Generally, it's used to refer to a non-compiled, interpreted language that has some simple structure and has a set of discreet functions or environment objects that you can use to automate processes.
Here's WikiPedia's definition, which isn't too bad.
The genius of what NVidia is doing here, I think, is that by using their existing GPU architecture, they create a path by which Raytracing can be phased in as a technology without removing the support and investment in current rendering pipelines. This is a bit different from Intel's goal, which appears to be a cutoff between the old and the new.
Intel tried the same thing with IA64, while AMD went the x64 route. Guess which approach will win this one, too? (:
IANAL, but I do know legal contracts fairly well. What you're referring to is known as the "severability clause" placed in most legal contracts. Basically, it states that, if any portion of the contract is deemed unenforceable, then just that portion of the contract is void and the rest still stands.
Adobe FrameMaker is actually pretty much what you just described. Additionally, it has an API back-end that you can use to drive it, if you're the code-writing type. Takes a little getting used to some of the concepts in it, but mostly because there's so much functionality there.
Actually, it's more directly what's known as a lost leader. The idea is that if you can flood an emerging market with your product, then you will dominate that market as it grows bigger.
It gets even more interesting: The RIAA would have to provide the list of all downloads of the song from the defendant's machine, then prove that each was a distinct and separate download and not just the same person downloading it again. With P2P file sharing systems such as BitTorrent, a further complication arises: does sending the person 15% of the file still count as a full download, or should it be pro-rated proportionally?
Actually, anyone can get in on an advanced screening. Many movies have unadvertised advanced screenings the Friday or Saturday prior to their opening; you sometimes have to hunt around for them, but they're often listed online or over the phone. You can buy tickets to them just like any other movie.
I think the problem that occurred in that case is that everyone started popping up as a critic, and the critics all started focusing on technical and artistic value, rather than on entertainment value. So, often as not, I disagree 100% with most critics on how "good" a movie is, because we're judging it by two completely different standards.
Check out Emotiv. They've got a non-invasive headset with a full API that's good enough even for control of video games, among other things. I'm thinking that the "hard-wired" approach was intended to be linked to the researcher's comment of "primarily for rehabilitation", specifically, attempting to restore something that has already been physically lost.
Admittedly, it's funny, but it's really just a communications satellite; they didn't put it in control of anything, and it doesn't have any neural net capabilities.
The article appears to indicate that they don't yet know what type of genetic variance occurred to produce the ability to process citrate. There's a huge difference between having a completely new type of gene, and simple variation of the existing specific settings within an existing gene. If they can show that this was caused by a completely new type of gene, then they'll have something to talk about; otherwise, it's just unlocking an existing-but-previously-unseen potential in an existing gene, which we see all the time.
...For so long I've been proud to live in Canada, but with that fucktard Harper at the helm they're trying more and more to make it America 2. Didn't you watch "Meet the Robinsons"? Canada becomes a state called "North Montana". (:
[Disclaimer: IANAL] Did you sell them a license or the material? If it's a license, does the license you sold to them allow for rentals? Rental != sale — because ownership isn't transferring, it's simply something they're doing with your movie. Blockbuster and Netflix, for instance, both purchase "rental" licenses from the movie houses; they can't just pick up copies in bulk and start renting. Same with movie theaters — they purchase "public performance" licenses, because the standard license you'll see on your movies (ie, DVDs, etc) explicitly states that it doesn't grant the right of public performance.
My idea for reforming patent law is simple: Make the maximum damage in a patent suit be 1% of the gross revenue of the product per patent found to be infringed, with a maximum of 10% of gross for all patents infringed. The change handles open source issues, limits insane business-killing damages, and will thus also limit licensing fees in practice, while still giving the creator compensation for their work. It should also cause a huge reduction in patent suits, due to the reduced damages limit. Another side effect will be that most companies will start licensing their products readily for the damage amount, rather than withholding licenses, as the only effect withholding a license will cause is additional money spent on attorneys and plenty of time in court to get their license fees. This should also lead to "clearing houses" for patent licensing, with easy searching and convenient reporting accounts for companies either looking for ideas to incorporate into their products, or to license any patents their invented product may infringe. It's also small enough and reasonable enough of a change that it's likely to gain support by a lot of people and businesses, and that it won't put lots of people out of work.
Actually, I think the best thing you can do is promote artists from non-*AA labels (buying their DVDs/CDs/merchandise/concert tickets/etc). This legally reduces the money flowing into the *AA coffers, and promotes those who are outside of it's little club of bullies.
Evaluating accuracy of information and its associated (even estimated) margin of error is fundamental to functioning in any information-rich society, so why aren't we teaching these concepts in kindergarten? Any group or country that doesn't teach this to all of its members (or citizens, or citizens-in-training) is going to continue to lag further and further behind others that do. Key to this is to start with the understanding that no information is 100% accurate, and conversely no information is 100% inaccurate; there's always more to every story or situation, and what has to be learned is to decide when you have approximately enough confidence in the information you do have, and that you have approximately enough information, to act. It just seems to me that we need to be teaching this with arithmetic and spelling; it's just as important to functioning in our society.
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Generally, it's used to refer to a non-compiled, interpreted language that has some simple structure and has a set of discreet functions or environment objects that you can use to automate processes. Here's WikiPedia's definition, which isn't too bad.
