I used to hang out at my friend's house and playing Apple Panic and Castle Wolfenstein. Except I recall it being black and green. Or maybe I am just confused these days.
What you may fail to realize is that "decentsy" is comes from the old English phrase "docent-sty" which neans, roughly, "the pain of being taught a lesson." So I believe Taco was actually advocating against taking a camera into the play.
Either that, or he is just a crappy speller with a poor sense of humor.
Actually they are my friend, unfortunately the editor I originally scribed the piece in evidently got smitten with evil and in a sinister act of fowl play striped my post of line breaks and as it seems, mangled some text. Thank you for your helpful observations and insights.
Hey, just trying to help a little. I can sympathize, though. I too hate it when barnyard animals screw up a perfectly good post!
I'm finding mine pretty tough.... The first image is at one week old, others taken on the days since then - it's almost 3 weeks old now.
While that is good information, I wouldn't make a claim about toughness after only three weeks. It is great that the the nano has survived the abuse you describe so far, when I pay upwards of $200 for something it had better last a few years. Three weeks just isn't enough data points.
It could have just been a young kid? I'm sure the hobbit idea is much more interesting though...
I am sure that idea never occured to the scientists doing the digging. You should write to them and let them know your brilliant theory. That would save everyone involved a lot of time.
They really don't bother me. They don't flash at me or have little animated thingies jumping around. They are always in the same place, so I have gotten used to naturally ignoring them.
Man, I've heard of some crazy stunts for free advertising, but this is crazy. So, would you consider this stunt crazy crazy, or is it just your ordinary, garden variety crazy?
Not only awkward, but an invasion of privacy! Why is Google mapping graduates? Just because some gets a degree gives Google the right to track them?!?:)
Yeah, I have been noticing that too with 1.0.7. I have been getting lots of crashes lately. This was never a problem with 1.0.6 or earlier. It's almost like I am running IE or something.
Well, this is where the article glosses over a lot of difficulties. At these levels of precision, measuring the accuracy is tough, and an active area of research is just trying to send frequency standards down optical fibers without screwing them up.
When you try to get to one part in 10^18 relativistic effects due to the vibration of the optical table come into play. Forget about putting such a system on a satellite!
With radio we already have much more sophisticated modulation methods. Most "light band" modulation today is basically an automated, binary version of Morse Code, still effectively in the Stone Age
And yet light wins out when it comes to raw transmission bandwidth. The same thing that makes it tough to modulate - i.e. it's high frequency, is what makes it attractive in terms of big fat pipes.
If we can now comb out light frequencies to within 15 digits of accuracy, it seems like we can increase bandwidth over laser optics by many orders of magnitude. The long term gain in communications bandwidth could be huge if the technique is feasible cheaply by industry.
It is unlikely right now that optical comb techniques will be applied to optical communications. The precision that these guys go for far exceeds anything needed in fiber communications.
That is not to say that accurate clocks aren't needed, but existing atomic clocks do the trick just fine. There is currently a whole effort at NIST aimed towards miniturizing atomic clocks precisely for communications purposes.
Where optical frequency combs will come into play are areas like testing the limits of physical theory, i.e. just how constant are those constants anyway? Does the fine structure constant change over time? What are the limits of general relativity? That sort of stuff is cool, but probably won't impact your DSL bandwidth too soon.
I met John Hall at a laser conference a few years ago. Not only are his accomplishments truly impressive, but he is just about the nicest guy you will ever meet as well. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person
Meanwhile, Apple seems to be gaining market share -- based on what? A freakin' MP3 player! "Gee", folks wonder, "Are all Apple products this good?
Really? Where are the statistics? I'm not saying you are wrong, but I would like to see proof.
Personally I would bet that Apple has gained mind share from the iPod, but that has translated into only marginal market share increases for theirr OS. Why? Because PC's are still really cheap, and people need Microsoft office at home to be compatible with work.
But I am only pulling crap out of my ass, just like you.
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That is a bit like the old one about the guy who says he always lies. What is something that is not itself?
I used to hang out at my friend's house and playing Apple Panic and Castle Wolfenstein. Except I recall it being black and green. Or maybe I am just confused these days.
What you may fail to realize is that "decentsy" is comes from the old English phrase "docent-sty" which neans, roughly, "the pain of being taught a lesson." So I believe Taco was actually advocating against taking a camera into the play.
Either that, or he is just a crappy speller with a poor sense of humor.
