C I T I 's Answer

What do they want but for people to take out credit cards and spend? But, some cardholders are conservative - especially when they're not sure how much credit they have left. Here's a solution:

Enhance credit cards and the machines such that, after each swipe transaction, the card will display the credit available. It'll obviously have to be something mechanical so that there's no power consumption involved. Can we pull this off?

TI Power Management Produces Everyone Favourite Rechargeable Battery

Currently, Ni-mh batteries put out 1.2V whereas, non-recharegeable ones put out 1.5V - which is more end-product friendly. Question, why not embed a boost-regulator within in the battery package to put out 1.5V? Of course, you could put it in the electronics also, but this way, you could continue to use the new battery with old electronics.

Better M$ Windows

Windows supports multiple monitors much better than any other OS on the planet - that's a fact. But, they could do a better job:

Suppose you fall in love with a huge LCD monitor at Best Buy - a 36" beast that can do 3000x1200. That's great screen space, but, being one monitor, Windows will not support it in the most user friendly way - which is :

If it's just one monitor, give the user the option of splitting it up into multiple monitors. Like you the "identify" button under Properties->Settings, you can have the display number and the boundary glow when the user hits the identify button. Now, you can split up your 3000x1200 into 2 of 1500x1200 or whatever you want. Why? Then, you can drag a window to one sub-monitor and maximize it by double-clicking on the title bar and it'll only occupy that sub-monitor - very useful feature. When you're dragging the window, Windows will make the sub-montior boundary glow.

Better Cygwin

See, that's what I'm talking about - why Linux continues to lag behind Windows - because the people behind it are computer scientists, not people. If they want to sell to people (with an appropriate definition of "sell" of course), they have to appeal to people. People are their customers and if they don't take care of them, then M$ will.

"Choose a Download Site" during the install process - and it gives you a mammoth list of generous people who host content. How about a world make that you can zoom into and pick from. So simple. !@$!@#$!$#@

A Better Way to Advertise

Wonder if companies already do this:

Put your ad on your website and use your server to randomly insert some keywords or numbers into the add at randome times. Ask viewers to note those down. Then, your server notes down the IP address - uses an IP address locator to get the zip-code of the viewing computer and the time (zip code, time, random keywords provided). Then, you tell your viewer that he can get a mail-in-rebate if he uses the keywords provided when making his purchase.

No-Brainer

Car and home breakins are on the rise in Churchill. They can't have surveillance cameras as that might violate resident privacy. But, why not motion detectors. They have a security guy on the premises 24/7. Why not make all the premises covered by motion detectors that are armed between (say) 12 PM and 6 AM and give the security guy a handheld device that'll tell him where the action is? I think it should be possible to make the motion detector detect the size of the object that's moving - so you can correctly say "cat" or "man".

I volunteered to setup and online group that residents can use to keep track of incidents. Need to get to it.

No Brainer

Doesn't seem to be available yet. I tried a Google on "find the fastest available broadband service provider available to you based on your current IP address". Any tips, let me know.

Here's one fast woman (dig the shot at M$!).