Actually... The question is how to measure the height "WITH THE AID OF A BAROMETER". With "aid" being the operative word. All of the answers, even if they are not from Neils Bohr, satisfy that requirement.
Ray Kurzweil has written YAB (yet another book) on a similar subject. It is quite an interesting read about how evolution in the universe is an exponential curve, and that we are just on the cusp, or knee, of it going up. In there, he has pages and pages of supporting data relating to nanotech and bionanotech. It is a good read.
We are very close to having strong AI, nanotech in our bodies, and greatly enhanced information sharing / intelligence - all the research is well under way with positive results thus far.
Sitting in my backyard reading this/. article, I watch as the neighbor's kids throw baseballs up into a tree to get a stuck soccer ball out of its wedge in position on a high branch.
I think... Gee, if we took that railgun, maybe we could tag the rover just enough to get it out of the sand.
Then again, maybe not. Alas...
One bonus to not having water on your planet is that eventually, the other rover could get there and push him out.:-)
And interestingly enough, when IBM came to the realization that they could make more money selling consulting services than selling hardware, instead of moving to Linux, they stuck with OS/2 - they had a significant ownership stake in the platform, and they'd be pushing it as hard as they can.
IBM always understood that money came from service and software. This is what built their company.
That's just 31 more ways the machine can fail... Have you noticed how the reliability of Sun's hardware has really fallen off in the past few years? I have an SS2 from '95 that is still runnnig (a seti@home client) and has not failed a single time from hardware (other than the initial Quantum disk going dead). At work, there is a hardware failure almost every day. Granted, we have a lot of Sun's, but still...
Sorry it was confusing... I was looking for the linux anology of exceed for windows which is what I said. But, it is confusing with the word "windows" so many times in one paragraph. In any case, since I use windows too, your tip for run.exe (which I didn't know about) is definitely useful.
Yes, when I am forced to use Windows, cygwin is right there with me. But, my point was that I'm using linux and I want to display my Windows apps in X windows. Similar to wine, but with the stability of VMWare.
I've been using VMWare for years now. Been through some rough times, but basically, it really rocks.
I run VMWare on a linux box so I can have access to the dreaded windows apps. What I would really like to see is something akin to Exceed, where X windows come up on my Windows desktop as Windows windows. In other words, free the Windows windows from the VMWare container and let them roam free on my linux desktop. Sort of like wine, but more stable.
(Heh... let's see how many times you can use "windows" in one sentence!)
What's coming out of my basement? Heck, I'm going to go and stand in front of these stores and try to take the old stuff from people who are going to recycle it so I can add them to my collection!!
I'm still looking for that old atari and timex sinclair...:-)
When I was a kid (some 35 years ago), I read a book that discussed the next ice age. It went on to discuss the cyclic nature of the ice fronts and how it will happen again. A long time from now (then)...
So, is this sort of plagiarism or just two people who haven't read the required reading?
Anyone remember DoubleDos from the ancient pre-Windoze days? I was running my Fido BBS on one hald of my '86 and doing my school projects in the remaining 320k second half.
Pretty cool for its day. Although, not as cool as IBM's VM at the time.
And, oh wait - I'm doing the same thing with my XFree86 Linux box today.
pr0n!! Everyone knows that if you want something to succeed, it must first pass the pr0n test. Paper did it, photos did it, movies did it. Now linux has to do it.
So, maybe we need to have pr0n supported directly in the kernel?:-)
I recommend (as someone who sells the damn things) to get a basic film SLR like the Rebel 2000 or Ti, both of which just had a price drop, and wait a year before upgrading the body to a digital SLR.
I've owned a fre SLR's and, not being a pro, but wanting good 35mm shots, always had the camera's on "auto" mode. I understood the affects of aperature, exposure, DOF, etc., but could not really appreciate them with a film camera.
When I got my D60, my world opened up!! The immediate feedback of the digital camera plus the functionality of a "real" camera was absolutely great for me.
I know take many experimental photos and have been having good results that were not practical (for me) with film.
I say the DSLR's are well worth the money. The only annoying thing is the smaller than 35mm sensor (Canon's will make any picture you take look like 1.6 times what the lens says).
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Actually... The question is how to measure the height "WITH THE AID OF A BAROMETER". With "aid" being the operative word. All of the answers, even if they are not from Neils Bohr, satisfy that requirement.
Ray Kurzweil has written YAB (yet another book) on a similar subject. It is quite an interesting read about how evolution in the universe is an exponential curve, and that we are just on the cusp, or knee, of it going up. In there, he has pages and pages of supporting data relating to nanotech and bionanotech. It is a good read.
We are very close to having strong AI, nanotech in our bodies, and greatly enhanced information sharing / intelligence - all the research is well under way with positive results thus far.
http://tinyurl.com/ygmtxw (amazon.com)
Sitting in my backyard reading this /. article, I watch as the neighbor's kids throw baseballs up into a tree to get a stuck soccer ball out of its wedge in position on a high branch.
