Yes, because everything Wal-Mart's PR department says is obviously the unbiased gospel truth. Just because someone didn't fill out the paperwork in the US, doesn't mean they're wrong. They have the trademark in 80 countries around the world already. This isn't a little guy or a big guy thing-- this is two companies battling over logos, akin to Apple vs Apple. In the end, this is going to be a pretty common news item as globalization continues to set in.
Am I the only one here who really likes what he sees? Great HD graphics, Blu-Ray, hard disk standard on ALL models, online, wireless controllers, PS2 and PS1 full compatibility... this is a nice system. I know it might be expensive for some of you, and you'll have to wait to be able to afford it, but in the long run it'll be nice to have all those features in the baseline system so game authors can design around them. This definitely looks like the best-of-breed for this generation to me.
Years before mkLinux, CMU experimented with some software called MacMach. It ran a "real" BSD kernel over Mach, and MacOS 6.0.7 on top of that. (By "real" I mean that you had to have one of those uber-expensive old BSD licenses to look at the code.) You could even "ps" and get MacOS processes in the list, although they weren't full peers of a unix process. I believe the most recent machine MacMach could run on was a Mac ][ci.
Also, in the early 90's Tenon Intersystems had a MacOS running on Mach that had some UNIXy stuff underneath as well.
Then, of course, there was mkLinux, known for being almost compatible with Linux, almost compatible with most hardware, and almost as fast as just running Linux.
All of them ran reasonably well, but neither really embraced the kernelized design from UI to drivers to hardware, and all were to varying degrees slower than the mainstream versions of their software.
I remember Apple was out-spending Microsoft in R&D for much of the 90's, and regularly dwarfed Microsoft in patents during the period. If you look at the relative stock prices for the companies in the 90's, you'll see the "we spent more on R&D" or even "we invented more patentable ideas" is no great measure of corporate or product success.
I guess the next step is for Napster to pay you to download their music. That's the only way I'll agree to listen to some of the recent popular music, of course.
This is my response every time some naive anti-DRM blogger decides it would be a good idea to "open" up FairPlay. If FairPlay was open, you wouldn't be getting popular songs for $0.99, that's for sure. If the record companies could pick up their cards and go home, they'd tell Apple "charge $6 or we'll only sell through Napster". The fact that Apple's music experience encompasses the "whole enchilada" is why we have reasonably priced music downloads instead of 20-second, downsampled $2 ringtones style pricing.
You can still walk around with empty pockets in this country without having to worry about a "papers please"
Perhaps. But if you *are* carrying a form of identification, a police officer in the US is allowed to ask you to present it with no justification whatsoever, and failing to do so is a jailable offense. If you're not carrying one, you are still required to identify yourself by name to a police officer if requested. And the US is in the process of instituting a national ID card, by proxy, by requiring "rider" information to be added to drivers licenses and state ids by the federal government. Things are getting a might bit scary under the Republicans in the US right now.
You have the option to do whatever you want, from fit more to make it more detailed, so your complaint is not really valid.
No, the REAL bummer here is that all web sites with images are going to suddenly start taking twice as long to load, saturate your network pipe, fill up your HD cache, and generally be a nuisance, all because the odd person with a high-DPI screen want to see it a little clearer.
The new chip uses five transistors and can perform divisions by 3 instead of only 2 by previous circuits
Bender: "Ahhh, what an awful dream. Ones and zeroes everywhere... and I thought I saw a two!" Fry: "It was just a dream, Bender. There's no such thing as two."
I personally think this is bad advice. I certainly would not hire someone for a software position who has focused on hardware throughout their schooling and career. Hardware jobs are harder to find, and you end up less suited to the more prolific software industry. The only way I could recommend ECE is if you don't mind going back to school in a few years to train for your real career.
Besides, there's a HUGE difference between a "programmer" (ie. someone with a 2-year programming degree or an Electrical Engineering degree) and a "software engineer" when hiring into a software position. The higher-level analysis you are capable of in your field will dictate how much you get paid and how high you can go in the organization. Code jockeys are cheap and can be outsourced, so if you're only going to go so far as to learn your way around a compiler you have a right to be scared.
Here's part of a speech Al Gore entered into the Congressional Record in 1986, almost exactly 20 years ago. At the time, I remember running a BBS on a 2400bps modem-- I was probably one of the geekier people among the general population then-- but even then I think Gore probably had more vision on the topic than any geek I knew. I personally think it's pretty obvious how much the Gore Vice-Presidency must have advanced the state-of-the-art over what may have happened if, say, Quayle had remained Vice-President. I honestly think Slashdot exists in no small part because of Gore's vision...
