"Folks have been trading blows over whether Intel could compete with ARM's core power consumption. "
For the mobile markets, Here's the best numbers I could find on the various processor's power output: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20110921142759_Nvidia_Unwraps_Performance_Benchmarks_of_Tegra_3_Kal_El.html
The 10W Intel processor is still ~8x outside the power output of a Tegra 3 at 1GHz/Core, and ~6.662x the power output of a OMAP4 processor. While Intel is clearly working on getting down to the ~1W power range, they still have a ways to go. They may get there, but until I see silicon, I'm not holding my breath for it.
I feel like I should share this story at this point.
While I was taking Differential Equations at my University, our prof would (pretty heavily) motivate problems with stories behind them. His method of elaborating second order linear ODE's. was "OK, imagine that you have a mass on a spring. This system is then immersed in a vat of goo. You put on your hazmat suit, and go into the goo yourself, with a pointy stick. You then begin to poke the mass on the spring. We want to model the mass's movements. Go." It was quite hilarious at the time, and one of my more memorable moments(the other two were his motivation for non-linear first order ODE's(it involved bunnies stacking on top of each other), and solving 2nd order non-linear ode's... specifically with Einstein's corrections to newton's second law to deal with perihelion precession. and seeing the solutions for black holes pop out from that).
Back to the topic at hand: this could be a good idea, but only if they don't plan on drilling a significant distance to the magma chamber of the volcano. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure the stress may cause a premature eruption(which, albeit, probably wouldn't be as bad as letting it go to full term/letting the chamber fill up so much it erupts).
This isn't particularly new for the human race. Look at MAD, for example(which is still fairly real - We still do have enough nukes to wipe out all life on the planet fairly effectively). One person, with their finger on the trigger, could slip up and 'accidentally' push the button, and cause not only the death of Humans, but also others. I'm sure there are other examples of humans having a large amount of control over the advancement of the human race, but that's the one that popped into mind. As we grow, and advance technologically, we'll keep developing even better ways of effectively causing ourselves/other species to become extinct. We're a violent race, when you think about it. While I don't like it, I'm just trying to be realistic as far as looking at humanities tendencies.
One concern about this plan that I would have is the question of how durable the material is. Most of the 3D printer's I've been around/used have only printed a fairly cheap hard plastic. If they're trying to use that, I don't think the plan will go over well. On the other hand, if they use metal(I believe some printers can handle it. I remember shapeways having something to that effect as an offering), it could go over well.
Hopefully, Canada will begin to take a slightly more critical look to the whole concept of 'Emergency Powers'. I mean, here in the US(as an example), we've entertained the concept that if we're in a war, or the president has been given war powers, that he has the right to suspend the population's rights. Albeit, this isn't new(we suspended a lot of rights during WWII, at least. see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment ), but we just need to get rid of this idea. Just because we're in war, doesn't mean that we're not human.
This isn't the first time that Tennessee has taken an anti-science position either. The unfortunate thing is, it's not the only state moving in that direction. A few years ago, I remember Texas was thinking of doing the same. The larger issue with Texas doing that, however, is that Texas happens to be of of the main producers of school text books in the US. I, personally, use that piece to explain why the US is so lacking in science education- the people writing the text books are under heavy theocratic control:(
You mean that companies *don't* reveal 100% of their products before their announcement? What a shock!
Modern tech journalism is just getting ridiculous:(
At least it's not storing, oh say, your login details in plain text... which certain(*cough* Sony) companies do. The details that it stores aren't anything that can be actually used to formally break into an account(yeah, sure, it can be used for stalking purposes/phishing, but that's almost always a vulnerability).
Two words: Mass Spectrometry.
Back in High School, I remember when I took a class in genetics, and we had actively extracted DNA from cell's(both human and wheat). Considering that it is fairly simple to do that(just the right chemicals), you can then take the DNA, and run it through a mass spectrometer. Based off of the relative amounts of Arsenic vs the rest of the bacterium, you can determine if there is Arsenic in its genome or not... It seems sort of ridiculous that there is a debate over it.
Just think of all the money they can confiscate claiming fraud. Sounds like a good plan.
This is Paypal's motivation in most cases. Considering that they won a case in Connecticut a few years back that says that Paypal cannot be regulated the same way a bank can(when they're pretty much a bank), they really have free reign.
Of course, Paypal also has a history of randomly locking down accounts asking for SSN numbers and for you to verify where you live and provide a scanned driver's ID etc etc as well. So, I wouldn't be surprised if Paypal starts doing that here as well.
I think you're spot on with this.
(another article on the sale/breakup: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g3CNyGettVebplcruc9y1CPA9amwD9H2CL2G0)
So, Motorola had to break up due to losses. Yeah, there is probably accounting fee's and the cost of the infrastructure that they sold off, but, they should have enough profit to counter those looses from their phone mfg dept. I mean, look at the phones that they've released recently, Droid and Droid X specifically. The profits should off set, unless they didn't maintain their infrastructure correctly(what I suspect happened). Have fun with with poor hardware, Nokia...
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"Folks have been trading blows over whether Intel could compete with ARM's core power consumption. " For the mobile markets, Here's the best numbers I could find on the various processor's power output: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20110921142759_Nvidia_Unwraps_Performance_Benchmarks_of_Tegra_3_Kal_El.html The 10W Intel processor is still ~8x outside the power output of a Tegra 3 at 1GHz/Core, and ~6.662x the power output of a OMAP4 processor. While Intel is clearly working on getting down to the ~1W power range, they still have a ways to go. They may get there, but until I see silicon, I'm not holding my breath for it.
yourbrainonporn.com There you go.
