The mouse/keyboard combination was not the original combination envisioned by Douglas Englebart, the inventor of the mouse. He paired it with a chorded keyboard that could be operated with one hand. Clearly text input with one hand and mouse input with the other is a better input paradigm, but it is still not in use much today.
This use of speech recognition seems like a similar situation. It works for a few people, but it will not ever have a large user community. QWERTY keyboards are so dominant that their network effect makes other input modes irrelevant. Even those who adopt it will still be using conventional keyboards away from their custom environment.
I can't imagine a situation where these would be allowed unfettered flight over urban areas because of the noise. From the video, it seems like full ear protection is required even for the ground crew. The noise limits the useability.
Unlink 99% of the responders, I read the full PDF. I think it is doable, economically justifiable, and has significant benefits,
Feasibility: No new technology needs to be developed. It uses no exotic technology or materials. Think about the components: steel tubing, concrete pylons, solar cells, batteries, compressors, conventional electromagnets (no superconducting or rare earth magnets). It is an engineering and system integration problem. It is no where near as hard as what SpaceX and Tesla have already done. Tesla can supply the expertise for batteries and linear motor design based on their current experience.
Economy: The claimed price is $6 billion US. The price could be off by a factor of 3 and it would still cost half as much as the existing rail proposal. More then enough room for cost overruns. Musk experienced this already on SpaceX and it did not kill the company.
Benefits: It leapfrogs all existing high speed rail technology. It's a complete game changer. A successful outcome would immediately generate a world wide demand. There is a staggering amount of money to be made. In addition, it is ecologically very sound. The worst aspect is likely the amount of energy required for the concrete pylons, and that seems less then an equivilant roadway. Plus solar power is getting cheaper, so some of the price will go down in the long run.
If the US had any real capitalists around, they would jump at this opportunity. I expect without Musk it will go nowhere, because most big capital expects automatic government guaranteed profit. Although there have been some modest examples of innovative capitalism in the last couple of decades, for the most part capitalism in the US is non-existent, except for a few lone individuals.
These bend radii have been calculated so that the passenger does not
experience inertial accelerations that exceed 0.5
g. This is deemed the
maximum inertial acceleration that can be comforta
bly sustained by humans
for short periods. To further reduce the inertial acceleration experienced by
passengers, the capsule and/or tube will incorporate a mechanism that will
allow a degree of 'banking'.
As I posted to another slow-wit, stop wasting electrons until you learn to read.
I wonder if GoDaddy knew that this was going to happen? If they didn't then they must be angry. If they did then then why did they act so foolishly? Either way, they look really stupid.
For a lot of us, Microsoft == stupid, and this is an example.
Yep, just like all those (anecdotal) people who survive a terrible car crash because they were not wearing a seat belt and were thrown from the car. And the motorcycle riders who are OK because not wearing a helmet helped them avoid a crash.
What about using a non-US based email provider? Does that give any extra expectation of privacy?
It seems like the EU, and Germany in particular, takes privacy much more seriously then the US. Even without encryption, it seems like it's harder for authorities to do casual snooping on email contents in the EU.
I realize that the NSA is hoovering up all email traffic anyway, so at some level it makes no difference. Still, it seems that there are some usage barriers that keep local law enforcement from getting completely open access to email right now. And there is some security through obscurity. I expect this will get much worse fairly soon, since that's the way we're headed. Email based in the EU might offer some level of protection in that circumstance.
It changes the barrier to entry. At the current moment it's not a big deal, but as 3D printers become ubiquitous it will become much easier to get access to a lethal weapon.
These guns will be cheap to make and not easily detectable by metal detectors. They are effectively one use disposable weapons.
So you and your gang want to do a drive-by or robbery. Just print up some guns, get some bullets, and while leaving the scene of the crime throw the guns out the window.
Courthouses in the US already have metal detectors, because gang members have engaged in gun battles on court premises. Plastic printable guns make this possible again. They also enable guns getting onto aircraft. Or in schools. Careless people will print them up for "self defense", and we will see even more children die by accidental gun violence.
