of times already.
My father bought a digital camera about 6 years ago. It's maximum resolution was 640x480. It was expensive, and little more than a toy. Look at the quality of digital cameras now. I bet within 3 or 4 year time your phones will be more than adequate for posting arb pictures on your website. Why carry around a small camera and a small phone, when you can carry around one camera phone.
As for SMS's and web browsing being fads. Maybe in america, but I know here in South Africa SMS's are huge (and cell phones are owned by almost everyone, well over half the population as far as I know). Maybe its because we're poorer and therefor the money saved is worth it. Given that I just got a camera phone free of charge when renewing my cell phone contract, and even a cheap digital camera costs decent part of a salary here, I think its worth it.
Web site seems slash dotted already. :(
I just got a samsung x600 (capable of 640x480 pics) and for the first time ever have a camera phone (or for that matter a phone that does anything more than sms and phone calls).
Its amazingly good, as long as you're in sunlight. If you're not in sunlight, then the pictures only look decent when displayed on the tiny phone screen.
I guess it depends on the office space. Where I currently work the pointy haired boss is an ex programmer and so isn't too pointy haired. I tend to work a lot more in the office because the way things are set up work. The management stays away as long as we are getting stuff done. :)
I think the point is that different things work for different people and their jobs and also apply differently based on the culture of the company.
I do know that at my previous company I would have gotten tons more work done if I had worked at home, but now, with a change of company, the reverse is true.
how much work I'd actually get done at home. I bet many people would get more stuff done, but my ps2 being in such close proximity to my work station may cause more trouble than its worth.
With small 802.11b/g capable devices getting more and more common and powerful, 100% coverage is becoming more and more useful. Here in South Africa, cell phone coverage has gotten better and better (to the point where people living in tin shacks and barely enough money to feed their family still manage to own cell phones). One can only hope that something similar with hot spots happens here (though I dobut it). Once things like this take off the benifits are amazing, people just have to learn how to turn the devices off once in a while. :)
Don't ham radios put out a much stronger signal on the same frequency range? There was a time when ham radio's were quite popular (and in some places they still are) and I don't remember anything about ham radio's massive cancer causing properties.
from the article itself... ...the shoe's embedded 20-megahertz computer continually...
Almost got blind when a 200 gallon container spilled? Damn that'd keep this pda running for so long. ;)
I'd assume you'd be able to buy small cannisters to refil the fuel cell, that would be quite safe and even if they did rupture and empty their contents into the air, would be unlikely to provide enough methanol to blind you. Assuming of course you're not in an cramped airtight box.
Taken from the following NASA article.
Isn't the point of this system so that there is security without the invasion of privacy?
Now I'd assume there would be concerns to the security of the data. I'm sure most of the information this database contains could be found elsewhere (though it'd be spread out between different sources). The point though is that the US is trying to find ways to find the terrorists amongst you, and any method that helps with this while not making all your personal information available to any law enforcement agency that wants it, is a method that should at least be looked at.
SmartRipper has an option under settings for file splitting. Set it to max file size and then make sure the max file size is larger than that movie. This will get you a single VOB file. Any DVD playing software should be able to read these (I use powerDVD and it can play ripped VOB's perfectly)
Right now I guess I too have no reason to keep em uncompressed. A 1.5 gig xvid has no noticable quality loss with my current run of the mill system (not that its a bad system, but its just not absolutly great).
But the point is more that once one spends some extra cash on an expensive TV and 5.1 sound system (okay, a lot of extra cash), then you can start noticing the difference between uncompressed and compressed.
Also, compressing movies you own is just that extra bit of effort. Once these new huge drives become cheaper, one won't have to compress since it just won't be worth the effort.
Personally I like to keep all my favourite DVD's on hdd. Easy access, the DVD itself can stay safe and sound in its cover. 400GB is going to fit easily over 50 uncompressed DVD's, and I doubt I'll ever have 50 movies that I watch often enough that I benifit from copying them to hdd.
:P
Of course I own all the DVD's so if the drive breaks its merely a pain to copy them back on. However, for the majority of users, 400GB of kazza'ed movies and music is a lot of time and bandwidth wasted.
