It makes more sense from this angle where you can see the projection screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqjoRMHyYQc
I think it's more tongue-in-cheek style humor than what is apparent in the video you posted.
The key factor is that this mission was so important - even the President was personally involved in its planned - that the very best, most advanced technology available would have been employed. If there are secret helicopters and eavesdropping equipment and spy gadgets, then they would have been employed for this. I think the design (5 blade), material and aerodynamic shape of the tail rotors would be the biggest thing up for grabs after this incident. It also makes me wonder if China, Russia, etc, have their act together enough to quickly place buyers in Pakistan to purchase whatever photos, or even actual pieces of the wreckage, they can. One thing is for sure, China and Russia are very good at reverse engineering.
By the end of production in 1993, somewhere between five and six million Apple II series computers (including about 1.25 million Apple IIGS models) had been produced.
Not counting Apple IIGS, that is $30 million dollars in patent fees to IBM at $5 a unit.
That was a direct quote from Woz's keynote speech. So I think it was just his speaking style. He probably said it more like: "Y'know: store the bits. [pause] Store the bits, then pop in a character on your TV."
In 2010, Sony launched a network platform called "Qriocity" which connects many of Sony's network-enabled devices, and has been expanding its services into global markets. Also, Sony Computer Entertainment has been providing various contents and services for PlayStation users through PlayStation®Network, which now has over 75 million registered accounts (as of March 20, 2011) worldwide.
Uh, I don't think I would've mentioned either of those things at this specific moment in time. (And yes, the press release is dated for today, the 26th).
How are they forcing people to re-purchase media they already have? If the consumer WANTS particular movies (likely their favorite) in HD, then that is their prerogative to purchase it again if they so desire. Your argument would make more sense if the technology to display and store full 1080p video existed but was withheld when the DVD standard was created, or if the movie industry could somehow round up and destroy the millions (billions?) of DVD players, and then get the entire electronics industry to stop selling the player hardware. Yeah, I know they'd love to do that if they could, but fortunately that's something they'll never pull off.
Now if you were talking about streaming or excessive DRM (like the license is retrieved online EVERY TIME you play the media), then yes, that is more concerning, because access can be revoked after the purchase (actually purchase is too strong a word - the movie industry would rather you have a single viewing right if they could manage that). I have the basic Netflix. Imagine if they did away with the $8 unlimited streaming account and instead said it now costs $15 because the movies are in 3D only. That would better fit your argument of "forcing" people to pay more for "better" content.
There are also the factors of scale and precision. The Imperial system seems better balanced in that regard. For example, the typical range of temperature that the majority of the population will encounter on a regular basis is between 0 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit. So in terms of climate / environment the scale is very obvious and intuitive - 0 is really cold and 100 is really hot, with the risk of death present at both ends of that range. Further, the Fahrenheit scale provides better precision than Celsius in terms of integer values. The human skin can detect temperature differentials of around.5 degrees Fahrenheit (http://chestofbooks.com/health/physiology/Manual/Temperature-Sense.html) , meaning that each integral step in the scale is merely double what can be sensed, so a single degree has a clear meaning as far as what we perceive with our bodies. Further, a typical human's body temperature varies by 1 degree Fahrenheit during the natural cycle of the day. Again, both the unit size and the range is well suited to the environmental and biological temperatures we deal with in a regular basis.
Miles provide a similar range and scale balance. In terms of velocity, we really don't care about differences smaller than 1 mph. We don't need the extra precision afforded by kph in this case. The range of 0 to 100 is the real-world range of speeds that a typical person can expect to experience when operating transportation devices (cars). Where 0 is of course stationary, and 100 is moving quite fast. When we talk about speeds greater than 100 mph special equipment and training is necessary to operate safely - it is outside the realm of typical driving, and has been for the last several decades.
I realize that the number of phonemes doesn't have anything to do with intelligence, but what I'm talking about is the formation of a language from nothing. The simplest possible spoken language would be a single phoneme per meaning, correct? Thus the number of meanings, or words, you can produce are restricted to the number of phonemes sounds that can be physically produced. Thus you would be creating as many unique sounds as possible to be able to express the maximum number of meanings, which is why the earliest languages had a huge number of phonemes. It's about complexity. The complexity can either lie in the physical production of sounds, or in the combination of multiple sounds together. The former is a physical and more primitive process, while the latter is a more mental process (which also requires greater auditory discernment as well). So my point is simply that it makes sense that primitive humans would have sided with physical complexity over mental complexity when first applying meaning to sounds.
