Although it's from the late 90's, and certainly doesn't fit the popularity contest, Cowboy Bebop was a great sci-fi show. Check it out if you haven't already seen it. Also I would recommend watching at least the first 6 episodes before making any judgments.
Cheers,
endxv
Dear Lounge Boy,
I think I understand your statements but just for the record the current administration is the furthest thing from anarchist. They seem much more along the lines of fascist. As well the last thing any anarchist that I'm aware of would want is a Stalinist state. I highly recommend George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. It shows a different level of complexity involving anarchist, fascists and Stalinists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_Catalonia
Good luck and keep hope.
Yeah and they had a character named RAM and now we have memory in computers called RAM. Definitely ahead of its time!
(trail of dust leadning into the hills!)
"Person on person crime goes down, and the only people less safe are the criminals."
I think that Scott Tenorman's parents might have had a different take on this statement if they were alive to tell us.
Cheers,
end15
P.S. You insensitive clod!
"There's absolutely no reason to pick on one side or the other, when the entire lot of politicians are completely corrupt, stupid, and need to be tossed out altogether in favor of honest people (if there are any left)."
I think there has been a lot of focus on Second Life and MMORPG's. I've experienced both and have found many of the critiques to be accurate. They all fulfill the entertainment aspect (except Star Wars Galaxies) however even Second Life does not currently produce something that serves the functional needs of computer users. However they are a great step forward in developing the technology.
Several people have mentioned hand held computers/cell phones. That will be the key along with GPS development to Augmented Reality, which mixes 3D worlds with the real world. There we will have the internet overlaid on top of our regular day to day world. In a capitalist model this could provide us with a dinner menu as we walk to our restaurant, as well as huge 3D arrows pointing us to our location. In vehicles, as it already exists, it could provide us with critical traffic data including being able to see the outline of a car through a building, before it runs a red light and hits us. The examples of it's uses seem endless to me already.
This type of technology really depends on a movement away from the mouse, screen, and keyboard. It's a move back to what is natural to most people, walking, talking, and gesturing. Even coding could be developed so that one only needs a pair of glasses and gloves (and hopefully the dork and price factor on the glasses will drop in the next 4 years).
"They have been hampering innovation since the beginning of time."
Fist they made us use cave walls instead of clay tablets so we couldn't copy information in the 4000's B.C. Then they wanted to stop us from writing music notation down in the 470's. Now this! I also suspect that Linux will soon travel reverse in time and run the cave painting onward on a 32bit processor!:D
I think what you point is very interesting. Coming from a relatively educated background it's hard to grasp these types of issues. Just so you know a part of the $100 laptop idea is that westerners/first worlders buy 1 for $300 so that two more can go to school kids. I plan on buying one.
It seems that for both the WiFi project and the $100 Laptop project to work the system needs to be designed so that it can instruct the user on how to use it assuming they have no idea of what they are handling. It's a little far fetched but something to think about. Press the power button and it begins to show you how to use a keyboard etc. I think with the proper combination of audio and visual aids this might work. Over all each region that these technologies were released to would have to be evaluated separately.
Does anyone know if this latest release has gotten rid of some of the memory "features" that I've come to love in Firefox. I don't know what I would do if they got rid of them (other than have a smaller page file;).
Thanks!
There was this time when I was at the threshold of a Black Mesa parking garage. My good buddy Barney, the Black Mesa security guard, was helping me get through this dimension shift snafu. Anyway there was a huge Garg monster on the other side of the door that couldn't be killed. Barney says to me "Let's get him!" and runs out the door at this behemoth pistol blazing. I shouted "Nooooo! Barney!" and in a flash he was a pile of ash. I was choked up bad. Poor little guy.
It took me a while to get over his death and heal. I think it was at the point that I had five more Barneys following me around that I felt better.:p
"There are many methods of transportation around the world: air, rail, water, roadways, and various combinations therewith."
And where do they keep these flying trains that can also go underwater?
I can see several points to this issue that need to be interrogated.
How many people who are experiencing this type of social phobia were already prone to it before the game became the focus of their lives? It seems to me for those who are agoraphobic (or another ailment) this is something that could be very helpful. In some ways it allows people who would otherwise have almost no contact with others a chance to have a social experience however limited it is. In some cases (although very rare) a person could actually manage to be more productive online than in real life. In Second Life one could actually generate some income via the virtual world. I'm not certain that this is the best way to go but how many data entry jobs just have one sitting in front of a computer all day without any contact with others? Would that be so different?
