Posts by Claus Møller 4 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Jan 2013
So only 20$ in order to "cut out the 3rd party middleman".
I still haven't figured out why it isn't easier to stick with the middleman. And pay instantly and without any additional costs using my traditional bank payment card and traditional money.
Maybe I am moronic. But I still haven't seen the point in bitcoins as "money".
Well, your statement of inconsitent voice guidance made me think of an article I saw once about a pro rally driver, who thought the same about his co-driver as you think of Google....
"Top British rally driver, Mark Fischer, today found himself at the centre of a storm of controversy after confessing that he had absolutely no idea what his long-term co-driver, Gethyn Davis, was talking about during races.
It had been assumed that co-drivers were reading ‘pace notes’, a series of instructions describing how to negotiate the road layout ahead, but Fischer claims the notes are ‘total nonsense’ and that he has simply been humouring his co-driver all these years. ‘It’s just gibberish,’ he said. ‘But the regulations say that there must be two people in the car at all times during the race, and Gethyn was a good mate so I always just took him along for the ride.’
Davis is reported to be furious at Fischer’s statement and maintains that they were equal partners in the team, but Fisher has been quick to dismiss this.
‘Oh, come on,’ he said. ‘I mean, ’50 5-left and stop 2-right half minus braking into K-right 90 maybe and absolute crest 500′. What the hell am I supposed to make of that when I’m flat out over a jump sideways at 90mph?’
This is not the first time Fischer has courted controversy over the role of co-drivers. In 2009, after finding himself without a co-driver for the Jyvaskyla Rally in Finland, he kidnapped a homeless man and forcibly strapped him into the passenger seat to ensure that the two-people-in-each-car rule was complied with. The stunt only came to light when onboard footage taken during the race revealed that rather than reading the ‘pace notes’, the Finnish co-driver was in fact screaming the words ‘Oh shit!’ over and over again, occasionally interspersed with other phrases including, ‘Watch out for that house’ and ‘Slow down, you mad bastard’."
Salesdroid here, but trying to be both sensible and honest:
The idea is to let users make more searches with more variables and get faster responsetimes than ever before. More advanced searches can help you get immediate insight in data gathered seconds ago. Having older data in memory as well allows you to incorporate trends etc. in your reports.
Some get 1.000x or even more than 100.000x faster responsetimes from their reports, compared to traditional methods.
For some it is useful in decision making, for others it's just a feature. If you are a utility provider, being able to realtime/near-realtime monitor end-customers usage and could help you make the most profitable decisions regarding your production.
When everybody is talking about the possibilities of big data, think of SAP HANA as a "small big data" solution, allowing you near-instant reports on the data you already have.
Well..
Today I get my television - HD channels and all - through my internet-connection. Can even watch several streams on several televisions simultaniously. While recording a stream as well.
That seemed impossible/very futuristic 10 years ago. Today it is a rock solid solution. Why not 4xHD or 8xHD in 10 years?
Only upgrade I am looking for now is a filtering of "reality-stars" and idiotic cooking-competitions.
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