We should always scrutinize things a bit more carefully when it is the corporations that help draft the legislation. They aren't going to help create laws that diminish their profits. They must simply be betting that fewer consumers will use the service than buy new PCs. The media industry "helped" revamp our copyright law and that brought us the DMCA.
Yeah, don't you just hate it when something promises enlargement and results in something that's exactly the same size. I hate when that happens. I suppose we'll simply have to accept the fact that it's as big as it's going to get.
There's a giant "it depends" here. If you optimize code for multi-core processors and run it on an older generation machine with on single-core processor, you actually incur a performance penalty. My guess is that the decision for FS X had more to do with an estimate of market penetration for dual-core machines than a PHB pushing something out the door in an unfinished state.
In all likelihood, they took a look at their choices--get crappy performance now, and better performance when everyone has dual-core, or have reasonably good performance now and reasonably good performance later (even without full CPU utilization, the processors will be faster)--and made an economically reasonable call.
You could be talking moonshine, but your negative answer to my question at least carried on the conversation. That was really the original reason for my post: to trigger speculation, and perhaps, analysis.
I already knew that the proposed theory left out any implications (the word I ought to have used in my subject line). But I would like to develop some intuitive grasp of extra "time-like" dimensions. I know in string theory, one of the functions of additional compactified space-like dimensions is to "bleed off" the power of gravity to make it resemble (geometrically) what we observe, as you mention. This is comparatively easy to intuit from lower-dimensional visualization.
The closest we seem to have come to intuitively grasping the nature of time, however, is as a progressive universal state machine. The smallest quantum of time is the smallest possible state-change. But even this sense of state change is bound geometrically to distances in spacial dimensions (the speed of light).
If I understand the replies I've gotten, this theory says that somehow, the intuitive notion of time as information transfer about state change in geometrical space happens somehow differently than we traditionally imagine. Is that a fair characterization?
I read the article, but I really don't understand the consequences of the theory. What would it mean for there to be more than one time dimension?
I'll have to settle for completely off-the-cuff, wild speculation: Could that help explain human temporal perception (you can "feel" time slow down or time flies by when having fun)? Can our consciousness span more or less of these other dimensions of time at need? Would this help explain the apparent causality problem of neuromuscular control (humans seem able to send the neural command to catch the ball before our senses could have delivered the signal that it should be caught)?
Could the existence of extra time dimensions have implications regarding the existence of free will?
How does this relate to the "one-graviton level" for quantum collapse / observation (if at all)?
As you can see, I'm just an amateur toying with the Duplo blocks of popularized physics, but I still find the notion fascinating.
Another poster down the page a bit has listed Dems that created and passed bad laws on behalf of the RIAA and MPAA. That's a good deal more than hiring someone near those organizations. Granted, Oryn Hatch and that other turd (I forget his name at the moment; but he's a Republican... Specter, I think) did the same sort of thing.
With the liberals we get slick liars, and with the Republicans (not conservatives) we get sincere hypocrites, to quote my history professor. The real issue is that from both sides we have professional politicians passing anti-consumer laws written by big business lobbyists. It seems to really be the only thing our legislative body can actually "get done."
So many people go on about "what the Bush Administration has done," but these kinds of things were all OK, or even admirable, when the Clinton Administration did them (echelon, Bosnia, Janet Reno firing every last Republican U.S. Attorney... just to list a few). And no, please don't explain to me how those were "all completely different..."
What they could do is make it so that Windows itself tracks every single site you visit, and have the OS transmit that information back to HQ. Will they do this? I certainly hope not, especially since the vector of Microsoft software design aims more and more at restricting end users' control over their own hardware. Savvy users will run hardware firewalls, or pipe their net connection through a machine that doesn't run an MS OS. The real question is: Will MS avoid the bad will engendered by making it difficult to prevent this kind of information from leaving one's PC?
I had a pair of those "+1 Rose-colored Glasses of Forgetfulness," which, depending on the game you'd play, would either simulate the effect of drinking six beers, or allow a 1d16 + 1 chance of successfully editing himem.sys. You practically had to have these things to get Wing Commander running, although six beers would also work.
