Comments on: Science Guys Develop Holgographic PDA Displays

Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill Nye, the Science Guy!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Anyone know if the Bill Nye episodes are available on DVD? I would be all over that. Same goes for Mr Wizard. Maybe they are online somewhere...

that's already been out for awhile.

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Not to get philosophical, but ignorance is what keeps us content.

To fully (not just in an abstract intelectual way) understand the true horrors and sadness that exisit in this world would drive a person insane. So, we remove ourselves from things that do not dirrectly effect us, as sad as they may be.

100,000 people died in Asia. 43 million Gullijians died on Gullijon 4 near the Crab Nebula. While both are tragedies for those they effected, as a distant and unrelated party, it is hard for most people in America to feel any real sadness.

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Hey, Gekko, not in the way *you* would have the world ordered. This is a prime example:

Early data on Asian quake went unnoticed in Vienna

http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/28/news/nuke.html

"The group's officials have long noted that their organization, which has an annual budget of $100 million, is sitting on equipment that could save lives. [...]"

Did you see Team America? I thought the Moore portrayal there was spot-on.

tfftruoa, that's a truly awful attitude. Just because the tidal wave occurred in Indonesia and not in America it doesn't mean that these people don't deserve your support. When 20,000 died in September 11 many many different countries helped and the whole world took note. Now 100,000 people die and you're comparing them to a group of fictional people on another planet? You seem to have the empathy of homicidal maniac. Come on! If you are going to be so dismissive then at least don't be patronising to the many many many people that have lost mothers, fathers, sons and daughters.

People are born, people die. We never know how long we have here. Make the best of it.

Yeah, and I've met that guy (Jack Hanna). Actually, animals often seem to possess the 'aw-****' instinct that we mere Humans lack. Documented cases have involved tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, crop circles, etc. I suspect that we have it too, but we're all too best playing Bejeweled to notice.

"People who think they're smart annoy those of us who are."

Dammit. I posted the wrong book link. Here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609600923/rupertsheldrakeo/002-5875666-8908823

>"But, man, imagine someone on trial actually having to have a DEFENSE! What do these people think, that human beings have something like INALIENABLE RIGHTS?"

You and the filthy Liberals can give the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Saddam, and Osama a defense. I'd give them all a bullet between the eyes.

Don't forget that Jefferson kept SLAVES - so he promoted liberty and inalienable rights by denying them to his fellow man. (Even so, there is no denying that the Declaration of Independence is the most inspiring prose that has ever been written.)

You're darn right! Giving them a kangaroo trial and dragging
them into the ally and shooting them is exactly what they
would do to you and me. So, you'd be no less a war criminal
and no better a human than them.

Besides, their crimes are so bad that the best defense won't
save them. Obstructing a defense, however, would only damage
the credibility of their eventual conviction and the entire
justice system.

Gekko wrote:
> You and the filthy Liberals can give the likes of Hitler,
> Stalin, Pol Pot, Saddam, and Osama a defense. I'd give them
> all a bullet between the eyes.

- Tere

I think this is about as out of context as it gets here. Man, someone needs to moderate these posts before the rep. of this site goes to nothing.

>>> think this is about as out of context as it gets here. Man, someone needs to moderate these posts before the rep. of this site goes to nothing.

The Forums are back up, so this stuff will now stop here.

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Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.

Why would you want one?

I think the reason they mentioned a PDA using this technology is to point out that it would be possible, even if not very useful. Older technology would be absolutely impossible in this type of application.

Where I could see this being useful, is is a home projector display. Adding a physical little depth to the image would be beneficial if done right.