The little section about location technology was very interesting. I love using my GPS, it has opened up a new sport to me and allows me to do some very interesting things, but I am bothered by the fact that it only works outdoors. Having a GPS-like systems that worked everywhere will be very cool, and integration with existing devices might bring the "smart home" I've been hearing about for the past 15 years into reality.
The one part missing from my home automation system is the ability to autonomously process input. I have to use a remote control for events that aren't based on a repeating schedule. It would be nice to be able to walk into a room and have my wrist watch alert my automation server as to my whereabouts, then have the lighting dynamically adjust to me.
despite the fact that none of this technology is ground breaking, it's nice to see new directions in interface design, I sure hope that the mouse doesn't end up being the best computer interface.
I don't really find this to be a troll, the poster states that they have to use a certain operating system at work, stated that they find this OS to be very difficult to use, and then let us know which OS they enjoy using. This way any replies will direct them to solutions that move their user experience towards the experience they have using OS X.
Despite which OS you've decided you like to use you really can't say that OS X isn't easier for a computer novice to use. Having provided computer instruction to all ages of people using both Windows and Mac OS I can say that I had to give far less direction to those using the Mac.
If there were some sort of certification that games could receive showing that they had historical accuracy I think that it might be a way to increase sales.
If I were purchasing a game for my child and could choose between Warcraft or Age of Empires and saw that Age of Empires contained historically accurate content, then I would probably go with AoE. Now, if AoE had horrible game play then I would have to choose Warcraft being that the game's primary purpose is entertainment, but when choosing between two titles that are supposedly equal the one that would educate as well as entertain would win out.
no I don't, I actually purchase all of my music. Most of the music that I like isn't online anyways so I have to frequent the local record store. Sometimes I even purchase CDs straight from the artists at shows.
I suppose that I do actually download quite a bit of copyrighted music, but it is all either paid for or offered for free.
any of the items that played a part in the history of our nation become national treasures. Perhaps these don't have the same importance of the bill or rights, but they are pieces of the history of our technological achievement. Like it or not, many Americans draw a great deal of pride from the technological feats that America was able to accomplish before anyone else, they use it as a measure of how great the nation is. The ideals that our nation is built on are wonderful, but now success is measured in what we do with the freedoms that we have.
I am about to read the article, but I find this to be a horrible offense. Our national treasures are here for the entire population to enjoy. Anytime I hear about someone stealing or selling items of this type I am appalled. I can't believe that people can be so motivated my money. And it's only $180,000 that's not even that much.
I know plenty of russians that are horrible at math, in fact I know some russians that are horrible at everything other than doing drugs and collecting welfare. Certainly not all of the russians that I know are degenerates, but who would make a statement as stupid as russians are good at math?
oh man, this kinda thing used to piss me off so much when I was serving. Not that I didn't appreciate the tips, but when I'm busy the last thing that I want to do is take the time to unfold an origami swan. And the sacajawea dollars kinda pissed me off because the managers didn't want to take them so when I rode my motorcycle home I'd have dollars falling out of my pocket.
I guess that the swan would be cool if it was a slow night, but I remember that all of the servers would try to trick other people into taking the sacajawea's. We even used to trash on each other for getting sacajawea'd.
I fear that many peoples opinions are influenced by poor reporting. AFAIK, the space elevator is(would be) very slow, but if you read Maxim it mentioned that the space elevator would offer cheap trips into space. I don't recall plans for bringing humans into space, nor do I remember reading about a lot of what was in the Maxim article. It has been a while since I've read an article about the space elevator, but I doubt that anyone would want to sit in a small box for two weeks to get into space.
...I would request that they give you a programming challenge. Maybe some application that could be written in a day or two. Even if this company decides not to hire you, you'll have some sample code for the next company you apply at.
Or you could ask them if they have some code laying around that you could work with, you could then spend a little time improving or adding to a project that they are working on, there's nothing like actually demonstrating your usefulness.
this is a very cool technology that seems to have applications for anything that is either too large or too small to directly interact with. One of the limitations that many people have when learning is that they cannot visualize the concepts, this sort of evens the playing field for those people that have trouble.
I was feeling ill and ended up sleeping in until 5:30 PM...by the time I woke up anyone I could've pranked had already left the house:( I might have to mess with people on May 1st
But a computing infrastructure based entirely on Linux is, as far as I know, cheaper in the long run.
This might not actually be true if you take a look at the costs involved. Most computer users today have at least a general understanding of how Windows works, this means that for a mid-sized business a dedicated IT position is not necessary. By eliminating an entire position the mid-sized business will probably save more per year than they would spend on Windows licenses. You also have to take into consideration the fact that most PCs come with Windows already installed and the license is included in the price. During a short stint selling/repairing computers at Office Depot I found that most of the midsize business owners would come in and buy two or three mid-range pre-built computers and hold on to them until they had stopped working (which was normally due to software).
