What I find ironic here, is that this is EXACTLY what the patent system is for. Apple invents a new connector, patents it, and keeps it to itself, using it in all it's new devices. Nokia, not being able to use the new connector due to this, complains that Apple should be forced to use the same thing that everyone else sort of is using - and be forced to pay royalties to the USB consortium in the process.
A few points - Still more energy needed than produced - because lasers aren't 100%. They exceeded the amount of light energy going in, but not the power level fed into the laser. Second, how much of the released energy was in a form that could be fed back in to make the next thingy go moob? Not seeing anything on that here...
Overall though, it's a step in the right direction. Go guys go!
Agreed. One thing that a lot of people forget - Science is not there to explain anything absolutely. It's there to give us a better, more predictable model of how things work. A theory should be able to, given a state, predict what happens next. Gravity works like this, light refracts like so, and so on. You take a new case, and if the theory is a sound one, you should be able to see what is likely to happen next. Since we're not working from perfect information, we're going to get close to right, possibly within the limits of observational error. It's when something happens that doesn't fit in the bounds of your current theory that's exciting. What we have predicts things most of the time, but not in THIS case. Why? How can we update the theory so that it would still predict everything the old one did, and incorporate the new observation as well? Figuring this type of stuff out is why science is so fun.
I really wish people would learn the actual meanings of the words that they dismiss so easily.
The websites aren't forcing their packets through Verizon's networks. Verizon's customers are requesting them. Wouldn't it make more sense, to say, charge the customers (that they already have contracts with) every month for a certain amount of usage, then charge more if they exceed that?
"Reading Walt Whitman in ninth grade changed the way you see the world? Well, getting drunk before basketball games with kids who lived at the trailer park near my house did the same for me. In fact it’s part of the reason I feel so strongly about public schools."
These three sentences pretty much sum up everything you need to know about the article.
Having actually done tests on tinfoil hats, we came to the conclusion that tinfoil just doesn't work. Steel wool does though. Maybe you can use the tinfoil to wrap the steel wool to contain it so it's less scratchy.
(and yes, this was real - we needed to determine behavior of a device as it slowly lost it's incoming signal - wrapping in steel wool worked great for this.)
One of my personal rules is never to tread on the dreams of people I know. To take your example, some people who dream of being rock stars do indeed become rock stars. Then again, if I had a friend who couldn't sing, couldn't play the guitar (or any other instrument) and had no musical ability, then I might suggest them trying an alternative career (you know, in the short term, while they manage to get a band together, etc.!)
Want to survive? Arm your mind, arm yourself (with a legal concealed weapon) and have a serious bugout bag and serious clothing (including BROKEN IN combat or hiking boots).
If you are in a position to execute such a strategy you must have no children, no pets, no worthwhile romantic or platonic relationships etc.
I would rather live a fulfilling life now, while it is still possible, and accept my untimely demise with the comfort that I enjoyed life while it was enjoyable.
Not interested in scraping through some post-apocalyptic existence, which no matter your preparation, is sure to be short and thoroughly un-enjoyable.
Ummm - This is slashdot. You've just described 90+% of the readership.
If you actually read the article, they are saying things like google wallet lets you shop at many retailers. Itunes lets you shop at Apple. I can't use the fact that my card info is in itunes to shop elsewhere online.
So when exactly did the Usenet Cabal get into British politics? Who else would want the end of web forums, and be subtle enough to slip it into the middle of a list of bad stuff?
So how is this different from me making a design for a cool look on a tshirt, or a skateboard, or whatever, saying you can't use it for commercial use, then having you print out and sell tshirts? Or use my logo as advertising printed out to entice people into your tshirt printing shop? The fact that it's a multi layer process isn't even new - screen printing has worked that way for ages.
And then people only notice when the power goes out. No 911. Customer dead. What now? Well, replace the customer. Plenty more where those come from, eh?
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What I find ironic here, is that this is EXACTLY what the patent system is for. Apple invents a new connector, patents it, and keeps it to itself, using it in all it's new devices. Nokia, not being able to use the new connector due to this, complains that Apple should be forced to use the same thing that everyone else sort of is using - and be forced to pay royalties to the USB consortium in the process.
Love it.
Your glass is half empty? Let me top that up for you... You've already finished 1/2 your drink - why would you be sad?
If he's still running with Voodoo cards, he's probably literally rocking - as in he's in a rocking chair...
Only if he too is made from metal.
