Not quite the same though. The patent is about selecting single specific elements based on explicit pixel density. Mipmaps are based on selecting individual texels based on area covered.
Well, White House Down and the Lone Ranger should be compelling for the same reason that Air Force One and Pirates Of The Carribean were respectively. Pacific Rim should appeal to those who like Independence Day. RIPD is a twist on the succesful buddy cop formula (may be wrong here), and the twist itself is quite novel.
Not sure about why anyone thought After Earth would do well. Will Smith isn't as geat a draw as Hollywood seems to think and neither is Shyamalan.
Context is pretty important. DeCSS was illegal in that specific context. This does not make it always illegal. The argument the MPAA made was that the purpose of DeCSS was to copy DVDs. While there are all sorts of problems with their argument, this point was technically true.
Now the primary purpose of DeCSS is to allow VLC to play DVDs. The fact that it does exactly the same thing isn't important.
The decision in the DeCSS case was the wrong one, and that was harmful, but this naivety about its ramifications is also harmful in that it discourages innovation
Apple uses Unix backend, and they have about 7% of the desktop market. Include servers, tablets, phones and other devices that run an OS, and you'll see a much larger percentage.
the problem is that this job comes with a stipend. Once you actually make money from this sort of thing (even a relatively small amount), it's financial fraud and taken a lot more seriously.
Right. So the hospital can sue him for breach of contract.
But he had no obligation under the law the hospital was fined under unless the law explicitly states that he was. It's unlikely that it does. It's up to the hospital to ensure the legal requirements are followed.
There's knowledge of the law though, and knowledge of the facts. The contractor may not have been informed that the computers had sensitive information. Also the contractor may not be legally responsible for ensuring the destruction of the data depending on the wording of the law.
Nobody cares how quickly their salmon arrives as long as it's fresh. Refrigeration keeps it going for a couple of days.
Mail would be a good test case. There's actually a demand for speed there, but the cost of failure is primarily financial. You can also build it to a smaller scale and run it over a shorter distance. Build it at 1m diameter and you could make human capable test capsules if some brave soul wants to be the guinea pig.
So how much energy is required to accelerate 4 tons (figure pulled from my ass, but these would be 6 passenger "capsules") to 4000 MPH, and how much does that energy cost in practice?
Assuming we get perfect energy conversion, and 1/2mv^2 is the correct formula google gives 6.4GJ for this. Or about 1.8MWh. You apparently get a lot of that back when decelerating but even if you don't, the $600 for 6 passengers should pay for the energy (which I think will cost about $100 or so). I may be wrong here since I can't quite get my head around the velocity-squared relationship.
Not sure if the concept is all that practical at 1G though. You'd take about 3 minutes getting to that speed at 1G, which would require 36MW (not completely out of the question - the faster Shinkansen trains take about half that and so it should be within engineering capability), but 1G acceleration forwards is in addition to the 1G acceleration downwards. I don't know how comfortable people would be with a total 1.4Gs for that duration.
Politicians would be happy to have a US based tech company build the tools to build this. The hyperloop construction unions don't exist yet. The railway worker unions might object but there's a limit to how much they can do, and even with a largely automated construction process, this would require a substantial workforce. I think their jobs are pretty secure.
I will quite readily accept OSC's right, or anyone else, to watch the movie. Doesn't mean I have to. Nor does it mean I'll force anyone else to do so or not to do so.
True. Although Norton Schwarz is something of an exception here, having piloted cargo planes. He had the AF chief position largely because there were too many fighter jocks in high command previously.
We have the post office screwing people out of money due to a computer glitch, secret trials and now it looks like we can't even run Air Traffic Control.
Can we have a post about Andy Murray or something? I want to feel good about my country.
British salaries haven't really kept up with a declining value of the pound. So the salary of a software developer is pretty good compared with other fields that have a similar level of education (other than finance perhaps).
I think there's a cultural view that GB£1 is about equal to US$2 even though this hasn't been the case since the 1980's. Salaries in the rest of Northern Europe are considerably better. I can easily make 20-30% more in Belgium or Amsterdam than I make in London, and as you quite rightly say, living in London is not exactly cheap.
There is a common misconception that Embassies and Consulates have extraterritoriality. As anecdotal evidence of this misconception, people will often say things like, âoethe US Embassy sits upon United States soil.â For the most part, this is not the case as extraterritoriality is not conferred upon an Embassy or Consulate, but in some situations extraterritoriality may be created by Treaty.
Indian reservations may well be considered foreign soil, but there are many enclaves throughout the world in similar legal positions.
Suppose, hypothetically, it is established that Assange committed something that was clearly and obviously a crime while in the US, and this becomes apparent while Assange is in Swedish custody.Assange states "yes I did it and there's nothing you can do about it suckers"
People get a bit confused with the time limit. The expectation is that a purchase lasts a "reasonable time". You wouldn't expect sandpaper for an electric sander to last more than a few months or even days depending on how much you used it. In your case it is reasonable to expect a tape drive to last that long though even with daily use.
The 6 years is the upper limit. After that time the seller has no obligations at all.
People always parrot this. The only source is a report based on a survey of two major shopping streets in London and extrapolating from that.
Now, a busy popular street with several banks, restaurants and shops, most frequently part of a chain, is not representative of all the businesses in London. These include one man businesses, consultants, delivery companies and home businesses which have no need for a CCTV system.
Even if the count is accurate, no similar survey has been taken of any other city. Tell me, are CCTV systems used in the rest of Europe? Are they used in the US? Or do business owners assume their customers are more honest there?
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Not quite the same though. The patent is about selecting single specific elements based on explicit pixel density. Mipmaps are based on selecting individual texels based on area covered.
