They are probably thinking that there is no way you can justify having any medical test for insurance purposes if you don't allow genetic testing. I agree that it has to be proven reliable first though. It would be like saying that they aren't allowed to check if you have a heart condition or other complaints. The problems will only start to arrise if they allow tests that show possible links and not definate ones. Then the insurance companies would be shooting themselves in the foot if they did this because everyone has genes that might point to some problem or another! On the bonus side, just think of all those people with a family history of herditary diseases who can be tested and cleared!!
....going back and rewriting their sites? I don't think people are going to bother messing about with this new "standard". I'm not even sure browsers even support it. It'll be a while before people start to take any real notice of it!
I wonder if anyone has had the idea to combine satellites with that new fangled wheelchair technology (the 1 with the 3 pentiums, the chair that WILL NOT let you fall off!) and make very effective anti-satellite mines/missiles. Given the relative power of the StrongArm (I think the 220 version was the second to be produced quite a number of years ago now although the one they used here was probably modified to survive in space). You could also use them to produce little sats that can find eachother automatically. This would be useful for sending components of some big structure one at a time and and on the cheap so that they can be assemble at some later date, by robots or by hand. Either way it should be fun (?? - possibly in an abstract problem solving way)
I can't see this being used in your average home very soon. Most likely that some big company will use the technology to built huge production lines at a fraction of the cost of conventionaal ones!
I agree with this from another stand point. It could just be that he decided that if he came out with it straight away, other people would try it again before a fix had been implemented. This would be even worse than delaying the announcement for a little while to make sure things are secure. We have to think about practicality as well as the need for openness!
In practice, I wouldn't recomend just releasing this stuff into waste site right off. We just don't know how it will react to everything it will meet, the same problem as introducing rabbits to Australia. There is also the problem of the toxins that these coould damage the environment more than what their trying to dispose of.
Does anyone here actually have any confidence in signatures as they stand now? I certainly wouldn't! It's not even as if there's been some major development recently that suddenly changed everyone!
One of the things that places like Wall Street and Silicon Valley have in common is that to get paid enough to become join that whole culture or just pretend to earn enough, you have to work ludicrously hard. You then become a work-hard play-hard kind of person. Not everyone goes this way but the chances of it increases dramatically. So much so that it go from what amounts to slight background noise to the norm.
Cultures have a way of attracting like people. So if you are in part of the drugs culture, you will probably find that most of the people you meet are also part of this culture in some way. If you are part of the geek culture, likewise. Everyone knows someone in most of these different cultures. It just depends on what you talk about with who that brings what subjects up.
For once we have seen that it is possible for a victim to acknowledge that something was their fault. I don't want to jump on a bandwagon but it just goes to show what happens when your honest. (this is a the tendancy in open source, not the rule) In a matter of hours, things are being fixed, things are back to normal, no-one has lost face and the hackers have gained a little kudos for acting honourably - leaving a calling card that does no harm and then telling everyone about it.
Since when has halloween been a major target for product release. The way the article is written, it's like these companies are upset because their going to miss some major seasonal spending events. This just sounds like your average production delays. Intel try to come across all clever and ambitiously post quick availability. Intel run into 'completely unexpected problems that they would never normally have to provision for'. Intel gets more egg on its face.
It's not even as if the share price is going down because their going to make a loss this quarter. It's going down because the expected profit is LESS HIGH than expected.
All in all, it's not that serious, some people are just a little unhappy that there have been delays. It's the armagedon that the article implies!
wish list? As far as I can see, there is no reason that big iron shouldn't be supported. If anything, this will allow more exposure to Linux and increase its popularity even more. It will also give developers who specialise more in this area to get their hands dirty in a more work related way. There's nothing bad with having these features!
Does anyone know of any technical reasons why you can't just have some kernel option 'big iron' that switches all the right things on when you want them?
Does this mean that we can start to see some really convenient and easy to use OpenGL support for all those of us that think adding bits and components to Linux involves ticking the right boxes in the installation screens?
Will people start taking notice of it now so that they can easily port games to Linux?
One thing that NASA has over ESA is that NASA gets a lot of military contracts, ESA relies on commercial (ie. TV and comms companies) and on scientific payloads. The US military has to go for one provider. If it could go for a choice then NASA would need to change.