I read this earlier, and at first glance it's counter-intuitive. Why would older languages have more phonemes and not less? That's a lot more sounds to have to learn and be able to physically reproduce. I presume the extra physical difficulty was a substitute for the extra intelligence required to couple many phonemes together to make new meanings. So perhaps a single utterance was used to mean food, another sound for sleep, etc, so that each phoneme meant just one thing? Then it was small step to take the phoneme for food, add a hand gesture to it and that meant eat. Eventually that gesture was replaced with another phoneme, thus you had two phonemes combined like "food + action" meaning to eat. As humans became more intelligent they ditched the hard to produce sounds and used groups of easier to product phonemes instead? I'm not a linguist and the article doesn't talk about any of this sort of thing, but it makes sense to me.
And of course if it requires less power to manufacture, then it is less expensive to produce. Thus the prices of consumer electronics would drop. Wait for it... wait for it.... Bwahahahahahahahaha! Oh I just cracked myself up. The only difference we'd see is a little green sticker on the box where the OEM is bragging about saving the environment or something.
In about 2 years a new line of Desktops and laptops will be announced that used the new A10 processor, this processor will be used to get rid of all those ooky older intel based devices by having the new OS not compatible with it.
Using old hardware makes Jobs angry.... you wont like him when he's angry....
I don't think it's very likely that Jobs will be around in 2 years, which regardless if you love him or hate him, will result in the tech industry being a little less interesting.
If Android has not been made to run on Apple iOS hardware, then it's very, very doubtful that Windows can be made to do so, as the source code isn't even available.
I think it will take a while for the full extent of this disaster to become known. Tepco and the government have been downplaying everything since day one. When the first plant exploded due to the hydrogen buildup, and they said in effect that "It isn't a big deal - just the superficial structure over the reactors was damaged" I knew for sure that they were painting a totally different picture than reality. The amount of destruction from those explosions was tremendous. What gets me is that after the first reactor building explosion, they still could not prevent the second (and worse) explosion. As an armchair nuclear plant operator, it sure seems like they have done a very poor job trying to reign in control of the situation.
My opinion is that, fortunately, most people today could not pass this test. I say that is fortunate because a great deal of the knowledge they required is not of practical use in the 21st century. In fact, besides some of the math, I daresay it wasn't practical in the 19th century either.
Further, the best accuracy you can obtain with DSL, for example, is the radius of area served by a particular station. The DSL latency times per kilometer are in the dozens of microseconds, so it would not be possible to resolve distances within a DSL service area just by millisecond ping times. In my rural area they push DSL out at least 3 miles. So even if you consider "average" as half of that radius, that gives an accuracy of 2,400 meters. I think they claim to narrow that down by the fact that DSL stations are placed in the center of population centers.
However, just as scary (in differing ways) is that entities like Google are able to take your position via Google Maps on your cell phone and correlate it with your wireless router's Mac Address (if your phone connects to your wifi). That's how Google knows EXACTLY where I'm at even when from my home PCs now. That is coupled with their wardriving efforts to map out mac addresses directly.
It seems that where Linux has succeeded is where Linux is completely hidden behind the scenes, as far as the consumer is concerned. Even in the case of Android, with a stock device, it would be utterly impossible to know it was running Linux. In fact, there's an entire Java layer between the user and Linux. My point is that Linux, the brand, has failed when it comes to the masses. In other words, Linux has done well where companies can take their time and make an informed decision about which OS they wish to embed in their hardware. That is where Linux has succeeded, and a big part of that is simply that Linux is stable, supports ubiquitous hardware, and is free. But as far as end consumers choosing Linux, that hasn't happened yet.
Seems they had extraordinarily good luck this time around. I think I remember reading that they found it on their 4th day of searching? Previous expeditions had searched for months, so they really did well to find it straight off.
There are new reports this morning that bodies have been found in the wreckage. This is going to provide closure in many ways (emotional, engineering, etc).
Here's a summary: Each time the X-37B is launched a bunch of amateurs make a game out of finding it in orbit. It took a month to find it using telescopes on the first mission, but only 4 days on the current mission. It is currently in a very low (lower than the space station) non-polar orbit, which is unusual for spy satellites, because it will never cross large areas of the planet. So they presume it is used for spying on specific areas on this mission, likely the Middle East as it has good coverage of that area. Basically all that's known is its orbit, not what it is capable of nor what it is actually doing.
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It makes more sense from this angle where you can see the projection screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqjoRMHyYQc
I think it's more tongue-in-cheek style humor than what is apparent in the video you posted.
So what's the deal? He was hoarding Halloween decorations and stuff too?
I guess because it's more important for the screen to look sleek when it's off than to function optimally when it's on?