...Apple's obvious attempt to make Vista look bad...
That would seem to be redundant effort as Microsoft has already bundled that feature with the OS; it's called "downsampling." Ooooh! I smell a new anti-trust suit.
When I first read the headline, I thought "pfft, they're trying to patent writing, those [@#$@!]."
The funny thing about this patent is they are instead claiming ownership of the idea of a physically recorded avatar, similar to the avatar for the character of Dr. Alfred Lanning in the movie "I, Robot." This may be one case where it's too important an item to grant sole ownership.
create the Truly Open and Free License of All Choices (TOFLAC)
It has existed for ages and it's called the BSD license.
Close; it's actually called Public Domain, but the GP post lost me at "holy war cum Jihad." That must be something like "wind cum Flatus" or "ice cum Frozen Water."
Let us also not forget that they were shipping their own version of Linux on into late 2006 under the GPL license. Even if their claims were true, they're moot.
Forget not the special plumbing you'll need to handle the resulting "space wiz."
"Remember folks, when you drink Olympus Ale, the special Martian molecules must be processed by our extra special Deimosian Commode, yours for only $85,000. Also try our Baldet Bidet, made from 75% Baldet Crater clay, pumping fresh streams of Martian Melt for your refreshment."
Besides that, the GP forgot that the way to defeat caltrops is simply to scoot up closer to the slow turd dropping those things. That way they bounce around and don't settle under the tires of the tail^H^H^H... err... drafting driver.
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Nah... I read the headline to mean that they've switched from rubber stamps to laser-printed approval labels.
Bingo.
We should always scrutinize things a bit more carefully when it is the corporations that help draft the legislation. They aren't going to help create laws that diminish their profits. They must simply be betting that fewer consumers will use the service than buy new PCs. The media industry "helped" revamp our copyright law and that brought us the DMCA.
Somebody ought to give you that 5th mod point.
Yeah, don't you just hate it when something promises enlargement and results in something that's exactly the same size. I hate when that happens. I suppose we'll simply have to accept the fact that it's as big as it's going to get.
Wait... What?
In other news: NASA scientists detected a belligerent Titan stepping on Superman's cape, and generally messing around with Jim.
Exactly! The Detroit Zoo is in Royal Oak.
There's a giant "it depends" here. If you optimize code for multi-core processors and run it on an older generation machine with on single-core processor, you actually incur a performance penalty. My guess is that the decision for FS X had more to do with an estimate of market penetration for dual-core machines than a PHB pushing something out the door in an unfinished state.
In all likelihood, they took a look at their choices--get crappy performance now, and better performance when everyone has dual-core, or have reasonably good performance now and reasonably good performance later (even without full CPU utilization, the processors will be faster)--and made an economically reasonable call.
The parent post does not deserve to be at zero. Also, the grandparent posters reply is childish and unreasonable (see response #5).
Forgive me for being ironic, but, "exactly!" That's why I asked the one-graviton-level question.
Thanks again for the conversation.
This suggests a rather simple answer: ActiveX controls which provide access to MS DRM technologies.
You could be talking moonshine, but your negative answer to my question at least carried on the conversation. That was really the original reason for my post: to trigger speculation, and perhaps, analysis.
I already knew that the proposed theory left out any implications (the word I ought to have used in my subject line). But I would like to develop some intuitive grasp of extra "time-like" dimensions. I know in string theory, one of the functions of additional compactified space-like dimensions is to "bleed off" the power of gravity to make it resemble (geometrically) what we observe, as you mention. This is comparatively easy to intuit from lower-dimensional visualization.
The closest we seem to have come to intuitively grasping the nature of time, however, is as a progressive universal state machine. The smallest quantum of time is the smallest possible state-change. But even this sense of state change is bound geometrically to distances in spacial dimensions (the speed of light).
