I actually got it right (before looking at the answers, even).:)
What do the synthetic pictures have in common? Well, in both cases the woman moves her lips a bit less (the second) or does slightly less facial expressions (the first one).
With this movie at low-quality post stamp size, I have my doubts regarding a full size TV newsreader. But I guess the technology is still in prototype stages and in a few years, we'll likely have synthetic newsreader indin.. indisti... indistinguishable from the real thing. But still probably far away from the same synthetic person actually performing some action more than talking.
"The moon receives 13,000 terrawatts of power from the sun... (bla bla)"
Why on Earth (pun intended) would we need to go the Moon for this?
Doesn't Earth get a healthy amount of energy from the sun as well? Would be surprising if it didn't. Clouds? They aren't that big of a problem. First, they don't cover 100% of the solar rays. Second, if the cells cover 1% of Earth's surface, that would be enough to get continuous energy IMHO. And, of course, you'd like to place most in sunny areas like deserts.
The big problem is to make effecient solar cells that cover 1% of Earth's surface. A pretty big area indeed. And make everyone agree with that it's ok. But I guess it would still be easier than going to the Moon for this.
From http://www.techlawonline.com/internet.htm#about3:
The Internet variant of "shrinkwrap" licenses are "clickwrap" licenses which are standard-form contracts entered into online; for example, Terms of Service posted on a web site, under which the purchaser signifies his assent to the terms simply by clicking on a box marked "I Agree." Like shrinkwrap licenses, the terms are non-negotiable. Unlike post-payment shrinkwrap licenses, however, the purchaser's consent to the posted terms is usually obtained before the exchange of funds.
While the courts have not explicitly upheld the enforceability of clickwrap licenses, in at least one recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California implicitly ruled that such an agreement was enforceable. Hotmail Corporation v. Van$ Money Pie Inc., 47 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1020, 1998 WL 388389 (April 1998, N.D.Cal.). It remains to be seen whether other courts will similarly find these types of agreements enforceable.
The court's decision in the Hotmail case above can be found here:
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/h2o/property/alternat iv es/hotmail.html
And if they actually weren't wasted, the Product Activation system would probably instead freak out from the masses of hardware it's required to hash a key from...:-P
Re:What a non story! A waste of space!
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True, but the difference here is that it a local search cause info to be sent/received to Microsoft.
You can't compare an Internet Search with a local hard drive search here...
I also found the news post on/. confusing, since it made it sound like it was an Internet search that caused the info to be sent. According to the register, it's a local search that transmits info and attempt to connect if you aren't already connected.
Interesting for spyware apps?
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I wonder when we'll se the first spyware to take advantage of this "feature" by intercepting the calls it makes and transmitting the search terms to some ad company.
These days it seems like spyware can do anything they wish without breaking any privacy laws.:(
You might say that a search on filenames aren't too useful, but it could reveal a lot by judging from full length document names, game names, etc, etc to reveal one's interests.
But I guess I shouldn't complain, since these transmissions probably give you a "richer searching eXPerience"...
Bah.. I'll just continue using Windows Commander's search.
Yup, but it was of course not really healthy for the drive.:)
These tunes got so popular at least in swedish computer mags that they gave *huge* program listings in the mag with literally tons of DATA statements, like
110 DATA 201, 34, 129, 123,...
etc. Of course since it was the only way to program in machine code from BASIC... *shudder*
SuperShadow's site is known to be 100% bogus. Do a search at Google on "supershadow" to find out for yourself.
1. SuperShadow doesn't personally know Lucas.
2. SuperShadow doesn't work at LucasFilm.
3. The "script" for Episode II he says he got himself, was actually made by TheForce.net fans and others collecting spoilers/leaks from various sites and compiling them into a speculative "script".
I've heard the reason for this particular Jedi cameo is that Mr Lucas' daughter like N Sync... They'll probably also just be seen in a split second in the movie in that giant Jedi battle. I also heard they'll get killed pretty soon.:)
So don't worry, you'll most likely not even notice them being in the film.
I'm sure MS will somehow manage to force us speak in a natural language counterpart to MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) that's extensively used in Visual Studio.NET as the "lowest common denominator" between the languages in the.NET platform.
