I'm overqualified - I've lived my life on the edge for decades and haven't been killed yet (though the cell phone blabbing driver of the Explorer who ran the light this morning gave it his best shot.)
Alas, I think you need to at the very least be a pilot and since I wear glasses to read I'd wash out immediately.
A pen and some paper. This method is proven to increase later recall of the subject matter. [too lazy to provide citation]
Too right. I summarise as I'm writing. Often adding my own thoughts in a column, include some small sketches, lines, arrows, etc. Generally I have found, it I take good enough notes, I don't usually have to go back over them, unless I'm a bit uncertain on something - then I use the notes (which may include such marvelous comments as "*research this item*") only as a brief review.
Why not record the lecture? A stylus doesn't provide a very good handwriting experience, and not using one would allow her to use an iPad.
My thoughts perzactly.
Until someone develops sufficient AI to filter what you need to know from what you sit through for 45 minutes, "please, only the bits I need to hear about", it's the best game in town. The next best game, IMHO is still pencil and paper notebook.
Last time I looked the Enterprise was still the longest carrier and it's a little over 1000 feet long. The longest container ship is about 1500 feet. Those things that look kind of carrier shaped are several miles long. You could fit several large football stadiums on the deck of carriers as big as those . . whatever they are to the west of the giant cell phone antenna sticker.
If you are preparing something to be to scale, in the correct dimensions, it might be about right, even if a bit large. Look at the ground, it's uneven. This is about pattern recognition, not actual size.
Ok Itunes or other digital service, It is negligible overhead for them to "keep it in stock"
This has been the future of Retailing Music, it is becoming the Retailing of video forms of entertainment.
I don't expect to see anyone in the developed world still selling CDs in 10 years time. The bar has vastly lowered for aspiring artists, which is a good thing. Technology now means you can sell or even perform over the internet. You've always had the ability to play live, as long as you can find a venue that'll have you.
Doesn't look like metal - you can see vehicle tracks and small bits of hills / dirt piles in the middle. What's really interesting is the lack of 'infrastructure' around it. I don't even see an obvious road in to the area. No buildings on a cursory scan. A few round crater-like areas.
I think it just spells "Welcome Alien Overlords" in Mandarin or something.
Looks like paint. There's a lot of uneven ground in there, which they haven't appeared to even fill.
Well, the third one looks a lot like a city grid. In fact, it looks exactly like the roadmaps in Google Maps of a well-organized downtown, might be some connection there. The "targeting bullseye" might well be just that (calibration for high-altitude photography, seems like the likeliest, especially with the planes in the middle.) The first one is just weird.
Make-work actually seems quite possible for the rest. Certainly wouldn't be a first for China. Anything that keeps their economy expanding they will fund, so it seems far more likely than some sort of super-weapon.
The more I looked at it the more I figured it to be a mock-up of some roads. Someone pointed out a few of the outlines to the west look like aircraft cariers. I suspect if you can find where in the world these lines fit roads (my guess is in the vicinity of some nation's capitol city) you'll have an answer - target practice.
Perhaps it's the worlds largest joke, played on people in year 9,500, after nuclear wars, alien invasions and man rising from ignorance of 1,000 years of dark age. Gotta admit, that's pretty forward thinking.
Doesn't look like metal - you can see vehicle tracks and small bits of hills / dirt piles in the middle. What's really interesting is the lack of 'infrastructure' around it. I don't even see an obvious road in to the area. No buildings on a cursory scan. A few round crater-like areas.
I think it just spells "Welcome Alien Overlords" in Mandarin or something.
More like: "We welcome visitors from the heavens to trade with tie our currency to yours in a fixed exchange rate. Do not attempt to communicate directly with our populace or we will be forced to construct great space firewall."
Are you a lawyer? you really should know better...
In the book the lawyer is actually a pretty stand-up guy. In the movie the lawyer and some other weasel character are combined and chomped in an act of gratuitous violence.
Spielberg did the same thing in War of the Worlds with the ambulance driver character - again, killed in an act of gratuitous violence.
Most people would prefer to have the work performed by the original artist rather than a tribute band, and concert tickets are selling better than they ever have done in the past, so I don't agree with your assertion.
Though I can't cite the source, I did hear or read that bands make far more money on tour (money they get to keep) than they do from album sales (most of which probably go to the record company.) Perhaps this is why bands tour as much as they do.
Content owners do have a right to make money from their content.
But the argument for DRM is a poor one. It punishes paying customers while not stopping piracy. Even worse, content owners/providers have to pay money to license DRM technology. It is a lose-lose scenario.
