At least that's what science thought for a very, very long time.
This man seems to beleive we have it all sorted out. They thought that in the early 19th century. At one Nobel prize dinner, a prominent scientist said "the future of the Nobel prize lies in the Nth decimal place." A highly educated man, who's folly is apparent to all of us today.
Truth is, we DON'T have it all sorted out. Our picture may be better than it was 10,20,50 years ago but it's not complete. Until it is, we shouldn't throw things out just because they don't fit our model of the universe. That's falling victim to what Mr. Shermer would "the confirmation bias"; that's just what he does; poor Mr Shermer.
Are you kidding? These are the guys that gave us velcro! They don't need no stinkin' plutonium. They probably have a Mr. Fusion laying around somewhere.
Are you kidding? I don't think it was a joke at all. (maybe that the reasoning behind the virus it's just trying to do what all those users are too stupid to.)
There HAVE been problems with overheating of the unit. empeg.comms.net I've noticed it gets warm, but haven't had any problems with mine. (excepting the bad ide cable)
We've trained the kids already via quake 3 and UT2. Now all we need to do is build the robots to make it real; it looks like we're going to get kids to do that to.
When this next crop comes of age, the military is going to have a hayday.
I can see the advertisement now.. "Do you get scores over 300 in UT2003? Then YOU could already be qualified to operate the Slaughtermaster B7400! (see local recruiter for details)"
Current textbooks are the problem. I'd rather give them text books from the 1950s. Have you ever looked @ them? Friggin' good stuff in there, and they don't cost 1/2 as much. (of course the glue you'll need to buy with them might raise the price a bit...)
I started my own PC building business. After 2 years I had too many orders, I had to stop. Rules to follow.
1. Don't build cheap PCS. The big boys can, and will build them better than you. 2. Go for 'high end' desktops and servers. The more money the system will cost them (hardware wise) the smaller your markup will be. 3. Consult with each customer. Interview them, take a week researching components, or take a week to make sure you feel right about the system you're building for them. 4. Make them pay before you order any components. They will appreciate the system more when you deliver it (or have them pick it up) 5. Warrantee everything hardware for 1 year. 6. As for business. Try to get to know the people, you're building something that should last them for as long as they want it to. If you know them, you'll really know what they want. Tell them you'd like them to mention you to their friends. 7. Don't mark up parts. Setup a flat, 'consultation/build' fee for desktops, perhaps another for servers. This part worked very well for me, people liked knowing that I was building a system for THEM, not for my pocketbook.
People who came to me first for systems ended up coming to me for EVERYTHING else. Don't sell 'hardware'; it's cheap, a no win buisiness. Sell yourself, your skills. The hardware should just be a vehicle for delivering that.
I agree. Coding on paper really sux. I tend to write a 'header file' type structure (interface for the java people) so I know what I'm doing. After that it's just filling in the blanks. The bad part is I still mess-up.
Before I learned to do that I used to go to the profs office; I'd beg and plead with him for a bit, (I suck on tests, my home work is the best, you've seen me tutoring others in the library, etc.) then discuss programming technicalities with him for a little while. That worked also.
There seem to be 2 main camps when it comes to mag-lev.
1. You put the propusion/levitaion in the car. 2. You distribute the propulsion/levitaion between the track and the car.
#1 while being more challenging from a performance standpoint, has some pretty hefty dollar per-mile advantages. I think this type of design is more likely to be put into use here in the US. TCO is likely to be low. A track maintenance problem would likely be nothing more than alignment or (if the track supplied power to charge the batteries) power delivery. But because of the engineering issues (greater car weight leading to most of them), I doubt mag-lev will come to the US until further advances in power storage and high temp superconductors come down the pike.
#2 Is much 'cooler' in terms of what can be done today, but I imagine initial build cost as well as TCO would be much higher than #1. A track based propulsion || levitation system would dramatically increase the cost per mile of track. Not to mention if there's a problem with the track (an this is more likely with a complex track) that whole run becomes unusable until someone can go out to BFE to fix it. (can you imagine going out to the middle of nowhere to install a new section of track?) TCO would be HUGE.
