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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Is there any technology you're looking forward too? I'm talking about real stuff that works at the moment, even if it's in labatories.
I'm constantly impressed with the direction things are going in. It seems that with the standardisation of formats, turning data into information is getting easier and easier. The fact that Yahoo, Google, Facebook [and more] have opened up their data means the likes of me can do stuff that would be impossible 10 years ago. For example, there was no way it would be possible to create my latest creation, minicab software.
This sharing of data is amazing, for example, I can get the information for every 'restaurant' inside a local area, and then do what I want with that information. 10 years ago, I would have had to enter all that info by myself. It's an advantage to everyone involved; the resturants get more reach with the more people using it, the data provide (Thompson Local in my case) can charge more to the buisnesses as it has a futher reach, Google (where I'm grabbing the data from) can charge more to Thompson Local and increase it's services to it's end users and developers.
Where as 10 years ago, data was protected, as information/data is key, and closely guarded, it's now put someone like me, someone without a team of people or huge budgets, being able to do something that would be impossible before. It would have taken me entering the information into every possible buisness.
I never thought I would consider myself a data-geek, tables and columns and rows and indexes are borring, but the things I can do with them now are stunning.
Alt1: This is quite cool ..... www.engadget.com/2010/09/16/quadrocopters-can-now-fly-through-thrown-hoops-the-end-really-i/
Alt2: I really like Plan B's new single "The Recluse".
Alt3: I found some amazing software for Macs, called "plex", it's an amazing media centre with plug-ins such as iPlayer, 4od and loads more.
Alt4: Tell me about the most embarassing thing you've done, in retrospect, in order to find true love.
Alt5: I need a name for my minicab software, I was thinking "ForCabsSake" and "JustCabIt", got any good ideas? Chop-chop now, I've never really given it much thought.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:26, 163 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
I don't really know why, I just want one. Get me one, Gonz.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:28, Reply)
Donno how much the 'ink' stuff is though.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:45, Reply)
Those quadrocopters are excellent, there's a video of one that can land and take off upside down thanks to some velcro
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:29, Reply)
The uk army are looking at something similar.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:32, Reply)
If they could be made silent, that would be shocking the potential.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:46, Reply)
that they can set off booby traps and spot people in buildings without anyone being in harms way.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:48, Reply)
is the scariest thing on Youtube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww
At the 30 second mark *FEAR*
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:56, Reply)
I feel almost sorry for it in the video where it gets kicked
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:02, Reply)
Gaming and watching sport in HD makes me very very happy.
Alt 2: Plan B is shit unless acting in Harry Brown
Alt 3: Speed dating. It is shit.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:34, Reply)
I've never done it but the people I know have always said it's quite good fun.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:37, Reply)
But it was excruciatingly dull. You would have the same conversation three times in a row then meet someone trying to be wacky or different and I hated it. It wasn't uncomfortable just too weird for me.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:40, Reply)
without having to resort to google.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:45, Reply)
i met 23 shut-in IT workers called steve and an accountant called dave. it didn't matter that i was too drunk to tell them apart after the first 5 because they were all the same anyway.
on the plus side, between the guys i met and my friends' experiences, i have some great truly dreadful material for my oxford masters piece next year, "these events are based on fiction" my arse.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:43, Reply)
anyway you're already in my play, quoted word for word.
my professor said "nobody talks like that" and "this character is simply not believable as a human being."
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:58, Reply)
Plan B's album "Who needs action when you got words" is great if you listen to the lyrics.
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Mass Effect 2 and Street Fighter in HD is beautiful. But not as much as watching Arsenal in HD. I went a bit gay for Fabregas last night.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:13, Reply)
My head is 'fuzzy' at the moment - I think I'm over the worst of it.
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(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:44, Reply)
but pregnant women shouldn't drink, it's bad for the developing foetus.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:05, Reply)
After all, you've been out to get the painkillers, you deserve to put your feet up.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:14, Reply)
It's always changing. I don't know where I am from one day to the next with it.
Alt 4: I fucked an American.
Alt 5: Gonz's cabs.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:39, Reply)
I'm from there. That joke would've worked better with someone who knew that.
British teeth are the best in the world.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:57, Reply)
If fat and annoying is your pet hate might I suggest a trip to any town centre in the area that has an Iceland, kebab joints, and the most mobile phone/cheque cashing shops. In comparison it makes America look like an Armani catwalk.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:03, Reply)
Also, I live in Elephant and Castle...
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:04, Reply)
I think you're just pretending.
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I'm in charge of the music, I'm gonna slip that one into the middle of my playlist and I'll be the only one on the dancefloor.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:08, Reply)
I'm going to a GAY BAR on saturday.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:11, Reply)
it's my mrs' 30th birthday. She is having a party along with other friends who are also 30.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:21, Reply)
or she smacks me in the head.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:24, Reply)
If you meet an eligible chap, do you need to ensure Echo gets along with him before you can decide if it's serious or not?
