For the most part, the patent and other IP stuff is just FUD. However, it can be a highly disruptive force as our friends at SCO have shown us. A threat does not have to be legally enforcable or binding to have its desired effect. A perceived threat is just as effective.
When people eat the FUD, they don't necessarily believe it. Instead they just add this to the risk pile: "Aww heck I don't want to have to possibly go to court...".
Low power wireless sensors are more likely to be using Zigbee etc. It isn't just the power for the Wireless stuff, but also the host CPU. A Wifi device needs a big fat-assed stack (+ lots of CPU) while a Zigbee device can probably live with a very small CPU and less than 1kB or RAM. There are a lot of very low power devices in this range.
So far about 60 people have died in Asia, mostly people who sleep with chickens in their houses.
Asia has a population of, say 10x USA, so that's 6 people gonna die in the USA, unless it mutates.
A mutated virus does not get nailed by a vaccine. A mutation that causes the flu to move to humans is a serious mutation, so the existing vaccines are likely useless. So why the big scramble for them?
More and more this looks like a big money grab, as well as a bit fear mongering exercise. Scared people are easier to control.
Spending big money does seem silly, but spending a few bucks here and there for a virtual subdivision is perhaps not (eg. a $20 gift to that game-nut pal). What this guy has done is create a service whereby he can onsell his asset at a low price point. Not really that stupid after all.
Remember the whole exercise, from Darl's perspective, is to keep things alive for as long as possible to keep pumping money into legal fees etc. The best way to do this is to open up a new can of worms.
States love doing this sort of thing because it brings in revenue without hurting most of the voters. Most voters see moves like this as giving them more for nothing.
But this is just short-sighted. Business will just go to states with more tax-friendly policies or maybe offshore.
Who is more likely to think about the future? a) Women's Intsitute, largely composed of a bunch of old ladies with grandchildren etc who likely want to see a future for their kids. b) Bunch of scientists who's job & pay are linked to the nuclear industry.
Scientists are not impartial. They know when to shut up when their jobs are at stake. The old biddies are far more likely to think about the legacy of nuclear waste we're leaving for our kids and beyond.
Traditionally, the newspapers were there to deliver news. Now by the time people read stuff in the papaers they have already been exposed to TV, radio and cnn.com. Therefor newspapers look more and more to providing alternative commentary. Essentially they're getting more and more like weekly womens' magazines but targeted towards a wider audience.
Already TV news is less about news and more about entertainment. The paper is getting more like that too. There are so many media channels etc competing for peoples free time (== entertainment time) that the news has to be entertaining and gripping rather than factual.
You have this attitude because you're a programmer. If civil engineers said "so what, bridges fall down" everyone would be up in arms.
Bug free software is possible, so long as it is done right and people are prepared to pay for it. Right now, software is mainly "good enough" and "cheap enough". What is "good enough" and what is "cheap enough" will depend on what is being done.
We know/. editors don't check articles (except to make sure that they are dupes).
However, the main point is whether or not this **really** was a hoax. Leaking a "hoax" is a great way to judge user feedback etc without getting egg on your face.
AFAIK, text is typically low priority traffic, but that can depend on configuration, network type etc. Network control is highest, voice next, followed by data and text.
The reason for this prioritisation is that delaying isochronous (eg. voice) data makes it unusable, but backing up text is OK. If you try jamming with text all you'll end up with is a load of backed up text.
IIR my student days through a beer drenched fog, at least 20% of students would purposefully answer wrongly just for a lark, eg. answer "yes I'm gay" when in fact they're straight - or would be if they were getting any.
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#!/bin/sh /usr/local/bin/games
rm -f
So what's the deal here? Using Linux string to fix the 360?
It will improve OSS quality in other ways too. Purile farty-pants will have a place to be creative without screwing up important code etc.
I might as well enter the advertiser's number.
In the 60s or 70s someone did something similar using photosynthesis on regular leaves. The bacteria are probably better (finer grained and faster).
When people eat the FUD, they don't necessarily believe it. Instead they just add this to the risk pile: "Aww heck I don't want to have to possibly go to court...".
Low power wireless sensors are more likely to be using Zigbee etc. It isn't just the power for the Wireless stuff, but also the host CPU. A Wifi device needs a big fat-assed stack (+ lots of CPU) while a Zigbee device can probably live with a very small CPU and less than 1kB or RAM. There are a lot of very low power devices in this range.
... and then what good is the vaccine?
Asia has a population of, say 10x USA, so that's 6 people gonna die in the USA, unless it mutates.
A mutated virus does not get nailed by a vaccine. A mutation that causes the flu to move to humans is a serious mutation, so the existing vaccines are likely useless. So why the big scramble for them?
More and more this looks like a big money grab, as well as a bit fear mongering exercise. Scared people are easier to control.
I hope he eats what ke kills.... or does he just put virtual trophies on the virtual walls?
Spending big money does seem silly, but spending a few bucks here and there for a virtual subdivision is perhaps not (eg. a $20 gift to that game-nut pal). What this guy has done is create a service whereby he can onsell his asset at a low price point. Not really that stupid after all.
Considering the number of asteroids etc that only get seen on the way out, asking for decades of warning is perhaps unrealistic.
Remember the whole exercise, from Darl's perspective, is to keep things alive for as long as possible to keep pumping money into legal fees etc. The best way to do this is to open up a new can of worms.
We want optical computers because light is fast. Now we slow light down. So doesn't that just defeat the whole exercise?
I guess there's going to be a lot of overclocking.
But this is just short-sighted. Business will just go to states with more tax-friendly policies or maybe offshore.
Scientists are not impartial. They know when to shut up when their jobs are at stake. The old biddies are far more likely to think about the legacy of nuclear waste we're leaving for our kids and beyond.
Already TV news is less about news and more about entertainment. The paper is getting more like that too. There are so many media channels etc competing for peoples free time (== entertainment time) that the news has to be entertaining and gripping rather than factual.
Bug free software is possible, so long as it is done right and people are prepared to pay for it. Right now, software is mainly "good enough" and "cheap enough". What is "good enough" and what is "cheap enough" will depend on what is being done.
However, the main point is whether or not this **really** was a hoax. Leaking a "hoax" is a great way to judge user feedback etc without getting egg on your face.
The reason for this prioritisation is that delaying isochronous (eg. voice) data makes it unusable, but backing up text is OK. If you try jamming with text all you'll end up with is a load of backed up text.
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Considering that the ARM chips sell for less than $40, it much cost huge for the x86 chips
IIR my student days through a beer drenched fog, at least 20% of students would purposefully answer wrongly just for a lark, eg. answer "yes I'm gay" when in fact they're straight - or would be if they were getting any.
Why reinvent the wheel? Sure the article is a dupe, but that's fine - its reuse and sharing. This is something we're keen to do isn't it?
In this game you just do whatever your opponent did in their last turn.