this is exactly the problem this algorithm attempts to solve:
"They also analyze the replies you receive and use this to evaluate your attractiveness (or unattractiveness). Obviously boys and girls who receive more replies are more attractive. When it takes this into account, it can recommend potential dates who not only match your taste but ones who are more likely to think you attractive and therefore to reply. "The model considers a user's "taste" in picking others and "attractiveness" in being picked by others," they say. "
"The SQUID magnetometers are so sensitive that a field change of only one quantum—equivalent to 5 x 10-14 gauss (1/10,000,000,000,000th of the Earth's magnetic field) and corresponding to a gyro tilt of 0.1 milliarcsecond (3x10-8 degrees)—is detectable. "
exactly, outside of work I meet some people who are nearing retirement at 25, and others are full of life well into their retirement. My great uncle was still fixing his car at 80!
I learnt c#, c++ and c just after uni (with only BASIC as prior experience) whilst working primarily as a physicist, and am now a full time software developer. As with any learning, you find the best people around to learn from and put the effort in. Changing teams reasonably often enables you to cherry pick techniques and ideas, whilst bouncing your own off others.
It also helps to ask your employer for as much relevant training as possible. Understand the technologies that interest you in particular through your own reading and practice.
Of course if you really can't be bothered to at least keep up with the cutting edge of technology (or invent it!) then perhaps you should think of a different career path.
"In initial experiments, the team used diamonds that contained 99 percent carbon-12 atoms"
"Working with researchers at Element Six, a British-based company that specializes in manufacturing artificial diamonds, they developed a new technique to create crystals that were even more pure: 99.99 percent carbon-12."
You're right that a significant issue with noise cancellation is the dynamic range / resolution of the reciever. A lock-in amplifier does just the job:
The optical computer section didn't really mention the optical fourier processor. Fourier transforms in this type of system occur in real time, with just a simple lens!
In the past i've had the unfortunate experience of trying to connect to webmail in an internet cafe in uganda with a 56k modem shared between about 30 people.
I should imagine google search by the guys behind windows search would be about as painfully slow as that.
Sir Humphrey: "With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe." Jim Hacker: "I don't want to obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe." Sir Humphrey: "It's a deterrent." Jim Hacker: "It's a bluff. I probably wouldn't use it." Sir Humphrey: "Yes, but they don't know that you probably wouldn't." Jim Hacker: "They probably do." Sir Humphrey: "Yes, they probably know that you probably wouldn't. But they can't certainly know." Jim Hacker: "They probably certainly know that I probably wouldn't." Sir Humphrey: "Yes, but even though they probably certainly know that you probably wouldn't, they don't certainly know that, although you probably wouldn't, there is no probability that you certainly would."
Looking at those results i'm still glad I went with the relatively cheap and cheerful 7900gs, it may only be DX9 but hey I don't have vista, and by there time there are any decent games requiring it, this generation will be completely obsolete.
8800gts and above are the only worth while DX10 cards imho.
As is the case with many things the truth is somewhere in between these two. While I will quite commonly end up visiting an obscure site through google because it has high relevance, the larger sites will almost certainly be listed alongside these results.
For instance slashdot is highly ranked and grows because it has high relevance to a wide selection of technical topics and is also linked from a large number of sites because it is well known.
Slashdot Mirror
Although noise rejection isn't normally an issue, different fibres do have different bandwidths:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
and then there's the hollow fibre mentioned in the article, which achieved 73.7 Tb/s!
Some brilliant QI on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7aROzLVS58
I think it's best to angle it more towards:
Well I'm not so hot on *insert new fangled technology here*, but I'd love to learn more about it.
I.e. Assume they're talking about technical capability, rather than personal issues!
this is exactly the problem this algorithm attempts to solve:
"They also analyze the replies you receive and use this to evaluate your attractiveness (or unattractiveness). Obviously boys and girls who receive more replies are more attractive. When it takes this into account, it can recommend potential dates who not only match your taste but ones who are more likely to think you attractive and therefore to reply. "The model considers a user's "taste" in picking others and "attractiveness" in being picked by others," they say. "
Gravity Probe B had what i believe is at least a comparable spec of gyroscope:
http://einstein.stanford.edu/TECH/technology1.html
"The SQUID magnetometers are so sensitive that a field change of only one quantum—equivalent to 5 x 10-14 gauss (1/10,000,000,000,000th of the Earth's magnetic field) and corresponding to a gyro tilt of 0.1 milliarcsecond (3x10-8 degrees)—is detectable. "
"You can't carry atomic clocks in your pocket, they're a tad too big for that."
