In the late 1970s and early 1980s MicroSoft sold a version of PC-UNIX called Xenix (they didnt write it). Until the mid-1990s PCs were too-weak to effectively run UNIX, so it was not a popular product. In the early 1980s MicroSoft decided to concentrate on MS-DOS and other products, so it sold Xenix to a company which eventually became SCO.
A lot of so-called supercomputers only have some parts that may run at the theoretical speed, because they stint in other parts such as memory, or bus speed etc.
A viable general-purpose computer usually has one flop = one byte of core = one second to completely write core. Thats pretty much the case with desktops in the single-gigaflop range.
There are easier to develop and maintain environements out there than multi-language ones. Believe me, I've going through the grief. This is a rapidly evolving field.
The 22-year Star Wars project is the second costliest US military project in modern times. Some of staged tests have been rather dubious and debated in Slashot before.
I am disappointed in the pretext used to stage this test.
Every educated person knows the difference between the term "theory" in science and "theory" in legal terminology. The Florida hack confuses the two meanings again.
Theory in science means comprehensive explanation. Theory in law means hypothesis.
I'd replpace the term "theory" by "law" or "system" to prevent future confusion.
When I was a MIT student I took courses in LISP, Pl/I, using APL, OS-360. All these are obsolete. The mainstays like calculas, physics, analog and digital circuits, are still relevant.
There was lots of hype about Japan leaving the US in computing dust during the 1980s. Fortunately scared the US government into more CS R&D funding. However, Japan reached parity and did not exceed.
Its fairly eay to grow an industry at 10% per year when you know an existing path. Japan, China, and India know this well. But when you reach the state of "current knowledge" its slower for everybody to find the next new great thing.
Overall I like China's high effort. The more people doing frontier things, the more everybody will advance.
Many sensitive payloads have self-destruct systems in them. But these can fail too if the satellite is never properly activated as seems to be the case here.
After the 2003 explosion nearly half of the space shuttle, including body parts, was recovered.
It was hit and miss what suvived. This was a spacelab mission with several dozen mostly-automated science experiments. Some computer disks survived and even some biological material. Most results had been transmitted back to scientists already, so the mission was mostly a scientific success. I heard this from one of the P.I.s in a talk a few eyars ago.
Journals are costly and most publishers are for-profit, so they restrict contents access to paid subscribers. Else some charge authors per page, like the Public Online Journal of Science (free to readers; mostly biology topics). I've been on editorial committees for scientific societies and can say that even if printing costs or web costs were free there woudl still be other significant cost fo recover such a administering the editorial process. I dont have an answer of how to pay for it.
So publishers usually own the main copyright to scientific articles, usually with the provision the author can make some limited free disributions of single articles. Harvard wishes to change this.
The most serious problems I've heard are ill people who wish to read medical journals and find restrictions form publishers and access to university library. A fair fraction of these are only paid online.
The "future" has always been a significant component of their them parks and TV shows. I notice they changed their view of three times. (1) First, it was a machine future: better appliances, cars, space-ships, etc. This was the original tomorrow-land and the Pavilion of Innovation ride. (2) Second, was when epcot was built in the 1970s. The main Epcot(*) Dome ride strees ecology and psychology and was kind of new-agey. (3) Third, is the information age future. A lot of the refurbish tomorrowland exhibits are computers and multimedia. (4) A fourth candidate is "nostoglia" future. Some of the new rides in tomorrowland invoke 1930s art-deco (e.g.Brazil movie) or 1950s modernism. Movie directors often trnaslate past styles into the future.
(*) EPCOT means Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Walt envisoned a World's Fair expositon combined with a lving-breathing 21st century community (with 19th century social values). A little bit of this made it into the Epcot park and additional components in the perverse Disney housing development called Celebration. The irony of Celebration is its residents sued Disney to prevent innovations that would hurt property values or their kids chances of get into ivy league colleges, so it became a rather conservative place.
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s MicroSoft sold a version of PC-UNIX called Xenix (they didnt write it). Until the mid-1990s PCs were too-weak to effectively run UNIX, so it was not a popular product. In the early 1980s MicroSoft decided to concentrate on MS-DOS and other products, so it sold Xenix to a company which eventually became SCO.
Could you give something, doc?
And taking away their cell phones might just do that. Maybe can can force people to wear beards and veils. But some things go too far.