Actually they are my friend, unfortunately the editor I originally scribed the piece in evidently got smitten with evil and in a sinister act of fowl play striped my post of line breaks and as it seems, mangled some text. Thank you for your helpful observations and insights.
Hey, just trying to help a little. I can sympathize, though. I too hate it when barnyard animals screw up a perfectly good post!
Paragraph breaks are your friend. Try them out sometime.
Why not ....
Here, let me summarize the parent post in one concise sentence:
"Why not do things the way I do them?"
Answer : Not everyone wants to do things the way you do them.
Yet more proof. He Lives!
I'm finding mine pretty tough. ... The first image is at one week old, others taken on the days since then - it's almost 3 weeks old now.
While that is good information, I wouldn't make a claim about toughness after only three weeks. It is great that the the nano has survived the abuse you describe so far, when I pay upwards of $200 for something it had better last a few years. Three weeks just isn't enough data points.
It could have just been a young kid? I'm sure the hobbit idea is much more interesting though...
I am sure that idea never occured to the scientists doing the digging. You should write to them and let them know your brilliant theory. That would save everyone involved a lot of time.
There is a reason - Microsoft has a tendency to treat every user as novice to the world of computers.
When Microsoft treats users as novices they get slammed.
When Apple treats users as novices they are heaped with praises.
Go figure.
They really don't bother me. They don't flash at me or have little animated thingies jumping around. They are always in the same place, so I have gotten used to naturally ignoring them.
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Why do I block ads? So I don't have to fricken' see them!!!
Man, I've heard of some crazy stunts for free advertising, but this is crazy.
So, would you consider this stunt crazy crazy, or is it just your ordinary, garden variety crazy?
If he's only 11 why is he sitting at home drinking vodka????
Clearly it is the employees who are drinking vodka!
But an 11 year old CEO is worrysome, no doubt.
Not only awkward, but an invasion of privacy! Why is Google mapping graduates? Just because some gets a degree gives Google the right to track them?!? :)
Yeah, I have been noticing that too with 1.0.7. I have been getting lots of crashes lately. This was never a problem with 1.0.6 or earlier. It's almost like I am running IE or something.
Well, this is where the article glosses over a lot of difficulties. At these levels of precision, measuring the accuracy is tough, and an active area of research is just trying to send frequency standards down optical fibers without screwing them up.
When you try to get to one part in 10^18 relativistic effects due to the vibration of the optical table come into play. Forget about putting such a system on a satellite!
With radio we already have much more sophisticated modulation methods. Most "light band" modulation today is basically an automated, binary version of Morse Code, still effectively in the Stone Age
And yet light wins out when it comes to raw transmission bandwidth. The same thing that makes it tough to modulate - i.e. it's high frequency, is what makes it attractive in terms of big fat pipes.
It took the Nobel committee 42 years to decide that Glauber's work in quantum theory was worthy of their prize. Now that's what I call uncertainty.
At the same time, because the uncertainty in the timing of the award is very large, the amount of money involved can be known very precisely!
If we can now comb out light frequencies to within 15 digits of accuracy, it seems like we can increase bandwidth over laser optics by many orders of magnitude. The long term gain in communications bandwidth could be huge if the technique is feasible cheaply by industry.
It is unlikely right now that optical comb techniques will be applied to optical communications. The precision that these guys go for far exceeds anything needed in fiber communications.
That is not to say that accurate clocks aren't needed, but existing atomic clocks do the trick just fine. There is currently a whole effort at NIST aimed towards miniturizing atomic clocks precisely for communications purposes.
Where optical frequency combs will come into play are areas like testing the limits of physical theory, i.e. just how constant are those constants anyway? Does the fine structure constant change over time? What are the limits of general relativity? That sort of stuff is cool, but probably won't impact your DSL bandwidth too soon.
I met John Hall at a laser conference a few years ago. Not only are his accomplishments truly impressive, but he is just about the nicest guy you will ever meet as well. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person
Don't think "hacker geek" as the market for this product. Think "person with a real life who just wants to USE their computer, not play with it."
And why do you consider "hacker geek" and "real life" (whatever that is) mutually exclusive?
Meanwhile, Apple seems to be gaining market share -- based on what? A freakin' MP3 player! "Gee", folks wonder, "Are all Apple products this good?
Really? Where are the statistics? I'm not saying you are wrong, but I would like to see proof.
Personally I would bet that Apple has gained mind share from the iPod, but that has translated into only marginal market share increases for theirr OS. Why? Because PC's are still really cheap, and people need Microsoft office at home to be compatible with work.
But I am only pulling crap out of my ass, just like you.
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