Apparently the Navy is having problems with aluminum hulls.
"Builder Blames Navy as Brand-New Warship Disintegrates [June 23, 2011]... the Navy has discovered “aggressive” corrosion around Independence‘s engines. The problem is so bad that the barely year-old ship will have to be laid up in a San Diego drydock so workers can replace whole chunks of her hull.
In contrast to the first LCS, the steel-hulled USS Freedom, Independence is made mostly of aluminum. And that’s one root of the ship’s ailment... Lots of things — major weapons, for one — have been left off the LCS in order to keep the price down. The list of deleted items includes something called a “Cathodic Protection System,” which is designed to prevent electrolysis." http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/shipbuilder-blames-navy-as-brand-new-warship-disintegrates/
Aluminum is flammable - get a good roaring fire going (a distinct possibility on a warship) and bad things happen..
Belknap was severely damaged in a collision with John F. Kennedy on 22 November 1975 in heavy weather off the coast of Sicily. A fire broke out on Belknap following the collision, and during the fire her aluminium superstructure was melted, burned and gutted to the deck level.
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This fire and the resultant damage and deaths, which would have been less had Belknap's superstructure been made of steel, drove the US Navy's decision to pursue all-steel construction in its next major classes of surface combatants
"US Navy request raises issue about aluminum ships [Mar 16, 2010]... The U.S. Navy is seeking an analytical tool to predict problems with aluminum-hulled ships just months before it is due to announce the winner of the Littoral Combat Ship competition involving such a ship." http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/16/navy-aluminum-idUSN1513314120100316
"Cracks plague Ticonderoga-class cruisers [Dec 9, 2010]... it’s an issue that is plaguing all 22 cruisers in service: cracks in the aluminum superstructure... The problem, according to the Naval Sea Systems Command, is the aluminum alloy used in the superstructure of the cruisers, which have steel hulls." http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/12/navy-cracks-plague-ticonderoga-class-cruisers-120910w/
The chances of getting killed by an asteroid are orders of magnitude larger than the chances of anyone in the world thanking us if we did manage to deflect one.
I had an uncle who worked for the water department. I don't think anyone ever thanked him for the fact that numerous generations of people in the region have no knowledge of waterborne diseases. However he interpreted the ignorance of the public on such matters are evidence of a job well done, their ignorance was satisfaction in a strange way.
If something - a book, cell phone, car - is manufactured outside the US for export to the US, is it being sold outside the US to the importer.
Unless you are dealing with a multinational corporation and a product is being transferred from one regional unit of the multinational to another regional unit of the multinational. The product never leaves the hands of the IP's owner, the multinational.
Of course Apple owns the iPhone's intellectual property. If anything, FoxConn has to license IP from Apple for the purposes of manufacturing Apple's stuff. That license dictates, among other things, that no iPhones will exit the back door.
As a contractor of Apple, FoxConn needs no license to handle Apple IP. The Apple-FoxConn contract would not give FoxConn any rights (which is what a license does), it would have FoxConn acknowledge that FoxConn has no rights at all to Apple's IP and that FoxConn will respect and protect Apple's IP and handle that IP only in ways directed by Apple.
If FoxConn were selling a product with Apple IP to a 3rd party then FoxConn would need a license.
Given that people general prefer Windows because they already know how to use it and their existing software already runs on it... I'm no so sure that this "re-imagining windows" idea is such a good idea.
Then again... Microsoft may be doing something smart, avoiding a trap that many large established companies fall in to. Large established companies tend to innovate less and more commonly merely offer what customers ask for and/or incremental improvements. This has historically allowed small innovative companies to come in with radically different things and get a foothold in the market, maybe even disrupt the market.
Plus, isn't there an option to switch the UI to Windows 7 style? If so then the risk to Microsoft may be somewhat low. IF it is true that Windows 8 uses less memory and runs fewer processes/services then maybe a switch would be a good idea even when switching to the Windows 7 style interface.
Or, perhaps they feel using a drone to make an attack, rather than risking American soldiers, is the better choice?
Do non-gamers feel any differently? Seriously, I think you would see similar stats in many other segments of the US population, soccer moms, blue collar workers, etc.
