Could someone with expertise in the topic tell me:
How does this replace a LED? It's not a light source.
How does this allow creating optical circuits? You need more than just diodes for a logic gate.
If I make a sphere out of this, will it act like a black hole?
From TFA:
Basically, it’s now possible, with regular chip-fab tools, to create an integrated silicon circuit with optical, rather than electronic, interconnects — both internally, and between other chips.
TFA makes it confusing by bringing up blinking lights used to convey various status to humans via light, which does not appear to be related.
In the near term, though, garnet-on-silicon chips are likely to be used in networking — first in backbone routers, which are physically huge and very power hungry because of the current size of optical switching hardware, and then hopefully at home and in the office (100Gbps home networks!)
TDMA is "Time Division Multiple Access". In other words, we use time slots to control pipe usage.
This will definitely work as long as the time slots are big enough. The city sends water for an hour, drains the pipe so that it can serve as a waveguide, transmits ultra wideband internet for an hour, then fills the pipe back up so that water can be transmitted again. Throughput will be excellent.
No need to drain a water pipe to move RF through it. Water pipes really could be used, although I wonder about signal degradation especially around bends.
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It's really bad. I saw an interview with one of the occupiers who had been given the boot the other day and when they asked her what she thought of the coppers evicting her and the other protesters she said "maybe it was what we needed." I think she is right.
For apple to have been granted the patent as it is written, they should have had to prove novelty. "Your invention must be different from that which already is publicly known or available." The look and feel of the iPad is not novel, as demonstrated by the movie I referenced. I'm not suggesting that Kubrick or Roddenberry should have been granted a patent for the idea. Instead, I'm suggesting that the idea as written should not have been patentable at all since it does not meet the basic criteria for a patent to be granted.
They transmit it by reflecting back specific segments of the visual light spectrum.
OMG....your tiny brain thinks in such small dimensions. That you never even contemplated the transmission of light.
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Yes....this is a stupid comment. But let's be honest. Almost EVERYTHING in IP law today is stupid.
Samsung Tablet banned because it's square, has a flat screen and somewhat resembles Apple's iPad. Which is also square, with a flat screen and oddly enough resembles Star Trek:TNG tablet pad.
Star Trek alone should have been enough to dismiss this case.
Or the 1968 film (2001) that clearly shows a nearly identical device playing video... IP law is currently a mess.
Simple, the transmission of distributed information is the distribution of maps and sextants from the publisher/manufacturer, and the info retreival is done on the user's end by looking at the map or through the sextant.
Try watching "50 First Dates" to see what happens when your brain doesn't change from what you experience. Or "Groundhog Day", where the rest of the world doesn't change...
Studies will show that watching 50 first dates reduces brain mass by as much as 5% per viewing.
True that! As long as they make millions of dollars per turd they'll churn out as much "crap" as possible. I don't blame them, I'd like to make millions of dollars.
PETA is total scam, the only reason they're raising a stink is to do some fundraising for their "cause". Not my site, but one that tells the real story behind PETA very well. http://petakillsanimals.com/
The reason not to work for Microsoft R&D is that, whilst you will be comfortable, well fed and well off, you will lead an empty life and they will suck your soul out of you.
Isn't that pretty much how employment in general works?
The article you linked says that particular district may be the ONLY place in the world where they do it, and even then only after the plate's been expired for 30 days. I have to agree with GP, there was more going on if this guy really got cuffed after being pulled over for a 10 day expired license plate.
In two years, PS3-like graphics will be insufficient for the desktop and console market, and we will be in the same situation.
PS3 graphics are a bit dated already. Consoles (and console ports) are seriously limiting the graphics in current run games. It's a pity, really. Good that cell phones will have circa 2006 GPU capabilities soon, though.
I spent some time trying to implement some nice free tools from IBM and Apache. I found I needed to download X and do a build of it, but half way through it wanted Y to complete the build. OK... So I go find Y and try doing a build on it, but need something else from Apache, which doesn't like the vesion of Apache I'm running. So I get the other Apache thing and find I can't get it to start up. I go research it and find conflicting and incomplete information all over the web. I throw in the towel.
One thing needed is One source for information and clear instructions for a basic, default build of a platform. Once that is reliable, then document ways to add foo and bar or even plugh if it suits you.
Sounds like IBM all right. They make some decent products sometimes. I'm fairly certain that other times they go out of their way to make things a pain in the ass to use. Maybe it's supposed to be a joke on the rest of the world?
I really don't mean to derail the discussion, but as a netadmin who generally doesn't code very much (beyond basic scripting for automation) I've always wondered about the "we own all your code" thing. Has it ever been tested in court whether an employer can lay claim to work done off company time on non-company resources, assuming the program has nothing to do with the company's operations (or even if it does)? Failing all else, can't the coder just release the program anonymously?