The key factor is that this mission was so important - even the President was personally involved in its planned - that the very best, most advanced technology available would have been employed. If there are secret helicopters and eavesdropping equipment and spy gadgets, then they would have been employed for this. I think the design (5 blade), material and aerodynamic shape of the tail rotors would be the biggest thing up for grabs after this incident. It also makes me wonder if China, Russia, etc, have their act together enough to quickly place buyers in Pakistan to purchase whatever photos, or even actual pieces of the wreckage, they can. One thing is for sure, China and Russia are very good at reverse engineering.
And of course when I say IBM I really mean RCA... Doh!
According to Wikipedia:
By the end of production in 1993, somewhere between five and six million Apple II series computers (including about 1.25 million Apple IIGS models) had been produced.
Not counting Apple IIGS, that is $30 million dollars in patent fees to IBM at $5 a unit.
That was a direct quote from Woz's keynote speech. So I think it was just his speaking style. He probably said it more like:
"Y'know: store the bits. [pause] Store the bits, then pop in a character on your TV."
Guess means we won't be seeing any more Harry Potter books?
In 2010, Sony launched a network platform called "Qriocity" which connects many of Sony's network-enabled devices, and has been expanding its services into global markets. Also, Sony Computer Entertainment has been providing various contents and services for PlayStation users through PlayStation®Network, which now has over 75 million registered accounts (as of March 20, 2011) worldwide.
Uh, I don't think I would've mentioned either of those things at this specific moment in time. (And yes, the press release is dated for today, the 26th).
forcing people to re-purchase
How are they forcing people to re-purchase media they already have? If the consumer WANTS particular movies (likely their favorite) in HD, then that is their prerogative to purchase it again if they so desire. Your argument would make more sense if the technology to display and store full 1080p video existed but was withheld when the DVD standard was created, or if the movie industry could somehow round up and destroy the millions (billions?) of DVD players, and then get the entire electronics industry to stop selling the player hardware. Yeah, I know they'd love to do that if they could, but fortunately that's something they'll never pull off.
Now if you were talking about streaming or excessive DRM (like the license is retrieved online EVERY TIME you play the media), then yes, that is more concerning, because access can be revoked after the purchase (actually purchase is too strong a word - the movie industry would rather you have a single viewing right if they could manage that). I have the basic Netflix. Imagine if they did away with the $8 unlimited streaming account and instead said it now costs $15 because the movies are in 3D only. That would better fit your argument of "forcing" people to pay more for "better" content.
There are also the factors of scale and precision. The Imperial system seems better balanced in that regard. For example, the typical range of temperature that the majority of the population will encounter on a regular basis is between 0 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit. So in terms of climate / environment the scale is very obvious and intuitive - 0 is really cold and 100 is really hot, with the risk of death present at both ends of that range. Further, the Fahrenheit scale provides better precision than Celsius in terms of integer values. The human skin can detect temperature differentials of around .5 degrees Fahrenheit (http://chestofbooks.com/health/physiology/Manual/Temperature-Sense.html) , meaning that each integral step in the scale is merely double what can be sensed, so a single degree has a clear meaning as far as what we perceive with our bodies. Further, a typical human's body temperature varies by 1 degree Fahrenheit during the natural cycle of the day. Again, both the unit size and the range is well suited to the environmental and biological temperatures we deal with in a regular basis.
Miles provide a similar range and scale balance. In terms of velocity, we really don't care about differences smaller than 1 mph. We don't need the extra precision afforded by kph in this case. The range of 0 to 100 is the real-world range of speeds that a typical person can expect to experience when operating transportation devices (cars). Where 0 is of course stationary, and 100 is moving quite fast. When we talk about speeds greater than 100 mph special equipment and training is necessary to operate safely - it is outside the realm of typical driving, and has been for the last several decades.
Neither Australia nor Japan is close to me, so unfortunately Instant Quantum Communication Is Not Near.
I realize that the number of phonemes doesn't have anything to do with intelligence, but what I'm talking about is the formation of a language from nothing. The simplest possible spoken language would be a single phoneme per meaning, correct? Thus the number of meanings, or words, you can produce are restricted to the number of phonemes sounds that can be physically produced. Thus you would be creating as many unique sounds as possible to be able to express the maximum number of meanings, which is why the earliest languages had a huge number of phonemes. It's about complexity. The complexity can either lie in the physical production of sounds, or in the combination of multiple sounds together. The former is a physical and more primitive process, while the latter is a more mental process (which also requires greater auditory discernment as well). So my point is simply that it makes sense that primitive humans would have sided with physical complexity over mental complexity when first applying meaning to sounds.
