Comment: Old News (Score 1) 449
Comment: Re:Randomness is like Magic (Score 1) 326
How does quantum-randomness square with Chaos Theory? Consider the Butterfly Effect... where initial conditions determine an outcome that is not random, unpredictable, yet determined.
With Chaos Theory if you had perfect knowledge of every force and interaction you could predict the outcome but with quantum-randomness even with perfect knowledge (Godlike) the result would still be unpredictable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_systems#Complexity_and_chaos_theory
Comment: Re:"Truly random numbers" (Score 1) 326
Quantum number generators produce random numbers that are measurably different from those that computer programs generate.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/25041/
The results show that the sequence generated by Quantis is easily distinguishable from the other data sets. This say Calude and co, is evidence that quantum randomness is indeed incomputable. That means that it could not have been be generated by a computer.
Comment: Re:The legitimate projection of force. (Score 1) 566
Let me break this down to Barney level:
1- People have a right to "peaceably" assemble under the first amendment to the US Constitution.
2- When their assembly is NOT peaceful, it is unlawful.
3- The US Supreme court has repeatedly held that blocking traffic, footpaths/sidewalks, business entrances, etc. are NOT considered peaceful, and are therefore unlawful.
4- These protestors were blocking a path.
5- The protestors were warned of the unlawfulness of their actions.
6- The protestors were warned they would be sprayed.
7- The protestors got sprayed.
Comment: Whitest areas in america (Score 2) 645
There are almost no black people in the Northwest tech cities. While filming the show "Leverage" in Portland they had to ask for more black extras for the backgrounds to make it look more "American".
Comment: Re:Fabless (Score 1) 120
Where I think AMD really fell behind was they were not able to afford the kind of R&D on the manufacturing side that Intel does for each new process.
This is why it's so good now to be at least a few process generations behind Intel. If you're on the rusty edge of fab technology you get Intelâ(TM)s old equipment for pennies on the dollar and it's been well maintained unlike used equipment from Asia.
Comment: Re:The best thing for you to buy is.. (Score 1) 371
Wear that hat while dumping the old glowing bottles in the basement.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111015p2a00m0na017000c.html
Comment: Re:What (Score 1) 199
1st gen consumer ATSC cards started being released about 2004-5.
http://www.bbti.us/download/datasheets/Air2PC-ATSC-PCI.pdf
They work ok but are very sensitive to multipath. I still use a few in old HDTV servers.
Comment: Re:Good enough for them, but not for us huh? (Score 1) 172
NSA does not give a fuck about you and is not spying on you.
Thank you, who has time for local chatter when the hot stuff of a high level honey trap video feed needs to be reviewed frame by frame to extract the best blackmail pictures.