What if we were to shrink the size of the chips using nanomaterials methods? Would that make plasmonics more useful or would it defeat the purpose by improving the effectiveness of electronics to a level where a plasmonic improvement would be negligible?
Is it even relevant to ask at this point? All this nanoscale stuff makes me salivate, but so far all we have are fixin's (quantum dots, nanowires, carbon nanotubes and the like) and no sandwich.
Doesn't it seem a little bit pointless to just do one of those "pop top" flights into "space" since "space" is kind of an arbitrary thing? I would think it kind of an expensive indulgence just for some dubious bragging rights. Orbit I can understand; really really high and back down, not so much.
I think that the sig's supposed to be funny. It's credited to Dr. Spock, who is actually the famous pediatrician and author, and the stardate format doesn't appear to be correct (though I could be wrong about that). I'm afraid the joke's probably on you.
Oop! I was thinking "intra," which I guess means "between." At any rate, I still think that the term has no real meaning in Ancient Greek, given that it's a prefix plus a suffix with no meat in between (kind of a bread sandwich). Maybe "internetnaut" would be more correct, but saying that would make you sound like a complete colonaut.
Yes, I suppose it is an Ancient Greek prefix and suffix pair, but there's no meaning to it, if you think about it. Inter-naut... would that be between sailors, or sailors of the between? I think it's more Modern Geek than Ancient Greek.
From the Wikipedia article on the English Language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language):
"James D. Nicoll made the oft-quoted observation: 'The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary.'"
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... or glossing over the racist stereotypes of Heckle and Jekyll.
What if we were to shrink the size of the chips using nanomaterials methods? Would that make plasmonics more useful or would it defeat the purpose by improving the effectiveness of electronics to a level where a plasmonic improvement would be negligible? Is it even relevant to ask at this point? All this nanoscale stuff makes me salivate, but so far all we have are fixin's (quantum dots, nanowires, carbon nanotubes and the like) and no sandwich.
Doesn't it seem a little bit pointless to just do one of those "pop top" flights into "space" since "space" is kind of an arbitrary thing? I would think it kind of an expensive indulgence just for some dubious bragging rights. Orbit I can understand; really really high and back down, not so much.
And don't forget your towel!
I think that the sig's supposed to be funny. It's credited to Dr. Spock, who is actually the famous pediatrician and author, and the stardate format doesn't appear to be correct (though I could be wrong about that). I'm afraid the joke's probably on you.
You're right. Navigating the connected is totally the same thing as surfing the 'net.
It's all geek to me.
Oop! I was thinking "intra," which I guess means "between." At any rate, I still think that the term has no real meaning in Ancient Greek, given that it's a prefix plus a suffix with no meat in between (kind of a bread sandwich). Maybe "internetnaut" would be more correct, but saying that would make you sound like a complete colonaut.
Yes, I suppose it is an Ancient Greek prefix and suffix pair, but there's no meaning to it, if you think about it. Inter-naut... would that be between sailors, or sailors of the between? I think it's more Modern Geek than Ancient Greek.
From the Wikipedia article on the English Language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language): "James D. Nicoll made the oft-quoted observation: 'The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary.'"