I expect that these weapons will be attractive to alienated people who would have trouble accessing guns either legally or illegally. Say loner teens who feel bullied, or bullies in school who want to be able to flash some heat for intimidation.
Consider the prospect of flash mobs with guns.
So there is going to be more gun violence, and there is not much we can do to stop it.
This is off topic, but I read your sig and I really want to know.
Do you hang your KKK robes in the closet where they won't get wrinkled, but someone might see them, or do you fold them up and put them in a drawer, where they will not be easily visible but get all messy?
Nice to know that the Republicans and the US Chamber of Commerce are supporting Chinese and Russian hackers testing cyber-warfare against our critical infrastructure. Because we all know that left to their own devices corporations always put public welfare ahead of short term profit.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce leads defeat of cyber-security bill
Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency, and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were among those who pressed for a White House-backed cyber-security bill to regulate privately owned crucial infrastructure, such as electric utilities, chemical plants and water systems.
If the senators didn't act, they argued, it would make it harder to stop hackers, criminals and hostile nations from wreaking unimaginable havoc, such as knocking out sections of New York City's electrical grid for days during a summer heat wave.
But theU.S. Chamber of Commerceand other business groups strenuously opposed the measure, condemning it as excessive government interference in the free market and arguing that cumbersome federal regulations could hamper companies trying to defend against cyber intrusions.
Democrats overwhelmingly supported the legislation, but for Republicans, it meant a stark choice between competing constituencies: national security officials and business leaders. Even after the bill's backers made the standards voluntary, the Chamber of Commerce, which spends more on lobbying than any other trade group, opposed it.
On Thursday, the Senate cyber-security bill failed to overcome a Republican-led filibuster. Analysts say the bill couldn't breach a wall of anti-regulatory sentiment that proved resistant to the dire warnings.
The measure fell short of the 60-vote threshold needed to end debate, 52 to 46, with 40 Republicans joined by six Democrats voting in support of the filibuster.
"Rarely have I been so disappointed in the Senate's failure to come to grips with a threat to our country," said Sen. Susan Collins, the ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee and one of the bill's chief sponsors, who had tried in vain to sway her GOP colleagues. Just four sided with her.
But theU.S. Chamber of Commerceand other business groups strenuously opposed the measure, condemning it as excessive government interference in the free market and arguing that cumbersome federal regulations could hamper companies trying to defend against cyber intrusions.
Oh, you poor little ego is wounded. Boo hoo hoo. All of Slashdot should rise up in arms and defend you against this horrible "scam" artist.
Now I don't know Krebs from a hole in the ground. As far as I know I've never read anything by him and I never went to his site. However, the fact that someone went to the trouble to have heroin sent to his house means that he is making some really nasty people unhappy. So it's clear that you whiny little post is as pathetic as you are.
I have a suggestion: if he doesn't take you seriously, then just quit going to his web page.
I'm sure you departure will spell the end of his evil reign of terror. It will make the heroin seem like a box of candies.
And while you're ignoring Krebs, why don't you quit posting on Slashdot? There are already enough self absorbed knuckle dragging fools around here, so your contribution is not needed.
If you think it's useless, why are you reading it? If you were being consistent you wouldn't bother. Reading it and then complaining is even worse. You have literally invalidated you own opinion.
Why are you posting here? Why bother?
Do yourself and everyone else a favor. Go away and leave the rest of us alone. We're better off without you, The only person who enjoys your whining is you. Stop it now.
The GOP hates science, so going after NASA fits right in: "Let's go after them uppity intehlectuals, they're a bunch of godless atheist scum who believe in evolution. NASA sez the earth ain't flat like the Bible tells me, so why are they getting my tax money?"
Grassley has to pander to his base. Verifiable facts, science, and technical achievement make them feed inadequate. He knows exactly what he is doing. Generally the places where the GOP is in control are the places where stupidity is considered a virtue.
Yep. Some things are intrinsically hard. GPU programming is SIMD programming, so you have to work with data parallelism. It helps a lot if you understand how the hardware works. This is where assembly language experience can be a big plus.