What you have to remember is that if you have a monopoly, the only way you can reign them in is with laws. Legislation takes a while to go through and can come to all sorts of barriers ie. politics (big P). If you have competition, you can acheive the same results not with politics and laws but by selecting on the basis of the best deal. Shopping around for the better deal means that if a company wants to trade it needs good deals. But I'm just covering ground that everyone knows here. NASA needs competition because (from I can see - bearing in mind that I'm not an expert) there a lot of militaristic beurocracy. The way they handle things there is probably very rigid and topo heavy. They're idea of efficient very likely differs from the taxpayers. The way to make them change is to put them into a sink or swim situatuion, they change or they go under. The difficulties they have met so far have needed mostly changes in policy or what amount to no more than cut backs and lay offs. Competition will force them to do things differently cf. BT, they might not be so good now but thinkm about what they were like before they got competition. Laws did make competition grow faster but only because BT had 100% market penetration in a very large market. Any competition that came along could take massive amounts of customers and BT wouldn't even notice. Nasa has a few (very important) clients, if even 1 were to 'defect' to a new company, NASA would have to pull it's finger out and do better.
I am aware though, that politics will still play a role in what contracts go to who. There is very much an old boys network running in the US, especially were large amounts of money are involved. A possible solution could be to separate some of their people. A couple of key personel - who have contacts, could be taken to start up this new competition and have some sortcahnce at getting the new contracts. But not enough to seriously affect NASAs operation. This might also have the added advantage that NASA will have to study how the loses will affect them and get to know their operation a little more.
There are other considerations but I can't be bothered going over them. I think the main ones are here.
Sure this is the stuff of nanites, this is what they are fabled to be capacle of. If your hoping that the next step is just building them - mass producing them, then you might be a bit disappointed! I don't know how big nanites have to be but I think that a couple of hundred molecules might be needed at the very least for quite small ones. If you were to build enough to do anything then you would first have to build a lot of STMs because you can only build one at a time. You would still have to wait quite a while before you have enough stocks to test them out. Baring in mind, of course, that your probably not going to get it right first time and will probably need to go back to the drawing board quite a lot.
The same applies to designer molecules, you would practically be able to build enough of them in a short enough space of time. In my (un)proffesional opinion, your best bet would be to build smaller molecules/nanites that will help you build bigger ones and get a sort of production line going. With molecules you would be looking at making new catalysts. I think he even mentions this in the article.
IMHO, what this new development will be used for will be making prototype molecules, discovering what they do and how they work before investing shed loads of cash figuring out how to build them only to find that it doesn't work and all that effort wasn't worth it.
Who is Idealab? What do they do?
Are they just jumping on the litigation bandwagon or something because I can't see how people can confuse one site with the other. Especially with the difference in content. Do they hope to get money/free publicity (sort of the same thing) or what?
This all well and good, but where can you learn more about TCP/IP without ending up comatose, I don't have a hope of understanding anything like this unless I'm led by the hand! Preferably in english and not gibberish.
Something he said in the interview sparked a little inspiration in me.
DISCLAIMER: this is the result of being bored at work and the idea(s) here jump around a bit and might seem self contradictory. Don't worry, it makes sense to me - you don't really matter!
Each server gives money to the site based on the amount of traffic it generates. This could be negotiated, bought at a flat rate or be a fixed %age. Developers get money for putting the effort inn and governments will like this because it constitutes an income - which can be taxed. Servers pay money to sites from money they are payed from ISPs for the priveledge of access to certain sites (note that this price will be decided by the market probably - more on this later). Normal people pay ISPs for the priveledge of having access to the internet (as it is today) and can also have web sites of their own on commercial servers if they pay for the space as happens now etc. ISPs pay telco's for cost of networks etc. There will be free servers that don't pay for any sites that they host and only pay basic costs and don't make profit in the same way - possibly raising funds from donations (charity or whatever) or things like advertising eg. banner ads.
ISPs would pay servers according to the amount of data transfered (or just downloaded?) at a predtermined rate. This might have to be set by the government if things prove too complex (imagine hundreds of companies trying to negotiate with hundreds of other companies, all for the same thing).
Big problem: governments could use this to, effectively, tax the use of data - restrict, influence or control the flow of information. What happens if the people find that accessing data online is jiust too expensive? This is probably where the free servers come in. You can up/down load all the data ou want for free so the servers cannot be taxed on this, transfer costs are illiminated. They would have to find another source of income such as banner ads like now.
