It's a losing battle, unfortunately. We can't remember one simple 2048-bit private key, we emit all varieties of radiation, we leave a literal trail of identifiable chemical signatures, we're susceptible to an enormous variety of attacks, have only a vague notion of what's going on around us (or, for that matter, inside us), have predictable needs and habits, share important details of our lives with others, and last but not least, are frequently willing to trade our privacy for a little convenience or money.
In short: we're loud and messy, and trying to make a human invisible to the technology of today and tomorrow is ultimately futile. It's like DRM; the most you can do is make it slightly harder and impose laws declaring the water should stay in the sieve.
Hopefully we'll wise up someday and stop caring about the pointless minutiae of each others' lives, and decide that as long as technological advance means we're heading for a panopticon anyway, it needs to be owned by all the people.
Actually, science supports the theory of a Great Flood: the end of the last glacial age. Sea levels rose more than a hundred meters, glaciers collapsed, colossal floods submerged plains and coasts. It changed the whole map of the earth.
It didn't all happen at once, of course, but neither was it without punctuation. Bursting glacial dams and mega-tsunamis are sudden and apocalyptic by anyone's standards; combined with the incessant rise of the tides it's easy to see where so many cultures got their legends of civilization-ending floods.
That reminds me of the Drake equation, which lets you calculate based on the observed size, age and biodiversity of the Earth, the mobility of civilizations and the growth of population and technology, how incredibly unlikely it is that there could be other intelligent life on the planet who hasn't already made your acquaintance.
And the next day, Sir Francis Drake shows up and enslaves you.
You joke, but you've happened on a good point. By the time we have the technology to conjure life into existence anywhere in the galaxy, why bother with humans? Surely we'll be able to make bodies that are much more suited for the universe beyond Earth.
Considering even the most culturally illiterate westerners have heard of Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and probably Chun-Li, I have no idea where the notion that the Chinese can't pronounce 'L' came from.
The summary (and the article, to an extent) is bad; this is a supercapacitor that also serves as a structural part, so all sorts of random things can be turned into (weak) batteries.
They're envisioning a world where buildings, cars, and all sorts of things could be turned into giant capacitors, and you could just pump energy in somewhere and then draw it out wherever you like using some kind of short-range wireless transfer.
The idea is a bit half-baked, but I support any science that makes our world more like Star Trek, even if it takes the form of mundane objects randomly exploding when there is a power surge.
Chromecast is a great device, and concept, however it is more or less limited to Google's Chrome browser and supported apps. That seems to be changing: Mozilla is working on bringing Chromecast support to its Firefox browser...Hoping to have Netcast and Chromecast support landed by the end of the week.
So the Firefox app will now support Chromecast, so Chromecast will no longer be limited to apps that support Chromecast. Got it.
In addition to the obvious flaw comparing a single instruction to an entire second of mental processing, humans deal with interrupted events all the time. Email conversations can take hours or days, and we used to converse by post over weeks or months. We somehow manage to deal with serial television shows and books and games with long gaps between episodes. It's really not that hard to context switch.
On the other hand, you can burn mixed organics and extract useful energy. Granted it produces CO2, but it's not like we aren't going to burn lots of organic chemicals anyway.
* Hugging a server may block its vents, reducing airflow and operational life. * When hugging a server, you may inadvertently disconnect important cables. * Hugging a server may put your clothes—or you—in contact with dangerous high-speed fans. * While hugging a server, you are likely interfering with the admins who are trying to get actual work done. * Driving while hugging a server is a hazard and illegal in many states.
40Gbps is 10 lanes of PCI-e 2.0, enough for any normal gaming card.
The external enclosures are expensive because they're a niche item. They're manufactured in low volume and sold to a 'pro' audience with deep pockets.
In reality, Thunderbolt controllers aren't all that expensive.. Even if an external GPU cost $75 or $100 more than the internal equivalent, it would still be a great way to upgrade an Ultrabook, or a Steam box, or even a cheap name-brand desktop.
Also, you might see completely new products, like monitors with their own GPUs. Don't underestimate a new interface; even USB languished before new ideas like flash drives made it interesting.
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It's a losing battle, unfortunately. We can't remember one simple 2048-bit private key, we emit all varieties of radiation, we leave a literal trail of identifiable chemical signatures, we're susceptible to an enormous variety of attacks, have only a vague notion of what's going on around us (or, for that matter, inside us), have predictable needs and habits, share important details of our lives with others, and last but not least, are frequently willing to trade our privacy for a little convenience or money.
In short: we're loud and messy, and trying to make a human invisible to the technology of today and tomorrow is ultimately futile. It's like DRM; the most you can do is make it slightly harder and impose laws declaring the water should stay in the sieve.
Hopefully we'll wise up someday and stop caring about the pointless minutiae of each others' lives, and decide that as long as technological advance means we're heading for a panopticon anyway, it needs to be owned by all the people.
Not holding my breath, though.
