Leukemia is not a virus, or an animal or plant species... Perhaps they mean "types" of leukemia, but it is hard to imagine that her docs missed that. Oh and so they just decided to "treat both strains" of leukemia and now she's great! something doesn't sound right here...
"This couple purposely and specifically destroyed their phones and computers before going on their rampage. Do you really thing they left incriminating evidence on the guys's work phone?"
Its interesting to consider that by leaving their iphone in the situation they did, this terrorist couple may end up doing far more damage to US society than their shooting spree...
why is this issue a "mystery"? seems pretty obvious that biology/evolution would need to constantly explore/develop better genomes and, given limited resources, it means that every organism needs to die at some point, an expiration date. It facilitates the propagation of successful genomes while also allowing for the evolution of new ones (new solutions).
I suppose it should be easy to give cancer to your clone or to your twin... Otherwise its going to be fairly unusual... cancers that can evade the immune system, etc... or in immune-compromised hosts.
Easy to top 18+yrs: - Toshiba 610CT, 1995 (20+yrs), Pentium 90, currently running FreeBSD as a webserver - DEC MicroVAX 3/3500, 1987 (29 yrs), currently running Ultrix - HP 200LX, 1994 (22 yrs), running DOS. - several 486 PC's running DOS or FreeBSD, still in active (even daily) use (from about 1990, 25 yrs). Also a 486DLC CPU PC (pre-i486, circa 1992).
The above are all still in active use, some machines with uptimes >3 years (time between reboots).
In addition, many old machines, still functional, though not really in active use, including:
SUN SPARC II workstation DEC 11/03, 11/23, 11/73, MVAX2 (1980-1987)
"Oh, so RGB={0,0,255} isn't "quantitatively blue", huh?
Horseshit. If there is no red, no green, and %100 blue, then the color is quantitatively blue."
You've missed the point... the question is NOT "Give me an example of something that is liikely to be blue". Sure RGB=[0,0,255] on a standard commercial display device, viewing with a wide range of background conditions and lighting is very likely to appear blue to a normal observer.
But that is not real life and RGB only exists in the confines of a display device, not the real world where can have almost limitless levels of light energies of all different wavelengths and spectral signatures. Even in RGB space, could you reliably tell me whether a pixel in a visual scene that has values [100,100,120] will appear to be blue or bluish? NO YOU CANNOT.
The question of "is there a quantitative BLUE" is instead the question of "Is there a quantitative description of what about the physics of a visual scene (or light stimulus) that will ALWAYS appear to be BLUE, and DEFINES what blue is"... there IS NOT, certainly not a simple one, though we can come up with approximations based on physiology and psychphysics.
"Put it into to Photoshop and eye-dropper the colours. They are quantitatively light blue and dark brown."
NO. As several of the neuroscientists interviewed have tried to explain, there is NO such thing as "quantitative color"". Color is a PERCEPTUAL phenomenon that is INTERNAL to the individual perceiver (human). Physics has nothing to say about color, and color is not a function of any simple physical or quantitative system. Color is certainly tied to wavelength or any other similar quantification of physical properties. You can't just make measurements using Photoshop and determine color (nevermind the FACT that there is no dependable mapping between RGB GUN values and actual photon/physical output of the display device you are using to look at the image).
Nice that Nolan tried to get the big science in Interstellar right (although I didn't buy the depiction of the giant tidal waves), but so many logic and other science errors made the film. The most ridiculous is why 12 humans were sent to scope out tiny patches of promising planets when they clearly had the technology to send out hundreds of smart probes to do the scouting work and report back accurate, untainted data. Even Coop could have first sent out TARS to explore the planets before risking human landings.
Other silliness like the solid clouds, or the manner of liftoff from the water planet (with the huge gravitational waves), or the presence of so much free oxygen on a lifeless planet, or the logic of even consideration the viability of choosing a planet with such large time dilation issues just ruined the film...
