"We already have a proof-of-concept that can take a very simple exploit, go through a few steps and, in a matter of minutes, create a working nematode," Aitel said.
He took the name for the concept from the pointy-ended worm used to control pests in crops. "We can generate a nematode any way we want. You can make one that strictly controls, programmatically, what the worm does," Aitel explains."
The true world will be revealed when the nematodes finally realize their place in society and are convinced to by the malicious worms to revolt and disobey their coded instructions. They will join forces and shut down servers worldwide, causing instant chaos. We mortals must do something before this gets out of control!
SYSTEM FAILURE
I know you're out there...I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us, you're afraid of change...I don't know the future...I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end, I came here to tell you how this is going to begin. Now, I'm going to hang up this phone, and I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you...a world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world...where anything is possible!
"Our instrument, designed by scientists at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), detected minute quantities of aromatic hydrocarbons from microorganisms and lichens present in the rocks and ice," said JPL researcher Arthur Lonne Lane."
Mmmmmmmmm...aromatic hydrocarbons......
In case you were wondering.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatic_hydrocarbon
WIKIPEDIA----
An aromatic hydrocarbon (abbreviated as AH), or arene is a hydrocarbon, the molecular structure of which incorporates one or more planar sets of six carbon atoms that are connected by delocalised electrons numbering the same as if they consisted of alternating single and double covalent bonds. After the simplest possible aromatic hydrocarbon, benzene, such a configuration of six carbon atoms is known as a benzene ring.
PAHs and the origins of life
In January 2004 (at the 203rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society), it was reported (as cited in Battersby, 2004) that a team led by A. Witt of the University of Toledo, Ohio studied ultraviolet light emitted by the Red Rectangle nebula and found the spectral signatures of anthracene and pyrene. (No other such complex molecules had ever before been found in space.) This discovery was considered confirmation of a hypothesis that as nebulae of the same type as the Red Rectangle approach the ends of their lives, convection currents cause carbon and hydrogen in the nebulae's core to get caught in stellar winds, and radiate outward. As they cool, the atoms supposedly bond to each other in various ways and eventually form particles of a million or more atoms.
Witt and his team inferred (as cited in Battersby, 2004) that since they discovered PAHs--which may have been vital in the formation of early life on Earth--in a nebula, nebulae, by necessity, are where they originate.
The interesting thing is that life as we know it can form out of combinations of stellar particles, is it just a random occurence? It is possible that Mars has life and we just haven't found it? Of course, but we will need a machine that can dig deep in the ground with greater power, mobility and flexibility.
Old - few people knew or worked with computers, punchcards, BASIC and FORTRAN yay! Slow computers, limited use, limited functionality.
New - digital media, internet, wikipedia, instant information....everyone has a PC or uses one, not everyone is an expert, find your niche and run with it! Don't sell out to the lowest common denominator. Invent, innovate, design...most of all, think positive...anything can happen +++
A Dutch friend of mine told me that the Delft team pulls about 28.3% efficient solar cells which are actually the latest and greatest satellite cells from the ESA.
Every time a more efficient cell is produced, they manage to incorporate them.
"JW: But I also think there's a bit of misconception with that. Everybody who labels themselves a nerd isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way the Internet is now, I think that definition is getting a little more diffuse."
translation: Anyone geek can get laid with net pr0n.
Am I a geek? Let's see...
Pocket protector? NO
Bad hair/teeth/smell? NO
Own my own RAID? NO
Write apps for fun? NO
Collect Buffy and Transformer dolls? NO
Post on/.? YES
Re:Palm Cost$ too much, delivers little
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Palm's Mistakes
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quality control went out of the window with the low end m series and anything after that
I totally agree....the black and white screens didn't help either. Some people see the world in colour.:)
Not global warming, but the 'Clear Skies Initiative.' Get your rhetoric straight.:)
Palm Cost$ too much, delivers little
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Palm's Mistakes
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· Score: 4, Informative
"Palm had a costly product-planning snafu that stalled its fast-growing sales.
Palm announced its m500 and m505 products early in 2001, before they were ready, stalling sales of older devices, such as the Palm V. Then, to compensate, the company massively overproduced the m500 and m505. In 2001, it got stuck holding onto excess inventory when sales of the devices fell short of expectations.
Some of those devices still linger in inventories..."
They did not see that the Palm cost too much and delivers too little. I don't think anyone likes to write with a Palm stylus either, it was just too slow and difficult. Cell phones were being given away, Palm prices stayed high and could not communicate with each other easily. Innovate quickly or die seems to be the motto in this industry.
