Seriously-- there can't be 50!?! I'd be impressed if that many were ever made, even with the Sci-Fi channel... maybe non-English ones should be counted? Who can list that many? Pilots don't count... and neither does Mork & Mindy.
This seems like a complicated system, in spite of the claims of simplicity. I can't imagine this working in a cell phone since the tracking problems are tremendous. BUT... I'm expecting to see these (or something similar) in movie theatres in ~2 years.
Careful folks, these iPods are just a hint of things to come. iPod listeners are sure to move onto harder stuff-- their fiendish desires will lead them to actual *concerts* where large speakers will jackhammer their tender little eardrums to oblivion.
iPods don't make people deaf; really really loud sounds make people deaf.
You find it *deplorable* that NASA doesn't post serious details?! What kind of details did you expect, the designs for their navicomputer?
This isn't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations, you could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova, and that'd end your trip real quick...
I use some silly mixes of off-the-shelf and proprietary 2D and 3D graphics tools-- modal functionality is the name of the game. Maya and Houdini succeed because they can be modified to be the tool the artist needs at the time, complete with custom tool bars and keyboard and mouse mappings. Icon- and text-labeled buttons, whether real of virtual, just save time. This keyboard will easily be worth $500-$800 if the software interface is flexible enough to do what everybody's thinking.
Whatever you get, you should invest in some high quality equipment cases with foam, like those made by Pelican. This will protect the camera from impact while traveling, as well as protecting it from dirt (if you keep the case clean).
As for the camera itself, you should be fine with a nicer consumer grade camera *if* you protect it with a case and make sure to keep it clean. In other words, it should perform fine if you *treat* it like professional gear.
...I have never heard the term Firefox before the Firefox browse...
I liked this when I was 12-- HBO used to show it all the time:
"A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink."
The RIAA and their ilk would love this-- it's something Microsoft and PC vendors can't offer, since so many people run old versions of Windows on old hardware (and will for years).
Apple preserving their hardware-software lock is what makes the iPod experience work... plus, I imagine they will build a WINE[-like] layer into the OS to run your favorite Windows apps...:o
Still, this is a DUH thread with no new information-- pure speculation, but it's a good guess.
What is the intended market for this? It makes sense to make "photo editing" software, but why put so much effort into a program that isn't pixel-based? There are a lot of cool ways to make pictures with computers, but very few of them have any real market value, esp. when your market is general consumers.
Would this make it easier to build Windows software compatibility into the OS? How far would Apple bend over backwards to quadruple their market share?
Currently, getting a scared Windows user to switch to a machine without the "Intel Inside" ding-a-ling is like telling them to get a car that runs on vegetable oil. Intel chips would go a long way towards gaining market share even if it doesn't mean that OS X could run Windows apps.
Because MS has a stranglehold on the groupware, OpenOffice can't be considered as a reasonable replacement for MS Office by large companies. It will take an open source competitor to the Exchange for the MS monolith to tip. Hello, Google...?
It makes sense that cell phones will eclipse other devices eventually, but they'll have to surpass those devices' FUNCTIONALITY to win.
So your fancy new cell phone has a camera in it-- great. It's no replacement for a digital camera, though-- camera phones haven't caused any decline in digital camera sales. Why? A digital camera is a better digital camera than the one on your phone, just like an iPod is a better iPod than your phone's mp3 player.
(Also, phone mp3 players tend not to play AAC's, which is how I rip my music. Ogg people, give up already!)
To get iPod users to switch, competitors need to include AAC support since (1) they're smaller than mp3 for the same quality, and (2) Apple has gotten iPod users to expect that higher quality/size ratio.
(Sorry OGG fans, but that stuff's going nowhere... except/. posts).
"Moore's Law" is a theory about innovation, not a law in any way. Sure it's fun to call it a law, but it has no basis in physical phenomena, and it's breakable-- Moore himself says it should run out. Scientific laws don't expire.
1. Power -- as in war machines
2. Prestige -- as in power
3. Sex -- once a couple gets a semi-private moment
I used to argue against the idea that the Soviets and Americans had studied sex in space, but now believe it must have been done. With doomsday imaginations spinning on both sides, it makes sense that they would send up a couple to, you know, find stuff out.
"Space tourism" sure sounds like "come on up and get it on" to me.
