:1orglaugh I hope that's a joke! (how do they function when it's dark?) Or am I missing something? :o
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Best invention during your lifetime?
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bigbadbrody
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Re: They do exist ...
I think you guys are thinking of devices powered "in real-time," like calculators -- circa 1970s approach.
Today's (last decade) solar powered devices have batteries that are efficiently charged.
That includes solar powered flashlights that charge during the day, and may be used at night.
We engineers think of everything, and sometimes, just sometimes, come up with solutions that are actually useful.
People talk about the NASA zero-G pen as useless, while the Russians used pencils, but the application is used on the earth too.
Yes, I said that.
I think you guys are thinking of devices powered "in real-time," like calculators -- circa 1970s approach.
Today's (last decade) solar powered devices have batteries that are efficiently charged.
That includes solar powered flashlights that charge during the day, and may be used at night.
We engineers think of everything, and sometimes, just sometimes, come up with solutions that are actually useful.
People talk about the NASA zero-G pen as useless, while the Russians used pencils, but the application is used on the earth too.
Vanilla Bear
Bears For Life
bigbadbrody
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Re: They do exist ...
ahha, makes so much sense now. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Another invention that I love and would never be able to live without is the "Microwave" (the lazy-mans oven)
ahha, makes so much sense now. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Another invention that I love and would never be able to live without is the "Microwave" (the lazy-mans oven)
But what is the Internet? Mosaic is what made it known to most ...
The Internet was nothing without -- first and foremost -- packet switching.
And it is C/UNIX and the microprocessor that made it commodity.
For the end-user, it was Illinois' Mosaic browser, and not merely Tim Berner Lee's hypertext (which he hardly invented).
After all, if it was all the latter that did, then we would have all been implementing Minnesota's Gopher earlier.
Yes, I was around creating Gopher pages before the world wide web and HTML.
It was the browser, not the back-end.
Probably the stupidest thing that ever came out of a Microsoft executive's mouth is that they were first with the browser idea, not Netscape.
Um, I guess he didn't know the first thing about Marc Andresen.
I still remember my supervisor saying I was "wasting my time" getting the CERN httpd running and Linux workstations with Mosaic.
Coincidentally enough, Bill Gates said the same thing at his company at the same time.
I hope you saw "more detailed" response.
The Internet was nothing without -- first and foremost -- packet switching.
And it is C/UNIX and the microprocessor that made it commodity.
For the end-user, it was Illinois' Mosaic browser, and not merely Tim Berner Lee's hypertext (which he hardly invented).
After all, if it was all the latter that did, then we would have all been implementing Minnesota's Gopher earlier.
Yes, I was around creating Gopher pages before the world wide web and HTML.
It was the browser, not the back-end.
Probably the stupidest thing that ever came out of a Microsoft executive's mouth is that they were first with the browser idea, not Netscape.
Um, I guess he didn't know the first thing about Marc Andresen.
I still remember my supervisor saying I was "wasting my time" getting the CERN httpd running and Linux workstations with Mosaic.
Coincidentally enough, Bill Gates said the same thing at his company at the same time.
Microwave is going the way of the dodo ...
Focused infrared is the new oven now.
It's still in its infancy, but it will start "taking over" in new appliance designs in the next decade.
The current designs are stupid and flimsy.
Too slow and doesn't cook meat.
Focused infrared is the new oven now.
It's still in its infancy, but it will start "taking over" in new appliance designs in the next decade.
The current designs are stupid and flimsy.
bigbadbrody
Banned
Re: Microwave is going the way of the dodo ...
I can cook myself a meal, eat it, wash the dishes and tidy the kitchen up if I use a microwave all in the time that it takes to pre-heat an oven and cook the meal. Although an oven does make the food look more appealing and makes it much more tasty
I can cook myself a meal, eat it, wash the dishes and tidy the kitchen up if I use a microwave all in the time that it takes to pre-heat an oven and cook the meal. Although an oven does make the food look more appealing and makes it much more tasty
Internet != Web
MILnet really became active (segmented from ARPAnet) in 1984, but was used for little more than unsecured e-mail and message passing. It was, and could still be considered, "the last means of communication." That's why the whole ARPAnet was designed in the first place, to be a packet-switched, "no single point of failure," "no single point of control" network.
If you're really interested in the Internet, then you want to read up on the Internet Society (ISoc) -- namely the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). They are the architects of all the Internet protocols, which span the last 40 years. The original, "core" protocol documentation was (and is still largely known) as RFCs, Request for Comments. Or more recently many of these have now been renumbered as the new STD (standard).
E-mail was an application from almost day 1, once the base protocols were laid out. The Domain Name System (DNS) wasn't formalized until 1983, about the same time the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) started becoming commonplace. TCP is what made transmission reliable (although it's not used for streaming, at least those who implement it correctly do not even touch TCP).
In fact, prior to widespread TCP/IP implementation, we used UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX Copy) for direct, inter-system communication using other, base protocols. Even UUCP over TCP/IP (or UDP/IP for that matter) was used for a long time for legacy purposes.
Back to my original point, the Web is basically (not looking at all the additives, the overwhelming majority non-standard) a single port (80) instance of the HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP), which runs over the TCP/IP transport/network. It relies on other protocols/applications, including DNS for system name (to IP address) resolution.
That's because most people associate the Internet with the Web. The World Wide Web (WWW) is just a set of [sprawling] services available on Internet servers.
