Say I wanted to write ls in Java. Startup time would be very important to me. Having dived back into Java development recently the bloat is getting me down. Nobody does anything small, except on Android where Dalvik does some of the caching and optimizing instead of the normal Java runtime.
I recently bought this laptop from JB Hifi. The best recommendation for Linux compatibility is that ASUS sell this model in some markets with Ubuntu so free drivers should be better than for other laptops. The only problem I have so far is that the volume control function keys don't seem to work. The part number seems to be R011PX.
Thats beside the point. You could do it if you had a couple of tonnes of anti matter to convert into energy along the way. The point is that while the time measured at rest must show speeds below c, the time in transit can be quite short.
Don't cross the streams! GP hulls were always used with hyperdrives. And in any event the drive would have to have been external so the GP hull isn't going to help with the difficult engineering. What we need is Pak Protectors chasing us across the galaxy. That would get us moving!
FTL is a prime necessity. Interstellar travel simply cannot be practical without it. The idea should be no more 'fringe' than man on the moon. To call it so only slows down the process of getting there. To me it only points out our complete lack of understanding and the flaws in our models of the universe. I'm no physicist either, but some things are too basic to let go. To butcher the quote: Time, space, and consciousness are not as separate and distinct as they appear to be. In other words, we are bacterium with no idea what's outside the petri dish, or even the inside that's not sugar coated
The universe doesn't work that way. Sorry. Accelerate at 1G continuously and you get to Alpha Centauri in one year (your time). You have covered four light years and you haven't exceeded the speed of light.
There are floating format mathematical libraries which support arbitrary precision, but that said I can't see a use for trillions of digits of pi in engineering or science. You can't even write it down given the cost of toner these days. It might be useful as a cryptographic key of course.
But then the article doesn't say if anybody was looking five years before the supernova, or if there has been any attempt to find a pulse of neutrinos that early.
IIRC quantum mechanics breaks causality anyway. Interactions between coupled particles have been shown to occur instantaneously, ie, faster than light.
Maybe its because GPS understands relativity well enough to get planes to the correct runway, and cruise missiles to their target, but the people who designed it didn't anticipate measuring the speed of neutrinos.
It would be nice to be able to configure your phone to refuse to connect to certain microcells, such as those used in stores. I doubt phone carriers would sell a phone with that capability though. Its not really in their interest to do that.
Probably different here in Australia. Friend of mine went to the apple store on the first day of sale for one model of iPhone. Tells the guy behind the counter what he wants. Apple guy says I'll just go and check to see if we have any in stock. Five minutes later he returns with a phone. The seems dumb. They either have big pallets stacked high with the things or none at all.
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Nine weeks. OS/2 has to start first.
Say I wanted to write ls in Java. Startup time would be very important to me
They'd say your entire userland should be happening inside a JVM, so you wouldn't notice the startup time.
In some universes that may work.
And I shall call it Eclipse.
Say I wanted to write ls in Java. Startup time would be very important to me. Having dived back into Java development recently the bloat is getting me down. Nobody does anything small, except on Android where Dalvik does some of the caching and optimizing instead of the normal Java runtime.
The Tnuctipun must have been here at some point,
I would recommend buying yourself a Macbook Pro
Summary says I'm an OS X user looking to switch to a Linux laptop so I am willing to bet that have a mac already.
I recently bought this laptop from JB Hifi. The best recommendation for Linux compatibility is that ASUS sell this model in some markets with Ubuntu so free drivers should be better than for other laptops. The only problem I have so far is that the volume control function keys don't seem to work. The part number seems to be R011PX.
Thats beside the point. You could do it if you had a couple of tonnes of anti matter to convert into energy along the way. The point is that while the time measured at rest must show speeds below c, the time in transit can be quite short.
Yes, we need the puppeteers to help us in our space voyages.
No, we just need the Outsiders.
Don't cross the streams! GP hulls were always used with hyperdrives. And in any event the drive would have to have been external so the GP hull isn't going to help with the difficult engineering. What we need is Pak Protectors chasing us across the galaxy. That would get us moving!
FTL is a prime necessity. Interstellar travel simply cannot be practical without it. The idea should be no more 'fringe' than man on the moon. To call it so only slows down the process of getting there. To me it only points out our complete lack of understanding and the flaws in our models of the universe. I'm no physicist either, but some things are too basic to let go. To butcher the quote: Time, space, and consciousness are not as separate and distinct as they appear to be. In other words, we are bacterium with no idea what's outside the petri dish, or even the inside that's not sugar coated
The universe doesn't work that way. Sorry. Accelerate at 1G continuously and you get to Alpha Centauri in one year (your time). You have covered four light years and you haven't exceeded the speed of light.
There are floating format mathematical libraries which support arbitrary precision, but that said I can't see a use for trillions of digits of pi in engineering or science. You can't even write it down given the cost of toner these days. It might be useful as a cryptographic key of course.
20 years ago I would have agreed.
Hanks is too old. Turing was in his early 40s when he died.
Maybe there is a tie in. Inception was Turing's dream.
But then the article doesn't say if anybody was looking five years before the supernova, or if there has been any attempt to find a pulse of neutrinos that early.
Damn. Good point.
I wonder of OPERA is receiving messages from the future now, and if so, what they say?
Say you could cool those FTL neutrinos so that traveled much faster than light. They would be a lot more use then.
IIRC quantum mechanics breaks causality anyway. Interactions between coupled particles have been shown to occur instantaneously, ie, faster than light.
Maybe its because GPS understands relativity well enough to get planes to the correct runway, and cruise missiles to their target, but the people who designed it didn't anticipate measuring the speed of neutrinos.
Centro, though they are continually going bust. And whoever owns Chadstone.
Shopping centres are still considered Public Places though. Operators of shopping centres dont have as much freedom to act as I do in my home.
It would be nice to be able to configure your phone to refuse to connect to certain microcells, such as those used in stores. I doubt phone carriers would sell a phone with that capability though. Its not really in their interest to do that.
Probably different here in Australia. Friend of mine went to the apple store on the first day of sale for one model of iPhone. Tells the guy behind the counter what he wants. Apple guy says I'll just go and check to see if we have any in stock. Five minutes later he returns with a phone. The seems dumb. They either have big pallets stacked high with the things or none at all.
Woz is an enthusiast.