I must admit I am not familiar with the nature of "facebook spam", but I assume that it is possible that the user may not know his or her account has been compromised. He or she may have no inclination to be constantly monitoring the list of logged on devices.
If you enable the "login notifications" you will get a text message or e-mail whenever someone (or you) logs in from an not yet known device.
Looking at history. you might find out that the so called intellectual property rarely stimulated innovation, it might even hinder it. See, for instance, the case of the steam engine, or the comparison how many books where published in the 19th century with copyright (England) or without it (Germany).
(The implications on industrial development laid out in the latter article may not be correct, but at least it can be said that the absence of a strong copyright did not hinder industrial development and it also seems that this absence was actually better for the authors.)
When an independent competitor sues a large corporation for patent violation, the large corporation wins.
Except that's not how it usually goes. What happens in reality is that the small "competitor," who has never actually produced anything in his life, sues the large corporation
It is my understanding that for doing so, the "competitor" usually bought these patents somewhere, and that entering a law suite of this type actually requires some deep pockets. In other words, this "competitor" is by no means a poor little guy and grandpa is right:
The only people who don't like the patent system have no money, and hence don't matter.
"One guy who marries a woman, loves her and has mind-blowing sex with her three times a week, is clearly ahead of some guy with an iPhone who had ten one-night stands."
Ok...I'm still thinking the guy with 10 one night stands wins.
Assuming the guy with 10 one night stands is in one week too...10 times having sex, vs 3 times for the married guy. Or if only one time a night, over 10 nights..he still beats the married guy.
I think grandpa was talking about sex 3 times mind blowing sex every week vs. ten times sex of unspecified quality in an unspecified time frame. After four weeks, the married guy is ahead of the iPhone guy - only counting numbers.
Now before you mindlessly react by saying "Algorithms cannot be patented", read this.
How about: "Algorithms should not be patentable". Actually, even "normal" patents may hurt innovation if the patent holder decides that fending off rival inventors is more important then innovating by himself.
I would guess that in a country where a hot coffee can get you sued, someone would have to pay, but...
A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
It is left as an exercise to the reader to (a) name the movie and (b) translate this to the scenario of accepting manhole incidents instead of repairing the bad wiring.
so "open source software" was declared to mean explicitly "free of cost & open
Where does it state that the software needs to be free of cost? The only meaning I can read is that I get the source code and the right to redistribute it for free or a cost when I get the binary - which I might have to pay for.
Write and complain to your local consumer watchdog - here in the EU, even under force majure, the aviation companies are required to compensate travellers.
But that's only the flight. If you have a hotel booked and possibly other things then it really depends on the travel agency and the insurance company, but of course, grandparent should check.
The question is, though, how much ash is too much? And if it's safe to fly from Heathrow to Cardiff, as the British Airways CEO is doing tonight, or for the KLM chairman to fly to Germany from Holland, does that necessarily mean it's safe to fly across the whole of Europe?
AFAIK considering exposing the aircraft to the clouds of ashes, there's actually no big difference between flying across Europe long or short distances. Cruising altitude is usually in the high 30000ft and since FL350 is save according to these maps it's only after takeoff and before landing when the aircraft has to pass through the cloud of ashes.
Disclaimer: All I know about this I learnt in the last three days trying to figure out how are the odds that my flight will not be cancelled. - now I have settled with the "money back" option.
Perhaps some machines exist where nVidia's proprietary drivers can successfully hibernate, but I have yet to see one.
I own a Toshiba Satellite 3000 with a Geforce 2 Go. With the binary drivers I could never ever go to hibernate and restart successfully. Since their driver for that hardware is now "legacy" this state will never change.
Yep, the question is whether it's meant in the literal sense. The question doesn't imply this. As you wrote, a chip that regulates the heart beat adaptively is completely different from a rfid chip that can open some door.
Is it really so difficult to understand - the "will vanish pages of time" was set in relation to the fall of the Shah's regime in Iran, in other words: Just like the Iranians removed the Shah's regime, the Israelis will eventually replace their government. No foreign military involved.
He isn't just talking about regime change. He's talking about the destruction of the state - that's clear.
Care to elaborate, because the Guardian article I linked to explains quite well that he did not, at least not in that speech.
And besides, there are videos of Ahmadinejad leading chants of "Death to the Jews."
In the video I found he said "Death to Israel" (well, that's what the subtitles say - since I don't understand Farsi I am only sure that the sentence includes "Israel"). This is of course different from "Death to all Jews" and somewhat in line with Iran's policy of not recognizing the state Israel.
Since the real question was whether "Iran calls for the extermination of all Jews (like Hitler did)" I'd summarize that they don't.
Remark 1: I don't want to defend Ahmadinejad (he doesn't have much power anyway, because the power is with the clerics), and there are a lot of reasons to criticize the Iran (human rights, freedom of speech et al.), but claiming that they want to start a genocide is something I can not let pass unchallenged. Besides, the Iran has also a very long history of not starting wars.
Remark 2: IMO the state Israel has every right to exist, but I don't agree with their current politics towards the Palestinians.
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How about 100 nodes of 2x Phenom x4 @16GB?
I must admit I am not familiar with the nature of "facebook spam", but I assume that it is possible that the user may not know his or her account has been compromised. He or she may have no inclination to be constantly monitoring the list of logged on devices.
If you enable the "login notifications" you will get a text message or e-mail whenever someone (or you) logs in from an not yet known device.
