There's also MailVault. I was a beta tester for it a couple of years ago, and it was a web-based e-mail service with PGP encryption. Very neat. It's been sold now, so I'm not sure what's happening with it, but it was pretty awesome.
Actually, the post says the number of servers for IIS stayed flat. Their percentage decreased, but that seems to be a function of a huge number of ADDITIONAL web servers, of which an enormous percentage are Apache rather than IIS.
They actually won't have 4-inch wafers for another few years - I think they're probably at about an inch squared right now. It won't take several decades to produce 12" wafers, though, because the size of the wafer they produce using CVD depends on the size of the seed. They are using the result from each session to grow larger wafers each time: Starting with a square, waferlike fragment, the Linares process will grow the diamond into a prismatic shape, with the top slightly wider than the base.
Still, you're right - nanotubes will probably be feasible before mass-produced diamond ICs. The reason I brought up diamond/nanotubes is because they're both carbon - two very different forms of it - and I'm kind of interested in how the process of trying to get one onto the other would affect both of them.
It'll be interesting to see how they'll make carbon nanotubes work when they use diamond for a semiconductor (see article in Wired, referenced by another/. post, that I'm too lazy to find now).
Also, it'd be neat if they could base some kind of flash memory technology on this stuff too. I know IBM/HP/etc. are coming out with the polymer memory, but this stuff would probably be able to hold a lot more - a nice HD's worth of data in an SD card, at least. Or am I completely off base? Could that even completely replace hard drives eventually?
One reason it wouldn't be aired, besides the restrictive FCC content laws, is that most American consumers would be able to notice that in the beginning of the video there's nothing between her breasts.:P
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The name General Systemantics sounds an awful lot like General-Semantics, a theory of language and meaning that influenced Gregory Bateson, a cyberneticist and systems theorist. Is there any relation?
The third law (self-preservation) is pre-empted by the first and second, so if a robot is attacked by a human or told by a human to self-destruct, it must do so.
It's funny, I was actually watching the Animatrix yesterday and just thinking about how in Asimov's world, the three laws would forbid robots from doing anything like what happened in the Matrix series. The robots would sooner self-destruct than inflict that kind of damage on the human race.
My friend and I were watching ROTK and saw the ad. We both thought it was a product, and the name idea was swiped from Asimov. iPod, iPaq, iRobot - maybe like an inside joke for those who get it.
The website also makes it look like a commercial and like you can start ordering those robots starting in the summer of next year.
How exactly do they expect people who have never read anything by Asimov to catch on that this is a movie? I've seen people I know linking to the website in their journals and saying something like "I want one of these."
Actually, I was born in the USSR. I moved to the US years ago, though, with most of my family. I was lucky enough to get out of there at a fairly young age, but the stories my parents and grandparents have told me about what they've gone through... I really hope that kind of thing doesn't happen anywhere else in the world.
So yes, I'm an American and glad. This country may suck, but it sucks a lot less than most other countries.:)
I'd be much more comfortable with using a smart card that stored my biometric info inside itself. It may not fit into the whole "a-passport-is-a-way-to-track-you-and-privacy-gets -in-the-way" mindset, but I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable with the government scanning any kind of biometrics off me just to board a goddamn plane to Canada, whether it's fingerprints or retina scans, or anything else.
If I make no sense in this post, you'll have to excuse me. I'm a little intoxicated tonight.
How well will the Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite work over IP over Avian Carriers with QoS? Anyone try it? If you have any implementation tips, particularly for decreasing lag between ZOO and SIMIAN, please post them here.
Does anyone remember Forum 2000 (link does not actually work)? It's got some neat technology behind it. And the conversations between surfers and the SOMADs was hilarious. When I first saw the site, I thought it was actual people imitating the different characters. Does anyone know what happened to the site and why it no longer functions? I miss it.
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Now I'll have equipment to donate to OpenBSD's SMP project! At least they might get it working on the Game Boy. :P
There's also MailVault. I was a beta tester for it a couple of years ago, and it was a web-based e-mail service with PGP encryption. Very neat. It's been sold now, so I'm not sure what's happening with it, but it was pretty awesome.
Reminds me of the translucent displays in "Minority Report" and other futuristic movies. The future is now!
Actually, the post says the number of servers for IIS stayed flat. Their percentage decreased, but that seems to be a function of a huge number of ADDITIONAL web servers, of which an enormous percentage are Apache rather than IIS.
If it happens and the Free State Project flops, I'm learning Spanish and moving to Costa Rica. Especially if you guys elect a PML president in 2006! :)
So, quite possibly, see you in a few years.
