This looks like it is extending moores law, the amount of qbits is doubling every 18 months or so from 1 to 3 now to 5 then to 10 "in about 2 years or so" Its interesting that technology can keep up with this observation, and whats more amazing was that it was made in the 60's and has held pretty much true for all these iterations.
For the very simple reason that REPUBLICANS wanted a REPUBLICAN president to use they line item veto, it was never intended for democratic presidents use, shame on bill clinton
I go to the Pepsi Campus of the University of Maryland (aka UM College Park) at one point, underground trafficking in coke was a huge and punishable buisness on campus.
Spare me the histrionics, Crime against humanity? My sig is raping and pillaging as we speak, its killed thousands of ethnic minorities, my sig imprisons and tortures, all will bow down before my sig, etc etc.
not if i can write more code that produces more usable functions in Java than I can in C++ in a given amount of time. In that case Java, as a language, would be faster than C++
I always prononce it "see pound" which makes more sense since most people are farmilliar with the pound key but not the musical notation for sharp. (please enter your voice mail password and press the pound key)
no.... what other computer company makes a product that has a name that sounds like iPaq? Yup, iMac, at least its a handheld and not a lame clone attempt.
Has anyone ever noted that growing treas, making paper, and burying it rather than recylcing is about the only way there is to remove carbon from the atmosphere to forestall alleged global warming?
Or better yet, build houses out of the trees. There are billions of tons of carbon locked up in homes aroudn the country.
'multinationals' (a lame catch-all-phrase if I ever heard one) are wealth creating organisations.
Yup, they sure are, but the question is, create wealth for whom? people who work in sweatshops dont seem to be paid very highly, but CEO's certainly are, you decide where the wealth is going
Im not saying that individual programs, like the stealth bomber, or head start would be chosen on, hell if you had a line item choice on the budget it would be a nightmare, the budget is about as big as a phone book, and just as entertaining to read. Im saying we give people general options Defense, interior, social programs, tax cut, debt reduction. something simple like that but with a few more options obviously. surely you think that the average person can decide whether the military deserves more money or social programs do. Economists arent gods (Alan Greenspan notwithstanding, all hail Alan!)
You see rail transportation works with European countries because almost everyone lives in a small area
and the population is very dense.
So how come the east coast isnt railed up like europe, The Bosnywash megalopolis is at least as dense as europe is, but it cossts a hell of a lot of money say to go from Washington to NY, about as much as flying there and its a bout 6 times slower than if you flew (600 mph vs 100)
Ummmmm NO! in Nazi germany protestore would have either been shot on the spot, or trucked off to a concentration camp to contribute to particulate air pollution. All this guy got was a ride in an air conditioned van, made a new friend, and got on TV./sarcasm/ Dang thats harsh!/sarcasm/
I dont mind having 40% of my paycheck go to the government, I just wsh I could specify where it would go. Tax forms should have bugetary areas on them Defense/Nasa/Soc. Security/Welfare etc, you should be able to put down what percent of your money goes where. 0% to NSA 100% to NASA.
I honestly don't see the big deal here, either, and I wonder why Apple would do such a thing which only, in the end, alienates their own customer base.
Because Steve jobs is very controlling, and he likes to have the most bang for hi8s buck so to speak, if everyone knows about the cube the day before steve is supposed to tell everyone, this rains on his parade, making steve mad. look what he did to ATI over the leak they had over the new cube, why would you think mac sites would fare any differently? In the apple world, you either do things steves way or you get "steve'd" As many mac websites are finding out.
They can read english in China, Hong Kong for example. Granted your average chinese farmer isnt going to be able to read english, but he probably wouldnt be able to read chinese either, let alone have an internet connection.
This begs the question: what took them so long? I know government is slow, but this is rediculous. I think the key to the answer is that the patent is granted to the united states "represented by the national security agency". I wonder what the NSA has in the pipes for patents nowadays, if the even do that still. Another question, why go to all the trouble of patenting something like this anyways, its not like theres a huge market for enigma or anything.
Why would anyone be more encouraged to work on something, to pour their heart and soul into something, to create something, if they have to give it all away in 14 years than they would if they could be certain that they could profit from it for the rest of their life and use its profits to take care of their family after they die?
Why would anyone be encouraged to create additional works if they have a gaurenteed cash flow for the rest of their lives? The possibility of losing ones income after 14 years is a powerful incentive to continue to create, and ultimately will work for the betterment of society. What if Shakespeare had had a copyright on romeo and juliet for the rest of his life? would he have had to come up with other works? I dont think so, at the very least, he would have had a strong disincentive to continue working. He needed to be continually coming up with more works to keep food on the table and pay the rent. Also tell me the last innovation Disney (the person) has come up with since he died? I dont see any. In fact when was the last new and innovative cartoon involving mickey mouse released? Seems to be pretty stagnant there, or as Microsoft would say, "innovative".
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Actual radio ad I heard: "Become an MCSE! No computer experience required!" That about sums it up
Or better yet, build houses out of the trees. There are billions of tons of carbon locked up in homes aroudn the country.
Yup, they sure are, but the question is, create wealth for whom? people who work in sweatshops dont seem to be paid very highly, but CEO's certainly are, you decide where the wealth is going
So how come the east coast isnt railed up like europe, The Bosnywash megalopolis is at least as dense as europe is, but it cossts a hell of a lot of money say to go from Washington to NY, about as much as flying there and its a bout 6 times slower than if you flew (600 mph vs 100)
Ummmmm NO! in Nazi germany protestore would have either been shot on the spot, or trucked off to a concentration camp to contribute to particulate air pollution. All this guy got was a ride in an air conditioned van, made a new friend, and got on TV. /sarcasm/ Dang thats harsh!/sarcasm/
Yes but apparently you didnt
I honestly don't see the big deal here, either, and I wonder why Apple would do such a thing which only, in the end, alienates their own customer base.
Thats what they want you to believe!
Or so you think it was founded ::dramatic music:: DUN DUN DUUUUUUN!
Why would anyone be encouraged to create additional works if they have a gaurenteed cash flow for the rest of their lives? The possibility of losing ones income after 14 years is a powerful incentive to continue to create, and ultimately will work for the betterment of society. What if Shakespeare had had a copyright on romeo and juliet for the rest of his life? would he have had to come up with other works? I dont think so, at the very least, he would have had a strong disincentive to continue working. He needed to be continually coming up with more works to keep food on the table and pay the rent. Also tell me the last innovation Disney (the person) has come up with since he died? I dont see any. In fact when was the last new and innovative cartoon involving mickey mouse released? Seems to be pretty stagnant there, or as Microsoft would say, "innovative".