Comment Re:Worlds Gone Mad (Score 5, Funny) 253
"Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal"
Microsoft Patents Whacking Your Phone To Silence It 214
another random user writes with news of a patent application from Microsoft that details a method for silencing your phone by giving it a whack. "There are a variety of circumstances under which it may be desirable to quickly control a device without having to interact with a traditional user interface. For example, often mobile device users forget to set their mobile devices in a silent or vibrate mode and the device rings or makes sounds at an inopportune moment." And yes, 'whack' is the technical term used in the patent (20120231838): "receiving information indicative of acceleration of the mobile communications device; determining correlation between the information indicative of acceleration of the mobile communications device and exemplar whack event data; and based at least on the correlation, controlling an audio signal of the mobile communications device." This method is not recommended for controlling the audio output of animals or children.
Comment Re:Cameras can see things? (Score 0) 107
I wish i could mod up that post, it's quite entertaining.
However the article posted is mere speculation and will most likely turn out like flying cars or y2k
.
I'm all for being worried when a competent system is released. But until then i think that most of us are overestimating the ability of people in the world.
I'm all for being wrong though, i'll gladly change my opinion on the subject if you can provide proof that a competent bug-proof program can handle everything you described and is ready for release anytime this year or the next.
Anyways my original post was simply trying to point out how obvious it is that things with cameras invade privacy, this isn't news.
Comment Cameras can see things? (Score -1, Troll) 107
What a completely shocking discovery.
Comment Re:Reverse engineer (Score 1) 393
Yes. Apple managed to sue Samsung for a billion dollars over rounded edges.
I think that it's more than likely that Apple will try and succeed in suing whoever makes an adapter, regardless of how.
Comment WWW: Wake (Score 2) 52
Now we just have to plug it into a computer and voila, they'll be able to see just as much as most of us.
Comment It appears to be running fine. (Score 1) 1
Maybe it's just a US issue? I just brought a few books, browsed a little and it's all working at fast speeds as normal.
However downforeveryoneorjustme.com is reporting that it's down.
Comment Re:actually is less surprising to me than Google's (Score 1) 97
we'd reach the point where the roads would be safer if all cars were robot piloted, simply by removing human inconsistency.
And what happens if the driving program freezes while you are at 100km/ph? A single bug can end lives.