I don't think this will be a problem. 1. It's a TRAIN. With huge amounts of INERTIA. If you could get a large object on it, the train would hit it so hard it would go flying off without much impact on the velocity of the train. (before you scoff @ the obvious bits read on)
2. Those magnets weigh TONS (when combined) They're very powerful. It's not an 'on/off' guidance system like conventional rails. Those fields must go waay out.
3. My guess is it would be pretty hard to get it to 'derail'. The train is 'locked' to the track. (can't come off without massive structural failure). If there were structural problems with the train/track I'm sure it would shut down almost immediatly. There is a proposed maglev that does just this in the event of a problem. In the event of a problem the train would stop levitating and just slide to a stop along the track. A pretty full proof emergency braking system.
The most recent episode showed the messed up fiance/girlfriend (screws everyone she can find) uses Mac Laptop to document her exploits and pass them off as erotic fiction.
Does this mean Apple is going for a different clientele?
I didn't think college was the brightest idea so I put it off. When I finially decided to get serious it was 5 years before I was done. Back then times were good. I graduated just in time to see the market collapse.
Now that times are bad it's the BEST time to get educated. Sit out the slump, work you but off to get good grades.
But what about the resume you ask? A resume is only good if you constantly work your but off to keep up with tech, be it software or hardware. A college degree is something you can put on your shelf for 10 years and not worry about. It's just THERE. No one can take it away from you.
Lots of computer people (programmers, engineers, sys-admins) don't do this for their whole lives, when that time comes a degree is going to be one of the best investements of your life. It will help keep you from getting locked in to one type of job.
The following may be repeats of other posts: When I started going I had lots of friends who were "boot strapped" programmers who seemed to have godlike powers to me. While they still do have pretty good skills NONE of them have the versatility that I do when it comes to algorithmic desgine. I learned some hard stuff in school like Calculus, discreet math, probability curves etc etc... that have direct, high level, application to the programming process. These are skills a programmer should have. My friends don't. Now they're all talking about going back to get a degree (but they want it in things like physics etc because they're already getting burnt)
Supposedly the Earths rotation is slowing down. I wonder, all this energy hitting the magnetic field waayyy out and then being directed right through our axis of rotation, could this be helping to keep the planets rotation going (even if in an insignificant amount)
I'm in a simmilar situation I work at a small K-12 charter school in Phoenix Az. We had some real morons before I was hired on. To improve bandwidth issues:
Port blocking, others have posted about this but, hey It's a good idea.
A slow way to gain authority is to setup a website where teachers can submit requests for help and get tutorials and other information. If you can grow the site carefully and make sure the teachers use it, you can turn in into a policy instrument. If someone asks why, you just say "check the website".
After 6 months of work, teachers seldom call unless there is a real emergency and what I've put up on the website has become policy by default. (The one thing I can't seem to get them to do is wash their hands before using the keyboard. Coca Cola, syrup, old food. Thank god I've an FRU policy)
I spoke with a Verizon rep about this. Apparently what you'll get will be more like 80-100k unless you're standing under the tower. Bursts will be more like 128 or 130.
/*The simple measure here: "as long as you love doing it, you'll keep doing it." */
Hmmm, most of the people I know work for income, not the love of their jobs. But then they're not programmers!
Seriously, it's pretty easy to get locked into a carrer track. Good programming skills take a while to develope. (I'm not talking about noob level "I just see the code" garbage) If you don't have the courage to start from ground 0 (or close to it) it can be pretty difficult to change paths.
If you wonder why laptops aren't using these, go back to the review of the 505. Almost every review complained about the display quality/brightness. If laptop makers put these in their machines, they'd sell very few of them.
And honestly, have you ever tried coding in bright sunlight? I have a nice patio out front (in AZ). If it's windy and I've made (paper) notes they try to go all over. Suntan? Go on a major coding streak and you can call it sun-BURN!
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At least that's what science thought for a very, very long time.
This man seems to beleive we have it all sorted out. They thought that in the early 19th century. At one Nobel prize dinner, a prominent scientist said "the future of the Nobel prize lies in the Nth decimal place." A highly educated man, who's folly is apparent to all of us today.
Truth is, we DON'T have it all sorted out. Our picture may be better than it was 10,20,50 years ago but it's not complete. Until it is, we shouldn't throw things out just because they don't fit our model of the universe. That's falling victim to what Mr. Shermer would "the confirmation bias"; that's just what he does; poor Mr Shermer.
