But... "It then compares images to a database of thousands of examples of swimmers in trouble. "... seems like an inefficient and error prone way to solve this problem.
Obviously it worked in this case, but I would have thought the opposite approach would be safer - ie. compare images to picures of swimmers not in trouble and alert if there is no match.
With this existing system, if you drown in a way the system doesn't know about then you drown. With the opposite system, if you swim in a way the system doesn't know about then the lifeguard gets a page, he has a quick check and presses the 'swimmer is okay' override button.
And why is image comparision even needed in this case? If an object of person size is on the bottom and not moving for more than X seconds (where X is some small number) then something is wrong.
"The game will simply pause and the voice conversation will be carried out "
What's the point of that then? Being able to chat at the same time as you're playing would be a marvelous feature. Surely the XBox360 hardware is up to the task.
And as for New York, either Microsoft or the reporter are seriously confused about the benefits.
"showcase consumer-oriented products such as the new Xbox." vs. "... New York, an area that generates more than $1 billion a year in business-software sales."
Are MS hoping for an Xbox in every office? Or every home?
So it doesn't apply to Vista and the end result is that Vista turns out to be an bug-ridden, insecure operating system. What's new?
This will yet more incentive to move to a system which has been properly designed, from scratch, to be safe.
As has happened before, the other members of the group will go ahead with their design based off of a draft of the document - generation 1 has a few interoperability issues because each member interpreted the draft differently but at least there will be something out there which everyone, except MS, is trying their best to follow.
It's easier to pop the phone in its cradle than it is to find the IR thingy and line it up with the other IR thingy, press the button on one, press the button on the other, line them up again and offer a prayer to the IR gods.
I agree, it is ridiculous. The screen is 220x176, the start button on windows XP is 99x32. That means about 10% of the screen is taken up by just [Start], I dread to think how much is left after you add the 'My Cellphone' icon, the clock, etc.
To improve the range of a wireless connection you would need an amplifier at both ends. With this large box attached to the access point, the AP can transmit packets further... but this is useless if you laptop, say, hasn't got the power to transmit packets back. This thing just introduces a zone of one-way communication around the inner zone of 2-way communication.
If it could give me the name of that pop song/jazz tune/classical piece I just heard on the radio
It would be better if the radio station just transmitted the name and other relevent information along with the tune itself. Digital radio must be able to do this, surely? And if not, why not?
Would there be any advantage in using more than two layers?
Not really, it would enable the display to draw 4D objects. However, our brains have not evolved to ability to understand 4D, so you'd probably just get a headache.
I've said it before and I'll say it again... we need firewalls whereever the internet enters the country. We can filter out kazaa etc. there and be nice and legal.
And don't give me any of that "violates free speech rights" nonsense... we can have free speech inside and keep others' illegal speech out.
IMO, they made a mistake with the name. DVD-X-Copy is, obviously, intended to make illegal copies. DVD-X-Backup, on the other hand, would obviously be intended to make legal, fair-use, backups.
Darwin works for companies & products as well... 321 deserve to lose.
I know the average slashdot reader may find this hard to believe, but not everyone is using the internet to help them masturbate. Mentioning children and family values will be terribly cliched, but they really are still relevent.
So what if AOL is closing some of the more distasteful chat-rooms; perhaps it will improve the quality and performance of the internet for the rest of us.
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That's wonderful news.
But
Obviously it worked in this case, but I would have thought the opposite approach would be safer - ie. compare images to picures of swimmers not in trouble and alert if there is no match.
With this existing system, if you drown in a way the system doesn't know about then you drown.
With the opposite system, if you swim in a way the system doesn't know about then the lifeguard gets a page, he has a quick check and presses the 'swimmer is okay' override button.
And why is image comparision even needed in this case? If an object of person size is on the bottom and not moving for more than X seconds (where X is some small number) then something is wrong.
