Understand that IBM is running these 2.5GHz chips *now*. They are unexpectedly fast. It is not completely unreasonable to guess that they might figure out a way to increase that speed within the next 12-18 months for a release. Just because they are currently at 2.5GHz doesn't mean they have to stop improving that number until they release it.
The construction cost for Iter is put at about $5bn. However, the cost will be shared among all of the collaborators, who will provide most of the components in kind.
I expect the US DoE(nergy) to build a copy of it, and do it faster that the Iter project. I would not be at all surprised if the USA has a copy of this fusion power plant before the official version is built. I would also not be surprised if it were a secret until it is producing power optimally. After all, we all saw Contact: "Why buy only one, when you can buy two for twice the price?" It's only $5B.
The next step in "Pause-live-TV"... Just travel at the speed of light parallel to the incoming signal until you are ready to start playing again, at which point you just stop. It's efficient and plausible. That's what I like about it.;)
Failure is part of the process. The success of Pioneer's 3-11 came as a result of the failures of pioneer 0-2. The ones where they didn't "get it right"
Significant difference: those were in the days when we were willing to try again. Now, if NASA puts up a failure, their budgets are cut and they have to start over anew.
Kind of like how 30 years ago we would send 18 year old kids to die for their country but not allow them to vote for its leader. Yup, history does tend to repeat itself...
Does Microsoft send out a lot of spam? I haven't gotten much MS spam, and you'd think that having an insurmountable monopoly would preclude the necessity for spamming. I mean, where can they go from the top? That's right, down. And that's where angering their customers with spam could take them.
Then you just have to figure out how to hack into your friend's Mac so that when you walk into his house the music changes to what you like. Damn, I need a Bluetooth phone.
George Bush is expected to criticize this, citing several cases of more capable BIND systems losing their places on root servers just to give space to a non-BIND system.
And even though "to Slashdot" can possibly be construed negatively, we all seem to take pride in the fact that we can use it as a verb. Google should be just as pleased (or even moreso).
I don't understand why Google would want to complain about having become so ubiquitous and such a powerful force that their very name is synonymous with what they do. That is the ultimate compliment, yet they want to avoid it. It's not like "to google" means "to knife-rape a cute virgin nun," it means "to search the web," which is exactly what Google does. Why wouldn't they want this?
2 years. At what point does the President feel that he has to take responsibility? Is he jsut planning on claiming responsibility for the successes of the Democrat who follows him?
But when the record companies realize that the real money deserves to be spent only at the concerts, they are going to do something. After all, there is a reason they are called the record companies: they don't really get any money from the concerts. They make all their money from the records (CDs). You don't want to have to flash a purchased disc to be admitted to a concert, do you? You don't want the record companies trying to get anything more than they already do from the concerts. The concerts are for the artists.
Why, obviously they would hide a much smaller payload in 159 tons of legitimate cargo. With that much stuff that should be going somewhere, terrorists may be able to sneak something in it. Damn it, you Anonymous people are stupid. I'm not responding to you any more.
You talk about the alternatives being too expensive to use at home, but also that nobody uses Macs in a data center... It seems that you're just throwing things around.
I disagree that Office v.X is better than Office XP. I like it, and it is better than Office 2000 or 2001:Mac, but it is not as good as XP. (I use both.) Unfortunately, as of right now, it is the best office suite that can reasonably be run on OS X right now. Hopefully that Aqua port of OpenOffice comes along soon.
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Understand that IBM is running these 2.5GHz chips *now*. They are unexpectedly fast. It is not completely unreasonable to guess that they might figure out a way to increase that speed within the next 12-18 months for a release. Just because they are currently at 2.5GHz doesn't mean they have to stop improving that number until they release it.
Yeah, like in the next 800 years or something...
The construction cost for Iter is put at about $5bn. However, the cost will be shared among all of the collaborators, who will provide most of the components in kind.
I expect the US DoE(nergy) to build a copy of it, and do it faster that the Iter project. I would not be at all surprised if the USA has a copy of this fusion power plant before the official version is built. I would also not be surprised if it were a secret until it is producing power optimally. After all, we all saw Contact: "Why buy only one, when you can buy two for twice the price?" It's only $5B.
The next step in "Pause-live-TV"... Just travel at the speed of light parallel to the incoming signal until you are ready to start playing again, at which point you just stop. It's efficient and plausible. That's what I like about it. ;)
Failure is part of the process. The success of Pioneer's 3-11 came as a result of the failures of pioneer 0-2. The ones where they didn't "get it right"
Significant difference: those were in the days when we were willing to try again. Now, if NASA puts up a failure, their budgets are cut and they have to start over anew.
Kind of like how 30 years ago we would send 18 year old kids to die for their country but not allow them to vote for its leader. Yup, history does tend to repeat itself...
Photopaint for 200 hours.
Access for 8 days. 8 days * 24 hour/day = 192 hours.
Does Microsoft send out a lot of spam? I haven't gotten much MS spam, and you'd think that having an insurmountable monopoly would preclude the necessity for spamming. I mean, where can they go from the top? That's right, down. And that's where angering their customers with spam could take them.
Then you just have to figure out how to hack into your friend's Mac so that when you walk into his house the music changes to what you like. Damn, I need a Bluetooth phone.
Yeah, but hunky dudes typically don't like to drink their Pepsi anywhere near anyone's bowels. Trust me...
George Bush is expected to criticize this, citing several cases of more capable BIND systems losing their places on root servers just to give space to a non-BIND system.
And even though "to Slashdot" can possibly be construed negatively, we all seem to take pride in the fact that we can use it as a verb. Google should be just as pleased (or even moreso).
80% of all militay base property is landscaping and wildlife areas. The other 10% is protected to the level of needed security.
The final 10% is, of course, so top secret as to be hidden even from Fact#1.
I don't understand why Google would want to complain about having become so ubiquitous and such a powerful force that their very name is synonymous with what they do. That is the ultimate compliment, yet they want to avoid it. It's not like "to google" means "to knife-rape a cute virgin nun," it means "to search the web," which is exactly what Google does. Why wouldn't they want this?
2 years. At what point does the President feel that he has to take responsibility? Is he jsut planning on claiming responsibility for the successes of the Democrat who follows him?
But when the record companies realize that the real money deserves to be spent only at the concerts, they are going to do something. After all, there is a reason they are called the record companies: they don't really get any money from the concerts. They make all their money from the records (CDs). You don't want to have to flash a purchased disc to be admitted to a concert, do you? You don't want the record companies trying to get anything more than they already do from the concerts. The concerts are for the artists.
Blaming Clinton because Bush has consistently made the economy worse for over 2 years. I think it's time to give it up, guys...
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Why, obviously they would hide a much smaller payload in 159 tons of legitimate cargo. With that much stuff that should be going somewhere, terrorists may be able to sneak something in it. Damn it, you Anonymous people are stupid. I'm not responding to you any more.
You talk about the alternatives being too expensive to use at home, but also that nobody uses Macs in a data center... It seems that you're just throwing things around.
Ummm... this is Slashdot. Does that answer your question?
I disagree that Office v.X is better than Office XP. I like it, and it is better than Office 2000 or 2001:Mac, but it is not as good as XP. (I use both.) Unfortunately, as of right now, it is the best office suite that can reasonably be run on OS X right now. Hopefully that Aqua port of OpenOffice comes along soon.
Actually, he does use the word "beleaguered," but in describing his old PowerMac.
Last I checked, it's significantly illegal to be less than honest with the courts.
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Well, that depends on what your definition of the word "is" is.