The real problem with Musk's plan is that merely by existing, it undermines the Senate (er Space) Launch System (SLS). It is true that SpaceX's liquid methane - oxygen combustion system is more efficient than the alternative SLS methods (throwing large barrels of pork overboard). However, Musk's system fails to achieve the main objective of the SLS, which is to propel congressional careers forward.
I find the timing interesting. After the Tesla crash, Mobileeye admitted that their system can't distinguish cars or trucks entering the main road from a side road. They then said it would take several years to implement this functionality. Then they "dropped" Tesla. It looks to me more as if the Mobileeye product had a hidden defect. If Mobileye had publicised this problem in advance of the crash, it is likely that Tesla and the other car manufacturers considering Mobileeye would have had a better understanding of the Mobileeye limitations, and could have adjusted their plans accordingly.
It would be interesting to use DNA analysis on the 145-year-old and his relatives (living or dead) to verify his age. If his story checks out, then (for example), it could be verified if he is indeed the father or brother to various other people, some long dead, with known dates of birth or death.
If computer use correlates inversely with risk of Alzheimer's, then I suspect that Slashdot readers are going to be completely immune from the disease.
Personally, I am seeing a big business opportunity for the NSA here. As I envision it, anytime, anywhere, just say "NSA, back me up please". A link to the backed up files will then appear on your computer screen, and your credit card or bank account will automatically be deducted.
It is a bit ironic that if you assert that someone has violated your copyright (e.g. used one of your images or some of your text), then under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act), you can contact Amazon and they are obligated to take the listing down right away.
But if you assert that someone has violated your patent, the process is much harder. So young man, remember that (cue disco ball): it's more fun to play with the DMCA!
This is actually a huge development in computer science. These "few lines of PHP" passed the Turing test on a massive scale. Artificial intelligence is now here!
"Abuse" implies contrary to intent. Since the intent of the Russian law is clearly to suppress internal political dissent, I would argue either that no abuse can occur, or alternatively that abuse will occur within a few nanoseconds of implementation (limited by the speed of light).
I looked this up at the USPTO trademark site. It is registered trademark 3249982. Usually, a trademark examiner who is say...awake, would immediately reject the application on the basis that "THANKYOU" is "generic". Not here. The examiner just gave an initial "thumbs up" with no objection, and the rest is history. Amazing.
Another Heinlein influence, if second hand, is via the 1950 to 1955 television show "Tom Corbet Space Cadet". This was also based on Heinlein's novel "Space Cadet", and established that there was TV interest in this sort of thing.
Pure applesauce and Jiggery-pokery! This trial came back to the jury because the higher court demanded it. If the creators and everyone else in the industry thinking that something is fair use isn't fair use, then what is?
I suspect that they avoided the "dec" prefix because it is too close to "decimate". This was the old roman practice military discipline in which soldiers were divided into groups of 10. Each group of 10 would draw lots, and the soldier who drew the unlucky lot was killed by his 9 fellow soldiers. Probably not so great an idea from the marketing perspective. Sort of like an early form of stacked ranking.
As wait times approach infinity, security gets better and better! How many terrorists are willing to wait more than 100 years, for example? Heck, most give up after only 10 years.
Unfortunately, this sums up the general rule in patent law: your patent is invalid and you are obviously a troll. I, on the other hand, have a clearly valid patent and I am enforcing my legitimate patent rights. Lather, rinse, repeat...
Another big problem with the Elsevier model is that often after fully reading an academic paper, you realize that it is not very useful. I estimate that for every 10 academic papers I read, only about one is a worthwhile "keeper". So the true cost to find a useful academic paper, using the Elsevier model, is actually hundreds of dollars.
What is really annoying is that the US patent and trademark office (USPTO) still requires many of its users to use browsers running Java (not Javascript) for many applications. These days, that means running either Firefox or IE (classic). Persons using iOS or Android are out of luck.
The missing ingredient here is a sponsor. Having said that, this could be a pretty cheap mission as these things go. NASA would be nice, but the cost would be low enough for various private industry or research groups to be involved. Perhaps several could band together and split the costs.
Note that this probably refers to civilian encryption being accelerated by seven years. Most likely many sensitive US government databases, such as the personnel database, still have the password "admin", with no encryption at all.
Google has been highly influential in at least one area -- patents. The head of the USPTO and various high level patent judges are from Google. Google doesn't like software patents, and by some coincidence, software patents are being rejected right and left. So I think that they are getting their money's worth.
Seriously -- due to some bug, my "start" button disappeared from Windows 10 after a few months use. Looking online, I see this is a common problem, and none of the suggested fixes worked. The only alternative was to "nuke" my Windows installation or install Classic Shell. Now using Classic Shell...
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The real problem with Musk's plan is that merely by existing, it undermines the Senate (er Space) Launch System (SLS). It is true that SpaceX's liquid methane - oxygen combustion system is more efficient than the alternative SLS methods (throwing large barrels of pork overboard). However, Musk's system fails to achieve the main objective of the SLS, which is to propel congressional careers forward.
