But I run Quake3 ( for Urban Terror ) on Linux, and I bought the Windows Quake CD in order to do so. So as far as Carmack knows, I bought the windows version. But I didn't. I bought the Linux version.
Microsoft has filed with the Patent Office for a certificate of correction to re-assign the patent to Burchinal, the representative said.
Why should Microsoft have to file a certificate of correction? The process is wrong - What if Microsoft decided 'Hey, we are going to keep the patent. You just try to take it back'. It is the patent office's mistake.
<tinfoilhat place="on">What if the copies of Microsoft Office that were sold to the Patent Office were given a hidden feature of inserting Microsoft into patents that matched specific keywords?</tinfoilhat>
IANAG (i am not a geneticist) but isn't one of the 'features' of DNA the ability to be duplicated easily with a 'Polymerase Chain Reaction'?
Plus, DNA strands that can get into a healthy cell sometimes can be amalgamated? There were reports of lab mice getting genes from the food that they ate (with radioactive isotopes to allow tracing).
No other compiler in history has this many knobs and dials.
I disagree with that. The Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio compiler for the C67xx series DSP's is WAY more complicated and truely scary in how amazing the optimizer is - Even the assembler has optimization flags....
I belive now there are more tools to graphically analyze optimization bottlenecks.
I love GCC though and appreciate the multi-platform optimization issues that arise. I believe what we need are computer languages that are more 'optimizable' than C and C++ are - Especially when you look at alternate architectures like the c6701 DSP (8 parallel execution units manually pipelined) and other vector based processors like altivec. These architectures don't fit the PDP-11 cpu style that C was meant for.
Maybe the real problem is PEOPLE themselves. The people who put the crap up, and the people who actually fall for it. When the internet started the people were all focused on specific research. Now it is a tv replacement.
They have been doing this for some time. Hiring prominent programmers in markets that they THINK they might be entering in years. Here is your office, do your thing, there is no product to be made yet.
Microsoft doesn't want ANY other company to be growing so that it can be a threat. Even if they don't directly compete at the time.
That is one of my pet peeves. My rack boxes are 24" deep and they really only need to be 14". Where do I buy 1 and 2 U rack cases that are no more than 14" deep?
Please show me a computer that has been 'proven' correct, then I will accept that the machine 'obeying the laws of physics' will be trustable and correct.
Unfortunately, it doesn't exist. Beyond metastability, which always has a statistical probability to bite you in the foot, there is also the probability of a high energy photon, 'obeying the laws of physics' coming by and flipping a bit in your cpu's ALU. You can trust the machine to obey the laws of physics. You can't trust it to always be correct.
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Hey! Sounds like a great idea for my Snail Snog!
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But I run Quake3 ( for Urban Terror ) on Linux, and I bought the Windows Quake CD in order to do so. So as far as Carmack knows, I bought the windows version. But I didn't. I bought the Linux version.
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How much does downtime matter if the people are mostly playing solitare and blogging?
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Why should Microsoft have to file a certificate of correction? The process is wrong - What if Microsoft decided 'Hey, we are going to keep the patent. You just try to take it back'. It is the patent office's mistake.
<tinfoilhat place="on">What if the copies of Microsoft Office that were sold to the Patent Office were given a hidden feature of inserting Microsoft into patents that matched specific keywords?</tinfoilhat>
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It is easy to get that impression, most people say they got it 15+ years ago.
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And now, you will forever be known as the person who coined the term. !!!
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IANAG (i am not a geneticist) but isn't one of the 'features' of DNA the ability to be duplicated easily with a 'Polymerase Chain Reaction'?
Plus, DNA strands that can get into a healthy cell sometimes can be amalgamated? There were reports of lab mice getting genes from the food that they ate (with radioactive isotopes to allow tracing).
--jeff++
How come for me in the top right corner of the 'new' lycos page it lists the top 10 searches as being:
The Lycos 50Most Searched Bush
George W. Bush
Barney Bush
Sophia Bush
Jeb Bush
Laura Bush
Kate Bush
Barbara Bush
Jenna Bush
George H.W Bush
Millie Bush
HUH? How could that be true??? or are peopl just searching for 'Bush' expecting pr0n?
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I disagree with that. The Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio compiler for the C67xx series DSP's is WAY more complicated and truely scary in how amazing the optimizer is - Even the assembler has optimization flags....
see docs here
I belive now there are more tools to graphically analyze optimization bottlenecks.
I love GCC though and appreciate the multi-platform optimization issues that arise. I believe what we need are computer languages that are more 'optimizable' than C and C++ are - Especially when you look at alternate architectures like the c6701 DSP (8 parallel execution units manually pipelined) and other vector based processors like altivec. These architectures don't fit the PDP-11 cpu style that C was meant for.
--jeff++
Maybe the real problem is PEOPLE themselves. The people who put the crap up, and the people who actually fall for it. When the internet started the people were all focused on specific research. Now it is a tv replacement.
--jeff++
Not only that, what if it isn't even firmware? Like an FPGA xilinx data file?
--jeff++
They have been doing this for some time. Hiring prominent programmers in markets that they THINK they might be entering in years. Here is your office, do your thing, there is no product to be made yet.
Microsoft doesn't want ANY other company to be growing so that it can be a threat. Even if they don't directly compete at the time.
--jeff++
Do you think that she was trying a little too hard to convince you that she wasn't a spy?
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Damn right, take your financial state in your own hands and be self-employed. People seem to be trained to 'find a job' when they can just 'make one'.
:-)
Although some people like being the 'eternal victim' of the 'horrible boss'.
Me, I victimize myself!
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Wow! Thank you for that very interesting tidbit of information. I didn't realize the historic connection!
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That is one of my pet peeves. My rack boxes are 24" deep and they really only need to be 14". Where do I buy 1 and 2 U rack cases that are no more than 14" deep?
--jeff++
Nobody ever said to Bill, "Here Bill, we trust you not to abuse us".
What we said was: "Bill, please allow us to buy Windows 95! Here is our money! We will even stand in a lineup at midnight for it!"
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Please show me a computer that has been 'proven' correct, then I will accept that the machine 'obeying the laws of physics' will be trustable and correct.
Unfortunately, it doesn't exist. Beyond metastability, which always has a statistical probability to bite you in the foot, there is also the probability of a high energy photon, 'obeying the laws of physics' coming by and flipping a bit in your cpu's ALU. You can trust the machine to obey the laws of physics. You can't trust it to always be correct.
--jeff++
Digital electronics can make mistakes too!
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Good Point.
But are you watching the advertisements?
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My new realization is: A fool and his money are best parted. The last thing you want are bunches of fools with effective personal or political power.
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Why didn't anyone tell me that before I decided to get married? It was hell until I got divorced.
--jeff++
I thought the reference to simcity was 'product placement'!
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How long until Versign sues ISC?
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You don't even need a network bootable rom. The bios on epia boards support PXE booting.
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