Helium is a totally nonrenewal resource, extremely valuable for thousands of important applications like MRI machines and other superconductors, and yet the US govt is selling off its reserve at cutrate prices that encourages party balloons and other wasteful uses. Helium will likely become a scarce resource that impacts national security and we're being stupid about managing its future supply.
I'm so glad the netbook concept is dead. Who wants a cheap Windows laptop anyways?
(smirk)
I suppose these neo-netbooks (nee Stream) will run also-Windows 8.1, probably with a non-settable background image or some other lame-ass mildly crippled feature...
Actually an iphone 4S meets your parameters... last one I got cost $135. It can be remote wiped, and restored rather quickly.
A lot better build quality than a "cheap-assed" (sic) Android phone...
"Backdooring a CPU wouldn't actually be that difficult."
but fairly unlikely, at least not in the way you describe, with a "specific command sequence". 1) its at too low a level to be really useful as a backdoor, not without the help of backdoor software higher up, but then what's the point? there are already many "backdoor"-like ways to gain privileges as long as the software is there to support them, 2) it would have to be designed to NOT slow the CPU down or take up obvious chip real estate... the CPU biz is so competitive that any extra overhead of either type would make that chip less competitive in the market.
I really don't see how these vehicles can actually work in real-live driving situations...
Supposing there is an accident, or other temporary traffic re-routing... the local cop wants you to roll down your window, and he is going to TELL you where to drive to get around this obstruction...
Or deer running across the street... I'm sure VERY hard to detect (I can barely see them myself coming off from the side...)
Or small things in the road that you want to avoid (potholes, glass, etc)
Or avoiding certain streets but only during certain times or days of the year or certain sporadic happenings (parties, riots, drug street wars, or snow, flooding, etc)
So much foolishness... some workers pay $150/mo for parking at work, so those with "free" parking have to pay taxes on it? all those personal calls on company phones? some places have pay toilets, so I have to pay taxes on the men's room?, spring water at the fountain and free wifi?
leave it alone... geesh...
proper labor relations?
you mean that workers are crammed into sweat shops, making $1/hr or less, no benefits or health insurance/care, sleep on cots and don't see their families for a month at a time... Here is where the real difference is...
you don't get it...
bulk rate (junk mail) mail SUBSIDIZES regular (e.g. 1st class mail), not vice versa. If you reduce or eliminate junk mail, USPS revenue would plummet and 1st class rates would probably have to jump by 5X just to break even...
ditto on the Netflix issue... no more 2 per week...
Blockbuster had "solved" this problem in a similar way by allow you to drop off rentals at BB stores and that counts as a return -- new disc is shipped out the next day. I was able to do 3 per week with BB. It would be great if Netflix allowed a similar system, perhaps by the "trusted" method you suggest. But since Netflix is looking to kill its DVD-by-mail service anyways, I doubt they will lift a finger to solve this new problem...
I have gotten items shipped from China to US for the same price as local US mail...
the thing is, when you get something from China, the "postage" or shipping cost that you are paying is just the part from China to a US port. Then the USPS is obligated to deliver it from int'l port to your US doorstep for FREE.
No doubt sending mail within China is cheaper than within the US... the price of cellphones is cheaper in China too... but you can't simply compare the ebay shipping cost from China>US to US>US... it isn't a Chinese postman that delivers your Chinese pens and knickknacks to your US door...
"Every other version. Windows 3 sucked less than DOS (which was still used by Windows 1.0)."
mmm.... DOS was still used by Win95, 98, 98se and ME. And Windows 3.0 sucked so much that it is highly debatable that it sucked less than DOS itself. Very, very few people liked or used Win3.0. Most people stayed at Win2.1 until 3.1 came out.
My 85yo mom's 10yo laptop was dying so she asked for a new laptop. Her #1 complaint was that it was hard to see the screen of the old laptop. So I bought her a cheap ($450) large screen laptop (17"). She is very happy.
No tablet can address the aging eyesight issue better than a large screen device...
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Leukemia is not a virus, or an animal or plant species...