You have a point you Bastard,
Now I'm going to have to rewrite some apps!
Are you kidding? These are the guys that gave us velcro! They don't need no stinkin' plutonium. They probably have a Mr. Fusion laying around somewhere.
Are you kidding? I don't think it was a joke at all. (maybe that the reasoning behind the virus it's just trying to do what all those users are too stupid to.)
There HAVE been problems with overheating of the unit. empeg.comms.net I've noticed it gets warm, but haven't had any problems with mine. (excepting the bad ide cable)
"When this next crop (of children)comes of age"
This is a FORWARD LOOK. A parody (hopefully) of the future consequences of the issues adressed in this article.
It was a spelling error, the correct word @ the end of the sentence should have been "too".
I can just imagine a steamy scene; you're getting into it as much as the actors seem to be.
Then comes the popup,
"Having trouble with lubrication? TRY KY!"
You crack up; the moment is gone. Laughing, you turn off the TV and go find yourself a real partner.
We've trained the kids already via quake 3 and UT2. Now all we need to do is build the robots to make it real; it looks like we're going to get kids to do that to.
When this next crop comes of age, the military is going to have a hayday.
I can see the advertisement now.. "Do you get scores over 300 in UT2003? Then YOU could already be qualified to operate the Slaughtermaster B7400! (see local recruiter for details)"
Current textbooks are the problem. I'd rather give them text books from the 1950s. Have you ever looked @ them? Friggin' good stuff in there, and they don't cost 1/2 as much. (of course the glue you'll need to buy with them might raise the price a bit...)
I started my own PC building business. After 2 years I had too many orders, I had to stop. Rules to follow.
1. Don't build cheap PCS. The big boys can, and will build them better than you.
2. Go for 'high end' desktops and servers. The more money the system will cost them (hardware wise) the smaller your markup will be.
3. Consult with each customer. Interview them, take a week researching components, or take a week to make sure you feel right about the system you're building for them.
4. Make them pay before you order any components. They will appreciate the system more when you deliver it (or have them pick it up)
5. Warrantee everything hardware for 1 year.
6. As for business. Try to get to know the people, you're building something that should last them for as long as they want it to. If you know them, you'll really know what they want. Tell them you'd like them to mention you to their friends.
7. Don't mark up parts. Setup a flat, 'consultation/build' fee for desktops, perhaps another for servers. This part worked very well for me, people liked knowing that I was building a system for THEM, not for my pocketbook.
People who came to me first for systems ended up coming to me for EVERYTHING else. Don't sell 'hardware'; it's cheap, a no win buisiness. Sell yourself, your skills. The hardware should just be a vehicle for delivering that.
This formula works, just ask Mr Dell.
With a mess like this, we ought to get bush to declare a "War on Spam".
I agree. Coding on paper really sux. I tend to write a 'header file' type structure (interface for the java people) so I know what I'm doing. After that it's just filling in the blanks. The bad part is I still mess-up.
Before I learned to do that I used to go to the profs office; I'd beg and plead with him for a bit, (I suck on tests, my home work is the best, you've seen me tutoring others in the library, etc.) then discuss programming technicalities with him for a little while. That worked also.
There seem to be 2 main camps when it comes to mag-lev.
1. You put the propusion/levitaion in the car.
2. You distribute the propulsion/levitaion between the track and the car.
#1 while being more challenging from a performance standpoint, has some pretty hefty dollar per-mile advantages. I think this type of design is more likely to be put into use here in the US. TCO is likely to be low. A track maintenance problem would likely be nothing more than alignment or (if the track supplied power to charge the batteries) power delivery. But because of the engineering issues (greater car weight leading to most of them), I doubt mag-lev will come to the US until further advances in power storage and high temp superconductors come down the pike.
#2 Is much 'cooler' in terms of what can be done today, but I imagine initial build cost as well as TCO would be much higher than #1. A track based propulsion || levitation system would dramatically increase the cost per mile of track. Not to mention if there's a problem with the track (an this is more likely with a complex track) that whole run becomes unusable until someone can go out to BFE to fix it. (can you imagine going out to the middle of nowhere to install a new section of track?) TCO would be HUGE.
I don't think this will be a problem.
