My local broadcast station actually did produce a piece trying to push SOPA! But their example of where SOPA would help was a local author, whose out-of-print book was published online...by Google Books.
Of course, Google Books' publishing of out-of-print but still-copyrighted work is controversial - it's the subject of ongoing litigation. But surely SOPA wouldn't help resolve the matter.
Indeed, this sounds like it makes a lot of sense. I recalled a Python to JavaScript compiler ("Pyjamas"), googled for it, and found an entire GitHub page of links to such compilers. It includes compilers for Python, Ruby, C#, C, and more. Heck, there's even one for Perl!
The only problem is I haven't tried any of these, so I have no idea how good they are. On the other hand, I have used some pretty bad language converters. (Many of which I wrote on the spot, but still...)
D-Wave uses quantum annealing. This works for minimization problems, although it's unclear whether it's better than "simulated annealing". This does not work for problems like factoring integers, which "real" quantum computers can do.
Hmm, I would have thought that Google successfully having a fleet of autonomous vehicles roaming about in California without the public even noticing bests Watson.
Elsewhere in Colorado, that system shows 4 white spaces for me.
But this strikes me as very odd. I believe there are about 45 TV channels available. Here, I can only think of about six being used. Even rabbitears.info only lists 24 TV channels in use in this market, most of which are repeaters absurdly far away from me. So why aren't there 21-39 white spaces available? Is it a case of interference around other channels?
The compound generates excitons upon absorption of ultra-violet (UV) or visible light; this makes it very sensitive to oxidation. For this reason, this compound, which is a purple powder, slowly degrades upon exposure to air and light.
If I'm understanding this correctly, it means that exposure to both light and oxygen is necessary for it to break down. So, just cover it with a protective layer of something and it should remain stable. Preventing oxidation with oxygen would seem to be essential to the process anyway, as you want the electrons to go into...whatever the conductor is, not the air. (The summary suggests the conductor is a silicon solar panel, but TFA sounds more like the pentacene might be the sole PV compound.)
Based on what we know about the high-end AMD 7000 series, that it will forgo VLIW for separate threads, CUDA might actually work very well on that architecture. As long as the right 'qualified' individuals work on it.
I used to commute a very long distance, about 70 miles each way, partially between two major cities. I could either drive myself (80 minutes), carpool halfway there (90 minutes), or park and ride a bus between the two cities (2 hours!) The bus took longer because of all the stops it had to make, and because the roadway was generally not congested.
(I still commute this distance, but over the Internet it's much faster.)
I'll (fully) encrypt my sticks as soon as somebody makes an encryption software that is preinstalled in Windows AND Linux. (AND Mac OS X would be nice too). If I can't use it on a computer I don't have admin rights on, full-disk encryption is worthless to me.
On the other hand, I store my backups encrypted with AES-256 in openssl. I keep a Windows binary of OpenSSL on the drive so I know I can decrypt them if I really have to.
Heck, you'd be surprised how many projects have gotten people to volunteer to run such things. All you have to do is provide good uptime and statistics and people will come running! (Though a good project description helps too.)
Can we start to get some distributed trust systems in place, instead?
I suggest getting some Perspectives on the whole issue. Not only does it bypass warnings about self-signed certs, it gives an extra warning if a secure site looks hinky despite a valid cert.
Because they still are Doom clones. I haven't seen anything meaningful introduced in the last decade+ worth of Doom clones that wasn't already done in Doom.
B) Space is mostly empty, but there's a lot of little stuff floating around, and a large asteroid will have hit some of it before. They're not *that* fragile. I mean, it's literally a big rock. Go find yourself a nice boulder and throw paper airplanes at it until it breaks - that's about the level of what's being proposed here.
Not all asteroids are created equal. Sure, some are like boulders, but others are rubble piles, held together only by weak gravity. If a solid asteroid is like a boulder, imagine a rubble pile like a set of pool balls racked on a pool table. Sure, throwing a paper airplane at that isn't likely to send a ball flying off either, but it's far more likely than hitting a boulder.
C) Even if some small piece does fly off, it's not necessarily a risk. Many, many tons of material hit the earth (or at least its atmosphere) every year. Most people call them "shooting stars".
But those are tiny chips. An impact is far more likely to knock a chunk off a rubble pile than chip a ball or boulder.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be tried; just that it shouldn't be tried on a dangerous earth-crossing asteroid. Maybe it should be tried on a known, but safe, rubble pile first.
