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SummeryDreams · 2013-10-17, 07:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by JokerD

Cause you can't send a drone to a war crimes court or before congress to testify?

Because drones were meant to kill people, and cars don't. One more, yes, drones can't testify and can be a good source of 'We didn't mean that'.

ganbaru · 2013-10-17, 18:28

1.8M-year-old skull gives glimpse of our evolution
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-17-18-07-42

US shutdown end boosts hopes for Antarctic reserve
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-17-00-48-38

Irenicus · 2013-10-17, 21:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by SummeryDreams

Because drones were meant to kill people, and cars don't. One more, yes, drones can't testify and can be a good source of 'We didn't mean that'.

Drones don't kill people. People kill...

Uh.

Oh my god.

AnimeFan188 · 2013-10-19, 19:08

The Megaupload Takedown Killed At Least 10 Million Innocent Files:

"When Megaupload got taken down two years ago, it took a whole hell of a lot of
data with it. And eventually it got obliterated. Some of it was pirate data, sure, but
some was legit too. And new research shows that, at the very least, ten million
innocent files got the axe."

See:

http://gizmodo.com/the-megaupload-ta...nno-1448303335

Dr. Casey · 2013-10-19, 20:17

There were many other ways the government could have handled that - I believe it was Sendspace that, for a time, allowed users to access and download their own files, but prevented them from accessing anyone else's - but no, they had to wave their dicks around and prove how big and bad they are. Some of those files might have been very important things... novels hundreds or thousands of pages long whose hard drives they were originally stored upon had died, old pictures that were available nowhere else... they stored these things through a perfectly legal avenue they should have been able to trust was safe, but because the government refused to compromise to any degree whatsoever, all those things were lost. It's disgusting. Absolutely fucking disgusting.

ganbaru · 2013-10-19, 22:05

NASA: Asteroid coming close in 2032 no concern
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-18-14-03-01

AnimeFan188 · 2013-10-20, 19:38

IBM Is Running a Brain Computer On "Electronic Blood":

"As part of what we can only assume is preparation for some very intense mad
scientist Halloween costumes, IBM has announced a prototype computer that is
both powered and cooled by an electrolyte liquid.

IBM, like everyone, is pretty taken with the capacity and energy efficiency of the
human brain and wants to try to replicate it. Of course the brain is skull-sized and
only uses 20 watts of energy per day, so it's a high bar to try to match, but IBM is
hoping that its new "redox flow" system will bring it closer."

"We want to fit a supercomputer inside a sugar cube. To do that, we need a
paradigm shift in electronics — we need to be motivated by our brain. The human
brain is 10,000 times more dense and efficient than any computer today."

See:

http://gizmodo.com/ibm-is-running-it...ood-1448738109

ganbaru · 2013-10-20, 19:43

U.S. surveillance leaks threaten police use of new technologies: official
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/te...31020?irpc=932

NoemiChan · 2013-10-20, 19:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Casey

There were many other ways the government could have handled that - I believe it was Sendspace that, for a time, allowed users to access and download their own files, but prevented them from accessing anyone else's - but no, they had to wave their dicks around and prove how big and bad they are. Some of those files might have been very important things... novels hundreds or thousands of pages long whose hard drives they were originally stored upon had died, old pictures that were available nowhere else... they stored these things through a perfectly legal avenue they should have been able to trust was safe, but because the government refused to compromise to any degree whatsoever, all those things were lost. It's disgusting. Absolutely fucking disgusting.

It's called desperation. It's doesn't give a damn to the innocents.

Dr. Casey · 2013-10-20, 20:43

The situation wasn't that desperate, though. Using desperate measures in desperate times is pragmatism, using those same measures in fairly mundane situations (when there's a variety of less disastrous alternatives, that can very easily accommodate the innocents while clamping down on the pirates) is just being a dick.

NoemiChan · 2013-10-21, 00:00

Guess its the best idea they can think of. They seemed to have been pressured to do act act like that.

