Woosh. The record was physical on purpose. Deep space radiation for millions of years (plus the radiation from the planetary fly-bys) would kill any technology that would fit on the spacecraft.
Making a physical data store any smaller would reduce the likelihood of long-term data integrity. Consider the effects of millions of years of deep space travel: radiation, micro-meteorite impacts, constant unfiltered UV light, etc.
Given the wording of the posting's opening, this sounds like one of those treasure hunt listings. You know, some ad somewhere has a cryptic nerd or math puzzle that you solve that leads to a web site. Google used to do that a lot. The presumption is that only qualified candidates would even see the final listing.
While this sounds fun and the still photos look cool -I don't see this playing out as much action. Large equipment is heavy. Lots of mass. That means lots of inertia - slow to gain speed, slow to change direction. It's going to be a slow motion dance.
Requiring updates is good and all, but for how long? Even Microsoft was reluctant to patch XP. Somone, somewhere is still running WIndows 95. Are they entitled to patches?
Say I buy a $50 IP camera for home security. Do I still demand patches in 2 years? 5 years? 10 years?
This might lead to a "kill switch" for cheap IoT devices once they go EOL. New model next year, no budget to patch both, so let's kill last year's. Otherwise, support costs will bring down any company.
For a car analogy, there's a time limit that manufacturers have to stock parts - Ford doesn't still offer parts for the Model-T. I just don't know what the IoT equivalent should be.
Light refraction to visibly seeing the target works both ways - it would refract the returning laser weapon the same way. If you can see it, you can kill it is true - and perfectly true with laser weapons.
I thought the People's Republic of California was a paradise for tech workers?
In all seriousness - violating a non-compete (if you're dumb enough to sign one) isn't a crime. It's a contract violation. It only matters if the company you signed with wants to enforce it in civil court. It has nothing to do with your new company- short of them potentially losing you when the old company takes you to court.
This is very easy to fix. Don't sign a non-compete. Ever. Unless the company demanding it pony's up something to make it worth being unemployed the duration of the term- don't. (Golden parachute or the like) And be blunt about it, well before you start your first day.
I fear we've reached peak-iPhone. Just like Windows 10's biggest competition was Windows 7 and XP, iPhone 8's biggest competition is the phone people have now.
If I know that the new phone will have a bigger price tag, a more cluttered interface (dare I say very un-apple-like), and in some cases missing basic features I know and love (headphone jack, anyone?) - that makes for a hard sell.
The features that are getting touted leave me going... meh.
- Denser pixels? Dude, I'm scaling up the text size so I can read even with my glasses.
- Faster processor? Can't say I'm doing anything that needs more.
- Better camera? That's nice- but I have no complaints about the current one. My dedicated camera hasn't seen daylight in years as it is.
- Thinner? Couldn't care less. I never complained about the original iPhone's thickness. I'd rather have a double-thick battery, but ain't holding my breath.
In short, I'm having trouble seeing that's so awesome about the next phone. Or what even could be awesome. Something's going to have to come out of left field, and I just don't see a post-Jobs Apple pulling that off.
Your forward-thinking is jumping the gun a bit. We are a long, long way from having a society where most people have no jobs. Like, 100 years or more.
Even then, when I look at human want and desire- I see no end to the jobs that will be created. A small family farmer can manage thousands of acres, yet I see no mass unemployment when I check on my iPhone, on my home wifi, in my home, filled with stuff...
Sellers taking the money and never shipping, shipping after a month delay, not communicating at all, shipping the wrong product, shipping defective product, shipping with used pizza boxes as packing material (seriously), seller refusing returns when it's their fault, seller threatening to leave negative feedback about you if you didn't leave a glowing review for them, sellers refusing to sell you a product because you didn't bid enough on a no reserve auction, and much more.
