Well, if all else fails, we can make this thing sound so horrible that any politician that touches it would be publicly shamed. They can't prove us wrong unless they publicize the details of the treaty......
I read part of the treaty, and the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" will allow American children extradited to Japan if they watch an animated Japanese video!
On a tangent, Samsung just started mass production of a 64MB, 60nm phase-change RAM in September. Initially they are going to use them in mobile phones. The chips read, write and erase approximately 7 times faster than Flash memory, and also use less power. Sooner rather than later Samsung or the other PRAM producer Numonyx will put the chips in SSDs that can read and write at around 1GB per second.
RAM, a volatile memory, is 7x faster than FLASH, which is a non-volatile memory. This impresses you? Maybe you misspoke and meant something other than RAM.
With the advancement of Google and open-source software,
Oh yes, Google and Open Source Software... the kind of Open Source Software that's so secret they won't release the source code to.
I'm not saying Google is open source. I am saying that the successes of Ubuntu and Open Office, combined with the resources provided from Google, has created some competition for Microsoft.
With the advancement of Google and open-source software, can we say that Microsoft has a monopoly on anything except its operating system?
I'm not saying that the court decisions were wrong, but this article goes to show how a few years can change the landscape and just how far Google and open-source software has come.
R&D People. It is a different department. Of course they need to look at 128 bit OS.
Surprise! There is some innovation inside Microsoft. The question is... How much of this innovation can get through marketing, management, and the other morons who say "We haven't even finished 64 bit, why do we need 128 bit support?"
If you don't plan for the future, then you will be way behind the times. Let the R&D guys come up with the back end, and let the coders get your silly drivers to work.
This sounds a little broad. Are you looking at it from a hacker scene? Electronics and Mechanical building? Electrical, mechanical, and chemical technology?
Most of the projects posted on blog.makezine.com would be a good starting point. While the wii is cool, it only touches on a small number of technologies. I would recommend having a final project in mind, and developing the skills required to finish that final project. For example,
1.) Basic electronics (How to solder). Use a kit from ladyada or sparkfun.com. If you get a small enough kit, a beginner can solder a kit in less than 10 minutes. (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9206 might be fun). Addon: How to use a voltmeter 2.) Basic programming (Create a simple program on the PC). 3.) Basic woodworking: How to use a drill, saw, and other tools Safely. 4.) Basic Plastic/Metal working: Create a professionally looking project enclosure. (Look at the proper glues, cutting methods, tricks for a decent enclosure) 5.) Basic Chemistry: Creating a mold, possibly making gears for # 6 6.) Basic Mechanical: Creating a gearbox 7.) Basic Plumbing/hydrolics/pneumatics: How to get water/air from point A to point B 8.)...
The best programs will have an end project in mind, such as a small car or an elaborate prank. Each step will be directly related to the final product, giving the students a purpose and motivation to do well.
I worked at Best Buy and Radio Shack. They both played "training videos" to teach us the basics. One of the videos was about Monster cables vs other cable brands. (I saw this at either BBY or RadioShack. I don't remember which). They would show us a simulated blurry TV screen, and a crisp TV screen that used Monster cables. Thanks to this training, I honestly believed that Monster cables were worth their $$. Some things you can blame on stupid employees, the other part you have to blame the company and their training materials.
Every industry does this, including my own. It costs less money to pay off politicians or lobbyists than to upgrade the system. My company pays our lobbyists to modify the laws to favor our system vs the competitors. Politicians listen to the lobbyists because it is easier than doing the research themselves, and the only thing we can do is a massive grass roots effort to make things better. I've got to say that I'm just too lazy to start another one of those. Why can't I just elect someone to take care of these things?
"The rating number, based on methodology drafted by the Environmental Protection Agency, is somewhat abstract, one auto specialist said, given that much of the city driving of electric vehicles will rely solely on the battery charge."
Why are these still considered abstract? Fill the car up with all the electricity/gas that it can handle and run it until it is dry (or at least dry enough for your MTBF numbers to be correct). Then look at how far you went and give us those numbers. What is that? You didn't use gas? Then add a "Miles per watt" taken from the electrical grid. If you provide a 99.999% efficient charger with the car, then your MPW goes up.
This is getting as annoying as the Zigbee protocol. Just make up your freaking mind already!
We are not too far from this capability (http://beagleboard.org/) However, robots suffer from a low quantity, increasing their per-unit cost. If you are serious about focusing on just the AI portion, then buy the rest pre-built. http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/p/5764-CoroBot-CB-LA.aspx?feed=Froogle
If they included static ads, such as an image, it may not have been a problem. However, they did video advertisements that increased the load time by 10 seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX4f9zts6JM
I am a gamer, and there are plenty of good games out there. (Note: Good, not great, but Great games are very hard to come by).
There just aren't that many new game releases right now. Most of them are waiting until it is closer to the holiday shopping season. I know I'm saving up for Halo:ODST and Left 4 dead 2 before I make a new purchase. Yes, the economy has hit me, but I still want to consume new games!
Give me a call when they can go from off to Google in less than 1 second. (OS boot, wireless initialization, browser start, google reply). Shoot, I would be impressed with 10 seconds.
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Speaking of Brazilian power failures,
Oh the Horror! I can't believe this! We need to send US aid right away! ...
By the way, how many is a Brazilian?
Well, if all else fails, we can make this thing sound so horrible that any politician that touches it would be publicly shamed. They can't prove us wrong unless they publicize the details of the treaty... ...
I read part of the treaty, and the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" will allow American children extradited to Japan if they watch an animated Japanese video!
"Smart Grid" should appear on this list for this exact reason.