A few points - Still more energy needed than produced - because lasers aren't 100%. They exceeded the amount of light energy going in, but not the power level fed into the laser. Second, how much of the released energy was in a form that could be fed back in to make the next thingy go moob? Not seeing anything on that here...
Overall though, it's a step in the right direction. Go guys go!
Agreed. One thing that a lot of people forget - Science is not there to explain anything absolutely. It's there to give us a better, more predictable model of how things work. A theory should be able to, given a state, predict what happens next. Gravity works like this, light refracts like so, and so on. You take a new case, and if the theory is a sound one, you should be able to see what is likely to happen next. Since we're not working from perfect information, we're going to get close to right, possibly within the limits of observational error. It's when something happens that doesn't fit in the bounds of your current theory that's exciting. What we have predicts things most of the time, but not in THIS case. Why? How can we update the theory so that it would still predict everything the old one did, and incorporate the new observation as well? Figuring this type of stuff out is why science is so fun.
I really wish people would learn the actual meanings of the words that they dismiss so easily.
The websites aren't forcing their packets through Verizon's networks. Verizon's customers are requesting them. Wouldn't it make more sense, to say, charge the customers (that they already have contracts with) every month for a certain amount of usage, then charge more if they exceed that?
Oh wait...
"Reading Walt Whitman in ninth grade changed the way you see the world? Well, getting drunk before basketball games with kids who lived at the trailer park near my house did the same for me. In fact it’s part of the reason I feel so strongly about public schools."
These three sentences pretty much sum up everything you need to know about the article.
Having actually done tests on tinfoil hats, we came to the conclusion that tinfoil just doesn't work. Steel wool does though. Maybe you can use the tinfoil to wrap the steel wool to contain it so it's less scratchy.
(and yes, this was real - we needed to determine behavior of a device as it slowly lost it's incoming signal - wrapping in steel wool worked great for this.)
Now we don't even test anymore - the customers can test.
Who needs fault tolerant software, when you've got fault tolerant customers?
imagine cutting off a self-driving car and how it might respond
I vote for laser cannons. Under automatic control of course.
Vinge covered this in Rainbows End - auto taxis were used in most places.
One of my personal rules is never to tread on the dreams of people I know. To take your example, some people who dream of being rock stars do indeed become rock stars. Then again, if I had a friend who couldn't sing, couldn't play the guitar (or any other instrument) and had no musical ability, then I might suggest them trying an alternative career (you know, in the short term, while they manage to get a band together, etc.!)
Well, someone has to be the drummer...
Sorry. I intend to live forever.
Riker, you're in the wrong time period again.
You should either sit further back, or turn your monitor brightness down a bit then.
It's not. At least not when read in the original Klingon.
Want to survive? Arm your mind, arm yourself (with a legal concealed weapon) and have a serious bugout bag and serious clothing (including BROKEN IN combat or hiking boots).
If you are in a position to execute such a strategy you must have no children, no pets, no worthwhile romantic or platonic relationships etc.
I would rather live a fulfilling life now, while it is still possible, and accept my untimely demise with the comfort that I enjoyed life while it was enjoyable.
Not interested in scraping through some post-apocalyptic existence, which no matter your preparation, is sure to be short and thoroughly un-enjoyable.
Ummm - This is slashdot. You've just described 90+% of the readership.
If you actually read the article, they are saying things like google wallet lets you shop at many retailers. Itunes lets you shop at Apple. I can't use the fact that my card info is in itunes to shop elsewhere online.
So when exactly did the Usenet Cabal get into British politics? Who else would want the end of web forums, and be subtle enough to slip it into the middle of a list of bad stuff?
So how is this different from me making a design for a cool look on a tshirt, or a skateboard, or whatever, saying you can't use it for commercial use, then having you print out and sell tshirts? Or use my logo as advertising printed out to entice people into your tshirt printing shop? The fact that it's a multi layer process isn't even new - screen printing has worked that way for ages.
Name one medicine that has been "taken off the market and replaced" with an inferior version.
Guinness used to only be available on tap. Now many places only have it in cans.
Coordinate system? Is 0,0 in the centre of the screen, lower left, upper left etc.
And then people only notice when the power goes out. No 911. Customer dead. What now? Well, replace the customer. Plenty more where those come from, eh?
Good thing customers are a renewable resource.
Table lookup to precalculated values right?
http://landofthefreeish.com/code/the-terminator-was-written-in-cobol/
Cobol in the cloud - Sounds like Skynet to me...