Interesting Links for 05-05-2012

[andrewducker]

• Windows 8 will not play DVDs
  (tags: windows dvd microsoft )
• The fastest way to board a plane (completely impractical for anyone with children though)
  (tags: airplanes efficiency )
• A cat that has clearly seen Raiders Of The Lost Ark too many times
  (tags: impressive video cat )
• Ten alternatives to Samsung's Galaxy S III
  (tags: iphone android

Comments

[jfargo]

I'm not allowed to have children for fear that I would do things like that comic, or run linguistic experiments on them. My argument of "it would be AWESOME" just doesn't sit well with the scientific community.

[kurosau]

Why would it be impractical for anyone with children? You just slot them in along with the adult, instead of seating them by their own seat. The anomaly shouldn't interrupt the overall system.

[errolwi]

The system needs to know which seats have already been occupied (so it can display it to the next group gathering). You can't just put pressure sensors in the actual seats, not least because the 'I'm taken' indicator needs to be displayed before the seats are actually occupied. Kids not standing in the right place mucks up the indications.

[kurosau]

The system should work properly without any feedback indicators, as the separation between the participants should work with a few anomalies thrown in and anyone that slips out of line should be easy to fill in later.

The reason this idea works better is because it doesn't have people pushing past each other or competing over the same overhead space. I'm fairly certain I read about a similar idea in Cracked a while back that didn't involve any sensors or carpet.

[errolwi]

For some reason I was thinking it was unallocated seating. You're right, with allocated seating it can handle some anomalies I expect.