The silly thing I found in that article was the claim that Intel would be running x86 code through software emulation. My understanding is that the IA-64 uses hardware emulation, and that the big speed barrier they were having for running x86 code was clocking the chip up to speeds that didn't melt a hole in the motherboard...
Is this really all that great? I have to wonder how much these companies are throwing at this MHz battle in the way of R&D resources. I'd much rather see larger steps taken toward introducing Itanium, Sledgehammer, and Willamette, instead of focused on the short-term clock speed contest. Let them compete by actual innovation instead of incremental improvements.
If you read more than about 2 of his books back to back you will find clear evidence that the footnotes are written with cut and paste.
TP does seem to be running low on original jokes, but his books have been getting increasingly plot-driven. He's human, but I don't think he's stagnating.
Am I sounding too negative? I don't really *hate* his stuff. I own everything up to about "Guards Guards" (a classic), but he has lost it.
That depends on what 'it' is. There are some books of his that are just plain forgettable, but he's got some real gems among his later stuff as well. Reaper Man, Hogfather, Small Gods, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Maskerade, and The Fifth Elephant come to mind. I believe those are all post-Guards! Guards!.
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I've always been fascinated with how TP's writing has matured during his career. The Carpet People, The Colour of Magic, etc. were all fluff. Good fluff, but fluff. Somewhere around Small Gods, he seemed to find that he could actually slide some poignancy into his books without compromising their entertainment value. I think The Fifth Elephant is one of his best so far. Of course, I'm only halfway through The Truth. If you've never read a Pratchett book, do so as soon as possible.
Unless somebody's got some new information that I haven't heard about, this is not the way to win the war. That court document on cryptome.org is almost certainly not a public filing, and the plaintiff's lawyers will most definitely ask to have those records sealed. What is needed is for someone to extract the decryption keys in a legal environment, such as a country where we are certain that Xing's click license is not binding. Once the roots of the project are unquestionably legal, work can continue.
Sorry, but this would not fly in a courtroom. It's the equivalent of saying, "But your honor, I didn't kill him, this knife killed him! I only happened to push the knife." Any person looking at the image can reasonably tell what the textual content is (and yes, the word 'reasonable' is important in a courtroom). If you want to try something this silly, you might as well do something where you can say, "It's not a.c file, it's a.html file." Save everybody a lot of hassle.
It can be argued that iCraveTV is _not_ transmitting an unmodified broadcast. Encoding the analog NTSC signal into a digital format with low enough bandwidth requirements that it can be streamed will certainly degrade the signal. Try telling an advertiser that a transmission where a logo is unrecognizable or a slogan is unreadable that there's no modification...
iCraveTV _does_ add content by sending its ads out as well as the video. Whether they pop up in the same window is not relevant.
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How about we define 'geeks' as the set of people that wouldn't bat an eye at the phrases 'trivially obvious' or 'there exists'?
The silly thing I found in that article was the claim that Intel would be running x86 code through software emulation. My understanding is that the IA-64 uses hardware emulation, and that the big speed barrier they were having for running x86 code was clocking the chip up to speeds that didn't melt a hole in the motherboard...
Is this really all that great? I have to wonder how much these companies are throwing at this MHz battle in the way of R&D resources. I'd much rather see larger steps taken toward introducing Itanium, Sledgehammer, and Willamette, instead of focused on the short-term clock speed contest. Let them compete by actual innovation instead of incremental improvements.
Forget koalas, kangaroos, and even penguins. I'm curious whether those wonderful folks at LinuxOne showed up...
http://www.brunching.com/selfmade/selfmade-thebeac h.html
Not because it's very insightful, but because it's a lot more entertaining than Katz's. ;-)>
TP does seem to be running low on original jokes, but his books have been getting increasingly plot-driven. He's human, but I don't think he's stagnating.
Am I sounding too negative? I don't really *hate* his stuff. I own everything up to about "Guards Guards" (a classic), but he has lost it.
That depends on what 'it' is. There are some books of his that are just plain forgettable, but he's got some real gems among his later stuff as well. Reaper Man, Hogfather, Small Gods, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Maskerade, and The Fifth Elephant come to mind. I believe those are all post-Guards! Guards!.
The truth shall make ye fred.
Unless somebody's got some new information that I haven't heard about, this is not the way to win the war. That court document on cryptome.org is almost certainly not a public filing, and the plaintiff's lawyers will most definitely ask to have those records sealed. What is needed is for someone to extract the decryption keys in a legal environment, such as a country where we are certain that Xing's click license is not binding. Once the roots of the project are unquestionably legal, work can continue.
Sorry, but this would not fly in a courtroom. It's the equivalent of saying, "But your honor, I didn't kill him, this knife killed him! I only happened to push the knife." Any person looking at the image can reasonably tell what the textual content is (and yes, the word 'reasonable' is important in a courtroom). If you want to try something this silly, you might as well do something where you can say, "It's not a .c file, it's a .html file." Save everybody a lot of hassle.
iCraveTV _does_ add content by sending its ads out as well as the video. Whether they pop up in the same window is not relevant.