"Come on, lets have you attack Sony or RCA or any mp3 player mfr and see how long it takes you to get smacked down. "
That'd be interesting.....especially since I believe Sony is one of the interesting companies out there now that is currently "suing itself". Sony Music vs Sony Electronics or something like that.
is make a zoomable map, starting from a full global view and scaleable down to neighborhoods that shows coverage maps for those areas. The global part is there simply because of how cool it would be to observe the progress of wireless technology and watch it envelope our globe. Or at least make an index of cities/towns with available free WiFi spots with small mini maps of the area and possibly a MapQuest link for directions on how to get there.
The main significance that I see with a system such as this, where its use is merely to store data to be read/modified by other devices is that since now we can store this part of the computer, imagine how much power you could suddenly cram into a "handheld" device. Now I think we will see a small breakaway from that concept and into another concept which I feel will bridge the gap between handheld users and wearable users. Slowly we are seeing the modular wearable computer form. If all you need to hold in your hand is a screen/speakers/input device, suddenly you are working with significantly more space to play with if you remove the processor and HD and memory to a wireless unit stored in lets say.....a backpack.....or a purse....or a briefcase........or a jacket pocket. We can't always just move to smaller devices, sometimes we need to split them up, and then individually shrink the components, and this is a good step towards doing just that.
Does ANYBODY else wish that we could get some amusing graphical depiction of all the patent/legal nonsense thats been going on lately? I can think of a few different visualizations.....such as a small nest of black ants (SCO) being attacked by a massive bird-killing colony of army ants (IBMs legal team). I would be extremely grateful for any such graphical representations of these kinds of things.
In America, we tend to do things for the largest target audience. In this case, it just so happens to be the scores and scores of fans who love DBZ and stuff like that. Now, granted, I went through my DBZ phase too, but once I really got into it, and discovered the fansubbing scene on IRC (irc.aniverse.com for starters) I realized how much I had been missing out on. You want real anime? Try LastExile, or Wolf's Rain, or things of that nature (all of which you can get info on at http://www.animenfo.com). Fact of the matter is that while the networks here may have one or two good series, they will never have enough good series to bring in enough people to make it viable. Fact of the matter is, if you like anime, and I mean the good stuff, not half the dubbed (don't even get me started on dubbing) junk on tv here...you have 3 choices:
1.Be in japan and watch it there
2.Buy dvds and be ripped off by suncoast or buy the Hong Kong imports
3.What I see as the best option....download it off the net, through IRC or what is now becomming the best option, bit torrent. Check out http://www.animesuki.com for starters. It has some good current series on it.
And for all you trolls out there who don't like anime, perhaps you'd change your tune if you had seen some anime other than pokemon and tentacles.
So I'll play devil's advocate here and pretend cellphones DO cause problems with planes. Now, terrorism aside, I don't see how this is a big problem.
(Pilot jerks yoke back and forth to put the "ph34r 0f g0d" into passengers)
"Attention all passengers, we are experiencing some turbulence because someone is using a cellphone. This is going to be a very messy landing unless that phone is turned off immediately. If someone in your row is using a cellular device, please press your Flight Attendent Call Button and/or beat the shit out of the person and destroy their cellular device. That is all, thank you."
Will we be seeing stories on "incredible new games that will revolutionize the gaming world" that just happen to be paid for by sponsors? What is the games.slashdot.org policy on this one, same as the regular slashdot policy?
I believe in either the April or March issue of Wired they had a comic towards the end where the military used TONS of mini robots, there were like, 3 different types. And they were all dropped onto bases where they suspected the evil guys (who looked suspiciously middle-eastern) had bio-chem weapons. The guards there shot some with flame throwers and stomped on the rest, but many made it in, and since they're the size of bugs, they can hide really easily. They all had cameras and would take footage. But here's the kicker, they were ALL controlled by citizens, like a giant MMOFPS kinda deal. Teams would control a single robot, one driving, one using camera etc. If they saw something, they'd hit their alert button, and if enough people in the immediate vicinity did as well, the msg would go through to the military who would then patch in and look at their feed. Very interesting comic, and lets just say that THAT would be a killer app any day of the week. Taking video games to reality is the next step I believe.
o wait, yup, sure enough first 5 posts or so pointed out the um......"typographical errors". I can just imagine how the whole Clinton/Lewinski thing might have started.
Ok, I wager that its pretty impossible to determine what is a revolutionary idea until after said revolution, ie. you can't tell without the benefit of hindsight. So, given that. I would say that Napster and its spawn are all revolutionary ideas. I mean, the idea of being able to search for a specific song without browsing racks and racks of CDs, then download that song, and be able to listen to it on the computer or other listening devices is simply a revolutionary idea. But once again, you can't really tell without the benefit of hindsight, so its really anybodies guess.
Current candidates I would pick for innovative would be some of the p2p stuff that has evolved in response to the **AA's. Also some of the current concepts in gaming, like, The Sims...well, it may not be much to look at now, but once we have technology that could handle it....imagine a lifelike immersive game that simulated every aspect of life, or at least many of them. holodeck. Every geeks dream, I know, but the practical uses, such as experimenting with things in the simulation and having it provide data that is applicable to the real world would be mindboggling. And yes, then there's the pr0n.
imagine if we did to them what we did to Ralsky.......jesus, slashdotting the ISS with junk mail can't be a good thing. And the best part is hopefully the junkmailers would pick up the cost because they figure maybe SOMEONE finally wants to buy their product.