Like this:
method public hidebysig instance class System.Object Hello_Slashdot() il managed {
However, giving a near-optimal, approximative, shortest path is *not* NP Complete.
So if the providers have a lot to gain from not using an NPC problem and don't mind slightly less optimal paths, they'd go for that.
Egological aspects?
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What do you need to manufacture large quantities of e-paper?
Since if it uses materials we only have limited amounts of, nothing is gained from an ecological perspective.
I suppose they use more lasting material(s) than wood, but which exactly?
Also, how does one recycle these papers? Do you just burn them? I guess you can just flash their memory, but due to human laziness, enormous amounts will probably be just thrown away, and there has to be a good way of taking care of this. We're, after all, talking about e-papers that may not be too uncommon if they get a breakthrough.
Nancy won't be "killing" MPEG-4, since the codecs are designed for two different fields. Perhaps some obscure Video Conferencing tool may use Nancy in the future (I guess those are on the border line), but I'd be very surprised if a codec aimed for PDA's gave us the video quality we're used to watching movies with.
Since the next Bond movie is supposed to have a scene with female nudity, I'll boycott this one if it don't have a shower scene with Seven of Nine. Regardless if it fits in the story or not!
But seriously, what do you feel about nudity in ST movies? Does it belong there? Or does it make the movie anti-ST and/or lower the quality?
Slashdot Mirror
Wow! So they added OCR just like that? :)
;)
Impressive stuff indeed.
You start to wonder what's left to search?
Even a Catalog Search for 'Slashdot' gave a few results.
This must definitely be a violation of the 3rd commandment!
I mean...
OFMG: Oh, f*ck my God?
I actually got it right (before looking at the answers, even). :)
What do the synthetic pictures have in common? Well, in both cases the woman moves her lips a bit less (the second) or does slightly less facial expressions (the first one).
With this movie at low-quality post stamp size, I have my doubts regarding a full size TV newsreader. But I guess the technology is still in prototype stages and in a few years, we'll likely have synthetic newsreader indin.. indisti... indistinguishable from the real thing. But still probably far away from the same synthetic person actually performing some action more than talking.
They should have used the Java pet instead, just to annoy Sun and make some headlines. :)
Could Windows XP be considered to be way ahead with a puppy helping you search? ;)
Men and women have lived in millions of years and we're still compatible. Ain't that cool? Mother nature must have been a heck of a designer.
"The moon receives 13,000 terrawatts of power from the sun... (bla bla)"
Why on Earth (pun intended) would we need to go the Moon for this?
Doesn't Earth get a healthy amount of energy from the sun as well? Would be surprising if it didn't. Clouds? They aren't that big of a problem. First, they don't cover 100% of the solar rays. Second, if the cells cover 1% of Earth's surface, that would be enough to get continuous energy IMHO. And, of course, you'd like to place most in sunny areas like deserts.
The big problem is to make effecient solar cells that cover 1% of Earth's surface. A pretty big area indeed. And make everyone agree with that it's ok. But I guess it would still be easier than going to the Moon for this.
Also, who's gonna pay?
Back to the days of the ZX Spectrum, eh? :)
is a yes/no button a legally binding clause?
t iv es/hotmail.html
From http://www.techlawonline.com/internet.htm#about3:
The Internet variant of "shrinkwrap" licenses are "clickwrap" licenses which are standard-form contracts entered into online; for example, Terms of Service posted on a web site, under which the purchaser signifies his assent to the terms simply by clicking on a box marked "I Agree." Like shrinkwrap licenses, the terms are non-negotiable. Unlike post-payment shrinkwrap licenses, however, the purchaser's consent to the posted terms is usually obtained before the exchange of funds.
While the courts have not explicitly upheld the enforceability of clickwrap licenses, in at least one recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California implicitly ruled that such an agreement was enforceable. Hotmail Corporation v. Van$ Money Pie Inc., 47 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1020, 1998 WL 388389 (April 1998, N.D.Cal.). It remains to be seen whether other courts will similarly find these types of agreements enforceable.
The court's decision in the Hotmail case above can be found here:
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/h2o/property/alterna
And if they actually weren't wasted, the Product Activation system would probably instead freak out from the masses of hardware it's required to hash a key from... :-P
True, but the difference here is that it a local search cause info to be sent/received to Microsoft.
