I know it's unfashionable to RTFA, but this quote might help:
Also Java 6 users are affected, if they use one of those JVM options, which are not enabled by default: -XX:+OptimizeStringConcat or -XX:+AggressiveOpts.
Emphasis in the original. So it looks more like Oracle turned on more aggressive optimizations by default. And if it's such an obvious bug, one would think it would have turned up in the last 29 version 6 releases?
And I don't advocate that, either. It's counter-productive. I fail to see why it's so complicated to say "you know, since the Industrial Revolution started, we've been digging/drilling up billions of tons of trapped carbon and releasing it into the atmosphere. Maybe that's a little irresponsible, and we should try to not be such profligate wasters of both non-renewable resources, AND the atmosphere". Further, I don't understand why the deniers insist on being allowed to do ANYTHING they please. The problem with the Tragedy of the Commons is that it's both a Tragedy, and it's the Commons.
"Bury the researchers under mountains of FOIA requests" has been a tactic of the deniers and oil company shills for some time now. It'll be interesting to see what happens now that they've ostensibly gotten everything they wished for. My bets are on them moving the goalposts (again).
Because a tablet would be so much less capable than a car window. This is possibly the stupidest "and the technology could be used for..." article I've ever seen.
This reminds me of nothing so much as "Diesel powered typewriter in your future!" or "Flying cars: coming soon!" from Popular Science/Mechanics articles from the 50s. In other words, never gonna happen.
It's been a nice ride, but US man-in-space is basically over for the rest of my lifetime.
I remember watching Gordo Cooper's flight in the 3rd grade, first time I'd ever seen a TV in a classroom.
I remember Ed White walking in space, and later dying.
I remember Jim Lovell and Frank Borman on Christmas eve.
I remember watching Neil and Buzzy live from the Moon.
I remember getting up at 3:00 AM to watch STS-1 take off.
And I remember getting up at 4:00 AM and tearing up as STS-135 landed, thinking "Well, that's the last I'll ever see of this".
The irony is lost on most Republicans, because Obama is a "socialist", and the space program is a perfect opportunity for flag waving and chanting "USA!, USA!". So, sadly, about half the country. These are the same people who e-mail each other Hubble pictures with "Isn't it amazing what God can do?" captions.
Check out his Wikipedia entry for some great anti-AGW quotes, too.
"Most scientists do not believe human activities threaten to disrupt the Earth's climate."
"The most reliable temperature data show no global warming trend."
"A modest amount of global warming, should it occur, would be beneficial to the natural world and to human civilization."
"The best strategy to pursue is one of 'no regrets'."
Clearly, a man with his finger on the pulse of the latest scientific thinking.
In 1979, during a similar dick-waving exercise as today, the US didn't pay some (tiny fraction of) T-bills in a timely manner, technically defaulting on them. The result was that the US had to pay a higher interest rate on all its debt for many years afterwards. Quickest link I could find, plenty more out there.
Indeed. I think it's made all the more new-age crystal-meditation stream-of-consciousness buzzword babble by the fact it's a transcript of a talk. I think I got to about the fourth paragraph before I started skimming and scrolling. No way I'm going to read this drivel. Besides, if I want Singularity Silliness, I go straight to the source - Ray Kurzweil.
If we really want to make strides in AI, we need to have some software that learns and tries new things - and put it into an arms race with others of its own kind.
It isn't stupid at all. Lots and lots of scientific software is written by grad students worried about the results, and don't care about the quality of the code itself. Their idea of what is "good code" has no relation to what a programmer who's worked in a production environment would call "good code". And invariably they decide to include libraries from other grad students at other institutions of equal or lesser value. And don't even get me started about documentation...
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I wonder why someone like Gene Amdahl didn't think of this before.
Emphasis in the original. So it looks more like Oracle turned on more aggressive optimizations by default. And if it's such an obvious bug, one would think it would have turned up in the last 29 version 6 releases?
