If they can cut the material into pieces and then have it "stitch" itself together, then can it be expected to fix cracks?
I rarely see problem scratches on phone displays, but I often see cracked glass that people are trying to keep going until they can get a new phone - what happens in this situation?
The other question I would have is does this material work with capacitive displays?
I would think that if the big brands are being shut out, isn't this a great opportunity for small, regionally manufactured technology products to be brought in and promoted?
It would seem that company with a very low-overhead and just in time manufacturing (ordering components when the PO comes in and shipping within the 30-60 days of the contract) could be a viable business. It would be tough for Apple, Sony, and other big brands, but if these companies handle the logistics as well as the promotion, I would think high quality, low cost products which are built in the US (which would make Mr. Trump happy) could be the result of working with them.
Anybody have any numbers at Amazon and Walmart that I can call?
Making the alert, confirm and dialog models tab based seems like a reasonable restriction while still allowing HTML5 apps which will probably use these models for not nefarious purposes. Anything more may be an inconvenience for HTML5 web app authors - but not a roadblock to scammers.
I'm looking at it from the perspective of having done a Google extension which required these models; while being available in the browser using Javascript, they're not available to extensions. As extensions go away and move to web apps, it will be nice to have this functionality as APIs, rather than the Javascript code we had to put together to provide the same functionality in the extension.
And therein lies the rub. If somebody wants to do something, especially if they are trying to steal from others, they will find a way - this is a speed bump at best. I'm sure that even as I write this, someone is coming up with a Javascript (now WebAssembly?) approach to locking up a browser and maybe the entire system until the user gives up their credit card number.
When I was at RIM a few years ago, I was amazed at the number of different infringing products that came in through active searches of problem products.
In terms of handsets, they ranged from cheap look alikes to incredibly similar "Blueberry" products (seriously, that was the name stamped with the RIM logo on the phone). For accessories (the group I was in), batteries, headphones marked as RIM products ranged from very good to better than the company was producing. There were some proprietary features (ie recognition circuitry) that should have been proprietary that were very expertly faked.
I don't know how a global brand can combat this (and I'd be curious to see any ideas on how it could be done).
Is it (theoretically) possible for a battery to reach the same energy density as fossil fuel? Gasoline has an energy density of 46MJ/kg while a lithium based battery has an energy density of around 1MJ/kg.
This would mean that an electric car, boat or airplane would have the same potential range as their oil powered brethren.
Actually it's not. I asked this question to Chris Hadfield (sorry for the name dropping) about two years ago and the 57 degree inclination of the ISS doesn't preclude a trajectory to any lunar orbital inclination - the trajectory required might be a bit wonky (meaning it will take a very long time to get there) but it is possible.
I suspect the biggest limiting factor will be the increased radiation the ISS (and its occupants) will encounter outside of the Van Allen belts.
That's a really interesting idea but what is this "O3" and "H3" you are talking about?
I think you're confusing "O3" with the right most term in FeTiO3, which is ilmenite, a very common rock on the moon (take a look at: https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.go...). The "O3" is simply three oxygen atoms in each molecule of ilmenite.
As for "H3", how about "He3", which is an isotope of helium with only one neutron instead of the more common He4 which has two. This has been an important part of the dream/fantasy that lunar He3 can be burned with deuterium in a clean fusion reaction.
At the time of OS/2, it really was the best operating system available for PCs. Well written, fast operation, superior UI and great security. I'm definitely biased because of the involvement I had in its design and early integration, but it was an excellent platform.
I just don't see how bringing it back now, after so many years of being ignored, it can be brought up to speed in terms of features and hardware advances. It's limited to 32bit processors and I don't see any mention of handling multiple cores not to mention GPUs, USB 3.0, etc.
The investment could be made to bring OS/2 up to the latest standards, but I don't see it resulting in any kind of positive return in terms of users.
I would presume that Microsoft knows about this problem and really I would think that the OneDrive Program Manager should be hopping up and down demanding the problem is fixed.
In my company, we have Linux (Ubuntu with some Mint recently), Windows (primarily 7, avoiding 10 like the plague as much as possible), Mac OS, & ChromeOS - using Dropbox for sharing data right now but will need a better solution over the next few months.
As RTFA, I'm struck that is affects 5.5k marketers (1.5% of the company's workforce) who are not getting the results that their boss is looking for. Ms. Peluso believes that the issue is with employees not being able to effectively work together because they are in different locations (ie their homes). She may very well be right and it's within her authority to bring the employees into the office.
I guess you could argue that this is the thin edge of the wedge - more IBM employees from other areas who are working productively at home could be forced to come into the office but, before that happens, let's wait and see what happens here.
I guess you could call this a stunt as Dr. Hawking, at 75 and with his health issues would not be considered a likely astronaut but I think it's great that he is given this opportunity.
