If someone doesn't know why a contaminated water supply is a problem, that does not mean they have low intelligence, it means they do not have the knowledge surrounding bacteria, etc.
Here is a definition of intelligence, as you can see it applies more to potential than an already accumulated set of data:
Intelligence is defined as general cognitive problem-solving skills. A mental ability involved in reasoning, perceiving relationships and analogies, calculating, learning quickly... etc.
Whether the laptop program ends up being beneficial in the big picture is unclear, but it's a digital age and I think it makes sense to get the kids interested/comfortable with technology because it will encroach on their lives eventually. Additionally, there could be someone with a mind like Srinivasa Ramanujan sitting in a village that could get real value out of this, you never know.
Rule #1 in technology, anything portable is more expensive than if it were not portable
Have you ever signed the bill for having AC installed for your computer room in an existing building? While that is just 1 expense of many, it makes me think rule #1 is not accurate.
If its so cheap to use a crate, why not just put the stuff in the crate in a warehouse instead
This is a good idea that I've seen used in certain situations. There are downsides of course but for a company on a budget or in flux w.r.t. facilities this can be a good solution.
Microsoft did exert pressure on PC makers to improve the price/performance so that Vista would run well. How much that pressure was effective I'm not sure, but I am aware of at least 1 program they had surrounding this issue.
As I read your consumer products point I thought about the fact the Sony and Toshiba both plan on incorporating cell processors directly into the TV's they sell. I think you're right that it's going to be pretty easy for them to include content delivery systems and they are already well on their way with these types of plans.
Even if the company will treat you poorly, you are working for and with individuals that you may meet again in your career. It's to your advantage to treat all with respect even if they (or the company) don't return the favor, your professionalism will be noticed and remembered by some.
I recently heard Tom Lantos speak and I was pleasantly surprised. I've become pretty cynical about politicians so I didn't expect much, but these were my impressions: He's smart; he seemed to have a pretty clear set of values that did not necessarily follow a party line; he appears to truly care about freedom, which makes sense given his background (WWII).
As I've looked into his career a little bit (yes, you know where I went to look up a quick summary of information), it looks like his actions are consistent with his words.
I don't think this is a case of the old pot and kettle.
The numbers 1 and 0, although fundamental to our numerical notation, are not really 'interesting' in nature - 0 is simply 'nothing' and 1 is 'anything', they sort of fade into the background.
"Og, you see saber tooths?"
"No, just 1, not too interesting, aaaaaahhhh....."
One of the things you are missing is that the one-click patent covers something that is incredibly trivial and used throughout applications for a long time, it's just the one-click was used for other things typically.
We all love car analogies so here goes:
The one-click patent is similar to patenting a braking system used to avoid trees on the roadway (that's one click for purchasing). Using the braking system for any other purpose is ok (that's every other possible use of a button or click that's been used in other applications).
Do you think it would be ok if someone patented any of these:
1 click for "Ok"
1 click to "Cancel" a transaction
1 click for "Submit"
1 click for "Post"
1 click for "Preview"
etc.
I've got the same problem with movies. No way I'm spending $10 for 90 minutes of entertainment. So, if anyone knows some actors, film crew, etc. I am willing to pay salaries, as long as we can keep the entire budget under about 7 dollars.
It's common in bankruptcy to pay people extra to stay (those that will/could have a material impact on the finances of the company). The company I was at recently paid stay bonuses and a couple people saved the company far more money than they were paid to stay due to information they had on open issues.
You're already at 5 Funny, so all I can do is say that is a pretty dang funny post, the second line made me laugh out loud (not just the LOL that everyone types, but the real laugh out loud where the guy next to you wonders what the hell you're doing)
You assume the Nash solution works in real life. What about the travelers dilema problem? People are not "rational" and having better insight into which of many equally advantageous moves a person may make would make it easier to counter.
They all have pro's and con's. How about returning a result set from a sproc in Oracle, I know, there is a kludge that gets around this but it's not pretty. Or the Oracle optimizer, compared to my experience with DB2 and MS SQL Server, Oracle is (or was a few years ago) by far the worst.
On the other hand, Oracle has things I really like, sequences, consistent read (by far the best of the 3 db's listed), etc.