Perhaps they mean "types" of leukemia, but it is hard to imagine that her docs missed that. Oh and so they just decided to "treat both strains" of leukemia and now she's great! something doesn't sound right here...
"This couple purposely and specifically destroyed their phones and computers before going on their rampage. Do you really thing they left incriminating evidence on the guys's work phone?"
Its interesting to consider that by leaving their iphone in the situation they did, this terrorist couple may end up doing far more damage to US society than their shooting spree...
why is this issue a "mystery"? seems pretty obvious that biology/evolution would need to constantly explore/develop better genomes and, given limited resources, it means that every organism needs to die at some point, an expiration date. It facilitates the propagation of successful genomes while also allowing for the evolution of new ones (new solutions).
I suppose it should be easy to give cancer to your clone or to your twin...
Otherwise its going to be fairly unusual... cancers that can evade the immune system, etc... or in immune-compromised hosts.
Easy to top 18+yrs:
- Toshiba 610CT, 1995 (20+yrs), Pentium 90, currently running FreeBSD as a webserver
- DEC MicroVAX 3/3500, 1987 (29 yrs), currently running Ultrix
- HP 200LX, 1994 (22 yrs), running DOS.
- several 486 PC's running DOS or FreeBSD, still in active (even daily) use (from about 1990, 25 yrs). Also a 486DLC CPU PC (pre-i486, circa 1992).
The above are all still in active use, some machines with uptimes >3 years (time between reboots).
In addition, many old machines, still functional, though not really in active use, including:
SUN SPARC II workstation
DEC 11/03, 11/23, 11/73, MVAX2 (1980-1987)
You've missed the point... the question is NOT "Give me an example of something that is liikely to be blue". Sure RGB=[0,0,255] on a standard commercial display device, viewing with a wide range of background conditions and lighting is very likely to appear blue to a normal observer.
But that is not real life and RGB only exists in the confines of a display device, not the real world where can have almost limitless levels of light energies of all different wavelengths and spectral signatures. Even in RGB space, could you reliably tell me whether a pixel in a visual scene that has values [100,100,120] will appear to be blue or bluish? NO YOU CANNOT.
The question of "is there a quantitative BLUE" is instead the question of "Is there a quantitative description of what about the physics of a visual scene (or light stimulus) that will ALWAYS appear to be BLUE, and DEFINES what blue is"... there IS NOT, certainly not a simple one, though we can come up with approximations based on physiology and psychphysics.
"Put it into to Photoshop and eye-dropper the colours. They are quantitatively light blue and dark brown." NO. As several of the neuroscientists interviewed have tried to explain, there is NO such thing as "quantitative color"". Color is a PERCEPTUAL phenomenon that is INTERNAL to the individual perceiver (human). Physics has nothing to say about color, and color is not a function of any simple physical or quantitative system. Color is certainly tied to wavelength or any other similar quantification of physical properties. You can't just make measurements using Photoshop and determine color (nevermind the FACT that there is no dependable mapping between RGB GUN values and actual photon/physical output of the display device you are using to look at the image).
Nice that Nolan tried to get the big science in Interstellar right (although I didn't buy the depiction of the giant tidal waves), but so many logic and other science errors made the film. The most ridiculous is why 12 humans were sent to scope out tiny patches of promising planets when they clearly had the technology to send out hundreds of smart probes to do the scouting work and report back accurate, untainted data. Even Coop could have first sent out TARS to explore the planets before risking human landings. Other silliness like the solid clouds, or the manner of liftoff from the water planet (with the huge gravitational waves), or the presence of so much free oxygen on a lifeless planet, or the logic of even consideration the viability of choosing a planet with such large time dilation issues just ruined the film...
Helium is a totally nonrenewal resource, extremely valuable for thousands of important applications like MRI machines and other superconductors, and yet the US govt is selling off its reserve at cutrate prices that encourages party balloons and other wasteful uses. Helium will likely become a scarce resource that impacts national security and we're being stupid about managing its future supply.