Well, that *used* to be true!
http://www.symmetricom.com/products/frequency-references/chip-scale-atomic-clock-csac/SA.45s-CSAC/
exactly, outside of work I meet some people who are nearing retirement at 25, and others are full of life well into their retirement. My great uncle was still fixing his car at 80!
I learnt c#, c++ and c just after uni (with only BASIC as prior experience) whilst working primarily as a physicist, and am now a full time software developer. As with any learning, you find the best people around to learn from and put the effort in. Changing teams reasonably often enables you to cherry pick techniques and ideas, whilst bouncing your own off others.
It also helps to ask your employer for as much relevant training as possible. Understand the technologies that interest you in particular through your own reading and practice.
Of course if you really can't be bothered to at least keep up with the cutting edge of technology (or invent it!) then perhaps you should think of a different career path.
from the harvard gazette article:
"In initial experiments, the team used diamonds that contained 99 percent carbon-12 atoms"
"Working with researchers at Element Six, a British-based company that specializes in manufacturing artificial diamonds, they developed a new technique to create crystals that were even more pure: 99.99 percent carbon-12."
respond thusly:
"We refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram"
http://www.nasw.org/users/nbauman/arkell.htm
I prefer to use a picture of Emily Blunt, that way if she ever takes my phone at least I have her number!
a slightly better "article" from the nature blog giving the official and unofficial stories:
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/02/faster-than-light-neutrino-measurement-has-two-possible-errors.html
You're right that a significant issue with noise cancellation is the dynamic range / resolution of the reciever. A lock-in amplifier does just the job:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock-in_amplifier
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8331253.stm
apparently packet switching was first demonstrated at the NPL in 1970.
pish, the real test is how well the car performs in a typical beach assault scenario!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vauvmLPOoHo
ahh but blackmail can be turned into such an exciting game show:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SDAFrW_vNNQ
Lucky imaging has been used in astrophotography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_imaging
i believe the main difficulty would be in the automation of the technique.
Yes precisely this seriously:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eELH0ivexKA
The optical computer section didn't really mention the optical fourier processor. Fourier transforms in this type of system occur in real time, with just a simple lens!
http://sharp.bu.edu/~slehar/fourier/fourier.html
Optical correlators have been built to perform pattern matching, including face recognition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_correlator
... carbon nanotubes?
In the past i've had the unfortunate experience of trying to connect to webmail in an internet cafe in uganda with a 56k modem shared between about 30 people.
I should imagine google search by the guys behind windows search would be about as painfully slow as that.
Air tripped breakers are great, stand in the wrong place and you too can be blown all the way down the corridor!
I've also heard a local hospital has a switch with a sign simply stating "£15,000". It releases all the liquid nitrogen in the nmr supermagnet.
Remind me of yes prime minister:
Sir Humphrey: "With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe."
Jim Hacker: "I don't want to obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe."
Sir Humphrey: "It's a deterrent."
Jim Hacker: "It's a bluff. I probably wouldn't use it."
Sir Humphrey: "Yes, but they don't know that you probably wouldn't."
Jim Hacker: "They probably do."
Sir Humphrey: "Yes, they probably know that you probably wouldn't. But they can't certainly know."
Jim Hacker: "They probably certainly know that I probably wouldn't."
Sir Humphrey: "Yes, but even though they probably certainly know that you probably wouldn't, they don't certainly know that, although you probably wouldn't, there is no probability that you certainly would."
Looking at those results i'm still glad I went with the relatively cheap and cheerful 7900gs, it may only be DX9 but hey I don't have vista, and by there time there are any decent games requiring it, this generation will be completely obsolete.
8800gts and above are the only worth while DX10 cards imho.
From what I remember of the C64, 3.17yrs to load a game sounds about right.
And there was me thinking that microchips manufactured on the 65nm scale was nanotech.
As is the case with many things the truth is somewhere in between these two. While I will quite commonly end up visiting an obscure site through google because it has high relevance, the larger sites will almost certainly be listed alongside these results.
For instance slashdot is highly ranked and grows because it has high relevance to a wide selection of technical topics and is also linked from a large number of sites because it is well known.