/. confusing, since it made it sound like it was an Internet search that caused the info to be sent. According to the register, it's a local search that transmits info and attempt to connect if you aren't already connected.
You can't compare an Internet Search with a local hard drive search here...
I also found the news post on
I wonder when we'll se the first spyware to take advantage of this "feature" by intercepting the calls it makes and transmitting the search terms to some ad company.
:(
These days it seems like spyware can do anything they wish without breaking any privacy laws.
You might say that a search on filenames aren't too useful, but it could reveal a lot by judging from full length document names, game names, etc, etc to reveal one's interests.
But I guess I shouldn't complain, since these transmissions probably give you a "richer searching eXPerience"...
Bah.. I'll just continue using Windows Commander's search.
Or as Mr D. Vader would put it:
If you only new the power of the quark side...
Yup, but it was of course not really healthy for the drive. :)
...
These tunes got so popular at least in swedish computer mags that they gave *huge* program listings in the mag with literally tons of DATA statements, like
110 DATA 201, 34, 129, 123,
etc. Of course since it was the only way to program in machine code from BASIC... *shudder*
They were sent to /dev/null where they belong, because of upset fans.
SuperShadow's site is known to be 100% bogus. Do a search at Google on "supershadow" to find out for yourself.
1. SuperShadow doesn't personally know Lucas.
2. SuperShadow doesn't work at LucasFilm.
3. The "script" for Episode II he says he got himself, was actually made by TheForce.net fans and others collecting spoilers/leaks from various sites and compiling them into a speculative "script".
I've heard the reason for this particular Jedi cameo is that Mr Lucas' daughter like N Sync... They'll probably also just be seen in a split second in the movie in that giant Jedi battle. I also heard they'll get killed pretty soon. :)
So don't worry, you'll most likely not even notice them being in the film.
I'm sure MS will somehow manage to force us speak in a natural language counterpart to MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) that's extensively used in Visual Studio .NET as the "lowest common denominator" between the languages in the .NET platform.
Like this:
method public hidebysig instance class System.Object Hello_Slashdot() il managed {
// Code size 43 (0x2b)
.maxstack 4
.locals ([0] class System.Object V_0, [1] int32 V_1)
IL_0000: ldarg.0
IL_0001: ldfld int32 Stack::m_size
IL_0006: brtrue.s IL_000e
IL_0008: newobj instance void ['msnaturalcomm']
IL_000a: ldint GENERIC_GREETING_PHRASE
IL_000e: ldstr "Slashdot"
Would be just another milestone for their strategy to conquer the world.
However, giving a near-optimal, approximative, shortest path is *not* NP Complete.
So if the providers have a lot to gain from not using an NPC problem and don't mind slightly less optimal paths, they'd go for that.
What do you need to manufacture large quantities of e-paper?
Since if it uses materials we only have limited amounts of, nothing is gained from an ecological perspective.
I suppose they use more lasting material(s) than wood, but which exactly?
Also, how does one recycle these papers? Do you just burn them? I guess you can just flash their memory, but due to human laziness, enormous amounts will probably be just thrown away, and there has to be a good way of taking care of this. We're, after all, talking about e-papers that may not be too uncommon if they get a breakthrough.
15 nanometers = 15*10^-7 cm (15*10^-7)^2 cm = 0.00000000000225 cm2 / transistor. 444,444,444,444 transistors per cm2. ~ 444 billion per cm2. Ain't technology great? :)
The only thing worth noticing here is that this isn't an actual competition. At least not with MPEG-4 or Ogg Tarkin.
Nancy won't be "killing" MPEG-4, since the codecs are designed for two different fields. Perhaps some obscure Video Conferencing tool may use Nancy in the future (I guess those are on the border line), but I'd be very surprised if a codec aimed for PDA's gave us the video quality we're used to watching movies with.
We're really desperate if we're going to spend a several year long ride to get water.
Since the next Bond movie is supposed to have a scene with female nudity, I'll boycott this one if it don't have a shower scene with Seven of Nine. Regardless if it fits in the story or not!
But seriously, what do you feel about nudity in ST movies? Does it belong there? Or does it make the movie anti-ST and/or lower the quality?