[Note that text entered in the Congressional Record is supposed to be all-caps, but Slashdot disallows that, so it's in all lowercase.]
both of these amendments seek new information on critical problems of today. the computer network study act is designed to answer critical questions on the needs of computer telecommunications systems over the next 15 years. for example, what are the future requirements for computers in terms of quantity and quality of data transmission, data security, and softwear [SIC] compatibility? what equipment must be developed to take advantage of the high transmission rates offered by fiber optic systems?
both systems designed to handle the special needs of supercomputers and systems designed to meet the needs of smaller research computers will be evaluated. the emphasis is on research computers, but the users of all computers will benefit from this study. today, we can bank by computer, shop by computer, and send letters by computer. only a few companies and individuals use these services, but the number is growing and existing capabilities are limited.
in order to cope with the explosion of computer use in the country, we must look to new ways to advance the state-of-the-art in telecommunications -- new ways to increase the speed and quality of the data transmission. without these improvements, the telecommunication networks face data bottlenecks like those we face every day on our crowded highways.
the private sector is already aware of the need to evaluate and adopt new technologies. one promising technology is the development of fiber optic systems for voice and data transmission. eventually we will see a system of fiber optic systems being installed nationwide.
america's highways transport people and materials across the country. federal freeways connect with state highways which connect in turn with county roads and city streets. to transport data and ideas, we will need a telecommunications highway connecting users coast to coast, state to state, city to city. the study required in this amendment will identify the problems and opportunities the nation will face in establishing that highway.
YES! It is possible to attack your political opponents in an honest way. Instead, we have liars like the Swiftboat Veterans, and Karl Rove telling southerners that John McCain has a black baby and is crazy from being a POW. I miss the days before FOX News.
If I had mod points I'd mod ya up... Puzzle Pirates is probably one of the most interesting MMORG economies around. Just moving money from place to place is either dangerous or expensive (you choose). Although I haven't played in a year or two, I hear they're doing even more experiments with economies on some oceans where they allow dollars to be spent in-game on certain things.
Anyone interested in MMORG economic principles should definitely give Puzzle Pirates a look.
Here's the best analysis I've seen of it so far, written by Ryan Gordon, who's done a zillion Mac and Linux ports of games.
I personally don't think Boot Camp changes the economic equation at all yet. When it comes out of beta and if users are willing to buy a $150 "software dongle for games" (WinXP), then maybe Mac ports will start declining in revenue. On the other hand, if Apple can double or triple their market share by taking away the fear of switching, maybe we'll see more.
The algorithm isn't the code. The code is copyrighted, the algorithm is patented. Code is not "double protected", it's just copyrighted. The algorithm it implements may have other patent protection, though.
Personally, I have a big problem with a system that has no software patents, and no protection for truly innovative ideas against usurpers who just sit around and re-implement the ideas and undercut the inventor. I have little respect or sympathy for the rights of an open source project whose only goal is to make a "free" version of some original work that someone put a lot of time, money, and effort into.
I think the biggest problem with software patents, actually, has been that the bar for something "non-obvious to one skilled in the art" has been set way too low. The number of clicks or variations on simple gestures is pretty obvious and shouldn't be patentable.
There would be no Linux with only GNU. We'd probably still be waiting for the perfect Hurd OS to come around. Just because GNU jumped on the Linux bandwagon and contributed their stuff doesn't give them the right to rename Torvalds' project. If they wanted rights in exchange for contributing their code to Linux, perhaps open sourcing it wasn't the way to go.
As it is, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, says it's named "Linux", and Richard Stallman and GNU really don't have much say in the matter. GNU failed to get an OS out the door and joined Linux. Get over it.
I know the RMS fans will mark me flame-bait, but trying to co-opt the project of someone who was able to accomplish what you couldn't really bugs me.
You're making pretty definitive statements there, which I doubt will turn out to be true. While the betas may require a dedicated graphics card, there are a LOT of integrated graphics chip machines out there. Microsoft will probably end up finding it profitable to add such support, so will probably do it. Once they release the minimum hardware specs for Vista, which they haven't done yet, we'll know more.
Incidentally, the latest integrated Intel graphics ARE DirectX 9 capable, which may or may not satisfy the "DirectX 9 capable graphics processor" requirement in the Vista Capable program (I haven't seen any definitive word either way.)
Really early in the Internet's history (about TEN YEARS ago!!!) there was a site called "Idea Futures" that did exactly what this article describes. It was pretty fun... I wonder if it's the same folks.