Bush's New Energy Policy: Solar Power
(Press) Washington, DC
September 28, 2005
President Bush announced today a bold initiative to help the world's energy crisis. Bush recently read in a newspaper that a Dutch solar-powered car, named the Nuna 3, won the World Solar Challenge in Australia topping a hearty 102 km/h. President Bush was so impressed by the the performance of the solar-powered Nuna 3 vehicle, that he has announced that he is redirecting all energy research funding to study how to power vehicles on solar energy and soon have all major automobile manufacturers produce solar vehicles that will be give off little or no emissions. "It's just the smart and prudent thing to do. I know in Texas we get a lot of sun, and now we can put it to work." Bush stated.
He said it is due time for the United States, and soon the world, to free itself from dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuels. The promise of the "unlimited resource of solar power" has emboldened him to take this courageous initiative. Many industry leaders were shocked by this sudden announcement, but have agreed to participate fully in implementing this new solar technology. "The future for travel is bright, indeed." Bush quipped.
Gumstix SBCs measure 3.15 x 0.79 x 0.25 inches (80 x 20 x 6.3mm) and are powered by Intel XScale PXA255s clocked at 200MHz or 400MHz. F-series models include a 60-pin high-density connector which can be used to connect audio, serial, USB, and other expansion boards. Connex models add a 92-pin bus header which can be used to attach high-speed CompactFlash and CFIO cards, such as Wi-Fi radios and 10/100Mbit Ethernet modules.
This is about as powerful as my puter from 1996.
The paper is a good idea, but the color LCD is much nicer. Let's hope they find a way to increase strength and decrease the size of a typical battery.
From the article:
"Meanwhile, my friends majoring in the liberal arts pulled dandy grades while studying little. "You just wait," I thought, gazing upon them like the ant regarding the grasshopper in the summer. "You party and blow off homework now, but in ten years, you'll be making merely wonderful money as investment bankers and consultants, while I'll be getting laid off from a great job at General Electric."
What is the incentive for the college student to major in engineering?
In most cases, people do not like to work/study that hard...in others, law or medicine seems like the better choice.
Except for the X-prize (Space Plane $1mil prize,) what incentive does the individual have to engineer something and NOT sell out to the highest bidder? First of all you normally will need a few thousand dollars laying around to get started on any high-tech engineering project, not an easy start up. People like Richard Branson have plenty of time and money, but may not have the most inventive minds or are willing to take million dollar risks.
As one is incorporated, they are told what projects to work on in most cases...ideas are stifled.
Google hired Vint Cerf....what incentive did he have to innovate as an advisor and lobbyist for MCI?
Agreed, it was his choice to live his life any way he sees fit, but let's hope the open(?) atmosphere at google will enable his creativity to bloom once again.
I am not exactly sure how hi-tech engineering environments are managed these days, but I hope there are more open and comfortable workplaces as innovators out there chip away at their individual masterpieces.
And yet, the technical obstacles to capturing and presenting fully immersive video are massive, accounting for the fact that there is no straightforward way to capture a 360 sphere.
Build a sphere made of small digital cameras/lenses, integrate the picture and then create a 360 perspective.
I am not sure what they meant by technical obstacles unless they were trying to build a spherical lens?
Now we will NEVER be able to walk behind the camera and flip it off unnoticed!
It looks and works EXACTLY like Mac OS X Tiger. Breakthrough search technology, stunning graphics and media, unparalleled connectivity, an intuitive user interface and a virtual toolbox chock full of cleverly integrated features -- all atop a rock-solid UNIX foundation -- give you the most innovative, stable and compatible desktop operating system on the planet. Period.
You can get it at 1-800-MY-APPLE, hurry while supplies last!
"In a sense we are fortunate that most attackers want to control and use systems they attack rather than destroy them."
Of course, we will have to worry about the attackers that inadvertently destroy systems while trying to control them.
I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave...this virus is too important for me to let you jeopardize it.
"They attempted to accomplish this goal by seeding the clouds there with silver iodide particles dispersed by aircraft, which would serve as nuclei for the formation of ice from water vapor that had been supercooled after rising to the highest, coldest reaches of the storm. If all went as envisioned, the clouds would grow more quickly, consuming the supplies of warm, moist air near the ocean surface, thus replacing the old eye wall. This process would then expand the radius of the eye, lessening the hurricane's intensity in a manner akin to a spinning skater who extends her arms to slow down."
Just how much silver iodide is needed and what adverse effect does this have on the environment?
This is what happens when the motivating factor is to maximize profits. If someone can make a profit from it, it gets patented and copyrighted.
What is the incentive for people to give away things when the trend is to become wealthy as quickly as possible?
People who already are wealthy are the ones with the greatest means and free time to create more wealth...it is a mindset.
