Microsoft executive Ty Carlson spoke about the future of Windows recently during a panel discussion at the Future in Review 2007 conference held in San Diego, California. Carlson said that future versions of Windows would have to be "fundamentally different" in order to take full advantage of future CPUs that will contain many processing cores.
"You're going to see in excess of eight, 16, 64 and beyond processors on your client computer," said Carlson, whose job title is director of technical strategy at Microsoft. Windows Vista, he said, was "designed to run on one, two, maybe four processors."
Personally, I love tab sites, and I think they should continue. But the argument that it's reverse engineering is not a way to fight this fight. The problem with the reverse engineering argument is that reverse engineering is a way to get around a patent. Songs aren't protected by patents, they are protected under copyright.
On top of that, the process isn't even the same. Reverse engineering takes place in clean rooms where the reverse engineering team are shielded from the actual product they're trying to copy. Not the case with transcribing a song - the transcriber listens to the song, so the transcriber is contaminated. The only way the concept of reverse engineering could even work would be if the person who did the transcription never listened to the song. Not going to happen. Transcribing a song is like listening to an audiobook, typing the words into your laptop and calling it an original work.
Tron's legacy was in moving computer-generated visuals into the realm of storytelling.
Sadly, there was not a lot of compelling storytelling in that movie. The script was pretty bad, as was much of the acting (my opinion of course)
Tron opened against ET, and it bombed at the box office. Some people say that Tron's failure at the box office set back CG animation by 10 years. Most studios back then saw the technology as expensive and not worth the investment. Only after CG got it's feet wet in commercials and broadcast in the 80's did the movie studios embrace it again.
If more people did that, it would become a loosing proposition for the stores. ...I did that too, so did my neighbor. But I wonder why CompUSA closed all those stores?
That's easier to say than to do, or more importantly, to convince everyone else to do
True, particularly today.
I have an idea... perhaps if some entity, oh... say like our government steps in, restricts carbon emissions, and provides incentives for alternative fuels, this would be a lot easier.
But then again, what am I thinking? Who in the world would want our government to do anything to restrict oil consumption when it just spent so much of our hard earned money occupying those oil fields in Iraq? Oil should be cheap, right? Oh, wait...
No matter how efficient an internal combustion engine gets, it will still emit carbon dioxide. While this technology might help an engine spew less carbon dioxide, it's still a dead end -- kind of like putting lipstick on a pig.
Put the effort into other forms of energy and we'll be a lot better off a lot more quickly.
In March, 2006, Briton Karl Bushby and French American adventurer Dimitri Kieffer crossed the strait on foot, walking across a frozen 90 km (56 mile) section in 15 days. (BBC)
But, I guess after the ice caps melt, this will no longer be possible.
Growing fuel in the dirt is very hard on the planet. Not only does it suck up a lot of land (on top of what we already need to grow food) it also covers that land with one single crop that needs all sorts of nasty things such as pesticides and fertilizers.
The best bet for biofuels is something that has less of an impact on the soil and the planet, such as algae based biofuels. Algae is grown in tanks, so the process requires less land, and any chemicals used in the process can be contained so it isn't spread over open land.
Face to face time is certainly important, but I'm always amazed at how differently people remember conversations, and how quickly people forget key parts of those conversations. Without some sort of record, it's hard to pin people down on what actually transpired. Email is less personal, but at least you have a written record.
For important things, you always have to follow up the conversation with an email just to keep things straight. (unless you're in politics, then you should never use email so you won't get caught in your lies)
No create it a the center of the scene like every other peice of 3d software known to man" is just crazy to me.
Maya changed this "feature" in version 7 because people complained so much, and 3DS Max has always created objects at the cursor. Not sure about every other package, but personally, I think creating objects in the center adds steps, because you have to first create the object, then move it to where it needs to be.
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The founders of Google also have money invested in Tesla.
From a recent article:
r osoft-exec-next-version-of-windows-to-be-fundament ally-redesigned.html
Microsoft executive Ty Carlson spoke about the future of Windows recently during a panel discussion at the Future in Review 2007 conference held in San Diego, California. Carlson said that future versions of Windows would have to be "fundamentally different" in order to take full advantage of future CPUs that will contain many processing cores.
"You're going to see in excess of eight, 16, 64 and beyond processors on your client computer," said Carlson, whose job title is director of technical strategy at Microsoft. Windows Vista, he said, was "designed to run on one, two, maybe four processors."
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070529-mic
So, if Windows is only designed for two or four processors, why even consider eight?
Of course, that's Microsoft... How does OSX and Linux handle eight processors?
One catch.
If you drive carefully, a $200K automobile is still worth approx $200K 90 minutes after you buy it.
