And why civilized countries like Europe institute protections for aspects of society that should not be allowed to change just because some rich assholes figure out a way to eliminate people from a process.
Today it's the community store that goes away.
Tomorrow, it WILL be the community.
And that's where Silicon Valley's best have your community interests in mind!
At that time, I had near-constant access to an IMSAI 8-bit computer with a Micropolis dual drive and a Xerox Diablo printer. I got on board the notebook craze a while later with the PX-8. Mine ran BASIC and had a mini-cassette tape drive for long-term storage, It had a serial port that tied into a 2 meter ham radio transceiver and I could do text messaging via amateur packet radio. Was so cool.
While I didn't work on this one, the Galileo mission was started at JPL in 1977 (there were lots of study work done before that) and was ended in 2003 with the planned plunge into the Jovian atmosphere. That's 26 years, which was at least for many of the engineers, scientists, technicians and managers on the project a good portion of their careers. 74 years or more (added 5 years for planning and implementation) isn't bad for an interstellar robot mission. The challenge is always the stability of the funding environment.
One of the magnetic (actually anti-ferromagnetic) compounds discovered was Mn2PtPd. Pt and Pd are two orders of magnitude more rare than the "relatively common" rare earths...
Yes, it's too bad the government insists on being COMPLETELY HANDS-OFF when it comes to the manufacturing and licensing of automobiles, and of course, is paying ABSOLUTELY NO ATTENTION to self-driving cars./sarcasm
Man, you got me there! I saw the "end sarcasm" tag and couldn't find the "start sarcasm" tag, so I thought everything from the top of the page was sarcasm...
The "terahertz" band is 300 GHz to 10,000 GHz, so anyone who does work at 300 GHz is working in the "terahertz" band. However, the SI terahertz unit is 1000 GHz, as another poster pointed out. So this is on the far far far low end of the terahertz band. It's like claiming you're flying when you run, because both your feet are off the ground at the same time...
... but hospitals could save billions by hosing the paper records (soaking them to clunky clods) rather than shredding them...
This idea I like! A giant kettle down in the basement, where all the old records go. simmer, press into small bricks, and let air-dry. Turn them into building materials!
did a similar thing last month, getting rid of "only" 6% of its IT workforce locally by outsourcing to India. No H1B visas needed as the call-center jobs moved to India.
I'm not sure how much this saves customers, the monthly charge customers pay probably didn't drop, but I'm sure that this helped the local organization's bottom line and made their management look good to the bosses. Short-term profit vs long-term stability. Except for an article in the newspaper, didn't seem to be much outcry.
To be fair, I don't remember ever reading in any significant company's corporate prospectus that employment was more important than revenue.
This is like you putting stadium lighting in your living room to use a solar cell to charge your phone.
For those who care, this requires the widget to be in the main beam of a transmitter belching out 900 MHz (or lower, or higher) radio waves at sufficient power to be useful. See FCC Part 18 for details. I'd rather be on the back side of that antenna than living in the beam.
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you realize it's in binary
And why civilized countries like Europe institute protections for aspects of society that should not be allowed to change just because some rich assholes figure out a way to eliminate people from a process.
Today it's the community store that goes away.
Tomorrow, it WILL be the community.
And that's where Silicon Valley's best have your community interests in mind!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
Town squares, avenues and groves full of fruits.
This is our chance!
A "(hu)man in the middle" attack!
In fact, it's the most alkaline.
At that time, I had near-constant access to an IMSAI 8-bit computer with a Micropolis dual drive and a Xerox Diablo printer. I got on board the notebook craze a while later with the PX-8. Mine ran BASIC and had a mini-cassette tape drive for long-term storage, It had a serial port that tied into a 2 meter ham radio transceiver and I could do text messaging via amateur packet radio. Was so cool.
No, that's "Jesus H. Christ!"
While I didn't work on this one, the Galileo mission was started at JPL in 1977 (there were lots of study work done before that) and was ended in 2003 with the planned plunge into the Jovian atmosphere. That's 26 years, which was at least for many of the engineers, scientists, technicians and managers on the project a good portion of their careers. 74 years or more (added 5 years for planning and implementation) isn't bad for an interstellar robot mission. The challenge is always the stability of the funding environment.
One of the magnetic (actually anti-ferromagnetic) compounds discovered was Mn2PtPd. Pt and Pd are two orders of magnitude more rare than the "relatively common" rare earths...
Yes, it's too bad the government insists on being COMPLETELY HANDS-OFF when it comes to the manufacturing and licensing of automobiles, and of course, is paying ABSOLUTELY NO ATTENTION to self-driving cars. /sarcasm
Man, you got me there! I saw the "end sarcasm" tag and couldn't find the "start sarcasm" tag, so I thought everything from the top of the page was sarcasm...
This article takes advantage of a definition for "terahertz band" as indicated in the paper linked.
http://aip.scitation.org/doi/f...
The "terahertz" band is 300 GHz to 10,000 GHz, so anyone who does work at 300 GHz is working in the "terahertz" band. However, the SI terahertz unit is 1000 GHz, as another poster pointed out. So this is on the far far far low end of the terahertz band. It's like claiming you're flying when you run, because both your feet are off the ground at the same time...
When you said "nerd watch", thought you meant something like a "nerd alert"...
Don't wear a watch, haven't for 20 years. The Casios were cool, though.
Yeah, but that's the *good* guys, right? It's ok, then.
If the AirPod drops on the ground, it might get cooties. I wonder if that's covered as well. I sure wouldn't want to put that back in my ear.
Good thing it fell out of your ear first...
A teraflop in a pair of (ugly) glasses. Who woulda thunk it?
Don't know about you, but I went through my year's supply of frozen Hot Pockets and Snickers bars back in late July. We're doomed, I say, doomed.
...Many of the *plants* are 3D printable..."
Now I'm hungry again.
... but hospitals could save billions by hosing the paper records (soaking them to clunky clods) rather than shredding them...
This idea I like! A giant kettle down in the basement, where all the old records go. simmer, press into small bricks, and let air-dry. Turn them into building materials!
You're crazy!
There's no way you need a 1/8" hole to put the WD-40 through, 1/16" is fine. In true Slashdot form, your idea sucks.
did a similar thing last month, getting rid of "only" 6% of its IT workforce locally by outsourcing to India. No H1B visas needed as the call-center jobs moved to India.
http://www.azcentral.com/story...
I'm not sure how much this saves customers, the monthly charge customers pay probably didn't drop, but I'm sure that this helped the local organization's bottom line and made their management look good to the bosses. Short-term profit vs long-term stability. Except for an article in the newspaper, didn't seem to be much outcry.
To be fair, I don't remember ever reading in any significant company's corporate prospectus that employment was more important than revenue.
As a tired old white man here in Arizona, I look forward to having beachfront property to sell to displaced coastal Californians. Profit!
Define "not insignificant".
http://www.tradingeconomics.co...
Shows a fairly smooth and stable population for Canada, with no spikes in the 60's or 70's.
Could it be that your idea of "significant" is pretty insignificant?
Spend 20% of your time doing what excites you! (As long as it doesn't impact the 100% we pay you for...)
This is like you putting stadium lighting in your living room to use a solar cell to charge your phone.
For those who care, this requires the widget to be in the main beam of a transmitter belching out 900 MHz (or lower, or higher) radio waves at sufficient power to be useful. See FCC Part 18 for details. I'd rather be on the back side of that antenna than living in the beam.
Boy, won't he feel silly when he dies before what he thinks is his time...