A Google search is great if you want a basic answer, but there are loads of great sites with more specific information. Try manyforms (link above, or Google it) for examples. Yeah, a lot of the forms submit specific Google searches as well.
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Seriously-- there can't be 50!?! I'd be impressed if that many were ever made, even with the Sci-Fi channel... maybe non-English ones should be counted? Who can list that many? Pilots don't count... and neither does Mork & Mindy.
sorry, just testing... there's probably an appropriate place to do a test, but it's probably harmless to squat down and do this thing right here...
This seems like a complicated system, in spite of the claims of simplicity. I can't imagine this working in a cell phone since the tracking problems are tremendous. BUT... I'm expecting to see these (or something similar) in movie theatres in ~2 years.
iPods don't make people deaf; really really loud sounds make people deaf.
I want the latest mail, with headers!
This [image] was as close as I could find...
mod this child down too...;P
This isn't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations, you could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova, and that'd end your trip real quick...
I use some silly mixes of off-the-shelf and proprietary 2D and 3D graphics tools-- modal functionality is the name of the game. Maya and Houdini succeed because they can be modified to be the tool the artist needs at the time, complete with custom tool bars and keyboard and mouse mappings. Icon- and text-labeled buttons, whether real of virtual, just save time. This keyboard will easily be worth $500-$800 if the software interface is flexible enough to do what everybody's thinking.
As for the camera itself, you should be fine with a nicer consumer grade camera *if* you protect it with a case and make sure to keep it clean. In other words, it should perform fine if you *treat* it like professional gear.
I liked this when I was 12-- HBO used to show it all the time:
"A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink."
1984-- a very good year-- Macintosh first appeared, Firefox on HBO, and Airwolf on CBS. Best... tv show theme... ever.
Yep, and most people will be running ten year old versions of Windows.
Apple preserving their hardware-software lock is what makes the iPod experience work... plus, I imagine they will build a WINE[-like] layer into the OS to run your favorite Windows apps...:o
Still, this is a DUH thread with no new information-- pure speculation, but it's a good guess.
In communist China, service delivers you!
What is the intended market for this? It makes sense to make "photo editing" software, but why put so much effort into a program that isn't pixel-based? There are a lot of cool ways to make pictures with computers, but very few of them have any real market value, esp. when your market is general consumers.
Currently, getting a scared Windows user to switch to a machine without the "Intel Inside" ding-a-ling is like telling them to get a car that runs on vegetable oil. Intel chips would go a long way towards gaining market share even if it doesn't mean that OS X could run Windows apps.
Because MS has a stranglehold on the groupware, OpenOffice can't be considered as a reasonable replacement for MS Office by large companies. It will take an open source competitor to the Exchange for the MS monolith to tip. Hello, Google...?
I'm in the future? Space-based adverts are very, you know, futurey.
It makes sense that cell phones will eclipse other devices eventually, but they'll have to surpass those devices' FUNCTIONALITY to win.
So your fancy new cell phone has a camera in it-- great. It's no replacement for a digital camera, though-- camera phones haven't caused any decline in digital camera sales. Why? A digital camera is a better digital camera than the one on your phone, just like an iPod is a better iPod than your phone's mp3 player.
(Also, phone mp3 players tend not to play AAC's, which is how I rip my music. Ogg people, give up already!)
In communist China, internet searches YOU...
(Sorry OGG fans, but that stuff's going nowhere... except /. posts).
"Moore's Law" is a theory about innovation, not a law in any way. Sure it's fun to call it a law, but it has no basis in physical phenomena, and it's breakable-- Moore himself says it should run out. Scientific laws don't expire.
1. Power -- as in war machines 2. Prestige -- as in power 3. Sex -- once a couple gets a semi-private moment I used to argue against the idea that the Soviets and Americans had studied sex in space, but now believe it must have been done. With doomsday imaginations spinning on both sides, it makes sense that they would send up a couple to, you know, find stuff out. "Space tourism" sure sounds like "come on up and get it on" to me.
A Google search is great if you want a basic answer, but there are loads of great sites with more specific information. Try manyforms (link above, or Google it) for examples. Yeah, a lot of the forms submit specific Google searches as well.
wow, four titles! they really have the ball rolling, eh?
would be... some sort of... anomaly... and it would be... interesting...