There's no substitute for detailed knowledge. Outside of instruction level parallelism, there is no "magic bullet" for parallel programming. Your have to learn things.
I have a huge problem with MVS because of the way it dictates GUI multi-threading interaction. Every MVS C++ project I have ever worked on used the GUI threading model that was automatically created when the GUI was designed. This invariably had no relationship to the multiprocessing model that the code actually needed.
For good multiprocessing design the architecture needs to be explicitly tailored to the problem domain. The GUI builder in MVC has it's own paradigm, and I have never seen or heard of a way to modify what it does. Everyone blindly accepts this because lower level use of the MS GUI system is like removing your own appendix with a rusty spoon and no anesthetic. It's just not worth the pain.
There is a way out, but no one seems willing to do it: design the API to the mutiprocessing code and separately design the GUI. Then figure out what MVS does with the GUI interface, and map that to the API.
What happens instead is the that the GUI threading model becomes intertwined with the code threading model. Because of bad partitioning and unintended interactions everything becomes much more difficult.
I realize that not everyone solves this kind of problem, but it was something that I ran into a lot. To me it epitomizes the MicroSoft model. They remove the ability to choose so they can lock you into their system.
In gun-nut-land, where you are John Wayne/Rambo/The Lone Ranger, only the "bad guys" are ever hurt by guns. Here in the real world, guns cause immense amounts of damage.
OBJECTIVES:
Switzerland has one of the highest rates of firearm suicides in the world. International studies show a positive correlation between the rate of households with guns and femicides with guns. Because its defense system requires a militia to keep personal firearms at home, Switzerland has a high rate of households with a gun.
METHODS:
Records of suicides in the region of Basel between 1992 and 1996 were reviewed. Suicides with either army weapons or private firearms and suicides by other means were compared. Methods and types of homicides that occurred in the region at the same time were also analyzed.
FINDINGS:
Firearm suicides were clearly the most frequent means of suicide. They were also used in 30.0% of domestic homicides, although other means were used at similar rates. Firearms for suicide were mainly used by men, especially army weapons. These men were younger, professionally better qualified, and fewer had ever been treated in one of the local state psychiatric services.
DISCUSSION:
The use of firearms for suicide, rather than homicide, and particularly of army weapons by young, well-educated men, requires more attention in debates and informed policy regarding access to firearms and suicide prevention in Switzerland.
There is a reason that you cling to your guns, and use phrases like "a stupid fucking idea". Your unadmitted goal is intimidation through the threat of violence. You are a bully/coward, and gun ownership is fundamental to your violent fantasies. Even as you read this, you are wishing that you could jam a gun in my face and make me back down.
You're not alone. I've already had threats of personal violence here on Slashdot for saying pretty much the same thing. The last genius called me out for hiding using internet anonymity. He challenged me to give my real name so he could find me and hurt me in an unspecified fashion, I assume using a gun. Of course, he was hiding his identity as well, which was a good thing for him because gun ownership and violent threats are a potential federal crime. Des Moines Man Sentenced to Prison for Internet Threats of Violence and Possessing a Firearm During Threats of Violence . Just remember that before you reply.
Oh, you're referring to TANG, the Texas Air National Guard. That's where former president GW Bush managed to dodge going to Viet Nam and spend a lot of time AWOL, which is the old school version of pilotess flight.
V8 compiles JavaScript to native machine code (IA-32, x86-64, ARM, or MIPS CPUs) before executing it, instead of more traditional techniques such as executing bytecode or interpreting it. The compiled code is additionally optimized (and re-optimized) dynamically at runtime, based on heuristics of the code's execution profile. Optimization techniques used include inlining, elision of expensive runtime properties, and inline caching, among many others.
I know that facts are not fashionable on Slashdot, but please make the minimum effort for a reality check before you mindlessly repeat whatever drivel you've been listening too. I don't know about the Python requirements, but given your misinformation about V8 you are most likely wrong about that as well.
