I remember an interview with a former Excel developer who said that "re-architecting" was forbidden as it might break things no-one understood at the time; the original developers had left a long time before.
So. See it first. Believe it later.
But, wait, this is closed source. Whhhy should one believe them?
Most sociologists today tend to describe the world using 'deep' interviews of 36 people in the surroundings of the campus, because that way they will get the result they wish to get.
A cynic description, yes, but not too far the truth. So, it is good to see there IS large data sets, somewhere.
Brian Schmidt's Nobel Prize may add or at least secure new or continued funding. Nobel Prizes tend to make politicians softer. Which is good, of course!:)
The human population grows exponentially, which the universe apparently may do too. If we will build spacecrafts capable of intergalactic traveling, will we fit, eventually?
If space does not accelerate fast enough, probably not.
It is just some closet Christians that happens to be in rule.
Did you know that some president's wife used to consult a crystal ball... How much did we hear about that, when the poor husband had his finger on "the button".
No serious politician wold ever admit to belive in a God, seriously. They may say so, for funding reasons. Otherwise they would be laughed off their underpants. It is all rhetorics (I hope). Did you really believe that the Alaskan chick could get away with a heartbeat? No, she was dismissed with before it was all too late, thank God.
Yes, it is important to the winners. But, for the rest of the world? Does it give focus to something we need to recognize, also today, 110 year after the start?
I think it is still important, but sometimes you people complaining about it, which made me wonder.
A few years ago the funding would have come as soon as China would start adding their military equipment there, too. Ironically, however, now China will just pull the financial rug under the US, or just squeeze those hairy a bit harder.
Svante Arrhenius "was the first to calculate on the heating of the Earth in 1903. But, he refers to Fourier, Pouillet and Tyndall as predecessors. He was the first person to predict that emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and other combustion processes would cause global warming. Arrhenius clearly believed that a warmer world would be a positive change. From that, the hot-house theory gained more attention. Nevertheless, until about 1960, most scientists dismissed the hot-house / greenhouse effect as implausible for the cause of ice ages as Milutin Milankovitch had presented a mechanism using orbital changes of the earth (Milankovitch cycles). Nowadays, the accepted explanation is that orbital forcing sets the timing for ice ages with CO2 acting as an essential amplifying feedback.
Arrhenius estimated that halving of CO2 would decrease temperatures by 4–5 C (Celsius) and a doubling of CO2 would cause a temperature rise of 5–6 C.[5] In his 1906 publication, Arrhenius adjusted the value downwards to 1.6 C (including water vapour feedback: 2.1 C). Recent (2007) estimates from IPCC say this value (the Climate sensitivity) is likely to be between 2 and 4.5 C. Arrhenius expected CO2 levels to rise at a rate given by emissions in his time. Since then, industrial carbon dioxide levels have risen at a much faster rate: Arrhenius expected CO2 doubling to take about 3000 years; it is now estimated in most scenarios to take about a century."
Some quotes:
"To a certain extent the temperature of the earth's surface, as we shall presently see, is conditioned by the properties of the atmosphere surrounding it, and particularly by the permeability of the latter for the rays of heat." (p46)
"That the atmospheric envelopes limit the heat losses from the planets had been suggested about 1800 by the great French physicist Fourier. His ideas were further developed afterwards by Pouillet and Tyndall. Their theory has been styled the hot-house theory, because they thought that the atmosphere acted after the manner of the glass panes of hot-houses." (p51)
"If the quantity of carbonic acid in the air should sink to one-half its present percentage, the temperature would fall by about 4; a diminution to one-quarter would reduce the temperature by 8. On the other hand, any doubling of the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air would raise the temperature of the earth's surface by 4; and if the carbon dioxide were increased fourfold, the temperature would rise by 8." (p53)
"Although the sea, by absorbing carbonic acid, acts as a regulator of huge capacity, which takes up about five-sixths of the produced carbonic acid, we yet recognize that the slight percentage of carbonic acid in the atmosphere may by the advances of industry be changed to a noticeable degree in the course of a few centuries." (p54)
"Since, now, warm ages have alternated with glacial periods, even after man appeared on the earth, we have to ask ourselves: Is it probable that we shall in the coming geological ages be visited by a new ice period that will drive us from our temperate countries into the hotter climates of Africa? There does not appear to be much ground for such an apprehension. The enormous combustion of coal by our industrial establishments suffices to increase the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air to a perceptible degree." (p61)
"We often hear lamentations that the coal stored up in the earth is wasted by the present generation without any thought of the future, and we are terrified by the awful destruction of life and property which has followed the volcanic eruptions of our days. We may find a kind of consolation in the consideration
Google Patent gave me 991 hits for "multitouch". The oldest was from 1972 and used as:
"In an example of practice of the invention, a foil electret for use in a multitouch selector was prepared from a 1 mil (25.4 micrometer) thin film of polyfluoroethylene-propylene plastic material, marketed commercially under the tradename TEFLON FEP, with a 1,000 A. metallic layer on one of its surfaces."
