It's like the stock market, I think. If someone is having to say, in print, "It's the next big thing.", it ain't or it's already over. Generally, the next big thing (and great stock) is already done "roaring" when the public finally hears about it. Having a bunch of Uber-Geeks make a declaration is not indication of the eventual success of the idea.
Personally, at work, it might be a good idea, unless the owner of the information does NOT want to be "connected" for business reasons. However, after umpteen years of hacking, I don't even open a browser anymore when I get home. I started two new hobbies, nether of which involves computers, just to un-stress and enjoy life some more. Guess that makes me un-RSS'ty. (I will go now.)
Whatever. I don't believe in anything. Absolutely. I don't even trust my own senses. ('Course, I never had any common sense, anyway.) I pretty much confine my thinking to those things that directly affect me. It's all I can handle. I leave the rest to people who can or have to deal with those all other things. One thing at a time. Have some peace today.
Actually, if you were to prove that there was a one-eyed man P(1) as your base case, then would the P(n+1) inductive clause be inductive proof that there are creatures with any number of eyes? (I think I made myself cross-eyed with that one.)
If you click on the story in the post, it takes you to the Register, where, on the side of the right page, there is a link to ebay where there is "DARK MATTER For SALE!". If only the scientists had known before they started all that research, think of the dollars that could have been saved! Nice way to start the day.:)
Nobody has mentioned the fact that, as noted in the article, the cost of the PROTOTYPE, which has not yet been proposed to anybody with money, funded, or built, is estimated at around $200M/year for 10 years=> $2Billion. And do NOT ever trust a NASA or NASA-contractor estimate. Multiply it by 10. (That could be a teensy bit of an exageration, but I would not be surprised if it werent't.) I would bet even money that people alive today will have grand-children on Mars before that sucker is ever a ferrying people between large planetoids. (Not even taking into account the opinion of neat freaks that take offense at parts of Florida becoming radio-active and/or ending up in other states.)
Excellent question. To seque a little, I think topics such as "Ask Famous Persons some Questions" should have the +5 upper limit suspended to let the truly best questions float to the top. Just a thought.
in the way people post here. The first bunch of well-rated replies are generally funny. The second bunch of well-rated replies is generally something like "WTF?" The third bunch (or fourth) is generally the guys who actually know something about the subject, but are not always reall the experts. The fourth bunch is generally the experts weighing in (like doing a cannonball dive at the pool). The rest of the posts after that are kinda "oh. cool" or "WTF?", again from the second bunch. (I'm pretty much a "second-buncher" myself.) Ever notice that? I wonder if there's any way we could like get the fourth bunch a head's up so they could weigh in sooner. Then us "second-bunchers" would only have to reply once, after the fourth-bunch, rather than before. That would really save a lot of time, you know. Maybe not. I thought you all should know this. Thank you very much.
it does not look like a bad idea to me. It's not like they are sticking it under your skin, for pete's sake. I have no problem with anyone knowing who I am. Kinda proud of it, actually.
I figure that the vast majority of people are law-abiding citizens. If you don't like the law of the land, work to change it. I have, quite literally, traveled around the round. We American citizens have more freedom than any other country, including all of Europe, and especially anywhere in Asis, near or far.
I remember, in the 60's, Nixon trying to weasel anyone who did not agree with him and his. The system (us citizens) took him down. The system works. If you work with it, in it, and keep improving it, it'll be something our children can live in, too. Worth a shot. (NOT that kinda shot.)
"Like the classic line about the aggrieved partner in a romantic relationship, the smaller donor star gave, and gave, and gave some more until it had nothing left to give," said astronomer Steve Howell
Gave? Methinks it was TOOK! (All the telltale signs are there -- oh, sorry, I'm trying wean myself from CSI.)
Wasn't Bell Labs sold in ~2001 to SAIC? Wonder how they are doing now? SAIC - where VP's cash-in and programmers just crash until the end of the present contract.
I second the motion. I see no candidate nor pundit that has any sense of priority, decorum, or vision. All I see is concern for $$$ and/or expedient fanaticism over fringe concerns to the human species and the world we inhabit.
Actually, there was the same pullout application disguised as an IQ/SAT test in the latest "MENSA" National magazine, published by guess who? Looked like fun to me, but I am not yet aware any mensan masturbating SIG. Could happen, I guess. Truth is if you are reading slashdot, the odds are that you are Mensa-material, too. (That's meant to be complimentary, BTW.) After you pass the test, you learn that Mensa is nothing but one big party after another. Nothing but a social org. Really disappointing. "sigh".
