4. How do they train these hackers? Even the privileged N. Korean students don't learn anything at all about the internet, for fear of western subversion.
5. Kim-Jong Il trusts 600 N. Koreans with the internet even though the last I heard, he was the only one with access to it in N. Korea?
This article may be somewhat outdated as it refers to the senate hearings initiated by Senator Joseph Lieberman. However, it addresses the violence in video game issue very well.
Under section 261 of the patent statute 35 USC: "patents shall have the attributes of personal property" Patents are taxable, and they allow the owner the "right to exclude". The state may therefore, take such patents provided that the owner receives just compensation AND that the patent will be subject to public use, just as if it had seized your land.
A case from 1934 in City of Milwaukee v. Activated Sluge Inc. demonstrates this. A patented invention for treating sewege was infringed upon by the city of Milwaukee. The US court of appeals, however, refused to grant an injunction against future infringement because of its desire to protect the health of the community. Although it wasn't exactly a good ruling, if the patentee were to completely withhold from the city the right to use that process (he wished for more royalty in this case), the state could use the power of eminent domain to allow the city to continue using the patent.
This may be redundant, but have you tried Povray? It's very easy to learn, and even if you have lousy artistic skills, you can generate some amazing images with it.
This may be redundant, but did anyone suggest trying to learn Povray? It's not that hard to learn, and with it, you can create some amazing images very easily, even if you are terrible at art.
However, it's a rendering program, so perhaps using it for icons and sprites is an overkill.
But not so soon. IBM was having trouble making money off of their HDDs, simply because it's a small profit commodity, a thing that IBM doesn't do to well, even though their hard drives are really good. I remember when I was a summer intern at IBM, one co-worker jokingly said "IBM is number 3 in the hard drive business! Good thing we're not #1, else we'd be losing even more money!" My co-workers agreed that IBM can't do small profit large manufacturing operations, and they also thought that this would happen. At that time, I heard that IBM was selling drives at almost cost.
Although, I really wonder what will happen to the people who work in storage....
Damn, where are these "students"? I need to find out why their internet connection is so good. UCLA's internet connection sucks hardcore.
Or perhaps they're the ones hogging all the bandwidth?! Damn them!
Memo in IBM today
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To: IBM Colleagues
From: L.V. Gerstner, Jr.
Subject: Update on Tuesday's Events
Dear Colleague:
I want to update you on where we are and what we've done since Tuesday's
tragic events.
First, and most important, we have accounted for all but a handful of our IBM
colleagues who might have been in New York City or Washington, D.C., when
the terrorists struck. Of course, we will not stop until we have accounted for
every one of our people. I know each of us is hoping and praying for a good
outcome.
Sadly, as we have reported on w3, we received confirmation on Wednesday
that one of our colleagues was aboard one of the hijacked airliners. I know
all of us are deeply grieved by this news. In addition, we have been learning
of IBMers whose family members were killed or injured. Moments ago, I
heard from an IBM colleague whose daughter was also on one of the hijacked
planes.
Words fail to convey my sadness when I hear such devastating news, but on
behalf of all IBMers worldwide, I wish to express our condolences to the
family and friends of all those who have lost loved ones.
Let me update you on what we are doing to help customers. You may be
surprised to learn that more than 1,200 IBM customers were located in the
World Trade Center or within a two-block radius. Hundreds of them have
contacted us since Tuesday morning. Currently, we're managing or have
already resolved 20 full-blown emergency situations. We're rolling in large
servers, thousands of ThinkPads and workstations; we're providing thousands
of square feet of data center capacity; re-creating data processing
environments that were destroyed; and relocating customers' operations to
IBM facilities. In addition, we are helping various disaster relief organizations
with IBM products and assistance. Thousands of our colleagues are on the
case, and the work proceeds around the clock.
I continue to receive hundreds of notes from IBMers all over the world. I trust
you understand that I cannot respond to each of them, but I want you to
know that I read every one. I have been deeply moved by the outpouring of
concern and, most of all, your compassionate offers to help in any way
possible.