I think that the major factor keeping Linux out of the mid-sized business world is that linux systems aren't being offered at Best Buy/Office Depot/Circuit City. Once linux is in the store front people will get used to using it. Once people get used to using it small businesses will be able to handle 90% of the administration themselves. Once they can handle the administration they will use it.
I don't have a great deal of experience with either, but from what I have seen I like the KDE environment a little better. Not only does it look like KDE has a little more eye candy, but the interface seems a little more intuitive.
As I said, I don't have a great deal of experience with either, but I have been considering setting up a dedicated linux box and have been using LiveCD's to see what I like.
The only thing that bothers me about KDE is that all of the application names begin with a "K", this really isn't a big problem at all, but the k just doesn't seem as aesthetically pleasing. But overall it seems like KDE has a slightly more polished interface.
Although the power savings are something that the world could probably benefit from most large corporations probably have computing tasks that take up a large amount of CPU time, or if they do not could probably profit by providing some CPU time to other companies.
An idea like this definitely makes sense to the corporate world, much like the idea of the 3rd shift in the industrial world. You might as well make use of your down time.
I know a lot of the companies that I have been involved with do automatic book keeping at night, I'm sure that using spare CPU time could greatly speed up this process and possibly eliminate the need for powerful and expensive servers.
I didn't really anticipate it either, but I have been keeping an eye on the PSP mods that have been spread around. If I run into a killer mod or see the PSP do something really interesting I might have to pick one up.
I've been out of the portable gaming market for a while, but something that plays DVDs and my image library might bring me back in.
Although I loved Prey I hope that our nanontech regulations aren't made by a bunch of people who read it and used it as their definitive source for nanotech info.
...the patent is only based on an inspiration for a new product. It would be nice if some testing had been done. Maybe I should patent "a device that interacts with the human brain to stimulate and/or read neural signals"
if they had a real product behind this I'd be a little excited...at least until they stimulated the wrong part of my brain.
I love the idea...if I played WoW I'd probably be trying to do the same thing...btw, did you see that guy get busted for posting replies to himself with his alts?
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The little section about location technology was very interesting. I love using my GPS, it has opened up a new sport to me and allows me to do some very interesting things, but I am bothered by the fact that it only works outdoors. Having a GPS-like systems that worked everywhere will be very cool, and integration with existing devices might bring the "smart home" I've been hearing about for the past 15 years into reality.
The one part missing from my home automation system is the ability to autonomously process input. I have to use a remote control for events that aren't based on a repeating schedule. It would be nice to be able to walk into a room and have my wrist watch alert my automation server as to my whereabouts, then have the lighting dynamically adjust to me.
despite the fact that none of this technology is ground breaking, it's nice to see new directions in interface design, I sure hope that the mouse doesn't end up being the best computer interface.
I don't really find this to be a troll, the poster states that they have to use a certain operating system at work, stated that they find this OS to be very difficult to use, and then let us know which OS they enjoy using. This way any replies will direct them to solutions that move their user experience towards the experience they have using OS X.
Despite which OS you've decided you like to use you really can't say that OS X isn't easier for a computer novice to use. Having provided computer instruction to all ages of people using both Windows and Mac OS I can say that I had to give far less direction to those using the Mac.
If there were some sort of certification that games could receive showing that they had historical accuracy I think that it might be a way to increase sales.
If I were purchasing a game for my child and could choose between Warcraft or Age of Empires and saw that Age of Empires contained historically accurate content, then I would probably go with AoE. Now, if AoE had horrible game play then I would have to choose Warcraft being that the game's primary purpose is entertainment, but when choosing between two titles that are supposedly equal the one that would educate as well as entertain would win out.
this is the best disco dance floor I've seen in over 25 years....well....it's the only disco dance floor I've seen in over 25 years
Soon Sony may have an Aibo attachment for real dogs!
no I don't, I actually purchase all of my music. Most of the music that I like isn't online anyways so I have to frequent the local record store. Sometimes I even purchase CDs straight from the artists at shows.
I suppose that I do actually download quite a bit of copyrighted music, but it is all either paid for or offered for free.
any of the items that played a part in the history of our nation become national treasures. Perhaps these don't have the same importance of the bill or rights, but they are pieces of the history of our technological achievement. Like it or not, many Americans draw a great deal of pride from the technological feats that America was able to accomplish before anyone else, they use it as a measure of how great the nation is. The ideals that our nation is built on are wonderful, but now success is measured in what we do with the freedoms that we have.
