I agree. Society should reward individuals for their accomplishments in the form of a black-box test. It shouldn't matter whether the results are due to genetics or hard work; merit is a proof of your willingness to improve the society around you, and that deserves a reward.
I'm all out of mod points, but this should certainly be +5 insightful.
Nobody is saying that stellar wormholes exist in our universe. They mathematically create a hypothetical universe in which exotic matter forms does exist, and then go on to unravel the possible implications this might have. In addition to unraveling the possible consequences of existing hypotheses, some of which might prove testable at our current or near-future technology level, the work is interesting in it's own right. And the important thing is that I bet they're doing all of this out of sheer curiosity.
tl;dr: the job of a hypothetical physicist, if you will, is to discover all the cool consequences of wild (but possible) hypotheses. And they're doing it for the lulz.
That's why you should differentiate between hardware warranty and software warranty.
Jailbreaking a phone should void the software warranty, but when the antenna malfunctions, you should still have your hardware warranty. And in the rare case that the software can break the hardware, the hardware has an obvious design flaw and should be covered by the hardware warranty anyway.
It's named after Lyman Spitzer, who among other things advocated the construction of "extraterrestrial observatories" and described how something like this could be realized with the technology available in 1946.
Especially since curing cancer would allow Telomerase treatments to increase our lifespan artificially.
From wikipedia:
"The enzyme telomerase allows for replacement of short bits of DNA known as telomeres, which are otherwise shortened when a cell divides via mitosis.
"In normal circumstances, without the presence of telomerase, if a cell divides recursively, at some point all the progeny will reach their Hayflick limit.[13] With the presence of telomerase, each dividing cell can replace the lost bit of DNA, and any single cell can then divide unbounded. While this unbounded growth property has excited many researchers, caution is warranted in exploiting this property, as exactly this same unbounded growth is a crucial step in enabling cancerous growth."
If they're trying to innovate more efficient ways of searching for information, I personally don't believe adding bloat like AutoComplete and page previews is the way to go. They should instead focus on allowing new ways to filter information, based on how we humans perceive the information we're looking for.
I realize that the statement above is kind of vague, so here are some hands-on examples of what I'm thinking of:
Gazopa is an image search engine that allows you to upload images similar to the ones you want, or draw a picture yourself and specify whether you want the target image to match the shape, colors, layout, face or combination of the aforementioned.
Midomi allows you to search for information about songs by either humming into the microphone, or recording a playing of the song itself.
These examples just go to illustrate that there are still lots of new ways to optimize the search experience.
The Age of Empires series (including Age of Mythology) also deserve an honorable mention.
Not only because they contain historical information (Saladin, Cortés, trebuchets, etc).
Not only because they may be good for your cognitive skills.
But because of their motivational value.
In my case, I first started playing these games when I was around 10 years old. I was fascinated by some of the stuff I learned from playing these games, so they helped spark an interest for history and mythology in general. I’ve since read numerous books on the subject (currently reading a translation of the Egyptian “Book of the Dead”), and ancient history became one of my favorite subjects in school.
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This. I too use X11 forwarding over ssh all the time, and that's a feature I'm not ready to give up.
I agree. Society should reward individuals for their accomplishments in the form of a black-box test. It shouldn't matter whether the results are due to genetics or hard work; merit is a proof of your willingness to improve the society around you, and that deserves a reward.
The latest GPUs already use more power than the hungriest Intel or AMD x86 ever did.
Are you talking about power per chip, or power relative to performance?
3:42 here in Norway, and I'm supposed to attend lectures at 10:00...
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I'm all out of mod points, but this should certainly be +5 insightful.
Nobody is saying that stellar wormholes exist in our universe. They mathematically create a hypothetical universe in which exotic matter forms does exist, and then go on to unravel the possible implications this might have. In addition to unraveling the possible consequences of existing hypotheses, some of which might prove testable at our current or near-future technology level, the work is interesting in it's own right. And the important thing is that I bet they're doing all of this out of sheer curiosity.
tl;dr: the job of a hypothetical physicist, if you will, is to discover all the cool consequences of wild (but possible) hypotheses. And they're doing it for the lulz.
Yet another disk measuring contest? Seriously?
Why didn't he choose a number that is round in more bases?
50 000 (base 10) = C 350 (base 16) = 141 520 (base 8) = 1 023 252 (base 6).
That's why you should differentiate between hardware warranty and software warranty.
Jailbreaking a phone should void the software warranty, but when the antenna malfunctions, you should still have your hardware warranty. And in the rare case that the software can break the hardware, the hardware has an obvious design flaw and should be covered by the hardware warranty anyway.
It's named after Lyman Spitzer, who among other things advocated the construction of "extraterrestrial observatories" and described how something like this could be realized with the technology available in 1946.
Yes, we might. After all, cancer has already evolved into species of it's own...
Especially since curing cancer would allow Telomerase treatments to increase our lifespan artificially. :
From wikipedia
"The enzyme telomerase allows for replacement of short bits of DNA known as telomeres, which are otherwise shortened when a cell divides via mitosis. "In normal circumstances, without the presence of telomerase, if a cell divides recursively, at some point all the progeny will reach their Hayflick limit.[13] With the presence of telomerase, each dividing cell can replace the lost bit of DNA, and any single cell can then divide unbounded. While this unbounded growth property has excited many researchers, caution is warranted in exploiting this property, as exactly this same unbounded growth is a crucial step in enabling cancerous growth."
One Vaccine to rule them all, One Vaccine to find them,
One Vaccine to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
If they're trying to innovate more efficient ways of searching for information, I personally don't believe adding bloat like AutoComplete and page previews is the way to go. They should instead focus on allowing new ways to filter information, based on how we humans perceive the information we're looking for.
I realize that the statement above is kind of vague, so here are some hands-on examples of what I'm thinking of:
These examples just go to illustrate that there are still lots of new ways to optimize the search experience.
The Age of Empires series (including Age of Mythology) also deserve an honorable mention.
Not only because they contain historical information (Saladin, Cortés, trebuchets, etc).
Not only because they may be good for your cognitive skills.
But because of their motivational value.
In my case, I first started playing these games when I was around 10 years old. I was fascinated by some of the stuff I learned from playing these games, so they helped spark an interest for history and mythology in general. I’ve since read numerous books on the subject (currently reading a translation of the Egyptian “Book of the Dead”), and ancient history became one of my favorite subjects in school.
Too bad Ensemble Studios closed down.