I've been complaining about the signal to noise ratio in the media for a while. Can you picture what this technology could do to CNN coverage, or (gasp) Slashdot?
No wait, it requires a long exposure to the signal. No improvement for all of the "All the news in the blink of a hyperactive ferret on vivarin's eye" culture.
You are of course forgetting the shockwave of the blast, a massive pulse of EM radiation. In an atmosphere it is mediated by the atmosphere, which is why we here that BOOM. In space, you have some trace gases, but most of the energy would be carried by low frequency EM.
Remember, there are a few Megatons of energy that are released in a few milleseconds. This energy has to go somewhere. It's going to impart momentum on just about anything in the blast radius. Holes or no holes.
The problem, as you stated, is not with integers but with how an implementation deals with them.
2's compliment rollover: Mon Jan 18 22:14:08 EST 2038
After this point, any implementation that does not explicitly handle Unix timestamps as unsigned 32-bit integers will have the internal representations flip into the negative domain. The most common fault is to revert to 1902. A lot of systems will fail long before this if dates are compared before and after this event.
32 bit overflow: Sometime early the year 2106.
The limits for a 32bit unsigned number are exceeded. The most common fault mode will be to restart counting back at 1970. Countless other problems will be caused by date arithmetic causing invalid answers.
Well we immortals tend to think of problems on a different time scale. For Yaggoth's sake, I was telling folks about the 2k problem back when they adopted base-10 as the number standard. I personally prefer base 12. Easy to divide by 2,3 and 4. Come on folks, how often do you encounter 5's in real life?
Humans are soft material too. Yet oddly enough, shotguns work on them.
A nuclear bomb is simply a highly efficient means of imparting a tremendous amount of momentum over a fairly large area. We don't really care HOW the structure of the asteroid is affected. All we do care about is that the average momemtum of all the particles is either sped up or slowed down to the point that it's track does not intercept that of the Earth. Whether it continues to be a solid mass, or moves around as a chunky dust cloud is immaterial. (No pun intended.)
In Philadelphia we have a lot of high-volume 2 lane one-way streets going through center city. So many people are double parked in both lanes we call them "The Center City Slolem".
1985: Windows 1.0 (the first windows)
1990: Windows 3.1 (the first windows that had enough flare to get widespread useage)
1996: Win95 (the first windows for the desktop with 32 bit code and memory protection)
1999: Win98 (Introduces USB support)
2001: Windows 2000 (the first 32 bit windows for the desktop)
200?: Longhorn
The way liability insurance is structured, you pay regardless. Anyone, and by logical extension, anything you grant control of the car is covered by your policy.
I don't think you will have the option of recovering damages from the manufacturer. You ultimately pulled the switch that told the car to auto-park.
There is no high-power nuclear propulsion system available with current technology. We can produce tons of electricity for decades, but propulsion still requires a propellent of some sort.
An Ion drive is the most promising, but it's output is miniscule compared to a chemical rocket. It still has an expendible, the Xenon. It simply uses electricity to fire it off at high speed.
One clarification: The shuttle also repaired a Canadian Comsat when they were showing it off before Challenger.
Even more than the fact the shuttle can't reach most satellites, it is cheaper to de-orbit a malfunctioning satellite and replace it using an expendable rocket (often several times) than it is to send the shuttle with a manned crew.
Food is a tough one. You could develop a high-calorie ration fortified with the basic vitamins you need. Packaged properly it would last years. It would also be compact and easy to store several weeks worth at a time. You could do what a lot of hikers on the Appalacian trail do, and have your rations mailed to you along the route.
In fact, if you have never heard of the Appalacian trail, its a 1400 mile long hiking path from Maine to somewhere in the south. It has areas to camp all along it. If you just want to live a solar-powered laptop bound existance, that drifts in and out of existance, this one borders on Socially Acceptable.
Designing a new cargo sled for the shuttle would be more complex than simply designing a new rocket. The SRB's were a nasty hack to get the shuttle off the ground, and have a lot of problems. No two (including the ones installed at the time) produce the exact same thrust. Once you light the SRB it will burn until it runs out of fuel.
The foam and external tank issue is another problem. The foam keeps splitting off and hitting the spacecraft.
FWIW you would really be better off bringing back the Saturn V.
Having been caught in a catch-22 with my school's billing system, I SO understand where you are coming from. They sent a loan back, and then billed me. For 2 years I camped out at the billing office. For 2 years they told be everything was taken care of. Finally halfway through my Senior year they dropped me for non-payment.
I couldn't get a student loan because I was not enrolled. I couldn't enroll without a student loan. I ended up taking out a personal loan, which needed to be paid back immediately, which required getting a job, and at the point I said "fuck it this isn't any fun anymore."
I find the closest technology to the old gypsy is to compress your worldly needs into an old hatchback. Find a talent you have and live as a street performer. Around these parts, we have a lot of Folk Festivals, Universities, etc. The only problem I've found is that a lot of cities have ordinances against camping or sleeping in one's car.