There are plenty of opportunities for individuals to help. Those of you who
have offered your time and skills may yet be called on, so stand by. Many
have asked if we're going to run blood drives at IBM facilities. We have been
in contact with the Red Cross and have been advised that the best way to
provide blood is to donate it at the local community level. As it happens,
several IBM locations in the U.S. were planning blood drives this week and
next. These will proceed.
A number of relief funds have been established by government and volunteer
agencies, and I know from your notes IBMers will be extraordinarily generous,
as you have been in a number of prior national emergencies. We will provide
on w3 information on ways individuals can contribute.
A special fund, called The September 11th Fund, has been established in New
York City by various organizations, including the United Way. This fund will
deliver financial services and assistance to those who were affected by
Tuesday's catastrophe. IBM has pledged $5 million in cash, technology and
technical assistance to this fund. This is in addition to the uncountable
product and human assistance IBM is providing to other agencies and
organizations to help them manage through the crisis.
As I wrote to you on Tuesday, the most important thing any of us can do is
take care of the job at hand and keep IBM moving forward. I ask you to
remain focused on your customers, your job -- wherever you are in the world
-- and trust that the local teams in New York and Washington, D.C., will
reach out for all the additional assistance they need.
Your concern and self-sacrificing spirit make me so proud of our company and
of each other. Let's stay focused, and stay together.
That's where you're slightly wrong. One thing (there are others, I believe) that set RDRAM slightly apart from normal DRAM is delayed gate technology. Rambus was the first to incorporate this into their DRAM, which is what makes RDRAM move faster (even though it seems like it shouldn't, move data faster by putting a "stop light" to tell data to stop(!!!) and go?! WTF?!). This was unique to RDRAM only; in fact, it was a fundamental patent. When Infineon incorporated this into SDRAM without paying royalties, that's when Rambus got pissed.
They believe what they are doing is protecting their inventions. I mean, to them, SDRAM is just an extention of RDRAM (incorporates such things like Delay Gate technology), which is why they should extend their claims to SDRAM. Infineon then claims no, they invented it first, and shouldn't have to pay for anything.
At the end, it will just rely on prior art, and in that case, Rambus seriously believes that it can win (at least, for DDR DRAM). This is what I hear from a bunch of Rambus employees.
Come on, everyone knows that Crafty is the best Chess AI out there. I mean, it can consistently beat humans, even Grandmasters, and has a much better algorithim. Fritz is gonna get killed by Kramnik.
When they tried Fritz in the Dutch tourney, it did ok, but produced some interesting games that displayed its stupidity. Like when Piket beat it, the rest of the grandmasters said "What the heck are you doing? You wouldn't play against a human like that! You'd get killed!" Or when Khalifman was losing badly, he said, "Maybe if I feed it pawns, it will do something stupid." And the computer drew a won game.
Strangely, Chess AIs seem to draw/lose to rat defenses (which no one in his right mind would do against a human). Only Crafty seems to beat that.
I actually work in the patent licensing division of my company. And to tell you the truth, most companies (except for a few of the super big ones) do NOT wish to go to court, even the ones trying to patent enforce. It is too costly for both sides, and it turns it into a lose-lose situation. Of the big companies that I have seen, only TI is not scared to litigate (but then again, they do spend 250 million a year on lawyer fees alone).
Patent enforcement may be going downhill, but I still think it's respectable. IBM, as an example, is quite fair (they do use all their patents), and they charge relatively little. If it weren't for patent enforcement, many companies would lose their products and might end up having to PAY for their own inventions. Look at what everyone is doing off of Stuart Parkin's MTJ patents, for example. It's as if they treated Parkin like he didn't exist.
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What will happen to all those cool movie scenes where people kick down doors and bust in with guns blazing?
I can see it now.
Billy Bob
Level: 25
Max Depth: 6 feet
Turns: 1002395872357
Exp: 2398579837
Killed by a fluffy cat in dark alleyway.
Worked for me too.
After watching MacGyver for the first time, I made hand grenades out of pine cones and lit fires with soda cans. It made science fun.
Nah, I think that title goes to Manos: Hands of Fate
No matter what yardstick you use to measure a bad movie by, this movie will still suck. Not even the "so bad that it's good" excuse can save it.
After all, it's future events such as these that affect us in the future!
Nah, I think you're referring to Solaranite!
