Until we can explain this "planetary scheme of things" I resent your statement that we do not matter. I believe, the universe created us so we can help make sense of itself.
I didn't read TFA but I would first send down a few up-aimed video cameras and a dummy. This is going to help him capture the fall and see if the dummy breaks-up when it hits the sound barrier. Kind of a dry run. If all goes well, he could then safely jump. At least, he will know the risks better. A trail of smoke thing sounds like a great idea but likely impractical.
Care to provide some references. My understanding is that RAMBUS had an exclusive design RDRAM which wasn't all that great mainly due to unfair competition from DDR producers.
"In 2004, it was revealed that SDRAM manufacturers Infineon, Hynix, Samsung, Micron, and Elpida had entered into a price-fixing scheme.[16] Infineon, Hynix, Samsung and Elpida all entered plea agreements with the US DOJ, pleading guilty to price fixing over 1999-2002.[17] They paid fines totalling over $700 million and numerous executives were sentenced to jail time.
Rambus has alleged that, as part of the conspiracy, the DRAM manufacturers acted to depress the price of DDR memory in an effort to prevent RDRAM from succeeding in the market. Those allegations are the subject of lawsuits by Rambus against the various companies."
nVidia knew very well they might be infringing, might have decided to take a chance and lost. There is no story here. If RAMBUS truly innovated, as decided by the courts, then they should be protected. If the RAMBUS way is the only way then pay or innovate.
Nonsense, for the difference in price, a hospital could easily purchase extra insurance. Better yet, have a third party apply its label on the wii balance board and sell it as medically approved OEM for just a few dollars more.
Twitter is the megaphone of social networks. I'm surprise this is the first such arrest being reported. He's gonna get a background check and will probably need to take some anger management courses. Airports do not like being intimidated.
Radio Frequencies are being emitted all the time, covering probably the entire spectrum. If you live in a city, you are likely being exposed to several thousand kilowatts of EM waves. Since I am not an antenna, I can't pick up any of them. They just bounce or pass through my body, just like sound waves.
If he's allergic to wi-fi, he's allergic to life. Cosmic rays are much nastier, not to mention all those nasty neutrinos going through our body every second.
The current shape of our entire universe is in fact a result of evolution by natural selection. Do you see any anti-matter out there? Hence the superiority of matter.
Well thanks to this ruling we can say goodbye to all remaining on board snacks. Guess I'll bring my own peanuts. Unless they will be considered a prohibited substance.
I wonder when our dear farmers are going to grow these allergy-free peanuts so we get over all this nonsense.
The idea that there are "white holes" on "the other side" of black holes is pretty much without support.
I'm pretty sure that even black holes are rather difficult to prove. Seriously, the center of the galaxy is awfully dense. I'm sure the science is rigorous but I'm sure other phenomenon can explain this observation. Guess, I'll have to get my astrophysics books out.
So terrorists buy/steal/make their own planes, fill it with explosives, paint it to the colours of commercial airliners and repeat 9/11. All they need is a few insiders working for the air traffic control to get the job done.
Sure, you are being rather hypothetical as Apple is in fact a huge company with innovative ideas. People do care what they'll come out with. So you don't make much of a point. Note that Google once was a small company. I first heard of them through an industry insider who said: "watch-out for this company called Google" in a web cast, "they have quite an interesting concept." Next thing you know, Altavista and Yahoo lost their leads as web search tools. Why did Google succeed? In my opinion, it was the reputation of their leaders as technical gurus and not traditional marketing types. The non obtrusiveness of their interface and their innovative monetization model also helped get them the lead.
Apple has a to know their next product will be a hit. These leaks provide an outlet and a low risk method of measuring acceptance. If reaction is negative, they never admit the leak and the idea is postponed, otherwise, it might go ahead. Too bad Segway didn't do the same thing. They would have probably not have spent so much in a product which is interesting but honestly not that compelling.
Well, given MS past record of intimidating PC vendors in installing their OS on all their systems, the perception of strong arming others continues. I for one will ask for OO integration.
I thought the US had exclusivity on world saving. At least so it goes in the movies. No wonder they feel insulted by the Russian plan. Better die proud than join the Russians.
The real evil here is not the features of MS Office but how it becomes integrated with third party applications. There are a number of "gold" or "platinum" Microsoft partners providing integration with business systems who will not support anything but MS products as they fear reprimend from MS should they support a product from "the enemy." I think MS should have been split a long time ago.
Lies or deception coming from government or from lobby groups are the same. It should not be tolerated. I'm glad our government is taking action and I would expect the same from anyone who is being misrepresented. This is not a freedom of speech issue but a trade name issue.
I measure quality programmers (I'm old school) on their ability to stick to the requirements, provide accurate estimates, produce peer reviewed code that gets the job done. There's always version +x.1 for adding efficiencies.
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Until we can explain this "planetary scheme of things" I resent your statement that we do not matter. I believe, the universe created us so we can help make sense of itself.
Mod above funny. Yes, it DOES matter!
Bullshit just doesn't translate very well.
Maybe just "bull" is better, i.e. picobull kilobulls petabulls...
