I remember reading over a decade ago about IBM developing a way for people to exchange electronic business cards through a serial connection formed when people shake hands. Sounded very cool and I've been watching for it ever since. So using skin to transmit data from one individual to another is out.
Also, there is work with FES (functional electrical stimulation, aka artificial nerves) that requires transmiting programing instructions to an implanted computer. So transmiting data from outside to in is out.
Finally, a friend's dad had an implanted computer for controling back pain that had power management controled by a magnet.
These by themselves would limit MS's claims. Reading them out of context makes it sound too broad. Do a missing element analysis with reference to the specification and prior art and patents make more sense.
I have to agree with those three. But sometimes having other photographers getting closer to the subject can help. I'm reminded of a trip to the Cliffs of Moher. If some of those folks had just gotten a little closer, I would have had some great photos!
Seriously, moving around helps. One of my classic photos I took on my back in the streets of Pisa. Had my brother raise his foot, shifted my camera and voila! A picture of my brother kicking over the leaning tower of Pisa.
Can't remember the name, but there is a (was?) a $20 reusable camera with plastic enclosure for scuba down to 60 ft. Uses AA batteries for the flash and regular 35mm film (100 to 800). I belive it is French made. Bought it at a local camera store.
Worked great on my trip to Belize until I went down to 70 ft. But up to that point, it took great pictures.
It's really maybe. Here's the data:
Caffeine LD50 (50/50 chance of killing you) is 150 mg/kg
Half life of 5-7 hours with extremes of 3 to 20 hours common
Coffee has 93 to 164 mg/5oz serving
I'm a big guy, 100kg, so could stand 15g before having a better than even chance of dying. Drinking 100 cups of the hard stuff at once would be a bad idea (16.4 g)
But drink a cup of the hard stuff every 14.4 minutes and it never goes over 6.4 g (assuming a 7 hour half life).
Now try some small woman, say 45 kg. Her limit is 6.75 gm. Might be ok or a risk, less than 50%, of dying. But if she's on the pill, her metabolizme half life is 13 hours. She hits exceed 9.3 g. Well above LD50 so probably a gonner.
Your mileage may vary.
References:
http://codeine.50g.com/other/caffeine.html
http://www.chinamist.com/knowledge/health/caffeine/content.htm
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/caffeine/caffeine_ effects.shtml
Ok, not quite the same, but years ago my brother and I bought a TV (Zenith?) with built in Pong video game but no controlers. Rather than buy some or buy some variable resisters, we just poked wires into the ports, held one wire in each hand, and played. No kidding! The system is so sensitive to changes in resistance that micro motions would move the paddle. We actually got pretty good at controlling the game.
So there we'd be, as still as possible, holding wires, playing Pong. Good thing the TV broke after a week or our eyes would have permanently dried out.
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I remember reading over a decade ago about IBM developing a way for people to exchange electronic business cards through a serial connection formed when people shake hands. Sounded very cool and I've been watching for it ever since. So using skin to transmit data from one individual to another is out. Also, there is work with FES (functional electrical stimulation, aka artificial nerves) that requires transmiting programing instructions to an implanted computer. So transmiting data from outside to in is out. Finally, a friend's dad had an implanted computer for controling back pain that had power management controled by a magnet. These by themselves would limit MS's claims. Reading them out of context makes it sound too broad. Do a missing element analysis with reference to the specification and prior art and patents make more sense.
But didn't Microsoft start in Albuquerque, New Mexico?
I have to agree with those three. But sometimes having other photographers getting closer to the subject can help. I'm reminded of a trip to the Cliffs of Moher. If some of those folks had just gotten a little closer, I would have had some great photos! Seriously, moving around helps. One of my classic photos I took on my back in the streets of Pisa. Had my brother raise his foot, shifted my camera and voila! A picture of my brother kicking over the leaning tower of Pisa.
Can't remember the name, but there is a (was?) a $20 reusable camera with plastic enclosure for scuba down to 60 ft. Uses AA batteries for the flash and regular 35mm film (100 to 800). I belive it is French made. Bought it at a local camera store. Worked great on my trip to Belize until I went down to 70 ft. But up to that point, it took great pictures.
Oh, and maximum uring output per day is around 23 L. 100 5/oz cups is 14.8 L.
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So it's the caffeine that will get you first.
It's really maybe. Here's the data: Caffeine LD50 (50/50 chance of killing you) is 150 mg/kg Half life of 5-7 hours with extremes of 3 to 20 hours common Coffee has 93 to 164 mg/5oz serving I'm a big guy, 100kg, so could stand 15g before having a better than even chance of dying. Drinking 100 cups of the hard stuff at once would be a bad idea (16.4 g) But drink a cup of the hard stuff every 14.4 minutes and it never goes over 6.4 g (assuming a 7 hour half life). Now try some small woman, say 45 kg. Her limit is 6.75 gm. Might be ok or a risk, less than 50%, of dying. But if she's on the pill, her metabolizme half life is 13 hours. She hits exceed 9.3 g. Well above LD50 so probably a gonner. Your mileage may vary. References: http://codeine.50g.com/other/caffeine.html http://www.chinamist.com/knowledge/health/caffeine /content.htm
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/caffeine/caffeine_ effects.shtml
How do you explain Lindows, er, Lindash, er whatever?
I love this idea. Of course Windows has this ability in non-graphical form. When you run Excel, it has a pretty good chance of killing Word.
I'm a little afraid of having a process Revenant. Then again, I recall Windows having that too. "Hey, didn't I just kill you?"
Ok, not quite the same, but years ago my brother and I bought a TV (Zenith?) with built in Pong video game but no controlers. Rather than buy some or buy some variable resisters, we just poked wires into the ports, held one wire in each hand, and played. No kidding! The system is so sensitive to changes in resistance that micro motions would move the paddle. We actually got pretty good at controlling the game. So there we'd be, as still as possible, holding wires, playing Pong. Good thing the TV broke after a week or our eyes would have permanently dried out.