I would expand this to:

"I'll have time to improve on this later."

Documentation is certainly the most common improvement that gets postponed, but kludged together code will also tend to survive longer than expected.

I believe he refers to the fact that it will not run Windows 7: http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-con...

You're absolutely right. This is something that is 100% in the consumer's interest, which means it'll only happen if the manufacturer is legally obligated to use it.

So there is a non-zero chance that they are building a gizmo that can detect gullible investors?

A picture *is* worth a thousand words (so moving pictures are at least a thousand).

But that doesn't mean that every set of a thousand words can be represented by one single picture.

One could image the editors being just a little bit 'happier' with the proof if just a bit more information was provided about the number 7825.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but 7825 has to be part of at least one Pythagorean Triple, no? If you take all the integers up to 7824 and you can divide them up, but then you fail when you add 7825, then 7825 has to be part of a triple, otherwise it wouldn't be a tipping point.

So there has to be at least one set of numbers a and b such that a + b = 7825. a and b must be smaller than 7825 which is why 7825 has to be the c in the Pythagorean theorem.

So if any such numbers a and b could be given as additional information, the reason for 7825 would be clearer.

Like if you're dividing red and blue marbles over 2 containers and you can't have two of the same color in a container. You can divide 4 of them, 1 of each color in each container, but when you try to place a fifth, all containers are full.

Here, same thing: when you reach 7825, all the containers are full and you can't squeeze in an extra triple anywhere.

You wanna be really scared?

Use the 'Groups' button to show the Iridium 33 Collision Debris.

That's from ONE collision between two satellites.

You are quite right.

Then again, he also mentions that "some sites have 8+ pumps with 2 devices in each".

Just being able to update both devices in a single pump should already cut his worktime in half, while having two stations down instead of one should not affect the business very much.

Or how about aiming for a distribution of east/south/west facing fixed installations that matches the distribution of electricity demand over the day?

Have you ever read what happened in Yellowstone when the wolves were reintroduced?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

Now, okay, the wolf is an apex predator who has a much bigger effect on the ecosystem than a pigeon. But I believe this is one of the best examples you can give that putting species back where they've gone extinct can have some very beneficial effects.

We have managed to establish a basic form of communication with some chimpanzees, well within human liftetimes, because they are able to see us (visual sensors in the right frequancy band) and they are able to make delicate motions that we can see.

If we make contact with aliens of approximately that level of sophistication, we should be fine.

Add to that the possibility of them hearing us (again, sensors in the right range) and hopefully vice-versa, and we should not have too much problems that cannot be overcome.

I believe that what he meant is that drivers "require some means of illumination at night" in order to spot "some things (like animals and pedestrians)" so that they don't run them over.

Thanks for that link, I found it very interesting.

But also worrying.

I mean, looking at everything Cerberus can do without apparently being detectable on the phone... How can I know that my phone doesn't have something similar installed on it?

Every big player in the industry seems convinced #2 and #3 are incompatible...