You are contradicting yourself. You defined the system as tri-state, so you -- by definition -- can't have 6 states. You have something like (but not exactly) positive, neutral, or negative (for simplicity since positive is simply a lack of electrons like neutral). You can not say that you have a !positive or "not positive" since it qualifies as neutral, negative, or other (an error or "don't care").
In a system where you use 0V, 5V, and 12V for 0, 1, and 2, having a signal voltage of 24V is not an option.
Its an interesting breakthrough, but only from the standpoint of manufacturing high speed optical interconnect systems using standard silicon as the substrate material.
Call me a simpleton, but I'd say that's a hell of an achievement.
No, the CPU won't glow. That would be a waste of voltage not to mention a loss of signal. And for the last time, yes, it will make OOo open in.7 seconds (or less). Assuming they can get the CPU to negate the speed of light.:-P
The difficulty with mastering tri-state and quad-state computers (as opposed to bi-state or binary) comes with the gates used. How would one perform an inverse operation when there are two other choices from which to choose? Instead of AND, OR, and NOT (not to mention combinations such as XOR, NOR, NAND, etc.), you would have at least 8 gates (if I recall correctly; I worked on something similar to this during the summer) doing things such as shifting, reversing, "inverting," and such. The different permutations of these make it even more confusing.
In addition to this, you would need to find a medium capable of carrying a tri-state signal (electrons are not best suited for this). In fact, due to the fact that we have a tough time determining on and off sometimes, I would personally suggest we leave it at binary for the time being.
I know it's a long post, but most of it is necessary.
That's what the Fork, Spoon, Knife = Patent Pending label is about.
Seems like there is a crapload of IP "theft" going on now that SCO has brought to the limelight the ability to sue over completely -- for lack of a better word -- asinine things. Most of these suits should be thrown out as frivolous, but the companies backing them have tons of money.
So what if the writer put his name on the virus because he knew we would think that he would think that we would think that his name wasn't really Andy, and thus, he could get away with it because he put his name on it, and we thought that the name he put on it wasn't really his real name.
Any questions?
Ogg is simply a better codec than MP3. The codec simply makes music sound better when played back. In MP3, you get audio artifacts (usually higher frequencies). Ogg/Vorbis attempts to minimize this, and the result is simply a better codec.
The downside to Ogg is that it takes a fairly hefty processor for a mobile player to reproduce the sound. Thus, the player costs more because you're using a faster/more complex processor.
For audiophiles, Ogg is a very good thing. For budget listeners, MP3 is a compromise.
Ironically, lawyers base some of their strategies on loopholes found in legislation. Hackers do the same thing with security flaws (loopholes) in software.
Is it fair for someone to use the loopholes in one system to attack someone that finds loopholes in another?
i doubt there are many organisations capable of stealing a prototype of this sort (and weight) in one of the most security consious nations on the planet..anyone want to hazard a guess?
Dear GOD!!! You mean... (dum dum DUMMMM) Microsoft???
Interesting to note that Steadicopter claims that their helicopter is unique and there is no other of its kind in the world.
This is fine and dandy until they try to mass produce a "unique" item. Is it really a good thing to produce a unique aircraft, or is it better to follow suit and produce something that you know works.
I don't think it's so much an attack on Linux on your Xbox since they don't even sell a Windows for Xbox.
I think this has more to do with the DRM technology that is required to prevent people from hacking the machine and adding non-certified extras (i.e. larger hard drive, mod chips, etc.).
Running Linux on the Xbox is simply an adaptation of the ability to easily hack the console.
Xbox.NET?
Does moving to non-standard technology have anything to do with the Palladium platform and anti-piracy? (duh)
I know several people who own Xboxes and have modded them to use larger hard disks and copy the Xbox discs to HD for duplicating games. If MS is losing money on the $300 original Xbox, then the proprietary hardware will prevent copies and maybe sell more games.
Perhaps they will break even this time.
IIRC, the Geneva Treaty outlawed the use of neutron bombs. The use of a neutron bomb after signing a treaty that outlaws its use would give other warring nations an excuse to use them (i.e. "The U.S. did it. Why can't we?")
