Prototype implies quite...unused one. Not sure if such is typical for Slashdotters.
PS. Wouldn't your sig be even more appropriate with "Face your inner daemons!"?;> (crap, now I have an idea of using MRI scans to have a real model of my own skull...but no access to MRI;/ )
Shuttle can be considered a dead end because the characteristics profoundly influencing its design (ability to bring large cargo down, ability to return after few orbits to launching base, "reusability" of the EarthLEO vehicle) were found to be largely worthless. More efficient means for doing LEO while at the same time having a vehicle capable of beyond LEO operation is better (for the latter the Shuttle design is especially worthless; airframe characteristics even less useful)
Pentium 3 (which never really died BTW, there was quite fluent transition from Tualatins (not directed at consumer market later on) to Pentium M) is an equivalent of Apollo or Soyuz; after a costly mistake you go back to what works (well, Soyuz perhaps also an ARM, doing its job reliably for many years with recent full realisation that it has future ahead;) )
But vehicle like Shuttle wasn't necessary for that - heck, ISS built heavily on Russian experiences (US even was eager to learn them via Mir...); yes, current Shuttle was required to build large part of ISS, but only because that part was designed with Shuttle in mind - major Russian modules performed autonomous rendezvouz; minor Russian, European and Japanese modules also do so.
Well, by checking it up further - those are ruins; which were also partially rebuilt lately to more closely resemble their probable original look. Protected from the elements by building them under natural cover.
Allies wanted to starve Germany to death for a few years after the war (look up JCS 1067). German POWs were quickly reclassified after the war to fall outside the conventions. Their industrial and intellectual base was for the taking. Food aid offered by few neighbouring countries - forbidden. Steps which could improve the economy - forbidden. Yes, that changed after a few years to prevent whole Germany from falling into Soviet Block. But even the total aid received (which for Germany was mostly a loan, pretty small in comparison to what, say, UK was getting - which didn't help the latter from falling into economic depression) was dwarfed by annual payments for occupation (yes, Germany had to pay for its occupation) and war reparations.
Yup, a success story, even greater than you thought.
Still, I think you're greatly underestimating Japan, however nice it is to think that they just "stole" the technology from us; and Germany depends greatly on their car industry too, you know...
Wasn't Japan paying full costs of occupation? (+ the reparations; certainly was the case with Germany, I would be surprised it it wasn't the case with Japan)
There is quite strong consensus that it wasn't a copy, but independetly developed counterpart - and given the requirements for comparable missions and technology available at the time, the shape of Shuttle & Buran was pretty much the only sensible one...
The Buran was destroyed, but there are more "Burans proper" (actually orbiters); in various stages of completion (first one on the list below was almost completed)
And you know, pretty much all vehicles we use in space can be qualified as spacecraft / spaceships... I'd argue that things like Apollo, Soyuz, Progress, Shenzou or ATV (not to mention all deep space probes) are actually much fuller "honest to god space ships". They were designed and built with greater focus on the actual spaceflight, often have missions lasting around half a year, plus Apollo and Soyuz travelled beyond LEO.
We don't need such construction vehicle when the modules can rendezvous independently. That said, I agree it will probably remain for a looong time the most impressive looking vehicle (with the possible exception of mentioned Buran (have you seen the plumes from its engines?), but yeah...not only flew only once, but in heavy cloud cover;/ )
And how could I forget to mention that, at least to some degree (where it makes sense), distribution of boxes on a mind map can follow quite closely physical arrangement of you datacenter.
You mean datacenters have several interconnected hierarchies? Mind maps always could model that - apart from the "iconic" tree/star you could set particular shapes or colors for each box, you have another two hierarchies right there. Two trees can sensibly branch from opposing sides of the screen and connect to common boxes. Or the map can simply have a bit of depth, with you choosing which group of connections to show, and which to make more "translucent".
I do not know if available free software can do it - for my needs, if I feel like a mind map of sorts (or more preciselly "doodle";p ) is in order, large piece of paper works fine...which gives almost all of the above, only the last one has a different form (and I don't need extensive modification, reproduction, etc.). But I would be somewhat surpised if it can't, perhaps worth checking, that's all.
Those new Intel CPUs use PCIe to connect to "southbridge". PCIe is designed to be explicitly backwards compatible across versions (yeah, there will be less bandwith to the "southbridge" available...irrelevant in nearly all scenarios).
