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Anakha56 wrote:Pretty sure facial recognition has been around longer
According to the great brain yes, facial recognition has been around longer.
Anakha56 wrote:maybe not for unlocking phones though...
SO that means one may patent a door handle for opening a house door and a car door separately? Come on...
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Android could do this since ages ago
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GreyWolf wrote:
Anakha56 wrote:Pretty sure facial recognition has been around longer
According to the great brain yes, facial recognition has been around longer.
Anakha56 wrote:maybe not for unlocking phones though...
SO that means one may patent a door handle for opening a house door and a car door separately? Come on...
Hey this is the USA where everything can be patented... :?
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

@GW You sir are going to be streaming curses when you read whats behind the spoiler tag :P.
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http://www.hardocp.com/news/2013/12/10/ ... chscreens/

Apple Wins Patent For Curved Touch-Screens
Apple has been awarded another patent for something that is already on the market, even though it doesn't employ the technology in its own devices. The countdown to Apple suing Samsung and HTC begins now.

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* though to be fair, I have no idea how other manufacturers make their curved touch screens, and this one also seems quite specific. So what we have here might actually be a valid application for once.
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@GW I think Apple is trolling you now :lol:

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-a ... atent.html
Apple Granted a Knockout Head Mounted Display System Patent

Apple invented a video headset back in 2006 and was granted a patent for it in September 2009. Since that time Apple has added a few inventions to keep their project evolving over time (one, two), with the most recent mention of a headset being noted in a patent application relating to hidden audio sensors. Over the weekend we covered a patent that Apple acquired from PrimeSense regarding an advanced headset to add to Apple's patent portfolio on head mounted displays. Today, the US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a knockout granted patent for a detailed head mounted head display that resembles the Oculus Rift which is the buzz of the gaming world at the moment. Apple's patent makes it clear that gaming is one of the main entertainment options for this device. It's also designed to be a personal display system so that you could enjoy full HD widescreen experiences on the go with your iPhone or at Home with your Apple TV. Without a doubt, it's the surprise granted patent of the year.

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Oh and at the link is a patent win for a keyboard design :P.
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Looks like Apple has the US Patent Office squarely in it's pockets.
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Anakha56 wrote:@GW I think Apple is trolling you now :lol:
Follow the link for further reading.

Oh and at the link is a patent win for a keyboard design :P.
Ok, now this, this is some major cattle waste. Nothing in the description of the application gives any sort of detail.
"The goggle system may include an outer cover, a frame and a display generation component. "
"The surfaces may be curved or flat, and may include one or more features for customizing or enhancing the appearance of the outer cover."
"The goggle system may include any suitable display generation component"

That could literally describe any VR headset from the past 20-30 years!
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GreyWolf wrote: That could literally describe any VR headset from the past 20-30 years!
That may or may not be true. Or false.
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Stuart wrote:
GreyWolf wrote: That could literally describe any VR headset from the past 20-30 years!
That may or may not be true. Or false.
Made me laugh. Thanks. :)
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I concede that Macs still suck. I used one for the weekend. The Air could be good though. (it's restrictive but the trade-offs make sense)
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D3PART3D wrote:I concede that Macs still suck. I used one for the weekend. The Air could be good though. (it's restrictive but the trade-offs make sense)
LOVE my MacBook Pro. My charger packed up a few weeks back and I had to use my company Windows 8 laptop for 2 weeks. Dark days...

I prefer PC's over desktop Mac's though.
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ryanrich wrote:I had to use my company Windows 8 laptop
Well I see two problems right there.

One is that you used a Windows 8 laptop.
The second one is your CTO or whoever is in charge of making IT decisions at your company is a complete moron.
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For me, it's always like a breath of fresh air when I get back to my Windows 8 machine after using my MacBook. But the Mac works well enough with the other iOS devices I have to keep me persevering. Perhaps one day I will finally understand the fascination with OS X.
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hamin_aus wrote:
ryanrich wrote:I had to use my company Windows 8 laptop
Well I see two problems right there.

One is that you used a Windows 8 laptop.
The second one is your CTO or whoever is in charge of making IT decisions at your company is a complete moron.
I installed Windows 8 on it to try it out, before I knew how crap it was. All this laptop normally does is download torrents, so I was too lazy to reload 7.
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Sometimes I'm really amazed at all the Win8 hate. My old boss was raving about Metro and I strongly disagreed with him. I installed Win8 with the express purpose of proving him wrong and me right. Because of course I'm right, these kids with their stupid ideas are WRONG.
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8.1 with the latest update that adds a Start menu again is alright.
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ryanrich wrote:8.1 with the latest update that adds a Start menu again is alright.
That added "start menu" in 8.1 is virtually pointless. All it does is take you back to the Metro UI. You could do that before by hitting the Windows button.
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/keeping with the off topic...

There is a new update still in works that is reported to bring back the actual start menu. Microsoft showed it off and it latest event IIRC: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-bring ... 000027988/

/leaves off topic...
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Anakha56 wrote:/keeping with the off topic...

There is a new update still in works that is reported to bring back the actual start menu. Microsoft showed it off and it latest event IIRC: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-bring ... 000027988/

/leaves off topic...
Yup, that's the one I'm talking about Stu.
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ryanrich wrote:
Anakha56 wrote:/keeping with the off topic...

There is a new update still in works that is reported to bring back the actual start menu. Microsoft showed it off and it latest event IIRC: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-bring ... 000027988/

/leaves off topic...
Yup, that's the one I'm talking about Stu.
You have that? Have I missed an update?
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Stuart wrote:
ryanrich wrote:
Anakha56 wrote:/keeping with the off topic...

There is a new update still in works that is reported to bring back the actual start menu. Microsoft showed it off and it latest event IIRC: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-bring ... 000027988/

/leaves off topic...
Yup, that's the one I'm talking about Stu.
You have that? Have I missed an update?
:lol: Read the update part in the link:
Myerson, in a follow-up blog post, said he was describing futures that would be in "the next iteration of Windows." Again, that's intentionally vague, and could mean either a second Windows 8.1 update or Windows 9/Threshold.
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Anakha56 wrote:
Stuart wrote:
ryanrich wrote:
Anakha56 wrote:/keeping with the off topic...

There is a new update still in works that is reported to bring back the actual start menu. Microsoft showed it off and it latest event IIRC: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-bring ... 000027988/

/leaves off topic...
Yup, that's the one I'm talking about Stu.
You have that? Have I missed an update?
:lol: Read the update part in the link:
Myerson, in a follow-up blog post, said he was describing futures that would be in "the next iteration of Windows." Again, that's intentionally vague, and could mean either a second Windows 8.1 update or Windows 9/Threshold.
Well, that's what I thought, but Ryan seems to suggest that he already has this new-fangled Start Menu. :?
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GDI_Lord wrote:The boot up times are fantastic.
Win8 does boot marginally faster than Win7.
Everything else in your post is hearsay or bias opinion.

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