if i was china, i wouldn't want my peeps using google. it will result in MASSIVE American data collection and knowledge of everything that chinese people are searching for online. A major risk to national stability/security.

My calculus teachers didn't allow us to use calculators when I was in college. I felt like I understood the math better this way. He picked problems that were not hard to do without calculators. Unless the goal is to teach kids to use the calculators themselves, why are they needed?

lame.

The USA should let ISIS do their thing. They have not attacked the US. They are only threatening us now because we are attacking them without provocation. Their recent killing of two USA citizens who were caught in Syria were only done try to get the US to stop bombing them...not out of a desire to start a war with the US.

Let regional countries tackle them if they are scared. They are plenty capable of doing so. They just don't think they need to because they think the USA will take care of it. In the end they are the ones threatened by ISIS.

The rebels will just install tin foil hats on all their tanks!

But seriously, it could serve to push up their timeline and violence, as they tell their followers, "look guys, we have 6 months to inflict maximum damage and exhaust all of our ammunition, get going with the destruction guys", which could limit negotiation and alter their ability to wait out their demands.

I meant from the cognitive perspective, which is what these articles are typically focused towards. It's not that Neaderthals are creating cave art. They're just creating art...and like you said, this is the form of it that we see.

if they were creating cave art, then they were certainly creating other forms of art. nothing special about caves.

a good cop will want to wear a camera.
it's only shady cops that will protest.

scary thing is you would have been justified to shoot and kill him as he approached with his gun....as any well armed and well trained person would do...and u would have been fucked for it.

what concerns me more is that cops will end up with compromising videos, even of innocent people, and they will be exposed to leaks, hacks, or blackmail. there will be other unintended consequences....but the trade off may be worth it.

it's not a political issue, this is just a step towards more professional behavior.

...and biotech firms

Maybe not doubling every 18...but the general trend is there...

WiFi speeds are about 100x faster than 10 yrs ago.
Boot times are about 10-20x faster than 10 yrs ago.
Battery life is about 4-5x longer than 10 yrs ago

Meanwhile, prices are about 1/4 what they were 10 yrs ago.

I'll take that over speed increases.

Well, in their defense, ECC on the flash memory isn't exactly rocket science.

there was a time, back in the 90's (rapid progression of 286/386/486/Pentium) where you needed to upgrade your computer every 2-3 yrs or you couldn't even run the latest software...and i'm not talking hard core games...even simple stuff like word processing or the newest ver of windows.

seems like now you can get by with 5-6 yr cycles, esp with the introduction of an ssd and more ram.

people are forgetting that no one's going to be awake or likely aging during this flight. suspended animation will be required for a trip like this and likely possible in the not too distant future (100 yrs?).

so it doesn't really matter so much if it takes 13.3 yrs or 100 yrs.

the hardest part will be that people don't do well at funding and executing projects that last more than a life time. the organizations and countries and people that launch these missions will be long gone by the time the crew arrives. there's a high chance they won't even know the mission existed and will not have the (ancient) equipment to communicate with the crew.