A good compromise is a large screen PDA - I find this very handy for checking the news when I'm abroad - plus with very few exceptions I have been able to find an 'open' wifi point near where I'm staying so no phone charges!
Quite frankly as technology moves forward, TV becomes less and less important in my life so the prospect of 4 simultaneous screens, interactive 'this', view again 'that' leaves me cold. For the same reason, building new features into the TV is aiming at the wrong device - I spend more time on my computer than watching TV - and that's NOT to say I live and breathe computers 24/7.
The Internet is a wonderful tool that has allowed me to do my job (IT support and consultancy), keep in touch with old friends, see what's on in the local cinemas, check out local live music, order books, CDs and DVDs online and contribute to technical discussions etc. and gadgets such as a SmartPhone and PDA mean I can check email and perform remote diagnostics and configs wherever I am.
Sad techie? - not really, the portability of my support tools means I do not have to be tied to the office all day - I can be 'on the road' meeting people, working from home or even taking 'time out' to do what I want to do until something needs my attention. Far from nailing me down in front of a 'media wall' of plasma/LCD TVs, the Internet and technology has got me 'out and about', socialising and spending more time in the real world.
The prospect of more sophisticated media delivery via the Internet is 'logical' from an evolutionary perspective but right now I'd give up my TV if it wasn't for my 5 year old Son and his Children's programs, my wife's love for all things 'soap' and the fact that I watch the news every now and then.
Deliver my 'regular' TV via IP if you wish but do it because it makes it cheaper or happens to be 'the way to go', but not because you think I am crying out for wall-to-wall soaps, drama, comedy etc. 4-up on the display!
Information and learning via IP TV - well Digital analogue, digital terrestrial and satellite can do that already. but I suppose you gain interactivity 'built in'. Alert me when a phone call comes in? - er, my basic phone does that by making a noise. Well I suppose with the new system, when a call comes in it will start to record the current programme in case I miss something - well, if the program was *that* watchable I'd keep watching unless ther was some kind of emergency - but the number of times that has happened in my life so far? - er - zero; and if I miss the news it will be round again in half an hour.
The target markets are interesting - India, China and 'developing' countries - hmm, sounds like a good idea to lock every one into your 'all-in-one' system whereas right now I have the freedom to buy a TV, radio, computer (email), landline telephone service and rent DVDs from anyone I want and mix and match service providers to suit me - oh, and then what happens when there's a local distribution point failure - I lose all my comms and media services in one go?? - brilliant!!
Funny old world innit: I've had the beta on my laptop for about a month and it's been working fine even when kludged to run adblock, forecastfox and googlebar. The only weird thing I found was that typing an apostrophe would sometimes fire up the find (CTRL-F) feature.
More pastries: Google bagel Online auction site: Google haggle Booze and cigarattes cross-border: Google Smuggle
Oh, these pauses as I wait for the mail server to delete multiple copies of archived files are handy! (I've just found 3961 x 2.5MB instances of the same file archived on the same day due to a queue processing error!!)
Google porn: Google Ogle and Goodle Fondle Google dogs: Google Poodle and Google Beagle Online learning environment: Google Moodle Google pasta: Google Noodle Goodle drawing app: Google Doodle Childrens' songs: Polly Wolly Google Google pastries: Google Strudel
Careful there, if the magnet's random field fluctuations induce bit changes in the floppies that correspond to fragments of code owned by SCO then your friend could be in deep doo-dah if they find out.
"Mission Control, this is Mars Pathfinder 1, we are experiencing minor power fluctuations on bus C and require some diagnostic advice, over..."
"Pathfinder 1, roger that, wait one..."
"Pathfinder, this is Mission Control, please surf to history.nasa.gov/ap13rb/ch4pt.2.pdf. If you need a copy of Acrobat Reader please advise and I will supply the URL, over..."
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A good compromise is a large screen PDA - I find this very handy for checking the news when I'm abroad - plus with very few exceptions I have been able to find an 'open' wifi point near where I'm staying so no phone charges!
I'm scared!
Well, I used to work on one of those Indigo thingies - does that count too?
Quite frankly as technology moves forward, TV becomes less and less important in my life so the prospect of 4 simultaneous screens, interactive 'this', view again 'that' leaves me cold. For the same reason, building new features into the TV is aiming at the wrong device - I spend more time on my computer than watching TV - and that's NOT to say I live and breathe computers 24/7.
The Internet is a wonderful tool that has allowed me to do my job (IT support and consultancy), keep in touch with old friends, see what's on in the local cinemas, check out local live music, order books, CDs and DVDs online and contribute to technical discussions etc. and gadgets such as a SmartPhone and PDA mean I can check email and perform remote diagnostics and configs wherever I am.
