I know it's been a subject of study. But has it been done in an automated matter? I would think the image processing power required to do so hasn't been around for that long. If it hasn't been done, the vastly larger quantity of data that could be processed by an automated system would give a vastly greater time and size resolution, which could potentially yield trends that have implications for related fields of study.
It's amazing, looking at the samples they have on the site, the depth of resolution they have and, correspondentially, the vast range of crater sizes. Someone could write some software to extrapolate from just a couple of these photos, not only the distribution of meteor sizes in earth's vicinity, but the progression of the distribution of sizes through time.
Acoustic emissions detection systems, which listen for the sounds of metal snapping on structures are already are being sold and fitted.
Metal snapping? Why not just listen for motorists screaming? I assume these actually listen for some kind of metal stress sound, rather than actual failure? No, I didn't read TFA, so feel free to ignore me.
But China today isn't so black-and-white in terms of the economy model. It's a weird mixture of capitalism and communism.
That's for sure. China itself is far from a centralized economy, although some regions within it may be. Some of the autonomous regions there are more free-market than most Western countries. In the rural provinces, I doubt you'll find the kinds of restrictions you find in the urban areas. You definitely find far more entrepreneurism than you would expect in a "communist country". You also find far less of a "safety net" than you find in Western countries. One of the common struggles in rural families is coming up with tuition to send their kids to school, whereas most Western countries have state-run free schooling.
The logical fallacy is "Al qaeda edited these videos"... perhaps it should be stated as "Al qaeda videos have been edited"... you have no idea WHO actually edited them.
I think the only conclusion that can be sustained by the technology is "Al Qaeda videos have been modified" not neccessarily "edited". TFA claims that books were added to the background in the frame they show, but it seems to me much more likely that when the titles were added they also adjusted brightness, contrast and white balance, and that caused more change in the area of the books than elsewhere, causing the effects picked up by the software.
"Now, the robots have kill switches, so now we can kill the unit if it goes crazy."
Did he really just say that? I think this guy needs to be "redeployed" from the PR department. Imagine if this guy worked in industry. You go to buy a blender, and see giant yellow lettering: NEW AND IMPROVED!!! Now with a kill switch, so you can kill the unit if it goes crazy!
The army is plenty familiar with how to make a no-man's land, it's the press, and [consequentially] the American People that will not allow those kind of tactics. This war is going the same way Vietnam went, because it has about the same support from the people that Vietnam had. War is terrible and ugly, the people don't want terrible and ugly, because they don't really believe in the cause. So the Army is asked to fight the Disney version of War. In DisneyWar only bad guys die, the oppressed welcome us as heroes, and all the soldiers come home in time for Christmas. The problem being of course DisneyWar doesn't really exist.
Armies are for killing the enemy, not for making new friends, not for keeping peace.
I agree with what you say except for "because they don't really believe in the cause." The causes are ones that people strongly believe in, right up to the time for sacrifice. The problem is the 20th century ideology that says, "no cause that requires sacrifice can possibly be legitimate." That ideology caused WWII to become the hell that it was, caused Vietnam to become the hell that it was, and has incapacitated the thinking of most Westerners regarding Iraq.
"The findings were somewhat unintuitive, because passively using the hint appeared to enhance performance during the study phase of the experiment but had a deleterious effect on long-term learning," Kornell said.
Yeah, completely unintuitive that monkeys remember better when they have to memorize the thing they're supposed to remember. The only thing that is unintuitive is that someone let you play with monkeys.
How many people that attain the level that Queen rose to, would just spend their time spending the money?
Yeah, and how many rock stars who achieved the success of Queen still have enough money left to go to college?
Seriously, though, I think science could really benefit from someone like him. As I young guitarist I took a lot of inspiration from an article he wrote. I remember the bottom line was that the #1 rule is to disregard all the rules, and come at it fresh every time. That was pretty much the mindset of Feynman and Einstein as well.
I want a computer in my head that I can tell to do discrete calculations for me, since humans are so slow at them and mistake-prone. I'd love to be able to do 4096-bit RSA encryption in my head. Then the rest of my brain could concentrate on the problems the computer isn't good at.
I'd be satisfied if I could just figure out the restaurant tip in my head.
