I think you mean duct tape.
Also I think you've got it wrong. The article gives me the impression that they are not going to blast the particles, merely locate them.
With the data of where the particles are and so on, it wouldn't be so hard to map out collision courses and hence determine how to move your satellite/astronaut out of the way.
From the article:
Unfortunately, the lasers won't blast junk out of the sky.
"At the moment it doesn't get rid of it," Smith said. "What it does allow is for us to track the orbits very accurately, and if we have accurate orbit determination then you can determine whether you're going to run into space debris."
Hey it wasn't just for girls..I hope.
Nintendogs, I've never heard of them but now that I'm looking it up they do look like they fit.
However the thing that intruiged me most about Tamagotchi was the way it could evolve based on how you treated it. I always strived for the most alien-like creature possible.
People haven't even fully worked out proper chat-bots yet, and then they try this? This is like trying to run before you can walk, start with a dog, or a cat or something. Make it as realistic as possible. Then move on to a human.
A few years ago there were these 'gigapet' things that were all the hype, I had about 2, they were fantastic 'pets'. Then they suddenly went out of style. With today's technology I bet you could have a fantastic new 'gigapet' that would be every bit as realistic as a real duck/cat/dog/animal X.
Seriously, they were popular back then and they can be popular now. Microsoft should revive the gigapets!
Wouldn't this allow huge server-like GPU-farm-like devices to be wirelessly hooked up to any extremely lightweight machine that's nearby via wireless?
Of course the wireless latency would be horrendous, but if it could be improved somehow then I imagine this would be amazing!
In other news, why don't they work on using cables first? A fibre-optic link to an external GPU sounds brilliant. (since GPU's introduce a lot of heat, and size is a problem, this will eliminate those problems)
A search engine is supposed to find things which fit the regexp that you request.
Often someone will tell me in a forum to "search for x in google", what happens when the results are not exactly the same worldwide because of this technique?
Also, there are loads of people that use proxies and so on to search the web. (like people in china) Their demographics would appear all skewed because it would seem that someone in the proxy's country of origin is requesting to search for webpage x.
I don't agree with this technique at all. It just doesn't fit. Imagine if 'egrep' started filtering strings based on additional info that you could not easily control (like timezone), it would be annoying.
Y'know..couldn't anything at all last for over one hundred years if you seal it away somewhere? Even a piece of paper cold last forever if you hid it in a vacuum chamber.:)
According to the article: "Specifically the outfit is looking for: *skipped the first 4* Self aware system software, including operating system, runtime system, I/O system, system management/administration, resource management and means of exposing resources, and external environments."
Uh-huh. This is it! Is it no coincidence that it's called Omnipresence high performance computing?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14310?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14310
An article about a rave where somehow the lasers were turned on/reflected at the crowd, partially blinding a few people.
There are probably dozens of people that want revenge on someone else in some way, now for only $200.00 they can permanently blind whoever they want!
I for one am now paranoid about wearing my shades in public. Shades will protect people's eyes, right? Some people need eyesight to earn a living!
There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They're vast, timeless, and if they're aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know, we've tried, and we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped on. - G'Kar
I am the Overmind, the eternal will of the Swarm, and I approve this message.
:) There's a techno remix of that, sounds awesome. Check out "Banana Inc. - Monkey Island"
Hunting down remixes like this is great, comes with a nostalgic element.
I would download things first just to preview them or watch/play them commercial free, but honestly nothing is better that actually owning a physical copy of something. So even though I would download it first, if I like it I'd usually go and buy a copy to feel accomplished.
If it's an album, you feel like a true fan for having a copy.
If it's a book..there's the nostalgia of reading it physically, the old-fashioned way. Having to take care of it is also part of the experience.
Movies and stuff like that are awesome on DVD because I can then lend them to a friend/son and say "I think you're gonna love this one."
However, when there's ridiculous DRM on everything it takes away from the authentic experience which I would normally have.
Where I am now, at least 80% (or so it seems) of the population has drifted away from television and get all their entertainment online.
I don't know if this is like the rest of the world, but imho not many people are going to notice.
Step 1: Act cute and gnaw on trees so they don't suspect anything
Step 2: Cut off their water supply and hoard it for ourselves with superior building skills
Step 3: ????
Step 4: profit!!!
The beavers are taking over! First it's dams..then it'll be nuclear warheads..
Hah, laugh now, but that thing is going to be the first to establish communication with E.T.. For all we know it's attracting all manner of aliens to Earth right this minute so they can say "You're taking up all the available radio bands!"
What have they done! In five years, the stereotypical computer geek will be:
1) 30 pounds heavier.
2) Unable to stay away from the fast food restaurants.
3) Working on a small cluster made out of the bits of little toys given away in kids' meals.
A good set of these computers which are infected are going to be on dial-up connections, and they might have been offline at the time, also another large set are going to be behind firewalls and what-not which are supposed to prevent whatever on earth the firewalls were originally for, so even though only 7m unique IPs connected, a lot more didn't get the chance. There are probably a lot of 'offline' conficker-infected PCs out there.:) Let's hope that it starts using itself as one large cloud-computing system and acts as a tracker to replace TPB.
and *when* will it upgrade it's host computers to linux? Surely it wants to become stronger.:)
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The amount of criticism that Microsoft and Windows in particular have received from
Are you sure about that one there?
I think you mean duct tape.
Also I think you've got it wrong. The article gives me the impression that they are not going to blast the particles, merely locate them.
With the data of where the particles are and so on, it wouldn't be so hard to map out collision courses and hence determine how to move your satellite/astronaut out of the way.
