...it should not require "upgrades" or "installation" later on, it should just work.
I agree that hardware should not require upgrades later on. But for our powerFFT card, many customers require special data conversion or memory addressing schemes. If we have to redesign the "hardwired" hardware, the cost would skyrocket!. But with VHDL, we design and test the new configuration and put it in an EEPROM before shipping. Then for the customer our device "just works".
The cells indeed exists for more than 10 years. However they are living, which means that because of bio-chemical processes the cell repairs itself constantly, replacing old parts. On avarage all the parts have been replaced after 7 years.
BIOLOGY != CHEMISTRY
Ok, I should have said "atoms that make up your body". I mean the living cells, which make up a body, replace their building blocks all the time. The ink of a tattoo is stored between the body cells and is not really part of the body. The ink is just trapped there.
That's not only the case in startrek, but also in real live. None of the atoms present in our bodies right now, were there 10 years ago. Even the atoms of our brains do not stay there for more than a decade. So are we still the same entity as 10 years ago? Or do we only carry the memories of "somebody else"?
Robert Silverberg wrote an SF novel back in the sixties To Live Again It is about downloading your mind into a computer at certain intervals. After your death, the latest copy of your mind can be hosted by somebody else. If downloading your mind to a computer becomes reality, hosting a guest mind in your brain might become the next step. After all most of the brain is not used anyway. So why not share it?
Radar is not reflected by human tissue (or animal tissue). That is very obvious in a microwave oven; if tissue would reflect radar, it would never heat up.
Nice invention, but nowadays batteries are used mostly in cell-phones, PDA's, etc. With the trend of miniaturising these, I can already see the mess, trying to pry sticky leftovers in my cell-phone:(
I welded a chain to my cordless mouse, so I can find it back between the mess on my desk. I was wondering whether Logitech or Microsoft would want to pay me royalties for this invention.
The only thing in consumer cars that can come close to a manual is Audi's Multitronic.
What about Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT)? It was invented decades ago by DAF, but a couple of years ago it was forbidden by the FIA, because McLaren proved that this system could win an extra 2 seconds per lap.
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I agree that hardware should not require upgrades later on. But for our powerFFT card, many customers require special data conversion or memory addressing schemes. If we have to redesign the "hardwired" hardware, the cost would skyrocket!. But with VHDL, we design and test the new configuration and put it in an EEPROM before shipping. Then for the customer our device "just works".
The cells indeed exists for more than 10 years. However they are living, which means that because of bio-chemical processes the cell repairs itself constantly, replacing old parts. On avarage all the parts have been replaced after 7 years.
BIOLOGY != CHEMISTRY
Ok, I should have said "atoms that make up your body". I mean the living cells, which make up a body, replace their building blocks all the time. The ink of a tattoo is stored between the body cells and is not really part of the body. The ink is just trapped there.
That's not only the case in startrek, but also in real live. None of the atoms present in our bodies right now, were there 10 years ago. Even the atoms of our brains do not stay there for more than a decade. So are we still the same entity as 10 years ago? Or do we only carry the memories of "somebody else"?
Robert Silverberg wrote an SF novel back in the sixties To Live Again
It is about downloading your mind into a computer at certain intervals. After your death, the latest copy of your mind can be hosted by somebody else. If downloading your mind to a computer becomes reality, hosting a guest mind in your brain might become the next step. After all most of the brain is not used anyway. So why not share it?
Radar is not reflected by human tissue (or animal tissue). That is very obvious in a microwave oven; if tissue would reflect radar, it would never heat up.
I thought the days of McCarty (the communist hunter, if I recollect correct) were over.
Nice invention, but nowadays batteries are used mostly in cell-phones, PDA's, etc. With the trend of miniaturising these, I can already see the mess, trying to pry sticky leftovers in my cell-phone :(
The only usefull weblog I ever found is Alan Cox' diary. Does anybody know more like this?
Come on, KNOW something before wasting your time posting.
I asked a question, you insensitive *&%$# !!!
Since when am I supposed to know the answer before I can ask a question?
I welded a chain to my cordless mouse, so I can find it back between the mess on my desk. I was wondering whether Logitech or Microsoft would want to pay me royalties for this invention.
The only thing in consumer cars that can come close to a manual is Audi's Multitronic.
What about Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT)? It was invented decades ago by DAF, but a couple of years ago it was forbidden by the FIA, because McLaren proved that this system could win an extra 2 seconds per lap.
The DTP community won't like it because they're so proud that they're not using Intel clone's