Physicists tell us that time and space are inherently quantized. This means that the universe itself is digital, just at an extremely high resolution. Calculus works because continuous functions don't actually exist; everything really is composed from infinitessimally small pieces. Any complaints about digital can be solved though using more bits to encode it and using better digital to analog conversion.
Except... they now are able to digitally image the grooves with lasers so that you can get non-destructive playback of vinyl... which of course defeats the purpose of an analog storage media, since it's producing a digital approximation of the waveforms encoded in the grooves. And it costs a fortune.
VInyl and magnetic tape degrade with every playback. Optical disks are (theoretically) non-destructive playback. But then, my friend has a destat tool he uses on his CDs... (He also has 500W tube amps driving his electrostatic speakers, which sound amazing).
My daughter wants a USB turntable, which is the stupidest thing in the world. It takes an analog signal, digitizes it to send it over a cable, then your amp does a digital to analog conversion to send it to the speakers. In other words, it offers the worst of both analog and digital playback. (Admittedly it would be useful for ripping old LPs to MP3 format. My daughter doesn't have any records that are only available in vinyl.)
Experience shows that the Microsoft mandatory updates ALWAYS make things much better and NEVER cause problems! FDA, now bringing new meaning to the phrase "Blue screen of death"! Ack! They automatically updated my pacemaker! Will anybody with a computerized medical device now be forbidden from going out of WiFi range?
First fix the flaw in the system that allows any scammer to spoof any number they want, which is the only explanation for why I keep getting robocalls from numbers that match the first 6 digits of my own number. I've got news for you buddy: having the same starting digits as the area I first got my cell phone in 20 years ago doesn't make you one of my neighbors now!
I was going to say I have never used it, then I remembered that at Microsoft they used One Note the way everybody else in the world uses Wiki pages -- to store random information about a project developers are working on.
To be fair, YouTube has no obligation to guarantee anyone a revenue stream. Common courtesy would be to give as much advance notice as possible, however.
So after our own solar system is utterly destroyed, the few survivors will still have some idea where they are! Unfortunately, faster than light travel still isn't even a remote possibility.
Young whippersnappers! Back in my day, when we wanted to stalk a girl, we had to sneak over to her house and HIDE IN THE BUSHES! Get offa my lawn! (Trump doesn't use Facebook to see what his old girlfriends are doing; he used PornHub!)
Governor Moonbeam isn't perfect, but compared to scumbags like Pete Wilson he's a godsend. Schwarzeneggar was one of the few decent "Republican" governors of California, in my opinion. Reagan ran up massive deficits as governor of California just like he did as president of the US.
No, that wasn't Jerry Brown; you're thinking of Reagan, he was the California governor that ran up record deficits. Remember, Republicans only accuse the Democrats of things the Republicans themselves are doing!
We'll have much, much faster computers 100 years from now... given the current rate of technology progression, anything encrypted today will _eventually_ be easily decrypted, although most things won't be worth the expense.
We don't need another language, and compiler design pretty much peaked in the 70's. Try to build a community of interested volunteers, but if nobody is interested, that might be a clue that your idea isn't valuable enough to anyone except yourself.
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Physicists tell us that time and space are inherently quantized. This means that the universe itself is digital, just at an extremely high resolution. Calculus works because continuous functions don't actually exist; everything really is composed from infinitessimally small pieces. Any complaints about digital can be solved though using more bits to encode it and using better digital to analog conversion.
Except... they now are able to digitally image the grooves with lasers so that you can get non-destructive playback of vinyl... which of course defeats the purpose of an analog storage media, since it's producing a digital approximation of the waveforms encoded in the grooves. And it costs a fortune.
VInyl and magnetic tape degrade with every playback. Optical disks are (theoretically) non-destructive playback. But then, my friend has a destat tool he uses on his CDs... (He also has 500W tube amps driving his electrostatic speakers, which sound amazing).
My daughter wants a USB turntable, which is the stupidest thing in the world. It takes an analog signal, digitizes it to send it over a cable, then your amp does a digital to analog conversion to send it to the speakers. In other words, it offers the worst of both analog and digital playback. (Admittedly it would be useful for ripping old LPs to MP3 format. My daughter doesn't have any records that are only available in vinyl.)
Because all implanted pacemakers/defibrillators come with a USB port for easy updates!
Experience shows that the Microsoft mandatory updates ALWAYS make things much better and NEVER cause problems! FDA, now bringing new meaning to the phrase "Blue screen of death"! Ack! They automatically updated my pacemaker! Will anybody with a computerized medical device now be forbidden from going out of WiFi range?
That explains why Donald Trump was smiling today!
First fix the flaw in the system that allows any scammer to spoof any number they want, which is the only explanation for why I keep getting robocalls from numbers that match the first 6 digits of my own number. I've got news for you buddy: having the same starting digits as the area I first got my cell phone in 20 years ago doesn't make you one of my neighbors now!
That sounds fair to me!
I was going to say I have never used it, then I remembered that at Microsoft they used One Note the way everybody else in the world uses Wiki pages -- to store random information about a project developers are working on.
OTHER parts of your anatomy can also be used for "fingerprint" login! (Unless you are Trump, it which case your "Little Donny" is far too small!)
Georgia's murder rate is much higher than New York's, if we're talking states. Alaska is #1 for gun deaths, Hawaii #50, New York #48.
Four incidents -- Trump administration
To be fair, YouTube has no obligation to guarantee anyone a revenue stream. Common courtesy would be to give as much advance notice as possible, however.
If you're business model attracts crazies by offering them free money, perhaps you should come up with a different business model?
So after our own solar system is utterly destroyed, the few survivors will still have some idea where they are! Unfortunately, faster than light travel still isn't even a remote possibility.
Young whippersnappers! Back in my day, when we wanted to stalk a girl, we had to sneak over to her house and HIDE IN THE BUSHES! Get offa my lawn! (Trump doesn't use Facebook to see what his old girlfriends are doing; he used PornHub!)
Couldn't the meteorite just be part of the Earth that was knocked loose when a huge rock smashed into and created the moon?
Governor Moonbeam isn't perfect, but compared to scumbags like Pete Wilson he's a godsend. Schwarzeneggar was one of the few decent "Republican" governors of California, in my opinion. Reagan ran up massive deficits as governor of California just like he did as president of the US.
No, you're thinking of the USPS; they're the ones that have a problem with funding their pensions.
No, that wasn't Jerry Brown; you're thinking of Reagan, he was the California governor that ran up record deficits. Remember, Republicans only accuse the Democrats of things the Republicans themselves are doing!
We'll have much, much faster computers 100 years from now... given the current rate of technology progression, anything encrypted today will _eventually_ be easily decrypted, although most things won't be worth the expense.
Any encryption can be brute-forced. The only question is, does it take seconds or centuries do it?
We don't need another language, and compiler design pretty much peaked in the 70's. Try to build a community of interested volunteers, but if nobody is interested, that might be a clue that your idea isn't valuable enough to anyone except yourself.
How about some ransomware that encrypts all my porn files until I finish doing my taxes?