Redmond has yet to produce a server-grade OS, let alone server-ready software. A great desktop, no doubt - the Acme of end-user interfaces, to be sure; but I know I wouldn't trust my servers if they were running an MS-Windows OS.
Yes, that's a personal ideological statement, not a supported statement of fact. Too bad. Fortunately, Cray is (IMO) also offering a real server OS to go with their hardware.
Now then - aside from asking "Why waste that kind of processing power on a desktop?" (which I am) - er . . . (when) will it run a server OS like Linux? Oh, and I don't want the Microsoft software, thanks very much. Can I get that as naked iron?
Spoof your telephone number (DNIS) to make soliciting calls - highly illegal.
Spoof your domain name/IP address to send soliciting emails - ?
Fail to identify yourself in any meaningful way when sending soliciting mail - perfectly legal.
So - in terms of our ability to cope with technology - our mastery of the internet as a society is somewhere between our understanding of postal mail and the telephone.
Sorry - I know there's a joke in there somewhere, but I'm running on empty. Write your own joke.
If I have it right, when I buy a CD/Cassette/LP with stuff recorded on it (music), I'm not shelling out my hard-earned for a lump of plastic, nor am I buying the stuff recorded on that plastic, but the right to observe (listen to) the stuff recorded on that lump of plastic.
Over the years, I've bought vast quantities of such licenses - LP's, cassette tapes, CD's . . . most of which have fallen to the ravages of time (You try preserving the integrity of your LP's when you live in the desert Southwest - sand and dust are everywhere. We won't even talk about the lifespan of an 8-track or cassette tape left baking in an automobile all summer). SO . . . by the RIAA's logic, I do indeed have a right to download Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy - I bought the LP and despite the failure of the media to survive, my rights under that license do survive.
To open, I'm in complete agreement with the use of nuclear power in space - first off, the biggest problem in space is the temperature (3K isn't exactly room temperature). A nuclear reactor creates heat - useful for keeping mechanical and electrical assemblies working the way they were designed here on Terra (for operation at around 275K - 300K) - the electrical energy is almost a bonus, rather than the primary use.
Now, for what I meant to say. The idea of reprocessing used fissile material to extract clean, fresh fuel is great - except that the technology currently available is exactly the same kind of technology which is used to refine "weapons-grade" material (the purity level of U235 is higher by a factor of 10, IIRC). Same problem applies to "breeder" reactors (which produce nuclear fuel from nuclear fuel, by turning the "waste" component of the fuel into Pu239, I think?). Here on Sol C, that's a big political no-no; and if you think launching a nuclear reactor is going to get the greenies' ire up, imagine trying to put a source of weapons-grade fissile material into orbit. Even if there's no export of weapons-grade materials and no manufacture of nuclear weapons in space, exactly how do you anticipate selling this to the small-but-vociferous groups which rabidly oppose any form of nuclear technology?
Then again, maybe we can put all the greenies on a rocket and shoot them to the moon? I'll bet that once on Luna, they'd all see that warmth and energy in a different, er, "light". Now, where did I put that Pu-239 space modulator?
Think about it - if the fine-grained constant isn't (constant), how does that affect, say, atomic clocks? Originally driven by the radiative (microwave) output of excited hydrogen, it was assumed that here was an oscillator which couldn't change period - period.
Now if the rate of nuclear decay isn't constant (there's always been a statistical element to predicting nuclear decay), it seems to be the cumulative effect is to change particular interactions at the subatomic level. This has to have a subtle but measurable effect on electromagnetic quanta (photons) emitted during the change in energy state of an electron.
So . . . is Heisenberg rearing his ugly head for us again? Now, even proximity to a star can affect the accuracy of our observed results? I only ask because every planet I've ever been on tends to be within around 1AU of its primary.
Divulging what your (former) employer has done could well be considered a violation of most standard Non-disclosure agreements (telling how your previous employer gets their contact data).
Contacting said contacts to give them what might be construed as negative information about your prior employer could indeed convince them to do business elsewhere, raising the spectre of competitive activity (even if you don't profit directly). If company xyz is able to take your former employer's contacts because you published their dirty laundry, you could end up liable even if xyz never compensates you for their good fortune. In a civil court, it would place you in the position of proving that xyz didn't compensate you for your actions, an incredibly difficult proposition (remember: in civil court, the standard is a preponderance of evidence, not proof beyond a reasonable doubt).
of course, they'll have to wade through several dozen pron^H^H^H^Hart websites, as well as half a dozen casino^H^H^H^H^H^Hpractical mathematics websites - not to mention/., UF, YouTube . . . oh, never mind - they can just get it all from the network guys. What, you didn't keep a record of my network activity while I worked for you? Boy, it just sucks to be you today, don't it? I sure don't remember all the people I've had contact with lately, I was counting on you guys to keep track of that for me.
