I think my #5 is flawed. With that many sensors, the car could have sensed the low level of water in the tank, and proceeds to collect rain water, filter it and refill the tank automatically.
Maybe the "front" means the front of the car, ie the car you're following can see the message you try to tell him, like "Move over you #$@#$", saving you from showing your fingers.
Or, if the LCD is fitted in front of the driver, maybe the driver can watch the red light change green through the LCD...
Ballmer was talking about a MS-powered computer at $100, you're dreaming to get that configuration in Linux at $100:)
Seriously though, even if Linux is free, we have seen MS's tactic with XBox, ie subsidizing the hardware to the max just to be successful - who says money can't buy friends, even if they are only money friends?
I can see a couple of advantages such as independant, objective and professional documentation for Open Source.
On the other hand, I'm also concerned that these documentations might not be as in-depth as if they were written by the persons involved in these projects.
I mean, will we see a similar case like "The marketing department never understands what we IT is really doing!"?
I think it'll work if these shops are for marketing purposes, ie showcasing the latest bestest gadgets.
However if Sony tries to compete with their retailers, it's just shooting itself on its foot.
The ideal way is to demo gadgets, and sell them at the RRP, and other retails always have a slightly lower-than-RRP price (so there's no direct competition) and other finances.
I'm not sure how these ads are delivered, but the article mentioned in-game real-time advertising, so I assumed they can put up an advertiser's logo, product etc while you're playing and interacting with it?
Eg you can buy XX-branded sofa in The Sims 2? Or your GTA character must eat PizzaHut's pizza to survive?
If this is true, I believe it will have greater impact than our standard in-your-face commercials we need to watch involuntarily during a tv show, as these in-game ads are more subtle, more passive, yet you are getting the feeling that you (or your character) NEED those products.
storage size is always a problem with tapeless digital cam, I've eyeing on Sony's DVD handycam, one DVD stores 1GB, but the size of the camcorder is as big as a 8cm DVD.
The germanium transistor was first demonstrated privately at Bell Labs Dec. 23, 1947, by William Shockley and his team. However, production problems delayed its practical use. Until it was perfected, the invention was kept secret for 7 months and no patents were filed until 1948; the first public announcement was June 30, 1948.
Nowadays, it's more like the patent was filed 5 years ago out of thin air, first public announcement was 24 months ago. Product is sold with some bugs and patches/fixes/recalls were made in the following 24 months.
Is there a reader that is flexible enough to allow users to make a pseudo web site (ie serving locally) with those aggregating syndicated content?
Imagine the possibility to design/allocate different news on diferent section of a web page, with different links, and everybody will get an instant GoogleNews with fully customised content.
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I think my #5 is flawed. With that many sensors, the car could have sensed the low level of water in the tank, and proceeds to collect rain water, filter it and refill the tank automatically.
Maybe the "front" means the front of the car, ie the car you're following can see the message you try to tell him, like "Move over you #$@#$", saving you from showing your fingers.
Or, if the LCD is fitted in front of the driver, maybe the driver can watch the red light change green through the LCD...
I can already see some uses of this technology.
1. Sensor which alerts owners that their car tyre has been chalked (parking tickets).
2. Sensor to trigger water spray to remove any chalk marks
3. Monitor to checks all four wheels, when you feel/hear something weird, but don't want to stop your car.
4. Monitor to checks if your skirts is trapped between the door and slapping on the tarmac going 100mph.
5. Monitor to show your windscreen wiper spray tank level, so you know when to refill.
Ballmer was talking about a MS-powered computer at $100, you're dreaming to get that configuration in Linux at $100 :)
Seriously though, even if Linux is free, we have seen MS's tactic with XBox, ie subsidizing the hardware to the max just to be successful - who says money can't buy friends, even if they are only money friends?
Is Transmeta the new AMD in terms of innovation and catering the real consumer needs?
I wonder if/when Transmeta's price has come down to $100-$200 mark, will it start to attract more users?
When you're not into making profit out of something, you're usually more generous to include alternatives (or even competition).
I can see a couple of advantages such as independant, objective and professional documentation for Open Source.
On the other hand, I'm also concerned that these documentations might not be as in-depth as if they were written by the persons involved in these projects.
I mean, will we see a similar case like "The marketing department never understands what we IT is really doing!"?
I think it'll work if these shops are for marketing purposes, ie showcasing the latest bestest gadgets.
However if Sony tries to compete with their retailers, it's just shooting itself on its foot.
The ideal way is to demo gadgets, and sell them at the RRP, and other retails always have a slightly lower-than-RRP price (so there's no direct competition) and other finances.
After reading the article a couple of times, I believe they are trying to separate Suit-Up Godzilla from the Computer-Generated Godzilla.
If you think of it as the opposite of USB 2.0, it all makes sense.
this and the road sign reader seem to use similar technology, or are they actually the same thing, just different application?
Are we seeing a new marketing tactic in the horizon?
Eg Buy a DVD Recorder with LOTR extendeder version preloaded? Or TiVo with 10 seasons of Friends?
Oh! It'll be fun if iPod's preloading Beatles songs...
design to construction in less than a year
Great, they can build 2 more
I was about to say "With a computer this powerful, the world probably only needs 4 of these", but history tells me otherwise :)
It's just common sense. Imagine if Ford built a twin-engine car and the government wants to charge twice the road tax....
I'm not sure how these ads are delivered, but the article mentioned in-game real-time advertising, so I assumed they can put up an advertiser's logo, product etc while you're playing and interacting with it?
Eg you can buy XX-branded sofa in The Sims 2? Or your GTA character must eat PizzaHut's pizza to survive?
If this is true, I believe it will have greater impact than our standard in-your-face commercials we need to watch involuntarily during a tv show, as these in-game ads are more subtle, more passive, yet you are getting the feeling that you (or your character) NEED those products.
I don't think a brain analysis is an effective way to determine consumer behaviour.
Our behaviour is most likely shaped by the environment and condition we're experiencing.
Truth to be told, any sports car will trigger my buy-button, but can I afford to buy it?
Ahhh thanks, that's what I need to know. I don't mind to try out new languages, as long as they're easy to set up.
The review mentioned web programming, does one need a specific platform installed or it "just runs"?
storage size is always a problem with tapeless digital cam, I've eyeing on Sony's DVD handycam, one DVD stores 1GB, but the size of the camcorder is as big as a 8cm DVD.
The germanium transistor was first demonstrated privately at Bell Labs Dec. 23, 1947, by William Shockley and his team. However, production problems delayed its practical use. Until it was perfected, the invention was kept secret for 7 months and no patents were filed until 1948; the first public announcement was June 30, 1948.
Nowadays, it's more like the patent was filed 5 years ago out of thin air, first public announcement was 24 months ago. Product is sold with some bugs and patches/fixes/recalls were made in the following 24 months.
That's not saturation, we're not talking about cell phones here.
As stated, people don't seem to be willing to pay a premium for gadgets and alternative systems.
Moving people from MS to Linux is difficult enough because of the technical differencesalone, and did I mention the OS is free?
So why would people pay more money to try Linux?
If a PDA costs $400 running Windows, people already have the perception that a Linux-based PDA should cost $200 less because the OS is free.
Possibly, but site owners tend to find RSS/XML feed easier to create than setting up a new newsgroup.
RSS is FOD (feed on demand), so yo don't get what you didn't ask for, and you can easily filter/remove undesired RSS feed.
Is there a reader that is flexible enough to allow users to make a pseudo web site (ie serving locally) with those aggregating syndicated content?
Imagine the possibility to design/allocate different news on diferent section of a web page, with different links, and everybody will get an instant GoogleNews with fully customised content.