Design a 6502 compatible CPU on paper (not hard, I've done it), build it from the logic-gate/transistor level on a breadboard, design an ANSI C compatible compiler from scratch, write it down on paper, load it bit by bit into the loadable memory addresses of the CPU you've built, use it to compile an open source microkernel (that you've pushed, bit by bit, into your memory space), change your breadboard CPU to load the kernel binary you've compiled, hook up an RS232 serial connector to your breadboard CPU, and send the kernel binary and compiler binary to your conventional hardware, replace the existant versions of same with your own, and then you're in business!!!
Not necessarily -- if you know how to build a compiler, you would probably be able to write a compiler in assembly.... bypassing a "poisoned" binary compiler.
How, pray tell, do you expect launch & [moon] landing costs to decrease if there is no market in delivering payloads to that destination?
The technology won't magically improve unless there is a market driving competition & innovation.
People WILL go before the colonies can be immediately self-sustaining.
The American colonies weren't self sustaining for a couple hundred years -- neither are the Antarctic bases at present. Nor will the first moonbase, moon-mine, or moon-city.
There's only one Mir, and it has worked provably well for just about as many years as the shuttles have been around -- but Mir has never killed anyone, and the Shuttle has.
Given that the shuttles need a 3-6 month overhaul after every piddly flight, and they are STILL notoriously unreliable, I don't give the constant Mir-bashing much shrift.
Although I, personally, can't wait until we have "desktop" genome hackers, I also concur that many (most? all??) of the greatest feats in human history are the result of an "unhealthy" obsessive behavior.
Thankfully, I am making the assumption that, while some people will try to only have "beautiful people" offspring, leading to a "mass homogenization" of the popular genome, there will also be people like myself, who would want to engage in "experimental genetic therapy" (ie, "wouldn't it be great to have photosynthetic skin?", or "gosh, i'd love to be able to synthesize proteins from rock!" or "why don't i reactivate some mammalian tail genes?", or "you know what, i think i'll make sure that i don't have any genetic parity errors; time for the quintuple helix!").
Because of the way Open Source is developed it will have less bugs than some commercial software, but it will never be developed to a formal specification using tried and tested Software Engeering principles.
Ummmm....WHAT?
Why not? Open Source != chaotic development.
Just because many Open Source projects are -managed- that way doesn't mean that they have to be. Open Source just means that the SOURCE is OPEN. It is perfectly feasible for a group to engage in rigorous Trusted Systems development, and then release the source code.
People have talked a LOT about why it wouldn't be useful for military submarines to use this technology -- but they have all been making the assumption that the submarine is in combat conditions, but hasn't been detected yet.
Once combat has been engaged, brief periods of noise are permitted (like launching torpedoes).
Right now, things like ADCAP torpedoes receive target guidance via a trailing wire between the torpedo and the firing sub.
A 2400bps commlink with a torpedo should be MORE than sufficient to permit duplex guidance WITHOUT A WIRE.
Now, do the potential military applications appear more obvious?
[ E ] Many countries (including USA, UK, France, Russia, and China) have all acted aggressively to prevent regulatory arbitrage (ie, double tax treaties, etc)
Then:
[ 1 ] What precautions have been taken to ensure that HavenCo physical assets and human resources will be protected from predatory legal and/or physical assault?
[ 2 ] Have any "pro-active" plans to co-opt national intelligence agencies, to prevent possible destruction of HavenCo physical and human assets (ie, developing a relationship with the CIA so that the NSA doesn't call "national defense" and activate SEAL teams to neutralize a potential "national security risk")?
[ 3 ] In the event that physical security is breached, and it becomes necessary to incinerate the Data Vault, have "live tests" been done to verify that, indeed, the data is unrecoverable (uncompromisable)?
Ummmmm, Apogee's "read-through / click-through" license tries to force people into implicit agreement with a contract that is explicitly unconstitutional (free speech, fair use, etc).
CmdrTaco has expressed his concern, putting a little light on the subject. How does this qualify as "cluelessness"?
just a note -- if the "grey goo" hypothesis had any merit, then common bacteria like "e.coli" would have already wiped out the earth -- because they can double their population every twenty minutes or so, in a matter of a few days, a colony in optimal conditions would have the same mass as the planet earth.
given that scenario, it is apparent that optimal conditions never persist. the day that the entire planet earth becomes an "e.coli" colony, i'll begin to worry about the nanotech "grey goo" threat.
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maybe because.....
the ISS is US gov't pork-barrel at its best?? And it doesn't do anything? And it sucks?
The U.S. propaganda machine is certainly working overtime to discredit Mir.
Notice how many drivel-bots here on slashdot mindlessly echo the pap they've been fed through major media outlets?
