Or with an extention set so you can use the controls.
BTW: I think I will paint one dot on side on, 6 on the opposite, 2 on another, 5 on that opposite, and 3 and 4 dots on the two remaining sites. Then I can use it for monopoly.
They mentioned only 15 years. The baudrate of the pioneers is not high (I do not know how slow, but really slow for today standards, and also for an odd 30 year old system what we are talking about here), so 2 times realtime.
He, the system ran for about 30 years, what is another 8?
Only after the dead of a giant, it becomes clear of how big a giant he was. You yourself most likely admired Jules Verne, who was so accurate in predicting the technical marvels of the first 70 years of the 20th century. Sometimes a bit poetic. He himself probably admired Leonardo da Vinci, however his predictions took a lot longer to come through.
Anyway to cut to the chase, another of your stories is turning into a prediction which seems to be slowly coming true. The bases for the science of the 2nd foundation has been laid. It is still a crude version, but it is working for 85% accurate on a group of odd people (scientist & professors).
Anyway, your list sofar:
1. Scientists accepted the 3 laws of robotics as a good bases for robot behaviour, and are working hard on the first autonomous robots (somewhere this christmas we can expect the first few).
2. Computers which are shaping the world.
3. Longer lives through science (genetic research, nanotechnology, expected around 2030).
4. And your last feat: Working social behaviour prediction algoritms.
Knowing you were a great writer, and I only read a part of your books, I am probably missing a few more predictions coming through. I hope others will come through too, it will turn out to be a great future.
It should be possible to just load the tapes on by one, run them through the master program which was designed for it, and use some IO port, probably serial, to capture the (extremely slow) bitstream.
Well, it is for accreditted researchers only. The point is, if I am a researcher, I will most likely find this bug during working hours, so the bonus will go to my employer, or he will wonder what I have been doing, or why 3com pays me. With a bit of luck I will be able to go to the Vegas Blackhat training, but most likely my boss will go.
They need to expand the program already to involve the white hat community (at least).
They are talking about security. They will claim taht your router is 100% secure at the moments it hangs, so nothing to see here, please keep moving (-:
And have a great bonus program which will pay you a nice bonus, but what they fail to mention is how much a vulnarability is worth. They have all what it needs here just to screw you with:
1. 3-com makes an offer and the researcher (nice name for a change) accepts it, and keeps his mouth closed.
2. Another researcher (who wishes to stay anonymous) already submitted this bug
It would be nice if they said like how much the bases is what they are willing to pay, and that you can look in the bug database (probably just on some kind of specific property so you can recognize the bug).
However I do like the ZDI platinum bonus: Blackhat training in Las Vegas (with the $20.000 bonus, should be a good few days (-: )
If the employees are on strike, who then implemented the blocking rule in the firewall???
If I was working there and they ask me to do that while my colleages are on strike, I do not think that they will ever talk to me again when they are back.
Even than, should they not use the normal legal means, and go to a judge asking to intervene to stop the practices of the union at such a moment? Taking this kind of action is more vigilante action.
I do not need to drink coffee afterwards to get a bit more sober again? Hum, just as with other "free" stuff, the fun is taken out of it by integrating the product just a bit too much.
Sun has a product line with machines which are designed to be fire proof (ok, for a limited amount of time). The design is made so that the data survives a more physical disaster.
The HP non-stop machines are not the old tandems, but HP-Ux machines. I have not heard of any Tandems being sold for the last decade, I know some still running ones in banking environments as transaction machines, since they do that great.
The important point which you make here is I think that they can do the math about TCO. They apparently came to the conclusion that Linux is the best option for them.
What does that even have to do with the personal financial situation of those people? If the goverment does not like what a person publishes, they just can keep pushing and pushing regardless of the content of a discussion. If the goverment wants to prove that this research is not correct in its conclusions, than just fund the "correct" research.
This looks like they are out hunting for commies again, only now they are called environmentalists posing as scientists. Is this congressman also pro creationism instead of evolutiontheory.
This kind of abuse has been predicted here on/., it only sucks to be correct in such a prediction.
The technology to cut back the interference is one which is from the military used for guiding the first part of a nuclear warhead. They use a laser which reflects back through the atmosphere, measure the distortion and then calculate back the atmospheric turbulence. With some adaptation this can be used to als calculate the lightwaves from the laser back to its nice straight line, and with that the other lightwaves coming from anywhere else.
Bigger issue is actually light polution: To have a good working telescope, you want as little backgroundlight as possible. Those places get harder and harder to find.
The resolution enhancement has been done for ages by now by radiotelescopes which have been setup in arrays to act together as one big telescope (like in Drente, Holland).
What means: 1 trekking bird does not make it summer
The difference with the Internet bubble is that the companies talked about are growing, have a real income base and most of them profit. So even if there is a bubble building, when it bursts, it will not be of the same magnitude, there is a clear bottom (like 15 to 20 time the expected or real profit).
BTW: With googles market cap, can't they buy Warner and get the basics that way better?
Slashdot Mirror
Or with an extention set so you can use the controls.
BTW: I think I will paint one dot on side on, 6 on the opposite, 2 on another, 5 on that opposite, and 3 and 4 dots on the two remaining sites. Then I can use it for monopoly.
They mentioned only 15 years. The baudrate of the pioneers is not high (I do not know how slow, but really slow for today standards, and also for an odd 30 year old system what we are talking about here), so 2 times realtime.
