In the private sector, he'd get fired by his boss for trying to do the right thing and not just kludging in another feature and shipping. In the OSS world, he will (hopefully) persevere and be proven right a thousand times over! That's it!!! Vindicate me, baby!
This device manipulates atoms and molecules, not individual protons and neutrons within the nucleus of an atom. So no, it can't make gold out of another element.
OK, so the subatomic components are probably another order of magnitude smaller again, which will take another 50 years of research... Thanks for the explanation!
If they can place atoms with 100% accuracy, could they not then assemble molecules into any chosen configuration?
When's the first test?
I suppose it would take a long time doing it one atom at a time, but as noted by Feynman, they could make other copies of themselves first and when there are enough of them they could start assembling the elements themselves...
Of course, Bill "Cigar" Clinton didn't help matters much either with his antics and subsequent representation after the fact, which can tend to influence an entire generation as well.
If that's true, I am sure the current generation will be influenced by George "WMD" Bush's antics and subsequent representation after the facts...
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that is funny. So really Microsoft has lost another 6% market share instead of gaining 10%.
Not so hard to explain. The other day I was forced to go to MS's home page to look for their free PowerPoint viewer. I entered "free powerpoint viewer" into the search box at the top of the page.
Of course this resulted in some strange server error...
There was another search box on the error page where I repeated the query and then found what I was looking for.
Strange, the very same search yields to vastly different results...
But this IS MS after all, where good ideas are typically implemented rather badly.
I agree. I'd go even further and if I was any programmer's boss, I would expect their code to be written in their most lucid, productive and focused state of mind.
If they hand in anything else, that is when I would be worried. What does it matter what they do in their spare time? SHOW ME THE CODE
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Overall, Windows Mobile is clearly suffering from that Microsoft problem that once they think they are in charge of a market, all innovation completely stops.
I programmed Windows CE 2.1, 2.2 and 3.0 a lot from 1997 to 2001 and it was flaky as hell.
I recently worked on a project with CE 5 and 6.
To my complete amazement it was STILL crap! It's like they barely worked on it at all.
I'm sorry if this doesn't help, but a method I have used is the following: I download a linux live-cd, usually knoppix or the Gentoo one, there are many.
I boot the computer I wish to install linux onto with the live-cd. If it comes up with the graphical environment and everything I will usually copy all the auto-detected configuration files to some other storage like another computer (through the network) or onto a usb key or somesuch. I also run lspci and other system-information tools.
Then when the install starts giving me problems, I refer back to the set of configuration files and information files and that will typically hold the key to whatever is going wrong.
But whatever the amount of wrangling, I always eventually get linux to install. I can't say the same for Windows though, because it doesn't have all those tools linux has to help diagnose... Anyhow good luck to you. I installed linux 5 or so years ago and have been keeping it current ever since and no matter what goof I make, I can always find my way home now. I hope you'll have that experience also some day.
I would say that Con's FAQ entries demonstrate exactly that Linus was right. That is not the attitude of a reliable maintainer. In fact, the whole rant sounds like a teenager with a chip on his shoulder. And given that Con is supposed to be a mature professional, that says a lot.
You're making too much out of it. The whole idea of Linux is that you can hack it. Con is actually doing science; he developed a theory of operation, wrote a kernel around it and now it's possible for others to develop more ideas and research into the problems he was trying to address.
It's like copyrighting Pi. Pi is infinite, right? So EVERYTHING in creation occurs in pi (mmmm.... pie...) So if you could copyright something whose output is essentially infinite, you could claim ownership of everything...
I'm with you. The very first language I learned was BASIC and it harmed my understanding of how computers worked. I then learned Z80 assembler and after, every other language came easy because I understood what they were really trying to accomplish.
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In the private sector, he'd get fired by his boss for trying to do the right thing and not just kludging in another feature and shipping.
In the OSS world, he will (hopefully) persevere and be proven right a thousand times over!
That's it!!! Vindicate me, baby!
OK, so the subatomic components are probably another order of magnitude smaller again, which will take another 50 years of research... Thanks for the explanation!
Can they make gold?
If they can place atoms with 100% accuracy, could they not then assemble molecules into any chosen configuration?
When's the first test?
I suppose it would take a long time doing it one atom at a time, but as noted by Feynman, they could make other copies of themselves first and when there are enough of them they could start assembling the elements themselves...
This means 2010 is the year we make contact: He now has a girlfriend.
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That Aussies will be able to sue their ISPs for spam?
If they are taking control of the content being sent over their networks I think it's only fair.
Hurray Australia!
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A few of those things look like magnified pictures of pollen...
If the upgrade was truly better, it would un-install Windows and install Linux!
I know it's tired, but it's true.
It's vitally important the Chinese find out what kind of porn the people at our research labs are into.
I agree. I'd go even further and if I was any programmer's boss, I would expect their code to be written in their most lucid, productive and focused state of mind.
If they hand in anything else, that is when I would be worried.
What does it matter what they do in their spare time?
SHOW ME THE CODE
"wake up, wake up, wake up dead..."
#6 is also my favourite.
... it was because the vogons just couldn't leave a job half done...
I programmed Windows CE 2.1, 2.2 and 3.0 a lot from 1997 to 2001 and it was flaky as hell.
I recently worked on a project with CE 5 and 6.
To my complete amazement it was STILL crap! It's like they barely worked on it at all.
I'm sorry if this doesn't help, but a method I have used is the following:
I download a linux live-cd, usually knoppix or the Gentoo one, there are many.
I boot the computer I wish to install linux onto with the live-cd.
If it comes up with the graphical environment and everything I will usually copy all the auto-detected configuration files to some other storage like another computer (through the network) or onto a usb key or somesuch. I also run lspci and other system-information tools.
Then when the install starts giving me problems, I refer back to the set of configuration files and information files and that will typically hold the key to whatever is going wrong.
But whatever the amount of wrangling, I always eventually get linux to install.
I can't say the same for Windows though, because it doesn't have all those tools linux has to help diagnose...
Anyhow good luck to you. I installed linux 5 or so years ago and have been keeping it current ever since and no matter what goof I make, I can always find my way home now. I hope you'll have that experience also some day.
But then when you're done, you have a damn-fine operating system!
OK, don't bother flaming me about binary installs for Gentoo, I know they exist, I just like doing things the hard way.
Thanks for the link and the laugh!
You're making too much out of it.
The whole idea of Linux is that you can hack it.
Con is actually doing science; he developed a theory of operation, wrote a kernel around it and now it's possible for others to develop more ideas and research into the problems he was trying to address.
To not have all our eggs in one basket.
If the Mars settlers can achieve sustenance, the human race will have taken a small step toward the preservation of our species.
It's like copyrighting Pi.
Pi is infinite, right? So EVERYTHING in creation occurs in pi (mmmm.... pie...)
So if you could copyright something whose output is essentially infinite, you could claim ownership of everything...
If Wolfram is Turing-complete then the output is the same as the output to any Turing machine.
So wouldn't that make their claim overly-broad?
If everyone contributed as much of their time as you have, the (open-source) world would be a better place.
Thank you.
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I'm with you.
The very first language I learned was BASIC and it harmed my understanding of how computers worked.
I then learned Z80 assembler and after, every other language came easy because I understood what they were really trying to accomplish.