ok, here's easy technology to get your domestic AC to consume about 50% less. All you need to do is continuously spray your radiator with water. This can be recycled via a tub sitting under your AC.
All the benefits of both technologies and you chill all the way to the bank:)
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What you are suggesting is to mimic a key-value design with something like a json or serialized data as the value.
This would work if you never had to index on any of the values in the json. All your sql queries must have there where parts running off the key.
This is a problem that couchdb and mongodb solve.
I am not trying to paint SQL in an unflattering shade -- there would still be a lot of situations where an RDBMS design would be optimal. Infact, I am currently working on a mongodb/mysql hybrid solution for a large web site (larger than/. )
If AMD hadn't rushed with their 64 bit version of the x86, about now, itanium would be getting popular and hence cheap.
Market forces have so much to do with technology advancement. A lot of times, superior technology has to take a back seat...
I used to like New Scientist till I read this -- Solutions diluted to homeopathic levels actually leave an imprint in the solvent and are a riddle for scientists today.
For a while, I was struck with a level of awe (and some levelling of pride:) ).
Later I learnt that New Scientist will often publish stories only for their sensational effect.
I for one am hugely skeptic of whatever I read in New Scientist.
I am not surprised, in India, facts don't seem to matter too much...
First off, I am Indian and in India.
I am constantly left feeling suffocated by India's hugely medieval mentality.
The last elected government was a strong advocate for teaching astrology in schools.
A large chunk of politicians pick up dates for any noteworthy event based on numerology.
They believe magic tricks by god men are miracles.
Very recently, a leading newspaper had this on the first page: Feeling ill? It could be the planets, says govt study
3cms is as good as wired, for all practical purposes.
Just one advantage I see... no physical contacts means no wear and tear / dust in the contacts.
I see this as a blunder, yet, knowing Sony, I am afraid they are going to keep pushing their mutant child with every gadget they make.
As batteries pack in increasing amounts of power in smaller and smaller enclosures, their explosive power also increases. At some point, with the "right" power density, just shorting a battery may be enough to cause a powerful explosion. IANAL, but I think the time is ripe for the law to recommend safety guidelines for batteries. At a minimum, maybe all batteries should come with an inbuilt fuse.
Well, for starters, if a murder were to happen on board the ship, I dont think the company would be able to go on with business. Surely, there would be some human rights groups after them from this point on?
Let us all get together and flood the www with many many bogus sites claiming to be Viralg.
Use their own tech against them! What would be better would be to create copies of their site with only some text changed:). I dont know if the hash of the sites can be the same as the original, but wtf!
Your brain must be working overtime... i figured from the massive amounts of spam my detector got from your motor cortex plans yesterday:)
The article does not say anything about things happening in your brain. You might have been misled by:
...non-acoustic sensors that detect speech via the speaker's nerve and muscle activity
The nerves and muscles talked about are in your neck....relies on a sensor worn around the neck called a tuned electromagnetic resonator collar (TERC)
The way i interpret this: the muscles in your vocal cord expand and contract even when you speak at a very low volume.... maybe even with your mouth shut.
I am in India, a software techie. While it is great that I get good opportunites to extend my love for computing into my job, I think I will *feel* India has arrived when porn is legal here. Here is why:
Porn in India is not legal. This is, sadly, true. But ofcourse bootleg VCDs of porn is available (going rate? ~30 INR about 70 cents:D). It is a pity that not much porn gets made here though. The only ones that you see are what seem to be hidden cam ones... or amatuer vids. I am waiting for the day when Vivid outsources to India. That will be the day when I will really *feel* that India has arrived:)
As Salman Rusdie said, porn is the index of free society... i will extend that to say that porn is also the index of prosperity.
India is not too hot on freedom of speech either. I once did a lampoon site of a local leader who in my opinion is a Hindu Fascist... the site featured him as Hitler. I am glad I did not mention my actual home address... for before I knew it, I got to read in the Times of India that a terrorist group had made a site on this real big wig politician... they mentioned that the CBI was on the case. I was shit scared as I had done the site right from home. But nothing happened . (those were the early days of the internet in India). Doing this site, I believed that it was perfectly legal to do... the constitution of India does grant me freedom of speech -- only in theory. I was younger then and more idealistic and thought for sure that I would not be convicted in court if I did get arrested. Now, a little wiser with the ways of this democracy, I do not think so... atleast one press guy who did an expose got his ass to jail and was butt-fucked (not literally, but he'd prefer that to being beaten tied up naked, for sure). I am lucky that I was not caught by the low tech intelligence:)
Another way I measure the progress of a country is its level of tolerance... yea it has been increasing, atleast in Delhi. Girls arent afraid to move around in exposing dresses (god bless them!), gays arent too afraid of coming out in public... yea this is happening, we *are* heading in the right direction... if only the asshole politician i lampooned and his breed of die hard Hindu Fanatics dont screw it up some time soon... if they come to power (you know who!) then just maybe I (we?) are doomed:(
Actually no... u cant change ur shirt and walk back in to vote again. Your name is in a voter's list that they cross out once you vote. Ofcourse, you might consider doing a proxy vote for someone whom you know hasnt turned up to vote. But then again, in India, they paint your right index finger with indelible ink once you have voted. _Indelible ink_ may not be foolproof either, but neither is it a total misnomer.
