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Airline delayed/missing/found baggage items. Once, the SITA database in Atlanta was bigger than google (10 years ago or so). A monopoly that carries extreme costs for airlines. All interaction via archaic terminals, with a few local GUI implementations. I've done one via piggy-backing, however if you're not a handling agent or airline then you're not allowed into the ecosystem. - I'm interested in pursuing this, but it's too large for me alone to handle.

Sorry wrong.

It was mostly the media who got off on this, to the point of creating mobile apps that gave you information about how much people near you made. Ridiculous. I'm glad it's been restricted in that regard.

This is why.

Aahh... Yeah that was a bit silly both of me and Apple. :) But the idea is still sound, keep at it.

The nerd in me likes this idea. But I can't see the practical use. Nevertheless, seeing the DEATH of the RSS INDUSTRY following the killing of Google Reader, a new format wouldn't feel out of place. Fresh new start and everything... :)

Looks great, I've had the same idea. Probably not alone in that :) - But I'm a little curious - 25m+ likes on itunes, 7.2m+ likes on App Store, and still doesn't make more than $10 per week? How?

I'd not hesitate to pay for it, except I'd need it in my (3y son's) native tongue and on Android.

Sorry, but you're wrong.

26 million bags were not lost - most were delayed in connection. Which means you ran to your next flight and made it just in time, but your bag travels slower than you do. In any case, you got it back a few hours or a day later, all contents intact (or did you cheat the insurance? haa? :)

Few (although some) baggage handlers have the time to ruffle through your bag ni the short time they strive to load, unload, and transfer hundreds of bags from one flight to the next twenty.

The fact is that most baggage handlers are honest, while a few are not. Like in any business.

Sorry, but you're wrong.

26 million bags were not lost - most were delayed in connection. Which means you ran to your next flight and made it just in time, but your bag travels slower than you do. In any case, you got it back a few hours or a day later, all contents intact (or did you cheat the insurance? haa? :)

Few (although some) baggage handlers have the time to ruffle through your bag ni the short time they strive to load, unload, and transfer hundreds of bags from one flight to the next twenty.

The fact is that most baggage handlers are honest, while a few are not. Like in any business.

Edit: Thanks for the downvotes. Lovely. For refuting the OPs ridiculous claim that:

"The fact is that baggage handlers at airports are criminals who make money stealing things. There are exceptions, I am sure a few are honest. Not many though."

I worked in baggage handling for 10 years. I never saw anyone steal anything from any bags. Nobody opened any bags without witnesses (supervisors). I saw delayed bags due to - in order by reason - 1.) misconnection due to delayed flights, 2.) baggage airport system failures 3.) Weather (indirectly causing point 1, 2 and 4) 4.) Human error (rare).

Which one do you recommend?

Just a silly story: some hospitals here in Norway print out patient-information, get an ambulance (an ambulance!) to drive it to the other hospital, and a nurse will type it into the other system (45 minutes she says it takes her). 2011 AD. http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/250622/

Sounds like "The Game" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/ from 1997. Quite a good film, hopefully this game is not that sinister. :)

See XBMC Live, which is just as you describe (Ubuntu/XBMC) http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=XBMC_Live without installing yourself. Apology if that's exactly what you meant.

XBMC plays anything you throw at it. From anywhere :)

Ditto, only on a HTPC I built myself. I tried Windows Media Center, for about a day, but couldn't stand it and went for the good old XBMC. And the remote control? A small, cheap, wireless mouse. Works wonders! A magnificient piece of software, XBMC.

Photoshop Elements is reasonably priced at £58 on Amazon as of right now. The people you're talking about do not NEED the full $1000 package.

You can play them all here: http://www.accardi-by-the-sea.org/Infocom/Online/ - Java, but nonetheless... Great games!

Try Reaper at www.reaper.fm - you can try it free. It's awesome!

Had it been me, I'd prefer to be shot into space. In a zillion years, there's a miniscule chance to be discovered by another species. In the at least, I'll eventually turn into stardust and become part of another cycle of magnificient mystery in the universe.

Isn't that thought more tantalizing than being buried on Earth?

We do, gladly - det er dejlig å være norsk i danmark!! :)

Deus Ex Bacteria. Shirley, this ancestor could be referred to as "God".

Probably random mutation that happened to turn out beneficial for us. In evolutionary sense, a larger brain doesn't seem to be of utmost importance for reproduction.

I dunno about fair game, The Verve would probably disagree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony

Basically, they sampled the "orchestral riff" from Rolling Stones, and in the end got sued and were forced to pay all royalties for this song to the Rolling Stones, even though the lyrics and music was new.

Wow, this is brilliant - always interesting to read about development in the old days! Thank you!

I feel this video is apt for this topic - Laurence Krauss - A universe from nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo&feature=playe...

It had me mesmerized and mystified for the whole run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc&feature=playe...

I highly recommend the book "Masters of Doom" (Amazon), an in-depth look at id Software from the modest beginnings until Quake III. A must for any geek!

15mins from Oslo S.

Most bags is "lost" (delayed is the proper term) when the incoming aircraft is delayed, for any reason, and the remaining time is too short to unload it, sort it, (screen it), deliver it to the connecting flight in time. The connecting aircraft normally won't wait, unless there's substansial amount of bagggage. Delays cost moneyt. Baggage handlers have to prioritize by the number of bags that will "make it". Ofcourse, staffing levels etc. plays a big part in this.

The delayed ('lost') baggage is then moved to an area where it will be retagged for a later connection - this could be a direct flight to the destination, or be routed via up to (normally) two other airports, depending on the availability of flights. Sometimes it'll have to wait for the next day.

Normally, the baggage tag is registered with a "now onboard" message in a worldwide system called Worldtracer, which essentially is a huge Oracle database in Atlanta, with a rudimentary terminal input. If it's not (lack of training? lack of time?), then, no, the airline does not know where the bag is.

And RFID won't fix it.

I don't click a link until I've read the comments on HN. :)

A tiny bit on topic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9g3b65yi0g