Maybe with the horsedrawn carriage you could overcome those predjudices.
Screw 'em. Open source is going to do to Shrink-Crap software what Shrink-Crap software did to mainframes.
Customer: Ok, I need a system to track sales in my coffee shop.
Evil IT provider: For $600 I can give you a copy of Starbuck's Lite. Of course, you have to buy your own SQL server for 2000. But it does include 15 minutes of tech support!
Open Source Provider: For $600 I'll write you a custom system that will run on that (blows dust off) PC. And I live down the street if you need fixes.
Slashdot Mirror
No wait, it requires a long exposure to the signal. No improvement for all of the "All the news in the blink of a hyperactive ferret on vivarin's eye" culture.
Remember, there are a few Megatons of energy that are released in a few milleseconds. This energy has to go somewhere. It's going to impart momentum on just about anything in the blast radius. Holes or no holes.
2's compliment rollover: Mon Jan 18 22:14:08 EST 2038
After this point, any implementation that does not explicitly handle Unix timestamps as unsigned 32-bit integers will have the internal representations flip into the negative domain. The most common fault is to revert to 1902. A lot of systems will fail long before this if dates are compared before and after this event.
32 bit overflow: Sometime early the year 2106.
The limits for a 32bit unsigned number are exceeded. The most common fault mode will be to restart counting back at 1970. Countless other problems will be caused by date arithmetic causing invalid answers.
Sigh.
You must be really a find if you have a girl and a futon and STILL need porn. Then again, maybe the porn is for her.
A nuclear bomb is simply a highly efficient means of imparting a tremendous amount of momentum over a fairly large area. We don't really care HOW the structure of the asteroid is affected. All we do care about is that the average momemtum of all the particles is either sped up or slowed down to the point that it's track does not intercept that of the Earth. Whether it continues to be a solid mass, or moves around as a chunky dust cloud is immaterial. (No pun intended.)
Table 28.9 Global Catastrophies
In Philadelphia we have a lot of high-volume 2 lane one-way streets going through center city. So many people are double parked in both lanes we call them "The Center City Slolem".
Amen to that. The courts, I think, are starting to to wrest back their control from the courts of public opinion.
1985: Windows 1.0 (the first windows) 1990: Windows 3.1 (the first windows that had enough flare to get widespread useage) 1996: Win95 (the first windows for the desktop with 32 bit code and memory protection) 1999: Win98 (Introduces USB support) 2001: Windows 2000 (the first 32 bit windows for the desktop) 200?: Longhorn
Robots to auto-post to Slashdot?
I don't think you will have the option of recovering damages from the manufacturer. You ultimately pulled the switch that told the car to auto-park.
Now find me a car that can FIND parking by itself. That I will pay money for.
...parking itself all the time. I think rumor has it the front tires are hairy too.
An Ion drive is the most promising, but it's output is miniscule compared to a chemical rocket. It still has an expendible, the Xenon. It simply uses electricity to fire it off at high speed.
Even more than the fact the shuttle can't reach most satellites, it is cheaper to de-orbit a malfunctioning satellite and replace it using an expendable rocket (often several times) than it is to send the shuttle with a manned crew.
In fact, if you have never heard of the Appalacian trail, its a 1400 mile long hiking path from Maine to somewhere in the south. It has areas to camp all along it. If you just want to live a solar-powered laptop bound existance, that drifts in and out of existance, this one borders on Socially Acceptable.
Designing a new cargo sled for the shuttle would be more complex than simply designing a new rocket. The SRB's were a nasty hack to get the shuttle off the ground, and have a lot of problems. No two (including the ones installed at the time) produce the exact same thrust. Once you light the SRB it will burn until it runs out of fuel.
The foam and external tank issue is another problem. The foam keeps splitting off and hitting the spacecraft.
FWIW you would really be better off bringing back the Saturn V.
I couldn't get a student loan because I was not enrolled. I couldn't enroll without a student loan. I ended up taking out a personal loan, which needed to be paid back immediately, which required getting a job, and at the point I said "fuck it this isn't any fun anymore."
I find the closest technology to the old gypsy is to compress your worldly needs into an old hatchback. Find a talent you have and live as a street performer. Around these parts, we have a lot of Folk Festivals, Universities, etc. The only problem I've found is that a lot of cities have ordinances against camping or sleeping in one's car.
Maybe with the horsedrawn carriage you could overcome those predjudices.
Grain alchohol and olive or vegatable oil.
Ha.
I'll have to add that to my 1984isms
Woods' law. Never be in front, behind, or in a stampede.
Customer: Ok, I need a system to track sales in my coffee shop.
Evil IT provider: For $600 I can give you a copy of Starbuck's Lite. Of course, you have to buy your own SQL server for 2000. But it does include 15 minutes of tech support!
Open Source Provider: For $600 I'll write you a custom system that will run on that (blows dust off) PC. And I live down the street if you need fixes.
No but I play one on TV.