A throw-away comment from an AC- but seriously, imagine the borg-like capabilities we'd all possess if every time we needed knowledge, we could tap into google without taking away from whatever we were doing? Matrix things like "Tank, get me a pilot program for a B-212 helicopter" would be somewhat possible- though we'd still have to 'read' the material. Imagine how well we'd all do on MCAT's or LSAT's, etc. Person drops dead on the floor in front of you, all of a sudden you can look up exactly what to do and what could be wrong.
It is unlikely that something like this will be available in our lifetime- though this 'singularity' some say is close, I have a hard time believing it. Still, the possibilities are both frightening and inspiring.
Why back off when the viewer/player gets anxiety? Half Life 2 was pretty f'in scary going through ravenholm- couldn't imagine how scary yet cool it would have been to have the zombies/scary things come out just when you're most freaked out.
Psychological impact on some people could be bad though.. Perhaps a 'freak me out' threshold option?
No, I think he was right, but I wasn't careful enough in how I tried to add on a thought and wasn't careful enough in reading your post;o)
I think what you're talking about is some sort of decentralized branch prediction, and that sounds like something I heard in one of my classes too. What I was trying to add was that in common use is something like ccNUMA where an application is run on a specific cpu/node and the memory for that thread is on that node board/cpu cache, but when something needs to come from memory elsewhere, it traverses the interconnect.
Check out the SGI/CrayLink setup used for ccNUMA - the port is around 2.5 inches, but has quite a lot of pins (maybe 100?). I don't think foot-wide is really necessary.
IMHO, fiber optics- though delicate, could offer higher bandwidth. I'd rather have my whole fiber go dark from a break and know it than have one strand of many go out and not know it and have all kinds of whacky/intermittant behavior.
I still struggle to understand why fiber optics are so expensive- the lasers used are fairly cheap and the cables really aren't that complex either and are made in enough quantity.. but I guess since it's not mainstream, it's expensive.
If you want someone's IP, its a lower sentence to kill them and steal their identity.
Not that I think manslaughter or murder people should be out in less time, but 10 years for copying 'something' (disk/code/whatever) is assinine.
Our justice system is definitely screwed up. Unfortunately, not every crime falls into their little box of prescribed outcomes. Murders get out sooner than hackers, etc. I am happy to live in America, since it could be much worse elsewhere, but at the same time, I frown at our legal system- especially with regards to technology.
TFA points out that people congregate with laptops at hotspots. This is true. Thiefs know they can find one or many at such a place.
Before I RTFA'd, I had the same thought. Afterwards, I still have the contention that people would still sit at starbucks and work on excel wireless or no.
More laptops does = more crime. Hotspots may be a factor, but not nearly like they make it out to be.
its possible that the RF is being picked up by the speaker cables and traversing backwards into the amp as well. Not a feedback loop, but just RF coming over the speaker cables and interfering with the amp.
You can bet your booty that there is a lab of machines out there in a government lab somewhere that has every computer type and drive type known to man in order to read long lost disks recovered from stashes, coffins, lairs, or whathaveyou. Interesting to think about, especially since there essentially -must- be one somewhere. I'd love to see it.
So I'm sitting on the plane and some dude with a transmitter that easily gets past security presses a button and all of a sudden all of our seats unbolt?
While I agree the Amazon 1-click patent sucks (as do many, but not all, software patents), I disagree with your analogy. Within the scope of the patent system as it is, Amazon's claim is valid and makes sense- but I think there should be some way to refine what can constitute a patent or what constitutes obvious. Maybe not worded how I'd like, but I think it made sense?
In any case, for your analogy, if doorknobs were all two handed (perhaps like bank vaults) and you came up with an idea for a way to do it one-handed, wouldn't you want to patent it and feel that it was valid?
Again, I think within the scope of the patent system, Amazon is in the right. I think the patent system is wrong.
Or find out which quasar is their source and listen, then you have the same dataset and it is only a matter of figuring out where they started using it for OTP. Though transmission 'errors' or rather detection errors could skew the result. Figuring out their sample rate, and exact point to start the sample would be next to impossible I suppose.. But in theory it is a weakness. Enough social engineering or background research might turn up that kind of information (espionage?). Again, what my receiver says is a 1 may not be what your receiver says, based on power at your position, etc... So who know...
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A throw-away comment from an AC- but seriously, imagine the borg-like capabilities we'd all possess if every time we needed knowledge, we could tap into google without taking away from whatever we were doing? Matrix things like "Tank, get me a pilot program for a B-212 helicopter" would be somewhat possible- though we'd still have to 'read' the material. Imagine how well we'd all do on MCAT's or LSAT's, etc. Person drops dead on the floor in front of you, all of a sudden you can look up exactly what to do and what could be wrong.
It is unlikely that something like this will be available in our lifetime- though this 'singularity' some say is close, I have a hard time believing it. Still, the possibilities are both frightening and inspiring.