Actually, science supports the theory of a Great Flood: the end of the last glacial age. Sea levels rose more than a hundred meters, glaciers collapsed, colossal floods submerged plains and coasts. It changed the whole map of the earth.
It didn't all happen at once, of course, but neither was it without punctuation. Bursting glacial dams and mega-tsunamis are sudden and apocalyptic by anyone's standards; combined with the incessant rise of the tides it's easy to see where so many cultures got their legends of civilization-ending floods.
That reminds me of the Drake equation, which lets you calculate based on the observed size, age and biodiversity of the Earth, the mobility of civilizations and the growth of population and technology, how incredibly unlikely it is that there could be other intelligent life on the planet who hasn't already made your acquaintance.
And the next day, Sir Francis Drake shows up and enslaves you.
True, but I'm fairly confident dried, heated and rinsed urine is still going to be cheaper than platinum.
(If you disagree, would you consider a trade?)
The other sheriff quoted in the article is Sheriff Cox.
Of Johnson County.
I was just thinking "I don't own enough expensive single-use gadgets whose meagre functionality could be replaced by a few lines of code."
A significant part of their job is deciding whether threats made against said VIPs are serious or not.
"Windows != Secure, & Linux = Secure"??
It was true for a long time, but then someone trying to be helpful changed it to "Linux == Secure" and it was no longer.
What did you use for the mass of the 50km sail?
You joke, but you've happened on a good point. By the time we have the technology to conjure life into existence anywhere in the galaxy, why bother with humans? Surely we'll be able to make bodies that are much more suited for the universe beyond Earth.
Cavil's lament from BSG comes to mind.
Considering even the most culturally illiterate westerners have heard of Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and probably Chun-Li, I have no idea where the notion that the Chinese can't pronounce 'L' came from.
Oh wait, yes I do.
Damn you, Jean Shepherd.
The summary (and the article, to an extent) is bad; this is a supercapacitor that also serves as a structural part, so all sorts of random things can be turned into (weak) batteries.
They're envisioning a world where buildings, cars, and all sorts of things could be turned into giant capacitors, and you could just pump energy in somewhere and then draw it out wherever you like using some kind of short-range wireless transfer.
The idea is a bit half-baked, but I support any science that makes our world more like Star Trek, even if it takes the form of mundane objects randomly exploding when there is a power surge.
Yeah, comparing this to "the Apple tax" on their similarly-specced MacBook Air:
i5-i7:
Apple $150
Microsoft $250
4GB-8GB RAM:
Apple $100
Microsoft $100*
128-256GB SSD:
Apple $200
Microsoft $200*
(*MS combines these into one upgrade)
256-512GB SSD:
Apple $300
Microsoft $400
It's pretty bad when Apple's upgrade prices look reasonable by comparison.
Chromecast is a great device, and concept, however it is more or less limited to Google's Chrome browser and supported apps. That seems to be changing: Mozilla is working on bringing Chromecast support to its Firefox browser...Hoping to have Netcast and Chromecast support landed by the end of the week.
So the Firefox app will now support Chromecast, so Chromecast will no longer be limited to apps that support Chromecast. Got it.
I think he's saying all content needs to be either paywalled or made or sponsored by the wealthy and powerful.
In addition to the obvious flaw comparing a single instruction to an entire second of mental processing, humans deal with interrupted events all the time. Email conversations can take hours or days, and we used to converse by post over weeks or months. We somehow manage to deal with serial television shows and books and games with long gaps between episodes. It's really not that hard to context switch.
But this allows you to use a whole new device instead of the thing you already have!
They're claiming the rocket malfunctioned after entering a region of intense gay-waves emitted from western Europe.
I should probably stop watching Russian news.
On the other hand, you can burn mixed organics and extract useful energy. Granted it produces CO2, but it's not like we aren't going to burn lots of organic chemicals anyway.
* Hugging a server may block its vents, reducing airflow and operational life.
* When hugging a server, you may inadvertently disconnect important cables.
* Hugging a server may put your clothes—or you—in contact with dangerous high-speed fans.
* While hugging a server, you are likely interfering with the admins who are trying to get actual work done.
* Driving while hugging a server is a hazard and illegal in many states.
Now they'll finally have enough money to hire decent writers!
I just wish he'd stop asking me for starships.
40Gbps is coming.
40Gbps is 10 lanes of PCI-e 2.0, enough for any normal gaming card.
The external enclosures are expensive because they're a niche item. They're manufactured in low volume and sold to a 'pro' audience with deep pockets.
In reality, Thunderbolt controllers aren't all that expensive.. Even if an external GPU cost $75 or $100 more than the internal equivalent, it would still be a great way to upgrade an Ultrabook, or a Steam box, or even a cheap name-brand desktop.
Also, you might see completely new products, like monitors with their own GPUs. Don't underestimate a new interface; even USB languished before new ideas like flash drives made it interesting.
"Cycle of poverty" is not a metaphor.
Also, successful entrepreneurs are more like a creamy Alfredo sauce with just a hint of garlic.