Well, gee. I guess my wife must be one of the above, then, huh?
How about: - researchers looking for causes/cures for diabetes. - researchers looking for causes/cures for cancer. - researchers looking for causes/cures for stupidity.
Besides, you double-posted. "Insurance companies" and "crooks" are synonymous.:P
Doctor: Hmm, you're still early in the infection so it could just be a virus but let's use our high throughput sequencer to check. Just cough into this tube.
Doctor (a couple hour later): Yes, you do actually have walking pneumonia
You know those crime shows on TV that where the cop and a computer guy have a crap video from a 320x240 surveillance camera, and the cop asks the computer guy "Can you enhance that?" and the video zooms right in on the suspects face, which then turns from about a 9 pixel smudge into a 10 Megapixel image that's clear enough to see the pimple on the perp's nose?
Yeah....
Just so you know, high throughput sequencing is currently available, and has been for a year or two. The problem is all the lab work that needs to be done to isolate the DNA, purify it, and put it into a solution that this instrument can analyze. (Not to mention in a case like this, the viral DNA would also have to be separated from the patient's DNA, which would probably at least double the processing time.)
All that stuff is manual lab work that can not currently, or for the foreseeable future, be automated, and it takes much longer than a couple of hours.
Yes, and I'm betting that $75k server has just a few processor cores in it, which really takes care of the parallel computing problem nicely. I'm guessing for that kind of money, it's probably a quad core, 4 CPU machine, at least. I can't imagine it needing enough storage to burn through $60,000+ worth of hard drives, so it's got to be a monster processing machine. My wife (yes, there are married slashdotters!!!) currently works with the previous instrument that Ion Torrent released, about a year ago. It uses a server that's not as expensive as this, and has a few (I think 6) TB of storage. Even if this machine needed exponentially more storage, 60 TB RAID is about than $10,000, even at current flood sale hard drive prices. Throw in the markup that Life Tech puts on everything they outsource, and you're looking at probably $40k worth of actual computing power. Heck, for that price, maybe their "server" is actually a small cluster and SAS, conveniently fitted into a single 24Uish rack.
They also conveniently forget to mention the "side effect" that you need a $75,000 computer setup to analyze the data the $149,000 machine spits out. So in reality, this is actually a $225,000 machine, plus an IT person to manage the hardware.
I keep hearing this assertion, but nobody ever seems to cite anything stating this is actually anything more than an Internet rumour. Not saying that it's wrong, but could you point out where in the law it actually says this?
Ron Paul can't manage a budget, last time he said at a fundraiser they raised 4 million dollars and he doesn't know what to do with it. He could have donated it to the irs so that our deficit was 4 million less, or donate to charity or... Doesn't take much thought, but Paul can't think of what to do with money.
I don't know about you, but I think somebody who doesn't know how to spend money that they have is a heck of a lot better candidate to run the country than somebody who knows how to spend money they don't have.....
Not if they don't have a problem with tailgating five feet back from the car ahead of them. Nobody can merge into that small of a space. And that's what a non-trivial number of them do.
If I'm trying to merge left, sometimes I just start pushing my way in at this point, which means they either back off and stop being an ass, or I push them into oncoming traffic.
when it would make a lot more sense to just try to minimize the body count.
If that's the case, then instead of investing in electronic babysitter feature after electronic babysitter feature, wouldn't it make a lot more sense, body count wise, as well as both economically and environmentally, to just GET THE IDIOTS OFF THE ROAD!!!
At worst, you're in a situation where many people now need the actual root password and that makes logging and monitoring access a lot harder.
Or, you could just set up multiple root accounts; one for each admin. Then you can log each admin individually, and know who screwed up what when it hits the fan.
A better alternative is to have a 64-bit OS, and run 32 bit apps. My Win7 machine w/16GB RAM can run Firefox up to its max memory usage of 4GB, and it doesn't faze the OS (or other apps) one bit. Similarly with Linux, make sure you have more RAM than the max usable by a single program, and you're fine.
6-8GB would be enough for most people, though. I used this computer for some serious number crunching that needed massive amounts of RAM, prior to using it for a Win7 desktop.
You could argue it. But you'd be wrong. Because you're not writing anything to the drive. Just sending a stream of zeros to a random number generator.:P
or a clever person would run a car battery into a few key points to kill the heads or motor in a few seconds.)
FYI: I have an expert level knowledge in this area.
"An expert level of knowledge in this area" would imply that you know that head and spindle motors run on 12 volt, which is exactly what a car battery voltage is. So basically, this would not damage the motor circuitry. If you apply power that bypasses the speed regulator, it might cause such a high RPM that the platters would shatter, or stretch, still making it unreadable, but it shouldn't damage the electrics at all.
Slashdot Mirror
You realize that Google scrapes the entire web from Mountain View, right?
That really means nothing at all, either way.
Well, gee. I guess my wife must be one of the above, then, huh?
How about:
- researchers looking for causes/cures for diabetes.
- researchers looking for causes/cures for cancer.
- researchers looking for causes/cures for stupidity.
Besides, you double-posted. "Insurance companies" and "crooks" are synonymous. :P
Doctor: Hmm, you're still early in the infection so it could just be a virus but let's use our high throughput sequencer to check. Just cough into this tube.
Doctor (a couple hour later): Yes, you do actually have walking pneumonia
You know those crime shows on TV that where the cop and a computer guy have a crap video from a 320x240 surveillance camera, and the cop asks the computer guy "Can you enhance that?" and the video zooms right in on the suspects face, which then turns from about a 9 pixel smudge into a 10 Megapixel image that's clear enough to see the pimple on the perp's nose?
