Warning systems work well for areas far away from the epicenter. The system works based on the principle that seismic waves are far slower than light - ie the information gathered at the epicenter is broadcasted via a network (Internet) to surrounding areas. Destructive seismic waves speed is around 0.5~3 miles per second. The power of the waves decreases with distance. So if the epicenter is right under your feet - the most destructive place it can be - you have zero second notice...
Nevertheless, the movie is rated 8.2 on IMDB - pretty good. Besides the so-powerful=boring argument, there must be something enjoyable in this movie... (didn't see it yet)
The trend is, more and more, towards secure communications (eg last big change was google search, all https).
After banning some apps, then mobile phones, then tablets, then... from what point people of SA will start to complain?
Apple products last pretty long. The main problem is that Apple tried to sell the overpriced extra 1-year warranty extension. Having a two years warranty, people are less likely to purchase that extra.
Give em some time. After some more excavation, they'll find the remains of our ancient civilization that moved to Earth later on (Mars was getting cold).
Thanks to progress in technologies, in telescopes (quality and price, China stuff...) we have more and more asteroid news. Of course NASA needs to justify a budget, and any scary news is welcome. People are always glad to broadcast any news in regard to their new glass equipment. Thus, even an asteroid half the size of the one that illuminated the Russia sky a few weeks ago makes the headlines.
From the very early days of Windows, ie DOS, I knew that technology is not for me. To begin with, I preferred the Motorola assembly language / chip topology, compared to Intel and its segmented memory, LSB first etc... Then, the cumbersome, ugly, counter intuitive, and often weird DOS commands and BAT language didn't win any more sympathy - neither to me, nor to my friends at the time.
Then... came Windows. Just the name. Say, you create a new car - how do you call it? Pistons? Wheels? Really, looks like the MS guys has to throw a name [and an OS] in a hurry... Everything in Windows (3.x), from the design, to the OS implementation, was a disaster. We had to work on Windows, because it was - already - everywhere (fortunately, important work could be done on SunOS, and later, Linux).
What keeps me on/off Windows? I've never been "on", and I don't see how I could be nowadays (thanks to clouds, Internet, Macs and Linux). I even gave a try, after years of abstinence, to Win 8 (had to), and really, MS didn't change much in they way they look at how to implement things.
Some people are really "on" Windows... the only tangible reason for that is beyond me - maybe because thanks to MS propaganda, MS schools injection, etc... some people know only one OS well, Windows, they built a business on that, and they don't want to change now. Understandable.
Interesting, indeed. The brain power comes mainly from a huge "3D true parallel network" which emulation with current technologies, simultaneous memory accesses etc... makes the current computers power somewhat relative...
As for "bruteforcing" the brain behavior, that's probably not that simple. For instance, the Travelling Salesman problem, while very hard to solve algorithmically, has at least a bruteforce solution easy to implement (while it'd take a long time - M years - to complete with even a rather small number of cities...). The brain? Do we even know how to model the "problem"? Then, bruteforce... That makes the TSP rather easy, in comparison...
Is the current "lack" of power of current computers an excuse for not being able to make a "clever" computer? In other words, is main the problem computer power or is it the design of algorithms that run on the computer (Power vs method)? Hard to say until someone realizes that clever computer, but the recent "history" of electronic devices would let me think the problem is the method (algorithm).
Man creates deep sea trash that decomposes slowly due to low temperatures. So, man created also global warming, to raise oceans temperature, and accelerate trash decomposition.
Age and eyesight are not the best friends. Read again my comment, and don't forget to use a magnifying glass this time. (build quality is not in light / thin / powerful - anyway the Air is certainly not the best build-quality choice, better get a Pro)
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Warning systems work well for areas far away from the epicenter. The system works based on the principle that seismic waves are far slower than light - ie the information gathered at the epicenter is broadcasted via a network (Internet) to surrounding areas. Destructive seismic waves speed is around 0.5~3 miles per second. The power of the waves decreases with distance. So if the epicenter is right under your feet - the most destructive place it can be - you have zero second notice...