The CEO of Warner Brothers at the time predicted iTunes would fail, because no one would willingly pay for digital content. He compared it to Coca Cola coming out of the faucet for free, so why would someone willingly pay for a Coke?
As it turns out, people do like supporting things they enjoy, and iTunes is the largest retailer of music on the planet. Frankly, I think Apple has enough clout that they could make a difference here. They successfully sell DRM-free music. They need to publicly make the argument for why DRM is a broken concept so that the big players finally listen.
The MPAA/RIAA won't listen to Google because they think Google is the devil.
Back in the days of Mozart, once an opera was performed for the first time it fell into public domain. You were allowed to make money on your first show and by doing the best peformance of said show for as long as the public would support you. You were thus encouraged to keep creating.
Roll to the present and if you have one good song, you employ copyright to make money from it for the rest of your life, plus 70 years for whatever offspring you had or the profit of whomever you sold the rights to.
Since Apple is not writing or performing, they'll make money because there's always a new hot song out tomorrow. **AA are terrified they won't have scratch for their lunch money or to keep their stock price up for tomorrow.
...so if the government were headed with a real leader (ie instead of a toady to their special-interests), they would confront whoever was the HEAD of the board that made such a statement.
They could discuss the fact that while some government activities necessarily need such protections ("we'd tell you but it's too secret!"), the corrosive and pernicious nature of such justifications when they are revealed to be absolute bullshit makes it critical that any government official resorting to said evasion to protect what is otherwise a weakly-justified decision needs to be punished in the most public and visceral way to show that we (the Government) bears that public trust most seriously.
And then punch them in the face, knock them to the ground, and fire them - banning them from ever working for the government in ANY capacity, ever.
What are the odds that would happen?
As an American, I would love that to happen more here, too.
I think there's a rule somewhere which says you can't punch the Prime Minister.
They knew that the public would never go for it, so they hid the fact that they had no good reason for it. Sort of reminds me of Soviet-era secret trials, held using secret evidence - no evidence whatsoever is needed to do what you want, because it's 'too sensitive to release'!
Or your patriotic duty to believe the state when it tells you your ignorance is all for the best.
Not really surprised, is anyone? Probably lied for a reason, rather than out of laziness or bull-headed intransigence, but you'll either have to dig a bit more or ask yourself, "Who benefits from this lie?"
Hmmm... According to the article, these new chips seemed to be based on the bulldozer architecture, so it might be better to think of these opterons as 8 core chips that have really good hyperthreading.
Hold your horse, cowpoke.
Just because it's based upon doesn't mean it will suffer the same issues as the Bulldozer. Perhaps this is the core which really works well, while the more consumer oriented Bulldozer is the red-headed stepchild.
Our local astronomy club was fortunate enough to have Brian Day, Citizen Science Lead and Education/Public Outreach (E/PO) Specialist at the NASA Lunar Science Institute. First time (ever) there are 5 satellites orbiting the Moon, mapping and studying it in great detail (you can even particiapte here) - Citizen astronomers wanted!
While going to Mars may be sexy, in a sci-fi sort of inspired way, the Moon is right next door and far easier to get to and back from.
battery life, most likely. it's the main reason i got a sony reader a few years back. sure, the screen's nice to read from but it's the battery life that's a massive benefit.
What these things really need, all readers that is, is a means of holding it up over the bed so I can read with my hands under the covers. Arms get tired, hands get cold, while holding up a book. I'd love something which allows me to keep warm while reading (I tend to read a lot during the Winter) Maybe something with a headboard mount, or tripod with an arm to support it - and as I'm at home reading in bed, it may as well have a means of supporting the charger so I run it on house current, rather than the battery.
It's sole purpose is basically "grab that and look up x" device for the living room and game night in the kitchen. It's not for games, certainly isn't for reading (I have a real kindle for that), and sure isn't meant to replace my laptop for media consumption.
$200 isn't that bad for a little net portal.
If those are its strengths, then why not just use a notebook computer? Well, early doors. Maybe they'll go back to their techs, beat them mercilessly with a frozen haddock, and updates will be forthcoming which sort it out and make it a little bit better.
What are they doing? Using it to spy on the reader?
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It's like my new super hero is kicking arse and taking names and has a big B&N crest in his chest.
Well played, Barnes and Noble!
For the lulz.
I'm overqualified - I've lived my life on the edge for decades and haven't been killed yet (though the cell phone blabbing driver of the Explorer who ran the light this morning gave it his best shot.)
Alas, I think you need to at the very least be a pilot and since I wear glasses to read I'd wash out immediately.
I'm also slightly red/green colour blind.
