Funny enough, one of the few clever (and relatively sucessful) application of bluetooth was an universal handfree kit for cars. BTW, we are talking about a phone manufacturer that tells us that soon, the devices they sell will do almost anything except voice calls, so I'm not that surprised.
During WWII, Russia tried to invade Sueden or Norway (I don't remember which one), on day one, they were greatly outnumbering local army and had lots of tanks, planes and so on, a few weeks later, there were only a few survivors running away from their frozen high tech equipment...
Because what works on a real computer isn't what works well on screen. What you need in those cases is not a cool GUI, but more a shiny presentation that looks interactive enough to allow the actor to pretend he is using the machine, for example 120pt case in the password entry field or a "you've got mail" message that fills up the entire screen. You can't have things that stupid with regular SW, and the easiest way is simply to build a flash animation and play it fullscreen.
Yes, a civilian plane is the best definition of an easy target, in particular during takeoff, when its engines are at 100% and its speed just above stall limit. And even if the bad guy manages to miss it, the political effect will be the same.
It's not just planes, WE are easy targets, if it realy was a war, they would strike on a regular basis and manage to hit us at least weekly. The only logical conclusion is that they are satisfied with what GWB gave them after 9/11 (well, there is also the other one: they work together).
On the other hand, when your team works hard for monthes to solve a technical problem and finally finds a working solution before your competition does, no one could make you admit it is not a breakthrough.
And concerning the Segway, I can't say yet that it won't change my life, I just need to actually see at least one of them before I have an opinion:)
The FA is stating that we overuse the "breakthrough" word to advertize a tech that is still years away from market, and of course editors are happy to show us another great story.
I know it's a joke, but I have a basic MS keyboard (it still has a PS2 conector) and I can tell you I have no will to exchange it for one of those oled gadget, even for free.
Probably, and I bet there will be protections to prevent this to become too nasty since they wouldn't want the shocks to harm expensive equipments or workers.
And you can see everyday birds on power lines. They charge and discharge tens of kV 100 or 120 times each second and that doesn't even hurt them. Remember, static charge can be dangerous, but almost only when you act as a conductor between a big charge and the ground.
Yes, you touch your mouse often, but it is just a tiny fraction of what you touch so this mouse is just a waste of money. OK, not a big one for a change.
On the other hand, using such surfaces in hospital for example on doorknobs or armrests may really be helpfull.
Sure, the name is some PR trick, but it makes sense because this technique is a reaction to all those new trendy development process in which (when you push them to the extreme) you are spending 90% of your time in meetings or drawing graphs and then the code is supposed to magically write itself and work perfectly on the first build because this technique is so well conceived.
I tried a few work modes and I agree. What I consider to work best is to code solo with a main reviewer who participate to the conception phase, checks everything you deliver (code, docs and test plan) and is able to pass the test (and to correct crical bugs if you are on vacation). This way you get most of the advantages of pair programming but without the worst drawbacks: the reviewer knows what he is talking about and usualy gives far better comments than the random external reviewer and since everyone has a clear responsibility, no one can leech and get away with it.
I always bought asian DVD players (not really for pirating or dezoning, just because they are cheaper and somehow disposable (with 10+ disks a week, they don't last 18 monthes)), until one day I chosed a 90euro Philips instead (mostly because I was working for them at that time). The thing could read MP3 & Divx just like the asian ones, but it failed to read at least half of the "real" DVD I put in it. I just love the 40euro Tokai I got instead.
Don't wory, they cannot be any more inacurate (zodiac signs already don't correspond to actual sun position), and interested people don't give a damn about scientist weirdos.
I tend to see any game I don't want to uninstall in the first 15 min to be a good game. If it make me want to launch it again in the same week, it is a very good game.
Of course, I DL demos whenever I can before considering buying the game, and I don't even try to finish at least 3/4 of them.
I don't think the word "massive" is the right one since the trial is only about a couple of hundred voters in a 3 million people city, but it surely was efficient because they won that arrondissement by only a couple of dozen votes and touchy because the name of our dear president (who can't be tried until a new president is elected) is whispered in that trial since he was both the mayor of Paris and the leader of the party suspected of the fraud at that time.
My Vectrex (http://www.classicgaming.com/museum/vectrex/) is still working well, still as funny, and still approximatelly estimated aroung its retail price.
Terrorists also need to rent a flat, pay their gas, electricity, food, chemicals... while preparing their action, and they need to do so without drawing too much attention, so I think using a local bank acount and a fake job (or pretend your inherited) is the easiest way.
Police can discover them by linking terrorist funds to their fake paychecks (and that's probably far more efficient than scanning phonecalls at random), but even if the guy really is a terrorist, closing his account is just plain stupid because it informs him that the police suspect him and that he still have the time to run away before they move.
Of course you can design everything to be the most expensive way when you don't have to pay it yourself. And I bet MS was the only one selling most of those wonderful shiny techs.
It it wasn't so sad for the taxpayers, it would be funny that this school will be outdated before the first students graduate.
The contrary example is France, in which cellphone and internet had some initial difficulties because of the cheap and highly reliable payphone system (it worked with prepaid cards so there was no money in them to be stolen) and the minitel (a 1200 baud terminal).
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Funny enough, one of the few clever (and relatively sucessful) application of bluetooth was an universal handfree kit for cars. BTW, we are talking about a phone manufacturer that tells us that soon, the devices they sell will do almost anything except voice calls, so I'm not that surprised.
