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2008-04-30
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Originally Posted by qole
Well, that's no surprise; you're discussing CS types, for crying out loud; they are one tiny step this side of Mathematicians in usefulness for real world problems. As for engineering, well, one might hope it's better, but not really; almost half my research group use macs!
You probably didn't realize you're talking to someone who got a liberal arts degree with a major in literature; I also helped the engineers and computer science majors fix their computers.
-- an unkempt, uncommunicative grad student
(honestly! big project due tomorrow, finals are next week, and quals two weeks after that; you'd be skipping beard trimming and sleep, too.)
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2008-04-30
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Originally Posted by briand
Oh, you were? Hm, it is possible that I was also speaking in that mode...
you probably didn't realize i was speaking tongue-in-cheek...
Originally Posted by briand
And if you think I was defending the liberal arts, I think you might have been reading another post entirely.
if all you took from my text was a condemnation of liberal arts studies en masse, then you quite possibly missed my point.
I was teasing you about the fact that an engineering type would think that a handheld gadget was a good way to "pick up" chicks.
Originally Posted by briand
And that is how one qoles!
...we have now officially derailed the original thread a second (or is it the third, already?) time.
Last edited by qole; 2008-04-30 at 07:28.
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2008-04-30
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#34
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Originally Posted by qole
excellent. another item to add to my C.V. And that is how one qoles!
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2008-04-30
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Originally Posted by qole
oh, perhaps I wasn't clear in my original post. in this age of cell phones, digital cameras, pdas, mp3 players, ad nauseum, it is, in fact, no longer an effective approach. but, it used to be. I was teasing you about the fact that an engineering type would think that a handheld gadget was a good way to "pick up" chicks.
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2008-04-30
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#36
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Reading this thread with interest. Saw this today, and it seems relevant:
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080...h-based-kiosk/
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080...h-based-kiosk/
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2008-04-30
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#37
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Originally Posted by Greyghost
Hooray. Minority Report style advertising just got one step closer.
Reading this thread with interest. Saw this today, and it seems relevant:
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080...h-based-kiosk/
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2008-04-30
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#38
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i'll start worrying when we trade laser-printed report printing in for carving/etching/woodburning reports on hardwood spheres...
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2008-04-30
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#39
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> Since I have GPS in my Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, why can't I get reminders that look like this? — About to pass Home Depot. Need to get electrical tape.* Or: One block from dry cleaners. Pick up Jill's sweater.
It's all been done before:
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT5938721
It's all been done before:
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT5938721
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2008-04-30
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> would it be possible to use it in some sort of low-power mode with infrequent updates or somesuch?
It's possible:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=yLU...BAJ&dq=5592173
It's possible:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=yLU...BAJ&dq=5592173
you probably didn't realize:
a) i was speaking tongue-in-cheek, and
b) you were talking to someone with majors in electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, foreign languages, and psychology.
anyway, if all you took from my text was a condemnation of liberal arts studies en masse, then you quite possibly missed my point.
and, we have now officially derailed the original thread a second (or is it the third, already?) time.
peace.