The problem I have with e-ink is the distracting negative flash as the screen resets to the new page. Or when scrolling... or when doing anything, really. Very annoying indeed.
Disclaimer: I work in an X-ray radiation lab (synchrotron). Doses are cumulative... within a limited amount of time, not over the entire lifetime. While it is true that it is unwise to receive more than a certain dose in a year, most radiation damage to the body is completely repaired within that time. Below a certain dose (much higher than the aforementioned limit per year) the effects of the radiation are temporary. You need a very high instantaneous (or spread out over the course of a day or two) dose to incur permanent damage (e.g. radiation burns for low-energy radiation or bone marrow damage for high-energy radiation).
Well, the easiest way to get things into the secure area is to slip them in with the supplies for the shops and bars in those areas. No need to impersonate a pilot.
Well, even though the chances might be incredibly slim, I do not see the objection to looking for those signals. It's only futile until you find something.
Besides that, the tech they're using and developing is advancing telescope tech, so something good comes of it regardless of actually finding the ET life signals..
Too bad you posted anon, so you will likely not read this.
Like most things, I find academia to be what you make of it. Sure, there are professors who've schmoozed their way into tenure and money, and continue to be lazy. However, many of them are actually genuinely interested in advancing with their topic and helping their group. Those are the ones to work for. And like you said, there is not much money to be got in academia compared to business, so I can't imagine profs doing it to line their pants. With lint.. maybe.
And yes, the work that is done is a lot, most of which will hardly be read and even more of which is ultimately a dead end. Such is life. But some progress is made. Some areas are progressing with leaps and bounds (computational chemistry, for one), and much insight is gained. Quick, it is not, and I do not expect to see much significant changes in my lifetime. But gradual progress is there, at a glacial pace, nearly too slow to see. Conferences are actually places where good progress is made, mostly by people putting their heads and ideas together. The fact that it's in Hawaii, or (in my case) in Australia does not change a thing. If we take the geometrical centre of the research activity we would be in South Europe (Italy, Spain) and the people still be complaining. It has to be somewhere.
Yes, and the fact that too many people went into banking seeking to make a quick buck. If you want the future to come about, you better start doing science. Stop watching Robotech/Macross/Star Trek and put some effort into making it so!
I jailbroke 4.3.3 because I wanted a wifi scanning/stumbler tool. After jailbreaking I was so disapointed with the program and the pay-me-for-my-leet-software attitude in the cydia store that I happily un-jailbroke and installed 4.3.4. No stumbler app, true, but otherwise not a big loss.
So you are sayingwe should not side with her because of the way she looks and because she was unable to record a video. For all we know, the latter was due to she being hindered by the airport staff to take a video. Or if she had a japanese cell-phone, I can completely understand it is impossible to get right.
a "pofessional" is just someone who does something as his "profession". Does not mean he is actually good at it. I am a professional scientist. Does not mean I am good at it.:)
Well, as they say in the linux help forums: If you can think of a better way to do it, feel free to make and implement your own.. I am of the opinion that thunderbolt has potential and will wait a while before making opinions. I also think that there are a slew of engineers who have worked on this, and it seems to me a bit insulting to them to hear people here go "why did you not just do A or B". Do you really think they did not think of this thing you just thought up in 5 minutes? The hubris of the unwashed masses..
My guess the bulk of the cost are in assembly of a low volume product, packaging and sales overhead. I think they make perhaps 50-75% profit on each cable. That said, why is everyone focusing on the cost of the cable? it is not the first high-end cable to sell for 50 dollars..
The chips are tuned *per cable* as far as I heard, and thus cannot be included on-board. They would've if they could've. regarding the fibreoptics, the cost was much higher than for copper. Not rocket science, but not exactly consumer-price either.
Me? Why, thank you for asking. I have written a book and some papers, I maintain a website/weblog for educational purposes and I try to help wherever I can. What I do is not important, but it is important that somebody does it (Gandhi). I am also not so old as Woz yet, though, so maybe I will get to help in more significant ways at some point.
That does not stop me from asking a question about his recent achievements. If I were to hire somebody old and famous, I had better check they are still of use in the new organization other than for PR purposes. Especially since the wages for famous people seem to be orders of magnitude bigger than for non-famous people.
Now go get an axe and cut those long toes of yours. If you get offended by the slightest, perhaps it is best to close your internet connection. People taking offense is one of the prime reasons for war and strife in the world, so cool it!.
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...it would have a field day at a picnic party.
Guys, I think he got the message..
Scary thing is, maybe he just *would* pass the code review at MS.
You mean synchrotron, like SPring-8 here
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=678-1205+japan&hl=en&ll=34.944277,134.42811&spn=0.046717,0.066519&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.957536,68.115234&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=14
Cyclotrons are usually much, much smaller.
and yes, I thought synchrotron since I first saw it, but that's because I work at one...
so when the concentration of bacteria becomes too high, they become supercritical and will explode? nice..
