In some cities, the combination of red-light cameras and shorter yellow lights encourage looking at the timers. I know I'm extremely guilty of this, but feel like I wouldn't have enough time to stop if I didn't. Many drivers are more concerned with getting tickets than driving safely - not a good incentive if you ask me.

I think what a theologian would argue is that God would respond "No, because they don't want to leave." Free will and all that, ya know?

I realize the desire to tout the fact that you use a quantum computer and that if D-wave is selling a "quantum computer," they should deliver something that performs quantum computations. However, if it does what it's supposed better than other classical computers, then the money is not a waste. Unless the spending was just for show, then too bad.

If I pay for 100GB of data, but only use 5GB, then I should retain my remaining 95GB for the future. I did pay for it. Otherwise, move to a true utility model.

For one example, for one project let's say I have roughly 300GB of simulation data. Of out that data, how much will be used to generate a figures for publication? Maybe 1%? The rest of it is from testing, fine tuning, and exploring the parameter space. The real problem isn't where to save it all, but that there is exteremely little incetive to to go through the trouble of sifting through and archiving the important stuff. 80% is proably a lower bound, IMHO. Futhermore, let's say you save that im portant precious data. Good luck future scientist in figuring out what is in those files and how to analyze it.
I realize that not all science is like this, but I think I'm speaking about the majority, not the minority.

"They are amazingly good at what they do."
True story, I don't think anyone forsees desktops vanishing, but they are moving more towards becoming something you replace when it runs out (e.g. toilet paper), than something you keep constantly up to date by buying the latest and greateast.

I trust they've now upgraded to the far more secure 12345678?

"Your age probably determines whether you think of Blockbuster Video as a fond memory or a dinosaur predestined for extinction."

How about neither? When they came into town, the locally owned ma & pop video rental that had been around since the dawn of home video rentals closed almost immediately.

I think the assumption is that if those governments had as much power, then the damage they could inflict would be proportional. If the US couldn't do anything with the knowledge, then no one would care.

Just hope you don't get hit by one of those rockets on its way up, then you'll wish you had the extra $175k

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