As a physicist at the University of Ouagadougou, I have been following advances in quantum holography quite closely. While the concept behind the technology is sound, we don't yet have sufficiently advanced hardware to complete a working demonstration.
Holography of this sort requires relatively high powered lasers of varying wavelengths that can be precisely focused in threespace. This requires a liner actuator motor mounted to each laser that is far more sensitive than anything that exists today. S
uch a motor would need to have an imbedded flux capacitor that is capable of producing accurate movement as precise as 0.15 um. Equipment like this would be very expensive to manufacture and would be extremely sensitive to heat and vibration.
Until dilithium crystal lasers become more widespread, I don't see holography taking off outside of a few well funded universities.
Sir, I find your sig to be more than a small bit offensive.
As an Arab living in the United States, I too have been affected by the tragedy inflicted on your country by these terrorists. I had several friends in the WTC at the time of the attacks, and I feel that the USia needs to extract vengance upon those who committed these acts. However, you must understand that the men who perpetrated this violence represent a distinct minority among Arabs.
Your suggestion that all arabs have their arms amputated strikes me as offensive and highly insensitive. Racially motivated violence will not bring the dead back to life.
Now is the time for level-headedness and tolerance, not ignorance and persecution.
Sure it sounds good on paper, but ask yourself, would you REALLY do any work if you were sitting at home all day. Be honest now. I, sure wouldn't. I'd be playing video games all day. You can spout off all you want about how telecommuting saves time, gas, and cuts pollution, but when it comes down to it, if you don't have a boss breathing down your neck, you're simply not going to be as productive. Plus, there are too many distractions at home. I'd be to tempted to post to Slashdot, or play video games when I'm supposed to be working. Telecommuting, like unions, promotes laziness among workers.
Hear, hear! I couldn't have put it better myself. If we want to live in a safe, civilized nation, we need to give up some of our lesser freedoms. I would be more than willing to let the FBI or CIA read my correspondence if it will prevent something like this from happening in the future. I've got nothing to hide.
On a related note, Britain has been doing this for years, and they've never had any problems with terrorism on this scale. I think most Britians would agree that sacrificing a few minor liberties in exchange for increased personal security is quite a fair trade!
The FBI maintains a database containing millions of images of fingerprints. This database is used to match prints lifted off a crime scene with an individual. The concept is the same. A computer compares two digital images, and if enough similarity is present, identifies a match. This system has been in place for YEARS, and I haven't heard of any wrongful arrests arising from it.
On a similar note, what if you happen to be walking down the street, and a cop spots you because you look remarkably similar to Joe Drugtrafficer on the FBI's most wanted list. The officer makes a visual match and takes you downtown for questioning. The principle is the same, only in my scenerio, the match is made from the officers own recollection of the wanted man's face. I would argue that a computer match of a high resolution digital image would be, in fact, MORE ACCURATE than a police officer making an identification from his mental image of a criminal. These kind of false identifications happen all the time, and are usually cleared up in a matter of minutes after the falsely accused presents some kind of identification.
I can't say that I blame PacBell for filtering alt.binaries newsgroups. At one point in time, around ten years ago, newsgroups were the pinnacle of the digital age. Scholars from colleges and universities from around the globe could virtually congregate, and dissiminate a vast wealth of knowledge almost instantaneously.
If PacBell were filtering newsgroups ten years ago, I would be upset, and cry "Censorship", but sadly, in more recent times, the quality of content in newsgroups has gone straight down the crapper. The only content you'll find nowadays is Get Rich Quick spam, bomb recipes, and pr0n. There's no worthwhile content to protect.
I say, let it die peacefully. The intelligent people left newsgroups a long time ago and the only remaining denizens are the pornographers and anarchists who don't deserve a voice in the first place.
"Although Verhoeven and Pendray have patented their technique and received some funding from Nucor Steel Inc."
Steel wants to be FREE, people, and Nucor wants to keep this technology to themselves to help further their globalized corporate profitmaking.
This is an outrage to the Open Source community, and I am hereby calling upon all Linux geeks to band together and produce their own Open-Source version of Damascus Steel. It's high time we show these people we are not going to tolerate their greedy ballyhooing at the expense of poor Dimitry and sweatshop workers in Malaysia. Write your congressman today and request, nay, DEMAND that the DMCA and CSS and DVDA be repealed so we can steal MP3's again.
Or better yet, you could wear a tinfoil hat whenever you go out in public. The reflection of the sunlight off the foil would disrupt the camera, preventing it from getting a clear shot of you.
Plus, it keeps out "the voices" and the alien Carnivore anal probe mind control rays.
You're going to miss ComputerFest for some silly wedding. I'm sure your fiancee will understand your need to put off the wedding until another weekend.
"I tend to ask a lot of open ended questions to get the candidates talking. One of my favorites (lately) is "A new peice of software is placed on your desk. How would you go about implementing it into production?""