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:38, Reply)
My dog barked at him.
So I covered her cage.
Didn't want to scar her for life.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:44, Reply)
when you're on all fours and he's behind grunt and sweating and hammering away and you don't want to hurt his feelings so you're making all the right noises and then you look up and Echo is looking at you, and she knows your faking it but she just turns around and walks back into the kitchen and then your heart really isn't in it any more so you just stay quiet and then he realises and asks what's wrong and you just shrug and he pulls out and you just go upstairs to get your dressing gown and by the time you've come back downstairs he's got his trousers on and he just says "Look, give me a call sometime if you want" and then leaves.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:53, Reply)
good think we were both wrong!
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:55, Reply)
but what we really want are hoverboards.
Alt 5: Nab-A-Cab
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:39, Reply)
What does the software do Gonz?
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(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:46, Reply)
You can use MASSIVE DRUGS as being duscussed in the new QOTW?
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:42, Reply)
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:47, Reply)
It calculates the price of a cab, based on loads of factors, it's the only one on the market that allows to price it based on Distance, Postcode-to-Postcode and Fixed Price Locations (which factor in an area, so if you're outside the area, it's like getting a cab to the pick up and _then_ the fixed price (or the journey in reverse).
It allows
- Different car types, and price modifers based on that.
- Calling a place something else, like "Cock and dragon pub" to be "[address for that pub]"
- Modify the price based on the time of the day.
- Keyword searching with questions, such as you could have the Keyword being "airport" and ask the question "What is your flight number?" and "What terminal are you at?"
- Information about the cars, and include price modifiers for that, such as "Air con".
- Request specific drivers or display information about a specific driver.
- No pre-registration required for general users
- iPhone and Android WebApp in the pipeline
- Using GoogleMaps to get locations, so it would accept "99 Chase Side, N14", "99 Chase Side Southgate" or even things like "London Eye".
- [the thing that inspired the thread, that I'm adding] Allowing of putting in something like "Italian Resturant in Southgate" to get all the italian resturants in southgate.
- Admin to change all the factors.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:57, Reply)
Now do 5 Hail Mary's and stick a fiver in the poor box on your way out.
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(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:48, Reply)
but I can't wait for proper virtual reality.
Or for proper robots actually
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:42, Reply)
but it is for a mac, and they are a pain in the arse to use. Alt q 4 - I wouldn't say it was true love, but I allowed someone to turn me in to someone I'm not. I cunted him in the fuck eventually though.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:43, Reply)
When it comes out of course. Anything else would be silly. HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:50, Reply)
If someone doesn't invent a working hoverboard in the next two years I'm going to go postal.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 14:51, Reply)
The cab monster
Cabtron
Clever cabs
Cabalicious
Cabal
Cabawabbadoodah
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:06, Reply)
THE CAB MONSTER
CABTRON
CLEVER CABS
CABALICIOUS
CABAL
CABAWABADOODAH
How about now?
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:15, Reply)
youtu.be/7QyoRzZrF00
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:20, Reply)
CABTRON DEMANDS A TIP OF AT LEAST 10%
CABTRON DOES NOT HAVE CHANGE FOR THAT
CABTRON SMASH
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:13, Reply)
some places already have it- it's paid for by taxes. It wouldn't be that hard or expensive to set up, and would make life a lot easier when I travel.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:09, Reply)
... but I've not heard anything of it since the origional artical.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:12, Reply)
I think I most want the 'VR' that they use in the awesome film Strange Days. You pop a crab-armed skull cap on, pop a minidisc (remember them?) labeled "18 yr old girl in shower" and press play. All the sights, sounds and, most importantly, sensations flood your mind.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:10, Reply)
encapsulated
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(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:15, Reply)
package for a butt plug.
That's been returned.
Used.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:28, Reply)
is that bullshit salad cream on your desk!
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:33, Reply)
I usually have in the closet*
*cupboard
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:39, Reply)
but it could very well be on the adjacent desk so I let you off. For dinner I am having smoked haddock with a poached egg, sweetcorn, onions and mushrooms.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:41, Reply)
drag queen. Work's never dull.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:48, Reply)
I think this one's yours, but after an evening like that, who can remember, eh? Let's do it again soon!
Regards,
Darth Foxtrot"
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as he was coming to Bristol for the weekend. I haven't met anyone yet.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:49, Reply)
I've got at least 3 canes and 2 riding crops. I bought a poster tube for them when I moved house.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:29, Reply)
My favourite thing about Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus is guessing what order the scenes were shot in based on how much Debbie Gibson can move her face.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:41, Reply)
but any of these interest you?
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4396553&fbid=426460803912&op=1&o=all&view=all&subj=149119046318&aid=-1&oid=149119046318&id=509488912
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 15:53, Reply)
can shock you back to life.
We even have Crisco. I could bake you a pie.
(, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 16:06, Reply)
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