There were 27 so-called peaceful nuclear explosions in the US. one of the last in 1973 was supposed to fracture the ground in Colorado methane field to increase production. It has the contrary effect of melting a layer of glass underground and sealing off the methane. Russia used 115 bombs in similar tests . The seismic data they obtained is considered the best ever collected.
You never know where there may be a camera, especially outside. You never know where your intertube bits may end up. Assume the worst. This is just a preview of the future.
Depending on whose stats you read. Plus Google is the largest data server in the world. Not necessary the largest electricity consumer if you read about their green technology. Since energy costs as much 50% TCO of a data server, it makes sense to hedge it.
Some promising capacity technologies could not match standard magnetic technologies in these aspects. On the other hand, early CD ROMS and flash was promoted as "write once" technology. They would be so large large that you did not need to reuse storage.
They arent the sole sponsor, but generously provided a meeting room every month. Several of their employees attend these meetings. I dont recall any of them giving a presentation there. But I havent been attending very long.
We've been on the "verge of unlimited laser fusion energy" for several decades now. This has turned into something a-kin to the bad side-effect of Viagra.
When people lived the tribal lifestyle, e.g. Plains Indians, everybody knew what everyone was doing 24/7- sleeping, hooking up, bodily functions and so one. I experience enough of this in geological field work or camping. That is why this probably seems natural to people. When average people starting living in "luxurious" multi-room houses, after 1800, then privacy conventions evolved. The Big Difference for social networking is these messages are recorded in the internet archive forever.
Its a given that ash particles damage jet engines. But how far out for various kinds of eruptions? 500km? 100? 3000? This is where we need more study and observation techniques.
There have been clever scientists in the former Soviet and in other places in the world. Several have developed promising technologies and fewer have productionized them. This is not unlike the "smash Moore's Law" posts in Slashdot every month: 9 of 10 you never hear from again.
I wonder what is to prevent DNA studies of large, existing "captive" databases. There could be a imperative moral reason, like a new bioweapon aimed at soldiers with the military looking at prevention. But that would be different use form what these samples were obtain for.
Supposedly police DNA is just distilled to the 30-some markers used for an ID match. And the military is discarded after the soldier is discharged. But I doubt bureaucrats always carry these out.
I was at the fringe of that world: I hung around the MIT and Stanford A.I. labs of the 1970s; I attended the Homebrew computer club meetings in the mid 1970s where the two Steve's introduced their funky wooden computer named after Beatle music. And I've attended many user and hobbyist groups since and now. The technology ebbs and flows. The the excitement and opportunity to make money, to build a company in your dorm room or "garage" is as great now as it was then. Right now we have Facebook, Twitter, and phone apps breaking out of the stalls. I cant see any real barrier to this ending for another 30 years other than people running out of imagination.
At one time browsers were supposed to the universal interface for most data-delivery internet applications. Yet they are being bypassed for custom applications written for mobile devices. I guess mainly because they dont utilize screen real-estate very well, a precious resource on mobile devices. They have too much decoration on the edges, unpredictable screen placement, lack of touch-interface gui's etc.
My prediction is they will be scripted, browser environment for the mobile device, which would provide a app-like feel.
A good school record is so important for students future in China that sometimes petty official will steal a good student's folder and put a mediocre relative's name on it. For the most part these records are not computerized, but exist as paper files. Its really hard to build a career once your record has been "lost". School record harken back to imperial days when the few who could pass an imperial exam could jump into the upper middle classes - a lot like getting a Harvard MBA.
Nick Lane's book Power, Sex, Suicide and Mitchondria was a fascinating read. Nick proposes several reasons why mitochondria would keep a few of their genes around, when the other 90% have been subsumed into the nucleus. These tend to be for the most crucial proteins in repairing the oxidation damage caused by this powerhouses.
The time or payment required to figure taxes drains at least a percent of GDP. Not to mention all the energy to minimize them instead of increasing economic production.
(1) Commodity chips are not yet optimized for the smart-phone+touch-screen platform. There is some functionallity Apple desires (e.g. 20-hour charge life) these chips are not delivering yet.
(2) Apple is not forced to use the commodity solution. The iPad is not a $5 cellphone or $99 netbook. Apple hardware commands premium prices. They can splurge $10-$20 on a superior CPU. When Intel and AMD figure this platform out, they will be able to beat Apple's costs on shear 100x scale.
(3) There is immense, unexploited engineering talent in the Valley. They have been producing clever CPUs which have been commercial failures because they dont emulate x86, a 35-year old API. One of my classmates moved from a defunct, but highly respected boutique CPU platform (DEC Alpha) to Apple. I suspect Apple decided to advance beyond the 1970s, unlike Intel. [ To be fair, Intel has developed several clever un-Intel CPUs over the decades, all which were abject commercial failures. ]
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There were 27 so-called peaceful nuclear explosions in the US. one of the last in 1973 was supposed to fracture the ground in Colorado methane field to increase production. It has the contrary effect of melting a layer of glass underground and sealing off the methane. Russia used 115 bombs in similar tests . The seismic data they obtained is considered the best ever collected.
