What they did isn't within the contract he agreed to. That's what lawyers are for.
That said, if that's all this guy wants then a burner phone is probably about 1/4th the cost of his AT&T plan, and it's 1/10th the cost of what most of my colleagues at work pay for their plan.
This is very comparable to the field effect transistor. So the flow of electrons is controlled with magnetism instead of an electric field. Ok, but it still requires energy to create the gating field. Unless it requires less energy to create the magnetic field than it does to create the electrical field I don't see how this is in any way superior.
There's nothing that explains how the transistors are going to be dynamically reconfigured either.
I think either the reporter didn't understand or this is a joke.
The opening line here is a bait and switch. "Can a farmer commit patent infringement just by planting soybeans he bought on the open market?" The answer is no. He's not in violation for planting the seeds he bought. He's in violation for planting the seeds derived from that seeds he bought. Will you please grow up and write honest stories instead of this sensationalist garbage?
If the semiconductor has a high flux density quench then we could make a small toroidial coil and dump a large current into it. The stored power could then be extracted by magnetic coupling using a coil wrapped around it.
There's a down side though if you can store large amounts of power. If you break the circuit the power will need to go somewhere and you get a large explosion. It would make a good bomb, EMP weapon, replacement for gun powder (rail gun anyone?), car battery, etc. (I'm using this in my up coming MMO)
If you can store really large amounts of power then why bother with small power plants? Take your town battery to Niagra Falls, charge it up, then truck it back. No more power distribution grid problems and power loss over long haul lines.
Seconded. His comment was uncalled for.
Though I can't agree with your sentiment. They don't get negative for no reason. They get negative for no discernible reason. They're still not usually well thought out reasons.
A news organization would not have repeated this drek. The author has either no brains or is ignoring the obvious to generate controversy. Either way, how about editing it out in future?
but so what. It's likely not to be useful for much other than to prove a point. Too bad the authors couldn't spend their time on something useful instead.
Ah. My misunderstanding. but...
Rather than make perfectly good hardware useless why not just leave the code and not improve it?
There are still lots of obsolete cards out there. People with less money than you could use them.
This strikes me as a selfish and ill thought out decision.
Sorry. Your statements are untrue and very short sighted.
"PVR-350 hasn't been sold for over half a decade" It's available for sale on Amazon right now.
"people who aren't so cheap as to be unwilling to spend $20 on a video card"
Fine Mr. big spender. You send me the money and I'll buy something nicer. I have something that works fine now. Why should I spend money to please you?
You said the code was "frozen and unchanging" Therefore it's not costing anything to maintain. Then just leave it.
You really should learn punctuation. It's hard to even understand what you're trying to say here.
"you can get a much newer card with a bunch off new features that will be supported for years to come for less than $10"
Sure, YOU pay for the new card, and the effort to install it.
"it's that much more code that has to be maintained".
If the extra code required maintenance I would agree. Why would it? The hardware is unchanged.
I use old hardware for things like MythTV. This "old cruft" is still being used.
I'd like to know why support for the old stuff is much of a burden.
It should be pretty much frozen and unchanging. Seems like it should require almost no effort.
The problem with C strings is the same problem everyone has with C and assembler. It requires you to be absolutely competent. If you're not it does nothing to catch your mistakes. Blaming the current problems other people's "poor choices" is just rubbish.
The vulnerabilities to specially crafted attacks aren't mistakes. They were design choices that were correct given the knowledge the designers had at the time. Times have changed and nobody wants to pay to redo the code. I can just as easily craft a stack overflow using length type strings.
The author is short sighted or is deliberately making up something controversial to gain attention. In either case slashdot will you please ignore flag him?
I've actually made only one of the many adjustments the author claims "pc gamers" want. That adjustment wasn't voluntary. I had to make it to get the game to play. The author is portraying everyone as being like he is without any research to back up his statements. It makes exciting commentary though. I grade this journalism C-
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Daniel Suarez "Daemon"
James Hogan "The Two Faces Of Tomorrow "
both are about AI in general terms and are action books that will keep students interested
please let me know. I'll be happy to volunteer
Really? Wow. Who would have thought ;)
we should make them a superhero class!
Hire a lot of unemployed and offer a bonus for finding something.
What they did isn't within the contract he agreed to. That's what lawyers are for.
That said, if that's all this guy wants then a burner phone is probably about 1/4th the cost of his AT&T plan, and it's 1/10th the cost of what most of my colleagues at work pay for their plan.
