The biggest story is obviously the sad tale of Jan-Hendrik Schon, and his falsified data. This one really rocked the science world because it calls into question the whole peer-review process.
Bob Lucky is retiring now, ending a great career with a telecom software company that had its roots in Bell Labs.
With the downsizing of corporate R&D he has seen, he has a reason to feel that the glory days of engineering are past.
However, I think engineering is just working at a different level of abstraction now. There are many less bench-top tinkerers now, because the tools are much more powerful. VHDL and ASICs have replaced circuit boards and wire wrapping. Finite element CAD systems have replaced machine shops.
A breath switch is something that would typically be used here, but don't build it if you can buy it. I saw one here for approx. $80:
http://www.enablingdevices.com/
If silicon micromachines are considered nanotech, these products have been commercially available for years: microfluidic valves, accelerometers for airbag systems, the DLP (digital light processor) from Texas Instruments that is the basis of many video systems.
Re:Maybe I'm missing something, but...
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If the environment in your living room is like "tossing it on the ground" you might be right, but in most normal living rooms, lack of sun, moisture, dirt, bacteria, etc. would probably slow the process.
Well, there's more to these ideas than can be brought out in a quick book review. An important point is that the economics of these eco-friendly strategies are usually better (for producer AND consumer) than the strategies they replace.
I believe one of the case studies was Nike. They designed an eco-friendly sneaker with a special sole material. As the sole wears, the wear particles can degrade naturally in the environment. The non-degradable upper part of the sneaker can be brought back to a Nike store for a trade-in on a new pair. Everyone wins.
"The FBI needed to change," said the president. "It was an organization full of fine people who loved America but the organization didn't meet the times."
Excuse me, but I don't see how increasing their monitoring capabilities has anything to do with a reorganization of the FBI.
The organization is broken, so we'll fix it by giving it more powers. Argh.
I don't know too much about Google's technology, but I thought it used a scheme were web pages having many referring links would score higher in the search results.
For a corporate intranet, do you have this information? I mean are there people building home pages linking to their favorite corporate policy page?
Cell phones will shortly have the ability to "know" their location, and be able to receive location-specific content.
Picture if you will thousands of cell phones in cars on the freeway... all providing their location and a time stamp to a central server. Wouldn't that be the basis for a cool service that would provide real time traffic information including the average rate of speed and the traffic volume?
Somebody do this so I can use it.
Re:Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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This is the edition to get:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/078670842 5/ ref=ase_battlestarzone/104-7837614-2157565
Re:Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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If you liked this book, you will LOVE Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage [amazon.com].
I second this recommendation. If you decide to get the book, don't get the edition mentioned in the link, though. There's another edition with the photographs of Frank Hurley, the expedition's photographer that are absolutely haunting.
I thought I remember hearing that AT&T would be introducing DoCoMo's i-mode service for phones which is such a huge hit in Japan? Anyone know what happened to that plan?
Slashdot Mirror
1. Take an existing technology (fuzzy logic)
2. Redefine it with a cool-sounding name (phenotropic)
3. Profit!
We need to decide what's right first and then companies have to adapt to that...
Wait a minute... the way "we" will "decide" is by buying products that these companies market... capitalism, in other words.
Putting the decision in the hands of the capitalists is exactly what we want to do.
maybe this story should be called 'Crapping Over Creative Commons'
The biggest story is obviously the sad tale of Jan-Hendrik Schon, and his falsified data. This one really rocked the science world because it calls into question the whole peer-review process.
Let's see, I'm a spammer and I want to defeat a Bayesian filter, what do I do?
Simple, send no text, but a graphic advertisement in the form of a PNG or JPG file.
I am an agent of Soviet influence.
You make a good point:
If downloading programming info means uploading my viewing habits, I prefer to cut the cord.
Here's a review
How does the book compare to the classics: Numerical Recipes, The Art of Computer Programming, etc?
Bob Lucky is retiring now, ending a great career with a telecom software company that had its roots in Bell Labs.
With the downsizing of corporate R&D he has seen, he has a reason to feel that the glory days of engineering are past.
However, I think engineering is just working at a different level of abstraction now. There are many less bench-top tinkerers now, because the tools are much more powerful. VHDL and ASICs have replaced circuit boards and wire wrapping. Finite element CAD systems have replaced machine shops.
Engineering hasn't changed, just the tools.
Q: What techniques can be used to accentuate the flavors produced by Maillard browning in various dishes?
A breath switch is something that would typically be used here, but don't build it if you can buy it. I saw one here for approx. $80: http://www.enablingdevices.com/
Highly recommended for all kinds of anime, strange and hard-to-find video, vintage toys music and clothes:
http://www.neetstuff.com/
Mention the idea on Slashdot, and it appears three months later.
Nice.
If silicon micromachines are considered nanotech, these products have been commercially available for years: microfluidic valves, accelerometers for airbag systems, the DLP (digital light processor) from Texas Instruments that is the basis of many video systems.
If the environment in your living room is like "tossing it on the ground" you might be right, but in most normal living rooms, lack of sun, moisture, dirt, bacteria, etc. would probably slow the process.
Well, there's more to these ideas than can be brought out in a quick book review. An important point is that the economics of these eco-friendly strategies are usually better (for producer AND consumer) than the strategies they replace.
I believe one of the case studies was Nike. They designed an eco-friendly sneaker with a special sole material. As the sole wears, the wear particles can degrade naturally in the environment. The non-degradable upper part of the sneaker can be brought back to a Nike store for a trade-in on a new pair. Everyone wins.
In a masterful spin, Bush said:
"The FBI needed to change," said the president. "It was an organization full of fine people who loved America but the organization didn't meet the times."
Excuse me, but I don't see how increasing their monitoring capabilities has anything to do with a reorganization of the FBI.
The organization is broken, so we'll fix it by giving it more powers. Argh.
I don't know too much about Google's technology, but I thought it used a scheme were web pages having many referring links would score higher in the search results.
For a corporate intranet, do you have this information? I mean are there people building home pages linking to their favorite corporate policy page?
Cell phones will shortly have the ability to "know" their location, and be able to receive location-specific content.
Picture if you will thousands of cell phones in cars on the freeway... all providing their location and a time stamp to a central server. Wouldn't that be the basis for a cool service that would provide real time traffic information including the average rate of speed and the traffic volume?
Somebody do this so I can use it.
This is the edition to get:2 5/ ref=ase_battlestarzone/104-7837614-2157565
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/07867084
If you liked this book, you will LOVE Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage [amazon.com].
I second this recommendation. If you decide to get the book, don't get the edition mentioned in the link, though. There's another edition with the photographs of Frank Hurley, the expedition's photographer that are absolutely haunting.
irregardless is not a word
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000224.htm
Sincerely,
Your 5th grade teacher
Richard Stallman explains his thoughts on open source development at Universities and the GPL:
a ll man_on_universities/index.html
http://www.salon.com/tech/letters/2002/01/29/st
I thought I remember hearing that AT&T would be introducing DoCoMo's i-mode service for phones which is such a huge hit in Japan? Anyone know what happened to that plan?