Fundamental medical research is mostly done by academia,,,, drug companies are spending all their time researching drugs to keep wealthy old people alive for another few months, most cancer research that is trying to find cures (as opposed to palliatives), and prevention is done in academia funded by charities.
Drug companies have no interesting in curing cancer it is making them too much money...
Just like all the hundreds of terrorist attacks on US soil before 9/11, when security was so lax that you could easily smuggle anything onto flights...
US internal flights were an extremely soft target for years... and yet almost no terrorist attacks occurred ?
Probably none : the only failed attacks since have used things the scanners would not pick up.. i.e. various explosives
The attacks prior would have been stopped by scanners, but would also have been stopped by much simpler and safer checks...The single most effective anti-terrorist device since 9/11 is the locked door to the cockpit.,,
The scanners possibly have the benefit of making people confident enough to fly, and so are not totally make-work...
Money is put into circulation, beyond what is spent on the scanners...and people will fly who wouldn't otherwise, so there is a benefit - unlike the broken window where the end product is the status quo but money has been spent....
Keynesian economics works when you spend money on beneficial items, it doesn't if you waste it...
BlueGene/L Each node is a Dual Core processor with 4MiB of memory (M not G) and they seem to do OK... it's a case of writing the software correctly to distribute it correctly... That's a single system running one application
But this is about servers not cores... this gives you 288 servers per rack, Your blade solution gives you many less independent servers, with each server having many more cores, and more memory, which is not the market they are aiming at...
Yes, but back is not the right word, since the idea (cheap, not very powerful, but many processors) never went away...
Multicore is the same idea but on one chip
Many of the worlds fastest computers are based on this... e.g. BlueGene/L 106,496 x PowerPC 440 700 MHz...
The issues are getting the processors/cores to take the load evenly, and writing the software with parallel running in mind, Many systems up until recently were bad at this...
...and my phone has 8GB which is mostly full of highly compressed video and music, any spare space I could get back from bloated programs or data they carry with them to display text in languages I don't read would be appreciated...phone memory is not large enough or cheap enough to be a non-issue (yet)
Most of the bloat in programs is GUI, not very compressed (or at all) graphics that are built for speed not size, and still gives an slow startup and unresponsive interface... please bring back the Turbo Pascal philosophy, the turbo was for a reason, it was fast enough that you did not have to worry about it's speed and allow for it (unlike other programming systems at the time)
This is the difference between a Unix tool, that does one job well, and a featured system that tries to do everything Emacs is an early example, but almost every GUI program suffers from this a little...
Pointers are a low level hack to solve problems that are created by you not having the proper tools... C is full of them, which is what makes it so powerful, but also so easy to write buggy code in, the tools other languages give you instead can however sometimes get in the way...
The simpler solution is to stop *all* Patents, keep copyright, keep trademarks
Patents were put in place to allow a way for people to disclose their ideas without losing the rights to it, it cut down industrial espionage, and the locking up of new ideas... I have not heard of a Patent in years that actually discloses anything really new, and they are worded in such obfuscated legalese that it is useless for producing a working device anyway
Ideas are still locked up, just with lawyers rather than by keeping secrets, the same process could be done with copyright, but would allow people to innovate still
They sell a premium product at a premium price, and market it on design and exclusivity but they are actually relatively cheap to produce.... of course they make money, and that is why their stock price is high...
They do the same with their Desktops... off the shelf commodity parts, but sold at a premium price because of the Apple logo and reputation...
Whereas Samsung sell competitively priced products across the range, I should hope they are outselling Apple...
This is a federal Debt, so it came from Federal Taxes since the government has no other income, and the same Federal Taxes will take the hit if they default
Banks lend money to the government, but expect to be repaid, the government could try defaulting on them, but the banks know they are good for it still (and hence the AAA rating the USA has)
At some point someone thought getting an educated population was worth the risk/cost....
Red Hat sell support, the do not Sell Software.... they help develop that software so they are the experts on it, so you can have some confidence they actually know what they are talking about
This is an old, tried and tested business model, and it works and has worked for years, IBM did it?
Red Hat sells services, it is a service company, it happens to also supply the Software it services, and helps to develop this software so it is automatically the expert on it
This is obviously a broken business model since it was the model that almost all Service companies and hardware companies used before Microsoft got the strange notion of selling software, and Red Hat are only a tiny little company that has been losing money for years... oh no they appear to very successful how did that happen ?
