Friendster was one of the earlier social networking attempts (its name derived from napster's brief file sharing success). When I first tried to use Friendster its servers were as slow as molasses. Facebook launched on Harvard's InterNet-2 capacity servers before going private.
Second, Facebook has a simply defined social network- the school. On Friendster you have to build your own.
Third is the luck of fads and momentum. Kids are notorious for following fads. Facebook was in the right place at the right time.
If you went to college, many give alumni free email forwarding from a school site. This is for three reasons (1) the prestige of having a college email address; (2) a stable one that will last for 30,50,70 years for life; and (3) they get your real email address for fund raising.
Stranger in a Strange Land was my introduction to the now discredited claim of Eric Hoffer that language strongly shapes reality. This book was also a spoof of corrupt American revival religion. The commune and expanded consciousness portions were influencial to the hippee generation by not to me.
I liked the various explorations of immortality in Dune from saved memories to cloning. Again Dune explored religious fanaticism and ecology.
If people arent going to take the simple precautions of condom- free in many gay establishments- what makes one think they are going to go throught more elaborate protocol of getting a doctor, getting a prescription, haviong pay money for it, and taking it faithfully for a month. A nurse needle stick YES; careless Joe Gay NO.
His version of the Rings is about 14 hours, broken into four plays. The music is very good. A few parts of the opera could use editing (possibly drop #2 Seigfreid). A few parts are iconic classics like the ride of the Valkaries. A proper staging of the rings quadology costs milions and is infrequently done.
I wonder if you take the best of each opera and collapse it into four 45 minute acts?
Or merger Wagner's music with Toklein's story?
I was just reading the current SciAM issue about Time that it takes three tenths of a second for out conscious brains to perceive a sensation. So we are perpetually 0.3 seconds in the past compared to the real world. Sigh.
Because the index is weighted by total stock valuation,
the bubble stocks are over represented compared to a
equal weight index like the DJIA. In the late 1990s almost
a third of S&P 500 was tech-related. Some people have estimated
the S&P 500 is currently over 20% real-estated-related due to the housing price bubble.
MOst of the 1960s astronauts were pilot and out in the sun alot more that the newer "office-scientist" payload specialists. Sun exposure is the biggest correlation with cataracts. (P.S. Sunlight is radiation too.)
One of the companies mentioned sent "free tax software" via US mail earlier this year. Unfortunately some of the mailing labels had the customer's social security number on it. There was some fear that an ID theif could retrieve the mail and find the number, but the vast majority had already taken in their packages. However this still a sloppy practice.
Jim was mainly persecuted by a 24-year old appointed to NASA's PR department by the administration (instead of normal job application channels because he done campaign work). This kid made the news because he had falsely claimed two college degrees he didnt have and was fired. Jim should lighten up now. If you cant beleive the kids resume, then his press releases are probably all fake too.
Before 1940, if you wanted to become a top scientist you did graduate worked or post-doc'ed in Europe. The huge war effort and socialization of higher education (VA, NSF) converted the US into the scientific powerhouse.
I dont see any one country now monopolizing science like the US did in the second half of the 20th century. There seems to be a number of powerhouses, including significant bases in CHina, INdia and JApan.
Asimov combined two fictional plots: robots and laws. As anyone who follows legal systems, whether modern US Supreme Court or the acient Talmud- laws have gaps and contradictions. Most of Asimov's stories were how even well-intentioned laws could seem to "break" in special situations.
By itself RFID could be insecure. But you could retain its simplicity and its advantages (extends reading to a couple meters; longer number ID) with a second layer of security.
For example at one urban college library they put the cardholders' face immediately on the screen. The cardholder could have a fake ID or borrowed a friends, but its much harder to fake a face image. And a image is much easier for the guard to process than some descriptive text. Likewise the RFID code reader could flash an image of the product to the cashier or warehouse clerk as secondary identification.
Since social networking depends on the completeness of its network, people are going to flock to whatever appears to be the leader in the niche. Its like a new auction site competing against eBay - not much room for #2.
Facebook gained market because of its restriction to a well-defined subcommunity. I am not sure why MySpace gained market, other than being easy to set up. Its predecessor Friendster was too sluggish and GeoCities too complicated (and crushed by ads after the Yahoo takeover).