SaintessHeart · 2013-10-22, 00:47

The Horrifying Secret 'The Matrix' Reveals About Humanity

ganbaru · 2013-10-22, 05:16

Twitter account of China's state broadcaster hacked
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/te...31022?irpc=932

States' online 'Amazon tax' fight may land in U.S. Supreme Court: lawyers
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/te...31021?irpc=932

mangamuscle · 2013-10-22, 10:48

I am very surprised no one has mentioned yet Finnish team makes diabetes vaccine breakthrough. So in the end diabetes type 1 was produced by a virus similar to polio, I wonder if someday someone will discover cancer is caused by another virus.

IMO china should fork the 700 million since they have a diabetes endemic that in the long run will cost them that much just in healthcare, why not cure it here and now?

SaintessHeart · 2013-10-22, 11:21

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Originally Posted by mangamuscle

I am very surprised no one has mentioned yet Finnish team makes diabetes vaccine breakthrough. So in the end diabetes type 1 was produced by a virus similar to polio, I wonder if someday someone will discover cancer is caused by another virus.

IMO china should fork the 700 million since they have a diabetes endemic that in the long run will cost them that much just in healthcare, why not cure it here and now?

How are you going to get it to the masses who live in the less developed areas?

I did a short stint at EMS during one of my school holidays 2 years back, and every day I receive alot of return mails from PRC; my superior, a migrant from there attributed it to the "lousy roads and lack of door signs" that makes mails difficult; compounded by the fact that relocations are all the common that he thinks that mailmen are actually underpaid. Even if it is mass transportation of vaccines to a central town, the cost of doing so would be a headache.

On the other hand, I can have more fun with these :

Images

I love Finland!

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AnimeFan188 · 2013-10-22, 16:29

Scientists Have Created a Disk That Can Store Data for a Million Years:

"Magnetic disk drive storage was born in the 1950s—thanks, IBM!—but while storage
density and power efficiency have rocketed, the lifetime for which data can be stored
has remained about the same, at around a decade. That could soon change.

A team of researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands has designed
and built a disk capable of storing data for, so they claim, over 1 million years. Perhaps
even longer."

See:

http://gizmodo.com/scientists-have-c...for-1449918529

NoemiChan · 2013-10-22, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

See:

http://gizmodo.com/scientists-have-c...for-1449918529

Will it still work if hit will be struck by a meteor or asteroid?

Anh_Minh · 2013-10-22, 16:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

Scientists Have Created a Disk That Can Store Data for a Million Years:

"Magnetic disk drive storage was born in the 1950s—thanks, IBM!—but while storage
density and power efficiency have rocketed, the lifetime for which data can be stored
has remained about the same, at around a decade. That could soon change.

A team of researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands has designed
and built a disk capable of storing data for, so they claim, over 1 million years. Perhaps
even longer."

See:

http://gizmodo.com/scientists-have-c...for-1449918529

I'm pretty sure those ads for penis enhancement will be obsolete by then.

Xellos-_^ · 2013-10-22, 17:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

Scientists Have Created a Disk That Can Store Data for a Million Years:

"Magnetic disk drive storage was born in the 1950s—thanks, IBM!—but while storage
density and power efficiency have rocketed, the lifetime for which data can be stored
has remained about the same, at around a decade. That could soon change.

A team of researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands has designed
and built a disk capable of storing data for, so they claim, over 1 million years. Perhaps
even longer."

See:

http://gizmodo.com/scientists-have-c...for-1449918529

so what would archeologist a million years form now make of our current society when they discover 100TB worth of porn being store in every home.

SaintessHeart · 2013-10-22, 17:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

so what would archeologist a million years form now make of our current society when they discover 100TB worth of porn being store in every home.

"Sex-crazed homo-neanderthal barbarians" becomes a scientific term?

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AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	IBM Is Running a Brain Computer On "Electronic Blood": "As part of what we can only assume is preparation for some very intense mad scientist Halloween costumes, IBM has announced a prototype computer that is both powered and cooled by an electrolyte liquid. IBM, like everyone, is pretty taken with the capacity and energy efficiency of the human brain and wants to try to replicate it. Of course the brain is skull-sized and only uses 20 watts of energy per day, so it's a high bar to try to match, but IBM is hoping that its new "redox flow" system will bring it closer." "We want to fit a supercomputer inside a sugar cube. To do that, we need a paradigm shift in electronics — we need to be motivated by our brain. The human brain is 10,000 times more dense and efficient than any computer today." See: http://gizmodo.com/ibm-is-running-it...ood-1448738109

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