Frankly it is ridiculous that this sort of thing is even a problem. Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc should all be offering the ability to translate or run all 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit software on the newer OSs and hardware. It is an easy problem. They should also be offering emulation or JITC (Just In Time Compilation) or FRTC (First Run Time Compilation) for all older software to run on the newer hardware and OSs.
I'm a coder. I've been coding since the mid-1970's. These parents are all wrong. Coding is dead.
Not yet but soon there will be no need for coders. 10 years, maybe less. It's going to become a gourmet thing. Something people do for fun perhaps. Like art but not as a profession.
Getting kids into coding is not preparing them for a future career. It's a great introduction to thinking clearly. But be realistic.
You missed the point. The Big Bang Theory is about science. To make it completely and totally about science we employ AI's to write the show. You must admit for the current level of AI the show is very good.:)
Apparently you're having a hard time reading. I said above there are losers as well as winners. This is a fact that too many people are ignoring. It is much more sensational to focus on the losers than to recognize the good that global warming and climate change bring. The reality is that periods of cooling are when there have been the worst die offs and periods of warming are when there have been the greatest biodiversity. That's the science. Try reading the whole thing rather than over reacting with the voices in your head.
You're simply wrong. We're getting plenty of water. You apparently have a hard time reading, I addressed this and perhaps you simply don't have much science background. Global warming and climate change do not mean drought. In fact there is a lot of discussion about many areas getting more rain, which is great for longer growing seasons. A big win.
If you put your head in a plastic bag along with the strawberry plants they can thrive on your exhaled CO2 and then when you decompose they can use your nutrients to grow better.
Too many people, and particularly the Media, tend to focus on the negatives of global warming and climate change. Just as there are losers there are also winners and the longer summers are very beneficial in the northern areas. We're getting longer growing seasons. Our winters are more temperate although still deep snows. The news is good.
"You know when it reaches 20% we can't even breath the air? Literally we'll choke to death because of the high CO2 content in the atmosphere?"
Math can be challenging but let me help you AnonyCow: 1 ppm = 1 part per million = 1 in 1,000,000 = 0.0001% 407 ppm = 0.0407% CO2
so to get to 20% CO2 in the atmosphere we need: 20% CO2 = 200,000 ppm or 491 TIMES GREATER THAN 2018.
We have a long ways to go to get to 20% CO2. Don't stop breathing yet. You're an important part of the life cycle. Of course, if you do stop breathing you are going to soon start decomposing and that too is an important part of the life cycle as you'll feed other organisms in the great web of life.
I'm sure if I got that wrong someone will mention it.
It's not denialism BS. It's science. Your problem is you're looking at too small an increment of time. The variations in temperatures over time are very real. Sometimes they happen quickly and sometimes slowly. Quicker events tend to be more devastating. The change in this case is a correction off a previous deflection and not a particularly large change at that.
According to the paleo records we had been in a period of global cooling and are now moving above the median temperature by a little but not as much as it had been previously. It's a cycle. It swings back and forth. There are many things that cause the swing. This time there is good evidence that some of that cause is human-centric. So, let's clean up our act a bit. Things are naturally improving as devices become more energy efficient. Unfortunately this whole focus on global warming / climate change totally ignores and masks the much more important issue of global pollution. That's the toxic killer and much more of a long term problem.
I'm from before that time of shared family computers.
I bought and hacked and built my own computer equipment. My electronics hobby was considered odd and too expensive. So I worked, saved, scrimped and scrounged. The first 'real' computer I bought was one of the very early Exidy Sorcerer computers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exidy_Sorcerer). I had used a KIM-1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIM-1) and a Apple I (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I) at school. I went to college during high school where I used punch card computers and PDP-11. In some ways when I bought my first one, the Sorcerer, it was a step down, except I got the whole thing to myself and I could open it up and hack it, which I did, adding memory, more I/O, tape data storage (my own version, not the bought one). It was great fun.
Later after I left the house my parents started buying family computers and then still later computers for each of my seven siblings as they went off to college. Prices came down and the computers became more mainstreamed.
"when you apply the Schrodinger wave equation it predicts a low probability of extremely large waves which appear from nowhere and vanish equally quickly."
Copyrighted materials, such as photographs, are property. Using the copyrighted materials without permission is theft. You can argue all you want but you're just implying you are a thief.
When I create a copyrighted work and you steal it that is theft. You have taken economic value from me. You can go to jail AND you can be fined AND you can be sued.
No, that is still a copyright violation. The fact that you can't seem to figure that out means you may soon be getting not just a take down letter but a bill for the copyright violation's you do.
When I find people have stolen my photographs I send them a bill. Most pay. Those that don't then get letters sent to their ISP, web host, employer, organization, etc.
Good. This is how copyright works. Just because I put my photos onto my website or let someone else use my photos DOES NOT GIVE ANYONE ELSE PERMISSION.