I am about to read the article, but I find this to be a horrible offense. Our national treasures are here for the entire population to enjoy. Anytime I hear about someone stealing or selling items of this type I am appalled. I can't believe that people can be so motivated my money. And it's only $180,000 that's not even that much.
I guess that someone didn't catch our humor....I thought that the smiley would help 'em out a bit, but I guess that I'm a troll now...boo hoo
I know plenty of russians that are horrible at math, in fact I know some russians that are horrible at everything other than doing drugs and collecting welfare. Certainly not all of the russians that I know are degenerates, but who would make a statement as stupid as russians are good at math?
oh man, this kinda thing used to piss me off so much when I was serving. Not that I didn't appreciate the tips, but when I'm busy the last thing that I want to do is take the time to unfold an origami swan. And the sacajawea dollars kinda pissed me off because the managers didn't want to take them so when I rode my motorcycle home I'd have dollars falling out of my pocket.
I guess that the swan would be cool if it was a slow night, but I remember that all of the servers would try to trick other people into taking the sacajawea's. We even used to trash on each other for getting sacajawea'd.
I fear that many peoples opinions are influenced by poor reporting. AFAIK, the space elevator is(would be) very slow, but if you read Maxim it mentioned that the space elevator would offer cheap trips into space. I don't recall plans for bringing humans into space, nor do I remember reading about a lot of what was in the Maxim article. It has been a while since I've read an article about the space elevator, but I doubt that anyone would want to sit in a small box for two weeks to get into space.
...I would request that they give you a programming challenge. Maybe some application that could be written in a day or two. Even if this company decides not to hire you, you'll have some sample code for the next company you apply at.
Or you could ask them if they have some code laying around that you could work with, you could then spend a little time improving or adding to a project that they are working on, there's nothing like actually demonstrating your usefulness.
this is a very cool technology that seems to have applications for anything that is either too large or too small to directly interact with. One of the limitations that many people have when learning is that they cannot visualize the concepts, this sort of evens the playing field for those people that have trouble.
I was feeling ill and ended up sleeping in until 5:30 PM...by the time I woke up anyone I could've pranked had already left the house :( I might have to mess with people on May 1st
This might not actually be true if you take a look at the costs involved. Most computer users today have at least a general understanding of how Windows works, this means that for a mid-sized business a dedicated IT position is not necessary. By eliminating an entire position the mid-sized business will probably save more per year than they would spend on Windows licenses.
You also have to take into consideration the fact that most PCs come with Windows already installed and the license is included in the price. During a short stint selling/repairing computers at Office Depot I found that most of the midsize business owners would come in and buy two or three mid-range pre-built computers and hold on to them until they had stopped working (which was normally due to software).
I think that the major factor keeping Linux out of the mid-sized business world is that linux systems aren't being offered at Best Buy/Office Depot/Circuit City. Once linux is in the store front people will get used to using it. Once people get used to using it small businesses will be able to handle 90% of the administration themselves. Once they can handle the administration they will use it.
He said "but it's nice that they support the KDE folks the same way now."
I don't have a great deal of experience with either, but from what I have seen I like the KDE environment a little better. Not only does it look like KDE has a little more eye candy, but the interface seems a little more intuitive.
As I said, I don't have a great deal of experience with either, but I have been considering setting up a dedicated linux box and have been using LiveCD's to see what I like.
The only thing that bothers me about KDE is that all of the application names begin with a "K", this really isn't a big problem at all, but the k just doesn't seem as aesthetically pleasing. But overall it seems like KDE has a slightly more polished interface.
Although the power savings are something that the world could probably benefit from most large corporations probably have computing tasks that take up a large amount of CPU time, or if they do not could probably profit by providing some CPU time to other companies.
An idea like this definitely makes sense to the corporate world, much like the idea of the 3rd shift in the industrial world. You might as well make use of your down time. I know a lot of the companies that I have been involved with do automatic book keeping at night, I'm sure that using spare CPU time could greatly speed up this process and possibly eliminate the need for powerful and expensive servers.
I didn't really anticipate it either, but I have been keeping an eye on the PSP mods that have been spread around. If I run into a killer mod or see the PSP do something really interesting I might have to pick one up.
I've been out of the portable gaming market for a while, but something that plays DVDs and my image library might bring me back in.
Although I loved Prey I hope that our nanontech regulations aren't made by a bunch of people who read it and used it as their definitive source for nanotech info.
...the patent is only based on an inspiration for a new product. It would be nice if some testing had been done. Maybe I should patent "a device that interacts with the human brain to stimulate and/or read neural signals"
if they had a real product behind this I'd be a little excited...at least until they stimulated the wrong part of my brain.
I love the idea...if I played WoW I'd probably be trying to do the same thing...btw, did you see that guy get busted for posting replies to himself with his alts?
...too bad they couldn't do it by breeding alone.