I am a scientist myself, but even I feel slightly bit disturbed by this realisation - that the oldest animal on Earth was killed in the experiment. I don't know why, I guess I have some kind of respect for the uniqueness of the status of this animal.
I understand completely. But it's OK, the clam had already outlived all its friends and even its children. What else did it have to live for? Its bucket list was marked off long ago. (Yes, it was a "clam bucket" list.) The list had only two items: "Filter seawater" and "Reproduce". Been there, done that. For over five hundred years. Boring...
At least the poor thing never ended up in a nursing home. Bad food, nobody comes to visit, rude staff. Feh! Better off dead...
But seriously, folks, I did happen to buy an oil change on Amazon recently, through their "Amazon Local" service. But it was from a local Goodyear dealer, not from Sears Auto.
It's been reported that the value of the real estate held by Sears Holdings is greater than the stock-market value of Sears Holdings itself. How can that be?
I've wondered exactly how "valuable" a dead KMart or Sears store really is. After all, what else can you turn it into? The more successful big-box folks like Wal-Mart and Home Depot already have their own big boxes. Plus, KMart and Sears stores typically are in older locations that are in retail decline. For example, the Sears Auto that's closest to me is outside a large indoor mall that's nearly vacant. And the KMart across the street from it currently is in the process of closing.
So what do you put in a retail location that nobody wants to shop at anymore? A data center, of course. Seems like an innovative idea.
However, it remains to be seen whether this will work as a business concept. For example, I assume access to network infrastructure is important. But if it does work, it would "unlock" the value of Sears' real estate that otherwise has little value.
Best of all, if a server rack ever needs to have its oil changed or its muffler replaced, it can be lifted at the touch of a button.
Since Ceylon seems to be Java inspired, I looked for a comparison of the two but didn't find one. Wikipedia's entry about it says, "The project is described to be what a language and SDK for business computing would look like if it were designed today, keeping in mind the successes and failures of the Java language and Java SE SDK." That nice, but can anyone here supply some details?
Polaroid is already gone. For the last few years, ever since they stopped making instant film, Polaroid has been nothing more than a brand name to be licensed out (presumably, to attract folks who still have fond memories of instant film.) For example, all those cheap portable Polaroid-brand DVD players are made by somebody else. That's in contrast to Best Buy, which is a real corporation, and Borders, which is at least a division of a real corporation, Barnes & Noble.
What exactly is a "'dromie"? As best I can tell, it's someone who makes a joke that someone else doesn't get; if so, please see reply above by MysteriousPreacher for an explanation of the joke.
And beyond his explanation, it's just inherently funny that any actor/character would wear an engine air filter as a vision device. (Sorry that I can't really explain that - it's in the mysterious realm of what we dromies call "humor" - nyuk, nyuk. If you look at the pictures I linked, though, that might help.)
Exactly. The lack of an audit trail that many user deem to be a feature is an even more important feature for inept or dishonest bankers.
Which reminds me: the new Bitcoin version of "It's a Wonderful Life" is due out this Christmas:
George Bailey: [yelling at Uncle Billy] Where's that money, you silly stupid old fool? Where's that money? Do you realize what this means? It means bankruptcy and scandal and prison! That's what it means!
What?... It was just Bitcoins?... And it was Potter's Bitcoins? Hey, that's swell Uncle Billy, real swell! Look, no sweat. Let's go have a little "eggnog" at Martini's.
I don't use encrypted cloud storage. Instead, for secure backup, I use USB hard drives that I leave disconnected from the computer except during backup operations. This method places a priority on security (no hacker or virus can get to a drive that's disconnected), but it leaves me open to physical theft or destruction. I don't worry much about the former, but for the latter, I keep a copy at a relative's house.
Of course, this method doesn't solve the sync problem. I don't personally have a much need to sync data across devices (except for program code, which is easily synced across computers via Git), but for those of you who do, I recommend you use it only for data that doesn't really need to be secure, such as personal photos. Then, you can use any cloud service that syncs well, without regard to encryption.
Spot on. Also, sign language is quite important culturally as the native language of deaf people. All cultures view their native language as essential to their cultural identity. The deaf are no different (or so I hear.)
Rothberg and physicist Max Tegmark, who is based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, have enrolled about 400 mathematicians and theoretical physicists from top-ranked US universities...Critics say that the sizes of these studies are too small to yield meaningful results for such complex traits.
I'm not sure who's right, Rothberg, or his critics. In any event, his should exclude either his genes or theirs.
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Careful...with talk like that, you could prompt Myhrvold to become a copyright troll.
I am a scientist myself, but even I feel slightly bit disturbed by this realisation - that the oldest animal on Earth was killed in the experiment. I don't know why, I guess I have some kind of respect for the uniqueness of the status of this animal.
I understand completely. But it's OK, the clam had already outlived all its friends and even its children. What else did it have to live for? Its bucket list was marked off long ago. (Yes, it was a "clam bucket" list.) The list had only two items: "Filter seawater" and "Reproduce". Been there, done that. For over five hundred years. Boring...
