If this is true, this really is very interesting. Can you give me some references? I wasn't aware that USA was deciding what EU can or can't spend its money on!
What's the point? You're pretty stupid, aren't you? The point isn't to build rollerscating robots, it's the fact that they've managed to build a robot with an incredible balance!
Why wasn't the speed of light defined to be 3*10^8m when they were going to define meters by this speed anyway? I mean, it wouldn't have any practical implications other than beautifying some physical formulae (no big deal, I know, but still). Like, the intrinsic impedance of free space would be exactly 120*pi ohm instead of approximately 376.7303135 ohm!
Quantum computing is not the answer to Moore's Law; quantum computing is a shift in computing paradigm. The thing is that there are computing problems that can't be solved efficiently on classical computers that can be solved efficiently on quantum computers (efficient beeing defined as it usually is in CS). Problems that have equally efficient solutions on classical computers will probably be solved a *lot* slower on early quantum computers.
In other words, you don't want a QC if you want to run Gnome, but you certainly will want a QC if you want to factorize numbers (that is, crack RSA) or search huge databases (these are two of the algorithms that have been designed for QC that are beleived not to have equally efficient solutions on classical computers)
Well, according to the article, it's a nucleus with four neutrons and no protons (and hence no electrons either). It was supposed to be physically impossible, but there were some scientists who said they've seen one.
Well, fusion is here, and has been for billions of years. We have also managed to use fusion for destruction (the H-bomb). On the other hand, we have not been able to tame it to use it for something constructive, but I'm pretty certain that we will be able to tame it sometime in the future. Maybe not within the next decade, a decade is "within foreseeable time," and means that researchers are very close to a solution. But eventually, I think that fusion will be tamed.
If you had read the article, you would have seen that they are not aiming to make an extension to the existing internet. They want to build an entire new internet on mars (and also around Jupiter with its moon Europa), and then build "trunk-lines" to communicate between these internets.
My heart rate is actually a little quick today; I've had a little too much caffeine. I still thought that film was good, but, of course, you need a brain in order to enjoy it... (Sorry, couldn't resist)
Dr. Wagner said 10 other families were preparing to use the procedure, to
have babies who would be free of genetic disorders carried by the parents
Ever watched Gattaca? That film only saw a world with perfect men from the view of an "imperfect" person, if you will; what would the world be like for the parents of the perfect humans, when the parents grow old?
I think the article had a lot of good points, but I want to emphasize a minor point in the article:
"The Unix heads hate NT, and the NT heads hate Unix"
Is it perhaps time to stop bashing all the nutheads using the crappy os trying to convert them and instead try to help with the os they've already got? IMVHO that's a better approach; it'd make more people happier (and as a side effect, it could result in more conversions, only the converts are converting frome their own free will...)
Bad choice of words, maybe, but you get my point. English isn't my first language, so bear with me, please...
Just a few additional (hopefully interesting) words; the page you are referring to was present a long time before the Lander landed, indicating to me that NASA foresaw this silence.
It seems to me that atheists are as religious as anyone. I really am astonished sometimes how strongly the atheists believe that there is no god, and how they are preaching the non-existence of this god! The atheist-fanatics really aren't any better than any other fanatics.
That said, I try to tolerate atheists as much as I tolerate other religions. Religious intolerance is a Bad Thing as far as I am concerned, and thus I guess I shouldn't write what I just wrote, but I'm not perfect.
I'm no physisist, but from what I understand, the Big Bang must have produced a lot of anti-matter (as much as there is matter). If this were true, then all matter and anti-matter should have "vanished" into energy, unless the anti-matter was confined to some other place. Is this a possible explanation as to where the anti-matter went?
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If this is true, this really is very interesting. Can you give me some references? I wasn't aware that USA was deciding what EU can or can't spend its money on!
What's the point? You're pretty stupid, aren't you? The point isn't to build rollerscating robots, it's the fact that they've managed to build a robot with an incredible balance!