BTW (smirk) means that my whole post was sarcastic... tongue in cheek... for those that couldn't figure that out...
I'm so glad the netbook concept is dead. Who wants a cheap Windows laptop anyways? (smirk) I suppose these neo-netbooks (nee Stream) will run also-Windows 8.1, probably with a non-settable background image or some other lame-ass mildly crippled feature...
this "new" technology was announced in BYTE mag, some 30+ years ago... then billed as WOM (write-only memory)...
Actually an iphone 4S meets your parameters... last one I got cost $135. It can be remote wiped, and restored rather quickly. A lot better build quality than a "cheap-assed" (sic) Android phone...
but fairly unlikely, at least not in the way you describe, with a "specific command sequence". 1) its at too low a level to be really useful as a backdoor, not without the help of backdoor software higher up, but then what's the point? there are already many "backdoor"-like ways to gain privileges as long as the software is there to support them, 2) it would have to be designed to NOT slow the CPU down or take up obvious chip real estate... the CPU biz is so competitive that any extra overhead of either type would make that chip less competitive in the market.
I really don't see how these vehicles can actually work in real-live driving situations... Supposing there is an accident, or other temporary traffic re-routing... the local cop wants you to roll down your window, and he is going to TELL you where to drive to get around this obstruction... Or deer running across the street... I'm sure VERY hard to detect (I can barely see them myself coming off from the side...) Or small things in the road that you want to avoid (potholes, glass, etc) Or avoiding certain streets but only during certain times or days of the year or certain sporadic happenings (parties, riots, drug street wars, or snow, flooding, etc)
can't really have it both ways... of course the deep pockets can pay more for more revenue-generating spectrum, what else is new?
So much foolishness... some workers pay $150/mo for parking at work, so those with "free" parking have to pay taxes on it? all those personal calls on company phones? some places have pay toilets, so I have to pay taxes on the men's room?, spring water at the fountain and free wifi? leave it alone... geesh...
proper labor relations?
you mean that workers are crammed into sweat shops, making $1/hr or less, no benefits or health insurance/care, sleep on cots and don't see their families for a month at a time... Here is where the real difference is...
you don't get it... bulk rate (junk mail) mail SUBSIDIZES regular (e.g. 1st class mail), not vice versa. If you reduce or eliminate junk mail, USPS revenue would plummet and 1st class rates would probably have to jump by 5X just to break even...
ditto on the Netflix issue... no more 2 per week... Blockbuster had "solved" this problem in a similar way by allow you to drop off rentals at BB stores and that counts as a return -- new disc is shipped out the next day. I was able to do 3 per week with BB. It would be great if Netflix allowed a similar system, perhaps by the "trusted" method you suggest. But since Netflix is looking to kill its DVD-by-mail service anyways, I doubt they will lift a finger to solve this new problem...
the thing is, when you get something from China, the "postage" or shipping cost that you are paying is just the part from China to a US port. Then the USPS is obligated to deliver it from int'l port to your US doorstep for FREE. No doubt sending mail within China is cheaper than within the US... the price of cellphones is cheaper in China too... but you can't simply compare the ebay shipping cost from China>US to US>US... it isn't a Chinese postman that delivers your Chinese pens and knickknacks to your US door...
mmm.... DOS was still used by Win95, 98, 98se and ME. And Windows 3.0 sucked so much that it is highly debatable that it sucked less than DOS itself. Very, very few people liked or used Win3.0. Most people stayed at Win2.1 until 3.1 came out.
My 85yo mom's 10yo laptop was dying so she asked for a new laptop. Her #1 complaint was that it was hard to see the screen of the old laptop. So I bought her a cheap ($450) large screen laptop (17"). She is very happy. No tablet can address the aging eyesight issue better than a large screen device...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s_BqdZrUbE (barfing barbie)
Recall the existence of all those xenon arc bulbs in photo flash and strobe lights and the answer is obvious...