I had to sign such a contract with my current employer. Unfortunately, to test it you'd probably have to give up your career and hire a lawyer unless the employer just wasn't interested in what you wrote. I have always been curious about this, though. I do the odd project on the side, and they don't really care but if I were to write some whizbang iphone app that made a million dollars they might decide they wanted a piece (or the whole pie) and I'd be stuck deciding on keeping my current career or litigation which I'm not even sure I could win.
This one is simple, guys. Google will sell an Android license to anyone. Apple and RIM make their own hardware. They have a stake in the reputation of their company. Consumers are smart enough to realize that a Google phone failing is not Google's fault, it's the fault of the manufacturer of the hardware. It's giving the manufacturer's a bad name, not Google.
There's plenty of junky Android phones with junky hardware on the market. That being said, there's some bleeding edge Android phones out there with incredible hardware. It goes back to the old saying, "You get what you pay for."
You are mistaken, Foxconn manufactures the iPhone.
Android phones can be had brand new for as little as $59 USD unsubsidized (no contracts etc). That's not a one-off, either. Of course there is going to be a slightly higher rate of failure when compared to $500+ devices.
There are expensive android devices out there as well but the article does not differentiate.
"Screenshot or it didn't happen" I'd believe there was one person doing it, but you're claiming there's multiple "people"? That sounds like a stretch to me.
It's shiny and made by Apple, that's guaranteed regardless of who is CEO of the company. Apple is the electronic version of Versace, except with the benefit that nobody else is producing computers geared for things like being trendy as the primary feature.
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manufacturers (which can be significant barriers to innovation).
They certainly can be!
Could someone with expertise in the topic tell me:
From TFA:
Basically, it’s now possible, with regular chip-fab tools, to create an integrated silicon circuit with optical, rather than electronic, interconnects — both internally, and between other chips.
TFA makes it confusing by bringing up blinking lights used to convey various status to humans via light, which does not appear to be related.
In the near term, though, garnet-on-silicon chips are likely to be used in networking — first in backbone routers, which are physically huge and very power hungry because of the current size of optical switching hardware, and then hopefully at home and in the office (100Gbps home networks!)
It's all in the poorly written article.
TDMA is "Time Division Multiple Access". In other words, we use time slots to control pipe usage.
This will definitely work as long as the time slots are big enough. The city sends water for an hour, drains the pipe so that it can serve as a waveguide, transmits ultra wideband internet for an hour, then fills the pipe back up so that water can be transmitted again. Throughput will be excellent.
No need to drain a water pipe to move RF through it. Water pipes really could be used, although I wonder about signal degradation especially around bends.
It's really bad. I saw an interview with one of the occupiers who had been given the boot the other day and when they asked her what she thought of the coppers evicting her and the other protesters she said "maybe it was what we needed." I think she is right.
A movie prop is not prophetic enablement.
For apple to have been granted the patent as it is written, they should have had to prove novelty. "Your invention must be different from that which already is publicly known or available." The look and feel of the iPad is not novel, as demonstrated by the movie I referenced. I'm not suggesting that Kubrick or Roddenberry should have been granted a patent for the idea. Instead, I'm suggesting that the idea as written should not have been patentable at all since it does not meet the basic criteria for a patent to be granted.
Easy...
They transmit it by reflecting back specific segments of the visual light spectrum.
OMG....your tiny brain thinks in such small dimensions. That you never even contemplated the transmission of light.
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Yes....this is a stupid comment. But let's be honest. Almost EVERYTHING in IP law today is stupid.
Samsung Tablet banned because it's square, has a flat screen and somewhat resembles Apple's iPad. Which is also square, with a flat screen and oddly enough resembles Star Trek:TNG tablet pad.
Star Trek alone should have been enough to dismiss this case.
Or the 1968 film (2001) that clearly shows a nearly identical device playing video... IP law is currently a mess.
Simple, the transmission of distributed information is the distribution of maps and sextants from the publisher/manufacturer, and the info retreival is done on the user's end by looking at the map or through the sextant.
I know, I know, but this is ON A COMPYUTAR!
Not just any compyutar, one with rounded corners.
Try watching "50 First Dates" to see what happens when your brain doesn't change from what you experience. Or "Groundhog Day", where the rest of the world doesn't change ...
Studies will show that watching 50 first dates reduces brain mass by as much as 5% per viewing.
"don't crank out crap just because it'll 'sell'"
What better reason is there to crank out crap?
True that! As long as they make millions of dollars per turd they'll churn out as much "crap" as possible. I don't blame them, I'd like to make millions of dollars.