Oh, this could be interesting... (in reply...)
Damn newbie! RTFM and STOP ASKING ME THOSE DAMN STUPID QUESTIONS!
ooops...
Why wasn't the speed of light defined to be 3*10^8m when they were going to define meters by this speed anyway? I mean, it wouldn't have any practical implications other than beautifying some physical formulae (no big deal, I know, but still). Like, the intrinsic impedance of free space would be exactly 120*pi ohm instead of approximately 376.7303135 ohm!
Quantum computing is not the answer to Moore's Law; quantum computing is a shift in computing paradigm. The thing is that there are computing problems that can't be solved efficiently on classical computers that can be solved efficiently on quantum computers (efficient beeing defined as it usually is in CS). Problems that have equally efficient solutions on classical computers will probably be solved a *lot* slower on early quantum computers.
In other words, you don't want a QC if you want to run Gnome, but you certainly will want a QC if you want to factorize numbers (that is, crack RSA) or search huge databases (these are two of the algorithms that have been designed for QC that are beleived not to have equally efficient solutions on classical computers)
Uh-huh. And I expect USA will fall because of Bush' statement on DNA research?
(I fully expect to be modded down for this, but what the hell. I have karma to burn)
Why the hell are people who write this automatically modded up!?? Isn't it obvious that they are flamebaits and karma-whores??
Well, I fully expect to be modded down (in fact I hope so; I'm totally off-topic), but what the hell, I don't have any karma to lose.
HL == AC
Well, we've finally found out what slashdotters fantasize about. The site is slashdotted!
Well, according to the article, it's a nucleus with four neutrons and no protons (and hence no electrons either). It was supposed to be physically impossible, but there were some scientists who said they've seen one.
I saw in the latest New Scientist that we have developed Element Zero. Will that do?
Isn't it ironic that a site called 25hoursaday is down?
Well, I would think that people that climb mountains probably appreciate MS putting it there; I think the mountain itself is the goal.
Well, fusion is here, and has been for billions of years. We have also managed to use fusion for destruction (the H-bomb). On the other hand, we have not been able to tame it to use it for something constructive, but I'm pretty certain that we will be able to tame it sometime in the future. Maybe not within the next decade, a decade is "within foreseeable time," and means that researchers are very close to a solution. But eventually, I think that fusion will be tamed.
If you had read the article, you would have seen that they are not aiming to make an extension to the existing internet. They want to build an entire new internet on mars (and also around Jupiter with its moon Europa), and then build "trunk-lines" to communicate between these internets.
My heart rate is actually a little quick today; I've had a little too much caffeine. I still thought that film was good, but, of course, you need a brain in order to enjoy it... (Sorry, couldn't resist)
Ever watched Gattaca? That film only saw a world with perfect men from the view of an "imperfect" person, if you will; what would the world be like for the parents of the perfect humans, when the parents grow old?
I think the article had a lot of good points, but I want to emphasize a minor point in the article:
Is it perhaps time to stop bashing all the nutheads using the crappy os trying to convert them and instead try to help with the os they've already got? IMVHO that's a better approach; it'd make more people happier (and as a side effect, it could result in more conversions, only the converts are converting frome their own free will...)
Bad choice of words, maybe, but you get my point. English isn't my first language, so bear with me, please...
Just a few additional (hopefully interesting) words; the page you are referring to was present a long time before the Lander landed, indicating to me that NASA foresaw this silence.
That said, I try to tolerate atheists as much as I tolerate other religions. Religious intolerance is a Bad Thing as far as I am concerned, and thus I guess I shouldn't write what I just wrote, but I'm not perfect.
I'm no physisist, but from what I understand, the Big Bang must have produced a lot of anti-matter (as much as there is matter). If this were true, then all matter and anti-matter should have "vanished" into energy, unless the anti-matter was confined to some other place. Is this a possible explanation as to where the anti-matter went?