Which part of the ISS suffered a huge computer failure and which part is still operational?
Russian technology may not be fancy and sophisticated, but it is solid as a rock and can be repaired with duct tape if needed. Just think about the AK-47 that is used by terrorists worldwide...
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Since the electrons account for the size of atoms/ions, electron rings would mean "flat" atoms...that would sure look weird.
By the way: Orbitals are not circular trajectories of "flying" electrons. They are are visual model for 90% probability of finding the electron(s) somewhere in there. The Niels Bohr model of orbiting electrons has been proven wrong.
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I remember a lecture by Eaton about 2 or 3 years ago when he still only had heptanitrocubane and was working on introducing the last nitro group. When asked about his research funding he told the audience that a lot of it was coming from the Army. So I guess the real use for octanitrocubane will be small powerful explosive devices. But of course they will have to find feasible handling procedures for this.
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The PAP-DVDs will use a thin layer of modified polymers while Holo-CDs (due out in 2005 with a said storage of 1500 GB) should have a layer of about 1 mm.
All of this is apparently part of the National Storage Industry Consortium. Unfortunately the access to the MORE project (Multiple Optical Recording Enhancements) is passworded.
Anyone got any more info?
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Who knows - kids with the know-how to use a CD-R might not know that they should not eat the disc...
I think the whole lawsuit scare in the US (as seen from the European point of view) has gotten out of hand.
If you consider such urban legends as the "Do not put pets in the microwave"-lawsuit or the case of the burnt legs by McD-coffee, it's no wonder that EULAs or disclaimers get longer and longer every time you try to download/install something.
The legend I like best is the "Point away from face when opening"-label on champagne-bottles. (Don't know whether this is actually true)
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The conundrum is how to make money out of something that is given away for free. McAllister said the business case was sound. "At the end of the day, I have to make money. I have to answer to my shareholders," he said.
Does anyone have any idea what this business case is going to look like? It's rather strange that you cannot find more on this question in the article.
Are they simply going to make money off the support for "their" parts of the operating system? With hardware prices going down even for the fatter computers, they have to look for alterative sources of revenue. I just wonder what Sgi's perspective is going to look like...
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...because we still need those funny-looking IRIX-boxes for Computational Chemistry. Most of the powerful commercial software is written for IRIX and the big companies like MSI have been rather reluctant to port to Linux.
With all the news coming from SGI, it doesn't look like they will be going anywhere in the future.
Even if the software eventually gets ported to Linux in the future, I bet it will have to be repurchased and this might be a real obstacle especially for academic institutions since it is rather expensive.
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Apparently the weak encryption standards are at least partly to be blamed for the hack. IMHO it is really ridiculous to still insist on export restrictions when you can get PGP anywhere in the world.
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Here's a nice collection of links and source codes I found back then: The Genetic Algorithm Archive
QUIZ:
Which part of the ISS suffered a huge computer failure and which part is still operational?
Russian technology may not be fancy and sophisticated, but it is solid as a rock and can be repaired with duct tape if needed. Just think about the AK-47 that is used by terrorists worldwide...
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I'm writing academic work...but I'm wearing jeans.
Must be some mad scientist fetish thing, I guess.
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Be quick, auction ends Nov. 17!
Count Til Urblue
Postal Minister of La Republica de las Bananas
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we have in our posession 5000 virgin Florida overseas absentee ballots with forged postal date stamps.
Bids can be mailed to abacus@warez.phantom.com
Yours Sincerely,
Count Til Urblue
Postal Minister of La Republica de las Bananas
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Since the electrons account for the size of atoms/ions, electron rings would mean "flat" atoms...that would sure look weird.
By the way: Orbitals are not circular trajectories of "flying" electrons. They are are visual model for 90% probability of finding the electron(s) somewhere in there. The Niels Bohr model of orbiting electrons has been proven wrong.
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When asked about his research funding he told the audience that a lot of it was coming from the Army. So I guess the real use for octanitrocubane will be small powerful explosive devices. But of course they will have to find feasible handling procedures for this.
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If encryption is outlawed, only
The PAP-DVDs will use a thin layer of modified polymers while Holo-CDs (due out in 2005 with a said storage of 1500 GB) should have a layer of about 1 mm.
All of this is apparently part of the National Storage Industry Consortium. Unfortunately the access to the MORE project (Multiple Optical Recording Enhancements) is passworded.
Anyone got any more info?
________________________________
If encryption is outlawed, only
I think the whole lawsuit scare in the US (as seen from the European point of view) has gotten out of hand.
If you consider such urban legends as the "Do not put pets in the microwave"-lawsuit or the case of the burnt legs by McD-coffee, it's no wonder that EULAs or disclaimers get longer and longer every time you try to download/install something.
The legend I like best is the "Point away from face when opening"-label on champagne-bottles. (Don't know whether this is actually true)
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Does anyone have any idea what this business case is going to look like? It's rather strange that you cannot find more on this question in the article.
Are they simply going to make money off the support for "their" parts of the operating system? With hardware prices going down even for the fatter computers, they have to look for alterative sources of revenue. I just wonder what Sgi's perspective is going to look like...
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They remind me of the ancient Amiga vs. Atari ST we used to have as kids.
Unfortunately this is surely going to spawn another "religious" debate about Microsoft vs. Linus.
So: "Get ready to rumble"
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With all the news coming from SGI, it doesn't look like they will be going anywhere in the future.
Even if the software eventually gets ported to Linux in the future, I bet it will have to be repurchased and this might be a real obstacle especially for academic institutions since it is rather expensive.
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