I reported an issue to our software vendor that their BDE backed application would give an out of disk space error when trying to run a repair on the tables and I was told that I needed to increase the pagefile size! As I understand it, what was actually happening was that I had 4GB free disk space which wrapped the 32bit int, and by increasing the swapfile changed the amount of freespace - Cargo-cult tech support at it's best!
My first real world demonstration of why conductor size matters was when I rewired my Sinclair C5, I was only 12 or so. The C5 was basically a washing machine motor and a car battery. The original switch on mine had stopped working, "No problem" thought I, I'll just replace it with this small car brake light switch - it even had wires attached. A few twists later and the circuit was complete. My step-brother was the first to test the new wiring, he got maybe a lap of the track we had set before it burst into plumes of smoke and he jumped out and rolled away. The thin switch wire had been resting on top of the battery, the current turned this into a very hot wire indeed and cut part way through it! Thinking about it now, someone could have been seriously injured, but hey, that wasn't the first or last time something bad could have happened in my youth:)
The problem could be that our definition of "life" really boils down to, "a chain of events, sufficiently complex, that we do not yet understand". By that definition, anything we do create, cannot be "life" and the term will soon be antiquated.
According to the Wikipedia article on energy density, flywheels have a lower energy density than lithium ion batteries. I guess there would also be the additional complication of having to use multiple flywheels to balance the angular momentum so the craft can be steered resulting in additional gearing adding weight and friction.
It possibly depends on the timing as MythBusters did this and found that using mouth wash right before being breathalyzed did increase your reading - so much so that you should have been dead had that reading been genuine. The effect may tail off very quickly but there could be a window in which you would appear intoxicated and alive.
What we really need is some sort of algorithm that compares new information to that which is already stored. It then could test hypotheses to gain further understanding. Unfortunately a machine with enough processing power to run this "critical thinking and understanding" algorithm would be impossible to build with today's technology. We would need a new type of processor that has maybe billions of "organic neurons", it would need to be equipped with highly sophisticated sensors, a method of self transportation, self-healing and even it's own energy production system which could harvest energy indirectly from the Sun. We can only dream of such technology being available to everyone.
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I reported an issue to our software vendor that their BDE backed application would give an out of disk space error when trying to run a repair on the tables and I was told that I needed to increase the pagefile size! As I understand it, what was actually happening was that I had 4GB free disk space which wrapped the 32bit int, and by increasing the swapfile changed the amount of freespace - Cargo-cult tech support at it's best!
While some strive only to meet the 'appearance Turing Test'
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When the BT engineer installed my companies fibre based connection, they did this, it's probably just as awesome but on a larger scale.
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My first real world demonstration of why conductor size matters was when I rewired my Sinclair C5, I was only 12 or so. The C5 was basically a washing machine motor and a car battery. The original switch on mine had stopped working, "No problem" thought I, I'll just replace it with this small car brake light switch - it even had wires attached. A few twists later and the circuit was complete. My step-brother was the first to test the new wiring, he got maybe a lap of the track we had set before it burst into plumes of smoke and he jumped out and rolled away. The thin switch wire had been resting on top of the battery, the current turned this into a very hot wire indeed and cut part way through it! Thinking about it now, someone could have been seriously injured, but hey, that wasn't the first or last time something bad could have happened in my youth :)
The problem could be that our definition of "life" really boils down to, "a chain of events, sufficiently complex, that we do not yet understand". By that definition, anything we do create, cannot be "life" and the term will soon be antiquated.
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According to the Wikipedia article on energy density, flywheels have a lower energy density than lithium ion batteries. I guess there would also be the additional complication of having to use multiple flywheels to balance the angular momentum so the craft can be steered resulting in additional gearing adding weight and friction.
This is terrible advice for the UK and will get charged with failure to produce a breathalyser specimen which I believe is a year ban anyway!
Beauty is in Eye of the Beholder
You mean "Beauty is in Eye of the BeERholder".
It possibly depends on the timing as MythBusters did this and found that using mouth wash right before being breathalyzed did increase your reading - so much so that you should have been dead had that reading been genuine. The effect may tail off very quickly but there could be a window in which you would appear intoxicated and alive.
How do I see the screen to click the 'Scan' button when I've got the document in front of it?
What we really need is some sort of algorithm that compares new information to that which is already stored. It then could test hypotheses to gain further understanding. Unfortunately a machine with enough processing power to run this "critical thinking and understanding" algorithm would be impossible to build with today's technology. We would need a new type of processor that has maybe billions of "organic neurons", it would need to be equipped with highly sophisticated sensors, a method of self transportation, self-healing and even it's own energy production system which could harvest energy indirectly from the Sun. We can only dream of such technology being available to everyone.
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