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Yes, because everything Wal-Mart's PR department says is obviously the unbiased gospel truth. Just because someone didn't fill out the paperwork in the US, doesn't mean they're wrong. They have the trademark in 80 countries around the world already. This isn't a little guy or a big guy thing-- this is two companies battling over logos, akin to Apple vs Apple. In the end, this is going to be a pretty common news item as globalization continues to set in.
Am I the only one here who really likes what he sees? Great HD graphics, Blu-Ray, hard disk standard on ALL models, online, wireless controllers, PS2 and PS1 full compatibility... this is a nice system. I know it might be expensive for some of you, and you'll have to wait to be able to afford it, but in the long run it'll be nice to have all those features in the baseline system so game authors can design around them. This definitely looks like the best-of-breed for this generation to me.
Years before mkLinux, CMU experimented with some software called MacMach. It ran a "real" BSD kernel over Mach, and MacOS 6.0.7 on top of that. (By "real" I mean that you had to have one of those uber-expensive old BSD licenses to look at the code.) You could even "ps" and get MacOS processes in the list, although they weren't full peers of a unix process. I believe the most recent machine MacMach could run on was a Mac ][ci.
Also, in the early 90's Tenon Intersystems had a MacOS running on Mach that had some UNIXy stuff underneath as well.
Then, of course, there was mkLinux, known for being almost compatible with Linux, almost compatible with most hardware, and almost as fast as just running Linux.
All of them ran reasonably well, but neither really embraced the kernelized design from UI to drivers to hardware, and all were to varying degrees slower than the mainstream versions of their software.
I remember Apple was out-spending Microsoft in R&D for much of the 90's, and regularly dwarfed Microsoft in patents during the period. If you look at the relative stock prices for the companies in the 90's, you'll see the "we spent more on R&D" or even "we invented more patentable ideas" is no great measure of corporate or product success.
You would have a good point if it were true.
I guess the next step is for Napster to pay you to download their music. That's the only way I'll agree to listen to some of the recent popular music, of course.
This is my response every time some naive anti-DRM blogger decides it would be a good idea to "open" up FairPlay. If FairPlay was open, you wouldn't be getting popular songs for $0.99, that's for sure. If the record companies could pick up their cards and go home, they'd tell Apple "charge $6 or we'll only sell through Napster". The fact that Apple's music experience encompasses the "whole enchilada" is why we have reasonably priced music downloads instead of 20-second, downsampled $2 ringtones style pricing.
...And rename your Autographs business GNU/Autographs.
I know you were trying to be funny, but your statement is more true than false.
Perhaps. But if you *are* carrying a form of identification, a police officer in the US is allowed to ask you to present it with no justification whatsoever, and failing to do so is a jailable offense. If you're not carrying one, you are still required to identify yourself by name to a police officer if requested. And the US is in the process of instituting a national ID card, by proxy, by requiring "rider" information to be added to drivers licenses and state ids by the federal government. Things are getting a might bit scary under the Republicans in the US right now.
You have the option to do whatever you want, from fit more to make it more detailed, so your complaint is not really valid.
No, the REAL bummer here is that all web sites with images are going to suddenly start taking twice as long to load, saturate your network pipe, fill up your HD cache, and generally be a nuisance, all because the odd person with a high-DPI screen want to see it a little clearer.
Bender: "Ahhh, what an awful dream. Ones and zeroes everywhere... and I thought I saw a two!"
Fry: "It was just a dream, Bender. There's no such thing as two."
I personally think this is bad advice. I certainly would not hire someone for a software position who has focused on hardware throughout their schooling and career. Hardware jobs are harder to find, and you end up less suited to the more prolific software industry. The only way I could recommend ECE is if you don't mind going back to school in a few years to train for your real career.
Besides, there's a HUGE difference between a "programmer" (ie. someone with a 2-year programming degree or an Electrical Engineering degree) and a "software engineer" when hiring into a software position. The higher-level analysis you are capable of in your field will dictate how much you get paid and how high you can go in the organization. Code jockeys are cheap and can be outsourced, so if you're only going to go so far as to learn your way around a compiler you have a right to be scared.
Here's part of a speech Al Gore entered into the Congressional Record in 1986, almost exactly 20 years ago. At the time, I remember running a BBS on a 2400bps modem-- I was probably one of the geekier people among the general population then-- but even then I think Gore probably had more vision on the topic than any geek I knew. I personally think it's pretty obvious how much the Gore Vice-Presidency must have advanced the state-of-the-art over what may have happened if, say, Quayle had remained Vice-President. I honestly think Slashdot exists in no small part because of Gore's vision...
