Take a look at neo4j.com. When you organize graph-like data as a graph instead of the typical set of relational tables, you can vastly speed up certain kinds of queries, and thinking about the solution becomes much clearer.

This is generic technology with uses far outside military applications. My own needs are for event correlation, and finding the cause in amongst a lot of data telling you the effects of a systems outage.

Marry graph databases to a CPU that is specially tailored for this kind of work and you get a powerhouse.

Cloud providers such as AWS can then bring in these machines, virtualization them, and in a cost effective manner rent them out to everyday developers.

So what can YOU do with it?

now anyone can see their Mona Lisa smile!

For the same reason speed cameras with automated fines should be unconstitutional too, but we still have them.

I've been waffling a long time on which way to invest in upgrading my pc's. win 7 or 8? I like 7's stability and am not excited about metro, but don't want to have to pay the Microsoft tax too soon again. I finally made a decision.

I bought a Mac. Arrives tomorrow.

Yes, it will be more expensive over time. At least the upgrades are priced half what windows are.

One of the barriers to this technology will be API support. Many APIs provide the IP address (on both sides) with the connection object. Implementors will have to make a choice about which ip to expose and remain backward compatible.

The patent office would not need to inspect the reports, just file them. The reports would be inspected as a part of the legal case brought against the offenders. If they lie, then they pay all court costs and hopefully get thrown in jail.

Even the responses of substance seem to be marvelously misinformed about what powers the president actually holds.

Presidents do not make laws.

The president can not abolish your taxes.

The president can not raise expenditures on X.

The president can not reduce expenditures on Y.

The president can not make your pet illegal substance legal.

The president can not reform campaign financing.

At best, the President can advocate such things to happen. This is often done. It is rarely successful.

You slashdotters are smart folks. The fact that you don't know this is inexcusable. I understand if you find politics to be distasteful. However, the only hope for democracy is an informed electorate.

I'm reading a book now called 'Aftermath' wherein Alpha Century goes supernova and sends a massive EM Pulse through Earth's atmosphere, killing all microchips. (I'm just assuming the science is well researched and correct here.)

Would these hardened chips be able to withstand that?