This new gyroscopic + accelerometer technology would be great if combined with camera based motion tracking and included in a VR goggle. Since you would want to physically walk forward without bumping into this.. it should be combined with a hand held game controller that can be used to propel oneself forward or in a particular direction etc. Of course in the future even the game controller can be eliminated because the VR goggles can utilize brain waves and neural signals to be controlled and told to walk forward etc.
The UN list is based on a projection of life expectancies up to 2010 (we're in 2008 today fyi).. it's assuming that Cuba's life expectancy increases.. that estimate is based on information the Cubans themselves provide.
Cuba under Castro? Part of western civilization?? LOL
Aside from its own supply, Cuba gets oil from Venezuela. Cuba, a country of 11 million people, consumes 200,000 barrels of oil per day. That's a lot, given they only have a few cars and a sorry economy of the country.
Also, your claim about their life expectancy being higher than the US is wrong.
"all you need is for ONE INFECTED MOSQUITO to survive, OR one healthy mosquito to bite an infected human - and eventually more and more mosquitoes (and therefore humans) will become infected."
"A "healthy" mosquito bites an infected human and can contract the disease, and then form disease carrying colonies which will perpetuate the virus and continue infecting humans - which will cause mosquitoes from different colonies to become infected (the Aedes aegypti mosquito doesn't travel all that far during its life cycle after all)."
You are right.. dengue cannot be wiped out so easily.. but I do have some possible disagreement with you said.. feel free to correct me:)
1. case of one infected mosquito:
If the amount of mutant males competing for a female is much higher than the population of non mutant males, there is a very low probability that the infected mosquito will meet up with a normal male and produce an offspring.
So for example, if the mutant mosquitoes outnumber the normal males 100 to 1, the chance of a normal female meeting a normal male is about 100 to 1. Therefore the dengue infected mosquito will have mutant offspring that will die off.
2. case of one healthy mosquito bites an infected human:
If there are other female mosquitoes of different species.. they will compete with each other for access to the humans (I don't know about others, but I personally like to stand outside while getting bitten by many mosquitoes so it's first come first served). So this means that if a rare female uninfected aedes aegypti will have a different time stumbling across and biting the one infected dengue carrier. If she does get lucky and find him.. she probably didn't both find an infected human AND mate with a non mutant male.. so her offspring will most likely die.. and the humans she bit and infected will not encounter another aedes aegypti. This is why the area this scheme is tried out on doesn't have to be 100% isolated from stray aedes aegypti occasionally wandering in. Especially after the rate of dengue has dropped.
You said that females that reside in a dengue colony that is able to be isolated from the mutant males can come and infect people (if the colony is not somewhat isolated, they would have got wiped out because their population would have crashed and competitive mosquitoes moved in).
Ok, let's assume a stray mosquito from this dengue colony flies in to a protected area where male mutants are regularly released: If there are other female mosquitoes of different species in the protected area.. they will compete with the aedes aegypti for access to the humans (I don't know about others, but I personally like to stand outside while getting bitten by many mosquitoes so it's first come first served). Therefore the number of people she bites and infects will be minimal, second.. we can assume she ends up mating with a mutant male.. so her offspring will not be viable. So, true.. the population will not be 100% protected.. however.. since there are very very few aedes aegypti the virus will likely not spread to other humans via another mosquito (chance of an aedes aegypti finding a dengue carrier is low).
But you are i agree that unless a area is fairly well isolated (the perimeter at least) is susceptible to occasional infections of dengue from outside sources. However, I don't see how the virus can spread and cause an epidemic.
I believe that dengue fever can be eradicated with this approach at least on an area basis IF DONE RIGHT... but as I understand it, it's going to fairly difficult practically.
They are preventing the female mosquitoes from mating with the "normal" males, and at the same time (via mutant offspring) increasing competition for resources needed by "normal" offspring. This _should_ cause a reduction in the dengue fever mosquito (aedes aegypti) population. The question is, given there will always be a small percentage of normal males who will mate with the females, can they eradicate dengue 100% at least within a given isolated area?