12 comments, 0 sexist joke?! What happened to /. :-)
Nevertheless, the movie is rated 8.2 on IMDB - pretty good. Besides the so-powerful=boring argument, there must be something enjoyable in this movie... (didn't see it yet)
The trend is, more and more, towards secure communications (eg last big change was google search, all https).
After banning some apps, then mobile phones, then tablets, then... from what point people of SA will start to complain?
Terminator never terminates. Btw, what role is he going to play? Robots are not supposed to age...
Make a time machine, and go back to the 80's.
Hmm it seems that's what he is doing ...
Hmm... because "Belgium" is mentioned in TFS?
Apple products last pretty long. The main problem is that Apple tried to sell the overpriced extra 1-year warranty extension. Having a two years warranty, people are less likely to purchase that extra.
Apple leads the way. The others follow.
Terminator 4 is coming... in real life
To be fair, the wine testers in the video are British.
Give em some time. After some more excavation, they'll find the remains of our ancient civilization that moved to Earth later on (Mars was getting cold).
Maybe the hacker's lawyer was simply... bad?
Thanks to progress in technologies, in telescopes (quality and price, China stuff ...) we have more and more asteroid news. Of course NASA needs to justify a budget, and any scary news is welcome. People are always glad to broadcast any news in regard to their new glass equipment. Thus, even an asteroid half the size of the one that illuminated the Russia sky a few weeks ago makes the headlines.
From the very early days of Windows, ie DOS, I knew that technology is not for me. To begin with, I preferred the Motorola assembly language / chip topology, compared to Intel and its segmented memory, LSB first etc... Then, the cumbersome, ugly, counter intuitive, and often weird DOS commands and BAT language didn't win any more sympathy - neither to me, nor to my friends at the time.
Then... came Windows. Just the name. Say, you create a new car - how do you call it? Pistons? Wheels? Really, looks like the MS guys has to throw a name [and an OS] in a hurry... Everything in Windows (3.x), from the design, to the OS implementation, was a disaster. We had to work on Windows, because it was - already - everywhere (fortunately, important work could be done on SunOS, and later, Linux).
What keeps me on/off Windows? I've never been "on", and I don't see how I could be nowadays (thanks to clouds, Internet, Macs and Linux). I even gave a try, after years of abstinence, to Win 8 (had to), and really, MS didn't change much in they way they look at how to implement things.
Some people are really "on" Windows... the only tangible reason for that is beyond me - maybe because thanks to MS propaganda, MS schools injection, etc... some people know only one OS well, Windows, they built a business on that, and they don't want to change now. Understandable.
Ethernet? Scissor!
Well, you should sometimes "M-x quit" and... see the world
Interesting, indeed. The brain power comes mainly from a huge "3D true parallel network" which emulation with current technologies, simultaneous memory accesses etc... makes the current computers power somewhat relative...
As for "bruteforcing" the brain behavior, that's probably not that simple. For instance, the Travelling Salesman problem, while very hard to solve algorithmically, has at least a bruteforce solution easy to implement (while it'd take a long time - M years - to complete with even a rather small number of cities...). The brain? Do we even know how to model the "problem"? Then, bruteforce... That makes the TSP rather easy, in comparison...
hint
Is the current "lack" of power of current computers an excuse for not being able to make a "clever" computer? In other words, is main the problem computer power or is it the design of algorithms that run on the computer (Power vs method)? Hard to say until someone realizes that clever computer, but the recent "history" of electronic devices would let me think the problem is the method (algorithm).
Man creates deep sea trash that decomposes slowly due to low temperatures. So, man created also global warming, to raise oceans temperature, and accelerate trash decomposition.
..and the transfer Google => NSA would be faster
Ballmer: "Guys, MS will live its biggest reorganization ever: I resign."
Age and eyesight are not the best friends. Read again my comment, and don't forget to use a magnifying glass this time. (build quality is not in light / thin / powerful - anyway the Air is certainly not the best build-quality choice, better get a Pro)