MILnet really became active (segmented from ARPAnet) in 1984, but was used for little more than unsecured e-mail and message passing. It was, and could still be considered, "the last means of communication." That's why the whole ARPAnet was designed in the first place, to be a packet-switched, "no single point of failure," "no single point of control" network.
If you're really interested in the Internet, then you want to read up on the Internet Society (ISoc) -- namely the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). They are the architects of all the Internet protocols, which span the last 40 years. The original, "core" protocol documentation was (and is still largely known) as RFCs, Request for Comments. Or more recently many of these have now been renumbered as the new STD (standard).
E-mail was an application from almost day 1, once the base protocols were laid out. The Domain Name System (DNS) wasn't formalized until 1983, about the same time the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) started becoming commonplace. TCP is what made transmission reliable (although it's not used for streaming, at least those who implement it correctly do not even touch TCP).
In fact, prior to widespread TCP/IP implementation, we used UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX Copy) for direct, inter-system communication using other, base protocols. Even UUCP over TCP/IP (or UDP/IP for that matter) was used for a long time for legacy purposes.
Back to my original point, the Web is basically (not looking at all the additives, the overwhelming majority non-standard) a single port (80) instance of the HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP), which runs over the TCP/IP transport/network. It relies on other protocols/applications, including DNS for system name (to IP address) resolution.
dave_rhino
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Even though the internet was invented before i was born, i still count it as "in my lifetime" because i've seen it grow from nothing into what it is now.
Oh, and the George Foreman Grill i guess.
Oh, and the George Foreman Grill i guess.
Re: Microwave is going the way of the dodo ...
Right now we're getting a combination of crappy consumer electronics and costly commercial ovens.
That's the same thing that happened with microwave ovens over its first 10-15 years of life.
Hence why infrared, once correctly designed, will likely replace microwave.
Right now we're getting a combination of crappy consumer electronics and costly commercial ovens.
That's the same thing that happened with microwave ovens over its first 10-15 years of life.
Two inventions on the horizon ...
One has already been invented is the 3D display. There are several approaches (and I'm not talking about shutter glasses, that's quite old now).
The most commodity 3D display merely a common LCD display with a lenticular screen in front. It will split the display into left and right eye-only viewable planes. You'll have to view straight-on to the panel for it to work (although that's ideal for privacy too).
More advanced 3D desktops will add 3D input via the eyeball tracker. E.g., you could focus on a window in a desktop and it will automatically be the focus (on top). There are other, countless applications as well.
More distant is my favorite, and you'll probably love (porn board after all), and that is the DNA-sequenced, tip condom.
This is a condom that just goes over the very tip of the penis helmet, allowing full pleasure down the shaft and most of the helmet up to (although maybe not quite including) the most sensitive portion of the underside of the helmet. The material will be DNA sequenced to your skin, creating a bond that could only be broken by the wearers own skin (i.e., use your own fingers to remove it, as it would bond to your finger as well). As such, no amount of rubbing or other action should cause it to move (unless you accidentally touched your own leg or something).
It would clearly be for more monogamous lovers, since many STDs can be transmitted without fluid, or the woman's fluid to the man's body, etc...
One has already been invented is the 3D display. There are several approaches (and I'm not talking about shutter glasses, that's quite old now).
The most commodity 3D display merely a common LCD display with a lenticular screen in front. It will split the display into left and right eye-only viewable planes. You'll have to view straight-on to the panel for it to work (although that's ideal for privacy too).
More advanced 3D desktops will add 3D input via the eyeball tracker. E.g., you could focus on a window in a desktop and it will automatically be the focus (on top). There are other, countless applications as well.
More distant is my favorite, and you'll probably love (porn board after all), and that is the DNA-sequenced, tip condom.
This is a condom that just goes over the very tip of the penis helmet, allowing full pleasure down the shaft and most of the helmet up to (although maybe not quite including) the most sensitive portion of the underside of the helmet. The material will be DNA sequenced to your skin, creating a bond that could only be broken by the wearers own skin (i.e., use your own fingers to remove it, as it would bond to your finger as well). As such, no amount of rubbing or other action should cause it to move (unless you accidentally touched your own leg or something).
It would clearly be for more monogamous lovers, since many STDs can be transmitted without fluid, or the woman's fluid to the man's body, etc...
dave_rhino
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Marketing ...
It existed before, but a solid design (except the new removable grill design) combined with an ad campaign is what made that product.
Marketing.
It existed before, but a solid design (except the new removable grill design) combined with an ad campaign is what made that product.
Vanilla Bear
Bears For Life
I actually wanted to write LCD- & Plasma TVs!
I think these are the best inventions in my lifetime.
Im to young to say internet and stuff like that.
It was all invented before I was born!
dave_rhino
Closed Account
Re: Marketing ...
It was more a joke than anything, infact i think the grill is a piece of crap.
Makes my bacon taste like chicken.
It was more a joke than anything, infact i think the grill is a piece of crap.
Makes my bacon taste like chicken.
Legzman
what the fuck you lookin at?
Im gonna say NES in addition to bacon cheeseburgers!
The NES brought video games to the masses. Atari didnt accomplish this. I credit nintendo with starting the video game revolution. Now some 22 or 23 years later Im hooked more than ever! I also honestly feel that the evolution of video games went hand in hand with the evolution of televisions to get the technology we have today for both!
The NES brought video games to the masses. Atari didnt accomplish this. I credit nintendo with starting the video game revolution. Now some 22 or 23 years later Im hooked more than ever! I also honestly feel that the evolution of video games went hand in hand with the evolution of televisions to get the technology we have today for both!
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