In theory, the technology is extremely scalable because on any given data location, multiple instances of data are stored in a grid, and numerous different instances of these grids can be stored at varying angles! This is the magic of holograms, the benefit over single-point optical storage. This is the same reason why holograms we see in everyday life, such as the "Genuine" sticker on Microsoft licenses, have different versions of an image (or even different images altogether) when viewed from varying angles.
This is a completely different class of storage in my opinion. There are many components in this system that are common to other devices at least to some degree, such as digital cameras and LCD's, just on a different scale, so as those technologies continue to advance, so will holographic storage.
300GB + 20MB/s is just the tip of the iceberg, my friends... and it's nice to see that this iceberg is forming from what I once considered vaporware.
I recall IBM had developed a crystal-based holo drive, which could operate like a hard drive, and was cube-like, rather than a rotating disc, though I didn't learn much more about it. Absolutely no moving parts either, from what I remember.
Ok, I understand what you mean now by "graphene plane is the hexagonal arrangement of carbon atoms" - I read it as if you were trying to say that the cross-sectional shape of the CNT was hexagonal. I got it now... this is in regards to the bonds of neighboring atoms. I'm terrible with terminology so I won't try to paraphrase further....and wow, that last paragraph was awesome! I can't imagine being witness to such discoveries.
What about differently structured nano-tubes? They're not all six-sided, are they? And what about dual-wall nano-tubes, which AFAIK are essentially hollow like a straw? You seemed to explain this as nested nano-tubes, but as I understand it, they're connected on the ends smoothly and form one molecule, essentially the second flavor of nano-tubes. Can you have more than single- and double-wall nano-tubes? I can't see how...
Also, what about doping? If silicon performs better, I wonder if a coating or a scattering of silicon on the surface of the tube, or even as an integral part of its structure, would result in. I'm sure it would complicate the manufacturing process though.
How does length of the nano-tube affect the properties (namely frequency) in this case?
I am interested in this stuff a lot but by no means am I an expert... I should probalby RTFA now:-)
I agree that high is generally 5V in mainstream systems, but I thought "low" was 0.5V, and 0V was no signal/circuit at all... ("High-Z"...?) but I forget, it was a while ago when I studied this in college...
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Surely the world can understand that VeriSign's executives work long, hard hours around dangerous equipment, in extreme conditions, rarely having the chance to see their family let alone go shopping for a new vacation home... I think a mere 7% increase in revenue to cover their modest yearly pay increases is the least they could ask for. When you factor in the rising expenses of unlawful lobbying and buying of senators, in the face of a dwindling corrupt Republican governmental influence, it's clear they really should be free to control the prices however they see fit!/sarcasm
So you want to copy/paste and transfer things easily from Mac to PC?
Use 2 computers and Synergy. If you don't have space for 2 monitors, then get a KVM switch and use it only for the video. I have personally 6 screens linked up right now at my desk. (http://myspace-933.vo.llnwd.net/00546/33/98/54670 8933_l.jpg)
With Bluetooth enabled vehicles and RFID national/state ID cards coming into the picture, this might be the first time where a drivers license actually causes a person's car to crash! (pun)
I got a P4 3.2 w/ HT system, stacked, GeForceFX 5900Ultra, 1GB DDR2, fan kit, SATA RAID0 with 2x Raptors, etc... as a free perk from my company, purchased from Alienware.
I've never had a problem with it in the 2.5 years I've owned it, and it's been my main system, on almost 24/7. Even with my high demand use (music production, gaming, etc), I still find no reason to upgrade at this point in time.
Since cost was not an issue for me, and nothing ever gave me a hint of a problem, I've got nothing but good words for Alienware. It's a sexy box and it runs circles around any system my friends buy new today still.
Y'all are just haters! But, I have heard some gripes about their laptops, particularly with the graphics cards frying and pixels going bad. What could you expect from a mobile device though? I want one of the Lenovo ThinkPad Notepads, but I'm worried about pixels dying and the Chinese government putting back doors in it.