:-)
I think... Gee, if we took that railgun, maybe we could tag the rover just enough to get it out of the sand.
Then again, maybe not. Alas...
One bonus to not having water on your planet is that eventually, the other rover could get there and push him out.
And interestingly enough, when IBM came to the realization that they could make more money selling consulting services than selling hardware, instead of moving to Linux, they stuck with OS/2 - they had a significant ownership stake in the platform, and they'd be pushing it as hard as they can.
IBM always understood that money came from service and software. This is what built their company.
Ok, so /. doesn't like the PRE tag, and I hit submit instead of preview. Alas... Anyway, I leave the formatting as an excercise to the reader. :-)
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What about the cars that have fly-by-wire brakes?
How many production vehicles do you know have fly-by-wire brakes? Maybe one or two high end Mercedes or BMW's?
Any car's brakes will easily stop the vehicle even with a wide open throttle.
Methinks this guy did "an Audi" and never really hit the brakes.
That's just 31 more ways the machine can fail... Have you noticed how the reliability of Sun's hardware has really fallen off in the past few years? I have an SS2 from '95 that is still runnnig (a seti@home client) and has not failed a single time from hardware (other than the initial Quantum disk going dead). At work, there is a hardware failure almost every day. Granted, we have a lot of Sun's, but still...
What we need is more science, less politics.
On a related topic, for which Hubble was sort of a contributor, check out The Perfect Machine (The Building of the Palomar Telescope).
Sorry it was confusing... I was looking for the linux anology of exceed for windows which is what I said. But, it is confusing with the word "windows" so many times in one paragraph. In any case, since I use windows too, your tip for run.exe (which I didn't know about) is definitely useful.
:-)
Sometimes, confusion is good.
Yes, when I am forced to use Windows, cygwin is right there with me. But, my point was that I'm using linux and I want to display my Windows apps in X windows. Similar to wine, but with the stability of VMWare.
I've been using VMWare for years now. Been through some rough times, but basically, it really rocks.
I run VMWare on a linux box so I can have access to the dreaded windows apps. What I would really like to see is something akin to Exceed, where X windows come up on my Windows desktop as Windows windows. In other words, free the Windows windows from the VMWare container and let them roam free on my linux desktop. Sort of like wine, but more stable.
(Heh... let's see how many times you can use "windows" in one sentence!)
Micros^D^D^D^D^D^D^D
:-)
Micros^H^H^H^H^H
The ^D's just wouldn't accomplish what you want.
10 SWIM AROUND TANK
20 PRINT "LOOK A ROCK!"
30 GOTO 10
What's coming out of my basement? Heck, I'm going to go and stand in front of these stores and try to take the old stuff from people who are going to recycle it so I can add them to my collection!!
:-)
I'm still looking for that old atari and timex sinclair...
When I was a kid (some 35 years ago), I read a book that discussed the next ice age. It went on to discuss the cyclic nature of the ice fronts and how it will happen again. A long time from now (then)...
So, is this sort of plagiarism or just two people who haven't read the required reading?
Anyone remember DoubleDos from the ancient pre-Windoze days? I was running my Fido BBS on one hald of my '86 and doing my school projects in the remaining 320k second half.
Pretty cool for its day. Although, not as cool as IBM's VM at the time.
And, oh wait - I'm doing the same thing with my XFree86 Linux box today.
Nice to know they are cutting back on their interface ..."
:-)
I think they off-shored it... Cheaper, but less innovative.
This sounds like the beginning of Stephenson's Diamond Age - all those nanotech pieces flying around doing battle had to start somewhere.
pr0n!! Everyone knows that if you want something to succeed, it must first pass the pr0n test. Paper did it, photos did it, movies did it. Now linux has to do it.
:-)
So, maybe we need to have pr0n supported directly in the kernel?
That's not Larry, it this with a beard!!
Most software doesn't suck. Most users, however...
;-)
You lucky bastard! Can I borrow your users for the evening?
His inclusions are for the most part accurate, but his rankings confuse me.
/. readers would want to read it?
And then, BWJones goes on the rip the article apart.
If it's so bad, why did you think
I recommend (as someone who sells the damn things) to get a basic film SLR like the Rebel 2000 or Ti, both of which just had a price drop, and wait a year before upgrading the body to a digital SLR.
I've owned a fre SLR's and, not being a pro, but wanting good 35mm shots, always had the camera's on "auto" mode. I understood the affects of aperature, exposure, DOF, etc., but could not really appreciate them with a film camera.
When I got my D60, my world opened up!! The immediate feedback of the digital camera plus the functionality of a "real" camera was absolutely great for me.
I know take many experimental photos and have been having good results that were not practical (for me) with film.
I say the DSLR's are well worth the money. The only annoying thing is the smaller than 35mm sensor (Canon's will make any picture you take look like 1.6 times what the lens says).