Re: Pages 146, 147: You are officially my Hero
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:15 pm
And militarizes tend to be slower to move onto new systems then others. So barcodes are probably in.
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They will be still a bit faster parsing fixed form information like barcodes, or 2D codes like QR code.Arioch wrote:Computers will probably be so good at reading Latin text in 2160 that barcodes may well be unnecessary, but know... bureaucracy.
The speech recognition on my Galaxy S4 still blows me away.
We're in a strange era right now where the technology is advancing quickly enough that computers usually become obsolete before they wear out, so making them last is not a priority. As the progress curve flattens out, longevity will become more of a priority.icekatze wrote:A friend of mine worked at an insurance company until last recently, and they were still using computers with 8 inch floppy disks and green screens for certain things.
Every computer that I got circa early 2000s no longer works, but the old 1993 era computer I've got is still chugging along just fine.
Sometimes it is a matter of the effort it takes to make peripherals compatible, and sometimes processing speed isn't the only measure of equipment quality.
icekatze wrote:hi hi
A friend of mine worked at an insurance company until last recently, and they were still using computers with 8 inch floppy disks and green screens for certain things.
Every computer that I got circa early 2000s no longer works, but the old 1993 era computer I've got is still chugging along just fine.
Sometimes it is a matter of the effort it takes to make peripherals compatible, and sometimes processing speed isn't the only measure of equipment quality.
Plus it depends on the exact architecture and build quality of the computer in question. PCs are more consumer electronics quality, even Apple products, so they going to age quite fast, though their wear out will depend on some entropy and how heavily they were used.Arioch wrote:We're in a strange era right now where the technology is advancing quickly enough that computers usually become obsolete before they wear out, so making them last is not a priority. As the progress curve flattens out, longevity will become more of a priority.
She smirked right at him. Good thing he wasn't banging a drum.Mr.Tucker wrote:"Bedding?"
Insert Beryl's wide smile here.
I'm sure she is at least picking up on Alex's expressions, but at the same time, she seemed to have rather human expressions right from the start too.raistlin34 wrote:I wonder how many of Beryl´s mannerisms, specially smiles, are deliberate. Considering Loroi seems to favor sanzai over facial expression and the other races may have another sets of non verbal signals... is she actually picking up from Alex´s own mien?
That's telesending for you. Beryl might as well have learned of this particular expression of Alex by Fireblade or one of the other Soroin escorts.icekatze wrote:hi hi
I'm sure she is at least picking up on Alex's expressions, but at the same time, she seemed to have rather human expressions right from the start too.raistlin34 wrote:I wonder how many of Beryl´s mannerisms, specially smiles, are deliberate. Considering Loroi seems to favor sanzai over facial expression and the other races may have another sets of non verbal signals... is she actually picking up from Alex´s own mien?
Her smile on page 146, panel 3, does look quite reminiscent of Alex's grin when he was pestering Fireblade in the corridor, but Beryl had her back turned at the time.
No, you can't.volrath77 wrote:Well, Jardin can certainly pee on his rations. Current MREs can be rehydrated using any water including urine, right? I'd like to think that future rations would likely retain that bit as a contingency. If his own is not enough, well...Krulle wrote:(And who wants a wager that they won't have enough water for Alex to rehydrate his rations?)
I'm sure they have a supply of fresh water on board - not only for emergency operations, but as standard equipment also. I mean, the shuttle is meant to ferry passengers on trips several hours long, right? Perhaps even up to few days. Loroi might be eating only one meal a day, but this still means you need to prepare that meal. And have it stored somewhere, even if we are talking shelf-stable, military ration packs similar to beforementioned MREs.SVlad wrote:The shuttle should have some source of fresh water for emergency situations - Loroi need to drink water too.