I always wonder how ideas like this come to life (no pun intended). Can you imagine a dialogue like this:
Scientist 1: how are we going to research those rare half-billion-year-old fossil embryos?
Scientist 2: My precioussss.....
Scientist 3: Well, I've got enough frequent flyer miles to get a free blast at some huge 500 meter-wide particle accelerator in Switzerland...
Scientist 4: I'm feeling bored.. but hey! Hmm..
Ok, ok. I realise that this idea is pretty strange. In reality I can only applaud these wonderful new ideas to find new tools for investigation. Besides paleontology, I bet this can applied to more fields of research when people hear about this. I believe I hear voices again...
Personally I've always liked the form of the Isolinear chips from the Star Trek universe. Both the rectangular design (ST:TNG; 'half a credit card') and the cylindrical shape which I believe I've seen used by Quark on Deep Space Nine once.
Now we just need to figure out how many bytes are equal to a kiloquad and start the marketing.;)
Oh wait, they will probably recognize this very fast:
"Pimsleur courses help people who need to speak another language quickly. Our courses took 40 years to develop and are now used by the FBI, CIA, and business professionals everywhere. They're so effective, you have nothing to lose!";)
Or perhaps, when looking internationally, the Max Planck Institute which has a fair number of research fields (across various locations).
From what I have heard, it is also a rather good and respected place for research work!
Bacteria** can grow at an exponential rate*, so perhaps this is the first storage device which will keep itself alive and increase it's storage space.;D
* Given 'standard nutritional conditions' and an 'optimal temperature'
** I am not a Biologist or anything close to that (IANABOACTT)
I have once heard rumours about the design of the Saturn being lost or something like that (stored on tape format that cannot be read anymore?). Anyone with some knowledge about that?
Perhaps it is a form or extension of the process which also helps rewire our brains during/after a learning process? Creating new connections, enforcing connections, etc.? (just spread across a very long time span)
That the Voyager probes with their 'Grand Tour' mission keep impressing me! Every time I see news like this, I end up checking the Voyager Project homepage
Taking into account that the technology in these machines is from the 70's, perhaps even from the 60's.. and they're still going strong. After almost 30 years in space, high speeds (vs. dust/debris), radiation, the cold, and such a weak signal when it reaches Earth:
"... located around the world is truly amazing. The antennas must capture Voyager information from a signal so weak that the power striking the antenna is only 10 exponent -16 watts (1 part in 10 quadrillion). A modern-day electronic digital watch operates at a power level 20 billion times greater than this feeble level."
Finally I'd like to take my hat off to all the people who have helped to realize this project from the beginning to this very day. I often wish I'd have been born 2 decades earlier with a chance to be part of such an amazing (engineering) team!
I -heavy breathing-.. am your father Steve* -heavy breathing-!
* Note: The director has not yet made a decision if this role should be played by either Steve Ballmer, Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak... otherwise we could show you a fantastic trailer(tm)
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Did you know that it actually "... improve[s] professional image; it increases employee morale to look out clean windows. "?
(Source)
and run all your queries through Tor.
I always wonder how ideas like this come to life (no pun intended). Can you imagine a dialogue like this:
Scientist 1: how are we going to research those rare half-billion-year-old fossil embryos?
Scientist 2: My precioussss.....
Scientist 3: Well, I've got enough frequent flyer miles to get a free blast at some huge 500 meter-wide particle accelerator in Switzerland...
Scientist 4: I'm feeling bored.. but hey! Hmm..
Ok, ok. I realise that this idea is pretty strange. In reality I can only applaud these wonderful new ideas to find new tools for investigation. Besides paleontology, I bet this can applied to more fields of research when people hear about this. I believe I hear voices again...
Scientist 5: ???
Scientist 6: profit!!
Now we just need to figure out how many bytes are equal to a kiloquad and start the marketing.
there is No Such Amperage.
Curious about what the above says just like me, but, just like me, not having the time for a manual conversion? ;)
Luckily I found this nice timesaver, Text-to-Binary (and back!) Converter, which says that this binary outputs to:
"this is a load of binary pretending to be an operating system ;p"
So ehmm, there you go :)
Assuming Cheney isn't going to live there of course
I bet that we will hear the news that Cheyenne Mountain has been renamed to Cheney Mountain soon then ;)
Or a language training thingy, like Pimsleur's Eastern Arabic or Farsi courses
;)
:)
Oh wait, they will probably recognize this very fast:
"Pimsleur courses help people who need to speak another language quickly. Our courses took 40 years to develop and are now used by the FBI, CIA, and business professionals everywhere. They're so effective, you have nothing to lose!"
Bebakhshid
(sorry/excuse me)
Hey! Those books are^Wwere still on my to-do list... time for some tags on Slashdot?!? ;-D
:)
Oh, wait.. now I've admitted something as well, shucks =/
Or perhaps, when looking internationally, the Max Planck Institute which has a fair number of research fields (across various locations).
From what I have heard, it is also a rather good and respected place for research work!
Just imagine degrees like:
:-D
;)
Master of DeathMatch
Master of MMPORG
Master of Adventures
Master of InstaGib
Master of Capture the Flag Strategy
Perhaps a Phd. in Wargames?
Yeah, one of these degrees would certainly spice up* your resume
* Master of Harvester Management?
...resistance is futile. (Somebody had to say this as well.)
I wonder if we will ever see companies like Intel and AMD hiring people trained in a biological field. :)
:D
;P
Pentium, Bacterium.. what's in a name?
Or: the new PetriDish(tm) cpu: bringing multimedia and culture to your desktop!
Bacteria** can grow at an exponential rate*, so perhaps this is the first storage device which will keep itself alive and increase it's storage space. ;D
* Given 'standard nutritional conditions' and an 'optimal temperature'
** I am not a Biologist or anything close to that (IANABOACTT)
Thank all of you for the informative comments! :)
That would be a real loss of knowledge! =/
Perhaps it is a form or extension of the process which also helps rewire our brains during/after a learning process? Creating new connections, enforcing connections, etc.? (just spread across a very long time span)
Throwing chairs does not mix well with having windows ;)
I think the computer would start claiming that the universe is a spheroid region, 705 meters in diameter. ^_^
I guess you must have missed the Ferengi who was yelling 'Developers, developers, developers'? ;P
They are a race of cunning businessmen after all :D
In that case, one can only hope to be wearing the correct HTTPanty ;-D
Taking into account that the technology in these machines is from the 70's, perhaps even from the 60's.. and they're still going strong. After almost 30 years in space, high speeds (vs. dust/debris), radiation, the cold, and such a weak signal when it reaches Earth:
"... located around the world is truly amazing. The antennas must capture Voyager information from a signal so weak that the power striking the antenna is only 10 exponent -16 watts (1 part in 10 quadrillion). A modern-day electronic digital watch operates at a power level 20 billion times greater than this feeble level."
I really recommend checking out the Voyager's 'Did you know?' website, for more amazing facts. You'll be amazed!
Finally I'd like to take my hat off to all the people who have helped to realize this project from the beginning to this very day. I often wish I'd have been born 2 decades earlier with a chance to be part of such an amazing (engineering) team!
I believe he is not happy with your comment.. be careful ;) (he's a bit moody, shhhh!!)
* Note: The director has not yet made a decision if this role should be played by either Steve Ballmer, Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak... otherwise we could show you a fantastic trailer(tm)