I read this earlier, and at first glance it's counter-intuitive. Why would older languages have more phonemes and not less? That's a lot more sounds to have to learn and be able to physically reproduce. I presume the extra physical difficulty was a substitute for the extra intelligence required to couple many phonemes together to make new meanings. So perhaps a single utterance was used to mean food, another sound for sleep, etc, so that each phoneme meant just one thing? Then it was small step to take the phoneme for food, add a hand gesture to it and that meant eat. Eventually that gesture was replaced with another phoneme, thus you had two phonemes combined like "food + action" meaning to eat. As humans became more intelligent they ditched the hard to produce sounds and used groups of easier to product phonemes instead? I'm not a linguist and the article doesn't talk about any of this sort of thing, but it makes sense to me.
And of course if it requires less power to manufacture, then it is less expensive to produce. Thus the prices of consumer electronics would drop. Wait for it... wait for it.... Bwahahahahahahahaha! Oh I just cracked myself up. The only difference we'd see is a little green sticker on the box where the OEM is bragging about saving the environment or something.
In about 2 years a new line of Desktops and laptops will be announced that used the new A10 processor, this processor will be used to get rid of all those ooky older intel based devices by having the new OS not compatible with it.
Using old hardware makes Jobs angry.... you wont like him when he's angry....
I don't think it's very likely that Jobs will be around in 2 years, which regardless if you love him or hate him, will result in the tech industry being a little less interesting.
If Android has not been made to run on Apple iOS hardware, then it's very, very doubtful that Windows can be made to do so, as the source code isn't even available.
I think it will take a while for the full extent of this disaster to become known. Tepco and the government have been downplaying everything since day one. When the first plant exploded due to the hydrogen buildup, and they said in effect that "It isn't a big deal - just the superficial structure over the reactors was damaged" I knew for sure that they were painting a totally different picture than reality. The amount of destruction from those explosions was tremendous. What gets me is that after the first reactor building explosion, they still could not prevent the second (and worse) explosion. As an armchair nuclear plant operator, it sure seems like they have done a very poor job trying to reign in control of the situation.
Could any of us pass the exam today?
My opinion is that, fortunately, most people today could not pass this test. I say that is fortunate because a great deal of the knowledge they required is not of practical use in the 21st century. In fact, besides some of the math, I daresay it wasn't practical in the 19th century either.
Further, the best accuracy you can obtain with DSL, for example, is the radius of area served by a particular station. The DSL latency times per kilometer are in the dozens of microseconds, so it would not be possible to resolve distances within a DSL service area just by millisecond ping times. In my rural area they push DSL out at least 3 miles. So even if you consider "average" as half of that radius, that gives an accuracy of 2,400 meters. I think they claim to narrow that down by the fact that DSL stations are placed in the center of population centers.
However, just as scary (in differing ways) is that entities like Google are able to take your position via Google Maps on your cell phone and correlate it with your wireless router's Mac Address (if your phone connects to your wifi). That's how Google knows EXACTLY where I'm at even when from my home PCs now. That is coupled with their wardriving efforts to map out mac addresses directly.
Some companies will do anything to get a little publicity. Oh look, it worked.
It seems that where Linux has succeeded is where Linux is completely hidden behind the scenes, as far as the consumer is concerned. Even in the case of Android, with a stock device, it would be utterly impossible to know it was running Linux. In fact, there's an entire Java layer between the user and Linux. My point is that Linux, the brand, has failed when it comes to the masses. In other words, Linux has done well where companies can take their time and make an informed decision about which OS they wish to embed in their hardware. That is where Linux has succeeded, and a big part of that is simply that Linux is stable, supports ubiquitous hardware, and is free. But as far as end consumers choosing Linux, that hasn't happened yet.
The plane is at a depth of 3,800 to 4,000 meters. To quote your own link:
They (hagfish) can be found at depths of up to 5,600 feet (about 1,800 meters).
Seems they had extraordinarily good luck this time around. I think I remember reading that they found it on their 4th day of searching? Previous expeditions had searched for months, so they really did well to find it straight off.
There are new reports this morning that bodies have been found in the wreckage. This is going to provide closure in many ways (emotional, engineering, etc).
Here's a summary:
Each time the X-37B is launched a bunch of amateurs make a game out of finding it in orbit. It took a month to find it using telescopes on the first mission, but only 4 days on the current mission. It is currently in a very low (lower than the space station) non-polar orbit, which is unusual for spy satellites, because it will never cross large areas of the planet. So they presume it is used for spying on specific areas on this mission, likely the Middle East as it has good coverage of that area. Basically all that's known is its orbit, not what it is capable of nor what it is actually doing.