If he criticized Islam in the U.S. and they extradite him, yes I see a problem with that. If he/she is in Saudi Arabia and criticizes Islam, it's his/her damned fault and should have read up on the country and it's laws before visiting. Using the Internet, many actions initiated in your own country can have influence and effects in other countries. Does your physical location govern the enforceable law or does the sphere of influence of your action?
When quoting a post, it's useful to pick out the relevant part of the post you're referring to. It's also helpful to point out which "answer" you're referring to in the original post. Fill me in on the details and I can do my best to respond appropriately.
Well said... I agree completely with your statements, but add this into the pot. Why should someone who commits crimes against someone in another country not be held liable for those crimes simply because of geographic boundaires? Now you can argue about the defenition of crime in relation to warez until you're blue in the face, but I'm not going to tread there...
Do you really think that the XXAA is EVER going to run out of resources? Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
TriStar Pictures, Inc.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
United Artists Pictures, Inc.
United Artists Corporation
Universal City Studios, LLLP
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
With companies like that backing them, how the HELL will they run out of money? That's just a partial list of their clients I'm sure...
EVERYONE: While it would be fun to get your own autographed letter from the MPAA or RIAA and frame it in your cube, it's pointless. The "machine" that is the recording industry won't run out of postage or stupid ideas any time soon. We need a dramatic paradigm shift in societal thought patterns or legislation for any real change to occur.
I'm not nearly as optimistic as you. Granted, SOME people are becoming aware of the problem... Most of them just bend over and take it in the pooper because A) they don't know any better and B) even if they did, they don't think could do anything about it. Society is not as intelligent as we would all like to believe. Remember, 50% of people out there are dumber than average.
I like the idea, but the problem is modern games (ie. Doome 3 et al) are using GPUs to their fullest. Synchornization is best handled with the current CPU coordinating betweent he GPU and sound processors.
As you get further along in your class, you'll realize that certain architectural components are optimized for certain data types. You're correct with the broad statement "It's all bits" but the key is how the bits represent data. GPUs are optimized to work with certain "bit formats" to put it lamely. I'm not going to pretend I know the specifics of the GPU architecture, just know that a general purpose CPU is far more versatile - which is why it's the general purpose CPU and not a specialized GPU.
Well... he is releasing it soon and this concept has been mentioned before on slashdot as a theoretical question. I don't see why it wouldn't work, do you? It's a processor, similar to your main CPU, but optimizations on certain tasks and limitations on others. If we/they can make normal or menial tasks work with the optimized architecture of the GPU, why the hell not?!?
Because the applications are -correction: were - extremely limited. Prior to this concept (which has been aroundfor some time, the only applications for high end gfx cards was gaming, CAD, or visual development of some sort.
If they can get this working for things like SETI (as mentioned in the article), myself along with hundreds or thousands of other dorks will be buying multiple $200-$300 vid cards to crunch SETI on.
So if you total both cars, the insurance company should only pay for the most expensive one? Wrong-o pal. Believe it or not, they have a business to run and paying for two cars when you only payed for one is not a good business strategy.
How's this for an argument... I live in Chicago and take two interstates on my daily commute to and from work. The speed limit is 55 mph. If I go any slower than 60, I'll get run over by every truck in the "slow" lane. Anything below 60 is as dangerous as someone driving 100! The average speed is 75-80. I'm not saying this is right or wrong, it's just how it is. In the eyes of the insurance companies, I would be a HORRIBLE driver because 90% of my driving is on these interstates. So because I'm trying my best to keep from getting run over, I would pay out the arse for insurance rates.
I honestly don't care about the privacy issue. For the most part, if someone wants to see how or where you drive, they can follow you and find out. You're in PUBLIC - Get over it. I would however, have a problem if that data were publicly available though. If someone wants to go to the trouble of following me around the suburbs or to the bars, they can help themselves. If all they have to do is make a phone call or check a website, that would simply suck. I want my stalkers to WORK for a living, damnit!
Not really... I read on/. not more than 4 or 5 months ago that they have wireless triangulation software now. Given a city-wide network, I'd say triangulation would be quite simple. Not to mention the already present ability to monitor traffic, cap bandwidth, and ban MAC addresses.
Besides, if you want to share 80GB of whatever on Kazaa, a wireless network is not the way to do it. It'd be slow, insecure, and way to unreliable to get any kind of consistent connection.
I hope this isn't the end of the/. effect! What would we do w/o webservers crashing under tremendous loads?!? WE NEED the/. effect! I hope this technology crashes and burns...
And some of the most seemingly intelligent customers I've ever helped couldn't point out the difference between a stick of RAM and a hard drive... Some people have it, some people don't.
"how can any consumer intelligently know which one to buy into?"
They won't. They havn't been able to since CD-R and CD-RW started confusing grandma and grandpa. This just adds more confusion to the casual computer user.
Uh oh... I'm going to have to point my web cam somewhere other than my "den of love" from here on out! How DARE they view me and not pay for it on a monthly basis!
Some people are the "glass is half full" and some are the "glass is half empty" type. You seem like "the glass is crappy so I'll just bitch about having to drink to survive" kinda guy...
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If he criticized Islam in the U.S. and they extradite him, yes I see a problem with that. If he/she is in Saudi Arabia and criticizes Islam, it's his/her damned fault and should have read up on the country and it's laws before visiting. Using the Internet, many actions initiated in your own country can have influence and effects in other countries. Does your physical location govern the enforceable law or does the sphere of influence of your action?
