if this technology can be made fine grained enough you could certialy put it inside wraparound shades. That would give you 3d VR glasses with periphreal vision. Not nearly as sophisticated as the ones in Wild Palms, but damn close. Periphreal vision is the key to convincing VR. I'm suprised nobody has tried something like that outside of creating a "Cave" environment.
It is a puplicity stunt.
I was listening to Mark and Brian (syndicated california radio show) Thursday morning when they solicited calls from whoever might have done it. An anonymous cow said that it would start moving around to keep grabbing attention because 2001 is being re released in to theaters this year.
A right wing asttack on personal freedom makes *much* more sense. I can't wait for bush to get elected and "smaller government" to start telling us how to live. --yeesh
https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm We just need to complain to the right place. The FTC has a complaint form and I'm sure if enough people complain something might evne gat looked at.
Drop the radio format... too old school to make money from. Here's what needs to happen.
In the car (the only place I listen to the radio): 1. streaming audio appliance that plays something equivalent to an mp3spy stream. 2. a slider and two buttons (possibly on an lcd screen to be configurable). one button says "rate" one button says "rate and purchase" the slider indicates your rating with a minimum rating threshold if you purchase. 3. when you hit "purchase" the cached stream is saved off to an internal HD/flash card to be able to be played back later or downloaded via USB/card removal at your discretion. A sum of money is also deducted from your checking/credit account... no account, no purchase (unless you hack the box which is a given at some point for a small percentage)
This would require a wide area wireless digital network though. It plays right into the hands of the companies trying to get that always on wireless internet thing going.
It would also require an honor system to minimize pirating of songs. we know we would pirate but that's inevitable so combatting it too much is a waste of money (if the companies learn).
Things in the article were going along just fine until I saw this...
"If the technologists in your company invent something ahead of everybody else, then all of a sudden your business will get bigger. Otherwise, it will get smaller."
True only in short term... but not in the long run. Think of the first digital Computer... first networking protocol... first personal computer... first GUI... first web browser.
The list goes on and on. Seems to me that what managers need to get over is the all too obvious fact that "first to market = prototype" in the long run second or third to market wins.
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I wonder how long it will take before someone finds a way around this.
I've about had enough of seeing my friends go unenployed while people are brought in from over seas to take their jobs.
H1-Bs should also have a 1 year time limit. After one year the person should either become a citizen or lose their visa and have to leave the country.
if this technology can be made fine grained enough you could certialy put it inside wraparound shades. That would give you 3d VR glasses with periphreal vision. Not nearly as sophisticated as the ones in Wild Palms, but damn close. Periphreal vision is the key to convincing VR. I'm suprised nobody has tried something like that outside of creating a "Cave" environment.
It is a puplicity stunt.
I was listening to Mark and Brian (syndicated california radio show) Thursday morning when they solicited calls from whoever might have done it. An anonymous cow said that it would start moving around to keep grabbing attention because 2001 is being re released in to theaters this year.
A right wing asttack on personal freedom makes *much* more sense. I can't wait for bush to get elected and "smaller government" to start telling us how to live. --yeesh
https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm
We just need to complain to the right place. The FTC has a complaint form and I'm sure if enough people complain something might evne gat looked at.
Drop the radio format ... too old school to make money from. Here's what needs to happen.
... no account, no purchase (unless you hack the box which is a given at some point for a small percentage)
In the car (the only place I listen to the radio):
1. streaming audio appliance that plays something equivalent to an mp3spy stream.
2. a slider and two buttons (possibly on an lcd screen to be configurable). one button says "rate" one button says "rate and purchase" the slider indicates your rating with a minimum rating threshold if you purchase.
3. when you hit "purchase" the cached stream is saved off to an internal HD/flash card to be able to be played back later or downloaded via USB/card removal at your discretion. A sum of money is also deducted from your checking/credit account
This would require a wide area wireless digital network though. It plays right into the hands of the companies trying to get that always on wireless internet thing going.
It would also require an honor system to minimize pirating of songs. we know we would pirate but that's inevitable so combatting it too much is a waste of money (if the companies learn).
Things in the article were going along just fine until I saw this ...
... but not in the long run. Think of the first digital Computer ... first networking protocol ... first personal computer ... first GUI ... first web browser.
"If the technologists in your company invent something ahead of everybody else, then all of a sudden your business will get bigger. Otherwise, it will get smaller."
True only in short term
The list goes on and on. Seems to me that what managers need to get over is the all too obvious fact that "first to market = prototype" in the long run second or third to market wins.