Steve Job's Next Computers Inc. had this ability built into the OS at it's inception, 1985 I believe. It's called the alpha channel now as it was then. I signed NDAs covering this in 1990 pertaining to derivative work applying the principal to Motion JPEGs and work by CCube, I think it was. Apple Inc. bought Next a few years back.
accordinging to the article it's not entirely clear what happened.
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"There was some sort of system glitch," said Andrew Goldman, executive vice president of Instinet Group. "We are trying to figure out precisely what it was and who caused it. It appears that the result was an unintended effect on the stock in question."
Other market officials said that the sell order apparently went into an electronic loop, endlessly repeating. Then automatic systems sprayed those orders throughout the market. . . .
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IIRC
It's technically not an email until you hit the send button.
R.I.P.
I'm sure there will be civil suits filed against the officer and his employer regarding improper training, supervision, etc.
Good idea, and base light feedback on the likelihood of paths intersecting in addition to proximity.
We have stdio.h why not stddraw.h ?? It's not like stdin/stdout are not system/hardware independant.
ditto
If I recall correctly that was Sybase, not Ingres.
Citation please.
Bunk space for 12 and a microwave is more then adequate.
or they changed the Zone once to many times on that DVD they boot from.
Has anyone looked on the opposite side of the planet?
Long Horn me thinks
Steve Job's Next Computers Inc. had this ability built into the OS at it's inception, 1985 I believe. It's called the alpha channel now as it was then. I signed NDAs covering this in 1990 pertaining to derivative work applying the principal to Motion JPEGs and work by CCube, I think it was. Apple Inc. bought Next a few years back.
accordinging to the article it's not entirely clear what happened.
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"There was some sort of system glitch," said Andrew Goldman, executive vice president of Instinet Group. "We are trying to figure out precisely what it was and who caused it. It appears that the result was an unintended effect on the stock in question."
Other market officials said that the sell order apparently went into an electronic loop, endlessly repeating. Then automatic systems sprayed those orders throughout the market.
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Just have the defendants install Windows 2020 and call it euthanasia.