Estimated time til capture: 40 min from now (11:39 am). See it as it happens on :
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/webcast/genesis/ . Right now, it's showing the helicopters flying out to the pick-up "point".
I think they are born this way. The/. community, when we were all children and got caught eating the last cookie Mom made/bought, when asked "WHY would we do such a thing?", couldn't think of anything more than "Well, duh, it was just there." These guys not only had a good excuse bubble right out of them just on *instinct* that either got them a second helping or, just as often, got one of US into trouble. I hates them to pieces, I does. They are worse to deal with than women! Apologies to the fairer half, but, at least, with women, our hearts get to go pitter-patter for a little bit before we get squashed like a bug in a rug./sniff/
The Good news: No more fender benders.
The Bad news: All wreck that render the car "un-flyable" has cars dropping out of the air. Look out below! (And what if you land in a different county than the one you had the wreck in? These is just *so* much that needs to be thought about!)
Probably not far from right. Considering, in 1984, we had a PDP-11/44 that ran on 4 Mb RAM (1 Mb per double wide board), with a 25-MB removable "platter". (a disk slightly bigger than a LP record. Remember them?) I don't remember what the DEC RM102 h/d had or even if I have the nomenclature right. The 11/44 was cool cuz there were no more switches on the front of it for inputting troubleshooting instructions (in octal). We actually got to use a keyboard for that! The good old days -- not.
Maybe, to encourage the use of these things, they could, like, treat them like hybrid cars and let people cut in (go to the head of the) line at the grocery store, like an HOV lane. Put an extra no-pulse heart in your chest, and only use the real one for, say, running uphill or "high-torque" situations like being mugged, etc. Just a thought.
Generally, most hospitals and large medical centers now have sleep clinics. My doctor sent me to one and I think it probably saved my life, my marraige, my job, and maybe my sanity, too. If you are having problems sleeping (and live in the US and have insurance), and nothing else has worked, ask your doctor for a referral to a sleep clinic. (The ones local to me are usually booked for up to two months ahead so start now.)
My wife told me that I often seemed to stop breathing (a sign of apnea) and that generally woke me up. We thought it generally happened about once a hour or two. The sleep clinic was able to find that I was having choking episodes on the average of every 10-15 seconds! It's a wonder I was functioning at all for the 8-10 years it took me to get help. I now use a machine (CPAP) that blows just enought air (about 10% of a normal breath) down my airway all the time. It prevents some flap of skin in my throat from falling and causing me to choke. Losing weight (like I hope to , some day, getting in shape, etc.) is all good, but if you snore, which I have from day one, you may have a sleep apnea problem, which will not go away without help of some kind. Good luck.
I think you need to go to the dictionary and look up the word "adventure". Not one of your items would qualify. In fact, the things mentioned in your post, minus the "space for space's sake" item, are exactly the types of things I want to "my money" to fund. None of what you wrote follows from what I wrote. Not in any type of logic that I understand, anyway. Have a nice day.
What an absolute load. I think the real point is "Go have a great adventure. BTW, Use your own money." Countries in the past sent explorers out because they planned on making HUGE returns. It wasn't about adventure, in the least, and it never has been. The idea of adventure is purely a 20th Century notion. Not a blessed one of our American ancestors came West for the "adventure". I don't want my taxes used for your notions of a great time. I want them used for stuff that have a real return in value. Sorry, I don't get my kicks from watching famous people go adventuring on my money. Wake up.
Your point, however, has no point. I have to agree with the your parent poster. This is a subject of interest only to those with the above interests. Like Pure Math. I don't see it as of interest to a majority or even a large minority of/.'ers/.
Now, if you took a picture every day at the same time at each of the points, you are starting to build something that might be useful. The current goal is superfluous. It's like collecting data without a hypothesis. Actually, that's exactly what it is. Collecting, like in the hobby. It's a hobby, something I hope they sincerely enjoy.
The "Proprietary Brains" vs "OSS Brain" argument: "Well, if you have a OSS Brain, your brain is more secure. And everyone can see when you're lying." "No, Brains must have secrets..blah, blah" (Couldn't resist.)
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Personally, at work, it might be a good idea, unless the owner of the information does NOT want to be "connected" for business reasons. However, after umpteen years of hacking, I don't even open a browser anymore when I get home. I started two new hobbies, nether of which involves computers, just to un-stress and enjoy life some more. Guess that makes me un-RSS'ty. (I will go now.)