Too many people have gone (Arthur C. Clarke as one) that fully expected to experience spaceflight during their lives and it's nice to see Dr. Hawking will get that opportunity.
From somebody hoping that one day their ship will come in and get the same experience.
Nothing is 100% reflective; some energy will be absorbed, the object and it's coating will heat, start to char and the reflective properties will be lost.
The issue is holding the beam on the target long enough so that the absorbed energy will start to damage the coating and what's underneath. The time required drops as the energy level increases.
How much energy goes into the laser to get the 58kW out? 58kW is just over 78 horsepower, so it's not a huge amount of energy coming out and, at 100% efficiency, it could be driven by a fairly small power source.
Are we talking efficiency on the order of 10%, 1%, 0.1% less?
The question comes down to, can the beam be powered by a couple of car batteries or do we need a nuclear power plant?
TFA immediately made me think of the Arthur C Clarke story in which the "first cries" of the unintentionally created artificial intelligence that arose from the hook up of a world-wide telephone exchange was that every phone around the world rang at the same time.
What will it be for us? All the refrigerator doors on the planet opening at the same time?
Or was Frank Poole killed because HAL thought they were going to unplug the "Mammary Circus" and that was basically the only DVD the three of them could agree on watching?
Okay, where is the accepted definition of "General Purpose Computer"?
In response to the term "General Purpose Computer" used in TFA, I used what I would consider a definition and compare the Raspberry Pi to it to decide whether or not it fit the definition.
If I ask Google "general purpose computer definition" I get 8.17 million results - if you read them, you'll see answers that include devices ranging from mainframes to smartphones to single board computers (and, I imagine, if I were to go far enough, I'd find some System On Chips (SOCs) that met somebody's definition as well).
If you have a better definition or know where there is an "official" one, put it here and it can be discussed.
I call the Raspberry Pi "Custom Purpose" simply because if you look at 90%+ of the advertised uses for it, they are just that, controlling machinery, kiosks, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
If they can cut the material into pieces and then have it "stitch" itself together, then can it be expected to fix cracks?
I rarely see problem scratches on phone displays, but I often see cracked glass that people are trying to keep going until they can get a new phone - what happens in this situation?
The other question I would have is does this material work with capacitive displays?
myke
See: https://www.amazon.com/Snakes-...
If you get that, you're basically fucked. Document what they've done to you (and your team) and quit (which is what the book tells you to do).
It's a tough world out there.
I would think that if the big brands are being shut out, isn't this a great opportunity for small, regionally manufactured technology products to be brought in and promoted?
It would seem that company with a very low-overhead and just in time manufacturing (ordering components when the PO comes in and shipping within the 30-60 days of the contract) could be a viable business. It would be tough for Apple, Sony, and other big brands, but if these companies handle the logistics as well as the promotion, I would think high quality, low cost products which are built in the US (which would make Mr. Trump happy) could be the result of working with them.
Anybody have any numbers at Amazon and Walmart that I can call?
Truly amazing and a real milestone in humanity reaching for the stars.
Well done!
Making the alert, confirm and dialog models tab based seems like a reasonable restriction while still allowing HTML5 apps which will probably use these models for not nefarious purposes. Anything more may be an inconvenience for HTML5 web app authors - but not a roadblock to scammers.
I'm looking at it from the perspective of having done a Google extension which required these models; while being available in the browser using Javascript, they're not available to extensions. As extensions go away and move to web apps, it will be nice to have this functionality as APIs, rather than the Javascript code we had to put together to provide the same functionality in the extension.
And therein lies the rub. If somebody wants to do something, especially if they are trying to steal from others, they will find a way - this is a speed bump at best. I'm sure that even as I write this, someone is coming up with a Javascript (now WebAssembly?) approach to locking up a browser and maybe the entire system until the user gives up their credit card number.
When I was at RIM a few years ago, I was amazed at the number of different infringing products that came in through active searches of problem products.
In terms of handsets, they ranged from cheap look alikes to incredibly similar "Blueberry" products (seriously, that was the name stamped with the RIM logo on the phone). For accessories (the group I was in), batteries, headphones marked as RIM products ranged from very good to better than the company was producing. There were some proprietary features (ie recognition circuitry) that should have been proprietary that were very expertly faked.
I don't know how a global brand can combat this (and I'd be curious to see any ideas on how it could be done).
John,
Is it (theoretically) possible for a battery to reach the same energy density as fossil fuel? Gasoline has an energy density of 46MJ/kg while a lithium based battery has an energy density of around 1MJ/kg.
This would mean that an electric car, boat or airplane would have the same potential range as their oil powered brethren.
Nope - He3 + deuterium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Actually it's not. I asked this question to Chris Hadfield (sorry for the name dropping) about two years ago and the 57 degree inclination of the ISS doesn't preclude a trajectory to any lunar orbital inclination - the trajectory required might be a bit wonky (meaning it will take a very long time to get there) but it is possible.
