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I'm assuming since it's Asus made they did not want to interrupt sales of transformer primes (essentially the same specs with a larger screen/keyboard-plugin). I would love to see …

I would at least like to see the data they already have from Goggles in a live overlay; that way it could at least identify and display information about notable landmarks/stores/e…

I'm just getting a static jpg; did they take it down? http://www.google.co.nz/logos/2012/turing-doodle-static.jpg

A well-developed AI is not without merit. Many players enjoy higher difficulty settings despite the added time/effort needed to complete a task due to a greater feeling of accompli…

This got me thinking about whether "fly-by-wire" vision will ever be viable (or preferable) to human vision and how various sight impairments would be dealt with using such a syste…

Cultural bias always shifts abruptly and unapologetically with utility. It was once considered "dorky" to own a cellular phone. The question is not whether they can build/market it…

I've tried this before while reconnoitering new cities. I have a far better setup for stealthy, comfortable car-camping than this poor chap and I typically end up breaking down and…

I'm more interested in what is going on w/ those Thinkgeek LED clocks lining his shelf.

It's a gedankenexperiment and he's invoking ceteris paribus. It's no different than isolating the velocity of two balls rolling down a slope by opting to ignore things like frictio…

"...attract[s] more venture capital dollars per person than any country — 2.5 times the U.S., 30 times Europe, 80 times India, and 300 times China." Guh, could we stop it already w…

While multiple terms definitely incentivize, it also presents the problem of forcing the politicians to begin campaigning for their next term while still in office (quite possibly …

There's already a number of board games out there where you are essentially buying the rulebook and are asked to provide your own game pieces (pennies, figurines, whatever). Yes, t…

Franken is one of the co-sponsors of PIPA.

There are no preferred inertial frames, etc etc. It is a cool idea though; something to keep in mind in case relativity is ever subverted.

I'm not sure that profit is relevant here; you would have to look at revenue or (even better) head-counts of moviegoers. My understanding is that domestic (US) ticket sales peaked …

That said, there's only a certain amount of time each person can spend on escapism. If gaming is occupying more of that space it is intrinsically encroaching on other forms of ente…

I voted for asteroids as the most statistically feared existential risk in one of the LW surveys and was shocked when the results came back: "Of possible existential risks, the mos…

The article mentioned tungsten, which has an absolutely preposterous melting point. I doubt it would melt moving at typical orbital velocities, but even if it were to be moving fas…

Check the bottom of the page for the list of "Things that happened since the List of Things That Have Happened Since Duke Nukem Forever Was Announced was written".

Maybe they got confused since most of the income/valuation figures for Sony are in Yen.

Yeah, he definitely optimized on his choice of sport by selecting one of the few where the advantages of age and genetics are minimized.

I think this deserves its own discussion as it isn't _directly_ related to the Google reorg. As far as I can tell Google never received any complaints on their _customer service_ u…

I wonder if they altered that logic for the two-game tournament though, so that it would only play more conservatively on the second FJ.

Don't fret; you can still tune in after another decade or so for a machine to beat us at GO. Given IBM's trending business interest in corporate AI I would not be surprised if it w…

You're not the only one. I am stoked for some nice WP7 handsets. I'm currently an Android user but the new WP7 UI looks gorgeous and Microsoft's response to the Chevron exploit was…