For those who are have developed an addiction and disappeared from real life social circles because of it, it becomes more difficult to ascertain solutions. The truth is that we have had this issue with television long before now. I believe that every person has to choose for themselves how they want to spend their time. Although it may be frightening to see someone slip into the machine, as it were, that's their choice. On top of that I've seen many people slip into mindless television watching.
On the flip side I have friend who lives very far away. I like the idea of being able to meet them in a virtual world and do activities. It's not better than the real thing but it's cheaper than a plane ticket.
The real issue then sticks out clearly to me. In real life there is not enough of a public space (especially in urban centers). We are either on the streets or consuming. There needs to be a balance, a place where people can meet and have meaningful exchanges in real life. The model used in the United States is consumer driven and that makes it very difficult to build communities. I think of both Mexico and Europe (as I've experienced them). They have huge public squares in every town. On top of that people actually gather as a community in these squares nightly.
Although the 3D worlds like Second Life are very exciting I'm not certain that they really offer a place for peoples interactions outside of entertainment. I adore the way the system works and can be user programmed, and I'm certain that there are markets that will flourish with these metaverse systems. But in the end they are still disconnected from the real world in a major way. Why go to a conference in a 3D world with an avatar (other than for kicks) when you could just have a video conference call just as easily.
However it seems to me that the real next step is Augmented Reality. With GPS and Mobil computing finally in our grasp this could really explode. Virtual real estate that can be fitted over the real world has value to just about everyone. Not to mention if this was incorporated with what I call a Mecha Subnet (where it could be integrated to help navigate traffic) it would serve a very useful purpose.
There are a few major roadblocks. If Augmented Reality glasses don't look totally lame and are not to heavy I could see people actually adopting them. Heck if the technology actually gets to be the size of contact lenses I think it would be adopted by the larger society. As well building the feedback systems into both real world locations and the machines so that they appear as a part of the augmented reality would take a massive investment. I'm afraid that only the big corporations would have the power to build it and that we would then be locked into a system we, as the users, would have no control over.
What I propose is something that should be started asap. An open source system of augmented reality done on the cheap. The hardware is around and the tools exist. Although this would start as a geek venture at some point others will begin to adopt and put into it. I imagine an augmented reality where the users can all have there own input in creating that AR. Imagine IRC channels but AR channels. The city you lived in could have a different design created by different groups. As well if you wanted to see an avatar of a friend that lives on the other side of the planet you could have them teleport before you. Anyway just a few thoughts.
Grab the power to create before we're all walking with glasses on watching virtual characters do coke commercial skits everywhere we go.
Skype does have an interesting partner in Transclick (home.transclick.com). I'm not sure if this is vaporware but Transclick does appear to have a good translation application for international business. It should allow users speaking different languages to communicate with each other. Sort of an online babblefish. Anyone have experience with the two?
I have a Verizon account (in spite of many shady years with them) and would like to get my Dell Axim X50 onto the EvDO high speed network. It seems the the e815 and the Dell Axim X50 have bluetooth. If I can unlock features on this phone does anyone know if I will be able to get the Dell Axim on the Internet?
Nice. Very very nice. I had several similiar ideas (the brain thing over power cells etc.). The W Brothers could have used you. I'll be waiting to see you're movie next time. Until then I'll just watch what you've written in my head.
L8r,
end15
I'm more of a fan of SRL (www.srl.org) where they are downright dangerous. That in mind though I have to wonder if the creators of this robot have seriously taken the dangers into account. With srl danger is just implied and you know these things can hurt you. In this case I want to know if can it step on a child? Can it run a child over? Just curious.
end15
my ears are ringing and I can't answer them...
The Cell chip could function as a super microcontroller. For anyone who likes to build robots this could represent a huge leap forward. If it could be connected to some type of flash ram we might be able to home build bots with speech recognition and neural nets. The cell should give new bots more on board intelligence. Let's hope they aren't too expensive (under $500?).
Hey this is a great idea. Finally we can save ourselves the bore of watching it online and finally get the energy to watch it at the underground orgies all our friends have been talking about.
