Basically, what they did is the following:
They looked at the output of this device for "statistical anomalies", i.e. the.5% of the time it's output was out of the range it was expected to be in 99.5% of the time.
Then, they looked for "important events" that occurred around that time. They don't have any way of choosing them other than that they happened when this occurred.
Finally, they started looking for events *after* it happened, and found those as well. BOOM, it predicts the future.
This isn't science, it's not even Nostradamus.
By the time we get to the point where we can build AN ENTIRE CAR atom by atom, I want to be flying around Earth in spaceships at 10000mph. Seriously, which is more difficult to do? Make available technology we already have somewhat, or assemble TRILLIONS of atoms.
I think this is "reporter getting carried away by 'nano' buzzword". Nano is NOT the holy grail. Maybe some parts will have nano coatings, but those aren't even assembled "atom-by-atom".
Up to the Minute? There is at least a 3 minute lag between Earth and Mars, so it would be at least 3 minutes back.
That's the problem people don't think of when they deal with interstellar travel. Most sci-fi has some FTL communication, it's only a few books that don't. I'm not sure that entanglement will ever work itself out, so it might never happen.
It sure looks neat, but I'm not sure what use it will have. If the server dies, it has red and green bars that correspond to when a term (such as George Bush) is in the Google News "Making News" category.
It probably is more useful over a long-term scale though, so I think we'll have to wait for it to be really useful.
I don't think it stands a snowball's chance in hell, but as it might, we'd better make sure to make our side of the case clear. Hatch may want to blow up our computers, but I hope there are some senators who realize that "He took away your VCR" won't go well on the campaign trail.
By compressing more data per packet, do they just mean they are using a better compression algorithm, or larger packets? The first should only help a little and for some uses, the second could theoretically make a lot more of a difference. But the less-power usage will be good anyhow.
Haven't you ever read H.P. Lovecraft? The forbidden knowledge drove them all completely insane until it caused their deaths.
The conclusion is that once somebody figures it out, they are no longer in a position to care about it, and are too mad to tell anyone else.
The graphics and reflex skill of Zork with the complexity and storyline of your standard B-movie. This will surely be an enormous success.
Wait a second, this would suck even if it weren't an April Fool's Joke. The only thing that is funny is how long the server lasted.
The likelyhood of this being true is about as slim as SCO winning their "sue a Linux user tommorow case".
If anybody had $20's they'd be willing to microwave until vaporized to prove there are no RFID's, we will all be grateful (and hate you for being rich enough to "burn" money").
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH IS AWFUL. PLEASE, don't make it into a movie.
Maybe it is just that my English teacher *DRILLED* the Christian allegory from the book into us, and maybe it is just that it is STUPID.
This seems like an ominous step to the day when you no longer have control over the software you run. Once the masses accept this control for the free (as in beer) hardware, it will be harder for anyone to actually have the right to execute whatever code they wish on their machine (free as in speech). Not likely Linux'll ever see the light of day on those boxes.
There is a whole series of jokes on "How to Catch a Lion in the Sahara Desert". Unfortunately, I can't find a list, but here are two examples.
There are no wild lions in the Sahara Desert. Catching a tame lion is left to the reader as an exercise.
Leave large amounts of very dense lion food. When the lion eats enough, he will shrink into a black hole. The distortion in space time should confuse the lion enough for you to be able to catch him.
In a small Volusia County precinct, there were -16000 votes for Gore where he would have only gotten about 300 until the error was corrected. Maybe that was just a random bit flop in the first position in a 16-bit number storage system, 300+16384=-16084 for signed ints.
Of course!! By forcing Linux users to go outside more as opposed to being on their computers, especially when it is raining, they will increase their sales of umbrellas, thus boosting sales and revenue!
Isn't that right??
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... thank goodness there is somebody still on Slashdot who can still write an intelligent comment.
If it's just 1 rat, I wouldn't be too worried. It may be clever, but it can't mate with itself.
Basically, what they did is the following: They looked at the output of this device for "statistical anomalies", i.e. the .5% of the time it's output was out of the range it was expected to be in 99.5% of the time.
