Apple has posted job ads in classifieds and on Monster Jobs for a "Senior Thermal Enginee
r" and "Thermal Engineers". This is much more promising as far as the possibili
ty of a PowerBook G5 than the article above. Oh, they've also posted ads on the
ir own job site (jobs.apple.com) for a Senior Thermal Design/Engineer...
The innovative seven-year arrangement will dramatically limit the number of baseball video game manufacturers......while promoting competition in the marketplace to drive innovation in baseball product development.
I'm confused. How does limiting the number of baseball video game manufacturers (via an EXCLUSIVITY contract) INCREASE competition?
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I think Pixar is far superior to Dreamworks when it comes to fully animated movies. Dreamworks seems to be much better at special effects and environmentals. I think the two might be better off merging than competing in different areas.
Which is easier, revising the old easy laser / RF communications technology or searching for new way of wireless communication (quantum inseparability sounds like scifi, but is it really that far off? =P). I'm generally opposed to this idea, as it leaves room for lawsuits such as when a private plane is flown across the path during a fog, or if a person steps in front of the transmitter, the entire system fails. Creating redundant links seems to be an easy solution at merely postponing the inevitable network outage. It's too shaky for any sensible company to bother not spending the extra money on getting fiber run.
Until anyone can provide me with a wireless solution that replaces fiber and is stable, I'll stick with my good old light data... =)
Minor correction: Astronomy Picture of the Day for February 25th was the SNO Detector, not the 26th as indicated by the word "yesterday", which should have been edited.
This picture shows the SNO Detector facility, which is an immense step into exploring the more theoretical sciences and their validity/effects on the universe. Applications for manipulation and detection of such particles in the foreseeable future could be data transfer or wireless communication through unlimited barriers, along with many other possibilities. This is a somewhat concrete and unexpected implementation of neutrino detectors today and in the next century, but who knows what's to come?
Interestingly enough, much data on neutrinos (as evidenced by the NEMO website) is not for public viewing. Why is this?
treker
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Stephen Baxter's Xeelee sequence books (Flux, Timelike Infinity, Ring) seemed very engaging to me--and even somewhat relevant to this topic!
You'd be surprised what some of the conspiracy theorists have been plotting--there's a whole controversy about the moon landing being falsified. This is old news, but very interesting.
I'm still not convinced that men did _not_ land on the moon...
Not useless at all! You're right, this will be incredibly useful to the pornography industry, but only once it becomes mainstream and commercially available to the enduser.
It may have more meaning in security fields and definitely in education (though I don't imagine its widespread use there for another decade or two...or three).
I believe the 'cooler' thing would be holographic projection--3 dimensional real-time physical rendering/display...you know, Star Trek stuff!
Eagerly awaiting new technologies,
treker
No, a sensitive enough X-ray or sonic detection device can detect textures. Of course, the cost is well above the efficiency. Right now, I'll stick with mapping points in a 3D program...using my finger as the scanning device. I'm having too much fun with that as it is.
Unfortunately, our legal system rarely ever, possibly never, result in a win-win situation. Perhaps because of the nature of the beast.
This suit, along with many others sprouting from students' (like me!) realization that they have little or no rights, sets precedent for those who feel the need to use their position. In this case, that of a vulnerable student being deprived of his/her education by detention or suspension (COME ON, REALLY!? An extra hour or two in school could do many people more good than harm...especially for some of the kids in my school.)
On the related matter of the increase in civil lawsuits: I seriously doubt that our legal system was intended or should be used to settle petty disputes, at least not at any financial penalty to either party. Get a neutral third party and settle it like civilized people! I feel the need to criticize the stupidity of some of these "get rich quick" schemers lurking in the US. There are far worse problems than wasting money that could be going to starving children, welfare, social security, or even military purposes on Joe Shmoe's inability to cope with a little harmless banter! At least don't take their textbooks away for suspending you...
On the other hand, I'm already meters deep in feces, I might as well continue to say that the school should not be the target of this lawsuit--the vice principal and his supporters who reacted in that manner should be the plaintiffs. Was the kid's lawyer trying to make a quick buck by targeting the entire school rather than the select group of people who caused the trouble, or was it intended to threaten school faculty?
Teaching isn't as low a profession as some may imagine--I know some very bright high school teachers who, IMO, should be college professors. The teachers of this school are being penalized for the administration's stupidity. Often, people fail to realize the different between administrators and teachers. Too bad for the kids.
Well, it's happened, hasn't it? Internet advertising is being standardized. Finally! Now maybe I can get around to designing a better advertisement detection/removal program.
While it may seem a step in the wrong direction to enlarge advertisements, it's better than the advertising companies are forming some kind of makeshift doggie-style competition (meow)--in fact, such an alliance may even reduce spam!
In the perspective of the webmaster/designer, standardizing advertisements instead of having different companies with different size advertisement will mean less layout modifications when switching or adding advertisers. Plus, inline banners look cooler than sloppily placed ones.
If only there were more content in the actual article itself about this...and the developments of this so-called advertising bureau.
