My best guess on how it works is very much like an optical mouse except that it can record rotation as well (every spin your optical mouse? if you do it just right, the pointer doesnt move). My guess also, is that you can't lift your hand once your start printing and that whatever orientation the printer is originally at is how the orientation of the image will be. It's really not a complicated technology in my view (not to say it wasn't difficult to implement, just that the idea is simple). I wonder if there have been attempts before to build something such as this. I also wonder if there will be any chance of a WIFI version. I never caught onto BlueTooth (though, if the price is right, I may with this).
That is not what they are trying to prove. The speed of gravity they are referring to is the speed of propigation of a change in gravity. If I am a giant mass which you are being influenced by gravitationally, and I move to a different location, does the force you feel change instantaneously? Or does it change after some set amount of time? Is that amount of time dependent on the distance you are from me? If so, then there is a speed of gravity that is not infinite. These scientists think that is is c, others do not. THAT is the controversy.
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Linux won't die like BSD did (although some dispute that)... the components in question are not stolen Im sure (well not sure, but lets hope). But even if they were, they'll be rewritten and Linux will continue. Its following is strong enough right now that almost all of it could be rewritten if needed legally.
-Kiriwas
If these can be made into a grid (for display 2d images, can they be made into a matrix to display 3d? I think that would be very cool. to have what looks like a solid glass box sitting on a table and BAM! things just start to form inside.
-AntonK
Picard NEVER had to worry about content, the Enterprise's computers took care of that. So IMO this is really old news. The Enterprise's Content is managed just fine!
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I agree...it'd be very nice to have some sort of converter that could shift the entire spectrum into our color range. I'm pretty sure all visible light would look like a single color then, not sure what color though. Anyone know?
-Kiriwas
Would this new device be more susceptible to an EMP device? I realize that when the HERF gun story went up, a great number of people were joking (or at least i hope they were) about shooting and cops tailing them so they won't get pulled over, but in the case of a serious crime caught on "tape" would this all digital device be more susceptible to a device like that?
in the Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs we've been building devices and such (simple things really) for a while that all use Linux as their embedded OS. Its the only thing that makes sense to me to be able to get the full power out of whatever device you're building...assumming of course it's complex enough to warrent a full OS at all.
-Kiriwas
I realize, as other people have pointed out, that Zaurus software doesn't sell. I'm not sure why. The Zaurus is a great tool that has a lot of potential for software development. I'm the process of writing some software for mine right now. I wish I had found this article earlier.
-Kiriwas
Could this lead to optical computers? I mean if we can create light from single molecules that must happen with a decent amount of efficiency. Could this lead to using light instead of electricity for computing? I'm not sure if it would be better, but it would certainly be interesting.
Kiriwas
... we use similar systems for checking grades and such. There was a big debate over whether or not it was secure enough, and they eventually switched everyone over to a different system using random numebrs and letters. The result? EVERYONE hated it. They immediately switched back, it turned out no one really cared. Its my guess it'll be the same in this case.
-Kiriwas
Can this really help us at all with our own bio clocks though? Seems to me that plants are just too different to really help us with that.
Then again, maybe I'm looking at it wrong and can be good for other sorts of genetic modification.
Then yet again....sometimes research is good just for research.
-Kiriwas
FP?
Take it from me. I live in Orlando, FL. HOME of Disney. Not a lot of people here like them very much. Every other person I know has worked for them in some capacity and HATES them.
BOY do I disagree. As a junior in college, currently working on breaking myself of years of Windoze habits, I can tell you that starting on a computer at around 8 was a blessing from my parents. We barely even started with ANY OS when I started, it was a C64 with BASIC on it. I typed in the programs (all text based) myself before we finally bought some old C64 software from a friend. I really wish I had started earlier.
I had a normal childhood, friends, sports, books, the arts, just happened to love playing on my computer more than TV. I can't see this as a bad thing. I wish my parents had been as knowledable about computers as these kid's parents are.
Not to say that Sebastopol doesnt know about raising children I don't know him/her, and I certainly don't have one yet. But it was just over a decade ago that I was one, I doubt Sebastpol can say that.