1. It's a TRAIN. With huge amounts of INERTIA.
If you could get a large object on it, the train would hit it so hard it would go flying off without much impact on the velocity of the train. (before you scoff @ the obvious bits read on)
2. Those magnets weigh TONS (when combined) They're very powerful. It's not an 'on/off' guidance system like conventional rails. Those fields must go waay out.
3. My guess is it would be pretty hard to get it to 'derail'. The train is 'locked' to the track. (can't come off without massive structural failure). If there were structural problems with the train/track I'm sure it would shut down almost immediatly. There is a proposed maglev that does just this in the event of a problem. In the event of a problem the train would stop levitating and just slide to a stop along the track. A pretty full proof emergency braking system.
Farther ahead? What happened to the Jap model that goes 3+ times as fast and doesn't 'shake, rattle and roll' !?
I believe the word is BEHIND.
The most recent episode showed the messed up fiance/girlfriend (screws everyone she can find) uses Mac Laptop to document her exploits and pass them off as erotic fiction.
Does this mean Apple is going for a different clientele?
I didn't think college was the brightest idea so I put it off. When I finially decided to get serious it was 5 years before I was done. Back then times were good. I graduated just in time to see the market collapse.
Now that times are bad it's the BEST time to get educated. Sit out the slump, work you but off to get good grades.
But what about the resume you ask? A resume is only good if you constantly work your but off to keep up with tech, be it software or hardware. A college degree is something you can put on your shelf for 10 years and not worry about. It's just THERE. No one can take it away from you.
Lots of computer people (programmers, engineers, sys-admins) don't do this for their whole lives, when that time comes a degree is going to be one of the best investements of your life. It will help keep you from getting locked in to one type of job.
The following may be repeats of other posts:
When I started going I had lots of friends who were "boot strapped" programmers who seemed to have godlike powers to me. While they still do have pretty good skills NONE of them have the versatility that I do when it comes to algorithmic desgine. I learned some hard stuff in school like Calculus, discreet math, probability curves etc etc... that have direct, high level, application to the programming process. These are skills a programmer should have. My friends don't. Now they're all talking about going back to get a degree (but they want it in things like physics etc because they're already getting burnt)
Hop this helps
Supposedly the Earths rotation is slowing down. I wonder, all this energy hitting the magnetic field waayyy out and then being directed right through our axis of rotation, could this be helping to keep the planets rotation going (even if in an insignificant amount)
I'm in a simmilar situation I work at a small K-12 charter school in Phoenix Az. We had some real morons before I was hired on. To improve bandwidth issues:
Port blocking, others have posted about this but, hey It's a good idea.
A slow way to gain authority is to setup a website where teachers can submit requests for help and get tutorials and other information. If you can grow the site carefully and make sure the teachers use it, you can turn in into a policy instrument. If someone asks why, you just say "check the website".
After 6 months of work, teachers seldom call unless there is a real emergency and what I've put up on the website has become policy by default. (The one thing I can't seem to get them to do is wash their hands before using the keyboard. Coca Cola, syrup, old food. Thank god I've an FRU policy)
Do you remember when the only thing you could get for your new USB port was a USB hub?
SAME SH!T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You need to have infrastructure before companies will invest in creating the killer app.
I spoke with a Verizon rep about this. Apparently what you'll get will be more like 80-100k unless you're standing under the tower. Bursts will be more like 128 or 130.
/*The simple measure here: "as long as you love doing it, you'll keep doing it." */
Hmmm, most of the people I know work for income, not the love of their jobs. But then they're not programmers!
Seriously, it's pretty easy to get locked into a carrer track. Good programming skills take a while to develope. (I'm not talking about noob level "I just see the code" garbage) If you don't have the courage to start from ground 0 (or close to it) it can be pretty difficult to change paths.
If you wonder why laptops aren't using these, go back to the review of the 505. Almost every review complained about the display quality/brightness. If laptop makers put these in their machines, they'd sell very few of them.
And honestly, have you ever tried coding in bright sunlight? I have a nice patio out front (in AZ). If it's windy and I've made (paper) notes they try to go all over. Suntan? Go on a major coding streak and you can call it sun-BURN!
(Still, I'd buy one if available)
...comprehend it that way then to read...
it's THAN to read!