PSP is a PDA? People use it for the calendar, email, alarm clock, web browsing, mobile office apps, as well as games and multimedia? All that PDA stuff like you would do with an iPAQ?
I read it as a claim (not proof) that the outcry against video games is not because they're bad, but because they're new. He offered evidence that other new things have suffered the same fate, which is evidence that such a cause-effect relationship is possible. Does it prove that cause? No. Does he think it proves it? I hope not.
"The only real advancement in watch design I've seen since illuminated faces is the watch(from Timex?) that used a simple rotating ring around the bezel to set the alarm."
Yes, in the Timex Expedition series. Fantastic watches, I loved them. It was so nice to have an alarm with an analog watch (I prefer analog watches). However, the reason I don't wear one anymore is that the alarm feature just stopped working. The first time I figured it was a fluke, and bought another one. When that stopped working too, I figured they either didn't know how to make the alarm reliable, or didn't care.
Actually, my point was "don't worry about it; a power outage won't matter because it's battery powered". Where I live I would be WAY more likely to encounter dead batteries than a power outage. Maybe not for you, but either way your problem will be the batteries, not the power grid.
People aren't aware of them because they aren't paying attention to them. CG animators sit in front of a screen or a mirror for hours on end paying specific attention to all the little things people do without realizing they do it. If a cue is visible (which it must be to be used subconciously) then someone staring at it can figure out what it is sooner or later. Do you think CGI will just hit a wall where no matter how hard anybody tries they can't make it any better? That's one of three possibilities I can think of, the others being that everyone will stop trying to make it better, or that it will keep improving until you are unable to tell whether an actor is real. Given the benefits (including money) involved with perfecting CGI to this extent, I can't imagine everyone would either give up or fail, especially with continually-increasing processor and storage capability. It will happen, it's just a matter of time. Personally, I give it 7-10 years.
If you need maximum performance, and you often listen to your MP3 player for 8 hours a day, then I imagine that 1) a smartphone is not for you and 2) you're in a very very small group of people.:-)
Maybe the bit about the cigarette is true, but how much can you trust this source?
"Elephants remember so well because their experiences are stored in their bodies, and they have big bodies, and her big body was filled with unpleasant thoughts and emotions."
"suddenly something explodes in her. From her face alone you wouldn't know. She looks calm and peaceful. From her big, sleepy eyes you wouldn't sense the rage, and she doesn't know her own rage, and when she turns, she's not aware of any particular desire to kill."
"She watches Gus with her large eyes and she wants Gus to know what she's feeling."
Another cool factor is that a flywheel can deliver backup power about as fast as a battery (fast enough so that computers don't turn off when the power goes out), so if you need guaranteed uptime, you don't need batteries + diesel generator, just the flywheel. Unless you anticipate power loss for longer than the flywheel(s) can supply, in which case you would still need a backup generator. Or maybe just a hand crank to keep the flywheel spinning.;-)
Within the Windows world, the only one of those that I can't see happening is the easy-to-upgrade one. Your carrier is not going to let you upgrade because they want you to buy a new device (with a new service contract) instead. Ditto the manufacturer. MS so far doesn't sell mobile OS separately, and they probably won't because it doesn't make sense to spend $100 on the OS when you can have a whole new device for a few hundred with a contract, including that new OS. Step outside of Windows Mobile and I don't know much. Presumably Linux pda-phones would be easy to upgrade but there aren't many of those. Symbian? I have no idea.
I think you're pulling stuff from thin air. Do you have some reason to think smartphones have worse battery life than regular cell phones? I have a smartphone (phone style, not PDA style) and I don't even have to charge it every other day; its battery life is similar to the regular Nokia I had before. IIRC, Pocket PC phones (the PDA form factor devices) generally have the more power-efficient processor type rather than the more power-hungry kind in many standalone PDAs (ARM I think).
I suspect all the people talking about HP exiting this market didn't RTFA. What a shock. They specifically said they're committed to the standalone PDA market, even though it is a declining one. That committment could change of course, but there's no need to assume they're halting production tomorrow.
No, it won't last forever, and no use pretending it will. There's also no use pretending that it is not currently true. The fact is, today restaurants give away their oil. Unless biodiesel takes off in a big way, that will probably be true for some years. Is it enough to reduce our dependence on foreign oil? Of course not. Is it enough to power your VW? Sure.
Oh, you mean if he's hiding in the bushes waiting for them to come back? I wouldn't worry too much about that. Anybody who's professional enough to crack one of these things is going to want to break in when nobody's around. Obviously it's the stuff he's after, not you, otherwise he would just pounce as soon as you opened the door.
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PSP is a PDA? People use it for the calendar, email, alarm clock, web browsing, mobile office apps, as well as games and multimedia? All that PDA stuff like you would do with an iPAQ?
I read it as a claim (not proof) that the outcry against video games is not because they're bad, but because they're new. He offered evidence that other new things have suffered the same fate, which is evidence that such a cause-effect relationship is possible. Does it prove that cause? No. Does he think it proves it? I hope not.