PETA is total scam, the only reason they're raising a stink is to do some fundraising for their "cause". Not my site, but one that tells the real story behind PETA very well. http://petakillsanimals.com/
The reason not to work for Microsoft R&D is that, whilst you will be comfortable, well fed and well off, you will lead an empty life and they will suck your soul out of you.
Isn't that pretty much how employment in general works?
I don't have to have a license for my tv's yet.
FTFY.
www.washingtonpost.com/local/expired-license-plates-in-dc-could-land-you-in-jail/2011/10/11/gIQAJjdhdL_story.html
The article you linked says that particular district may be the ONLY place in the world where they do it, and even then only after the plate's been expired for 30 days. I have to agree with GP, there was more going on if this guy really got cuffed after being pulled over for a 10 day expired license plate.
Somebody have to make plates, and they don't work for free...
I thought prisoners made license plates... and they do work for free.
Origin looks mighty tempting right about now.. with BF3 and all...
Sure, if you don't mind handing over an inventory of everything on your PC and letting origin do what they want with the information... http://decryptedtech.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=257:eas-origin-may-be-a-little-too-intrusive&Itemid=138
In two years, PS3-like graphics will be insufficient for the desktop and console market, and we will be in the same situation.
PS3 graphics are a bit dated already. Consoles (and console ports) are seriously limiting the graphics in current run games. It's a pity, really. Good that cell phones will have circa 2006 GPU capabilities soon, though.
The Bomb is an outdated weapon.
I didn't realize there was a more powerful replacement. Do tell us of your knowledge so that we may all bask in your glory!
I spent some time trying to implement some nice free tools from IBM and Apache. I found I needed to download X and do a build of it, but half way through it wanted Y to complete the build. OK... So I go find Y and try doing a build on it, but need something else from Apache, which doesn't like the vesion of Apache I'm running. So I get the other Apache thing and find I can't get it to start up. I go research it and find conflicting and incomplete information all over the web. I throw in the towel.
One thing needed is One source for information and clear instructions for a basic, default build of a platform. Once that is reliable, then document ways to add foo and bar or even plugh if it suits you.
Sounds like IBM all right. They make some decent products sometimes. I'm fairly certain that other times they go out of their way to make things a pain in the ass to use. Maybe it's supposed to be a joke on the rest of the world?
I really don't mean to derail the discussion, but as a netadmin who generally doesn't code very much (beyond basic scripting for automation) I've always wondered about the "we own all your code" thing. Has it ever been tested in court whether an employer can lay claim to work done off company time on non-company resources, assuming the program has nothing to do with the company's operations (or even if it does)? Failing all else, can't the coder just release the program anonymously?
I had to sign such a contract with my current employer. Unfortunately, to test it you'd probably have to give up your career and hire a lawyer unless the employer just wasn't interested in what you wrote. I have always been curious about this, though. I do the odd project on the side, and they don't really care but if I were to write some whizbang iphone app that made a million dollars they might decide they wanted a piece (or the whole pie) and I'd be stuck deciding on keeping my current career or litigation which I'm not even sure I could win.
"They often come from a very different academic culture, where cheating is seen as perfectly acceptable."
Yep, it's the ungodly heathens. Americans don't cheat as much, because they are too dumb to go to college.
Perhaps because the cheaters here on academic visas have all the seats?
A problem easily solved, as already stated - expulsion upon the first incident of cheating.
This one is simple, guys. Google will sell an Android license to anyone. Apple and RIM make their own hardware. They have a stake in the reputation of their company. Consumers are smart enough to realize that a Google phone failing is not Google's fault, it's the fault of the manufacturer of the hardware. It's giving the manufacturer's a bad name, not Google.
There's plenty of junky Android phones with junky hardware on the market. That being said, there's some bleeding edge Android phones out there with incredible hardware. It goes back to the old saying, "You get what you pay for."
You are mistaken, Foxconn manufactures the iPhone.
You forgot upgrade to an Android phone. That's always an option for iPhone victims.
Android phones can be had brand new for as little as $59 USD unsubsidized (no contracts etc). That's not a one-off, either. Of course there is going to be a slightly higher rate of failure when compared to $500+ devices.
There are expensive android devices out there as well but the article does not differentiate.
People are developing for WP7?
Yep.
"Screenshot or it didn't happen"
I'd believe there was one person doing it, but you're claiming there's multiple "people"? That sounds like a stretch to me.
It's a great idea! I can't wait to buy one!!
It's shiny and made by Apple, that's guaranteed regardless of who is CEO of the company. Apple is the electronic version of Versace, except with the benefit that nobody else is producing computers geared for things like being trendy as the primary feature.