As a seller, the list is even longer. Mostly people bid on things, and refuse to follow through with the purchase- and there's no consequences. And I'm stuck playing listing fees, multiple times. (Ever try to get eBay to refund listing fees? Good luck.) Dealing with those turkeys is worse than screening Craig's List overpayment scammers.
The minute you couldn't leave negative feedback, you suddenly had no way to tell good sellers/buyers from bad. Feedback became meaningless. And the whole place went to scum-ville overnight.
That's on top of having to use PayPal, which has its own long list of negatives.
I won't buy on eBay unless I have no other choice. I would never sell through them, even if they were the last place on earth.
Security through obscurity is TOTALLY the way to go. I recommend using Siemens PCS 7, WinCC and STEP7 industrial software (which isn't widely used), and air-gap it all to prevent access to Siemens S7 PLCs running custom, specialized code that nobody else could possibly know or have.. Totally secure- especially is you have all your contractors screened for special security clearance.
Credit unions sound nice and all, but I've found that for even basic services the staff is incompetent. - There's a credit union I use that I can't login to their on-line site. Every time I reset the password, it locks out the next day. Their online password reset tools don't work- you have to call the branch and beg a teller to reset you. That process takes about a week. Been that way for years. They can't figure out why.
- I tried to close a checking account at another CU. Went into the branch, did the paperwork. Month later, got a statement. Account still open. I went in again, and closed it again. Couple months later, got a letter from them saying that they made a mistake, and I had to go to their branch (in working hours), and close it a 3rd time. Sent them a very angry letter, saying I wasn't responsible for fixing their mistake - especially when they'd done it 3 times in a row. Never heard from them again. Not even an apology.
- I'm looking for a CU to replace my bank's ovderdraft line of credit. Best I can find in my area is a CU that will gladly transfer my money from my savings (not a loan, mind you), to my checking for $35 per transfer. Gee, who would turn that down?
I know some folks swear by Credit Unions because they are "not for profit" - but there's a level of competition they are missing that keeps them from being able to successfully handle the most mundane and basic tasks.
> just like they've never been able to charge monthly account fees for checking accounts.
You've been under a rock for too long. Most banks will charge you monthly fees just for the privilege of having an account, unless you jump through some hoops for them. (higher balances, having a loan through their bank, etc)
I look forward to the day that I can dump my bank and handle my money with direct transfers. (I haven't set foot in a bank branch in years. They don't have anything I need.) Now that I think about it, I haven't had a positive experience with a bank or credit union in a very, very long time. The best I can say that they haven't made me angry in a couple months.
Services that just do P2P transfers should have less regulation, overhead, and be more responsive to change. And more competition. Bring on the creative destruction!
>Didn't they launch some rocket to Mars at a much lesser cost as compared to the US recently?
They just barely got a small, proof-of-concept probe - and at that, it never got the desired orbit. NASA, in around the same time frame, got a much larger, far far more complex research package in the proper orbit. Good on India for pulling it off, but they were doing something vastly different than NASA.
The advent of horseless carriages will cost the jobs of thousand of stable boys and blacksmiths! The end of the economy is nigh, and this time it's different!
Newer cars likely weigh a lot more, because of all the safety & environmental regulations. Some part of the increase of HP is to accommodate all this extra weight.
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Prego, it's in there. Second image on the article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
more details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Woosh. The record was physical on purpose. Deep space radiation for millions of years (plus the radiation from the planetary fly-bys) would kill any technology that would fit on the spacecraft.
Making a physical data store any smaller would reduce the likelihood of long-term data integrity. Consider the effects of millions of years of deep space travel: radiation, micro-meteorite impacts, constant unfiltered UV light, etc.
I'd say that we would probably use the same thing, plus a replica sent Arecibo style.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... )
Given the wording of the posting's opening, this sounds like one of those treasure hunt listings. You know, some ad somewhere has a cryptic nerd or math puzzle that you solve that leads to a web site. Google used to do that a lot. The presumption is that only qualified candidates would even see the final listing.
