Even if the standard demanded GNOME (I don't know), this wouldn't mean that there may not be KDE installed as well. It would just mean that GNOME has to be installed to be standard conforming. It would probably mean that commercial apps would generally be GNOME apps. But since GNOME applications should run just fine under KDE, that should not be too much of a problem. Of course TrollTech would surely prefer KDE as standard:-)
If e.g. the variation is just that the sound phase changed by half a period, you will not hear a difference, but your noise cancellation will turn into noise amplification. And that's assuming you have an otherwise perfectly predictable sound.
I guess the printed version would lack all logical markup. No problem if all you want to do is to view or print it, but a big problem if you want to work with it.
The quoted sentence in effect states that Windows is hardly usable for less-qualified observers (they can use a Mac, but not Windows). Or in short: Windows is bad for beginners.
I could imagine a better use than security would be to let it scan other's faces, and then have the name displayed. That would help with bad name memory.
One problem of course would be how to do it without the other one recognicing it.
Let's just wait for the flood of misinformed replies flooding in here on Slashdot like they do every time a story about Africa is posted. I expect to see many stupid posts by slashdotters arguing "what's the use for computers if you don't have food?"
What's the use of food when you don't have computers? <gd&r>
Well, imagine for example the US government (rightly or wrongly) decided that some country X hosted primary terrorist sites, and to interrupt terrorist communication, it just ordered to remove all domain names of that country from the root servers. Don't you think this would have a bad impact on country X?
If the only way you normally get to a ressource is through its name, then the naming service is a crucial part of the infrastructure.
Indeed, there could be a very simple rule: Every country has the right to have a root server which hosts the DNS entries of its own TLD (i.e. Germany would have a right for a root server for.de domains, france would have a right for a root server for.fr domains, etc.) No need for any central organization (be it the UN, an US based company, or whatever).
The fate of really old things leads me to think that the clock should be copied and hidden. The idea of hiding the clock to preserve it has a natural corollary, but it takes Teller, the professional magician, to suggest it without shame: "The important thing is to make a very convincing documentary about building the clock and hiding it. Don't actually build one. That would spoil the myth if it was ever found." In a way, Teller is right.
Well, it doesn't state that this is the real plan, but then, if it did, then it would be counter-productive to the plan, wouldn't it?:-)
The gold standard for our new design will be: I must be able to operate the clock's basic features when I wake up in the morning, blurry-headed and without my contacts in. This basic problem -- that they're used by sleepy people -- seems to have escaped current makers of alarm clocks.
One could also make a point for a design where it is hard to stop the alarm when you are not completely awake. This would reduce your risk of just falling asleep again after cancelling the alarm.
Do you really think an LCD display will last 10000 years? BTW, it would go against the project goals (which is not to impress future visitors). As the article states, the clock shall be understandable without taking it apart.
It seems like they used lame tech. Sure they demonstrate some knowledge of analog mechanical computing ability.. but this ability has been around since the forties.. before the space age.
The point is not a technology demonstration. The point is to alter the thinking of the people about long time spans.
We want humans of the future to know that we understood that the stars themselves are moving (ie, certain stars would no longer have the same relative positions in the sky..example: Barnard's star is moving at 10.3 arcseconds per year against the background. We want to show we have that knowledge..
Again, the project isn't about teaching future people about our knowledge, it's about teaching current people to think long term. However, I could imagine that the star movement would be a great tool for that. Assuming those 10.3 arcseconds per year will not change in the future (and neither the direction), in 10000 years it will have moved about 28.6 degrees. This is indeed a quite visible difference. Of course, if the clock should track the movements of the stars as well, its price might grow from exorbitant to unaffordable...
Heck even include a copy of Wikipedia on HD DVD in a simplified binary format without any complicated enoding scheme.
I bet that in 10000 years any HD-DVD produced today will be completely unreadable.
Indeed, there's the one clock known as "solar system" which already works quite fine since millions of years. Indeed, it worked great for such a long time that on one of its hands life evolved...
