Being a pedantic jerk, EEPROM and flash are NOT distinct technologies. They are, in fact, nearly identical. All flash memory parts are EEPROM, but the converse may not be true. There isn't any generally accepted formal definition of "flash memory" that can be used to definitively determine whether a particular EEPROM is a flash memory. "Flash" is in fact mostly a marketing term.
One particular form of flash memory, NAND flash, uses a structure that is distinct from most other kinds of EEPROM. NOR flash, on the other hand, uses essentially the same structure as EEPROMs that predated the introduction of the term "flash".
One distinction that is sometimes used is that flash memory usually has a coarser erasure granularity than other EEPROMs, but this is not universally true.
Both ATI (AMD) and nVidia have come around to the right idea,
When did nVidia come around? If there's been any release of technical documentation on their chips, or any promise of it, I've somehow managed to miss the news.
The only way it's going to work well is if no one uses the group account directly, but rather all of the email it receives is forwarded to the individual accounts of the members. Then each member can organize the mail however he or she sees fit.
Since 1998, it has been legal to buy drugs in other countries without a US prescription, and bring small quantities (up to a three month supply) into the US for your own personal use. The FDA implemented the law via their Coverage of Personal Importations regulations.
Many people go to Mexico to do this, as there are many drugs that require prescriptions here but are available over-the-counter in Mexico, including the equivalent of Provigil.
Note that this generally does NOT include narcotics, and trying to buy narcotics without a prescription in Mexico and bring them into the US will get you into a LOT of trouble.
I'm not advocating this, and there may be some pitfalls.
But the humans won't stop there. They'll make bigger boards and bigger nails, and soon, they will make a board with a nail so big, it will destroy them all!
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The legal fess are part of what they would expect it to cost to litigate.
The decision isn't that hard: We can settle for $S. If we take it to court, there is Pw probability of winning, at a cost of $W (possibly negative), and Pl probability of losing, at a cost of $L. Expected cost of litigating in court, $C, is thus Pw*$W + Pl*$L.
The only case I've heard of where something like that happened had nothing to do with "less paper work" or "public opinion"; it was because the company was seeking funding and it looked better to investors (who are NOT "public opinion") if there wasn't pending litigation.
The executives have a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders, and "less paper work" or "public opinion" will never trump that.
Presumably Actiontec settled it for less than they thought it would cost to take it to court. There's little incentive to settle for more than that amount.
Perhaps because being based in Taiwan, they don't have problems dealing with the idiotic US crypto export regulations the way AMD and Intel do.
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Apple had Unix well before that: A/UX. It was actually pretty nice for its time.
I guess I can stop waiting for Linux support
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They've had a Linux version of their SDK for a long time, but it was a software-only version and didn't support their hardware. Given NVidia's lack of enthusiasm for Linux, I suppose if there was any chance that Ageia might have listened to those of us that wanted hardware support on Linux, it's gone now.
Mineral sequestration seems plausible, but doesn't require pumping anything into the ground.
I'm still not convinced that there's any good reason to believe that CO2 we pump into depleted gas fields will stay there. The gas didn't stay there once we drilled into it, and now there's less likelihood that anything will stay there. It's not obvious why we should expect CO2 to stay disolved in saline aquifers, either.
I don't know the details of their plan, but it seems unlikely to me that there can be any realistic expectation that when you pump CO2 into the ground, however deep, that it's going to stay there.
In the 1960s, Rocky Mountain Arsenal tried to get rid of waste by pumping it into the ground. When they started doing that, there was an increase in seismic activity in the region, including several earthquakes that caused significant damage. When they finally stopped doing it, the seismic activity tapered off.
I said it was possible to tap the cable without loss of connectivity. I never said that it was possible to cut the cable without loss of connectivity, as that would be a contradiction in terms.
This means that it's unlikely that the cut would be due to the U.S. government installing a tap, as some conspiracy theorists have suggested.