Heh... if you don't like that, I think the Movimiento Libertario is trying to change the government monopoly on telecom. Check them out.
Yes, yes, I know I'm biased.
They actually won't have 4-inch wafers for another few years - I think they're probably at about an inch squared right now. It won't take several decades to produce 12" wafers, though, because the size of the wafer they produce using CVD depends on the size of the seed. They are using the result from each session to grow larger wafers each time: Starting with a square, waferlike fragment, the Linares process will grow the diamond into a prismatic shape, with the top slightly wider than the base.
Still, you're right - nanotubes will probably be feasible before mass-produced diamond ICs. The reason I brought up diamond/nanotubes is because they're both carbon - two very different forms of it - and I'm kind of interested in how the process of trying to get one onto the other would affect both of them.
It'll be interesting to see how they'll make carbon nanotubes work when they use diamond for a semiconductor (see article in Wired, referenced by another /. post, that I'm too lazy to find now).
Also, it'd be neat if they could base some kind of flash memory technology on this stuff too. I know IBM/HP/etc. are coming out with the polymer memory, but this stuff would probably be able to hold a lot more - a nice HD's worth of data in an SD card, at least. Or am I completely off base? Could that even completely replace hard drives eventually?
One reason it wouldn't be aired, besides the restrictive FCC content laws, is that most American consumers would be able to notice that in the beginning of the video there's nothing between her breasts. :P
The name General Systemantics sounds an awful lot like General-Semantics, a theory of language and meaning that influenced Gregory Bateson, a cyberneticist and systems theorist. Is there any relation?
Ahh... okay. I haven't seen "Ice Pirates" so I assumed you were talking about something in a similar context as the Matrix. My bad. :)
The third law (self-preservation) is pre-empted by the first and second, so if a robot is attacked by a human or told by a human to self-destruct, it must do so.
It's funny, I was actually watching the Animatrix yesterday and just thinking about how in Asimov's world, the three laws would forbid robots from doing anything like what happened in the Matrix series. The robots would sooner self-destruct than inflict that kind of damage on the human race.
My friend and I were watching ROTK and saw the ad. We both thought it was a product, and the name idea was swiped from Asimov. iPod, iPaq, iRobot - maybe like an inside joke for those who get it.
The website also makes it look like a commercial and like you can start ordering those robots starting in the summer of next year.
How exactly do they expect people who have never read anything by Asimov to catch on that this is a movie? I've seen people I know linking to the website in their journals and saying something like "I want one of these."
Perl turned 16 2 days ago, on Dec. 18th.
Happy belated birthday, anyway.
My IT career started out with Perl on Linux. Thank you.
Most "SWM"s on /. would mistake "SWF" for the Flash file format.
:)
Then they'd give you a good talking-to about not using SVG.
Gorton was a Republican. Cantwell worked for Real Networks. I fail to see how you disprove my point?
Not to mention (OK, I'm about to mention) Maria Cantwell is a Democratic senator. :)
Actually, I was born in the USSR. I moved to the US years ago, though, with most of my family. I was lucky enough to get out of there at a fairly young age, but the stories my parents and grandparents have told me about what they've gone through... I really hope that kind of thing doesn't happen anywhere else in the world.
:)
So yes, I'm an American and glad. This country may suck, but it sucks a lot less than most other countries.
I'd be much more comfortable with using a smart card that stored my biometric info inside itself. It may not fit into the whole "a-passport-is-a-way-to-track-you-and-privacy-gets -in-the-way" mindset, but I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable with the government scanning any kind of biometrics off me just to board a goddamn plane to Canada, whether it's fingerprints or retina scans, or anything else.
If I make no sense in this post, you'll have to excuse me. I'm a little intoxicated tonight.
How well will the Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite work over IP over Avian Carriers with QoS? Anyone try it? If you have any implementation tips, particularly for decreasing lag between ZOO and SIMIAN, please post them here.
Neat! Did you write the QSA code yourself or adapt the code written by the original CMU researchers?
No, it appears to be run by another person. And it's missing Ayn Rand. Still, it's quite amusing. :)
I love you. Thanks!
For those who aren't surfing at 0 or -1, someone graciously provided this link.
Now I'm going to surf and hope I find the wisdom of Ayn Rand on the new site as well. *cackles*
Does anyone remember Forum 2000 (link does not actually work)? It's got some neat technology behind it. And the conversations between surfers and the SOMADs was hilarious. When I first saw the site, I thought it was actual people imitating the different characters. Does anyone know what happened to the site and why it no longer functions? I miss it.