This can be useful if you're browsing the net with a laptop in the toilet.
With such a limited use (emitting scents), I wonder if the crystal ball would just come with the fortune-telling/aromatherapy software, which interacts with the ball locally, instead of going through the whole web thing.
In the future, maybe a USB ice-cream maker which makes ice-cream of your choice, after you ordered it via Movenpick's website. Or a massaging chair that starts working on you after you have made the payment via PayPal?
The article says "The discs will help popularize the HD-DVD format for consumers and encourage them to purchase HD-DVD players..."
I hope this is referring to the read-only HD-DVDs, not these dual DVD, HD-DVD disc.
If consumers are given choice to buy new movies in HD-/DVD format, it'll only delay the need to purchase HD-DVD players, since it's obvious even to grandmas that all hardware price will drop so much in the first 6-12 months that if you can wait you will.
I start buying DDR memory because my new mainboard only accepts 200pin, and my old one is using 168pin. Same thing goes to my Socket A and Socket 939 CPUs.
How did these employees get into the company door in the first place? Didn't they have to write some sort of CV that their employers can understand? Or are they gradually getting worse in the corporate/email environment?
Last year I signed up a Slashdot account for my better half, what a mistake! We've been fighting for the first to open door, switch on the TV and whatnot ever since.
But seriously, how about a set of Mahjong, it's something different and provides endless hours of fun. They now come in travel size that you can bring along in trips.
And are there any ethnic-based board games that you can learn about other cultures (not Indians being shot at).
What if the evidence is on a production server that can't be simply unplugged and put into storage?
In my company, once a machine is compromised, it's offline and ghost image taken, no questions asked, even it's a live ecommerce site. You would rather putting up a "Unscheduled Outage" notice than inflicting more damages to the server/data.
It's like a 777 pilot asking if he should make an emergency landing due to a fire alarm, because there are 350 passengers onboard and we don't want to spoil their holiday.
Actually I think pilots do that, that's why we get to read blackbox transcript like
GPWS: "Whoop, whoop. Pull up. Whoop whoop. Pull up." CA: "Don't worry we can make it." GPWS: "Whoop, whoop. Pull -."
Is there a reason you need to keep/have the slides?
I know many people have said that digital camera is never the same as the conventional one, but if you can't get much out of scanned slides anyway, you might as well cut out the middleman (scanner).
This is not likely to be a potential DRAM replacement for mainstream applications as DRAM already offers more than ten times density compared to SRAM at much better cost."
I thought the PR implied "Although not as dense, SRAM is many times faster than dynamic random access memory (DRAM).", density is like a also-run.
At first I thought it was a dupe from this, but the article did mention - "Last month, researchers at Brown University reported on the technology's success in a 25-year-old quadriplegic from Massachusetts who was able to read e-mail, play video games, turn on lights, and change channels or adjust the volume on a TV."
The final comment was "This is a significant development", but in what way?
My city has weight sensors laid under the tarmacs, so it knows if there are cars waiting/approaching and switches lights accordingly, or if it shall let the other direction keep going.
The real problem only arises when there are too many cards coming from all directions, and the lights will switch to the "traditional method" that is based on a predefined interval.
It's a catch-22 - Gershenson admits that the benefits wouldn't be as large in a big city where the situation is much more complex than in his simulations, however only bigger city needs to/will consider such traffic control.
At time like this, isn't it better to have a videolog or photolog?
I'm not very well-travelled, so it's a bit overwhelming for me to imagine "The sun came out for the first time in a few days and turned the smooth ocean into a mirror which reflected the bergs" without linking it to DiCaprio.
And how do I decode "sshhhhhHHHHHH" or "KSHHHXXXXXX" or "CRACK CRUNCH GCKKXX"?
Considering the "popularity" of Segways, I wonder if this thing will attract many interests.
These may be suitable for youngter disabled because the conventional granny scooter may be a bit of put-off.
Another concern is the recovery process. Let's look at the i-foot, which is designed to help the disabled to get around and to climb up stairs. But can it recover from a fall should accident happens?
Is Thunderbird as "spread-like-wild-fire" as Firefox? I just don't hear people talking about TB as much as FF.
Even in newsgroups where you need a news reader to do anything, people still talk about FF. I'm using TB but I don't have the same enthusiasm to discuss it.
Is this due to lack of usage, or lack of competition, or something else? Or just me?