Sad techie? - not really, the portability of my support tools means I do not have to be tied to the office all day - I can be 'on the road' meeting people, working from home or even taking 'time out' to do what I want to do until something needs my attention. Far from nailing me down in front of a 'media wall' of plasma/LCD TVs, the Internet and technology has got me 'out and about', socialising and spending more time in the real world.
The prospect of more sophisticated media delivery via the Internet is 'logical' from an evolutionary perspective but right now I'd give up my TV if it wasn't for my 5 year old Son and his Children's programs, my wife's love for all things 'soap' and the fact that I watch the news every now and then.
Deliver my 'regular' TV via IP if you wish but do it because it makes it cheaper or happens to be 'the way to go', but not because you think I am crying out for wall-to-wall soaps, drama, comedy etc. 4-up on the display!
Information and learning via IP TV - well Digital analogue, digital terrestrial and satellite can do that already. but I suppose you gain interactivity 'built in'. Alert me when a phone call comes in? - er, my basic phone does that by making a noise. Well I suppose with the new system, when a call comes in it will start to record the current programme in case I miss something - well, if the program was *that* watchable I'd keep watching unless ther was some kind of emergency - but the number of times that has happened in my life so far? - er - zero; and if I miss the news it will be round again in half an hour.
The target markets are interesting - India, China and 'developing' countries - hmm, sounds like a good idea to lock every one into your 'all-in-one' system whereas right now I have the freedom to buy a TV, radio, computer (email), landline telephone service and rent DVDs from anyone I want and mix and match service providers to suit me - oh, and then what happens when there's a local distribution point failure - I lose all my comms and media services in one go?? - brilliant!!
Yep, shoot all computer users and make sure the damn things are never turned on agai35[cf(*^NO CARRIER
Breathing....on the internet? Can I patent that?
Since the vast majority of Internet use is for pron, I recommend patenting heavy breathing.
You beat me to it! I forsee the latest gadget on the street being a short range EMP generator.
Yeah - we all know the punch line:
"...is designed to help elderly and disabled people walk, climb stairs, carry things around and search for Sarah Connor."
By design or is this a known bug? I'd be happily typing a search criteria like "tom's hardware" and the find box would appear.
Funny old world innit: I've had the beta on my laptop for about a month and it's been working fine even when kludged to run adblock, forecastfox and googlebar. The only weird thing I found was that typing an apostrophe would sometimes fire up the find (CTRL-F) feature.
Or maybe: "Microsoft too Shit, New Malware, Protection Futility"?
Sorry, forgot a few:
More pastries: Google bagel
Online auction site: Google haggle
Booze and cigarattes cross-border: Google Smuggle
Oh, these pauses as I wait for the mail server to delete multiple copies of archived files are handy! (I've just found 3961 x 2.5MB instances of the same file archived on the same day due to a queue processing error!!)
Google porn: Google Ogle and Goodle Fondle
Google dogs: Google Poodle and Google Beagle
Online learning environment: Google Moodle
Google pasta: Google Noodle
Goodle drawing app: Google Doodle
Childrens' songs: Polly Wolly Google
Google pastries: Google Strudel
I have work to do...
Careful there, if the magnet's random field fluctuations induce bit changes in the floppies that correspond to fragments of code owned by SCO then your friend could be in deep doo-dah if they find out.
I didn't see anything in the article about clocking speeds (if, indeed this type of technology is clocked - I guess so?) - any ideas?
I'll have to find that old bubble core magnetic memory I stuck up in the attic some years ago - it might come in useful!
Flamebait?? Damn insightful if you ask me!
Agreed: as the originator I have had my '15 mins of fame with it' and I'll leave it to others to post it to oblivion.
L3K
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Thanks - added to next version.
In other new: Drew claims code infringement and hires same lawyer as SCO, grabs another beer. His dog wants compensation.
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[ ] Torrent, anyone?
[ ] Here's a link to a patch: $random_linux_distro_url
[ ] Profit!!
[ ] Still no cure for cancer
"Mission Control, this is Mars Pathfinder 1, we are experiencing minor power fluctuations on bus C and require some diagnostic advice, over..."
"Pathfinder 1, roger that, wait one..."
"Pathfinder, this is Mission Control, please surf to history.nasa.gov/ap13rb/ch4pt.2.pdf. If you need a copy of Acrobat Reader please advise and I will supply the URL, over..."
"Robotic Patients Used to Help Train Doctors, search for Sarah Connor"