This reminds me of the quantum suicide thought experiment. If a physicist wishes to know whether or not the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is valid, they rig a machine so that each time a switch is pulled, there is a chance based on some quantum event that a gun pointed at the physicists head will fire. If the physicist pulls the switch many times and survives, then the many-worlds view is supported. However, if the physicist dies it does not disprove the many-worlds view since if it is true, then in the majority of the different worlds the physiscist dies.
Except it is currently unknown whether quantum mechanical systems can be simulated with even probabilistic Turing machines. In fact, if it is possible to do so in polynomial time, you can do anything a quantum computer can do in polynomial time and so you can factor numbers and solve the discrete log problem in polynomial time.
Basically it is believed that it is very unlikely that you can do quantum simulation on a classical computer.
They (both) played the youngest child on the American sit-com Full House. When the show ended, they were in their early teens and they began making various straight to video films targetted at preteen girls. Apparently these videos made a lot of money and they invested it well. In addition to video games they've produced many other products as well. They have a lot of money and have a history of making sound business decisions so I'd say that they stand a good chance of winning this lawsuit.
And yet, the companies you've mentioned have fought battles to stop people from using their names to refer to anything other than their products. It's somewhat counterintuitive, but this situation does have negative effects.
Think of the commercials you see on TV for cheese. These commercials are just trying to get people to buy more cheese, not any specific brand of cheese. When a brand name becomes associated with other products as well, it's harder for advertisers to get people to associate that brand name only with their product. For advertisements to be most effective, they must lead people to buy their product to the exclusion of all others.
I'm not quite sure if I got that to be coherent enough to convince you, but trust me, this is a bad thing for TiVo. Many companies have filed lawsuits to try to preserve there brand names before.
But y is a vowel. In Old English it was pronounced like the Greek letter upsilon. To make this sound, make a tight O with your lips and try to make a sound like the i in machine. If you do it right you'll end up with something that sounds almost, but not quite like a U. Eventually y started to be used as a consonant in some words, though it is still used as a vowel in some words even though it no longer has a distinct sound of its own.
But I want to know what Scribus is really like when no one's around and he can stop pretending and just be himself. I want to get to know the real Scribus, not the mere shell you read about in the tabloids.
Well let me correct that. I've spent a little bit of time trying to learn ancient Egyptian and it has no vowels. But then again, my knowledge of Egyptian is so limited that I can hardly say I "understand" it.
I'm a Gamecube owner but these days I've been thinking of seeing if I can pick up a used PS2 for a decent price. I think I might give Final Fantasy a chance to win me back over again.
Peter: As we all know, Christmas is that mystical time of year when the ghost of Jesus rises from the grave to feast on the flesh of the living! So we all sing Christmas Carols to lull him back to sleep. Bob: Outrageous, How dare he say such blasphemy. I've got to do something. Man #1: Bob, there's nothing you can do. Bob: Well I guess I'll just have to develop a sense of humour
Sorry about that. I've just seen the term PVR used many times here on Slashdot and thought other people would be familiar with it. I haven't encountered any of those other acronyms though.
When it was the only PVR on the market, there was no reason to call a PVR anything other than a TiVo. TiVo now will have to fight an uphill battle to try to get people to associate the word TiVo only with TiVo-brand PVRs.
Slashdot Mirror
What we really need is some new episodes of Reboot.
Or you could just say "ex-ay-em-ell." You don't have to try to pronounce every acronym as though it were a normal word.
Personally, I think the world needs a 15 year moratorium on the use of acronyms. They need to take a break.
This reminds me of the quantum suicide thought experiment. If a physicist wishes to know whether or not the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is valid, they rig a machine so that each time a switch is pulled, there is a chance based on some quantum event that a gun pointed at the physicists head will fire. If the physicist pulls the switch many times and survives, then the many-worlds view is supported. However, if the physicist dies it does not disprove the many-worlds view since if it is true, then in the majority of the different worlds the physiscist dies.
