"Who is going to buy an IPOD when every mobile phone on the market supplies equivalent functions ?"
For the forseeable future the mobile phone will suck badly at being a content playback system; there is just so much compromise between the different functions of a phone and mp3 player that anyone who wants a satisfactory music listening experience (which factors in storage space, audio quality, interoperability, usability, connectivity (both wireless and wired)) will have a better time with a dedicated player.
That said, when phones and mp3 player get to the point where your phone's face is a flat surface, with an OLED or LCD touchscreen covering the entire face of the phone for user input or content playback (a bit like my Sony Ericcson P910i, but with a much tougher screen) - then we might be able to get a decent enough user experience out of a phone. Storage, interoperability and battery life will need to be sorted out as well.
People say the same about digital cameras, that phones will take over the consumer market- but standalone camera images will always be appreciably better than a (currently shitty beyond belief) mobile phone camera image.
As for apple's future in this market? Who'd bet against them releasing my envisioned kind of all-touchscreen mobile phone with the same tangible qualities that have made their products a success. Shit, rumors abound that they're about to do an all-touchscreen iPod video (which, although I've so far stuck with Creative mp3 players, I'd buy on the spot).
^ this is exactly what I thought when I read the headline- again it's been 2-3 years since I read it, but TC goes into great detail about how the pad was created using random cosmic background noise. Not sure how this compares though, though again it is a cosmic source.
You forgot to mention the fact that you may also regulate the temperature of your environment with something called Air Conditioning, which is something that a lot of Irish cinemas seem to neglect despite the abundance of frigid night air outside, leaving customers to swelter. Wankers.
I mean, how many times have you been able to say that your new computer model was a thousand times faster than your old one? OK maybe a thousand is a bit high, but certainly several orders of mangnitude.
And, since they're probably going to inheret large bank accounts from dear ol' dad (assume he doesn't fucking kill them first), they'll be RICH linux developers. A bit of an oxymoron don't you think?
It's difficult and relatively expensive to install cabling to a machine in another room, for all that that does. It stops anyone else using the computer at the same time as you, and there is a loss of signal quality over analogue cables of any significant length.
Not only that, but something that is perfectly legal to advertise in NY or California (your new range of adult toys for example) might be considered illegal in Alabama..safe.ny ?
I also think we'll have very fast ocean going vessels replacing air travel in the not-too distant future, for busy routes like the one across the atlantic at least. When the cost of airline travel increases greatly due to demand for oil (say in 25 years time- things could be very tight) I think that it may be possible to build catamaran or trimarans that can compete with airlines for coast to coast travel. The record time for a car ferry to get from Southampton is 2 days 20 hours, a figure which could be beaten ihttp://www.vulkanusa.com/blueriband.htm
Right now, if you could tell me that I could be in NY in, say, 24 hours on a ferry where I can have actual meals, watch a couple of movies, maybe surf the net and get a night's sleep (albeit maybe on a small, British Airways/Virgin Atlantic style bed), and that it'd be half the cost of flying, then I'd be on the next boat.
Oh and as a bonus, I wouldn't be putting 1.3 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere- the figure'd be much less.
The freeloaders are gonna be pissed when your invention plus some C02 melts the polar icecaps and floods their costal homes. I think you should probably disown the heater as soon as you can and get the heck out of dodge (^^)
Hehe, I understand that we're light-years away from practical applications; there probably aren't any except to further our understanding of physics as a whole. With all the talk of spacecraft having gravity systems etc, I though i'd propose something a little more down to earth and ask a great big 'what if':o)
Certain materials are only reproducable in orbit due to zero gravity- if we can work out how to locally cancel out gravity, even if it's only in a small space, then those conditions are reproduced back here on earth for less money than sending a craft into orbit or into a Zero G parabolic loop in the atmosphere.
The method would produce zero gravity by producing a gravitational field above the spot where Zero G is required, thereby cancelling out the earth's gravity. Difficult, but if the effects described in the article can be harnessed and multiplied and the process gives you an amazing material, then it might be worth it. Or not.
Actually, this is an extremely good point- we might not be able to create a graviational field big enough for people to use, but what if it became possible to create materials that are currently only produceable in orbit? Could we make superhard/strong/elastic/conducting materials in a field like this? An interesting application. I wanna see this on 'How it's made' on Discovery Channel 3D HD in 2015 at the latest (^^).
Forget about a hard drive going down- I'm sure you can redownload onto the same machine etc; what happens when you upgrade your motherboard or your system is damaged beyond repair? These guys have a system that only lets you play files on one computer, which I would read as only one motherboard (that they'd identify through manufacturer and serial or whatever). If you spent 500 euros on movies
A system like this is totally unworkable until there is some kind of portable dongle that you can carry around that holds the permissions to play large DRM'd files. That way, you could loan your movies to another person by giving them your movieKey (oh noes I gave it a name) or maybe swapping keys between devices. Of course, the MPAA would go apeshit at that, since letting someone watch the movie you bought WITHOUT PAYING is morally wrong and should be punished immediately. Riiiiight.
