Even if the impact of this is exaggerated, the one positive outcome is education. The more media exposure the better. The target audience of 60 Minutes is not exactly geeks, but more likely grandparents that use their computers to see emailed pictures of their grandchildren. Andy Rooney probably doesn't tell them to run Windows update and maybe this will... or at least make them bother one of their geek children to make sure their computer is clean.
Yes, it was definitely a Les Paul that I saw him playing with the additional pickup and the little touchpad. Apparently his is not one of the new Gibsons that the article is about, but one from the company that they mention on the second page, Transperformance.
From September/October 2003 issue of Performing Songwriter:
"In the "most unique and unusual" category is one of Frampton's Les Pauls that is fitted with the Transperformance self-tuning guitar system. The system comes with preset tunings, and you can store other tunings and recall them. "Some of the tunings are pretty phenomenal. There are tunings from Jimmy Page, Stephen Stills--all different tunings. I found a tuning in there that just blew me away, and it just inspired the beginnings of 'Mia Rose' [one of the tracks on NOW, written with Kimmie Rhodes].""
I saw Peter Frampton play one of these a few years ago. My friend's brother was running sound, so we got to go backstage before anyone got to the venue. He had two of these guitars sitting there. My friend explained how they work and that they have hundreds of preset tunings and the ability to have the user program their own tuning. They supposedly change tunings in less than a second.
He started playing a song and then just before the slide solo he hit one of the buttons which automatically tuned it to a pre-programed open chord and played the slide solo. At the end of the solo he hit another button and it tuned back to his original tuning and continued to play rhythm. It was pretty slick.
My dad has a slow form of ALS and was hospitalized a few years ago and ended up having a tracheotomy. He was able to write, but not quick enough because of the ALS and got frustrated very quickly. Through the ALS network of people someone recommended this E-Triloquist software. They guy who wrote it had his father pass away from the disease. The software allows the user to click on buttons on the screen that represent certain words or phrases and the words are said out loud by a speech synthesizer. The user can also customize the interface to each specific user's needs. Best of all it's free. If you do want to donate, you can make donations to the Les Turner ALS Foundation.
My dad wasn't completely happy with that program even though it did everything he needed. It was a little too cluttered because it did so much. I created my own simple VB6 program that uses the Microsoft Speech SDK. I basically created a keyboard on the screen so he could type with the mouse. I also created a series of really big buttons with big fonts that he could use for very common phrases, like yes, no, pain, nurse, etc. There were also pull down menus with family member's names, common adjectives and things like that. The one that he liked the most was a button that made the sound of a cowbell that he could hit repeatedly to get people's attention that were not looking at him. I included buttons for fun things too, such as Homer Simpson's "Woo hoo!" and "Doh!". Those went over really well to ease tension, especially the "Woo hoo!" when he found out that the trach was going to be removed and he would be leaving the hospital.
I would recommend the E-Triloquist software. It's easy to install on any Windows laptop and it's free. It's been refined by years of user feedback. If you're not happy with it or want to experiment, I'll gladly send you my program and you're free to do whatever you want with it. If you can program a little you can easily make it do exactly what you need.
Now all they need to do is get the awards show broadcast on FOX. Get a few bands to play, some celebrity wardrobe malfunctions and they'll blow those lousy Nobel Prize winners off the map!
Since I can type, I started taking normal "dictionary" words and retyping them with my fingers all shifted one key to the right. It feels like I'm typing the word correctly, but it ends up being a "random" string of letters.
If you want a book where the information gets out of hand try in the near future try Killing Time by Caleb Carr. It's not great, but it has some interesting ideas.
"That's one for the professionals to answer, but since Starbucks opens an average of 10 stores per week it doesn't look like Winter will be stopping any time soon."...he probably also has sudden urges to play Whack-A-Mole.