I think so yes.
What they want is to release their mutants so they outnumber the normals by a MASSIVE ratio -this is key. Since their offspring die, this will ultimately reduce the number of female aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The actual percentage of dengue carrying mosquitoes (had to have gotten unlucky and bitten an infected person) is a sub fraction of the dengue carry capable mosquitoes. In turn, there will be a quick dramatic decline in infected people because the chance of a normal aedes aegypti mosquito actually biting a dengue infected person and then giving it to a normal person will become lower and lower.
However I think the public will oppose this for a few reasons:
1. Irrational paranoia about the G word (genetically modified), thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes (even if they are non biting males) being released OMG. 2. The reduction in aedes aegypti females may cause an increase in other mosquito species that compete with it (increase in anopheles (malaria)?). 3. Male mutant mosquitoes will have to be introduced in large numbers to the environment until either aedes aegypti or dengue fever is 100% eradicated (but mad profits if you own the company selling them). 4. Public may get pissed off at the sight of mosquitoes getting released in their neighborhood.
Probably they need to combine this with introducing a harmless (non disease vector) mosquito species suited to a given environment (for example some places may suit aedes albopictus).
So now Microsoft's philosophy really is "it's nota bug it's a feature". Sounds like an attempt by Microsoft to claim they are following standards without actually doing so.
How many web pages are in this supposed mode where they have their page marked as following the standard but actually don't?
Are there really web developers who made the mistake of marking their page as such instead of just unmarking the page as "standard following"... after all if it is going to be broken ANYWAY in other browsers what's the point?
Anyway more and more people are saying screw the BS and switching to Macs (Safari).
Say for remotely controlling say the TV or something.. instead of having to remember the channel number you could just say "TV (or other trigger word), Discovery channel". I guess combined with an LCD/OLED button remote it could be used. Also, on a phone... it should be possible to use speech to text for certain stuff like adding items to a shopping list.
The software has to be intelligent to know what to do when you press a button and say "shopping list, plums" etc.
I dont think speech recognition is good enough yet where it's can take dictation unless the dictation is in a very specific form.
They also mention you can have it replaced for $129 by mailing it in. Ahh, that must be why Steve Jobs showed us that it fits in a manila envelope. How convenient!
For one thing, there is no loss of resources.. Helium is basically the only resource we're "losing". All the other crap we'll supposedly run out of like copper or indium STAY on the planet. As we are running out of copper there are already polymer alternatives to indium. Also, Helium can be manufactured as a by product of nuclear. So no, we're not running out. Why doesnt this guy invest in recycling the stuff or better yet owning shares in it or in helium companies..even a tiny amount.. then as we supposedly run out.. he can make billions!
Did you just say you're waiting for GOVERNMENT to make broadband available for $2???
Government can barely govern.. how the hell can you look to it for services? Also, because the money has to come from SOMEWHERE.. government operates on taxation of acheivers and theft of natural resources. It has to steal from one person to give to another. At least people have a choice whether to purchase a service from a corporation. When government does something, they ban anybody from competing with them and they use other people's money to provide those services that the private industry would provide far more efficiently and compete without using force to enforce their monopoly. The government couldnt provide phone service to everyone.. private industry had to do it. Government is only supposed to enforce laws and prevent fraudulent activity.. not provide services and block people from starting their own enterprises. It's against freedom to have government be the only entity that can provide a certain service, and also people should be allowed to make their own choices and government has no business punishing those who get rich by providing important services to the people -- people need to be rewarded for their business ideas that work. That is what encourages work, trade, and other stuff that boosts the economy.
The point is this: there has never -- never ever ever -- been a single thing that has been taken out of the science basket and put back in the god basket. Not one. Ever.
We can both agree that is not a rigorous proof.
The god basket? You believers are welcome to that. It's basically empty, getting emptier all the time. But you're welcome to keep hanging on to it. The moment something is taken out of the science basket and put back into the god basket, you let me know, ok?
