* Posts by twistsol

3 publicly visible posts • joined 13 Nov 2012

What could go wrong? Delta to use facial recog to automate bag drop-off

twistsol
FAIL

The RFID tags sure were helpful in letting me know that my bag was safely on its way to Los Angeles. Unfortunately, I wasn't.

Senator threatens FAA with legislation over in-flight fondleslabbing

twistsol

Re: Yes

I beg to differ, The first time you jump out of a plane it proves you are ignorant, the second time is when it proves you're brave. Due to the abject terror of the first, I never made it to the second.

Apple granted patent for ebook page-turning

twistsol
FAIL

Prior art anyone? This has gotten ridiculous.

Apple already had the same thing or similar in Hypercard in the late 80's early 90's. I had personally coded a similar interface prior to that which I probably ripped off from someone else. I used an arc at the top and bottom of the page and a diagonal line for the edge of the page. The arcs made the page appear curved rather than folded as in the patent example. I must have been freaking brilliant in my younger years.