This is very comparable to the field effect transistor. So the flow of electrons is controlled with magnetism instead of an electric field. Ok, but it still requires energy to create the gating field. Unless it requires less energy to create the magnetic field than it does to create the electrical field I don't see how this is in any way superior.
There's nothing that explains how the transistors are going to be dynamically reconfigured either.
I think either the reporter didn't understand or this is a joke.
Lots of interesting questions now pop up.
Does it pull over for cops?
Does it communicate with other cars and stop lights so they can all apply the gas simultaneously when the light changes?
Does it ask parking garages if they're full? Better yet will it ask if any cars are moving in the garage and go faster if it's got a clear shot?
The opening line here is a bait and switch. "Can a farmer commit patent infringement just by planting soybeans he bought on the open market?" The answer is no. He's not in violation for planting the seeds he bought. He's in violation for planting the seeds derived from that seeds he bought. Will you please grow up and write honest stories instead of this sensationalist garbage?
If the semiconductor has a high flux density quench then we could make a small toroidial coil and dump a large current into it. The stored power could then be extracted by magnetic coupling using a coil wrapped around it.
There's a down side though if you can store large amounts of power. If you break the circuit the power will need to go somewhere and you get a large explosion. It would make a good bomb, EMP weapon, replacement for gun powder (rail gun anyone?), car battery, etc. (I'm using this in my up coming MMO)
If you can store really large amounts of power then why bother with small power plants? Take your town battery to Niagra Falls, charge it up, then truck it back. No more power distribution grid problems and power loss over long haul lines.
Seconded. His comment was uncalled for. Though I can't agree with your sentiment. They don't get negative for no reason. They get negative for no discernible reason. They're still not usually well thought out reasons.
Your parents weren't as stupid as you thought.
Yeah, really! WTF?
XML was designed to be readable by humans. The opposite of encryption. There are lots of good encryption methods available already.
Slashdot really needs an editor to weed out stupid stories
Grey listing is much better.
A news organization would not have repeated this drek. The author has either no brains or is ignoring the obvious to generate controversy. Either way, how about editing it out in future?
but so what. It's likely not to be useful for much other than to prove a point. Too bad the authors couldn't spend their time on something useful instead.
"You people"? You really ought to consider working WITH users instead of making them into the enemy
Ah. My misunderstanding. but... Rather than make perfectly good hardware useless why not just leave the code and not improve it? There are still lots of obsolete cards out there. People with less money than you could use them. This strikes me as a selfish and ill thought out decision.
"PVR-350 hasn't been sold for over half a decade"
It's available for sale on Amazon right now.
"people who aren't so cheap as to be unwilling to spend $20 on a video card"
Fine Mr. big spender. You send me the money and I'll buy something nicer.
I have something that works fine now. Why should I spend money to please you?
You said the code was "frozen and unchanging"
Therefore it's not costing anything to maintain. Then just leave it.
My cable company still sends me regular analog tv signals like they have for decades.
You really should learn punctuation. It's hard to even understand what you're trying to say here. "you can get a much newer card with a bunch off new features that will be supported for years to come for less than $10" Sure, YOU pay for the new card, and the effort to install it. "it's that much more code that has to be maintained". If the extra code required maintenance I would agree. Why would it? The hardware is unchanged.
I use old hardware for things like MythTV. This "old cruft" is still being used. I'd like to know why support for the old stuff is much of a burden. It should be pretty much frozen and unchanging. Seems like it should require almost no effort.
Why wasn't this vetted before being posted? I have to write that AI to screen this felgercarb out and quit reading slashdot
The problem with C strings is the same problem everyone has with C and assembler. It requires you to be absolutely competent. If you're not it does nothing to catch your mistakes. Blaming the current problems other people's "poor choices" is just rubbish.
The vulnerabilities to specially crafted attacks aren't mistakes. They were design choices that were correct given the knowledge the designers had at the time. Times have changed and nobody wants to pay to redo the code. I can just as easily craft a stack overflow using length type strings.
The author is short sighted or is deliberately making up something controversial to gain attention. In either case slashdot will you please ignore flag him?
I've actually made only one of the many adjustments the author claims "pc gamers" want. That adjustment wasn't voluntary. I had to make it to get the game to play. The author is portraying everyone as being like he is without any research to back up his statements. It makes exciting commentary though. I grade this journalism C-