Weather? God did it. He created the laws of the universe. All atoms, and weather systems operate under it. God defined the strength of the electomagnetic field, the gravitional field, the inter atomic forces, the speed of light. All science has done is allowed us to make some predictions or interactions with it.
Pregnancy? God did it. Can you explain how self awareness exists? Sorry science has not fully explained this one either. It has only helped us understand some of the dynamics.
Disease? God did it. Viruses, pathogens, genetic problems.. all happen according to the fundamental laws of the universe.
Where does stuff come from? God did it. Not sure how you put that in the science basket.
E-book readers are cool, electronic paper is cool. However the kindle is ugly. It should not have a border, but it does.
Between the edge of the e-paper and edge of the kindle there is a HUGE amount of space. That is UGLY. Thick a** frames MAY be ok on wall paintings.. not in hand held devices! Besides, there is already a margin on the actual document.. so actually it comes out to a double margin.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM |MARGIN MARGIN | <- MARGIN UNACCEPTABLE -> |MARGIN MARGIN | |MARGIN MARGIN | even if it's for controls |MARGIN MARGIN |
According to some patents, Apple may be working on cooler stuff like pressure sensitive screens etc.
Also, the resolution of most Open Handest/android applications are going to be for QVGA screens since that is what the SDK encourages. It will look like shrunken crap on VGA or WVGA screens, so dont expect any handset vendors to make decently priced phones above QVGA.
So, in short, the iPhone 2 will be 4 years ahead of any Google Open Handset Alliance phone.
-Johan
PS> Maybe google should have made this platform good for non mobvile phone stuff too like for in cars or whatever
As users get more choice, advertisers must get bolder. Why? Because people are unaware of products and services.
So expect advertisers to pull more and more stunts (for the sake of the economy and with the blessing of govt. of course).
For example the forced sitting through a boring 20 second ad that doesnt even mention the product until the very end. Full screen web ads should get to the point within 1 or 2 seconds MAX.
If people only par for and download online the tv shows they like.. people would no longer watch ads on TV. So the only thing advertisers can do is put intrusive advertising on webpages.. but eventually users will reject and move on from that.
And so they will resort to buy mailing lists and sending spam.
That's why I am going to have to resort to using a different email for every thing I sign up for.
I mean the service provided by mailinator is good.. but it's easier just having a domain name and being able to block emails getting sent to a particular adress.
So for example lets say slashdot was my domain.. if I sign on using backslashdot@slashdot.org for a company's mailing list.. and I find out they have been selling that email address I can just block that particular email address. All other @slashdot emails sent to me would work.
Note, I am not against advertising.. I click on web ads if they inform me of inventive stuff I could really use.
No. It can say "the machine was unable to detect any of the types of large solid tumors we can recognize".
Do people sue pregnancy test kits if it tells them they weren't pregnant and they drank alcohol and the baby was born with problems? Or condom manufacturs for getting deadly diseases?
If they do, they havent been very successful.. cause those products still exist on the market.
Disclaimers. Use them.
DISCLAIMER: The above post is not meant to encourage or discourage anyone from getting into the home MRI business. Author assumes no liability for failure of any home MRI ventures or investments. Your success may vary. Results not typical.
Just how do you know the specifications of a machine that does not exist? Please cite a law of physics or chemistry that excludes the machine from being able to analyze images and flag any sort of tumor. Furthermore it can be clearly stated that the machine is no substitute for real checkup. Why should some people have to waste their money on monthly doctor's visit's because a few people may abuse it?
I bet when MRI machines and X rays were coming out with their low quality/resolution pics you would have been the one to say it's not a feasible thing to explore because it's impossible to train someone to detct a tumor on a picture and that it is no substitute for a doctor trying to feel through the skin for it.
It's a lot easier of a problem than OCR, which by the way now some OCR programs are better than humans even when operating in real time.
Doctors make a lot of mistakes too by the way. I have plenty of friends who have gotten misdiganosed by doctors. And I have doctor friends/relatives who readily admit that doctors are not infallible.
You realize there are workarounds and solutions for all the things you said?