Obviously the requirement doesn't exist if its something quite opposite is followed...the question is why Intel chooses so. Based on their past actions, I have my doubts that what they they do is all around optimal. This is a good reason for suspecting "intentional obsolescence"...Intel has already done so quite a few times (no, don't limit yourself only to cpu sockets, if you really want to have vert clear examples...)
And please, stop with portraying like it's a solid fact that there's no demand for greater (this all I'm talking about - greater, not absolute) upgradeability. Places I visited largely disagree with you. So there... You're also kidding yourself if you think a lot of perfectly fine machines isn't trashed.
Even multiple components doesn't have to include so many major ones as you want to believe...
If you want to paint 3rd party chipsets that way now, please mention also major screwups of Intel in chipset area... (plus - Intel sold motherboards with SiS chipsets because they were damn good, I can assure you that; and Apple isn't the only choosing Nvidia chipsets)
Hm, was it at least interesting? (plus...many native mythologies and faiths have certain adequate amounts of wisdom in them; popular culture wants to convince me it is quite universally the case with North American Indians...is it?)
Most importantly, do they actually believe in old mythologies (I hear there were many new movements in response to expansion of Europeans...) or is it mostly treated as cultural / traditional thing to know?
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Prototype implies quite...unused one. Not sure if such is typical for Slashdotters.
PS. Wouldn't your sig be even more appropriate with "Face your inner daemons!"? ;> (crap, now I have an idea of using MRI scans to have a real model of my own skull...but no access to MRI ;/ )
Next you know, Microsoft will benefit on it with something like "when you lose WinMob phone, it's sure to be there, waiting, when you get back"
That could possibly mean it wasn't intentional on Apple side after all, though...
Shuttle can be considered a dead end because the characteristics profoundly influencing its design (ability to bring large cargo down, ability to return after few orbits to launching base, "reusability" of the EarthLEO vehicle) were found to be largely worthless. More efficient means for doing LEO while at the same time having a vehicle capable of beyond LEO operation is better (for the latter the Shuttle design is especially worthless; airframe characteristics even less useful)
Pentium 3 (which never really died BTW, there was quite fluent transition from Tualatins (not directed at consumer market later on) to Pentium M) is an equivalent of Apollo or Soyuz; after a costly mistake you go back to what works (well, Soyuz perhaps also an ARM, doing its job reliably for many years with recent full realisation that it has future ahead ;) )
But vehicle like Shuttle wasn't necessary for that - heck, ISS built heavily on Russian experiences (US even was eager to learn them via Mir...); yes, current Shuttle was required to build large part of ISS, but only because that part was designed with Shuttle in mind - major Russian modules performed autonomous rendezvouz; minor Russian, European and Japanese modules also do so.
Most (all?) religious groups turn against anyone who is perceived not to be on their side, circumstances permitting.
Hm, though lately I seem to notice at your place quite a few rulers and hope-to-be ones which do think they act from unction of divine authority...
Well, by checking it up further - those are ruins; which were also partially rebuilt lately to more closely resemble their probable original look. Protected from the elements by building them under natural cover.
Allies wanted to starve Germany to death for a few years after the war (look up JCS 1067). German POWs were quickly reclassified after the war to fall outside the conventions. Their industrial and intellectual base was for the taking. Food aid offered by few neighbouring countries - forbidden. Steps which could improve the economy - forbidden. Yes, that changed after a few years to prevent whole Germany from falling into Soviet Block. But even the total aid received (which for Germany was mostly a loan, pretty small in comparison to what, say, UK was getting - which didn't help the latter from falling into economic depression) was dwarfed by annual payments for occupation (yes, Germany had to pay for its occupation) and war reparations.
Yup, a success story, even greater than you thought.
Still, I think you're greatly underestimating Japan, however nice it is to think that they just "stole" the technology from us; and Germany depends greatly on their car industry too, you know...
(Japan never had serious military?! O_o )
Wasn't Japan paying full costs of occupation? (+ the reparations; certainly was the case with Germany, I would be surprised it it wasn't the case with Japan)
And afterwards you get free forward bases...
There is quite strong consensus that it wasn't a copy, but independetly developed counterpart - and given the requirements for comparable missions and technology available at the time, the shape of Shuttle & Buran was pretty much the only sensible one...