EXTREMELY funny! :)
EASY FIX:
Design a 6502 compatible CPU on paper (not hard, I've done it), build it from the logic-gate/transistor level on a breadboard, design an ANSI C compatible compiler from scratch, write it down on paper, load it bit by bit into the loadable memory addresses of the CPU you've built, use it to compile an open source microkernel (that you've pushed, bit by bit, into your memory space), change your breadboard CPU to load the kernel binary you've compiled, hook up an RS232 serial connector to your breadboard CPU, and send the kernel binary and compiler binary to your conventional hardware, replace the existant versions of same with your own, and then you're in business!!!
Not necessarily -- if you know how to build a compiler, you would probably be able to write a compiler in assembly.... bypassing a "poisoned" binary compiler.
How, pray tell, do you expect launch & [moon] landing costs to decrease if there is no market in delivering payloads to that destination?
The technology won't magically improve unless there is a market driving competition & innovation.
People WILL go before the colonies can be immediately self-sustaining.
The American colonies weren't self sustaining for a couple hundred years -- neither are the Antarctic bases at present. Nor will the first moonbase, moon-mine, or moon-city.
What sorts of things, pray tell, do democracies work for?
Me too.
They woudn't have a problem finding 150,000 people.
Space explorers are not in the business of "preserving life at all cost", they are in the business of "exploring space at ANY cost".
People unwilling to take the risks involved self-deselect themselves from space exploration.
In other words, if you don't like the rules of the game, don't play -- but don't expect people playing the game to listen to you.
Given that the discussion revolves around RELIABILITY and that Skylab WASN'T RELIABLE, that seems a rather odd statement to make.
Better Mir than the Shuttle.
There's only one Mir, and it has worked provably well for just about as many years as the shuttles have been around -- but Mir has never killed anyone, and the Shuttle has.
Given that the shuttles need a 3-6 month overhaul after every piddly flight, and they are STILL notoriously unreliable, I don't give the constant Mir-bashing much shrift.neither of the links work.
you, sir, are a:
T.R.O.L.L.
Although I, personally, can't wait until we have "desktop" genome hackers, I also concur that many (most? all??) of the greatest feats in human history are the result of an "unhealthy" obsessive behavior.
Thankfully, I am making the assumption that, while some people will try to only have "beautiful people" offspring, leading to a "mass homogenization" of the popular genome, there will also be people like myself, who would want to engage in "experimental genetic therapy" (ie, "wouldn't it be great to have photosynthetic skin?", or "gosh, i'd love to be able to synthesize proteins from rock!" or "why don't i reactivate some mammalian tail genes?", or "you know what, i think i'll make sure that i don't have any genetic parity errors; time for the quintuple helix!").
Ummmm....WHAT?
Why not? Open Source != chaotic development.
Just because many Open Source projects are -managed- that way doesn't mean that they have to be. Open Source just means that the SOURCE is OPEN. It is perfectly feasible for a group to engage in rigorous Trusted Systems development, and then release the source code.
DOH!
Huzzah!
You are exactly right. That is the best description of a Patent that I have yet seen. Henceforth, I shall use that comparison exclusively.
Many thanks!
People have talked a LOT about why it wouldn't be useful for military submarines to use this technology -- but they have all been making the assumption that the submarine is in combat conditions, but hasn't been detected yet.
Once combat has been engaged, brief periods of noise are permitted (like launching torpedoes).
Right now, things like ADCAP torpedoes receive target guidance via a trailing wire between the torpedo and the firing sub.
A 2400bps commlink with a torpedo should be MORE than sufficient to permit duplex guidance WITHOUT A WIRE.
Now, do the potential military applications appear more obvious?
Given that:
Then:
I was largely skeptical of the Sealand datahaven until I read that Ryan Lackey was the CTO.
This fella is one of the Financial Cryptography folks in Anguilla, along with Vince Cate. Some of the folks who sponsor the FC symposia include Zero Knowledge, E-Gold, and Hushmail.
I don't know about you guys, but when one of that trust-web is involved in something to do with liberty/cypherpunk/finance, I lend it more credence.
Ummmmm, Apogee's "read-through / click-through" license tries to force people into implicit agreement with a contract that is explicitly unconstitutional (free speech, fair use, etc).
CmdrTaco has expressed his concern, putting a little light on the subject. How does this qualify as "cluelessness"?
FINALLY!
I was beginning to despair of seeing any mention of the ABSOLUTE BEST of all anime' -- the Patlabor duet of films.
In order, my favorite anime' would be:
just a note -- if the "grey goo" hypothesis had any merit, then common bacteria like "e.coli" would have already wiped out the earth -- because they can double their population every twenty minutes or so, in a matter of a few days, a colony in optimal conditions would have the same mass as the planet earth.
given that scenario, it is apparent that optimal conditions never persist. the day that the entire planet earth becomes an "e.coli" colony, i'll begin to worry about the nanotech "grey goo" threat.