For one thing, you're already assuming that it is impossible for the machine to be able to tell the difference between tissue types and also to write good enough image analysis software to tell the difference between real tumors and false positives.
If the software and hardware is good, the device would reduce the number of visits to the doctor.
As for hypochondriacs, if false positives can be eliminated it would actually work against them.. because the scan would reduce the number of unnecessary doctor visits the hypochondriac makes. Not to mention make it easieer for the docs to tell them to piss off.
As for missing a diagnosis.. the scanner can clearly state in bold flashing letters that it can only detect certain types of tumors and that it is not a subsititute for a regular doctor's visit. So that should limit the success of any suits. Think of all the crappy products out on the market right now that don't do shit. I dont see any of the neutraceutical manmufacturers getting sued. It's a balance of lives saved versus competent jruies/judicial system. I rather reform that than have premature deaths caused by lack of early detection.
I wonder if this could finally lead to an "in home" MRI scanner? If it costs under a thousand bucks and a person has a family history of cancer, why not invest in one?
Basically the device would be conveniently rolled over the bed once a month or so and scan. It will utilize advanced 3D image analysis to compare with last couple month's scan and see if you have any growing tumors. If so then you go get a proper scan done.
This will go well with the "in toilet" piss or shit tester that will tell you if you're going diabetic or may be developing some other medical conditions for example like kidney disease or cancer, etc..
Those are all software updates. They can add those to the current iPhone
I want (web browsing on the go or while waiting for crap is very important to me):
1. Much higher resolution LCD... At least an 800 or 1024 resolution longways (480px iPhone is 160 ppi, human eye can easily resolve up to 1200 ppi - pixels per inch) -- Sanyo Epson and Samsung have already shown demos of LCD's with this capability.. so asking for 400 ppi is not unreasonable. Make the screen longer -- i could care less if it screws the aspect ratio.
2. GPS - duh
3. Video conferencing capability - include 2 cameras.. the cheaper one facing the user
4. Better camera that is capable of photographing small text - off a monitor or magazine or some newspaper print (current iPhone can't focus if the newspaper is near, and doesn't have enough resolution to show details if it's held far). Also make the camera work with sliding action instead of releasing a press.
5. 3G - obviously.
6. Improved screen durability - "glass" should be replaceable
7. Touchscreen should work with gloves
8. LED flasher that periodically blinks when you have a missed call, voicemail, or sms -- come on my ooold sanyo phone had that
9. MUCH LOUDER SPEAKER
On the software front:
10. Voice recognition text input and SMS readout..or some kind of fast voicemail only transmit method.. that is instead of ringing the person.. you should be able to record a voicenote and send it off to them and they get it as a voicemail..no need to ring them and wait for the voice prompt etc.
11. Make it easy to have applications for it (a sandboxed Java virtual machine that the OS can easily suspend etc.) Files can be stored like that.
You can check back in 2005 I posted on here saying "we like to super size" and that phones should be touchscreen with a larger screen.. looks like Apple thought the same way and was working on it. So I hope Apple thinks similarly this time too.
Socialism which centralizes all p;power in the government, causes this. When the same government that is responsible for policing, is repsonsible for economic activity such as providing electricity and even news to the public.. seriously fucked up shit like this can happen. It irreverasbly fucks a country hard.
Show me where socialism and government control over business activity has brought about prosperity and lifted a country out of poverty? I can show examples for capitalism: China, Singapore, South Korea (contrast with North Korea which was considered richer than S. Korea before the split -- and S. Korea was as poor as any African country).
I am under no legal obligation to use the software, no did I sign any contract forcing me to (pre-activation). So I oughta be able to install my own on there. Furthermore it's possible to modify the hardware to skip over running the software, duh.
Can I sell you shirt that let's you get into a club, and then make legally prevent you from walking into other clubs with that same shirt? Furthermore, can I legally prevent you from coloring stuff on the phone (the club owner can prevent u coming in with a funny colored shirt though)?
