You are all missing the immediate usefulness of this. As a camera, it's obviously going to have optical limitations. Eventually better and better things may come out of it along the lines of distant vision, screens that need no webcams, etc..
But now, what this means is that touch screens are no longer easily scratched, mushy surfaces. You can put a tempered glass surface on these and have no need of a screen protector. These screens can go on the outside display screens of clamshell phones -- no worries about scratches. Put them anywhere and they just work PLUS they can scan objects very close to the screen -- with amazing resolution, I would imagine...
Greg Conquest
The biggest problem I've had with various linux installs involves extra internal hard drives. After having my own troubles and starting to fix my own problem, I decided to write a tutorial on how set up fstab to help others: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread .php?t=547302
After several iterations, I was finally getting close to the solution, and then, BAM! fstab does not set all the permissions for extra drives! And even fstab is not documented fully. The project languishes now . . .
Users need to be able to install linux and it ask them how it should deal with extra hard drives. This info needs to be written to an annotated fstab and the info should also set permissions -- with all of this reviewable and configurable via a GUI utility later.
And even then, when one of my "extra" hard drives is mounted incorrectly or has an error, linux stops the bot and I *have to* deal with it at the command prompt. it is tooooo much!
Greg Conquest
Businesses strive to create markets. In this case, the creation would be something no one thinks is good for the society as a whole. Only the pharmaceutical/medical/insurance industry benefits directly.
For most of us, the only positive thing about the current medical system cum Randroid anarchy is the advertising and lobbying they do. They look so nice and helpful in the ads. They are All-American industries . . .
This is the only reason I can see that would explain why any of us would dare to defend them -- or anything supporting them. Google, though they can make a buck, shouldn't go there. It is not good for us -- Google's ultimate customer base.
Google is just pushing us by going through with this. They may not be able to quantify the money lost to our bad will and damage to their image, but both are real. Google doing it anyway just shows that accountants seem to be making in charge -- not people with the foresight to protect Google's (formerly) good name.
Greg Conquest
This lawsuit could be an attempt at getting better negotiating terms for viacom with youtube/google. The end result of all this: searching for South Park, Daily Show, etc. on youtube will generate the usual list of videos, but it will also prominently display a link at the top of the page pointing to viacom's own video feeds saying something like, "Why not go direct to the source and see the full videos at Comedy Central/ . .."
> Telemarketers were put on this earth to be abused.
I don't understand why so many of you feel you even have to respond to "mystery callers". Have you not yet found out that not everyone is honest and out for your good? Why get into pissing contests about who can be more creative in embarrassing telemarketers? It is cheap drama.
We seem to have been brainwashed somewhere that these folk deserve a response. You are not going to shame them into responsible behavior with all these games.
So, when you recognize the person on the other end of the line is not playing by normal phone ettiquette, tell them to add you to their do not call list -- if you want, ask them to hold on and then set the phone down and walk away -- if you like, or just hang up . . . But don't let them get a rise out of you. They're not worth it. Play games with someone else -- your friends, business partners/competitiors, the girl at the water cooler . . . Engage people who matter, not nameless telelmarketers.
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You are all missing the immediate usefulness of this. As a camera, it's obviously going to have optical limitations. Eventually better and better things may come out of it along the lines of distant vision, screens that need no webcams, etc.. But now, what this means is that touch screens are no longer easily scratched, mushy surfaces. You can put a tempered glass surface on these and have no need of a screen protector. These screens can go on the outside display screens of clamshell phones -- no worries about scratches. Put them anywhere and they just work PLUS they can scan objects very close to the screen -- with amazing resolution, I would imagine... Greg Conquest
The biggest problem I've had with various linux installs involves extra internal hard drives. After having my own troubles and starting to fix my own problem, I decided to write a tutorial on how set up fstab to help others:d .php?t=547302
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthrea
After several iterations, I was finally getting close to the solution, and then, BAM! fstab does not set all the permissions for extra drives! And even fstab is not documented fully. The project languishes now . . .
Users need to be able to install linux and it ask them how it should deal with extra hard drives. This info needs to be written to an annotated fstab and the info should also set permissions -- with all of this reviewable and configurable via a GUI utility later.
And even then, when one of my "extra" hard drives is mounted incorrectly or has an error, linux stops the bot and I *have to* deal with it at the command prompt. it is tooooo much!
Greg Conquest
Businesses strive to create markets. In this case, the creation would be something no one thinks is good for the society as a whole. Only the pharmaceutical/medical/insurance industry benefits directly. For most of us, the only positive thing about the current medical system cum Randroid anarchy is the advertising and lobbying they do. They look so nice and helpful in the ads. They are All-American industries . . . This is the only reason I can see that would explain why any of us would dare to defend them -- or anything supporting them. Google, though they can make a buck, shouldn't go there. It is not good for us -- Google's ultimate customer base. Google is just pushing us by going through with this. They may not be able to quantify the money lost to our bad will and damage to their image, but both are real. Google doing it anyway just shows that accountants seem to be making in charge -- not people with the foresight to protect Google's (formerly) good name. Greg Conquest
This lawsuit could be an attempt at getting better negotiating terms for viacom with youtube/google. The end result of all this: searching for South Park, Daily Show, etc. on youtube will generate the usual list of videos, but it will also prominently display a link at the top of the page pointing to viacom's own video feeds saying something like, "Why not go direct to the source and see the full videos at Comedy Central/ . . ."
> Telemarketers were put on this earth to be abused.
I don't understand why so many of you feel you even have to respond to "mystery callers". Have you not yet found out that not everyone is honest and out for your good? Why get into pissing contests about who can be more creative in embarrassing telemarketers? It is cheap drama.
We seem to have been brainwashed somewhere that these folk deserve a response. You are not going to shame them into responsible behavior with all these games.
So, when you recognize the person on the other end of the line is not playing by normal phone ettiquette, tell them to add you to their do not call list -- if you want, ask them to hold on and then set the phone down and walk away -- if you like, or just hang up . . . But don't let them get a rise out of you. They're not worth it. Play games with someone else -- your friends, business partners/competitiors, the girl at the water cooler . . . Engage people who matter, not nameless telelmarketers.