I think this article misses the boat right off the bat by equating intelligence/technical ability with being creative. There are numerous examples of intelligent/technical people who don't have an ounce of creativity in their bodies.
And an equal number of examples of creative people who don't have an ounce of intelligence. It's a "home run" when someone possesses both qualities, but that isn't the case with most creative or intelligent people.
So if they deliver that entire program whose lifetime costs are only 2.2 Billion, I would be super impressed. In fact I would be impressed if we did it ourselves for 5 times that amount.
Robot labor is much cheaper than human labor... unless those robots just happen to become members of the 'Robot Union' (not to be confused with Futurama's Robot Mafia).
So these robots are already planning to build a moon base that discriminates against humans? I wonder if that's because they'll be doing secret robot research there into the preliminary SkyNET satellite network? The moon is in the sky, and SkyNET is in the sky... coincidence? I think not.
What's the problem with keyboards? Since tablets seem to be very consumer-ey, isn't removing the keyboard from the OLPC contrary to the aims of the project?
This is an additional product, it doesn't replace the laptop in OLPC. Remember that tablets are not a replacement for laptops/netbooks, though they do share subset of similar functionality.
In all seriousness, I might welcome Visual Studio for the Mac.
I guess they're going to add a compiler for Obj-C? "Obj-C.net, horrible syntax isn't just on the Mac anymore! Get your copy of @interface Windows *[@implementation Visual_Studio 2010] today!".
Really, I hope this turns into one of those messy public court snafu's that really grab public attention and cause a real raucus.
This can only benefit from all the publicity it can generate.
If it goes to court WB will probably have to open up their claims & records on piracy, counterfeiting, etc to examination and scrutiny. This could be a valuable crack in their "pandora's box" of exaggerated statistics.
I believe a similar technique - making seemingly identical but subtly different documents - has been used in counter-spying to find the source of leaks.
Serial numbers are printed on currency & bonds, and appear on labels on most types of consumer electronics, automobiles, etc. This is the same basic concept. Uniquely identifying something isn't new or nefarious. I'm pretty sure all color printers 'hide' something in each print, and I wouldn't be surprised if digital cameras did too.
Indeed. Like most other entities that try to force everyone else to "play by their rules" or "see things their way", their own rules don't apply to them. This is just like that gaming company that was using someone else's DRM-crack in their own game. I call shenanigans!
haha, joke's on them. They've already sold the app and are now bound by the terms of the GPL. They're kind of screwed; their only option now is to buy an exemption to the GPL or follow the GPL.
They were the "store" but not the "developer". I imagine the developer will need to provide the GPL compliance as Apple is just the reseller.
Very true. FSF should know better to say "Hey, you can't do that... so why don't you start opening up your distribution practices rather than pull the app in question". They just fingered that app and it will be out in the cold before you can say "Oops!".
Alaska sure looks "busy"... so does Hawaii and Washington State... there's a few other spots too. Historically there has been a lot more activity all over the US. You really should be looking at more than the last 7 days.
You should be more than a bit nervous if you live anywhere near St Louis [wikipedia.org].
You're absolutely right. Those quakes changed the course of the Mississippi river, which is no small feat.
I just rebuilt my favorite movies libraries in Blu-Ray!
This is the normal process of 'planned obsolescence' in the media delivery industry. You'll be upgrading your entire collection once or twice every 5 - 10 years (at least the parts of it that are re-released on the new format).
I admit having no idea about the answer to that very interesting question but the fact that the surface changes "when hit by light, at room temperature" makes me suspect it doesn't have much chance on that front.
I bet it would last at least as long as thermal fax paper.
Titanium Oxide is the recent replacement of Aluminum Oxide, used by airplanes around 5000-feet to 10k-feet.
Wow, that sounds like it's really difficult to swap that out at that altitude. Do they have a youtube video of that, or better yet, a training video?;-)
Dude make friends with Wikipedia and Google... you guys should hang out
I don't RTFA, so why on earth would I Wiki or Google it? Isn't that what the other slash-monkies are for? Eventually someone will post something informative or of value.;-)
OK, PLATO was the most expensive and complicated teacher ever built by mankind. If PLATO was so smart, shouldn't it have put together this list of "who was where when" instead of some blog-monkey?
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Basically he's saying we should trade power consumption for accuracy? Hmmm ... I vote 'No'.
I think this article misses the boat right off the bat by equating intelligence/technical ability with being creative. There are numerous examples of intelligent/technical people who don't have an ounce of creativity in their bodies.
And an equal number of examples of creative people who don't have an ounce of intelligence. It's a "home run" when someone possesses both qualities, but that isn't the case with most creative or intelligent people.
So if they deliver that entire program whose lifetime costs are only 2.2 Billion, I would be super impressed. In fact I would be impressed if we did it ourselves for 5 times that amount.