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This new gyroscopic + accelerometer technology would be great if combined with camera based motion tracking and included in a VR goggle. Since you would want to physically walk forward without bumping into this .. it should be combined with a hand held game controller that can be used to propel oneself forward or in a particular direction etc. Of course in the future even the game controller can be eliminated because the VR goggles can utilize brain waves and neural signals to be controlled and told to walk forward etc.
The UN list is based on a projection of life expectancies up to 2010 (we're in 2008 today fyi).. it's assuming that Cuba's life expectancy increases .. that estimate is based on information the Cubans themselves provide.
OK Find me the statistic that shows it the other way around!!
Is that so hard to do??
Cuba under Castro? Part of western civilization?? LOL
Aside from its own supply, Cuba gets oil from Venezuela. Cuba, a country of 11 million people, consumes 200,000 barrels of oil per day. That's a lot, given they only have a few cars and a sorry economy of the country.
Also, your claim about their life expectancy being higher than the US is wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
Please find me your statistic that disputes the above.
Cuba is an oppressive dictatorship. We need to get rid of Castro ASAP.
"all you need is for ONE INFECTED MOSQUITO to survive, OR one healthy mosquito to bite an infected human - and eventually more and more mosquitoes (and therefore humans) will become infected."
.. dengue cannot be wiped out so easily .. but I do have some possible disagreement with you said .. feel free to correct me :)
.. they will compete with each other for access to the humans (I don't know about others, but I personally like to stand outside while getting bitten by many mosquitoes so it's first come first served). So this means that if a rare female uninfected aedes aegypti will have a different time stumbling across and biting the one infected dengue carrier. If she does get lucky and find him .. she probably didn't both find an infected human AND mate with a non mutant male .. so her offspring will most likely die .. and the humans she bit and infected will not encounter another aedes aegypti. This is why the area this scheme is tried out on doesn't have to be 100% isolated from stray aedes aegypti occasionally wandering in. Especially after the rate of dengue has dropped.
.. they will compete with the aedes aegypti for access to the humans (I don't know about others, but I personally like to stand outside while getting bitten by many mosquitoes so it's first come first served). Therefore the number of people she bites and infects will be minimal, second .. we can assume she ends up mating with a mutant male .. so her offspring will not be viable. So, true .. the population will not be 100% protected .. however .. since there are very very few aedes aegypti the virus will likely not spread to other humans via another mosquito (chance of an aedes aegypti finding a dengue carrier is low).
"A "healthy" mosquito bites an infected human and can contract the disease, and then form disease carrying colonies which will perpetuate the virus and continue infecting humans - which will cause mosquitoes from different colonies to become infected (the Aedes aegypti mosquito doesn't travel all that far during its life cycle after all)."
You are right
1. case of one infected mosquito:
If the amount of mutant males competing for a female is much higher than the population of non mutant males, there is a very low probability that the infected mosquito will meet up with a normal male and produce an offspring.
So for example, if the mutant mosquitoes outnumber the normal males 100 to 1, the chance of a normal female meeting a normal male is about 100 to 1. Therefore the dengue infected mosquito will have mutant offspring that will die off.
2. case of one healthy mosquito bites an infected human:
If there are other female mosquitoes of different species
You said that females that reside in a dengue colony that is able to be isolated from the mutant males can come and infect people (if the colony is not somewhat isolated, they would have got wiped out because their population would have crashed and competitive mosquitoes moved in).
Ok, let's assume a stray mosquito from this dengue colony flies in to a protected area where male mutants are regularly released: If there are other female mosquitoes of different species in the protected area
But you are i agree that unless a area is fairly well isolated (the perimeter at least) is susceptible to occasional infections of dengue from outside sources. However, I don't see how the virus can spread and cause an epidemic.
I believe that dengue fever can be eradicated with this approach at least on an area basis IF DONE RIGHT ... but as I understand it, it's going to fairly difficult practically.
They are preventing the female mosquitoes from mating with the "normal" males, and at the same time (via mutant offspring) increasing competition for resources needed by "normal" offspring. This _should_ cause a reduction in the dengue fever mosquito (aedes aegypti) population. The question is, given there will always be a small percentage of normal males who will mate with the females, can they eradicate dengue 100% at least within a given isolated area?
