When I worked at the CFHT a few decades ago, they had a bunch of "data reduction" algorithms they ran on each night's run that reduced the amount of data they needed to store by at least a factor of 10.
The data can't be that good. Or google's not that good at targeting ads at individuals.
In other words, maybe Google's ability to extract useful information from the raw data is not very advanced, or they haven't figured out what to do with the information they can extract - but maybe someone else, like the DHS can.
One thing you can count on is that they will only be improving that ability and increasing the number of things they do with the information they can extract.
If you are microsoft you would probably just LOVE it for some sucker to do that. Because then you can nail them on copyright infringement if they become a significant competitor.
Due to the client-side script nature of JavaScript, I am struggling to be able to imagine a situation where it makes sense to release jQuery or any other JavaScript web library as closed source.
Just because you can access the source doesn't mean you have license to do anything with it. There own extensions, especially if contained in separate source files, do not need to be covered by the same license.
As long as you can scan a freaking barcode, you can store that info and hit that website when you sync
And that's where you missed the point about why this idea is getting a little bit of hype - this isn't about doing it as a batch job at some point in the future, it is about real-time lookups. So you can scan that box of cereal in the grocery and know immediately if their pricing is in line with other nearby stores and online sources or if the price is jacked up by 50 cents because they don't expect people to comparison shop very closely for something as mundane as a box of cereal.
It could even be smarter than that - tell the software that you are going to go shopping at two stores and as you shop at the first store, the app tells you if the product you just scanned is cheaper here or at the next store. If it is cheaper here, put it in the basket, if it is cheaper at the next store then you put it back on the shelf and the application adds it to the shopping list for the next store.
It is all about the convenience, waiting for a sync is not convenient.
No. PDF has always been well, if not fully, documented. Somewhere in a box I still have a copy of the first PDF reference manual (along with the postscript red, green and blue books) from back around 1993.
I'm not an advocate of DRM, but as a practical matter I find it works better when you actually turn it on.
Unless the reason you are using it is to satisfy a checklist from hollywood.
Kind of like the TSA at the airport - "DRM theater" to make the frightened hollywood execs feel safe and secure even though they are still just as vulnerable with or without DRM...
FYI - liberal and libertarian used to be pretty much interchangeable terms until recent history, still are in parts of europe.
That's just silly. Many libertarian points of view actually fall in line with the "republican" stance on things. Prime examples: Gun control and smaller government.
Is that an attempt to dispute what I wrote, or just a random unrelated remark?
This ignorant question comes up all the time. US elections are usually orders of magnitude more complicated than most other countries. Not only do people vote for the "big" elections - they also vote for a bunch of little races like treasurers and judges and sheriffs and various boards as well as any number of ballot propositions, sometimes over a hundred.
What would Muslims need a supercomputer to simulate?
Lol! Shows what you know.
Those bomb simulations you linked to are not about making bombs - they are about being able to avoid live tests of current stocks. I.E. they don't really simulate explosions of different bomb desings, they simulate the effect of time passing on the stockpiles of bombs that the US already has.
Without the big computers they would need to explode a bomb or two every couple of years in order to verify that the remaining warheads are still functional and within specifications, which is not only nasty business in general, but would be a violation of international treaties. These supercomputers were actually a key part of the passage of those treaties back in 1992.
Besides, you don't need a supercomputer to design a bomb, the first few were done with pencil and paper after all.
They still haven't figured out that the Ka'bha is really the biggest Connection Machine ever built. They just need to pug it in and all the LEDs will light up!
I wasn't aware of the 'rivalry' between Sun and, uhh, those bunch of other people who openly contribute to GNU/Linux.
It is probably more of a one-way rivarly. I know a few engineers at sun and they all have stories to tell about certain fellow employees who have a very microsoft-vs-linux type of attitude about solaris-vs-linux.
Read The Risks Digest -- it ought to be required reading for all software developers because it is fundamentally about how systems fail and if you don't have a good grasp of how the system you are building might fail, then you will probably build it in such a way that it will fail like a house of cards the first time a stiff breeze blows.
It is low volume with pretty high signal-to-noise ratio so it is not a burden to stay current, and when you have some dead time the back issues - going back for more than two decades now - make for great reading too.
Slashdot Mirror
When I worked at the CFHT a few decades ago, they had a bunch of "data reduction" algorithms they ran on each night's run that reduced the amount of data they needed to store by at least a factor of 10.
Oh grow the fuck up, humorless nazi.
One word, DynDNS.
That's not really a word.
The data can't be that good. Or google's not that good at targeting ads at individuals.
In other words, maybe Google's ability to extract useful information from the raw data is not very advanced, or they haven't figured out what to do with the information they can extract - but maybe someone else, like the DHS can.
One thing you can count on is that they will only be improving that ability and increasing the number of things they do with the information they can extract.
If you are microsoft you would probably just LOVE it for some sucker to do that.
Because then you can nail them on copyright infringement if they become a significant competitor.