I agree. Holograms (as three dimensional images) are VERY different from capture devices. However, this article refers to the construction of a hologram through the use of flat (2D) capture devices, such as standard/HDTV cameras. A more appropriate word would've been "3d modeling..." To be honest, I think they'd be more successful using sonar, or some other type of refractive/reflective slow imaging devices--it would be a lot easier to detect distances. Of course, I'm only perusing this article and its references lightly, so I haven't a clue as to the specifics of this particular technology. I do know that by emitting some kind of all-reflective wave (sound works, although it's not the best candidate), it is possible to detect distance between two points. Using this and all that we've learned about waves and their behaviors, one could simply PING a an object a few times from different angles, detect miniscule differences in the wave, and use such information to create a 3 dimensional model. Unfortunately, AFAIK, we don't have the technology to detect these miniscule wave differences and behaviors. Maybe in the year 2525...=P
Despite my own age, I agree with you on the matter of experience coming with age. However, the point at which I disagree is that the rate at which you gain experience with age is directly related to your intelligence. A 40 yrs. experienced programmer does not necessarily have a higher skill level or ability than a 16 year old. This also has its roots in actual human development: it's statistically sound to state that those in their teens and even pre-teens can learn faster, and apply that knowledge which they gain quicker and more efficiently than an experienced 40 year old. So, simply claiming that older people are more experienced than younger people is not true anymore, now that information is more readily accessible, those who learn faster, know more, and are more experienced. Intelligence is as important as age when determining experience.
I guess the question is: what really IS experience? Perhaps we're not using the right terminology... "knowledge and ability" would be more accurate?
Once you reach a certain point, intelligence can not be replaced by motivation, this is our plague. Some people will envy you, some with try to harm you, some will ignore you, and others...they'll honor, revere, and respect you as their true superior and god...those are the ones you want to stay away from. =P I'm 16, and have been programming (professionally, I suppose) for 4 years and learning for 9 years. In fact, I'm always learning. When someone tells me something I don't know, I don't start loathing them because they're "better" than me...I respect their ability. If only we could all just hold hands and live in peace.
Oh well, life sucks and then ya' die. (EAT THAT, W.A.V.E!) hehehe
Your Queer Qualinesti Elven Mage,
treker
PS: Sorry about the topic drift, if there was much of such activity.
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Apple has posted job ads in classifieds and on Monster Jobs for a "Senior Thermal Engineer" and "Thermal Engineers". This is much more promising as far as the possibility of a PowerBook G5 than the article above. Oh, they've also posted ads on their own job site (jobs.apple.com) for a Senior Thermal Design/Engineer...
Apple has posted job ads in classifieds and on Monster Jobs for a "Senior Thermal Enginee r" and "Thermal Engineers". This is much more promising as far as the possibili ty of a PowerBook G5 than the article above. Oh, they've also posted ads on the ir own job site (jobs.apple.com) for a Senior Thermal Design/Engineer...
The innovative seven-year arrangement will dramatically limit the number of baseball video game manufacturers... ...while promoting competition in the marketplace to drive innovation in baseball product development.
I'm confused. How does limiting the number of baseball video game manufacturers (via an EXCLUSIVITY contract) INCREASE competition?
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"They're Jews...They're Jews in Space..."
:)
Sounds like a sequel to Spaceballs!
I think Pixar is far superior to Dreamworks when it comes to fully animated movies. Dreamworks seems to be much better at special effects and environmentals. I think the two might be better off merging than competing in different areas.
Samsung 191 and 192T are 12v DC. I've got one right here.
Oh yes, and with Elijah Wood... *salivates*
:o)
It's going to be awesome, but will never even come close to the effect of the classic novel...(and I don't think anyone expected it to)
Which is easier, revising the old easy laser / RF communications technology or searching for new way of wireless communication (quantum inseparability sounds like scifi, but is it really that far off? =P). I'm generally opposed to this idea, as it leaves room for lawsuits such as when a private plane is flown across the path during a fog, or if a person steps in front of the transmitter, the entire system fails. Creating redundant links seems to be an easy solution at merely postponing the inevitable network outage. It's too shaky for any sensible company to bother not spending the extra money on getting fiber run. Until anyone can provide me with a wireless solution that replaces fiber and is stable, I'll stick with my good old light data... =)
Minor correction: Astronomy Picture of the Day for February 25th was the SNO Detector, not the 26th as indicated by the word "yesterday", which should have been edited.
This picture shows the SNO Detector facility, which is an immense step into exploring the more theoretical sciences and their validity/effects on the universe. Applications for manipulation and detection of such particles in the foreseeable future could be data transfer or wireless communication through unlimited barriers, along with many other possibilities. This is a somewhat concrete and unexpected implementation of neutrino detectors today and in the next century, but who knows what's to come?
Interestingly enough, much data on neutrinos (as evidenced by the NEMO website) is not for public viewing. Why is this?
treker
__Off-Topic Below__
Stephen Baxter's Xeelee sequence books (Flux, Timelike Infinity, Ring) seemed very engaging to me--and even somewhat relevant to this topic!
You'd be surprised what some of the conspiracy theorists have been plotting--there's a whole controversy about the moon landing being falsified. This is old news, but very interesting.
