I apologize that I don't have time to construct a proper reply, but this article gives a nice explanation of how majorana fermions can be used to make qubits (hopefully it's not paywalled, but I'm on a university network so it's hard for me to tell):
http://www.nature.com/nphys/jo...
In some cities, the combination of red-light cameras and shorter yellow lights encourage looking at the timers. I know I'm extremely guilty of this, but feel like I wouldn't have enough time to stop if I didn't. Many drivers are more concerned with getting tickets than driving safely - not a good incentive if you ask me.
But, if it is the whole 'torturing forever' thing, first thing I'm doing when I get to heaven is I'm tugging on God's cape and saying, "hey, can we get those people out of there?" I have no idea how I'm supposed to party forever in heaven with Jesus if there's even one soul suffering in hell.
I think what a theologian would argue is that God would respond "No, because they don't want to leave." Free will and all that, ya know?
I realize the desire to tout the fact that you use a quantum computer and that if D-wave is selling a "quantum computer," they should deliver something that performs quantum computations. However, if it does what it's supposed better than other classical computers, then the money is not a waste. Unless the spending was just for show, then too bad.
If I pay for 100GB of data, but only use 5GB, then I should retain my remaining 95GB for the future. I did pay for it. Otherwise, move to a true utility model.
For one example, for one project let's say I have roughly 300GB of simulation data. Of out that data, how much will be used to generate a figures for publication? Maybe 1%? The rest of it is from testing, fine tuning, and exploring the parameter space. The real problem isn't where to save it all, but that there is exteremely little incetive to to go through the trouble of sifting through and archiving the important stuff. 80% is proably a lower bound, IMHO. Futhermore, let's say you save that im portant precious data. Good luck future scientist in figuring out what is in those files and how to analyze it.
I realize that not all science is like this, but I think I'm speaking about the majority, not the minority.
"They are amazingly good at what they do."
True story, I don't think anyone forsees desktops vanishing, but they are moving more towards becoming something you replace when it runs out (e.g. toilet paper), than something you keep constantly up to date by buying the latest and greateast.
"Your age probably determines whether you think of Blockbuster Video as a fond memory or a dinosaur predestined for extinction."
How about neither? When they came into town, the locally owned ma & pop video rental that had been around since the dawn of home video rentals closed almost immediately.
I think the assumption is that if those governments had as much power, then the damage they could inflict would be proportional. If the US couldn't do anything with the knowledge, then no one would care.
That platform might not be so special, which is one of the main reasons to provide the binaries. (relative) Homogeneity is one of the strengths of that particular platform.
Compiling software isn't a part of most Window's users workflow - if you truly are win-compatible (and know because someone has actually compiled it), providing the binaries will give your project visibility you wouldn't have otherwise. It is a sacrifice that you can make to really contribute your software to a large group of people.
That will save Google data, but AFAIK it doesn't do data specific to 3rd party apps (at least not when I upgraded last year). I have a very cursory knowledge of Android, but I feel that if apps operate in a sandbox, their state should be saved in a known location and therefore be migratible.
Seems to fill the purpose of lot of other apps like Android lost, etc... What I would really like to see is a nice way to migrate from an old phone to a new one.
What about unions? Look at the top ten contributors, almost all democrat and mostly unions: http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
Sadly, I'm not sure they are much different than Corporations in the "unwarranted amount of political power into the hands of a tiny minority of people" area.
It's important to remember that most wind turbines use neodymium (and lots of it - roughly 2 tons per large turbine), carrying the high environmental pricetag associated with rare earth mining. Whether or not that outweighs that environmental impact of where the energy would've been obtained from otherwise is debated.
One thing that would be great would be to fund studies that's sole purpose is to verify/reproduce someone else's work. Obviously, with the current state of funding, this really doesn't happen. Once something is published, we as the next researchers are forced to take results as fact - which may not be true due to error, low yield, or (hopefully not) fabricationofresults (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_misconduct).
I really do believe that incentivizing verification of results and repeat studies (with reasonable limits, of course) would improve scientific research tremendously. However, it's even less likely to take hold than moving away from "publish or perish."
The less features you have to maintain, the better? If they make any internal data format and/or API changes, they may have have to change something here.
I have worked at some places that hired folks with only a high school diploma, if that. These were some of the smartest people I've ever known and they were definitely good enough to make it without the diploma. If you are truly amazing at what you do then any employer would be happy to have you. You just have to demonstrate it.
That being said, it is more than worth it to take an honest look at yourself. Are you really that good, and if so, would it come across to a stranger? As many people have pointed out, the degree is not strictly about what you learn, it's a chance for you to prove what you are capable of. Also, most of the folks I'm talking about started doing this stuff before formal tranining was as pervasive as it is now.
What about coporate environments that are strictly change controlled? The extra visibility may produce significant risk to systems that cannot be patched in such short order...
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"Viral growth" isn't only for youtube videos. One major thing to consider is that disease can spread exponentially.
I apologize that I don't have time to construct a proper reply, but this article gives a nice explanation of how majorana fermions can be used to make qubits (hopefully it's not paywalled, but I'm on a university network so it's hard for me to tell): http://www.nature.com/nphys/jo...
