As an example, Babbage invented an anticipatory carriage that added all carries (40 or 50 in his machine per register) simultaneously. In electronics they use something similar which is called a look ahead carry. But it will typical add 4 carries at once (some other techniques exist to speed up things, but in the end you'll always use some translation mechanism that ripples a carry). Babbage's mechanical solution really did not ripple. It was later also used by Wiberg's difference engine.
I'm just adding that gates are not a prerequisite for building something that can calculate. People often 'prove' that once you have your basic gate(s), you can thus also build a computer. The thing is that in the chip making industry gates are very useful. But in other fields of industry (biological, chemical, mechanical) gates may not be the best building block.
You're right, we should stop all R&D right now. Until we know for sure that some usable devices will come out of it. Like the IKEA Three-seat sofa with long cover white.
In any other industry you don't need logic gates perse to build something that does arithmetic. It's the electronics industry that defines the NAND gate as the primary building block, because chips are made with that specific technology.
It's really all about shifting bit from one place to the other. Gates are only a convenient way to do this.
OK, I've got my invitation and the site is very open and simple to use. There's a community with a lot of newby info and the pricing is very competitive (no, actually it's just dirt cheap). Apparently they calculate prices by volume only (as far as I can judge). This is good, because this allows you not to worry about combining and merging and orientation. I will definitely start ordering parts from this company. Thumbs up!
Uh oh... This company is Dutch. Better yet, it is only meters away from where I live! Might be interesting after all! I used to to business in Belgium up to now.
Up to 2 mm is not acceptable for most parts. I'll wait and see when I get the invitation.
The website is by invitation only. When I get my account in God knows when I sure hope they have something to offer that my current supplier hasn't. And the only spec I have -delivery time- isn't one of them.
You can create much smaller lines than the wavelength of your light. You use tricks for that, but that's how it is done at Samsung, IBM, Intel, etc. for ages.
Yes a stupid monitor, but no. You still need to look at the screen. Which sucks. But it is not so much about rendering different images and offering each eye a single one as it is a device that renders focussed dots of light into the air. It requires quite some power to do that actually.
For your info the only display that doesn't require looking onto a screen directly (and which still looks cool) is the heliodisplay from http://www.io2technology.com/ but it is not 3D
>> He did say "good corporate citizen", so if you are not paying for it, you >> obviously have something to hide and should be reported. . Maybe Gpcode could do that automatically in the next release.
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It's not Basic. It's Busic.
10 print "but does it run Linux?"
20 wait for new article
30 goto 10
Well, sulky, then apply this technology to your fans. Put them in a box, pour in a lot of cooling gel and voila.
Netherlands too for me. Not even my phone is restricted (2048 Kbit up/384 Kbit down) -> 30EUR/month
I assumed that paying per MB was pretty much a dead market.
As an example, Babbage invented an anticipatory carriage that added all carries (40 or 50 in his machine per register) simultaneously. In electronics they use something similar which is called a look ahead carry. But it will typical add 4 carries at once (some other techniques exist to speed up things, but in the end you'll always use some translation mechanism that ripples a carry). Babbage's mechanical solution really did not ripple. It was later also used by Wiberg's difference engine.
I'm just adding that gates are not a prerequisite for building something that can calculate. People often 'prove' that once you have your basic gate(s), you can thus also build a computer. The thing is that in the chip making industry gates are very useful. But in other fields of industry (biological, chemical, mechanical) gates may not be the best building block.
You're right, we should stop all R&D right now. Until we know for sure that some usable devices will come out of it. Like the IKEA Three-seat sofa with long cover white.
In any other industry you don't need logic gates perse to build something that does arithmetic. It's the electronics industry that defines the NAND gate as the primary building block, because chips are made with that specific technology.
It's really all about shifting bit from one place to the other. Gates are only a convenient way to do this.
"They'd have put the usual hot chick on the cover if they wanted to encourage nerds to do their usual jerk off all over the raster."
That would result in a short circuit, electrocuting the nerd. Esquire will be held responsible and go bankrupt.
Microsoft will be outraged if they read your comment!
>> Sorry it's on my screen, so it's a 2 dimensional
>> representation of a 4 dimensional idea in 3
>> dimensional space
They do not try to display 4D images on a 2D screen. They show how 3D images that you can see in 3D space are related to a 4D object.
Then you should have no trouble creating a 3D image from a 2D screen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_drawing).
OK, I've got my invitation and the site is very open and simple to use. There's a community with a lot of newby info and the pricing is very competitive (no, actually it's just dirt cheap). Apparently they calculate prices by volume only (as far as I can judge). This is good, because this allows you not to worry about combining and merging and orientation. I will definitely start ordering parts from this company. Thumbs up!
Given the size of the machine and the fact that she will not grow any bigger, I hope you're hung accordingly.
Uh oh... This company is Dutch. Better yet, it is only meters away from where I live! Might be interesting after all! I used to to business in Belgium up to now.
Up to 2 mm is not acceptable for most parts. I'll wait and see when I get the invitation.
The website is by invitation only. When I get my account in God knows when I sure hope they have something to offer that my current supplier hasn't. And the only spec I have -delivery time- isn't one of them.
You can create much smaller lines than the wavelength of your light. You use tricks for that, but that's how it is done at Samsung, IBM, Intel, etc. for ages.
except this switch takes only one picosecond to change tracks. This means that in one second the switch is turning on and off about one million times
I think this should be (million x million)
I guess the 256-processor laptop is used to host the server
why should I bother about disinfecting my laptop?
>> I'm not sure I can accept this
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I have a brain, I know what it does, I'm an expert too!
'wat een prachtig voorwerp' translates to 'what a beautiful object'
Even with Google.
Yes a stupid monitor, but no. You still need to look at the screen. Which sucks. But it is not so much about rendering different images and offering each eye a single one as it is a device that renders focussed dots of light into the air. It requires quite some power to do that actually. For your info the only display that doesn't require looking onto a screen directly (and which still looks cool) is the heliodisplay from http://www.io2technology.com/ but it is not 3D
$45 million will buy you 2 kilometers of track. I think I know why this trip takes 'well under two hours'.
>> He did say "good corporate citizen", so if you are not paying for it, you
>> obviously have something to hide and should be reported.
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Maybe Gpcode could do that automatically in the next release.