I don't think I've ever seen an advertisement that hasn't been misleading.
"Buy this, it's the best!", "We're number 1 amongst leading research!", "Approved by 4 out of 5 dentists!"
All advertising is supposed to do is lead you to their product, or mislead you away from a competitor. It's simple Marketing101. And, depending on how you interpret the data you collect you can assert whatever it is that you want. "Percentage of cancer in newborns 50%, therefore cancer is due to aging."
Advertising is interesting, but to fall for it - now that's dumb!
I doubt that's ever going to be the case. Ever try looking up something you don't know the name of? -- "Yeah, that element on the periodic table, you know... it's silver in colour, or maybe grey. Umm... maybe it's a metal?" Good luck with that endeavour.
Also, the last thing I need is to have my doctor performing surgery on me, and having to google my anatomy during the operation.
No longer memorizing... this guy thinks we're going to phase out our brains or something.
Apparently there is a study that asked the question: "What is the optimal number of objects that a person could remember?"
Turns out that the optimal number is 7. People generally can only remember 7 items successfully on a regular basis. Mind you, I'm not sure if that is just conditioning on a western hemisphere level (where our phone numbers are 7 digits long). It did surprise me that it wasn't 10, or even 5, based on the numbers of fingers and toes.
It would be awesome if women could remember their own mobile numbers, it would take precious memory space away from the all anniversary dates you've forgotten.
That is a good question. Where exactly are these random 50k participants chosen from? Are they all over the US, or some select parts?
I wonder if any of the participants reside in places like Alaska, or South Dakota. Just seems like those places amongst many aren't likely to have vast options on their method of connecting to the net.
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You're not look far enough. At what point do they realize that they can't re-package and re-sell it again?
Being "disposable", people aren't going to care. They'll bring it back in the worst shape possible. Scratches on the lens, chips in the body, cracks. At some point it IS going to be disposed. And for what it's worth, somewhere along the lines of the design phase, they factored in the cost of actually having to throw out cameras and building their replacements.
Sometimes you need to read between the lines of the article.
Why does society insist make making more and more disposable crap? Like we need more things filling up landfills.
This whole disposable movement just evolves us to making more stuff that has lower and lower quality. Hence the saying "They don't make 'em like they used to."
Sound familiar? Back in the day, ALL cameras were made of a metal body. You could blugeon someone to death with your camera and it would still be alright to take the murder scene photos afterwards. You can't do that with today's plastic cameras.
Granted some items being disposable do in fact better society, such as facial tissue and toilet paper, but for non-consumable items, we should stick to making durable QUALITY goods!
Or what if you walk towards a tile that is already occupied? The second dude is going to be standing still on a moving tile. What a weird sensation that will be for him.
Living in Canada, you may be making 40% less, but you cost of living is essentially 40% less as well, and that's including all the taxes and pension plans we pay.
Consider that a chocolate bar or a can of Coke costs $1cdn here and when across the border the same candy or Coke costs $1usd, that alone accounts for the cost of living savings. Americans can't buy new Canadian cars and import them back to the US because they are cheaper here.
Granted living in NYC has its advantages, but don't compare a large city such as NYC to some small city in Canada. Compare it to cities like Toronto, and Montreal, where you can do just the same things, and probably experience MORE culture there than in NYC. These are large international cities that host world events such as NYC, and dramatically a lot safer too. No worries of gun toting bandits in Canada.
- I once went to a sporting goods store in the US, and found stacks and stacks of bullets sitting on the floor without any sort of security with a sign marks "On sale, 25% off all calibre bullets and shotgun shells". Don't they lock up dangerous goods behind secure areas???
Current flash may (or may not) have this time issue, but I'm sure within the 10 years Gates has predicted, flash will have made significant performance gains.
Why is everyone so stuck on the circular disk format? With DVDs, CDs, LaserDiscs, they all require moving parts to function, which means possibility of skipping, break downs and scratches.
With the development in the flash memory field, I wouldn't be surprised in a few years it over takes disk media. We already have that for portable music players, and cameras. So I can't see why flash media can't be the next "format" of choice. It eventually will be cheaper and more ubiquitous.
Yeah... I'm sure that's going to be a big deterrent for those that are creating malicious bioware...
Tracing oligonuecleotides is pretty hard to do, considering a simple biology lab could extract/synthesize them with relative ease. Plus, transfering these bioware could be a easy as sneezing, are they going to trace down everyone with a cold?
They already has a difficult time with SARS, this isn't going to be any easier.
I said push their car out of range such that the jamming no longer a factor... do you get it? Not push a car... lazy...... forget it... the post is lost on you.
Have people got so out of touch with reality that they can get so easily frustrated from not being able to unlock the door of their car with a push of a button? I wonder what the little key slot in the door does?!
And for the RF signals from the key to the car... well... have people really gotten so lazy they won't push their cars out of range to start their cars?
That's the real reason why America is +50% obese. LAZINESS!!!
Man.. how old is this article? We've had the "Sony Store" here in Canada for years! All they sell is Sony stuff, and they even have a Sony credit card.
The unfortunate thing about the store is that the prices are way higher than another electronics store selling the same product. Then again... what other electronic store actually showcases bleeding edge products found no where else? Good and bad.
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Correction: Percentage of cancer in newborns is less than 0.01%, percentage of cancer in 60-80 years olds is greater than 50%...
I don't think I've ever seen an advertisement that hasn't been misleading.
"Buy this, it's the best!", "We're number 1 amongst leading research!", "Approved by 4 out of 5 dentists!"
All advertising is supposed to do is lead you to their product, or mislead you away from a competitor. It's simple Marketing101. And, depending on how you interpret the data you collect you can assert whatever it is that you want. "Percentage of cancer in newborns 50%, therefore cancer is due to aging."