So move to Vancouver. ;-)
"The only real advancement in watch design I've seen since illuminated faces is the watch(from Timex?) that used a simple rotating ring around the bezel to set the alarm."
Yes, in the Timex Expedition series. Fantastic watches, I loved them. It was so nice to have an alarm with an analog watch (I prefer analog watches). However, the reason I don't wear one anymore is that the alarm feature just stopped working. The first time I figured it was a fluke, and bought another one. When that stopped working too, I figured they either didn't know how to make the alarm reliable, or didn't care.
Actually, my point was "don't worry about it; a power outage won't matter because it's battery powered". Where I live I would be WAY more likely to encounter dead batteries than a power outage. Maybe not for you, but either way your problem will be the batteries, not the power grid.
Why do you assume his software needs any of those features?
They're not cowboys! They're shepherds. ;-)
Too late. Jackson is already turning Halo into a movie, and we can't have two movies about ring-shaped artificial planets out at the same time. :-)
People aren't aware of them because they aren't paying attention to them. CG animators sit in front of a screen or a mirror for hours on end paying specific attention to all the little things people do without realizing they do it. If a cue is visible (which it must be to be used subconciously) then someone staring at it can figure out what it is sooner or later. Do you think CGI will just hit a wall where no matter how hard anybody tries they can't make it any better? That's one of three possibilities I can think of, the others being that everyone will stop trying to make it better, or that it will keep improving until you are unable to tell whether an actor is real. Given the benefits (including money) involved with perfecting CGI to this extent, I can't imagine everyone would either give up or fail, especially with continually-increasing processor and storage capability. It will happen, it's just a matter of time. Personally, I give it 7-10 years.
"needing a lawyer's opinion is inevitable if you're at a company for more than six months"
Huh? Why?
"Would HAVE", not "would OF".
If you need maximum performance, and you often listen to your MP3 player for 8 hours a day, then I imagine that 1) a smartphone is not for you and 2) you're in a very very small group of people. :-)
Or was it the Russian winter that defeated Germany? Flamebait? Perhaps...
Maybe the bit about the cigarette is true, but how much can you trust this source?
"Elephants remember so well because their experiences are stored in their bodies, and they have big bodies, and her big body was filled with unpleasant thoughts and emotions."
"suddenly something explodes in her. From her face alone you wouldn't know. She looks calm and peaceful. From her big, sleepy eyes you wouldn't sense the rage, and she doesn't know her own rage, and when she turns, she's not aware of any particular desire to kill."
"She watches Gus with her large eyes and she wants Gus to know what she's feeling."
Sounds more like fiction than non.
Another cool factor is that a flywheel can deliver backup power about as fast as a battery (fast enough so that computers don't turn off when the power goes out), so if you need guaranteed uptime, you don't need batteries + diesel generator, just the flywheel. Unless you anticipate power loss for longer than the flywheel(s) can supply, in which case you would still need a backup generator. Or maybe just a hand crank to keep the flywheel spinning. ;-)
Nobody's arguing with that; HP is claiming that soon they will all have phones included.
Within the Windows world, the only one of those that I can't see happening is the easy-to-upgrade one. Your carrier is not going to let you upgrade because they want you to buy a new device (with a new service contract) instead. Ditto the manufacturer. MS so far doesn't sell mobile OS separately, and they probably won't because it doesn't make sense to spend $100 on the OS when you can have a whole new device for a few hundred with a contract, including that new OS. Step outside of Windows Mobile and I don't know much. Presumably Linux pda-phones would be easy to upgrade but there aren't many of those. Symbian? I have no idea.
I think you're pulling stuff from thin air. Do you have some reason to think smartphones have worse battery life than regular cell phones? I have a smartphone (phone style, not PDA style) and I don't even have to charge it every other day; its battery life is similar to the regular Nokia I had before. IIRC, Pocket PC phones (the PDA form factor devices) generally have the more power-efficient processor type rather than the more power-hungry kind in many standalone PDAs (ARM I think).
Doesn't look like they included any side-sliding Pocket PC keyboard. Bigger keyboard, bigger buttons, could translate to faster speeds.
I suspect all the people talking about HP exiting this market didn't RTFA. What a shock. They specifically said they're committed to the standalone PDA market, even though it is a declining one. That committment could change of course, but there's no need to assume they're halting production tomorrow.
Extra space? There are Pocket PC phones that are smaller than my wife's iPAQ.
There are also various carriers offering versions of the HTC Wizard, a keyboard-and-stylus Pocket PC phone.
I didn't read it yet, but from his other comments I see what you mean.
No, it won't last forever, and no use pretending it will. There's also no use pretending that it is not currently true. The fact is, today restaurants give away their oil. Unless biodiesel takes off in a big way, that will probably be true for some years. Is it enough to reduce our dependence on foreign oil? Of course not. Is it enough to power your VW? Sure.
Oh, you mean if he's hiding in the bushes waiting for them to come back? I wouldn't worry too much about that. Anybody who's professional enough to crack one of these things is going to want to break in when nobody's around. Obviously it's the stuff he's after, not you, otherwise he would just pounce as soon as you opened the door.