Comment Re:I'm calling BS.... (Score 1) 44
Moreover, we still calll "programming a TV remote", well, programming!
(Not that I am very good at this particular programming task, mind you... )
Paul B.
Comment Re:Nazis have lost their meaning (Score 1) 378
If they talk about how Hitler and Mussolini were great men, then it's extremely likely they're neo-nazis.
Such as icon of modern Left FDR, who did so much good, and was a great admirer of (and admired by) both?
Google, say, "FDR Mussolini" or read, e.g., http://dailycaller.com/2016/12...
So, what were you saying again?
Power Outage Strands Thousands at US Airport. 600 Flights Cancelled (cnn.com) 189
An anonymous reader quotes CNN:
A power outage at the world's busiest airport left thousands of passengers stranded in dark terminals and in planes sitting on the tarmac, amid a nationwide ground stop. Incoming and outgoing flights at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport were halted indefinitely as crews worked to restore power, leading to hundreds of flight delays and cancellations. Atlanta is the heart of the US air transport system, and what happens there has the potential to ripple through the country.
More than 600 flights to and from Atlanta have been canceled, including 350 departures, according to Flightradar24... Flights headed to Atlanta are being held on the ground at their departure airport. Inbound flights to Atlanta are being diverted, US Customs and Border Protection said. Departures from the airport are delayed because electronic equipment is not working in the terminals, the FAA said. The cause of the incident is under investigation.
Some people stranded in the dark terminals used their cellphones as flashlights, one passenger told CNN. "There were a few emergency lights on, but it was really dark -- felt totally apocalyptic."
More than 600 flights to and from Atlanta have been canceled, including 350 departures, according to Flightradar24... Flights headed to Atlanta are being held on the ground at their departure airport. Inbound flights to Atlanta are being diverted, US Customs and Border Protection said. Departures from the airport are delayed because electronic equipment is not working in the terminals, the FAA said. The cause of the incident is under investigation.
Some people stranded in the dark terminals used their cellphones as flashlights, one passenger told CNN. "There were a few emergency lights on, but it was really dark -- felt totally apocalyptic."
Comment Catch me if you can -- the movie (Score 1) 279
Clearly statements made from ignorance, and also why is anyone listening to one of the biggest criminals in history?
At my previous place of employment my (paper) cheques were made by that guy's company who knew a thing or two about cheque counterfeiting...
Just saying, and great movie (and book) too!
Paul B.
Comment Re:Why (Score 1) 397
Or a radar running continuously and when there is a blip on the screen alerting someone? I would imagine that a rogue sub willing to attack the navy ship is not going to be broadcasting its coordinates...
Paul B.
Comment Re:This is the sort of testing the Feds should do. (Score 1) 316
Govt did. When they introduced wage caps in New Deal age, employers had to compete for workers on *something*, and figured out that paying for health insurance was a good benefit to add.
Paul B.
Comment Re:What about link to an actual article? (Score 4, Informative) 70
Nope, I mean to the scientific paper in Nature Photonics, not press-release...
Like this: http://www.nature.com/nphoton/...
Paul B.
Comment What about link to an actual article? (Score 1) 70
Just curious to read...
Paul B.
Comment Re:Some of us know how to use PGP in a real client (Score 2) 26
Yep, that was what I was hinting at -- of course one can not securely interoperate with other services using plain old STMP, but I hoped they would add secure link between any two of their internal customers, with plausible deniability that they ever communicated.
As to "innocence" of metadata, a required (and educational!) read that I am sure you have seen, but others might have not: https://kieranhealy.org/blog/a...
Paul B.
Comment Re:Some of us know how to use PGP in a real client (Score 1) 26
That would still leave metadata behind -- depending on how exactly this ProtonMail works, it is plausible that metadata between two recipients both using this service would be obscured as well.
Paul B.
Submission + - Google finds D-Wave machine to be 10^8 times faster than simulated annealing (blogspot.ca)
An anonymous reader writes: From Google Research blog:
We found that for problem instances involving nearly 1000 binary variables, quantum annealing significantly outperforms its classical counterpart, simulated annealing. It is more than 10^8 times faster than simulated annealing running on a single core. We also compared the quantum hardware to another algorithm called Quantum Monte Carlo. This is a method designed to emulate the behavior of quantum systems, but it runs on conventional processors. While the scaling with size between these two methods is comparable, they are again separated by a large factor sometimes as high as 10^8.
We found that for problem instances involving nearly 1000 binary variables, quantum annealing significantly outperforms its classical counterpart, simulated annealing. It is more than 10^8 times faster than simulated annealing running on a single core. We also compared the quantum hardware to another algorithm called Quantum Monte Carlo. This is a method designed to emulate the behavior of quantum systems, but it runs on conventional processors. While the scaling with size between these two methods is comparable, they are again separated by a large factor sometimes as high as 10^8.
Comment Yay, FORTH FTW! (Score 1) 429
And its descendant is used everyday by everyone who prints out a PostScript/PDF document!
Paul B.
Comment Re:Why not just call it 1 exaflop computer? (Score 1) 223
Because 0.1 exaflops is still "exascale", but not "exaflops"...
Paul B.
Comment I doubt it is for *chips* themselves (Score 3, Interesting) 90
TFA is a bit light on details, but (having heard of GaN before), it is good at handling large voltages/currents, and they are probably talking about more efficient power supplies (saving 20%, apparently), not replacing Si in logic chips. Or maybe integrating power conversion onto processor die itself, but the latter is still made of good old CMOS. Currently, from what I've heard, a good chunk of pins on your processor are used to supply power -- if you think of it, 30W processor with 3V bias needs to get 10A of current.
Paul B.
Comment Re:Awesome! (Score 1) 208
For a change, his were not... He is basically Russian Zuckerberg, made his fortunes on Internet businesses...
Paul B.
