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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Holy shit

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    maybe if it worked on people, like it sees a person and tells me all of their hopes and dreams and greatest fear

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb0pMeg1UN0&feature=player_embedded

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    thats pretty cool! but i dunno, every time i hold up my iphone to take someone's picture, they just end up calling the cops :(

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    haha, speaking of, I was at the mall today and some grody tween was flipping through a Twilight book talkin to herself, then she kind of sat/leaned on a shelf of Twilight merchandise and it broke and it was awesome.

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Was she fat is that what you're saying

    Would she capsize an average rowboat

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Knob wrote: »
    alright sounds cool so far

    now

    tell me about augmented reality and how it's probably something fucking stupid and nowhere as cool as it sounds

    basically you use your camera on your phone to see the world and the program overlays information like if you're looking at a restaurant it will tell you about the restaurant

    it's fucking pointless

    Are you kidding? You have to be joking. Do you not see where this could go?

    Have you driven in an unfamiliar place with a working GPS navigation system? It's pretty goddamn awesome, the thing knows where you're trying to go and how to get there. This is a feature that your transportation system should have. Think about it, if I have a car, its purpose is to transport me. If I call a cab, the driver knows where to go, I don't have to tell him. Shouldn't my car? Of course it should. It's just information, being applied to my current problem.

    This is the same idea. If I want to know information about a restaurant, I don't just want to see the front of the shop. I want to know the hours, the menu, its status with the health board, its review scores, all of that stuff. My decision about whether or not I should eat there is based on that data, so why not just have the relevant information show up?

    To look at it differently, if a video game made you look up the stats for the new sword you picked up on the Internet instead of just saying "this sword does 20 damage per second, +5 against vampires," you would be annoyed at the missing feature. Not having this data doesn't help; it's never preferable.

    EDIT: We're not there yet, by the way, but this is the direction.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    you could have been her edward and saved her from danger

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I took a photo and put it on my Twitter

    that's the same thing, right?

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    edited November 2009
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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    sike

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    that one is still in development cause they have to figure out the face recognition stuff, but it's a cool sign of things to come

    imagine EMTs being able to pull up relevant info on you just by looking at your face

    well, unless you have some kind of accident that fucks up your face. . .but you get the idea.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    yah, i imagine the facial recognition stuff would be tricky. especially for asians (they all look the same, you see).

    why not use the iphone as an identifier rfid type thing by default? i dunno

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I mean and then the obvious conclusion to this is a horrifying Big Brother scenario where your privacy is obliterated and you are enslaved.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    yah, i imagine the facial recognition stuff would be tricky. especially for asians (they all look the same, you see).

    why not use the iphone as an identifier rfid type thing by default? i dunno

    some company already put together an rfid dongle thingy that snaps into the connector on the bottom of the iPhone

    alternatively try to repopularize QR codes again in the states

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    (this actually works)

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    edited November 2009
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  • ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Defender wrote: »
    I mean and then the obvious conclusion to this is a horrifying Big Brother scenario where your privacy is obliterated and you are enslaved.

    honestly once you've signed on for the iPhone contract this shouldn't be an issue

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    It's more of a developer's phone because it's open source. So not just apps are being developed. the SDK is available to the public, so people can flash their custom versions of the Android rom.

    Even though that technically voids the warranty, but you can unroot your phone.

    Actually, flashing your own ROM doesn't touch the warranty. I mean, rooting the phone is an option in the main menu, it's not like they don't want you doing it.

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    But if I were to buy an android phone and unlock it so I could use it with AT&T that would probably void a few things

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    It's more of a developer's phone because it's open source. So not just apps are being developed. the SDK is available to the public, so people can flash their custom versions of the Android rom.

    Even though that technically voids the warranty, but you can unroot your phone.

    Actually, flashing your own ROM doesn't touch the warranty. I mean, rooting the phone is an option in the main menu, it's not like they don't want you doing it.

    REALLY?

    I was under the impression it voided it.

    Good to know!

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    soon you'll be able to buy one of my short stories on the iphone!

    that will be cool

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    that actually would be cool jezz, counteracting the inherent awfulness of iphones

    Which one is it?

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    But if I were to buy an android phone and unlock it so I could use it with AT&T that would probably void a few things

    Not really. There's no difference between a locked and an unlocked phone if you're dealing with the manufacturer's warranty.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    365 birds. it's through sleepers almanac again so they'll do a good job of presentation at least and i'll be in relatively good company

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Awesome. I'm hoping to ebookify my stuff shortly so perhaps one day we will be rubbing shoulders on the iPhones of the world

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2009
    bsjezz wrote: »
    365 birds. it's through sleepers almanac again so they'll do a good job of presentation at least and i'll be in relatively good company

    BUYIN DIS

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Nick Cave released an album/novel/video. . .thing. . .through on the iPhone a while back, looked pretty neat.

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