I wonder when we'll see servers with CPUs based on (many...) ARM cores.
Yes, they are an order of magnitude slower, but three orders of magnitude more power efficient. For the same CPU performance you'd probably be around two orders of magnitude more power efficient (for CPUs at least). If your app runs on a large farm already...
But perhaps in this case, with copyright organizations (of which the original judge was a member apparently), you don't generally deal with people that want to support the law.
Look at their overall actions - they want to change it, to suit them better.
Sure, but how many of those breaks cease being "mini"?
There are other ways to do during mini break. For example those that don't require you to continue sitting in the chair and staring at the screen (you should get up, move a little and look at something else once in a while)
The kind of saw that is basically just a wire with two loops at the end (by which you grab it). Hand operated, minimal vibrations (well, it may take a week or two...but they don't have shortage of personnel)
As for debris - powerful magnets + sealing off the area & industrial vacuum cleaner with HEPA filters?
They will just say "ahh, another glorious creation of gods". They've shown many times that inconsistent/false passages in "holy" texts can be ignored, new doctrines introduced.
It will get interesting only when we discover intelligent life that, during its evolution, didn't need the concept of gods. Though this is likely, IMHO, only in forms of intelligence that are NOT fragile, individual units (which feel the need to control the scary world, hence - gods, prayers, and so on), in case of hive-mind for example (I guess it will operate mostly in "me" and "that which does not exist" categories). But I suspect in this case religious folks will just dismiss its intelligence.
Oh well, in other cases it might be fun too - at least if "interstellar crusade" sounds fun to you.
So we have this moon that possibly has life in its ocean. And geysers which put this water into known orbits. Together with the water they put salts. And life - if one exists there.
So..."orbital scoop" flying for few years has a big chance to catch some microbes for the ride. Unfortunatelly...it will be probably several more decades before the next mission to Saturn; several more decades before we can sent purpose built spacecraft.
However...we already have a spacecraft that was flying there for quite some time. Perhaps, once RTGs deplete to such a degree that the scientific package will have to be largery shut down, it is sensible to:
1) put Cassini into orbit which maximalises probabilities of catching something for the ride (and without too much risk of hitting some ice block)
2) after several more years - bring Cassini back (through http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Transport_Network for example). Put it into stable, high Earth orbit where it can wait for us to have means to investigate it (too bad we get rid of Shuttles, they would be usefull for that oe thing...)
It seems to me to be much better conclusion of the mission (even we won't find any signs of life on it) than sending it plunging towards Saturn...
You just fell into cognitive trap of thinking how you realized something extraordinary, how special you are thanks to it, and how other people are ignorant.
Well, honestly, we do that all the time - it's advantegous to survival. It's just that sometimes it goes a bit berserk, a bit against us, which might manifest itself in what you're doing.
Fahrenheit is an awful scale for human consumption. It's incredibly wasteful with its numbers - the change of 1 unit is absolutely meaningless (and anyway, why "100" is somebody with fewer?...)
Celsius is also wastefull, but to a much smaller degree (no pun...), thanks to it being based on highest consistent "natural" temperature we might encounter and lowest consistent natural temperaure.
BTW, Fahrenheit scale was developed in the area where I live, so me thinking it's worse is not a matter of local "patriotism".
It's easy for me to see how a video cassette fit this definition, as it is a record of voltage.
Thing is...it doesn't really fit the definition simply because it is "a record of voltage". After all, DV casette also records voltage changes. Ethernet, SATA, really any bus you use in a computer is all about voltage changes...yet they are digital.
VHS tape fits the definition because of how the information is encoded. That is all there is to analog vs. digital divide. Analog records continuos changes (within the limits of materials/technology/physics ofcourse), while digital quantifies the signal and records it in a set of predetermined possible values.
The continuous physical variable recorded on film is simply the intensity of light in particular wavelenghts (specific for given film chemicals). There is no analysing of intensity, no algorithm to assign each measurement to particular value, no encoding of all this information in binary format. The intensity influences the chemicals/storage medium directly.
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There's not much point in RAW mode for majority of point and shoots. You should instead simply try to get the model with the best sensor possible, because that's what really differentiates various brands/models in this price segment.
Personally, I prefer Fuji Finepix F-series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujifilm_FinePix_F-series (mostly because if I use flash it's for correcting the light; not for making the photograph possible at all, as most people do...with quite "sterile" results)
Film isn't a storage for light, it contains a mosaic of chemicals that is analogous to the light that shines on it during the brief moment of exposition.
There's nothing in the "analog" term that requires storage of "electromagnetic representation on magnetic tape". See also: Laserdisk.
Just use properly written software. It exists among practically all of those categories (actually, what's funny is that the most feature packed browser is also the most usable by far on old machines...).
My machine here that's very comparable to "1GHz&GB" absolutelly flies in comparison to Core 2 Duos, etc. of many people, riddled with bloatware (and they have less functionality then me!)
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I wonder when we'll see servers with CPUs based on (many...) ARM cores.
Yes, they are an order of magnitude slower, but three orders of magnitude more power efficient. For the same CPU performance you'd probably be around two orders of magnitude more power efficient (for CPUs at least). If your app runs on a large farm already...
But perhaps in this case, with copyright organizations (of which the original judge was a member apparently), you don't generally deal with people that want to support the law.
Look at their overall actions - they want to change it, to suit them better.
Sure, but how many of those breaks cease being "mini"?