I think so yes.
What they want is to release their mutants so they outnumber the normals by a MASSIVE ratio -this is key. Since their offspring die, this will ultimately reduce the number of female aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The actual percentage of dengue carrying mosquitoes (had to have gotten unlucky and bitten an infected person) is a sub fraction of the dengue carry capable mosquitoes. In turn, there will be a quick dramatic decline in infected people because the chance of a normal aedes aegypti mosquito actually biting a dengue infected person and then giving it to a normal person will become lower and lower.
However I think the public will oppose this for a few reasons:
1. Irrational paranoia about the G word (genetically modified), thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes (even if they are non biting males) being released OMG.
2. The reduction in aedes aegypti females may cause an increase in other mosquito species that compete with it (increase in anopheles (malaria)?).
3. Male mutant mosquitoes will have to be introduced in large numbers to the environment until either aedes aegypti or dengue fever is 100% eradicated (but mad profits if you own the company selling them).
4. Public may get pissed off at the sight of mosquitoes getting released in their neighborhood.
Probably they need to combine this with introducing a harmless (non disease vector) mosquito species suited to a given environment (for example some places may suit aedes albopictus).
So now Microsoft's philosophy really is "it's nota bug it's a feature". Sounds like an attempt by Microsoft to claim they are following standards without actually doing so.
... after all if it is going to be broken ANYWAY in other browsers what's the point?
How many web pages are in this supposed mode where they have their page marked as following the standard but actually don't?
Are there really web developers who made the mistake of marking their page as such instead of just unmarking the page as "standard following"
Anyway more and more people are saying screw the BS and switching to Macs (Safari).
Say for remotely controlling say the TV or something .. instead of having to remember the channel number you could just say "TV (or other trigger word), Discovery channel". I guess combined with an LCD/OLED button remote it could be used. Also, on a phone ... it should be possible to use speech to text for certain stuff like adding items to a shopping list.
The software has to be intelligent to know what to do when you press a button and say "shopping list, plums" etc.
I dont think speech recognition is good enough yet where it's can take dictation unless the dictation is in a very specific form.
They also mention you can have it replaced for $129 by mailing it in. Ahh, that must be why Steve Jobs showed us that it fits in a manila envelope. How convenient!
For one thing, there is no loss of resources .. Helium is basically the only resource we're "losing". All the other crap we'll supposedly run out of like copper or indium STAY on the planet. As we are running out of copper there are already polymer alternatives to indium. Also, Helium can be manufactured as a by product of nuclear. So no, we're not running out. Why doesnt this guy invest in recycling the stuff or better yet owning shares in it or in helium companies ..even a tiny amount .. then as we supposedly run out .. he can make billions!
Did you just say you're waiting for GOVERNMENT to make broadband available for $2???
.. how the hell can you look to it for services? Also, because the money has to come from SOMEWHERE .. government operates on taxation of acheivers and theft of natural resources. It has to steal from one person to give to another. At least people have a choice whether to purchase a service from a corporation. When government does something, they ban anybody from competing with them and they use other people's money to provide those services that the private industry would provide far more efficiently and compete without using force to enforce their monopoly. The government couldnt provide phone service to everyone .. private industry had to do it. Government is only supposed to enforce laws and prevent fraudulent activity .. not provide services and block people from starting their own enterprises. It's against freedom to have government be the only entity that can provide a certain service, and also people should be allowed to make their own choices and government has no business punishing those who get rich by providing important services to the people -- people need to be rewarded for their business ideas that work. That is what encourages work, trade, and other stuff that boosts the economy.
Government can barely govern
The point is this: there has never -- never ever ever -- been a single thing that has been taken out of the science basket and put back in the god basket. Not one. Ever.
.. all happen according to the fundamental laws of the universe.
We can both agree that is not a rigorous proof.
The god basket? You believers are welcome to that. It's basically empty, getting emptier all the time. But you're welcome to keep hanging on to it. The moment something is taken out of the science basket and put back into the god basket, you let me know, ok?
