This is controled by bluetooth though so it doesn't have a lot of range nor the bandwith for transmitting video (though stills might be acceptable). Additionally, if someone knew the military was using it, they could have something that detects the bluetooth signal and tries to hack it or at the very least alerts it's presence.
In short. These could potentially have a lot of military uses but I think they would need another communication method besides bluetooth.
I don't use CRTs. They're a dead technology, and IMHO they just generally suck!;)
Do you have any reasoning behind this? LCDs are flat and easier on the eyes but you can't get anything above 1280X1024 resolution for under $1000. I have seen 19" CRTs with 1600x1200 for just over $100.
A side from the cost, LCDs/plasmas have a huge problem with displaying true black. Anyone concerned with image quality usually goes with a CRT.
You have price, image quality, resolution, better viewing angle vs space, style.
That does sound more feasible then flying cars. It would be very hard to regulate flying cars. Normal cars have to stay on the road. They can go off the road but whith a huge drop in speed, control and smoothness. The fact that they are on roads makes it very easy to control traffic (Stoplights). this owuld be veyr hard to impliment with flying cars.
Unfortuneately I don't see as swiss cheese network of train tunnels any time soon. You'd have to prove that it would be faster, cheaper, easier and safer then air travel and that a market would exist if it is built.
Think of someone from somewhere in the plains where everything is flat. I'm sure they would like to see somewhere like the dakotas or Montana. I would love to see it myself, on foot though.
It's different because it is going though a government organization that is specifically set up for that purpose as opposed to a state educational institution which happens to route as well.
Ignoring the rapper typo:), it's not necessarily ludicrous. It seems unlikely that a 17-year old will have any useful advice for parents in general, his opinion still holds validityDamn rappers...ruining the english language for even those who aren't rap fans...
Yes, this is exactly what we need. Teach kids to solve their differences with fights. That way, when that generation is running the world, they can have one massive nuclear war to make an example of some small country like Gibralter for calling socks the cat an asshat.
No, it wasn't always easy. I didn't expect it to be easy, or even desirable for it to be easy, because I expected to learn.
Exactly. If a technical paper is "easy," then you're probably not going to learn much anyway. Just sitting down and reading a paper from start to finish is worthless. You have to dwelve deeper into it. Check the references; perhaps even put the paper down for a while while you read a book that it referenecs. It takes more then just reading the words off the paper. It takes time to think about what's being said and real effort to grasp what the author is saying,
What I am saying is that every 17yr old thinks they haven't done anything stupid. I don't know anybody 25-30 who can say they didn't do stupid things at 17.
I just think it's ludicris for someone who is still legally a child to be giving parenting advice.
In hindsight, I should have just let it be though.
As far as advice goes though, I can't say really because I don't have children. I do believe however that there is no set rules for parenting. That's why there are so many parenting books out there and so many messed up children and adults. I believe you have to take it on an individual basis.
I am willing to believe that this kid has generally made good choices in his life. However, I think the advice of "just trust your children and they'll make good choices" is very flawed.
Don't tell me it's easier said than done. I'm 17, and I've had full access since we've had the internet. (four, five years ago.) I haven't done anything stupid yet
If you believe that, you are about as far from "Insightful" as you can get.
Didn't a lot of players support WMA several months before you were able to buy WMA wrapped with DRM? I know some of them did. It was probably easier to add the DRM support then it would be to add support for a different codec. Either way it still puts apple in the same place they are used to: against the rest of the industry.
Does anyone else worry that if he is successfull and the code is released that this will significantly slow network traffic? Just think about 100,000 people (may be a conservative number) all trying to map the internet at the same time. Would this result in effectively a huge DOS attack? Plus none of these maps would be complete because they are all competing with each other and it will make it even harder to access some sites.
Is this possible???
If it is, then I think that this is one instance that it will be in everyones interest to not have any kind of release of this product and naturally keep the source closed.
The average user can get it working right out of the box (or download). That's something you can't say for most Linux installs -- or even some Windows installs. The hardware support is phenomenal
Definitely. This has been true since I first tried Mandrake with release 8.0. If I remember correctly, I believe I heard that this is the first linux release that contains the Radeon drivers. Anyway, it's cake to get a Mandrake Linux system up and running in no time.
At first, I didn't know what Second Life was and I was dead against this. Now I think it is a good idea. People are spending God knows how many hours creating this stuff, putting it online and having it ripped off.
I am all for this as long as it doesn't cross over between other games. That would be a huge mess and would be impossible to enforce.
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This is controled by bluetooth though so it doesn't have a lot of range nor the bandwith for transmitting video (though stills might be acceptable). Additionally, if someone knew the military was using it, they could have something that detects the bluetooth signal and tries to hack it or at the very least alerts it's presence.
In short. These could potentially have a lot of military uses but I think they would need another communication method besides bluetooth.
Well if you don't know how to type, you have to keep moving your head up and down instead of your eyes.
I don't use CRTs. They're a dead technology, and IMHO they just generally suck! ;)
Do you have any reasoning behind this? LCDs are flat and easier on the eyes but you can't get anything above 1280X1024 resolution for under $1000. I have seen 19" CRTs with 1600x1200 for just over $100.
