I too was sickened by the smell of stock traders flesh being burned. I'm also glad that they added a circuit breaker to turn on a fan to vent the smoke. I hope that they can continue with reform and add an impaling spear whenever a synthetic credit default obligation is traded. That will be less smelly.
Politically incorrectness is not what is stopping RTGs from being launched, but lack of supply of plutonium 238. It's difficult to protest launches with radioactive elements because they all have been successful. And if one were to crash, the RTGs are sealed so there would not be any leakage. Unfortunately environmentalists want to protest anything radioactive, even though such criticisms may no longer be valid.
Um, Apple owns its share of the market. OWNS. No one does what Apple does, not do they do something else as well, or as profitably
That is build a locked in platform where you have to buy the specific hardware to run the OS they make. Contrast this with Microsoft that sells its OS for any compatible machine. Arm will allow any software to run on the processor they sell. Apple, on the other hand, puts strict limits on what software can run on specific platforms (Flash on iphone, among others), stops competitors that sell stand alone hardware that's compatible with the OS (Psystar), and requires specific licenses be bought no matter the doo-dad you want to make to go with the iphone.
Really, if there really is a move for Apple to acquire ARM, expect a storm of opposition. As well there should be. I'm sure Adobe and Psystar will enjoy writing the FTC.
I've wondered for years why nobody made something like this... (Or have they, and I just didn't know about it?)
You just haven't known about it. This is a variation upon a theme of the solar tube. You can even get them in Costco now for under $200 USD each. Though this company appears to be trying to patent this very specific design, a parabolic collector feeding sunlight indoors is not new, and much of the technology is in the public domain and used with varying degrees of success. Naturally, you'll have a higher performing system the more money you put into it, but a good ROI is difficult to achieve as with any solar product. Of course, there also is something to be said for getting off the grid (and more reliability outside of cloudy days) in itself, which may be difficult to put a price on.
Excellent post anon. This article sounds like it was written by the Toyota pr department to say that the problem is with the elderly and let's all ignore these other cases. Really, it's like there's lies, damned lies, and the elderly.
Really good post. And why I think there needs to be an overhaul of engineering degrees to standardize them. I got stuck in classes completely unrelated to my major. I understand the need for statistics, but I should not have to take an graduate course in deep probability theory to study engineering (as my school required). At best, an introductory mention along with basic statistics is enough to get us along the way. I truly think these classes were to "weed out" people from the engineering program, not get them to a degree. Which is why the submitter should look carefully at the school he wants to go to, and see what the statistic rates are for those that enter the program versus those that actually graduate.
Before the internet, there were not many choices. Now it's becoming an entirely different ballgame, thankfully.
I really agree with the sentiment of doing problems. That is why Chinese students seem smarter at math. Not because they are, but because the do problem after problem after problem after hour after hour. Also, they tended to hang out with others that could speak their own language (aka other Chinese), who would also be doing math. Which no doubt they played off each other for help and encouragement.
I always thought "landing" was over-rated. Give it a parachute and external airbags then just crash it into Mars and be done with it...
Agreed. Heck, they could even dispense with the parachute, airbags, and expensive science package and just crash a real mini cooper into Mars and be done with it.
Purely technically, a Turing Machine that hasn't infinite tapes is simply a Finite State Machine.
Then by extension, you could not program one either. So essentially all those Turing machines programmed in computers really aren't. The fact is, from the busy beaver's point of view, the Turing machine is real as long as you don't run out of tape. It perhaps would help this Turing machine if the reels of tape were larger (so it would not run out of tape before it halted). Of course, the more complex Turing machines will run out of tape (or exceed the limits of the computer!).
I think the bigger flaw to this machine is that the machine is not made to look like a cute furry beaver.
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I too was sickened by the smell of stock traders flesh being burned. I'm also glad that they added a circuit breaker to turn on a fan to vent the smoke. I hope that they can continue with reform and add an impaling spear whenever a synthetic credit default obligation is traded. That will be less smelly.
Politically incorrectness is not what is stopping RTGs from being launched, but lack of supply of plutonium 238. It's difficult to protest launches with radioactive elements because they all have been successful. And if one were to crash, the RTGs are sealed so there would not be any leakage. Unfortunately environmentalists want to protest anything radioactive, even though such criticisms may no longer be valid.
create a small black hole and drop it into the gusher to suck up all the oil.
First contact with aliens: "Hey idiots, here's your oil back!!"
So maybe a small nuke would still be ok?
"extinction" is not a serious risk.
You mean for bacteria. Larger mammals (you know humans) not so much.
