The limit is to protect the password, not the encryption. The password is weak because humans. If the encryption were weak, they could just copy the flash memory and crack it.
It's easy to spend vast amounts of money if your objective is to drive competitors out of business. For example, they could charge their customers less than what they need to pay their drivers. Of course, then the trick is earning the money back.
It's a subsidized phone, only it's subsidized by the government.... Mounds of debt added to the government's obligations
In many places, education is subsidized by the government. And costs more than $4. If it increases the GDP or saves money elsewhere, this program could easily pay itself off. Even if not, spending a little to improve the citizen's quality of life is itself a valid function of government.
The researchers were said to have been as busy as a bee trying to think up of new materials for electrodes. They discovered a fertile new area to explore, which bore fruit. This new electrode is nothing to sneeze at!
Also, it's not really 2D since it's made of atoms and atoms are 3D. Do I win the pedantry contest or what?
Also, technically, it's not enough to have both P-type and N-type semi-conductors. You also need to be able to produce them cheaply and precisely and by the billions, both types next to each other. So, technically, don't expect to see this used for anything ever until they solve those problems.
Their "unlimited" books have always been limited in selection. Now they're shrinking the selection, but adding 3 books from an even wider selection.
Presumably, the plan is to get their customers hooked on their wider limited selection, so that that one month they read more than 3 books, they'll have to spend extra. Since only 3% of their customers will be affected in any one month, they're not expecting much backlash (presumably a different 3% each month, since they're careful to focus on the percent affected monthly rather than the total).
The scientists took the pollen from honeybees and common wetland plant cattails, and discovered that cattail pollen had more energy-storing capacity, compared to the bee pollen.
I suspect the same will hold true when comparing pollen from wind-pollinated plants vs insect-pollinated plants. Sticky insect-borne pollen doesn't need as much surface area.
Boo, hoo, it's too far. It's not like we could... 1) Build a nuclear powered generation ship 2) Build a fusion powered generation ship (even faster, but may also need a fission reactor if the fusion tech is weak). 3) Figure out how to put people in suspended animation, and use a more conventional ship 4) Discard our flesh bodies, colonizing in robotic form 5) Develop nanotech, to the point we could build ships small enough to make antimatter a viable rocket fuel. Combined with artificial wombs, we could have finger-sized ships with hundreds of human colonists traveling at 10% lightspeed or more. 6) Something beyond our current imagination.
The whole notion of "designer babies" is built upon the flawed presumption that who we are as individuals is solely dictated by specific genes or groups of genes, and that editing these genes can, GATTACA-style, determine with complete precision how all of the traits that make up our physiology and psychology are eventually expressed.
Now try replacing "complete precision" to "well over 50%" and see how your argument goes.
Now, can we use gene editing to treat genetic diseases? Probably. Could we use the same approach to make a child grow taller? To give them a more desirable physical appearance? To improve their intelligence? Such a notion may be eventually possible, but in the foreseeable future, it is still firmly in the realm of science fiction.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. It's all already possible using the same technique. It's not like we'd have to invent a new gene for any of that, we can just pick genes that are known to be well-correlated to the desired traits. Of course, a lot of those genes are trade-offs...
Why bother, when this problem could be resolved by the free market. I mean, who'd want to buy a power supply that constantly drains power even when it's off? This would only make sense if you assume the average consumer is an idiot.
Assange could use the "It wasn't me, it was the CIA trying to make me look bad" excuse for literally anything at all and some people would believe it.
Correct. Whenever there's a he-said-she-said situation, people will believe the one they trust more. If the government were perfectly trustworthy, no one would doubt them.
I've never really understood the hate for Christianity.
Simple. Christianity has lost its reputation for love, and instead gained one for being hateful meddlers.
"Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." -- 1 John 4:7-8 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. -- Matthew 7:12
Would you rather listen to some cold-blooded people carefully calculating their own self-interest? Or some hot-headed fellow who's plan will ruin everything?
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The limit is to protect the password, not the encryption. The password is weak because humans. If the encryption were weak, they could just copy the flash memory and crack it.
It's easy to spend vast amounts of money if your objective is to drive competitors out of business. For example, they could charge their customers less than what they need to pay their drivers. Of course, then the trick is earning the money back.
It's a subsidized phone, only it's subsidized by the government. ... Mounds of debt added to the government's obligations
In many places, education is subsidized by the government. And costs more than $4. If it increases the GDP or saves money elsewhere, this program could easily pay itself off. Even if not, spending a little to improve the citizen's quality of life is itself a valid function of government.
