Whenever FTL communication is discussed, quantum entanglement is usually brought up as an option. For a long time the immediate answer was "no, it can't be done", but there have been cracks in the wall lately. Google will tell you.
They started the test, and it failed. Then they started the test again, and it failed again. A few days later, they started the test, and it succeeded to move one particle correctly. At this point, they instructed it to stay still and wait for 8 hours, at which point they concluded the test. It therefor worked 100% of the time for a span of 8 hours.
Also, the link to TFA stops one letter short of the word "throat".
Look, if we spent all day poking around poorly written summaries and the overall lack of proofreading on this site... then, well... never mind.
I noticed that phrase as well, and thought that Google should adopt it as its tagline or motto:
"Google: We Innovate* without permission.*the meaning of the word 'innovate' may change at any time"
It suits their MO perfectly. They choose to "Innovate"(disrupt) certain aspects of the market when it suits them. The "Innovate"(pour money into) projects they see as helpful to their overarching goal. They especially "Innovate"(alter privacy conventions) according to how it best suits them at any point in time. Possibly their best defense against any objection is "it's technically *not* illegal, so piss off". This is all (mostly) fine, I just hate that they do it under the "we're the good guys with the OSS and 'do no evil'" umbrella.
Since they put up a chart and everything, and at least attempted to give some reason for their methods, it looks more like the only thing they're guilty of here is offering their customers a raw deal. I think that the main problem with throttling is when it's done without people's knowledge, and especially when they specifically target certain types of traffic.
I have a broader question: Isn't this entire "teaming up" look like some sort of fluff? It seems like the PR teams of both companies met for lunch and decided that both parties have better things to do than moderate the public aspect of this particular disagreement. They then put up a sign saying "move along, nothing to see here".
It probably wouldn't be allowed in facilities where the security cameras weren't owned by Apple, and watched by thoroughly NDA'd employees.
I don't think that Apple is the type of company that allows its dev teams to take their work home with them, or anyone to let even a mock-up device leave their facility until it's ready. Though arguably the closer the launch date, the more likely something along those lines would occur, but it'd be days before the launch, and at that point a blurry image would probably be drowned out by all of the noise.
That pretty much sums it up -- They did it because it was expected. It would have caused more confusion (especially for everyone who's examining Apple's actions with a microscope) if they *hadn't* taken legal action. Whether or not it's illegal is immaterial.
Action: Somebody does something that Apple doesn't like; Reaction: Apple sues them. If it's not illegal, the court will throw it out, but by then the "act of suing" will have already taken place. This serves both to promote the notion that "thou shalt not F with Apple", and it draws more attention (which is then turned into hype).
I'd like to congratulate both Gawker and Apple for a successful, and fruitful (as evident by this discussion) business partnership.
Maybe I should also add Slashdot to that list, and everyone else who's talking about it with their ads displayed alongside the discussion.
Thank goodness for us, the suckers who huddle around the water cooler and pay for the privilege with our attention. Also, let's not forget everyone (including me) who's posting on this thread, for putting in the time to boost Apple's hype machine.
It's possible that Apple has found a way to make a business model out of *doing nothing*. Truly, *that* is innovation.
Depends. Apple users will first pray to Jobs, and only then resort to an alternative deity. The reason for this is of course that Jobs introduced the iPhone by raising it above his head. So at the very least, the reason for waving the object in the air may vary.
Damn it, nobody notices that error for 2 hours, and then you *have* to come along and point a finger. Fine, I'll look and see if there's a "mode 3" or something...
It's not fair that you can't edit your own posts, or at least revision them. I mean, this goes on my permanent record!
I didn't say that they didn't auto-clock, I said that they can't be "re-clocked as easily, or as flexibly, as the new i7 CPUs are designed to be". I should have added a "probably" to that statement, since obviously I haven't looked into the granularity of the ability of different GPUs to re-clock themselves.
I think that the conclusion here is that GPU designs, including the ones meant to deliver power when it's needed, must also be designed to draw the minimal amount of current when they're idling. We're talking about a mostly parallel design when it comes to GPUs (broadly speaking), so it should be even easier to shut down modules that aren't needed. NVIDIA makes GPUs for cellphones these days, they should be able to allow the PC/laptop-targeted systems to drop into a near-dormant state. I'm sure this has quite a bit to do with intel's ability to manufacture at 32nm as well (or, more specifically, NVIDIA's inability to do so, yet).
Spore-related stories were posted in the games section. Everybody knows that the games section isn't *really* slashdot. It's like apple.slashdot.com in that way.
There's another explanation: the zonked-out Skynet doesn't know how to entertain itself, so it goes around pushing buttons -- "dude, I wonder what this one does?..." (nuclear warheads armed, launched, and also all the still-remaining radios switch to trance music).
Have you seen the latest terminator? They've got terminator-motorcycles dropping off a giant anime-style giant robot. Because that's *so* much easier than unleashing every known airborne plague along with clouds of nerve gas. Clearly, the AI's logic is impaired, probably by an AI's equivalent of LSD.
It's about an AI that was drugged and was told to "go F itself" (as seen here). What's not to understand?
Simply put, it's this type of "experimentation" that will create Skynet. Do you think that the reasonable, docile AI variants are even going to *try* to take over? No, it'll be survival-driven, drug-crazed maniac AI that will.
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Whenever FTL communication is discussed, quantum entanglement is usually brought up as an option. For a long time the immediate answer was "no, it can't be done", but there have been cracks in the wall lately. Google will tell you.
Global warming to the rescue: the melting glaciers will cool down the lava before it reaches the datacenter.
Start with Vampire Killer and go from there.
And if not, the little arm will go: "Nobody move! I dropped a molecule!"