Hotel Employee: "Hello and welcome to the Space Hotel, are you checking in?" Guest: "Yes, name is Wilson" Employee: "Ok great, let me find you on the computer, this will just take a second {clickity clickity clack clack click clack...)" Employee: "Hmmm, and your reservation was for today?" Guest: "Yes" Employee: "Ok, hold on, (click clack clickity click...)" Employee: "Hm. Uh, how do you spell Wilson?" Guest: "W I L S O N" Employee: "Yes, that's what I was trying, but I just don't see it. Do you have your confirmation code?" Guest: "Sure, let me dig through some stuff and get it...ok, it's 178QXT534" Employee: "Great, let me bring that up...(click click click clickity clack clack click...)" Employee: "I'm not finding that either, are you sure that's the code?" Guest: "Yes, I printed this off your website before I left, see" Employee: "Yes that's the code, but it just doesn't seem to be in our system. I'm sorry sir." Guest: "So what do we do?" Employee: "Well we are completely booked up, unless you have a reservation I can't give you a room." Guest: "But...I just flew 20,000 miles...FROM EARTH...THERE IS NO WHERE ELSE TO STAY!" Employee: "I can probably sneak you in next week, IF you are willing to take the smoking room junior suite with 2 doubles instead of a queen. This room does not have a wet bar, but under the conditions, I would recommend taking it."...
So what kind of processors are in the new one (and the old ones). Are there just tons of basic, high end intel chips in it or is it some that they built not like any other that are unique and diverse to do special jobs? I seriously don't know
Given that IBM is scheduled to deliver a multi-peta flops supercomputer to DARPA based on the POWER7 in the year 2010, it seems like a good guess that IBM would use the same technology for this one due in 2011, if they are the ones building it.
While it supports 8 threads per core, only 1 thread per core is executed at any given time, 8 in a core aren't executing concurrently. It's targeting business servers which typically have many threads but at any given only a subset can perform calculations, the others are waiting on I/O.
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Am I misreading this? My experience is orders of magnitude different, are you just referring to administering hardware and no applications/os/etc.?
Back when I was a young whippersnapper, we called that thing a relative record number!
If the goal is simulating real life, the solution is: An Insurance Company!
Possibly, Lloyds of Linden?
If someone doesn't know why a contaminated water supply is a problem, that does not mean they have low intelligence, it means they do not have the knowledge surrounding bacteria, etc.
Here is a definition of intelligence, as you can see it applies more to potential than an already accumulated set of data:
Intelligence is defined as general cognitive problem-solving skills. A mental ability involved in reasoning, perceiving relationships and analogies, calculating, learning quickly... etc.
Whether the laptop program ends up being beneficial in the big picture is unclear, but it's a digital age and I think it makes sense to get the kids interested/comfortable with technology because it will encroach on their lives eventually. Additionally, there could be someone with a mind like Srinivasa Ramanujan sitting in a village that could get real value out of this, you never know.
Atlanta's 5th runway, 1.3billion, Seattle's 3rd runway, 800million...
I think you might be underestimating the cost of runways.
I think I picked it up from my math or physics profs, someone always did it that (w.r.t.) and I guess they passed it along to me.
Have you ever signed the bill for having AC installed for your computer room in an existing building? While that is just 1 expense of many, it makes me think rule #1 is not accurate.
This is a good idea that I've seen used in certain situations. There are downsides of course but for a company on a budget or in flux w.r.t. facilities this can be a good solution.
SHOOT IT!
Microsoft did exert pressure on PC makers to improve the price/performance so that Vista would run well. How much that pressure was effective I'm not sure, but I am aware of at least 1 program they had surrounding this issue.
As I read your consumer products point I thought about the fact the Sony and Toshiba both plan on incorporating cell processors directly into the TV's they sell. I think you're right that it's going to be pretty easy for them to include content delivery systems and they are already well on their way with these types of plans.
Even if the company will treat you poorly, you are working for and with individuals that you may meet again in your career. It's to your advantage to treat all with respect even if they (or the company) don't return the favor, your professionalism will be noticed and remembered by some.
I recently heard Tom Lantos speak and I was pleasantly surprised. I've become pretty cynical about politicians so I didn't expect much, but these were my impressions: He's smart; he seemed to have a pretty clear set of values that did not necessarily follow a party line; he appears to truly care about freedom, which makes sense given his background (WWII).
