I mean, this is demanded by Maxwell's demon, right? You need to expend energy to store information in order to not violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
Awesome that they measured it, for sure.
It's sad to think that we can't do these kinds of massive human genome sequencing projects in America. Anybody who got their DNA sequenced would be at immediate risk of losing their healthcare or seeing their premiums triple.
There's looking out for the environment and there's looking out for number one. Now we know where they stand.
I'm actually impressed. Who else is this honest? Most people wouldn't mention the oil and gas, just the environmental impact. Whether or not I agree with them, I respect the straightforwardness.
Nah, they know the beginning ratio and ending ratio of the different types. If they are not the same, then some must have flipped (or rotated, or whatever language the neutrino guys use these days).
I think you answered all your questions. It's probably cheaper and easier to use a solution that already exists, so as long as your technology and business plan doesn't rely on having your own physical servers, then go "to the cloud!"
Yes. This is perfect. You get the magic of the stars, planets and moon, as well as the fun of optics. This is a gift that will be used for years. Mod Parent Up!!!
I totally agree. This is all about the video services they want to sell. I've noticed in the past month that my connection to Hulu has become extremely slow.
On another point, I actually talked to the comcast people about my connection slowing down, and the comcast customer care center told me that my connection speed was due to my cookies -- I could pay to have someone come over and clean out my cookies for me, and that would make my connection faster....
I dunno. For someone like me, who doesn't use highways very often, it would be nice to be relieved of a tax burden and have it put back on the people who actually benefit from the highway system.
Really? Look inside any machine nowadays. I'm working on an 8 core machine right now. The individual cores aren't going to get that much faster in the years to come, but the number of cores in a given processor is going to increase dramatically. Unless you want your programs to stay at the same execution speed for the next 5-10 years, you need parallel. And what we need is languages and compilers that abstract away the actual hard work so that anybody can make a parallel program.
But how much is actually used to perform a search, and how much is just the cost of running the servers? I doubt that running searches on google uses much more power than their servers just idling.
I agree. I once gave out my address to a legitimate company that I bought something from, and for fun, put in a title Wing Cmdr. I kept getting all kinds of junk mail to Wing Cmdr. "My Name" until I eventually moved away.
Because by living away from commercial districts it improves our lives with reduced crime and noise, and housing cost is lower in more rural areas of America.
Well, I'll agree with the reduced noise and prices, but I can't agree with reduced crime in suburbs. Where I'm from (Seattle), the city is safe and the suburbs are full of wanabee gangbangers (who are more dangerous than real gangbangers, because they will actually shoot you). Add that in with the crazy redneck cops and fleets of SUVs, and I think the city wins out.
If you don't think that Blockbuster edits it's films, rent "Bedrooms and Hallways". I saw it first in a theater, then rented it later for friends. The Blockbuster rented film was confusing, and really not as good, because the film had all the sex scenes edited out that were between men. These were not graphic in any way, and didn't show anything, but they were used to carry on the plot through conversations. The editing of these scenes therefor made the movie quite confusing, and I was pissed off because it ruined the film for my friends.
I want the phone I used to have. I bought this Nokia 8600 (8200?) in the year 2000. It was excellent. It was tiny, got great reception and had amazing voice quality. I paid around $150 for it, and it was worth every penny.
I dropped it once and it stopped working. When I went looking for a new phone, I discovered that Nokia had discontinued the 8600 and the only options for new phones were these large monstrosities with cameras, video games, color screens and picture messaging. Absolutely horrible.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to the days of wearable computers, but when it comes to a cellphone, all I want is a phone that is small and has good voice quality. The 8200 was the perfect phone. I have no idea why it was discontinued, but all the cell phone makers are playing the same game -- gadgets, gadgets, gadgets. I don't want crazy features, I want something that does its job well, not 15 jobs poorly.
Here's to hoping that in 2005 cell phone makers will go back to producing good cell phones, and not try to include a camera and an atari emulator on every model!
In his later years, though, Einstein became increasingly conservative and very resistant to the idea of uncertainty, formulated by Bohr and Heisenberg.
Dude! Popular misconception. I'm not going to argue it here, but read The Shaky Game by Arthur Fine if you are interested.
Yeah, the multiplayer was hella fun. In my first job (it was a dot com) we used to go down to the art floor after work and use the macs there to have huge battles. Good times.
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I mean, this is demanded by Maxwell's demon, right? You need to expend energy to store information in order to not violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Awesome that they measured it, for sure.
Sorry to disillusion you, but people really need to understand just how little power the 99% has.
Wait till they get rid of net neutrality. Comments like that will take a loooong time to reach the server.
