Uhuh, blind, sure - I guess I chose "targets" (there's not only US, however full of yourself you are; but it's the most relevant subject on/.) randomly, right? That's what one would get with blindfolds...BTW, how do they fit to you? (what more of backing reasons do you really need beside that graph?) But, accidentally, it's a good way to feel good about any critisim - convince yourself that it's inspired by some lowly instincts. Have you tried Godwin?
The same low-resolution, low-framerate and glitchy with compression artefacts that was available a long time ago from cheap webcams, placed on small CRT monitors (so also providing that "narrowing of the gap"), and still feeling weird? Heck, most likely was a factor with many millions of mobile videophones in the wild already - and they have typically smaller screen / etc. than an iPhone.
Surrounding strangers are probably perceived as even greater of a problem. Also not only since people would be concerned with who actually might see them at the other end - mobile videoconferencing exposes practically entirety of the conversation to the surroundings, loud and clear (if one needs to hold a videophone at arms lenght, it usually means hearing the other party via loudspeaker and needing to talk louder than usual)
In comfortable private space, such as laptop at home, that's not much of a problem anymore; but there's also not much point in using mobile phone.
What's stopping them from using texting / IM? (which is not only more convenient, also roughly as fast and not limiting one to communicating with people able to understand that particular sign language)
If you actually look at what kids use, you'll notice that they are less likely to communicate in such interpersonal ways as even a voicecall; preferring SMS or, lately, FB and Twitter updates.
To be fair, one thing you mention - turn by turn maps - doesn't really need data connection. Nokia Ovi Maps can work totally offline (you can preload maps of the areas you need), and even with A-GPS or fetching timely traffic conditions / etc., the usage of cellular network is miniscule.
Association for dead people would be even more interesting...not totally unexpected, though - it was recently brought into my attention that at least another Nordic place, Norway, has a National Association for Suicide Survivors, apparently.
What's funny is that Apple has filled a patent some time ago with a solution to this problem - putting camera (or, more precisely, an array of microlense ones) into the screen, between pixels (accidentally, an idea I had quite some time ago; and I'm sure not very original, Apple patent nothwistanding)
But the way they chose to have their own mobile videoconferencing doesn's use it obviously (well, ok, no technical means yet to do so), which might contribute to even more people being put off by the idea. Maybe their "big" computers will have it quite soon, at the least - with pixels being much larger et al.
Oh well, doesn't stop me from playing with the concept in a more low-tech manner... (using an optical setup of teleprompter + careful way of ligting the room, basically)
I strongly suspect you're kidding yourself if you think people don't see / feel such avoidance of eye contact. They might not realize it, sure, but it impacts the communication greatly.
Those few scenarios you mention are already served reasonably well with additiona of a cheap webcam to the PC. Especially since it won't limit what people can make such call.
And yeah, videocalls do tend to steal all attention (from work, for example), so it might be useful for such boss...
Also with "wired" videocalls you get controlled environment, privacy and comfort (that probably didn't work even for stationary videotelephones; it is somewhat better with a PC, which is more often at a place comfortable to sit in anyway)
And even then all the other issues (effect of avoiding eye contact, perceived need to care about looks a bit, still much bigger intrusion of caller into "my" space) probably mean it's bearable only when free and with inexpensive equipment (such as adding a webcam to a PC that's already there, or few bucks addition to a laptop)
To be fair, the only way iPhone even can be used, might be reasonably close - for videoconferencing it requires local WiFi anyway; and better in one of few somewhat private areas. But in that case it's not that much better in mobility from netbook / laptop, while greatly limiting number of people one can videocall with.
It still probably gets in your way - people are damn good at noticing facial clues during conversation. With hundreds of millions of mobile devices vapable of 3G videocalling, there's quite a lot of opportunity to use videocalling for best part of the last decade; and yet hardly anybody does (showing your surroundings to the other party seems to be semi-common; but that doesn't even require front facing camera)
Is Win version of Typing... so horrible that rereleasing it on newer consoles would matter? (well, I was planing checking it out at some point; with Model M it should be interesting, considering that the keyboard sounds like some firearm with high rate of fire)
There's even Typing of the Dead 2; arcades and...Win only.