Sure sounds like people understood the concept of multitouch years before Apple was even founded.
Slashdot Mirror
"re-architecting old bits of code"? Windows?!
I remember an interview with a former Excel developer who said that "re-architecting" was forbidden as it might break things no-one understood at the time; the original developers had left a long time before.
So. See it first. Believe it later.
But, wait, this is closed source. Whhhy should one believe them?
Sounds like it was invented by Gyro Gearloose's Little Helper - http://music-electronics-forum.com/attachments/8986d1271667772-ggs-helper.jpg
Great if can be made on a large scale!!!
At least there IS very large social data sets.
Most sociologists today tend to describe the world using 'deep' interviews of 36 people in the surroundings of the campus, because that way they will get the result they wish to get.
A cynic description, yes, but not too far the truth. So, it is good to see there IS large data sets, somewhere.
Brian Schmidt's Nobel Prize may add or at least secure new or continued funding. Nobel Prizes tend to make politicians softer. Which is good, of course! :)
Here is an article about Brian http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/10/05/3333015.htm
Out of courtesy, if they dare.
Jobs had just pointed out prior art, without getting sued.
He was indeed a man of many a coat.
RIP
Welcome back.
Which are the lessons for others to learn?
iPhone is good.
Android is better.
Android > iPhone
Apple is bad.
iPhone is good.
Apple != iPhone
Using (from Wikipedia)
1950 2519
1955 2756
1960 2982
1965 3335
1970 3692
1975 4068
1980 4435
1985 4831
1990 5263
1995 5674
2000 6070
2005 6454
2008 6707
in LibreOffice I get
2574.67 exp(0.017222 x)
with R2 at 0.9945
What am i missing (except that changes in social behavious will/may influence those numbers)?
The human population grows exponentially, which the universe apparently may do too. If we will build spacecrafts capable of intergalactic traveling, will we fit, eventually?
If space does not accelerate fast enough, probably not.
To me "postmodern" means "no truth", "everyone is correct", "obectivity is a dream", etc.
Therefore, "everyone's opinions on every subject are equal" is more like postmodern views on the world rather than a democratic view on the world.
The only consistent part of the postmodernism is its inconsistency.
"The problem with democracy is that it assumes everyone's opinions on every subject are equal."
That is not the characteristic of democracy per se.
It is rather the hypocritical version of it, the postmodern world.
Science Is The King In Politics.
It is just some closet Christians that happens to be in rule.
Did you know that some president's wife used to consult a crystal ball... How much did we hear about that, when the poor husband had his finger on "the button".
No serious politician wold ever admit to belive in a God, seriously. They may say so, for funding reasons. Otherwise they would be laughed off their underpants. It is all rhetorics (I hope). Did you really believe that the Alaskan chick could get away with a heartbeat? No, she was dismissed with before it was all too late, thank God.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Origin-of-the-World.jpg
Seriously, that is highend.
What is the importance of the Nobel Prize itself?
Yes, it is important to the winners. But, for the rest of the world? Does it give focus to something we need to recognize, also today, 110 year after the start?
I think it is still important, but sometimes you people complaining about it, which made me wonder.
What do you think?
"purple tights and cape to become a crime-fighter?"
Of course not!!! They should be black as in Batman and possibly some green as in the Green Lantern!
Purple?! No way for a dad!
But if you are serious with fighting crime on a regular basis i guess the police blue would fit too, and if you get the badge then you're set.
