tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post7255792061034188388..comments2024-03-18T12:52:00.931-04:00Comments on Luis von Blog: Laptop at the BeachLuis von Ahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03028143830490915261noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-68165149325882686822010-05-31T02:51:41.076-04:002010-05-31T02:51:41.076-04:00I think what it boils down to, is that people proc...I think what it boils down to, is that people process things differently.laptop asushttp://www.laptopshop.vn/shop/index.php?target=categories&category_id=6noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-29033786743489616292009-09-17T06:16:26.281-04:002009-09-17T06:16:26.281-04:00I think they are incredibly boring.I think they are incredibly boring.cheap computershttp://www.electrocomputerwarehouse.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-5320994774269453722009-09-14T14:23:55.184-04:002009-09-14T14:23:55.184-04:00Remember the old "Dynabook" idea from de...Remember the old "Dynabook" idea from decades ago?<br /><br />Some day there will be a portable computer that will have something like a much improved OLED display that does not have current OLED longevity issues.... it will have a wireless connection that has current T3 speeds at a cost all can afford... Every book and all other types of media that is in the Library of Congress and other national libraries will be accessible. It will ultimately be so fantastic that this current posting could not possibly predict what the device will actually be like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-59445188732151482882009-08-31T09:41:20.012-04:002009-08-31T09:41:20.012-04:00Ja!
Este dilema se solventa de manera sencilla Lui...Ja!<br />Este dilema se solventa de manera sencilla Luis. Puedes hacer tres cosas:<br /><br />1. Ignorar en su totalidad la opinión de los demas. <br /><br />2. Colocar una bonita calcomanía en la tapa frontal que se lea así: I work remotely. This is my office view.<br /><br />3. Ocupar tu tiempo en desarollar el pseudo-kindle que describes. Si lo logras yo quiero uno!<br /><br />Que tengas un día preciosoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-25598619455577787722009-08-19T17:50:28.488-04:002009-08-19T17:50:28.488-04:00Maybe I have an old lap top but I'd be concern...Maybe I have an old lap top but I'd be concerned with sand getting into all those nooks and crannies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-80134355512080875522009-08-10T05:48:32.174-04:002009-08-10T05:48:32.174-04:00Nothing new under the sun: Wittgenstein loved watc...Nothing new under the sun: Wittgenstein loved watching westerns/romantic comedies when not working.<br />I got this out of a book ;-)Benjaminnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-72900630028289402022009-08-08T20:52:29.696-04:002009-08-08T20:52:29.696-04:00I think what it boils down to, is that people proc...I think what it boils down to, is that people process things differently. My father was a electrical engineer and he never really understood reading fiction, because in his engineering mind they didn't need all the extra words and should just "cut to the chase". I, on the other hand, am enthralled by the literary side and enjoy a masterful telling of a tale - the wordplay and double meaning add a richness for me that could not come through in a visual sense like in the movies.<br /><br />It doesn't mean one is better than another - different media appeal to different people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-15646638441656824712009-08-02T14:22:54.178-04:002009-08-02T14:22:54.178-04:00Isn't it really about the ideas and the variou...Isn't it really about the ideas and the various ways of getting them into your head? I'll be an unabashed user of the brain helmet, when/if it arrives. <br /><br />That said, the choice between video and words is a false one. As forms of communication, books and videos have differing strengths and weaknesses. Gathering information should be no different than other tasks: use the best tool for the job. Your broad brush characterization of books being "so last millennium" sounds very much like a new form of the pseudo-intellectual snobbery that you dislike.Marty Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458127678340064242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-68413067652260374802009-07-16T02:06:31.270-04:002009-07-16T02:06:31.270-04:00Sorry, but this is bull. TV is painfully low-bandw...Sorry, but this is bull. TV is painfully low-bandwidth when it comes to information.<br /><br />Every time when I go on business trip, I try to watch it in a hotel room, get bored silly within the first 15 minutes (two commercial breaks usually do it for me), and revert to a book/Web.<br /><br />A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a thousand words is around 5k, and a picture is usually over 50...Sergey Solyanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811112928687191837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-39986196774349156142009-07-14T13:05:04.305-04:002009-07-14T13:05:04.305-04:00I'm sure many more people think that CS is &qu...I'm sure many more people think that CS is "inefficient and to a large extent boring" than share that view of books.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938708568402064648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-79202523945877617562009-07-12T06:29:00.203-04:002009-07-12T06:29:00.203-04:00That's cold.That's cold.Luis von Ahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028143830490915261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-43015610139451329192009-07-12T02:21:08.569-04:002009-07-12T02:21:08.569-04:00Luis,
Seen your video on the previous post