I always ask a potential applicant to spell "piece" for me.
I think he typed it wrong. If I recall correctly, typing "file://c:/con/con" would crash kernel32 on a Windows 9x box. Somebody running Windows try it and see if it works.
It's a good joke, but in all reality, I think it was quite irresponsible of michael to link to a server that is CURRENTLY experiencing a debilitating DoS attack. While it's good that Slashdot is trying to make people aware of the situation, i find it to be in VERY poor taste that Slashdot should add to EFNet's trouble by directing a few thousand Slashbots to their belagured site.
Now, not only does EFNet have to deal with irresponsible skrip7 kiddi3s, but they're taking the full brunt of the Slashdot effect as well.
The United States has had seven spaceflight related casualties. All occured during the explosion of the Challenger. Now I'm not sure how many shuttle missions have been flown, but they aren't that frequent, so I'd guess under 100. How would you feel if you knew that there was a 1 in 100 chance you'd die as a result of a certain action. Seems pretty high to me.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the former USSR (and present-day, Russia) has had exactly one casualty during a space flight. They are horribly underfunded, and lack a strong central government, like the USians have, but they've been far more successful in their space program.
What does this mean? Well, I'd say that throwing money at something doesn't always make it work. You could also say that Americans are lazy and lack the strong work ethic needed to overcome adversity. Additional funding will not solve NASA's problems.
I've been a big fan of Dune ever since the first version came out when I was in high school. I loved Wolfenstein 3D before that, and I can remember playing Dune until the wee hours in the morning some nights. Dune 2 was similar, but didn't have the same eerie atmosphere and feel as the original. Hopefully, in the 10 years that have passed since the original was released, ID Software will be able to take advantage of new technology and increases in processing power to make the new version of Dune live up to it's predecessor.
For those of you who aren't aware, we already have this technology imbedded into TODAY's paper currency. Ever notice the little strip about 1 inch from the left edge of the bill? That's the secret CIA transponder chip that is being used to trap the flow of currency. The FBI mind control conspirists want you to believe that it's just an additional counterfeit protection, but there are those of us out there who know the truth. The secret microchips imbedded into every US bill allow the NSA, CIA, and the FIBI to track you're whereabouts almost everywhere you go. They have covert sensors imbedded in airport metal detectors, and those little doors that open automatically at the supermarket. Burn all of your money right now before the CIA hypno-robuts eat your soul!
Solution: Have all your friends sit in the lounge and study quietly for an hour, then feed that hour through the webcam in an infinite loop while you're out drinking and chasing sorority girls. Your parents will think you've been working hard all along. At least until your grades arrive.
And by the time you're done with all that, you could have simply deleted all the spam, read and replied to your legitimate emails, and had about 1/2 hour to spare.
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As a physicist at the University of Ouagadougou, I have been following advances in quantum holography quite closely. While the concept behind the technology is sound, we don't yet have sufficiently advanced hardware to complete a working demonstration.
Holography of this sort requires relatively high powered lasers of varying wavelengths that can be precisely focused in threespace. This requires a liner actuator motor mounted to each laser that is far more sensitive than anything that exists today. S
uch a motor would need to have an imbedded flux capacitor that is capable of producing accurate movement as precise as 0.15 um. Equipment like this would be very expensive to manufacture and would be extremely sensitive to heat and vibration.
Until dilithium crystal lasers become more widespread, I don't see holography taking off outside of a few well funded universities.
Sir, I find your sig to be more than a small bit offensive.
As an Arab living in the United States, I too have been affected by the tragedy inflicted on your country by these terrorists. I had several friends in the WTC at the time of the attacks, and I feel that the USia needs to extract vengance upon those who committed these acts. However, you must understand that the men who perpetrated this violence represent a distinct minority among Arabs.
Your suggestion that all arabs have their arms amputated strikes me as offensive and highly insensitive. Racially motivated violence will not bring the dead back to life.
Now is the time for level-headedness and tolerance, not ignorance and persecution.
Sure it sounds good on paper, but ask yourself, would you REALLY do any work if you were sitting at home all day. Be honest now. I, sure wouldn't. I'd be playing video games all day. You can spout off all you want about how telecommuting saves time, gas, and cuts pollution, but when it comes down to it, if you don't have a boss breathing down your neck, you're simply not going to be as productive. Plus, there are too many distractions at home. I'd be to tempted to post to Slashdot, or play video games when I'm supposed to be working. Telecommuting, like unions, promotes laziness among workers.
Hear, hear! I couldn't have put it better myself. If we want to live in a safe, civilized nation, we need to give up some of our lesser freedoms. I would be more than willing to let the FBI or CIA read my correspondence if it will prevent something like this from happening in the future. I've got nothing to hide.
On a related note, Britain has been doing this for years, and they've never had any problems with terrorism on this scale. I think most Britians would agree that sacrificing a few minor liberties in exchange for increased personal security is quite a fair trade!