I'm trying to find a link to the Treaty, but I'm not having any luck with either Google or the Library of Congress site. A little help would be appreciated
In order to make a correct average, you must find the starting point. If he starts averaging the number of patches released since last week, then maybe he's right. If he starts when the Universe began, then patches for Windows and Linux have been released in almost identical frequency.
Isn't this question just the same as "Why does Intel charge so much for a Pentium 4?" The answer is that (if I'm not mistaken) most of the cost of the chip you purchase goes to the initial cost of developing the chip. This is the way most products are made. Most funds are spent on research and very little go toward the cost of making the individual product (not counting the fabrication facilities themselves). Intel's chips run more expensive than AMD's because... um... well... I don't quite know. Someone want to help me out here (I'm an AMD fan).
Wasn't this available for download through KaZaA a while back? Why would you order a questionable-quality version from China if you could pull (possibly) the same thing from a P2P network?
Not like I have the will (or the bandwidth for that matter) to pull the movie, but it shouldn't be such a big deal if it was already available.
Isn't AMD's Hammer chip already emulating x86 instructions on a 64-bit platform, or am I completely misled? If I'm right, then how much harder would it be to do PPC emulation?
If I'm wrong, how hard would it be to design a chip that can do both x86 and PPC computations natively?
The Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! cards all have an option to record from "What U Hear." This is in essence a form of DRM circumvention with no loss of quality. If DRM is so highly enforced, does this mean that Creative will no longer be allowed to add this feature to their cards? If this is so, then where does DRM eventually stop?
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You are contradicting yourself. You defined the system as tri-state, so you -- by definition -- can't have 6 states. You have something like (but not exactly) positive, neutral, or negative (for simplicity since positive is simply a lack of electrons like neutral). You can not say that you have a !positive or "not positive" since it qualifies as neutral, negative, or other (an error or "don't care"). In a system where you use 0V, 5V, and 12V for 0, 1, and 2, having a signal voltage of 24V is not an option.
Its an interesting breakthrough, but only from the standpoint of manufacturing high speed optical interconnect systems using standard silicon as the substrate material.
Call me a simpleton, but I'd say that's a hell of an achievement.
No, the CPU won't glow. That would be a waste of voltage not to mention a loss of signal. And for the last time, yes, it will make OOo open in .7 seconds (or less). Assuming they can get the CPU to negate the speed of light. :-P
The difficulty with mastering tri-state and quad-state computers (as opposed to bi-state or binary) comes with the gates used. How would one perform an inverse operation when there are two other choices from which to choose? Instead of AND, OR, and NOT (not to mention combinations such as XOR, NOR, NAND, etc.), you would have at least 8 gates (if I recall correctly; I worked on something similar to this during the summer) doing things such as shifting, reversing, "inverting," and such. The different permutations of these make it even more confusing.
In addition to this, you would need to find a medium capable of carrying a tri-state signal (electrons are not best suited for this). In fact, due to the fact that we have a tough time determining on and off sometimes, I would personally suggest we leave it at binary for the time being.
I know it's a long post, but most of it is necessary.
That's what the Fork, Spoon, Knife = Patent Pending label is about. Seems like there is a crapload of IP "theft" going on now that SCO has brought to the limelight the ability to sue over completely -- for lack of a better word -- asinine things. Most of these suits should be thrown out as frivolous, but the companies backing them have tons of money.
So what if the writer put his name on the virus because he knew we would think that he would think that we would think that his name wasn't really Andy, and thus, he could get away with it because he put his name on it, and we thought that the name he put on it wasn't really his real name. Any questions?
Ogg is simply a better codec than MP3. The codec simply makes music sound better when played back. In MP3, you get audio artifacts (usually higher frequencies). Ogg/Vorbis attempts to minimize this, and the result is simply a better codec. The downside to Ogg is that it takes a fairly hefty processor for a mobile player to reproduce the sound. Thus, the player costs more because you're using a faster/more complex processor. For audiophiles, Ogg is a very good thing. For budget listeners, MP3 is a compromise.
