"They have a secret sauce that will be very interesting if it's unique and really good," says Fan at Kopin, who has had discussions with Luminus. "But [with LEDs], there are many ways to get to the same end, and very few innovative technologies that can block everybody off."
Because RFID tags contain intellectual property in the form of a computer chip, deactivating the tag would count as circumventing an intellectual property control measure, and so would be illegal under the IP Enforcement Directive.
Isn't that like saying that breaking a CD in half is illegal because it also disables the copy protection?
Try to give telephone support to someone if you don't even know how the OS looks. It also is nice if people are able to sit at different machines and don't have to relearn or reconfigure everything. Customization is fine as long as it's not just a weak excuse for not setting up stuff properly in the first place. And sometimes it's better if beginners don't have to deal with it.
The hexapod robot is very likely the one commonly called RHex. It was basically designed after a cockroach. You can find a lot more videos of it on the net. Its performance is truly impressive.
And the best thing: The software for RHex is hosted on sourceforge!
In my experience, compiling applications for Qt also takes a while. A lot of the Qt classes use shared data. They are often used by value in parameters and class members.
Therefore Qt header files tend to include lots of other Qt headers. Since there currently is no PCH support, compile times go up quite a bit.
Actually, SCO's stockholders will likely be the ones to foot the bill.
So should I shed a tear for them or what? I bet current stockholders are fully aware of their gamble. And they enabled SCO and its employees to sell stock at inflated prices. So they're to blame that SCO already made a profit out of this farce. And they provided additional funds for SCOs lawsuits.
> Now with the new system they can have some DBA > write script to pump out statistics on what kind > of feedback/problems/etc most people are writing > about.
I think somethink like that is commonly called a poll. There's nothing wrong with a poll - but why disguise it as an e-mail exchange?
The government could theoretically end murder with current video surveillance technology.
This is a pretty absurd idea. Even if the government installed surveillance cameras in each of your rooms, you would still have enough time to grab a knife and stab your wife or something.
Probably most murderers intend to commit suicide after killing someone else anyway.
Have a look at the pictures. The added nozzle is bright red, and it's obvious that it was added. So I think of the pictures as some kind of mockup. They were doctored, but Scaled did not try to hide it.
How can the voter verify that his number is unique?
And how can you assure voting is anonymous when the machine can keep the votes ordered by time and it's easy to note when a voter verified his identity?
More info - Ivan Sutherland
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· Score: 2, Informative
It was Ivan Sutherland that built HMDs as early as 1966. Here's a biography and here's a link with one more image of a HMD.
History of virtual reality
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· Score: 2, Informative
I remember reports on VR experiments with headtracking from 1968. Sadly, I haven't yet found a good site on the history of VR. But this one claims that the idea already existed back in the 1950s.
Further, you can't be sure that you'll get what you pay for when you buy information without having seen it.
When I go to the cinema, I have to pay before I've seen the film. What if it's crap? I can't imagine anyone going to the cinema. Maybe you could combine micropayment with a rating system. Only people who have paid for the product are allowed to vote on whether it's worth the money.
You want a good alternative? Try the subscription model.
I hate it. I want to buy and keep stuff. I don't want monthly bills. And can a single artist like Scott produce content I want to pay for every month? Well - but you can always offer both - a subscription and pay per view.
And how exactly should I know whether what I'm doing is illegal? I don't even know how many laws exist. Do you?
And it's extremely naive to say: If I'm basically doing, you know, nothing wrong, I can't be doing something illegal. Some laws out there are plain absurd.
And the point is not that everyone will suddenly go to jail (althogh the US have the highest incarceration rate worldwide). The point is that it gets more and more easy to get anyone the government dislikes into jail (like politicians of the opposition or jornalists etc.).
Any code that is linked against the GPL, inherits the GPL. In other words, you cannot use any GPLed components in combination with proprietary ones that you do not own and that are not licensed under the GPL.
We cannot f.e. distribute an AV-Player that uses GPL codecs as well as proprietary ones. Hardware drivers are even more problematic.
IMO it should be sufficient to release your code only if it is a derivative work of 'free software'. At least you should only be bound to release your own code if you combine it with 'free' components.
Over in Germany, we have the VG Wort, the interest group of publishers.
And for every photocopier, fax machine and scanner sold, a fee goes to the VG Wort. It is supposed to pay a compensation for fair use and breaches of copyright.
The most ridiculous part is, that the fees on machines vary with their speed. So if you buy a scanner in Germany, it often is slower than the ones sold in the US.
In many cases, downloading english drivers will speed up your machine.
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I really love this quote:
"They have a secret sauce that will be very interesting if it's unique and really good," says Fan at Kopin, who has had discussions with Luminus. "But [with LEDs], there are many ways to get to the same end, and very few innovative technologies that can block everybody off."
It shows how much patents spur innovation.
I dont get this:
Because RFID tags contain intellectual property in the form of a computer chip, deactivating the tag would count as circumventing an intellectual property control measure, and so would be illegal under the IP Enforcement Directive.
Isn't that like saying that breaking a CD in half is illegal because it also disables the copy protection?
Try to give telephone support to someone if you don't even know how the OS looks.
It also is nice if people are able to sit at different machines and don't have to relearn or reconfigure everything.
