Perhaps. However, I have to wonder if cavemen upon being shown fire and its use by another caveman demanded to know the physical principals at work before accepting it as reality and using it as a tool. Maybe Rossi is a poor excuse for a scientist, maybe he isn't the best businessman. But, at some point soon, if this guy isn't peddling legit hardware he will be found out. To be more specific, he will be found out as soon as any version of his device is purchased, installed, and attempted to be operated. In the mean time what are you people trying to achieve with your undergraduate physics education and many words?
Actually, you're quite mistaken. HTML5/JavaScript is simply the "lowest common denominator" and supported natively within the OS by way of the technology called WinRT. The technology is billed as a replacement for the Win32 API with the goal of making C++, managed (C#, etc.), and JavaScript all first-class citizens.
A great deal of confusion was had thanks to that speaker at BUILD who either didn't have all the facts or more probably was told to keep a lid on the big picture with respect to Windows 8. Microsoft was never going to abandon the C++ or.NET crowd of whom consists of more or less nearly everyone developing for Windows today. Anyone that took half a second to think about how absurd it would be to tell a C++ or C# developer to use JavaScript would see that. The languages aren't even comparable in terms of expressive power, maintainability or scalability. HTML5/JavaScript are great for small widgets, and mini-apps but its like showing at the job site with a toolbox filled toys when it comes to developing anything of substance. I'd love to see the reaction of a WPF developer when you tell them that from now on they've got to use Scriptaculous.
C#'s largest hindrance on non-MS platforms isn't the language per-se but the lack of the.NET library in any meaningful implementation. If.NET 4 complete with a full implementation of WPF and WCF were implemented for LINUX/Android it'd dethrone Java and stomp it into the dirt in a heart beat. Unfortunately Microsoft is too stuck on the idea that their platform is the only platform that should exist and greatly to their detriment especially when it comes to the mobile segment.
True. Which is why Java is at the top instead of say C#. Java is WORA. C# is write-once run Microsoft. It does however say something about Objective-C though since iOS and Linux have similar support and very few want to touch it on Linux.
Java's WORA, has made it the go-to language for all things not Apple. If you constrain things to the enterprise though you're more likely to find Java and C# close to neck and neck.
If you're willing to consider widgets and the various mini-apps that have proliferated in the mobile space then that's probably true. However, I think it very unlikely that anyone will move away from C#/XAML (WPF) for everything else.
If you think JavaScript can or should replace strongly typed, compiled languages then you are severely deluding yourself. Just because it's popular with the sweat-shop monkeys doesn't make it a good choice. It just makes it a choice for those that don't know (or incapable of) any better or must fulfill a specific requirement revolving around web based GUIs. At present C, C#, Objective-C, and Java are still your best bets for most purposes not related to web based GUIs. If Microsoft would stop insisting on supporting only their platforms for.NET and the CLR, C# could quite easily catch up to if not stomp Java into the dirt.
Hmm... Go learn LISP, now BASIC, then PERL, then Java, then FORTRAN. What concept is familiar? The fact that you use a text editor?
Either way this is an absurd proposition for an average person with no previous experience to actually learn how to use {fill in the blank} language to express and solve real world problems, especially inside of a single year. Brains just don't rewire that quickly nor that easily. You'd have to eat and breath computer science and to some extent mathematics for the whole year to even hope to pull it off. While you're at it you'd best hope that your intellectual capacity really isn't all that average unless a sweatshop code-monkey is your ambition.
It is a ridiculous assumption to believe that the intellectual capacity of an "average" person is sufficient to write software let alone quality software. It is even more ridiculous to believe that you can rewire the "average" human mind inside of a year to be able to think in the logic and manner necessary to express and solve problems through source code. Normal people's brains just don't work that way and is just as unnatural and foreign if not more so than placing a modern day smart phone in the hands of your 90 year old grandma. It is something that takes years of basement dwelling to cultivate.
I am assuming that they are not claiming a "hack" job but rather that the overwhelmingly powerful EM from the HAARP installation is shorting out the functionality of their launch systems. A suggestion that I don't think makes too much sense given that you'd expect them to be hardening their space vehicles against EM radiation since the Sun is rather good at making space is a rather hostile environment to EM sensitive equipment.
I understand your cynicism, however, if you remain silent the only voice that the politician will hear is that of the lobbyist. Since silence from the opposition suggests indifference if not tacit approval why would/should they care?
Make sure you include "all" sponsors. Oh wait, you only wanted to malign the democrats... Oh well, too bad, this was a bi-partisan sponsored bill so I'll FTFY.
H.R. 3699 was introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Committee member Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
You look at both the symptoms and what they suggest and refine that list by the probability of each happening. Hence they claim the cleaning swap in the fuel line was the most probable cause. The equipment and software on space vessels are instrumented to death. In other words, while you do not have "nanites" you do have a bloody lot of sensors that can give you a rather specific set of symptoms from which you can draw a pretty good picture. i.e. normal pressure here, low-pressure there, fired for x-time, etc. etc.