Weather? God did it. He created the laws of the universe. All atoms, and weather systems operate under it. God defined the strength of the electomagnetic field, the gravitional field, the inter atomic forces, the speed of light. All science has done is allowed us to make some predictions or interactions with it.
Pregnancy? God did it. Can you explain how self awareness exists? Sorry science has not fully explained this one either. It has only helped us understand some of the dynamics.
Disease? God did it. Viruses, pathogens, genetic problems
Where does stuff come from? God did it. Not sure how you put that in the science basket.
E-book readers are cool, electronic paper is cool. However the kindle is ugly. It should not have a border, but it does.
Between the edge of the e-paper and edge of the kindle there is a HUGE amount of space. That is UGLY. Thick a** frames MAY be ok on wall paintings
According to some patents, Apple may be working on cooler stuff like pressure sensitive screens etc.
Also, the resolution of most Open Handest/android applications are going to be for QVGA screens since that is what the SDK encourages. It will look like shrunken crap on VGA or WVGA screens, so dont expect any handset vendors to make decently priced phones above QVGA.
So, in short, the iPhone 2 will be 4 years ahead of any Google Open Handset Alliance phone.
-Johan
PS> Maybe google should have made this platform good for non mobvile phone stuff too like for in cars or whatever
Da Vinci accidentally misplaced his car keys in the painting too, but died before he could find it.
True story.
As users get more choice, advertisers must get bolder. Why? Because people are unaware of products and services.
.. people would no longer watch ads on TV. So the only thing advertisers can do is put intrusive advertising on webpages .. but eventually users will reject and move on from that.
.. but it's easier just having a domain name and being able to block emails getting sent to a particular adress.
.. if I sign on using backslashdot@slashdot.org for a company's mailing list .. and I find out they have been selling that email address I can just block that particular email address. All other @slashdot emails sent to me would work.
.. I click on web ads if they inform me of inventive stuff I could really use.
So expect advertisers to pull more and more stunts (for the sake of the economy and with the blessing of govt. of course).
For example the forced sitting through a boring 20 second ad that doesnt even mention the product until the very end. Full screen web ads should get to the point within 1 or 2 seconds MAX.
If people only par for and download online the tv shows they like
And so they will resort to buy mailing lists and sending spam.
That's why I am going to have to resort to using a different email for every thing I sign up for.
I mean the service provided by mailinator is good
So for example lets say slashdot was my domain
Note, I am not against advertising
No. It can say "the machine was unable to detect any of the types of large solid tumors we can recognize".
.. cause those products still exist on the market.
Do people sue pregnancy test kits if it tells them they weren't pregnant and they drank alcohol and the baby was born with problems? Or condom manufacturs for getting deadly diseases?
If they do, they havent been very successful
Disclaimers. Use them.
DISCLAIMER: The above post is not meant to encourage or discourage anyone from getting into the home MRI business. Author assumes no liability for failure of any home MRI ventures or investments. Your success may vary. Results not typical.
Just how do you know the specifications of a machine that does not exist? Please cite a law of physics or chemistry that excludes the machine from being able to analyze images and flag any sort of tumor. Furthermore it can be clearly stated that the machine is no substitute for real checkup. Why should some people have to waste their money on monthly doctor's visit's because a few people may abuse it?
I bet when MRI machines and X rays were coming out with their low quality/resolution pics you would have been the one to say it's not a feasible thing to explore because it's impossible to train someone to detct a tumor on a picture and that it is no substitute for a doctor trying to feel through the skin for it.
It's a lot easier of a problem than OCR, which by the way now some OCR programs are better than humans even when operating in real time.
Doctors make a lot of mistakes too by the way. I have plenty of friends who have gotten misdiganosed by doctors. And I have doctor friends/relatives who readily admit that doctors are not infallible.
You realize there are workarounds and solutions for all the things you said?
.. because the scan would reduce the number of unnecessary doctor visits the hypochondriac makes. Not to mention make it easieer for the docs to tell them to piss off.
