I never understood how an intelligent person could simply use past experience and thinking as a guidepost for the future. For example, everyone (scientists, experts, etc) claimed that a machine that was heavier than air would never fly....until it did - and it changed everything. Using the "we always found a solution up to now, so don't worry" argument has merit - unless we are talking about something really disruptive (like AI) and then the "learn from history" argument is problematic.
Kurzweil states that "for every job we eliminate, we're going to create more jobs at the top of the skill ladder", but we will never see a 1 for 1 replacement and certainly not when our education system is not preparing the next generation to function at the "top of the skill ladder".
Novel inventions are born out of intense curiosity. Curiosity can't be taught by reading a book.
Set up an environment where people are encouraged to experiment, are rewarded for success, and are not penalized for failure.
Many great inventions were the result of mistakes made in the lab. Don't try to formalize the process too much as it reduces the probability for mistakes.
The whole argument about whether chromebooks are PCs is pretty stupid. Both are tools. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. For the large part of society that basically does everything computer related in a browser, a chromebook makes a lot of sense. For the smaller group that needs more functionality, chromebooks are not a good choice. I've bought 4 ChromeOS devices for family members and they all love these tools without any complaints. I can't use a chromebook for work, but use my chromebook for anything not work related at home.
Windows PCs and MacOS PCs sales are getting smaller, mostly because a huge number of people who used to buy these things to get on-line are now simply using their phones. ChromeOS devices are still a tiny part of the market - but the number of them hooked up to the web is getting bigger every day - mainly driven by use in schools.
And how is this different from "a senior whitehouse official" calling bibi a chickenshit and have it published in the Atlantic?
http://www.theatlantic.com/int...
Actually, Netanyahu's party only got 25% of the vote (of the 70% or so of the population that bothered to vote), but because he was able to form a narrow right wing coalition, he gets to be PM. That means at least 75% of Israelis DIDN'T want him.
While Google has now denied the story, I think that they should try to merge to 2 OS's. Use ChromeOS as the base OS for the device (fast boot, secure, etc..) and have easy way to run any Android app (and phone stuff - e.g. voice calls to regular phone service) on top of that in a secure sandbox. On the phone, the ChromeOS UI is hidden to support the touch UI Android is good at, and on the laptop the user can use either UI depending if they want touch or mouse/keyboard interaction. This way we keep the main advantage of ChromeOS (highly secure) with the app ecosystem of Android. Will make even more sense when the next iteration of devices is based on your phone's CPU and the laptop is just an extension (larger display/good keyboard) that the phone supports as a peripheral when you need it.
Sounds like par for the course for the MBA's running IBM these days. They convinced themselves "cloud" is the next big thing, so they picked up their iPhones and asked Siri "What is an established company that has a lot of experience in cloud analytics?". Siri came back with "Weather.com" - and the rest is history (unfortunately big blue is history too...)
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I never understood how an intelligent person could simply use past experience and thinking as a guidepost for the future. For example, everyone (scientists, experts, etc) claimed that a machine that was heavier than air would never fly....until it did - and it changed everything. Using the "we always found a solution up to now, so don't worry" argument has merit - unless we are talking about something really disruptive (like AI) and then the "learn from history" argument is problematic. Kurzweil states that "for every job we eliminate, we're going to create more jobs at the top of the skill ladder", but we will never see a 1 for 1 replacement and certainly not when our education system is not preparing the next generation to function at the "top of the skill ladder".
And most importantly the best part of Fortran is the arithmetic IF statement. Try doing that in one line of Python!
Novel inventions are born out of intense curiosity. Curiosity can't be taught by reading a book. Set up an environment where people are encouraged to experiment, are rewarded for success, and are not penalized for failure. Many great inventions were the result of mistakes made in the lab. Don't try to formalize the process too much as it reduces the probability for mistakes.
The whole argument about whether chromebooks are PCs is pretty stupid. Both are tools. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. For the large part of society that basically does everything computer related in a browser, a chromebook makes a lot of sense. For the smaller group that needs more functionality, chromebooks are not a good choice. I've bought 4 ChromeOS devices for family members and they all love these tools without any complaints. I can't use a chromebook for work, but use my chromebook for anything not work related at home. Windows PCs and MacOS PCs sales are getting smaller, mostly because a huge number of people who used to buy these things to get on-line are now simply using their phones. ChromeOS devices are still a tiny part of the market - but the number of them hooked up to the web is getting bigger every day - mainly driven by use in schools.
nope, long crystal shapes. Superman was using these to watch holograms in his ice cave.
And how is this different from "a senior whitehouse official" calling bibi a chickenshit and have it published in the Atlantic? http://www.theatlantic.com/int...
Actually, Netanyahu's party only got 25% of the vote (of the 70% or so of the population that bothered to vote), but because he was able to form a narrow right wing coalition, he gets to be PM. That means at least 75% of Israelis DIDN'T want him.
While Google has now denied the story, I think that they should try to merge to 2 OS's. Use ChromeOS as the base OS for the device (fast boot, secure, etc..) and have easy way to run any Android app (and phone stuff - e.g. voice calls to regular phone service) on top of that in a secure sandbox. On the phone, the ChromeOS UI is hidden to support the touch UI Android is good at, and on the laptop the user can use either UI depending if they want touch or mouse/keyboard interaction. This way we keep the main advantage of ChromeOS (highly secure) with the app ecosystem of Android. Will make even more sense when the next iteration of devices is based on your phone's CPU and the laptop is just an extension (larger display/good keyboard) that the phone supports as a peripheral when you need it.
Sounds like par for the course for the MBA's running IBM these days. They convinced themselves "cloud" is the next big thing, so they picked up their iPhones and asked Siri "What is an established company that has a lot of experience in cloud analytics?". Siri came back with "Weather.com" - and the rest is history (unfortunately big blue is history too...)
any opinions on the Lumus technology (http://www.lumus-optical.com/) ?