While this sounds fun and the still photos look cool -I don't see this playing out as much action.
Large equipment is heavy. Lots of mass. That means lots of inertia - slow to gain speed, slow to change direction.
It's going to be a slow motion dance.
Requiring updates is good and all, but for how long?
Even Microsoft was reluctant to patch XP. Somone, somewhere is still running WIndows 95. Are they entitled to patches?
Say I buy a $50 IP camera for home security. Do I still demand patches in 2 years? 5 years? 10 years?
This might lead to a "kill switch" for cheap IoT devices once they go EOL. New model next year, no budget to patch both, so let's kill last year's. Otherwise, support costs will bring down any company.
For a car analogy, there's a time limit that manufacturers have to stock parts - Ford doesn't still offer parts for the Model-T. I just don't know what the IoT equivalent should be.
Say that again slowly.
Light refraction to visibly seeing the target works both ways - it would refract the returning laser weapon the same way.
If you can see it, you can kill it is true - and perfectly true with laser weapons.
I thought the People's Republic of California was a paradise for tech workers?
In all seriousness - violating a non-compete (if you're dumb enough to sign one) isn't a crime. It's a contract violation. It only matters if the company you signed with wants to enforce it in civil court. It has nothing to do with your new company- short of them potentially losing you when the old company takes you to court.
This is very easy to fix. Don't sign a non-compete. Ever. Unless the company demanding it pony's up something to make it worth being unemployed the duration of the term- don't. (Golden parachute or the like) And be blunt about it, well before you start your first day.
I fear we've reached peak-iPhone. Just like Windows 10's biggest competition was Windows 7 and XP, iPhone 8's biggest competition is the phone people have now.
If I know that the new phone will have a bigger price tag, a more cluttered interface (dare I say very un-apple-like), and in some cases missing basic features I know and love (headphone jack, anyone?) - that makes for a hard sell.
The features that are getting touted leave me going... meh.
- Denser pixels? Dude, I'm scaling up the text size so I can read even with my glasses.
- Faster processor? Can't say I'm doing anything that needs more.
- Better camera? That's nice- but I have no complaints about the current one. My dedicated camera hasn't seen daylight in years as it is.
- Thinner? Couldn't care less. I never complained about the original iPhone's thickness. I'd rather have a double-thick battery, but ain't holding my breath.
In short, I'm having trouble seeing that's so awesome about the next phone. Or what even could be awesome. Something's going to have to come out of left field, and I just don't see a post-Jobs Apple pulling that off.
Have mod points, will post instead.
Dude. Use Adblock. Seriously.
With this enlightenment, you have taken the first step to understanding ITSM.
Tell me again why I need to install a dedicated Facebook app to send messages?
If I want to text someone, I'll send a text. If they insist on using FB messages, I'll use the desktop web site (on my phone) to read it.
This was a bad idea for users from day 1, and I will not be a part of it. Bring on the good technology in its place.
Your forward-thinking is jumping the gun a bit. We are a long, long way from having a society where most people have no jobs. Like, 100 years or more.
Even then, when I look at human want and desire- I see no end to the jobs that will be created. A small family farmer can manage thousands of acres, yet I see no mass unemployment when I check on my iPhone, on my home wifi, in my home, filled with stuff...
We already have this, under a different name. Refundable Tax Credits.
This includes the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Additional Child Tax Credit ($1,000 per kid, last I checked), and others.
The IRS code has for many years been a sneaky back door to additional welfare/subsidies/credits/what have you.
Yet another reason to reform & simplify the tax code, and be honest about what we're doing.
Stuxnet was multi-platform, from Windows 0-day all the way through to PLC level code.
But, ya.
You've clearly never used eBay.
Sellers taking the money and never shipping, shipping after a month delay, not communicating at all, shipping the wrong product, shipping defective product, shipping with used pizza boxes as packing material (seriously), seller refusing returns when it's their fault, seller threatening to leave negative feedback about you if you didn't leave a glowing review for them, sellers refusing to sell you a product because you didn't bid enough on a no reserve auction, and much more.