Slashdot Mirror
Although it's from the late 90's, and certainly doesn't fit the popularity contest, Cowboy Bebop was a great sci-fi show. Check it out if you haven't already seen it. Also I would recommend watching at least the first 6 episodes before making any judgments. Cheers, endxv
Dear Lounge Boy, I think I understand your statements but just for the record the current administration is the furthest thing from anarchist. They seem much more along the lines of fascist. As well the last thing any anarchist that I'm aware of would want is a Stalinist state. I highly recommend George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. It shows a different level of complexity involving anarchist, fascists and Stalinists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_Catalonia Good luck and keep hope.
Yeah and they had a character named RAM and now we have memory in computers called RAM. Definitely ahead of its time! (trail of dust leadning into the hills!)
"Person on person crime goes down, and the only people less safe are the criminals." I think that Scott Tenorman's parents might have had a different take on this statement if they were alive to tell us. Cheers, end15 P.S. You insensitive clod!
"There's absolutely no reason to pick on one side or the other, when the entire lot of politicians are completely corrupt, stupid, and need to be tossed out altogether in favor of honest people (if there are any left)."
I don't know... I just don't trust honest people.
I think there has been a lot of focus on Second Life and MMORPG's. I've experienced both and have found many of the critiques to be accurate. They all fulfill the entertainment aspect (except Star Wars Galaxies) however even Second Life does not currently produce something that serves the functional needs of computer users. However they are a great step forward in developing the technology.
Several people have mentioned hand held computers/cell phones. That will be the key along with GPS development to Augmented Reality, which mixes 3D worlds with the real world. There we will have the internet overlaid on top of our regular day to day world. In a capitalist model this could provide us with a dinner menu as we walk to our restaurant, as well as huge 3D arrows pointing us to our location. In vehicles, as it already exists, it could provide us with critical traffic data including being able to see the outline of a car through a building, before it runs a red light and hits us. The examples of it's uses seem endless to me already.
This type of technology really depends on a movement away from the mouse, screen, and keyboard. It's a move back to what is natural to most people, walking, talking, and gesturing. Even coding could be developed so that one only needs a pair of glasses and gloves (and hopefully the dork and price factor on the glasses will drop in the next 4 years).
Sincerely
End Number 15
"They have been hampering innovation since the beginning of time."
:D
Fist they made us use cave walls instead of clay tablets so we couldn't copy information in the 4000's B.C. Then they wanted to stop us from writing music notation down in the 470's. Now this! I also suspect that Linux will soon travel reverse in time and run the cave painting onward on a 32bit processor!
I think what you point is very interesting. Coming from a relatively educated background it's hard to grasp these types of issues. Just so you know a part of the $100 laptop idea is that westerners/first worlders buy 1 for $300 so that two more can go to school kids. I plan on buying one. It seems that for both the WiFi project and the $100 Laptop project to work the system needs to be designed so that it can instruct the user on how to use it assuming they have no idea of what they are handling. It's a little far fetched but something to think about. Press the power button and it begins to show you how to use a keyboard etc. I think with the proper combination of audio and visual aids this might work. Over all each region that these technologies were released to would have to be evaluated separately.
Does anyone know if this latest release has gotten rid of some of the memory "features" that I've come to love in Firefox. I don't know what I would do if they got rid of them (other than have a smaller page file ;).
Thanks!
There was this time when I was at the threshold of a Black Mesa parking garage. My good buddy Barney, the Black Mesa security guard, was helping me get through this dimension shift snafu. Anyway there was a huge Garg monster on the other side of the door that couldn't be killed. Barney says to me "Let's get him!" and runs out the door at this behemoth pistol blazing. I shouted "Nooooo! Barney!" and in a flash he was a pile of ash. I was choked up bad. Poor little guy. It took me a while to get over his death and heal. I think it was at the point that I had five more Barneys following me around that I felt better. :p
Please read AutoFac by Philip K. Dick. Solves world hunger in new and interesting ways that can't be stopped. :D
I just want to know what the code is for "God" mode!
"There are many methods of transportation around the world: air, rail, water, roadways, and various combinations therewith." And where do they keep these flying trains that can also go underwater?
I can see several points to this issue that need to be interrogated.
How many people who are experiencing this type of social phobia were already prone to it before the game became the focus of their lives? It seems to me for those who are agoraphobic (or another ailment) this is something that could be very helpful. In some ways it allows people who would otherwise have almost no contact with others a chance to have a social experience however limited it is. In some cases (although very rare) a person could actually manage to be more productive online than in real life. In Second Life one could actually generate some income via the virtual world. I'm not certain that this is the best way to go but how many data entry jobs just have one sitting in front of a computer all day without any contact with others? Would that be so different?
