The article itself says that it's the same technology as your fridge. They're not trying to pull the wool over your eyes -- they're applying the technology to your computer.
Personally, I think this is a giant step in the wrong direction seeing as many people are opting to go fan-less just to avoid all the usual noise a PC makes. This unit is gonna make your PC buzz - like a fridge.
The connections between Star Wars and the O.C. are so obvious, I don't know how anyone could miss them. Honestly, I've seen this coming for a long time:
The O.C. series has two really hot chicks, Mischa Barton and Rachel Bilson; Star Wars also has two hot chicks, Natalie Portman and Carrie Fisher (in metallic swimwear).
The O.C. teaches us that love is a powerful force; Star Wars made us love the force.
"California Here We Come, Right back where we started from" is in the OC's theme song; Star Wars was originally filmed in California!
Phantom planet sings the OC's theme song; Star Wars has phantom menaces AND planets. Oh, and where do you think the people on the OC live? That's right, a PLANET. It couldn't be more obvious if they called their cars pod racers.
The similarities are screaming you in the face. Need I go on?
I agree that there's nothing preventing you from using your lungs when skydiving. I also think you're right that someone posted the skin-breathing fact as a joke, but you're wrong in thinking that the percentage doesn't change when skydiving.
Absorbing O2 through the skin is a result of diffusion, the same concept that allows the alveoli in our lungs to pass O2 into the blood. The rate of diffusion, or net flux, of oxygen into our skin is increased as the concentration of oxygen outside the skin is increased. Now even though there is slightly less pressure at higher altitudes, the fact that you are traveling over 100mph creates a much greater pressure against your skin than if you were standing on the ground. Add to this the fact that the oxygen supply isn't depleted as if the air around you were stagnant.
I would guess that your skin could absorb enough oxygen at this speed to make holding your breath (for the 15 seconds or so before you pull the chute) completely natural. And technically, once the O2 concentration in your lungs has reached equilibrium with that of your blood, 100% of your oxygen intake is through your skin. So that percentage would increase if holding your breath while skydiving.
dipping babies in vats of liquid mercury isn't specifically illegal either
Liquid mercury as opposed to... gaseous mercury? That would be at least 675F at standard pressure. My skin is burning just imagining it! Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at STP.
And let's not even get into how one would dip a baby into a solid.
True, your skin does not need to breathe, but that doesn't mean that it can't. Insects are not the only animals that breathe through their skin. Amphibians most notably, but even certain bats get a reasonable amount of O2 through the skin. In fact (I didn't believe this when I first heard it) humans can breathe through their skin when skydiving!
I highly recommend exercising some self-discipline when looking at these pics and reading the captions. I started realizing it was a HUGE spoiler about a quarter-way in, so I forced myself to only look at the pictures. Yes, I already know the ENDING. But I don't want to understand the entire script before seeing it!
I'd say the biggest issue, and one that not many people are focusing on, is that once you unsubscribe from Napster, the music is no longer yours. I didn't realize this at first. I saw their superbowl commercial where the napster dude held up that sign and made it seem very much like napster's downloads give you the same rights as iTunes' downloads. They don't! If you ever end your subscription, you don't have the right to listen to those thousands of songs on your HD anymore. I think this hack appeals to the users that realize this after they've already subscribed.
Where can I find these dumpsters full of electronic treasure!? I consider myself lucky if the dumpsters I'm thrown into don't have shards of glass or used needles.
Wireless power by induction is inferior to conduction in almost every way. Although there is no need for conductor-conductor contact, the distance between the wires still needs to be less than a centimeter for acceptable efficiency.
The only really useful application for this (IMO) is for recharging waterproof devices. Whether a market for waterproof phones exists is questionable, but using "wireless" power in cameras, camcorders, or outdoor GPS units (it's already in my toothbrush) may be marketable.
I'm glad you said "don't try this at home," but in all seriousness, DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! You may KILL YOURSELF!