I suspect the biggest limiting factor will be the increased radiation the ISS (and its occupants) will encounter outside of the Van Allen belts.
That's a really interesting idea but what is this "O3" and "H3" you are talking about?
I think you're confusing "O3" with the right most term in FeTiO3, which is ilmenite, a very common rock on the moon (take a look at: https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.go...). The "O3" is simply three oxygen atoms in each molecule of ilmenite.
As for "H3", how about "He3", which is an isotope of helium with only one neutron instead of the more common He4 which has two. This has been an important part of the dream/fantasy that lunar He3 can be burned with deuterium in a clean fusion reaction.
At the time of OS/2, it really was the best operating system available for PCs. Well written, fast operation, superior UI and great security. I'm definitely biased because of the involvement I had in its design and early integration, but it was an excellent platform.
I just don't see how bringing it back now, after so many years of being ignored, it can be brought up to speed in terms of features and hardware advances. It's limited to 32bit processors and I don't see any mention of handling multiple cores not to mention GPUs, USB 3.0, etc.
The investment could be made to bring OS/2 up to the latest standards, but I don't see it resulting in any kind of positive return in terms of users.
I would presume that Microsoft knows about this problem and really I would think that the OneDrive Program Manager should be hopping up and down demanding the problem is fixed.
In my company, we have Linux (Ubuntu with some Mint recently), Windows (primarily 7, avoiding 10 like the plague as much as possible), Mac OS, & ChromeOS - using Dropbox for sharing data right now but will need a better solution over the next few months.
Thanx for the article,
OneDrive for Buisness != Not my Business
That's pretty awful of you stealing somebody's $80,000 SUV and then laughing about it after dumping them in the woods.
Who are you, Tony Soprano?
I wish I had mod points. Nice.
What else is there to say?
As RTFA, I'm struck that is affects 5.5k marketers (1.5% of the company's workforce) who are not getting the results that their boss is looking for. Ms. Peluso believes that the issue is with employees not being able to effectively work together because they are in different locations (ie their homes). She may very well be right and it's within her authority to bring the employees into the office.
I guess you could argue that this is the thin edge of the wedge - more IBM employees from other areas who are working productively at home could be forced to come into the office but, before that happens, let's wait and see what happens here.
Rather than destroy the contents it would be better to have a separate code that will show photos and videos of granny's 100th birthday.
"Sir, why did you use password protection for such a purpose?"
"Why wouldn't I use it to protect my memories of my G'Ma?"
I guess you could call this a stunt as Dr. Hawking, at 75 and with his health issues would not be considered a likely astronaut but I think it's great that he is given this opportunity.
Too many people have gone (Arthur C. Clarke as one) that fully expected to experience spaceflight during their lives and it's nice to see Dr. Hawking will get that opportunity.
From somebody hoping that one day their ship will come in and get the same experience.
Probably the best solution.
But, could you really be charged with evidence tampering if the prosecution can't prove beforehand there was evidence there in the first place?
I suspect it would be a long and expensive process to find out what the final outcome would be.
Nothing is 100% reflective; some energy will be absorbed, the object and it's coating will heat, start to char and the reflective properties will be lost.
The issue is holding the beam on the target long enough so that the absorbed energy will start to damage the coating and what's underneath. The time required drops as the energy level increases.
How much energy goes into the laser to get the 58kW out? 58kW is just over 78 horsepower, so it's not a huge amount of energy coming out and, at 100% efficiency, it could be driven by a fairly small power source.
Are we talking efficiency on the order of 10%, 1%, 0.1% less?
The question comes down to, can the beam be powered by a couple of car batteries or do we need a nuclear power plant?
TFA immediately made me think of the Arthur C Clarke story in which the "first cries" of the unintentionally created artificial intelligence that arose from the hook up of a world-wide telephone exchange was that every phone around the world rang at the same time.
What will it be for us? All the refrigerator doors on the planet opening at the same time?
Or was Frank Poole killed because HAL thought they were going to unplug the "Mammary Circus" and that was basically the only DVD the three of them could agree on watching?
Okay, where is the accepted definition of "General Purpose Computer"?
In response to the term "General Purpose Computer" used in TFA, I used what I would consider a definition and compare the Raspberry Pi to it to decide whether or not it fit the definition.
If I ask Google "general purpose computer definition" I get 8.17 million results - if you read them, you'll see answers that include devices ranging from mainframes to smartphones to single board computers (and, I imagine, if I were to go far enough, I'd find some System On Chips (SOCs) that met somebody's definition as well).
If you have a better definition or know where there is an "official" one, put it here and it can be discussed.
I call the Raspberry Pi "Custom Purpose" simply because if you look at 90%+ of the advertised uses for it, they are just that, controlling machinery, kiosks, etc.
Just look here: http://makezine.com/2013/04/14...
Now, see how many of these types of projects your basic Dell system unit is used in.