The Pons and Fleischmann experiment was never a simple 'kitchen chemistry' endeavor. The calorimetry measurements and heat accounting is difficult to master. Electrochemical knowledge and experience is an absolute must. The electrochemical cell represents a complex environment and there were unknowns associated with the palladium cathodes. As a result, early attempts at replication failed.
No, all attempts at replication failed. A couple of researchers reported results that looked promising, but the experiment was *never* replicated. As far as the experience factor and the complaint that nuclear researchers didn't have the requisite knowledge of the field--who cares? The fact remains that no one in any field has been able to replicate the original "results." Bad science is bad science.
It is now obvious that any critic of cold fusion will have to do more than present illogical arguments or simply ridicule the scientists involved in the research. If they believe the calorimetry is flawed, they will have to present evidence, preferably from their own experiments, but at least from participation in a cold fusion experiment.
This is hilarious. The burden of proof is on the "scientists" who made the original claims, not their detractors. Sorry, but that's how science works. If the results were truly conclusive we would have been able to replicate them without problems. Lack of replication implies bad science or bad instructions, not a conspiracy.
We were just talking about this this morning. Rhythms is down to 28 cents a share, from a 52-week high of around $35. On the plus side, buying $20 worth of stock now could make you a nice profit if it rebounds. On the minus side, all those North Point refugees are going to be reamed if it doesn't.
The fact is the users shouldn't be able to crash a system at all. That's considered a bug in real operating systems and generally fixed promptly.
Remember in the olden days of MSDOS (well, OK, it's not that olden) when you had to actually poke bad data into a memory address to crash or reboot a machine? "Hey, cool, I can crash this thing with a debugger!"
Then Win95 came along and took all the fun out of it. Instead of poking data into memory to crash the machine, the OS does it all for us (and quite frequently, in the case of Win9x and its leaky memory)...
I wrote a short story in which this was one of the concepts. I dealt with it in the simple fiction way of having the aliens do the actual connecting.:)
And yes, the protagonist (a sentient computer) sent a virus to the alien computer; and yes, I wrote it before Independence Day came out; and no, my explanation wasn't as simple as, "gee, I'll use my powerbook to send a virus out!"
The agency I work for plans to go all Microsoft NT in fours years.
Mine (private sector) plans to go Win2K all the way; the global email informing us of the decision was apparently a cut-&-paste job of MS's press release: "This strategic initiative is aimed at improving the reliability, stability and usability of the computing environment while
reducing the desktop 'total cost of ownership.'"
Yep, I can hardly wait. Get that TCO down.
-Legion (waiting for those "Win2K classes" flyers to be distributed for all 100,000 or so employees)
The screen is 160x144, so assuming every pixel is a unique color, your maximum would be 23,040 colors. However, I'm pretty sure the actual "max colors" at one time is much lower.
The kicker was that they wanted to make it publicly available, but the ubiqutous "law enforcement" (cue sinister music) didn't want it made public since they felt that it'd be an ideal way for "criminal elements" to pursue whatever it is "criminal elements do".
Well, that makes sense. Everyone knows those criminal elements would start surveying land and other sorts of mischief if they had access to such precision tools as maps.
"Hey, Rocco, let's hit that warehouse tonight." "That's not a warehouse, it's a pond." "Damn 5-meter resolution!"
So you usually carry your Sparc station to the store with you after typing your grocery list in? I find a scrap of paper will suffice.
I suppose you could use the cellphone to see what you need at the store when stopping in on the way home, provided you want everyone to think you're big and important--certainly too important to call the spouse from work before you leave.
I don't know about hospitals, but I assume they have a damned good reason to ban cellphones due to the sensitive equipment. Cellphone use is banned in Central Offices because they can and *do* affect the integrity of the switch; your local telco doesn't want to have to explain to the police why a switch tech knocked out a 911 trunk with his cellphone.
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No, all attempts at replication failed. A couple of researchers reported results that looked promising, but the experiment was *never* replicated. As far as the experience factor and the complaint that nuclear researchers didn't have the requisite knowledge of the field--who cares? The fact remains that no one in any field has been able to replicate the original "results." Bad science is bad science.
It is now obvious that any critic of cold fusion will have to do more than present illogical arguments or simply ridicule the scientists involved in the research. If they believe the calorimetry is flawed, they will have to present evidence, preferably from their own experiments, but at least from participation in a cold fusion experiment.
This is hilarious. The burden of proof is on the "scientists" who made the original claims, not their detractors. Sorry, but that's how science works. If the results were truly conclusive we would have been able to replicate them without problems. Lack of replication implies bad science or bad instructions, not a conspiracy.
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Remember in the olden days of MSDOS (well, OK, it's not that olden) when you had to actually poke bad data into a memory address to crash or reboot a machine? "Hey, cool, I can crash this thing with a debugger!"
Then Win95 came along and took all the fun out of it. Instead of poking data into memory to crash the machine, the OS does it all for us (and quite frequently, in the case of Win9x and its leaky memory)...
-Legion
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And yes, the protagonist (a sentient computer) sent a virus to the alien computer; and yes, I wrote it before Independence Day came out; and no, my explanation wasn't as simple as, "gee, I'll use my powerbook to send a virus out!"
-Legion
What was that screaming noise? Oh, right, journalistic integrity.
-Legion
Mine (private sector) plans to go Win2K all the way; the global email informing us of the decision was apparently a cut-&-paste job of MS's press release: "This strategic initiative is aimed at improving the reliability, stability and usability of the computing environment while reducing the desktop 'total cost of ownership.'"
Yep, I can hardly wait. Get that TCO down.
-Legion (waiting for those "Win2K classes" flyers to be distributed for all 100,000 or so employees)
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Take your pick of 4 different ones from either www.zophar.net or www.vg-network.com.
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This kid had the "eureka moment" that defines mathematicians. I hope he pursues pure math, because he's sure to be a valuable asset to the field.
-Legion
When did Disney get involved? :)
The kicker was that they wanted to make it publicly available, but the ubiqutous "law enforcement" (cue sinister music) didn't want it made public since they felt that it'd be an ideal way for "criminal elements" to pursue whatever it is "criminal elements do".
Well, that makes sense. Everyone knows those criminal elements would start surveying land and other sorts of mischief if they had access to such precision tools as maps.
"Hey, Rocco, let's hit that warehouse tonight." "That's not a warehouse, it's a pond." "Damn 5-meter resolution!"
-Legion
Wonder what she has in mind? :)
-Legion (waiting for moderators who don't know what a "Freudian slip" is to mod me back to the stone age)
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I suppose you could use the cellphone to see what you need at the store when stopping in on the way home, provided you want everyone to think you're big and important--certainly too important to call the spouse from work before you leave.
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I imagine most thieves (smart or not) assume, when they pull a gun on somebody, that person will not whip out the cellphone and dial 911. :)
-Legion
Humor is a wonderful thing, provided you understand it.
-Legion
That reminds me: back in my cell-scanning days, I heard one guy telling his friend, "Oh shit, I just ran a red light."
-Legion
(joke, joke)
-Legion