To be fair, "high-temperature" in the context of superconductors usually means "you can cool them with liquid nitrogen". Room-temperature superconductors are the goal, but we're not there yet. Still, nitrogen is cheap enough that current superconductors can be (and already are) used for transmission lines.
If we could find a means of mass-producing the current highest-temperature superconductor, HBCCO, we'd be pretty well set as it needs less cooling and (with the exception of a small amount of mercury) uses elements that are already mined in vast quantities.
That's what they're asking for the five year "problem-solving phase", i.e. the engineers-doodling-on-a-whiteboard part. Still seems way too low, though, considering the scope of the project.
Also, by "power half the world" I assume they mean "power the whole world for half the day", since even in the sahara the sun does occasionally set. IMO, a means of efficiently storing enough power to run half the world would be an even bigger feat than tiling the sahara with PV.
The iPad has had video streaming apps since the damn thing was released. Maybe you should actually try one (or spend five seconds googling) before you proclaim its shortcomings?
On Google, Yahoo, Bing, and even WolframAlpha the "top link" for stock quotes is actually a widget that shows current stock info. Google's widget is the only one of the four that has links to all their competitors' finance sites.
The same is true of health searches, travel searches, you name it... Google's widgets give you choices, the rest shuffle you to their sponsored site.
I guess it would be a quick way to add storage to a server that has a bunch of unused memory sockets. And the design uses off-the-shelf components which is always nice.
But there was getting to be a need for a proper SSD package, as sticking them inside HDD housings was both limiting and an inefficient use of space. Viking's solution probably won't take off, though, since Apple/PhotoFast/Toshiba just stole their thunder.
Golly, I wish I could use a plastic pen or gloves to control today's capacitive touchscreens--it'd sure be swell!...Yes, I'm being snarky, but the Pogo works much better than anything I saw in that video.
And I'm no expert, but I think the microwaves are just used as a heat source to cure the material so their wavelength is immaterial. In TFA it says they're being used to replace "old-fashioned convective cookers".
To be fair, the US isn't the only country or organization that has secrets. Wikileaks is unpopular with a lot of people. Heck, if they were revealing your private information you'd be pissed at them too.
In SquareTrade's previous study comparing smart phone reliability from November 2008, we found iPhones to be far more reliable than Blackberrys and Palm Treos. We will be updating this report soon, and we'll have data on the latest Android phone models. It may yet be seen that even with the double glass, the iPhone has an overall failure rate that is still better than the competition.
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To be fair, "high-temperature" in the context of superconductors usually means "you can cool them with liquid nitrogen". Room-temperature superconductors are the goal, but we're not there yet. Still, nitrogen is cheap enough that current superconductors can be (and already are) used for transmission lines.
If we could find a means of mass-producing the current highest-temperature superconductor, HBCCO, we'd be pretty well set as it needs less cooling and (with the exception of a small amount of mercury) uses elements that are already mined in vast quantities.
That's what they're asking for the five year "problem-solving phase", i.e. the engineers-doodling-on-a-whiteboard part. Still seems way too low, though, considering the scope of the project.
Also, by "power half the world" I assume they mean "power the whole world for half the day", since even in the sahara the sun does occasionally set. IMO, a means of efficiently storing enough power to run half the world would be an even bigger feat than tiling the sahara with PV.
I hear that. Facts about my home:
* 2.08 people per km^2 here in Wyoming (Australia has 2.83)
* 30 minutes from a town with a four-digit population
* 1 hour from any McDonald's
* 2 hours from any Walmart
* Just over 10 meters of snow per year
* We've already had *highs* of -15c this year
* Highs above freezing are unusual between mid-november and mid-march
* The ground is completely snow-covered for 6-7 months a year
* Understandably, half the population moves away over the winter.
But, just to show that someone here has their priorities straight:
* FTTH, 3G wireless (unmetered!), and IPTV are available throughout the area.
And AV devices, including practically every digital camcorder.
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/12/tuaw-faceoff-streaming-video-on-the-ipad-with-air-video-and-str/
The iPad has had video streaming apps since the damn thing was released. Maybe you should actually try one (or spend five seconds googling) before you proclaim its shortcomings?
Actually, August is the most common month of the year for birthdays. So...
Banana peals? How do you ring a banana?
Oh.
On Google, Yahoo, Bing, and even WolframAlpha the "top link" for stock quotes is actually a widget that shows current stock info. Google's widget is the only one of the four that has links to all their competitors' finance sites.
The same is true of health searches, travel searches, you name it... Google's widgets give you choices, the rest shuffle you to their sponsored site.
Mod article troll.
Good news, everyone! Our supercomputer OS only lost because it's buggy!
I guess it would be a quick way to add storage to a server that has a bunch of unused memory sockets. And the design uses off-the-shelf components which is always nice.
But there was getting to be a need for a proper SSD package, as sticking them inside HDD housings was both limiting and an inefficient use of space. Viking's solution probably won't take off, though, since Apple/PhotoFast/Toshiba just stole their thunder.
whoosh...
Oh, wait, you're metatrolling. My bad.
I think it's officially "the future".
Golly, I wish I could use a plastic pen or gloves to control today's capacitive touchscreens--it'd sure be swell! ...Yes, I'm being snarky, but the Pogo works much better than anything I saw in that video.
It's an API that lets you randomly write to memory addresses on their servers.
Wow, that's... news.
Hey, it works for the rest of us.
No, they invented checkers.
s/higher/longer
And I'm no expert, but I think the microwaves are just used as a heat source to cure the material so their wavelength is immaterial. In TFA it says they're being used to replace "old-fashioned convective cookers".
Actually, Ars answered that.
What it boils down to is that Intel is trying to take over the entire integrated graphics market and we're suffering the consequences.
Yes. Right after it gives us the Matrix.
To be fair, the US isn't the only country or organization that has secrets. Wikileaks is unpopular with a lot of people. Heck, if they were revealing your private information you'd be pissed at them too.
Also from TFA:
In SquareTrade's previous study comparing smart phone reliability from November 2008, we found iPhones to be far more reliable than Blackberrys and Palm Treos. We will be updating this report soon, and we'll have data on the latest Android phone models. It may yet be seen that even with the double glass, the iPhone has an overall failure rate that is still better than the competition.
Well, those are translation problems. You have to read it in the original Klingon.
s/omnipotence/omniscience
And maybe God subscribes to the Star Trek "rule of cool" school of time travel.
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/upgrade