I guess it could have just as well an UI like ATMs or, basically, many "feature phones" - buttons around the screen (is it even color? Or maybe just CSTN, etc.?) corresponding to functionality. That would complicate some stuff of course - but it could even have a full mini keyboard? (mobile phone style? Kindle has it) Throw in USB for some external one, they're inexpensive.
Or perhaps touchscreens have become in reality cheap enough, we just aren't allowed to experience it... (certainly it seems they can potentially become cheaper? - massively easier mechanical design, not much addition of electroncic stuff)
I'm really glad from this announcement (and XO-3) - they show what the price really can be. Now, hopefully this category of devices won't be derailed a bit, like what basically happened to netbooks so far...
Why wonder? It was just by far the more convenient place for humans to put down a needle. Not the case with optical media, probably quite the contrary (parking position of the lenses near the center minimising the chances of touching them; and the lenses more quickly finding the beginning of track)
None of that three objections at the end matter much in a format for delivery of content for consumption; especially with its mass stamping for pennies.
MD and ebooks, really? The former were the first readily available consumer way of copying music without much in the way of generation loss (present digital Walkmans behaving fine). Sony ebookreaders are also quite open; supporting DRM format, sure...but one which is sort of standard; supporting important unlocked ones out of the box. And memory sticks...just different.
Sony is far from a monolithic entity, with some divisions almost appearing like in some sort of struggle between them.
Well, assuming the contents are laid out on the disk in the most probable order of playback, they should be near the center; I imagine most scratch don't end up there.
Because mass pressing of optical disks will remain much cheaper... (that it doesn't have to filter to consumers is irrelevant; price of media doesn't dictate the pricing schemes of content owners that much - but it does dictate their margins, so...)
Size-wise, the only requirement optical discs need to pass, to "stay relevant", is "in the range of typical single instance of media delivered on them" - that's it. CD does that, DVD does that, Bluray does that; next disk will probably have to merely suffice for this format (accidentally, it means at least the higher range of what you think it needs to do to "stay relevant" - but that's beside the point as I said, it's a target which doesn't move continuosly...like your requirement, in reality, does)
How does that have any significance in types of media which are naturally sequential? (writing? New discs will be meant to deliver what comes past current "HD", that's it)
Though this can end up with you not actually "feeling" very good how your area is laid out / how it interconnects. Stopping from time to time and looking at a map kinda does this more...
Hm, perhaps a GPS with bigger scren & more encompassing map would be useful (that defeats the point of TFA with phones, though). Stopping optional.
Not only that - "spacecraft" is a rather...general term, encompassing also unmanned ones. Some among those can be easily considered commercial, and for some time.
Plus - SpaceShipOne is one, if only suborbital. Apart from SpaceX, those guys also have something (even if its heritage is not "pure"...but what is?)
Mostly fun probably; too many people think the whole thing is just, well, ridiculous; mostly a face-saving measure (moving in a radar for Patriots, without missiles?) after the "proper" planned system was basically also (among many things which happened to it) blocked (participants in this not bothered afterwards). Plus the military / etc. isn't under undue idolation and political landscape is much less monolithic than what you're probably used to. Sure, some members of some services sometimes get slightly confused about that fact of regime change 2 decades ago, but you get to know how to deal with it.
And c'mon, putting it right next to a popular spa?... (basically in it)
PS. And you know, this "I bet if you launched 100 mylar balloons near a US airforce base, you'd get a pretty swift response." does sound fun:)
I even have quite nearby, since recently, some pointless theater with "rocket shield" (actually without any rockets); and no laws against toy balloons in a, more or less, spa area.
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Why? Plentiful electricity is a much bigger issue in India. It's bound to be frugal with energy, most likely having some ARM, etc.
I guess it could have just as well an UI like ATMs or, basically, many "feature phones" - buttons around the screen (is it even color? Or maybe just CSTN, etc.?) corresponding to functionality. That would complicate some stuff of course - but it could even have a full mini keyboard? (mobile phone style? Kindle has it) Throw in USB for some external one, they're inexpensive.
Or perhaps touchscreens have become in reality cheap enough, we just aren't allowed to experience it... (certainly it seems they can potentially become cheaper? - massively easier mechanical design, not much addition of electroncic stuff)
I'm really glad from this announcement (and XO-3) - they show what the price really can be. Now, hopefully this category of devices won't be derailed a bit, like what basically happened to netbooks so far...