I agree. It may be that some CS majors (been there, done that) have a lower social IQ and are more prone to say or do things that display the "internal" arrogance. A person with a higher social IQ may be more likely to see how other people will take their words or see their actions and apply some self restraint and/or modify their words/actions.
Actually you do care even if you don't drive... unless you are a farmer.
If you are not a farmer/rancher just how do you think food gets to the city and suburbs? Or manufactured goods? Trains *may* get things to a regional distribution center but from there to local stores it is pretty much heavy trucks which use diesel. Petroleum costs are reflected in the price of food and manufactured goods.
FWIW, the Pickens Plan is interesting in that these heavy trucks could be converted to natural gas. Their routes and fueling is somewhat centralized so the necessary infrastructure would be easier to implement compared to autos. Supposedly these trucks are currently responsible for 15% of our petroleum consumption.
There was a slashdot article a while back explaining exactly what that difference would be. It was somewhere in the ballpark of $20-40 more per device.
I don't believe that's true though. I look at apple tv, and nexus q, I look at the prices, and come to a very different conclusion.
You should not be looking at price, you should be looking at cost. More specifically you should be looking at the portion of the cost that is locale specific, labor for example.
Plus the Nexus Q is a sphere not a box, it has moving parts, it is touch sensitive and it has an amplifier so that speakers can be plugged in directly. That suggests more complicated tooling, components and assembly.
Plus the Nexus Q is likely to be less popular so it would lack volume pricing on components. Yes there is some feedback here, price influences popularity, but Google presumably ran the numbers even selling the thing at cost and the volume numbers probably just weren't there.
Or maybe I wanted to only comment on a different point, the problem one has if they compare Obama and Romney's responses to the 3rd party candidate responses.
The exclusion of third party candidates and various other points do not need to be brought up in every post do they?
This is good and all but its not quite the same. There is no "surprise" or real time response. I'm sure Obama and Romney could provide much better answers in writing the next morning. Still, its better than nothing.
... What's the best (Linux, of course) game to get a kid started with?...
You are making the problem worse by force it to be Linux rather than something your child is likely to see outside your narrow view of the world.
More importantly what is more important to the parent: (1) Software politics or (2) the child's eduction? Basically my concern is what *if* the best educational/edutainment software is available only for Windows?
If the parent's concern is truly for the education of the child it would seem to be appropriate to find the best software first and then see what operating systems that software is available for, not to start with the operating system.
Learning Linux is fine and all but that seems a secondary thing.
... make fuel, clean up pollutants, or kill infectious bacteria or cancerous cells...
This list of applications sounds like generic funding BS found in grant applications. As others have pointed out this is a bit nonsensical since we already have organisms that do some of these things. We are unlikely to outperform nature's solution, the organism eating oil in the gulf of mexico for example, its hard to beat millions of years of evolution.
That said this research could be useful. Perhaps there would be an advantage to organic circuitry. Size, performance, cleaner manufacturing process,...? Perhaps mentioning goals such as these could help the project to be taken more seriously.
Its not the flag you fly its the flag you register the vessel under. You will probably have to launch from somewhere and the spaceport will probably require some sort of registration. Flying something else during flight would simply be a "false flag" and unrecognized.
are you suggesting that by relaxing standards a new breed of mom and pop crappy automakers will spring up? realistically it just means lowering a protectionist barrier against china
Its a myth that China only does low end low tech manufacturing. They are working very hard at moving to more advanced products. Its likely that advanced car designs will also be sold in China, and likely be manufactured there. The necessary technology and manufacturing expertise will most likely be transferred.
The idea that the US will move to high tech manufacturing while the rest of the world does the low tech manufacturing is an election year fairy tale.
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If you've ever worked for the government, you'll know that they ensure it's hard for them to hire anyone.
Really? Congress could have fooled me to think otherwise.
Congress doesn't get hired, the get elected. The process for the later is even more f'd up than the process for the former.
Apparently the Navy is having problems with aluminum hulls.
... the Navy has discovered “aggressive” corrosion around Independence‘s engines. The problem is so bad that the barely year-old ship will have to be laid up in a San Diego drydock so workers can replace whole chunks of her hull.
In contrast to the first LCS, the steel-hulled USS Freedom, Independence is made mostly of aluminum. And that’s one root of the ship’s ailment ... Lots of things — major weapons, for one — have been left off the LCS in order to keep the price down. The list of deleted items includes something called a “Cathodic Protection System,” which is designed to prevent electrolysis."