At least the poor thing never ended up in a nursing home. Bad food, nobody comes to visit, rude staff. Feh! Better off dead...
But seriously, folks, I did happen to buy an oil change on Amazon recently, through their "Amazon Local" service. But it was from a local Goodyear dealer, not from Sears Auto.
It's been reported that the value of the real estate held by Sears Holdings is greater than the stock-market value of Sears Holdings itself. How can that be?
I've wondered exactly how "valuable" a dead KMart or Sears store really is. After all, what else can you turn it into? The more successful big-box folks like Wal-Mart and Home Depot already have their own big boxes. Plus, KMart and Sears stores typically are in older locations that are in retail decline. For example, the Sears Auto that's closest to me is outside a large indoor mall that's nearly vacant. And the KMart across the street from it currently is in the process of closing.
So what do you put in a retail location that nobody wants to shop at anymore? A data center, of course. Seems like an innovative idea.
However, it remains to be seen whether this will work as a business concept. For example, I assume access to network infrastructure is important. But if it does work, it would "unlock" the value of Sears' real estate that otherwise has little value.
Best of all, if a server rack ever needs to have its oil changed or its muffler replaced, it can be lifted at the touch of a button.
Since Ceylon seems to be Java inspired, I looked for a comparison of the two but didn't find one. Wikipedia's entry about it says, "The project is described to be what a language and SDK for business computing would look like if it were designed today, keeping in mind the successes and failures of the Java language and Java SE SDK." That nice, but can anyone here supply some details?
Polaroid is already gone. For the last few years, ever since they stopped making instant film, Polaroid has been nothing more than a brand name to be licensed out (presumably, to attract folks who still have fond memories of instant film.) For example, all those cheap portable Polaroid-brand DVD players are made by somebody else. That's in contrast to Best Buy, which is a real corporation, and Borders, which is at least a division of a real corporation, Barnes & Noble.
Any executive who gets a virus from a porn site instead of a hooker is grossly incompetent and should be fired.
The Russians evidently still haven't learned not to click on any link that ends in ".ru".
What exactly is a "'dromie"? As best I can tell, it's someone who makes a joke that someone else doesn't get; if so, please see reply above by MysteriousPreacher for an explanation of the joke.
And beyond his explanation, it's just inherently funny that any actor/character would wear an engine air filter as a vision device. (Sorry that I can't really explain that - it's in the mysterious realm of what we dromies call "humor" - nyuk, nyuk. If you look at the pictures I linked, though, that might help.)
LeVar Burton isn't comfortable with the idea of using Google Glass? Maybe Google should make it look more like that engine air filter he used to wear on Star Trek.
...which gives his 'strategic realignment' ... a whiff of self-interest.
I'm shocked - shocked! - that any CEO would operate in his self-interest.
Exactly. The lack of an audit trail that many user deem to be a feature is an even more important feature for inept or dishonest bankers.
Which reminds me: the new Bitcoin version of "It's a Wonderful Life" is due out this Christmas:
George Bailey: [yelling at Uncle Billy] Where's that money, you silly stupid old fool? Where's that money? Do you realize what this means? It means bankruptcy and scandal and prison! That's what it means!
What?... It was just Bitcoins?... And it was Potter's Bitcoins? Hey, that's swell Uncle Billy, real swell! Look, no sweat. Let's go have a little "eggnog" at Martini's.
"A hacker with his computer can steal more than a hundred men with guns."
I wonder what ads I'll see when I wear my Richard Nixon Halloween mask? (Does any even sell reel-to-reel tape anymore?)
I don't use encrypted cloud storage. Instead, for secure backup, I use USB hard drives that I leave disconnected from the computer except during backup operations. This method places a priority on security (no hacker or virus can get to a drive that's disconnected), but it leaves me open to physical theft or destruction. I don't worry much about the former, but for the latter, I keep a copy at a relative's house.
Of course, this method doesn't solve the sync problem. I don't personally have a much need to sync data across devices (except for program code, which is easily synced across computers via Git), but for those of you who do, I recommend you use it only for data that doesn't really need to be secure, such as personal photos. Then, you can use any cloud service that syncs well, without regard to encryption.
British spying is a riddle wrapped inside an Enigma.
That must be why he made the Guggenheim entirely round.
...which turned us all into 0xdeadbeef.
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...that most of them are autobiographies.
...and if there were, it probably wouldn't involve a violation of Brooks' Law.
Spot on. Also, sign language is quite important culturally as the native language of deaf people. All cultures view their native language as essential to their cultural identity. The deaf are no different (or so I hear.)
Rothberg and physicist Max Tegmark, who is based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, have enrolled about 400 mathematicians and theoretical physicists from top-ranked US universities...Critics say that the sizes of these studies are too small to yield meaningful results for such complex traits.
I'm not sure who's right, Rothberg, or his critics. In any event, his should exclude either his genes or theirs.
I wonder how much they'd charge to fix my cat's smell? (She's out of warranty.)
That's a nice offer but my floppy drive never grew beyond 5-1/4". Anyhow, pretty much all of my floppy drive is gone by now...