[Note that text entered in the Congressional Record is supposed to be all-caps, but Slashdot disallows that, so it's in all lowercase.]
both of these amendments seek new information on critical problems of today. the computer network study act is designed to answer critical questions on the needs of computer telecommunications systems over the next 15 years. for example, what are the future requirements for computers in terms of quantity and quality of data transmission, data security, and softwear [SIC] compatibility? what equipment must be developed to take advantage of the high transmission rates offered by fiber optic systems?
both systems designed to handle the special needs of supercomputers and systems designed to meet the needs of smaller research computers will be evaluated. the emphasis is on research computers, but the users of all computers will benefit from this study. today, we can bank by computer, shop by computer, and send letters by computer. only a few companies and individuals use these services, but the number is growing and existing capabilities are limited.
in order to cope with the explosion of computer use in the country, we must look to new ways to advance the state-of-the-art in telecommunications -- new ways to increase the speed and quality of the data transmission. without these improvements, the telecommunication networks face data bottlenecks like those we face every day on our crowded highways.
the private sector is already aware of the need to evaluate and adopt new technologies. one promising technology is the development of fiber optic systems for voice and data transmission. eventually we will see a system of fiber optic systems being installed nationwide.
america's highways transport people and materials across the country. federal freeways connect with state highways which connect in turn with county roads and city streets. to transport data and ideas, we will need a telecommunications highway connecting users coast to coast, state to state, city to city. the study required in this amendment will identify the problems and opportunities the nation will face in establishing that highway.
YES! It is possible to attack your political opponents in an honest way. Instead, we have liars like the Swiftboat Veterans, and Karl Rove telling southerners that John McCain has a black baby and is crazy from being a POW. I miss the days before FOX News.
Good point. I wonder when the first "Blu-Ray Ready" television advertising campaign will begin.
If I had mod points I'd mod ya up... Puzzle Pirates is probably one of the most interesting MMORG economies around. Just moving money from place to place is either dangerous or expensive (you choose). Although I haven't played in a year or two, I hear they're doing even more experiments with economies on some oceans where they allow dollars to be spent in-game on certain things.
Anyone interested in MMORG economic principles should definitely give Puzzle Pirates a look.
You've never seen a female night-elf dance, have you?
Here's the best analysis I've seen of it so far, written by Ryan Gordon, who's done a zillion Mac and Linux ports of games.
I personally don't think Boot Camp changes the economic equation at all yet. When it comes out of beta and if users are willing to buy a $150 "software dongle for games" (WinXP), then maybe Mac ports will start declining in revenue. On the other hand, if Apple can double or triple their market share by taking away the fear of switching, maybe we'll see more.
The algorithm isn't the code. The code is copyrighted, the algorithm is patented. Code is not "double protected", it's just copyrighted. The algorithm it implements may have other patent protection, though.
Personally, I have a big problem with a system that has no software patents, and no protection for truly innovative ideas against usurpers who just sit around and re-implement the ideas and undercut the inventor. I have little respect or sympathy for the rights of an open source project whose only goal is to make a "free" version of some original work that someone put a lot of time, money, and effort into.
I think the biggest problem with software patents, actually, has been that the bar for something "non-obvious to one skilled in the art" has been set way too low. The number of clicks or variations on simple gestures is pretty obvious and shouldn't be patentable.
There would be no Linux with only GNU. We'd probably still be waiting for the perfect Hurd OS to come around. Just because GNU jumped on the Linux bandwagon and contributed their stuff doesn't give them the right to rename Torvalds' project. If they wanted rights in exchange for contributing their code to Linux, perhaps open sourcing it wasn't the way to go.
As it is, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, says it's named "Linux", and Richard Stallman and GNU really don't have much say in the matter. GNU failed to get an OS out the door and joined Linux. Get over it.
I know the RMS fans will mark me flame-bait, but trying to co-opt the project of someone who was able to accomplish what you couldn't really bugs me.
You're making pretty definitive statements there, which I doubt will turn out to be true. While the betas may require a dedicated graphics card, there are a LOT of integrated graphics chip machines out there. Microsoft will probably end up finding it profitable to add such support, so will probably do it. Once they release the minimum hardware specs for Vista, which they haven't done yet, we'll know more.
Incidentally, the latest integrated Intel graphics ARE DirectX 9 capable, which may or may not satisfy the "DirectX 9 capable graphics processor" requirement in the Vista Capable program (I haven't seen any definitive word either way.)
It's not pink... it's very light red!
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Really early in the Internet's history (about TEN YEARS ago!!!) there was a site called "Idea Futures" that did exactly what this article describes. It was pretty fun... I wonder if it's the same folks.