Photoeffect and basics of QM (solution of the Schroedinger equation for one-dimensional potential well) were in textbooks back in 60-s. Anyway, most of school physics is still classic mechanics and thermodynamics.
Representation might have got finer, but not by much.
School-level chemistry has not changed much, I've checked it. It is just too basic (pun not intended)...
Computer science is about the only _really_ new science studied at school. The rest of science taught in school changed very little since 50-s.
Let's see: 1) Physics: school-level classical physics has not changed much in 150 years. School-level thermodynamics has not changed for 100 years. Ditto for electrodynamics (Ohm's law, simple RC circuits).
2) Chemistry: essentially no changes since 60-s. Nearly all modern advances in chemistry are related to organic chemistry and/or complex chemical reactions which are not studied at school.
3) Math: no changes at all. School-level math is about 150 years old.
4) Biology: a lot of revolutionary changes. Unfortunately, they are usually mentioned only in passing in school curricula.
Sure. But you also need good-quality 3D drivers. This way Microsoft will be able to run Aero even on plain VESA framebuffer.
Also, consider this: the upcoming Intel Larrabee graphics card will consist of 64 independent programmable x86-compatible cores. NVIDIA CUDA also allows direct GPU programming.
I bet this renderer will be adapted to run directly on such GPUs bypassing their 'native' rendering pipelines. That'll give Microsoft freedom to experiment with new feature such as ray tracing without any help from hardware vendors.
It'll be used for rendering the Aero interface. And it requires several orders of magnitude less computing power. Hell, even my old 4-year old ATI Radeon 9600 can render Aero just fine.
That message is about 20 years older than the USB standard.
I've seen it on 80286-based computer _without_ hot-pluggable keyboard (well, you could try to hot-plug PS/2 keyboard, but it had the real potential to burn your motherboard).
Nobody's going to die from inhalation of CO2, but many people are going to die from hunger, draughts, hurricaines once the climate changes due to high levels of CO2.
Also, you DON'T need breeder reactors to reprocess fuel. Your current nuclear waste can be reprocessed just fine.
Well, the possible solution is to incorporate some radioactive elements into notebook's casing. They'll keep you warm, glowing and will surely guarantee that this notebook will last through the rest of your life.
I don't like hunting, so I was not very interested. I've heard that sometimes soldiers from this base hunted bears with AKs, but from helicopters:)
PKM surely will do some damage, though I wouldn't want to fire it in a small room:) Probably, a sniper rifle like SVD with armor-penetrating bullets should work too.
But the main question is what bear will do after it? It will probably attack you if a slug does not penetrate its brain or if bear does not go into a shock immediately.
But bears are incredibly tough creatures. There are stories of bears who ran several kilometers with bullets lodged in their hearts.
NSEC3 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5155) solves most of initial DNSSEC problems. But it's not yet supported by production versions of major DNS servers.
I (briefly) served on military base in Siberia, and almost the first thing we were told is that you shouldn't use AK to shoot bears. With a lot of chilling stories of people who tried it.
PS: bears were a problem there. They usually do not come close to people. But if a hibernating bear wakes too early or can't start hibernating, it can become mad from hunger (there's not much food during the winter) and start attacking people.
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Photoeffect and basics of QM (solution of the Schroedinger equation for one-dimensional potential well) were in textbooks back in 60-s. Anyway, most of school physics is still classic mechanics and thermodynamics.
Representation might have got finer, but not by much.
School-level chemistry has not changed much, I've checked it. It is just too basic (pun not intended)...
Math - yes, I was wrong. Mea culpa.
Yes, I agree.
Math is vast and there are lot of ways to teach it since a lot of areas scarcely overlap.
I realized it after I've posted my answer.
Complete bullshit.
Computer science is about the only _really_ new science studied at school. The rest of science taught in school changed very little since 50-s.
Let's see:
1) Physics: school-level classical physics has not changed much in 150 years. School-level thermodynamics has not changed for 100 years. Ditto for electrodynamics (Ohm's law, simple RC circuits).
2) Chemistry: essentially no changes since 60-s. Nearly all modern advances in chemistry are related to organic chemistry and/or complex chemical reactions which are not studied at school.
