...Apple should allow drivers to use their car steering wheel as a giant Clickwheel interface, so that you can change tracks by changing lanes.
And we could tie the accelerator to Volume control, and the brake could be the Pause button. Oh, and we could have the engine make funny clicking noises to provide sensory feedback and we would be all set.
We'd have to ban Brittany Spears though, because mayhem would quite likely ensue as thousands of drivers struggled to hit pause, turn down the volume and change tracks simultaneously.
We could call it the iPod MEGA. An iPod you can drive around in.
Oh and while I'm at it, I should point out that "national sovereignity" has nothing to do with "secularity" or "freedom of religion". Look up those terms, you'll find them enlightening. Just because a nation is sovereign does not mean it's secular, and vice versa.
Because economics has become warfare- and unless you want to be forced to worship Krishna, there's a reason why we have national sovereignity.
Not that I think you would care, but you do know that Hinduism is one of the few non-proselytizing religions of the world, right (along with Buddhism and some others)? Simply put, these religions do not force others to "convert" to their religion or follow their methods of worship. This is unlike Christianity and Islam, which are proselytizing religions.
So, what is more likely and already occurring (see external links or do a simple Google search for missionary activities in Asia/Africac) is Indian Hindus being forced to convert to Christianity and Islam, rather than the other way around.
I don't care much for any religion any way (agnostic/atheist), but I know enough about major world religions to recognize when somebody's just spouting BS/propaganda.
New System to Counter Photo and Video Devices
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 19:01 19th September, 2005
from the movie-studios-rejoice dept.
Incongruity writes "News.com is reporting that a team from Georgia Tech has developed and demoed a system that actively searches for and effectively blinds cameras and camcorders within a 10 meter radius." From the article: "In this system, a device bathes the region in front of it with infrared light. When an intense retroreflection indicates the presence of a digital camera lens, the device then fires a localized beam of light directly at that point. Thus, the picture gets washed out."
If it's not a dupe, it's certainly a very close article, which should occur in the "Related Links section". Yay! for my l33t search skillz.
interesting results....
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The interesting part of the experiment was that the slices always fell the earth-side down...
For those who haven't seen it yet, Time Magazine's cover story for this month's issue is titled: "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171, 1205374,00.html">India Inc. and carries quite an in-depth (IMHO) opinion of "The rise of India".
Not sure how the subscription model for time.com works, but I have been able to access all stories in the Cover article without a subscription:
It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species.
I'm with Stephen all the way, just as long as we stay away from the Beta Quadrant. Those pesky Klingons are the last thing we need to mess with our space programs right now.
More non-techie people who've suddenly discovered "the magic" of streaming audio over the Intarwebs (yeah yeah, "Podcasting" is different, it "notifies" you of updates), going all gaga over it, publishing books about the "phenomenon" and raking in millions from PHBs and "blogophilics".
/call me a cynic, mod me a troll, it's happened every time I've been critical of "podcasting" in the past.
We use algorithms to identify videos that are suddenly becoming popular, and then rank them based on how popular they are -- and how suddenly they became popular.
Seriously, this isn't all that cool (one might even say lame) even for news from Google. Even a simple (video_rank = num_video_views where num_video_views >threshold) would work from what I read from the description.
But then, they just posted it on their blog, it's the "blogosphere" that blows/hypes it out of proportion.
TFA doesn't mention the age groups of students that were surveyed.
Barring underage drinking, it is more likely than not that students over 18 years would vote for beer, while iPod's would appeal to the younger agegroup as well. Infact early teenagers seem to be the target of their marketing campaigns, and people who're more likely to vote iPod over alcoholic beverages.
Given the fact that most students in the country comprise of the 0-18 age-group, and a minority in the 19 and over age group, the results aren't surprising, and infact skewed.
...and I used to find it a little confusing as well, till I read some of the documents on that link.
"Net Neutrality" is used to describe the notion that the network should be neutral and unbiased to all all traffic. That is, an ISP should not be partial towards or throttle traffic just because it may not be in their best interests to forward it.
As usual, the Wikipedia entry on Net Neutrality is pretty informative. The opening line reads: "Network neutrality is the ideal that network designs and operators should not discriminate between network applications." which sums up the issue pretty neatly.
Hence "Net Neutrality" is a _good_ thing, but it is confusing when people refer to the "Net Neutrality Bill" because what the bill actually proposes is the opposite, which often seems to be the case nowadays...kinda like Doublespeak.
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There was also a Dilbert series if anyone remembers it from when it went live.