He, the system ran for about 30 years, what is another 8?
Dear Mr Asimov,
Only after the dead of a giant, it becomes clear of how big a giant he was. You yourself most likely admired Jules Verne, who was so accurate in predicting the technical marvels of the first 70 years of the 20th century. Sometimes a bit poetic. He himself probably admired Leonardo da Vinci, however his predictions took a lot longer to come through.
Anyway to cut to the chase, another of your stories is turning into a prediction which seems to be slowly coming true. The bases for the science of the 2nd foundation has been laid. It is still a crude version, but it is working for 85% accurate on a group of odd people (scientist & professors).
Anyway, your list sofar:
1. Scientists accepted the 3 laws of robotics as a good bases for robot behaviour, and are working hard on the first autonomous robots (somewhere this christmas we can expect the first few).
2. Computers which are shaping the world.
3. Longer lives through science (genetic research, nanotechnology, expected around 2030).
4. And your last feat: Working social behaviour prediction algoritms.
Knowing you were a great writer, and I only read a part of your books, I am probably missing a few more predictions coming through. I hope others will come through too, it will turn out to be a great future.
High regards,
Jurt1235
It should be possible to just load the tapes on by one, run them through the master program which was designed for it, and use some IO port, probably serial, to capture the (extremely slow) bitstream.
Well, it is for accreditted researchers only. The point is, if I am a researcher, I will most likely find this bug during working hours, so the bonus will go to my employer, or he will wonder what I have been doing, or why 3com pays me. With a bit of luck I will be able to go to the Vegas Blackhat training, but most likely my boss will go.
They need to expand the program already to involve the white hat community (at least).
If Microsoft would do this, they would go broke (-:
They are talking about security. They will claim taht your router is 100% secure at the moments it hangs, so nothing to see here, please keep moving (-:
And have a great bonus program which will pay you a nice bonus, but what they fail to mention is how much a vulnarability is worth. They have all what it needs here just to screw you with:
1. 3-com makes an offer and the researcher (nice name for a change) accepts it, and keeps his mouth closed.
2. Another researcher (who wishes to stay anonymous) already submitted this bug
It would be nice if they said like how much the bases is what they are willing to pay, and that you can look in the bug database (probably just on some kind of specific property so you can recognize the bug).
However I do like the ZDI platinum bonus: Blackhat training in Las Vegas (with the $20.000 bonus, should be a good few days (-: )
If the employees are on strike, who then implemented the blocking rule in the firewall???
If I was working there and they ask me to do that while my colleages are on strike, I do not think that they will ever talk to me again when they are back.
Even than, should they not use the normal legal means, and go to a judge asking to intervene to stop the practices of the union at such a moment? Taking this kind of action is more vigilante action.
Why else would it be called flakyhost!
I do not need to drink coffee afterwards to get a bit more sober again? Hum, just as with other "free" stuff, the fun is taken out of it by integrating the product just a bit too much.
Sun has a product line with machines which are designed to be fire proof (ok, for a limited amount of time). The design is made so that the data survives a more physical disaster.
The HP non-stop machines are not the old tandems, but HP-Ux machines. I have not heard of any Tandems being sold for the last decade, I know some still running ones in banking environments as transaction machines, since they do that great.
About 16.2 days with a 3Mbit connection that would be, calculating real GBs ofcourse.
The important point which you make here is I think that they can do the math about TCO. They apparently came to the conclusion that Linux is the best option for them.
Can't we use this as real life TCO study?
What does that even have to do with the personal financial situation of those people? If the goverment does not like what a person publishes, they just can keep pushing and pushing regardless of the content of a discussion. If the goverment wants to prove that this research is not correct in its conclusions, than just fund the "correct" research.
I just got offered a game design job last friday, and I didn't even ask for it.
Can I put this stuff on my car (-:
This looks like they are out hunting for commies again, only now they are called environmentalists posing as scientists. Is this congressman also pro creationism instead of evolutiontheory.
/., it only sucks to be correct in such a prediction.
This kind of abuse has been predicted here on
The technology to cut back the interference is one which is from the military used for guiding the first part of a nuclear warhead. They use a laser which reflects back through the atmosphere, measure the distortion and then calculate back the atmospheric turbulence. With some adaptation this can be used to als calculate the lightwaves from the laser back to its nice straight line, and with that the other lightwaves coming from anywhere else.
Bigger issue is actually light polution: To have a good working telescope, you want as little backgroundlight as possible. Those places get harder and harder to find.
The resolution enhancement has been done for ages by now by radiotelescopes which have been setup in arrays to act together as one big telescope (like in Drente, Holland).
Hence the launch of Passport.net v2 is coming closer, plus a nice patent describing this.
Actually MS buys companies, usually way smaller ones, how many is unknown. This since buying a big one like Oracle would give them too much trouble.
If you are the bubble, you can use that to buy something while the bubble last, so that when the bubble bursts, it will hurt less.
Not that there is a bubble, a important part of having a bubble is that nobody recognizes it as a bubble until it bursts.
Well, I think that says more about my english then your dutch (-:
What means: 1 trekking bird does not make it summer
The difference with the Internet bubble is that the companies talked about are growing, have a real income base and most of them profit. So even if there is a bubble building, when it bursts, it will not be of the same magnitude, there is a clear bottom (like 15 to 20 time the expected or real profit).
BTW: With googles market cap, can't they buy Warner and get the basics that way better?
Hum, that sounds like phishing for spam.