When quoting a post, it's useful to pick out the relevant part of the post you're referring to. It's also helpful to point out which "answer" you're referring to in the original post. Fill me in on the details and I can do my best to respond appropriately.
Well said... I agree completely with your statements, but add this into the pot. Why should someone who commits crimes against someone in another country not be held liable for those crimes simply because of geographic boundaires? Now you can argue about the defenition of crime in relation to warez until you're blue in the face, but I'm not going to tread there...
Do you really think that the XXAA is EVER going to run out of resources?
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
TriStar Pictures, Inc.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
United Artists Pictures, Inc.
United Artists Corporation
Universal City Studios, LLLP
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
With companies like that backing them, how the HELL will they run out of money? That's just a partial list of their clients I'm sure...
EVERYONE: While it would be fun to get your own autographed letter from the MPAA or RIAA and frame it in your cube, it's pointless. The "machine" that is the recording industry won't run out of postage or stupid ideas any time soon. We need a dramatic paradigm shift in societal thought patterns or legislation for any real change to occur.
Kind of like when SCO announces their liscenincing plan and their 800 lines were flooded for days...
I'm not nearly as optimistic as you. Granted, SOME people are becoming aware of the problem... Most of them just bend over and take it in the pooper because A) they don't know any better and B) even if they did, they don't think could do anything about it. Society is not as intelligent as we would all like to believe. Remember, 50% of people out there are dumber than average.
If you RTFA, it will eventually. He just doesn't have time to buy the latest and greatest ATI card and resaerch it before the relase date.
I like the idea, but the problem is modern games (ie. Doome 3 et al) are using GPUs to their fullest. Synchornization is best handled with the current CPU coordinating betweent he GPU and sound processors.
Mod me off-topic, I don't care - but that is they best sig I've seen in a long long time... keep up the good work :-)
As you get further along in your class, you'll realize that certain architectural components are optimized for certain data types. You're correct with the broad statement "It's all bits" but the key is how the bits represent data. GPUs are optimized to work with certain "bit formats" to put it lamely. I'm not going to pretend I know the specifics of the GPU architecture, just know that a general purpose CPU is far more versatile - which is why it's the general purpose CPU and not a specialized GPU.
Well... he is releasing it soon and this concept has been mentioned before on slashdot as a theoretical question. I don't see why it wouldn't work, do you? It's a processor, similar to your main CPU, but optimizations on certain tasks and limitations on others. If we/they can make normal or menial tasks work with the optimized architecture of the GPU, why the hell not?!?
Because the applications are -correction: were - extremely limited. Prior to this concept (which has been around for some time, the only applications for high end gfx cards was gaming, CAD, or visual development of some sort.
If they can get this working for things like SETI (as mentioned in the article), myself along with hundreds or thousands of other dorks will be buying multiple $200-$300 vid cards to crunch SETI on.
So if you total both cars, the insurance company should only pay for the most expensive one? Wrong-o pal. Believe it or not, they have a business to run and paying for two cars when you only payed for one is not a good business strategy.
How's this for an argument... I live in Chicago and take two interstates on my daily commute to and from work. The speed limit is 55 mph. If I go any slower than 60, I'll get run over by every truck in the "slow" lane. Anything below 60 is as dangerous as someone driving 100! The average speed is 75-80. I'm not saying this is right or wrong, it's just how it is. In the eyes of the insurance companies, I would be a HORRIBLE driver because 90% of my driving is on these interstates. So because I'm trying my best to keep from getting run over, I would pay out the arse for insurance rates.
I honestly don't care about the privacy issue. For the most part, if someone wants to see how or where you drive, they can follow you and find out. You're in PUBLIC - Get over it. I would however, have a problem if that data were publicly available though. If someone wants to go to the trouble of following me around the suburbs or to the bars, they can help themselves. If all they have to do is make a phone call or check a website, that would simply suck. I want my stalkers to WORK for a living, damnit!
I don't care who you are, that my friends, is funny.
...release candidates of the latest browser are getting closer by the day.
Isn't that kind of how time works?
Not really... I read on /. not more than 4 or 5 months ago that they have wireless triangulation software now. Given a city-wide network, I'd say triangulation would be quite simple. Not to mention the already present ability to monitor traffic, cap bandwidth, and ban MAC addresses.
Besides, if you want to share 80GB of whatever on Kazaa, a wireless network is not the way to do it. It'd be slow, insecure, and way to unreliable to get any kind of consistent connection.
Actually, 57.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
-naner
50% of people are dumber than average.
I hope this isn't the end of the /. effect! What would we do w/o webservers crashing under tremendous loads?!? WE NEED the /. effect! I hope this technology crashes and burns...
Then again it might not be so bad....
And some of the most seemingly intelligent customers I've ever helped couldn't point out the difference between a stick of RAM and a hard drive... Some people have it, some people don't.
Who can I write the check to?
"how can any consumer intelligently know which one to buy into?"
They won't. They havn't been able to since CD-R and CD-RW started confusing grandma and grandpa. This just adds more confusion to the casual computer user.
yeah, because we all really want to see the world from someone's hip view... better yet, POCKET CAM! Woo h- oh wait.
Uh oh... I'm going to have to point my web cam somewhere other than my "den of love" from here on out! How DARE they view me and not pay for it on a monthly basis!
So... move out of Michigan?
Some people are the "glass is half full" and some are the "glass is half empty" type. You seem like "the glass is crappy so I'll just bitch about having to drink to survive" kinda guy...