OTHW, a judge able to see that this kind of proof can be faked in 5 min by a 7 year old child can be called a technical expert.
During WWII, Russia tried to invade Sueden or Norway (I don't remember which one), on day one, they were greatly outnumbering local army and had lots of tanks, planes and so on, a few weeks later, there were only a few survivors running away from their frozen high tech equipment...
Because what works on a real computer isn't what works well on screen. What you need in those cases is not a cool GUI, but more a shiny presentation that looks interactive enough to allow the actor to pretend he is using the machine, for example 120pt case in the password entry field or a "you've got mail" message that fills up the entire screen.
You can't have things that stupid with regular SW, and the easiest way is simply to build a flash animation and play it fullscreen.
Yes, a civilian plane is the best definition of an easy target, in particular during takeoff, when its engines are at 100% and its speed just above stall limit. And even if the bad guy manages to miss it, the political effect will be the same.
It's not just planes, WE are easy targets, if it realy was a war, they would strike on a regular basis and manage to hit us at least weekly. The only logical conclusion is that they are satisfied with what GWB gave them after 9/11 (well, there is also the other one: they work together).
and yet 99% of them are more intersting than 99% of your own life.
Cars: GPS on the left, DVD on the right and kid's console on the front.
On the other hand, when your team works hard for monthes to solve a technical problem and finally finds a working solution before your competition does, no one could make you admit it is not a breakthrough.
:)
And concerning the Segway, I can't say yet that it won't change my life, I just need to actually see at least one of them before I have an opinion
The FA is stating that we overuse the "breakthrough" word to advertize a tech that is still years away from market, and of course editors are happy to show us another great story.
I know it's a joke, but I have a basic MS keyboard (it still has a PS2 conector) and I can tell you I have no will to exchange it for one of those oled gadget, even for free.
Probably, and I bet there will be protections to prevent this to become too nasty since they wouldn't want the shocks to harm expensive equipments or workers.
And you can see everyday birds on power lines. They charge and discharge tens of kV 100 or 120 times each second and that doesn't even hurt them. Remember, static charge can be dangerous, but almost only when you act as a conductor between a big charge and the ground.
Yes, you touch your mouse often, but it is just a tiny fraction of what you touch so this mouse is just a waste of money. OK, not a big one for a change.
On the other hand, using such surfaces in hospital for example on doorknobs or armrests may really be helpfull.
As if millions of /.ers suddenly started hitting refresh every other second.
Sure, the name is some PR trick, but it makes sense because this technique is a reaction to all those new trendy development process in which (when you push them to the extreme) you are spending 90% of your time in meetings or drawing graphs and then the code is supposed to magically write itself and work perfectly on the first build because this technique is so well conceived.
agile software development is simply a way to say "code now, we'll get you the specs later"
I tried a few work modes and I agree. What I consider to work best is to code solo with a main reviewer who participate to the conception phase, checks everything you deliver (code, docs and test plan) and is able to pass the test (and to correct crical bugs if you are on vacation). This way you get most of the advantages of pair programming but without the worst drawbacks: the reviewer knows what he is talking about and usualy gives far better comments than the random external reviewer and since everyone has a clear responsibility, no one can leech and get away with it.
I always bought asian DVD players (not really for pirating or dezoning, just because they are cheaper and somehow disposable (with 10+ disks a week, they don't last 18 monthes)), until one day I chosed a 90euro Philips instead (mostly because I was working for them at that time). The thing could read MP3 & Divx just like the asian ones, but it failed to read at least half of the "real" DVD I put in it. I just love the 40euro Tokai I got instead.
Don't wory, they cannot be any more inacurate (zodiac signs already don't correspond to actual sun position), and interested people don't give a damn about scientist weirdos.
Sure.
I tend to see any game I don't want to uninstall in the first 15 min to be a good game. If it make me want to launch it again in the same week, it is a very good game.
Of course, I DL demos whenever I can before considering buying the game, and I don't even try to finish at least 3/4 of them.
The headline is so lame that I bet it was submitted by Roland when opening it.
I don't think the word "massive" is the right one since the trial is only about a couple of hundred voters in a 3 million people city, but it surely was efficient because they won that arrondissement by only a couple of dozen votes and touchy because the name of our dear president (who can't be tried until a new president is elected) is whispered in that trial since he was both the mayor of Paris and the leader of the party suspected of the fraud at that time.
My Vectrex (http://www.classicgaming.com/museum/vectrex/) is still working well, still as funny, and still approximatelly estimated aroung its retail price.
Terrorists also need to rent a flat, pay their gas, electricity, food, chemicals... while preparing their action, and they need to do so without drawing too much attention, so I think using a local bank acount and a fake job (or pretend your inherited) is the easiest way.
Police can discover them by linking terrorist funds to their fake paychecks (and that's probably far more efficient than scanning phonecalls at random), but even if the guy really is a terrorist, closing his account is just plain stupid because it informs him that the police suspect him and that he still have the time to run away before they move.
Of course you can design everything to be the most expensive way when you don't have to pay it yourself. And I bet MS was the only one selling most of those wonderful shiny techs.
It it wasn't so sad for the taxpayers, it would be funny that this school will be outdated before the first students graduate.
The contrary example is France, in which cellphone and internet had some initial difficulties because of the cheap and highly reliable payphone system (it worked with prepaid cards so there was no money in them to be stolen) and the minitel (a 1200 baud terminal).