In other news "Other Russians Say They Cracked BlackBerry Years Ago" but kept mum about, for "financial and business reasons". ;)
Trucks are heavier than Oprah and friends.
A few years ago the funding would have come as soon as China would start adding their military equipment there, too. Ironically, however, now China will just pull the financial rug under the US, or just squeeze those hairy a bit harder.
15 billion, but 0 within reach... So much for that info.
Svante Arrhenius "was the first to calculate on the heating of the Earth in 1903. But, he refers to Fourier, Pouillet and Tyndall as predecessors. He was the first person to predict that emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and other combustion processes would cause global warming. Arrhenius clearly believed that a warmer world would be a positive change. From that, the hot-house theory gained more attention. Nevertheless, until about 1960, most scientists dismissed the hot-house / greenhouse effect as implausible for the cause of ice ages as Milutin Milankovitch had presented a mechanism using orbital changes of the earth (Milankovitch cycles). Nowadays, the accepted explanation is that orbital forcing sets the timing for ice ages with CO2 acting as an essential amplifying feedback.
Arrhenius estimated that halving of CO2 would decrease temperatures by 4–5 C (Celsius) and a doubling of CO2 would cause a temperature rise of 5–6 C.[5] In his 1906 publication, Arrhenius adjusted the value downwards to 1.6 C (including water vapour feedback: 2.1 C). Recent (2007) estimates from IPCC say this value (the Climate sensitivity) is likely to be between 2 and 4.5 C. Arrhenius expected CO2 levels to rise at a rate given by emissions in his time. Since then, industrial carbon dioxide levels have risen at a much faster rate: Arrhenius expected CO2 doubling to take about 3000 years; it is now estimated in most scenarios to take about a century."
Some quotes:
"To a certain extent the temperature of the earth's surface, as we shall presently see, is conditioned by the properties of the atmosphere surrounding it, and particularly by the permeability of the latter for the rays of heat." (p46)
"That the atmospheric envelopes limit the heat losses from the planets had been suggested about 1800 by the great French physicist Fourier. His ideas were further developed afterwards by Pouillet and Tyndall. Their theory has been styled the hot-house theory, because they thought that the atmosphere acted after the manner of the glass panes of hot-houses." (p51)
"If the quantity of carbonic acid in the air should sink to one-half its present percentage, the temperature would fall by about 4; a diminution to one-quarter would reduce the temperature by 8. On the other hand, any doubling of the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air would raise the temperature of the earth's surface by 4; and if the carbon dioxide were increased fourfold, the temperature would rise by 8." (p53)
"Although the sea, by absorbing carbonic acid, acts as a regulator of huge capacity, which takes up about five-sixths of the produced carbonic acid, we yet recognize that the slight percentage of carbonic acid in the atmosphere may by the advances of industry be changed to a noticeable degree in the course of a few centuries." (p54)
"Since, now, warm ages have alternated with glacial periods, even after man appeared on the earth, we have to ask ourselves: Is it probable that we shall in the coming geological ages be visited by a new ice period that will drive us from our temperate countries into the hotter climates of Africa? There does not appear to be much ground for such an apprehension. The enormous combustion of coal by our industrial establishments suffices to increase the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air to a perceptible degree." (p61)
"We often hear lamentations that the coal stored up in the earth is wasted by the present generation without any thought of the future, and we are terrified by the awful destruction of life and property which has followed the volcanic eruptions of our days. We may find a kind of consolation in the consideration
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dating_the_Dead_Sea_Scrolls
That link would make the argument you make possibly valid for
22 T 4Q171 Psalms Commentarya 1944 +/- 23 3-126 CE
23 T 4Q258 Comm. Rule, 1st sample 1823 +/- 24 129-255 or 303-318 CE
The other scrolls appear too old to be of relevance.
Google Patent gave me 991 hits for "multitouch". The oldest was from 1972 and used as:
"In an example of practice of the invention, a foil electret for use in a multitouch selector was prepared from a 1 mil (25.4 micrometer) thin film of polyfluoroethylene-propylene plastic material, marketed commercially under the tradename TEFLON FEP, with a 1,000 A. metallic layer on one of its surfaces."
Sure sounds like people understood the concept of multitouch years before Apple was even founded.