The two biggest constraints for timing the next shuttle launches are
(1) it must be launched in mid-daylight so the large array of cameras can capture every angle of launch and (2) it has to go into a highly inclined orbit to catch up with the space station. Both these only allow three two week launch windows for 2006. The constraints will be relaxed a little if the next two launches are 99.9% successful, else they will continue.
The tidal force is CHANGE in the force of gravitation with distance, not the force of gravity per se. Newton recognized this in order to explain the second, anitpodal tide each day.
The tide force formula then is the cube of distance. That explains why the moon, a 26 million times less massive than the sun, but 1/400th the distance have comparable tides.
I think when the lists are released this year, the top one hundred computers will be in the 10 to 300 teraflop range. With the cell CPU chipset peaking at a quarter-teraflop, one teraflop is merely high performance these days.
James Gould and other evolution pundits says its a fallacy that evolution has a direction, i.e. get more complex, better, etc.
A good fraction of evolution seems to be simplifying life- e.g. leeches and parasites have dropped many bodily organs. Viruses may be simplified cells.
If evolution has a trend, then it is to occupy more ecological niches over time. About 10% of earth's history ago multi-cellular life came onto land (though bacteria could have been there for eons). Life lives in deep rock, the edge of the atmosphere, has become intelligent, is leaking into space, and so on.
The current nuclear monitoring system run by SAIC picks magnitude four naywhere in the world including the seafloor. It picks up 3.5s anywhere on land. These are about a smallest quakes a person can feel shaking. So the SAIC system picks up ANY quake int he world that could cause damage.
Of course its better for science to map smaller quakes. The Southern California Triple network is senstive to 1.5 anywhere in its area and in many places goes to fractional magnitude.
Mohammed, Confusius, Moses's brother have descendents.
The first two have geneology lists, while the Aaron's has been verified by DNA testing.
As far as I can tell, most of these descendants are proud of their heritage. Many of the leaders in the mid-East brag about being a descendant of Mohammed.
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Friendster was one of the earlier social networking attempts (its name derived from napster's brief file sharing success). When I first tried to use Friendster its servers were as slow as molasses. Facebook launched on Harvard's InterNet-2 capacity servers before going private.
Second, Facebook has a simply defined social network- the school. On Friendster you have to build your own.
Third is the luck of fads and momentum. Kids are notorious for following fads. Facebook was in the right place at the right time.
If you went to college, many give alumni free email forwarding from a school site. This is for three reasons (1) the prestige of having a college email address; (2) a stable one that will last for 30,50,70 years for life; and (3) they get your real email address for fund raising.
Thats my reply for simulation versus reality. Take your pick.
Stranger in a Strange Land was my introduction to the now discredited claim of Eric Hoffer that language strongly shapes reality. This book was also a spoof of corrupt American revival religion. The commune and expanded consciousness portions were influencial to the hippee generation by not to me.
I liked the various explorations of immortality in Dune from saved memories to cloning. Again Dune explored religious fanaticism and ecology.
If people arent going to take the simple precautions of condom- free in many gay establishments- what makes one think they are going to go throught more elaborate protocol of getting a doctor, getting a prescription, haviong pay money for it, and taking it faithfully for a month. A nurse needle stick YES; careless Joe Gay NO.
His version of the Rings is about 14 hours, broken into four plays. The music is very good. A few parts of the opera could use editing (possibly drop #2 Seigfreid). A few parts are iconic classics like the ride of the Valkaries. A proper staging of the rings quadology costs milions and is infrequently done.
I wonder if you take the best of each opera and collapse it into four 45 minute acts?
Or merger Wagner's music with Toklein's story?
I was just reading the current SciAM issue about Time that it takes three tenths of a second for out conscious brains to perceive a sensation. So we are perpetually 0.3 seconds in the past compared to the real world. Sigh.
Adjusted for splits, MSFT hasnt risen since 1999. Thats making employees unhappy too.
Because the index is weighted by total stock valuation, the bubble stocks are over represented compared to a equal weight index like the DJIA. In the late 1990s almost a third of S&P 500 was tech-related. Some people have estimated the S&P 500 is currently over 20% real-estated-related due to the housing price bubble.
MOst of the 1960s astronauts were pilot and out in the sun alot more that the newer "office-scientist" payload specialists. Sun exposure is the biggest correlation with cataracts. (P.S. Sunlight is radiation too.)
