deanb Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Google still heading along with this. I can see the pros, but I just feel that it's likely not gonna do too well compared to pre-made phones that'll be much much cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Initially I agreed, but then I just thought of an amazing idea to go with it: your phone hardware is part of your subscription plan, and you get to just incrementally upgrade the various parts as part of that subscription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/superhydrophobic-metals-85592/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 So the FAA has issued a policy statement that essentially interprets its mandate as including licensing US companies' moon landings. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/03/us-usa-moon-business-idUSKBN0L715F20150203?utm_source=twitter To me the most interesting thing is that it kind of jury-rigs an ability of private companies to claim territory on the moon. Essentially, while they wouldn't technically "own" the territory, they would be granted an exclusive license to operate in certain places, resulting in de facto ownership if not actual legal ownership. Something tells me that here in the next few decades that 1967 UN space treaty is going to get some pretty major modifications, as we move out of the realm of this stuff being theoretical possibility and into practical reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31069173 MPs vote in favour of donating mitochondrial DNA. Edited February 3, 2015 by Thursday Next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 My understanding of the space treaty was it only precluded the ability for countries to lay claim, which always felt to me the obvious thing there being that private companies would be the ones setting up shop on the moon, or at least smaller communities/NGOs n what not. I figure first colony would likely be purposefully made up of global workforce anyway, for the look of it all n such. But like ISS is a (semi) global pool of astronauts n cosmonauts on board. @Thursday: Good. In the grand scheme of things it's fuck all to the actual make-up of a child, and eventual person, and eventual off-spring, so I can't see it being objected to by most. I highly doubt you'll end up with women trying to lay claim to kids that carry a slither of their vestigial DNA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 My understanding of the space treaty was it only precluded the ability for countries to lay claim, which always felt to me the obvious thing there being that private companies would be the ones setting up shop on the moon, or at least smaller communities/NGOs n what not. I figure first colony would likely be purposefully made up of global workforce anyway, for the look of it all n such. But like ISS is a (semi) global pool of astronauts n cosmonauts on board. @Thursday: Good. In the grand scheme of things it's fuck all to the actual make-up of a child, and eventual person, and eventual off-spring, so I can't see it being objected to by most. I highly doubt you'll end up with women trying to lay claim to kids that carry a slither of their vestigial DNA. It would be like claiming you are part of a person because you donated blood, or a kidney.Yes, technically speaking, your DNA is inside another person and it is keeping them alive, but that doesn't make you *part* of them. Unless you have grafted on a whole arm of course. Then you sort of are that person... for... reasons... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 @Dean: I think you're right that it only applies to nations, but private entities derive their property rights from nations, so without a nation (or international treaty) to back up their claim they can't legally own anything. So sure they could go set up a base on whatever and start mining it without any legal changes from the way things stand now, but if another company wanted to do the same thing they can't say "no, those are my minerals" unless there's a legal framework within which to assert their ownership. That's why the FAA thing is interesting, because it means the US would be recognizing an exclusive right in the company that got the license, and so the US legal system would be available to adjudicate violations of that exclusive license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Cue: Burns' Slant-Lunar Mining Co. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Ooh, 1tbps 5G connections http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31622297 (obviously more than likely only possible in ideal lab conditions than what you'll get in walking down the street, and it'll still take a while for Youtube to stop buffering). Shame they've still to work out how to get 3G across most of Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I remember when 56k was crazy fast. I'm old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Ahhh, dial up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgqEIp2YmtE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 An interesting read about AI, not so much the actual technology of it but the implications of true Strong AI. Thought it was appropriate given Age of Ultron coming out soon. Part 1 Part 2 I for one welcome our new machine overlords. In the realm of the more concrete, there's this robot chef replacement that's intended to go on sale in 2017: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32282131 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Not quite there yet but they're marching toward to goal of sticking the landing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Apparently they're actually doing better than that looks: it comes down a little bit off target on purpose and then is supposed to correct at the end, the idea being that if it screws up there will hopefully be less damage to the boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 They're still misspelling it as "Hololens" and they've accidentally announced IE replacement as "Edge" instead of "Spartan". Also this is basically MS Bob 2.0, it'll never take off but it's a hand step forwards. the screen where you need it is kinda handy though. Don't need to buy multiple monitors, just one headset n blast out as many screens as you want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 How would you spell it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Well thier browser, Project Spartan, alongside thier digital assistant Cortana, I'd probably call it Halolens. But I'm not Microsoft or their naming dept so I dunno. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Microsoft actually made something...cool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Their R&D department is actually pretty sweet n throws out a bunch of cool stuff, the problem is MS then throws out thier cool stuff n sticks with enterprise stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 RIP Courier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Well once R&D actually reaches the point of "would we make any money?" then things change quite a bit. Thus "RIP Courier." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 As noted, they throw out the cool stuff in favour of enterprise. May change with the new management, but in the past if it didn't tie in with Office Microsoft just didn't understand how /they/ could make money from their R&D stuff. Note taking tablet device us clearly hugely profitable (i type from Samsungs third "Note" device) just MS management couldn't figure where Courier fit with Office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 I think the Courier tech was so high level it would have been far more expensive than skinning Android and adding in your own apps and tweaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32607688 Watson getting put to work for cancer patients in several hospitals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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