Advertising is interesting, but to fall for it - now that's dumb!
That would be coolest thing since stubbies!
I doubt that's ever going to be the case. Ever try looking up something you don't know the name of? -- "Yeah, that element on the periodic table, you know... it's silver in colour, or maybe grey. Umm... maybe it's a metal?" Good luck with that endeavour.
Also, the last thing I need is to have my doctor performing surgery on me, and having to google my anatomy during the operation.
No longer memorizing... this guy thinks we're going to phase out our brains or something.
Apparently there is a study that asked the question: "What is the optimal number of objects that a person could remember?"
Turns out that the optimal number is 7. People generally can only remember 7 items successfully on a regular basis. Mind you, I'm not sure if that is just conditioning on a western hemisphere level (where our phone numbers are 7 digits long). It did surprise me that it wasn't 10, or even 5, based on the numbers of fingers and toes.
It would be awesome if women could remember their own mobile numbers, it would take precious memory space away from the all anniversary dates you've forgotten.
That is a good question. Where exactly are these random 50k participants chosen from? Are they all over the US, or some select parts?
I wonder if any of the participants reside in places like Alaska, or South Dakota. Just seems like those places amongst many aren't likely to have vast options on their method of connecting to the net.
It's pretty similar to those Nielsen ratings boxes they attach to your tv.
I don't think they could compensate me enough to have one of those installed at my place.
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You're not look far enough. At what point do they realize that they can't re-package and re-sell it again?
Being "disposable", people aren't going to care. They'll bring it back in the worst shape possible. Scratches on the lens, chips in the body, cracks. At some point it IS going to be disposed. And for what it's worth, somewhere along the lines of the design phase, they factored in the cost of actually having to throw out cameras and building their replacements.
Sometimes you need to read between the lines of the article.
I think there's a name for that.
"Built-in obsolescence"
Why does society insist make making more and more disposable crap? Like we need more things filling up landfills.
This whole disposable movement just evolves us to making more stuff that has lower and lower quality. Hence the saying "They don't make 'em like they used to."
Sound familiar? Back in the day, ALL cameras were made of a metal body. You could blugeon someone to death with your camera and it would still be alright to take the murder scene photos afterwards. You can't do that with today's plastic cameras.
Granted some items being disposable do in fact better society, such as facial tissue and toilet paper, but for non-consumable items, we should stick to making durable QUALITY goods!
Or what if you walk towards a tile that is already occupied? The second dude is going to be standing still on a moving tile. What a weird sensation that will be for him.
Umm... isn't that just called "sports"???
Football, hockey, soccer... that's all "exercise while gaming"
Nothing new
Will this work if you have a group of people and you all scatter in different directions?
What if you jump?
But can LEDs be dimmed to get mood lighting? Hmm... I bet all you Slashdotter failed to think of that scenario.. haha...
Except Shania... she's so hot, and full of Canadian goodness...
Living in Canada, you may be making 40% less, but you cost of living is essentially 40% less as well, and that's including all the taxes and pension plans we pay.
Consider that a chocolate bar or a can of Coke costs $1cdn here and when across the border the same candy or Coke costs $1usd, that alone accounts for the cost of living savings. Americans can't buy new Canadian cars and import them back to the US because they are cheaper here.
Granted living in NYC has its advantages, but don't compare a large city such as NYC to some small city in Canada. Compare it to cities like Toronto, and Montreal, where you can do just the same things, and probably experience MORE culture there than in NYC. These are large international cities that host world events such as NYC, and dramatically a lot safer too. No worries of gun toting bandits in Canada.
- I once went to a sporting goods store in the US, and found stacks and stacks of bullets sitting on the floor without any sort of security with a sign marks "On sale, 25% off all calibre bullets and shotgun shells". Don't they lock up dangerous goods behind secure areas???
Really? Explain how HD is faster than RAM?
Current flash may (or may not) have this time issue, but I'm sure within the 10 years Gates has predicted, flash will have made significant performance gains.
Why is everyone so stuck on the circular disk format? With DVDs, CDs, LaserDiscs, they all require moving parts to function, which means possibility of skipping, break downs and scratches.
With the development in the flash memory field, I wouldn't be surprised in a few years it over takes disk media. We already have that for portable music players, and cameras. So I can't see why flash media can't be the next "format" of choice. It eventually will be cheaper and more ubiquitous.
Then he wouldn't be making the dumb trip for bad coffee.
Yeah... I'm sure that's going to be a big deterrent for those that are creating malicious bioware...
Tracing oligonuecleotides is pretty hard to do, considering a simple biology lab could extract/synthesize them with relative ease. Plus, transfering these bioware could be a easy as sneezing, are they going to trace down everyone with a cold?
They already has a difficult time with SARS, this isn't going to be any easier.
I would think they would call 9-1-1 before anyone else.
I said push their car out of range such that the jamming no longer a factor... do you get it? Not push a car... lazy... ... forget it... the post is lost on you.
Apparently humour is not a quality you possess.
Have people got so out of touch with reality that they can get so easily frustrated from not being able to unlock the door of their car with a push of a button? I wonder what the little key slot in the door does?!
And for the RF signals from the key to the car... well... have people really gotten so lazy they won't push their cars out of range to start their cars?
That's the real reason why America is +50% obese. LAZINESS!!!
Man.. how old is this article? We've had the "Sony Store" here in Canada for years! All they sell is Sony stuff, and they even have a Sony credit card.
The unfortunate thing about the store is that the prices are way higher than another electronics store selling the same product. Then again... what other electronic store actually showcases bleeding edge products found no where else? Good and bad.