Robot labor is much cheaper than human labor ... unless those robots just happen to become members of the 'Robot Union' (not to be confused with Futurama's Robot Mafia).
Moon Base Built By Robots For Robots
So these robots are already planning to build a moon base that discriminates against humans? I wonder if that's because they'll be doing secret robot research there into the preliminary SkyNET satellite network? The moon is in the sky, and SkyNET is in the sky ... coincidence? I think not.
What's the problem with keyboards? Since tablets seem to be very consumer-ey, isn't removing the keyboard from the OLPC contrary to the aims of the project?
This is an additional product, it doesn't replace the laptop in OLPC. Remember that tablets are not a replacement for laptops/netbooks, though they do share subset of similar functionality.
In all seriousness, I might welcome Visual Studio for the Mac.
I guess they're going to add a compiler for Obj-C? "Obj-C.net, horrible syntax isn't just on the Mac anymore! Get your copy of @interface Windows *[@implementation Visual_Studio 2010] today!".
Really, I hope this turns into one of those messy public court snafu's that really grab public attention and cause a real raucus.
This can only benefit from all the publicity it can generate.
If it goes to court WB will probably have to open up their claims & records on piracy, counterfeiting, etc to examination and scrutiny. This could be a valuable crack in their "pandora's box" of exaggerated statistics.
I believe a similar technique - making seemingly identical but subtly different documents - has been used in counter-spying to find the source of leaks.
Serial numbers are printed on currency & bonds, and appear on labels on most types of consumer electronics, automobiles, etc. This is the same basic concept. Uniquely identifying something isn't new or nefarious. I'm pretty sure all color printers 'hide' something in each print, and I wouldn't be surprised if digital cameras did too.
not as I do.
Indeed. Like most other entities that try to force everyone else to "play by their rules" or "see things their way", their own rules don't apply to them. This is just like that gaming company that was using someone else's DRM-crack in their own game. I call shenanigans!
Sorry, we're all over this now. Your only hope is to try and sidetrack the discussion by invoking either Xenu or Sarah Palin.
Or interesting tales of Natalie Portman ... that usually sidetracks this crowd ;-)
And by analogy I mean metaphor.
Your professor needs a better analogy ... if only to allow America the Dog to dine more than once.
even text-to-speech, all in JavaScript!
WooHoo! I'm gonna have hidden fields in my web pages so this "text to speech" will say one thing while the text on the screen will say another!
haha, joke's on them. They've already sold the app and are now bound by the terms of the GPL. They're kind of screwed; their only option now is to buy an exemption to the GPL or follow the GPL.
They were the "store" but not the "developer". I imagine the developer will need to provide the GPL compliance as Apple is just the reseller.
If I were Apple, I would just pull the app and call it done.
They already did
Very true. FSF should know better to say "Hey, you can't do that ... so why don't you start opening up your distribution practices rather than pull the app in question". They just fingered that app and it will be out in the cold before you can say "Oops!".
and here's a map http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/ of the recent earthquakes in the USA.... where else is it that we should be concerned about?
Alaska sure looks "busy" ... so does Hawaii and Washington State ... there's a few other spots too. Historically there has been a lot more activity all over the US. You really should be looking at more than the last 7 days.
You should be more than a bit nervous if you live anywhere near St Louis [wikipedia.org].
You're absolutely right. Those quakes changed the course of the Mississippi river, which is no small feat.
... why I'm glad I don't live in California.
Here's a list of the earthquakes for the last 7 days. California is not the only place to be concerned about.
NOOooooo!
I just rebuilt my favorite movies libraries in Blu-Ray!
This is the normal process of 'planned obsolescence' in the media delivery industry. You'll be upgrading your entire collection once or twice every 5 - 10 years (at least the parts of it that are re-released on the new format).
I admit having no idea about the answer to that very interesting question but the fact that the surface changes "when hit by light, at room temperature" makes me suspect it doesn't have much chance on that front.
I bet it would last at least as long as thermal fax paper.
Titanium Oxide is the recent replacement of Aluminum Oxide, used by airplanes around 5000-feet to 10k-feet.
Wow, that sounds like it's really difficult to swap that out at that altitude. Do they have a youtube video of that, or better yet, a training video? ;-)
no, it should have found the question to Life, the universe, and everything.
You're thinking of 'Deep Thought', who was a deep thinker much like PLATO's namesake.
... and they never did figure out the question.
BTW, I think the answer was '42', but they never did say if it was base 10 or some another base
Thanks. I'm horrible about editing during 'preview'. At least compilers warn me about the stupid mistakes I type.
Dude make friends with Wikipedia and Google... you guys should hang out
I don't RTFA, so why on earth would I Wiki or Google it? Isn't that what the other slash-monkies are for? Eventually someone will post something informative or of value. ;-)
OK, PLATO was the most expensive and complicated teacher ever built by mankind. If PLATO was so smart, shouldn't it have put together this list of "who was where when" instead of some blog-monkey?