Most likely the maximum hazard is that they will see a very small amount of ice growth
The same substance that made Challenger's engines go "plooie"? Glad its harmless.
Disclaimer: I work for NASA, but any opinions are my own and haven't been approved by anybody. I'm just trying to inject a little sanity into this discussion...
So at the next meeting could you pls ask "When are we gonna stop beating these dead horses? No more bandaids. Lets sell the last of the shuttle fleet to musuems (while there's enough of them left to sell) and move on with life."
Then ask for a raise. Big bloated gov't agencies love "go-getters".;)
Yeah, where they had the 3d pingpong table lookn' thing... I think these chumps are going through a crate of old VHS tapes and patenting anything that looks neat.
FROM: USPTO
SUBJECT: RE: Cool New Patent
MESSAGE: Congradulations! Your sumbission 329-4y598345-89345937-4985, "method and apparatus for averting AI takeover of missile defese systems by having the computer play tic-tac-toe against itself" has been accepted. How do you guys do it?
It is, after all Berkeley we're talking about here.
"Have you ever been to Berkeley? Its like taking a tour of the sewer in a glass-bottomed boat."
-Frank Peretti
And hey, why not send them to Mars to look for those microbes?
Or if you were held hostage by a deranged supercomputer you could, like, program one to kill you, and leave behind only a series of vague clues in the form of a hologram...
Its even "wired for sound" I mean, back in the day all barbarism meant was bizarre pagan rites and human sacrifice.
In the 2.0 world it means overcommercialization... I can see it all now: paying $5.49 for a "Stonehenge-dog" and being able to buy T-shirts, lunchboxes, and all sorts of other 'Henge memoribilia. And don't forget how the kids will love watching that adorble plush mascot "Mr. Hengie" in his zany new Saturday morning cartoon show. Barbaric, isn't it?
BTW, Some of us live "off campus" others live "off topic".
Yeah, back a couple of years ago when I was writing firmware for [Company name baleeted] we wrote a simple Winderz client driver to test our stuff against while the driver guys got the "official" driver working. Of course ours was peppered with bizarre comments (and worse, sceen messages).
I still remember the day the MSCE's wandered in and confiscated our driver because they couldn't seem to make theirs work quite right. To this day I wonder how many calls tech support has gotten asking what the "She's gonna blow capn'!" dialog is all about.
Lesson to all Noob's (and anyone else who hasn't had the pleasure): NEVER WRITE ANYTHING YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR GRANDMA TO READ! (Cuz you just never know where it'll turn up)
From the Intel days, the press and the populace has been hypnotized into thinking "processing power=Ghz. End of story". The fact is if the cell specs are more than just hype:
1) 64 bit architecture
2) 8 of those on a chip
3) you can gang Cells together via boradband
A cell running just 1Ghz would easily blow the pantaloons off anything we've got in our house today!
Actually, it may be possible to extend battery life using nanotech. Obviously not in a sticker, or any exterior form, but if they (real scientists, not BatMax) were to develop either/or
A) a better dielectric material (to decrease charge leakage)
B) a nanovalve array to selectively turn on/off chemical interaction when unused.
(Neither of which would have measurable impact on charging time.)
Though theoretically possible with today's technology, I'm sure a single AA would come in at least several million bux... and not last all that much longer in everyday use.
Instead, I think its wiser to stick with what nanotechnology was originally intended for: microsopic BattleBots!
Now, see, I always thought one of the goals of business was to not pyss off your clients. Apparently I was backwards on that. You're supposed to threaten to sue them instead. That's a Good Way to sell more games!
I wondered how long it would take somebody to say that!
...Almost as much as I wondered how log it would take to comment on the unfortunate grammar: "According to Musk, 5 Merlins bundled with the first stage of SpaceEx's powerful Falcon V booster will launch 5 people to orbit by 2010"
I would've hoped for "a spacecraft containing 5 people", but sometimes you just get these thrillseekers...
Good thing. If you don't stop this sort of thing right away, people start thinking they can say whatever they want, start thinking they can think whatever they want... in short, that "bill of rights" thing has got to go!
Well yeah, I can get a SMT laser diode overnighted to me, so the idea is nothing new.
Where the real action is, is the possible connection with the Cell processor, whos premise kindof relies on onboard gigabit+ . I think we all assumed gb/copper, but now...
(Better start saving up for that PS?
if this homeboy files!)
"M$ would be stupid to fiddle with any code."
First off, I'm not disagreeing with that. I'm just saying they will;) Of course, first they will rewrite the thing in Vb. (Still gotta beat that dead horse.)
Then they need to add:
BEGIN
IF(SpywareDetected)
AND(Url<>"www.microsoft.com")
Call BlockSpyware(Url)
END
(That's about as much Vb as I can stand-even in jest!)
Oh yeah, and for the grand finale they'll rename it "SpywareBlaster.NET", which is technically not copywright infringement.
Slashdot Mirror
Most likely the maximum hazard is that they will see a very small amount of ice growth
;)
The same substance that made Challenger's engines go "plooie"? Glad its harmless.
Disclaimer: I work for NASA, but any opinions are my own and haven't been approved by anybody. I'm just trying to inject a little sanity into this discussion...
So at the next meeting could you pls ask "When are we gonna stop beating these dead horses? No more bandaids. Lets sell the last of the shuttle fleet to musuems (while there's enough of them left to sell) and move on with life."
Then ask for a raise. Big bloated gov't agencies love "go-getters".
I'm sure that people will solve this problem, so that we, as a race, can live on the moon just fine.
Put a "Welcome" mat outside the LEM to encourage astronauts to wipe their feet?
(It serves a dual role in making the place look more "homey" to extraterrestrials who decide to pop over for a martini.)
