Get the support of a couple of preachers and then I'll listen. I realize you were joking, but there are a few evangelicals out there demanding action. http://www.christiansandclimate.org/
The subject on this story is a bit misleading. According to the article, the simulation:
Simulated only half a mouse brain
Ran at about 1/10 the speed of a real mouse brain
Only ran for 10 seconds
Only simulated generic tissue (didn't contain brain structures found in real mice)
From the article:
Imposing such structures and getting the simulation to do useful work might be a much more difficult task than simply setting up the plumbing.
For future tests the team aims to speed up the simulation, make it more neurobiologically faithful, add structures seen in real mouse brains and make the responses of neurons and synapses more detailed.
It's not that this isn't noteworthy, it's that mammalian brains are incredibly complex. I would be curious to see if they could faithfully reproduce a fish or reptile brain at this point.
When software is not in a repository, it is not handled well and I don't know any package manager for Linux that supports using a software package from some random Website, and managing the install, registration, and updates for that application through the standard package manager. Hopefully this deficiency can be addressed if linux ever gains serious market share on the desktop. I don't see why market share would be a prerequisite for this sort of feature, unless you meant that increased market share would make it necessary.
Ubuntu is plug and play. Try telling that to my BCM43xx wireless card...
I have searched ubuntuforums, google, and a couple Linux sites extensively, and all I ever found, other than general resignation, were hacks that worked on some models, sometimes, only to have the connection dropped when you actually tried to use it.
The only "free" copies of Windows I've seen come with a ~$600 MSDN subscription. If they are just giving it away, they certainly aren't shouting it from the rooftops. In any case, it's a lot easier to get free copies of Debian, GCC and EMACS, for instance.
Not mention the trouble developers are going to have trying to make games cross-platform.
How convenient for Microsoft...almost as if it's by design.
Games are pretty much the only thing keeping me from going 100% Linux, and I doubt I'm unique in that regard. Microsoft might fight a little dirty to keep its gaming dominance, and they've proven that antitrust lawsuits aren't going to slow them down.
I've only seen it a few times, but their thought process seems to involve little more than doing the first thing that pops into their heads. Or at least the presentation makes it appear that way.
Are there any big architectural differences between multiple, specialized cores within a die and multiple, specialized units within a core? If so, what are they?
Keep in mind that spending money now can create more money in the future. If you cure AIDS, you don't need to pay for medication anymore. If you build a highway, that's a permanent enhancement to an economy. And then, the economic benefit of universal good will (being optimistic) cannot be overestimated.
Note I do hope users go to both Linux and Mac in roughly equal groups as I'd like to see us avoid another monopoly situation like this Microsoft hell we've had to live through.
Except Linux could never have a monopoly, because it can be forked by a dissatisfied user at the slightest provocation.
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- Simulated only half a mouse brain
- Ran at about 1/10 the speed of a real mouse brain
- Only ran for 10 seconds
- Only simulated generic tissue (didn't contain brain structures found in real mice)
From the article: Imposing such structures and getting the simulation to do useful work might be a much more difficult task than simply setting up the plumbing.For future tests the team aims to speed up the simulation, make it more neurobiologically faithful, add structures seen in real mouse brains and make the responses of neurons and synapses more detailed.
It's not that this isn't noteworthy, it's that mammalian brains are incredibly complex. I would be curious to see if they could faithfully reproduce a fish or reptile brain at this point.
./ is pretty important to the geek community. If everyone here stops having wet dreams about working for Google, it could slow their hiring.
So if the sale takes place in the state where the business is located, where does the consumer's state get the authority to tax it?
Not that I'm frustrated...
The only "free" copies of Windows I've seen come with a ~$600 MSDN subscription. If they are just giving it away, they certainly aren't shouting it from the rooftops. In any case, it's a lot easier to get free copies of Debian, GCC and EMACS, for instance.
-1 Pedantic, but I think it's more of a misconception of what a Hz means (nothing useful on its own).
I seriously doubt these things could survive very well in the wild (they most likely lack the speed to escape predators).
How convenient for Microsoft...almost as if it's by design.
Games are pretty much the only thing keeping me from going 100% Linux, and I doubt I'm unique in that regard. Microsoft might fight a little dirty to keep its gaming dominance, and they've proven that antitrust lawsuits aren't going to slow them down.
I've only seen it a few times, but their thought process seems to involve little more than doing the first thing that pops into their heads. Or at least the presentation makes it appear that way.
Could somebody explain to me why we can't just use 1 KB = 1024 bytes (and so on) for everything?
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
I was wondering that myself, so I started installing it. And yes, it does.
Are there any big architectural differences between multiple, specialized cores within a die and multiple, specialized units within a core? If so, what are they?
Yeah, it's not like we've killed off so many species that scientists refer to the modern era as the Holocene Extinction Event, or the Sixth Extinction; or are claiming that this is the fastest mass extinction in Earth's history, giant meteors included. No, there's hardly any extinction going on.
Please perform at least a cursory Google search before making broad scientific claims.
Keep in mind that spending money now can create more money in the future. If you cure AIDS, you don't need to pay for medication anymore. If you build a highway, that's a permanent enhancement to an economy. And then, the economic benefit of universal good will (being optimistic) cannot be overestimated.
Any idea if refrigeration would fix this? Of course, it would add extra cost...
Because if you suspect something, you can then confirm/discredit the suspicion.
Here's the direct link to the slide show for the impatient among us.
I find the same to be generally true among humans.
So does this mean that man discovered fusion before fission?
Except Linux could never have a monopoly, because it can be forked by a dissatisfied user at the slightest provocation.
But how do you avoid the radiation on the way back down? Free fall?