NASA doesn't just chuck stuff on a rocket and launch it on an interplanetary mission. TFA mentions that LEGO had to design them so as not to interfere with the probe's measurements. This is a gravimetric survey of the planet, so the center-of-gravity of the probe has to be a very finely-known factor. There had to have been a fair amount of careful design and testing on both NASA's and LEGO's parts. Those rocket scientists aren't cheap!
Somehow I think that if a team of astronauts is spending several months together in a cramped, hot, strange-smelling canister, eating together, sleeping together, working together, and going to the bathroom together, taking a suppository isn't a big deal.
The problem is, once you've built a tablet with a capacitive screen AND the ability to display modern web content, you've already gone way past the $100 price point and have specs comparable to or exceeding the iPad. AJAX applications and HTML5 need some pretty hefty processing power as it is.
There is another theory that the first theory was concocted by a wily editor of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to C Programming to raise the level of general insecurity in the industry, and thus boost the sales of the book.
Seems to be working fine now, at least as far as glxinfo/glxgears can tell me. Incidentally, this update also fixed issues with slow redrawing in all X11 apps, especially Inkscape 3
I'm tired of people propagating the old "your arms get tired" meme. They get tired, at first. If the interface has any merit, though, you'll stick with it, and your muscles adapt.
I work retail, so I have to stand for several hours at a time. At first, I used to get very tired, but years later and my stamina has increased phenomenally. It would be exactly the same with a multipoint gestural interface.
This doesn't need to perfectly simulate a brain to be useful. Sure, we don't know exactly how neurochemistry works, but with a model like this, we can plug in the values we do know about, and then see where the model deviates from a real rat.
This seems like a small step, but you can't expect scientists to go from a total lack of brain models to one that is completely accurate. Most scientific discovery is incremental.
Of course, you could just put single IR LEDs into fingers on gloves, and power them with a CR2032 battery or something. TFA's solution is actually kinda overkill.
Ever tried working retail? Your legs get really tired at first, but you get used to it after only a few days. The body's muscles are actually really good at adapting to increased activity. I'm sure it would be no different with this sort of interface.
Welcome to the 21st century. Speed limits are now set by the state. For instance, it's 70mph here in California.
Also, the old 55mph limit first appeared in the seventies. America was in the middle of a gas shortage, and the goal was to conserve fuel. Cars of that time started to seriously lose efficiency around the 60mph mark.
ask if there was an intelligent designer forming the covalent bonds in your ice tray this morning. Aha! But ice forms by making hydrogen bonds! Clearly there is some intelligent force at work here.
Uhh... have you even used Mac OS X? The vast majority of applications are distributed as "bundles," which are basically special directories that contain everything the program needs to run. You can put the bundle whereever you like, and execute it from there, though the OS provides an "Applications" folder to keep everything neat.
Frameworks, like Quicktime or SDL, work in a similar way, though they get dropped in the "Library/Frameworks" folder.
The only things that use the Installer are things that need to make fundamental changes to the system, such as kernel extensions, or programs that have to noodle with the main directory structure, like Fink. They usually provide an uninstall script as well. Granted, Apple's first party apps use the Installer, but they're more complex and integrated. The only program I've ever used that wasn't supplied as a bundle was Fink (basically a port of Debian's APT to make installing Unix applications easier).
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(I was actually surprized by the number of late 60's VW Bugs on the road).
Most of those Beetles probably don't date back that far... Production of the Type 1 Beetle continued until 2003.
NASA doesn't just chuck stuff on a rocket and launch it on an interplanetary mission. TFA mentions that LEGO had to design them so as not to interfere with the probe's measurements. This is a gravimetric survey of the planet, so the center-of-gravity of the probe has to be a very finely-known factor. There had to have been a fair amount of careful design and testing on both NASA's and LEGO's parts. Those rocket scientists aren't cheap!
Somehow I think that if a team of astronauts is spending several months together in a cramped, hot, strange-smelling canister, eating together, sleeping together, working together, and going to the bathroom together, taking a suppository isn't a big deal.
The problem is, once you've built a tablet with a capacitive screen AND the ability to display modern web content, you've already gone way past the $100 price point and have specs comparable to or exceeding the iPad. AJAX applications and HTML5 need some pretty hefty processing power as it is.
There's two books that can change a teen's ife: LotR and Atlas Shrugged. One is a fantasy full of unbelievable heroes. The other has orcs.
There is another theory that the first theory was concocted by a wily editor of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to C Programming to raise the level of general insecurity in the industry, and thus boost the sales of the book.
Seems to be working fine now, at least as far as glxinfo/glxgears can tell me. Incidentally, this update also fixed issues with slow redrawing in all X11 apps, especially Inkscape 3
Whoops. Forgot the federal minimum wage increase. Looks like the robot might be more worth it in the long run.
Abstinence really is difficult when reproduction is one of the strongest biological urges humans have.
Not to mention the fact that sex isn't the only way to spread HIV (needles, blood transfusions). If there's a way to deactivate it for good, do it.
Learn guitar.
I'm tired of people propagating the old "your arms get tired" meme. They get tired, at first. If the interface has any merit, though, you'll stick with it, and your muscles adapt.
I work retail, so I have to stand for several hours at a time. At first, I used to get very tired, but years later and my stamina has increased phenomenally. It would be exactly the same with a multipoint gestural interface.
Perhaps you are mistaking the lack of a well-made, intuitive writing system for a lack of intelligence in the populace.
This doesn't need to perfectly simulate a brain to be useful. Sure, we don't know exactly how neurochemistry works, but with a model like this, we can plug in the values we do know about, and then see where the model deviates from a real rat. This seems like a small step, but you can't expect scientists to go from a total lack of brain models to one that is completely accurate. Most scientific discovery is incremental.
Of course, you could just put single IR LEDs into fingers on gloves, and power them with a CR2032 battery or something. TFA's solution is actually kinda overkill.
Ever tried working retail? Your legs get really tired at first, but you get used to it after only a few days. The body's muscles are actually really good at adapting to increased activity. I'm sure it would be no different with this sort of interface.
Welcome to the 21st century. Speed limits are now set by the state. For instance, it's 70mph here in California. Also, the old 55mph limit first appeared in the seventies. America was in the middle of a gas shortage, and the goal was to conserve fuel. Cars of that time started to seriously lose efficiency around the 60mph mark.
Actually, I have to take that back - it just compiles the Aqua version. Probably shoulda tried it before posting :/
Actually, AbiWord is available through MacPorts, which uses Apple's X11 instead of Aqua. Should work like AbiWord for any other UNIX/Windows.
Ah-ha. And on the right side of that web page, what do I see?
An iPod advert.
Which means Apple is already giving them money.
Uhh... have you even used Mac OS X? The vast majority of applications are distributed as "bundles," which are basically special directories that contain everything the program needs to run. You can put the bundle whereever you like, and execute it from there, though the OS provides an "Applications" folder to keep everything neat.
Frameworks, like Quicktime or SDL, work in a similar way, though they get dropped in the "Library/Frameworks" folder.
The only things that use the Installer are things that need to make fundamental changes to the system, such as kernel extensions, or programs that have to noodle with the main directory structure, like Fink. They usually provide an uninstall script as well. Granted, Apple's first party apps use the Installer, but they're more complex and integrated. The only program I've ever used that wasn't supplied as a bundle was Fink (basically a port of Debian's APT to make installing Unix applications easier).