Well, it's true that Joel isn't as smart as he likes to think he is. Aside from this though, the rest of thwe article is worth reading.
Well, White House Down and the Lone Ranger should be compelling for the same reason that Air Force One and Pirates Of The Carribean were respectively. Pacific Rim should appeal to those who like Independence Day. RIPD is a twist on the succesful buddy cop formula (may be wrong here), and the twist itself is quite novel.
Not sure about why anyone thought After Earth would do well. Will Smith isn't as geat a draw as Hollywood seems to think and neither is Shyamalan.
Context is pretty important. DeCSS was illegal in that specific context. This does not make it always illegal. The argument the MPAA made was that the purpose of DeCSS was to copy DVDs. While there are all sorts of problems with their argument, this point was technically true.
Now the primary purpose of DeCSS is to allow VLC to play DVDs. The fact that it does exactly the same thing isn't important.
The decision in the DeCSS case was the wrong one, and that was harmful, but this naivety about its ramifications is also harmful in that it discourages innovation
Apple uses Unix backend, and they have about 7% of the desktop market. Include servers, tablets, phones and other devices that run an OS, and you'll see a much larger percentage.
the problem is that this job comes with a stipend. Once you actually make money from this sort of thing (even a relatively small amount), it's financial fraud and taken a lot more seriously.
Telegraph network forums?
I believe dashdot.og was very big in the 1890's. Although the "ADELINA PATTI NAKED AND PETRIFIED STOP" troll posts were rather tiresome.
Right. So the hospital can sue him for breach of contract.
But he had no obligation under the law the hospital was fined under unless the law explicitly states that he was. It's unlikely that it does. It's up to the hospital to ensure the legal requirements are followed.
There's knowledge of the law though, and knowledge of the facts. The contractor may not have been informed that the computers had sensitive information. Also the contractor may not be legally responsible for ensuring the destruction of the data depending on the wording of the law.
Nobody cares how quickly their salmon arrives as long as it's fresh. Refrigeration keeps it going for a couple of days.
Mail would be a good test case. There's actually a demand for speed there, but the cost of failure is primarily financial. You can also build it to a smaller scale and run it over a shorter distance. Build it at 1m diameter and you could make human capable test capsules if some brave soul wants to be the guinea pig.
Assuming we get perfect energy conversion, and 1/2mv^2 is the correct formula google gives 6.4GJ for this. Or about 1.8MWh. You apparently get a lot of that back when decelerating but even if you don't, the $600 for 6 passengers should pay for the energy (which I think will cost about $100 or so). I may be wrong here since I can't quite get my head around the velocity-squared relationship.
Not sure if the concept is all that practical at 1G though. You'd take about 3 minutes getting to that speed at 1G, which would require 36MW (not completely out of the question - the faster Shinkansen trains take about half that and so it should be within engineering capability), but 1G acceleration forwards is in addition to the 1G acceleration downwards. I don't know how comfortable people would be with a total 1.4Gs for that duration.
Politicians would be happy to have a US based tech company build the tools to build this. The hyperloop construction unions don't exist yet. The railway worker unions might object but there's a limit to how much they can do, and even with a largely automated construction process, this would require a substantial workforce. I think their jobs are pretty secure.
Of course, in this case the net result is that the public has been fined £200,000 worth of health care.
I'm sure there has to be a better way of penalising government institutions.
There's a joke here about throwing deckchairs at the Titanic, somewhere. I just can't quite make it work.
I will quite readily accept OSC's right, or anyone else, to watch the movie. Doesn't mean I have to. Nor does it mean I'll force anyone else to do so or not to do so.
That's all tolerance is.
True. Although Norton Schwarz is something of an exception here, having piloted cargo planes. He had the AF chief position largely because there were too many fighter jocks in high command previously.
We have the post office screwing people out of money due to a computer glitch, secret trials and now it looks like we can't even run Air Traffic Control.
Can we have a post about Andy Murray or something? I want to feel good about my country.
British salaries haven't really kept up with a declining value of the pound. So the salary of a software developer is pretty good compared with other fields that have a similar level of education (other than finance perhaps).
I think there's a cultural view that GB£1 is about equal to US$2 even though this hasn't been the case since the 1980's. Salaries in the rest of Northern Europe are considerably better. I can easily make 20-30% more in Belgium or Amsterdam than I make in London, and as you quite rightly say, living in London is not exactly cheap.
Indian reservations may well be considered foreign soil, but there are many enclaves throughout the world in similar legal positions.
Suppose, hypothetically, it is established that Assange committed something that was clearly and obviously a crime while in the US, and this becomes apparent while Assange is in Swedish custody.Assange states "yes I did it and there's nothing you can do about it suckers"
What is Sweden to do?
No. That's a myth. He's in the UK. The embassy simply has certain diplomatic rights and privileges.
People get a bit confused with the time limit. The expectation is that a purchase lasts a "reasonable time". You wouldn't expect sandpaper for an electric sander to last more than a few months or even days depending on how much you used it. In your case it is reasonable to expect a tape drive to last that long though even with daily use.
The 6 years is the upper limit. After that time the seller has no obligations at all.
It's possible that 3D printers will get better.
People always parrot this. The only source is a report based on a survey of two major shopping streets in London and extrapolating from that.
Now, a busy popular street with several banks, restaurants and shops, most frequently part of a chain, is not representative of all the businesses in London. These include one man businesses, consultants, delivery companies and home businesses which have no need for a CCTV system.
Even if the count is accurate, no similar survey has been taken of any other city. Tell me, are CCTV systems used in the rest of Europe? Are they used in the US? Or do business owners assume their customers are more honest there?
They're not. The company created it using company resources including a contractor hired for this purpose. This is what a work for hire means.