Why wonder? It was just by far the more convenient place for humans to put down a needle. Not the case with optical media, probably quite the contrary (parking position of the lenses near the center minimising the chances of touching them; and the lenses more quickly finding the beginning of track)
Hence "...without much..."; certainly generally good enough (was SCMS even rigilously followed?)
None of that three objections at the end matter much in a format for delivery of content for consumption; especially with its mass stamping for pennies.
MD and ebooks, really? The former were the first readily available consumer way of copying music without much in the way of generation loss (present digital Walkmans behaving fine). Sony ebookreaders are also quite open; supporting DRM format, sure...but one which is sort of standard; supporting important unlocked ones out of the box. And memory sticks...just different.
Sony is far from a monolithic entity, with some divisions almost appearing like in some sort of struggle between them.
Well, assuming the contents are laid out on the disk in the most probable order of playback, they should be near the center; I imagine most scratch don't end up there.
And suddenly people here want to practically completelly give up their control over media? How did that happen?
Because mass pressing of optical disks will remain much cheaper... (that it doesn't have to filter to consumers is irrelevant; price of media doesn't dictate the pricing schemes of content owners that much - but it does dictate their margins, so...)
Size-wise, the only requirement optical discs need to pass, to "stay relevant", is "in the range of typical single instance of media delivered on them" - that's it. CD does that, DVD does that, Bluray does that; next disk will probably have to merely suffice for this format (accidentally, it means at least the higher range of what you think it needs to do to "stay relevant" - but that's beside the point as I said, it's a target which doesn't move continuosly...like your requirement, in reality, does)
How does that have any significance in types of media which are naturally sequential? (writing? New discs will be meant to deliver what comes past current "HD", that's it)
Though this can end up with you not actually "feeling" very good how your area is laid out / how it interconnects. Stopping from time to time and looking at a map kinda does this more...
Hm, perhaps a GPS with bigger scren & more encompassing map would be useful (that defeats the point of TFA with phones, though). Stopping optional.
Or emergency situations. Assuming you have a way of contacting somebody...
Well, Google would probably love to "accidentally" know the geographic distribution of its users at all times...
Makes a lot of sense, actually - after all, from many hack'n'slash games, it seems like you're already the one keeping local economy going.
Relax a bit. Bigelow is involved with thise Boeing capsule; seems they want a competition in servicing their stations.
To be fair, that's basically a mockup; hardly counts.. Though the proper test vehicle should be in orbit this year.
Then there are two test spacecraft of Bigelow already orbiting for some time. And plenty commercial telecomm ones.
Not dropping money right and left, on any fun looking stuff, might be an important part of becoming a billionaire.
Anyway, some of them do what you ask for, just in a bit more frugal way - SpaceX and Bigelow, for example.
Since it's even in some collabaration with Bigelow - yeah, mostly just a ferry to some quite spacious station.
Besides, people voluntarily pack themselves into comparably small spaces anyway; usually even with worse view or less awesome destination.
Shuttle actually exists as something more than an advertising brochure....
Does it? The existing vehicle is quite a bit off from what was advertised.
Not only that - "spacecraft" is a rather...general term, encompassing also unmanned ones. Some among those can be easily considered commercial, and for some time.
Plus - SpaceShipOne is one, if only suborbital. Apart from SpaceX, those guys also have something (even if its heritage is not "pure"...but what is?)
Mostly fun probably; too many people think the whole thing is just, well, ridiculous; mostly a face-saving measure (moving in a radar for Patriots, without missiles?) after the "proper" planned system was basically also (among many things which happened to it) blocked (participants in this not bothered afterwards). Plus the military / etc. isn't under undue idolation and political landscape is much less monolithic than what you're probably used to. Sure, some members of some services sometimes get slightly confused about that fact of regime change 2 decades ago, but you get to know how to deal with it.
And c'mon, putting it right next to a popular spa?... (basically in it)
All a matter of relative densities of ship groups and balloon swarms ;p (hm, could be used as a way to deny access to some area...)
PS. And you know, this "I bet if you launched 100 mylar balloons near a US airforce base, you'd get a pretty swift response." does sound fun :)
I even have quite nearby, since recently, some pointless theater with "rocket shield" (actually without any rockets); and no laws against toy balloons in a, more or less, spa area.
Not really. Balloons tend to, y'know, stay in the air for some time.