I knew somebody would post this before I did. A garage is by definition a place where you store crap without trying to make it look nice.
A lot of my junk is in an old server case. I pulled out all the hardware and replaced the rack with shelves. It locks, opens on 2 sides, and can roll. (it was a Mosaix predictive dialer in its previous life)
My other stuff is in coffee cans, cardboard boxes, plastic bags, old jars-- you name it. That is what a garage is for.
"I believe that Nasa is solely responsible for America being where it is today."
You're right. With NASA taking care of the native uprisings, inventing flight and defeating the Nazis - I've never understood why they don't get larger amounts of funding. Maybe it is because they have done so much with so little. The transcontinental railroad is one of my personal favorites in that great list of NASA accomplishments.
... I must confess that my first reaction was along the same lines. The whole description had me confused for 2 or 3 minutes until it finally got through my work-brain filter.
I agree with you 100%. But people are really drawn to a GUI.
I sat in a meeting a couple weeks ago about a product that is being developed by a company who's products we already used. He mentioned the PostgreSQL command line interface as a draw back.
I was a little perturbed to say the least. But a lot of people are in that same boat. They really want a GUI. And with PostgreSQL you can have whichever interface you prefer or both. So while you and I agree- someone who sees it differently can still have what they want.
And it is very, very nice. If you have people resistant to using pgsql (which I like a lot personally) pgAdmin III will give them all the GUI stuff they are used to from programs like SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
The postgreSQL community is extremely helpful, key developers are very active in helping out users and addressing issues rapidly. It is a project that just exemplifies what is good about open source.
I am compiling 7.4 on my development server right now in preparation for moving our production server soon. I guess maybe I sound like a fan boy but as a database administrator I just can't over emphasize my joy at getting to work with such an excellent product.
... to me would be the technological advances that no one saw coming. I think about it when I read sci-fi from the '50s and people are cruising all over the solar system in nuclear powered space ships and using slide rules to calculate their course.
Looking at the developments that were never on the radar but have had a huge impact always fascinates me.
For what it's worth (not much I know) I don't talk a lot with passengers in my car when I drive.
Now sometimes I do - like when my Dad visited me and I hadn't seen him in a long time. I was so excited to see him that I was just chatting away after I picked him up at the airport. I was so involved in the discussion I drove through a red light. We almost got hit by a semi.
I don't doubt there are people out there who are better at focusing on 2 things at once - but I think a lot of accidents happen because people do not really pay attention when they are behind the wheel. I am constantly watching what is going on around me- and I have managed to miss quite a few accidents where I had to react quickly. If I had been distracted I really doubt I would have avoided the collision.
Anyways - I know for me- no discussions - on the phone or otherwise is a good idea.
I often quote that myself but out loud and usually it just gets me odd looks. It's not like Lord of the Flies is that obscure. Just about everybody has read it. And how can you not get that great quote stuck in your head?
I feel a little less odd seeing that someone else appreciates it.
The answers to your questions are in the article - here:
Frank, who first worked on reversible computing as a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, heads UF's Reversible & Quantum Computing Research Group. Among other recent publications and presentations, he presented three papers dealing with topics related to reversible computing this summer, including "Reversible Computing: Quantum Computing's Practical Cousin" at a conference in Stony Brook, N.Y.
and here:
Frank currently is trying to persuade major chipmakers to direct more of their research-and-development resources toward reversible technologies.
Kind of humorous - but not true - unless there is somewhere they are handing out gold to anyone who asks. If you are aware of such a place, please let me know.
If you would like to know where they are doing that with food-- you wont have to look hard
If you had expanded your scope I would have given you more credence.
No one need go to bed hungry in the U.S. - regardless of what we spend on space exploration. The food already exists and it is purely a matter of distribution. In fact I would say that anyone who goes to bed hungry tonight did not take advantage of services that already exist that could feed them.
Outside the U.S. it is a bit more complicated. But here- we throw out enough every day to feed a lot more than 2 million.
I would disagree with your characterization of "highly motivated irregulars armed with small arms whipping the shit out of high-tech armies -- Viet Nam, Lebanon, Afghanistan,..."
In each case we did or could have kicked ass if we were willing to committ to the actions necessary. The victories of those irregular units were about political spin and a lack of the will to committ to actions that could lead to victory.
We could have Iraq under control in a matter of days if we were willing to do what is necessary to make it so. This would be politically disastrous but is strategically possible in a purely military sense.
That's interesting. I'm not an electrical engineer - but even if systems go optical wont those systems still rely on an electrical infrastructure?
So let's say you are driving a tank and the processor is optical- somewhere there is an electric generator supplying power to that processor- right? So I wanna knock that out and turn out the lights as it were.
Maybe I'm out to lunch and all this is a complete waste of time/money but it seems to me that it could be worth while.
I think that if China decides to ramp up- and it looks to me like they have- the world will be shocked at how quickly they catch up. I also think that at some point they will surpass the rest of the world- including the U.S.
