Comment Re:this is not good news (Score 1) 752
There are jobs that, as a society, we should be happy to cut.
Glaziers?
There are jobs that, as a society, we should be happy to cut.
Glaziers?
Some figures from http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/norway
Civilian guns on Norway: 1,320,000 (1 in three people)
Government guns in Norway: 80,000
The Government is outgunned by 16:1
(Which is as it should be)
But according to Fox News, how can you be a democracy if the police is unarmed?
Oh, dear
The curve will be around the horizontal axis, just like the other curved phones that already exist.
The Pesky Facts are against you I'm afraid.
Plus: Is it worth it to gain 1mm...?
i they meant the phone can be longer but curved so that it is the same length/width as a noncurved phone, the problem is just the height or depth is increased which probably isn't that big of a deal. but which way is it curved? like a half-tube, or a bridge?
Apparently math makes people's heads spin even on slashdot.
The point of all those numbers up there was to prove that you'd have to curve it by a ridiculous amount to make a noticeable difference in width/height (eg. more then 1% shorter/narrower) .
Yep. It's very obvious in this video: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/29/samsung-galaxy-round-hands-on/
More glare.
I'm going to enjoy pointing that out to proud owners.
He also said "shorter device" instead of "narrower device", when it's curved *vertically*.
And he did that on a 'nerd' website.
Yep. I think Apple has found their target market. They've run out of new features but this will have people queuing up all night to buy a iPhone6.
The claim is "More screen in the same space!!"
As a mathematician, I'm having trouble understanding what goes on in people's heads when they say things like that. It's so obviously not true.
Whenever I see one I'm going to point out how it increases screen reflectivity and makes it harder to see.
Monitors were actually better...
I think it's time to create some buzzword-bingo cards for these.
We can mark squares off whenever anybody says "more screen area", "fits better in pocket", etc.
No, I think it is to extract more money from wallets.
Yep. It's a "novelty" - a conversation point.
All it has to do is look weird and people will find ways they think it's "better" to justify it to themselves.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/29/samsung-galaxy-round-hands-on/
The sad thing is: In a few years we'll all have this whether we want it or not, there won't be anything but curved phones in the shops. After that they'll start selling us "classic shape" phones at a premium price. So it goes.
Is this for anti glare or something?
You can see in this video, the glare is *much* worse.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/29/samsung-galaxy-round-hands-on/
Now Apple will patent it and sue Samsung for copying them. That's what history will remember.
Are legs really required for EVA?
"Giant steps are what you take. Walking on the moon.
I hope my legs don't break! Walking on, walking on the moon..."
PS: Let's do the math!
What's the cosine of 5 degrees? That's the new size if you bend a screen by 10 degrees (5 degrees each side of the center line)
My calculator says cos(5) = 0.9962
Plus it looks awful: http://www.bloomberg.com/image/ibdaG6emCoQY.jpg
The one day you'd sell your soul for something, souls are a glut.
