The problem is that windows, OSX and *nix all converge as you look closer to the UI. Workstations tend to run the same applications and support the same protocols. Most of them run javascript and flash for example. Maybe in the future a lot of those workstations will be primarily thin clients used to access online services. Then the services get hacked...
I used my one megabyte palm pro for nine years. In that time I found exactly two bugs in the software. When I upgraded to to new palm zire I loaded my data into it with palm-link on linux. Literally everything was there on the new machine. At one time palm employed fantastic software people. It remains to be seen if they still do though.
Seeing a bunch of guys in their 60s doing action/adventure stuff won't cut it for me, I don't think. It's just a mis-match of the phases of human life and the plot of the story. Running around doing crazy shit is a young person's thing; a story where the cast is middle-aged should have the plot that involves the drama that a middle aged person gets involved in -- kids, grandkids, getting old, missed opportunities, rectifying relationships, taking on responsiblities, coming to terms with your life, etc.
I am 43 and I spend more time running around doing crazy shit than I did when I was 20 years younger, mainly because I have the money and time now, and my seven year old son has similar tastes in crazy shit (or is learning too, anyway).
But yeah, Bill Murray wants to move on, maybe the others should as well. Maybe they won't be there in the fourth if it gets made.
Congestion in geosynchronous orbit is definitely a problem for bandwidth. Satellites rely on tight beams to save on frequencies. But as has been pointed out previously, space is big. Really, really big.
GSO has a radius of 42,164 km. And a circumference of 132479 km. So if you had a bird every 10km there would be space for 13247 of them, which sounds pretty good to me.
....and you still wouldn't be near a superconductor. Even the best "high-temperature" superconductors are below the coldest of cold we've measured naturally
How about the surface of Titan. Isn't that "measured naturally"?
I call shenanigans (or bad reporting) on this story. There were no 1TB hard drives 9 years ago (except maybe in HD manufacturers labs). You might have had an external array, but not a drive. I don't remember for sure, but I'd say a single hard drive was max ~250GB in 2000?
Maybe the original data was archived on a modern device. If you are relying on hard disks it would make sense to move the asset (the data) on to media which you can maintain.
Robots on the battle field seem to be designed as extensions of current human operations. They basically shoot at things and try to destroy them.
How about building a hardened robot which can take a lot of punishment. It rolls or walks up to one of the enemy, grabs hold of them and shuts down. That way, the opposition can be disabled with fewer casualties.
Maybe energy consumption isn't the primary consideration. Small cylinders would work better at high RPM because fuel and air injection can happen faster.
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Conciousness? I don't believe it exists. Its just an excuse to put an artificial barrier between us and other animals.
Turning Test? Not sure my mother would always pass that one.
That is easy to deal with, just hand off the spec to a developer outside the USA. The DMCA does not matter anywhere else.
Unless they have their own DCMA. Trade agreements tend to make these things spread to other countries.
The problem is that windows, OSX and *nix all converge as you look closer to the UI. Workstations tend to run the same applications and support the same protocols. Most of them run javascript and flash for example. Maybe in the future a lot of those workstations will be primarily thin clients used to access online services. Then the services get hacked...
I used my one megabyte palm pro for nine years. In that time I found exactly two bugs in the software. When I upgraded to to new palm zire I loaded my data into it with palm-link on linux. Literally everything was there on the new machine. At one time palm employed fantastic software people. It remains to be seen if they still do though.
And finally, the iPhone works worldwide, while the CDMA Pre is a US/Canada only device. That in and of itself decides the choice for me.
Non US models use GSM.
Damn. Its 2*pi*R. I must have been thinking pi*D
Not autonomously.
Fluoride bungle
your son is way too young to be running around with an unlicensed nuclear accelerator strapped to his back
Now they tell me.
If the new Pink Panther movies are any guide, nobody.
My idea of crazy shit is closer to the Ghost Busters idea of crazy shit.
Seeing a bunch of guys in their 60s doing action/adventure stuff won't cut it for me, I don't think. It's just a mis-match of the phases of human life and the plot of the story. Running around doing crazy shit is a young person's thing; a story where the cast is middle-aged should have the plot that involves the drama that a middle aged person gets involved in -- kids, grandkids, getting old, missed opportunities, rectifying relationships, taking on responsiblities, coming to terms with your life, etc.
I am 43 and I spend more time running around doing crazy shit than I did when I was 20 years younger, mainly because I have the money and time now, and my seven year old son has similar tastes in crazy shit (or is learning too, anyway).
But yeah, Bill Murray wants to move on, maybe the others should as well. Maybe they won't be there in the fourth if it gets made.
For instance there are probably very few GEO satellites over the poles.
Truer words were never spoken.
Congestion in geosynchronous orbit is definitely a problem for bandwidth. Satellites rely on tight beams to save on frequencies. But as has been pointed out previously, space is big. Really, really big.
GSO has a radius of 42,164 km. And a circumference of 132479 km. So if you had a bird every 10km there would be space for 13247 of them, which sounds pretty good to me.
....and you still wouldn't be near a superconductor. Even the best "high-temperature" superconductors are below the coldest of cold we've measured naturally
How about the surface of Titan. Isn't that "measured naturally"?
Well this came from a researcher in Chile so there is hope for North America in the long term. Maybe soccer will follow the Spanish language north?
"They play football for keeps in South America" - Arthur C Clarke.
Every soccer player knows that the most important skill is knowing when and how to fall.
I call shenanigans (or bad reporting) on this story. There were no 1TB hard drives 9 years ago (except maybe in HD manufacturers labs). You might have had an external array, but not a drive. I don't remember for sure, but I'd say a single hard drive was max ~250GB in 2000?
Maybe the original data was archived on a modern device. If you are relying on hard disks it would make sense to move the asset (the data) on to media which you can maintain.
Obviously not secure enough.
C'mon. There was a sign on the door saying "beware of the leopard".
Robots on the battle field seem to be designed as extensions of current human operations. They basically shoot at things and try to destroy them.
How about building a hardened robot which can take a lot of punishment. It rolls or walks up to one of the enemy, grabs hold of them and shuts down. That way, the opposition can be disabled with fewer casualties.
I ride a bike, and I agree with you. But buyers of big cars see the world differently, I think.
Maybe energy consumption isn't the primary consideration. Small cylinders would work better at high RPM because fuel and air injection can happen faster.
Anything new has a high energy cost attached to it because it is manufactured in small quantities with new plant and equipment.
You can be a Holden man or a Ford man, or not a man at all.
Fuel prices, even in Europe don't really drive people to buy smaller cars. The smaller roads and parking spaces may be a factor.