"Builder Blames Navy as Brand-New Warship Disintegrates [June 23, 2011]
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/shipbuilder-blames-navy-as-brand-new-warship-disintegrates/
Aluminum is flammable - get a good roaring fire going (a distinct possibility on a warship) and bad things happen..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Belknap_(CG-26)
"US Navy request raises issue about aluminum ships [Mar 16, 2010] ... The U.S. Navy is seeking an analytical tool to predict problems with aluminum-hulled ships just months before it is due to announce the winner of the Littoral Combat Ship competition involving such a ship."
... it’s an issue that is plaguing all 22 cruisers in service: cracks in the aluminum superstructure ... The problem, according to the Naval Sea Systems Command, is the aluminum alloy used in the superstructure of the cruisers, which have steel hulls."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/16/navy-aluminum-idUSN1513314120100316
"Cracks plague Ticonderoga-class cruisers [Dec 9, 2010]
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/12/navy-cracks-plague-ticonderoga-class-cruisers-120910w/
Aren't various warships using aluminum hulls? Perhaps there is a better alloy?
The chances of getting killed by an asteroid are orders of magnitude larger than the chances of anyone in the world thanking us if we did manage to deflect one.
I had an uncle who worked for the water department. I don't think anyone ever thanked him for the fact that numerous generations of people in the region have no knowledge of waterborne diseases. However he interpreted the ignorance of the public on such matters are evidence of a job well done, their ignorance was satisfaction in a strange way.
The chance of getting killed by a car when crossing the road is orders of magnitude larger than the chance of getting killed by an asteroid.
True. However one asteroid can kill all of us, unlike one car.
The probability of an event must be combined with the magnitude of an event when assessing the risk.
IP is an ugly mishmash of copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets, some of which are used in the manufacturing process.
True, but IP for the manufacturing process is not what this article is discussing. The IP that consumers will ultimately posses is the topic.
If something - a book, cell phone, car - is manufactured outside the US for export to the US, is it being sold outside the US to the importer.
Unless you are dealing with a multinational corporation and a product is being transferred from one regional unit of the multinational to another regional unit of the multinational. The product never leaves the hands of the IP's owner, the multinational.
Of course Apple owns the iPhone's intellectual property. If anything, FoxConn has to license IP from Apple for the purposes of manufacturing Apple's stuff. That license dictates, among other things, that no iPhones will exit the back door.
As a contractor of Apple, FoxConn needs no license to handle Apple IP. The Apple-FoxConn contract would not give FoxConn any rights (which is what a license does), it would have FoxConn acknowledge that FoxConn has no rights at all to Apple's IP and that FoxConn will respect and protect Apple's IP and handle that IP only in ways directed by Apple.
If FoxConn were selling a product with Apple IP to a 3rd party then FoxConn would need a license.
Am I missing something?
Given that people general prefer Windows because they already know how to use it and their existing software already runs on it ... I'm no so sure that this "re-imagining windows" idea is such a good idea.
... Microsoft may be doing something smart, avoiding a trap that many large established companies fall in to. Large established companies tend to innovate less and more commonly merely offer what customers ask for and/or incremental improvements. This has historically allowed small innovative companies to come in with radically different things and get a foothold in the market, maybe even disrupt the market.
Then again
Plus, isn't there an option to switch the UI to Windows 7 style? If so then the risk to Microsoft may be somewhat low. IF it is true that Windows 8 uses less memory and runs fewer processes/services then maybe a switch would be a good idea even when switching to the Windows 7 style interface.
Or, perhaps they feel using a drone to make an attack, rather than risking American soldiers, is the better choice?
Do non-gamers feel any differently? Seriously, I think you would see similar stats in many other segments of the US population, soccer moms, blue collar workers, etc.
I'm pretty sure that's not unique to CS students.
I agree. It may be that some CS majors (been there, done that) have a lower social IQ and are more prone to say or do things that display the "internal" arrogance. A person with a higher social IQ may be more likely to see how other people will take their words or see their actions and apply some self restraint and/or modify their words/actions.
I am not opposed to gathering up all the organic waste that we can ...
Is it really waste? Isn't this stuff used as fertilizer or animal feed?
