Actually, from the SDK documentation
" Users can only run one application at a time, and if they leave an application it quits."
So no, you can't write application that run as a service daemon. Kind of screws things up for a lot of potential innovators I would say.
The NSA were developing submersibles with fibre splicing abilities. If it went wrong it would either sever the cable, or screw the voltage (running through the cable to power the amplifiers.)
So far I like the Dlink i2Eye, but it runs a quite low res. (Designed to plug into a TV.) My ideal device would plug into a computer monitor(cheaper), run at say 1024x768 and crucially support multiple connections...
Im not a rocket scientist, my name isnt Otis and Im not feeling that smart today. However here is my two pence idea:
From what I understand the major hurdle in Space Elavator design is the weight of the cable. The longer it is, the heavier it gets, and it reaches a point when the material used for the cable is not strong enough to hold its own weight. I read carbon nanotubes are a great leap forward, but not good enough yet.
So if weight is the problem. Lets lay supports along the way up, just like we do electricty pylons. Of course we can not have them down to the ground, so instead, why not at regular intervals, huge circular platforms with large gas envelops filled with hydrogen, (explosive but could be replenished all the time by elotrolizing water vapour making it self sufficant). These lighter than air blimpy things could take cable weight, lighening the load, and provide a cool viewing platform.
If anyone things this would work and wins the contract, my only request is use of platform two and five to put an office and an apartment on so i can live in the sky.
- Tristan
Erm,
Cell tracking even in the best enviroments, such as urban ones is not very effective (bad resolution) good for roughly in the area stuff like social networking, but we are talking 150 meter areas at least, so not good for finding the local coffee shop. GPS phones hace GPS in them. There is no hidden functionality in other phones. All phones can be triangulated by the provider, but it happens at the provider. The phone has no idea where the phyiscal location of the cell is.
Fantastic, I wanted to know how to do this so i could write a new mail indicator. Lots of itme i dont like my macbook to speak, so now i can write a script to pulse the keyboard backlights when i get mail. Brilliant, they are bright enough to blind bats so should be quite effective.
Why dont Apple buy them? God they could do some very cool stuff then, and have nice high-end xserves, and make OSX a good OS for servers, which IMO it isnt yet.
I wonder if it has big lasers on it too...
I wish someone would just get on with makeing good cost effective global satelite internet access. One account, no roaming charges. Then i could get on with being a true digital nomad.
This company has obviously been an avid reader of Cringely, or has similar brain patterns. I remember reading this a while back on:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050623. html
From that page:
I received last week an announcement for a product that purports to link Skype to any mobile phone system. This is really interesting, though more as an idea than a product.
This was one of those press releases that gets in its own way. It took me several readings to figure out how the product actually works. It's called the Mobile Skype Cable and comes from a Norwegian company called IPDrum (or will come when it ships in August). The cable connects a mobile phone to your computer. The illustrations all show one phone and one computer, but the power of the system can only be realized if you have at least two phones.
One phone stays at your PC as the interconnect with Skype. I'm hoping the cable also charges the phone, but that, again, isn't made clear. In the simplest case you could probably pick up the phone and use it as a dedicated handset to speak over the Skype network. But the true power of the Mobile Skype Cable comes from having multiple phones and some kind of family billing plan.
I'm a Verizon mobile user and so is Mrs. Cringely. Our Verizon plan allows unlimited calls between our two phones. Now imagine one of those phones (or a third, they cost $9.99 per month each here in Charleston) is attached to a PC back at our house. By calling that phone and using the IPDrum software that ships with the Mobile Skype Cable, I can be linked directly to Skype where I can dial a second call over the computer network. Since the mobile call is free and the Skype call is free, suddenly I can make unlimited mobile calls anywhere in the world. Even more powerful, by linking my Skype and mobile numbers through the IPDrum software, any Skype user anywhere in the world can call me for free.
1) Take power bricks and place in pile.
2) Cover in duct tape.
3) Continue wrapping of duck tape over cables.
4) Spray paint blue.
Voila, a uni power brick...
Seriously, i have this problem too, its even worse for traveling with devices. Most of the time the power brick is bigger than the gadget. I ended up building my powerbricks into my table, (underneath the desk) looks neater. Not much more functional.
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Wow, first time I have ever been accused of reading a manual...
Actually, from the SDK documentation " Users can only run one application at a time, and if they leave an application it quits." So no, you can't write application that run as a service daemon. Kind of screws things up for a lot of potential innovators I would say.
Well, you might not be far wrong.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-529826.html
The NSA were developing submersibles with fibre splicing abilities. If it went wrong it would either sever the cable, or screw the voltage (running through the cable to power the amplifiers.)