Customization is fine as long as it's not just a weak excuse for not setting up stuff properly in the first place. And sometimes it's better if beginners don't have to deal with it.
Your memory can't be too good.
/. article published hardly more than two weeks ago,
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According to a
Red Hat set up a legal fund to deal with this kind of tactic:
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/08/04/1817247.s
The usual definition is _programmable_
in at least 3 DOF (degrees of freedom).
Think of industrial robots.
And here are the links for RHex: /. )
( easy to remember, easy to
RHex project home
RHex software on sourceforge
The hexapod robot is very likely the one commonly
called RHex. It was basically designed after a
cockroach. You can find a lot more videos of it
on the net. Its performance is truly impressive.
And the best thing: The software for RHex is hosted
on sourceforge!
In my experience, compiling applications for Qt
also takes a while. A lot of the Qt classes use
shared data. They are often used by value in
parameters and class members.
Therefore Qt header files tend to include lots of
other Qt headers. Since there currently is no PCH
support, compile times go up quite a bit.
Actually, SCO's stockholders will likely be the ones to foot the bill.
So should I shed a tear for them or what? I bet current stockholders are
fully aware of their gamble. And they enabled SCO and its employees to
sell stock at inflated prices. So they're to blame that SCO already made
a profit out of this farce. And they provided additional funds for SCOs
lawsuits.
It's just like the {M,R}IAA "tax" on all recordable media.
Already in force in Canada and Europe (although Germany
might be an exception?)
Nope. Sadly, Germany isn't an exception.
> Now with the new system they can have some DBA
> write script to pump out statistics on what kind
> of feedback/problems/etc most people are writing
> about.
I think somethink like that is commonly called a poll.
There's nothing wrong with a poll - but why disguise it
as an e-mail exchange?
The government could theoretically end murder with current video surveillance technology.
This is a pretty absurd idea. Even if the government installed surveillance cameras in each of your rooms, you would still have enough time to grab a knife and stab your wife or something.
Probably most murderers intend to commit suicide after killing someone else anyway.
This triple loop roller coaster was
present on a fair in Germany. It was quite a few years ago.
The website talks about more than 5g's.
On the fair, it was advertised as offering up to 7g's.
I experienced no discomfort at the ride.
Have a look at the pictures. The added nozzle
is bright red, and it's obvious that it was
added.
So I think of the pictures as some kind of
mockup. They were doctored, but Scaled did
not try to hide it.
There are roller coasters where you experience up
to 7G in a sitting position.
How can the voter verify that his number is unique?
And how can you assure voting is anonymous when the
machine can keep the votes ordered by time and it's
easy to note when a voter verified his identity?
It was Ivan Sutherland that built HMDs as early as 1966.
Here's a biography and here's a link
with one more image of a HMD.
I remember reports on VR experiments with headtracking from 1968.
Sadly, I haven't yet found a good site on the history of VR.
But this one claims that the idea already existed back in the 1950s.
Further, you can't be sure that you'll get what you pay for when you buy information without having seen it.
When I go to the cinema, I have to pay before I've seen the film. What if it's crap? I can't imagine anyone going to the cinema.
Maybe you could combine micropayment with a rating system. Only people who have paid for the product are allowed to vote on whether it's worth the money.
You want a good alternative? Try the subscription model.
I hate it. I want to buy and keep stuff. I don't want monthly bills. And can a single artist like Scott produce content I want to pay for every month? Well - but you can always offer both - a subscription and pay per view.
You say Carbon Nanotube based memory chip...
He calls it rod logic, but it's clearly the same thing
Neal describes mechanical computers.
The articles dicuss the use of nanotubes
as transistors.
And how exactly should I know whether what I'm doing is illegal?
I don't even know how many laws exist. Do you?
And it's extremely naive to say: If I'm basically doing, you know, nothing wrong,
I can't be doing something illegal. Some laws out there are plain absurd.
And the point is not that everyone will suddenly go to jail (althogh the US have
the highest incarceration rate worldwide). The point is that it gets more and more
easy to get anyone the government dislikes into jail (like politicians of the
opposition or jornalists etc.).
Any code that is linked against the GPL, inherits the GPL.
In other words, you cannot use any GPLed components in
combination with proprietary ones that you do not own and
that are not licensed under the GPL.
We cannot f.e. distribute an AV-Player that uses GPL codecs
as well as proprietary ones. Hardware drivers are even more
problematic.
IMO it should be sufficient to release your code only if it
is a derivative work of 'free software'. At least you should
only be bound to release your own code if you combine it with
'free' components.
Please be aware that (c) doesn't have legal
implications. You have to use the copyright
symbol, or write out the term Copyright.
Over in Germany, we have the VG Wort, the interest
group of publishers.
And for every photocopier, fax machine and scanner
sold, a fee goes to the VG Wort. It is supposed to
pay a compensation for fair use and breaches of
copyright.
The most ridiculous part is, that the fees on
machines vary with their speed. So if you buy a
scanner in Germany, it often is slower than the
ones sold in the US.
In many cases, downloading english drivers will
speed up your machine.
Sad but true.
In Germany, you can rent games in videoshops.
I'd never buy a games anymore that I haven't
tested for a day or two.
And yes, I do buy the games I like (and usually
apply a nocd patch to avoid the hassle.)