Then, they looked for "important events" that occurred around that time. They don't have any way of choosing them other than that they happened when this occurred.
Finally, they started looking for events *after* it happened, and found those as well. BOOM, it predicts the future.
This isn't science, it's not even Nostradamus.
When did he/she say he/she was a woman? It's a new age, you know.
How about foo@bar.baz ?
What, Duke Nukem Forever still isn't out yet? Hey, maybe such a computer could create Duke Nukem Forever from scratch so I could play it.
I think this is "reporter getting carried away by 'nano' buzzword". Nano is NOT the holy grail. Maybe some parts will have nano coatings, but those aren't even assembled "atom-by-atom".
That's the problem people don't think of when they deal with interstellar travel. Most sci-fi has some FTL communication, it's only a few books that don't. I'm not sure that entanglement will ever work itself out, so it might never happen.
It sure looks neat, but I'm not sure what use it will have. If the server dies, it has red and green bars that correspond to when a term (such as George Bush) is in the Google News "Making News" category. It probably is more useful over a long-term scale though, so I think we'll have to wait for it to be really useful.
I don't think it stands a snowball's chance in hell, but as it might, we'd better make sure to make our side of the case clear. Hatch may want to blow up our computers, but I hope there are some senators who realize that "He took away your VCR" won't go well on the campaign trail.
By compressing more data per packet, do they just mean they are using a better compression algorithm, or larger packets? The first should only help a little and for some uses, the second could theoretically make a lot more of a difference. But the less-power usage will be good anyhow.
Haven't you ever read H.P. Lovecraft? The forbidden knowledge drove them all completely insane until it caused their deaths. The conclusion is that once somebody figures it out, they are no longer in a position to care about it, and are too mad to tell anyone else.
I sure hope that isn't the MST3K film. Nothing from MST3K should be up for any award.
It isn't funny any more. Give it up already.
The graphics and reflex skill of Zork with the complexity and storyline of your standard B-movie. This will surely be an enormous success. Wait a second, this would suck even if it weren't an April Fool's Joke. The only thing that is funny is how long the server lasted.
Looking at the Gmail site, you see the following Robots.txt file User-agent: * Disallow: / Also, none of the links work. Nope, its a hoax.
The likelyhood of this being true is about as slim as SCO winning their "sue a Linux user tommorow case". If anybody had $20's they'd be willing to microwave until vaporized to prove there are no RFID's, we will all be grateful (and hate you for being rich enough to "burn" money").
That's the point. Powergen isssued a release saying that the companies were not related. RTFA, dumbass.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH IS AWFUL. PLEASE, don't make it into a movie. Maybe it is just that my English teacher *DRILLED* the Christian allegory from the book into us, and maybe it is just that it is STUPID.
This seems like an ominous step to the day when you no longer have control over the software you run. Once the masses accept this control for the free (as in beer) hardware, it will be harder for anyone to actually have the right to execute whatever code they wish on their machine (free as in speech). Not likely Linux'll ever see the light of day on those boxes.
There is a whole series of jokes on "How to Catch a Lion in the Sahara Desert". Unfortunately, I can't find a list, but here are two examples. There are no wild lions in the Sahara Desert. Catching a tame lion is left to the reader as an exercise. Leave large amounts of very dense lion food. When the lion eats enough, he will shrink into a black hole. The distortion in space time should confuse the lion enough for you to be able to catch him.
In a small Volusia County precinct, there were -16000 votes for Gore where he would have only gotten about 300 until the error was corrected. Maybe that was just a random bit flop in the first position in a 16-bit number storage system, 300+16384=-16084 for signed ints.
It is Kollar-Kotelly, not Kollar-Kelly.
Of course!! By forcing Linux users to go outside more as opposed to being on their computers, especially when it is raining, they will increase their sales of umbrellas, thus boosting sales and revenue! Isn't that right??
RTFA. It says they offer two versions, both the same price. Lindows is giving it away to increase their market share.