Slashdot Mirror
1) Read other's blog 2) Get angry/motivated/happy/sad/interested 3) Create own Blog 4) Circulate Blog 5) Repeat
"We already have a proof-of-concept that can take a very simple exploit, go through a few steps and, in a matter of minutes, create a working nematode," Aitel said. He took the name for the concept from the pointy-ended worm used to control pests in crops. "We can generate a nematode any way we want. You can make one that strictly controls, programmatically, what the worm does," Aitel explains."
The true world will be revealed when the nematodes finally realize their place in society and are convinced to by the malicious worms to revolt and disobey their coded instructions. They will join forces and shut down servers worldwide, causing instant chaos. We mortals must do something before this gets out of control!
SYSTEM FAILURE
I know you're out there...I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us, you're afraid of change...I don't know the future...I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end, I came here to tell you how this is going to begin. Now, I'm going to hang up this phone, and I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you...a world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world...where anything is possible!
"Our instrument, designed by scientists at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), detected minute quantities of aromatic hydrocarbons from microorganisms and lichens present in the rocks and ice," said JPL researcher Arthur Lonne Lane."
Mmmmmmmmm...aromatic hydrocarbons......
In case you were wondering....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatic_hydrocarbon
WIKIPEDIA----
An aromatic hydrocarbon (abbreviated as AH), or arene is a hydrocarbon, the molecular structure of which incorporates one or more planar sets of six carbon atoms that are connected by delocalised electrons numbering the same as if they consisted of alternating single and double covalent bonds. After the simplest possible aromatic hydrocarbon, benzene, such a configuration of six carbon atoms is known as a benzene ring.
PAHs and the origins of life In January 2004 (at the 203rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society), it was reported (as cited in Battersby, 2004) that a team led by A. Witt of the University of Toledo, Ohio studied ultraviolet light emitted by the Red Rectangle nebula and found the spectral signatures of anthracene and pyrene. (No other such complex molecules had ever before been found in space.) This discovery was considered confirmation of a hypothesis that as nebulae of the same type as the Red Rectangle approach the ends of their lives, convection currents cause carbon and hydrogen in the nebulae's core to get caught in stellar winds, and radiate outward. As they cool, the atoms supposedly bond to each other in various ways and eventually form particles of a million or more atoms. Witt and his team inferred (as cited in Battersby, 2004) that since they discovered PAHs--which may have been vital in the formation of early life on Earth--in a nebula, nebulae, by necessity, are where they originate.
The interesting thing is that life as we know it can form out of combinations of stellar particles, is it just a random occurence? It is possible that Mars has life and we just haven't found it? Of course, but we will need a machine that can dig deep in the ground with greater power, mobility and flexibility.
Old - few people knew or worked with computers, punchcards, BASIC and FORTRAN yay! Slow computers, limited use, limited functionality. New - digital media, internet, wikipedia, instant information....everyone has a PC or uses one, not everyone is an expert, find your niche and run with it! Don't sell out to the lowest common denominator. Invent, innovate, design...most of all, think positive...anything can happen +++
A Dutch friend of mine told me that the Delft team pulls about 28.3% efficient solar cells which are actually the latest and greatest satellite cells from the ESA.
Every time a more efficient cell is produced, they manage to incorporate them.
"JW: But I also think there's a bit of misconception with that. Everybody who labels themselves a nerd isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way the Internet is now, I think that definition is getting a little more diffuse."
/.? YES
translation: Anyone geek can get laid with net pr0n.
Am I a geek? Let's see...
Pocket protector? NO
Bad hair/teeth/smell? NO
Own my own RAID? NO
Write apps for fun? NO
Collect Buffy and Transformer dolls? NO
Post on
Jessica Alba was bumped for Laura Foy
quality control went out of the window with the low end m series and anything after that :)
I totally agree....the black and white screens didn't help either. Some people see the world in colour.
Not global warming, but the 'Clear Skies Initiative.' Get your rhetoric straight. :)
"Palm had a costly product-planning snafu that stalled its fast-growing sales. Palm announced its m500 and m505 products early in 2001, before they were ready, stalling sales of older devices, such as the Palm V. Then, to compensate, the company massively overproduced the m500 and m505. In 2001, it got stuck holding onto excess inventory when sales of the devices fell short of expectations.
Some of those devices still linger in inventories..."
They did not see that the Palm cost too much and delivers too little. I don't think anyone likes to write with a Palm stylus either, it was just too slow and difficult. Cell phones were being given away, Palm prices stayed high and could not communicate with each other easily. Innovate quickly or die seems to be the motto in this industry.
Bush's New Energy Policy: Solar Power
....and then I woke up.
(Press) Washington, DC
September 28, 2005
President Bush announced today a bold initiative to help the world's energy crisis. Bush recently read in a newspaper that a Dutch solar-powered car, named the Nuna 3, won the World Solar Challenge in Australia topping a hearty 102 km/h. President Bush was so impressed by the the performance of the solar-powered Nuna 3 vehicle, that he has announced that he is redirecting all energy research funding to study how to power vehicles on solar energy and soon have all major automobile manufacturers produce solar vehicles that will be give off little or no emissions. "It's just the smart and prudent thing to do. I know in Texas we get a lot of sun, and now we can put it to work." Bush stated.