As I've looked into his career a little bit (yes, you know where I went to look up a quick summary of information), it looks like his actions are consistent with his words.
I don't think this is a case of the old pot and kettle.
We may have written down ACTAGCTGAC..., but we have not figured out what it all means.
"Og, you see saber tooths?"
"No, just 1, not too interesting, aaaaaahhhh....."
One of the things you are missing is that the one-click patent covers something that is incredibly trivial and used throughout applications for a long time, it's just the one-click was used for other things typically. We all love car analogies so here goes: The one-click patent is similar to patenting a braking system used to avoid trees on the roadway (that's one click for purchasing). Using the braking system for any other purpose is ok (that's every other possible use of a button or click that's been used in other applications). Do you think it would be ok if someone patented any of these: 1 click for "Ok" 1 click to "Cancel" a transaction 1 click for "Submit" 1 click for "Post" 1 click for "Preview" etc.
I've got the same problem with movies. No way I'm spending $10 for 90 minutes of entertainment. So, if anyone knows some actors, film crew, etc. I am willing to pay salaries, as long as we can keep the entire budget under about 7 dollars.
It's common in bankruptcy to pay people extra to stay (those that will/could have a material impact on the finances of the company). The company I was at recently paid stay bonuses and a couple people saved the company far more money than they were paid to stay due to information they had on open issues.
the first ever lost space luggage arrived at the facility today.
isn't it safe to assume that all countries with satellites in orbit have been watching each others military facilities for decades?
You're already at 5 Funny, so all I can do is say that is a pretty dang funny post, the second line made me laugh out loud (not just the LOL that everyone types, but the real laugh out loud where the guy next to you wonders what the hell you're doing)
You assume the Nash solution works in real life. What about the travelers dilema problem? People are not "rational" and having better insight into which of many equally advantageous moves a person may make would make it easier to counter.
They all have pro's and con's. How about returning a result set from a sproc in Oracle, I know, there is a kludge that gets around this but it's not pretty. Or the Oracle optimizer, compared to my experience with DB2 and MS SQL Server, Oracle is (or was a few years ago) by far the worst.
On the other hand, Oracle has things I really like, sequences, consistent read (by far the best of the 3 db's listed), etc.
Hotel Employee: "Hello and welcome to the Space Hotel, are you checking in?" ...
Guest: "Yes, name is Wilson"
Employee: "Ok great, let me find you on the computer, this will just take a second {clickity clickity clack clack click clack...)"
Employee: "Hmmm, and your reservation was for today?"
Guest: "Yes"
Employee: "Ok, hold on, (click clack clickity click...)"
Employee: "Hm. Uh, how do you spell Wilson?"
Guest: "W I L S O N"
Employee: "Yes, that's what I was trying, but I just don't see it. Do you have your confirmation code?"
Guest: "Sure, let me dig through some stuff and get it...ok, it's 178QXT534"
Employee: "Great, let me bring that up...(click click click clickity clack clack click...)"
Employee: "I'm not finding that either, are you sure that's the code?"
Guest: "Yes, I printed this off your website before I left, see"
Employee: "Yes that's the code, but it just doesn't seem to be in our system. I'm sorry sir."
Guest: "So what do we do?"
Employee: "Well we are completely booked up, unless you have a reservation I can't give you a room."
Guest: "But...I just flew 20,000 miles...FROM EARTH...THERE IS NO WHERE ELSE TO STAY!"
Employee: "I can probably sneak you in next week, IF you are willing to take the smoking room junior suite with 2 doubles instead of a queen. This room does not have a wet bar, but under the conditions, I would recommend taking it."
So what kind of processors are in the new one (and the old ones). Are there just tons of basic, high end intel chips in it or is it some that they built not like any other that are unique and diverse to do special jobs? I seriously don't know
Given that IBM is scheduled to deliver a multi-peta flops supercomputer to DARPA based on the POWER7 in the year 2010, it seems like a good guess that IBM would use the same technology for this one due in 2011, if they are the ones building it.
While it supports 8 threads per core, only 1 thread per core is executed at any given time, 8 in a core aren't executing concurrently. It's targeting business servers which typically have many threads but at any given only a subset can perform calculations, the others are waiting on I/O.