I'm still not convinced that men did _not_ land on the moon...
Not useless at all! You're right, this will be incredibly useful to the pornography industry, but only once it becomes mainstream and commercially available to the enduser. It may have more meaning in security fields and definitely in education (though I don't imagine its widespread use there for another decade or two...or three). I believe the 'cooler' thing would be holographic projection--3 dimensional real-time physical rendering/display...you know, Star Trek stuff! Eagerly awaiting new technologies, treker
No, a sensitive enough X-ray or sonic detection device can detect textures. Of course, the cost is well above the efficiency. Right now, I'll stick with mapping points in a 3D program...using my finger as the scanning device. I'm having too much fun with that as it is.
I do hope one is designed if there isn't one already! =)
Unfortunately, our legal system rarely ever, possibly never, result in a win-win situation. Perhaps because of the nature of the beast.
This suit, along with many others sprouting from students' (like me!) realization that they have little or no rights, sets precedent for those who feel the need to use their position. In this case, that of a vulnerable student being deprived of his/her education by detention or suspension (COME ON, REALLY!? An extra hour or two in school could do many people more good than harm...especially for some of the kids in my school.)
On the related matter of the increase in civil lawsuits: I seriously doubt that our legal system was intended or should be used to settle petty disputes, at least not at any financial penalty to either party. Get a neutral third party and settle it like civilized people! I feel the need to criticize the stupidity of some of these "get rich quick" schemers lurking in the US. There are far worse problems than wasting money that could be going to starving children, welfare, social security, or even military purposes on Joe Shmoe's inability to cope with a little harmless banter! At least don't take their textbooks away for suspending you...
On the other hand, I'm already meters deep in feces, I might as well continue to say that the school should not be the target of this lawsuit--the vice principal and his supporters who reacted in that manner should be the plaintiffs. Was the kid's lawyer trying to make a quick buck by targeting the entire school rather than the select group of people who caused the trouble, or was it intended to threaten school faculty?
Teaching isn't as low a profession as some may imagine--I know some very bright high school teachers who, IMO, should be college professors. The teachers of this school are being penalized for the administration's stupidity. Often, people fail to realize the different between administrators and teachers. Too bad for the kids.
My apologies for any incoherencies.
treker
Well, it's happened, hasn't it? Internet advertising is being standardized. Finally! Now maybe I can get around to designing a better advertisement detection/removal program.
While it may seem a step in the wrong direction to enlarge advertisements, it's better than the advertising companies are forming some kind of makeshift doggie-style competition (meow)--in fact, such an alliance may even reduce spam!
In the perspective of the webmaster/designer, standardizing advertisements instead of having different companies with different size advertisement will mean less layout modifications when switching or adding advertisers. Plus, inline banners look cooler than sloppily placed ones.
If only there were more content in the actual article itself about this...and the developments of this so-called advertising bureau.
I agree. Holograms (as three dimensional images) are VERY different from capture devices. However, this article refers to the construction of a hologram through the use of flat (2D) capture devices, such as standard/HDTV cameras. A more appropriate word would've been "3d modeling..." To be honest, I think they'd be more successful using sonar, or some other type of refractive/reflective slow imaging devices--it would be a lot easier to detect distances. Of course, I'm only perusing this article and its references lightly, so I haven't a clue as to the specifics of this particular technology. I do know that by emitting some kind of all-reflective wave (sound works, although it's not the best candidate), it is possible to detect distance between two points. Using this and all that we've learned about waves and their behaviors, one could simply PING a an object a few times from different angles, detect miniscule differences in the wave, and use such information to create a 3 dimensional model. Unfortunately, AFAIK, we don't have the technology to detect these miniscule wave differences and behaviors. Maybe in the year 2525...=P
Again, sorry for the thread drift,
treker
Despite my own age, I agree with you on the matter of experience coming with age. However, the point at which I disagree is that the rate at which you gain experience with age is directly related to your intelligence. A 40 yrs. experienced programmer does not necessarily have a higher skill level or ability than a 16 year old. This also has its roots in actual human development: it's statistically sound to state that those in their teens and even pre-teens can learn faster, and apply that knowledge which they gain quicker and more efficiently than an experienced 40 year old. So, simply claiming that older people are more experienced than younger people is not true anymore, now that information is more readily accessible, those who learn faster, know more, and are more experienced. Intelligence is as important as age when determining experience.
I guess the question is: what really IS experience? Perhaps we're not using the right terminology... "knowledge and ability" would be more accurate?
Once you reach a certain point, intelligence can not be replaced by motivation, this is our plague. Some people will envy you, some with try to harm you, some will ignore you, and others...they'll honor, revere, and respect you as their true superior and god...those are the ones you want to stay away from. =P I'm 16, and have been programming (professionally, I suppose) for 4 years and learning for 9 years. In fact, I'm always learning. When someone tells me something I don't know, I don't start loathing them because they're "better" than me...I respect their ability. If only we could all just hold hands and live in peace.
Oh well, life sucks and then ya' die. (EAT THAT, W.A.V.E!) hehehe
Your Queer Qualinesti Elven Mage,
treker
PS: Sorry about the topic drift, if there was much of such activity.