As a seller, the list is even longer. Mostly people bid on things, and refuse to follow through with the purchase- and there's no consequences. And I'm stuck playing listing fees, multiple times. (Ever try to get eBay to refund listing fees? Good luck.) Dealing with those turkeys is worse than screening Craig's List overpayment scammers.
The minute you couldn't leave negative feedback, you suddenly had no way to tell good sellers/buyers from bad. Feedback became meaningless. And the whole place went to scum-ville overnight.
That's on top of having to use PayPal, which has its own long list of negatives.
I won't buy on eBay unless I have no other choice. I would never sell through them, even if they were the last place on earth.
Security through obscurity is TOTALLY the way to go.
I recommend using Siemens PCS 7, WinCC and STEP7 industrial software (which isn't widely used), and air-gap it all to prevent access to Siemens S7 PLCs running custom, specialized code that nobody else could possibly know or have.. Totally secure- especially is you have all your contractors screened for special security clearance.
Totally unbreakable.
(See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... )
TL;DR: If someone big wants to hack/infiltrate you, you will be at their mercy.
Credit unions sound nice and all, but I've found that for even basic services the staff is incompetent.
- There's a credit union I use that I can't login to their on-line site. Every time I reset the password, it locks out the next day. Their online password reset tools don't work- you have to call the branch and beg a teller to reset you. That process takes about a week. Been that way for years. They can't figure out why.
- I tried to close a checking account at another CU. Went into the branch, did the paperwork. Month later, got a statement. Account still open. I went in again, and closed it again. Couple months later, got a letter from them saying that they made a mistake, and I had to go to their branch (in working hours), and close it a 3rd time. Sent them a very angry letter, saying I wasn't responsible for fixing their mistake - especially when they'd done it 3 times in a row. Never heard from them again. Not even an apology.
- I'm looking for a CU to replace my bank's ovderdraft line of credit. Best I can find in my area is a CU that will gladly transfer my money from my savings (not a loan, mind you), to my checking for $35 per transfer. Gee, who would turn that down?
I know some folks swear by Credit Unions because they are "not for profit" - but there's a level of competition they are missing that keeps them from being able to successfully handle the most mundane and basic tasks.
> just like they've never been able to charge monthly account fees for checking accounts.
You've been under a rock for too long. Most banks will charge you monthly fees just for the privilege of having an account, unless you jump through some hoops for them. (higher balances, having a loan through their bank, etc)
I look forward to the day that I can dump my bank and handle my money with direct transfers. (I haven't set foot in a bank branch in years. They don't have anything I need.) Now that I think about it, I haven't had a positive experience with a bank or credit union in a very, very long time. The best I can say that they haven't made me angry in a couple months.
Services that just do P2P transfers should have less regulation, overhead, and be more responsive to change. And more competition. Bring on the creative destruction!
Ditto. The title is deliberately deceptive, in a good way.
Some of us weren't raised with social skills. This book changed by life.
>Didn't they launch some rocket to Mars at a much lesser cost as compared to the US recently?
They just barely got a small, proof-of-concept probe - and at that, it never got the desired orbit.
NASA, in around the same time frame, got a much larger, far far more complex research package in the proper orbit.
Good on India for pulling it off, but they were doing something vastly different than NASA.
TL;DR: apples & oranges
The advent of horseless carriages will cost the jobs of thousand of stable boys and blacksmiths!
The end of the economy is nigh, and this time it's different!
Newer cars likely weigh a lot more, because of all the safety & environmental regulations. Some part of the increase of HP is to accommodate all this extra weight.
Not all, but some.
Find me a human who can compete with a bloodhound or beagle in tracking a person, based on smelling a old shirt.
That's a reassuringly small list.
Peril Sensitive Sunglasses/Windows?
Is that you Zaphod?