Also, I don't use Ctrl+A. I use Ctrl+Home, Shift+Ctrl+End sometimes; these two types of key combinations are useful in other selection circumstances (e.g. Home, Shift+End to select a line), and since they work I don't have to remember an extra key combo for the rare "select all". (I guess they don't work for a full browser page, but I don't copy an entire browser page and paste it to Word, like some people I know.)
As long as a TV is identifying content, does it also identify pirated content? (A show that looks like a known show, but in poorer quality, for instance?) If so, does it report me to the MAFIAA?
I worry that an impact, rather than moving the entire asteroid, could shatter it and make it much more likely that one small (but still potentially dangerous) part would go through the keyhole.
Which is why they should fill it with hydrogen instead. Keep the balloon in a separate building on the ground; once significantly above the ground the hydrogen should pose no fire threat - it would go up, not down. Plus, hydrogen is lighter, and might get you even higher!
The other problem with a space elevator is that it's rather impractical to build a small one. If you don't go out to geostationary orbit, it doesn't work very well.
On the other hand, imagine a small Lofstrom loop (or similar device) that goes only a mile or two high. Next, imagine placing it at an amusement park (e.g. Disney World), and letting guests ride it all the way up and down (at sub-orbital speeds, of course). That's one heck of a Ferris wheel! (The current tallest Ferris wheel in the world is only about 0.1 miles high.)
Great. Now, give me a version that can be dimmed with existing dimmer circuits, and can also operate in an enclosed fixture for the same lifespan. Then I'll be happy.
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Badges? We don't got no badges! We don't need no steenkin' badges!
Of course not. We just need achievements.
My local broadcast station actually did produce a piece trying to push SOPA! But their example of where SOPA would help was a local author, whose out-of-print book was published online...by Google Books.
Of course, Google Books' publishing of out-of-print but still-copyrighted work is controversial - it's the subject of ongoing litigation. But surely SOPA wouldn't help resolve the matter.
Indeed, this sounds like it makes a lot of sense. I recalled a Python to JavaScript compiler ("Pyjamas"), googled for it, and found an entire GitHub page of links to such compilers. It includes compilers for Python, Ruby, C#, C, and more. Heck, there's even one for Perl!
The only problem is I haven't tried any of these, so I have no idea how good they are. On the other hand, I have used some pretty bad language converters. (Many of which I wrote on the spot, but still...)
D-Wave uses quantum annealing. This works for minimization problems, although it's unclear whether it's better than "simulated annealing". This does not work for problems like factoring integers, which "real" quantum computers can do.
Hmm, I would have thought that Google successfully having a fleet of autonomous vehicles roaming about in California without the public even noticing bests Watson.
Almost without the public noticing.
"But it was being driven manually," you say.
Yeah. Uh, huh. Right.
Mod parent up! I've never had bedbugs, but I've heard enough that I won't go back to theaters until the bugs are gone.
Elsewhere in Colorado, that system shows 4 white spaces for me.
But this strikes me as very odd. I believe there are about 45 TV channels available. Here, I can only think of about six being used. Even rabbitears.info only lists 24 TV channels in use in this market, most of which are repeaters absurdly far away from me. So why aren't there 21-39 white spaces available? Is it a case of interference around other channels?
Fuller Wikipedia quote:
The compound generates excitons upon absorption of ultra-violet (UV) or visible light; this makes it very sensitive to oxidation. For this reason, this compound, which is a purple powder, slowly degrades upon exposure to air and light.
If I'm understanding this correctly, it means that exposure to both light and oxygen is necessary for it to break down. So, just cover it with a protective layer of something and it should remain stable. Preventing oxidation with oxygen would seem to be essential to the process anyway, as you want the electrons to go into...whatever the conductor is, not the air. (The summary suggests the conductor is a silicon solar panel, but TFA sounds more like the pentacene might be the sole PV compound.)
(Off topic): [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra]Tegra[/url]? (An ARM chip with nVIDIA graphics.)
Based on what we know about the high-end AMD 7000 series, that it will forgo VLIW for separate threads, CUDA might actually work very well on that architecture. As long as the right 'qualified' individuals work on it.