A side from the cost, LCDs/plasmas have a huge problem with displaying true black. Anyone concerned with image quality usually goes with a CRT.
You have price, image quality, resolution, better viewing angle vs space, style.
CRTs are far from dead.
Kenney told us to go, and because he died a hero
They killed Kenney! You bastards!
...I couldn't resist.
That does sound more feasible then flying cars. It would be very hard to regulate flying cars. Normal cars have to stay on the road. They can go off the road but whith a huge drop in speed, control and smoothness. The fact that they are on roads makes it very easy to control traffic (Stoplights). this owuld be veyr hard to impliment with flying cars.
Unfortuneately I don't see as swiss cheese network of train tunnels any time soon. You'd have to prove that it would be faster, cheaper, easier and safer then air travel and that a market would exist if it is built.
That was a great short. He should do more of them.
Possibly easier to hit with RPGs as well. Could a sniper rifle disable one? What about a flaming arrow?
Think of someone from somewhere in the plains where everything is flat. I'm sure they would like to see somewhere like the dakotas or Montana. I would love to see it myself, on foot though.
Why do people call helocopters helios? Is it from a European term or something? Doesn't the term "helio" originate from a greek word for the Sun?
It's different because it is going though a government organization that is specifically set up for that purpose as opposed to a state educational institution which happens to route as well.
Ignoring the rapper typo :), it's not necessarily ludicrous. It seems unlikely that a 17-year old will have any useful advice for parents in general, his opinion still holds validityDamn rappers...ruining the english language for even those who aren't rap fans...
Yes, this is exactly what we need. Teach kids to solve their differences with fights. That way, when that generation is running the world, they can have one massive nuclear war to make an example of some small country like Gibralter for calling socks the cat an asshat.
No, it wasn't always easy. I didn't expect it to be easy, or even desirable for it to be easy, because I expected to learn.
Exactly. If a technical paper is "easy," then you're probably not going to learn much anyway. Just sitting down and reading a paper from start to finish is worthless. You have to dwelve deeper into it. Check the references; perhaps even put the paper down for a while while you read a book that it referenecs. It takes more then just reading the words off the paper. It takes time to think about what's being said and real effort to grasp what the author is saying,
What I am saying is that every 17yr old thinks they haven't done anything stupid. I don't know anybody 25-30 who can say they didn't do stupid things at 17.
I just think it's ludicris for someone who is still legally a child to be giving parenting advice.
In hindsight, I should have just let it be though.
As far as advice goes though, I can't say really because I don't have children. I do believe however that there is no set rules for parenting. That's why there are so many parenting books out there and so many messed up children and adults. I believe you have to take it on an individual basis.
I am willing to believe that this kid has generally made good choices in his life. However, I think the advice of "just trust your children and they'll make good choices" is very flawed.
The local government will have access to logs of every site you visit, every email you send/receive will pass though it's network.
I'd have to do some heavy reading into their privacy policy before I signed up for this.
I just want to let you know that I really enjoyed the music that you streamed several years ago while you were doing renovations or whatever.
The word spread all the way to a local music board for the Lexington, Ky scene where I picked it up.
Don't tell me it's easier said than done. I'm 17, and I've had full access since we've had the internet. (four, five years ago.) I haven't done anything stupid yet
If you believe that, you are about as far from "Insightful" as you can get.
Didn't a lot of players support WMA several months before you were able to buy WMA wrapped with DRM? I know some of them did. It was probably easier to add the DRM support then it would be to add support for a different codec. Either way it still puts apple in the same place they are used to: against the rest of the industry.
Does anyone else worry that if he is successfull and the code is released that this will significantly slow network traffic? Just think about 100,000 people (may be a conservative number) all trying to map the internet at the same time. Would this result in effectively a huge DOS attack? Plus none of these maps would be complete because they are all competing with each other and it will make it even harder to access some sites.
Is this possible???
If it is, then I think that this is one instance that it will be in everyones interest to not have any kind of release of this product and naturally keep the source closed.
I think he means that the program will take less then one day to completely map the internet. Not less then one day to write/compile/run.
The average user can get it working right out of the box (or download). That's something you can't say for most Linux installs -- or even some Windows installs. The hardware support is phenomenal
Definitely. This has been true since I first tried Mandrake with release 8.0. If I remember correctly, I believe I heard that this is the first linux release that contains the Radeon drivers. Anyway, it's cake to get a Mandrake Linux system up and running in no time.
At first, I didn't know what Second Life was and I was dead against this. Now I think it is a good idea. People are spending God knows how many hours creating this stuff, putting it online and having it ripped off.
I am all for this as long as it doesn't cross over between other games. That would be a huge mess and would be impossible to enforce.
Well at least I think it is funny. And I don't think many things modded as "Funny" here are funny.
IP as in Intellectual Property. Different things can have the same acronym.
AcronymFinder.com search for IP (Oddly enough Intellectual Property isn't listed here)
Oooh...Oooh...Mod this guy up for originality!