I did a little research to find approximate values...
most efficient current US coal turbine: 35% power transmission: 92% HV to MV Transformer: 99% MV to mains Transformer: 98% rectification: 90% DC motor: 85% ==== total: 23%
Yes, certainly there are transmission and conversion losses. But two things are important to keep in mind: First, the turbines at power plants are a lot more efficient than the reciprocating engine in your car; that serves to balance out some of those losses. But more importantly, the second point is that for every fraction of your electrical power that is produced in a non-polluting manner (nuclear, solar, hydro, etc), the losses become irrelevant because these energy sources are, for all intents and purposes, unlimited. As we wean ourselves off fossil fuels, whatever efficiency we end up with will be ok, because power production that is non-polluting and renewable isn't a threat or an emptying well, as it were.
I was just commenting on the idea that a distant coal plant could provide energy to a car more efficiently than an internal combustion engine located inside the car. After rereading your OP, I see you were maybe not trying to imply that.
Lost is a fascinating TV series. I was on board for a long time, but after a while I thought the writers could not reasonably sew up all the disparate elements they were throwing out. I think 1 of 3 things will happen to the story as the series winds down (assuming it comes to an actual conclusion, not a sudden cancellation):
1. The writers will tie up a few large plot points, but leave a myriad of details unexplained. The writers will tell fans that stories don't necessarily result in perfect closure. This will result in the fans giving the show producers a "pitchfork party."
2. The writers will tie everything up in a Grand Unified Theory of Lost, but it will be boring and it will suck.
3. The writers will tie everything up in a Grand Unified Theory of Lost and it will be the grandest example of story craft on TV in years (highly unlikely).
The show has simply tossed out too much stuff to bring together in a satisfying resolution.
I'm serious that I think it's the best TV show ever... not so much that I have proven it mathematically. The overarching story and world was worked out in the beginning by JJ Abrams and Damon Lindeloff (Damon is still closely involved with production, JJ isn't), they aren't winging it. We know it won't be cancelled or over extended, because a few months ago the producers and ABC reached a deal: Three more (shortened) seasons of 16 episodes each, and that's it. That's how much time they thought was right to tell the remainder of the story, and by doing it in more three seasons instead of two they can devote more time to each episode. (And they also thought the remainder of the story more naturally divided up into three parts.) The producers have talked a lot about how they've learned from the mistakes that shows like X-Files made (not being able to tie things up + going on too long) and Twin Peaks (revealing all the mystery too soon, and having nothing more to be about), and they're avoiding them. So I really think it will be #3, as unprecedented as it may be. Oh, I forgot one lemma from my proof:
12. The official podcast, with exec producer and co-creator Damon Lindeloff and exec producer Carlton Cuse, is the funniest thing since sliced bread. Okay, bad mixed metaphor, but the archived podcast are linked here http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Portal:Official_Lost _Podcast
Big fossil fuel generating plants are more efficient, and that's one factor...
I don't buy this. A converting hydrocarbon combustion to high-voltage AC, transmitting the AC over great distances, transforming to mains voltage AC, converting to DC, storing as chemical energy, converting back to DC, to power an electric motor... there's no way on earth that is more efficient than an internal combustion engine, which utilizes the mechanical energy of hydrocarbon combustion directly.
This has got to be the Ultimate Slashdotter's Dilemma. Should you love it or hate it? On the one hand, Homeland Security developed it. On the other hand it uses LEDs. Left-wing nerd brains are exploding across the globe.
And sometimes, just sometimes, something can be successful BECAUSE it's good.
That's true, but it doesn't hold for the instances highlighted (Lost and Alias, although your mileage may vary), so I don't get the relevance of your comment.... Or is the meaning of "curmudgeon" in the 21st century "someone who doesn't share my tastes in pop culture, and must therefore be a sourpuss about said culture in general?"
What??? Maybe most statements about art are matters of opinion, but Lost is mathematically provable to be the best TV show in history:
The first season, and possibly the entire series, revolves round an integer sequence (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 -- and possibly 108). I say, again, the show revolves around an integer series.
There's a monster that's apparently made out of smoke, but sounds mechanical, that smashes people against trees, and possibly scans people's brains.
There are vintage computers hidden in underground chambers, and instruction films narrated by a guy with a missing hand to instruct you on how to use them.
Many of the characters are meaningfully named after philosophers (John Locke, [Danielle] Rousseau, and [Desmond] David Hume).
