The government didnt punish them after they were CONVICTED of being an abusive monopolist, what do you think they are going to do to a non-monopoly MS?
"Self driving doesn't have to be connected."
For the most part yes it will be forced. Your vehicle will be connected to the road, other cars (V2V) and the internet, possibly on separate links. The vehicle will only operate once authenticated by the road. To be road authenticated you will have to running the most current version of software, which will be updated very frequently. The future of driving is bleak and glorious all at the same time.
"All that nice hardware, a lot of which would live a second life very well running Linux or a BSD operating system."
NO. All that old hardware uses way too much power. Almost any consumer PC before Core2Duo should be retired as a power hog and replaced with a SoC of some kind.
Case law has already been settled on this for cars decades ago. At some point the tech shops are going to have to follow suit, the pressure is there, just like it was for cars.
"This is the way trademark law works. You must defend the trademark or risk losing it."
Please stop repeating this nonsense. Kleenex, Xerox, Photoshop, Jet-Ski, Jacuzzi and Google are culturally ubiquitous and SHOULD be removed from trademarks, but they arent. Adobe and Google would never be able to do anything else but litigate if your position were true.
The plain truth is that Intel spends 4 times as much on R&D as AMD generates in revenue. AMD is a sad joke compared to Intel. They are not peers, hell they arent even really competitors. If they were sodas AMD would be RC Cola, to Intel's Coca-Cola, not Pepsi.
It is my understanding that this applies to fair use as a limit on how much you can DIRECTLY COPY of a work. Describing the plot is not the same as quoting the plot's most interesting dialog to the point of spoiling it.
So tired of the 'main reason we buy console is bland uniformity and lockstep progression'. Enough, that time is over. VR blew up that pretty little world view. The truth is the last console gen went on WAY too long, and this is the result. VR is here, NOW, time to upgrade.
6 months ago, there is no way in hell i would have guessed Microsoft would be putting out a ~6 TFlop console built with VR in mind. That is some serious power. We should be rejoicing, not whining,"my 1.5 Tflop console is now worthless..... wahhhhhhh". Welcome to technology where things move fast and the hits just keep on coming. I am actually excited about the consoles for the first time since the early Xbox360 days.
" how little really separates us from other animals."
Biologically, sure, we are very close to animals, however intellectually we stand on the other side of an enormous chasm. We ARE special, today, right now. The other animals have a chance of becoming something similar to us, but its an event horizon none of them have crossed yet. We are still animals, but we are exceptional animals to an insane degree. The fact that im transmitting thought to you through this message is a plainly obvious testament to it.
This is firmly 'your rights online'. Hes saying basically that google should alter its results to show a nicer ideal. That is tech and its social ramifications.
"In fantasy fiction and science fiction, sapience often describes an essential property that bestows "personhood" onto a non-human. It indicates that a computer, alien, mythical creature or other similar will be treated as a being with capabilities and desires as any human character, often eligible to full civil rights. The words "sentience", "self-awareness", and "consciousness" are used in similar ways in science fiction.[26]"
This shows a STUNNING lack of imagination. I dont think you understand how quickly we are racing to an AI controlled world where bots will make decisions based on things like your porn collection.
Banking is based on TRUST, not massive security (at the consumer level). Apple Pay is just a fancy credit card, its not 'secure' in any way that really matters. Dont put too much stock in any one implementation, its mostly a dog and pony show. Back end detection is so sensitive now that i sometimes get locked out of my account if i buy things out of my normal pattern.
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The government didnt punish them after they were CONVICTED of being an abusive monopolist, what do you think they are going to do to a non-monopoly MS?
Are you making a joke?
"Self driving doesn't have to be connected." For the most part yes it will be forced. Your vehicle will be connected to the road, other cars (V2V) and the internet, possibly on separate links. The vehicle will only operate once authenticated by the road. To be road authenticated you will have to running the most current version of software, which will be updated very frequently. The future of driving is bleak and glorious all at the same time.
" car manufacturers will lock out non-brand replacement parts"
It is currently VERY illegal to do this, and has been for a long time. See Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
"All that nice hardware, a lot of which would live a second life very well running Linux or a BSD operating system."