It's sad to think that we can't do these kinds of massive human genome sequencing projects in America. Anybody who got their DNA sequenced would be at immediate risk of losing their healthcare or seeing their premiums triple.
There's looking out for the environment and there's looking out for number one. Now we know where they stand.
I'm actually impressed. Who else is this honest? Most people wouldn't mention the oil and gas, just the environmental impact. Whether or not I agree with them, I respect the straightforwardness.
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Nah, they know the beginning ratio and ending ratio of the different types. If they are not the same, then some must have flipped (or rotated, or whatever language the neutrino guys use these days).
They don't measure single particles. That's not actually possible and doesn't quite make sense. They just take tons and tons of statistics.
I think you answered all your questions. It's probably cheaper and easier to use a solution that already exists, so as long as your technology and business plan doesn't rely on having your own physical servers, then go "to the cloud!"
Yes. This is perfect. You get the magic of the stars, planets and moon, as well as the fun of optics. This is a gift that will be used for years. Mod Parent Up!!!
Actually, the first thing that I thought about when I read this was the Glenn Beck rape/murder thing (which he still hasn't denied).
I totally agree. This is all about the video services they want to sell. I've noticed in the past month that my connection to Hulu has become extremely slow. On another point, I actually talked to the comcast people about my connection slowing down, and the comcast customer care center told me that my connection speed was due to my cookies -- I could pay to have someone come over and clean out my cookies for me, and that would make my connection faster....
No, those prices will go up. But I'd also be happy to pay more for goods which have to be shipped long distances.
I dunno. For someone like me, who doesn't use highways very often, it would be nice to be relieved of a tax burden and have it put back on the people who actually benefit from the highway system.
"Parallel is not going to go anywhere..."
Really? Look inside any machine nowadays. I'm working on an 8 core machine right now. The individual cores aren't going to get that much faster in the years to come, but the number of cores in a given processor is going to increase dramatically. Unless you want your programs to stay at the same execution speed for the next 5-10 years, you need parallel. And what we need is languages and compilers that abstract away the actual hard work so that anybody can make a parallel program.
But how much is actually used to perform a search, and how much is just the cost of running the servers? I doubt that running searches on google uses much more power than their servers just idling.
What is this "love"?
Or you are taking the train to work?
I agree. I once gave out my address to a legitimate company that I bought something from, and for fun, put in a title Wing Cmdr. I kept getting all kinds of junk mail to Wing Cmdr. "My Name" until I eventually moved away.
Because by living away from commercial districts it improves our lives with reduced crime and noise, and housing cost is lower in more rural areas of America.
Well, I'll agree with the reduced noise and prices, but I can't agree with reduced crime in suburbs. Where I'm from (Seattle), the city is safe and the suburbs are full of wanabee gangbangers (who are more dangerous than real gangbangers, because they will actually shoot you). Add that in with the crazy redneck cops and fleets of SUVs, and I think the city wins out.
If you don't think that Blockbuster edits it's films, rent "Bedrooms and Hallways". I saw it first in a theater, then rented it later for friends. The Blockbuster rented film was confusing, and really not as good, because the film had all the sex scenes edited out that were between men. These were not graphic in any way, and didn't show anything, but they were used to carry on the plot through conversations. The editing of these scenes therefor made the movie quite confusing, and I was pissed off because it ruined the film for my friends.
I found my old phone. It was an 8210 (the American version). In grey. Totally sweet.
I want the phone I used to have. I bought this Nokia 8600 (8200?) in the year 2000. It was excellent. It was tiny, got great reception and had amazing voice quality. I paid around $150 for it, and it was worth every penny.
I dropped it once and it stopped working. When I went looking for a new phone, I discovered that Nokia had discontinued the 8600 and the only options for new phones were these large monstrosities with cameras, video games, color screens and picture messaging. Absolutely horrible.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to the days of wearable computers, but when it comes to a cellphone, all I want is a phone that is small and has good voice quality. The 8200 was the perfect phone. I have no idea why it was discontinued, but all the cell phone makers are playing the same game -- gadgets, gadgets, gadgets. I don't want crazy features, I want something that does its job well, not 15 jobs poorly.
Here's to hoping that in 2005 cell phone makers will go back to producing good cell phones, and not try to include a camera and an atari emulator on every model!
In his later years, though, Einstein became increasingly conservative and very resistant to the idea of uncertainty, formulated by Bohr and Heisenberg.
Dude! Popular misconception. I'm not going to argue it here, but read The Shaky Game by Arthur Fine if you are interested.
Well put. Thanks for replying so I didn't have to :)
We had "status update meetings." They were the best.
Yeah, the multiplayer was hella fun. In my first job (it was a dot com) we used to go down to the art floor after work and use the macs there to have huge battles. Good times.
Then there was pathways to darkness... *sniff*