I should have read a bit closer. They hydrazine powered main thruster failed. They were able to use a combination of the hydrazine powered maneuvering thrusters and the HETs to boost and shape the orbit.
Now the interesting part is that there are several more of these sats scheduled to go up. Each are just as pricey and all of them use the new to the game Hall Effect Thrusters. I am curious if we are just being told an "official story" or if a dirty cleaning swap (rag) is truly the most probable cause of the failure. Using a propulsion system without a long history of reliable implementation and use on such an expensive constellation of satellites seems like a rather risky move to me.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;-- between a State and Citizens of another State,--between Citizens of different States,--between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
Yes, the government is our keeper. It is charged with the general welfare and defense of its citizens. But further, why do you feel that what is enshrined in the constitution is the limit and scope of all that the United States and its government may be or should be. Do you honestly believe that the "founding fathers" were infallible, able to foresee all circumstance? I can tell you they didn't.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution
The constitution was written at a certain time and during that certain time were certain issues being faced at home and abroad. The document clearly reflects that. The assumption was that these circumstances would not always be the same nor that what was penned could capture and guide every situation. You state that the government's position isn't to legislate morality but to "keep the playing ground fair and open." However, you fail to recognize that that is the very act of providing for the general welfare. Morality, or proper behavior isn't just about abortion and religion. You may disagree with legislation or attempts thereof related to those specific issues and that fine. You have a right to disagree. You have a right to petition your government accordingly. But then again, that's part of the Bill of Rights and the government cannot act outside of the Constitution right?
Actually that's a specious argument. Check out the millage specs for a 2012 Mustang. 305 horsepower, 0-60 MPH in 5.1s, 31 MPG. Pollution controls and safety features my a**. The American auto market was/is stuck on a one-note tune of more power, more power. The 1980's had cars averaging 15-20 second 0-60MPH specs the 1970's 20-25 seconds. Fast forward to 2010 and you've got the f*ing Prius getting 10.1s, SUVs with sub 10 seconds, family sedans averaging 7 - 8 seconds, and cheap sports/muscle cars down in the 5-6 range. Car manufacturers are constantly making efficiency improvements so that they can keep the MPGs similar but increase the horsepower to cut the 0-60 time.
The US is also full of people that carry the attitude that no one has the right to tell them what to do. I know certain mountainous areas require "traction devices" to be carried if not installed but outside of that it.
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Untrue. One of the predictions was humanity becoming a race of cyborgs and essentially immortal.
Perhaps. However, I have to wonder if cavemen upon being shown fire and its use by another caveman demanded to know the physical principals at work before accepting it as reality and using it as a tool. Maybe Rossi is a poor excuse for a scientist, maybe he isn't the best businessman. But, at some point soon, if this guy isn't peddling legit hardware he will be found out. To be more specific, he will be found out as soon as any version of his device is purchased, installed, and attempted to be operated. In the mean time what are you people trying to achieve with your undergraduate physics education and many words?
That's sounds plausible but you need to consider that Linux is first and foremost a server platform and iOS/Apple is not.
Actually, you're quite mistaken. HTML5/JavaScript is simply the "lowest common denominator" and supported natively within the OS by way of the technology called WinRT. The technology is billed as a replacement for the Win32 API with the goal of making C++, managed (C#, etc.), and JavaScript all first-class citizens.
A great deal of confusion was had thanks to that speaker at BUILD who either didn't have all the facts or more probably was told to keep a lid on the big picture with respect to Windows 8. Microsoft was never going to abandon the C++ or .NET crowd of whom consists of more or less nearly everyone developing for Windows today. Anyone that took half a second to think about how absurd it would be to tell a C++ or C# developer to use JavaScript would see that. The languages aren't even comparable in terms of expressive power, maintainability or scalability. HTML5/JavaScript are great for small widgets, and mini-apps but its like showing at the job site with a toolbox filled toys when it comes to developing anything of substance. I'd love to see the reaction of a WPF developer when you tell them that from now on they've got to use Scriptaculous.
Apologies, you are quite correct. Typed "strongly" without thinking about it.
C#'s largest hindrance on non-MS platforms isn't the language per-se but the lack of the .NET library in any meaningful implementation. If .NET 4 complete with a full implementation of WPF and WCF were implemented for LINUX/Android it'd dethrone Java and stomp it into the dirt in a heart beat. Unfortunately Microsoft is too stuck on the idea that their platform is the only platform that should exist and greatly to their detriment especially when it comes to the mobile segment.
True. Which is why Java is at the top instead of say C#. Java is WORA. C# is write-once run Microsoft. It does however say something about Objective-C though since iOS and Linux have similar support and very few want to touch it on Linux.
Java's WORA, has made it the go-to language for all things not Apple. If you constrain things to the enterprise though you're more likely to find Java and C# close to neck and neck.
If you're willing to consider widgets and the various mini-apps that have proliferated in the mobile space then that's probably true. However, I think it very unlikely that anyone will move away from C#/XAML (WPF) for everything else.
