NASA's science program is constantly under assault from the manned space station and Congressional budget cutting. Another success- the Jupiter Galileo- will be turned off in a few months. (Actually may be crashed into the clouds
for one last experiment.) Galileo, despite a defective attenna that cut its data rate by 99%, lasted three times its planned lifetime. The Venus Magellan probe was detroyed after running out of money too. It later two cycles past its planned three cycle program. The situation would be much worse if everything NASA sent up worked. However, three major recent Mars failures freed up some NASA resources.
Its a well-observed effect that scores of Americans on IQ tests have been rising about three points per decade since mass IQ tests were given to soldiers in WWI. This is called the "Flynn effect" after the sociologist who observed this. (IQ tests are now re-centered to make 100 "average" everage few years, like SAT now are.) This effect extends across every ethnic group. An average soldier during WWI would be considered slightly retarded today. The cause of this effect is attributed to the richer visual stimulation of new media like TV and video games. Modern people don't seem to have better factual knowledge than a century ago (wathc Jay Leno's streetwalking clips). But they seem to solve IQ test problems better.
Broadcasters will have to be more creative in placing ads. You already see this on the cable news stations with overlay and sidebar ads. ITs too easy to zap serial ads. You'll have to pay a premium for ad-free channels, just as you have to on the InterNet.
"Do you want to play a game"? asks a classified war computer to Matthew Broedrick in the 19809s classic "War Games". Matt thinks hes hacked into a nifty new game site, when really it is an important defence computer. Things dont change much in 20 years.
Science is a cooperative enterprise- building on the insights and mistakes of others. Even fellow eccentric-recluse-genius Isaac Newton said "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulder's of giants". Wolfram's insight may be a way of describing things, but it may not be the best way, or the most comprehensive. He's got to work with others.
Lucas gives you no incentive to indentify with any of the characters, as in the first trilogy. It just becomes CG action scenes, that itself no spur for actors to act well.
Fortunately, our management gives flextime.
I attended the first regular showing,
which was near lunchtime. Barley worth the
matinee cost, due to the dull movie.
Teatre not very crowded either.
It doesn't take much to knock down a shoddily constructed village like those you see in Afghanistan. It is a tribute to American preparedness that Loma Prieta (1989) and Northridge (1994) killed about 50 each, while similar size quakes in Japan, India and Turkey the past few years kill 5,000 - 10,000. Still we can do better.
Because they are much more common and my turn your
DNA into cancer. When you close your eyes and see
random flashes of light - some of those are cosmic rays and some are just misfirings of nerve cells.
"Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones" is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). It has many violent scenes, none of them terribly upsetting or, for that matter, interesting.
On the positive side these lights burn 5-10
times longer on the same amount of batteries
and the bulbs last forever.
On the negative side, these systems are three
times more expensive than their incandescent
batteries, but pay for themselves in battery savings in couple weeks of constant use.
Also in the minus column is the beam quality of the light- not as focused as incandescent. I'd be hesitant to use it as a night bike light source or in a snowstorm for that reason.
Conclusion: an execellent backup source (you should have three light systems for climbing),
but not quite ready to replace incandescent fully.
Arguments proving something wont or cant happen are silly, because it takes one counter example to prove them wrong. The only execption are well established laws of physics such as the speed of light.
I think a good audio interface will definitely beat text & graphics interfaces. Look at the history of news. Something like 2/3rds of the news is conveyed through TV and 1/3rd through print (and half the US public seems uninterested and ignorant anyways). The operational word is "good" interface. Humans have amazing verbal abilities that computers have barely touched. But they will ten of firty years from now. So it is just a matter of time.
SoftImage was a temporary subsidiary of MicroSoft, purchased then sold. They specialized in 3D CAD, mainly for the film industry. They were a pretty independent operation off in Canada, not really a part of the core Redmond culture.
How many be were stimulated, in part, to become
geeks because of movies from Luca, Speilberg and the like? The resulting technology boom more than paid paid back a few $300 million holidays,
by a factor of 10,000 (3 trillion) or more growth in the economy. Bravo for new scifi movies to encourage further geekdom.
MIT has a disconnect between theoretical and practical computer science. The courses in the computer science department (part of EE Couse VI) are theoretical and not highly useful for immediate employment. For example the required course for all EE and CS majors use the computer language Scheme, a OO version of LISP (for over 30 years). If you want anything practical- you take scientific computing such as C++ or Java in an engineering department or business computing in the Sloan Business school (Course 15). I took courses in both departments, including Madnick's, for intellectual and practical reasons. Over the years the practical courses become less relavant because languages change so much.
And cnaned one program after another.
Just more hot air from NASA.
still waiting for "electronic ink"
on
Paintable LCDs
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There was a big hoopla about Electronic Ink developed at MIT about five years ago. Outside of an occasional demo at a trade show, I haven't seen much use of this product.
Whats the difference techincally and commercially between this new product and e-ink?
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NASA's science program is constantly under assault from the manned space station and Congressional budget cutting. Another success- the Jupiter Galileo- will be turned off in a few months. (Actually may be crashed into the clouds for one last experiment.) Galileo, despite a defective attenna that cut its data rate by 99%, lasted three times its planned lifetime. The Venus Magellan probe was detroyed after running out of money too. It later two cycles past its planned three cycle program. The situation would be much worse if everything NASA sent up worked. However, three major recent Mars failures freed up some NASA resources.