Gold, like silver, is considered a "Free Element" because of its resistance to oxidize and bond with other elements easily (oxidizing meaning to react or bond with oxygen). This is why they are found in rather pure form in the earth and were/are used to fill dental cavities. If they used another metal, such a reaction could occur for arbitrary reasons, and the chemical reaction could give off a false positive electrical impulse.
I have 5 systems hooked up via Synergy2 and 100Mbps ethernet at home... a leftover laptop from when I was in college (edu discount), a nice recent laptop that I just got free and repaired, my jacked-up alienware rig (work perk), a decent mac G4, and a junker P2 that I saved from the dumpster. I have the monitors arranged to look like NASA ground control, and it's like being in heaven to sit in my cushy leather office chair. 6 monitors in total, and I hardly spent a dime on the setup.
It allows me to do numerous things simultaneously without risking flooding my system, such as working on high end music projects with upwards of 80 plugins running realtime, downloading 300KB/s on Bit Torrent, chatting on AIM, hosting a webserver/fileserver, stalking people on myspace, and being dazzled by the Matrix screen saver... ok so those last too weren't serious.
Putting 8 heads in a PC would cost a small fortune. And there's all sorts of logistical problems when it comes to getting the signals to the right places in that setup... in mine, I just need a big enough desk;-) I like having the discrete, distributed setup that I have. I can grab one of the systems and take it to a friend's house, or move it to a different room. Also, I have huge redundancy there. Backups are a breeze with the network, and if an entire system dies, I still have 4 more to fill my needs. And again, I'm dealing with stuff that most people probably would have sold or overlooked, so the total cost here was probably a little less than what you'd spend on the video cards for a setup like that.
In the context of a 2-10 person business with no on-hand programmer, Access is the way to go. If it grows beyond that level, then you'll want to use a server-centric database system, and probably a more grown up reporting system. But that takes a lot of overhead then (a developer/admin?)
In my company, there are about 5,000 employees and we use a MSSQL exclusively for anything my department builds (after moving on from MySQL for various reasons), but we have to interface with Access, Pervasive.SQL, flat text, CSV, XML, and XLS for imports, and we also have to produce HTML, XML, PDF, XLS, and RTF outputs, and we use C++ and PHP for the logical glue.
Some of our non-technical guys build systems in Access to hold them over until our development team can take on their needs. Access is evil in an enterprise world, but it's usually the best bet for somebody that has no idea what they're doing in a mom 'n pop shop, or for a temporary/prototype.
Our professional opinion is that PHP (coupled with a SLAMMIN' framework library I developed mostly on my own time) and MSSQL are ideal for our business size and requirements, but somebody selling used clothing out of a corner store would never be able to afford such a thing (paying the programmer or having the free time to learn it themselves.)
I personally hate Access, but that doesn't mean I don't see its occasional usefulness.
Gameboy has a bazillion games in its library, and it's backwards compatible (AFAIK).
You're right, Sony doesn't, therefore, Gameboy has the advantage. I never intended to suggest that Sony even ranked in this category, I was just trying to explain why the Gameboy series might be a bigger hit than the PSP presently - for reasons more likely than "because it only does 1 thing." In fact, the only reason I'd get a Gameboy is the huge library, and tons of nostalgic games.
I hate feeling compelled to defend and explain my already clear statements when people seemingly read them with a ! ("not operator") in front of them. I resisted clarifying on the off-point oven comment before, and somebody else layed the smack down, so I guess I felt the need this time.
The PSP isn't as popular as any of it's game boy cousins, which only do 1 thing.
AFAIK, the recent Game Boys have wifi and can connect to the internet and do all sorts of things. And what about being backwards compatible? That's a bonus over the PSP. Besides, when it comes to portable systems, the key selling points are different than set-top boxes. Usually people only care about a limited set of functions. With the iPod, 4 buttons and I can get the job done without looking at it or even taking it out of my pocket, compared to a PDA. I don't have to learn gestures or worry about security or having personal information stolen if I lose my iPod. I don't need a combination cell phone/camera/mp3-player while I'm at the gym, so I got an iPod - plus the hype helped sell me on it. Which brings me to another important point.
