Strong evidence for RNA. Suggestions of hybrid poly-aromic hydrocarbon nucleic acid system before that. DNA is the most stable, accurate, and complex of the three. But when it evolved it would overwhelm the competition over millions of years.
The Las Vegas Hilton Star Trek mockups, museum and rides were interesting, even with a $16 admission. But interested dwindled in tandem with no TV series and only one movie int he past eight years. And the closed it a few years ago.
The tens of thousands of public and private security cameras must be capturing much of the action. Many of the 7/7 subway terorists were caught this way.
I remember when there a spate of riots in Boulder Colorado a few years back the police posted suspect pictures on the web with modest anonymous rewards. And got good responses too. All this in is a laid-back, progressive city.
The university is more than just a course lecture, its an environment. If I didnt know something I just asked across the coffee table or a door down the hall.
Up to five years ago I'd stop by the local research university library to browse journals. But most libraries have gone all electronic to save storage costs. And its inconvenient to about guest accounts to access these journals. Even MIT turned the engineering journal room under the Great Dome into a computer lounge. In its heyday there were racks upon racks of science and engineering journals filling the dome. The remnant print journals, mainly society news monthlies, have been moved to a small side room.
There was ruckus last year when a local university decided to move 90% of its book collection to long term storage. The pleasures of "deep browsing" in the stacks are now very limited. You can get a hint a book exists from online catalogs or Google Scholar snippets. Then request the actual volume from storage which may take up to a week.
Although these magazines are more rarely stocked in public libraries after a decade of recession cuts.
Unfortunately it cost significant dollars (> $100) to subscribe in print or electronically.
Colorado/Denver has major group of them (I am not a participant). Besides showing up at every major scifi convention, I've seen them at other public events. They added a bit of green and marched in the St Pats parade this year.
The solar panel bearing gave out on one side a few years back and a shuttle mission repaired it.
Without the bearings the solar panels cannot rotate during the orbit and power is cut by 2/3rds.
The ISS might have to cut back to three residents in that state.
To be honest, UNIX ran poorly on under-powered x86 chips until well into the 1990s. In fact MicroSoft owned PC UNIX, called Xenix , around the time it started DOS, then off-loaded it to SCO.
Many voters think NASA is an extravagance compared to other problems the government must solve. Although NASA is only 1-2% of the federal budget, it has been perceived as the most expensive federal program opinion polls up to a quarter of the budget! Although Bush and Obama have already done substantial cutting by eliminating the US manned space program for all practical purposes, the deficit hawks want to eliminate most of the rest of NASA. The hundred billion dollar space station for just two US astronauts at a time is a often mentioned target. The Hubble-replacement Webb telescope is defunded in the next budget, effectively terminating that. And any probe past the Juno and Curiosity launches this year are in serious danger.
I wept in 2001 when so little of the namesake movie had been implemented, but tecnologically could have been. But the US space program of 2020 looks it will be much smaller than the anemic 2010 program.
Ubiquitous computing is a computer in every appliance, no mater how trivial (my toaster has one). And a computer in every palm or pocket. Even the Star Trek universe missed this with a giant ship "mainframe" (communicators and tricorders not withstanding).
Who would think of spending megaflops on graphical human-machine interfaces back int 60s or 70s, except when gigaflops cost dimes now and we'll have personal petaflops in a matter of decades?
Isaac Asimov anticipated both sides. One story imagines the mainframe evolving into God (The Last Question). Another where people are so dependent on their personal computers than can do arithmetic in their heads anymore.
#1 was the machine future of the 1950s-60s TomorrowLand: rockets, robots, self-maintaining homes, etc. This was the staple of world fairs since Prince Alberts 1850s Exhibition.
#2 was the 1970s post Earth Day future in the Epcot Dome focusing on ecology and psychology.
#3 is the computer-age stuff you see Disney future lands now.
In Plato's Pheadrus volume Socrates complains that writing weakens memory and the mind. It causes them to become dependent on written words and books. "Rhetoric" was one of the four liberal arts in classical education. It not only covered how to compose good speeches but tricks to memorizing them too. The Internet may just be the next stage in the process.
If you go on a backpacking trip or field expedition for any significant period of time you pretty much know all the bodily habits of your mates: when they eat, sleep, pee, defecate, shag, etc. Its seems natural and not that interesting.
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Boulder did this a few years back for their riots very successfully. They posted security picture images on the web with a $50 anonymous reward.
Perish the thought. But possible. Homage to commedienne who was born 100 years ago this week.
Strong evidence for RNA. Suggestions of hybrid poly-aromic hydrocarbon nucleic acid system before that. DNA is the most stable, accurate, and complex of the three. But when it evolved it would overwhelm the competition over millions of years.