I've dealt with this repeatedly. I send the offender a bill for $500. They pay and then they get to use the photo with permission. If they don't pay I contact their ISP, web host, their organization and anyone else to let them know this person is stealing photos from me. Their ISP and web host routinely will shut people down for having stolen copyrighted material.
Two thoughts on this before everyone overreacts (Sorry about those of you who already did overreact):
1. The touch screen style keys could bulge up slightly and depress slightly when pressed. This would give us the tactile feedback we're used to having with mechanical keyboards with the advantages of non-mechanical devices that would last longer, possibly indefinitely (compared to your short human lifespan). Sound can be played through the speakers to give you the auditory feedback you so love (or don't in which case you can turn off the sound feedback).
2. The entire keyboard can be a display so when you don't want to use it as a keyboard you can have a clamshell book that has two displays, the primary and the keyboard. Advances in materials sciences with nano-surfaces will help those of you with greasy fingers keep your keyboard and display clean.
These are existing technologies. Time to implement them and get away from physical keyboards.
I've been a 'typist' for 50 years. I type very fast on a mechanical keyboard. I have a MacBook Pro 17" late-2011. I love it. But the dirt getting under the keyboard and wearing out of keys is a real issue that could be solved improving the experience.
For those of you who still want a traditional mechanical keyboard to lovingly stroke and fondle you can get one that connects via Bluetooth or USB. Everyone's (reasonably) happy.
The Earth is capable of sustainably containing 50,000,000,000 (50 Billion) people. That would leave the oceans and 25% of the (non-desert) land area as wild zones. The current problem is that people use too many resources. Travel is a HUGE part of this. Too many people waste resources in other ways like heating and cooling. This isn't necessary. I've built buildings that prove it. But that requires thinking differently. We need that 50 Billion people because we need more minds thinking about hard problems. So go out there and have kids, read to your kids and encourage them to make a difference, to solve big problems.
If you draw attention to it, by suing, then you create a Streisand Effect which makes more people pay attention to it and exasperates problem #1 above.
Slashdot Mirror
Frankly it is ridiculous that this sort of thing is even a problem. Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc should all be offering the ability to translate or run all 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit software on the newer OSs and hardware. It is an easy problem. They should also be offering emulation or JITC (Just In Time Compilation) or FRTC (First Run Time Compilation) for all older software to run on the newer hardware and OSs.
I'm a coder.
I've been coding since the mid-1970's.
These parents are all wrong.
Coding is dead.
Not yet but soon there will be no need for coders.
10 years, maybe less.
It's going to become a gourmet thing.
Something people do for fun perhaps.
Like art but not as a profession.
Getting kids into coding is not preparing them for a future career.
It's a great introduction to thinking clearly.
But be realistic.
I look forward to connecting to this thing called the Internet...
You missed the point. The Big Bang Theory is about science. To make it completely and totally about science we employ AI's to write the show. You must admit for the current level of AI the show is very good. :)
Apparently you're having a hard time reading. I said above there are losers as well as winners. This is a fact that too many people are ignoring. It is much more sensational to focus on the losers than to recognize the good that global warming and climate change bring. The reality is that periods of cooling are when there have been the worst die offs and periods of warming are when there have been the greatest biodiversity. That's the science. Try reading the whole thing rather than over reacting with the voices in your head.
You're simply wrong. We're getting plenty of water. You apparently have a hard time reading, I addressed this and perhaps you simply don't have much science background. Global warming and climate change do not mean drought. In fact there is a lot of discussion about many areas getting more rain, which is great for longer growing seasons. A big win.
If you put your head in a plastic bag along with the strawberry plants they can thrive on your exhaled CO2 and then when you decompose they can use your nutrients to grow better.
Too many people, and particularly the Media, tend to focus on the negatives of global warming and climate change. Just as there are losers there are also winners and the longer summers are very beneficial in the northern areas. We're getting longer growing seasons. Our winters are more temperate although still deep snows. The news is good.
"You know when it reaches 20% we can't even breath the air? Literally we'll choke to death because of the high CO2 content in the atmosphere?"
Math can be challenging but let me help you AnonyCow:
1 ppm = 1 part per million = 1 in 1,000,000 = 0.0001%
407 ppm = 0.0407% CO2
so to get to 20% CO2 in the atmosphere we need:
20% CO2 = 200,000 ppm or 491 TIMES GREATER THAN 2018.
We have a long ways to go to get to 20% CO2.
Don't stop breathing yet. You're an important part of the life cycle. Of course, if you do stop breathing you are going to soon start decomposing and that too is an important part of the life cycle as you'll feed other organisms in the great web of life.
I'm sure if I got that wrong someone will mention it.
It's not denialism BS. It's science. Your problem is you're looking at too small an increment of time. The variations in temperatures over time are very real. Sometimes they happen quickly and sometimes slowly. Quicker events tend to be more devastating. The change in this case is a correction off a previous deflection and not a particularly large change at that.
