Nintendo -> Super Nintendo. Wii -> Super Wii. It will be a heavily criticized name (for unoriginality), but people will still be comforted by the good ol' naming scheme, imho, and they will still preserve the "Wii" aura, while releasing the equivalent of Wii++
methods and apparatus for information storage and retrieval using a hashing technique with external chaining and on-the-fly removal of expired data.
information storage and retrieval - nothing new here. using a hashing technique - nothing new here with external chaining - using what? and on-the-fly removal of expired data - "on-the-fly" is a nice buzzword, but this is also nothing new.
So apparently we can just mix and match random old techniques, and call it innovation and get it patented?
1. This is Slashdot
2. (given 1) Everything must be sensationalized
3. "epic" is an epic way to sensationalize
4. (given 2 and 3) everything is epic
QED
Everything Sony's done, even the rootkit, seems to be things where the executive behind the decision actually thought the action was justifiable before the law
ftfy. Did they honestly think it was "justifiable" before their customers' expectations of privacy and security? They had to have at least some inkling that customers might not approve.
As TFA notes, cell providers already store similar data
Cell-phone providers collect similar data almost inevitably as part of their operations, but it’s kept behind their firewall. It normally requires a court order to gain access to it...
Not that I condone cell providers' actions here, but Apple isn't doing anything that much worse, in terms of providing the govt with information on you.
A new study finds that, to maximize energy absorption for photosynthesis, the flora on worlds that orbit two suns may have evolved to use one or more types of light-absorbing pigments that absorb across a broad range of wavelengths, which would tend to make the plant appear black or gray
Dear summarizer: please rtfa. There was no "new study". This was just some people hypothesizing and reasoning. And then they did a computer simulation which had nothing to do with the color of the plants, but rather, a feasibility test to see if plant-like things could even grow in such conditions.
The team’s computer simulations indicate that Earth-like planets can exist in several types of stable orbits in multistar systems (inset).
The summary makes it sound like we sent a probe to plant-inhabited planets or something. =P
Imho, having an Oracle board member wouldn't be all that bad (as long as they aren't granted some sort of superiority over other board members). It could be a chance for Oracle to show good will towards LibreOffice and make positive contributions.
Remaking a movie is more analogous to performing the same play with a completely different cast and an altered script. And yes, I can easily imagine the connoisseurs getting angry at playwrights for remaking the same play just for the cash, rather than producing an original creative work for art's sake.
Doctor Who has an amazing way to allow the series to continue indefinitely. All you have to do to keep it going is fulfill the minimum complete definition for the show: tardis, time lord, and companions. The look and feel of these can vary in any way (though keeping the tardis whoosh sound and centered complex control panel is a plus). I secretly hope that the show drops Daleks but that hasn't happened yet:P
So then, are we suffering from origin story fatigue fatigue?
Actually, I believe it would adequately be called "origin story fatigue story fatigue".
Or, for you lispy people, (fatigue (story (fatigue (story origin))))
[insert inception pun here]
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Radioactive water is more toxic than regular water just as high fructose corn syrup is more toxic than regular sugar.
Odd. I would've thought that radioactive water is more toxic than regular water just as radioactive sugar is more toxic than regular sugar. In that they are radioactive. That's just me though...[/troll]
Agree. The same description could be used for the two monitors I'm using right now: rounded corners, black border...oh look, they're Samsung monitors. How odd. (I really didn't notice they were Samsung until just now.) It's like Samsung thought of black borders and rounded corners before the iPad or something...
This sort of suit (aside from the patents) has already been tried years ago by Apple. It is destined to fail, miserably. It will cost them a lot of money. As a company Apple is beginning to show it sucketh.
Conspiracy theory: the Real Steve Jobs (tm) died and they just have actors filling in. Apple's magic touch is gone, hence the suckiness.
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Nintendo -> Super Nintendo. Wii -> Super Wii. It will be a heavily criticized name (for unoriginality), but people will still be comforted by the good ol' naming scheme, imho, and they will still preserve the "Wii" aura, while releasing the equivalent of Wii++
methods and apparatus for information storage and retrieval using a hashing technique with external chaining and on-the-fly removal of expired data.
information storage and retrieval - nothing new here.
using a hashing technique - nothing new here
with external chaining - using what?
and on-the-fly removal of expired data - "on-the-fly" is a nice buzzword, but this is also nothing new.