But types of cars are an inherent part of the issue; something which you presented in your first post as explanation is, more precisely, the problem. And a state of affairs which is not justified at all (but hey, "normal"...) BTW, a US sedan is quite noticeably larger than European sedan; or to put it another way, a car which would be considered a large sedan in Europe (and there really aren't larger ones; except direct US imports...) might be easily at most an average one in the US.
Regarding merging lanes - maybe that, yes. And as another poster pointed out - people not knowing how to merge anyway; his 90 bhp not limiting him - people in front (surely typically with much more powerful engines) limiting him.
As for amorality of consumption - it's not so much opinion as laws of thermodynamics coupled with the fact that assuring certain standard of living for your average human on this planet takes certain amount of resources. If we use more than our share, then somebody will get less. That deals with externalities for example - our industries so far don't care much that they utilise land areas of the past and at the same time make the future land areas (well, and water) less useful. Such freeriding might not last, you know...
With clarification - how you actually used the truck (seems people often don't use their capacity) is of course commendable. But BTW, I noticed one thing - which easily might have been not the case for you of course, just in too many... - a lot of people totally underestimate what even (if goinf to extreme) a hatch with folded rear seats + a trailer can do (but that generally falls under underestimating comfort, safety and performance of such cars, doesn't it?)
Is 'industry" vs. individuals distinction clear enough? There's this supposedly numerous group of small businesses after all - and I guess there would a lot of lobbying and media circus originating from entities wanting to protect their cashflow, stirring up large part of society enough for it to suddenly want to defend "their" rights... That's already how trains were basically killed, how automobiles and airplanes (on short routes) introduced as mass transport...
If you have a problem with what I wrote there, you should have chosen different example (thing is, its hard o find something in which one can't be easily much more efficient than usual; who knows how I'm doing...). BTW, auto sleep like that is merely a "last ditch" attempt, on the part of machine itself; one which would save plenty already. Oh, and FYI my (very few) machines are quite "slow", most likely also by standards of average consumer.
Yes, you do waste; look again at that graph from Wiki to which I linked to in previous post.
But you see that critique wrong. It's not attacking you per se, but in what you've been caught (that's also how I approach the thing with "dishonesty" that you commented) - you really think those are choices? How much is determined by our honest choices and how much simply by the place we were born in and exist? Those are societal patterns, requiring probably a generation or two to change. Oh, and also noticing the problem; that's sort of a prerequisite to even care about it.
Not only rotation - with the whole setup of such Moon explorers being driven also by multitude of sensors and image streams (and not around keeping humans alive and sane), I would expect a small army of researchers observing everything that happens around those robots.
Hm, that could be interesting via public "wetware distributed computing" in the style of Stardust@home or Galaxy@home...
It might be perceived as promoting security of investments, for those with really large ones (which gives certain possibilities regarding media & laws, too...)
And yet many large telecom tech companies deal with them (hey, I wonder how many of those are clean...); many networks use them (international deals being what fuels Huawei growth to one of top spots), also in places with large domestic competition to Huawei (plus decent corruption-wise & with likewise decent "IP" protection)...I'm sure Sweden, Germany or Finland would love to find a solid reason to ban Huawei from the EU (and they could push it that far) But it somehow passes approval from their institutions...
Considerin that the Sun spews "fallout" all the time... Well, I guess first probe would still be original; not a lot of space agencies would do something that useless.
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Uhuh, blind, sure - I guess I chose "targets" (there's not only US, however full of yourself you are; but it's the most relevant subject on /.) randomly, right? That's what one would get with blindfolds...BTW, how do they fit to you? (what more of backing reasons do you really need beside that graph?)
But, accidentally, it's a good way to feel good about any critisim - convince yourself that it's inspired by some lowly instincts. Have you tried Godwin?
