A thought: I just read that slashdot post about brain slicing. Maybe the parent was written by H.M.? (The "slicee") Notice how it gets weirder and weirder - slice by slice?
I think it does pass the "evil" test with flying colors. In x years it becomes free for anyone to use, and besides who is to say that Google won't license this stuff for cheap (or free) down the road? It's not like they're charging an arm + leg for any of their other technologies as it is, and they're certainly not among the worst offenders when it comes to "patent trolling". I think it's a good faith green move on their part, and they're being sensible patenting it before somebody (possibly less scrupulous) does.
Considering advertising is what keeps many (most??) sites in business, if ads go away there would be a lot fewer sites to choose from. And consequently a lot less traffic. I'm all for the fast, empty Internet!
A related study has revealed that the most common phrase scribbled on the digital bathroom wall is "For a good time call NTP". Close runners up were enumerations of operating systems that blow, comments on head and tail etc.
Elementary: The scientists found an inscription in Martian on the meteorite. (By the way, it translates to "Dinosaurs - check. Coming up next: Bipeds."
The ultimate test for machine translation system is whether it can do roundtrip translations without information loss or distortion of meaning. When I was in school somebody had carved "Borra mig i bjornen - Drill me in the bear - Drilla mig pa baret" in the desk. It's quite funny if you're a teenager and speak Swedish.
This is almost like a test case for Darwinian evolution: We have a gene that has a bad effect on it's carriers, and a mechanism ("horrid accident") that potentially removes that gene from the gene pool. So the over time the gene should disappear and everybody will be better drivers. The old joke about every American being an above-average driver will actually be reality.
Most open source licenses (such as GPL) have little to do with copyright, and more to do with distribution. For example from a GPL perspective it matters less who holds the copy right of a product than the fact that anyone who makes modifications to the product has to license the modifications under the same license and make the source code available.
Maybe this is a reflection on last-century business models? "Piracy" doesn't occur in the Open Source world - I don't hear Red Hat bitching about piracy, and their stock is doing just fine thank you. They see each distributed copy as increased market share. Maybe it's time for commercial software companies, music industry et al to look closely at their practices and not rely on the "blame pirates" mantra to work forever? (That is unless TFA really was about a ship load of CDs nabbed by Somalian fishermen, in which case they would have reason to bitch...)
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48 cores. Duuude.
Not if you have one of them Dell laptops!
A thought: I just read that slashdot post about brain slicing. Maybe the parent was written by H.M.? (The "slicee") Notice how it gets weirder and weirder - slice by slice?
After watching the simulation of six hillclimbers "breeding" for the fourth time the witness cried "Yes, it's him! It's him! Just get me out of here!"
Indeed, the word genetic is generic!
So true. Makes you wonder why they're **really** doing it. Maybe there's some taxation stuff hidden somewhere in there?
I think it does pass the "evil" test with flying colors. In x years it becomes free for anyone to use, and besides who is to say that Google won't license this stuff for cheap (or free) down the road? It's not like they're charging an arm + leg for any of their other technologies as it is, and they're certainly not among the worst offenders when it comes to "patent trolling". I think it's a good faith green move on their part, and they're being sensible patenting it before somebody (possibly less scrupulous) does.
Considering advertising is what keeps many (most??) sites in business, if ads go away there would be a lot fewer sites to choose from. And consequently a lot less traffic. I'm all for the fast, empty Internet!
A related study has revealed that the most common phrase scribbled on the digital bathroom wall is "For a good time call NTP". Close runners up were enumerations of operating systems that blow, comments on head and tail etc.
You're ignoring the vandalism aspect: Anyone who scribbles on the digital bathroom wall deserves a digital swirly!
Elementary: The scientists found an inscription in Martian on the meteorite. (By the way, it translates to "Dinosaurs - check. Coming up next: Bipeds."
The fact that union types can have no values explains a lot about Jimmy Hoffa.
"recursive style" Definition: Curse. And then curse again.
It is suddenly clear to me: My mother wanted me dead!
New theory my ass. Separation of time and space was the norm before Einstein came and confused the whole thing. Maybe it's a relatively new theory?
The ultimate test for machine translation system is whether it can do roundtrip translations without information loss or distortion of meaning. When I was in school somebody had carved "Borra mig i bjornen - Drill me in the bear - Drilla mig pa baret" in the desk. It's quite funny if you're a teenager and speak Swedish.
WTF is a "pseudo trilogy" anyway?
Ha! I knew it! Those hadrons aren't so large after all!
>The internet is way over-rated. You can do all those things you mention in WoW.
Mr. Ballmer, is that you?
When I was a lad we didn't have any of your fancy pants electronics. If we wanted cheap multiroom audio we tore down the drywall.
and a whole new meaning when your physician says "call me in the morning".
This is almost like a test case for Darwinian evolution: We have a gene that has a bad effect on it's carriers, and a mechanism ("horrid accident") that potentially removes that gene from the gene pool. So the over time the gene should disappear and everybody will be better drivers. The old joke about every American being an above-average driver will actually be reality.
Most open source licenses (such as GPL) have little to do with copyright, and more to do with distribution. For example from a GPL perspective it matters less who holds the copy right of a product than the fact that anyone who makes modifications to the product has to license the modifications under the same license and make the source code available.
Maybe this is a reflection on last-century business models? "Piracy" doesn't occur in the Open Source world - I don't hear Red Hat bitching about piracy, and their stock is doing just fine thank you. They see each distributed copy as increased market share. Maybe it's time for commercial software companies, music industry et al to look closely at their practices and not rely on the "blame pirates" mantra to work forever? (That is unless TFA really was about a ship load of CDs nabbed by Somalian fishermen, in which case they would have reason to bitch...)