You have an interesting question there. I don't consciously imagine punching in a phone number, but as I do it my muscle memory helps me know when I've done it wrong. (Thanks for the link to Anki, also.) However, I almost never need to type in phone numbers on a computer, and it sounds like the only reason you do is so that you can use the memory aid tools. Do you do a lot of work with calculators? The way I type in numbers on a phone is normally with my thumbs, rather than my fingers, so it's (for me) a very different mental task than keying in on a keyboard. I don't think I'd have much overlap between the memory of typing numbers on my phone versus typing them on a keyboard.
A sibling commenter mentioned that they are terrible at remembering phone numbers. I am too -- that's why I use a tool to remember them for me. Why do you find yourself caring whether you have it in your head versus in the phone's memory?
Some geeks dislike spatial memory, but on the other hand how else would you describe understanding the "shape" of a program, or the way it fits together? I'm sure some geeks DO leverage spatial memory.
Would that kind of software be available so that I could do that with my own SSD+HD? I currently have an SSD that I keep gaming stuff on, but I wouldn't mind repurposing it as a cache if I knew how. Is there an easy way to do this?
What we should care about is getting humankind off-planet. Sci-fi has dealt with this in a few ways that don't include manned space travel. We could do that by seeding worlds with technology/materials, and then following up with a seed ship full of embryos or other frozen bits. Granted, we don't have the tech or resources to do that right now, but neither can we build ark ships to carry the super wealthy off-planet.
In the near term, you're right -- we need to mine the hell out of the asteroids, and there will likely be some manned spaceflight involved. However, there's a lot that could probably be done in an automated manner or with remote control, too.
And yet, sometimes paper plates are the best answer, rather than the expensive china, even though they are "lower quality" by nearly every measure. Recognize the proper tool for the situation and use it.
It's relatively challenging to find it on the internet; can you elaborate for those of us who are not going to buy the book just to understand the counter?:)
Without children, it will be challenging to have intellectual innovations, a viable work force, a military, or potential explorers in fifty, sixty, or a hundred years.
Yes, some people have too many. Others have kids at a time when they can support them, and then lose the ability to support them. It's hard to fault someone for having kids they could support when the new inability to support them is something they have little control over.
I feel (irrationally?) that losing libraries would be a net loss. I want them, but can't figure out why.
However, they seem less and less relevant today. I talk to coworkers or friends (and I'm sure we all know people) who don't read. Heck, I don't read often for recreation anymore either, especially now that we have computer games or Netflix. When I do read, it's usually something that's either on the internet (Project Gutenberg, or the Baen free library).
Libraries used to be where you'd go to find reference material, too. The reference books I care about are all very special-purpose -- good luck finding "Hello Android" or "Practical Common Lisp" at your local library. More importantly, the level of reference that we might once have gone to the library to read can now be found nearly instantly, in exhaustive and more detail than most people need, at Wikipedia. A DVD of Wikipedia's core articles will probably give a better (and hyperlinked) overview of almost any event in history, of almost any major technological invention, and so on than what most people are likely to find at a library. For most "How does X work?" questions, or "Who was X", or "Why did we ____" questions, Wikipedia is such a fantastic first-tier reference that most of us aren't going to bother going to the library.
That's the other issue: Convenience. Now that we have near-instant access to almost everything (movies, music, news, reference info) via the internet, many people (including me) have a hard time actually getting to the post office, let alone driving for twenty minutes to get to the library, which may or may not have what I am looking for. In terms of my time, it's often just more tempting to buy the book online and have it shipped to me.
Now that my kid(s) are getting older, though, there are a lot of books that they can pick out at the library, and I'm sure we'll be making more use of it soon. Maybe it's still relevant after all.:-)
Skimmers are often installed at gas stations, too -- the banks don't have control over that as much. As someone mentioned, it's apparently easy to install.
The secure BIOS won't allow booting/installing of unsigned binaries. From the second linked article:
The UEFI secure boot protocol is part of recent UEFI specification releases. It permits one or more signing keys to be installed into a system firmware. Once enabled, secure boot prevents executables or drivers from being loaded unless they're signed by one of these keys.
So, we'll need to find a way to install keys that have been used to sign Linux installers (and kernels, apparently). Not sure how possible that is.
The hay bale house had a pretty large thermal mass,it looked like. I've read about them before, and they're pretty interesting. They might be more workable in a colder climate.
Some jurisdictions have had their codes changed to support houses made from materials you might not expect -- hay bales, recycled tires, etc. Many areas might not, but it's worth talking to your local people to find out if you could do something like this. It might just pan out.
Do you mean the Clone Wars film (2008), the Clone Wars TV show from 2008 (CGI), or the Clone Wars series from 2003? The 2003 series I liked a great bit, what little of it I got to see, but what reviews I read of the 2008 incarnations seemed to indicate a much lesser degree of quality.
In short, it's possible to see him as absolutely iconic in the role of Kirk, an awesome character that we love, while still feeling that he doesn't act well. (I don't think he acts poorly, but he seems to have a reputation or a stereotype. Otherwise, Galaxy Quest wouldn't have been so funny.)
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You have an interesting question there. I don't consciously imagine punching in a phone number, but as I do it my muscle memory helps me know when I've done it wrong. (Thanks for the link to Anki, also.) However, I almost never need to type in phone numbers on a computer, and it sounds like the only reason you do is so that you can use the memory aid tools. Do you do a lot of work with calculators? The way I type in numbers on a phone is normally with my thumbs, rather than my fingers, so it's (for me) a very different mental task than keying in on a keyboard. I don't think I'd have much overlap between the memory of typing numbers on my phone versus typing them on a keyboard.