Of course this type of complex DRM is a pile of shit. 98% of consumers are relatively inexperienced users of technology. Everyone's used to the current degree of freedom regarding swapping movies on DVD If someone is going to pay 26 euros for a movie, you at least want a product that you can loan to someone, doesn't require a specific hardware and software setup beyond a standalone player, doesn't require a net connection to 'call home' and ask permission to be played, and if you upgrade your home movie setup, you can just use the same disc again.
We've had a product like this now for a while, it's called the DVD and it's not going anywhere too quickly. If the industry wants to distribute movies online, then people must have the ability to make a physical copy (by which I mean an optical disc of whatever variety)that they can take to their DVD/HD-DVD/whatever player, and swap with their friends and family just like they're used to. OK it might mean having to produce a one-burn-only type of file, software and optical device (similar to the way in which iTunes will only allow a given number of burns of a playlist) but at it's better than locking content inside hardware, which the industry doesn't seem to see is wrong, wrong, wrong
Seriously? (o0) Um mine wasn't much of a post anyway. Wayy to tired after a day's work, and I don't really mind Intel's stuff- they'll come back at ATI eventually.
I fail to see which part of my appeal was hysterical. I was merely pointing out that in the Irish constitution, the unborn child has as much right to life as the mother does. This declaration changes the definition of killing, and does not opress the freedom of any member of society, it merely makes it unlawful for them to kill another person.
Do not confuse defining a fertilised human egg as a human being, which is all I do, with the New Century American bullshit of Bush's puppetmasters.
I'm sad but unsurprised to see that my view on a single definition gets me branded with the same mark as Bush and the people pulling his strings. Did you ask about my opinions on healthcare & education, capital punishment, the environment, foreign trade and aid to the third world? Nope, cause you automatically label me for one opinion- but then what's new there?
My views are probably a bit further left than most of the american population, and they're a far cry from what the republicans are doing, so don't judge me on one carefully considered opinion that it has taken me years to form.
'Europe is smarter, but it's not nearly as free.'
Try coming to The Republic of Ireland, I think you'll find that we're much freer than the US of A and most other countries on this earth. Oh and we've got better economic growth:op
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Probably something, but we don't really know anything about neutrinos exist, so we'll have to get back to you :o)
"Who is going to buy an IPOD when every mobile phone on the market supplies equivalent functions ?"
For the forseeable future the mobile phone will suck badly at being a content playback system; there is just so much compromise between the different functions of a phone and mp3 player that anyone who wants a satisfactory music listening experience (which factors in storage space, audio quality, interoperability, usability, connectivity (both wireless and wired)) will have a better time with a dedicated player.
That said, when phones and mp3 player get to the point where your phone's face is a flat surface, with an OLED or LCD touchscreen covering the entire face of the phone for user input or content playback (a bit like my Sony Ericcson P910i, but with a much tougher screen) - then we might be able to get a decent enough user experience out of a phone. Storage, interoperability and battery life will need to be sorted out as well.
People say the same about digital cameras, that phones will take over the consumer market- but standalone camera images will always be appreciably better than a (currently shitty beyond belief) mobile phone camera image. As for apple's future in this market? Who'd bet against them releasing my envisioned kind of all-touchscreen mobile phone with the same tangible qualities that have made their products a success. Shit, rumors abound that they're about to do an all-touchscreen iPod video (which, although I've so far stuck with Creative mp3 players, I'd buy on the spot).
^ this is exactly what I thought when I read the headline- again it's been 2-3 years since I read it, but TC goes into great detail about how the pad was created using random cosmic background noise. Not sure how this compares though, though again it is a cosmic source.
Heh cool. That said, new processors do more work per clock cycle then older ones, so it's probably a lot higher I reckon.
You forgot to mention the fact that you may also regulate the temperature of your environment with something called Air Conditioning, which is something that a lot of Irish cinemas seem to neglect despite the abundance of frigid night air outside, leaving customers to swelter. Wankers.
I mean, how many times have you been able to say that your new computer model was a thousand times faster than your old one? OK maybe a thousand is a bit high, but certainly several orders of mangnitude.
But.... what if you set a Phisher on fire? That I'd like to see.
And, since they're probably going to inheret large bank accounts from dear ol' dad (assume he doesn't fucking kill them first), they'll be RICH linux developers. A bit of an oxymoron don't you think?
Hehe yea, an 8 foot screen makes your photo slideshows look really cool, too.
It's difficult and relatively expensive to install cabling to a machine in another room, for all that that does. It stops anyone else using the computer at the same time as you, and there is a loss of signal quality over analogue cables of any significant length.
someone found the question? What was it?
Not only that, but something that is perfectly legal to advertise in NY or California (your new range of adult toys for example) might be considered illegal in Alabama. .safe.ny ?