Look at typical Airbus & Boeing aircraft. Or some biological examples
Isn't it more an example of surviving...cliff face or cavern?
The Buran was destroyed, but there are more "Burans proper" (actually orbiters); in various stages of completion (first one on the list below was almost completed)
http://www.buran-energia.com/bourane-buran/bourane-modele-102.php
http://www.buran.ru/htm/2-01.htm
http://www.k26.com/buran/Future/2.02/space_buran_2_02.html
And you know, pretty much all vehicles we use in space can be qualified as spacecraft / spaceships... I'd argue that things like Apollo, Soyuz, Progress, Shenzou or ATV (not to mention all deep space probes) are actually much fuller "honest to god space ships". They were designed and built with greater focus on the actual spaceflight, often have missions lasting around half a year, plus Apollo and Soyuz travelled beyond LEO.
We don't need such construction vehicle when the modules can rendezvous independently. That said, I agree it will probably remain for a looong time the most impressive looking vehicle (with the possible exception of mentioned Buran (have you seen the plumes from its engines?), but yeah...not only flew only once, but in heavy cloud cover ;/ )
And how could I forget to mention that, at least to some degree (where it makes sense), distribution of boxes on a mind map can follow quite closely physical arrangement of you datacenter.
You mean datacenters have several interconnected hierarchies? Mind maps always could model that - apart from the "iconic" tree/star you could set particular shapes or colors for each box, you have another two hierarchies right there. Two trees can sensibly branch from opposing sides of the screen and connect to common boxes. Or the map can simply have a bit of depth, with you choosing which group of connections to show, and which to make more "translucent".
I do not know if available free software can do it - for my needs, if I feel like a mind map of sorts (or more preciselly "doodle" ;p ) is in order, large piece of paper works fine...which gives almost all of the above, only the last one has a different form (and I don't need extensive modification, reproduction, etc.). But I would be somewhat surpised if it can't, perhaps worth checking, that's all.
I think I wish now for a full episode made of blips, essentially...
That distributed project got sacked by the employer.
So...how will we get art departments for photorealism?
(hey, and really small motorcycles, mopeds, etc. are getting lately 4 stroke engines, even electics here and there! ;p )
Those new Intel CPUs use PCIe to connect to "southbridge". PCIe is designed to be explicitly backwards compatible across versions (yeah, there will be less bandwith to the "southbridge" available...irrelevant in nearly all scenarios).
Obviously the requirement doesn't exist if its something quite opposite is followed...the question is why Intel chooses so. Based on their past actions, I have my doubts that what they they do is all around optimal. This is a good reason for suspecting "intentional obsolescence"...Intel has already done so quite a few times (no, don't limit yourself only to cpu sockets, if you really want to have vert clear examples...)
And please, stop with portraying like it's a solid fact that there's no demand for greater (this all I'm talking about - greater, not absolute) upgradeability. Places I visited largely disagree with you. So there...
You're also kidding yourself if you think a lot of perfectly fine machines isn't trashed.
Even multiple components doesn't have to include so many major ones as you want to believe...
If you want to paint 3rd party chipsets that way now, please mention also major screwups of Intel in chipset area...
(plus - Intel sold motherboards with SiS chipsets because they were damn good, I can assure you that; and Apple isn't the only choosing Nvidia chipsets)
Might be close enough, I guess...since that's essentially what you want to do, map some aspects of the "electronic mind" that's under your care.
Wikipedia seems to hava a list perfectly adequate as a starting point
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mind_mapping_software
I concur. It's good to satisfy you little inner Evil from time to time...
I would be more than exstatic of something like that; where can I send my DNA?
Well, Western science (hence also culture, at least somewhat...) is doing something right for quite a while now.
Weren't there only two alternative to fighting though?
a) look how your source of livelihood is destroyed by settlers
b) pitiful existence in reservations
Cultural genocide, at the least.
Hm, was it at least interesting? (plus...many native mythologies and faiths have certain adequate amounts of wisdom in them; popular culture wants to convince me it is quite universally the case with North American Indians...is it?)
Most importantly, do they actually believe in old mythologies (I hear there were many new movements in response to expansion of Europeans...) or is it mostly treated as cultural / traditional thing to know?
Though it's also good to remember that there's slightly silly bullshit and then there's actually harmful bullshit.