Comment Re:Leave it to government to come up with that (Score 2, Informative) 40
Why can't they just use source forge like everybody else?
Why can't they just use source forge like everybody else?
I think this is great news, but what happens if inadvertently some of this software infringes on a patent or two?
You started with a question and finished with the answer. Pressure sensitivity is handy for lots of things, some of which have not even been invented.
My question is whether this will find any widespread use here. The post focuses on writing in Asia. The article mentions pressure, but is it sensitive enough for a strand of hair(from a brush)?
I'm not in Asia and digital art is something that is cool, but a 'niche market' that I doubt this technology is aimed at. So will we see any devices deploying this tech here?
My saying that something would be cool to do is not an answer to my question of what we will see here.
What would we use it for, here?
Cursive writing programs are being eliminated from elementary school.
The quality of printing is also going downhill.
Everything here is being replaced by a keyboard (real and virtual).
Is this a technology that will see a major uptake only in a limited part of the world, amongst those who have trouble writing Pinyin(or similar)?
(But it would be great to have this sensitive enough to use a real brush to paint in digital ink.)
Silly, It's 'EXPOSURE' (not 'PHAGOCYTOSIS') to Young blood cells.
Think Hugh Hefner, not Silence of the Lambs.
BTW This Stargate is the one that was used in both - the movie and the tv show.
In my universe I imagine Steve Jobs buying the stargate.
Him and the Stargate would be a perfect fit.
But I'm worried he might rename it the iGate.
(just imagine the new line of products, like macbooks that would never break)
I sometimes throw in a random 2, then when I need to decrypt everything, they're easy to take out.
On one side I know that (in this economy) there are many more ways to spend money than space.
But few things united the US as much as the space program.
When the political climate was different, the reasons for going to space were different.
Now that the Cold War is over, space has become a primarily scientific endeavor. I'm happy that science (instead of politics) is the motivator, but now it seems that politics is choking one of the greatest achievements of our species.
The idea behind this "private taxi service" to space could go either way. We all know how recent new aircraft have suffered delay after delay. But what if a more competitive environment brings innovation that otherwise would have been unattainable? After-all it was a competitive environment that pushed us to be the first on the moon.
What I am really sad about though is the lack of interest in the moon. I believe that a permanent, self sufficient (however difficult that might be) settlement on the moon should be a priority. And if we don't start soon, India or China might beat us to it.
While I believe that any mission to the moon is an international event, other countries/cultures might not share that view. I would prefer for us to set the bar in both - returning to the moon, and sharing that experience with the rest of the world.
Why not the GPLv3 ?
Cause then skynet could not use it.
(They'd have a problem with section 11 paragraph 6)
Many predictions from the Oracle at Delphi were supposedly inspired by escaping gas vapors.
Will in the future people ask of the 'Sun Oracle' - "What were you guys smokin?".
Why are we linking to articles from yesterday about what has happened today?
Why is Ubisoft forcing their loyal customers to sign up for a Ubisoft account when they don't want to give their private data and only play single player games?
We hope that customers will feel as we do, that signing up for an account will offer them exceptional gameplay and services that are not available otherwise.
"services not available otherwise"
Yes, I'm sure customers will feel that.
(just like jumping onto a bike without a seat)
A while ago I decided that I'll switch to PC only gaming.
This was for one reason: I will always be able to play the games I own.
Consoles break, hardware can become irreplaceable, chips can burn out, backup batteries die, ROMs have questionable copyright.
But PC's will be forever.
I can even play some older games on QEMU right now. In 50 years I will be able to play today's games on an emulated system with an emulated GPU & CPU.
Many (if not most) of today's games have the multi-player component as a critical part of game-play. Playing them on a non-networked computer would be virtually pointless. The benefit of this setup is that I could go to an internet cafe, a friends house or work and start up a game, while being in exactly the same place in the game as at home. But haven't some games had that ability for many years?
Either way, without stand-alone gameplay - I'm not interested. I want to make sure that someday (in the far future) I will be able to play the games I play today with my great-grand-kids, instead of receiving a message like "Sorry, Can't connect to server", "ipv9 not supported", or "Gameplay not available, server offline since 2011".
The ideal voice for radio may be defined as showing no substance, no sex, no owner, and a message of importance for every housewife. -- Harry V. Wade