It's amazing how you can put John Williams' score and Ben Burtt's sound effects on any piece of garbage and make it give you the chills. Therein lies the true genius of SW.
Yeah, kids have suffered over the ages by depending on inanimate learning tools(books, blackboards, pencils, etc.).
I agree that education should not degenerate to the point where kids are plugged into them all day (like the clones in Star Wars Episode II). However, computers can (and should) be used to complement the teacher's lesson plan and to allow the teacher to spend less time on busy work (manually grading papers, etc.) and more time interacting with the students.
As for abuses of technology, kids have always found ways to cheat and always will. Anyone remember Bluto dumpster-diving for the mimeograph negative?
Where's the equal time for creationism? I don't believe in this "evolution" stuff. I think God created.NET (cough, cough) and then rested on the seventh day.
Actually, it got amended (Amendment XIII). The framers of the Constitution realized that social mores would change over time and provided a means to change it. If, as you believe, the second amendment is outdated, work to change it.
"So, looking at the constitution as a source of truth and wisdom is, frankly, bullshit. "
Be as it may, it's the law of the land.
(By the way, I think that Internet hunting is asinine)
To see the benefits of the electoral college, look at the election map. The current system keeps elections balanced between population centers and rural areas. If the electoral college didn't exist, candidates would never leave the coasts, leaving us poor saps in the sticks with no way to hear empty promises every 4 years;). It's a way to ensure that all regions of the country have a balanced say in the election of the president.
It's amazing that people question the electoral college when a close election comes up, but have no problem with their representation in the legislative branch, which follows the same principles.
In short, VOTE! If you're concerned about your vote not counting on a national level, the same can't be said about your local and state elections.
When did Bush say that we shouldn't fight outsourcing? Kerry siezed upon a part of the tax code that has been in effect since corporate taxes were instituted and started making noise, thus implying that Bush supports the practice. The fact that candidate A is against something does not mean candidate B is for it.
Here's some real homework on the whole issue.
http://www.factcheck.org/article225.html
I'd highly suggest this non-partisan site for anyone of either persuasion who wants a few zingers to shut up the overbearing Kerry (or Bush) supporter sitting in the next cube.
You're absolutely right about the veracity of politicians. Check out http://www.factcheck.org/ if you want to see some of the rhetoric of both sides debunked.
If you want me to deluge you with "facts" to convince you to vote for Bush, I'm going to have to disappoint you. I don't think making a decision in an election should be like solving an equation. I can't tell you why you should vote for Bush, but I can tell you why I am. Here are a few of the issues that are important to me (in no particular order).
- Social Security: The way it looks now, I stand to get zero, zilch, nada out of Social Security when I retire. I like Bush's proposal to allow a portion of my FICA contribution to go into a personal savings account.
- Security: I haven't forgotten the uncertainty immediately following 9/11 (as I think so many have) and the feeling I got when Bush addressed the country. I think that he provided strong leadership and guided the country through a very trying time.
- Tax Policy: I guess I'm a supply-sider at heart, but I don't believe that the way to spur the economy is to tax the bejesus out of those individuals and companies who actually employ people and spend money. I got tax relief, and I'm not one of the "rich" that supposedly got all the money.
These are just a few of the positive things I like about Bush. I would honestly like to see a Kerry supporter explain why he is voting for Kerry without slamming Bush. It seems to me that most people are voting against Bush and not for Kerry.
"Candidate John Kerry has said he will close the tax loophole that makes it advantageous to outsource call centers."
After that, he plans to raise corporate taxes and drive the companies back overseas anyway. I can't understand why people can't see through this man's shameless pandering. On one hand, he acknowledges that a company's tax burden influences their decision to outsource and on the other he slams Bush for lowering corporate tax burden to keep them from moving offshore.
After almost getting ejected from the flight for insisting that the crew calls him "Admiral", he'll assume command, citing a crisis on the Genesis planet.
If you read the article, they are not talking about a 3D-capable card. He's proposing an FPGA-based system that can only handle 2D operations. Thus, no.13 micron process.
Don't get thrown off by the term "fabric". If you read the article, you'll realize that the applications of this are mainly in integrated circuit fabrication.
As far as the health and environmental issues, we're talking about a pure carbon lattice. With this process carbon can act as a semiconductor without dopants such as arsenic, so C-based semiconductors are actually "greener" than current silicon-based chips.
I agree that the development costs would probably high and that this card would likely not be very competitive price/performance wise. However, you're overstating the capital investment required to actually "fabricate" the product. You can't throw a stone without hitting a contract printed circuit board manufacturer these days. In other words, you can throw a bill of materials and circuit board layout at them and have the board manufactured, packaged, and drop shipped to your customer without ever touching one. Sure, they will take their pound of flesh (5-10% of the material cost of the board is typical, depending on volumes), but it should not drive the cost to anything approaching $500. Looking at this guy's rough BOM, I'd bet they could have this made for about $90-$100 in 5K quantities.
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...you should ask Wesley Crusher how much trouble a bright young man can cause with those little buggers.
"As the electrons strike a special pair of layers called a 'p-n junction,..."
Those special layers are in every diode (including LEDs) in the universe.
It's amazing how you can put John Williams' score and Ben Burtt's sound effects on any piece of garbage and make it give you the chills. Therein lies the true genius of SW.
Yeah, kids have suffered over the ages by depending on inanimate learning tools(books, blackboards, pencils, etc.).