It's full of references to great literature, and models its story and themes on numerous great works. If you notice what books characters are reading, or especially the books they actually mention, you can see parallels that reinforce, or perhaps inspire, the themes of the story.
The characters are amazing, with the diversity of personality and outlook that you would expect from a random cross section of people thrown together. It draws its inspiration for this from Steven King's The Stand. Cinematography and acting are likewise amazing.
They sailed past the remains of an ancient giant statue. Only the foot remained, but the foot only had four toes.
Corpses have a way of disappearing, and then seeming to appear to people as if alive. Disembodied voices are sometimes heard in the jungle.
For unknown reasons, it is nearly impossible to find the island without an island-based beacon to follow. Similarly, sailing away from the island in an arbitrary fixed direction, seems to bring you back full circle. While magnetic anomalies are established to be present, fans tend to suspect relativistic disturbances to be involved.
A dude unintentionally traveled back in time in his own consciousness as a result of imploding the hatch that covered the geological electromagnetic anomaly (which for some reason turned the sky purple). An antarctic research team was apparently waiting for this electromagnetic disturbance, and detected it; they turned out to be sent there by said dude's girl, who he's desperately trying to return to (whose name is Penelope, a la The Odyssey).
If young Kirk/Spock and old Kirk/Spock are in it, this movie will either be about flashbacks or time travel.
AND, we all know which is more likely...
Although, this is J.J. Abrams, whose show "Lost" is based around flashbacks... although the previous season's finale was a psyche-out make-you-think-it's-a-flashback flashfoward. Although there was time travel in one episode, but it was strictly a time travel of consciousness, no time machines involved.
Tivo's subscrition ($12.95 - $16.95 per month) costs as much as my rental DVR from the cable company.
Tivo's DVR may be better, but I refuse to pay $12.95 per month for tv listings I can find for free on the internet. I could live with $3.00 a month, and I'll bet Tivo could too.
Sorry, Tivo, you have priced yourself out of the market.
This is why I went with ReplayTV instead of TIVO. Originally, ReplayTV included the listing service for free with the purchase of the box. They subsequently switched to the TIVO model of charging for the subscription (either lifetime or monthly). But as an early adopter, I lucked out. Plus there are lots of hacks on the internet for ReplayTV, and I've subsequently upgraded the hard drive twice.
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I know it's been a subject of study. But has it been done in an automated matter? I would think the image processing power required to do so hasn't been around for that long. If it hasn't been done, the vastly larger quantity of data that could be processed by an automated system would give a vastly greater time and size resolution, which could potentially yield trends that have implications for related fields of study.
Say, honey, do we really need TEN FRICKIN' BARNEY'S SAVED??? My frickin' Monster Garage didn't get recorded!!!!
....but in the event that it goes crazy, there's now a kill switch.
It's amazing, looking at the samples they have on the site, the depth of resolution they have and, correspondentially, the vast range of crater sizes. Someone could write some software to extrapolate from just a couple of these photos, not only the distribution of meteor sizes in earth's vicinity, but the progression of the distribution of sizes through time.
Metal snapping? Why not just listen for motorists screaming? I assume these actually listen for some kind of metal stress sound, rather than actual failure? No, I didn't read TFA, so feel free to ignore me.
That's for sure. China itself is far from a centralized economy, although some regions within it may be. Some of the autonomous regions there are more free-market than most Western countries. In the rural provinces, I doubt you'll find the kinds of restrictions you find in the urban areas. You definitely find far more entrepreneurism than you would expect in a "communist country". You also find far less of a "safety net" than you find in Western countries. One of the common struggles in rural families is coming up with tuition to send their kids to school, whereas most Western countries have state-run free schooling.
I think the only conclusion that can be sustained by the technology is "Al Qaeda videos have been modified" not neccessarily "edited". TFA claims that books were added to the background in the frame they show, but it seems to me much more likely that when the titles were added they also adjusted brightness, contrast and white balance, and that caused more change in the area of the books than elsewhere, causing the effects picked up by the software.
Did he really just say that? I think this guy needs to be "redeployed" from the PR department. Imagine if this guy worked in industry. You go to buy a blender, and see giant yellow lettering: NEW AND IMPROVED!!! Now with a kill switch, so you can kill the unit if it goes crazy!
