Actually, I think it works quite well on my phone and iPad. They haven't updated the client in a while so it's got less ads and the Timeline thing is only sort of there. The web page, on the other hand, is pretty infested with ads, some of which are difficult to block, and has a confusing interface.
"What investor invests in something they know nothing about?"
Most of them? Perhaps that's why professional fund managers don't do any better at picking stocks than monkeys throwing darts. Also, monkeys throwing darts sounds like something pretty entertaining to watch. From behind a strong window.
Facebook makes money. A few billion a year should be enough to keep it going. The problem is, Facebook now needs to make money to justify their 100 billion dollar valuation. THAT is probably going to end up being a problem.
Today they're senior management at a company that just went public with a valuation of 100 billion dollars. Tomorrow they might be senior management of one of the biggest failures in history. That makes a difference in your salary at your next job, even for senior management.
I don't know... if it's a ship then chances are the cliff is actually a waterfall. I'd much rather land in the water on my own (which is survivable) than on the deck of a ship which is hard and has all sorts of sharp bits to break off and land on you.
It will be something out of the blue, that we haven't seen yet. MySpace didn't see Facebook coming either.
Likely what will happen is that Facebook will face more and more pressure to grow their revenue, which they can only really do by introducing more advertising and more spying. At some point a critical mass of Facebookers will get tired of it and move to something else. Possibly even G+. Then Facebook will wither.
Agreed. Once enough "but we have x million users" companies prove to be spectacularly poor investments we won't have to suffer through the hype anymore. In the meantime, they almost convince me that shorting is a valuable market feature.
Oh, the "other hand" seems to be talking about patents the author thinks Amazon would like to have. So not really the other hand at all.
I'm not going to comment on whether Internet journalism has decreased the quality of information in news articles, but it certainly seems to have decreased the quality of writing.
"when all the competitors were complaining they couldn't match Apple's prices because Apple had supply to well sewn up."
That would seem to be highly relevant to the (sarcastic) comment "Apple has a long history after all of undercutting the competition and selling their devices cheaper than the competition."
By the way, in case you didn't catch the sarcasm in my post, I disagree with the OP. If you want to release your code under whatever license you want, go for it. If some zealot comes along and claims you're being hostile to his ideology, give yourself a pat on the back. It's particularly ironic because the MSPL doesn't have a problem with GPL code, it's the GPL that has a problem with MSPL code (or almost any non GPL license... except GPL licenses are incompatible with each other too).
Patent troll is a pejorative term used for a person or company who enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered aggressive or opportunistic with no intention to manufacture or market the patented invention.
I guess you don't remember when the iPad was released at half the price everyone thought it would HAVE to sell for. And when all the competitors were complaining they couldn't match Apple's prices because Apple had supply to well sewn up.
"-Does it differ in important ways from the Catmull-Clark subdivision that's pretty much standard in off-the-shelf 3D software?"
No. It is that exactly. But GPU accelerated so it runs in realtime.
"-With the increasing prevalence of raytraced GPU/coprocessor rendering replacing rasterisation in near-realtime applications, is this tech now mostly irrelevant?"
No. You still need geometry to render, whether you use ray tracing or not.
"-What are some things the release of this technology might make possible?"
Prettiness. In realtime.
"-Does this have any impact on the patent encumbrance surrounding Renderman's nearly-free motion blur?"
No.
"-How much longer were those REYES patents going to last anyway?"
Slashdot Mirror
Ordinarily I'd just drink the Gibson, but if it's got side channel "emmisions" I might not.
If you don't have a passcode enabled on the device then there's not much point in encrypting it, is there?
Hm... everybody was wondering what Facebook was going to do with the proceeds of the IPO.
Actually, I think it works quite well on my phone and iPad. They haven't updated the client in a while so it's got less ads and the Timeline thing is only sort of there. The web page, on the other hand, is pretty infested with ads, some of which are difficult to block, and has a confusing interface.
