If this had been HP, it would have been a new printer at virtually free, and fluorescent ink cartridges at $69.99/ea.
On a more serious note, since your printers these days secretly rat-you-out by printing subtle identifying information that will let the feds track you down just by inspecting a page you've printed, is this an even more subtle way to implement that "feature"?
When you look at how many services are already running in modern Windows, add in applications and interrupt processing, background screen updates, background printing, and I/O, just spreading those threads across available processors would, one would think, do a great deal of multi-processing already. Intensive applications after that (games, video, etc.) need to multi-thread themselves, and many do now. So what underlying OS functions still remain as long running single threads?
Would have been more interesting if Bill Gates had spoken with Fake Steve Jobs. This would have been possible since Gates claims I'm not Fake Steve Jobs.
A customer can leave and take their business somewhere else when dissatisfied. MySpace is free (as in beer). So how can you refer to any MySpace user as a "customer"?
This real question is: Do you have a right to use MySpace? Are they required to give you access if not violating, or even in spite of, any anti-discrimination or other laws?
MySpace is not a public monopoly who is required to serve everybody equally in return for that monopoly status. Some people think that a Driver's License is their Constitutional right. It isn't. And while it hurts MySpace to deny users when they want to control this entire space themselves, how much federal law can apply to a private venture trying to make a profit? At what point are you pwned by said federal government?
If I was British I'd be calling for a replacement of the government over this. Whose interests are the government protecting with a decision like this? Clearly not the people themselves, who are one of the most overcharged (look at the cost of a PS3, for example) populace on this planet.
I think I could buy an 802.11n router w/firewall for less to protect all my home systems. Since I'm not using a portable system on the road, it would seem like a better buy.
so if I get a patent that says "silver alloys are best for reflective surfaces" and then I go on to list the possibility of using all elements in the periodic table (or those that make sense) and then I get that patent... basically no one else can use silver in an alloy to make reflective products. Does that seem right?
It sounds like the patent was granted for an idea that silver can be alloyed with other elements to make reflective surfaces. I'd expect a lot of prior art in this area, and have trouble believing that you should be allowed to patent something you haven't even done yourself. It wouldn't appear from the parent post that the patent owner has actually made any of these alloys themselves. If so, actual alloys would be specifically listed.
Sounds bogus to me, and a black stain on the US Patent Office.
To me, this just goes to show what a bad standard/interface DX10 really is. Looks to me like if you make calls to it in one way, ATI shines, but call it another way and its all Nvidia -- yet both cards+drivers allegedly comply with the standard. It sounds like trying to compare floating point benchmarks on AMD Athlon versus Intel Core 2. Depending on how you arrange the numbers and call the various floating point extensions can make all the difference.
And there's no indication here if someone is using corked drivers that favor one game over the other.
What I'd like to see is a benchmark rundown of each function in DX10, along with some realistic estimate of how much each function is called in normal game play. If different games favor different functions, then say so. Only then might I have some idea of how the two graphics powerhouses measure up against each other.
And if you have some reasonable way of testing common sequences of calls, show that as well.
In Mexico last year, corn tortillas, a crucial source of calories for 50 million poor people, doubled in price; the increase forced the government to introduce price controls.
Price controls, while always a popular move, seldom work. Mexico, for a place with so much promise, is such a disaster economically that millions of people risk their lives to leave for completely non-war related reasons. I wouldn't use them as an example of anything that applies to the rest of the world.
The move to ethanol-blended fuel is based in part on widespread belief that it produces cleaner emissions than regular gasoline. But a recent Environment Canada study found no statistical difference between the greenhouse gas emissions of regular unleaded fuel and 10 per cent ethanol-blended fuel.
Does this take into account the air that is "cleaned" by the growing of the plants used in the first place, minus any downside effects in the refining process as compared to gasoline? I suspect not. The conclusions are too simplistic for a true model here.
requires more energy than can be derived from the product.
This is something that can be fixed with more efficient cultivation and conversion. Also, it doesn't address what forms of "energy" are used in the process. For example, it may require more energy than it releases, but if that energy was solar, you'd still be coming out ahead.
It also doesn't address what we'll use when we run out of gasoline. Whenever that day arrives, best to be prepared with alternatives well ahead of time.
Someday, somewhere, there's going to be a lawsuit demanding that they deliver on what they've promised. At that point in time, we may finally find out what we're actually paying for. All things considered, I hope they sue Comcast first over this.
