I think GCC is not known for generating very optimized code. Windows tools, OTOH, can more or less optimize all they want because desktop Windows is a x86-only world.
Don't be. LEO is a very boring place for humans to be. Until there is a credible way to go somewhere (hint: the Moon) there is little reason for humans in space.
Or, perhaps, a satellite repair crew could be stationed in LEO and operate a fleet of unmanned tugs to bring back and forth damaged satellites for refurbishing. I am sure the math would not work out at first, but it would be an insanely cool thing to try.
And, if we develop the cheap launch technology, it may even work.
The only reason for a shuttle-like spacecraft is to bring bus-sized payloads back from space. Every other role could be played by simpler, more reliable, cheaper spacecraft.
"it makes more rational sense to have robotic probes"
No robotic probe can tell you how it "feels" to be there. A robotic probe is a machine. A manned spacecraft is a part of Humanity.
But, about pouring billions into NASA... Well... I seems like they lost their mojo. They need to reinvent themselves, be willing to take risks more smartly (it took over 100 flights, 7 deaths and a lost spacecraft for someone to even look at what kind of damage a shuttle takes on launch? Seriously?).
I guess NASA needs more test-pilots and engineers and less scientists. I suggest we sacrifice the science for now in order to build a more solid, cheaper and versatile space access infrastructure. The very moment we can launch stuff cheaply we will see an expansion of space science like we never saw before. You spend billions on a space probe because it will cost a couple hundred millions to launch it. It's easy to imagine hundreds of cheaper science projects piggybacking on cheaper space access.
Inexpensive space access is the key. That should be the _only_ focus for NASA for the foreseeable future.
"there is a lot of prestige in doing the impossible"
Not only prestige: there is awesome a lot of money for those who invent the Next Industry. Had Minutemen not needed guidance systems, we could be using teletypes connected over phone lines to big mainframes.
We need simple, cheap and reliable heavy-lift vehicles. über Saturn V's running on cheap fuel made from aircraft-grade parts. And putting a man on the Moon is not impossible, but making him stay for 6 months has never been done before. Only a dozen guys have that t-shirt.
Just remember the product roadmap just vanished in the air and you will have to plan a platform migration for as soon as your support contract ends, if Oracle doesn't decide to end it prematurely.
It's not like Microsoft never had a smoking gun on its hand.
I doubt they still threaten OEMs by e-mail. A "It's a nice OEM price you have here. It would be a shame if your competitors got better conditions" dropped over dinner or on a golf course is far less useful for antitrust lawyers.
Back in 97, when I worked for a MS minion^W solution provider, I got a very nice "Microsoft IE4 is great" backpack for my Toshiba laptop (a Satellite 740, IIRC). That backpack outlived three laptops.
The more we put energy in the atmosphere, either directly or by greenhouse gases, the worse the weather will be: more violent storms, more planes downed by catastrophically worse weather and so on.
If we take some energy out of the atmosphere and prevent more greenhouse gases to be released as a side effect, I am all in.
- all that "movie magic" (as one put it) in the non-live demos - the highly choreographed demos given on stage - Microsoft saying this is a very early in development - Microsoft saying there is no shipping date - the Milo video suggests a very capable AI far beyond what we could expect today, with reactions to facial expressions and broad-domain speech recognition - how Vista looked great in that early video when it was called Longhorn and what a dog it is.
I call it bullshit.
This is Microsoft showing a non-product in order to damage sales of its competitors who are selling obviously less-advanced technology (of course - because they can ship a real product right now) than the fantasies they depict in their promotional videos.
"Obviously, this stuff didn't have a chance to have any significant effect yet, and won't until first stable versions are released."
Most Microsoft software is hardly stable, but has a very large effect on the market.
This thing will be used as soon as point-and-click icon-dragging self-proclaimed programmers can have it in Visual Studio with a couple wizards to help them graft if on tp of their programs.
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I think GCC is not known for generating very optimized code. Windows tools, OTOH, can more or less optimize all they want because desktop Windows is a x86-only world.
Oops... I am completely wrong. Ektachrome just required a simpler process.
"Kodachrome was once the film of choice for many baby boomers' family slide shows"
I believe the choice for slideshows was Ektachrome. Kodachrome was a color reversal film (it made negatives).
But I always preferred the ones made by Fuji. The colors looked better.
"I'm very ashamed that ESA hasn't done it yet."
Don't be. LEO is a very boring place for humans to be. Until there is a credible way to go somewhere (hint: the Moon) there is little reason for humans in space.
Or, perhaps, a satellite repair crew could be stationed in LEO and operate a fleet of unmanned tugs to bring back and forth damaged satellites for refurbishing. I am sure the math would not work out at first, but it would be an insanely cool thing to try.
And, if we develop the cheap launch technology, it may even work.