Monitors, unlike other parts of the PC, use very high voltages and have special hazards that can cause serious injury or even death if you make a mistake while working with one. This is true even if the power is disconnected, due to the large capacitors used to hold charges inside the CRT.
I'm all for smashing old computers. But for heaven's sakes, if you absolutely must smash a CRT with a mallet, I hope for your sake it's a rubber mallet!
"... 95% of hit songs in the past 50 years are high scorers..."
I'd like to know which 5% of past hit songs did NOT score well on this AI test!
Similarly, I'd love to hear a horrible piece of music that scores a 10 on this baby. I'm sure out of the hundreds of thousands of songs that have flopped over the years, you could find a few that pass the specific chord progression, pitch, rhythm, and volume tests with flying colors:-)
Cell companies are not careful with most of your private information. One very obvious example is when I went to my local Sprint PCS store to ask for a service change. I couldn't believe it, the girl behind the counter actually asked for my cell phone password. I was like, "What, out loud?"
She says "yeah."
I hesitated to answer, and then realized she was looking at my password, in plain text on her screen! I had to speak/spell my password out loud to her so that she could visually match it with the onscreen display.
First off, YES I was naive to assume my password was safe with Sprint. But now I am painfully aware that any old schmuck that works at a Sprint store can type in anyone's Sprint phone number and simply read their password!!!!!! I mean, come ON!!!! Security anyone?!!!
Don't even get me started on people nearby overhearing this stuff or casually reading numbers and passwords off of their computer screens.
I totally know what you mean. I've heard so many game sounds in real life and said out loud "so THAT's where they recorded that sound from!"
Like the antique elevator in my old dorm at college. It would make eerie noises EXACTLY like Marathon on the Macintosh had for its elevators. The first time I got in and the thing started moving, my heartrate accelerated and I got all jumpy. It was a rush!
I also notice that newer games will borrow sounds from older, seemingly unrelated games. I love finding a new sound that brings back old memories.
I, for one, have adopted Gran Turismo techniques into my real-life driving. No joke. When I am confident there is no one else coming down my home street, I use all lanes of the road (my lane, the oncoming lane, and the shoulders) to go into the bend wide and cut the apex of the turn just perfectly. I can't help it, after playing Gran Turismo for 100+ hours I've convinced myself that this is the only way to avoid a spinout!
Forget Q-tips and alcohol. I discovered a solution for fixing bad cartridges that takes no tools at all:
1. Insert the cartridge, press it down, but do NOT close the NES lid.
2. Turn on the NES.
3. Being careful not to push down on the cartridge again (which will pop it up and eject it) shift the cartridge left and right several times in its connections. If you're getting that blinking pink screen, you'll know exactly when the corrosion has been scraped off because the game's startup screen will blink instead of just pink.
4. Hit Reset. The game works!
This trick I invented ALWAYS works for me. I usually get the cartridge to work within 4 seconds or so. Has anyone else seen this used? It works SO much better than blowing. I laugh when I see people trying that old trick -- it takes so much longer! Yet blowing on cartridges is so much a part of people's childhood experiences that some won't give it up no matter how poorly it works.
I think that layered 2D interfaces is all the human mind can easily deal with.
Layering windows over and under eachother is enough of space-relational exercise... Start introducing motion that isn't restricted to parallel planes and you're in for a very messy UI.
The first thing that comes to mind is a tree. Each child of the tree node could radiate outward from an origin point in 3 dimensions, but I would get lost very quickly when the point of view kept rotating and twisting.
Anyone have any good examples of 3D UI techniques that don't get you lost in the woods?
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The article itself says that it's the same technology as your fridge. They're not trying to pull the wool over your eyes -- they're applying the technology to your computer.
Personally, I think this is a giant step in the wrong direction seeing as many people are opting to go fan-less just to avoid all the usual noise a PC makes. This unit is gonna make your PC buzz - like a fridge.
The connections between Star Wars and the O.C. are so obvious, I don't know how anyone could miss them. Honestly, I've seen this coming for a long time:
The O.C. series has two really hot chicks, Mischa Barton and Rachel Bilson; Star Wars also has two hot chicks, Natalie Portman and Carrie Fisher (in metallic swimwear).