I didn't read TFA but I would first send down a few up-aimed video cameras and a dummy. This is going to help him capture the fall and see if the dummy breaks-up when it hits the sound barrier. Kind of a dry run. If all goes well, he could then safely jump. At least, he will know the risks better. A trail of smoke thing sounds like a great idea but likely impractical.
Care to provide some references. My understanding is that RAMBUS had an exclusive design RDRAM which wasn't all that great mainly due to unfair competition from DDR producers.
"In 2004, it was revealed that SDRAM manufacturers Infineon, Hynix, Samsung, Micron, and Elpida had entered into a price-fixing scheme .[16] Infineon, Hynix, Samsung and Elpida all entered plea agreements with the US DOJ, pleading guilty to price fixing over 1999-2002.[17] They paid fines totalling over $700 million and numerous executives were sentenced to jail time.
Rambus has alleged that, as part of the conspiracy, the DRAM manufacturers acted to depress the price of DDR memory in an effort to prevent RDRAM from succeeding in the market. Those allegations are the subject of lawsuits by Rambus against the various companies."
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nVidia knew very well they might be infringing, might have decided to take a chance and lost. There is no story here. If RAMBUS truly innovated, as decided by the courts, then they should be protected. If the RAMBUS way is the only way then pay or innovate.
That would be Ken(tm), if I recall correctly, G.I. Joe(tm) was not interested in Barbie(tm).
Nonsense, for the difference in price, a hospital could easily purchase extra insurance. Better yet, have a third party apply its label on the wii balance board and sell it as medically approved OEM for just a few dollars more.
Twitter is the megaphone of social networks. I'm surprise this is the first such arrest being reported. He's gonna get a background check and will probably need to take some anger management courses. Airports do not like being intimidated.
Sure but dude, he's looking for an intelligent girlfriend. No intelligent woman will try to prove him wrong.
Radio Frequencies are being emitted all the time, covering probably the entire spectrum. If you live in a city, you are likely being exposed to several thousand kilowatts of EM waves. Since I am not an antenna, I can't pick up any of them. They just bounce or pass through my body, just like sound waves.
If he's allergic to wi-fi, he's allergic to life. Cosmic rays are much nastier, not to mention all those nasty neutrinos going through our body every second.
The current shape of our entire universe is in fact a result of evolution by natural selection. Do you see any anti-matter out there? Hence the superiority of matter.
They used to sell cigarettes on airliners, if someone else is getting a nut free zone I want my smoking zone back.
It might work if you can convince the government that nicotine addiction is a disability.
Can't they just Google their questions?
Well thanks to this ruling we can say goodbye to all remaining on board snacks. Guess I'll bring my own peanuts. Unless they will be considered a prohibited substance.
I wonder when our dear farmers are going to grow these allergy-free peanuts so we get over all this nonsense.
The idea that there are "white holes" on "the other side" of black holes is pretty much without support.
I'm pretty sure that even black holes are rather difficult to prove. Seriously, the center of the galaxy is awfully dense. I'm sure the science is rigorous but I'm sure other phenomenon can explain this observation. Guess, I'll have to get my astrophysics books out.
So terrorists buy/steal/make their own planes, fill it with explosives, paint it to the colours of commercial airliners and repeat 9/11. All they need is a few insiders working for the air traffic control to get the job done.
if Apple were a smaller company
Sure, you are being rather hypothetical as Apple is in fact a huge company with innovative ideas. People do care what they'll come out with. So you don't make much of a point. Note that Google once was a small company. I first heard of them through an industry insider who said: "watch-out for this company called Google" in a web cast, "they have quite an interesting concept." Next thing you know, Altavista and Yahoo lost their leads as web search tools. Why did Google succeed? In my opinion, it was the reputation of their leaders as technical gurus and not traditional marketing types. The non obtrusiveness of their interface and their innovative monetization model also helped get them the lead.
Apple has a to know their next product will be a hit. These leaks provide an outlet and a low risk method of measuring acceptance. If reaction is negative, they never admit the leak and the idea is postponed, otherwise, it might go ahead. Too bad Segway didn't do the same thing. They would have probably not have spent so much in a product which is interesting but honestly not that compelling.
My bad: Try this one.
Folks, black holes do not exist. Why panic?
Well, given MS past record of intimidating PC vendors in installing their OS on all their systems, the perception of strong arming others continues. I for one will ask for OO integration.
I thought the US had exclusivity on world saving. At least so it goes in the movies. No wonder they feel insulted by the Russian plan. Better die proud than join the Russians.
The real evil here is not the features of MS Office but how it becomes integrated with third party applications. There are a number of "gold" or "platinum" Microsoft partners providing integration with business systems who will not support anything but MS products as they fear reprimend from MS should they support a product from "the enemy." I think MS should have been split a long time ago.
Lies or deception coming from government or from lobby groups are the same. It should not be tolerated. I'm glad our government is taking action and I would expect the same from anyone who is being misrepresented. This is not a freedom of speech issue but a trade name issue.
I measure quality programmers (I'm old school) on their ability to stick to the requirements, provide accurate estimates, produce peer reviewed code that gets the job done. There's always version +x.1 for adding efficiencies.