Virgin is charging $200K a flight, these people are planning to charge a little more. Makes me want to ask a few market related questions:
a) How many people can afford to spend over $200K for a 90 minute thrill ride?
b) How many of those people would actually buy a ticket?
Seems like these companies are chasing after a very small market.
From dictionary.com
transcribe
1. to make a written copy, esp. a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transcribe
If you're good at transcribing, then by definition, it is a copy. Making copies is protected by copyright, that's why it's called a "copy-right".
In other words, it's not yours and it's not an "original work"
Personally, I love tab sites, and I think they should continue. But the argument that it's reverse engineering is not a way to fight this fight. The problem with the reverse engineering argument is that reverse engineering is a way to get around a patent. Songs aren't protected by patents, they are protected under copyright.
On top of that, the process isn't even the same. Reverse engineering takes place in clean rooms where the reverse engineering team are shielded from the actual product they're trying to copy. Not the case with transcribing a song - the transcriber listens to the song, so the transcriber is contaminated. The only way the concept of reverse engineering could even work would be if the person who did the transcription never listened to the song. Not going to happen. Transcribing a song is like listening to an audiobook, typing the words into your laptop and calling it an original work.
Not to hijack the thread, but I love Al Gore's stories.
So there.
Tron's legacy was in moving computer-generated visuals into the realm of storytelling.
Sadly, there was not a lot of compelling storytelling in that movie. The script was pretty bad, as was much of the acting (my opinion of course)
Tron opened against ET, and it bombed at the box office. Some people say that Tron's failure at the box office set back CG animation by 10 years. Most studios back then saw the technology as expensive and not worth the investment. Only after CG got it's feet wet in commercials and broadcast in the 80's did the movie studios embrace it again.
If more people did that, it would become a loosing proposition for the stores. ...I did that too, so did my neighbor. But I wonder why CompUSA closed all those stores?
Put the man who owns the internet out of business
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http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/23/22
That's easier to say than to do, or more importantly, to convince everyone else to do
True, particularly today.
I have an idea... perhaps if some entity, oh... say like our government steps in, restricts carbon emissions, and provides incentives for alternative fuels, this would be a lot easier.
But then again, what am I thinking? Who in the world would want our government to do anything to restrict oil consumption when it just spent so much of our hard earned money occupying those oil fields in Iraq? Oil should be cheap, right? Oh, wait...
No matter how efficient an internal combustion engine gets, it will still emit carbon dioxide. While this technology might help an engine spew less carbon dioxide, it's still a dead end -- kind of like putting lipstick on a pig.
Put the effort into other forms of energy and we'll be a lot better off a lot more quickly.
Are you looking at me?
I'm sure Travis Bickle would have something to say about this...
IMO, a better breakthrough would be to see if apes have some sort of moral code
Why? Because humans actually have some sort of moral code? I think most scientific research has proved otherwise.
...even have a glovebox?
The subsequent release of carbon would be detrimental to the planet.
...in IT jobs who've never seen a woman naked outside of an LCD screen.
From wikipedia:
In March, 2006, Briton Karl Bushby and French American adventurer Dimitri Kieffer crossed the strait on foot, walking across a frozen 90 km (56 mile) section in 15 days. (BBC)
But, I guess after the ice caps melt, this will no longer be possible.
Growing fuel in the dirt is very hard on the planet. Not only does it suck up a lot of land (on top of what we already need to grow food) it also covers that land with one single crop that needs all sorts of nasty things such as pesticides and fertilizers.
The best bet for biofuels is something that has less of an impact on the soil and the planet, such as algae based biofuels. Algae is grown in tanks, so the process requires less land, and any chemicals used in the process can be contained so it isn't spread over open land.
If you eat oatmeal the day before, you'll have all the dark fiber you'll need.
I really don't want to turn the phone over to access the other half of the functionality.
What interface guru thought that up?
Face to face time is certainly important, but I'm always amazed at how differently people remember conversations, and how quickly people forget key parts of those conversations. Without some sort of record, it's hard to pin people down on what actually transpired. Email is less personal, but at least you have a written record.
For important things, you always have to follow up the conversation with an email just to keep things straight. (unless you're in politics, then you should never use email so you won't get caught in your lies)
...at least it won't drive 1000 miles wearing a diaper and try and kidnap another astronaut.
...correction - Maya changed it in version 8.
No create it a the center of the scene like every other peice of 3d software known to man" is just crazy to me.
Maya changed this "feature" in version 7 because people complained so much, and 3DS Max has always created objects at the cursor. Not sure about every other package, but personally, I think creating objects in the center adds steps, because you have to first create the object, then move it to where it needs to be.