Sometimes these kind of stories make me think of a pissing contest: "mine is smaller than yours.. ". However some companies want to make vending machines into web-servers for business maintenance: reloading, dynamic pricing, mechanical failures, etc. Furthermore they could have or sell dynamic advertising too. Rather than have custom networking, you use commodity web portals. It might seem overkill, but it might be cheap, and allow for future not yet thought of business opportunities.
Electronic vending was one of the original network applications in the early days of computer networks at MIT, Starnford etc, in the 1970s.
I think most people are saying don't start with compiled formal languages. Thats why we hear DASIC, VB, Python, LEGO, etc. Too much time in the compile-debug loop will turn kids off.
Also kids want the code to DO something. Graphics provides this.
Some of us remember how Morris's worm (was that a sendmail char overflow?) brought the internet down completely in 1988. Thats when there were just 10,000 nodes instead of 50,000,000. UNIX was hacked, because it was the main thing on the Net at that time.
Moore's law in silcion devices operates by (1) making things small, (2) working with more things on (2a) a chip or (2b) more chips. Obviously #1 wouldn't apply here, but there is probably a lot room for #2.
Almost everyone missed personal/distributed computing. Look at the kinds of computers in 2001:Space Odessey. Asimov has a story about a society dependent on PDAs.
It seems like 99% of science fiction ideas are rehashes. However, the other 1% may be a gold mine. It might be nice to have a comprhensive taxomony of the genre.
Although the seven volumes share the same cosomology, the first book had a different tone and was most creative. The first book was written in the 1960s during the pollution scares. Therefore each planet in Dune had a different story to say about ecology.
The second book is a lame sequel. The next four books focus an variations of human immortallity: cloning, memory transfer, inter-species symbosis, eugenics, extreme religions, etc.
The first book is some obtuse. You have to read it several times to discover all the foreshadowing and deep texture (like Toklein). This deep texture fades later in the series until last year's prequel that lacks any suspense at all.
Many people hated it either because they read the book and though it omitted too much, or hadn't read the book and thought it was too confusing. Like Goldilocks I thought it was just right (but could have been longer). I loved how they they represented the different Houses as different historical eras and ecological environments.
I welcome the new mini-series too. A classic piece of literature should be reinterpreted on the screen each generation because there are new social insights and movie making skills.
They are self-organizing and self-policing. If they do a bad job, then people start new ones to do a better job. The client chooses which ones to join or start based on their perception of quality.
Often based on eye movements or the electric potentials in the vicinity of the eye muscles. Theys muscles are among the lst to be affected by trauma or degenerative conditions.
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Sometimes these kind of stories make me think of a pissing contest: "mine is smaller than yours .. ". However some companies want to make vending machines into web-servers for business maintenance: reloading, dynamic pricing, mechanical failures, etc. Furthermore they could have or sell dynamic advertising too. Rather than have custom networking, you use commodity web portals. It might seem overkill, but it might be cheap, and allow for future not yet thought of business opportunities.
Electronic vending was one of the original network applications in the early days of computer networks at MIT, Starnford etc, in the 1970s.
I think most people are saying don't start with compiled formal languages. Thats why we hear DASIC, VB, Python, LEGO, etc. Too much time in the compile-debug loop will turn kids off.
Also kids want the code to DO something. Graphics provides this.
Atomic should be transparent on properly written
code.
May result in larger executables.
I recall a "Disney Planet" in Futurama.
Not all slashdot users use their real names.
-B.G.
They no longer need to draw faces in the sand.
They just read and chat on the InterNet in perfect
anonymity.
Yes, several times during the first month.
There is a hill there, but it doesn't look like a face.
The 1976 images were highly distorted by computer
"enhancemnet".
That was among the first targets of the Surveyor,
I presume for publicity reasons.
They've found other faces and objects,
including Mickey Mouse and a heart crater.
Some of us remember how Morris's worm (was that
a sendmail char overflow?) brought the internet
down completely in 1988. Thats when there were just
10,000 nodes instead of 50,000,000.
UNIX was hacked, because it was the main thing
on the Net at that time.
Or the time in Star Trek they sent secret messages :-)
by modulating sub-space.
Just as geeky
Moore's law in silcion devices operates by
(1) making things small, (2) working with more
things on (2a) a chip or (2b) more chips.
Obviously #1 wouldn't apply here, but there is
probably a lot room for #2.
I thought something was wrong when it was responding
in less than 30 seconds this morning.
Now most clicks are in a second or two.
Almost everyone missed personal/distributed
computing. Look at the kinds of computers
in 2001:Space Odessey. Asimov has a story about
a society dependent on PDAs.
The quick rise of InterNet was also missed.
I'll put in a vote for the MIT Science Fiction
Society. Must be about a half century old.
There have been sporadic attempts at indexing
there.
Though we haven't quite reached Gibson's level
yet, it looks to be a good fraction of world's
economy eventually.
It seems like 99% of science fiction ideas
are rehashes. However, the other 1% may be a gold mine. It might be nice to have a
comprhensive taxomony of the genre.
Although the seven volumes share the same cosomology, the first book had a different tone
and was most creative.
The first book was written in the 1960s during
the pollution scares. Therefore each planet in
Dune had a different story to say about ecology.
The second book is a lame sequel. The next four
books focus an variations of human immortallity:
cloning, memory transfer, inter-species symbosis,
eugenics, extreme religions, etc.
The first book is some obtuse. You have to read it
several times to discover all the foreshadowing
and deep texture (like Toklein). This deep
texture fades later in the series until last year's prequel
that lacks any suspense at all.
Many people hated it either because they read the
book and though it omitted too much, or hadn't
read the book and thought it was too confusing.
Like Goldilocks I thought it was just right
(but could have been longer). I loved how they
they represented the different Houses as different
historical eras and ecological environments.
I welcome the new mini-series too.
A classic piece of literature should be
reinterpreted on the screen each generation
because there are new social insights and
movie making skills.
Remember when the ape throws the bone into the
air and it changes into a spaceship?
Well thats the bone!
Computing devices now consume 15% of the electrical
energy in the USA.
They are self-organizing and self-policing.
If they do a bad job, then people start new
ones to do a better job. The client chooses
which ones to join or start based on their
perception of quality.
Often based on eye movements or the electric
potentials in the vicinity of the eye muscles.
Theys muscles are among the lst to be affected
by trauma or degenerative conditions.
Old topic.
Karl's followers got carried away.
Irronic that the system which makes it easy to
exchange music, also makes it easy to find those
who stal it.
About a quarter of the MIT Museum (up the Mass
a couple blocks) is devoded to a history of hacking.