Old stuff. The technology is still limited to microwaves in a narrow bandwidth.
Second, when did they ever experiment with two-dimensional objects? For that matter, where did they get two-dimensional objects? I'd thought our Universe rated N=3 for calculations involving Hilbert space (Calabi-Yau space)?
we just may not be around to see it. At worst, we can cost about 150,000 years of development if we nuke the joint. Compared to 4,300,000 years of evolution, we're not even talking about a signifigant fraction.
We may not recognize what comes next; but then again, I doubt we'll ever meet it!
I'm guessing that even stereo headsets emit electromagnetic energy, in addition to the (desired) accoustic energy.
Actually, I'm not guessing. Put your headsets next to a coil hooked up to an O-scope or even a reasonably sensative VTVM. The magnets will create one measurable electromagnetic effect (use a compass to see that one), running audio (1V peak-to-peak at a couple hundred mA) at less than one inch range ought to be comparable to standing under a set of high-tension lines, I think?
The most obvious being the settling of the "New World" by Europeans. Native Americans are a very small minority here nowadays, and their culture is all but extinct. Oh, well - at least we gave them blankets!
For extra credit, check the etymology of the word bikini.
Unless they had the interstellar equivalent of a flat tire, why would they stop here? Certainly not to learn anything from us - about us, perhaps; but any race capable of overcoming the obstacle that is interstellar space would hardly be interested in our coal/oil/uranium fired technologies. Not to learn from our social development (unless it's from morbid curiosity, to see why we haven't wiped ourselves out yet). No, if E.T. ever shows up, it'll be like when the US fleet showed up at all those little islands in the Pacific - and we'll do little better than the Polynesians did in that encounter. I therefore consider it our patriotic duty if any extraterrestials are found here on earth to kill them and eat them. This will not only serve to discourage them from messing with us but could alleviate starvation in certain third-world countries, and might very well prove to be tasty!
Count on something less like Star Drek, Nth Contact and more like ID4, except for the part at the end where we survived (I doubt they would be running Windows on the mothership). I just don't see their presence staying secret for long.
As for Doctor Mitchell, I recommend adjusting the dosage on his meds.
It's not like this guy got together with his fellow inmates and dug three tunnels named "Tom", "Dick" and "Harry", or sewed civilian clothes from blankets dyed in pen ink. This guy didn't even have a stealth chopper land in the prison courtyard to whisk him to freedom, or have a small mercenary force sieze the prison and take him out by force. No - this guy gets in a car with his wife, drives off and changes into a fresh set of civvies. I wonder if the prison officials gave him $20.00 as he left the prison, or considered giving him a suit of clothes themselves?
Yeesh! I've seen better informed posts here at/. than the website you've referenced.
First of all, saying "historically" is misleading, because Barton is actually talking about CO2 changes on very long (glacial-interglacial) timescales. On historical timescales, CO2 has definitely led, not lagged, temperature.
Uh, so they're saying "Ignore 4.3 billion years of what's happened to Earth - only the last 2-3 millenia count."
I didn't get any further than that - talk about knee-jerk; anybody who doesn't see that it's obvious that all which is wrong with the world is mankind's fault is just wrong? No trial, no evidence, no investigation.
Broaden your horizons, dude. Look at references which don't agree with yours; you may not be convinced, but it's just barely possible you'll learn something.
Lively is a Google Labs project, which means that we're still testing it and seeking feedback. We hope to support other platforms in the future, but for now you'll need a Windows system to access Lively.
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Yes, that's a personal ideological statement, not a supported statement of fact. Too bad. Fortunately, Cray is (IMO) also offering a real server OS to go with their hardware.
I wonder how many M$ licenses they'll sell vs. how many RHEL pre-installs they'll be doing?
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Now then - aside from asking "Why waste that kind of processing power on a desktop?" (which I am) - er . . . (when) will it run a server OS like Linux? Oh, and I don't want the Microsoft software, thanks very much. Can I get that as naked iron?
Spoof your domain name/IP address to send soliciting emails - ?
Fail to identify yourself in any meaningful way when sending soliciting mail - perfectly legal.
So - in terms of our ability to cope with technology - our mastery of the internet as a society is somewhere between our understanding of postal mail and the telephone.
Sorry - I know there's a joke in there somewhere, but I'm running on empty. Write your own joke.
Spares you the difficulty of actually thinking of something intelligent to post. Kudos!
Over the years, I've bought vast quantities of such licenses - LP's, cassette tapes, CD's . . . most of which have fallen to the ravages of time (You try preserving the integrity of your LP's when you live in the desert Southwest - sand and dust are everywhere. We won't even talk about the lifespan of an 8-track or cassette tape left baking in an automobile all summer). SO . . . by the RIAA's logic, I do indeed have a right to download Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy - I bought the LP and despite the failure of the media to survive, my rights under that license do survive.