As a side note, my mother voted for all the female names she could find in the list when she was in the near lawless state of Bihar supporting her brother, an aspiring Member of Parliament. This was some good 4 years back, they were regular paper ballots. (I am not making this up. and BTW, my Uncle did become an MP)
I am from and in India. AFAIK, we have not had any problems with these electronic voting machines. They have been in use for quite some time now, they were never used in all constituencies, however.
The only potential problem with them that I have come across in local media reports is that of some political goons registering dozens of dummy candidates... their aim being to have more candidates in a constituency than the number of buttons on the machines:). The Election Comission would be forced to use paper ballots. These goons resort to capturing polling booths and electronic voting machines make their task tough.
Now I guess these enterprising political goons will have to enlist hackers:) I am sure if there's an american hacker out there upto the task, he/she can reverse the outsourcing thing:)
I find it weird that you note down so many benefits of using vb and at the same time proclaim your hate for it. You are certainly not alone. And I know vb has its pitfalls. I sometimes wonder if the hate for vb has something to do with its originator being M$. Or maybe it is considered infradig by people who know _better_ languages. The only reason vb gets so much badmouthing, IMHO is that people attempt doing things with it that it was never meant for... sometimes it shines even in these areas. I am not a die hard vb fan, but i honestly think that there are lots of applications where vb is *the* ideal dev platform... would you clip your fingernails with a sword? On a related note, R.P. Feynman only knew one computer prog. language --yes, that's right, BASIC (yea i know, not vb:)). He went so far as to develop a version of it for multi-processor machines when he consulted for Thinking Machines... too lazy to link to the url, but i think you can find the info on wikipedia.
Much as i try to think of something bad about this, i really cant (now, dont tell me i am not trying too hard:). I guess lots of editors are going to come up pretty soon that use this compiler to do the actual compiling. That can only be a good thing:)
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ok, here's easy technology to get your domestic AC to consume about 50% less. All you need to do is continuously spray your radiator with water. This can be recycled via a tub sitting under your AC.
All the benefits of both technologies and you chill all the way to the bank :)
What you are suggesting is to mimic a key-value design with something like a json or serialized data as the value.
This would work if you never had to index on any of the values in the json. All your sql queries must have there where parts running off the key.
This is a problem that couchdb and mongodb solve.
I am not trying to paint SQL in an unflattering shade -- there would still be a lot of situations where an RDBMS design would be optimal. Infact, I am currently working on a mongodb/mysql hybrid solution for a large web site (larger than /. )
strThatsSeriouslyFunny :)
If AMD hadn't rushed with their 64 bit version of the x86, about now, itanium would be getting popular and hence cheap. ...
Market forces have so much to do with technology advancement. A lot of times, superior technology has to take a back seat
According to this non peer-reviewed post cities also make you myopic
I used to like New Scientist till I read this -- Solutions diluted to homeopathic levels actually leave an imprint in the solvent and are a riddle for scientists today. :) ).
For a while, I was struck with a level of awe (and some levelling of pride
Later I learnt that New Scientist will often publish stories only for their sensational effect.
I for one am hugely skeptic of whatever I read in New Scientist.
more details on the practical joke, please!
I am not surprised, in India, facts don't seem to matter too much...
First off, I am Indian and in India.
I am constantly left feeling suffocated by India's hugely medieval mentality.
The last elected government was a strong advocate for teaching astrology in schools.
A large chunk of politicians pick up dates for any noteworthy event based on numerology.
They believe magic tricks by god men are miracles.
Very recently, a leading newspaper had this on the first page: Feeling ill? It could be the planets, says govt study
Could it be some COBOL compiler?
3cms is as good as wired, for all practical purposes. Just one advantage I see... no physical contacts means no wear and tear / dust in the contacts. I see this as a blunder, yet, knowing Sony, I am afraid they are going to keep pushing their mutant child with every gadget they make.
As batteries pack in increasing amounts of power in smaller and smaller enclosures, their explosive power also increases.
At some point, with the "right" power density, just shorting a battery may be enough to cause a powerful explosion.
IANAL, but I think the time is ripe for the law to recommend safety guidelines for batteries. At a minimum, maybe all batteries should come with an inbuilt fuse.
McDonalds!
Why would the company care?
Well, for starters, if a murder were to happen on board the ship, I dont think the company would be able to go on with business. Surely, there would be some human rights groups after them from this point on?
He who has the gold makes the rules. For better or for worse.
:) getting utopian!
On the ship of coders it would work out to (s)he who has the better coding skills gets to make the rules and to flaunt them.
What exactly happens when the order situation goes to hell? Someone dies? Someone gets raped? Thefts?
I could not read anywhere that they would have their own police. And if they have that planned, who will police the police?
Let us all get together and flood the www with many many bogus sites claiming to be Viralg.