The researchers were said to have been as busy as a bee trying to think up of new materials for electrodes. They discovered a fertile new area to explore, which bore fruit. This new electrode is nothing to sneeze at!
Looks like someone decided to put their money into a hole.
Also, it's not really 2D since it's made of atoms and atoms are 3D. Do I win the pedantry contest or what?
Also, technically, it's not enough to have both P-type and N-type semi-conductors. You also need to be able to produce them cheaply and precisely and by the billions, both types next to each other. So, technically, don't expect to see this used for anything ever until they solve those problems.
I felt the same way after my ISP switched from unlimited to 400GB per month. I'm no longer paying for those leechers that use several TB per month.
How big a discount did they give you for the switch?
Their "unlimited" books have always been limited in selection. Now they're shrinking the selection, but adding 3 books from an even wider selection.
Presumably, the plan is to get their customers hooked on their wider limited selection, so that that one month they read more than 3 books, they'll have to spend extra. Since only 3% of their customers will be affected in any one month, they're not expecting much backlash (presumably a different 3% each month, since they're careful to focus on the percent affected monthly rather than the total).
The scientists took the pollen from honeybees and common wetland plant cattails, and discovered that cattail pollen had more energy-storing capacity, compared to the bee pollen.
I suspect the same will hold true when comparing pollen from wind-pollinated plants vs insect-pollinated plants. Sticky insect-borne pollen doesn't need as much surface area.
All you gotta do is put the password here and it opens right up. What's that? You don't know the password? Neither do we.
There will probably be countries that allow tinkering to create smarter and/or more disciplined children.
While other countries won't even allow the children to have a proper education...
We cannot populate the galaxy...because distance.
Boo, hoo, it's too far. It's not like we could...
1) Build a nuclear powered generation ship
2) Build a fusion powered generation ship (even faster, but may also need a fission reactor if the fusion tech is weak).
3) Figure out how to put people in suspended animation, and use a more conventional ship
4) Discard our flesh bodies, colonizing in robotic form
5) Develop nanotech, to the point we could build ships small enough to make antimatter a viable rocket fuel. Combined with artificial wombs, we could have finger-sized ships with hundreds of human colonists traveling at 10% lightspeed or more.
6) Something beyond our current imagination.
The whole notion of "designer babies" is built upon the flawed presumption that who we are as individuals is solely dictated by specific genes or groups of genes, and that editing these genes can, GATTACA-style, determine with complete precision how all of the traits that make up our physiology and psychology are eventually expressed.
Now try replacing "complete precision" to "well over 50%" and see how your argument goes.
Now, can we use gene editing to treat genetic diseases? Probably. Could we use the same approach to make a child grow taller? To give them a more desirable physical appearance? To improve their intelligence? Such a notion may be eventually possible, but in the foreseeable future, it is still firmly in the realm of science fiction.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. It's all already possible using the same technique. It's not like we'd have to invent a new gene for any of that, we can just pick genes that are known to be well-correlated to the desired traits. Of course, a lot of those genes are trade-offs...
I'm glad the moderators figured out you were joking, because most of the accounts responding seem to have failed the Turing Test.
That's why they get the mod points.
Now, *designed* babies, that would be interesting. Maybe they can find the gene for crying in the middle of the night.
Why bother, when this problem could be resolved by the free market. I mean, who'd want to buy a power supply that constantly drains power even when it's off? This would only make sense if you assume the average consumer is an idiot.
Assange could use the "It wasn't me, it was the CIA trying to make me look bad" excuse for literally anything at all and some people would believe it.
Correct. Whenever there's a he-said-she-said situation, people will believe the one they trust more. If the government were perfectly trustworthy, no one would doubt them.
She believes God put her on this earth to rid us of annoying drivers?
This sounds like the CD's big brother.
The fastest failure, is when you don't even start. And no, you're not getting a bonus for that either.
It's time to talk about the elephant in the stone...
I've never really understood the hate for Christianity.
Simple. Christianity has lost its reputation for love, and instead gained one for being hateful meddlers.
"Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." -- 1 John 4:7-8
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. -- Matthew 7:12
But Christians now look more like this.
Most scientists don't mind God, so long as He stays out of their particular field of expertise.
Men.
Would you rather listen to some cold-blooded people carefully calculating their own self-interest?
Or some hot-headed fellow who's plan will ruin everything?
Discuss.