Telcos would probably have to keep records about the data movements to provide a basis for financial records.
There WILL be a lot of shifting in market dominance, it will be a new market. How will this all come about? Servers will have to offer to pay to host sites (as above, pay based on traffic - rates can vary depending on contract used). The popularity of site will decide how much they are paid (survival of the fittest). If an ISP wants access to a certain site (to attract more customers) it will have to pay the host for access. Use of merket economics to change network topology. Free servers will be restricted only in how they earn and legal issues such as copyright - this part of the internet will probably resemble internet as it now and possibly be less commercial, though I am not entirely sure.
As I said before, this is only an idea, not a solution - don't flame me!
if the EU doesn't allow it? Nothing,since the FCC recommends it only with major conditions then their whole proposal is going to have to change if they want to trade everywhere.
Wouldn't it actually be cheaper to use more than 1 rack space. Unless you're REALLY short on space and can't fit anything else in there without extending the building physically then I don't suppose this might be all that useful. Unless of course there are performance advantages with this device. I might not have analysed every character in the page but I didn't see too many technical details in there.
I hate to say it but something that the labour government has been recommended will actually mean MORE investment in pure academic research (since we can't exactly call it applied at the moment, still not done by proper companies, and can be run alongside or even with current research programs). If things carry on like this, the UK might even develop a credible space effort instead of what people try to call hobbies of university professors. cf. www.salford.ac.uk
I've read a lot comments about how this is more less polluting and haven't yet decided if it more efficient BUT does the cost per kW actually go up or down with this unit? Before I get too excited, I would like to know how much this unit will cost to power my home and what (if any) savings could be made by having a dual purpose with all of that excess heat. Will it be as much use in the warm summer?
DISCLAIMER: thiws is not a flame, I'm just playing devil's advocate!!
Has anyone actually considered writing an open source search engine? Is there one on source forge etc? I can see the problem with some of the more unscrupulous people trying to use the source to cheat on these searches but I tend to agree with the "many eyes" theory. Given that the method for searching does not have to implemented in the code, just input via scripts which call tell the search engine how to do the searches. This means that a truly open source engine could be built and each peice of functionality or method of searching (be it checking out the links, counting words or whatever) could be subjected to many eyes but the way it is all implemented is kept as secret as you want.
You should see the protests they have over here at the moment. They're only just getting feul tankers to emergency services!! The government is trying to lay the blame on protesters for blocking the exits to refineries - which they aren't. The refineries don't really want to delivere any feul because tax and duty is so high they sell at a loss (80p/litre 60p, of it is tax+duty) because Superstores over here have started to sell feul as a means of luring more customers. They sell the feul at a loss to get more people and offset the losses with increased profits in store. Guess who led the way... Walmart^H^H^H^H^H^H^H ASDA!!!
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Cultures have a way of attracting like people. So if you are in part of the drugs culture, you will probably find that most of the people you meet are also part of this culture in some way. If you are part of the geek culture, likewise. Everyone knows someone in most of these different cultures. It just depends on what you talk about with who that brings what subjects up.
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It's not even as if the share price is going down because their going to make a loss this quarter. It's going down because the expected profit is LESS HIGH than expected.
All in all, it's not that serious, some people are just a little unhappy that there have been delays. It's the armagedon that the article implies!
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Does anyone know of any technical reasons why you can't just have some kernel option 'big iron' that switches all the right things on when you want them?
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I am aware though, that politics will still play a role in what contracts go to who. There is very much an old boys network running in the US, especially were large amounts of money are involved. A possible solution could be to separate some of their people. A couple of key personel - who have contacts, could be taken to start up this new competition and have some sortcahnce at getting the new contracts. But not enough to seriously affect NASAs operation. This might also have the added advantage that NASA will have to study how the loses will affect them and get to know their operation a little more.
There are other considerations but I can't be bothered going over them. I think the main ones are here.
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The same applies to designer molecules, you would practically be able to build enough of them in a short enough space of time. In my (un)proffesional opinion, your best bet would be to build smaller molecules/nanites that will help you build bigger ones and get a sort of production line going. With molecules you would be looking at making new catalysts. I think he even mentions this in the article.
IMHO, what this new development will be used for will be making prototype molecules, discovering what they do and how they work before investing shed loads of cash figuring out how to build them only to find that it doesn't work and all that effort wasn't worth it.
