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Comment Re:3d printing could be the end of capitalism (Score 2) 34

That is until you can use a 3d printer that can make 3d printers. As for everything else, I think that it'll take a while for a general 3D printer to be able to accomplish what dedicated factories can do. Once you can print a car, it'll probably not be as efficient or as safe as a properly made car. I wouldn't be surprised if the government even tried to regulate such cars (goodluck to them).

Comment Re:What could possibly go wrong? (Score 1) 336

There's a Myth Buster episode that someone referred to that showed that cellphones could interfere with airplane transmissions if the airplane isn't shielded properly. In my opinion it's completely bogus to not allow electronics in general during the whole flight. Especially since they're telling you to put away low powered devices that have no chance of creating interference. I'm just saying that the only remote possible thing that they could do is not allow cellphones during takeoff/landing and leave everything else alone. In the end they probably have some very stupid (non-safety reason) for not changing the policy.

Comment Re:Mods (Score 1) 626

That's why this study is a study of correlation, correlation does not imply causation. This means that they've found a connection between lowering of IQ and smoking pot, but they don't know if one side leads to the other. In this case smoking pot could lower IQ, on the other hand other things that lower their IQ can lead them to smoke pot.

Comment Re:What could possibly go wrong? (Score 2) 336

They're not talking about using cell phones, cells will most likely be banned anyways because the cell connection could interfere with the airplane's equipment. Of course this could be completely false and cell phones don't create the kind of interference that the industry has assumed it does. tldr; Even if electronics in general are allowed all the time, radio transmission will probably not be.

Comment Re:Can someone explain... (Score 1) 262

My example is not as bad as your answer. I agree that it wasn't the best example but I wasn't really going for a perfect example. A tree type of search would find the name in less than 16 loops. This still wouldn't be faster than being able to find the answer right away. A proper way to critique my post would have been giving a better example than the one that I provided, than you wouldn't have shown up looking like a troll/jerk.

Comment Re:Can someone explain... (Score 1) 262

The reason behind the interest behind quantum computers is they have the potential to be exponentially faster. Here's an example that I've read. You have to find a name in a phone book. A regular computer has to search through in a more linear maner. Like you are going from the first page and so on. A quantum computer's manner of getting the answer is based upon probability, what's the likelihood that you'll open the phone book to the right page. In other words, you skip the intermediate steps of searching.

Comment Re:Expensive laptop, Free OS!! (Score 1) 780

I won't say that there aren't any ultrabooks out there with those ports, I'm just saying that even the rMBP is too thin for it. Searching around, I didn't find any ethernet ports that were less than 0.71 inches (1.8 cm). I didn't do much searching but the one I found was 2cm which means the ethernet standard can't go thin enough. I'll agree with you that this move is super annoying but, I'm also saying that I understand why it is. I use ethernet all the time btw. There's too many wifi routers in my apartment for it to be reliable.

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