(grea...Luis, <br /><br />Seen your video on the previous post<br />(great talk b.t.w.). But sorry, you would look like a dork, even if you'll appear on the beach riding your motorcycle with a surfing board in one hand and two topless hot chicks hanging on your shoulders. So don't even try to fight it - just bring your laptop and do what you want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-50965930184349028312009-07-10T08:29:44.949-04:002009-07-10T08:29:44.949-04:00Meeting with friends to chat and and to sip a drin...Meeting with friends to chat and and to sip a drink in a bar is also inefficient. It is much better to use Twitter and drink vodka at home.Pukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-64770332456021374172009-07-09T12:31:57.834-04:002009-07-09T12:31:57.834-04:00Latinos, somos decendentes Maya. Como crees que f...Latinos, somos decendentes Maya. Como crees que fue possible la construccion de las estracturas maravillosa y toda la intelligencia advansada de nuestra gente? Creo que fueron mas inteligentes q nosotros, que no podemos balancer nuestro budget en California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-18308421917807191862009-07-08T16:01:33.359-04:002009-07-08T16:01:33.359-04:00Don't sweat the small stuff. Who cares what ot...Don't sweat the small stuff. Who cares what other people think. Live and enjoy your life as you want.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-90073106721998418752009-07-07T20:10:23.234-04:002009-07-07T20:10:23.234-04:00I think everyone is getting away from your point h...I think everyone is getting away from your point here. Why should we feel uncomfortable at the beach? I'm pretty image conscious and I wouldn't use a laptop at the beach; not because I don't want to, but because I wouldn't want the unwelcomed stares. I am indeed there to relax. If I relax by checking my FB page or responding to a couple emails, sobeit!<br /><br />A small, bookshaped or skinned laptop is a great idea. I know I'd use it. Unfortunately I don't think the unwelcomed stares would stop... not if I'm tapping my fingers on a book that I'm attempting to read sideways from my lap!Roberthttp://www.morallygray.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-34164734300373243292009-07-07T18:07:32.946-04:002009-07-07T18:07:32.946-04:00I think you present a very valid argument here. It...I think you present a very valid argument here. It would be very nice to have a computer built into a book, because obviously people who read books are more important than those of us you use new-fangled technology devices that allow us to more easily get information on a screen, and we all want to look intelligent. =)FoxxZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285133881089227066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-69678750059483887942009-07-07T16:09:56.973-04:002009-07-07T16:09:56.973-04:00Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, ...Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the<br />ground which the LORD hath cursed.<br /><br /> "We found Luis at the beach waiting for Noah and the ark seeking comfort from toil and cursed ground. No laptop or other electronic device was in his immediate presence. Professor Luis seemed relaxed and free from the stess of daily work. Refreshed, he was seen leaving the beach and returning to his former life." -Daily BlabAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-14849437135526066642009-07-07T15:58:31.372-04:002009-07-07T15:58:31.372-04:00Luis, you are telling me that you won't be doi...Luis, you are telling me that you won't be doing work at the beach because people will think you are a dork?<br /><br />Bad excuse. Get back to work. :)Bradley Yoo's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18323216613288265748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-30065789805985054752009-07-07T10:15:12.766-04:002009-07-07T10:15:12.766-04:00Luis, you can wear words on T-shirt: Search Luis V...Luis, you can wear words on T-shirt: Search Luis Von Ahn, you will know why I come to beach without a COMPUTER!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-31225549662700463582009-07-07T02:58:56.490-04:002009-07-07T02:58:56.490-04:00Luis, why donot you change your introduction and w...Luis, why donot you change your introduction and write that you are a celebrity and not a computer science professor at CMU.Varun Aggarwalanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-87071668900367297912009-07-06T17:02:02.343-04:002009-07-06T17:02:02.343-04:00I never said I found them intellectually stimulati...I never said I found them intellectually stimulating.Luis von Ahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028143830490915261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-79420890052789965872009-07-06T16:57:54.918-04:002009-07-06T16:57:54.918-04:00Why don't you just tell us what TV shows you a...Why don't you just tell us what TV shows you are watching that you find so intellectually stimulating? Or is your argument that you watch TV for fun and get enough intellectual stimulation from work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-77048542662804459602009-07-06T10:08:58.151-04:002009-07-06T10:08:58.151-04:00When people say that the book is better than the m...When people say that the book is better than the movie, I like to reply, "Yeah, you might think that if you've only read the book a couple of times."<br /><br /><br />Enjoy Santorini.r,o,noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-5535647055623091512009-07-06T00:44:51.990-04:002009-07-06T00:44:51.990-04:00"Revenue is easily measurable, and that's..."Revenue is easily measurable, and that's what most books <br />and movies are trying to maximize."<br /><br />It seems plausible that most authors try to make their books attractive to a number of people big enough that they can live off their sales, but it does not really seem to me that most authors (especially going into things like, say, Samuel Beckett, or being less snobbish, Neal Stephenson) write books to maximize their revenue.Abelnoreply@blogger.com