3) Math: no changes at all. School-level math is about 150 years old.
4) Biology: a lot of revolutionary changes. Unfortunately, they are usually mentioned only in passing in school curricula.
Sure. But you also need good-quality 3D drivers. This way Microsoft will be able to run Aero even on plain VESA framebuffer.
Also, consider this: the upcoming Intel Larrabee graphics card will consist of 64 independent programmable x86-compatible cores. NVIDIA CUDA also allows direct GPU programming.
I bet this renderer will be adapted to run directly on such GPUs bypassing their 'native' rendering pipelines. That'll give Microsoft freedom to experiment with new feature such as ray tracing without any help from hardware vendors.
DirectX 10 on CPU is _NOT_ intended for games.
It'll be used for rendering the Aero interface. And it requires several orders of magnitude less computing power. Hell, even my old 4-year old ATI Radeon 9600 can render Aero just fine.
Games make a useful test-case, though.
Why not?
It certainly shows that their software renderer is fast and feature-complete enough to run fairly recent games.
Author does not benefit from out-of-print books resales.
The argument that pirating (and going into libraries) deprives third-parties is about as bogus as my argument about bottled water sellers.
2) Do you use bottled water in your toilet? Why not? You deprive poor bottled water sellers!
Custom app for science data visualization: http://www.elewise.com/images/odas1.jpg
It used both OpenGL and DirectX for rendering. DirectX rendering part was way cleaner and easier to write.
Look at the recent OpenGL 3 fiasco. There are plenty of information about D3D vs OpenGL.
I was a 3D-apps developer and I too preferred D3D. It's much cleaner and easier to program.
That message is about 20 years older than the USB standard.
I've seen it on 80286-based computer _without_ hot-pluggable keyboard (well, you could try to hot-plug PS/2 keyboard, but it had the real potential to burn your motherboard).
Well, France's prices recently were the lowest in Europe.
But it's THE most important economic indicator.
What "other variables" are radically different between two neighbor countries?
Look at Germany and France. Germany tries to build renewable energy infrastructure.
France has already built essentially all-nuclear electrical grid.
Currently price of electricity is 2.5x lower in France than in Germany.
So stop comparing your outdated brain-dead USA nuclear industry and real efficient country-wide solution.
Nobody's going to die from inhalation of CO2, but many people are going to die from hunger, draughts, hurricaines once the climate changes due to high levels of CO2.
Also, you DON'T need breeder reactors to reprocess fuel. Your current nuclear waste can be reprocessed just fine.
Whoosh....
Well, the possible solution is to incorporate some radioactive elements into notebook's casing. They'll keep you warm, glowing and will surely guarantee that this notebook will last through the rest of your life.
Well, you're too slow. Cookie has already changed.
Apparently, Slashdot is indifferent to slow posters like you :)
The current fortune cookie at the end of pages is somehow very fitting:
" The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. -- Sagan"
I don't like hunting, so I was not very interested. I've heard that sometimes soldiers from this base hunted bears with AKs, but from helicopters :)
PKM surely will do some damage, though I wouldn't want to fire it in a small room :) Probably, a sniper rifle like SVD with armor-penetrating bullets should work too.
Yes, it will.
But the main question is what bear will do after it? It will probably attack you if a slug does not penetrate its brain or if bear does not go into a shock immediately.
But bears are incredibly tough creatures. There are stories of bears who ran several kilometers with bullets lodged in their hearts.
NSEC3 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5155) solves most of initial DNSSEC problems. But it's not yet supported by production versions of major DNS servers.
I think the best argument is:
What if another country deploys some of these killerbots on the territory of YOUR country?
I know what slugs are. But even AK bullets which have greater penetrative power than big-game slugs can't kill bears instantly enough.
Slugs might give you a better chance, but personally I won't try to do it unless I'm really desperate.
AK-47 doesn't help much against bears too.
I (briefly) served on military base in Siberia, and almost the first thing we were told is that you shouldn't use AK to shoot bears. With a lot of chilling stories of people who tried it.
PS: bears were a problem there. They usually do not come close to people. But if a hibernating bear wakes too early or can't start hibernating, it can become mad from hunger (there's not much food during the winter) and start attacking people.