From the article: Unfortunately, the lasers won't blast junk out of the sky. "At the moment it doesn't get rid of it," Smith said. "What it does allow is for us to track the orbits very accurately, and if we have accurate orbit determination then you can determine whether you're going to run into space debris."
Hey it wasn't just for girls..I hope.
Nintendogs, I've never heard of them but now that I'm looking it up they do look like they fit.
However the thing that intruiged me most about Tamagotchi was the way it could evolve based on how you treated it. I always strived for the most alien-like creature possible.
People haven't even fully worked out proper chat-bots yet, and then they try this? This is like trying to run before you can walk, start with a dog, or a cat or something. Make it as realistic as possible. Then move on to a human.
:D
A few years ago there were these 'gigapet' things that were all the hype, I had about 2, they were fantastic 'pets'. Then they suddenly went out of style. With today's technology I bet you could have a fantastic new 'gigapet' that would be every bit as realistic as a real duck/cat/dog/animal X.
Seriously, they were popular back then and they can be popular now. Microsoft should revive the gigapets!
I know I would buy a whole batch.
Wouldn't this allow huge server-like GPU-farm-like devices to be wirelessly hooked up to any extremely lightweight machine that's nearby via wireless? Of course the wireless latency would be horrendous, but if it could be improved somehow then I imagine this would be amazing!
In other news, why don't they work on using cables first? A fibre-optic link to an external GPU sounds brilliant. (since GPU's introduce a lot of heat, and size is a problem, this will eliminate those problems)
A search engine is supposed to find things which fit the regexp that you request.
Often someone will tell me in a forum to "search for x in google", what happens when the results are not exactly the same worldwide because of this technique?
Also, there are loads of people that use proxies and so on to search the web. (like people in china) Their demographics would appear all skewed because it would seem that someone in the proxy's country of origin is requesting to search for webpage x.
I don't agree with this technique at all. It just doesn't fit. Imagine if 'egrep' started filtering strings based on additional info that you could not easily control (like timezone), it would be annoying.
Pu-36* sorry. Apparently I didn't proofread that properly.
Can they use uranium instead? I have this friend that might be able to loan them his Uranium PU-32 explosive space modulator..
Ah cool. Thanks, you've taught me something new today.
Y'know..couldn't anything at all last for over one hundred years if you seal it away somewhere? Even a piece of paper cold last forever if you hid it in a vacuum chamber. :)
According to the article: "Specifically the outfit is looking for:
*skipped the first 4*
Self aware system software, including operating system, runtime system, I/O system, system management/administration, resource management and means of exposing resources, and external environments."
Uh-huh. This is it! Is it no coincidence that it's called Omnipresence high performance computing?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14310?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14310
An article about a rave where somehow the lasers were turned on/reflected at the crowd, partially blinding a few people.
There are probably dozens of people that want revenge on someone else in some way, now for only $200.00 they can permanently blind whoever they want!
I for one am now paranoid about wearing my shades in public.
Shades will protect people's eyes, right? Some people need eyesight to earn a living!
No.
THIS. IS. AUSTRALIAAAAAAAAA!!!!
*kicks into the black hole that's about to be destroyed*
There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They're vast, timeless, and if they're aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know, we've tried, and we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped on. - G'Kar
I am the Overmind, the eternal will of the Swarm, and I approve this message.
:) There's a techno remix of that, sounds awesome. Check out "Banana Inc. - Monkey Island"
Hunting down remixes like this is great, comes with a nostalgic element.
I would download things first just to preview them or watch/play them commercial free, but honestly nothing is better that actually owning a physical copy of something.
So even though I would download it first, if I like it I'd usually go and buy a copy to feel accomplished.
If it's an album, you feel like a true fan for having a copy.
If it's a book..there's the nostalgia of reading it physically, the old-fashioned way. Having to take care of it is also part of the experience.
Movies and stuff like that are awesome on DVD because I can then lend them to a friend/son and say "I think you're gonna love this one."
However, when there's ridiculous DRM on everything it takes away from the authentic experience which I would normally have.
Where I am now, at least 80% (or so it seems) of the population has drifted away from television and get all their entertainment online.
I don't know if this is like the rest of the world, but imho not many people are going to notice.
I'm not letting them get anywhere near me with those sonic screwdrivers.
It's like the chips keep getting faster and faster, and people keep getting dumber and dumber.
I believe somebody said once "the amount of intelligence on Earth remains constant"...
while the amount of people it is spread between increases exponentially?
Step 1: Act cute and gnaw on trees so they don't suspect anything
Step 2: Cut off their water supply and hoard it for ourselves with superior building skills
Step 3: ????
Step 4: profit!!!
The beavers are taking over! First it's dams..then it'll be nuclear warheads..
This new type of diamond shall henceforth be known as 'unobtanium' Hey maybe we can mine this stuff..
Correction, Sandy *had* the fastest speed. Sorry folks, they've just been slashdotted.
Hah, laugh now, but that thing is going to be the first to establish communication with E.T.. For all we know it's attracting all manner of aliens to Earth right this minute so they can say "You're taking up all the available radio bands!"
What have they done! In five years, the stereotypical computer geek will be: 1) 30 pounds heavier. 2) Unable to stay away from the fast food restaurants. 3) Working on a small cluster made out of the bits of little toys given away in kids' meals.
A good set of these computers which are infected are going to be on dial-up connections, and they might have been offline at the time, also another large set are going to be behind firewalls and what-not which are supposed to prevent whatever on earth the firewalls were originally for, so even though only 7m unique IPs connected, a lot more didn't get the chance. There are probably a lot of 'offline' conficker-infected PCs out there. :) Let's hope that it starts using itself as one large cloud-computing system and acts as a tracker to replace TPB.
and *when* will it upgrade it's host computers to linux? Surely it wants to become stronger. :)