:)
All we have to do is figure out how to detonate the sun's rays
4. How do they train these hackers? Even the privileged N. Korean students don't learn anything at all about the internet, for fear of western subversion.
5. Kim-Jong Il trusts 600 N. Koreans with the internet even though the last I heard, he was the only one with access to it in N. Korea?
When will the genius of Ed Wood finally be recognized?
In Soviet Russia, Websites attack you!
Article by Sirlin, a game designer
This article may be somewhat outdated as it refers to the senate hearings initiated by Senator Joseph Lieberman. However, it addresses the violence in video game issue very well.
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=140741&thr eshold=0&commentsort=0&tid=155&tid=123&mode=thread &cid=11791142
I posted this just now, but yes, patents ARE considered to be equivalent to property, and therefore subject to eminent domain.
It helps to actually know the patent law.
Under section 261 of the patent statute 35 USC: "patents shall have the attributes of personal property" Patents are taxable, and they allow the owner the "right to exclude". The state may therefore, take such patents provided that the owner receives just compensation AND that the patent will be subject to public use, just as if it had seized your land.
A case from 1934 in City of Milwaukee v. Activated Sluge Inc. demonstrates this. A patented invention for treating sewege was infringed upon by the city of Milwaukee. The US court of appeals, however, refused to grant an injunction against future infringement because of its desire to protect the health of the community. Although it wasn't exactly a good ruling, if the patentee were to completely withhold from the city the right to use that process (he wished for more royalty in this case), the state could use the power of eminent domain to allow the city to continue using the patent.
This may be redundant, but have you tried Povray? It's very easy to learn, and even if you have lousy artistic skills, you can generate some amazing images with it.
This may be redundant, but did anyone suggest trying to learn Povray? It's not that hard to learn, and with it, you can create some amazing images very easily, even if you are terrible at art.
However, it's a rendering program, so perhaps using it for icons and sprites is an overkill.
and switch to OS/2 Warp!
Am I the only one out there who still uses this OS?
But not so soon. IBM was having trouble making money off of their HDDs, simply because it's a small profit commodity, a thing that IBM doesn't do to well, even though their hard drives are really good. I remember when I was a summer intern at IBM, one co-worker jokingly said "IBM is number 3 in the hard drive business! Good thing we're not #1, else we'd be losing even more money!" My co-workers agreed that IBM can't do small profit large manufacturing operations, and they also thought that this would happen. At that time, I heard that IBM was selling drives at almost cost.
Although, I really wonder what will happen to the people who work in storage....
Damn, where are these "students"? I need to find out why their internet connection is so good. UCLA's internet connection sucks hardcore.
Or perhaps they're the ones hogging all the bandwidth?! Damn them!
To: IBM Colleagues
From: L.V. Gerstner, Jr.
Subject: Update on Tuesday's Events
Dear Colleague:
I want to update you on where we are and what we've done since Tuesday's
tragic events.
First, and most important, we have accounted for all but a handful of our IBM
colleagues who might have been in New York City or Washington, D.C., when
the terrorists struck. Of course, we will not stop until we have accounted for
every one of our people. I know each of us is hoping and praying for a good
outcome.
Sadly, as we have reported on w3, we received confirmation on Wednesday
that one of our colleagues was aboard one of the hijacked airliners. I know
all of us are deeply grieved by this news. In addition, we have been learning
of IBMers whose family members were killed or injured. Moments ago, I
heard from an IBM colleague whose daughter was also on one of the hijacked
planes.
Words fail to convey my sadness when I hear such devastating news, but on
behalf of all IBMers worldwide, I wish to express our condolences to the
family and friends of all those who have lost loved ones.
Let me update you on what we are doing to help customers. You may be
surprised to learn that more than 1,200 IBM customers were located in the
World Trade Center or within a two-block radius. Hundreds of them have
contacted us since Tuesday morning. Currently, we're managing or have
already resolved 20 full-blown emergency situations. We're rolling in large
servers, thousands of ThinkPads and workstations; we're providing thousands
of square feet of data center capacity; re-creating data processing
environments that were destroyed; and relocating customers' operations to
IBM facilities. In addition, we are helping various disaster relief organizations
with IBM products and assistance. Thousands of our colleagues are on the
case, and the work proceeds around the clock.