How many waited for models of Apple phones are there... 1, and it's the most expensive and with all possible features
How many new models of Android or even Samsung phones are there... many of all types and prices
Apple starve the market, make them wait, then release, usually with just less than demand, and they all sell, whereas their "rivals" are multiple manufacturers who compete with each other just keep bringing out new models and sell them at a steady rate
The only reason to use ALAC or FLAC is for quality, on a iPhone or iPod quality is largely irrelevant in the environment they are used, and the audio quality these devices are capable of is less than perfect...
On devices that people would actually want to use a lossless codec, FLAC is supported, and ALACA (up until now) is not...
the market is more than the penetration of the devices you have heard of...
..Old knowledge like what a computer is, basic programming constructs, etc... i.e. basic foundation knowledge will always be required
Now old but what was know knowledge is mostly irrelevant (except for a few nuggets that have become basic foundation)
e.g. How to use and program a Palm Pilot, was once highly desired, is now mostly irrelevant, but basic knowledge of PDA's is useful as a foundation for SmartPhones..
Signed on behalf of 588,365,963 people Not signed on behalf of 622,689,537 people
So by population is less than half...
The point is that less than half the countries have signed, and less than half the population represented have signed, but the title seems to indicate a last few holding out, whereas in reality the majority have not signed.... and that is not even counting the rest of the world...?
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Fundamental medical research is mostly done by academia,,,, drug companies are spending all their time researching drugs to keep wealthy old people alive for another few months, most cancer research that is trying to find cures (as opposed to palliatives), and prevention is done in academia funded by charities.
Drug companies have no interesting in curing cancer it is making them too much money ...
Just like all the hundreds of terrorist attacks on US soil before 9/11, when security was so lax that you could easily smuggle anything onto flights ...
US internal flights were an extremely soft target for years ... and yet almost no terrorist attacks occurred ?
How many terrorist attacks has it stopped .... ?
Probably none : the only failed attacks since have used things the scanners would not pick up .. i.e. various explosives
The attacks prior would have been stopped by scanners, but would also have been stopped by much simpler and safer checks...The single most effective anti-terrorist device since 9/11 is the locked door to the cockpit .,,
The scanners possibly have the benefit of making people confident enough to fly, and so are not totally make-work ...
Money is put into circulation, beyond what is spent on the scanners...and people will fly who wouldn't otherwise, so there is a benefit - unlike the broken window where the end product is the status quo but money has been spent....
Keynesian economics works when you spend money on beneficial items, it doesn't if you waste it ...
BlueGene/L Each node is a Dual Core processor with 4MiB of memory (M not G) and they seem to do OK... it's a case of writing the software correctly to distribute it correctly ... That's a single system running one application
But this is about servers not cores ... this gives you 288 servers per rack, Your blade solution gives you many less independent servers, with each server having many more cores, and more memory, which is not the market they are aiming at ...
Yes, but back is not the right word, since the idea (cheap, not very powerful, but many processors) never went away...
Multicore is the same idea but on one chip
Many of the worlds fastest computers are based on this ... e.g. BlueGene/L 106,496 x PowerPC 440 700 MHz ...
The issues are getting the processors/cores to take the load evenly, and writing the software with parallel running in mind, Many systems up until recently were bad at this ...
Yes they did, but they did not use the OS to do it ...
...and my phone has 8GB which is mostly full of highly compressed video and music, any spare space I could get back from bloated programs or data they carry with them to display text in languages I don't read would be appreciated ...phone memory is not large enough or cheap enough to be a non-issue (yet)
Most of the bloat in programs is GUI, not very compressed (or at all) graphics that are built for speed not size, and still gives an slow startup and unresponsive interface ... please bring back the Turbo Pascal philosophy, the turbo was for a reason, it was fast enough that you did not have to worry about it's speed and allow for it (unlike other programming systems at the time)
This is the difference between a Unix tool, that does one job well, and a featured system that tries to do everything Emacs is an early example, but almost every GUI program suffers from this a little ...
The answer is Delphi, No need for pointers ...
Or C# No need for pointers ..