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft bought it out just to release a product called Sky.NET.
I know it's redundant. Just had to do it.
Ironically, lawyers base some of their strategies on loopholes found in legislation. Hackers do the same thing with security flaws (loopholes) in software.
Is it fair for someone to use the loopholes in one system to attack someone that finds loopholes in another?
i doubt there are many organisations capable of stealing a prototype of this sort (and weight) in one of the most security consious nations on the planet..anyone want to hazard a guess?
Dear GOD!!! You mean... (dum dum DUMMMM) Microsoft???
Interesting to note that Steadicopter claims that their helicopter is unique and there is no other of its kind in the world.
This is fine and dandy until they try to mass produce a "unique" item. Is it really a good thing to produce a unique aircraft, or is it better to follow suit and produce something that you know works.
How much is such a thing going to cost. It's hard to buy a $300,000 vehicle on a college student's budget. But one day...
I don't think it's so much an attack on Linux on your Xbox since they don't even sell a Windows for Xbox.
I think this has more to do with the DRM technology that is required to prevent people from hacking the machine and adding non-certified extras (i.e. larger hard drive, mod chips, etc.).
Running Linux on the Xbox is simply an adaptation of the ability to easily hack the console.
Xbox .NET?
Does moving to non-standard technology have anything to do with the Palladium platform and anti-piracy? (duh)
I know several people who own Xboxes and have modded them to use larger hard disks and copy the Xbox discs to HD for duplicating games. If MS is losing money on the $300 original Xbox, then the proprietary hardware will prevent copies and maybe sell more games.
Perhaps they will break even this time.
When will Microsoft issue a "patch" for Internet Explorer that removes the ability to search with Google in the "Find On the Internet..." feature?
IIRC, the Geneva Treaty outlawed the use of neutron bombs. The use of a neutron bomb after signing a treaty that outlaws its use would give other warring nations an excuse to use them (i.e. "The U.S. did it. Why can't we?")
I'm trying to find a link to the Treaty, but I'm not having any luck with either Google or the Library of Congress site. A little help would be appreciated
Seems to me as though the [obviously] non-profit worm/virus writers are working faster than a multi-billion dollar corporation.
In order to make a correct average, you must find the starting point. If he starts averaging the number of patches released since last week, then maybe he's right. If he starts when the Universe began, then patches for Windows and Linux have been released in almost identical frequency.
Holy shit! My friend is exactly like this. The guy stinks and wears nothing but T-shirts from Newtek and other apparel he picked up at Siggraph.
But if they log a hacker's IP, they can sue for more than he's worth. Just hope the hacker can clear his tracks.
A medal? How about a gunshot to the head?
There's nothing worse than pikachu. Except maybe... no. Nothing.
Isn't this question just the same as "Why does Intel charge so much for a Pentium 4?" The answer is that (if I'm not mistaken) most of the cost of the chip you purchase goes to the initial cost of developing the chip. This is the way most products are made. Most funds are spent on research and very little go toward the cost of making the individual product (not counting the fabrication facilities themselves). Intel's chips run more expensive than AMD's because... um... well... I don't quite know. Someone want to help me out here (I'm an AMD fan).
Wasn't this available for download through KaZaA a while back? Why would you order a questionable-quality version from China if you could pull (possibly) the same thing from a P2P network?
Not like I have the will (or the bandwidth for that matter) to pull the movie, but it shouldn't be such a big deal if it was already available.
Isn't AMD's Hammer chip already emulating x86 instructions on a 64-bit platform, or am I completely misled? If I'm right, then how much harder would it be to do PPC emulation?
If I'm wrong, how hard would it be to design a chip that can do both x86 and PPC computations natively?
The Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! cards all have an option to record from "What U Hear." This is in essence a form of DRM circumvention with no loss of quality. If DRM is so highly enforced, does this mean that Creative will no longer be allowed to add this feature to their cards? If this is so, then where does DRM eventually stop?