If it tells you new year while it has summer temperature outside, you know that either the clock went wrong, or the global warming was real, after all:-)
You forgot the free audio codec which can compress 1 hour of music to 16 bytes while maintaining a sound quality which is indistinguishable from the original. Ah, and please add a Star Trek quality universal translator!
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I thought real programmers used FORTRAN?
Don't you see the importance of a standardization of buzzwords in a common hype framework?
Even if the standard demanded GNOME (I don't know), this wouldn't mean that there may not be KDE installed as well. It would just mean that GNOME has to be installed to be standard conforming. :-)
It would probably mean that commercial apps would generally be GNOME apps. But since GNOME applications should run just fine under KDE, that should not be too much of a problem.
Of course TrollTech would surely prefer KDE as standard
In which way are the domes involved in the internet failing?
If e.g. the variation is just that the sound phase changed by half a period, you will not hear a difference, but your noise cancellation will turn into noise amplification. And that's assuming you have an otherwise perfectly predictable sound.
I guess the printed version would lack all logical markup. No problem if all you want to do is to view or print it, but a big problem if you want to work with it.
Well, actually it's Microsoft which wants to catapult a Longhorn against Linux.
The quoted sentence in effect states that Windows is hardly usable for less-qualified observers (they can use a Mac, but not Windows). Or in short: Windows is bad for beginners.
I could imagine a better use than security would be to let it scan other's faces, and then have the name displayed. That would help with bad name memory.
One problem of course would be how to do it without the other one recognicing it.
For iris scans, it could test the reaction of the iris to light.
What's the use of food when you don't have computers? <gd&r>
Well, imagine for example the US government (rightly or wrongly) decided that some country X hosted primary terrorist sites, and to interrupt terrorist communication, it just ordered to remove all domain names of that country from the root servers. Don't you think this would have a bad impact on country X?
If the only way you normally get to a ressource is through its name, then the naming service is a crucial part of the infrastructure.
Indeed, there could be a very simple rule: Every country has the right to have a root server which hosts the DNS entries of its own TLD (i.e. Germany would have a right for a root server for .de domains, france would have a right for a root server for .fr domains, etc.) No need for any central organization (be it the UN, an US based company, or whatever).
Trademarked, not copyrighted!
But if so, this somebody violates Google's trademark on "Google".
Well, it doesn't state that this is the real plan, but then, if it did, then it would be counter-productive to the plan, wouldn't it?
Maybe all those posters asked/commented about practicality simply because they could?
Or what if an animal gets into the mechanism and blocks it?
One could also make a point for a design where it is hard to stop the alarm when you are not completely awake. This would reduce your risk of just falling asleep again after cancelling the alarm.
Do you really think an LCD display will last 10000 years? BTW, it would go against the project goals (which is not to impress future visitors). As the article states, the clock shall be understandable without taking it apart.
The point is not a technology demonstration. The point is to alter the thinking of the people about long time spans.
Again, the project isn't about teaching future people about our knowledge, it's about teaching current people to think long term. However, I could imagine that the star movement would be a great tool for that. Assuming those 10.3 arcseconds per year will not change in the future (and neither the direction), in 10000 years it will have moved about 28.6 degrees. This is indeed a quite visible difference. Of course, if the clock should track the movements of the stars as well, its price might grow from exorbitant to unaffordable
I bet that in 10000 years any HD-DVD produced today will be completely unreadable.
Indeed, there's the one clock known as "solar system" which already works quite fine since millions of years. Indeed, it worked great for such a long time that on one of its hands life evolved ...
If it tells you new year while it has summer temperature outside, you know that either the clock went wrong, or the global warming was real, after all :-)
If this one fails in 2000 years as well, where do I get my warranty refund?
You forgot the free audio codec which can compress 1 hour of music to 16 bytes while maintaining a sound quality which is indistinguishable from the original. Ah, and please add a Star Trek quality universal translator!
I don't think you can patent the fuck. Too much prior art.
I never heared about that scripting language.