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So the company lawyer says this is legal. Ask him if someone else performing a DoS attack against your company is legal, because that's what this is.
On a more serious note, since your printers these days secretly rat-you-out by printing subtle identifying information that will let the feds track you down just by inspecting a page you've printed, is this an even more subtle way to implement that "feature"?
If they really wanted answers from deviant thinkers, they should have come to Slashdot!
And why did it take years to get this guy? It was hardly a secret what he has been doing for so long now.
When you look at how many services are already running in modern Windows, add in applications and interrupt processing, background screen updates, background printing, and I/O, just spreading those threads across available processors would, one would think, do a great deal of multi-processing already. Intensive applications after that (games, video, etc.) need to multi-thread themselves, and many do now. So what underlying OS functions still remain as long running single threads?
Yeah, it's the biggest thing since Betamax versus VHS -- otherwise known as Better versus Cheaper.
Would have been more interesting if Bill Gates had spoken with Fake Steve Jobs. This would have been possible since Gates claims I'm not Fake Steve Jobs.
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And none of this is lining any corporation's pockets off the sweat of the authors.
A customer can leave and take their business somewhere else when dissatisfied. MySpace is free (as in beer). So how can you refer to any MySpace user as a "customer"?
MySpace is not a public monopoly who is required to serve everybody equally in return for that monopoly status. Some people think that a Driver's License is their Constitutional right. It isn't. And while it hurts MySpace to deny users when they want to control this entire space themselves, how much federal law can apply to a private venture trying to make a profit? At what point are you pwned by said federal government?
If I was British I'd be calling for a replacement of the government over this. Whose interests are the government protecting with a decision like this? Clearly not the people themselves, who are one of the most overcharged (look at the cost of a PS3, for example) populace on this planet.
Is it really music,
if nobody plays it?
I think I could buy an 802.11n router w/firewall for less to protect all my home systems. Since I'm not using a portable system on the road, it would seem like a better buy.
It sounds like the patent was granted for an idea that silver can be alloyed with other elements to make reflective surfaces. I'd expect a lot of prior art in this area, and have trouble believing that you should be allowed to patent something you haven't even done yourself. It wouldn't appear from the parent post that the patent owner has actually made any of these alloys themselves. If so, actual alloys would be specifically listed.
Sounds bogus to me, and a black stain on the US Patent Office.
Silver ain't cheap either, if you're buying it by the tonne to make discs by the millions.
If e-mail is this disruptive, then what about IM?
Considering how often you have to reboot Windows anyway, can't it just wait for the inevitable?
The real number of interest, how many titles in each format will be broken, ripped, and torrented first?
Why would you leave great features out of a high-end product? I thought the whole idea of high-end was that you got all the good stuff with it.
Just another argument...
for FireFox.
And just how do I get that to display properly on my lovely 24" 1920x1200 display?
And there's no indication here if someone is using corked drivers that favor one game over the other.
What I'd like to see is a benchmark rundown of each function in DX10, along with some realistic estimate of how much each function is called in normal game play. If different games favor different functions, then say so. Only then might I have some idea of how the two graphics powerhouses measure up against each other.
And if you have some reasonable way of testing common sequences of calls, show that as well.
Price controls, while always a popular move, seldom work. Mexico, for a place with so much promise, is such a disaster economically that millions of people risk their lives to leave for completely non-war related reasons. I wouldn't use them as an example of anything that applies to the rest of the world.
The move to ethanol-blended fuel is based in part on widespread belief that it produces cleaner emissions than regular gasoline. But a recent Environment Canada study found no statistical difference between the greenhouse gas emissions of regular unleaded fuel and 10 per cent ethanol-blended fuel.
Does this take into account the air that is "cleaned" by the growing of the plants used in the first place, minus any downside effects in the refining process as compared to gasoline? I suspect not. The conclusions are too simplistic for a true model here.
requires more energy than can be derived from the product.
This is something that can be fixed with more efficient cultivation and conversion. Also, it doesn't address what forms of "energy" are used in the process. For example, it may require more energy than it releases, but if that energy was solar, you'd still be coming out ahead.
It also doesn't address what we'll use when we run out of gasoline. Whenever that day arrives, best to be prepared with alternatives well ahead of time.
Someday, somewhere, there's going to be a lawsuit demanding that they deliver on what they've promised. At that point in time, we may finally find out what we're actually paying for. All things considered, I hope they sue Comcast first over this.
Sounds like Beta versus VHS. Why can't everyone just get on the same bandwagon?