People who do lots of video editing, and with 400 GB thats going to be A LOT of video, will love this I'm sure. Just as long as its not the only place the video is stored.
erm 7.2 kilometers per litre (assuming a good mix of city and freeway driving, almost 11 kilometers to the litre on long distance drives). *runs off to find a converter then gives up* ;)
:)
Thought about the fuel into washer and water into fuel tank issue and went down to the garage to refresh my memory why this doesn't happen. The fuel cap has two leather flaps over it as well as the cap, the one flap goes over the water inlet when its pulled away from the fuel cap. So it'd take actual effort to go spilling one into the other.
Though I still have a plastic cap on the washer inlet. Scrap yard a few hundred km away deals in scrapped porsches and posts what you need, and at a decent price.
Erm I own a 1980 model Porsche 911SC and it has the washer cap right next to the fuel cap.
How is this new?
My first computer was a ZX spectrum. And although it was mostly used for games, my clearest memories of it are from a book of games. They consisted of the code, which you copied in, saved and ran. At first it was direct copying, then modifying, then creating your own stuff from scratch. I got my degree after I left school. I did a ton of programming in it. But really, when compared to the programming I did by myself (and sometimes with friends) as a kid, I was taught a lot less.
;)
Fiddling with your own computer and coding with your own computer, was, and I'm sure always will be the best way to learn. Except nowadays, we can get involved in open source projects. The ability to continue learning outside of the workplace is HUGE. Get involved in an open source project, get coding, because your code is going to be seen by a hell of a lot more people than when you're coding in some small business environment. And while you're doing this, you're helping create great software that is provided free to the world. So you're not making any money, I bet you're learning more than was spent on your education (unless you are lucky enough to live in a country where your education is payed for, and even then you can look at it as saving your country money).
The end result, good software that may be used for free instead of being bought. Does this really effect your ability to earn money? I doubt it, how many of us are directly involved in the programming of MS Office? Is being involved in open office taking money away from you? Unlikely. Since I have been coding for money, I have yet to code a single app that is not very directed at a very specific business requirement. If I learn something from an open source project, it only increases my knowledge and thus my worth.
Maybe its just my cynical view on life. But I swear this author was comparing writing in open source software to not getting laid. Constant references to women and children. tsk tsk.
I'm currently up to episode 11 of stand alone complex. So far I'm enjoying it immensely. I enjoyed the GiTS movie, but, to make it movie length too many things got cut out.
SAC although a different storyline, is touching a lot more subjects that were covered in the original manga.
... So far, 64bit computing doesn't ... at this point with little immediate return...
Try reading the post properly...
64bit computing will become the standard one day, but microsoft is the king of doing things when they become profitable, NOT when they are new and untested.
Right now MS needs no reason for delaying a 64bit OS other than they don't need to release it now to keep making huge profits.
Hastur
:P
Say his name 3 times to summon him, then watch people die.
Actually his posting history looks like he has a liking for sarcasm, which, despite being the lowest form of wit, is largely misunderstood.
I think selacious was saying that biometrics is no different from a button or punch cards. And it isn't, whether its punch cards/buttons/biometrics, its still a manager looking at a name/number with a time next to it and not having a clue what that employee.
Bad/good management determines whether a time recording system works or doesn't, the technology just makes it harder to cheat. So now the honest guy who is late by 5 minutes doesn't get into trouble while the sneaky guy comes in half an hour late, safe in the knowledge that his card is already swiped.
Unlike that door handle they most likely touched while coming into the building?
I'd assume they still have weight divisions in this. Would be pretty unbalanced if the 100kg chess player gets to beat the crap out of the 70kg chess player.
Well sure when we get AI to the point of self awareness, that however is decades, maybe even centuries off.
We will have robots that run, jump, look like human beings long before any self awareness is achieved. And no they won't need to have rights, just because they will act and look human will mean nothing.
SETI may be called the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, but the data gained from it is used for various other scientific studies involving evaporating black holes and other radio wave emitting phenomena. Christian groups may call SETI useless, but then of course they are scared of its results and the effect it would have on their beliefs. And sure, the chance of finding any intelligent out there via SETI is incredibly slim. On the other hand, decoding a signal from outer space, even if we never translate it, will give us a very good idea of what direction to head when we do eventually get to exploring the universe (or more likely where our militaries decide to start pointing their guns, figuratively speaking).