For those who are have developed an addiction and disappeared from real life social circles because of it, it becomes more difficult to ascertain solutions. The truth is that we have had this issue with television long before now. I believe that every person has to choose for themselves how they want to spend their time. Although it may be frightening to see someone slip into the machine, as it were, that's their choice. On top of that I've seen many people slip into mindless television watching.
On the flip side I have friend who lives very far away. I like the idea of being able to meet them in a virtual world and do activities. It's not better than the real thing but it's cheaper than a plane ticket.
The real issue then sticks out clearly to me. In real life there is not enough of a public space (especially in urban centers). We are either on the streets or consuming. There needs to be a balance, a place where people can meet and have meaningful exchanges in real life. The model used in the United States is consumer driven and that makes it very difficult to build communities. I think of both Mexico and Europe (as I've experienced them). They have huge public squares in every town. On top of that people actually gather as a community in these squares nightly.
Thanks,
Dore Dormir
Right. Verizon Wireless scandle with the NSA is next weeks news.
Although the 3D worlds like Second Life are very exciting I'm not certain that they really offer a place for peoples interactions outside of entertainment. I adore the way the system works and can be user programmed, and I'm certain that there are markets that will flourish with these metaverse systems. But in the end they are still disconnected from the real world in a major way. Why go to a conference in a 3D world with an avatar (other than for kicks) when you could just have a video conference call just as easily.
However it seems to me that the real next step is Augmented Reality. With GPS and Mobil computing finally in our grasp this could really explode. Virtual real estate that can be fitted over the real world has value to just about everyone. Not to mention if this was incorporated with what I call a Mecha Subnet (where it could be integrated to help navigate traffic) it would serve a very useful purpose.
There are a few major roadblocks. If Augmented Reality glasses don't look totally lame and are not to heavy I could see people actually adopting them. Heck if the technology actually gets to be the size of contact lenses I think it would be adopted by the larger society. As well building the feedback systems into both real world locations and the machines so that they appear as a part of the augmented reality would take a massive investment. I'm afraid that only the big corporations would have the power to build it and that we would then be locked into a system we, as the users, would have no control over.
What I propose is something that should be started asap. An open source system of augmented reality done on the cheap. The hardware is around and the tools exist. Although this would start as a geek venture at some point others will begin to adopt and put into it. I imagine an augmented reality where the users can all have there own input in creating that AR. Imagine IRC channels but AR channels. The city you lived in could have a different design created by different groups. As well if you wanted to see an avatar of a friend that lives on the other side of the planet you could have them teleport before you. Anyway just a few thoughts.
Grab the power to create before we're all walking with glasses on watching virtual characters do coke commercial skits everywhere we go.
tanks,
end15
"advertise your new product here!"
Skype does have an interesting partner in Transclick (home.transclick.com). I'm not sure if this is vaporware but Transclick does appear to have a good translation application for international business. It should allow users speaking different languages to communicate with each other. Sort of an online babblefish. Anyone have experience with the two?
I have a Verizon account (in spite of many shady years with them) and would like to get my Dell Axim X50 onto the EvDO high speed network. It seems the the e815 and the Dell Axim X50 have bluetooth. If I can unlock features on this phone does anyone know if I will be able to get the Dell Axim on the Internet?
Nice. Very very nice. I had several similiar ideas (the brain thing over power cells etc.). The W Brothers could have used you. I'll be waiting to see you're movie next time. Until then I'll just watch what you've written in my head. L8r, end15
I'm more of a fan of SRL (www.srl.org) where they are downright dangerous. That in mind though I have to wonder if the creators of this robot have seriously taken the dangers into account. With srl danger is just implied and you know these things can hurt you. In this case I want to know if can it step on a child? Can it run a child over? Just curious. end15 my ears are ringing and I can't answer them...
I'm moving to Mos Espa until the whole thing blows over. Come get me when it's safe.
The Cell chip could function as a super microcontroller. For anyone who likes to build robots this could represent a huge leap forward. If it could be connected to some type of flash ram we might be able to home build bots with speech recognition and neural nets. The cell should give new bots more on board intelligence. Let's hope they aren't too expensive (under $500?).
Hey this is a great idea. Finally we can save ourselves the bore of watching it online and finally get the energy to watch it at the underground orgies all our friends have been talking about.