NO. All that old hardware uses way too much power. Almost any consumer PC before Core2Duo should be retired as a power hog and replaced with a SoC of some kind.
Case law has already been settled on this for cars decades ago. At some point the tech shops are going to have to follow suit, the pressure is there, just like it was for cars.
You would have a better argument if our choices weren't only Douche or Turd Sandwich.
Essentially, AI driven cars mostly remove the 'risk' factor from the insurance actuarial table and leaves just the cost to 'make whole again'.
"This is the way trademark law works. You must defend the trademark or risk losing it."
Please stop repeating this nonsense. Kleenex, Xerox, Photoshop, Jet-Ski, Jacuzzi and Google are culturally ubiquitous and SHOULD be removed from trademarks, but they arent. Adobe and Google would never be able to do anything else but litigate if your position were true.
Umm, i dont know how to tell you this but BttF future is actually set in the PAST now, and we are 3 years away from Blade Runner being the past too.
Google would have an uphill battle actually trying to defend Android.
Intel market cap: $150 Billion
AMD market cap: $3.54 Billion
That is a lot of kiddie gamers........
The plain truth is that Intel spends 4 times as much on R&D as AMD generates in revenue. AMD is a sad joke compared to Intel. They are not peers, hell they arent even really competitors. If they were sodas AMD would be RC Cola, to Intel's Coca-Cola, not Pepsi.
My Moto G on USA T-mobile has a FM radio as a stock app. It works perfectly.
Its a weird position for him. In the past he has even released the pre-mix multi-tracks to his album so that it can be remixed by anyone.
It is my understanding that this applies to fair use as a limit on how much you can DIRECTLY COPY of a work. Describing the plot is not the same as quoting the plot's most interesting dialog to the point of spoiling it.
So tired of the 'main reason we buy console is bland uniformity and lockstep progression'. Enough, that time is over. VR blew up that pretty little world view. The truth is the last console gen went on WAY too long, and this is the result. VR is here, NOW, time to upgrade.
6 months ago, there is no way in hell i would have guessed Microsoft would be putting out a ~6 TFlop console built with VR in mind. That is some serious power. We should be rejoicing, not whining ,"my 1.5 Tflop console is now worthless..... wahhhhhhh". Welcome to technology where things move fast and the hits just keep on coming. I am actually excited about the consoles for the first time since the early Xbox360 days.
The 2nd is the law. Dont like it, CHANGE THE LAW. The 2nd gives life as much as takes it.
" how little really separates us from other animals."
Biologically, sure, we are very close to animals, however intellectually we stand on the other side of an enormous chasm. We ARE special, today, right now. The other animals have a chance of becoming something similar to us, but its an event horizon none of them have crossed yet. We are still animals, but we are exceptional animals to an insane degree. The fact that im transmitting thought to you through this message is a plainly obvious testament to it.
This is firmly 'your rights online'. Hes saying basically that google should alter its results to show a nicer ideal. That is tech and its social ramifications.
"In fantasy fiction and science fiction, sapience often describes an essential property that bestows "personhood" onto a non-human. It indicates that a computer, alien, mythical creature or other similar will be treated as a being with capabilities and desires as any human character, often eligible to full civil rights. The words "sentience", "self-awareness", and "consciousness" are used in similar ways in science fiction.[26]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
This is what most people mean when we talk about sentience.
So can planes, but we still build new ones with auto-pilot....
"One has to eventually or it doesn't matter."
This shows a STUNNING lack of imagination. I dont think you understand how quickly we are racing to an AI controlled world where bots will make decisions based on things like your porn collection.
Banking is based on TRUST, not massive security (at the consumer level). Apple Pay is just a fancy credit card, its not 'secure' in any way that really matters. Dont put too much stock in any one implementation, its mostly a dog and pony show. Back end detection is so sensitive now that i sometimes get locked out of my account if i buy things out of my normal pattern.
The point is, it wont play on any device that isnt whitelisted explicitly by Netflix.