this is the age old 'if a tree falls in the woods' argument, it's quite flawed.
Reality that is not being observed is still reality, the life that you carry has evolved from 'mindless' creatures to something that you call mind, if none of it had happened because it wasn't observed you would not exist. You do, therefore it happened even if it wasn't observed.
From what I understand the engineering challenges of the 'true' nano domain are quite different from those encountered at the micrometer scale. None of these are 'trivial' or 'intuitive', it takes a great deal of ingenuity to overcome the hurdles on the way to true nano scale mechanics.
Forces that you can ignore or fairly simply overcome at other scales start to dominate. Friction? no lubrication possible. Energy source? Contamination and so on, all of these pose serious difficulties.
It's stuff like this that makes you truly appreciate the beauty of the machinery of life, such as a ribosome.
I don't know why I rated an 'offtopic', I'm deadly serious. The weather is better, cost of life is much lower and there is plenty of opportunity to be employed in the IT field, especially as go-between.
Sixteen nanosoccer playing fields are built onto a single silicon chip (photo above-left) thatâ(TM)s roughly the size of a quarter. The the playing-field chip is mounted on a small circuit board assembly, along with interface connectors .
Each nanosoccer âoeballâ (photo at right) consists of a silicon dioxide disk approximately the size of a red blood cell, NIST says. Each disk has a T-shaped marking, to help the human players locate it on the playing field. The three small circles correspond to a set of tiny bumps on the bottom of the disk; these reduce friction, making it easier for the disks to slide across the playing field.
In England there exists - or used to exist - a service that you could call with your cellphone, hold it up for a couple of seconds and it would text back a performer / title combo.
There is a lot more to music than 'simple math', if you think it's that simple and you have a math degree I urge you to pick up a violin and to try to put your ideas in to practice.
Music is all about expression, the composition is important, and has some mathematical connections but there is really a lot more to it than that.
Oversimplification is hardly ever apt, in music it is throwing out almost all that makes music rich and interesting.
A judge should decide the case the same way not depending on who has the deepest pockets, as soon as lawyers are involved that automatically becomes a (big) factor.
Amateur painters do a pretty good job of painting but they do not depend on that for justice.
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search for 'the digital inprimatur' for more information on this very valid argument.
this is the age old 'if a tree falls in the woods' argument, it's quite flawed.
Reality that is not being observed is still reality, the life that you carry has evolved from 'mindless' creatures to something that you call mind, if none of it had happened because it wasn't observed you would not exist. You do, therefore it happened even if it wasn't observed.
by definition, expansion of space is Imperial, not metric.
it's simple, some newbie space captain left their tractor beam on.
I know quite a few people that have moved back from the US and actually run pretty impressive IT outfits.
They all got their education states side and they moved back as soon as their finances allowed them to.
They live a pretty good life in India and I don't think there is any amount of money that would entice them to go back.
Would you like some toast with your acronym soup ? The scary thing is that it is in fact readable...
A good design would still failsafe by shutting down when the components reach their maximum rated working temperature.
That's what engineering is all about: anticipating modes of failure and dealing with them.
From what I understand the engineering challenges of the 'true' nano domain are quite different from those encountered at the micrometer scale. None of these are 'trivial' or 'intuitive', it takes a great deal of ingenuity to overcome the hurdles on the way to true nano scale mechanics.
Forces that you can ignore or fairly simply overcome at other scales start to dominate. Friction? no lubrication possible. Energy source? Contamination and so on, all of these pose serious difficulties.
It's stuff like this that makes you truly appreciate the beauty of the machinery of life, such as a ribosome.
good point, quality is pretty high there.
I don't know why I rated an 'offtopic', I'm deadly serious. The weather is better, cost of life is much lower and there is plenty of opportunity to be employed in the IT field, especially as go-between.
move to India ;)
read the article instead of the summary, it's really quite neat if not exactly nano scale.
But give them a couple of iterations on this and it very well could become nano scale. 3 orders of magnitude to go.
it really is pretty impressive (FTFA):
Sixteen nanosoccer playing fields are built onto a single silicon chip (photo above-left) thatâ(TM)s roughly the size of a quarter. The the playing-field chip is mounted on a small circuit board assembly, along with interface connectors .
Each nanosoccer âoeballâ (photo at right) consists of a silicon dioxide disk approximately the size of a red blood cell, NIST says. Each disk has a T-shaped marking, to help the human players locate it on the playing field. The three small circles correspond to a set of tiny bumps on the bottom of the disk; these reduce friction, making it easier for the disks to slide across the playing field.
sorry ;)
editors... the one thing that /. doesn't have...
funny how people fall for that padlock every time.
hum it, post it as an mp3 and ask the world what it is, maybe that would get you an answer ?
that's ok, wait for the version where the industrial laser turret swings around to aim for you ;)
In England there exists - or used to exist - a service that you could call with your cellphone, hold it up for a couple of seconds and it would text back a performer / title combo.
So, Ray Kurzweil proved himself to be a lousy composer, so what ?
There is a lot more to music than 'simple math', if you think it's that simple and you have a math degree I urge you to pick up a violin and to try to put your ideas in to practice.
Music is all about expression, the composition is important, and has some mathematical connections but there is really a lot more to it than that.
Oversimplification is hardly ever apt, in music it is throwing out almost all that makes music rich and interesting.
I don't think the RIAA has stooped quite as low yet as to interfere with your ability to reproduce
the taxi drivers of the world should take heed of your comment!
I think you are looking for 'refactoring'.
no, they are not analogous.
A judge should decide the case the same way not depending on who has the deepest pockets, as soon as lawyers are involved that automatically becomes a (big) factor.
Amateur painters do a pretty good job of painting but they do not depend on that for justice.
only in the us