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Imagine if you were still using version 1.0 of their hardware and softwares.
You never know where there may be a camera, especially outside. You never know where your intertube bits may end up. Assume the worst. This is just a preview of the future.
several vendors sell them
Then too some students bring other's clickers to class.
Depending on whose stats you read. Plus Google is the largest data server in the world. Not necessary the largest electricity consumer if you read about their green technology. Since energy costs as much 50% TCO of a data server, it makes sense to hedge it.
Some promising capacity technologies could not match standard magnetic technologies in these aspects. On the other hand, early CD ROMS and flash was promoted as "write once" technology. They would be so large large that you did not need to reuse storage.
They arent the sole sponsor, but generously provided a meeting room every month. Several of their employees attend these meetings. I dont recall any of them giving a presentation there. But I havent been attending very long.
Where employees have download up to a million customer social security numbers and identities. Many medical sites still use SS# as patient IDs.
as a Black man elected President.
We've been on the "verge of unlimited laser fusion energy" for several decades now. This has turned into something a-kin to the bad side-effect of Viagra.
When people lived the tribal lifestyle, e.g. Plains Indians, everybody knew what everyone was doing 24/7- sleeping, hooking up, bodily functions and so one. I experience enough of this in geological field work or camping. That is why this probably seems natural to people. When average people starting living in "luxurious" multi-room houses, after 1800, then privacy conventions evolved. The Big Difference for social networking is these messages are recorded in the internet archive forever.
Its a given that ash particles damage jet engines. But how far out for various kinds of eruptions? 500km? 100? 3000? This is where we need more study and observation techniques.
There have been clever scientists in the former Soviet and in other places in the world. Several have developed promising technologies and fewer have productionized them. This is not unlike the "smash Moore's Law" posts in Slashdot every month: 9 of 10 you never hear from again.
I wonder what is to prevent DNA studies of large, existing "captive" databases. There could be a imperative moral reason, like a new bioweapon aimed at soldiers with the military looking at prevention. But that would be different use form what these samples were obtain for.
Supposedly police DNA is just distilled to the 30-some markers used for an ID match. And the military is discarded after the soldier is discharged. But I doubt bureaucrats always carry these out.
I was at the fringe of that world: I hung around the MIT and Stanford A.I. labs of the 1970s; I attended the Homebrew computer club meetings in the mid 1970s where the two Steve's introduced their funky wooden computer named after Beatle music. And I've attended many user and hobbyist groups since and now. The technology ebbs and flows. The the excitement and opportunity to make money, to build a company in your dorm room or "garage" is as great now as it was then. Right now we have Facebook, Twitter, and phone apps breaking out of the stalls. I cant see any real barrier to this ending for another 30 years other than people running out of imagination.
At one time browsers were supposed to the universal interface for most data-delivery internet applications. Yet they are being bypassed for custom applications written for mobile devices. I guess mainly because they dont utilize screen real-estate very well, a precious resource on mobile devices. They have too much decoration on the edges, unpredictable screen placement, lack of touch-interface gui's etc.
My prediction is they will be scripted, browser environment for the mobile device, which would provide a app-like feel.
A good school record is so important for students future in China that sometimes petty official will steal a good student's folder and put a mediocre relative's name on it. For the most part these records are not computerized, but exist as paper files. Its really hard to build a career once your record has been "lost". School record harken back to imperial days when the few who could pass an imperial exam could jump into the upper middle classes - a lot like getting a Harvard MBA.
Nick Lane's book Power, Sex, Suicide and Mitchondria was a fascinating read. Nick proposes several reasons why mitochondria would keep a few of their genes around, when the other 90% have been subsumed into the nucleus. These tend to be for the most crucial proteins in repairing the oxidation damage caused by this powerhouses.
In his story the police use psychics to forsee crimes and arrest them before it happens. The modern analogue is to replace psychics with computers.
Banned in households of US intelligence agents because they reputedly recorded sounds.
The time or payment required to figure taxes drains at least a percent of GDP. Not to mention all the energy to minimize them instead of increasing economic production.
(1) Commodity chips are not yet optimized for the smart-phone+touch-screen platform. There is some functionallity Apple desires (e.g. 20-hour charge life) these chips are not delivering yet.
(2) Apple is not forced to use the commodity solution. The iPad is not a $5 cellphone or $99 netbook. Apple hardware commands premium prices. They can splurge $10-$20 on a superior CPU. When Intel and AMD figure this platform out, they will be able to beat Apple's costs on shear 100x scale.
(3) There is immense, unexploited engineering talent in the Valley. They have been producing clever CPUs which have been commercial failures because they dont emulate x86, a 35-year old API. One of my classmates moved from a defunct, but highly respected boutique CPU platform (DEC Alpha) to Apple. I suspect Apple decided to advance beyond the 1970s, unlike Intel. [ To be fair, Intel has developed several clever un-Intel CPUs over the decades, all which were abject commercial failures. ]