An invention we need

[Molotov]

Some kind of breathalyser attached to your computer that stops you going on the internet when drunk. I thought it might be a good idea for mobile phones too but that would strand loads of people without a taxi after an evening enjoying life's pleasures. I'm been trying to work out a way to block myself from Particracy unless I'm sober for ages, my current idea is some sort of cryptic password based on crossword clues that I won't be able to work out when I'm drunk, but I've no way of knowing whether I'll remember the answer or not. (Which is what I did the other night when I decided to leave, I changed my password to gobbledegook that I wouldn't be able to remember. Unfortunately I forgot that Particracy emails you a new password if you forget it )

Any ideas for useful inventions we haven't yet got?

[JuliaAJA]

I think they have invented a test of some sort for text messaging. They need to invent a laptop computer that does not heat up as much.

[Molotov]

Yeah definitely, mine turns itself off all the time. Why do laptops overheat so much, small fans?

[JuliaAJA]

This one also does that, unless you suspend it over something, while making sure the things holding it up don't touch hot areas. Small fans and small cases, that's why I don't like laptops. I'd rather have a portable desktop, more room for the heat to dissipate, more power, and cheaper. The one I'm on now, it's fan isn't even working. (I'm rarely on this laptop, I'm usually on a desktop provided by my school.)

[Mr.Yankees]

This one also does that, unless you suspend it over something, while making sure the things holding it up don't touch hot areas. Small fans and small cases, that's why I don't like laptops. I'd rather have a portable desktop, more room for the heat to dissipate, more power, and cheaper. The one I'm on now, it's fan isn't even working. (I'm rarely on this laptop, I'm usually on a desktop provided by my school.)

Hmm, I did not know schools provided students with computers to take home. Is it a private school?

[JuliaAJA]

This one also does that, unless you suspend it over something, while making sure the things holding it up don't touch hot areas. Small fans and small cases, that's why I don't like laptops. I'd rather have a portable desktop, more room for the heat to dissipate, more power, and cheaper. The one I'm on now, it's fan isn't even working. (I'm rarely on this laptop, I'm usually on a desktop provided by my school.)

Hmm, I did not know schools provided students with computers to take home. Is it a private school?

It's a charter school, most of my work is supposedly on-line. They send an HP business computer (a cheap one), an HP printer, microphone (doesn't work that well), headphones (didn't last a month), a library of textbooks, and some festive boxes with different supplies.

[Mr.Yankees]

This one also does that, unless you suspend it over something, while making sure the things holding it up don't touch hot areas. Small fans and small cases, that's why I don't like laptops. I'd rather have a portable desktop, more room for the heat to dissipate, more power, and cheaper. The one I'm on now, it's fan isn't even working. (I'm rarely on this laptop, I'm usually on a desktop provided by my school.)

Hmm, I did not know schools provided students with computers to take home. Is it a private school?

It's a charter school, most of my work is supposedly on-line. They send an HP business computer (a cheap one), an HP printer, microphone (doesn't work that well), headphones (didn't last a month), a library of textbooks, and some festive boxes with different supplies.

Do you like that method of education? I am personally not a big fan of online education. I do think that the interaction with a lecturer enriches your education but that's just me, you know.

[JuliaAJA]

Do you like that method of education? I am personally not a big fan of online education. I do think that the interaction with a lecturer enriches your education but that's just me, you know.

I like it, but next year I'm going to a magnet school that specializes in Law and Political Science. My sister's fiancee works there, all he knows of what he teaches is what he reads out of the textbook.

[elryacko]

It was in an xkcd comic: something that repeats back to you your youtube comments before posting them. Just so they know how dumb they sound on youtube.

[Jay (LDP)]

Some kind of breathalyser attached to your computer that stops you going on the internet when drunk. I thought it might be a good idea for mobile phones too but that would strand loads of people without a taxi after an evening enjoying life's pleasures. I'm been trying to work out a way to block myself from Particracy unless I'm sober for ages, my current idea is some sort of cryptic password based on crossword clues that I won't be able to work out when I'm drunk, but I've no way of knowing whether I'll remember the answer or not. (Which is what I did the other night when I decided to leave, I changed my password to gobbledegook that I wouldn't be able to remember. Unfortunately I forgot that Particracy emails you a new password if you forget it )

http://www.labnol.org/internet/email/gm ... ghts/4808/

Perhaps Particracy needs to follow that example!