The Las Vegas Hilton Star Trek mockups, museum and rides were interesting, even with a $16 admission. But interested dwindled in tandem with no TV series and only one movie int he past eight years. And the closed it a few years ago.
The tens of thousands of public and private security cameras must be capturing much of the action. Many of the 7/7 subway terorists were caught this way.
I remember when there a spate of riots in Boulder Colorado a few years back the police posted suspect pictures on the web with modest anonymous rewards. And got good responses too. All this in is a laid-back, progressive city.
Opportunity will get JPL on its toes until then.
Its the voters who cannot do math. They are getting the politicians they ask for plus disastrous results too.
The were either not developed or closed because they were more costly than offshore. But that is changing.
The university is more than just a course lecture, its an environment. If I didnt know something I just asked across the coffee table or a door down the hall.
I'll call it a PC when it is complete and turnkey.
At least three TV shows, cartoons, dozen movies ...
Up to five years ago I'd stop by the local research university library to browse journals. But most libraries have gone all electronic to save storage costs. And its inconvenient to about guest accounts to access these journals. Even MIT turned the engineering journal room under the Great Dome into a computer lounge. In its heyday there were racks upon racks of science and engineering journals filling the dome. The remnant print journals, mainly society news monthlies, have been moved to a small side room.
There was ruckus last year when a local university decided to move 90% of its book collection to long term storage. The pleasures of "deep browsing" in the stacks are now very limited. You can get a hint a book exists from online catalogs or Google Scholar snippets. Then request the actual volume from storage which may take up to a week.
Although these magazines are more rarely stocked in public libraries after a decade of recession cuts. Unfortunately it cost significant dollars (> $100) to subscribe in print or electronically.
Colorado/Denver has major group of them (I am not a participant). Besides showing up at every major scifi convention, I've seen them at other public events. They added a bit of green and marched in the St Pats parade this year.
The solar panel bearing gave out on one side a few years back and a shuttle mission repaired it. Without the bearings the solar panels cannot rotate during the orbit and power is cut by 2/3rds. The ISS might have to cut back to three residents in that state.
To be honest, UNIX ran poorly on under-powered x86 chips until well into the 1990s. In fact MicroSoft owned PC UNIX, called Xenix , around the time it started DOS, then off-loaded it to SCO.
Many voters think NASA is an extravagance compared to other problems the government must solve. Although NASA is only 1-2% of the federal budget, it has been perceived as the most expensive federal program opinion polls up to a quarter of the budget! Although Bush and Obama have already done substantial cutting by eliminating the US manned space program for all practical purposes, the deficit hawks want to eliminate most of the rest of NASA. The hundred billion dollar space station for just two US astronauts at a time is a often mentioned target. The Hubble-replacement Webb telescope is defunded in the next budget, effectively terminating that. And any probe past the Juno and Curiosity launches this year are in serious danger.
I wept in 2001 when so little of the namesake movie had been implemented, but tecnologically could have been. But the US space program of 2020 looks it will be much smaller than the anemic 2010 program.
Too many with the same plot and F/X.
In the energy industry where I work a masters is the current optimal entry point for maximum career salary. PhDs dont go into management as much.
Ubiquitous computing is a computer in every appliance, no mater how trivial (my toaster has one). And a computer in every palm or pocket. Even the Star Trek universe missed this with a giant ship "mainframe" (communicators and tricorders not withstanding).
Who would think of spending megaflops on graphical human-machine interfaces back int 60s or 70s, except when gigaflops cost dimes now and we'll have personal petaflops in a matter of decades?
Isaac Asimov anticipated both sides. One story imagines the mainframe evolving into God (The Last Question). Another where people are so dependent on their personal computers than can do arithmetic in their heads anymore.
#1 was the machine future of the 1950s-60s TomorrowLand: rockets, robots, self-maintaining homes, etc. This was the staple of world fairs since Prince Alberts 1850s Exhibition.
#2 was the 1970s post Earth Day future in the Epcot Dome focusing on ecology and psychology.
#3 is the computer-age stuff you see Disney future lands now.
In Plato's Pheadrus volume Socrates complains that writing weakens memory and the mind. It causes them to become dependent on written words and books. "Rhetoric" was one of the four liberal arts in classical education. It not only covered how to compose good speeches but tricks to memorizing them too. The Internet may just be the next stage in the process.
Its happened to me once in about 200 flights.
The land line line playbacks had 2-digit codes. A hacker could try all of the them. My cellphone passcode defaulted as my birthdate.
If you go on a backpacking trip or field expedition for any significant period of time you pretty much know all the bodily habits of your mates: when they eat, sleep, pee, defecate, shag, etc. Its seems natural and not that interesting.