Granted it is probably a long shot to get the "death ray" to kill anyone. It might be good enough to light sails on fire, though. And at the very least, I suspect it could blind the shit out of someone approaching, and that's not a bad way to gain the upper hand, not a bad way at all.
I just finished book #4 last night. One left. Great series. And when I woke up this morning and read that Dragon was in orbit... I daydreamed a little.
Supposing this is true, how is it significant? Development and research will still be done on PC, workstation, cluster, or supercomputer, etc. None of which interface with a 4" screen and crap keyboard. And somehow I find it incredibly unimportant that someone who uses such methods has a smartphone for MS Outlook. Something tells me they collaborate with peers in a more... effective manner.
Maybe the only way this is important is if you're into the stock market and you time it right. Go short some Dell stock or something. That is, of course, if you don't think Dell is agile enough to join the new 'era'.
I'm struck with CD... As an artist, a musician, I don't want my work to be copied and people to 'take advantage' of me. But on the other hand, I feel like copyright is an artificial device that only hurts the economy and, on a higher level, human progress as a whole. We can't have 'copied' drugs for much cheaper, thus some people who might have been able to afford said drugs are no longer able to... just to secure the profits of some corporation? I must be missing something here. Someone cure my CD?
The US may then benefit from attempting to crack the encrypted cables and releasing them all at once -- since they certainly can't eliminate them all now that they have been decentralized.
Or, simply put, the US may not care very much. I haven't seen anything released that is a big surprise.
Light absorbed into the solar cells becomes electricity which the world then uses to power all sorts of various things, all of which have thermal dissipation as an inherent outcome of their use. The overall warming effect on the earth is probably even greater than without the solar cells because at least the normal desert sand reflects more of the light back out of the atmosphere. The solar cells don't do that (nearly as much). So, long story short, this is not a problem (at least like you think it might be).
I know of a younger one. It actually just happened. Sorry though, the light from the supernova won't be here for 50,000,000 years. Go ahead, prove me wrong!;p
Agreed. But I still think "web archaeology" is like growing marijuana with 4 billion year old dirt. You don't really have to do it. It's not something that is scientifically important. But it might be fun, for some.
What, you mean high contrast animated gif backgrounds on barely-visible text?
It's like an Archaeologist is having a conversation with a layman:
Archaeologist: You see this dirt?
Layman: Yep, that's nice dirt, what's so special about it?
Archaeologist: This dirt is FOUR BILLION years old!
Layman: Wow, that's pretty old! So how does that make it different than this dirt I'm standing on?
Archaeologist: Well, for one, if you were to grow marijuana with it, you'd be smoking some ancient shit, man.
Layman: *just stares*
Archaeologist: Seriously, it's OLD!
Layman: I'm sure.
Teen 1: So, you're tellin me that if I start texting a lot I'll get to have more sex?
Teen 2: Yep, that's what the article says.
Teen 1: AWESOME! *begins texting furiously*
Teen 2: Who are you texting??
Teen 1: Well, you, of course?
Teen 2: I'm flattered. Maybe you ought to go text yourself.
Only if she's willing to wear a diaper during a five hundred mile drive at the end of which she intends to club someone over the head with a blunt object.
Is this really "overclocking"? If I have an 8bit processor and I try to do the same number of things, at the same clock rate, as a 16bit processor, of course it's going to take longer. It seems more reasonable that the increased current had some effect on parallel processing and memory function/bandwidth than on speed of molecular reactions.
I've written a program that constantly finds different permutations of Steve Jobs experiencing self-awareness. However, while running the program, my Macbook Air's battery life drops by nearly 50%. So I suppose I should write an article titled "Steve Jobs cuts Macbook Air battery by half." or some such drivel.
Or I could just turn off the program when I don't need it. But then I couldn't make inflammatory headlines, and that wouldn't be nearly as fun.
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Granted it is probably a long shot to get the "death ray" to kill anyone. It might be good enough to light sails on fire, though. And at the very least, I suspect it could blind the shit out of someone approaching, and that's not a bad way to gain the upper hand, not a bad way at all.
If you like Asher then I highly suggest Iain M Banks' "Culture" books. He is the master. Asher is good, but Banks is practically sublime.
I just finished book #4 last night. One left. Great series. And when I woke up this morning and read that Dragon was in orbit... I daydreamed a little.