Troll maybe. Coward yes. No self-respecting person would put their name to such drivel.
Its a well-observed effect that scores of Americans on IQ tests have been rising about three points per decade since mass IQ tests were given to soldiers in WWI. This is called the "Flynn effect" after the sociologist who observed this. (IQ tests are now re-centered to make 100 "average" everage few years, like SAT now are.) This effect extends across every ethnic group. An average soldier during WWI would be considered slightly retarded today. The cause of this effect is attributed to the richer visual stimulation of new media like TV and video games. Modern people don't seem to have better factual knowledge than a century ago (wathc Jay Leno's streetwalking clips). But they seem to solve IQ test problems better.
Broadcasters will have to be more creative in placing ads. You already see this on the cable news stations with overlay and sidebar ads. ITs too easy to zap serial ads. You'll have to pay a premium for ad-free channels, just as you have to on the InterNet.
"Do you want to play a game"? asks a classified war computer to Matthew Broedrick in the 19809s classic "War Games". Matt thinks hes hacked into a nifty new game site, when really it is an important defence computer. Things dont change much in 20 years.
The pupose of conventions is to bring strange people together. Onine is no fun.
Science is a cooperative enterprise- building on the insights and mistakes of others. Even fellow eccentric-recluse-genius Isaac Newton said "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulder's of giants". Wolfram's insight may be a way of describing things, but it may not be the best way, or the most comprehensive. He's got to work with others.
Says something interesting now and then, but writes way too much. Ignore after a while.
To pay for US space program. That doesnt even count for the two shuttle flights a weeke required to get everyone up there!
The highest end RAM chips have 100-500 million gates on them and sell for a few dollars. No other technology approaches this cost effectiveness.
Lucas gives you no incentive to indentify with any of the characters, as in the first trilogy. It just becomes CG action scenes, that itself no spur for actors to act well.
Fortunately, our management gives flextime. I attended the first regular showing, which was near lunchtime. Barley worth the matinee cost, due to the dull movie. Teatre not very crowded either.
Megnetisation is the setting spin. In this technology they are taking about using a very small nmber of spins to do logic and represent data.
It doesn't take much to knock down a shoddily constructed village like those you see in Afghanistan. It is a tribute to American preparedness that Loma Prieta (1989) and Northridge (1994) killed about 50 each, while similar size quakes in Japan, India and Turkey the past few years kill 5,000 - 10,000. Still we can do better.
Because they are much more common and my turn your DNA into cancer. When you close your eyes and see random flashes of light - some of those are cosmic rays and some are just misfirings of nerve cells.
"Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones" is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). It has many violent scenes, none of them terribly upsetting or, for that matter, interesting.
On the positive side these lights burn 5-10 times longer on the same amount of batteries and the bulbs last forever. On the negative side, these systems are three times more expensive than their incandescent batteries, but pay for themselves in battery savings in couple weeks of constant use. Also in the minus column is the beam quality of the light- not as focused as incandescent. I'd be hesitant to use it as a night bike light source or in a snowstorm for that reason.
Conclusion: an execellent backup source (you should have three light systems for climbing), but not quite ready to replace incandescent fully.
Arguments proving something wont or cant happen are silly, because it takes one counter example to prove them wrong. The only execption are well established laws of physics such as the speed of light.
I think a good audio interface will definitely beat text & graphics interfaces. Look at the history of news. Something like 2/3rds of the news is conveyed through TV and 1/3rd through print (and half the US public seems uninterested and ignorant anyways). The operational word is "good" interface. Humans have amazing verbal abilities that computers have barely touched. But they will ten of firty years from now. So it is just a matter of time.
SoftImage was a temporary subsidiary of MicroSoft, purchased then sold. They specialized in 3D CAD, mainly for the film industry. They were a pretty independent operation off in Canada, not really a part of the core Redmond culture.
The first and final fight scenes are pretty violent. They could frighten a kid. The ones inbetween are more artsy.
How many be were stimulated, in part, to become geeks because of movies from Luca, Speilberg and the like? The resulting technology boom more than paid paid back a few $300 million holidays, by a factor of 10,000 (3 trillion) or more growth in the economy. Bravo for new scifi movies to encourage further geekdom.
Than a second-rate governor sparring with a Bill Gates wannabee. Like terrorism, mideast wars, 47 of peole in L.A. lack health insurance, etc.
MIT has a disconnect between theoretical and practical computer science. The courses in the computer science department (part of EE Couse VI) are theoretical and not highly useful for immediate employment. For example the required course for all EE and CS majors use the computer language Scheme, a OO version of LISP (for over 30 years). If you want anything practical- you take scientific computing such as C++ or Java in an engineering department or business computing in the Sloan Business school (Course 15). I took courses in both departments, including Madnick's, for intellectual and practical reasons. Over the years the practical courses become less relavant because languages change so much.
And cnaned one program after another. Just more hot air from NASA.
There was a big hoopla about Electronic Ink developed at MIT about five years ago. Outside of an occasional demo at a trade show, I haven't seen much use of this product.
Whats the difference techincally and commercially between this new product and e-ink?