There are other ways to do during mini break. For example those that don't require you to continue sitting in the chair and staring at the screen (you should get up, move a little and look at something else once in a while)
Every saw is made of aluminum in your part of the world?
Because obviously that's the only metal that will be involved (hint: cutting something involves also a cutting tool).
And magnets are obviously the only countermeasure I've proposed.
"Shut down your web browser", especially that part that involves reading or...posting/submitting articles to Slashdot.
The kind of saw that is basically just a wire with two loops at the end (by which you grab it). Hand operated, minimal vibrations (well, it may take a week or two...but they don't have shortage of personnel)
As for debris - powerful magnets + sealing off the area & industrial vacuum cleaner with HEPA filters?
Powerful magnets tend to be good in collecting those... (coupled with some industrial "vacuum cleaner" and sealing off the area)
Saw. The one in the form of elastic cutting "wire".
They will just say "ahh, another glorious creation of gods". They've shown many times that inconsistent/false passages in "holy" texts can be ignored, new doctrines introduced.
It will get interesting only when we discover intelligent life that, during its evolution, didn't need the concept of gods. Though this is likely, IMHO, only in forms of intelligence that are NOT fragile, individual units (which feel the need to control the scary world, hence - gods, prayers, and so on), in case of hive-mind for example (I guess it will operate mostly in "me" and "that which does not exist" categories). But I suspect in this case religious folks will just dismiss its intelligence.
Oh well, in other cases it might be fun too - at least if "interstellar crusade" sounds fun to you.
I wonder...
So we have this moon that possibly has life in its ocean. And geysers which put this water into known orbits. Together with the water they put salts. And life - if one exists there.
So..."orbital scoop" flying for few years has a big chance to catch some microbes for the ride. Unfortunatelly...it will be probably several more decades before the next mission to Saturn; several more decades before we can sent purpose built spacecraft.
However...we already have a spacecraft that was flying there for quite some time. Perhaps, once RTGs deplete to such a degree that the scientific package will have to be largery shut down, it is sensible to:
1) put Cassini into orbit which maximalises probabilities of catching something for the ride (and without too much risk of hitting some ice block)
2) after several more years - bring Cassini back (through http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Transport_Network for example). Put it into stable, high Earth orbit where it can wait for us to have means to investigate it (too bad we get rid of Shuttles, they would be usefull for that oe thing...)
It seems to me to be much better conclusion of the mission (even we won't find any signs of life on it) than sending it plunging towards Saturn...
So prices in Wallmart can end in *.99
But all of those things are symptoms of the same kind of brainfarts. Fight with one of them, and you fight will of them.
It makes them think they outsmart you.
You just fell into cognitive trap of thinking how you realized something extraordinary, how special you are thanks to it, and how other people are ignorant.
Well, honestly, we do that all the time - it's advantegous to survival. It's just that sometimes it goes a bit berserk, a bit against us, which might manifest itself in what you're doing.
Omega point doesn't end for the "observer" inside it.
Fahrenheit is an awful scale for human consumption. It's incredibly wasteful with its numbers - the change of 1 unit is absolutely meaningless (and anyway, why "100" is somebody with fewer?...)
Celsius is also wastefull, but to a much smaller degree (no pun...), thanks to it being based on highest consistent "natural" temperature we might encounter and lowest consistent natural temperaure.
BTW, Fahrenheit scale was developed in the area where I live, so me thinking it's worse is not a matter of local "patriotism".
Large % of population would be dead simply because there would be no place for them, no resources, in pre-industrial society.
Are members of the "protected tribes" necessarily more intelligent?
What is really fascinating about this is for how long our species was almost stagnant (from out point of view).
And how rapidly we advance nowadays. What are the factors? Are we really nearing to tech singularity?
Around one year ago Carmack said Doom 3 will GPLed right about now. Few months away at most, supposedly.
http://www.kyon.pl/swf/12286.html (a bit British-centric, but still...)
It's easy for me to see how a video cassette fit this definition, as it is a record of voltage.
Thing is...it doesn't really fit the definition simply because it is "a record of voltage". After all, DV casette also records voltage changes. Ethernet, SATA, really any bus you use in a computer is all about voltage changes...yet they are digital.
VHS tape fits the definition because of how the information is encoded. That is all there is to analog vs. digital divide. Analog records continuos changes (within the limits of materials/technology/physics ofcourse), while digital quantifies the signal and records it in a set of predetermined possible values.
The continuous physical variable recorded on film is simply the intensity of light in particular wavelenghts (specific for given film chemicals). There is no analysing of intensity, no algorithm to assign each measurement to particular value, no encoding of all this information in binary format. The intensity influences the chemicals/storage medium directly.
There's not much point in RAW mode for majority of point and shoots. You should instead simply try to get the model with the best sensor possible, because that's what really differentiates various brands/models in this price segment.
Personally, I prefer Fuji Finepix F-series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujifilm_FinePix_F-series (mostly because if I use flash it's for correcting the light; not for making the photograph possible at all, as most people do...with quite "sterile" results)
You are confused.
Film isn't a storage for light, it contains a mosaic of chemicals that is analogous to the light that shines on it during the brief moment of exposition.
There's nothing in the "analog" term that requires storage of "electromagnetic representation on magnetic tape". See also: Laserdisk.
Just use properly written software. It exists among practically all of those categories (actually, what's funny is that the most feature packed browser is also the most usable by far on old machines...).
My machine here that's very comparable to "1GHz&GB" absolutelly flies in comparison to Core 2 Duos, etc. of many people, riddled with bloatware (and they have less functionality then me!)