Nintendo had the jump on Sony. Nintendo has had a portable system since I was like 10 years old. Sony *just* entered the market. UMD movies are only starting to appear in any quantities that matter now. Terrible comparison if you ask me.
When it comes to the PS3, I hope it will have a vast array of features. If it supported this, I'd love to use it for my DVR and cable box even, so I could have 1 controller and have more free space in my entertainment center to store other items.
Often, people would rather buy multiple devices that do one thing well than buy 1 item that does everything. Why do people own toasters when you can toast your bread in the oven?
Sure, everybody buys specialized products, but they also buy very generalized products. Again, your example is skewed. Who has a toaster oven, but no oven? An oven can do the same job as a toaster oven, it's just that the toaster oven happens to do it a little quicker and efficiently, but everybody still has ovens.
I plan on getting a PS3 and will revel in its efficent multifunctionality to the fullest, but I'll prefer more specialized things in my other rooms on my other TV's for the sake of cost and simplicity rather than buying 6 PS3s.
On a side note, when it comes to electronics, one of the major reasons serious consumers buy specialized things is because it's less of a replacement cost if something goes bad. If I have a DVR/VHS/surround receiver/amp combo unit for $500 and one of those features dies out of waranty, you are stuck spending $500 again. If it's separate components, you only have a minimal cost incurred.
But we're talking about a Sony game system, so there's 2 things that we can be sure of: - It's going to be replaced by the PlayStation 4 in about 3-4 years, and
- The servos in the optical drive are going to wear out by that time, just like on so many PS1s and PS2s... ah, the beauty of planned obsolescence
You know those little green pieces of paper I traded with you? You can do what you want with them, as long as you don't give them to someone else.
I'm sure the RIAA would have no problem keeping the money entirely to themselves.
And I'm sure they have enough other uses for money, such as the padding of executive chairs, immitation firewood, and a suitable substitute for quilted toilet paper.
Hey, I actually get about 4 of our "product" every week myself. I throw them all away immediately, unless there's damage to it (like the flap didn't stay closed) -- then I take them into our QC dept. I hate junk mail just as much as the next guy. I can't even get my name off the lists. I'd say at the very least, 10% of your mainstream magazine subscription solicitations, credit card applications, and additional financial services (like unemployment protection or credit rating protection w/e) come from my company. I know, it's sad. But I gotta make a living.
I really don't have much to do with the junkmail itself -- I just write inventory and invoicing and management software for them, and bridge third party applications into the mix, making it all more efficient. I consider myself about as guilty of as an iron ore miner is in the gun industry.
I can handle the junkmail. Having to deal with USPS employees every day... that's a completely different story.
I work at a junkmail factory (as an in-house enterprise solution developer). We produce, personalize, and mail between 6 and 9 million pieces of mail every day of the year. We're already using "outdated" multi-color inkjet technology that prints over 1000ft per minute at over 3ft wide and it works great. We have like 6 of these machines and they cost only like $100,000 each.
I didn't RTFA, but this seems almost as silly as Goodyear anncouncing they've developed a new "fossil fuel internal combustion powerwed 4-wheeled personnel carrier" for $90,000 when there's already been cars on the market for years at ~$15,000.
Ok, so what if we distribute a patch that is in the form of a pad cypher which converts existing content to "offensive" content? What's being distributed is otherwise arbitrary data, "unlocking" or "decoding" the existing texture of Goofy into its secret naked stripper form. We're not sending new content, we're not sending offensive textures... it could be said that the content was there all along as well, we just needed to unlock it.
Slashdot Mirror
I have never seen an ad on /.
Maybe you need to get a better hosts file.
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In theory, the technology is extremely scalable because on any given data location, multiple instances of data are stored in a grid, and numerous different instances of these grids can be stored at varying angles! This is the magic of holograms, the benefit over single-point optical storage. This is the same reason why holograms we see in everyday life, such as the "Genuine" sticker on Microsoft licenses, have different versions of an image (or even different images altogether) when viewed from varying angles.
This is a completely different class of storage in my opinion. There are many components in this system that are common to other devices at least to some degree, such as digital cameras and LCD's, just on a different scale, so as those technologies continue to advance, so will holographic storage.