"What investor invests in something they know nothing about?"
Most of them? Perhaps that's why professional fund managers don't do any better at picking stocks than monkeys throwing darts. Also, monkeys throwing darts sounds like something pretty entertaining to watch. From behind a strong window.
Facebook makes money. A few billion a year should be enough to keep it going. The problem is, Facebook now needs to make money to justify their 100 billion dollar valuation. THAT is probably going to end up being a problem.
Minority shareholders suit.
Seems pretty big for the functionality it provides. Unless that includes the back end data harvesting code as well.
Today they're senior management at a company that just went public with a valuation of 100 billion dollars. Tomorrow they might be senior management of one of the biggest failures in history. That makes a difference in your salary at your next job, even for senior management.
I don't know... if it's a ship then chances are the cliff is actually a waterfall. I'd much rather land in the water on my own (which is survivable) than on the deck of a ship which is hard and has all sorts of sharp bits to break off and land on you.
It will be something out of the blue, that we haven't seen yet. MySpace didn't see Facebook coming either.
Likely what will happen is that Facebook will face more and more pressure to grow their revenue, which they can only really do by introducing more advertising and more spying. At some point a critical mass of Facebookers will get tired of it and move to something else. Possibly even G+. Then Facebook will wither.
Agreed. Once enough "but we have x million users" companies prove to be spectacularly poor investments we won't have to suffer through the hype anymore. In the meantime, they almost convince me that shorting is a valuable market feature.
And on the other hand?
*Skims the article*
Oh, the "other hand" seems to be talking about patents the author thinks Amazon would like to have. So not really the other hand at all.
I'm not going to comment on whether Internet journalism has decreased the quality of information in news articles, but it certainly seems to have decreased the quality of writing.
I was out running with a friend once and watched (all 90 lbs of her) fit a Galaxy Note into her running pants pocket. It was entertaining.
Much better. And now you know what a patent troll is!
I asked a question. That's not putting words in your mouth. I'll thank you to try to be civil, regardless of how defensive you feel.
So your argument boils down to: I like the GPL and I don't like Microsoft, therefore the GPL is good and anything from Microsoft is bad?
"when all the competitors were complaining they couldn't match Apple's prices because Apple had supply to well sewn up."
That would seem to be highly relevant to the (sarcastic) comment "Apple has a long history after all of undercutting the competition and selling their devices cheaper than the competition."
Do people glance down at your crotch and then look at you funny (NOT when you're wearing the kilt)?
"Picosecond," which is what was used in the summary, is a metric unit.
Did you just say the ends justify the means?
By the way, in case you didn't catch the sarcasm in my post, I disagree with the OP. If you want to release your code under whatever license you want, go for it. If some zealot comes along and claims you're being hostile to his ideology, give yourself a pat on the back. It's particularly ironic because the MSPL doesn't have a problem with GPL code, it's the GPL that has a problem with MSPL code (or almost any non GPL license... except GPL licenses are incompatible with each other too).
People believe all sorts of things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll
I guess you don't remember when the iPad was released at half the price everyone thought it would HAVE to sell for. And when all the competitors were complaining they couldn't match Apple's prices because Apple had supply to well sewn up.
"-Is this the REYES algorithm?"
No
"-Does it differ in important ways from the Catmull-Clark subdivision that's pretty much standard in off-the-shelf 3D software?"
No. It is that exactly. But GPU accelerated so it runs in realtime.
"-With the increasing prevalence of raytraced GPU/coprocessor rendering replacing rasterisation in near-realtime applications, is this tech now mostly irrelevant?"
No. You still need geometry to render, whether you use ray tracing or not.
"-What are some things the release of this technology might make possible?"
Prettiness. In realtime.
"-Does this have any impact on the patent encumbrance surrounding Renderman's nearly-free motion blur?"
No.
"-How much longer were those REYES patents going to last anyway?"
Don't know. Off topic.
Windows XP?
Like the GPL v3?