The same low-resolution, low-framerate and glitchy with compression artefacts that was available a long time ago from cheap webcams, placed on small CRT monitors (so also providing that "narrowing of the gap"), and still feeling weird? Heck, most likely was a factor with many millions of mobile videophones in the wild already - and they have typically smaller screen / etc. than an iPhone.
Would there be some cause and effect relation between that and the World Cup? O_o
Surrounding strangers are probably perceived as even greater of a problem. Also not only since people would be concerned with who actually might see them at the other end - mobile videoconferencing exposes practically entirety of the conversation to the surroundings, loud and clear (if one needs to hold a videophone at arms lenght, it usually means hearing the other party via loudspeaker and needing to talk louder than usual)
In comfortable private space, such as laptop at home, that's not much of a problem anymore; but there's also not much point in using mobile phone.
What's stopping them from using texting / IM? (which is not only more convenient, also roughly as fast and not limiting one to communicating with people able to understand that particular sign language)
If you actually look at what kids use, you'll notice that they are less likely to communicate in such interpersonal ways as even a voicecall; preferring SMS or, lately, FB and Twitter updates.
Hm, as long as that's mostly England and not Britain...(?)
To be fair, one thing you mention - turn by turn maps - doesn't really need data connection. Nokia Ovi Maps can work totally offline (you can preload maps of the areas you need), and even with A-GPS or fetching timely traffic conditions / etc., the usage of cellular network is miniscule.
PS. And there's one interesting twist related to what you said. Name of the new iPhone wasn't really thought out, when it comes to one of the most dynamically growing markets
Association for dead people would be even more interesting...not totally unexpected, though - it was recently brought into my attention that at least another Nordic place, Norway, has a National Association for Suicide Survivors, apparently.
What's funny is that Apple has filled a patent some time ago with a solution to this problem - putting camera (or, more precisely, an array of microlense ones) into the screen, between pixels (accidentally, an idea I had quite some time ago; and I'm sure not very original, Apple patent nothwistanding)
But the way they chose to have their own mobile videoconferencing doesn's use it obviously (well, ok, no technical means yet to do so), which might contribute to even more people being put off by the idea. Maybe their "big" computers will have it quite soon, at the least - with pixels being much larger et al.
Oh well, doesn't stop me from playing with the concept in a more low-tech manner... (using an optical setup of teleprompter + careful way of ligting the room, basically)
I strongly suspect you're kidding yourself if you think people don't see / feel such avoidance of eye contact. They might not realize it, sure, but it impacts the communication greatly.
Those few scenarios you mention are already served reasonably well with additiona of a cheap webcam to the PC. Especially since it won't limit what people can make such call.
And yeah, videocalls do tend to steal all attention (from work, for example), so it might be useful for such boss...
Also with "wired" videocalls you get controlled environment, privacy and comfort (that probably didn't work even for stationary videotelephones; it is somewhat better with a PC, which is more often at a place comfortable to sit in anyway)
And even then all the other issues (effect of avoiding eye contact, perceived need to care about looks a bit, still much bigger intrusion of caller into "my" space) probably mean it's bearable only when free and with inexpensive equipment (such as adding a webcam to a PC that's already there, or few bucks addition to a laptop)
To be fair, the only way iPhone even can be used, might be reasonably close - for videoconferencing it requires local WiFi anyway; and better in one of few somewhat private areas. But in that case it's not that much better in mobility from netbook / laptop, while greatly limiting number of people one can videocall with.
Do old people use it, at the least?
It still probably gets in your way - people are damn good at noticing facial clues during conversation. With hundreds of millions of mobile devices vapable of 3G videocalling, there's quite a lot of opportunity to use videocalling for best part of the last decade; and yet hardly anybody does (showing your surroundings to the other party seems to be semi-common; but that doesn't even require front facing camera)
Seems there's also English of the Dead in the works (to be fair probably not that different conceptually from Typing...)