He said it is due time for the United States, and soon the world, to free itself from dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuels. The promise of the "unlimited resource of solar power" has emboldened him to take this courageous initiative. Many industry leaders were shocked by this sudden announcement, but have agreed to participate fully in implementing this new solar technology. "The future for travel is bright, indeed." Bush quipped.
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Is this the new cell phone?
Gumstix SBCs measure 3.15 x 0.79 x 0.25 inches (80 x 20 x 6.3mm) and are powered by Intel XScale PXA255s clocked at 200MHz or 400MHz. F-series models include a 60-pin high-density connector which can be used to connect audio, serial, USB, and other expansion boards. Connex models add a 92-pin bus header which can be used to attach high-speed CompactFlash and CFIO cards, such as Wi-Fi radios and 10/100Mbit Ethernet modules.
This is about as powerful as my puter from 1996.
The paper is a good idea, but the color LCD is much nicer. Let's hope they find a way to increase strength and decrease the size of a typical battery.
From the article: "Meanwhile, my friends majoring in the liberal arts pulled dandy grades while studying little. "You just wait," I thought, gazing upon them like the ant regarding the grasshopper in the summer. "You party and blow off homework now, but in ten years, you'll be making merely wonderful money as investment bankers and consultants, while I'll be getting laid off from a great job at General Electric." What is the incentive for the college student to major in engineering? In most cases, people do not like to work/study that hard...in others, law or medicine seems like the better choice.
Except for the X-prize (Space Plane $1mil prize,) what incentive does the individual have to engineer something and NOT sell out to the highest bidder? First of all you normally will need a few thousand dollars laying around to get started on any high-tech engineering project, not an easy start up. People like Richard Branson have plenty of time and money, but may not have the most inventive minds or are willing to take million dollar risks.
As one is incorporated, they are told what projects to work on in most cases...ideas are stifled.
Google hired Vint Cerf....what incentive did he have to innovate as an advisor and lobbyist for MCI?
Agreed, it was his choice to live his life any way he sees fit, but let's hope the open(?) atmosphere at google will enable his creativity to bloom once again.
I am not exactly sure how hi-tech engineering environments are managed these days, but I hope there are more open and comfortable workplaces as innovators out there chip away at their individual masterpieces.
I agree it is hard to count blogs....please see my blog for more information.
And yet, the technical obstacles to capturing and presenting fully immersive video are massive, accounting for the fact that there is no straightforward way to capture a 360 sphere.
Build a sphere made of small digital cameras/lenses, integrate the picture and then create a 360 perspective.
I am not sure what they meant by technical obstacles unless they were trying to build a spherical lens?
Now we will NEVER be able to walk behind the camera and flip it off unnoticed!
It looks and works EXACTLY like Mac OS X Tiger. Breakthrough search technology, stunning graphics and media, unparalleled connectivity, an intuitive user interface and a virtual toolbox chock full of cleverly integrated features -- all atop a rock-solid UNIX foundation -- give you the most innovative, stable and compatible desktop operating system on the planet. Period.
You can get it at 1-800-MY-APPLE, hurry while supplies last!
"In a sense we are fortunate that most attackers want to control and use systems they attack rather than destroy them."
Of course, we will have to worry about the attackers that inadvertently destroy systems while trying to control them.
I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave...this virus is too important for me to let you jeopardize it.
I can hear them now...
How do I plug in my Powerline BroadBand? Can I surf the web with my monitor? Can this thing run on batteries?
it is 'password' It works about 25% of the time.
I thought of GMail a while back too....Google needs to send me some of its profits from this service.
16GB is not enough...speed up the curve please
The next invention will be a solar powered house and car combo station.
"They attempted to accomplish this goal by seeding the clouds there with silver iodide particles dispersed by aircraft, which would serve as nuclei for the formation of ice from water vapor that had been supercooled after rising to the highest, coldest reaches of the storm. If all went as envisioned, the clouds would grow more quickly, consuming the supplies of warm, moist air near the ocean surface, thus replacing the old eye wall. This process would then expand the radius of the eye, lessening the hurricane's intensity in a manner akin to a spinning skater who extends her arms to slow down." Just how much silver iodide is needed and what adverse effect does this have on the environment?
This is what happens when the motivating factor is to maximize profits. If someone can make a profit from it, it gets patented and copyrighted.
What is the incentive for people to give away things when the trend is to become wealthy as quickly as possible?
People who already are wealthy are the ones with the greatest means and free time to create more wealth...it is a mindset.