300GB + 20MB/s is just the tip of the iceberg, my friends... and it's nice to see that this iceberg is forming from what I once considered vaporware.
I recall IBM had developed a crystal-based holo drive, which could operate like a hard drive, and was cube-like, rather than a rotating disc, though I didn't learn much more about it. Absolutely no moving parts either, from what I remember.
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Ok, I understand what you mean now by "graphene plane is the hexagonal arrangement of carbon atoms" - I read it as if you were trying to say that the cross-sectional shape of the CNT was hexagonal. I got it now... this is in regards to the bonds of neighboring atoms. I'm terrible with terminology so I won't try to paraphrase further. ...and wow, that last paragraph was awesome! I can't imagine being witness to such discoveries.
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What about differently structured nano-tubes? They're not all six-sided, are they? And what about dual-wall nano-tubes, which AFAIK are essentially hollow like a straw? You seemed to explain this as nested nano-tubes, but as I understand it, they're connected on the ends smoothly and form one molecule, essentially the second flavor of nano-tubes. Can you have more than single- and double-wall nano-tubes? I can't see how...
:-)
Also, what about doping? If silicon performs better, I wonder if a coating or a scattering of silicon on the surface of the tube, or even as an integral part of its structure, would result in. I'm sure it would complicate the manufacturing process though.
How does length of the nano-tube affect the properties (namely frequency) in this case?
I am interested in this stuff a lot but by no means am I an expert... I should probalby RTFA now
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I agree that high is generally 5V in mainstream systems, but I thought "low" was 0.5V, and 0V was no signal/circuit at all... ("High-Z"...?) but I forget, it was a while ago when I studied this in college... -@
Surely the world can understand that VeriSign's executives work long, hard hours around dangerous equipment, in extreme conditions, rarely having the chance to see their family let alone go shopping for a new vacation home... I think a mere 7% increase in revenue to cover their modest yearly pay increases is the least they could ask for. When you factor in the rising expenses of unlawful lobbying and buying of senators, in the face of a dwindling corrupt Republican governmental influence, it's clear they really should be free to control the prices however they see fit! /sarcasm
So you want to copy/paste and transfer things easily from Mac to PC?
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Use 2 computers and Synergy. If you don't have space for 2 monitors, then get a KVM switch and use it only for the video. I have personally 6 screens linked up right now at my desk. (http://myspace-933.vo.llnwd.net/00546/33/98/5467
Why does everybody always overlook the obvious?
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With Bluetooth enabled vehicles and RFID national/state ID cards coming into the picture, this might be the first time where a drivers license actually causes a person's car to crash! (pun)
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I got a P4 3.2 w/ HT system, stacked, GeForceFX 5900Ultra, 1GB DDR2, fan kit, SATA RAID0 with 2x Raptors, etc... as a free perk from my company, purchased from Alienware.
I've never had a problem with it in the 2.5 years I've owned it, and it's been my main system, on almost 24/7. Even with my high demand use (music production, gaming, etc), I still find no reason to upgrade at this point in time.
Since cost was not an issue for me, and nothing ever gave me a hint of a problem, I've got nothing but good words for Alienware. It's a sexy box and it runs circles around any system my friends buy new today still.
Y'all are just haters! But, I have heard some gripes about their laptops, particularly with the graphics cards frying and pixels going bad. What could you expect from a mobile device though? I want one of the Lenovo ThinkPad Notepads, but I'm worried about pixels dying and the Chinese government putting back doors in it.
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Gold, like silver, is considered a "Free Element" because of its resistance to oxidize and bond with other elements easily (oxidizing meaning to react or bond with oxygen). This is why they are found in rather pure form in the earth and were/are used to fill dental cavities. If they used another metal, such a reaction could occur for arbitrary reasons, and the chemical reaction could give off a false positive electrical impulse.