The FBI maintains a database containing millions of images of fingerprints. This database is used to match prints lifted off a crime scene with an individual. The concept is the same. A computer compares two digital images, and if enough similarity is present, identifies a match. This system has been in place for YEARS, and I haven't heard of any wrongful arrests arising from it.
On a similar note, what if you happen to be walking down the street, and a cop spots you because you look remarkably similar to Joe Drugtrafficer on the FBI's most wanted list. The officer makes a visual match and takes you downtown for questioning. The principle is the same, only in my scenerio, the match is made from the officers own recollection of the wanted man's face. I would argue that a computer match of a high resolution digital image would be, in fact, MORE ACCURATE than a police officer making an identification from his mental image of a criminal. These kind of false identifications happen all the time, and are usually cleared up in a matter of minutes after the falsely accused presents some kind of identification.
If PacBell were filtering newsgroups ten years ago, I would be upset, and cry "Censorship", but sadly, in more recent times, the quality of content in newsgroups has gone straight down the crapper. The only content you'll find nowadays is Get Rich Quick spam, bomb recipes, and pr0n. There's no worthwhile content to protect.
I say, let it die peacefully. The intelligent people left newsgroups a long time ago and the only remaining denizens are the pornographers and anarchists who don't deserve a voice in the first place.
If you agree with everything else I just said, you are a scary, scary man.
"Although Verhoeven and Pendray have patented their technique and received some funding from Nucor Steel Inc."
Steel wants to be FREE, people, and Nucor wants to keep this technology to themselves to help further their globalized corporate profitmaking.
This is an outrage to the Open Source community, and I am hereby calling upon all Linux geeks to band together and produce their own Open-Source version of Damascus Steel. It's high time we show these people we are not going to tolerate their greedy ballyhooing at the expense of poor Dimitry and sweatshop workers in Malaysia. Write your congressman today and request, nay, DEMAND that the DMCA and CSS and DVDA be repealed so we can steal MP3's again.
Remember: Steel wants to be free!!
Free Dimitry!!
Both KQ5 and KQ6 were 640x480x256. I stopped playing after 6, so I don't know about more recent versions.
Plus, it keeps out "the voices" and the alien Carnivore anal probe mind control rays.
You're going to miss ComputerFest for some silly wedding. I'm sure your fiancee will understand your need to put off the wedding until another weekend.
Yeah, that moderator crack hits ya pretty hard, doesn't it?
I always ask a potential applicant to spell "piece" for me.
That's what us geeks were doing while you were out having a so-called, "social life". Moron.
That's a trick question, though. I know hundereds ofjokes, none of which are appropriate for an interview.
I think he typed it wrong. If I recall correctly, typing "file://c:/con/con" would crash kernel32 on a Windows 9x box. Somebody running Windows try it and see if it works.
Windows boxen don't have root access. But I guess it doesn't sound as leet to say "You can 4Dm1n157r470r a Windows box!"
No. No they weren't. Thanks for playing, though.
Where can I get the new Intel Fellatio?
Now, not only does EFNet have to deal with irresponsible skrip7 kiddi3s, but they're taking the full brunt of the Slashdot effect as well.
VERY poor journalism, guys.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the former USSR (and present-day, Russia) has had exactly one casualty during a space flight. They are horribly underfunded, and lack a strong central government, like the USians have, but they've been far more successful in their space program.
What does this mean? Well, I'd say that throwing money at something doesn't always make it work. You could also say that Americans are lazy and lack the strong work ethic needed to overcome adversity. Additional funding will not solve NASA's problems.
I've been a big fan of Dune ever since the first version came out when I was in high school. I loved Wolfenstein 3D before that, and I can remember playing Dune until the wee hours in the morning some nights. Dune 2 was similar, but didn't have the same eerie atmosphere and feel as the original. Hopefully, in the 10 years that have passed since the original was released, ID Software will be able to take advantage of new technology and increases in processing power to make the new version of Dune live up to it's predecessor.
For those of you who aren't aware, we already have this technology imbedded into TODAY's paper currency. Ever notice the little strip about 1 inch from the left edge of the bill? That's the secret CIA transponder chip that is being used to trap the flow of currency. The FBI mind control conspirists want you to believe that it's just an additional counterfeit protection, but there are those of us out there who know the truth. The secret microchips imbedded into every US bill allow the NSA, CIA, and the FIBI to track you're whereabouts almost everywhere you go. They have covert sensors imbedded in airport metal detectors, and those little doors that open automatically at the supermarket. Burn all of your money right now before the CIA hypno-robuts eat your soul!
Solution: Have all your friends sit in the lounge and study quietly for an hour, then feed that hour through the webcam in an infinite loop while you're out drinking and chasing sorority girls. Your parents will think you've been working hard all along. At least until your grades arrive.
And by the time you're done with all that, you could have simply deleted all the spam, read and replied to your legitimate emails, and had about 1/2 hour to spare.