"The game will simply pause and the voice conversation will be carried out "
What's the point of that then? Being able to chat at the same time as you're playing would be a marvelous feature. Surely the XBox360 hardware is up to the task.
And as for New York, either Microsoft or the reporter are seriously confused about the benefits.
"showcase consumer-oriented products such as the new Xbox." vs. "... New York, an area that generates more than $1 billion a year in business-software sales."
Are MS hoping for an Xbox in every office? Or every home?
So it doesn't apply to Vista and the end result is that Vista turns out to be an bug-ridden, insecure operating system. What's new?
This will yet more incentive to move to a system which has been properly designed, from scratch, to be safe.
As has happened before, the other members of the group will go ahead with their design based off of a draft of the document - generation 1 has a few interoperability issues because each member interpreted the draft differently but at least there will be something out there which everyone, except MS, is trying their best to follow.
Exactly - if they want to help then they'll help. If their PR department wants something to do then they'll do this.
It's easier to pop the phone in its cradle than it is to find the IR thingy and line it up with the other IR thingy, press the button on one, press the button on the other, line them up again and offer a prayer to the IR gods.
The USPTO isn't crazy. They simply don't read the applications. They just rubber stamp everything and leave it for the courts to sort out the mess
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Absolutely. They failed to make subscription to work for the Office suite, I don't know why they think it will work for games.
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jon_edwards@spanners4us.com
How boring ... who wants to work somewhere identical to the last place. And identical to your friends' places of work.
... and I'm not bloody paying $250 just to make more work for myself.
How about letting a bit of originality in once in a while?
Oh yeah
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jon_edwards@spanners4us.com
No problem here - I have bog standard hardware and everything works perfectly.
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I agree, it is ridiculous. The screen is 220x176, the start button on windows XP is 99x32. That means about 10% of the screen is taken up by just [Start], I dread to think how much is left after you add the 'My Cellphone' icon, the clock, etc.
To improve the range of a wireless connection you would need an amplifier at both ends. With this large box attached to the access point, the AP can transmit packets further
We don't need an upgrade to the editor, we need an upgrade to the scripting language/engine itself!
Come on, get rid of the slow, clunky, and limited thing that's there now and replace it with something decent, like perl.
If it could give me the name of that pop song/jazz tune/classical piece I just heard on the radio
It would be better if the radio station just transmitted the name and other relevent information along with the tune itself. Digital radio must be able to do this, surely? And if not, why not?
All right... I'm learning sign language. Now.
... computers already know sign language
Too bad
It's been years since Riven
Are Cyan software still working out how to get Myst 3 onto DVD or something?
Would there be any advantage in using more than two layers?
Not really, it would enable the display to draw 4D objects. However, our brains have not evolved to ability to understand 4D, so you'd probably just get a headache.
For example, the 3D images are best viewed from 40 centimeters away
My eyes! They burn, they burn!!
I've said it before and I'll say it again
And don't give me any of that "violates free speech rights" nonsense
IMO, they made a mistake with the name. DVD-X-Copy is, obviously, intended to make illegal copies. DVD-X-Backup, on the other hand, would obviously be intended to make legal, fair-use, backups.
Darwin works for companies & products as well
of using h-j-k-l to move in vi.
... so that's how you do it ... you learn something every day.
Ah
2 questions,
i: what do you do if you happen to want to use the letters h, j, k or l in the file you're editing?
ii: How do you exit vi?
I know the average slashdot reader may find this hard to believe, but not everyone is using the internet to help them masturbate. Mentioning children and family values will be terribly cliched, but they really are still relevent.
So what if AOL is closing some of the more distasteful chat-rooms; perhaps it will improve the quality and performance of the internet for the rest of us.
She said fuck.
I thought digital was standardised a long, long time ago. 0 and 1. Easy.
When I go shopping for my dear old grandma I use 2 carts, one for me and one for granny.
However, my grandma isn't called Johnny, so this probably doesn't count.