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Are they just jumping on the litigation bandwagon or something because I can't see how people can confuse one site with the other. Especially with the difference in content. Do they hope to get money/free publicity (sort of the same thing) or what?
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DISCLAIMER: this is the result of being bored at work and the idea(s) here jump around a bit and might seem self contradictory. Don't worry, it makes sense to me - you don't really matter!
Each server gives money to the site based on the amount of traffic it generates. This could be negotiated, bought at a flat rate or be a fixed %age. Developers get money for putting the effort inn and governments will like this because it constitutes an income - which can be taxed. Servers pay money to sites from money they are payed from ISPs for the priveledge of access to certain sites (note that this price will be decided by the market probably - more on this later). Normal people pay ISPs for the priveledge of having access to the internet (as it is today) and can also have web sites of their own on commercial servers if they pay for the space as happens now etc. ISPs pay telco's for cost of networks etc. There will be free servers that don't pay for any sites that they host and only pay basic costs and don't make profit in the same way - possibly raising funds from donations (charity or whatever) or things like advertising eg. banner ads.
ISPs would pay servers according to the amount of data transfered (or just downloaded?) at a predtermined rate. This might have to be set by the government if things prove too complex (imagine hundreds of companies trying to negotiate with hundreds of other companies, all for the same thing).
Big problem: governments could use this to, effectively, tax the use of data - restrict, influence or control the flow of information. What happens if the people find that accessing data online is jiust too expensive? This is probably where the free servers come in. You can up/down load all the data ou want for free so the servers cannot be taxed on this, transfer costs are illiminated. They would have to find another source of income such as banner ads like now.
Telcos would probably have to keep records about the data movements to provide a basis for financial records.
There WILL be a lot of shifting in market dominance, it will be a new market. How will this all come about? Servers will have to offer to pay to host sites (as above, pay based on traffic - rates can vary depending on contract used). The popularity of site will decide how much they are paid (survival of the fittest). If an ISP wants access to a certain site (to attract more customers) it will have to pay the host for access. Use of merket economics to change network topology. Free servers will be restricted only in how they earn and legal issues such as copyright - this part of the internet will probably resemble internet as it now and possibly be less commercial, though I am not entirely sure.
As I said before, this is only an idea, not a solution - don't flame me!
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Wouldn't it actually be cheaper to use more than 1 rack space. Unless you're REALLY short on space and can't fit anything else in there without extending the building physically then I don't suppose this might be all that useful. Unless of course there are performance advantages with this device. I might not have analysed every character in the page but I didn't see too many technical details in there.
I hate to say it but something that the labour government has been recommended will actually mean MORE investment in pure academic research (since we can't exactly call it applied at the moment, still not done by proper companies, and can be run alongside or even with current research programs). If things carry on like this, the UK might even develop a credible space effort instead of what people try to call hobbies of university professors. cf. www.salford.ac.uk
I've read a lot comments about how this is more less polluting and haven't yet decided if it more efficient BUT does the cost per kW actually go up or down with this unit? Before I get too excited, I would like to know how much this unit will cost to power my home and what (if any) savings could be made by having a dual purpose with all of that excess heat. Will it be as much use in the warm summer?
DISCLAIMER: thiws is not a flame, I'm just playing devil's advocate!!
Has anyone actually considered writing an open source search engine? Is there one on source forge etc? I can see the problem with some of the more unscrupulous people trying to use the source to cheat on these searches but I tend to agree with the "many eyes" theory. Given that the method for searching does not have to implemented in the code, just input via scripts which call tell the search engine how to do the searches. This means that a truly open source engine could be built and each peice of functionality or method of searching (be it checking out the links, counting words or whatever) could be subjected to many eyes but the way it is all implemented is kept as secret as you want.
You should see the protests they have over here at the moment. They're only just getting feul tankers to emergency services!! The government is trying to lay the blame on protesters for blocking the exits to refineries - which they aren't. The refineries don't really want to delivere any feul because tax and duty is so high they sell at a loss (80p/litre 60p, of it is tax+duty) because Superstores over here have started to sell feul as a means of luring more customers. They sell the feul at a loss to get more people and offset the losses with increased profits in store. Guess who led the way... Walmart^H^H^H^H^H^H^H ASDA!!!