One of the companies mentioned sent "free tax software" via US mail earlier this year. Unfortunately some of the mailing labels had the customer's social security number on it. There was some fear that an ID theif could retrieve the mail and find the number, but the vast majority had already taken in their packages. However this still a sloppy practice.
Jim was mainly persecuted by a 24-year old appointed to NASA's PR department by the administration (instead of normal job application channels because he done campaign work). This kid made the news because he had falsely claimed two college degrees he didnt have and was fired. Jim should lighten up now. If you cant beleive the kids resume, then his press releases are probably all fake too.
Before 1940, if you wanted to become a top scientist you did graduate worked or post-doc'ed in Europe. The huge war effort and socialization of higher education (VA, NSF) converted the US into the scientific powerhouse.
I dont see any one country now monopolizing science like the US did in the second half of the 20th century. There seems to be a number of powerhouses, including significant bases in CHina, INdia and JApan.
Asimov combined two fictional plots: robots and laws. As anyone who follows legal systems, whether modern US Supreme Court or the acient Talmud- laws have gaps and contradictions. Most of Asimov's stories were how even well-intentioned laws could seem to "break" in special situations.
By itself RFID could be insecure. But you could retain its simplicity and its advantages (extends reading to a couple meters; longer number ID) with a second layer of security.
For example at one urban college library they put the cardholders' face immediately on the screen. The cardholder could have a fake ID or borrowed a friends, but its much harder to fake a face image. And a image is much easier for the guard to process than some descriptive text. Likewise the RFID code reader could flash an image of the product to the cashier or warehouse clerk as secondary identification.
Since social networking depends on the completeness of its network, people are going to flock to whatever appears to be the leader in the niche. Its like a new auction site competing against eBay - not much room for #2.
Facebook gained market because of its restriction to a well-defined subcommunity. I am not sure why MySpace gained market, other than being easy to set up. Its predecessor Friendster was too sluggish and GeoCities too complicated (and crushed by ads after the Yahoo takeover).
The first bug listest is normally present in 40% of people, the second 95%, though normally in mild forms. The thrid is in dirt all over the place.
might eventually write a Shakespear play, the old joke goes.
The two biggest constraints for timing the next shuttle launches are
(1) it must be launched in mid-daylight so the large array of cameras can capture every angle of launch and
(2) it has to go into a highly inclined orbit to catch up with the space station.
Both these only allow three two week launch windows for 2006. The constraints will be relaxed a little if the next two launches are 99.9% successful, else they will continue.
The tidal force is CHANGE in the force of gravitation with distance, not the force of gravity per se. Newton recognized this in order to explain the second, anitpodal tide each day.
The tide force formula then is the cube of distance. That explains why the moon, a 26 million times less massive than the sun, but 1/400th the distance have comparable tides.
I think when the lists are released this year, the top one hundred computers will be in the 10 to 300 teraflop range. With the cell CPU chipset peaking at a quarter-teraflop, one teraflop is merely high performance these days.
James Gould and other evolution pundits says its a fallacy that evolution has a direction, i.e. get more complex, better, etc. A good fraction of evolution seems to be simplifying life- e.g. leeches and parasites have dropped many bodily organs. Viruses may be simplified cells.
If evolution has a trend, then it is to occupy more ecological niches over time. About 10% of earth's history ago multi-cellular life came onto land (though bacteria could have been there for eons). Life lives in deep rock, the edge of the atmosphere, has become intelligent, is leaking into space, and so on.
Astronaut Alan Shepard hit three drives on the moon on Feb 6, 1971 during his Apollo 14 lunar walk. (Remember when the US had a manned space program?)
The current nuclear monitoring system run by SAIC picks magnitude four naywhere in the world including the seafloor. It picks up 3.5s anywhere on land. These are about a smallest quakes a person can feel shaking. So the SAIC system picks up ANY quake int he world that could cause damage.
Of course its better for science to map smaller quakes. The Southern California Triple network is senstive to 1.5 anywhere in its area and in many places goes to fractional magnitude.
Mohammed, Confusius, Moses's brother have descendents. The first two have geneology lists, while the Aaron's has been verified by DNA testing.
As far as I can tell, most of these descendants are proud of their heritage. Many of the leaders in the mid-East brag about being a descendant of Mohammed.