So apparently we can just mix and match random old techniques, and call it innovation and get it patented?
Intolerant of tolerating difference? That's surprisingly consistent given how meta it is.
I, for one, welcome our metric overlords.
1. This is Slashdot
2. (given 1) Everything must be sensationalized
3. "epic" is an epic way to sensationalize
4. (given 2 and 3) everything is epic
QED
Everything Sony's done, even the rootkit, seems to be things where the executive behind the decision actually thought the action was justifiable before the law
ftfy. Did they honestly think it was "justifiable" before their customers' expectations of privacy and security? They had to have at least some inkling that customers might not approve.
Tangentially: didn't know wikipedia had an article on it. Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal
Maybe it will on IPv6 day
I think your word count is off...
As TFA notes, cell providers already store similar data
Cell-phone providers collect similar data almost inevitably as part of their operations, but it’s kept behind their firewall. It normally requires a court order to gain access to it...
Not that I condone cell providers' actions here, but Apple isn't doing anything that much worse, in terms of providing the govt with information on you.
There is no evidence that this data is being sent to Apple or anyone else.
As the article illustrates, any app you install has easy access to this data.
Big Brother Steve is watching (out for?) you.
You only really need the upper-right triangle, as the lower-left is just a mirror of it.
A new study finds that, to maximize energy absorption for photosynthesis, the flora on worlds that orbit two suns may have evolved to use one or more types of light-absorbing pigments that absorb across a broad range of wavelengths, which would tend to make the plant appear black or gray
Dear summarizer: please rtfa. There was no "new study". This was just some people hypothesizing and reasoning. And then they did a computer simulation which had nothing to do with the color of the plants, but rather, a feasibility test to see if plant-like things could even grow in such conditions.
The team’s computer simulations indicate that Earth-like planets can exist in several types of stable orbits in multistar systems (inset).
The summary makes it sound like we sent a probe to plant-inhabited planets or something. =P
Link for the lazy: Lotus Symphony
Imho, having an Oracle board member wouldn't be all that bad (as long as they aren't granted some sort of superiority over other board members). It could be a chance for Oracle to show good will towards LibreOffice and make positive contributions.
Frankly, I don't think they care much about the minority geek vote.
And the cycle is ripe to start again with our children...
Remaking a movie is more analogous to performing the same play with a completely different cast and an altered script. And yes, I can easily imagine the connoisseurs getting angry at playwrights for remaking the same play just for the cash, rather than producing an original creative work for art's sake.
Doctor Who has an amazing way to allow the series to continue indefinitely. All you have to do to keep it going is fulfill the minimum complete definition for the show: tardis, time lord, and companions. The look and feel of these can vary in any way (though keeping the tardis whoosh sound and centered complex control panel is a plus). I secretly hope that the show drops Daleks but that hasn't happened yet :P
So then, are we suffering from origin story fatigue fatigue?
Actually, I believe it would adequately be called "origin story fatigue story fatigue".
Or, for you lispy people, (fatigue (story (fatigue (story origin))))
[insert inception pun here]
Radioactive water is more toxic than regular water just as high fructose corn syrup is more toxic than regular sugar.
Odd. I would've thought that radioactive water is more toxic than regular water just as radioactive sugar is more toxic than regular sugar. In that they are radioactive. That's just me though...[/troll]
Agree. The same description could be used for the two monitors I'm using right now: rounded corners, black border...oh look, they're Samsung monitors. How odd. (I really didn't notice they were Samsung until just now.) It's like Samsung thought of black borders and rounded corners before the iPad or something...
This sort of suit (aside from the patents) has already been tried years ago by Apple. It is destined to fail, miserably. It will cost them a lot of money. As a company Apple is beginning to show it sucketh.
Conspiracy theory: the Real Steve Jobs (tm) died and they just have actors filling in. Apple's magic touch is gone, hence the suckiness.
...to force everyone to use a CR-48? (insert holy war here)
Microsoft took some heat when it came out that Internet Explorer 9 would leave millions of Windows XP pirates in the lurch
If you're not upgrading your OS (at least to a newer Linux) then can you really complain about not being able to upgrade your browser?