The O.C. teaches us that love is a powerful force; Star Wars made us love the force.
"California Here We Come, Right back where we started from" is in the OC's theme song; Star Wars was originally filmed in California!
Phantom planet sings the OC's theme song; Star Wars has phantom menaces AND planets.
Oh, and where do you think the people on the OC live? That's right, a PLANET. It couldn't be more obvious if they called their cars pod racers.
The similarities are screaming you in the face. Need I go on?
I agree that there's nothing preventing you from using your lungs when skydiving. I also think you're right that someone posted the skin-breathing fact as a joke, but you're wrong in thinking that the percentage doesn't change when skydiving.
Absorbing O2 through the skin is a result of diffusion, the same concept that allows the alveoli in our lungs to pass O2 into the blood. The rate of diffusion, or net flux, of oxygen into our skin is increased as the concentration of oxygen outside the skin is increased. Now even though there is slightly less pressure at higher altitudes, the fact that you are traveling over 100mph creates a much greater pressure against your skin than if you were standing on the ground. Add to this the fact that the oxygen supply isn't depleted as if the air around you were stagnant.
I would guess that your skin could absorb enough oxygen at this speed to make holding your breath (for the 15 seconds or so before you pull the chute) completely natural. And technically, once the O2 concentration in your lungs has reached equilibrium with that of your blood, 100% of your oxygen intake is through your skin. So that percentage would increase if holding your breath while skydiving.
that the digits make a phone number?? 225-964-9511 used to dial the residence of a man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Now all you get is "the number you have dialed is not a working number"
Could this be the first telephone slashdotting in history!?
dipping babies in vats of liquid mercury isn't specifically illegal either
Liquid mercury as opposed to... gaseous mercury? That would be at least 675F at standard pressure. My skin is burning just imagining it! Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at STP.
And let's not even get into how one would dip a baby into a solid.
True, your skin does not need to breathe, but that doesn't mean that it can't. Insects are not the only animals that breathe through their skin. Amphibians most notably, but even certain bats get a reasonable amount of O2 through the skin. In fact (I didn't believe this when I first heard it) humans can breathe through their skin when skydiving!
See the percentages here
"...could conceivably culture it and bring it back alive. Maybe NASA could market them..."
Can you even think of a worse idea???
I highly recommend exercising some self-discipline when looking at these pics and reading the captions. I started realizing it was a HUGE spoiler about a quarter-way in, so I forced myself to only look at the pictures. Yes, I already know the ENDING. But I don't want to understand the entire script before seeing it!
Even if the video game DID give this kid the idea to slaughter somebody, that makes it OK...how??? Take some f'in responsibility.
I'd say the biggest issue, and one that not many people are focusing on, is that once you unsubscribe from Napster, the music is no longer yours. I didn't realize this at first. I saw their superbowl commercial where the napster dude held up that sign and made it seem very much like napster's downloads give you the same rights as iTunes' downloads. They don't! If you ever end your subscription, you don't have the right to listen to those thousands of songs on your HD anymore. I think this hack appeals to the users that realize this after they've already subscribed.
Where can I find these dumpsters full of electronic treasure!? I consider myself lucky if the dumpsters I'm thrown into don't have shards of glass or used needles.
How am I supposed to RTFA when the summary alone fills my entire browser window!
there is nothing you can stick on the outside of a battery to improve its performance
Actually, external heating/cooling elements can improve a battery's performance.
Wireless power by induction is inferior to conduction in almost every way. Although there is no need for conductor-conductor contact, the distance between the wires still needs to be less than a centimeter for acceptable efficiency.
The only really useful application for this (IMO) is for recharging waterproof devices. Whether a market for waterproof phones exists is questionable, but using "wireless" power in cameras, camcorders, or outdoor GPS units (it's already in my toothbrush) may be marketable.
I'm glad you said "don't try this at home," but in all seriousness, DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! You may KILL YOURSELF!