A pen and some paper. This method is proven to increase later recall of the subject matter. [too lazy to provide citation]
Too right. I summarise as I'm writing. Often adding my own thoughts in a column, include some small sketches, lines, arrows, etc. Generally I have found, it I take good enough notes, I don't usually have to go back over them, unless I'm a bit uncertain on something - then I use the notes (which may include such marvelous comments as "*research this item*") only as a brief review.
Why not record the lecture? A stylus doesn't provide a very good handwriting experience, and not using one would allow her to use an iPad.
My thoughts perzactly.
Until someone develops sufficient AI to filter what you need to know from what you sit through for 45 minutes, "please, only the bits I need to hear about", it's the best game in town. The next best game, IMHO is still pencil and paper notebook.
How long until they crack the unique ID generator and create viable clones of existing phones?
You can probably already buy them on the streets in Shanghai.
3.. 2.. 1...
Last time I looked the Enterprise was still the longest carrier and it's a little over 1000 feet long. The longest container ship is about 1500 feet.
Those things that look kind of carrier shaped are several miles long. You could fit several large football stadiums on the deck of carriers as big as those . . whatever they are to the west of the giant cell phone antenna sticker.
If you are preparing something to be to scale, in the correct dimensions, it might be about right, even if a bit large. Look at the ground, it's uneven. This is about pattern recognition, not actual size.
Ok Itunes or other digital service, It is negligible overhead for them to "keep it in stock"
This has been the future of Retailing Music, it is becoming the Retailing of video forms of entertainment.
I don't expect to see anyone in the developed world still selling CDs in 10 years time. The bar has vastly lowered for aspiring artists, which is a good thing. Technology now means you can sell or even perform over the internet. You've always had the ability to play live, as long as you can find a venue that'll have you.
Doesn't look like metal - you can see vehicle tracks and small bits of hills / dirt piles in the middle. What's really interesting is the lack of 'infrastructure' around it. I don't even see an obvious road in to the area. No buildings on a cursory scan. A few round crater-like areas.
I think it just spells "Welcome Alien Overlords" in Mandarin or something.
Looks like paint. There's a lot of uneven ground in there, which they haven't appeared to even fill.
Well, the third one looks a lot like a city grid. In fact, it looks exactly like the roadmaps in Google Maps of a well-organized downtown, might be some connection there. The "targeting bullseye" might well be just that (calibration for high-altitude photography, seems like the likeliest, especially with the planes in the middle.) The first one is just weird.
Make-work actually seems quite possible for the rest. Certainly wouldn't be a first for China. Anything that keeps their economy expanding they will fund, so it seems far more likely than some sort of super-weapon.
The more I looked at it the more I figured it to be a mock-up of some roads. Someone pointed out a few of the outlines to the west look like aircraft cariers. I suspect if you can find where in the world these lines fit roads (my guess is in the vicinity of some nation's capitol city) you'll have an answer - target practice.
South of there, what is this!?!
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.458679,93.31314%09&hl=en&ll=40.110179,93.994217&spn=0.037745,0.077162&sll=40.458018,93.392587&sspn=0.0208,0.040426&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=14
Looks agricultural. Maybe they're growing tea or some other crop. Probably have a good set of wells nearby or an aquaduct.
Lonely satellite making copies of Nazca.
Perhaps it's the worlds largest joke, played on people in year 9,500, after nuclear wars, alien invasions and man rising from ignorance of 1,000 years of dark age. Gotta admit, that's pretty forward thinking.
Doesn't look like metal - you can see vehicle tracks and small bits of hills / dirt piles in the middle. What's really interesting is the lack of 'infrastructure' around it. I don't even see an obvious road in to the area. No buildings on a cursory scan. A few round crater-like areas.
I think it just spells "Welcome Alien Overlords" in Mandarin or something.
More like: "We welcome visitors from the heavens to trade with tie our currency to yours in a fixed exchange rate. Do not attempt to communicate directly with our populace or we will be forced to construct great space firewall."
Are you a lawyer? you really should know better...
In the book the lawyer is actually a pretty stand-up guy. In the movie the lawyer and some other weasel character are combined and chomped in an act of gratuitous violence.
Spielberg did the same thing in War of the Worlds with the ambulance driver character - again, killed in an act of gratuitous violence.
Most people would prefer to have the work performed by the original artist rather than a tribute band, and concert tickets are selling better than they ever have done in the past, so I don't agree with your assertion.
Though I can't cite the source, I did hear or read that bands make far more money on tour (money they get to keep) than they do from album sales (most of which probably go to the record company.) Perhaps this is why bands tour as much as they do.
Content owners do have a right to make money from their content.
But the argument for DRM is a poor one. It punishes paying customers while not stopping piracy. Even worse, content owners/providers have to pay money to license DRM technology. It is a lose-lose scenario.
