can be used to assist human observers, instead of replacing them entirely
All I can think of is the scene in Roger and Me where Mike goes to GM-Land and sees the animatronic car factory worker singing a song called "Me and my buddy" about the robot that replaced him.
It seems that it might be a good thing to give schoolchildren a few moments to think about potentially more important things for a few moments a day. In reality, it becomes routine, and virtually no thought is probably given by a child.
You bet no thought is given to it. I was mostly just repeating the sounds as a child, not the words.
Most of which can be achieved by each of us sending our non-geek friends to www.mozilla.org
We can't just say 'Install mozilla. It's way better' and dump them at the site. We have to install it for them (including java and flash) and convert their bookmarks. Otherwise, mozilla doesn't have a chance against IE. IE is dominant because it is the path of least resistance for most people.
Everyone acts all surprised when they talk about eBook not being hugely popular.
Hell, I'm surprised that normal books are popular. Most people I know drop dead when I tell them I read. Of my own volition. For fun. So I'm very happy that there are enough people out there to support bookstores. For me, the most frightening part of Fahrenheit 451 was when you find out that the books went away at first, not because the government wanted them to, but because the people simply lost interest due to TV.
"The limitless euphoria of the beginning belongs to the past," said Arnoud de Kemp, a leading electronic publisher with the science and business media firm Springer.
Springer Media Firm added that de Kemp was 'not the least bit on drugs' when he made that comment.
I wonder are there any iTunes/P2P-like plans for distributing ebooks? Something that could give the 'little guy' who wants to publish a book a chance to get his work seen without having to go through a publisher? It seems like most ebooks have to be distributed under a specific hardware platform, and not under something more general like a PDF.
Before ebooks become popular, I think they need to be dirt cheap, not just slightly less expensive than a normal book. I mean really, when you cut out manufacturing and physically distributing a product, your costs go way down. The cover price should reflect that.
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Folks, sit back, relax, and just do what you do for the joy of doing it.
That's a nice ideology for any given individual to hold, but sadly, it is impractical for an entire society.
Some of the prognostications and conclusions reached may not be palatable to Slashdot readers.
:)
So I'm guessing that it has positive things to say about trusted computing
can be used to assist human observers, instead of replacing them entirely
All I can think of is the scene in Roger and Me where Mike goes to GM-Land and sees the animatronic car factory worker singing a song called "Me and my buddy" about the robot that replaced him.
It seems that it might be a good thing to give schoolchildren a few moments to think about potentially more important things for a few moments a day. In reality, it becomes routine, and virtually no thought is probably given by a child.
You bet no thought is given to it. I was mostly just repeating the sounds as a child, not the words.
China has an economic advantage when it comes to putting people in space: their people are smaller.
and I see slashdot will keep the same icon.
Has slashdot tought you nothing? Patent away and worry not about 'prior art'.
I want one too!
Woah
The wetware that is my body. I'm hoping to upgrade before it fails :(
I'm beginning to wonder if the industry will be in a far different place than Microsoft envisions 3 years down the line
I'm sure it would if Microsoft wasn't around. But they will bend the future to their will using the power of 40 gigadollars
would do everything from deliver a massage and improve your golf swing to change colour according to the weather
Could it spell color the way I want it to? Or is it to busy giving me a massage to print the message?
then get through ignorant IT staff
Wouldn't the IT staff be the ones who want to make the change to Apple?
Whoops! I forgot, the problems with Windows ensure permanent employment for techies.
Muy Bien!
Most of which can be achieved by each of us sending our non-geek friends to www.mozilla.org
We can't just say 'Install mozilla. It's way better' and dump them at the site. We have to install it for them (including java and flash) and convert their bookmarks. Otherwise, mozilla doesn't have a chance against IE. IE is dominant because it is the path of least resistance for most people.
Only 28 percent of users responding to the poll described themselves as satisfied Microsoft customers.
In other news, 72% of the group thought the other 28% were 'too easily satisfied'.
I'm sorry, but there are a lot cooler ways to spend 200 grand then on a 10 LCD display.
One Word: NASA
Everyone acts all surprised when they talk about eBook not being hugely popular.
Hell, I'm surprised that normal books are popular. Most people I know drop dead when I tell them I read. Of my own volition. For fun. So I'm very happy that there are enough people out there to support bookstores. For me, the most frightening part of Fahrenheit 451 was when you find out that the books went away at first, not because the government wanted them to, but because the people simply lost interest due to TV.
I'm sorry but this won't work. Every nerd and jock knows that sports are the opposite of reading.
"The limitless euphoria of the beginning belongs to the past," said Arnoud de Kemp, a leading electronic publisher with the science and business media firm Springer.
Springer Media Firm added that de Kemp was 'not the least bit on drugs' when he made that comment.
I wonder are there any iTunes/P2P-like plans for distributing ebooks? Something that could give the 'little guy' who wants to publish a book a chance to get his work seen without having to go through a publisher? It seems like most ebooks have to be distributed under a specific hardware platform, and not under something more general like a PDF.
Before ebooks become popular, I think they need to be dirt cheap, not just slightly less expensive than a normal book. I mean really, when you cut out manufacturing and physically distributing a product, your costs go way down. The cover price should reflect that.
What about 1, 10, 11, 100, 101 and 110?
What about 1, 11, 100, and 101?