Looking at history. you might find out that the so called intellectual property rarely stimulated innovation, it might even hinder it. See, for instance, the case of the steam engine, or the comparison how many books where published in the 19th century with copyright (England) or without it (Germany).
(The implications on industrial development laid out in the latter article may not be correct, but at least it can be said that the absence of a strong copyright did not hinder industrial development and it also seems that this absence was actually better for the authors.)
You, Sir, are an evil genius.
When an independent competitor sues a large corporation for patent violation, the large corporation wins.
Except that's not how it usually goes. What happens in reality is that the small "competitor," who has never actually produced anything in his life, sues the large corporation
It is my understanding that for doing so, the "competitor" usually bought these patents somewhere, and that entering a law suite of this type actually requires some deep pockets. In other words, this "competitor" is by no means a poor little guy and grandpa is right:
"One guy who marries a woman, loves her and has mind-blowing sex with her three times a week, is clearly ahead of some guy with an iPhone who had ten one-night stands."
Ok...I'm still thinking the guy with 10 one night stands wins.
Assuming the guy with 10 one night stands is in one week too...10 times having sex, vs 3 times for the married guy. Or if only one time a night, over 10 nights..he still beats the married guy.
I think grandpa was talking about sex 3 times mind blowing sex every week vs. ten times sex of unspecified quality in an unspecified time frame. After four weeks, the married guy is ahead of the iPhone guy - only counting numbers.
Now before you mindlessly react by saying "Algorithms cannot be patented", read this.
How about: "Algorithms should not be patentable". Actually, even "normal" patents may hurt innovation if the patent holder decides that fending off rival inventors is more important then innovating by himself.
Firstly, coffee should be hot: If it will be a few minutes before it will be served, the temperature should be maintained at 180 - 185 degrees Fahrenheit. and secondly, of course you are right about the increasing maintenance costs, and adding this to the equation is what the exercise for the reader was about.
It is left as an exercise to the reader to (a) name the movie and (b) translate this to the scenario of accepting manhole incidents instead of repairing the bad wiring.
I think AC is a monkey who tries to express that he prefers posting on /. over watching TV.
To whoever modded this Offtopic: wooooossssssh.
... IEEE members should read their own publication more
... time for some history, no?
Actually, it suggests ...
so "open source software" was declared to mean explicitly "free of cost & open
Where does it state that the software needs to be free of cost? The only meaning I can read is that I get the source code and the right to redistribute it for free or a cost when I get the binary - which I might have to pay for.
but... Linux doesn't have bugs!!
Well indeed, but Linux is just the kernel, what we are talking about here is X.org. SCNR.
At least here you can get some information about ash distribution: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/vaacuk_vag.html
Write and complain to your local consumer watchdog - here in the EU, even under force majure, the aviation companies are required to compensate travellers.
But that's only the flight. If you have a hotel booked and possibly other things then it really depends on the travel agency and the insurance company, but of course, grandparent should check.
The question is, though, how much ash is too much? And if it's safe to fly from Heathrow to Cardiff, as the British Airways CEO is doing tonight, or for the KLM chairman to fly to Germany from Holland, does that necessarily mean it's safe to fly across the whole of Europe?
AFAIK considering exposing the aircraft to the clouds of ashes, there's actually no big difference between flying across Europe long or short distances. Cruising altitude is usually in the high 30000ft and since FL350 is save according to these maps it's only after takeoff and before landing when the aircraft has to pass through the cloud of ashes.
Disclaimer: All I know about this I learnt in the last three days trying to figure out how are the odds that my flight will not be cancelled. - now I have settled with the "money back" option.
This, too, may be happening already. [...] fundamentalists [...] already understand exactly what the Great Temptation is, and how to avoid it.
I just can't take someone seriously, who pretends that fundamentalists have a viable answer to problems of society.
Perhaps some machines exist where nVidia's proprietary drivers can successfully hibernate, but I have yet to see one.
I own a Toshiba Satellite 3000 with a Geforce 2 Go. With the binary drivers I could never ever go to hibernate and restart successfully. Since their driver for that hardware is now "legacy" this state will never change.
Btw the slide does mention "under the skin".
Yep, the question is whether it's meant in the literal sense. The question doesn't imply this. As you wrote, a chip that regulates the heart beat adaptively is completely different from a rfid chip that can open some door.
Question: For which advantages would you carry a computer chip inside your body?
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Is it really so difficult to understand - the "will vanish pages of time" was set in relation to the fall of the Shah's regime in Iran, in other words: Just like the Iranians removed the Shah's regime, the Israelis will eventually replace their government. No foreign military involved.
He isn't just talking about regime change. He's talking about the destruction of the state - that's clear.
Care to elaborate, because the Guardian article I linked to explains quite well that he did not, at least not in that speech.
And besides, there are videos of Ahmadinejad leading chants of "Death to the Jews."
In the video I found he said "Death to Israel" (well, that's what the subtitles say - since I don't understand Farsi I am only sure that the sentence includes "Israel"). This is of course different from "Death to all Jews" and somewhat in line with Iran's policy of not recognizing the state Israel.
Since the real question was whether "Iran calls for the extermination of all Jews (like Hitler did)" I'd summarize that they don't.
Remark 1: I don't want to defend Ahmadinejad (he doesn't have much power anyway, because the power is with the clerics), and there are a lot of reasons to criticize the Iran (human rights, freedom of speech et al.), but claiming that they want to start a genocide is something I can not let pass unchallenged. Besides, the Iran has also a very long history of not starting wars.
Remark 2: IMO the state Israel has every right to exist, but I don't agree with their current politics towards the Palestinians.