I'll even sell you guys one scientifically designed for the space program. (I scratch off the Shopko sticker and up the price by $100,000.)
Yeah, where they had the 3d pingpong table lookn' thing... I think these chumps are going through a crate of old VHS tapes and patenting anything that looks neat.
FROM: USPTO
SUBJECT: RE: Cool New Patent
MESSAGE: Congradulations! Your sumbission 329-4y598345-89345937-4985, "method and apparatus for averting AI takeover of missile defese systems by having the computer play tic-tac-toe against itself" has been accepted. How do you guys do it?
Signed,
-Technically illiterate gov't official.
It is, after all Berkeley we're talking about here. "Have you ever been to Berkeley? Its like taking a tour of the sewer in a glass-bottomed boat." -Frank Peretti
That really wouldn't surprise me.
But hey, some people lose their car keys, some people lose a batch of fissionable material. 'Aint nothin to it, right?
They could still make a dirty bomb. (And they'd just "dirty" enough to try it, too!)
And hey, why not send them to Mars to look for those microbes?
Or if you were held hostage by a deranged supercomputer you could, like, program one to kill you, and leave behind only a series of vague clues in the form of a hologram...
That flick rocks!
So, what, they take a Best Buy LCD projector, aim it at a sheet of plastic and quadruple the price?
Lame.
(Of course, it could be a fun project hack up in a person's basement...)
The system was ostensibly used to automate attendance-keeping.
Flawless!
"Hey, Stevie, could you put this in your backpack for me? Me and the girls gonna go have a smoke."
Its even "wired for sound" I mean, back in the day all barbarism meant was bizarre pagan rites and human sacrifice.
In the 2.0 world it means overcommercialization... I can see it all now: paying $5.49 for a "Stonehenge-dog" and being able to buy T-shirts, lunchboxes, and all sorts of other 'Henge memoribilia. And don't forget how the kids will love watching that adorble plush mascot "Mr. Hengie" in his zany new Saturday morning cartoon show. Barbaric, isn't it?
BTW, Some of us live "off campus" others live "off topic".
"regulating CO2 emissions"?
"Excuse me, sir, we're with the CO2 Police, and we just noticed that was your 302nd exhale of the day..."
Yeah, back a couple of years ago when I was writing firmware for [Company name baleeted] we wrote a simple Winderz client driver to test our stuff against while the driver guys got the "official" driver working. Of course ours was peppered with bizarre comments (and worse, sceen messages).
I still remember the day the MSCE's wandered in and confiscated our driver because they couldn't seem to make theirs work quite right. To this day I wonder how many calls tech support has gotten asking what the "She's gonna blow capn'!" dialog is all about.
Lesson to all Noob's (and anyone else who hasn't had the pleasure): NEVER WRITE ANYTHING YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR GRANDMA TO READ! (Cuz you just never know where it'll turn up)
From the Intel days, the press and the populace has been hypnotized into thinking "processing power=Ghz. End of story". The fact is if the cell specs are more than just hype:
1) 64 bit architecture
2) 8 of those on a chip
3) you can gang Cells together via boradband
A cell running just 1Ghz would easily blow the pantaloons off anything we've got in our house today!
Actually, it may be possible to extend battery life using nanotech. Obviously not in a sticker, or any exterior form, but if they (real scientists, not BatMax) were to develop either/or
A) a better dielectric material (to decrease charge leakage)
B) a nanovalve array to selectively turn on/off chemical interaction when unused.
(Neither of which would have measurable impact on charging time.) Though theoretically possible with today's technology, I'm sure a single AA would come in at least several million bux... and not last all that much longer in everyday use.
Instead, I think its wiser to stick with what nanotechnology was originally intended for: microsopic BattleBots!
Just as I thought.
They're systematically patenting all roman numerals in a plot to capture and rebuild the ancient Roman empire!
Think The Colosseum, only with more LED's. Hail Ceasar!
I call attention to the 'borg icon...
Egad! Nanoprobes!!!!
Now, see, I always thought one of the goals of business was to not pyss off your clients.
Apparently I was backwards on that. You're supposed to threaten to sue them instead.
That's a Good Way to sell more games!
I wondered how long it would take somebody to say that!
...Almost as much as I wondered how log it would take to comment on the unfortunate grammar: "According to Musk, 5 Merlins bundled with the first stage of SpaceEx's powerful Falcon V booster will launch 5 people to orbit by 2010"
I would've hoped for "a spacecraft containing 5 people", but sometimes you just get these thrillseekers...
*Foom* Aiiiiiieeeeeeeee...
Sorry, I say, if I agree with a person or not is one thing. Its this whole "thought police" junk that really torques me.
Good thing. If you don't stop this sort of thing right away, people start thinking they can say whatever they want, start thinking they can think whatever they want... in short, that "bill of rights" thing has got to go!
Yeah, "mac mini" according to scale, but according to actual dimensions and color, I think "Big Mac" may have been a better name.
Anyway, how 'bout somebody developing a multi-up rack for these puppies, so we can get a clean little G4 Mosix cluster going on. Kafoom!
So, why pay for DSL when a coat hanger is free?
Well yeah, I can get a SMT laser diode overnighted to me, so the idea is nothing new.
Where the real action is, is the possible connection with the Cell processor, whos premise kindof relies on onboard gigabit+ . I think we all assumed gb/copper, but now...
(Better start saving up for that PS? if this homeboy files!)
First off, I'm not disagreeing with that. I'm just saying they will
Of course, first they will rewrite the thing in Vb. (Still gotta beat that dead horse.)
Then they need to add:
(That's about as much Vb as I can stand-even in jest!)
Oh yeah, and for the grand finale they'll rename it "SpywareBlaster.NET", which is technically not copywright infringement.
An army of M$ lawyers is already decending on the city to sue for copywright infringrment.