.. the scanner can clearly state in bold flashing letters that it can only detect certain types of tumors and that it is not a subsititute for a regular doctor's visit. So that should limit the success of any suits. Think of all the crappy products out on the market right now that don't do shit. I dont see any of the neutraceutical manmufacturers getting sued. It's a balance of lives saved versus competent jruies/judicial system. I rather reform that than have premature deaths caused by lack of early detection.
For one thing, you're already assuming that it is impossible for the machine to be able to tell the difference between tissue types and also to write good enough image analysis software to tell the difference between real tumors and false positives.
If the software and hardware is good, the device would reduce the number of visits to the doctor.
As for hypochondriacs, if false positives can be eliminated it would actually work against them
As for missing a diagnosis
I wonder if this could finally lead to an "in home" MRI scanner? If it costs under a thousand bucks and a person has a family history of cancer, why not invest in one?
Basically the device would be conveniently rolled over the bed once a month or so and scan. It will utilize advanced 3D image analysis to compare with last couple month's scan and see if you have any growing tumors. If so then you go get a proper scan done.
This will go well with the "in toilet" piss or shit tester that will tell you if you're going diabetic or may be developing some other medical conditions for example like kidney disease or cancer, etc..
Having faced more than a few violent riots, I can say that after a while the crowd gets bored with collective wisdom and resorts to mob stupidity.
.. cause it's not the same thing.
This GPS thing should work good though
Those are all software updates. They can add those to the current iPhone
... At least an 800 or 1024 resolution longways (480px iPhone is 160 ppi, human eye can easily resolve up to 1200 ppi - pixels per inch) -- Sanyo Epson and Samsung have already shown demos of LCD's with this capability .. so asking for 400 ppi is not unreasonable. Make the screen longer -- i could care less if it screws the aspect ratio.
.. the cheaper one facing the user
..or some kind of fast voicemail only transmit method .. that is instead of ringing the person .. you should be able to record a voicenote and send it off to them and they get it as a ..no need to ring them and wait for the voice prompt etc.
.. looks like Apple thought the same way and was working on it. So I hope Apple thinks similarly this time too.
I want (web browsing on the go or while waiting for crap is very important to me):
1. Much higher resolution LCD
2. GPS - duh
3. Video conferencing capability - include 2 cameras
4. Better camera that is capable of photographing small text - off a monitor or magazine or some newspaper print (current iPhone can't focus if the newspaper is near, and doesn't have enough resolution to show details if it's held far). Also make the camera work with sliding action instead of releasing a press.
5. 3G - obviously.
6. Improved screen durability - "glass" should be replaceable
7. Touchscreen should work with gloves
8. LED flasher that periodically blinks when you have a missed call, voicemail, or sms -- come on my ooold sanyo phone had that
9. MUCH LOUDER SPEAKER
On the software front:
10. Voice recognition text input and SMS readout
voicemail
11. Make it easy to have applications for it (a sandboxed Java virtual machine that the OS can easily suspend etc.) Files can be stored like that.
You can check back in 2005 I posted on here saying "we like to super size" and that phones should be touchscreen with a larger screen
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=163341&cid=13644457
Socialism which centralizes all p;power in the government, causes this. When the same government that is responsible for policing, is repsonsible for economic activity such as providing electricity and even news to the public .. seriously fucked up shit like this can happen. It irreverasbly fucks a country hard.
Show me where socialism and government control over business activity has brought about prosperity and lifted a country out of poverty? I can show examples for capitalism: China, Singapore, South Korea (contrast with North Korea which was considered richer than S. Korea before the split -- and S. Korea was as poor as any African country).
I am under no legal obligation to use the software, no did I sign any contract forcing me to (pre-activation). So I oughta be able to install my own on there. Furthermore it's possible to modify the hardware to skip over running the software, duh.
Can I sell you shirt that let's you get into a club, and then make legally prevent you from walking into other clubs with that same shirt? Furthermore, can I legally prevent you from coloring stuff on the phone (the club owner can prevent u coming in with a funny colored shirt though)?