Pointers are a low level hack to solve problems that are created by you not having the proper tools ... C is full of them, which is what makes it so powerful, but also so easy to write buggy code in, the tools other languages give you instead can however sometimes get in the way ...
The simpler solution is to stop *all* Patents, keep copyright, keep trademarks
Patents were put in place to allow a way for people to disclose their ideas without losing the rights to it, it cut down industrial espionage, and the locking up of new ideas ... I have not heard of a Patent in years that actually discloses anything really new, and they are worded in such obfuscated legalese that it is useless for producing a working device anyway
Ideas are still locked up, just with lawyers rather than by keeping secrets, the same process could be done with copyright, but would allow people to innovate still
RIM Blackberries are popular in the UK with a certain group of people for two simple reasons ...
1) the handsets are cheap smartphones
2) BBM - is a private network that most most people's friends are on already
There are also business users but mostly because of the enterprise mail technology .... which is far from unique anymore
They sell a premium product at a premium price, and market it on design and exclusivity but they are actually relatively cheap to produce .... of course they make money, and that is why their stock price is high ...
They do the same with their Desktops ... off the shelf commodity parts, but sold at a premium price because of the Apple logo and reputation ...
Whereas Samsung sell competitively priced products across the range, I should hope they are outselling Apple ...
This is a federal Debt, so it came from Federal Taxes since the government has no other income, and the same Federal Taxes will take the hit if they default
Banks lend money to the government, but expect to be repaid, the government could try defaulting on them, but the banks know they are good for it still (and hence the AAA rating the USA has)
At some point someone thought getting an educated population was worth the risk/cost ....
Red Hat sell support, the do not Sell Software .... they help develop that software so they are the experts on it, so you can have some confidence they actually know what they are talking about
This is an old, tried and tested business model, and it works and has worked for years, IBM did it?
Red Hat does not compete with CentOS ?
Red Hat sells services, it is a service company, it happens to also supply the Software it services, and helps to develop this software so it is automatically the expert on it
This is obviously a broken business model since it was the model that almost all Service companies and hardware companies used before Microsoft got the strange notion of selling software, and Red Hat are only a tiny little company that has been losing money for years ... oh no they appear to very successful how did that happen ?
How many waited for models of Apple phones are there ... 1, and it's the most expensive and with all possible features
How many new models of Android or even Samsung phones are there... many of all types and prices
Apple starve the market, make them wait, then release, usually with just less than demand, and they all sell, whereas their "rivals" are multiple manufacturers who compete with each other just keep bringing out new models and sell them at a steady rate
Try getting a bank to accept it ... They will probably say "the don't deal in fiddling small change"
In what way is this "bowing before its British superiors" ? So it has a picture of your head of state on it ...who is about as British as Angela Merkel
The only reason to use ALAC or FLAC is for quality, on a iPhone or iPod quality is largely irrelevant in the environment they are used, and the audio quality these devices are capable of is less than perfect ...
On devices that people would actually want to use a lossless codec, FLAC is supported, and ALACA (up until now) is not ...
the market is more than the penetration of the devices you have heard of ...
..Old knowledge like what a computer is, basic programming constructs, etc ... i.e. basic foundation knowledge will always be required
Now old but what was know knowledge is mostly irrelevant (except for a few nuggets that have become basic foundation)
e.g. ..
How to use and program a Palm Pilot, was once highly desired, is now mostly irrelevant, but basic knowledge of PDA's is useful as a foundation for SmartPhones
First we would have to start drilling in difficult places where there was great danger in huge oil spills and we ... oh we have ...
...Called Apple ?
They were the new guy in the mobile market and tried to pay as few people as possible ...the others laughed, and then sued ...
When Android came along they were they did exactly the same, but apparently it's OK for Apple to attack them ?
Prada, Louis Vetton,etc ... i.e. all the fashion houses no Patents, No copyright, only trademarks .. and they seem to making plenty of money
Actually they are making more profit than most tech companies, is this because their legal bills are smaller?
Signed on behalf of 588,365,963 people
Not signed on behalf of 622,689,537 people
So by population is less than half ...
The point is that less than half the countries have signed, and less than half the population represented have signed, but the title seems to indicate a last few holding out, whereas in reality the majority have not signed .... and that is not even counting the rest of the world ...?