Of course I agree that computers can do a lot more than calculators. But, like I said, there is a specific niche for calculators that I've never seen a computer program solve well. Matlab on a PDA might come close, but it doesn't exist AFAIK.
If HP is going to stop making calculators, what will people start using? Sure, there is some great math and engineering software out there like Matlab and Mathematica, but some times you just want to add up a couple of numbers. I still would rather use my 48GX for that even if I'm sitting in front of a computer - it has a far better interface for punching in numbers and accessing math functions. And the 48GX fits into a (big) pocket like no laptop ever could.
Does anyone else make high quality calculators? Or are there any good math programs for PDAs?
Wow, the Economist had an interesting blurb about e-government nearly a month ago (the magazine comes out before the cover date) and it makes Slashdot today? Hey, last week they did a whole special report on "the next society". I bet they've printed some pretty good stuff this week too...
The Economist is a truly interesting news magazine. It's worth reading. I'm beginning to have my doubts about/.
Yes, it chose the shortest path out of three possibilities. Not that it's any great intelligence, but it might have been expected to 1) choose any path at random, 2) not realize that the two destinations were the same pieces of food and choose all three paths. Somehow, the mold has some internal sense of location, and is self aware enough to realize when it encounters one of its own pseudopods (and not just another slime mold). ---
Uh, since when are books and CD's not perishable? How much do you want last year's insert_one_hit_wonder album now that they're not on the top forty? Keeping that stuff around on shelves after it's not longer selling like hotcakes costs money as demand falls. Quite definitely perishable. ---
Doesn't the model imply that every search will be processed by every available server - effectively turning a single query into n queries and responses? Just think - you're dialled in to an ISP and want to search for something. Eventually you start getting responses, first from hosts logically closer to you then those further away (we can only hope that there's no negative response in the protocol). You may have to wait for it all to come down the line before you get a useful result. And you'll still have to wade through mountains of useless junk (since responders get to define what content they have) just that now you'll have to actually visit the site to see that it's just another boring article on internet protocols instead of the "fix your credit record" guys you were looking for. Eventually, you'll learn which hosts not to accept responses from and which ones respond better to what types of queries (just like today).
Big search engines will still dominate the field by being able to get it right most of the time. I don't see any real advance.
Pushing Microwaves Faster Then Light does not make much sense in the English language. I know that to geeks this is not important, nor interesting, but it is a pet peave of mine. Imagine the flames someone would get posting a story header like "Security Breach Exposed in SMTPmail halo Command". Spelling folks, think of it as protocol compliance!
Mu. If a URL isn't password protected it's open to public use and ergo deep linking. How could one possibly divine that the supplier who made the content available really intended it only for paying customers? Now, if some http trickery is being used to fake a login, it is probably against the site's terms of service (most say you must not share your password). ---
Chalk another report on a gedanken breakthrough for wired. Now I remember why I don't bother reading the magazine any more. Not only does the article treat a theoretical algorithm only usable on theoretical hardware as real news, the algorithm only has a trivial application in the fantasyland it theoretically works in:
However, both the GSA and its generalized offspring work only if there is a single right answer to the query, or problem, posed. In other words, the object of the search must exist in the database and it must be the only candidate for that search.
I suddenly can't remember it's name, but didn't a recent court case assert that deep linking was legal, thus making your comment not only flamebait but uninformed flamebait?
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I sure hope it doesn't rain any time soon, all those buildings with limestone facades are going to get pretty hot!
Could someone post some background on this story, like who is John Romero and why would one care that he is selling his car?
Of course I agree that computers can do a lot more than calculators. But, like I said, there is a specific niche for calculators that I've never seen a computer program solve well. Matlab on a PDA might come close, but it doesn't exist AFAIK.
Well, at least hydrostatics doesn't, which is the useful discipline in expressing water pressure as a function of depth.
Does anyone else make high quality calculators? Or are there any good math programs for PDAs?
Next time we had better check that "neutrino safe" box on the detector order form...
Wow, the Economist had an interesting blurb about e-government nearly a month ago (the magazine comes out before the cover date) and it makes Slashdot today? Hey, last week they did a whole special report on "the next society". I bet they've printed some pretty good stuff this week too...
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The Economist is a truly interesting news magazine. It's worth reading. I'm beginning to have my doubts about
Yes, it chose the shortest path out of three possibilities. Not that it's any great intelligence, but it might have been expected to 1) choose any path at random, 2) not realize that the two destinations were the same pieces of food and choose all three paths. Somehow, the mold has some internal sense of location, and is self aware enough to realize when it encounters one of its own pseudopods (and not just another slime mold).
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Uh, since when are books and CD's not perishable? How much do you want last year's insert_one_hit_wonder album now that they're not on the top forty?
Keeping that stuff around on shelves after it's not longer selling like hotcakes costs money as demand falls. Quite definitely perishable.
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Doesn't the model imply that every search will be processed by every available server - effectively turning a single query into n queries and responses?
Just think - you're dialled in to an ISP and want to search for something. Eventually you start getting responses, first from hosts logically closer to you then those further away (we can only hope that there's no negative response in the protocol). You may have to wait for it all to come down the line before you get a useful result. And you'll still have to wade through mountains of useless junk (since responders get to define what content they have) just that now you'll have to actually visit the site to see that it's just another boring article on internet protocols instead of the "fix your credit record" guys you were looking for. Eventually, you'll learn which hosts not to accept responses from and which ones respond better to what types of queries (just like today).
Big search engines will still dominate the field by being able to get it right most of the time. I don't see any real advance.
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Yes!! Someone out there is watching. If I had any moderation points to give out, I would award them to you.
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Pushing Microwaves Faster Then Light does not make much sense in the English language. I know that to geeks this is not important, nor interesting, but it is a pet peave of mine. Imagine the flames someone would get posting a story header like "Security Breach Exposed in SMTPmail halo Command". Spelling folks, think of it as protocol compliance!
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If a URL isn't password protected it's open to public use and ergo deep linking. How could one possibly divine that the supplier who made the content available really intended it only for paying customers? Now, if some http trickery is being used to fake a login, it is probably against the site's terms of service (most say you must not share your password).
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I suddenly can't remember it's name, but didn't a recent court case assert that deep linking was legal, thus making your comment not only flamebait but uninformed flamebait?
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...that this comment follows an article on Linux for ia64. Moderators, mark this post down and stand up for on topic posts.
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