Why back off when the viewer/player gets anxiety? Half Life 2 was pretty f'in scary going through ravenholm- couldn't imagine how scary yet cool it would have been to have the zombies/scary things come out just when you're most freaked out.
Psychological impact on some people could be bad though.. Perhaps a 'freak me out' threshold option?
No, I think he was right, but I wasn't careful enough in how I tried to add on a thought and wasn't careful enough in reading your post ;o)
I think what you're talking about is some sort of decentralized branch prediction, and that sounds like something I heard in one of my classes too. What I was trying to add was that in common use is something like ccNUMA where an application is run on a specific cpu/node and the memory for that thread is on that node board/cpu cache, but when something needs to come from memory elsewhere, it traverses the interconnect.
Check out the SGI/CrayLink setup used for ccNUMA - the port is around 2.5 inches, but has quite a lot of pins (maybe 100?). I don't think foot-wide is really necessary.
IMHO, fiber optics- though delicate, could offer higher bandwidth. I'd rather have my whole fiber go dark from a break and know it than have one strand of many go out and not know it and have all kinds of whacky/intermittant behavior.
I still struggle to understand why fiber optics are so expensive- the lasers used are fairly cheap and the cables really aren't that complex either and are made in enough quantity.. but I guess since it's not mainstream, it's expensive.
ccNUMA/NUMA architecture uses processor local ram whenever possible and transfers data from other memory when required. See SGI.
If you want someone's IP, its a lower sentence to kill them and steal their identity.
Not that I think manslaughter or murder people should be out in less time, but 10 years for copying 'something' (disk/code/whatever) is assinine.
Our justice system is definitely screwed up. Unfortunately, not every crime falls into their little box of prescribed outcomes. Murders get out sooner than hackers, etc. I am happy to live in America, since it could be much worse elsewhere, but at the same time, I frown at our legal system- especially with regards to technology.
so then you're not talking about DNS, but building a common search engine for ip phones to use?
FYI- my Cisco 7960 already does an XML based connection to a directory provider...
Is that what you mean?
An exclamation point over the head works nearly as well anyway.
after the slashdot appearance of the article, MySpace.com is now #4.
TFA points out that people congregate with laptops at hotspots. This is true. Thiefs know they can find one or many at such a place.
Before I RTFA'd, I had the same thought. Afterwards, I still have the contention that people would still sit at starbucks and work on excel wireless or no.
More laptops does = more crime. Hotspots may be a factor, but not nearly like they make it out to be.
heh, I didn't read long enough to catch the 'kidding aside'.
sorry!
That patent speaks of riddles and the user guessing the answer, how does that translate into the CAPTCHAs we recognize these days?
last I read, EM wave != sound wave, am I missing something?
its possible that the RF is being picked up by the speaker cables and traversing backwards into the amp as well. Not a feedback loop, but just RF coming over the speaker cables and interfering with the amp.
err that was redundant. scratch one of the 'lab's...
You can bet your booty that there is a lab of machines out there in a government lab somewhere that has every computer type and drive type known to man in order to read long lost disks recovered from stashes, coffins, lairs, or whathaveyou. Interesting to think about, especially since there essentially -must- be one somewhere. I'd love to see it.
So I'm sitting on the plane and some dude with a transmitter that easily gets past security presses a button and all of a sudden all of our seats unbolt?
Now if the download coincided with the theatrical release and they mailed you a real dvd when it came out, I'd be sold- DRM or no.
Didn't even notice there was a download. Funny!
Did anybody else notice version 4.1 (4/1 eg April 1), or was it just too obvious to write about?
While I agree the Amazon 1-click patent sucks (as do many, but not all, software patents), I disagree with your analogy. Within the scope of the patent system as it is, Amazon's claim is valid and makes sense- but I think there should be some way to refine what can constitute a patent or what constitutes obvious. Maybe not worded how I'd like, but I think it made sense?
In any case, for your analogy, if doorknobs were all two handed (perhaps like bank vaults) and you came up with an idea for a way to do it one-handed, wouldn't you want to patent it and feel that it was valid?
Again, I think within the scope of the patent system, Amazon is in the right. I think the patent system is wrong.
I thought the OTP was recorded once and then the recorded version was handed to whoever was going to receive the data?
Or find out which quasar is their source and listen, then you have the same dataset and it is only a matter of figuring out where they started using it for OTP. Though transmission 'errors' or rather detection errors could skew the result. Figuring out their sample rate, and exact point to start the sample would be next to impossible I suppose.. But in theory it is a weakness. Enough social engineering or background research might turn up that kind of information (espionage?). Again, what my receiver says is a 1 may not be what your receiver says, based on power at your position, etc... So who know...
thus 'evidence of missing link'.. it's not a missing link until we find a family of these, or a dozen families. This is just the first.
clarification: one entry per page or per directory or something.