User: AbdullahHaydar

NVIDIA

On: The Cg Tutorial

I'm sick of NVIDIA trying to control the graphics market by controlling the language developers have to use.

...That's like someone trying to control Java

...Never mind...(Come to think of it, I can't even think of a counter-example where someone didn't try to control a market through control of the programming language.)

Re:History and Future

On: The Hundred-Year Language

I forgot to mention that it was written in 1972 and predicts a few of the occurences since then...

History and Future

On: The Hundred-Year Language

This is a really interesting paper on the history and future of programming languages. (Check out the history chart in the middle....)

colors?

On: Apple Plans to Purchase Universal Music

Does this mean all CDs released by Universal will come in a handful of flavorfully-named colors?

More importantly, would they actually release enhanced CDs by established musicians that only work on Macs to promote sales?

reality TV?

On: Webcams to Enforce Singapore Quarantine

So, who wants to take bets on how soon people will hack into these government quarantine webcams and then blackmail people to keep their private lives from being publicly displayed?

Anti-Turing

On: Everything you Want to Know About the Turing Test

The Anti-Turing Test

Re:RTFA

On: Weekly Microsoft Critical Security Issue

It's not as clear cut as that....Microsoft was calling it the Microsoft Virtual Machine from the first day they included it with Windows, even when it was 100% Sun.

jvm

On: Weekly Microsoft Critical Security Issue

which virtual machine is it that caused this? The one before or after Microsoft added their own extensions? (which caused the whole MS-Sun lawsuit)

GeekCorps

On: Rebuilding Iraq's Internet

Geeks should definitely get involved and they should do it through GeekCorps since that works through the PeaceCorps and international organizations.

related Supreme Court case

On: Pinnacle, Online Grades, Skipping School and More

Here's a slightly old article on a Supreme Court case related to this issue.

Yeah!

On: Microsoft Commits to Using Opteron

Half the MS-Intel Duoply is broken!!!

Now, if only the first half would die off...

worse than patriot 1

On: Congress to Make PATRIOT Act Permanent

Patriot
2

Basically, if the government declares you an enemy combatant (which it can do
for any reason without any due process), you can be stripped of your
citizenship under Patriot 2!!!!!! (no current law exists anywhere in the US
which can strip citizenship)