I feel like I should share this story at this point. While I was taking Differential Equations at my University, our prof would (pretty heavily) motivate problems with stories behind them. His method of elaborating second order linear ODE's. was "OK, imagine that you have a mass on a spring. This system is then immersed in a vat of goo. You put on your hazmat suit, and go into the goo yourself, with a pointy stick. You then begin to poke the mass on the spring. We want to model the mass's movements. Go." It was quite hilarious at the time, and one of my more memorable moments(the other two were his motivation for non-linear first order ODE's(it involved bunnies stacking on top of each other), and solving 2nd order non-linear ode's... specifically with Einstein's corrections to newton's second law to deal with perihelion precession. and seeing the solutions for black holes pop out from that). Back to the topic at hand: this could be a good idea, but only if they don't plan on drilling a significant distance to the magma chamber of the volcano. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure the stress may cause a premature eruption(which, albeit, probably wouldn't be as bad as letting it go to full term/letting the chamber fill up so much it erupts).
Just to provide a little bit more information to this story, here are the requirements for citizenship in Singapore: http://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=132
This isn't particularly new for the human race. Look at MAD, for example(which is still fairly real - We still do have enough nukes to wipe out all life on the planet fairly effectively). One person, with their finger on the trigger, could slip up and 'accidentally' push the button, and cause not only the death of Humans, but also others. I'm sure there are other examples of humans having a large amount of control over the advancement of the human race, but that's the one that popped into mind. As we grow, and advance technologically, we'll keep developing even better ways of effectively causing ourselves/other species to become extinct. We're a violent race, when you think about it. While I don't like it, I'm just trying to be realistic as far as looking at humanities tendencies.
How is a broken retail model related to terrorism? I don't see the connection. And I have RTFA.... still says nothing.
One concern about this plan that I would have is the question of how durable the material is. Most of the 3D printer's I've been around/used have only printed a fairly cheap hard plastic. If they're trying to use that, I don't think the plan will go over well. On the other hand, if they use metal(I believe some printers can handle it. I remember shapeways having something to that effect as an offering), it could go over well.
"Hey, our budget could very well get cut soon. Let's fine people for things!" That's what I suspect the FCC's reasoning is. They just wont admit it.
Physics in general would be interesting to work in. Unless it's classical mechanics. Then I'd probably get bored :/
Hopefully, Canada will begin to take a slightly more critical look to the whole concept of 'Emergency Powers'. I mean, here in the US(as an example), we've entertained the concept that if we're in a war, or the president has been given war powers, that he has the right to suspend the population's rights. Albeit, this isn't new(we suspended a lot of rights during WWII, at least. see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment ), but we just need to get rid of this idea. Just because we're in war, doesn't mean that we're not human.
This isn't the first time that Tennessee has taken an anti-science position either. The unfortunate thing is, it's not the only state moving in that direction. A few years ago, I remember Texas was thinking of doing the same. The larger issue with Texas doing that, however, is that Texas happens to be of of the main producers of school text books in the US. I, personally, use that piece to explain why the US is so lacking in science education- the people writing the text books are under heavy theocratic control :(
You mean that companies *don't* reveal 100% of their products before their announcement? What a shock! Modern tech journalism is just getting ridiculous :(
This work for you? http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/204167-sopa-shelved-until-consensus-is-found
Yes, yes some are: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/204167-sopa-shelved-until-consensus-is-found
Try: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/putting_sopa_on_a_shelf034765.php
At least it's not storing, oh say, your login details in plain text... which certain(*cough* Sony) companies do. The details that it stores aren't anything that can be actually used to formally break into an account(yeah, sure, it can be used for stalking purposes/phishing, but that's almost always a vulnerability).
Two words: Mass Spectrometry. Back in High School, I remember when I took a class in genetics, and we had actively extracted DNA from cell's(both human and wheat). Considering that it is fairly simple to do that(just the right chemicals), you can then take the DNA, and run it through a mass spectrometer. Based off of the relative amounts of Arsenic vs the rest of the bacterium, you can determine if there is Arsenic in its genome or not... It seems sort of ridiculous that there is a debate over it.
Are still high.... Give it a few years and it may be cheaper.
Would it eat smaller robots whole? or just humans?
Just think of all the money they can confiscate claiming fraud. Sounds like a good plan.
This is Paypal's motivation in most cases. Considering that they won a case in Connecticut a few years back that says that Paypal cannot be regulated the same way a bank can(when they're pretty much a bank), they really have free reign. Of course, Paypal also has a history of randomly locking down accounts asking for SSN numbers and for you to verify where you live and provide a scanned driver's ID etc etc as well. So, I wouldn't be surprised if Paypal starts doing that here as well. I think you're spot on with this.
So, the ones who are looking for child porn all day are keeping it/are attracted to it. Who would have thought...
Maybe Motorola needs pointers on how to spread propaganda from Apple?
(another article on the sale/breakup: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g3CNyGettVebplcruc9y1CPA9amwD9H2CL2G0) So, Motorola had to break up due to losses. Yeah, there is probably accounting fee's and the cost of the infrastructure that they sold off, but, they should have enough profit to counter those looses from their phone mfg dept. I mean, look at the phones that they've released recently, Droid and Droid X specifically. The profits should off set, unless they didn't maintain their infrastructure correctly(what I suspect happened). Have fun with with poor hardware, Nokia...
Yeah, well, Miller v. California...
This kind of assumes that we're around in 3.7 billion years, doesn't it? I think the human ace will probably kill itself before then...