> Andrew "bunnie" Huang argues that Moore's Law is slowing and will someday stop,
I think we've been hearing about the end of Moore's law for the last 15 years... inevitably, some process improvement comes along and it all keeps on going.
Yeah, it may "eventually" stop when transistors are built with just 3 atoms. Then will switch over to photonics or quantum, then some weird hyper-dimensional shit.
15 years ago they were talking about some weird 3 dimensional transistor shit.
This is another example of government not doing their job. We have needed a single, comprehensive standard for the form and format of Medical Health Records
Why is that the government's job? Shouldn't that be the job of ISO, ANSI, or the AMA (all NGOs)?
As far as I've seen, it's the same government employees attending ISO, ANSI and NIST forums. They are not functionally separate organizations.
Different situation but the same principle. I wrote and maintain point of sale software for my wife's store.
When I make a UI change, I discuss it with the staff first. Implement it. Head to the store and have them try it out. Get feedback on the utility and convenience (or lack thereof) and update the code accordingly. Iterate until the software is smooth and slick. The staff like being in the loop very much.
The UI programmers should be sitting in a patient room in a hospital, interacting with the staff who are using the system and generating changes based on that. In a couple of weeks you'll have a slick system.
There exist no simple system where you split the data in two parts which you need to combine to get the original copy?
Yes there does. Google "quorum encryption".
In the case of simple data splitting, it's trivial to take a string of bits and a string of random bits and turn them into two strings that need to be xored together to get the original bit string, while each individual string alone reveals nothing of the original string.
you will be at no risk of hackers or anyone else gaining access that way
I disagree. Encryption algorithms are constantly being tested and broken, and there is great incentive for that to continue. From the NSA and other governmental entities deliberately weakening the tools we use to encrypt, to as-yet undiscovered flaws, nobody can say with 100% certainty that current encryption technology will forever be secure.
And that's the biggest problem with the cloud. Once a single copy has been posted, you no longer have a sure way to delete every copy in existence.
Err. The government already has your tax details. Why would they need to crack AES to read your encrypted 1040?
Eugh, planned developments/suburbs. Sorry, I'll keep my house in the middle of nowhere.
Sometimes the planning can be good. I can walk to the supermarket, the coffee shop, the bar, the wine bar, the accountant, the credit union and various other things I might otherwise drive to. I have no yard to deal with. I can have a business on the ground floor (due to enlightened zoning).
It's a lifestyle choice that works for me. Living far away from other people has a different set of pros and cons.
I was at a park at an event last week. There was a guy with a camera drone buzzing overhead. It was quite irritating and I was reminded of my former prowess at clay pigeon shooting. The drone wasn't moving nearly as fast.
I don't know that people will be accepting of things buzzing over their heads all the time. Expect local ordinances.
If I recall, as plutonium ages, helium builds up in the crystal lattice. This might have a performance impact on the weapon yield. I'm not sure if the cores are ever smelted back down and reformed to deal with this problem; if it's even a problem in fact. Haven't a clue. Other than old stockpile simulation testing, I'm not sure what else could be the point in all this.
Smelting Plutonium sounds like one of life's more complex engineering problems.
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I don't like change.
> Andrew "bunnie" Huang argues that Moore's Law is slowing and will someday stop,
I think we've been hearing about the end of Moore's law for the last 15 years... inevitably, some process improvement comes along and it all keeps on going.
Yeah, it may "eventually" stop when transistors are built with just 3 atoms. Then will switch over to photonics or quantum, then some weird hyper-dimensional shit.
15 years ago they were talking about some weird 3 dimensional transistor shit.
You were supposed to reply with a lower level abstraction. Please keep up.
Or are they afraid there might not be an encoding for that?
Injury by seacow? Hmm.. "Injury by Cow (Other)". Close enough. Click!
This is another example of government not doing their job. We have needed a single, comprehensive standard for the form and format of Medical Health Records
Why is that the government's job? Shouldn't that be the job of ISO, ANSI, or the AMA (all NGOs)?