And we could tie the accelerator to Volume control, and the brake could be the Pause button. Oh, and we could have the engine make funny clicking noises to provide sensory feedback and we would be all set.
We'd have to ban Brittany Spears though, because mayhem would quite likely ensue as thousands of drivers struggled to hit pause, turn down the volume and change tracks simultaneously.
We could call it the iPod MEGA. An iPod you can drive around in.
...only hindsight is 20/20. Foresight is 0/20, if that.
Oh and while I'm at it, I should point out that "national sovereignity" has nothing to do with "secularity" or "freedom of religion". Look up those terms, you'll find them enlightening. Just because a nation is sovereign does not mean it's secular, and vice versa.
Not that I think you would care, but you do know that Hinduism is one of the few non-proselytizing religions of the world, right (along with Buddhism and some others)? Simply put, these religions do not force others to "convert" to their religion or follow their methods of worship. This is unlike Christianity and Islam, which are proselytizing religions.
So, what is more likely and already occurring (see external links or do a simple Google search for missionary activities in Asia/Africac) is Indian Hindus being forced to convert to Christianity and Islam, rather than the other way around.
I don't care much for any religion any way (agnostic/atheist), but I know enough about major world religions to recognize when somebody's just spouting BS/propaganda.
The link to the video in TFA is incorrect as of 21:50 EST. The video (audio with running transcript) is available on their site : here.
I was kinda hoping they'd offer SCO Linux Licenses as the top prize. On the other hand, with $100K, you can buy 143 of them, at $699.00 each!!!
I've built balls of steel lugging that thing around. Not even an exploding Sunblade100 could sterilize my boys.
...they might as well swap their old brain with a newer smarter one. They wouldn't need to cheat then.
New System to Counter Photo and Video Devices
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 19:01 19th September, 2005
from the movie-studios-rejoice dept.
Incongruity writes "News.com is reporting that a team from Georgia Tech has developed and demoed a system that actively searches for and effectively blinds cameras and camcorders within a 10 meter radius." From the article: "In this system, a device bathes the region in front of it with infrared light. When an intense retroreflection indicates the presence of a digital camera lens, the device then fires a localized beam of light directly at that point. Thus, the picture gets washed out."
If it's not a dupe, it's certainly a very close article, which should occur in the "Related Links section". Yay! for my l33t search skillz.
The interesting part of the experiment was that the slices always fell the earth-side down...
Not sure how the subscription model for time.com works, but I have been able to access all stories in the Cover article without a subscription:
Bombay's boom
Hooray for Bollywood
India Awakens
My lost world
Worth a read.
And MS-Bob was the BESTEST GUI EVER!!11
I'm with Stephen all the way, just as long as we stay away from the Beta Quadrant. Those pesky Klingons are the last thing we need to mess with our space programs right now.
Yes, a station wagon filled with tapes of 10GB+ files doing 80mph on a highway is going at a pretty fast clip in my opinion. YMMW.
With apologies to AS Tanenbaum.
Seriously, this isn't all that cool (one might even say lame) even for news from Google. Even a simple (video_rank = num_video_views where num_video_views >threshold) would work from what I read from the description.
But then, they just posted it on their blog, it's the "blogosphere" that blows/hypes it out of proportion.
...so is my Abacus.
Barring underage drinking, it is more likely than not that students over 18 years would vote for beer, while iPod's would appeal to the younger agegroup as well. Infact early teenagers seem to be the target of their marketing campaigns, and people who're more likely to vote iPod over alcoholic beverages.
Given the fact that most students in the country comprise of the 0-18 age-group, and a minority in the 19 and over age group, the results aren't surprising, and infact skewed.
"Net Neutrality" is used to describe the notion that the network should be neutral and unbiased to all all traffic. That is, an ISP should not be partial towards or throttle traffic just because it may not be in their best interests to forward it.
As usual, the Wikipedia entry on Net Neutrality is pretty informative. The opening line reads: "Network neutrality is the ideal that network designs and operators should not discriminate between network applications." which sums up the issue pretty neatly.
Hence "Net Neutrality" is a _good_ thing, but it is confusing when people refer to the "Net Neutrality Bill" because what the bill actually proposes is the opposite, which often seems to be the case nowadays...kinda like Doublespeak.
New meme: People who buy SUVs and Aspire9800s are just trying to compensate for their little winkies.
The only catch is that you have to wear wacky-looking glasses to see them in 3D.
See you n00bs at Level 12!
The END.