"...we risk the freedom and enterprise fostered by this informational marvel and end up sacrificing access to information, privacy and protection of intellectual property we have all depended on." he said in a statement."
He wants the US to be 'the boss' of the internet, just like, for some reason, the US needs to be the boss of everything in order for it to be 'free', 'democratic', 'safe' etc.
The first two questions that came to my mind about this clock are the timing reference and the wear. Imho all the rest are just 'higher layers' (like having alarms etc).
It can't keep time by a primary standard (atomic clock or something) because this standard would probably not survive 10000 years itself. The way out they took is to synchronise it mechanically to the sun every day using lirrors and bimetals. In other words: it is an advanced sundial (no troll intended), just a bit more complicated and clever.
Unfortunately I could not find info on the wear. The article mentions the avoidance of gems, precious materials etc (to avoid looting). Usually these are also the _hard_ materials that give ordinary clocks a good restatance to wear. How will they avoid that it comes to a grinding stop in 2000 years?
If I understand TFA correctly the reasoning is that open source software allows you to use transmitters for something else than what the manufacturer intended them (e.g. other frequencies etc.). Why on earth would this make the FCC unnecessary? On the contrary: when everyone starts messing around modifying equipment this is an extra reason why there should be rules (and an organ to enforce them).
This is exactly the same as saying we don't need highway patrol any more because you reprogrammed you car's internal computer so... yeah, what actually?
The boss doesn't necessarily like this. I once did a chip design (while a student). This was a 'large' passive device, meaning features of 50m or so (a 4x4 antenna array at 26 GHz). We added a Bart Simpson picture, but were warned it should not be rastered (i.e. using small dots to make shades of grey). Apparently the etching of small dots pollutes the chemicals rather heavily such that they need to be replaced early, or something (this was some time ago), or maybe they were afraid that etched out parts would end up somewhere unwanted. Anyway, we were advised not to go too far.
It may be a BS number to end-users. However, when you are developing, especially low-level, real-time processing etc, it is an important number. You know in advance you need not bother with processor X or Y if it doesn't meet the MIPS requirement of your algorithm (we are not talking about word processing here). Yout statement is correct in sofar that the MIPS numbers quoted are often difficult to achieve as they require full exploitation of the pipelining of the processor. In other words: if you cannot parallelize your code well enough, a part of the processor will be sitting unused 'wasting' MIPS. But the number is not useless.
In other news, Creative have created a new image compression standard that makes compressed images "look better than the original uncompressed version".
Clearly you don't know much about technology! I have even seen this on TV. The police had a noisy surveillance video of a suspect, and they pressed the 'enhance' button, and the noise was gone. And the resolution improved by a factor 100000, such that they could extract the guy's DNA from the video tape. This is true, I saw it myself on TV, and the guy operating the PC was wearing a white labcoat, so he was a real scientist. Besides, the others would have noticed, and they were police (carrying real guns).
It would not surpise me if 70% of the/. replies would be about this BS line...
The headgear looks like an EEG (electro encypphalogram) probe to me. In other words, it is used to measure brain voltages. Probably to see which portions of the brain are active while you perform specific actions. Maybe there is an 'addiction-region' in the brain or so? Anyway it does not look unreasonable to use it and it doesn't hurt.
If the George W. Bush did this, he'd have a better idea of what people are thinking. Damn thing is he probably IS reading a sample of letters/faxes/emails but not a RANDOM sample.
Indeed, he only reads the ones with drawings and pictures, written in large letters (avoiding the dificult ones like 'x' and 'q').
I think the easiest way to solve this is: mandate by law that the 'second file' (obviously some different legal terminology could be used here) be available to the consumer for free.
This would obviously defeat the purpose they have for this 'second file'. It would be like saying 'everybody tell your secrets'. Later:'and also the ones you would like to keep.'
It would somewhat surprise me if knowledge of the general/. public went very much beyond knowing that it means mass and (a lot of!!!) energy are exchangeable, and this idea can lead to nuclear plants, atomic bombs etc.
Not _everyone_ is a relativity theory physicist.
The book is interesting because it offers some 'petite histoire' on the evolution of the formula. Unfortunately you have a point that it is not completely for nerds as it contains fuzzy explanations and crappy analogies here and there. (disclaimer: I haven't read it completely do far).
Indeed, but if I had a server I'd want one of these for RAM.
That would make you a 100% technology elitist. If I, for one, would build a server, I would make it out of small, cheap, proven reliable, available components that I know rather than (presumably) expensive, large, unavailable non-field-tested new technology for which the only incentive to buy them would be they are 'cool'...
... future network tech won't swamp the 50GB capacity either?
50GB should be enough for everybody.
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The CD-ROM put encyclopedia salesmen out of business. We could apply your same argument: "It's funny how building a family changes your perspective on cheap mass storage. I like mass storage, but it's never going to win in the long run, because encyclopedia salesmen have families to support and will not slit the throat of the goose that lays the golden eggs that pay the bills and support one's spouse and children."
I'll bite. The difference is that they ***SELL*** their products and the books are protected by copyright. THAT's how the free market works.
We have created Office for the Mac but--and I thought I had been clear on this already when I said 'No'--we have no plans at this time to build Office on Linux,'
As the saying goes: "When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps, when he says perhaps he means no. When he says no, he is not a diplomat. When a lady says no, she means perhaps, when she says perhaps, she means yes. But when she says yes, she is no lady."
Clearly he is no diplomat, but he may be a lady, in which case we might still see MS Offix one day...