As far as I've seen, it's the same government employees attending ISO, ANSI and NIST forums. They are not functionally separate organizations.
Different situation but the same principle. I wrote and maintain point of sale software for my wife's store.
When I make a UI change, I discuss it with the staff first. Implement it. Head to the store and have them try it out. Get feedback on the utility and convenience (or lack thereof) and update the code accordingly. Iterate until the software is smooth and slick. The staff like being in the loop very much.
The UI programmers should be sitting in a patient room in a hospital, interacting with the staff who are using the system and generating changes based on that. In a couple of weeks you'll have a slick system.
It's nice that there's a single international standard for these things.
Why are people bitching about the encodings instead of the stupid UIs and record formats?
Signal levels are another abstraction. Come back when you care about electron band gaps.
I implemented Transputer drivers for OS9 running on a 68k in a VME rack back in the day.
It was a clean, simple and well designed OS.
I program in logic gates you insensitive clod?
I'll stick with cloud and local backups thanks.
Sewer pipe? Can I sftp to a sewer pipe?
There exist no simple system where you split the data in two parts which you need to combine to get the original copy?
Yes there does.
Google "quorum encryption".
In the case of simple data splitting, it's trivial to take a string of bits and a string of random bits and turn them into two strings that need to be xored together to get the original bit string, while each individual string alone reveals nothing of the original string.
I disagree. Encryption algorithms are constantly being tested and broken, and there is great incentive for that to continue. From the NSA and other governmental entities deliberately weakening the tools we use to encrypt, to as-yet undiscovered flaws, nobody can say with 100% certainty that current encryption technology will forever be secure.
And that's the biggest problem with the cloud. Once a single copy has been posted, you no longer have a sure way to delete every copy in existence.
Err. The government already has your tax details. Why would they need to crack AES to read your encrypted 1040?
NIST solicits input on new specs or spec updates pretty much every week.
Why is this one so special that it get's a Slashdotting?
In my opinion the hot action is on Lightweight crypto (workshop in July) and the SP800-90B draft which is subject to substantial revision.
>1) A quad copter flying 30-60 feet overhead.
But 10 feet was annoying.
I've read it. But I usually have lawyers to read it when it matters.
Eugh, planned developments/suburbs. Sorry, I'll keep my house in the middle of nowhere.
Sometimes the planning can be good. I can walk to the supermarket, the coffee shop, the bar, the wine bar, the accountant, the credit union and various other things I might otherwise drive to. I have no yard to deal with. I can have a business on the ground floor (due to enlightened zoning).
It's a lifestyle choice that works for me.
Living far away from other people has a different set of pros and cons.
I resisted in the same way I resist hitting stupid people in the face, in order to avoid prosecution.
You seem to have missed my assertion that the result of the irritation factor will be local ordinances, rather than a new form of skeet.
I had a Commodore PET that did that.
Solution, lift the lid (it pivoted) and push down on all the chips. Lower the lid and power it up.
The 32 Gig of memory in my desktop looks down upon swap and shrugs.
I was at a park at an event last week. There was a guy with a camera drone buzzing overhead. It was quite irritating and I was reminded of my former prowess at clay pigeon shooting. The drone wasn't moving nearly as fast.
I don't know that people will be accepting of things buzzing over their heads all the time. Expect local ordinances.
If I recall, as plutonium ages, helium builds up in the crystal lattice. This might have a performance impact on the weapon yield. I'm not sure if the cores are ever smelted back down and reformed to deal with this problem; if it's even a problem in fact. Haven't a clue. Other than old stockpile simulation testing, I'm not sure what else could be the point in all this.
Smelting Plutonium sounds like one of life's more complex engineering problems.
What's to stop China building a supercomputers in the US and doing the sims in the US?
Today's supercomputer is tomorrow's AWS for $50/month.