Way to go, Chinese consumer. Refusing to stand in line is clearly a sign of sticking it to the man!
This is the first time I have heard of China, but clearly it is a land of spirited civil protest and independent thinking. Perhaps I shall go there myself, so that I can at last be free to speak and act as I please.
I was wondering if the guys at Wikipedia would volunteer to clean up the junk in my back yard. For free. It may not do much for their career, but hey, my yard could use the help.
The hopeful analogy presented by the submitter of the article "Exactly the way the collapse of the vacuum tube industry killed the economy, I hope." is misleading. Vacuum tubes were supplanted by the rise of a technology, solid state transistors, that performed the same function as vacuum tubes but was superior in every way and enabled significant advancements in electronics and computing.
Sixty years on, and there is no obvious successor to solid state transistors that can promise the same kind of exponential boost in capabilities that was seen when Shockley et al. invented the first BJT. A breakthrough may occur, but it is also possible that no such breakthrough will occur. Imagine that the transistor was never invented and that advances were still measured by incremental improvements in vacuum tube technology. The personal computer of today would be the size of a refrigerator and have the computing power of a graphing calculator. This is the premise to consider when invoking the possible demise of Moore's law. Imagine if your great grandchild's personal computers are only 20 times faster than today's computers rather than one million times faster.
Screenwriter:...to make an alteration in the evolvement of an organic work of art is futile. An intelligent and moving narrative sequence cannot be revised once it's been established in the memories of its audience. Alcon Entertainment Producer: Why not? Screenwriter: Because the work of art lives infinite interpretations in the incubation of human imagination. If the work subsequently undergoes reversion mutation, anyone with common sense and a measure of taste will avoid the project, like rats leaving a sinking ship. Alcon Entertainment Producer: What about superhero and recording artist tie-in recombination? Screenwriter: We've already tried it - Batty was recast as Aquaman and Rachael was played by Madonna; it created a version so lethal the editor was blind for three weeks after he left the editing room. Alcon Entertainment Producer: Then a CGI repressor sequence that would block critical reviews? Screenwriter: Wouldn't obstruct replication of snarky blogger commentary; but it does give rise to epiletic seizures and you've got blindness again... but this, all of this is academic. The original was made as well as can be made. It is timeless. Alcon Entertainment Producer: But not to last. That's why we need four sequels, three prequels, a spinoff sitcom, a fast food tie-in, an iPhone app... Screenwriter: (Leaving the room) The light that burns twice as dim will ascend to the head of the studio.
(edit: The $5B estimate for the Hubble includes multiple cost overruns due to it being a first iteration. Subsequent iterations would likely be cheaper, hence my guesstimate of one ISS ~ 30 Hubbles.)
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Way to go, Chinese consumer. Refusing to stand in line is clearly a sign of sticking it to the man!
This is the first time I have heard of China, but clearly it is a land of spirited civil protest and independent thinking. Perhaps I shall go there myself, so that I can at last be free to speak and act as I please.
Possibly. But if they ever slip up and use the evil voice, we'll know for sure.
"...they will deliver nearly unparalleled advances in CPU performance..."
Good to hear. Hopefully the next iteration will be fully unparalled. Much easier to program for a single core.
I was wondering if the guys at Wikipedia would volunteer to clean up the junk in my back yard. For free. It may not do much for their career, but hey, my yard could use the help.
The hopeful analogy presented by the submitter of the article "Exactly the way the collapse of the vacuum tube industry killed the economy, I hope." is misleading. Vacuum tubes were supplanted by the rise of a technology, solid state transistors, that performed the same function as vacuum tubes but was superior in every way and enabled significant advancements in electronics and computing.
Sixty years on, and there is no obvious successor to solid state transistors that can promise the same kind of exponential boost in capabilities that was seen when Shockley et al. invented the first BJT. A breakthrough may occur, but it is also possible that no such breakthrough will occur. Imagine that the transistor was never invented and that advances were still measured by incremental improvements in vacuum tube technology. The personal computer of today would be the size of a refrigerator and have the computing power of a graphing calculator. This is the premise to consider when invoking the possible demise of Moore's law. Imagine if your great grandchild's personal computers are only 20 times faster than today's computers rather than one million times faster.
I for one welcome these original titles and their bold, new ideas and... Oh.
Screenwriter: ...to make an alteration in the evolvement of an organic work of art is futile. An intelligent and moving narrative sequence cannot be revised once it's been established in the memories of its audience.
Alcon Entertainment Producer: Why not?
Screenwriter: Because the work of art lives infinite interpretations in the incubation of human imagination. If the work subsequently undergoes reversion mutation, anyone with common sense and a measure of taste will avoid the project, like rats leaving a sinking ship.
Alcon Entertainment Producer: What about superhero and recording artist tie-in recombination?
Screenwriter: We've already tried it - Batty was recast as Aquaman and Rachael was played by Madonna; it created a version so lethal the editor was blind for three weeks after he left the editing room.
Alcon Entertainment Producer: Then a CGI repressor sequence that would block critical reviews?
Screenwriter: Wouldn't obstruct replication of snarky blogger commentary; but it does give rise to epiletic seizures and you've got blindness again... but this, all of this is academic. The original was made as well as can be made. It is timeless.
Alcon Entertainment Producer: But not to last. That's why we need four sequels, three prequels, a spinoff sitcom, a fast food tie-in, an iPhone app...
Screenwriter: (Leaving the room) The light that burns twice as dim will ascend to the head of the studio.
Just doesn't have the same ring to it.
A revolutionary new printer that prints only BSODs.
In the tradition of the highly successful paperless office.
Want to start the 30 million mile high club?
Dustin is the name of the CEO of the medicinal pot supplier in said article. Hey, he has a duty to test his product rigorously, right?
"Dustin's not here, man."
You can run, but you can't hide from the long arm of the media corporations.
'...professor specific malware?
I've had to sit through my share of boring lectures, but isn't this carrying things a bit far?
Alfred is the only one allowed in the Bat Cave.
It's just a Swedish cooking term.
"Eufi deufi, peurfi dur." means "Add meatballs and simmer for 20 minutes."
Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_Yf4zz-yo
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war room!"
(edit: The $5B estimate for the Hubble includes multiple cost overruns due to it being a first iteration. Subsequent iterations would likely be cheaper, hence my guesstimate of one ISS ~ 30 Hubbles.)
we could have sent up thirty Hubble telescopes ($5B).
Just sayin'.
MySpace is positioning itself for the so-called Gen Y crowd, or those roughly between 10 and 30 years old.
As a member of the decreasingly relevant Gen X crowd, let me be the first to say 'Get off MyLawnSpace.'
How much would you pay this prime plot of arctic tundra that I happen to be selling? Ten million dollars per acre? $500,000 per acre?
Would you believe for the low, LOW price of $99,000 per acre this piece of frozen wasteland...er, wonderland could be your very own!*
*Mineral, petroleum, and water rights not included with purchase.
Microsoft is greasing palms to fastrack their open docking standard, dockx.
"On the count of three, we will coat the wiring harness with rabbit repellent. One... Two... Five!
"Three sir."
"Three!"
Clippy.
"You look like you're trying to paste Sarah Palin's head on that lolcat. Can I suggest a theme?"