This company was only founded two years ago, I wonder how much has been put into testing the quality and durability of the oil, which is subject to voltage going through it every now and then. However given the rate people change their mobile phones, durability might not have to be a feature.
Other than that, it's a great invention, no wonder the guy will pursue an aggressive intellectual property strategy, so anyone who wants to build something like this will need a licence from them.
There's also a mentiond of true zoom capability, using two of the liquid lenses. Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of being very small, since you need more depth to create the zooming effect, no?
I don't think this tactic is specifically used to target TiVo.
The article mentioned people who use VCRs and digital video recorders like TiVos are affected. But I guess putting TiVo in everything is a must now. Imagine an Open Source TiVo-like software that can be installed in iPod to provide time-shifting functionality for old people in Korea.
Anyway, If I had to choose, I would take 30 seconds off the end of the 1st show and 30 seconds off the next one, they're usually opening or trailer for next show.
Can these robots be captured and reconfigured to turn against its ex-master, or do they have self-destruction function?
This reminds me of an old Canon printer advertisement, where the Martians use this bubblejet printer to print realistic Mars landscape photos and place them in front of the Mars probe's visual sensor.
The system can then locate, precisely, where the shot was fired, turn a camera to center the shooter in the camera viewfinder and make a 911 call to a central police station.
If the shooter is still there, she deserves to be caught.
According to the article, this device is listening for the entire sound pattern of the gunshot, not just the initial explosion, which makes it much less likely to mistake other loud noises for shooting.
So it may be difficult to fool it unless you can also simulate the whole shooting sequence (think of Matrix's bullet time).
I guess FPS game developers can use one of these to create realistic gunshot sounds.
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This can be useful if you're browsing the net with a laptop in the toilet.
With such a limited use (emitting scents), I wonder if the crystal ball would just come with the fortune-telling/aromatherapy software, which interacts with the ball locally, instead of going through the whole web thing.
In the future, maybe a USB ice-cream maker which makes ice-cream of your choice, after you ordered it via Movenpick's website. Or a massaging chair that starts working on you after you have made the payment via PayPal?
The article says "The discs will help popularize the HD-DVD format for consumers and encourage them to purchase HD-DVD players..."
I hope this is referring to the read-only HD-DVDs, not these dual DVD, HD-DVD disc.
If consumers are given choice to buy new movies in HD-/DVD format, it'll only delay the need to purchase HD-DVD players, since it's obvious even to grandmas that all hardware price will drop so much in the first 6-12 months that if you can wait you will.
I start buying DDR memory because my new mainboard only accepts 200pin, and my old one is using 168pin. Same thing goes to my Socket A and Socket 939 CPUs.
Are you sure?
How did these employees get into the company door in the first place? Didn't they have to write some sort of CV that their employers can understand? Or are they gradually getting worse in the corporate/email environment?
P.S. This are one of the Slashdot articles that I am so worrifiedably scared to be picked at by one of these Spelling/Grandma Nazis.
Last year I signed up a Slashdot account for my better half, what a mistake! We've been fighting for the first to open door, switch on the TV and whatnot ever since.
But seriously, how about a set of Mahjong, it's something different and provides endless hours of fun. They now come in travel size that you can bring along in trips.
And are there any ethnic-based board games that you can learn about other cultures (not Indians being shot at).
What if the evidence is on a production server that can't be simply unplugged and put into storage?
In my company, once a machine is compromised, it's offline and ghost image taken, no questions asked, even it's a live ecommerce site. You would rather putting up a "Unscheduled Outage" notice than inflicting more damages to the server/data.
It's like a 777 pilot asking if he should make an emergency landing due to a fire alarm, because there are 350 passengers onboard and we don't want to spoil their holiday.
Actually I think pilots do that, that's why we get to read blackbox transcript like
GPWS: "Whoop, whoop. Pull up. Whoop whoop. Pull up."
CA: "Don't worry we can make it."
GPWS: "Whoop, whoop. Pull -."
Is there a reason you need to keep/have the slides?
I know many people have said that digital camera is never the same as the conventional one, but if you can't get much out of scanned slides anyway, you might as well cut out the middleman (scanner).
This is not likely to be a potential DRAM replacement for mainstream applications as DRAM already offers more than ten times density compared to SRAM at much better cost."