Who said anything about subatomic particles?...
They started the test, and it failed. Then they started the test again, and it failed again. A few days later, they started the test, and it succeeded to move one particle correctly. At this point, they instructed it to stay still and wait for 8 hours, at which point they concluded the test. It therefor worked 100% of the time for a span of 8 hours.
Duh.
Well that's great, but how does it work in Soviet Russia?...
Also, the link to TFA stops one letter short of the word "throat".
Look, if we spent all day poking around poorly written summaries and the overall lack of proofreading on this site... then, well... never mind.
I noticed that phrase as well, and thought that Google should adopt it as its tagline or motto:
"Google: We Innovate* without permission. *the meaning of the word 'innovate' may change at any time"
It suits their MO perfectly. They choose to "Innovate"(disrupt) certain aspects of the market when it suits them. The "Innovate"(pour money into) projects they see as helpful to their overarching goal. They especially "Innovate"(alter privacy conventions) according to how it best suits them at any point in time. Possibly their best defense against any objection is "it's technically *not* illegal, so piss off". This is all (mostly) fine, I just hate that they do it under the "we're the good guys with the OSS and 'do no evil'" umbrella.
Since they put up a chart and everything, and at least attempted to give some reason for their methods, it looks more like the only thing they're guilty of here is offering their customers a raw deal. I think that the main problem with throttling is when it's done without people's knowledge, and especially when they specifically target certain types of traffic.
I have a broader question: Isn't this entire "teaming up" look like some sort of fluff? It seems like the PR teams of both companies met for lunch and decided that both parties have better things to do than moderate the public aspect of this particular disagreement. They then put up a sign saying "move along, nothing to see here".
Really?
It probably wouldn't be allowed in facilities where the security cameras weren't owned by Apple, and watched by thoroughly NDA'd employees.
I don't think that Apple is the type of company that allows its dev teams to take their work home with them, or anyone to let even a mock-up device leave their facility until it's ready. Though arguably the closer the launch date, the more likely something along those lines would occur, but it'd be days before the launch, and at that point a blurry image would probably be drowned out by all of the noise.
That pretty much sums it up -- They did it because it was expected. It would have caused more confusion (especially for everyone who's examining Apple's actions with a microscope) if they *hadn't* taken legal action. Whether or not it's illegal is immaterial.
Action: Somebody does something that Apple doesn't like; Reaction: Apple sues them. If it's not illegal, the court will throw it out, but by then the "act of suing" will have already taken place. This serves both to promote the notion that "thou shalt not F with Apple", and it draws more attention (which is then turned into hype).
I'd like to congratulate both Gawker and Apple for a successful, and fruitful (as evident by this discussion) business partnership.
Maybe I should also add Slashdot to that list, and everyone else who's talking about it with their ads displayed alongside the discussion.
Thank goodness for us, the suckers who huddle around the water cooler and pay for the privilege with our attention. Also, let's not forget everyone (including me) who's posting on this thread, for putting in the time to boost Apple's hype machine.
It's possible that Apple has found a way to make a business model out of *doing nothing*. Truly, *that* is innovation.
If you don't care, why did you post? Take your hateful bullshit elsewhere.
This is Slashdot. This *is* where people take their hateful bullshit.
Depends. Apple users will first pray to Jobs, and only then resort to an alternative deity. The reason for this is of course that Jobs introduced the iPhone by raising it above his head. So at the very least, the reason for waving the object in the air may vary.
Damn it, nobody notices that error for 2 hours, and then you *have* to come along and point a finger. Fine, I'll look and see if there's a "mode 3" or something...
It's not fair that you can't edit your own posts, or at least revision them. I mean, this goes on my permanent record!
I didn't say that they didn't auto-clock, I said that they can't be "re-clocked as easily, or as flexibly, as the new i7 CPUs are designed to be". I should have added a "probably" to that statement, since obviously I haven't looked into the granularity of the ability of different GPUs to re-clock themselves.
I think that the conclusion here is that GPU designs, including the ones meant to deliver power when it's needed, must also be designed to draw the minimal amount of current when they're idling. We're talking about a mostly parallel design when it comes to GPUs (broadly speaking), so it should be even easier to shut down modules that aren't needed. NVIDIA makes GPUs for cellphones these days, they should be able to allow the PC/laptop-targeted systems to drop into a near-dormant state. I'm sure this has quite a bit to do with intel's ability to manufacture at 32nm as well (or, more specifically, NVIDIA's inability to do so, yet).
That's speciest. I'm sure the AI cares a lot about this, as well as all other AIs out there (hi Skynet! I'm a big fan!).
I'm afraid that "Perl script on drugs" would be redundant.
Mod parent up!
Spore-related stories were posted in the games section. Everybody knows that the games section isn't *really* slashdot. It's like apple.slashdot.com in that way.
outsourcing our drug use (and sex, apparently)
It's actually sex, drugs, and rock&roll.
There's another explanation: the zonked-out Skynet doesn't know how to entertain itself, so it goes around pushing buttons -- "dude, I wonder what this one does?..." (nuclear warheads armed, launched, and also all the still-remaining radios switch to trance music).
Have you seen the latest terminator? They've got terminator-motorcycles dropping off a giant anime-style giant robot. Because that's *so* much easier than unleashing every known airborne plague along with clouds of nerve gas. Clearly, the AI's logic is impaired, probably by an AI's equivalent of LSD.
It's about an AI that was drugged and was told to "go F itself" (as seen here). What's not to understand?
Simply put, it's this type of "experimentation" that will create Skynet. Do you think that the reasonable, docile AI variants are even going to *try* to take over? No, it'll be survival-driven, drug-crazed maniac AI that will.