In some cities, the combination of red-light cameras and shorter yellow lights encourage looking at the timers. I know I'm extremely guilty of this, but feel like I wouldn't have enough time to stop if I didn't. Many drivers are more concerned with getting tickets than driving safely - not a good incentive if you ask me.
But, if it is the whole 'torturing forever' thing, first thing I'm doing when I get to heaven is I'm tugging on God's cape and saying, "hey, can we get those people out of there?" I have no idea how I'm supposed to party forever in heaven with Jesus if there's even one soul suffering in hell.
I think what a theologian would argue is that God would respond "No, because they don't want to leave." Free will and all that, ya know?
I realize the desire to tout the fact that you use a quantum computer and that if D-wave is selling a "quantum computer," they should deliver something that performs quantum computations. However, if it does what it's supposed better than other classical computers, then the money is not a waste. Unless the spending was just for show, then too bad.
If I pay for 100GB of data, but only use 5GB, then I should retain my remaining 95GB for the future. I did pay for it. Otherwise, move to a true utility model.
For one example, for one project let's say I have roughly 300GB of simulation data. Of out that data, how much will be used to generate a figures for publication? Maybe 1%? The rest of it is from testing, fine tuning, and exploring the parameter space. The real problem isn't where to save it all, but that there is exteremely little incetive to to go through the trouble of sifting through and archiving the important stuff. 80% is proably a lower bound, IMHO. Futhermore, let's say you save that im portant precious data. Good luck future scientist in figuring out what is in those files and how to analyze it.
I realize that not all science is like this, but I think I'm speaking about the majority, not the minority.
"They are amazingly good at what they do."
True story, I don't think anyone forsees desktops vanishing, but they are moving more towards becoming something you replace when it runs out (e.g. toilet paper), than something you keep constantly up to date by buying the latest and greateast.
I trust they've now upgraded to the far more secure 12345678?
"Your age probably determines whether you think of Blockbuster Video as a fond memory or a dinosaur predestined for extinction."
How about neither? When they came into town, the locally owned ma & pop video rental that had been around since the dawn of home video rentals closed almost immediately.
I think the assumption is that if those governments had as much power, then the damage they could inflict would be proportional. If the US couldn't do anything with the knowledge, then no one would care.
Just hope you don't get hit by one of those rockets on its way up, then you'll wish you had the extra $175k
Except you can't actually call anybody from the world's tallest mountains...they don't have a cell tower on Everest, do they?
Apparently, there is coverage
That platform might not be so special, which is one of the main reasons to provide the binaries. (relative) Homogeneity is one of the strengths of that particular platform. Compiling software isn't a part of most Window's users workflow - if you truly are win-compatible (and know because someone has actually compiled it), providing the binaries will give your project visibility you wouldn't have otherwise. It is a sacrifice that you can make to really contribute your software to a large group of people.
That will save Google data, but AFAIK it doesn't do data specific to 3rd party apps (at least not when I upgraded last year). I have a very cursory knowledge of Android, but I feel that if apps operate in a sandbox, their state should be saved in a known location and therefore be migratible.
Seems to fill the purpose of lot of other apps like Android lost, etc... What I would really like to see is a nice way to migrate from an old phone to a new one.
What about unions? Look at the top ten contributors, almost all democrat and mostly unions: http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php Sadly, I'm not sure they are much different than Corporations in the "unwarranted amount of political power into the hands of a tiny minority of people" area.
Re: 3 - as much as I love that statement, I think it's more accurately viewed as Putin will talk any chance he can to stick it to the US.
s/talk/take/
Re: 3 - as much as I love that statement, I think it's more accurately viewed as Putin will talk any chance he can to stick it to the US.
It's important to remember that most wind turbines use neodymium (and lots of it - roughly 2 tons per large turbine), carrying the high environmental pricetag associated with rare earth mining. Whether or not that outweighs that environmental impact of where the energy would've been obtained from otherwise is debated.
One thing that would be great would be to fund studies that's sole purpose is to verify/reproduce someone else's work. Obviously, with the current state of funding, this really doesn't happen. Once something is published, we as the next researchers are forced to take results as fact - which may not be true due to error, low yield, or (hopefully not) fabrication of results (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_misconduct).
I really do believe that incentivizing verification of results and repeat studies (with reasonable limits, of course) would improve scientific research tremendously. However, it's even less likely to take hold than moving away from "publish or perish."
4.4 GHz? Oddly not mentioned in TFA....
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The less features you have to maintain, the better? If they make any internal data format and/or API changes, they may have have to change something here.
I have worked at some places that hired folks with only a high school diploma, if that. These were some of the smartest people I've ever known and they were definitely good enough to make it without the diploma. If you are truly amazing at what you do then any employer would be happy to have you. You just have to demonstrate it.
That being said, it is more than worth it to take an honest look at yourself. Are you really that good, and if so, would it come across to a stranger? As many people have pointed out, the degree is not strictly about what you learn, it's a chance for you to prove what you are capable of. Also, most of the folks I'm talking about started doing this stuff before formal tranining was as pervasive as it is now.
What about coporate environments that are strictly change controlled? The extra visibility may produce significant risk to systems that cannot be patched in such short order...