Monitors, unlike other parts of the PC, use very high voltages and have special hazards that can cause serious injury or even death if you make a mistake while working with one. This is true even if the power is disconnected, due to the large capacitors used to hold charges inside the CRT.
I'm all for smashing old computers. But for heaven's sakes, if you absolutely must smash a CRT with a mallet, I hope for your sake it's a rubber mallet!
"... 95% of hit songs in the past 50 years are high scorers ..."
I'd like to know which 5% of past hit songs did NOT score well on this AI test!
Similarly, I'd love to hear a horrible piece of music that scores a 10 on this baby. I'm sure out of the hundreds of thousands of songs that have flopped over the years, you could find a few that pass the specific chord progression, pitch, rhythm, and volume tests with flying colors :-)
Hear, Hear!
Cell companies are not careful with most of your private information. One very obvious example is when I went to my local Sprint PCS store to ask for a service change. I couldn't believe it, the girl behind the counter actually asked for my cell phone password. I was like, "What, out loud?"
She says "yeah."
I hesitated to answer, and then realized she was looking at my password, in plain text on her screen! I had to speak/spell my password out loud to her so that she could visually match it with the onscreen display.
First off, YES I was naive to assume my password was safe with Sprint. But now I am painfully aware that any old schmuck that works at a Sprint store can type in anyone's Sprint phone number and simply read their password!!!!!! I mean, come ON!!!! Security anyone?!!!
Don't even get me started on people nearby overhearing this stuff or casually reading numbers and passwords off of their computer screens.
Me too! What Marathon sounds do you come across in real life? I hear the sound of Marathon elevators a lot. Brings back good memories :-)
I totally know what you mean. I've heard so many game sounds in real life and said out loud "so THAT's where they recorded that sound from!" Like the antique elevator in my old dorm at college. It would make eerie noises EXACTLY like Marathon on the Macintosh had for its elevators. The first time I got in and the thing started moving, my heartrate accelerated and I got all jumpy. It was a rush! I also notice that newer games will borrow sounds from older, seemingly unrelated games. I love finding a new sound that brings back old memories.
I, for one, have adopted Gran Turismo techniques into my real-life driving. No joke. When I am confident there is no one else coming down my home street, I use all lanes of the road (my lane, the oncoming lane, and the shoulders) to go into the bend wide and cut the apex of the turn just perfectly. I can't help it, after playing Gran Turismo for 100+ hours I've convinced myself that this is the only way to avoid a spinout!
Forget Q-tips and alcohol. I discovered a solution for fixing bad cartridges that takes no tools at all:
1. Insert the cartridge, press it down, but do NOT close the NES lid.
2. Turn on the NES.
3. Being careful not to push down on the cartridge again (which will pop it up and eject it) shift the cartridge left and right several times in its connections. If you're getting that blinking pink screen, you'll know exactly when the corrosion has been scraped off because the game's startup screen will blink instead of just pink.
4. Hit Reset. The game works!
This trick I invented ALWAYS works for me. I usually get the cartridge to work within 4 seconds or so. Has anyone else seen this used? It works SO much better than blowing. I laugh when I see people trying that old trick -- it takes so much longer! Yet blowing on cartridges is so much a part of people's childhood experiences that some won't give it up no matter how poorly it works.
I think that layered 2D interfaces is all the human mind can easily deal with.
Layering windows over and under eachother is enough of space-relational exercise... Start introducing motion that isn't restricted to parallel planes and you're in for a very messy UI.
The first thing that comes to mind is a tree. Each child of the tree node could radiate outward from an origin point in 3 dimensions, but I would get lost very quickly when the point of view kept rotating and twisting.
Anyone have any good examples of 3D UI techniques that don't get you lost in the woods?
Inexpensive? DVDs? Are we talking about the same thing here?
Breathing remains a popular pastime for the majority of today's youth.
Funny how you can tell whether a product will flop just by the website's visual appeal (or lack thereof).
It's all marketing: if they can't make a website look appealing, how on earth will they polish a turd of a product like this?