If you think JavaScript can or should replace strongly typed, compiled languages then you are severely deluding yourself. Just because it's popular with the sweat-shop monkeys doesn't make it a good choice. It just makes it a choice for those that don't know (or incapable of) any better or must fulfill a specific requirement revolving around web based GUIs. At present C, C#, Objective-C, and Java are still your best bets for most purposes not related to web based GUIs. If Microsoft would stop insisting on supporting only their platforms for .NET and the CLR, C# could quite easily catch up to if not stomp Java into the dirt.
Hmm... Go learn LISP, now BASIC, then PERL, then Java, then FORTRAN. What concept is familiar? The fact that you use a text editor?
Either way this is an absurd proposition for an average person with no previous experience to actually learn how to use {fill in the blank} language to express and solve real world problems, especially inside of a single year. Brains just don't rewire that quickly nor that easily. You'd have to eat and breath computer science and to some extent mathematics for the whole year to even hope to pull it off. While you're at it you'd best hope that your intellectual capacity really isn't all that average unless a sweatshop code-monkey is your ambition.
It is a ridiculous assumption to believe that the intellectual capacity of an "average" person is sufficient to write software let alone quality software. It is even more ridiculous to believe that you can rewire the "average" human mind inside of a year to be able to think in the logic and manner necessary to express and solve problems through source code. Normal people's brains just don't work that way and is just as unnatural and foreign if not more so than placing a modern day smart phone in the hands of your 90 year old grandma. It is something that takes years of basement dwelling to cultivate.
I am assuming that they are not claiming a "hack" job but rather that the overwhelmingly powerful EM from the HAARP installation is shorting out the functionality of their launch systems. A suggestion that I don't think makes too much sense given that you'd expect them to be hardening their space vehicles against EM radiation since the Sun is rather good at making space is a rather hostile environment to EM sensitive equipment.
The lobbyist may have the greatest accessibility but they ultimately do not vote.
I understand your cynicism, however, if you remain silent the only voice that the politician will hear is that of the lobbyist. Since silence from the opposition suggests indifference if not tacit approval why would/should they care?
H.R. 3699 was introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Committee member Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Make sure you let your representing congress critters know your displeasure for such legislation. Don't let corporate money be the only voice.
Next stop, their old rival Big Blue...
You look at both the symptoms and what they suggest and refine that list by the probability of each happening. Hence they claim the cleaning swap in the fuel line was the most probable cause. The equipment and software on space vessels are instrumented to death. In other words, while you do not have "nanites" you do have a bloody lot of sensors that can give you a rather specific set of symptoms from which you can draw a pretty good picture. i.e. normal pressure here, low-pressure there, fired for x-time, etc. etc.
I should have read a bit closer. They hydrazine powered main thruster failed. They were able to use a combination of the hydrazine powered maneuvering thrusters and the HETs to boost and shape the orbit.
Now the interesting part is that there are several more of these sats scheduled to go up. Each are just as pricey and all of them use the new to the game Hall Effect Thrusters. I am curious if we are just being told an "official story" or if a dirty cleaning swap (rag) is truly the most probable cause of the failure. Using a propulsion system without a long history of reliable implementation and use on such an expensive constellation of satellites seems like a rather risky move to me.
That would be funny if it wasn't so close to the truth...
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;-- between a State and Citizens of another State,--between Citizens of different States,--between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
Yes, the government is our keeper. It is charged with the general welfare and defense of its citizens. But further, why do you feel that what is enshrined in the constitution is the limit and scope of all that the United States and its government may be or should be. Do you honestly believe that the "founding fathers" were infallible, able to foresee all circumstance? I can tell you they didn't.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution
The constitution was written at a certain time and during that certain time were certain issues being faced at home and abroad. The document clearly reflects that. The assumption was that these circumstances would not always be the same nor that what was penned could capture and guide every situation. You state that the government's position isn't to legislate morality but to "keep the playing ground fair and open." However, you fail to recognize that that is the very act of providing for the general welfare. Morality, or proper behavior isn't just about abortion and religion. You may disagree with legislation or attempts thereof related to those specific issues and that fine. You have a right to disagree. You have a right to petition your government accordingly. But then again, that's part of the Bill of Rights and the government cannot act outside of the Constitution right?
Actually that's a specious argument. Check out the millage specs for a 2012 Mustang. 305 horsepower, 0-60 MPH in 5.1s, 31 MPG. Pollution controls and safety features my a**. The American auto market was/is stuck on a one-note tune of more power, more power. The 1980's had cars averaging 15-20 second 0-60MPH specs the 1970's 20-25 seconds. Fast forward to 2010 and you've got the f*ing Prius getting 10.1s, SUVs with sub 10 seconds, family sedans averaging 7 - 8 seconds, and cheap sports/muscle cars down in the 5-6 range. Car manufacturers are constantly making efficiency improvements so that they can keep the MPGs similar but increase the horsepower to cut the 0-60 time.
The US is also full of people that carry the attitude that no one has the right to tell them what to do. I know certain mountainous areas require "traction devices" to be carried if not installed but outside of that it.