" >>The only thing I could come up with was "Player's Handbook"
>Hang your head in shame!! You call yourself a geek??
Someone who knows the AD&D reference but misses the business reference? I'd let him keep the geek status...."
buwahahaha, way to slap it to that geek......but um....so yeah.....what DOES PBH mean in the business reference?
funny you should mention this....just a little off topic but still relating to input devices.....when using the net for um.......not...reading...slashdot...I use Opera solely for its gesture system which is so much better than mozilla's (which I use for all my other net needs). The minimum of movement required with my MOUSE HAND is a life saver and really speeds up my browsing time with things like much quicker forward and back browsing. And yes, I realize that a mouse with more buttons could solve this problem, but I don't really like bulky mice with more than 2 buttons and a wheel.
How else do you think they ended up with the $98 billion against that one college student;)
If someone only tapped whitewolf's creative genius
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unfortunately, this seems to just be a lame vamps vs furries movie. with lots of hollywood special effects. If someone ever managed to license the World of Darkness from whitewolf, they could have some AMAZING movies. If they were tastefully done of course. The depth of the vampire society and their disciplines....the different forms and gifts of the garou not to mention the many other shapeshifters in that universe...the reality-shattering power of the mages, the cantrips of the changelings etc. Cool fight scenes and mindblowing FX should not come before plot and acting however.
Or does the thumbnail picture of the plane on the Space.com page look vaguely like a white Klingon Bird of Prey since you can't see the rest of the wings? A glimpse of things to come?
If you're trying to make a jab at Yale kids being rich and that a $15 CD should be nothing to them....well, keep in mind all of the kids on scholarship, and also realize that just because a kids family might be wealthy and putting them through school, does NOT mean they will just buy them whatever little fancies they want as well. Well, good parents at least. If that wasn't the point of your comment, I apologize, for I missed it then. And no, I don't go to Yale.
I could see why they might want something like this for lets say......images. Whats to stop someone from using someone elses phone (or if they're like Ice T they have 3, and yes i did see him have 3 phones open on a table in a restraunt in front of him), taking a picture of your screen with the image, and then sending that, with no DRM. Now, granted with that kinda reproduction, you'd most likely have some pretty big image degradation issues, but the principle is sound. Its the same idea as recording a DRM'd mp3 from an analog signal.
You're all missing the BIG PICTURE (hint, it involves Doubleclick). Let me spell it out for you in terms all Slashdotters can understand.
1. Hire "privacy expert" to "fix" your privacy issues 2. Have government sign her on as Privacy Czar 3. Collect much more data than legally possible before 4. Give that data to Doubleclick under the table 5. Sell data/use it for marketing purposes 6. you knew it was coming......PROFIT!!!!!
well, that wouldn't REALLY happen....well, maybe.....but it makes as much sense as all the other "when pigs fly" news thats been on here lately.
"First of all, evolution is VERY effective. Any changes we make will be relatively minor. Our only real advantage over Evolution is speed."
I think that is precisely what is going to evolve. Not only will our traits evolve, but the SPEED of the evolution will evolve into a much quicker form of evolution. Classic "Snowball Effect"
O don't worry, eventually, the poor have always outnumbered the rich, so if it becomes enough of a strain on their lives, the masses of poor lowly normal humans (who will no doubt have mutated in some horrible way through low-grade genetic therapy) will overthrow the rich. God that would be fun to watch. Like watching X-Men for REAL!
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1.Be in japan and watch it there
2.Buy dvds and be ripped off by suncoast or buy the Hong Kong imports
3.What I see as the best option....download it off the net, through IRC or what is now becomming the best option, bit torrent. Check out http://www.animesuki.com for starters. It has some good current series on it.
And for all you trolls out there who don't like anime, perhaps you'd change your tune if you had seen some anime other than pokemon and tentacles.
(Pilot jerks yoke back and forth to put the "ph34r 0f g0d" into passengers)
"Attention all passengers, we are experiencing some turbulence because someone is using a cellphone. This is going to be a very messy landing unless that phone is turned off immediately. If someone in your row is using a cellular device, please press your Flight Attendent Call Button and/or beat the shit out of the person and destroy their cellular device. That is all, thank you."
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What he meant
"If you blow the whistle you'll be laid off"
What he actually typed
"If you blow my whistle you'll be laid."
eh, easy mistake, anybody could have made it.
Current candidates I would pick for innovative would be some of the p2p stuff that has evolved in response to the **AA's. Also some of the current concepts in gaming, like, The Sims...well, it may not be much to look at now, but once we have technology that could handle it....imagine a lifelike immersive game that simulated every aspect of life, or at least many of them. holodeck. Every geeks dream, I know, but the practical uses, such as experimenting with things in the simulation and having it provide data that is applicable to the real world would be mindboggling. And yes, then there's the pr0n.
buwahahaha, way to slap it to that geek......but um....so yeah.....what DOES PBH mean in the business reference?
1. Hire "privacy expert" to "fix" your privacy issues
2. Have government sign her on as Privacy Czar
3. Collect much more data than legally possible before
4. Give that data to Doubleclick under the table
5. Sell data/use it for marketing purposes
6. you knew it was coming......PROFIT!!!!!
well, that wouldn't REALLY happen....well, maybe.....but it makes as much sense as all the other "when pigs fly" news thats been on here lately.
I think that is precisely what is going to evolve. Not only will our traits evolve, but the SPEED of the evolution will evolve into a much quicker form of evolution. Classic "Snowball Effect"
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