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Apparently GE has given up on the high-efficiency incandescent bulbs and is focusing on LED tech: http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/11/26/ge-suspends-development-of-high-efficiency-incandescent/
Even if the impact of this is exaggerated, the one positive outcome is education. The more media exposure the better. The target audience of 60 Minutes is not exactly geeks, but more likely grandparents that use their computers to see emailed pictures of their grandchildren. Andy Rooney probably doesn't tell them to run Windows update and maybe this will... or at least make them bother one of their geek children to make sure their computer is clean.
From September/October 2003 issue of Performing Songwriter:
http://www.performingsongwriter.com/pages/tools/extra_frampton.cfm
"In the "most unique and unusual" category is one of Frampton's Les Pauls that is fitted with the Transperformance self-tuning guitar system. The system comes with preset tunings, and you can store other tunings and recall them. "Some of the tunings are pretty phenomenal. There are tunings from Jimmy Page, Stephen Stills--all different tunings. I found a tuning in there that just blew me away, and it just inspired the beginnings of 'Mia Rose' [one of the tracks on NOW, written with Kimmie Rhodes].""
He started playing a song and then just before the slide solo he hit one of the buttons which automatically tuned it to a pre-programed open chord and played the slide solo. At the end of the solo he hit another button and it tuned back to his original tuning and continued to play rhythm. It was pretty slick.
My dad has a slow form of ALS and was hospitalized a few years ago and ended up having a tracheotomy. He was able to write, but not quick enough because of the ALS and got frustrated very quickly. Through the ALS network of people someone recommended this E-Triloquist software. They guy who wrote it had his father pass away from the disease. The software allows the user to click on buttons on the screen that represent certain words or phrases and the words are said out loud by a speech synthesizer. The user can also customize the interface to each specific user's needs. Best of all it's free. If you do want to donate, you can make donations to the Les Turner ALS Foundation.
My dad wasn't completely happy with that program even though it did everything he needed. It was a little too cluttered because it did so much. I created my own simple VB6 program that uses the Microsoft Speech SDK. I basically created a keyboard on the screen so he could type with the mouse. I also created a series of really big buttons with big fonts that he could use for very common phrases, like yes, no, pain, nurse, etc. There were also pull down menus with family member's names, common adjectives and things like that. The one that he liked the most was a button that made the sound of a cowbell that he could hit repeatedly to get people's attention that were not looking at him. I included buttons for fun things too, such as Homer Simpson's "Woo hoo!" and "Doh!". Those went over really well to ease tension, especially the "Woo hoo!" when he found out that the trach was going to be removed and he would be leaving the hospital.
I would recommend the E-Triloquist software. It's easy to install on any Windows laptop and it's free. It's been refined by years of user feedback. If you're not happy with it or want to experiment, I'll gladly send you my program and you're free to do whatever you want with it. If you can program a little you can easily make it do exactly what you need.
This just in: Firefox declared winner in browser war since Firefox has more new users this month than IE.
prAm for my pr0n!
"Killer" - You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Love under the microscope... Love on top of the microscope... Love next to the microscope... Love nowhere near the microscope...
"He didn't give you gay, did he?" - Homer
Yeah, it's Overkill.
Sticker: "Do not eat laptop"
Maybe they'll come out with a signature Jenna Jameson model (like the U2 one) that will contain her entire body of work...
Does anyone have a torrent of his speech?
My company makes me use IE, you insensitve clod.
Now all they need to do is get the awards show broadcast on FOX. Get a few bands to play, some celebrity wardrobe malfunctions and they'll blow those lousy Nobel Prize winners off the map!
All your EVERYTHING are belong to us.
For example: "master" would be ",sdyrt"
Easy to remember and much more secure.
It's healthy to have goals.
We don't need a bloody flag, this is our country you bastard!
No flag, no country! You can't have one. That's the rules... that... I've just made up!
If you want a book where the information gets out of hand try in the near future try Killing Time by Caleb Carr. It's not great, but it has some interesting ideas.
Pick one measuring system, please!
"That's one for the professionals to answer, but since Starbucks opens an average of 10 stores per week it doesn't look like Winter will be stopping any time soon." ...he probably also has sudden urges to play Whack-A-Mole.
Great, now if I'm outside using my laptop I'm going to be eaten alive by mosquitoes.