The "first brood" of high level languages- COBOL, LISP and FORTRAN- are well into their 2nd half century. I would not be surprised if they last a century along with UNIX and C.
Ironically MicroSoft's first saleable OS was a flavor of UNIX called Xenix. But Xenix on 80286's was really lame compared to UNIX on a PDP-11 or VAX. UNIX wasnt really that efficient on a PC until the 80486s in the mid-1990s. That was fortunately the same time Linus started his version. MicroSoft sold Xenix to SCO after it developed MS-DOS. SCO patent-trolled it unsuccessfully for many years.
They only save a tiny fraction of collision events, those deemed "interesting". Even so thats petabytes a year. This keeps the researchers busy during shutdowns such as now analyzing these data for for new particles or anomalies.
1980's A.I. developers were "cool". 1990s Web developers were "cool". The public sees nifty stuff being invented and programmers getting rich. But then students learn this is not as easy as getting rich on Wall Street, so they bail.
They built these out of circuits before computers got cheap enough. They had "memory" which implemented training-by-example. Huge debat int he A.I. labs whether they were significant. But they seem to return in some new form every decade.
And the keyboard and screen easier on the anatomy than an iPad.
I used to use a notebook computer, but their wireless is slow.
There are sever new airbook competitors now.
If I attend some public talk on a trendy subject its swarming with recruiters. Topics include no-sql, html5, mobile, etc. There seem to be at least ten job openings for everyone looking for something.
The nuclear-powered Curiosity "Martian SUV rover" launches the day after Thanksgiving. I'll try to make the launch. It was two years late and a billion dollars over budget. Its is the final funded probe in a 15 year successful run of orbiters and a 6 landers, due to US financial troubles. If it is as durable as the current rovers, it could keep scientists busy for the rest of the decade.
After a few more satellite observers in the pipeline for 2012, its looks very dismal for NASA's unmanned space programs.
Scientists have found microbes in five mile deep wells that have been buried for tens of millions of years. They were either buried too, or percolated very slowly from ground water. Mars, which is more geologically stable than Earth, may likely have these too.
They really didnt separate them out from other slow learners. Now there is a chance you can develop targeted therapies then like iPad communicators shown on 60 Minutes.
Of the the few that attend college. Its family pressure on sons. In response, college rename many more majors as "engineering" than in the US. Almost everything vocation, business, architecture, computing is called engineering.
We have a short period every decade where its cool to be Geek and rich. Then it fades back into mediocrity. Doesnt bother me. I've survived multiple cycles of this.
Its rather stunning. They have a special section at the beginning of their letters section with the bold title "Retraction". Something almost every week now.
To be fair, most of those authors are not intentionally deception like this guy. But the system encourages rushing sensational results into print (like arsenic-based life) before they can be verified elsewhere. "Nobel prize or bust!" P.S. This result has not been retracted, although many have asked for that.
return to space station. There were two failed launches and the proposed fix, which seems to work.
The International Space Station shuts down in three weeks if a fresh crop of astronauts doesnt make it there by then.
And I've heard as little as half that. You have to teach a dozen courses over three semesters to make ends meet. And this pay doesnt include making up for lack of benefits and [ tax deductable ] expenses.
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I've seen Asimov's Nightfall down well as a play. A good word-smith will create most of the scifi you need in your imagination.
The "first brood" of high level languages- COBOL, LISP and FORTRAN- are well into their 2nd half century. I would not be surprised if they last a century along with UNIX and C.
Ironically MicroSoft's first saleable OS was a flavor of UNIX called Xenix. But Xenix on 80286's was really lame compared to UNIX on a PDP-11 or VAX. UNIX wasnt really that efficient on a PC until the 80486s in the mid-1990s. That was fortunately the same time Linus started his version. MicroSoft sold Xenix to SCO after it developed MS-DOS. SCO patent-trolled it unsuccessfully for many years.
They only save a tiny fraction of collision events, those deemed "interesting". Even so thats petabytes a year. This keeps the researchers busy during shutdowns such as now analyzing these data for for new particles or anomalies.
1980's A.I. developers were "cool". 1990s Web developers were "cool". The public sees nifty stuff being invented and programmers getting rich. But then students learn this is not as easy as getting rich on Wall Street, so they bail.
They built these out of circuits before computers got cheap enough. They had "memory" which implemented training-by-example. Huge debat int he A.I. labs whether they were significant. But they seem to return in some new form every decade.
He made hybrid analog-digital circuits to emulate retina processing. There was some talk of self-adjusting cameras using these, but I've lost track.
Google wanted to spend billions on spectrum. Google CEO was on Apple's board for a while.
8008, 6800, and 8086
And the keyboard and screen easier on the anatomy than an iPad. I used to use a notebook computer, but their wireless is slow. There are sever new airbook competitors now.
If I attend some public talk on a trendy subject its swarming with recruiters. Topics include no-sql, html5, mobile, etc. There seem to be at least ten job openings for everyone looking for something.
one has been at the top of it forever it seems
The nuclear-powered Curiosity "Martian SUV rover" launches the day after Thanksgiving. I'll try to make the launch. It was two years late and a billion dollars over budget. Its is the final funded probe in a 15 year successful run of orbiters and a 6 landers, due to US financial troubles. If it is as durable as the current rovers, it could keep scientists busy for the rest of the decade.
After a few more satellite observers in the pipeline for 2012, its looks very dismal for NASA's unmanned space programs.
Scientists have found microbes in five mile deep wells that have been buried for tens of millions of years. They were either buried too, or percolated very slowly from ground water. Mars, which is more geologically stable than Earth, may likely have these too.
They really didnt separate them out from other slow learners. Now there is a chance you can develop targeted therapies then like iPad communicators shown on 60 Minutes.
Of the the few that attend college. Its family pressure on sons. In response, college rename many more majors as "engineering" than in the US. Almost everything vocation, business, architecture, computing is called engineering.
We have a short period every decade where its cool to be Geek and rich. Then it fades back into mediocrity. Doesnt bother me. I've survived multiple cycles of this.
Its rather stunning. They have a special section at the beginning of their letters section with the bold title "Retraction". Something almost every week now.
To be fair, most of those authors are not intentionally deception like this guy. But the system encourages rushing sensational results into print (like arsenic-based life) before they can be verified elsewhere. "Nobel prize or bust!" P.S. This result has not been retracted, although many have asked for that.
One of the few projects there I thought was imaginative. Good thing Bill quashed or it might change Microsoft's image.
fro computer designs or any other technology (which seems to be most of their high tech industries).
Its whatever computer files can be copied at a given time. Perhaps DEC security was a bit loose in the late 1990s.
return to space station. There were two failed launches and the proposed fix, which seems to work. The International Space Station shuts down in three weeks if a fresh crop of astronauts doesnt make it there by then.
And I've heard as little as half that. You have to teach a dozen courses over three semesters to make ends meet. And this pay doesnt include making up for lack of benefits and [ tax deductable ] expenses.
More than what industry pays for equivalent experience. There is also a premium for living in the expensive Bay area.
He's busy remodeling Heaven about now.