I had a chance to play with the Rift but could only do so for a few second before motion sickness kicked in big time. I can't do first person shooters without the same thing happening. I'm wondering what will happen as we move more and more toward these types of immersive HCI's and how folks like me will be affected. As some point will these devices become ubiquitous and this type of reaction be considered a "handicap" because it will require special accommodations in the workplace?

As a parent I experience it every day.

> I'm convinced that ad based funding is a bubble waiting to pop.

Yes, and I'm convinced the Internet is a fad. As soon as we're no longer interested in porn the Internet will go away.

But they can charge advertisers more if they can legitimately claim they have more TV-watching customers, regardless of whether those customers are actually tuning into anything.

Unless these are not the droids you are looking for.

> Run that backwards in time and we're all in the same place about 13.7 billion years ago.

New Jersey?

> Is there any form of math for which no match to anything in reality exists?

Yes. Standardized tests.

It's true. From what I recall it was Jefferson who was angry that he wasn't able to get the no-insurance-dongle requirement in the Declaration of Independence. And Franklin kept pissing off every time he showed off his FitBit.

Yes, but they'll cancel it as soon as it gets popular.

Simple: Classify GCC as a WMD.

Warden: Mr. Cash? The record company asks you not to play any songs that would remind the prisoners that they are in jail.

Johnny Cash: Do you think they forget?

- Walk the Line

Damn for a lack of mod points. Very funny :)

> Do you want the ability to pay time warner to speed up the connections to a level faster than what those subscribers pay for in order to reduce lag and generate more revenue on your side when the players aren't getting frustrated by the lag?

Or, being a new company with no established revenue stream nor war chest full of cash, do you want to see the big boys come in and purchase so much bandwidth for their game that you can't compete? 'Cause the second option is the one that's more likely to happen, regardless of what you want.

Concur. Research Triangle Park worked out quite well during the dot-com era. Housing prices varied greatly depending on where you wanted to live, traffic was (generally) fine. At one point the Raleigh-Durham airport was the fastest growing in the country.

Assuming I don't lose my dentures and my hip doesn't give out I'm sure I'll be able to come up with some right after my daily afternoon nap.

- 43-year-old programmer