I continue to receive hundreds of notes from IBMers all over the world. I trust
you understand that I cannot respond to each of them, but I want you to
know that I read every one. I have been deeply moved by the outpouring of
concern and, most of all, your compassionate offers to help in any way
possible.
There are plenty of opportunities for individuals to help. Those of you who
have offered your time and skills may yet be called on, so stand by. Many
have asked if we're going to run blood drives at IBM facilities. We have been
in contact with the Red Cross and have been advised that the best way to
provide blood is to donate it at the local community level. As it happens,
several IBM locations in the U.S. were planning blood drives this week and
next. These will proceed.
A number of relief funds have been established by government and volunteer
agencies, and I know from your notes IBMers will be extraordinarily generous,
as you have been in a number of prior national emergencies. We will provide
on w3 information on ways individuals can contribute.
A special fund, called The September 11th Fund, has been established in New
York City by various organizations, including the United Way. This fund will
deliver financial services and assistance to those who were affected by
Tuesday's catastrophe. IBM has pledged $5 million in cash, technology and
technical assistance to this fund. This is in addition to the uncountable
product and human assistance IBM is providing to other agencies and
organizations to help them manage through the crisis.
As I wrote to you on Tuesday, the most important thing any of us can do is
take care of the job at hand and keep IBM moving forward. I ask you to
remain focused on your customers, your job -- wherever you are in the world
-- and trust that the local teams in New York and Washington, D.C., will
reach out for all the additional assistance they need.
Your concern and self-sacrificing spirit make me so proud of our company and
of each other. Let's stay focused, and stay together.
Yeah, definitely. Once, I met Garry Trudeau while playing bridge online. Damn, that man can play a good game of bridge!
That's where you're slightly wrong. One thing (there are others, I believe) that set RDRAM slightly apart from normal DRAM is delayed gate technology. Rambus was the first to incorporate this into their DRAM, which is what makes RDRAM move faster (even though it seems like it shouldn't, move data faster by putting a "stop light" to tell data to stop(!!!) and go?! WTF?!). This was unique to RDRAM only; in fact, it was a fundamental patent. When Infineon incorporated this into SDRAM without paying royalties, that's when Rambus got pissed.
They believe what they are doing is protecting their inventions. I mean, to them, SDRAM is just an extention of RDRAM (incorporates such things like Delay Gate technology), which is why they should extend their claims to SDRAM. Infineon then claims no, they invented it first, and shouldn't have to pay for anything. At the end, it will just rely on prior art, and in that case, Rambus seriously believes that it can win (at least, for DDR DRAM). This is what I hear from a bunch of Rambus employees.
Come on, everyone knows that Crafty is the best Chess AI out there. I mean, it can consistently beat humans, even Grandmasters, and has a much better algorithim. Fritz is gonna get killed by Kramnik. When they tried Fritz in the Dutch tourney, it did ok, but produced some interesting games that displayed its stupidity. Like when Piket beat it, the rest of the grandmasters said "What the heck are you doing? You wouldn't play against a human like that! You'd get killed!" Or when Khalifman was losing badly, he said, "Maybe if I feed it pawns, it will do something stupid." And the computer drew a won game. Strangely, Chess AIs seem to draw/lose to rat defenses (which no one in his right mind would do against a human). Only Crafty seems to beat that.
I actually work in the patent licensing division of my company. And to tell you the truth, most companies (except for a few of the super big ones) do NOT wish to go to court, even the ones trying to patent enforce. It is too costly for both sides, and it turns it into a lose-lose situation. Of the big companies that I have seen, only TI is not scared to litigate (but then again, they do spend 250 million a year on lawyer fees alone). Patent enforcement may be going downhill, but I still think it's respectable. IBM, as an example, is quite fair (they do use all their patents), and they charge relatively little. If it weren't for patent enforcement, many companies would lose their products and might end up having to PAY for their own inventions. Look at what everyone is doing off of Stuart Parkin's MTJ patents, for example. It's as if they treated Parkin like he didn't exist.
Dang, maybe this will destroy LCDs like DVDs destroyed LDs? I wonder how many different patents IBM has on this new technology.