We should hope for more cometary impacts then.
Or we could finally justify the space program to send astronauts up to mine them instead.
No. But I bet it can talk up a storm with the aliens.
And since when do robots have enough rights that we bring them back from the moon?
we better start talking negotiations.
Because it's a good idea to negotiate with terrorists and extortionists?
Um, Apple owns its share of the market. OWNS. No one does what Apple does, not do they do something else as well, or as profitably
That is build a locked in platform where you have to buy the specific hardware to run the OS they make. Contrast this with Microsoft that sells its OS for any compatible machine. Arm will allow any software to run on the processor they sell. Apple, on the other hand, puts strict limits on what software can run on specific platforms (Flash on iphone, among others), stops competitors that sell stand alone hardware that's compatible with the OS (Psystar), and requires specific licenses be bought no matter the doo-dad you want to make to go with the iphone.
Really, if there really is a move for Apple to acquire ARM, expect a storm of opposition. As well there should be. I'm sure Adobe and Psystar will enjoy writing the FTC.
That is what is wron^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
There, I deleted it for ya.
I'm going with a train of wrecks myself. Either that or robo bumper car.
Not everyone agrees on what Net Neutrality even is, whether or not to support it as envisioned.
Because it's a giant marxist conspiracy to have the government control what is said on the internet??. Either that or Rupert Murdoch must be rubbing his hands in glee as his plot to control the internet comes to fruition as net neutrality suffers a defeat.
Or perhaps the subjects have seen so much gun-play on TV that seeing guns in pictures no longer evokes a stressful response.
I've wondered for years why nobody made something like this... (Or have they, and I just didn't know about it?)
You just haven't known about it. This is a variation upon a theme of the solar tube. You can even get them in Costco now for under $200 USD each. Though this company appears to be trying to patent this very specific design, a parabolic collector feeding sunlight indoors is not new, and much of the technology is in the public domain and used with varying degrees of success. Naturally, you'll have a higher performing system the more money you put into it, but a good ROI is difficult to achieve as with any solar product. Of course, there also is something to be said for getting off the grid (and more reliability outside of cloudy days) in itself, which may be difficult to put a price on.
Excellent post anon. This article sounds like it was written by the Toyota pr department to say that the problem is with the elderly and let's all ignore these other cases. Really, it's like there's lies, damned lies, and the elderly.
Really good post. And why I think there needs to be an overhaul of engineering degrees to standardize them. I got stuck in classes completely unrelated to my major. I understand the need for statistics, but I should not have to take an graduate course in deep probability theory to study engineering (as my school required). At best, an introductory mention along with basic statistics is enough to get us along the way. I truly think these classes were to "weed out" people from the engineering program, not get them to a degree. Which is why the submitter should look carefully at the school he wants to go to, and see what the statistic rates are for those that enter the program versus those that actually graduate.
Before the internet, there were not many choices. Now it's becoming an entirely different ballgame, thankfully.
I really agree with the sentiment of doing problems. That is why Chinese students seem smarter at math. Not because they are, but because the do problem after problem after problem after hour after hour. Also, they tended to hang out with others that could speak their own language (aka other Chinese), who would also be doing math. Which no doubt they played off each other for help and encouragement.
Did you catch that last part? You're going to need help
By now, wouldn't there be a good online source that would suffice? (or shouldn't)
He should also know how to use a slide rule, as those don't require electricity. That is, when the saber-toothed tiger isn't chasing him.
I always thought "landing" was over-rated. Give it a parachute and external airbags then just crash it into Mars and be done with it...
Agreed. Heck, they could even dispense with the parachute, airbags, and expensive science package and just crash a real mini cooper into Mars and be done with it.
So the day we stop inputting the bubbles, we're all toast, except faster and crispier?
Purely technically, a Turing Machine that hasn't infinite tapes is simply a Finite State Machine.
Then by extension, you could not program one either. So essentially all those Turing machines programmed in computers really aren't. The fact is, from the busy beaver's point of view, the Turing machine is real as long as you don't run out of tape. It perhaps would help this Turing machine if the reels of tape were larger (so it would not run out of tape before it halted). Of course, the more complex Turing machines will run out of tape (or exceed the limits of the computer!).
I think the bigger flaw to this machine is that the machine is not made to look like a cute furry beaver.
He's not personally building a reactor like some kind of comic book super villain.
No. That's what the underlings are for. Steve Balmer goes nuclear quite often.
After 99% of the waste is eliminated, the 1% left is the pure blood of Cthulhu ready to make mankind wilt in horror??