They have this concept of a "cosmic tape recorder" that records everything that happened in the universe. When you reach enlightenment you can replay all your past lives at will.
This is a paraphrase of opening of Arthur C Clarke's 2001 Space Odyssey novel "Behind every human alive stands 30 ghosts", a strong statement of the antiquity of humanity.
By the time I die, there'll be another zero to this number. Where do you stop counting? Is an "active RFID" in a credit card or merchasize tag a nano-computer?
"This is embarassing. A good idea showed up in the research lab again. Fortunately not in our main operations where we only copy ideas from competitors. This has to to stop or people might start thinking we are innovative." -BG
The local big-name burger still takes a minimal staff of about 6, and maybe 20 during rush hour. A lot of the work is taking the order, making payment, and filling the order. We havent really progressed that much past the automats (cafeteria vending slots) of the 1930s or Ray Kroks one-button milkshake machines he sold before starting McDonalds in the 1950s.
A couple years back I saw self-serve terminals at a MacDonalds. But it was a GUI disaster and complicated to use. It had lots of subscreens for each category and you could get lost easy. I, a software engineer, had trouble not to mention less computer literates.
To its [rare] credit most NASA probes post their raw and processed data on the web almost immediately. There are over 200,000 Mars Rover pictures. ESA posts little of its data and mostly these are for press releases. "Out of sight, out of mind"
It starts digesting food.
It attacks germs coming into mouth and alimentary canal.
It may have aphrodesiac properties, stimulating love making.
Its an emergency fluid/lubricant.
It may be social communication - spitting, drooling.
Its state is indicative of physical health.
Others, I've forgotten.
I've seen work on both at SIGGRAPHs. You could project the display output on any surface. A camera would watch the projected screen corners and continuously warp it into a regular rectangle.
I've also seen a laser draw faux-keyboards on a quasi-horizontal surfaces and detect finger locations and typing-contacts. You make a gesture-detector with this too.
The benefit of both of theses systems is computer hardware much smaller than a screen or keyboard. Maybe a small cube or pocket-sized device you place on a table-wall in front of you.
COBOL for business and FORTRAN for science.
These are half-century-old languages (though updated to ObjectOriented).
Some source codes havent been touched in decades.
They were nuclear powered to survive the 14-day night, drove tens of kilometers.
At that time computers werent too powerful, so these were intereactively controlled (2 sec delay) with live telemetry.
Just what our society needs- a new class of victims. I think I wil start crying if I get sad enough. This is one of the stock of a media looking for readers- find a new victim class to catch attention.
They are MANY materials with superior electronic characteristics to silicon. the original transistor industry used gallium, arsenic, and indium. However nothing comes close to a billion devices on chip for $100.
The Phoenix Polar lander arrives on Memorial Day.
It doesnt have wheels. Its going land near the arctic circle and poke around the moist soil there. It will freeze death the next Martian winter because its solar power will be cut off during the long arctic night.
Chinese hackers have the blessing of their government to hone their skills against political enemies. Someday these skills will be needed for military enemies.
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They have this concept of a "cosmic tape recorder" that records everything that happened in the universe. When you reach enlightenment you can replay all your past lives at will.
This is a paraphrase of opening of Arthur C Clarke's 2001 Space Odyssey novel "Behind every human alive stands 30 ghosts", a strong statement of the antiquity of humanity.
By the time I die, there'll be another zero to this number. Where do you stop counting? Is an "active RFID" in a credit card or merchasize tag a nano-computer?
"This is embarassing. A good idea showed up in the research lab again. Fortunately not in our main operations where we only copy ideas from competitors. This has to to stop or people might start thinking we are innovative." -BG
.. after my last visit to the doctor and he gave me a shot.
The local big-name burger still takes a minimal staff of about 6, and maybe 20 during rush hour. A lot of the work is taking the order, making payment, and filling the order. We havent really progressed that much past the automats (cafeteria vending slots) of the 1930s or Ray Kroks one-button milkshake machines he sold before starting McDonalds in the 1950s.
A couple years back I saw self-serve terminals at a MacDonalds. But it was a GUI disaster and complicated to use. It had lots of subscreens for each category and you could get lost easy. I, a software engineer, had trouble not to mention less computer literates.
When I was in school, we just had to memorize the names of nin planets.
Now there are about 250!
To its [rare] credit most NASA probes post their raw and processed data on the web almost immediately. There are over 200,000 Mars Rover pictures. ESA posts little of its data and mostly these are for press releases. "Out of sight, out of mind"
I feel it tuggging my leg now.
No, thats my dog I forgot feed breakfast.
This is the core of the military, especially in active combat. You subsume yourself into the greater whole to complete your mission and survive.
I would find it doubtful that a true soldier would approve scams. perhaps this is an idea from some computer consultant.
Thats when I'll believe the replacement is at hand.
Very old to me. And not fully solved.
It starts digesting food.
It attacks germs coming into mouth and alimentary canal.
It may have aphrodesiac properties, stimulating love making.
Its an emergency fluid/lubricant.
It may be social communication - spitting, drooling.
Its state is indicative of physical health.
Others, I've forgotten.
A thousand proteins sounds fair.
NOT!
USA used to think we could innovate our way out of all our problems both technical and social. Chinese hasnt learned limits yet.
I've seen work on both at SIGGRAPHs. You could project the display output on any surface. A camera would watch the projected screen corners and continuously warp it into a regular rectangle.
I've also seen a laser draw faux-keyboards on a quasi-horizontal surfaces and detect finger locations and typing-contacts. You make a gesture-detector with this too.
The benefit of both of theses systems is computer hardware much smaller than a screen or keyboard. Maybe a small cube or pocket-sized device you place on a table-wall in front of you.
This is probably more 2025 than 2015.
Its been interpretated that an estimate is not a count. And thats what the constitution asks for.
The Dems prefer a count while the Repubs would go with an estimate. An estimate is more accurate for people who own property.
COBOL for business and FORTRAN for science.
These are half-century-old languages (though updated to ObjectOriented).
Some source codes havent been touched in decades.
They were nuclear powered to survive the 14-day night, drove tens of kilometers. At that time computers werent too powerful, so these were intereactively controlled (2 sec delay) with live telemetry.
Due to impermenance of digital records? They have to be copied each decade and upgraded to new formats.
This is additional to certain offices in the current presidency who avoid email because they have things to hide.
Just what our society needs- a new class of victims. I think I wil start crying if I get sad enough. This is one of the stock of a media looking for readers- find a new victim class to catch attention.
They are MANY materials with superior electronic characteristics to silicon. the original transistor industry used gallium, arsenic, and indium. However nothing comes close to a billion devices on chip for $100.
The Phoenix Polar lander arrives on Memorial Day. It doesnt have wheels. Its going land near the arctic circle and poke around the moist soil there. It will freeze death the next Martian winter because its solar power will be cut off during the long arctic night.
Simple solution. Iraq war now costs $700M a day.
Multicore, supercomputers, same endless crap. Vendors calim they have great hardware, but ship crappy software tools.
Chinese hackers have the blessing of their government to hone their skills against political enemies. Someday these skills will be needed for military enemies.
At MIT you get too much theory.