The only reason for a shuttle-like spacecraft is to bring bus-sized payloads back from space. Every other role could be played by simpler, more reliable, cheaper spacecraft.
"it makes more rational sense to have robotic probes"
No robotic probe can tell you how it "feels" to be there. A robotic probe is a machine. A manned spacecraft is a part of Humanity.
But, about pouring billions into NASA... Well... I seems like they lost their mojo. They need to reinvent themselves, be willing to take risks more smartly (it took over 100 flights, 7 deaths and a lost spacecraft for someone to even look at what kind of damage a shuttle takes on launch? Seriously?).
I guess NASA needs more test-pilots and engineers and less scientists. I suggest we sacrifice the science for now in order to build a more solid, cheaper and versatile space access infrastructure. The very moment we can launch stuff cheaply we will see an expansion of space science like we never saw before. You spend billions on a space probe because it will cost a couple hundred millions to launch it. It's easy to imagine hundreds of cheaper science projects piggybacking on cheaper space access.
Inexpensive space access is the key. That should be the _only_ focus for NASA for the foreseeable future.
As soon as you invent the materials. Now, turn off your computer and get back to your lab.
"there is a lot of prestige in doing the impossible"
Not only prestige: there is awesome a lot of money for those who invent the Next Industry. Had Minutemen not needed guidance systems, we could be using teletypes connected over phone lines to big mainframes.
We need simple, cheap and reliable heavy-lift vehicles. über Saturn V's running on cheap fuel made from aircraft-grade parts. And putting a man on the Moon is not impossible, but making him stay for 6 months has never been done before. Only a dozen guys have that t-shirt.
No. It just costs nothing.
Yeah, right.
Just remember the product roadmap just vanished in the air and you will have to plan a platform migration for as soon as your support contract ends, if Oracle doesn't decide to end it prematurely.
In any case, you lose.
I can't picture him being picky with weapons.
It's not like Microsoft never had a smoking gun on its hand.
I doubt they still threaten OEMs by e-mail. A "It's a nice OEM price you have here. It would be a shame if your competitors got better conditions" dropped over dinner or on a golf course is far less useful for antitrust lawyers.
Still, we can see it's very effective.
It's easy to see Ballmer, gun in hand, claiming "Now, mine is faster".
The more they have, the larger the EU fines can be.
Oh.. Yes! I forgot that.
Back in 97, when I worked for a MS minion^W solution provider, I got a very nice "Microsoft IE4 is great" backpack for my Toshiba laptop (a Satellite 740, IIRC). That backpack outlived three laptops.
You really want to ruin your OS, don't you?
To be fair, I used IE4 on Solaris. It was not that bad. And Outlook Express was a good e-mail client for Solaris at that time.
I love my Microsoft keyboard. I love my Microsoft mouse.
I loved their Z-80 Softcard on my Apple II.
It's too bad they insist on making second-rate software. Their hardware is excelent.
Better: You could start with something that's already deployed and working on a lot of 60+ employee companies like PeopleSoft.
If a university has such insane requirements, it's time to rethink their processes, not to build the millionth payroll system.
In 2002 they could be even be betting the company on the Risc PC/RiscOS duo...
It would be either that or not having Nvidia support on Windows 7 SP 1...
The Earth of Roddenberry had been through a nuclear war. I would prefer we avoid it.
Let's call the first ship of this kind the "Barnum".
I expect the investors to line up in 3... 2... 1...
The more we put energy in the atmosphere, either directly or by greenhouse gases, the worse the weather will be: more violent storms, more planes downed by catastrophically worse weather and so on.
If we take some energy out of the atmosphere and prevent more greenhouse gases to be released as a side effect, I am all in.
By watching:
- all that "movie magic" (as one put it) in the non-live demos
- the highly choreographed demos given on stage
- Microsoft saying this is a very early in development
- Microsoft saying there is no shipping date
- the Milo video suggests a very capable AI far beyond what we could expect today, with reactions to facial expressions and broad-domain speech recognition
- how Vista looked great in that early video when it was called Longhorn and what a dog it is.
I call it bullshit.
This is Microsoft showing a non-product in order to damage sales of its competitors who are selling obviously less-advanced technology (of course - because they can ship a real product right now) than the fantasies they depict in their promotional videos.
Wake me up when they have a product.
"[b.belong('us') for b in bases if b.owner() == 'you']"
If it could use different cores and run automatically in parallel, we could sink some of these patents ;-)
"Obviously, this stuff didn't have a chance to have any significant effect yet, and won't until first stable versions are released."
Most Microsoft software is hardly stable, but has a very large effect on the market.
This thing will be used as soon as point-and-click icon-dragging self-proclaimed programmers can have it in Visual Studio with a couple wizards to help them graft if on tp of their programs.