Use their own tech against them!
What would be better would be to create copies of their site with only some text changed:).
I dont know if the hash of the sites can be the same as the original, but wtf!
Keith Maydak in for a telephone scam is here.
... thanks, google:)
Juan Melendez is here
Your brain must be working overtime... i figured from the massive amounts of spam my detector got from your motor cortex plans yesterday :)
...non-acoustic sensors that detect speech via the speaker's nerve and muscle activity
...relies on a sensor worn around the neck called a tuned electromagnetic resonator collar (TERC)
The article does not say anything about things happening in your brain. You might have been misled by:
The nerves and muscles talked about are in your neck.
The way i interpret this: the muscles in your vocal cord expand and contract even when you speak at a very low volume.... maybe even with your mouth shut.
I am in India, a software techie. While it is great that I get good opportunites to extend my love for computing into my job, I think I will *feel* India has arrived when porn is legal here.
:D). It is a pity that not much porn gets made here though. The only ones that you see are what seem to be hidden cam ones ... or amatuer vids. :)
:)
... yea it has been increasing, atleast in Delhi. Girls arent afraid to move around in exposing dresses (god bless them!), gays arent too afraid of coming out in public... ... if they come to power (you know who!) then just maybe I (we?) are doomed :(
Here is why:
Porn in India is not legal. This is, sadly, true. But ofcourse bootleg VCDs of porn is available (going rate? ~30 INR about 70 cents
I am waiting for the day when Vivid outsources to India. That will be the day when I will really *feel* that India has arrived
As Salman Rusdie said, porn is the index of free society... i will extend that to say that porn is also the index of prosperity.
India is not too hot on freedom of speech either. I once did a lampoon site of a local leader who in my opinion is a Hindu Fascist... the site featured him as Hitler. I am glad I did not mention my actual home address... for before I knew it, I got to read in the Times of India that a terrorist group had made a site on this real big wig politician... they mentioned that the CBI was on the case. I was shit scared as I had done the site right from home. But nothing happened . (those were the early days of the internet in India).
Doing this site, I believed that it was perfectly legal to do... the constitution of India does grant me freedom of speech -- only in theory. I was younger then and more idealistic and thought for sure that I would not be convicted in court if I did get arrested.
Now, a little wiser with the ways of this democracy, I do not think so... atleast one press guy who did an expose got his ass to jail and was butt-fucked (not literally, but he'd prefer that to being beaten tied up naked, for sure). I am lucky that I was not caught by the low tech intelligence
Another way I measure the progress of a country is its level of tolerance
yea this is happening, we *are* heading in the right direction... if only the asshole politician i lampooned and his breed of die hard Hindu Fanatics dont screw it up some time soon
Why do some guys--usually establishment guys-- have to screw things that are headed in the right direction?
Actually no... u cant change ur shirt and walk back in to vote again.
Your name is in a voter's list that they cross out once you vote. Ofcourse, you might consider doing a proxy vote for someone whom you know hasnt turned up to vote. But then again, in India, they paint your right index finger with indelible ink once you have voted. _Indelible ink_ may not be foolproof either, but neither is it a total misnomer.
As a side note, my mother voted for all the female names she could find in the list when she was in the near lawless state of Bihar supporting her brother, an aspiring Member of Parliament. This was some good 4 years back, they were regular paper ballots. (I am not making this up. and BTW, my Uncle did become an MP)
I am from and in India. AFAIK, we have not had any problems with these electronic voting machines. They have been in use for quite some time now, they were never used in all constituencies, however.
:). The Election Comission would be forced to use paper ballots. These goons resort to capturing polling booths and electronic voting machines make their task tough.
:) :)
The only potential problem with them that I have come across in local media reports is that of some political goons registering dozens of dummy candidates... their aim being to have more candidates in a constituency than the number of buttons on the machines
Now I guess these enterprising political goons will have to enlist hackers
I am sure if there's an american hacker out there upto the task, he/she can reverse the outsourcing thing
That explains why Adrian Lamo carries cartons and cartons of chocolates in his backback :)
I find it weird that you note down so many benefits of using vb and at the same time proclaim your hate for it. ... sometimes it shines even in these areas. I am not a die hard vb fan, but i honestly think that there are lots of applications where vb is *the* ideal dev platform... would you clip your fingernails with a sword? :)). He went so far as to develop a version of it for multi-processor machines when he consulted for Thinking Machines ... too lazy to link to the url, but i think you can find the info on wikipedia.
You are certainly not alone. And I know vb has its pitfalls.
I sometimes wonder if the hate for vb has something to do with its originator being M$. Or maybe it is considered infradig by people who know _better_ languages.
The only reason vb gets so much badmouthing, IMHO is that people attempt doing things with it that it was never meant for
On a related note, R.P. Feynman only knew one computer prog. language --yes, that's right, BASIC (yea i know, not vb
Much as i try to think of something bad about this, i really cant (now, dont tell me i am not trying too hard :). :)
I guess lots of editors are going to come up pretty soon that use this compiler to do the actual compiling. That can only be a good thing