The problem I have with e-ink is the distracting negative flash as the screen resets to the new page. Or when scrolling... or when doing anything, really. Very annoying indeed.
So if I understand correctly, the argument for getting mandriva boils down to: "Use it because it's older than Ubuntu"?
Except if you're a foreigner. Closet fascists...
Disclaimer: I work in an X-ray radiation lab (synchrotron).
Doses are cumulative... within a limited amount of time, not over the entire lifetime. While it is true that it is unwise to receive more than a certain dose in a year, most radiation damage to the body is completely repaired within that time.
Below a certain dose (much higher than the aforementioned limit per year) the effects of the radiation are temporary. You need a very high instantaneous (or spread out over the course of a day or two) dose to incur permanent damage (e.g. radiation burns for low-energy radiation or bone marrow damage for high-energy radiation).
Well, the easiest way to get things into the secure area is to slip them in with the supplies for the shops and bars in those areas. No need to impersonate a pilot.
Well, even though the chances might be incredibly slim, I do not see the objection to looking for those signals. It's only futile until you find something.
Besides that, the tech they're using and developing is advancing telescope tech, so something good comes of it regardless of actually finding the ET life signals..
Too bad you posted anon, so you will likely not read this.
Like most things, I find academia to be what you make of it. Sure, there are professors who've schmoozed their way into tenure and money, and continue to be lazy. However, many of them are actually genuinely interested in advancing with their topic and helping their group. Those are the ones to work for. And like you said, there is not much money to be got in academia compared to business, so I can't imagine profs doing it to line their pants. With lint.. maybe.
And yes, the work that is done is a lot, most of which will hardly be read and even more of which is ultimately a dead end. Such is life. But some progress is made. Some areas are progressing with leaps and bounds (computational chemistry, for one), and much insight is gained. Quick, it is not, and I do not expect to see much significant changes in my lifetime. But gradual progress is there, at a glacial pace, nearly too slow to see. Conferences are actually places where good progress is made, mostly by people putting their heads and ideas together. The fact that it's in Hawaii, or (in my case) in Australia does not change a thing. If we take the geometrical centre of the research activity we would be in South Europe (Italy, Spain) and the people still be complaining. It has to be somewhere.
Yes, and the fact that too many people went into banking seeking to make a quick buck. If you want the future to come about, you better start doing science. Stop watching Robotech/Macross/Star Trek and put some effort into making it so!
I jailbroke 4.3.3 because I wanted a wifi scanning/stumbler tool. After jailbreaking I was so disapointed with the program and the pay-me-for-my-leet-software attitude in the cydia store that I happily un-jailbroke and installed 4.3.4. No stumbler app, true, but otherwise not a big loss.
So you are sayingwe should not side with her because of the way she looks and because she was unable to record a video. For all we know, the latter was due to she being hindered by the airport staff to take a video. Or if she had a japanese cell-phone, I can completely understand it is impossible to get right.
a "pofessional" is just someone who does something as his "profession". Does not mean he is actually good at it. I am a professional scientist. Does not mean I am good at it. :)
Well, as they say in the linux help forums: If you can think of a better way to do it, feel free to make and implement your own.. I am of the opinion that thunderbolt has potential and will wait a while before making opinions. I also think that there are a slew of engineers who have worked on this, and it seems to me a bit insulting to them to hear people here go "why did you not just do A or B". Do you really think they did not think of this thing you just thought up in 5 minutes? The hubris of the unwashed masses..
I suspect the communications overhead for thunderbolt is considerably lower resulting in a higher throughput.
My guess the bulk of the cost are in assembly of a low volume product, packaging and sales overhead. I think they make perhaps 50-75% profit on each cable. That said, why is everyone focusing on the cost of the cable? it is not the first high-end cable to sell for 50 dollars..
This way you can daisy-chain a couple of devices without losing speed.
The chips are tuned *per cable* as far as I heard, and thus cannot be included on-board. They would've if they could've.
regarding the fibreoptics, the cost was much higher than for copper. Not rocket science, but not exactly consumer-price either.
My guess is they selected only neutrinos coming from that particular direction.
Me? Why, thank you for asking. I have written a book and some papers, I maintain a website/weblog for educational purposes and I try to help wherever I can. What I do is not important, but it is important that somebody does it (Gandhi). I am also not so old as Woz yet, though, so maybe I will get to help in more significant ways at some point.
That does not stop me from asking a question about his recent achievements. If I were to hire somebody old and famous, I had better check they are still of use in the new organization other than for PR purposes. Especially since the wages for famous people seem to be orders of magnitude bigger than for non-famous people.
Now go get an axe and cut those long toes of yours. If you get offended by the slightest, perhaps it is best to close your internet connection. People taking offense is one of the prime reasons for war and strife in the world, so cool it!.
Sorry to be obtuse, but has he done anything of note recently? I only know him from his achievements in the distant past...
Yes, because Beryllium is such a nice material to work with.... I hope they stick with mylar.