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I have 5 systems hooked up via Synergy2 and 100Mbps ethernet at home... a leftover laptop from when I was in college (edu discount), a nice recent laptop that I just got free and repaired, my jacked-up alienware rig (work perk), a decent mac G4, and a junker P2 that I saved from the dumpster. I have the monitors arranged to look like NASA ground control, and it's like being in heaven to sit in my cushy leather office chair. 6 monitors in total, and I hardly spent a dime on the setup.
;-) I like having the discrete, distributed setup that I have. I can grab one of the systems and take it to a friend's house, or move it to a different room. Also, I have huge redundancy there. Backups are a breeze with the network, and if an entire system dies, I still have 4 more to fill my needs. And again, I'm dealing with stuff that most people probably would have sold or overlooked, so the total cost here was probably a little less than what you'd spend on the video cards for a setup like that.
It allows me to do numerous things simultaneously without risking flooding my system, such as working on high end music projects with upwards of 80 plugins running realtime, downloading 300KB/s on Bit Torrent, chatting on AIM, hosting a webserver/fileserver, stalking people on myspace, and being dazzled by the Matrix screen saver... ok so those last too weren't serious.
Putting 8 heads in a PC would cost a small fortune. And there's all sorts of logistical problems when it comes to getting the signals to the right places in that setup... in mine, I just need a big enough desk
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In the context of a 2-10 person business with no on-hand programmer, Access is the way to go. If it grows beyond that level, then you'll want to use a server-centric database system, and probably a more grown up reporting system. But that takes a lot of overhead then (a developer/admin?)
In my company, there are about 5,000 employees and we use a MSSQL exclusively for anything my department builds (after moving on from MySQL for various reasons), but we have to interface with Access, Pervasive.SQL, flat text, CSV, XML, and XLS for imports, and we also have to produce HTML, XML, PDF, XLS, and RTF outputs, and we use C++ and PHP for the logical glue.
Some of our non-technical guys build systems in Access to hold them over until our development team can take on their needs. Access is evil in an enterprise world, but it's usually the best bet for somebody that has no idea what they're doing in a mom 'n pop shop, or for a temporary/prototype.
Our professional opinion is that PHP (coupled with a SLAMMIN' framework library I developed mostly on my own time) and MSSQL are ideal for our business size and requirements, but somebody selling used clothing out of a corner store would never be able to afford such a thing (paying the programmer or having the free time to learn it themselves.)
I personally hate Access, but that doesn't mean I don't see its occasional usefulness.
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My intent was this:
;-)
Gameboy has a bazillion games in its library, and it's backwards compatible (AFAIK).
You're right, Sony doesn't, therefore, Gameboy has the advantage. I never intended to suggest that Sony even ranked in this category, I was just trying to explain why the Gameboy series might be a bigger hit than the PSP presently - for reasons more likely than "because it only does 1 thing." In fact, the only reason I'd get a Gameboy is the huge library, and tons of nostalgic games.
I hate feeling compelled to defend and explain my already clear statements when people seemingly read them with a ! ("not operator") in front of them. I resisted clarifying on the off-point oven comment before, and somebody else layed the smack down, so I guess I felt the need this time.
Cheers!
+5 rambling troll points
The PSP isn't as popular as any of it's game boy cousins, which only do 1 thing.
AFAIK, the recent Game Boys have wifi and can connect to the internet and do all sorts of things. And what about being backwards compatible? That's a bonus over the PSP. Besides, when it comes to portable systems, the key selling points are different than set-top boxes. Usually people only care about a limited set of functions. With the iPod, 4 buttons and I can get the job done without looking at it or even taking it out of my pocket, compared to a PDA. I don't have to learn gestures or worry about security or having personal information stolen if I lose my iPod. I don't need a combination cell phone/camera/mp3-player while I'm at the gym, so I got an iPod - plus the hype helped sell me on it. Which brings me to another important point.
Nintendo had the jump on Sony. Nintendo has had a portable system since I was like 10 years old. Sony *just* entered the market. UMD movies are only starting to appear in any quantities that matter now. Terrible comparison if you ask me.
When it comes to the PS3, I hope it will have a vast array of features. If it supported this, I'd love to use it for my DVR and cable box even, so I could have 1 controller and have more free space in my entertainment center to store other items.