:(
Oh cmon, nobody else has read Neal Asher?
I predict another one will happen, someday, eventually, for sure.
There's a model.
Supposing this is true, how is it significant? Development and research will still be done on PC, workstation, cluster, or supercomputer, etc. None of which interface with a 4" screen and crap keyboard. And somehow I find it incredibly unimportant that someone who uses such methods has a smartphone for MS Outlook. Something tells me they collaborate with peers in a more... effective manner.
Maybe the only way this is important is if you're into the stock market and you time it right. Go short some Dell stock or something. That is, of course, if you don't think Dell is agile enough to join the new 'era'.
Apparently you aren't ready for university if you can't handle your gaming.
And you have iron-clad proof that these same people wouldn't be failing school or divorcing over something else, were it not for WoW being there?
What's your point?
I'm struck with CD... As an artist, a musician, I don't want my work to be copied and people to 'take advantage' of me. But on the other hand, I feel like copyright is an artificial device that only hurts the economy and, on a higher level, human progress as a whole. We can't have 'copied' drugs for much cheaper, thus some people who might have been able to afford said drugs are no longer able to... just to secure the profits of some corporation? I must be missing something here. Someone cure my CD?
Thank you for saving me the trouble...
A mother troll? Good question, and I think one that deserves a properly-coined and widely spread answer.
The US may then benefit from attempting to crack the encrypted cables and releasing them all at once -- since they certainly can't eliminate them all now that they have been decentralized.
Or, simply put, the US may not care very much. I haven't seen anything released that is a big surprise.
Light absorbed into the solar cells becomes electricity which the world then uses to power all sorts of various things, all of which have thermal dissipation as an inherent outcome of their use. The overall warming effect on the earth is probably even greater than without the solar cells because at least the normal desert sand reflects more of the light back out of the atmosphere. The solar cells don't do that (nearly as much). So, long story short, this is not a problem (at least like you think it might be).
I know of a younger one. It actually just happened. Sorry though, the light from the supernova won't be here for 50,000,000 years. Go ahead, prove me wrong! ;p
Oh yeah, what certain potential is that, exactly? Since, you know, you seem to be an expert on the matter.
Seems like they should stop all of this foreplay and just get a room already.
Agreed. But I still think "web archaeology" is like growing marijuana with 4 billion year old dirt. You don't really have to do it. It's not something that is scientifically important. But it might be fun, for some.
What, you mean high contrast animated gif backgrounds on barely-visible text?
It's like an Archaeologist is having a conversation with a layman:
Archaeologist: You see this dirt?
Layman: Yep, that's nice dirt, what's so special about it?
Archaeologist: This dirt is FOUR BILLION years old!
Layman: Wow, that's pretty old! So how does that make it different than this dirt I'm standing on?
Archaeologist: Well, for one, if you were to grow marijuana with it, you'd be smoking some ancient shit, man.
Layman: *just stares*
Archaeologist: Seriously, it's OLD!
Layman: I'm sure.
Hmm. I think I need my morning coffee.
Teen 1: So, you're tellin me that if I start texting a lot I'll get to have more sex?
Teen 2: Yep, that's what the article says.
Teen 1: AWESOME! *begins texting furiously*
Teen 2: Who are you texting??
Teen 1: Well, you, of course?
Teen 2: I'm flattered. Maybe you ought to go text yourself.
A buddy of mine didn't believe what would happen when you mix Mentos and Diet Coke. He found out...
And humility.
Uhm. Spinning life support modules are the medium-long term, barring artificial gravity of course.
Only if she's willing to wear a diaper during a five hundred mile drive at the end of which she intends to club someone over the head with a blunt object.
Is this really "overclocking"? If I have an 8bit processor and I try to do the same number of things, at the same clock rate, as a 16bit processor, of course it's going to take longer. It seems more reasonable that the increased current had some effect on parallel processing and memory function/bandwidth than on speed of molecular reactions.
I've written a program that constantly finds different permutations of Steve Jobs experiencing self-awareness. However, while running the program, my Macbook Air's battery life drops by nearly 50%. So I suppose I should write an article titled "Steve Jobs cuts Macbook Air battery by half." or some such drivel.
Or I could just turn off the program when I don't need it. But then I couldn't make inflammatory headlines, and that wouldn't be nearly as fun.