Thus more work is needed to refine the concept.
Give mankind a few decades on Mars and we'll have Global Warming there too, we'll find a way even without Oil/Gas/Coal...
Yeah, but on Mars, global warming is a good thing!
I find the timing interesting. After the Tesla crash, Mobileeye admitted that their system can't distinguish cars or trucks entering the main road from a side road. They then said it would take several years to implement this functionality. Then they "dropped" Tesla. It looks to me more as if the Mobileeye product had a hidden defect. If Mobileye had publicised this problem in advance of the crash, it is likely that Tesla and the other car manufacturers considering Mobileeye would have had a better understanding of the Mobileeye limitations, and could have adjusted their plans accordingly.
It would be interesting to use DNA analysis on the 145-year-old and his relatives (living or dead) to verify his age. If his story checks out, then (for example), it could be verified if he is indeed the father or brother to various other people, some long dead, with known dates of birth or death.
If computer use correlates inversely with risk of Alzheimer's, then I suspect that Slashdot readers are going to be completely immune from the disease.
Personally, I am seeing a big business opportunity for the NSA here. As I envision it, anytime, anywhere, just say "NSA, back me up please". A link to the backed up files will then appear on your computer screen, and your credit card or bank account will automatically be deducted.
It is a bit ironic that if you assert that someone has violated your copyright (e.g. used one of your images or some of your text), then under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act), you can contact Amazon and they are obligated to take the listing down right away.
But if you assert that someone has violated your patent, the process is much harder. So young man, remember that (cue disco ball): it's more fun to play with the DMCA!
This is actually a huge development in computer science. These "few lines of PHP" passed the Turing test on a massive scale. Artificial intelligence is now here!
Are these latest cards capable of three monitor gaming from one card? Here assume that each monitor is a standard 1920 x 1080.
"Abuse" implies contrary to intent. Since the intent of the Russian law is clearly to suppress internal political dissent, I would argue either that no abuse can occur, or alternatively that abuse will occur within a few nanoseconds of implementation (limited by the speed of light).
What this software really means is that I, like many other employees, am going to have to change my signature.
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I looked this up at the USPTO trademark site. It is registered trademark 3249982. Usually, a trademark examiner who is say...awake, would immediately reject the application on the basis that "THANKYOU" is "generic". Not here. The examiner just gave an initial "thumbs up" with no objection, and the rest is history. Amazing.
Another Heinlein influence, if second hand, is via the 1950 to 1955 television show "Tom Corbet Space Cadet". This was also based on Heinlein's novel "Space Cadet", and established that there was TV interest in this sort of thing.
Pure applesauce and Jiggery-pokery! This trial came back to the jury because the higher court demanded it. If the creators and everyone else in the industry thinking that something is fair use isn't fair use, then what is?
I suspect that they avoided the "dec" prefix because it is too close to "decimate". This was the old roman practice military discipline in which soldiers were divided into groups of 10. Each group of 10 would draw lots, and the soldier who drew the unlucky lot was killed by his 9 fellow soldiers. Probably not so great an idea from the marketing perspective. Sort of like an early form of stacked ranking.
As wait times approach infinity, security gets better and better! How many terrorists are willing to wait more than 100 years, for example? Heck, most give up after only 10 years.
Unfortunately, this sums up the general rule in patent law: your patent is invalid and you are obviously a troll. I, on the other hand, have a clearly valid patent and I am enforcing my legitimate patent rights. Lather, rinse, repeat...
Another big problem with the Elsevier model is that often after fully reading an academic paper, you realize that it is not very useful. I estimate that for every 10 academic papers I read, only about one is a worthwhile "keeper". So the true cost to find a useful academic paper, using the Elsevier model, is actually hundreds of dollars.
What is really annoying is that the US patent and trademark office (USPTO) still requires many of its users to use browsers running Java (not Javascript) for many applications. These days, that means running either Firefox or IE (classic). Persons using iOS or Android are out of luck.
Can quantum entanglement methods be used to allow a web browser, while running an ad-blocker, to access Forbes? This might be real progress.
My first impression is that this does not look like a good day for Microsoft. Is this back to Windows RT? That worked so well last time.
The missing ingredient here is a sponsor. Having said that, this could be a pretty cheap mission as these things go. NASA would be nice, but the cost would be low enough for various private industry or research groups to be involved. Perhaps several could band together and split the costs.
Note that this probably refers to civilian encryption being accelerated by seven years. Most likely many sensitive US government databases, such as the personnel database, still have the password "admin", with no encryption at all.
Google has been highly influential in at least one area -- patents. The head of the USPTO and various high level patent judges are from Google. Google doesn't like software patents, and by some coincidence, software patents are being rejected right and left. So I think that they are getting their money's worth.
Seriously -- due to some bug, my "start" button disappeared from Windows 10 after a few months use. Looking online, I see this is a common problem, and none of the suggested fixes worked. The only alternative was to "nuke" my Windows installation or install Classic Shell. Now using Classic Shell...