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This use of speech recognition seems like a similar situation. It works for a few people, but it will not ever have a large user community. QWERTY keyboards are so dominant that their network effect makes other input modes irrelevant. Even those who adopt it will still be using conventional keyboards away from their custom environment.
I'm sure that you can find something from the Hello Kitty line.
I can't imagine a situation where these would be allowed unfettered flight over urban areas because of the noise. From the video, it seems like full ear protection is required even for the ground crew. The noise limits the useability.
is to die.
Feasibility: No new technology needs to be developed. It uses no exotic technology or materials. Think about the components: steel tubing, concrete pylons, solar cells, batteries, compressors, conventional electromagnets (no superconducting or rare earth magnets). It is an engineering and system integration problem. It is no where near as hard as what SpaceX and Tesla have already done. Tesla can supply the expertise for batteries and linear motor design based on their current experience.
Economy: The claimed price is $6 billion US. The price could be off by a factor of 3 and it would still cost half as much as the existing rail proposal. More then enough room for cost overruns. Musk experienced this already on SpaceX and it did not kill the company.
Benefits: It leapfrogs all existing high speed rail technology. It's a complete game changer. A successful outcome would immediately generate a world wide demand. There is a staggering amount of money to be made. In addition, it is ecologically very sound. The worst aspect is likely the amount of energy required for the concrete pylons, and that seems less then an equivilant roadway. Plus solar power is getting cheaper, so some of the price will go down in the long run.
If the US had any real capitalists around, they would jump at this opportunity. I expect without Musk it will go nowhere, because most big capital expects automatic government guaranteed profit. Although there have been some modest examples of innovative capitalism in the last couple of decades, for the most part capitalism in the US is non-existent, except for a few lone individuals.
As I posted to another slow-wit, stop wasting electrons until you learn to read.
Stop wasting electrons and quit posting until you learn how to read, fool.
Microsoft will squeeze datacenters on price of Windows Server
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/08/09/2021205/microsoft-will-squeeze-datacenters-on-price-of-windows-server
I wonder if GoDaddy knew that this was going to happen? If they didn't then they must be angry. If they did then then why did they act so foolishly? Either way, they look really stupid.
For a lot of us, Microsoft == stupid, and this is an example.
Yep, just like all those (anecdotal) people who survive a terrible car crash because they were not wearing a seat belt and were thrown from the car. And the motorcycle riders who are OK because not wearing a helmet helped them avoid a crash.
It seems like the EU, and Germany in particular, takes privacy much more seriously then the US. Even without encryption, it seems like it's harder for authorities to do casual snooping on email contents in the EU.
I realize that the NSA is hoovering up all email traffic anyway, so at some level it makes no difference. Still, it seems that there are some usage barriers that keep local law enforcement from getting completely open access to email right now. And there is some security through obscurity. I expect this will get much worse fairly soon, since that's the way we're headed. Email based in the EU might offer some level of protection in that circumstance.
These guns will be cheap to make and not easily detectable by metal detectors. They are effectively one use disposable weapons.
So you and your gang want to do a drive-by or robbery. Just print up some guns, get some bullets, and while leaving the scene of the crime throw the guns out the window.
Courthouses in the US already have metal detectors, because gang members have engaged in gun battles on court premises. Plastic printable guns make this possible again. They also enable guns getting onto aircraft. Or in schools. Careless people will print them up for "self defense", and we will see even more children die by accidental gun violence.
I expect that these weapons will be attractive to alienated people who would have trouble accessing guns either legally or illegally. Say loner teens who feel bullied, or bullies in school who want to be able to flash some heat for intimidation.
Consider the prospect of flash mobs with guns.
So there is going to be more gun violence, and there is not much we can do to stop it.
Do you hang your KKK robes in the closet where they won't get wrinkled, but someone might see them, or do you fold them up and put them in a drawer, where they will not be easily visible but get all messy?
That already happens on the Internet. That's why it filled with cats. Email is no different. Cats cats cats!!!
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/03/nation/la-na-cyber-security-20120803
U.S. Chamber of Commerce leads defeat of cyber-security bill
He wore sweater vests like Mr. Rodgers, and people got confused.