We may need to offset the ethanol benefits with the need to turn to big chemical and big agriculture for more fertilizer and feed.
Actually you do care even if you don't drive ... unless you are a farmer.
If you are not a farmer/rancher just how do you think food gets to the city and suburbs? Or manufactured goods? Trains *may* get things to a regional distribution center but from there to local stores it is pretty much heavy trucks which use diesel. Petroleum costs are reflected in the price of food and manufactured goods.
FWIW, the Pickens Plan is interesting in that these heavy trucks could be converted to natural gas. Their routes and fueling is somewhat centralized so the necessary infrastructure would be easier to implement compared to autos. Supposedly these trucks are currently responsible for 15% of our petroleum consumption.
I suspect the idea here is for this to be the enthusiast's enthusiast toy.
Or maybe just put one in the local hardware store. Take your pattern in, they cut up a piece of metal for you.
In principal its a little like the key duplication machine.
This will destroy Rock, Scissors and Paper.
Nothing beats Laser Cutter. The game is ruined.
Or replaced by a newer variation: rock, laser cutter, mirror.
Perhaps you meant to respond one post higher in the thread ...
Was it really canceled? Last I heard it was delayed.
There was a slashdot article a while back explaining exactly what that difference would be. It was somewhere in the ballpark of $20-40 more per device.
I don't believe that's true though. I look at apple tv, and nexus q, I look at the prices, and come to a very different conclusion.
You should not be looking at price, you should be looking at cost. More specifically you should be looking at the portion of the cost that is locale specific, labor for example.
Plus the Nexus Q is a sphere not a box, it has moving parts, it is touch sensitive and it has an amplifier so that speakers can be plugged in directly. That suggests more complicated tooling, components and assembly.
Plus the Nexus Q is likely to be less popular so it would lack volume pricing on components. Yes there is some feedback here, price influences popularity, but Google presumably ran the numbers even selling the thing at cost and the volume numbers probably just weren't there.
Sounds like you missed the whole point.
Or maybe I wanted to only comment on a different point, the problem one has if they compare Obama and Romney's responses to the 3rd party candidate responses.
The exclusion of third party candidates and various other points do not need to be brought up in every post do they?
This is good and all but its not quite the same. There is no "surprise" or real time response. I'm sure Obama and Romney could provide much better answers in writing the next morning. Still, its better than nothing.
... What's the best (Linux, of course) game to get a kid started with? ...
You are making the problem worse by force it to be Linux rather than something your child is likely to see outside your narrow view of the world.
More importantly what is more important to the parent: (1) Software politics or (2) the child's eduction? Basically my concern is what *if* the best educational/edutainment software is available only for Windows?
If the parent's concern is truly for the education of the child it would seem to be appropriate to find the best software first and then see what operating systems that software is available for, not to start with the operating system.
Learning Linux is fine and all but that seems a secondary thing.
... make fuel, clean up pollutants, or kill infectious bacteria or cancerous cells ...
This list of applications sounds like generic funding BS found in grant applications. As others have pointed out this is a bit nonsensical since we already have organisms that do some of these things. We are unlikely to outperform nature's solution, the organism eating oil in the gulf of mexico for example, its hard to beat millions of years of evolution.
...? Perhaps mentioning goals such as these could help the project to be taken more seriously.
That said this research could be useful. Perhaps there would be an advantage to organic circuitry. Size, performance, cleaner manufacturing process,
... its a server chip designed for integer workloads when consumer workloads are heavy floating point ...
Consumer workloads are integer, email, browser, etc, ...
Its gamer workloads that are floating point, well high end gamers that is, casual games are probably not heavy floating point.
Its not the flag you fly its the flag you register the vessel under. You will probably have to launch from somewhere and the spaceport will probably require some sort of registration. Flying something else during flight would simply be a "false flag" and unrecognized.
are you suggesting that by relaxing standards a new breed of mom and pop crappy automakers will spring up? realistically it just means lowering a protectionist barrier against china
Its a myth that China only does low end low tech manufacturing. They are working very hard at moving to more advanced products. Its likely that advanced car designs will also be sold in China, and likely be manufactured there. The necessary technology and manufacturing expertise will most likely be transferred.
The idea that the US will move to high tech manufacturing while the rest of the world does the low tech manufacturing is an election year fairy tale.