I agree with what you say except for "because they don't really believe in the cause." The causes are ones that people strongly believe in, right up to the time for sacrifice. The problem is the 20th century ideology that says, "no cause that requires sacrifice can possibly be legitimate." That ideology caused WWII to become the hell that it was, caused Vietnam to become the hell that it was, and has incapacitated the thinking of most Westerners regarding Iraq.
Yeah, completely unintuitive that monkeys remember better when they have to memorize the thing they're supposed to remember. The only thing that is unintuitive is that someone let you play with monkeys.
If $800,000 is still too pricey for you, you can get a Cray supercomputer on eBay for $800:2 -Memory-Modules-J-90_W0QQitemZ8816248638QQihZ014QQ categoryZ162QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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Whereas animals at the top of the food chain -- like giant squid -- are virtually identical to us.
Yeah, and how many rock stars who achieved the success of Queen still have enough money left to go to college?
Seriously, though, I think science could really benefit from someone like him. As I young guitarist I took a lot of inspiration from an article he wrote. I remember the bottom line was that the #1 rule is to disregard all the rules, and come at it fresh every time. That was pretty much the mindset of Feynman and Einstein as well.
I'd be satisfied if I could just figure out the restaurant tip in my head.
I did a little research to find approximate values...
most efficient current US coal turbine: 35%
power transmission: 92%
HV to MV Transformer: 99%
MV to mains Transformer: 98%
rectification: 90%
DC motor: 85%
====
total: 23%
Typical internal combustion engine: 25%
Closer than I thought, anyway.
I was just commenting on the idea that a distant coal plant could provide energy to a car more efficiently than an internal combustion engine located inside the car. After rereading your OP, I see you were maybe not trying to imply that.
I'm serious that I think it's the best TV show ever... not so much that I have proven it mathematically. The overarching story and world was worked out in the beginning by JJ Abrams and Damon Lindeloff (Damon is still closely involved with production, JJ isn't), they aren't winging it. We know it won't be cancelled or over extended, because a few months ago the producers and ABC reached a deal: Three more (shortened) seasons of 16 episodes each, and that's it. That's how much time they thought was right to tell the remainder of the story, and by doing it in more three seasons instead of two they can devote more time to each episode. (And they also thought the remainder of the story more naturally divided up into three parts.) The producers have talked a lot about how they've learned from the mistakes that shows like X-Files made (not being able to tie things up + going on too long) and Twin Peaks (revealing all the mystery too soon, and having nothing more to be about), and they're avoiding them. So I really think it will be #3, as unprecedented as it may be. Oh, I forgot one lemma from my proof:
12. The official podcast, with exec producer and co-creator Damon Lindeloff and exec producer Carlton Cuse, is the funniest thing since sliced bread. Okay, bad mixed metaphor, but the archived podcast are linked here http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Portal:Official_Los
Doesn't everybody use Wikipedia for their own purposes?
I don't buy this. A converting hydrocarbon combustion to high-voltage AC, transmitting the AC over great distances, transforming to mains voltage AC, converting to DC, storing as chemical energy, converting back to DC, to power an electric motor... there's no way on earth that is more efficient than an internal combustion engine, which utilizes the mechanical energy of hydrocarbon combustion directly.
This has got to be the Ultimate Slashdotter's Dilemma. Should you love it or hate it? On the one hand, Homeland Security developed it. On the other hand it uses LEDs. Left-wing nerd brains are exploding across the globe.
Won't work. Self-dimming welder's goggles work by detecting the EMP from the welding arc.
I guess that means no more Pravda in Kazakhstan. Bummer. How will the Kazakhstanis now learn about breaking scientific developments?
What??? Maybe most statements about art are matters of opinion, but Lost is mathematically provable to be the best TV show in history:
Q.E.D.
Although, this is J.J. Abrams, whose show "Lost" is based around flashbacks... although the previous season's finale was a psyche-out make-you-think-it's-a-flashback flashfoward. Although there was time travel in one episode, but it was strictly a time travel of consciousness, no time machines involved.
This is why I went with ReplayTV instead of TIVO. Originally, ReplayTV included the listing service for free with the purchase of the box. They subsequently switched to the TIVO model of charging for the subscription (either lifetime or monthly). But as an early adopter, I lucked out. Plus there are lots of hacks on the internet for ReplayTV, and I've subsequently upgraded the hard drive twice.