Love the idea.
Is Win version of Typing... so horrible that rereleasing it on newer consoles would matter? (well, I was planing checking it out at some point; with Model M it should be interesting, considering that the keyboard sounds like some firearm with high rate of fire)
There's even Typing of the Dead 2; arcades and...Win only.
But types of cars are an inherent part of the issue; something which you presented in your first post as explanation is, more precisely, the problem. And a state of affairs which is not justified at all (but hey, "normal"...)
BTW, a US sedan is quite noticeably larger than European sedan; or to put it another way, a car which would be considered a large sedan in Europe (and there really aren't larger ones; except direct US imports...) might be easily at most an average one in the US.
Regarding merging lanes - maybe that, yes. And as another poster pointed out - people not knowing how to merge anyway; his 90 bhp not limiting him - people in front (surely typically with much more powerful engines) limiting him.
As for amorality of consumption - it's not so much opinion as laws of thermodynamics coupled with the fact that assuring certain standard of living for your average human on this planet takes certain amount of resources. If we use more than our share, then somebody will get less.
That deals with externalities for example - our industries so far don't care much that they utilise land areas of the past and at the same time make the future land areas (well, and water) less useful. Such freeriding might not last, you know...
With clarification - how you actually used the truck (seems people often don't use their capacity) is of course commendable. But BTW, I noticed one thing - which easily might have been not the case for you of course, just in too many... - a lot of people totally underestimate what even (if goinf to extreme) a hatch with folded rear seats + a trailer can do (but that generally falls under underestimating comfort, safety and performance of such cars, doesn't it?)
Is 'industry" vs. individuals distinction clear enough? There's this supposedly numerous group of small businesses after all - and I guess there would a lot of lobbying and media circus originating from entities wanting to protect their cashflow, stirring up large part of society enough for it to suddenly want to defend "their" rights...
That's already how trains were basically killed, how automobiles and airplanes (on short routes) introduced as mass transport...
If you have a problem with what I wrote there, you should have chosen different example (thing is, its hard o find something in which one can't be easily much more efficient than usual; who knows how I'm doing...). BTW, auto sleep like that is merely a "last ditch" attempt, on the part of machine itself; one which would save plenty already. Oh, and FYI my (very few) machines are quite "slow", most likely also by standards of average consumer.
Yes, you do waste; look again at that graph from Wiki to which I linked to in previous post.
But you see that critique wrong.
It's not attacking you per se, but in what you've been caught (that's also how I approach the thing with "dishonesty" that you commented) - you really think those are choices? How much is determined by our honest choices and how much simply by the place we were born in and exist?
Those are societal patterns, requiring probably a generation or two to change. Oh, and also noticing the problem; that's sort of a prerequisite to even care about it.
If oblateness wasn't enough, there are also slightly different rates of rotation of various parts. Still lots of fun left with modelling it, I'm sure.
Not only rotation - with the whole setup of such Moon explorers being driven also by multitude of sensors and image streams (and not around keeping humans alive and sane), I would expect a small army of researchers observing everything that happens around those robots.
Hm, that could be interesting via public "wetware distributed computing" in the style of Stardust@home or Galaxy@home...
It might be perceived as promoting security of investments, for those with really large ones (which gives certain possibilities regarding media & laws, too...)
US having no spies abroad? Corporations not interlinked with big politics in the US?!
How one manages to (supposedly) think something like that?... O_o
And yet many large telecom tech companies deal with them (hey, I wonder how many of those are clean...); many networks use them (international deals being what fuels Huawei growth to one of top spots), also in places with large domestic competition to Huawei (plus decent corruption-wise & with likewise decent "IP" protection)...I'm sure Sweden, Germany or Finland would love to find a solid reason to ban Huawei from the EU (and they could push it that far)
But it somehow passes approval from their institutions...
Considerin that the Sun spews "fallout" all the time... Well, I guess first probe would still be original; not a lot of space agencies would do something that useless.