But lets say in 50 years, which is right around the corner in my mind, we are not fighting off an invasion, but mixed up with the Chinese somewhere like say Korea.
It's all speculation of course. But I do not think it is unwise to look at capabilities for dealing with enemies that don't 'exist' yet. We can't merely focus on our current situation. A technologically advanced enemy is not outside the realm of possibility. In fact I would argue that at some point it is a certainty.
Any way to fight that battle without throwing around nukes is a great idea. Spaced based weapons are so fragile. Here is another area I think the chinese will gain an edge anyway. Everybody makes fun of them for putting up a rocket that is 40 year old technology. But the point is they are moving forward. They have to take the steps they are taking today to make possible moving forward. We stopped moving forward in space a while ago. If they keep advancing we wont be 40 years ahead for long.
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That's the short view.
If you take the long view this is really worth working on. How long will this situation last? Our technological dominance?
And I'm not talking about a really long view. In fact as I read your post - one word kept ringing in my head. China.
There are not any details on how the jamming/interference is achieved- but this would be a good starting point in investigating what portions of the system are not classified.
In carting the rocket on a truck around town, Walker said he hangs a simple right to bear arms sign on the back: "I take my second amendment rights real seriously."
If I owned one of these I could change my bumper to stick to read "My rocket has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car" That would be sweet.
.. to the Russian/Chinese dominated future described in so much of the Science Fiction that I loved as a kid.
I think people like Heinlein saw things in our culture that would keep us from keeping our edge and staying out front. They might not have had every detail covered- they weren't clairvoyant - but they had an intuitive 'feel' for the reality of the situation.
When I first read about those on/. I thought "this will be another subtle little thing that I will never notice" I'm just not one of those people who picks up on all the little nuances of media quality - be it audio or visual.
I was so wrong.
At kill bill - there were times, like when they popped up on the blue background of a fight scene that was all about visuals, that I nearly screamed. I was so annoyed and distracted I could not stay on track with the movie. And we are talking about a basic martial arts/action film. Not something real cerebral. If this is how films will be from now on - I am not going to the theater any more.
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I knew somebody would post this before I did. A garage is by definition a place where you store crap without trying to make it look nice.
A lot of my junk is in an old server case. I pulled out all the hardware and replaced the rack with shelves. It locks, opens on 2 sides, and can roll. (it was a Mosaix predictive dialer in its previous life)
My other stuff is in coffee cans, cardboard boxes, plastic bags, old jars-- you name it. That is what a garage is for.
but I never even got to see this on the front page.
Anyway - I did not see this at Fark, I picked up on it at AZCentral.com. I think CNN.com and possibly MSNBC.com ran stories on the report as well.
I read fark but didn't see the article there. Mostly I just check out the photoshop stuff.
It's a small web after all.
"I believe that Nasa is solely responsible for America being where it is today."
You're right. With NASA taking care of the native uprisings, inventing flight and defeating the Nazis - I've never understood why they don't get larger amounts of funding. Maybe it is because they have done so much with so little. The transcontinental railroad is one of my personal favorites in that great list of NASA accomplishments.
... I must confess that my first reaction was along the same lines. The whole description had me confused for 2 or 3 minutes until it finally got through my work-brain filter.
I need a vacation
I agree with you 100%. But people are really drawn to a GUI.
I sat in a meeting a couple weeks ago about a product that is being developed by a company who's products we already used. He mentioned the PostgreSQL command line interface as a draw back.
I was a little perturbed to say the least. But a lot of people are in that same boat. They really want a GUI. And with PostgreSQL you can have whichever interface you prefer or both. So while you and I agree- someone who sees it differently can still have what they want.
And it is very, very nice. If you have people resistant to using pgsql (which I like a lot personally) pgAdmin III will give them all the GUI stuff they are used to from programs like SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
The postgreSQL community is extremely helpful, key developers are very active in helping out users and addressing issues rapidly. It is a project that just exemplifies what is good about open source.
I am compiling 7.4 on my development server right now in preparation for moving our production server soon. I guess maybe I sound like a fan boy but as a database administrator I just can't over emphasize my joy at getting to work with such an excellent product.
you've got to be kidding. I guess if the couple seconds it takes to set up a cron job to run the vacuum is labor intensive. I didn't think so.
... to me would be the technological advances that no one saw coming. I think about it when I read sci-fi from the '50s and people are cruising all over the solar system in nuclear powered space ships and using slide rules to calculate their course.
Looking at the developments that were never on the radar but have had a huge impact always fascinates me.
For what it's worth (not much I know) I don't talk a lot with passengers in my car when I drive.
Now sometimes I do - like when my Dad visited me and I hadn't seen him in a long time. I was so excited to see him that I was just chatting away after I picked him up at the airport. I was so involved in the discussion I drove through a red light. We almost got hit by a semi.
I don't doubt there are people out there who are better at focusing on 2 things at once - but I think a lot of accidents happen because people do not really pay attention when they are behind the wheel. I am constantly watching what is going on around me- and I have managed to miss quite a few accidents where I had to react quickly. If I had been distracted I really doubt I would have avoided the collision.
