A windows media image format? So does this mean people will have to log on to the internet to "validate" their pictures before they can look at them. Actually, this does sound like an interesting concept but I'd wait for it to be around a while before actually throwing any money at it. Wow... imagine the amount of pr0n people could fit on their cellphones now!
"Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory suggest the technologies are getting close to the sensitivities required." Hey, Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- KEEP OUT OF OPTICAL SCIENCE'S BUSINESS. Go study jet's or something... geesh.
A short and not-fully-truthful answer: power corrupts -- absolute power corrupts absolutely. Sony seems to have gotten on a VERY VERY tall high-horse from the dominance of Playstation 1 and Playstation 2. Keep in mind their profits have been INCREASING even when they don't care about the consumer (DRM rootkits, faulty PS2 drives [back in the day -- it happened to me and I was pissed, Sony refused to do anything about it, then they got a class-action against 'em and repaired all the problems for free [but provided no compensation for the months I went without the ability to use the product I paid $300 for]], and telling consumers "We don't care that the launch games are shit, you WILL buy our product" [they could at least lie and say "oh, these launch games are GREAT!"]). I was at first excited about the PS3, but my glee has been forcefully torn away by the things Sony is doing.
I invented this concept years ago.
Step 1:
Get my feet really worked up and sweaty while trapped in a tight shoe -- this spurs bacterial growth
Step 2:
Take off shoe and attack roommate with it -- roommate runs away from the stink, but he is roped onto a treadmill
Step 3:
The kinetic energy from the treadmill's movement is converted into electrical energy.
I've just been working on creating a pocket sized roommate/treadmill, I was pretty darn close too.
What happens when you combine and overpriced media player with an overpriced shoe? MAGIC! Oh, wait... I meant to say HORRIBLE CONCEPTS. Pedometers are cheap, media players are expensive (specifically overpriced iPods), and Nike makes poor-quality overly-costly shoes. Even if it wasn't an iPod -- let's say it was a universal mp3 player adapter for your shoes... I'm not going to stick an expensive and fragile electronic device IN MY SMELLY SHOES (maybe if they were loafers, but this is suppossed to be for excercise!)! Come on Apple, what happened to your pizazz! Shoes + mp3 player?... I would expect this kind of CRAP from Sony, but not you. You've changed Apple, you've changed.
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A windows media image format? So does this mean people will have to log on to the internet to "validate" their pictures before they can look at them. Actually, this does sound like an interesting concept but I'd wait for it to be around a while before actually throwing any money at it. Wow... imagine the amount of pr0n people could fit on their cellphones now!
"Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory suggest the technologies are getting close to the sensitivities required." Hey, Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- KEEP OUT OF OPTICAL SCIENCE'S BUSINESS. Go study jet's or something... geesh.
A short and not-fully-truthful answer: power corrupts -- absolute power corrupts absolutely. Sony seems to have gotten on a VERY VERY tall high-horse from the dominance of Playstation 1 and Playstation 2. Keep in mind their profits have been INCREASING even when they don't care about the consumer (DRM rootkits, faulty PS2 drives [back in the day -- it happened to me and I was pissed, Sony refused to do anything about it, then they got a class-action against 'em and repaired all the problems for free [but provided no compensation for the months I went without the ability to use the product I paid $300 for]], and telling consumers "We don't care that the launch games are shit, you WILL buy our product" [they could at least lie and say "oh, these launch games are GREAT!"]). I was at first excited about the PS3, but my glee has been forcefully torn away by the things Sony is doing.
I invented this concept years ago. Step 1: Get my feet really worked up and sweaty while trapped in a tight shoe -- this spurs bacterial growth Step 2: Take off shoe and attack roommate with it -- roommate runs away from the stink, but he is roped onto a treadmill Step 3: The kinetic energy from the treadmill's movement is converted into electrical energy. I've just been working on creating a pocket sized roommate/treadmill, I was pretty darn close too.
What happens when you combine and overpriced media player with an overpriced shoe? MAGIC! Oh, wait... I meant to say HORRIBLE CONCEPTS. Pedometers are cheap, media players are expensive (specifically overpriced iPods), and Nike makes poor-quality overly-costly shoes. Even if it wasn't an iPod -- let's say it was a universal mp3 player adapter for your shoes... I'm not going to stick an expensive and fragile electronic device IN MY SMELLY SHOES (maybe if they were loafers, but this is suppossed to be for excercise!)! Come on Apple, what happened to your pizazz! Shoes + mp3 player?... I would expect this kind of CRAP from Sony, but not you. You've changed Apple, you've changed.