If the US wanted to tap the cable, they'd just use the submarine USS Jimmy Carter, which was retrofitted a few years back to perform exactly these sort of operations. They'd do it without any detected loss of connectivity.
Last year at this time was the beginning of a 31-year countdown to the Y2038 problem. This time next year will be the beginning of a 29-year countdown. There's nothing special about 30 years.
A proprietary standard that isn't better in any meaningful way than an existing non-proprietary standard. Yeah, that sounds really great. Maybe they can use a Memory Stick as the interface to it, and I'll be happy to tell them where they can Stick it.
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Yes, it's been done in Conway's "Life" cellular automata.
One particular form of flash memory, NAND flash, uses a structure that is distinct from most other kinds of EEPROM. NOR flash, on the other hand, uses essentially the same structure as EEPROMs that predated the introduction of the term "flash".
One distinction that is sometimes used is that flash memory usually has a coarser erasure granularity than other EEPROMs, but this is not universally true.
The only way it's going to work well is if no one uses the group account directly, but rather all of the email it receives is forwarded to the individual accounts of the members. Then each member can organize the mail however he or she sees fit.
Many people go to Mexico to do this, as there are many drugs that require prescriptions here but are available over-the-counter in Mexico, including the equivalent of Provigil.
Note that this generally does NOT include narcotics, and trying to buy narcotics without a prescription in Mexico and bring them into the US will get you into a LOT of trouble.
I'm not advocating this, and there may be some pitfalls.
The decision isn't that hard: We can settle for $S. If we take it to court, there is Pw probability of winning, at a cost of $W (possibly negative), and Pl probability of losing, at a cost of $L. Expected cost of litigating in court, $C, is thus Pw*$W + Pl*$L.
if $S < $C
settle
else
litigate
The executives have a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders, and "less paper work" or "public opinion" will never trump that.
Presumably Actiontec settled it for less than they thought it would cost to take it to court. There's little incentive to settle for more than that amount.
And Scientific American magazine documented it in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
Like what they used the supercomputer to calculate? I already RTFA, and tried a Google search.
Perhaps because being based in Taiwan, they don't have problems dealing with the idiotic US crypto export regulations the way AMD and Intel do.
Apple had Unix well before that: A/UX. It was actually pretty nice for its time.
They've had a Linux version of their SDK for a long time, but it was a software-only version and didn't support their hardware. Given NVidia's lack of enthusiasm for Linux, I suppose if there was any chance that Ageia might have listened to those of us that wanted hardware support on Linux, it's gone now.
Yes, but that's only done with the expectation that it will stay there for a few years, not hundreds or more.
I'm still not convinced that there's any good reason to believe that CO2 we pump into depleted gas fields will stay there. The gas didn't stay there once we drilled into it, and now there's less likelihood that anything will stay there. It's not obvious why we should expect CO2 to stay disolved in saline aquifers, either.
In the 1960s, Rocky Mountain Arsenal tried to get rid of waste by pumping it into the ground. When they started doing that, there was an increase in seismic activity in the region, including several earthquakes that caused significant damage. When they finally stopped doing it, the seismic activity tapered off.
This means that it's unlikely that the cut would be due to the U.S. government installing a tap, as some conspiracy theorists have suggested.
Depends on how you define "retrofit". The MMP wasn't part of the plan for it when the keel was laid.
If the US wanted to tap the cable, they'd just use the submarine USS Jimmy Carter, which was retrofitted a few years back to perform exactly these sort of operations. They'd do it without any detected loss of connectivity.
The Ravenous Giant Rodent of Earth often makes a good meal for visiting tourists.
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Last year at this time was the beginning of a 31-year countdown to the Y2038 problem. This time next year will be the beginning of a 29-year countdown. There's nothing special about 30 years.
... my computer's shiny metal ass!
A proprietary standard that isn't better in any meaningful way than an existing non-proprietary standard. Yeah, that sounds really great. Maybe they can use a Memory Stick as the interface to it, and I'll be happy to tell them where they can Stick it.
I, for one, welcome our lambent porcine overlords.