If I understand the replies I've gotten, this theory says that somehow, the intuitive notion of time as information transfer about state change in geometrical space happens somehow differently than we traditionally imagine. Is that a fair characterization?
Regards,
SlowMovingTarget
I read the article, but I really don't understand the consequences of the theory. What would it mean for there to be more than one time dimension?
I'll have to settle for completely off-the-cuff, wild speculation: Could that help explain human temporal perception (you can "feel" time slow down or time flies by when having fun)? Can our consciousness span more or less of these other dimensions of time at need? Would this help explain the apparent causality problem of neuromuscular control (humans seem able to send the neural command to catch the ball before our senses could have delivered the signal that it should be caught)?
Could the existence of extra time dimensions have implications regarding the existence of free will?
How does this relate to the "one-graviton level" for quantum collapse / observation (if at all)?
As you can see, I'm just an amateur toying with the Duplo blocks of popularized physics, but I still find the notion fascinating.
Leonard Part 6? Lithgow was great in that... And the bit where Cosby drives through a mountain... priceless.
Another poster down the page a bit has listed Dems that created and passed bad laws on behalf of the RIAA and MPAA. That's a good deal more than hiring someone near those organizations. Granted, Oryn Hatch and that other turd (I forget his name at the moment; but he's a Republican... Specter, I think) did the same sort of thing.
With the liberals we get slick liars, and with the Republicans (not conservatives) we get sincere hypocrites, to quote my history professor. The real issue is that from both sides we have professional politicians passing anti-consumer laws written by big business lobbyists. It seems to really be the only thing our legislative body can actually "get done."
So many people go on about "what the Bush Administration has done," but these kinds of things were all OK, or even admirable, when the Clinton Administration did them (echelon, Bosnia, Janet Reno firing every last Republican U.S. Attorney... just to list a few). And no, please don't explain to me how those were "all completely different..."
On another subject: have a good weekend.
What they could do is make it so that Windows itself tracks every single site you visit, and have the OS transmit that information back to HQ. Will they do this? I certainly hope not, especially since the vector of Microsoft software design aims more and more at restricting end users' control over their own hardware. Savvy users will run hardware firewalls, or pipe their net connection through a machine that doesn't run an MS OS. The real question is: Will MS avoid the bad will engendered by making it difficult to prevent this kind of information from leaving one's PC?
I had a pair of those "+1 Rose-colored Glasses of Forgetfulness," which, depending on the game you'd play, would either simulate the effect of drinking six beers, or allow a 1d16 + 1 chance of successfully editing himem.sys. You practically had to have these things to get Wing Commander running, although six beers would also work.
When I first read the headline, I thought "pfft, they're trying to patent writing, those [@#$@!]."
The funny thing about this patent is they are instead claiming ownership of the idea of a physically recorded avatar, similar to the avatar for the character of Dr. Alfred Lanning in the movie "I, Robot." This may be one case where it's too important an item to grant sole ownership.
In the context I was replying to, that was the meaning I inferred, yes. I realize that there is more to it than that.
Regards,
SlowMovingTarget
Close; it's actually called Public Domain, but the GP post lost me at "holy war cum Jihad." That must be something like "wind cum Flatus" or "ice cum Frozen Water."
Here is a case where the family would indeed be justified in suing the radio station.
Sad... the captcha is "atrocity" for this post.
Let us also not forget that they were shipping their own version of Linux on into late 2006 under the GPL license. Even if their claims were true, they're moot.
Forget not the special plumbing you'll need to handle the resulting "space wiz."
"Remember folks, when you drink Olympus Ale, the special Martian molecules must be processed by our extra special Deimosian Commode, yours for only $85,000. Also try our Baldet Bidet, made from 75% Baldet Crater clay, pumping fresh streams of Martian Melt for your refreshment."
Besides that, the GP forgot that the way to defeat caltrops is simply to scoot up closer to the slow turd dropping those things. That way they bounce around and don't settle under the tires of the tail^H^H^H... err... drafting driver.
After reading the title
my first thought was: "How can they tell?"Thank you for the correction, that's good to know.