A sibling commenter mentioned that they are terrible at remembering phone numbers. I am too -- that's why I use a tool to remember them for me. Why do you find yourself caring whether you have it in your head versus in the phone's memory?
Some geeks dislike spatial memory, but on the other hand how else would you describe understanding the "shape" of a program, or the way it fits together? I'm sure some geeks DO leverage spatial memory.
Would that kind of software be available so that I could do that with my own SSD+HD? I currently have an SSD that I keep gaming stuff on, but I wouldn't mind repurposing it as a cache if I knew how. Is there an easy way to do this?
Lasik won't help much with the swollen optic nerve.
It won't matter, we'll be long dead by then.
What we should care about is getting humankind off-planet. Sci-fi has dealt with this in a few ways that don't include manned space travel. We could do that by seeding worlds with technology/materials, and then following up with a seed ship full of embryos or other frozen bits. Granted, we don't have the tech or resources to do that right now, but neither can we build ark ships to carry the super wealthy off-planet.
In the near term, you're right -- we need to mine the hell out of the asteroids, and there will likely be some manned spaceflight involved. However, there's a lot that could probably be done in an automated manner or with remote control, too.
And yet, sometimes paper plates are the best answer, rather than the expensive china, even though they are "lower quality" by nearly every measure. Recognize the proper tool for the situation and use it.
It's relatively challenging to find it on the internet; can you elaborate for those of us who are not going to buy the book just to understand the counter? :)
I think it's just an extra long stairway to the ground floor. ;)
Without children, it will be challenging to have intellectual innovations, a viable work force, a military, or potential explorers in fifty, sixty, or a hundred years.
Yes, some people have too many. Others have kids at a time when they can support them, and then lose the ability to support them. It's hard to fault someone for having kids they could support when the new inability to support them is something they have little control over.
I feel (irrationally?) that losing libraries would be a net loss. I want them, but can't figure out why.
However, they seem less and less relevant today. I talk to coworkers or friends (and I'm sure we all know people) who don't read. Heck, I don't read often for recreation anymore either, especially now that we have computer games or Netflix. When I do read, it's usually something that's either on the internet (Project Gutenberg, or the Baen free library).
Libraries used to be where you'd go to find reference material, too. The reference books I care about are all very special-purpose -- good luck finding "Hello Android" or "Practical Common Lisp" at your local library. More importantly, the level of reference that we might once have gone to the library to read can now be found nearly instantly, in exhaustive and more detail than most people need, at Wikipedia. A DVD of Wikipedia's core articles will probably give a better (and hyperlinked) overview of almost any event in history, of almost any major technological invention, and so on than what most people are likely to find at a library. For most "How does X work?" questions, or "Who was X", or "Why did we ____" questions, Wikipedia is such a fantastic first-tier reference that most of us aren't going to bother going to the library.
That's the other issue: Convenience. Now that we have near-instant access to almost everything (movies, music, news, reference info) via the internet, many people (including me) have a hard time actually getting to the post office, let alone driving for twenty minutes to get to the library, which may or may not have what I am looking for. In terms of my time, it's often just more tempting to buy the book online and have it shipped to me.
Now that my kid(s) are getting older, though, there are a lot of books that they can pick out at the library, and I'm sure we'll be making more use of it soon. Maybe it's still relevant after all. :-)
Skimmers are often installed at gas stations, too -- the banks don't have control over that as much. As someone mentioned, it's apparently easy to install.
It's not that it can't be installed, it's that the machine is not allowed to have a Windows 8 LOGO sticker on it.
A more elegant portable, from a more civilized age.
The secure BIOS won't allow booting/installing of unsigned binaries. From the second linked article:
The UEFI secure boot protocol is part of recent UEFI specification releases. It permits one or more signing keys to be installed into a system firmware. Once enabled, secure boot prevents executables or drivers from being loaded unless they're signed by one of these keys.
So, we'll need to find a way to install keys that have been used to sign Linux installers (and kernels, apparently). Not sure how possible that is.
Have you tried wearing a utilikilt? Most of the freedom, but you also have pockets, and don't have to worry as much about cold chairs.
Engrave them on stone tablets. :)
The hay bale house had a pretty large thermal mass,it looked like. I've read about them before, and they're pretty interesting. They might be more workable in a colder climate.
Some jurisdictions have had their codes changed to support houses made from materials you might not expect -- hay bales, recycled tires, etc. Many areas might not, but it's worth talking to your local people to find out if you could do something like this. It might just pan out.
Do you mean the Clone Wars film (2008), the Clone Wars TV show from 2008 (CGI), or the Clone Wars series from 2003? The 2003 series I liked a great bit, what little of it I got to see, but what reviews I read of the 2008 incarnations seemed to indicate a much lesser degree of quality.
In short, it's possible to see him as absolutely iconic in the role of Kirk, an awesome character that we love, while still feeling that he doesn't act well. (I don't think he acts poorly, but he seems to have a reputation or a stereotype. Otherwise, Galaxy Quest wouldn't have been so funny.)
Jonathan Ke Quan
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702841/
"(2002) He is now a martial artist and working as a stunt coordinator, recently worked with Jet Li on 'The One'"
That's pretty cool.
You'll note that it says no person, not no citizen.
I expect they need their dev houses to be near their real datacenters, which have to be in close physical proximity to the markets.
It's your own fault for being born in Hinkley.
Why are you letting that turtle die? Do you hate turtles?