According to the paleo records we had been in a period of global cooling and are now moving above the median temperature by a little but not as much as it had been previously. It's a cycle. It swings back and forth. There are many things that cause the swing. This time there is good evidence that some of that cause is human-centric. So, let's clean up our act a bit. Things are naturally improving as devices become more energy efficient. Unfortunately this whole focus on global warming / climate change totally ignores and masks the much more important issue of global pollution. That's the toxic killer and much more of a long term problem.
I'm from before that time of shared family computers.
I bought and hacked and built my own computer equipment. My electronics hobby was considered odd and too expensive. So I worked, saved, scrimped and scrounged. The first 'real' computer I bought was one of the very early Exidy Sorcerer computers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exidy_Sorcerer). I had used a KIM-1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIM-1) and a Apple I (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I) at school. I went to college during high school where I used punch card computers and PDP-11. In some ways when I bought my first one, the Sorcerer, it was a step down, except I got the whole thing to myself and I could open it up and hack it, which I did, adding memory, more I/O, tape data storage (my own version, not the bought one). It was great fun.
Later after I left the house my parents started buying family computers and then still later computers for each of my seven siblings as they went off to college. Prices came down and the computers became more mainstreamed.
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"when you apply the Schrodinger wave equation it predicts a low probability of extremely large waves which appear from nowhere and vanish equally quickly."
Appears from nowhere, goes nowhere, does nothing.
These are Jeffries Tube waves.
Jeffries waves from the distance.
-WJ
Copyrighted materials, such as photographs, are property.
Using the copyrighted materials without permission is theft.
You can argue all you want but you're just implying you are a thief.
No, you are the one who is confused.
When I create a copyrighted work and you steal it that is theft. You have taken economic value from me. You can go to jail AND you can be fined AND you can be sued.
No, that is still a copyright violation. The fact that you can't seem to figure that out means you may soon be getting not just a take down letter but a bill for the copyright violation's you do.
When I find people have stolen my photographs I send them a bill. Most pay. Those that don't then get letters sent to their ISP, web host, employer, organization, etc.
Don't steal.
Good. This is how copyright works. Just because I put my photos onto my website or let someone else use my photos DOES NOT GIVE ANYONE ELSE PERMISSION.
I've dealt with this repeatedly. I send the offender a bill for $500. They pay and then they get to use the photo with permission. If they don't pay I contact their ISP, web host, their organization and anyone else to let them know this person is stealing photos from me. Their ISP and web host routinely will shut people down for having stolen copyrighted material.
Don't steal.
Two thoughts on this before everyone overreacts (Sorry about those of you who already did overreact):
1. The touch screen style keys could bulge up slightly and depress slightly when pressed. This would give us the tactile feedback we're used to having with mechanical keyboards with the advantages of non-mechanical devices that would last longer, possibly indefinitely (compared to your short human lifespan). Sound can be played through the speakers to give you the auditory feedback you so love (or don't in which case you can turn off the sound feedback).
2. The entire keyboard can be a display so when you don't want to use it as a keyboard you can have a clamshell book that has two displays, the primary and the keyboard. Advances in materials sciences with nano-surfaces will help those of you with greasy fingers keep your keyboard and display clean.
These are existing technologies. Time to implement them and get away from physical keyboards.
I've been a 'typist' for 50 years. I type very fast on a mechanical keyboard. I have a MacBook Pro 17" late-2011. I love it. But the dirt getting under the keyboard and wearing out of keys is a real issue that could be solved improving the experience.
For those of you who still want a traditional mechanical keyboard to lovingly stroke and fondle you can get one that connects via Bluetooth or USB. Everyone's (reasonably) happy.
You're looking at the problem completely from the wrong direction. Rather than trying to increase production decrease consumption.
The Earth is capable of sustainably containing 50,000,000,000 (50 Billion) people. That would leave the oceans and 25% of the (non-desert) land area as wild zones. The current problem is that people use too many resources. Travel is a HUGE part of this. Too many people waste resources in other ways like heating and cooling. This isn't necessary. I've built buildings that prove it. But that requires thinking differently. We need that 50 Billion people because we need more minds thinking about hard problems. So go out there and have kids, read to your kids and encourage them to make a difference, to solve big problems.
"must go through the same lengthy approval process as traditional transgenic plants."
Yeah!
CRISPER is just as dangerous if not more so.
Once it's out in the wild you can't contain it.
If you draw attention to it, by suing, then you create a Streisand Effect which makes more people pay attention to it and exasperates problem #1 above.
They should have ignored it.
An American Airlines spokeswoman said in a statement: "Air travel is global business, and we abide by the rules in countries where we operate."
In some countries they require women to wear burkas so American Airlines is planning this for all their female stewardesses and pilots world-wide?