Be coincidence I read about this research a week ago in a book called "Das Buch der verrückten Experimente" ('The book of weird experiments'). When looking for a gift for a geek or if want to have an interesting read yourself, look no further. About ALL weird experiments you have ever heard ebout, and many more are described in there (Milgram experiment, prisoner/guard experiment, rat race, spiders on drugs, biological warfare, chances of having sex with complete strangers,...).
I am not sure if there is an English translation, but the web site has some excerpts.
Well, chew on this: lately studies have been consitently showing that, once you get past the poverty line, personal satisfaction and happiness are negatively correlated with income.
While this may be true, an interesting consequence is that people exactly at the poverty line are the happiest of all (assuming that the correlation is positive for those under the poverty line)...
Regardless, carbon dating is only good for up until about 60,000 years old. After that many other methods can be used, most of those methods are proven and extremely accurate.
How can they know? Unless someone planted an artefact 60000 years ago (and dated it), how can they know these methods are proven and accurate (in the +60000 years range)?
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He wants the US to be 'the boss' of the internet, just like, for some reason, the US needs to be the boss of everything in order for it to be 'free', 'democratic', 'safe' etc.
It can't keep time by a primary standard (atomic clock or something) because this standard would probably not survive 10000 years itself. The way out they took is to synchronise it mechanically to the sun every day using lirrors and bimetals. In other words: it is an advanced sundial (no troll intended), just a bit more complicated and clever.
Unfortunately I could not find info on the wear. The article mentions the avoidance of gems, precious materials etc (to avoid looting). Usually these are also the _hard_ materials that give ordinary clocks a good restatance to wear. How will they avoid that it comes to a grinding stop in 2000 years?
For humans: yes. For the device itself it is important that it can bend, i.e. will not break if you bend it (accidentally).
This is exactly the same as saying we don't need highway patrol any more because you reprogrammed you car's internal computer so... yeah, what actually?
You should have posted the answer in a link. Now it is spoiled for everyone. Great!
The boss doesn't necessarily like this. I once did a chip design (while a student). This was a 'large' passive device, meaning features of 50m or so (a 4x4 antenna array at 26 GHz). We added a Bart Simpson picture, but were warned it should not be rastered (i.e. using small dots to make shades of grey). Apparently the etching of small dots pollutes the chemicals rather heavily such that they need to be replaced early, or something (this was some time ago), or maybe they were afraid that etched out parts would end up somewhere unwanted. Anyway, we were advised not to go too far.
I had them too until I turned 4 or so. Mind you, my mother wasn't too pleased...
Maybe they accidentaly telesourced it to India...
It may be a BS number to end-users. However, when you are developing, especially low-level, real-time processing etc, it is an important number. You know in advance you need not bother with processor X or Y if it doesn't meet the MIPS requirement of your algorithm (we are not talking about word processing here). Yout statement is correct in sofar that the MIPS numbers quoted are often difficult to achieve as they require full exploitation of the pipelining of the processor. In other words: if you cannot parallelize your code well enough, a part of the processor will be sitting unused 'wasting' MIPS. But the number is not useless.
Clearly you don't know much about technology! I have even seen this on TV.
The police had a noisy surveillance video of a suspect, and they pressed the 'enhance' button, and the noise was gone. And the resolution improved by a factor 100000, such that they could extract the guy's DNA from the video tape. This is true, I saw it myself on TV, and the guy operating the PC was wearing a white labcoat, so he was a real scientist. Besides, the others would have noticed, and they were police (carrying real guns).
It would not surpise me if 70% of the /. replies would be about this BS line...
The headgear looks like an EEG (electro encypphalogram) probe to me. In other words, it is used to measure brain voltages. Probably to see which portions of the brain are active while you perform specific actions. Maybe there is an 'addiction-region' in the brain or so? Anyway it does not look unreasonable to use it and it doesn't hurt.
Should have read :'potnet dismantled'. After all, it's Holland, right?
Also, Gromit is not a real dog!
Police are on the lookout
...phew!
Indeed, he only reads the ones with drawings and pictures, written in large letters (avoiding the dificult ones like 'x' and 'q').
This would obviously defeat the purpose they have for this 'second file'. It would be like saying 'everybody tell your secrets'. Later:'and also the ones you would like to keep.'
The book is interesting because it offers some 'petite histoire' on the evolution of the formula. Unfortunately you have a point that it is not completely for nerds as it contains fuzzy explanations and crappy analogies here and there. (disclaimer: I haven't read it completely do far).
That would make you a 100% technology elitist. If I, for one, would build a server, I would make it out of small, cheap, proven reliable, available components that I know rather than (presumably) expensive, large, unavailable non-field-tested new technology for which the only incentive to buy them would be they are 'cool'...
50GB should be enough for everybody.
I'll bite. The difference is that they ***SELL*** their products and the books are protected by copyright. THAT's how the free market works.
As the saying goes: "When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps, when he says perhaps he means no. When he says no, he is not a diplomat. When a lady says no, she means perhaps, when she says perhaps, she means yes. But when she says yes, she is no lady."
Clearly he is no diplomat, but he may be a lady, in which case we might still see MS Offix one day...
I am not sure if there is an English translation, but the web site has some excerpts.
While this may be true, an interesting consequence is that people exactly at the poverty line are the happiest of all (assuming that the correlation is positive for those under the poverty line)...
How can they know? Unless someone planted an artefact 60000 years ago (and dated it), how can they know these methods are proven and accurate (in the +60000 years range)?