At the end of each week it says "feed me more gas". And if I dont it makes aloud sputter and stops moving.
Worse than kissing a smoker.
are now synonyms for plagarism?
"Share" a theatrical movie in five minutes or less. Students can be really disappointed when they move into the real world.
A lot of so-called supercomputers only have some parts that may run at the theoretical speed, because they stint in other parts such as memory, or bus speed etc. A viable general-purpose computer usually has one flop = one byte of core = one second to completely write core. Thats pretty much the case with desktops in the single-gigaflop range.
I [ used to } hear they run at 100+ audio decibels.
The stock market has stopped believing Google's undisciplined business model will be that profitable and driven the stock price down considerably.
There are easier to develop and maintain environements out there than multi-language ones. Believe me, I've going through the grief. This is a rapidly evolving field.
and let my twin do the time. Does that mean they can tell us apart now?
The 22-year Star Wars project is the second costliest US military project in modern times. Some of staged tests have been rather dubious and debated in Slashot before.
I am disappointed in the pretext used to stage this test.
Human power should be sufficient to keep all portable electronic devices running indefinately - phones, music players, laptops, etc.
Not that his comments arent still relevant.
Every educated person knows the difference between the term "theory" in science and "theory" in legal terminology. The Florida hack confuses the two meanings again.
Theory in science means comprehensive explanation. Theory in law means hypothesis.
I'd replpace the term "theory" by "law" or "system" to prevent future confusion.
When I was a MIT student I took courses in LISP, Pl/I, using APL, OS-360. All these are obsolete. The mainstays like calculas, physics, analog and digital circuits, are still relevant.
(His actor is a dedicated Scientologist.)
Stock is taking a beating if a third of iPhones dont have ATT kickback profit.
See, there is a /. link in this story.
There was lots of hype about Japan leaving the US in computing dust during the 1980s. Fortunately scared the US government into more CS R&D funding. However, Japan reached parity and did not exceed.
Its fairly eay to grow an industry at 10% per year when you know an existing path. Japan, China, and India know this well. But when you reach the state of "current knowledge" its slower for everybody to find the next new great thing.
Overall I like China's high effort. The more people doing frontier things, the more everybody will advance.
Many sensitive payloads have self-destruct systems in them. But these can fail too if the satellite is never properly activated as seems to be the case here.
After the 2003 explosion nearly half of the space shuttle, including body parts, was recovered. It was hit and miss what suvived. This was a spacelab mission with several dozen mostly-automated science experiments. Some computer disks survived and even some biological material. Most results had been transmitted back to scientists already, so the mission was mostly a scientific success. I heard this from one of the P.I.s in a talk a few eyars ago.
Journals are costly and most publishers are for-profit, so they restrict contents access to paid subscribers. Else some charge authors per page, like the Public Online Journal of Science (free to readers; mostly biology topics). I've been on editorial committees for scientific societies and can say that even if printing costs or web costs were free there woudl still be other significant cost fo recover such a administering the editorial process. I dont have an answer of how to pay for it.
So publishers usually own the main copyright to scientific articles, usually with the provision the author can make some limited free disributions of single articles. Harvard wishes to change this.
The most serious problems I've heard are ill people who wish to read medical journals and find restrictions form publishers and access to university library. A fair fraction of these are only paid online.
The "future" has always been a significant component of their them parks and TV shows. I notice they changed their view of three times. (1) First, it was a machine future: better appliances, cars, space-ships, etc. This was the original tomorrow-land and the Pavilion of Innovation ride. (2) Second, was when epcot was built in the 1970s. The main Epcot(*) Dome ride strees ecology and psychology and was kind of new-agey. (3) Third, is the information age future. A lot of the refurbish tomorrowland exhibits are computers and multimedia. (4) A fourth candidate is "nostoglia" future. Some of the new rides in tomorrowland invoke 1930s art-deco (e.g.Brazil movie) or 1950s modernism. Movie directors often trnaslate past styles into the future.
(*) EPCOT means Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Walt envisoned a World's Fair expositon combined with a lving-breathing 21st century community (with 19th century social values). A little bit of this made it into the Epcot park and additional components in the perverse Disney housing development called Celebration. The irony of Celebration is its residents sued Disney to prevent innovations that would hurt property values or their kids chances of get into ivy league colleges, so it became a rather conservative place.