It's funny, you are so sure that Janis was not agreeing with you.
Due to the client-side script nature of JavaScript, I am struggling to be able to imagine a situation where it makes sense to release jQuery or any other JavaScript web library as closed source.
Just because you can access the source doesn't mean you have license to do anything with it. There own extensions, especially if contained in separate source files, do not need to be covered by the same license.
As long as you can scan a freaking barcode, you can store that info and hit that website when you sync
And that's where you missed the point about why this idea is getting a little bit of hype - this isn't about doing it as a batch job at some point in the future, it is about real-time lookups. So you can scan that box of cereal in the grocery and know immediately if their pricing is in line with other nearby stores and online sources or if the price is jacked up by 50 cents because they don't expect people to comparison shop very closely for something as mundane as a box of cereal.
It could even be smarter than that - tell the software that you are going to go shopping at two stores and as you shop at the first store, the app tells you if the product you just scanned is cheaper here or at the next store. If it is cheaper here, put it in the basket, if it is cheaper at the next store then you put it back on the shelf and the application adds it to the shopping list for the next store.
It is all about the convenience, waiting for a sync is not convenient.
Pretty drunk so please dont mod me harshley for this mini rant
+1 en vino veritas?
Yeah, well Janis Joplin was like 30 years too early then when she said "Freedom is just another word for 'nothing left to lose.'"
Yes it is, I don't need my buttplug anymore now that you do such a good job with your tongue.
No. PDF has always been well, if not fully, documented.
Somewhere in a box I still have a copy of the first PDF reference manual (along with the postscript red, green and blue books) from back around 1993.
I'm not an advocate of DRM, but as a practical matter I find it works better when you actually turn it on.
Unless the reason you are using it is to satisfy a checklist from hollywood.
Kind of like the TSA at the airport - "DRM theater" to make the frightened hollywood execs feel safe and secure even though they are still just as vulnerable with or without DRM...
FYI - liberal and libertarian used to be pretty much interchangeable terms until recent history, still are in parts of europe.
That's just silly. Many libertarian points of view actually fall in line with the "republican" stance on things. Prime examples: Gun control and smaller government.
Is that an attempt to dispute what I wrote, or just a random unrelated remark?
The question then becomes "Why does the US use an overcomplicated election system?"
Not really a burning question.
This ignorant question comes up all the time.
US elections are usually orders of magnitude more complicated than most other countries.
Not only do people vote for the "big" elections - they also vote for a bunch of little races like treasurers and judges and sheriffs and various boards as well as any number of ballot propositions, sometimes over a hundred.
FYI - liberal and libertarian used to be pretty much interchangeable terms until recent history, still are in parts of europe.
First off, the "full faith and credit of the United States Government" is something that must never be devalued.
Gee, you haven't been paying attention. What I suggest is something to be done AFTER that has already happened.
they would simply nationalize all of the American investments in mainland China.
What, you think they won't do that anyway?
What would Muslims need a supercomputer to simulate?
Lol! Shows what you know.
Those bomb simulations you linked to are not about making bombs - they are about being able to avoid live tests of current stocks. I.E. they don't really simulate explosions of different bomb desings, they simulate the effect of time passing on the stockpiles of bombs that the US already has.
Without the big computers they would need to explode a bomb or two every couple of years in order to verify that the remaining warheads are still functional and within specifications, which is not only nasty business in general, but would be a violation of international treaties. These supercomputers were actually a key part of the passage of those treaties back in 1992.
Besides, you don't need a supercomputer to design a bomb, the first few were done with pencil and paper after all.
They still haven't figured out that the Ka'bha is really the biggest Connection Machine ever built.
They just need to pug it in and all the LEDs will light up!
Even fewer in 1080 - the Norman cameramen could never grasp the fact they needed to hold the camera straight
Plus all they ever did was shoot remakes of the "Grendel's Mother Project."
The money follows the buzz even if it does not make sense.
I'm intrigued by your philosophy on economics. I'll stuff a bee's nest up my butt and see if people start throwing coins into my guitar case.
If he is right, don't expect anyone to be throwing money into your guitar case - instead they will be stuff quarters up your ass to follow the buzz.
I wasn't aware of the 'rivalry' between Sun and, uhh, those bunch of other people who openly contribute to GNU/Linux.
It is probably more of a one-way rivarly. I know a few engineers at sun and they all have stories to tell about certain fellow employees who have a very microsoft-vs-linux type of attitude about solaris-vs-linux.
Bu-bu-bu-bu-BUT BSD is MORE free!!!
Read The Risks Digest -- it ought to be required reading for all software developers because it is fundamentally about how systems fail and if you don't have a good grasp of how the system you are building might fail, then you will probably build it in such a way that it will fail like a house of cards the first time a stiff breeze blows.
It is low volume with pretty high signal-to-noise ratio so it is not a burden to stay current, and when you have some dead time the back issues - going back for more than two decades now - make for great reading too.