A brilliant mind knows no boundaries. Yes, food and water and shelter are important - vital. But if the basic needs are taken care of, having a PC - especially with Linux and gcc - can open doors that few other tools could open. A carpenter could build a home with a hammer, but a bright kid with ambition and curiousity could write the next ICQ or Napster.
Or ILOVEYOU. So it's partly the responsibility of the rest of the online community to encourage responsible growth and also show that the real money is behind productivity.
Go read Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil and hang out at asktog.com. Both are good resources for trying to figure out where things are going. Kurzweil extrapolates to 2099 when the biggest argument of the day is "what is a human being" since we may be machines by then.
From the way this article reads, it almost sounds like Mac OS X isn't using file permissions at all, making the concept of multiple users rather pointless, if they all have the equivalent of root.
It's not exactly a pretty thought. Think about it. Imagine the software that runs on UNIX now - like zombies - and put them on the speed of a G4 with the knowledge of a Mac User.
One of the issues with holographic storage is throughput speed. You can store a tremendous amount of data, but unlike a CD-ROM, where the medium moves very quickly and the laser is relatively fixed, holographic storage is relying on moving lasers throughout the medium, which is inherently slower for the time being.
The trick will be to find a way to use many lasers at various points to illuminate the storage medium at near simultaneous speeds. It's essentially parallel retrieval, but it will speed things up.
Windows user? Go to GRC.com and download the Nasties.reg file. Install it and then check out your Restricted Sites in IE. The registry file blocks cookies from all major advertisers. It's useful and it's cool. Be sure to delete your cookies once you've installed it.
Does that mean, according to the most recent legal arguments about intellectual property, that NSI is in violation of IP law for owning someone else's trademarks? Could a company like Microsoft sue NSI for trademark infringement and demand ownership of the name microsoft.com, which would necessitate direct access to the root nameservers?
Does that mean, according to the most recent legal arguments about intellectual property, that NSI is in violation of IP law for owning someone else's trademarks? Could a company like Microsoft sue NSI for trademark infringement and demand ownership of the name microsoft.com, which would necessitate direct access to the root nameservers?
Question - does NSI *OWN* domain names? It was my impression that they owned now non-exclusive rights to the root servers. Their service provides fast updates, but they no longer have the monopoly on it. So if I registered with another provider, say Register.com, would NSI in its mistaken efforts put up my domain for auction? The right thing to do, IMHO, is to put the name back into the public domain until someone else tries to buy it.
Nice idea by Intel, but let's see what Transmeta and AMD come up with. I'd personally like to see an AMD-powered system like the iOpener but a little more full featured for close to that pricing point. Plus, what will this do to their Celeron line, and more to the point, with Micro$oft's latest goat-loving technique with Win2K CDs, how will M$ position the product? Or will they create their own or even try ot roll it into xBox?
Yes, so far the problem has been in quantum state degredation. Already even standard microprocessors make use of limited quantum effects - mainly electrons on both sides of a barrier acting in a similar way - even on Intel chips.
The real challenge is going to be maintaining quantum states that are stable enough for work to get done. Right now standard computing is either on or off, and if something goes wrong, you just have to set up the computation again.
With quantum computing you may have a lot of work to reset, unless you can find a relatively easy way to generate quantum effects.
Ray Kurzweil's "Age of Spiritual Machines" goes into more depth - that the brain, rather than being digital or analog, is a quantum computer, storing information in quantum states in the brain, which is supposedly a bridge to the next level of processing. It's definitely worth a read, and gives an idea of where this may all be going.
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Or ILOVEYOU. So it's partly the responsibility of the rest of the online community to encourage responsible growth and also show that the real money is behind productivity.
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Why ask why? Just go try.
It's not exactly a pretty thought. Think about it. Imagine the software that runs on UNIX now - like zombies - and put them on the speed of a G4 with the knowledge of a Mac User.
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Makes you wonder, eh?
$0 for a CPU
$250 for a monitor
$225 for CompUSA service contract
$21/mo for 3 years = $756
Total for a cheap piece of garbage: $1231
Not exactly rocket science!
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A reminder - please, please, please post this article regularly between now at the 11th of September.
Also, are the comments sent in now 'official' with the digital signatures act? Would sending in now be a legal petition?
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The trick will be to find a way to use many lasers at various points to illuminate the storage medium at near simultaneous speeds. It's essentially parallel retrieval, but it will speed things up.
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The real challenge is going to be maintaining quantum states that are stable enough for work to get done. Right now standard computing is either on or off, and if something goes wrong, you just have to set up the computation again.
With quantum computing you may have a lot of work to reset, unless you can find a relatively easy way to generate quantum effects.
JHK
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Why not take a Transmeta Web Slate, put it in a big leather binder with a smashing cover, paint a yellow smiley face on it, and put DON'T PANIC on it? After all, the Net, as many have remarked, does indeed resemble the HHGG. JHK http://www.cascap.org