The CEO of Warner Brothers at the time predicted iTunes would fail, because no one would willingly pay for digital content. He compared it to Coca Cola coming out of the faucet for free, so why would someone willingly pay for a Coke?
As it turns out, people do like supporting things they enjoy, and iTunes is the largest retailer of music on the planet. Frankly, I think Apple has enough clout that they could make a difference here. They successfully sell DRM-free music. They need to publicly make the argument for why DRM is a broken concept so that the big players finally listen.
The MPAA/RIAA won't listen to Google because they think Google is the devil.
Back in the days of Mozart, once an opera was performed for the first time it fell into public domain. You were allowed to make money on your first show and by doing the best peformance of said show for as long as the public would support you. You were thus encouraged to keep creating.
Roll to the present and if you have one good song, you employ copyright to make money from it for the rest of your life, plus 70 years for whatever offspring you had or the profit of whomever you sold the rights to.
Since Apple is not writing or performing, they'll make money because there's always a new hot song out tomorrow. **AA are terrified they won't have scratch for their lunch money or to keep their stock price up for tomorrow.
...so if the government were headed with a real leader (ie instead of a toady to their special-interests), they would confront whoever was the HEAD of the board that made such a statement.
They could discuss the fact that while some government activities necessarily need such protections ("we'd tell you but it's too secret!"), the corrosive and pernicious nature of such justifications when they are revealed to be absolute bullshit makes it critical that any government official resorting to said evasion to protect what is otherwise a weakly-justified decision needs to be punished in the most public and visceral way to show that we (the Government) bears that public trust most seriously.
And then punch them in the face, knock them to the ground, and fire them - banning them from ever working for the government in ANY capacity, ever.
What are the odds that would happen?
As an American, I would love that to happen more here, too.
I think there's a rule somewhere which says you can't punch the Prime Minister.
Or did you have someone else in mind?
They knew that the public would never go for it, so they hid the fact that they had no good reason for it. Sort of reminds me of Soviet-era secret trials, held using secret evidence - no evidence whatsoever is needed to do what you want, because it's 'too sensitive to release'!
Or your patriotic duty to believe the state when it tells you your ignorance is all for the best.
In Soviet Russia .. uh .. I dunno.
Not really surprised, is anyone? Probably lied for a reason, rather than out of laziness or bull-headed intransigence, but you'll either have to dig a bit more or ask yourself, "Who benefits from this lie?"
Hmmm... According to the article, these new chips seemed to be based on the bulldozer architecture, so it might be better to think of these opterons as 8 core chips that have really good hyperthreading.
Hold your horse, cowpoke.
Just because it's based upon doesn't mean it will suffer the same issues as the Bulldozer. Perhaps this is the core which really works well, while the more consumer oriented Bulldozer is the red-headed stepchild.
Pfft, how much harder can it be to design one with 32 :)
Design? Easy.
Manufacture? Tricky.
Make work? Trickier.
To read about? Interesting.
Something else which may be of interest/
Our local astronomy club was fortunate enough to have Brian Day, Citizen Science Lead and Education/Public Outreach (E/PO) Specialist at the NASA Lunar Science Institute. First time (ever) there are 5 satellites orbiting the Moon, mapping and studying it in great detail (you can even particiapte here) - Citizen astronomers wanted!
While going to Mars may be sexy, in a sci-fi sort of inspired way, the Moon is right next door and far easier to get to and back from.
battery life, most likely. it's the main reason i got a sony reader a few years back. sure, the screen's nice to read from but it's the battery life that's a massive benefit.
What these things really need, all readers that is, is a means of holding it up over the bed so I can read with my hands under the covers. Arms get tired, hands get cold, while holding up a book. I'd love something which allows me to keep warm while reading (I tend to read a lot during the Winter) Maybe something with a headboard mount, or tripod with an arm to support it - and as I'm at home reading in bed, it may as well have a means of supporting the charger so I run it on house current, rather than the battery.
My tuppence..
It's sole purpose is basically "grab that and look up x" device for the living room and game night in the kitchen. It's not for games, certainly isn't for reading (I have a real kindle for that), and sure isn't meant to replace my laptop for media consumption.
$200 isn't that bad for a little net portal.
If those are its strengths, then why not just use a notebook computer? Well, early doors. Maybe they'll go back to their techs, beat them mercilessly with a frozen haddock, and updates will be forthcoming which sort it out and make it a little bit better.
What are they doing? Using it to spy on the reader?
Based upon how long you spent on Page 327 of Cocking the Snook, which contained a lot of words we've run through our aggregator, here are a pile of books you also might enjoy...