I guess I should respond, "If the US put Japanese-Americans into internment camps again, would that not be news?" (noting that I cleverly skirt Godwin here)
But instead, I suggest that you tag the article "accurateheadline".
All this reminds me of my algebra prof's (apparently) favorite poem: "One-one was a racehorse, and One-two was one too. One-one won one race, and One-two won one too."
In 1997, I had a number of floppy drives sitting around, so I stole the ejector springs from some, and made a floppy drive that would shoot a disk about 10 feet. Incredibly, it didn't harm the drive itself, so I installed this into my home computer. Scared the hell out of my friends the first time they'd retrieve their disk. The only giveaway was that it got difficult to push the disk in.
Yes I can remap the keyboard. I can't re-silkscreen the key caps though. Because you somehow forget that you remapped your keyboard, and you stare at the keys while you scour the keyboard for CapsLock? I guess you're right to just get a different keyboard. If this is ever an issue, you probably shouldn't be remapping your keys.
File systems are like programming languages and operating systems: inventing one is not only fun, but a common assignment during one's computer science education at a lot of universities. Therefore, there will always be more types of file systems around, than anybody would reasonably need. Reiser was a putz, and the benefit of his filesystem over the competition was always marginal. So, he's gone, and either somebody else will grab the torch and maintain his software, or it'll die and nobody will care.
You realize that the power of the contour integral lies in the fact that you inegrate along a curve which encloses an area containing a singularity, allowing one to completely avoid the otherwise difficult to deal with singularity? So what you just said, is "Hey baby! Can I get awkwardly close to, but not quite touch your dirty bits?"
With Apple, the logic is, and always has been, "Don't look at us, look at MICROSOFT! Like, OMG, they're so evil! And our stuff is so pretty and friendly and nice and easy to use, so don't look at us. Did I mention, Microsoft is EVIL?"
Doesn't matter what the software looks like. If the hardware itself has backdoors, you've lost. The hardware can hide and mask compromised software. Further, it can be made to behave in a way that makes the software insecure. This is especially scary for chips that implement their own crypto. If somebody puts a backdoor into the chip's crypto, you're boned.
Personally, I get nostalgic just looking at one of those cartridges that the media sits in. My first CD-ROM had one of those! Only, it's more like the flimsy door on a 3.5" floppy that barely protected the fragile media from the outside world... right. And for $18000 for the reader, and $180 for a disk.
Alexa did that to me once. The Alexa plugin scraped my boss's username/password for our admin backend, and spidered a bunch of delete links. Oops. So I made 'em into buttons. And a quick search of Alexa indicates that it still spiders the admin site, robots.txt be damned.
As the GP said, the important thing is concept. FWIW, I think their idea is retarded, and won't be ready for prime-time before direct neural interfaces are ready, at which point I won't give a shit about physical interfaces anymore.
However, the concept is an example of how we might be able to embed a computer into something that has useful everyday meaning. Take, for example, Microsoft Surface. It looks like a table, and you can even put your coffee on it. But you can also set random bluetooth-enabled devices down on it, and futz with them from the table. Neat -- it could be like a super workbench for electronics, given enough interoperability.
It's on the SciFi Channel's webpage. It's all about "what if". Electronic picture frames, blackboards, and now tables have made it to the "real world". What other everyday devices can be useful in terms of computer interfaces? I've got to admit, it's creative. Stupid, but creative. Get off the internet if you don't want to see anything stupid. Don't leave the house... and don't look in the mirror.
Come on, do you know anyone that would actually pay for music today? Someone that uses the Internet? Naa, I didn't think so. Did you read this today? ITunes was responsible for 19% of music sales in January. These are people who buy music on the internet.
Chemists are going to be pissed to hear this! New periodic tables, new reactions, new names for all sorts of all sorts of chemicals. And where is the Silicon going to go? Also -- what are the geologists going to think? Over 25% of the earth's crust is made of the stuff!
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I guess I should respond, "If the US put Japanese-Americans into internment camps again, would that not be news?" (noting that I cleverly skirt Godwin here)
But instead, I suggest that you tag the article "accurateheadline".
All this reminds me of my algebra prof's (apparently) favorite poem: "One-one was a racehorse, and One-two was one too. One-one won one race, and One-two won one too."