I agree that education should not degenerate to the point where kids are plugged into them all day (like the clones in Star Wars Episode II). However, computers can (and should) be used to complement the teacher's lesson plan and to allow the teacher to spend less time on busy work (manually grading papers, etc.) and more time interacting with the students.
As for abuses of technology, kids have always found ways to cheat and always will. Anyone remember Bluto dumpster-diving for the mimeograph negative?
Correct. In the same vein, "sabbath" has also been loosely translated as "day of downloading updates".
Where's the equal time for creationism? I don't believe in this "evolution" stuff. I think God created .NET (cough, cough) and then rested on the seventh day.
...Apple sues the Register for ruining another one of Steve's keynotes.
Sports teams have been exclusively licensing their content for ages on TV. How many NFL games have you seen on NBC lately?
I'd be more impressed if they used art to weed out fake computers.
"Later on, it get "re-interpreted".
Actually, it got amended (Amendment XIII). The framers of the Constitution realized that social mores would change over time and provided a means to change it. If, as you believe, the second amendment is outdated, work to change it.
"So, looking at the constitution as a source of truth and wisdom is, frankly, bullshit. "
Be as it may, it's the law of the land.
(By the way, I think that Internet hunting is asinine)
To see the benefits of the electoral college, look at the election map. The current system keeps elections balanced between population centers and rural areas. If the electoral college didn't exist, candidates would never leave the coasts, leaving us poor saps in the sticks with no way to hear empty promises every 4 years ;). It's a way to ensure that all regions of the country have a balanced say in the election of the president.
It's amazing that people question the electoral college when a close election comes up, but have no problem with their representation in the legislative branch, which follows the same principles.
In short, VOTE! If you're concerned about your vote not counting on a national level, the same can't be said about your local and state elections.
Provisional votes COUNT (provisionally)!
When did Bush say that we shouldn't fight outsourcing? Kerry siezed upon a part of the tax code that has been in effect since corporate taxes were instituted and started making noise, thus implying that Bush supports the practice. The fact that candidate A is against something does not mean candidate B is for it.
Here's some real homework on the whole issue. http://www.factcheck.org/article225.html I'd highly suggest this non-partisan site for anyone of either persuasion who wants a few zingers to shut up the overbearing Kerry (or Bush) supporter sitting in the next cube.
You're absolutely right about the veracity of politicians. Check out http://www.factcheck.org/ if you want to see some of the rhetoric of both sides debunked. If you want me to deluge you with "facts" to convince you to vote for Bush, I'm going to have to disappoint you. I don't think making a decision in an election should be like solving an equation. I can't tell you why you should vote for Bush, but I can tell you why I am. Here are a few of the issues that are important to me (in no particular order). - Social Security: The way it looks now, I stand to get zero, zilch, nada out of Social Security when I retire. I like Bush's proposal to allow a portion of my FICA contribution to go into a personal savings account. - Security: I haven't forgotten the uncertainty immediately following 9/11 (as I think so many have) and the feeling I got when Bush addressed the country. I think that he provided strong leadership and guided the country through a very trying time. - Tax Policy: I guess I'm a supply-sider at heart, but I don't believe that the way to spur the economy is to tax the bejesus out of those individuals and companies who actually employ people and spend money. I got tax relief, and I'm not one of the "rich" that supposedly got all the money. These are just a few of the positive things I like about Bush. I would honestly like to see a Kerry supporter explain why he is voting for Kerry without slamming Bush. It seems to me that most people are voting against Bush and not for Kerry.
"Candidate John Kerry has said he will close the tax loophole that makes it advantageous to outsource call centers." After that, he plans to raise corporate taxes and drive the companies back overseas anyway. I can't understand why people can't see through this man's shameless pandering. On one hand, he acknowledges that a company's tax burden influences their decision to outsource and on the other he slams Bush for lowering corporate tax burden to keep them from moving offshore.
"It's the corporatey corporate corporateness".... - Tim Robbins - Team America
Everyone get out your wooden clogs and prepare to throw them into the evil machines!
After almost getting ejected from the flight for insisting that the crew calls him "Admiral", he'll assume command, citing a crisis on the Genesis planet.
If you read the article, they are not talking about a 3D-capable card. He's proposing an FPGA-based system that can only handle 2D operations. Thus, no .13 micron process.
I like where this is going! We could compress it even further and get a primordial black hole.
The trick was to seperate the layer for its electrical properties. ;)
Don't get thrown off by the term "fabric". If you read the article, you'll realize that the applications of this are mainly in integrated circuit fabrication. As far as the health and environmental issues, we're talking about a pure carbon lattice. With this process carbon can act as a semiconductor without dopants such as arsenic, so C-based semiconductors are actually "greener" than current silicon-based chips.
J-Lo has already commissioned a dress made out of the stuff for the Oscars.
I agree that the development costs would probably high and that this card would likely not be very competitive price/performance wise. However, you're overstating the capital investment required to actually "fabricate" the product. You can't throw a stone without hitting a contract printed circuit board manufacturer these days. In other words, you can throw a bill of materials and circuit board layout at them and have the board manufactured, packaged, and drop shipped to your customer without ever touching one. Sure, they will take their pound of flesh (5-10% of the material cost of the board is typical, depending on volumes), but it should not drive the cost to anything approaching $500. Looking at this guy's rough BOM, I'd bet they could have this made for about $90-$100 in 5K quantities.