I used to commute a very long distance, about 70 miles each way, partially between two major cities. I could either drive myself (80 minutes), carpool halfway there (90 minutes), or park and ride a bus between the two cities (2 hours!) The bus took longer because of all the stops it had to make, and because the roadway was generally not congested.
(I still commute this distance, but over the Internet it's much faster.)
I'll (fully) encrypt my sticks as soon as somebody makes an encryption software that is preinstalled in Windows AND Linux. (AND Mac OS X would be nice too). If I can't use it on a computer I don't have admin rights on, full-disk encryption is worthless to me.
On the other hand, I store my backups encrypted with AES-256 in openssl. I keep a Windows binary of OpenSSL on the drive so I know I can decrypt them if I really have to.
Heck, you'd be surprised how many projects have gotten people to volunteer to run such things. All you have to do is provide good uptime and statistics and people will come running! (Though a good project description helps too.)
AnandTech has some more details.
Can we start to get some distributed trust systems in place, instead?
I suggest getting some Perspectives on the whole issue. Not only does it bypass warnings about self-signed certs, it gives an extra warning if a secure site looks hinky despite a valid cert.
Because they still are Doom clones. I haven't seen anything meaningful introduced in the last decade+ worth of Doom clones that wasn't already done in Doom.
Vehicles?
Quick, what's the latest, hottest, browser out there? Google Chrome.
What's Google Chrome's strength? It hides the menus and stuff, and only shows bookmarks when you're most likely to want them.
So, does Microsoft design a file manager that works like Chrome, hiding the most unusual features deep in menus?
No! They spill everything out in a giant mass of buttons.
/facepalm
B) Space is mostly empty, but there's a lot of little stuff floating around, and a large asteroid will have hit some of it before. They're not *that* fragile. I mean, it's literally a big rock. Go find yourself a nice boulder and throw paper airplanes at it until it breaks - that's about the level of what's being proposed here.
Not all asteroids are created equal. Sure, some are like boulders, but others are rubble piles, held together only by weak gravity. If a solid asteroid is like a boulder, imagine a rubble pile like a set of pool balls racked on a pool table. Sure, throwing a paper airplane at that isn't likely to send a ball flying off either, but it's far more likely than hitting a boulder.
C) Even if some small piece does fly off, it's not necessarily a risk. Many, many tons of material hit the earth (or at least its atmosphere) every year. Most people call them "shooting stars".
But those are tiny chips. An impact is far more likely to knock a chunk off a rubble pile than chip a ball or boulder.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be tried; just that it shouldn't be tried on a dangerous earth-crossing asteroid. Maybe it should be tried on a known, but safe, rubble pile first.
You forgot Ctrl+X, to Cut instead of Copy.
Also, I don't use Ctrl+A. I use Ctrl+Home, Shift+Ctrl+End sometimes; these two types of key combinations are useful in other selection circumstances (e.g. Home, Shift+End to select a line), and since they work I don't have to remember an extra key combo for the rare "select all". (I guess they don't work for a full browser page, but I don't copy an entire browser page and paste it to Word, like some people I know.)
As long as a TV is identifying content, does it also identify pirated content? (A show that looks like a known show, but in poorer quality, for instance?) If so, does it report me to the MAFIAA?
This looks like a slippery slope.
I worry that an impact, rather than moving the entire asteroid, could shatter it and make it much more likely that one small (but still potentially dangerous) part would go through the keyhole.
1) But we're running out of helium.
Which is why they should fill it with hydrogen instead. Keep the balloon in a separate building on the ground; once significantly above the ground the hydrogen should pose no fire threat - it would go up, not down. Plus, hydrogen is lighter, and might get you even higher!
I wonder if it can be hacked to make these processors run at any speed that's input from the software? Maybe we can finally get our i3 2100K chips?
The other problem with a space elevator is that it's rather impractical to build a small one. If you don't go out to geostationary orbit, it doesn't work very well.
On the other hand, imagine a small Lofstrom loop (or similar device) that goes only a mile or two high. Next, imagine placing it at an amusement park (e.g. Disney World), and letting guests ride it all the way up and down (at sub-orbital speeds, of course). That's one heck of a Ferris wheel! (The current tallest Ferris wheel in the world is only about 0.1 miles high.)
Great. Now, give me a version that can be dimmed with existing dimmer circuits, and can also operate in an enclosed fixture for the same lifespan. Then I'll be happy.