Often, people would rather buy multiple devices that do one thing well than buy 1 item that does everything. Why do people own toasters when you can toast your bread in the oven?
Sure, everybody buys specialized products, but they also buy very generalized products. Again, your example is skewed. Who has a toaster oven, but no oven? An oven can do the same job as a toaster oven, it's just that the toaster oven happens to do it a little quicker and efficiently, but everybody still has ovens.
I plan on getting a PS3 and will revel in its efficent multifunctionality to the fullest, but I'll prefer more specialized things in my other rooms on my other TV's for the sake of cost and simplicity rather than buying 6 PS3s.
On a side note, when it comes to electronics, one of the major reasons serious consumers buy specialized things is because it's less of a replacement cost if something goes bad. If I have a DVR/VHS/surround receiver/amp combo unit for $500 and one of those features dies out of waranty, you are stuck spending $500 again. If it's separate components, you only have a minimal cost incurred.
But we're talking about a Sony game system, so there's 2 things that we can be sure of:
- It's going to be replaced by the PlayStation 4 in about 3-4 years, and
- The servos in the optical drive are going to wear out by that time, just like on so many PS1s and PS2s... ah, the beauty of planned obsolescence
Just my thoughts.
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That God did not intend for Intelligent Design to be taught in public schools. (hahaha)
You know those little green pieces of paper I traded with you? You can do what you want with them, as long as you don't give them to someone else.
I'm sure the RIAA would have no problem keeping the money entirely to themselves.
And I'm sure they have enough other uses for money, such as the padding of executive chairs, immitation firewood, and a suitable substitute for quilted toilet paper.
:-D
Hey, I actually get about 4 of our "product" every week myself. I throw them all away immediately, unless there's damage to it (like the flap didn't stay closed) -- then I take them into our QC dept. I hate junk mail just as much as the next guy. I can't even get my name off the lists. I'd say at the very least, 10% of your mainstream magazine subscription solicitations, credit card applications, and additional financial services (like unemployment protection or credit rating protection w/e) come from my company. I know, it's sad. But I gotta make a living.
I really don't have much to do with the junkmail itself -- I just write inventory and invoicing and management software for them, and bridge third party applications into the mix, making it all more efficient. I consider myself about as guilty of as an iron ore miner is in the gun industry.
I can handle the junkmail. Having to deal with USPS employees every day... that's a completely different story.
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I work at a junkmail factory (as an in-house enterprise solution developer). We produce, personalize, and mail between 6 and 9 million pieces of mail every day of the year. We're already using "outdated" multi-color inkjet technology that prints over 1000ft per minute at over 3ft wide and it works great. We have like 6 of these machines and they cost only like $100,000 each.
I didn't RTFA, but this seems almost as silly as Goodyear anncouncing they've developed a new "fossil fuel internal combustion powerwed 4-wheeled personnel carrier" for $90,000 when there's already been cars on the market for years at ~$15,000.
Nothing to see here. I'm serious.
Ok, so what if we distribute a patch that is in the form of a pad cypher which converts existing content to "offensive" content? What's being distributed is otherwise arbitrary data, "unlocking" or "decoding" the existing texture of Goofy into its secret naked stripper form. We're not sending new content, we're not sending offensive textures... it could be said that the content was there all along as well, we just needed to unlock it.
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Every time I go to visit my girlfriend for Hot Coffee, I steal a dirtbike and take back roads. Then I present the filthy motorcycle to her as a gift.
She always thanks me and tells me how much she loves it when I give her a dirty Sanchez.
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Google has a room full of these sytems linked with the GFS to handle shredding all the paperwork in violation of SEC regulations...
I suspect Enron also had been in the process of making similar modifications...
It's not about politics; it's about money -- which is al politics is about anyways.
Getting re-elected is only a secondary goal so you can maintain the primary object of making money...
It's about creating a project where the contract can be given to a company owned/operated by a friend/family member of said politician.
Just like Iraq and Halliburton.
How to get rich from politics:
1. Get elected as political figure
2. Draft incomplete plans for an ambitious, expensive project
3. Profit!