Cragen
in the way people post here. The first bunch of well-rated replies are generally funny. The second bunch of well-rated replies is generally something like "WTF?" The third bunch (or fourth) is generally the guys who actually know something about the subject, but are not always reall the experts. The fourth bunch is generally the experts weighing in (like doing a cannonball dive at the pool). The rest of the posts after that are kinda "oh. cool" or "WTF?", again from the second bunch. (I'm pretty much a "second-buncher" myself.) Ever notice that? I wonder if there's any way we could like get the fourth bunch a head's up so they could weigh in sooner. Then us "second-bunchers" would only have to reply once, after the fourth-bunch, rather than before. That would really save a lot of time, you know. Maybe not. I thought you all should know this. Thank you very much.
Umm, Sorry, but those four terms have already been taken as separates and as a single term by a great band from the 80's. (ole!)
I figure that the vast majority of people are law-abiding citizens. If you don't like the law of the land, work to change it. I have, quite literally, traveled around the round. We American citizens have more freedom than any other country, including all of Europe, and especially anywhere in Asis, near or far.
I remember, in the 60's, Nixon trying to weasel anyone who did not agree with him and his. The system (us citizens) took him down. The system works. If you work with it, in it, and keep improving it, it'll be something our children can live in, too. Worth a shot. (NOT that kinda shot.)
Gave? Methinks it was TOOK! (All the telltale signs are there -- oh, sorry, I'm trying wean myself from CSI.)
Wasn't Bell Labs sold in ~2001 to SAIC? Wonder how they are doing now? SAIC - where VP's cash-in and programmers just crash until the end of the present contract.
Sincerely, Cragen.
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Changes would start in 2006
I misread that as "Charges" would start in 2006, which is probably closer to the truth.Cragen
I think I will stay on the ground, after all.
Probably not far from right. Considering, in 1984, we had a PDP-11/44 that ran on 4 Mb RAM (1 Mb per double wide board), with a 25-MB removable "platter". (a disk slightly bigger than a LP record. Remember them?) I don't remember what the DEC RM102 h/d had or even if I have the nomenclature right. The 11/44 was cool cuz there were no more switches on the front of it for inputting troubleshooting instructions (in octal). We actually got to use a keyboard for that! The good old days -- not.
Maybe, to encourage the use of these things, they could, like, treat them like hybrid cars and let people cut in (go to the head of the) line at the grocery store, like an HOV lane. Put an extra no-pulse heart in your chest, and only use the real one for, say, running uphill or "high-torque" situations like being mugged, etc. Just a thought.
My wife told me that I often seemed to stop breathing (a sign of apnea) and that generally woke me up. We thought it generally happened about once a hour or two. The sleep clinic was able to find that I was having choking episodes on the average of every 10-15 seconds! It's a wonder I was functioning at all for the 8-10 years it took me to get help. I now use a machine (CPAP) that blows just enought air (about 10% of a normal breath) down my airway all the time. It prevents some flap of skin in my throat from falling and causing me to choke. Losing weight (like I hope to , some day, getting in shape, etc.) is all good, but if you snore, which I have from day one, you may have a sleep apnea problem, which will not go away without help of some kind. Good luck.
I think you need to go to the dictionary and look up the word "adventure". Not one of your items would qualify. In fact, the things mentioned in your post, minus the "space for space's sake" item, are exactly the types of things I want to "my money" to fund. None of what you wrote follows from what I wrote. Not in any type of logic that I understand, anyway. Have a nice day.
What an absolute load. I think the real point is "Go have a great adventure. BTW, Use your own money." Countries in the past sent explorers out because they planned on making HUGE returns. It wasn't about adventure, in the least, and it never has been. The idea of adventure is purely a 20th Century notion. Not a blessed one of our American ancestors came West for the "adventure". I don't want my taxes used for your notions of a great time. I want them used for stuff that have a real return in value. Sorry, I don't get my kicks from watching famous people go adventuring on my money. Wake up.
Now, if you took a picture every day at the same time at each of the points, you are starting to build something that might be useful. The current goal is superfluous. It's like collecting data without a hypothesis. Actually, that's exactly what it is. Collecting, like in the hobby. It's a hobby, something I hope they sincerely enjoy.
The "Proprietary Brains" vs "OSS Brain" argument: "Well, if you have a OSS Brain, your brain is more secure. And everyone can see when you're lying." "No, Brains must have secrets..blah, blah" (Couldn't resist.)