Except it is currently unknown whether quantum mechanical systems can be simulated with even probabilistic Turing machines. In fact, if it is possible to do so in polynomial time, you can do anything a quantum computer can do in polynomial time and so you can factor numbers and solve the discrete log problem in polynomial time.
Basically it is believed that it is very unlikely that you can do quantum simulation on a classical computer.
Now that people have noticed it, they'll change it back soon.
I believe there is still some debate on this. From what I understand though, if humans do react to pheromones, it's much more weakly than animals do.
They (both) played the youngest child on the American sit-com Full House. When the show ended, they were in their early teens and they began making various straight to video films targetted at preteen girls. Apparently these videos made a lot of money and they invested it well. In addition to video games they've produced many other products as well. They have a lot of money and have a history of making sound business decisions so I'd say that they stand a good chance of winning this lawsuit.
Actually, as it was originally stated it applies to transistor densities and so it is relevent to some forms of storage.
And yet, the companies you've mentioned have fought battles to stop people from using their names to refer to anything other than their products. It's somewhat counterintuitive, but this situation does have negative effects.
Think of the commercials you see on TV for cheese. These commercials are just trying to get people to buy more cheese, not any specific brand of cheese. When a brand name becomes associated with other products as well, it's harder for advertisers to get people to associate that brand name only with their product. For advertisements to be most effective, they must lead people to buy their product to the exclusion of all others.
I'm not quite sure if I got that to be coherent enough to convince you, but trust me, this is a bad thing for TiVo. Many companies have filed lawsuits to try to preserve there brand names before.
Czech is still on my to-do list. When I was in Prague I only got as far as "Mluvite anglickey?"
Hmm, did I remember the spelling correctly?
But y is a vowel. In Old English it was pronounced like the Greek letter upsilon. To make this sound, make a tight O with your lips and try to make a sound like the i in machine. If you do it right you'll end up with something that sounds almost, but not quite like a U. Eventually y started to be used as a consonant in some words, though it is still used as a vowel in some words even though it no longer has a distinct sound of its own.
But I want to know what Scribus is really like when no one's around and he can stop pretending and just be himself. I want to get to know the real Scribus, not the mere shell you read about in the tabloids.
Well let me correct that. I've spent a little bit of time trying to learn ancient Egyptian and it has no vowels. But then again, my knowledge of Egyptian is so limited that I can hardly say I "understand" it.
I'm a Gamecube owner but these days I've been thinking of seeing if I can pick up a used PS2 for a decent price. I think I might give Final Fantasy a chance to win me back over again.
Well that's two words but I'll let you off.
The sense of impending doom from finals has had a strange effect on me and now I'm feeling absurdly belligerent.
In all of the languages that I can understand, words have vowels in them.
I want to find out if it's worth my time to find out more about what it does.
The server isn't responding anyway.
Firmware upgrade
The 36-bit addressing extension began with the Pentium Pro.
It was Theseus's ship not Ulysses's.
I would have never guessed Shanghai Noon to be the one with valid physics in it.
Where someone places something in the artificial/natural dichotomy is more or less arbitrary. As such, these designations have no real significance.
Peter: As we all know, Christmas is that mystical time of year when the ghost of Jesus rises from the grave to feast on the flesh of the living! So we all sing Christmas Carols to lull him back to sleep.
Bob: Outrageous, How dare he say such blasphemy. I've got to do something.
Man #1: Bob, there's nothing you can do.
Bob: Well I guess I'll just have to develop a sense of humour
Sorry about that. I've just seen the term PVR used many times here on Slashdot and thought other people would be familiar with it. I haven't encountered any of those other acronyms though.
When it was the only PVR on the market, there was no reason to call a PVR anything other than a TiVo. TiVo now will have to fight an uphill battle to try to get people to associate the word TiVo only with TiVo-brand PVRs.