Now, for what I meant to say. The idea of reprocessing used fissile material to extract clean, fresh fuel is great - except that the technology currently available is exactly the same kind of technology which is used to refine "weapons-grade" material (the purity level of U235 is higher by a factor of 10, IIRC). Same problem applies to "breeder" reactors (which produce nuclear fuel from nuclear fuel, by turning the "waste" component of the fuel into Pu239, I think?). Here on Sol C, that's a big political no-no; and if you think launching a nuclear reactor is going to get the greenies' ire up, imagine trying to put a source of weapons-grade fissile material into orbit. Even if there's no export of weapons-grade materials and no manufacture of nuclear weapons in space, exactly how do you anticipate selling this to the small-but-vociferous groups which rabidly oppose any form of nuclear technology?
Then again, maybe we can put all the greenies on a rocket and shoot them to the moon? I'll bet that once on Luna, they'd all see that warmth and energy in a different, er, "light". Now, where did I put that Pu-239 space modulator?
Now if the rate of nuclear decay isn't constant (there's always been a statistical element to predicting nuclear decay), it seems to be the cumulative effect is to change particular interactions at the subatomic level. This has to have a subtle but measurable effect on electromagnetic quanta (photons) emitted during the change in energy state of an electron.
So . . . is Heisenberg rearing his ugly head for us again? Now, even proximity to a star can affect the accuracy of our observed results? I only ask because every planet I've ever been on tends to be within around 1AU of its primary.
Contacting said contacts to give them what might be construed as negative information about your prior employer could indeed convince them to do business elsewhere, raising the spectre of competitive activity (even if you don't profit directly). If company xyz is able to take your former employer's contacts because you published their dirty laundry, you could end up liable even if xyz never compensates you for their good fortune. In a civil court, it would place you in the position of proving that xyz didn't compensate you for your actions, an incredibly difficult proposition (remember: in civil court, the standard is a preponderance of evidence, not proof beyond a reasonable doubt).
of course, they'll have to wade through several dozen pron^H^H^H^Hart websites, as well as half a dozen casino^H^H^H^H^H^Hpractical mathematics websites - not to mention /., UF, YouTube . . . oh, never mind - they can just get it all from the network guys. What, you didn't keep a record of my network activity while I worked for you? Boy, it just sucks to be you today, don't it? I sure don't remember all the people I've had contact with lately, I was counting on you guys to keep track of that for me.
Second, when did they ever experiment with two-dimensional objects? For that matter, where did they get two-dimensional objects? I'd thought our Universe rated N=3 for calculations involving Hilbert space (Calabi-Yau space)?
Oh well, that's typical of /., isn't it?
Fixed that for you.
After all, this is /. - you wouldn't expect me to comment on that until I RTFA, right? 8^D
We may not recognize what comes next; but then again, I doubt we'll ever meet it!
Actually, I'm not guessing. Put your headsets next to a coil hooked up to an O-scope or even a reasonably sensative VTVM. The magnets will create one measurable electromagnetic effect (use a compass to see that one), running audio (1V peak-to-peak at a couple hundred mA) at less than one inch range ought to be comparable to standing under a set of high-tension lines, I think?
(Jeff Goldblum played either Jim Carrey or Larry - either way, the cable guy)
Slight difference.
For extra credit, check the etymology of the word bikini.
Count on something less like Star Drek, Nth Contact and more like ID4, except for the part at the end where we survived (I doubt they would be running Windows on the mothership). I just don't see their presence staying secret for long.
As for Doctor Mitchell, I recommend adjusting the dosage on his meds.
It's not like this guy got together with his fellow inmates and dug three tunnels named "Tom", "Dick" and "Harry", or sewed civilian clothes from blankets dyed in pen ink. This guy didn't even have a stealth chopper land in the prison courtyard to whisk him to freedom, or have a small mercenary force sieze the prison and take him out by force. No - this guy gets in a car with his wife, drives off and changes into a fresh set of civvies. I wonder if the prison officials gave him $20.00 as he left the prison, or considered giving him a suit of clothes themselves?
8^O
Uh, so they're saying "Ignore 4.3 billion years of what's happened to Earth - only the last 2-3 millenia count."
I didn't get any further than that - talk about knee-jerk; anybody who doesn't see that it's obvious that all which is wrong with the world is mankind's fault is just wrong? No trial, no evidence, no investigation.
Broaden your horizons, dude. Look at references which don't agree with yours; you may not be convinced, but it's just barely possible you'll learn something.
Too costly.
Um, I wasn't aware that microorganisms reproduced sexually. I thought that Escherichia coli reproduced via mitosis, not meosis?