So does the NSA have Lemon Pledge?
Now I don't know Krebs from a hole in the ground. As far as I know I've never read anything by him and I never went to his site. However, the fact that someone went to the trouble to have heroin sent to his house means that he is making some really nasty people unhappy. So it's clear that you whiny little post is as pathetic as you are.
I have a suggestion: if he doesn't take you seriously, then just quit going to his web page. I'm sure you departure will spell the end of his evil reign of terror. It will make the heroin seem like a box of candies.
And while you're ignoring Krebs, why don't you quit posting on Slashdot? There are already enough self absorbed knuckle dragging fools around here, so your contribution is not needed.
Pull it together, Slashdot. If this is "News for Nerds" then let's go full nerdgasm!
"Set the Mertilizer on Deep Fat Fry!" -- Spaceman Spiff
Why are you posting here? Why bother?
Do yourself and everyone else a favor. Go away and leave the rest of us alone. We're better off without you, The only person who enjoys your whining is you. Stop it now.
Grassley has to pander to his base. Verifiable facts, science, and technical achievement make them feed inadequate. He knows exactly what he is doing. Generally the places where the GOP is in control are the places where stupidity is considered a virtue.
There's no substitute for detailed knowledge. Outside of instruction level parallelism, there is no "magic bullet" for parallel programming. Your have to learn things.
For good multiprocessing design the architecture needs to be explicitly tailored to the problem domain. The GUI builder in MVC has it's own paradigm, and I have never seen or heard of a way to modify what it does. Everyone blindly accepts this because lower level use of the MS GUI system is like removing your own appendix with a rusty spoon and no anesthetic. It's just not worth the pain.
There is a way out, but no one seems willing to do it: design the API to the mutiprocessing code and separately design the GUI. Then figure out what MVS does with the GUI interface, and map that to the API.
What happens instead is the that the GUI threading model becomes intertwined with the code threading model. Because of bad partitioning and unintended interactions everything becomes much more difficult.
I realize that not everyone solves this kind of problem, but it was something that I ran into a lot. To me it epitomizes the MicroSoft model. They remove the ability to choose so they can lock you into their system.
Drunk Man At Party Accidentally Shoots And Kills Himself In Los Angeles
Gun Falls Out Of Holster, Wounds Man In Wal-Mart Parking Lot
Texas Man Wounds Girlfriend While Confronting Ex With Shotgun
6-Year-Old Shoots 5-Year-Old While Playing Cops And Robbers
12-Year-Old Shoots 9-Year-Old Brother, Then Shoots Himself In Ohio
Three Handguns Found In Room Where Ohio 3-Year-Old Was Shot And Killed
In gun-nut-land, where you are John Wayne/Rambo/The Lone Ranger, only the "bad guys" are ever hurt by guns. Here in the real world, guns cause immense amounts of damage.
Use of army weapons and private firearms for suicide and homicide in the region of Basel, Switzerland.
There is a reason that you cling to your guns, and use phrases like "a stupid fucking idea". Your unadmitted goal is intimidation through the threat of violence. You are a bully/coward, and gun ownership is fundamental to your violent fantasies. Even as you read this, you are wishing that you could jam a gun in my face and make me back down.
You're not alone. I've already had threats of personal violence here on Slashdot for saying pretty much the same thing. The last genius called me out for hiding using internet anonymity. He challenged me to give my real name so he could find me and hurt me in an unspecified fashion, I assume using a gun. Of course, he was hiding his identity as well, which was a good thing for him because gun ownership and violent threats are a potential federal crime. Des Moines Man Sentenced to Prison for Internet Threats of Violence and Possessing a Firearm During Threats of Violence . Just remember that before you reply.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_military_service_controversy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_(JavaScript_engine)
I know that facts are not fashionable on Slashdot, but please make the minimum effort for a reality check before you mindlessly repeat whatever drivel you've been listening too. I don't know about the Python requirements, but given your misinformation about V8 you are most likely wrong about that as well.