I thought the PR implied "Although not as dense, SRAM is many times faster than dynamic random access memory (DRAM).", density is like a also-run.
Nah the publisher wouldn't mind since parent also included "Advertisement" before the 2nd paragraph.
Will this (putting music on P2P) actually hurts them in the future once they got famous and want to protect their copyright?
At first I thought it was a dupe from this, but the article did mention - "Last month, researchers at Brown University reported on the technology's success in a 25-year-old quadriplegic from Massachusetts who was able to read e-mail, play video games, turn on lights, and change channels or adjust the volume on a TV."
The final comment was "This is a significant development", but in what way?
In Vice City, I don't usually stop for traffic lights.
My city has weight sensors laid under the tarmacs, so it knows if there are cars waiting/approaching and switches lights accordingly, or if it shall let the other direction keep going.
The real problem only arises when there are too many cards coming from all directions, and the lights will switch to the "traditional method" that is based on a predefined interval.
It's a catch-22 - Gershenson admits that the benefits wouldn't be as large in a big city where the situation is much more complex than in his simulations, however only bigger city needs to/will consider such traffic control.
Why spend so much when you can AskSlashdot for the Best Tools for Machinima?
At time like this, isn't it better to have a videolog or photolog?
I'm not very well-travelled, so it's a bit overwhelming for me to imagine "The sun came out for the first time in a few days and turned the smooth ocean into a mirror which reflected the bergs" without linking it to DiCaprio.
And how do I decode "sshhhhhHHHHHH" or "KSHHHXXXXXX" or "CRACK CRUNCH GCKKXX"?
I don't think anything can survive with a dnsalias address.
Coralized Pages here.
Considering the "popularity" of Segways, I wonder if this thing will attract many interests.
These may be suitable for youngter disabled because the conventional granny scooter may be a bit of put-off.
Another concern is the recovery process. Let's look at the i-foot, which is designed to help the disabled to get around and to climb up stairs. But can it recover from a fall should accident happens?
Is Thunderbird as "spread-like-wild-fire" as Firefox? I just don't hear people talking about TB as much as FF.
Even in newsgroups where you need a news reader to do anything, people still talk about FF. I'm using TB but I don't have the same enthusiasm to discuss it.
Is this due to lack of usage, or lack of competition, or something else? Or just me?
This company was only founded two years ago, I wonder how much has been put into testing the quality and durability of the oil, which is subject to voltage going through it every now and then. However given the rate people change their mobile phones, durability might not have to be a feature.
Other than that, it's a great invention, no wonder the guy will pursue an aggressive intellectual property strategy, so anyone who wants to build something like this will need a licence from them.
There's also a mentiond of true zoom capability, using two of the liquid lenses. Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of being very small, since you need more depth to create the zooming effect, no?
TiVo began advising its 2 million subscribers to watch out for such time conflicts and to adjust their recording settings manually.
Couldn't TiVo finish off the first one (maybe 31 minutes), and proceed to record the next despite it's 1 minute late?
Maybe a patch will check for any conflicts and prompt users to choose from a few options, for istance, give weight/priority to a particular show.
I don't think this tactic is specifically used to target TiVo.
The article mentioned people who use VCRs and digital video recorders like TiVos are affected. But I guess putting TiVo in everything is a must now. Imagine an Open Source TiVo-like software that can be installed in iPod to provide time-shifting functionality for old people in Korea.
Anyway, If I had to choose, I would take 30 seconds off the end of the 1st show and 30 seconds off the next one, they're usually opening or trailer for next show.
Can these robots be captured and reconfigured to turn against its ex-master, or do they have self-destruction function?
This reminds me of an old Canon printer advertisement, where the Martians use this bubblejet printer to print realistic Mars landscape photos and place them in front of the Mars probe's visual sensor.
Finally, a news that is "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.".
Outsourcing aside, helpdesk is probably a IT-related job that can never be automated, no?
The system can then locate, precisely, where the shot was fired, turn a camera to center the shooter in the camera viewfinder and make a 911 call to a central police station.
If the shooter is still there, she deserves to be caught.
According to the article, this device is listening for the entire sound pattern of the gunshot, not just the initial explosion, which makes it much less likely to mistake other loud noises for shooting.
So it may be difficult to fool it unless you can also simulate the whole shooting sequence (think of Matrix's bullet time).
I guess FPS game developers can use one of these to create realistic gunshot sounds.