-AntonK
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My best guess on how it works is very much like an optical mouse except that it can record rotation as well (every spin your optical mouse? if you do it just right, the pointer doesnt move). My guess also, is that you can't lift your hand once your start printing and that whatever orientation the printer is originally at is how the orientation of the image will be. It's really not a complicated technology in my view (not to say it wasn't difficult to implement, just that the idea is simple). I wonder if there have been attempts before to build something such as this. I also wonder if there will be any chance of a WIFI version. I never caught onto BlueTooth (though, if the price is right, I may with this).
I thought I'd seen this on Discovery or such a long time ago, they were called sprites when I saw them. Is this something different?
That is not what they are trying to prove. The speed of gravity they are referring to is the speed of propigation of a change in gravity. If I am a giant mass which you are being influenced by gravitationally, and I move to a different location, does the force you feel change instantaneously? Or does it change after some set amount of time? Is that amount of time dependent on the distance you are from me? If so, then there is a speed of gravity that is not infinite. These scientists think that is is c, others do not. THAT is the controversy.
... that was my idea!! You stole it!
Linux won't die like BSD did (although some dispute that)... the components in question are not stolen Im sure (well not sure, but lets hope). But even if they were, they'll be rewritten and Linux will continue. Its following is strong enough right now that almost all of it could be rewritten if needed legally. -Kiriwas
If these can be made into a grid (for display 2d images, can they be made into a matrix to display 3d? I think that would be very cool. to have what looks like a solid glass box sitting on a table and BAM! things just start to form inside. -AntonK
Picard NEVER had to worry about content, the Enterprise's computers took care of that. So IMO this is really old news. The Enterprise's Content is managed just fine!
I agree...it'd be very nice to have some sort of converter that could shift the entire spectrum into our color range. I'm pretty sure all visible light would look like a single color then, not sure what color though. Anyone know? -Kiriwas
Would this new device be more susceptible to an EMP device? I realize that when the HERF gun story went up, a great number of people were joking (or at least i hope they were) about shooting and cops tailing them so they won't get pulled over, but in the case of a serious crime caught on "tape" would this all digital device be more susceptible to a device like that?
in the Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs we've been building devices and such (simple things really) for a while that all use Linux as their embedded OS. Its the only thing that makes sense to me to be able to get the full power out of whatever device you're building...assumming of course it's complex enough to warrent a full OS at all. -Kiriwas
I realize, as other people have pointed out, that Zaurus software doesn't sell. I'm not sure why. The Zaurus is a great tool that has a lot of potential for software development. I'm the process of writing some software for mine right now. I wish I had found this article earlier. -Kiriwas
Could this lead to optical computers? I mean if we can create light from single molecules that must happen with a decent amount of efficiency. Could this lead to using light instead of electricity for computing? I'm not sure if it would be better, but it would certainly be interesting. Kiriwas
... we use similar systems for checking grades and such. There was a big debate over whether or not it was secure enough, and they eventually switched everyone over to a different system using random numebrs and letters. The result? EVERYONE hated it. They immediately switched back, it turned out no one really cared. Its my guess it'll be the same in this case. -Kiriwas
Can this really help us at all with our own bio clocks though? Seems to me that plants are just too different to really help us with that. Then again, maybe I'm looking at it wrong and can be good for other sorts of genetic modification. Then yet again....sometimes research is good just for research. -Kiriwas FP?
make that SUPREME COMMANDER of the obvious (for those of you in love with SG1 as I am... think Thor) -AntonK
Take it from me. I live in Orlando, FL. HOME of Disney. Not a lot of people here like them very much. Every other person I know has worked for them in some capacity and HATES them.
BOY do I disagree. As a junior in college, currently working on breaking myself of years of Windoze habits, I can tell you that starting on a computer at around 8 was a blessing from my parents. We barely even started with ANY OS when I started, it was a C64 with BASIC on it. I typed in the programs (all text based) myself before we finally bought some old C64 software from a friend. I really wish I had started earlier. I had a normal childhood, friends, sports, books, the arts, just happened to love playing on my computer more than TV. I can't see this as a bad thing. I wish my parents had been as knowledable about computers as these kid's parents are. Not to say that Sebastopol doesnt know about raising children I don't know him/her, and I certainly don't have one yet. But it was just over a decade ago that I was one, I doubt Sebastpol can say that. -AntonK