And I don't advocate that, either. It's counter-productive. I fail to see why it's so complicated to say "you know, since the Industrial Revolution started, we've been digging/drilling up billions of tons of trapped carbon and releasing it into the atmosphere. Maybe that's a little irresponsible, and we should try to not be such profligate wasters of both non-renewable resources, AND the atmosphere". Further, I don't understand why the deniers insist on being allowed to do ANYTHING they please. The problem with the Tragedy of the Commons is that it's both a Tragedy, and it's the Commons.
Wow! Somebody slapped me down hard and fast! I guess "I disagree with you" is a downmoddable offense.
"Bury the researchers under mountains of FOIA requests" has been a tactic of the deniers and oil company shills for some time now. It'll be interesting to see what happens now that they've ostensibly gotten everything they wished for. My bets are on them moving the goalposts (again).
All the *radio* astronomy will be done from the "dark" side of the Moon, which will block the radio noise pollution from the Earth.
That's easy "Hello, World!!".
It's probably just Yet Another Slashdot Javascript Bug.
Don't forget dog nose-prints.
Because a tablet would be so much less capable than a car window. This is possibly the stupidest "and the technology could be used for..." article I've ever seen.
Yes Congressman, we know.
My daughter and I were talking about it, and my wife asked: "what did she die of?". We just stared at her like she was from another planet.
That's because $2.4 billion was for TV commercials for Bing.
"Poppycock"
This reminds me of nothing so much as "Diesel powered typewriter in your future!" or "Flying cars: coming soon!" from Popular Science/Mechanics articles from the 50s. In other words, never gonna happen.
"Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them - in summer school."
Yes. They can see farther into the infrared and ultraviolet than humans can.
Two words: teacher's unions.
I remember watching Gordo Cooper's flight in the 3rd grade, first time I'd ever seen a TV in a classroom.
I remember Ed White walking in space, and later dying.
I remember Jim Lovell and Frank Borman on Christmas eve.
I remember watching Neil and Buzzy live from the Moon.
I remember getting up at 3:00 AM to watch STS-1 take off.
And I remember getting up at 4:00 AM and tearing up as STS-135 landed, thinking "Well, that's the last I'll ever see of this".
Shit, I got something in my eye again.
The irony is lost on most Republicans, because Obama is a "socialist", and the space program is a perfect opportunity for flag waving and chanting "USA!, USA!". So, sadly, about half the country. These are the same people who e-mail each other Hubble pictures with "Isn't it amazing what God can do?" captions.
Clearly, a man with his finger on the pulse of the latest scientific thinking.
In 1979, during a similar dick-waving exercise as today, the US didn't pay some (tiny fraction of) T-bills in a timely manner, technically defaulting on them. The result was that the US had to pay a higher interest rate on all its debt for many years afterwards. Quickest link I could find, plenty more out there.
Indeed. I think it's made all the more new-age crystal-meditation stream-of-consciousness buzzword babble by the fact it's a transcript of a talk. I think I got to about the fourth paragraph before I started skimming and scrolling. No way I'm going to read this drivel. Besides, if I want Singularity Silliness, I go straight to the source - Ray Kurzweil.
If we really want to make strides in AI, we need to have some software that learns and tries new things - and put it into an arms race with others of its own kind.
It isn't stupid at all. Lots and lots of scientific software is written by grad students worried about the results, and don't care about the quality of the code itself. Their idea of what is "good code" has no relation to what a programmer who's worked in a production environment would call "good code". And invariably they decide to include libraries from other grad students at other institutions of equal or lesser value. And don't even get me started about documentation...
I see what you did there - kind of a 'roll reversal'. It's no fun when they fix the miss takes in the summaries.
I'd still feel better if I heard it from Dr. Bob. He has a way of explaining complex medical issues that I find very reassuring.
Where's Dr. Bob, DC when we need him? I'll bet antineoplastons cause subluxations. Just sayin'