EOT also equals End Of Types? (:
Tell that to the penguins who lose family members every day to the vicious sea lions! (:
The guitar for RockBand for the Wii was always wireless. Is this not the case for the PS2/3 and XBox versions?
Intel tried the same thing with IA64, while AMD went the x64 route. Guess which approach will win this one, too? (:
IANAL, but I do know legal contracts fairly well. What you're referring to is known as the "severability clause" placed in most legal contracts. Basically, it states that, if any portion of the contract is deemed unenforceable, then just that portion of the contract is void and the rest still stands.
Adobe FrameMaker is actually pretty much what you just described. Additionally, it has an API back-end that you can use to drive it, if you're the code-writing type. Takes a little getting used to some of the concepts in it, but mostly because there's so much functionality there.
Actually, it's more directly what's known as a lost leader. The idea is that if you can flood an emerging market with your product, then you will dominate that market as it grows bigger.
It gets even more interesting: The RIAA would have to provide the list of all downloads of the song from the defendant's machine, then prove that each was a distinct and separate download and not just the same person downloading it again. With P2P file sharing systems such as BitTorrent, a further complication arises: does sending the person 15% of the file still count as a full download, or should it be pro-rated proportionally?
Actually, anyone can get in on an advanced screening. Many movies have unadvertised advanced screenings the Friday or Saturday prior to their opening; you sometimes have to hunt around for them, but they're often listed online or over the phone. You can buy tickets to them just like any other movie.
I think the problem that occurred in that case is that everyone started popping up as a critic, and the critics all started focusing on technical and artistic value, rather than on entertainment value. So, often as not, I disagree 100% with most critics on how "good" a movie is, because we're judging it by two completely different standards.
Pretty much, yeah. (:
Check out Emotiv. They've got a non-invasive headset with a full API that's good enough even for control of video games, among other things. I'm thinking that the "hard-wired" approach was intended to be linked to the researcher's comment of "primarily for rehabilitation", specifically, attempting to restore something that has already been physically lost.
Of course. They're politicians too. Didn't they just pass the telecom immunity bill?
The official ISO currency code is GBP (Great Britain pound), though. (:
Admittedly, it's funny, but it's really just a communications satellite; they didn't put it in control of anything, and it doesn't have any neural net capabilities.
The article appears to indicate that they don't yet know what type of genetic variance occurred to produce the ability to process citrate. There's a huge difference between having a completely new type of gene, and simple variation of the existing specific settings within an existing gene. If they can show that this was caused by a completely new type of gene, then they'll have something to talk about; otherwise, it's just unlocking an existing-but-previously-unseen potential in an existing gene, which we see all the time.
Or its current equivalent...34 Euros. (:
...For so long I've been proud to live in Canada, but with that fucktard Harper at the helm they're trying more and more to make it America 2. Didn't you watch "Meet the Robinsons"? Canada becomes a state called "North Montana". (:[Disclaimer: IANAL] Did you sell them a license or the material? If it's a license, does the license you sold to them allow for rentals? Rental != sale — because ownership isn't transferring, it's simply something they're doing with your movie. Blockbuster and Netflix, for instance, both purchase "rental" licenses from the movie houses; they can't just pick up copies in bulk and start renting. Same with movie theaters — they purchase "public performance" licenses, because the standard license you'll see on your movies (ie, DVDs, etc) explicitly states that it doesn't grant the right of public performance.
I didn't know anyone still watched any of the "broadcast" networks... (:
My idea for reforming patent law is simple: Make the maximum damage in a patent suit be 1% of the gross revenue of the product per patent found to be infringed, with a maximum of 10% of gross for all patents infringed. The change handles open source issues, limits insane business-killing damages, and will thus also limit licensing fees in practice, while still giving the creator compensation for their work. It should also cause a huge reduction in patent suits, due to the reduced damages limit. Another side effect will be that most companies will start licensing their products readily for the damage amount, rather than withholding licenses, as the only effect withholding a license will cause is additional money spent on attorneys and plenty of time in court to get their license fees. This should also lead to "clearing houses" for patent licensing, with easy searching and convenient reporting accounts for companies either looking for ideas to incorporate into their products, or to license any patents their invented product may infringe. It's also small enough and reasonable enough of a change that it's likely to gain support by a lot of people and businesses, and that it won't put lots of people out of work.
Who's with me? (:
Actually, I think the best thing you can do is promote artists from non-*AA labels (buying their DVDs/CDs/merchandise/concert tickets/etc). This legally reduces the money flowing into the *AA coffers, and promotes those who are outside of it's little club of bullies.
Wait, wasn't that a Dr. Who episode? (:
Evaluating accuracy of information and its associated (even estimated) margin of error is fundamental to functioning in any information-rich society, so why aren't we teaching these concepts in kindergarten? Any group or country that doesn't teach this to all of its members (or citizens, or citizens-in-training) is going to continue to lag further and further behind others that do. Key to this is to start with the understanding that no information is 100% accurate, and conversely no information is 100% inaccurate; there's always more to every story or situation, and what has to be learned is to decide when you have approximately enough confidence in the information you do have, and that you have approximately enough information, to act. It just seems to me that we need to be teaching this with arithmetic and spelling; it's just as important to functioning in our society.