In 1997, I had a number of floppy drives sitting around, so I stole the ejector springs from some, and made a floppy drive that would shoot a disk about 10 feet. Incredibly, it didn't harm the drive itself, so I installed this into my home computer. Scared the hell out of my friends the first time they'd retrieve their disk. The only giveaway was that it got difficult to push the disk in.
... so why do you care what the key says?
Uh. What's your proposed fix? That only innocent parties get lawyers? That'll work.
File systems are like programming languages and operating systems: inventing one is not only fun, but a common assignment during one's computer science education at a lot of universities. Therefore, there will always be more types of file systems around, than anybody would reasonably need. Reiser was a putz, and the benefit of his filesystem over the competition was always marginal. So, he's gone, and either somebody else will grab the torch and maintain his software, or it'll die and nobody will care.
You realize that the power of the contour integral lies in the fact that you inegrate along a curve which encloses an area containing a singularity, allowing one to completely avoid the otherwise difficult to deal with singularity? So what you just said, is "Hey baby! Can I get awkwardly close to, but not quite touch your dirty bits?"
Yeah. That'll win 'er over.
With Apple, the logic is, and always has been, "Don't look at us, look at MICROSOFT! Like, OMG, they're so evil! And our stuff is so pretty and friendly and nice and easy to use, so don't look at us. Did I mention, Microsoft is EVIL?"
And now, I fear that Google is doing the same.
Doesn't matter what the software looks like. If the hardware itself has backdoors, you've lost. The hardware can hide and mask compromised software. Further, it can be made to behave in a way that makes the software insecure. This is especially scary for chips that implement their own crypto. If somebody puts a backdoor into the chip's crypto, you're boned.
Personally, I get nostalgic just looking at one of those cartridges that the media sits in. My first CD-ROM had one of those! Only, it's more like the flimsy door on a 3.5" floppy that barely protected the fragile media from the outside world... right. And for $18000 for the reader, and $180 for a disk.
Alexa did that to me once. The Alexa plugin scraped my boss's username/password for our admin backend, and spidered a bunch of delete links. Oops. So I made 'em into buttons. And a quick search of Alexa indicates that it still spiders the admin site, robots.txt be damned.
ugh. s/Steven/Stephen/
'For me, he was the last Titan, the only physics superhero still standing.'
What -- has Steven Hawking retired, or died?
... just... wow. That's some beautiful code right there. I'm speechless.
As the GP said, the important thing is concept. FWIW, I think their idea is retarded, and won't be ready for prime-time before direct neural interfaces are ready, at which point I won't give a shit about physical interfaces anymore.
However, the concept is an example of how we might be able to embed a computer into something that has useful everyday meaning. Take, for example, Microsoft Surface. It looks like a table, and you can even put your coffee on it. But you can also set random bluetooth-enabled devices down on it, and futz with them from the table. Neat -- it could be like a super workbench for electronics, given enough interoperability.
It's on the SciFi Channel's webpage. It's all about "what if". Electronic picture frames, blackboards, and now tables have made it to the "real world". What other everyday devices can be useful in terms of computer interfaces? I've got to admit, it's creative. Stupid, but creative. Get off the internet if you don't want to see anything stupid. Don't leave the house... and don't look in the mirror.
...that couldn't possibly be April 1, could it? Not when people have been talking about it since mid February.http://google.com/search?q=Samsung+MBP-100
This Iljin company has been talking about their projectors since mid April of last year (so while this might be vaporware, it's not a prank.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/iljin-display-develops-coin+sized-laser-projector-module-167323.php
Lynx reports "JS/?". I'm not sure if that's better, or worse that 12/100.
Chemists are going to be pissed to hear this! New periodic tables, new reactions, new names for all sorts of all sorts of chemicals. And where is the Silicon going to go? Also -- what are the geologists going to think? Over 25% of the earth's crust is made of the stuff!
You haven't tried to support Konqueror and Opera, have you?
Hey, it's open source. You could implement that feature yourself, if you want it so bad.
Yeah. I had it cracked after like a day. But I sat on it, because I didn't want to make anybody feel dumb.
That was my first thought, too.