Gimme a break
I also think we'll have very fast ocean going vessels replacing air travel in the not-too distant future, for busy routes like the one across the atlantic at least. When the cost of airline travel increases greatly due to demand for oil (say in 25 years time- things could be very tight) I think that it may be possible to build catamaran or trimarans that can compete with airlines for coast to coast travel. The record time for a car ferry to get from Southampton is 2 days 20 hours, a figure which could be beaten ihttp://www.vulkanusa.com/blueriband.htm
Right now, if you could tell me that I could be in NY in, say, 24 hours on a ferry where I can have actual meals, watch a couple of movies, maybe surf the net and get a night's sleep (albeit maybe on a small, British Airways/Virgin Atlantic style bed), and that it'd be half the cost of flying, then I'd be on the next boat.
Oh and as a bonus, I wouldn't be putting 1.3 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere- the figure'd be much less.
The freeloaders are gonna be pissed when your invention plus some C02 melts the polar icecaps and floods their costal homes. I think you should probably disown the heater as soon as you can and get the heck out of dodge (^^)
Hehe, I understand that we're light-years away from practical applications; there probably aren't any except to further our understanding of physics as a whole. With all the talk of spacecraft having gravity systems etc, I though i'd propose something a little more down to earth and ask a great big 'what if' :o)
Certain materials are only reproducable in orbit due to zero gravity- if we can work out how to locally cancel out gravity, even if it's only in a small space, then those conditions are reproduced back here on earth for less money than sending a craft into orbit or into a Zero G parabolic loop in the atmosphere.
The method would produce zero gravity by producing a gravitational field above the spot where Zero G is required, thereby cancelling out the earth's gravity. Difficult, but if the effects described in the article can be harnessed and multiplied and the process gives you an amazing material, then it might be worth it. Or not.
Actually, this is an extremely good point- we might not be able to create a graviational field big enough for people to use, but what if it became possible to create materials that are currently only produceable in orbit? Could we make superhard/strong/elastic/conducting materials in a field like this? An interesting application. I wanna see this on 'How it's made' on Discovery Channel 3D HD in 2015 at the latest (^^).
Forget about a hard drive going down- I'm sure you can redownload onto the same machine etc; what happens when you upgrade your motherboard or your system is damaged beyond repair? These guys have a system that only lets you play files on one computer, which I would read as only one motherboard (that they'd identify through manufacturer and serial or whatever). If you spent 500 euros on movies
A system like this is totally unworkable until there is some kind of portable dongle that you can carry around that holds the permissions to play large DRM'd files. That way, you could loan your movies to another person by giving them your movieKey (oh noes I gave it a name) or maybe swapping keys between devices. Of course, the MPAA would go apeshit at that, since letting someone watch the movie you bought WITHOUT PAYING is morally wrong and should be punished immediately. Riiiiight.
Of course this type of complex DRM is a pile of shit. 98% of consumers are relatively inexperienced users of technology. Everyone's used to the current degree of freedom regarding swapping movies on DVD If someone is going to pay 26 euros for a movie, you at least want a product that you can loan to someone, doesn't require a specific hardware and software setup beyond a standalone player, doesn't require a net connection to 'call home' and ask permission to be played, and if you upgrade your home movie setup, you can just use the same disc again.
We've had a product like this now for a while, it's called the DVD and it's not going anywhere too quickly. If the industry wants to distribute movies online, then people must have the ability to make a physical copy (by which I mean an optical disc of whatever variety)that they can take to their DVD/HD-DVD/whatever player, and swap with their friends and family just like they're used to. OK it might mean having to produce a one-burn-only type of file, software and optical device (similar to the way in which iTunes will only allow a given number of burns of a playlist) but at it's better than locking content inside hardware, which the industry doesn't seem to see is wrong, wrong, wrong
See? My brain is fried. Back at AMD not ATI.
*goes to bed*
Seriously? (o0) Um mine wasn't much of a post anyway. Wayy to tired after a day's work, and I don't really mind Intel's stuff- they'll come back at ATI eventually.
Predicted new acronyms:
"Super Hot Incredible Thoroughbred Edition" - The Pentium SHITE
"Pentium Holy Toledo" - Pentium HOT
I fail to see which part of my appeal was hysterical. I was merely pointing out that in the Irish constitution, the unborn child has as much right to life as the mother does. This declaration changes the definition of killing, and does not opress the freedom of any member of society, it merely makes it unlawful for them to kill another person.
Do not confuse defining a fertilised human egg as a human being, which is all I do, with the New Century American bullshit of Bush's puppetmasters.
I'm sad but unsurprised to see that my view on a single definition gets me branded with the same mark as Bush and the people pulling his strings. Did you ask about my opinions on healthcare & education, capital punishment, the environment, foreign trade and aid to the third world? Nope, cause you automatically label me for one opinion- but then what's new there?
My views are probably a bit further left than most of the american population, and they're a far cry from what the republicans are doing, so don't judge me on one carefully considered opinion that it has taken me years to form.
OK so the right to kill an unborn human being counts as a freedom?
Glad to see you've got your priorities straight.
'Europe is smarter, but it's not nearly as free.' Try coming to The Republic of Ireland, I think you'll find that we're much freer than the US of A and most other countries on this earth. Oh and we've got better economic growth :op