Oh look an airship. Bang. Bang. Oh look a $30000 dollar tarpaulin.
So far I like the Dlink i2Eye, but it runs a quite low res. (Designed to plug into a TV.) My ideal device would plug into a computer monitor(cheaper), run at say 1024x768 and crucially support multiple connections...
Would you consider sharing details of your applescripts? T
Im not a rocket scientist, my name isnt Otis and Im not feeling that smart today. However here is my two pence idea: From what I understand the major hurdle in Space Elavator design is the weight of the cable. The longer it is, the heavier it gets, and it reaches a point when the material used for the cable is not strong enough to hold its own weight. I read carbon nanotubes are a great leap forward, but not good enough yet. So if weight is the problem. Lets lay supports along the way up, just like we do electricty pylons. Of course we can not have them down to the ground, so instead, why not at regular intervals, huge circular platforms with large gas envelops filled with hydrogen, (explosive but could be replenished all the time by elotrolizing water vapour making it self sufficant). These lighter than air blimpy things could take cable weight, lighening the load, and provide a cool viewing platform. If anyone things this would work and wins the contract, my only request is use of platform two and five to put an office and an apartment on so i can live in the sky. - Tristan
Erm, Cell tracking even in the best enviroments, such as urban ones is not very effective (bad resolution) good for roughly in the area stuff like social networking, but we are talking 150 meter areas at least, so not good for finding the local coffee shop. GPS phones hace GPS in them. There is no hidden functionality in other phones. All phones can be triangulated by the provider, but it happens at the provider. The phone has no idea where the phyiscal location of the cell is.
Fantastic, I wanted to know how to do this so i could write a new mail indicator. Lots of itme i dont like my macbook to speak, so now i can write a script to pulse the keyboard backlights when i get mail. Brilliant, they are bright enough to blind bats so should be quite effective.
Why dont Apple buy them? God they could do some very cool stuff then, and have nice high-end xserves, and make OSX a good OS for servers, which IMO it isnt yet.
Yes you have. But technically to complete your life you need to be on boingboing.net as well.
I love Pico. It's much more friendly. It doesnt have as much geekcred but its my editor of choice. Vi and emacs smell of ass nuts.
So google makes spotlight for PC's. Usefull, I wonder when it will start showing advertising?
Get out of the wrong side of bed today did we? I would love to "fuck off to the moon". Lend me 20 million dollars and i will.
With a 67 ft diameter rocket.... duh!
I wonder if it has big lasers on it too... I wish someone would just get on with makeing good cost effective global satelite internet access. One account, no roaming charges. Then i could get on with being a true digital nomad.
This company has obviously been an avid reader of Cringely, or has similar brain patterns. I remember reading this a while back on: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050623. html
From that page:
I received last week an announcement for a product that purports to link Skype to any mobile phone system. This is really interesting, though more as an idea than a product.
This was one of those press releases that gets in its own way. It took me several readings to figure out how the product actually works. It's called the Mobile Skype Cable and comes from a Norwegian company called IPDrum (or will come when it ships in August). The cable connects a mobile phone to your computer. The illustrations all show one phone and one computer, but the power of the system can only be realized if you have at least two phones.
One phone stays at your PC as the interconnect with Skype. I'm hoping the cable also charges the phone, but that, again, isn't made clear. In the simplest case you could probably pick up the phone and use it as a dedicated handset to speak over the Skype network. But the true power of the Mobile Skype Cable comes from having multiple phones and some kind of family billing plan.
I'm a Verizon mobile user and so is Mrs. Cringely. Our Verizon plan allows unlimited calls between our two phones. Now imagine one of those phones (or a third, they cost $9.99 per month each here in Charleston) is attached to a PC back at our house. By calling that phone and using the IPDrum software that ships with the Mobile Skype Cable, I can be linked directly to Skype where I can dial a second call over the computer network. Since the mobile call is free and the Skype call is free, suddenly I can make unlimited mobile calls anywhere in the world. Even more powerful, by linking my Skype and mobile numbers through the IPDrum software, any Skype user anywhere in the world can call me for free.
Didnt see it posted... Can you imagine a beowulf cluster running on these?
Yes, that is true in theory. I neglected to mention the use of the Elmers. The elmers glue is used to attatch large purple heatsinks. . Na na na naaa
1) Take power bricks and place in pile. 2) Cover in duct tape. 3) Continue wrapping of duck tape over cables. 4) Spray paint blue. Voila, a uni power brick... Seriously, i have this problem too, its even worse for traveling with devices. Most of the time the power brick is bigger than the gadget. I ended up building my powerbricks into my table, (underneath the desk) looks neater. Not much more functional. -tris me