On a tangent, Samsung just started mass production of a 64MB, 60nm phase-change RAM in September. Initially they are going to use them in mobile phones. The chips read, write and erase approximately 7 times faster than Flash memory, and also use less power. Sooner rather than later Samsung or the other PRAM producer Numonyx will put the chips in SSDs that can read and write at around 1GB per second.
RAM, a volatile memory, is 7x faster than FLASH, which is a non-volatile memory. This impresses you? Maybe you misspoke and meant something other than RAM.
With the advancement of Google and open-source software,
Oh yes, Google and Open Source Software... the kind of Open Source Software that's so secret they won't release the source code to.
I'm not saying Google is open source. I am saying that the successes of Ubuntu and Open Office, combined with the resources provided from Google, has created some competition for Microsoft.
With the advancement of Google and open-source software, can we say that Microsoft has a monopoly on anything except its operating system?
I'm not saying that the court decisions were wrong, but this article goes to show how a few years can change the landscape and just how far Google and open-source software has come.
lol. Sure, you post as anonymous coward, but you identify yourself as the parent poster who got modded troll.
Sounds like you need to heed your own advice.
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I don't want all of my hacker/maker sites slashdotted at once!
the report also draws correlations between Internet piracy and the spread of malware such as viruses, trojans and spyware,
Why do they care if my PC has malware? Doesn't the malware act as a deterrent against pirating software?
It is my PC, and not a government/corporation PC, so don't try to protect me.
R&D People. It is a different department. Of course they need to look at 128 bit OS.
Surprise! There is some innovation inside Microsoft. The question is... How much of this innovation can get through marketing, management, and the other morons who say "We haven't even finished 64 bit, why do we need 128 bit support?"
If you don't plan for the future, then you will be way behind the times. Let the R&D guys come up with the back end, and let the coders get your silly drivers to work.
This sounds a little broad. Are you looking at it from a hacker scene? Electronics and Mechanical building? Electrical, mechanical, and chemical technology?
Most of the projects posted on blog.makezine.com would be a good starting point. While the wii is cool, it only touches on a small number of technologies. I would recommend having a final project in mind, and developing the skills required to finish that final project. For example,
1.) Basic electronics (How to solder). Use a kit from ladyada or sparkfun.com. If you get a small enough kit, a beginner can solder a kit in less than 10 minutes. (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9206 might be fun). Addon: How to use a voltmeter ...
2.) Basic programming (Create a simple program on the PC).
3.) Basic woodworking: How to use a drill, saw, and other tools Safely.
4.) Basic Plastic/Metal working: Create a professionally looking project enclosure. (Look at the proper glues, cutting methods, tricks for a decent enclosure)
5.) Basic Chemistry: Creating a mold, possibly making gears for # 6
6.) Basic Mechanical: Creating a gearbox
7.) Basic Plumbing/hydrolics/pneumatics: How to get water/air from point A to point B
8.)
The best programs will have an end project in mind, such as a small car or an elaborate prank. Each step will be directly related to the final product, giving the students a purpose and motivation to do well.
I worked at Best Buy and Radio Shack. They both played "training videos" to teach us the basics. One of the videos was about Monster cables vs other cable brands. (I saw this at either BBY or RadioShack. I don't remember which). They would show us a simulated blurry TV screen, and a crisp TV screen that used Monster cables. Thanks to this training, I honestly believed that Monster cables were worth their $$. Some things you can blame on stupid employees, the other part you have to blame the company and their training materials.
"An unreleased follow-up study by Melzer reveals another undesirable result: that violent play can negatively impact a player's opinion of a brand."
Every industry does this, including my own. It costs less money to pay off politicians or lobbyists than to upgrade the system. My company pays our lobbyists to modify the laws to favor our system vs the competitors. Politicians listen to the lobbyists because it is easier than doing the research themselves, and the only thing we can do is a massive grass roots effort to make things better. I've got to say that I'm just too lazy to start another one of those. Why can't I just elect someone to take care of these things?
These robots would signal other robots that poison was food, would watch the other robots come and die, then move away.
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/RT/RT2002/5000/5490thieme.html
Why are these still considered abstract? Fill the car up with all the electricity/gas that it can handle and run it until it is dry (or at least dry enough for your MTBF numbers to be correct). Then look at how far you went and give us those numbers. What is that? You didn't use gas? Then add a "Miles per watt" taken from the electrical grid. If you provide a 99.999% efficient charger with the car, then your MPW goes up.
This is getting as annoying as the Zigbee protocol. Just make up your freaking mind already!
We are not too far from this capability (http://beagleboard.org/) However, robots suffer from a low quantity, increasing their per-unit cost. If you are serious about focusing on just the AI portion, then buy the rest pre-built. http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/p/5764-CoroBot-CB-LA.aspx?feed=Froogle
If it is anything like this, then I might be interested: http://xkcd.com/526/
But my brain has built in copyprotection. A Modchip will violate the DMCA and the RIAA will sue you and confiscate your brain!
If they included static ads, such as an image, it may not have been a problem. However, they did video advertisements that increased the load time by 10 seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX4f9zts6JM
Or for $288,000, you can own 72% of the spaceship. Seems shady to me. http://interorbital.com/StorePage1.htm
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to post a tinyurl than the direct youtube link?
I am a gamer, and there are plenty of good games out there. (Note: Good, not great, but Great games are very hard to come by). There just aren't that many new game releases right now. Most of them are waiting until it is closer to the holiday shopping season. I know I'm saving up for Halo:ODST and Left 4 dead 2 before I make a new purchase. Yes, the economy has hit me, but I still want to consume new games!
Give me a call when they can go from off to Google in less than 1 second. (OS boot, wireless initialization, browser start, google reply). Shoot, I would be impressed with 10 seconds.