Yeah....
Just so you know, high throughput sequencing is currently available, and has been for a year or two. The problem is all the lab work that needs to be done to isolate the DNA, purify it, and put it into a solution that this instrument can analyze. (Not to mention in a case like this, the viral DNA would also have to be separated from the patient's DNA, which would probably at least double the processing time.)
All that stuff is manual lab work that can not currently, or for the foreseeable future, be automated, and it takes much longer than a couple of hours.
Yes, and I'm betting that $75k server has just a few processor cores in it, which really takes care of the parallel computing problem nicely.
I'm guessing for that kind of money, it's probably a quad core, 4 CPU machine, at least. I can't imagine it needing enough storage to burn through $60,000+ worth of hard drives, so it's got to be a monster processing machine.
My wife (yes, there are married slashdotters!!!) currently works with the previous instrument that Ion Torrent released, about a year ago. It uses a server that's not as expensive as this, and has a few (I think 6) TB of storage. Even if this machine needed exponentially more storage, 60 TB RAID is about than $10,000, even at current flood sale hard drive prices.
Throw in the markup that Life Tech puts on everything they outsource, and you're looking at probably $40k worth of actual computing power.
Heck, for that price, maybe their "server" is actually a small cluster and SAS, conveniently fitted into a single 24Uish rack.
They also conveniently forget to mention the "side effect" that you need a $75,000 computer setup to analyze the data the $149,000 machine spits out. So in reality, this is actually a $225,000 machine, plus an IT person to manage the hardware.
I keep hearing this assertion, but nobody ever seems to cite anything stating this is actually anything more than an Internet rumour.
Not saying that it's wrong, but could you point out where in the law it actually says this?
Ron Paul can't manage a budget, last time he said at a fundraiser they raised 4 million dollars and he doesn't know what to do with it. He could have donated it to the irs so that our deficit was 4 million less, or donate to charity or... Doesn't take much thought, but Paul can't think of what to do with money.
I don't know about you, but I think somebody who doesn't know how to spend money that they have is a heck of a lot better candidate to run the country than somebody who knows how to spend money they don't have.....
"Proper, US-sized engine blocks" aren't selling well,
There seem to be plenty of Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers, and non-work V8 trucks on the road where I am.
You're making the assumption that it will lower insurance rates.
Please present your evidence that this will be the case.
Not if they don't have a problem with tailgating five feet back from the car ahead of them. Nobody can merge into that small of a space. And that's what a non-trivial number of them do.
If I'm trying to merge left, sometimes I just start pushing my way in at this point, which means they either back off and stop being an ass, or I push them into oncoming traffic.
I'm sorry. I can't do that, Dave.
when it would make a lot more sense to just try to minimize the body count.
If that's the case, then instead of investing in electronic babysitter feature after electronic babysitter feature, wouldn't it make a lot more sense, body count wise, as well as both economically and environmentally, to just GET THE IDIOTS OFF THE ROAD!!!
Or, perhaps, you dumbAsses(tm) could just *slow down* and merge BEHIND whoever you think isn't "letting you in".
Then it'd just be the next car back that wasn't "letting them in."
This situation actually happens. Don't discount it just because you live somewhere where drivers have at least half a clue.
"lot's" doesn't mean anything
Sure it does:
Lot's a word I use a lot.
Makes perfect grammatical sense.
first 'B' in BBC stands for "British"...
So? That's in...like...New England, right?
The best way to freeze strawberries, by far:
Before you freeze them, turn them into strawberry freezer jam. :)
"Pretty smart" people don't play 12 hours of WoW daily. That's what "pretty lazy teenage layabouts with attitude" do.
"Pretty smart" people have generally have a need to learn, and do so on their own time, without any school necessary.
At worst, you're in a situation where many people now need the actual root password and that makes logging and monitoring access a lot harder.
Or, you could just set up multiple root accounts; one for each admin. Then you can log each admin individually, and know who screwed up what when it hits the fan.
I see this progression here:
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows GNAA
Windows 10
I'll leave it up to you as to where in the sequence this feature will be implemented....
A better alternative is to have a 64-bit OS, and run 32 bit apps. My Win7 machine w/16GB RAM can run Firefox up to its max memory usage of 4GB, and it doesn't faze the OS (or other apps) one bit.
Similarly with Linux, make sure you have more RAM than the max usable by a single program, and you're fine.
6-8GB would be enough for most people, though. I used this computer for some serious number crunching that needed massive amounts of RAM, prior to using it for a Win7 desktop.
Of course not. They're still around, running the ISPs.
Then for added security, drop them into the forms just before they pour the concrete for a reactor containment vessel.
Yeah, sure. Then the Monolith'll get all your pr0n....
You could argue it. But you'd be wrong. Because you're not writing anything to the drive. Just sending a stream of zeros to a random number generator. :P
or a clever person would run a car battery into a few key points to kill the heads or motor in a few seconds.)
FYI: I have an expert level knowledge in this area.
"An expert level of knowledge in this area" would imply that you know that head and spindle motors run on 12 volt, which is exactly what a car battery voltage is. So basically, this would not damage the motor circuitry. If you apply power that bypasses the speed regulator, it might cause such a high RPM that the platters would shatter, or stretch, still making it unreadable, but it shouldn't damage the electrics at all.
That's because a PE in India who's making $1.50 an hour can't build a bridge in Kentucky.