Anyways - I know for me- no discussions - on the phone or otherwise is a good idea.
On a side note - great sig.
I often quote that myself but out loud and usually it just gets me odd looks. It's not like Lord of the Flies is that obscure. Just about everybody has read it. And how can you not get that great quote stuck in your head?
I feel a little less odd seeing that someone else appreciates it.
The answers to your questions are in the article - here:
Frank, who first worked on reversible computing as a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, heads UF's Reversible & Quantum Computing Research Group. Among other recent publications and presentations, he presented three papers dealing with topics related to reversible computing this summer, including "Reversible Computing: Quantum Computing's Practical Cousin" at a conference in Stony Brook, N.Y.
and here:
Frank currently is trying to persuade major chipmakers to direct more of their research-and-development resources toward reversible technologies.
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A few days of this and any jury in the nation would acquit.
Kind of humorous - but not true - unless there is somewhere they are handing out gold to anyone who asks. If you are aware of such a place, please let me know.
If you would like to know where they are doing that with food-- you wont have to look hard
If you had expanded your scope I would have given you more credence.
No one need go to bed hungry in the U.S. - regardless of what we spend on space exploration. The food already exists and it is purely a matter of distribution. In fact I would say that anyone who goes to bed hungry tonight did not take advantage of services that already exist that could feed them.
Outside the U.S. it is a bit more complicated. But here- we throw out enough every day to feed a lot more than 2 million.
I've enjoyed the discussions and the points you raised. I'll be mulling it over.
Thanks.
Maybe you are right.
I'll have to mull the whole thing over some more.
I would disagree with your characterization of "highly motivated irregulars armed with small arms whipping the shit out of high-tech armies -- Viet Nam, Lebanon, Afghanistan,..."
In each case we did or could have kicked ass if we were willing to committ to the actions necessary. The victories of those irregular units were about political spin and a lack of the will to committ to actions that could lead to victory.
We could have Iraq under control in a matter of days if we were willing to do what is necessary to make it so. This would be politically disastrous but is strategically possible in a purely military sense.
That's interesting. I'm not an electrical engineer - but even if systems go optical wont those systems still rely on an electrical infrastructure?
So let's say you are driving a tank and the processor is optical- somewhere there is an electric generator supplying power to that processor- right? So I wanna knock that out and turn out the lights as it were.
Maybe I'm out to lunch and all this is a complete waste of time/money but it seems to me that it could be worth while.
I think that if China decides to ramp up- and it looks to me like they have- the world will be shocked at how quickly they catch up. I also think that at some point they will surpass the rest of the world- including the U.S.
But lets say in 50 years, which is right around the corner in my mind, we are not fighting off an invasion, but mixed up with the Chinese somewhere like say Korea.
It's all speculation of course. But I do not think it is unwise to look at capabilities for dealing with enemies that don't 'exist' yet. We can't merely focus on our current situation. A technologically advanced enemy is not outside the realm of possibility. In fact I would argue that at some point it is a certainty.
Any way to fight that battle without throwing around nukes is a great idea. Spaced based weapons are so fragile. Here is another area I think the chinese will gain an edge anyway. Everybody makes fun of them for putting up a rocket that is 40 year old technology. But the point is they are moving forward. They have to take the steps they are taking today to make possible moving forward. We stopped moving forward in space a while ago. If they keep advancing we wont be 40 years ahead for long.
That's the short view.
If you take the long view this is really worth working on. How long will this situation last? Our technological dominance?
And I'm not talking about a really long view. In fact as I read your post - one word kept ringing in my head. China.
Don't know why the link didn't work.
r cr aft/air-ea6b.html
Here's the whole thing:
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ai
The EA-6B Prowler does this.
The Navy Fact File is here
There are not any details on how the jamming/interference is achieved- but this would be a good starting point in investigating what portions of the system are not classified.
In carting the rocket on a truck around town, Walker said he hangs a simple right to bear arms sign on the back: "I take my second amendment rights real seriously."
If I owned one of these I could change my bumper to stick to read "My rocket has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car" That would be sweet.
Anybody in serious contention for winning the x-prize is motivated by far more than the prize itself.
Those who are working on a budget that makes the prize itself impressive do not have a chance.
I think people like Heinlein saw things in our culture that would keep us from keeping our edge and staying out front. They might not have had every detail covered- they weren't clairvoyant - but they had an intuitive 'feel' for the reality of the situation.
When I first read about those on /. I thought "this will be another subtle little thing that I will never notice" I'm just not one of those people who picks up on all the little nuances of media quality - be it audio or visual.
I was so wrong.
At kill bill - there were times, like when they popped up on the blue background of a fight scene that was all about visuals, that I nearly screamed. I was so annoyed and distracted I could not stay on track with the movie. And we are talking about a basic martial arts/action film. Not something real cerebral. If this is how films will be from now on - I am not going to the theater any more.