I, for one, am happy to see Nvidia on the run. I've seen what they will try to do ($649 for a GT280 card based on aging DDR3 memory technology) when they think that they rule the roost. Go ATI!
I once had a wonderful, yet frustrating, toy whose name I can't remember any longer that was kind of a hydraulic Erector Set. It came with battery-powered pumps, clear plastic tubing, splitting/combining Y and T connectors, valves, tanks, items that filled and then tipped out, a board and supports to arrange everything, and even coloring tablets (messy) to allow blending different streams -- just add water. The frustration came from the poor level of construction that resulted in it not being all that durable and the pumps not seeming to work as long or as well as I felt they should. And when you used it you pretty much ended up with water, and staining colors when you added them, in a mess all around. Even so it was one of the great fun toys (along with Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Erector Sets, and Flexigons) that I would happily play with now if I could find them again. No, we weren't a Leggo family.
What about The Great Brass Brain? An analogue computer for computing tide tables that when replaced by a CDC 6600 super (for its time) computer, the 6600 couldn't perform all of the tricks (i.e. pause at each low/high tide moment or produce a continuous) graph of the machine it replaced? There's some great, mostly lost, history out there.
This way the ruling is limited to the Second Court of Appeals district only, and can be re-litigated in more friendly climes - like the Ninth Circuit Court, or Marshall, TX. If the Supreme Court agreed with the lower court then this ruling would hold throughout the country. Why else tell the Supreme Court that "This isn't important enough for you to bother with. Leave it to the other cable companies in the other areas of the country to work this all out."
After all, when have we seen the MPAA/RIAA litigation machine go away after only one defeat? Also, when have we seen them go in for the big one - besides Grokster, that is?
I don't even have to read the article to know that this must be in East Texas. Anyone ever realize that maybe Texas should succeed? Not only would it whip Washington D.C. into line faster and more completely than anything else, but it would end Marshall Texas as the patent infringement destination resort of choice.
35mm isn't dead yet, so why should Polaroid be? I do not agree that you must be forced into always accepting the latest technologies -- despite Microsoft's wishes to the contrary.
But is it cheaper? There should be no Windows Tax (Per Processor License), but experience in the past has shown some of these machines to actually be more expensive then the Windows equivalent hardware from the same vendor.
Not all of us are prepared to drop $500 for a killer graphics card.
Are any of us prepared to do that? They guy with the $500 graphics card is either too busy overclocking and gaming to read Slashdot, or busy on his next 100K points with Folding@Home.
As one of the most expensive states in the Union already, and with an electorate who just told you today that we want less government for less money, why are you spending your time on this kind of garbage? Don't you have bigger problems to face?
Yeah I remember Myst. In fact at the moment - with a little bit of struggle - I'm replaying Myst III. The struggle is that this Win98 game is being played on an Athlon64X2 running Windows XP-MCE with a nice $50 ATI HD 4550 card. Made Myst V play great, but even setting Win98 compatibility mode Myst III still presents a couple hiccups.
hell, I'd probably buy it myself - my 600 minutes and 600 texts a month gets barely touched, although I use the data a lot.
Hey, does anybody besides me realize that a cell phone company who charged on a "point" system would probably have customers flocking to them?
You buy a given amount of points per month. A text message costs the minimum 1 point. 3 points/minute for calls on prime time, 1 point/minute nights and weekends. 2 points/mb data prime time, 1 point/mb data nights/weekends. Buy your points and spend them as you like to meet your own needs. It could be a great deal on both sides.
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Excuse me, but, didn't DirectX 10.1 also provide for a tessellator?
And isn't this the reason why there never was an Nvidia 10.1 card, but ATI ran it just fine?
I, for one, am happy to see Nvidia on the run. I've seen what they will try to do ($649 for a GT280 card based on aging DDR3 memory technology) when they think that they rule the roost. Go ATI!
I once had a wonderful, yet frustrating, toy whose name I can't remember any longer that was kind of a hydraulic Erector Set. It came with battery-powered pumps, clear plastic tubing, splitting/combining Y and T connectors, valves, tanks, items that filled and then tipped out, a board and supports to arrange everything, and even coloring tablets (messy) to allow blending different streams -- just add water. The frustration came from the poor level of construction that resulted in it not being all that durable and the pumps not seeming to work as long or as well as I felt they should. And when you used it you pretty much ended up with water, and staining colors when you added them, in a mess all around. Even so it was one of the great fun toys (along with Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Erector Sets, and Flexigons) that I would happily play with now if I could find them again. No, we weren't a Leggo family.
Seems to me that this could be replaced today with an Excel spreadsheet - and no I'm not being facetious.
What about The Great Brass Brain? An analogue computer for computing tide tables that when replaced by a CDC 6600 super (for its time) computer, the 6600 couldn't perform all of the tricks (i.e. pause at each low/high tide moment or produce a continuous) graph of the machine it replaced? There's some great, mostly lost, history out there.
So does the energy saved give a positive balance to that used in creating this new filament?
And aren't most filaments larger/longer than a needle point?
Maybe I'm not yet ready to get too excited about this.
This way the ruling is limited to the Second Court of Appeals district only, and can be re-litigated in more friendly climes - like the Ninth Circuit Court, or Marshall, TX. If the Supreme Court agreed with the lower court then this ruling would hold throughout the country. Why else tell the Supreme Court that "This isn't important enough for you to bother with. Leave it to the other cable companies in the other areas of the country to work this all out."
After all, when have we seen the MPAA/RIAA litigation machine go away after only one defeat? Also, when have we seen them go in for the big one - besides Grokster, that is?
Put a good AutoRun virus on them and build your own botnet.
I don't even have to read the article to know that this must be in East Texas. Anyone ever realize that maybe Texas should succeed? Not only would it whip Washington D.C. into line faster and more completely than anything else, but it would end Marshall Texas as the patent infringement destination resort of choice.
It costs more than Microsoft or Google because Apple is insisting on only using XServes.
35mm isn't dead yet, so why should Polaroid be? I do not agree that you must be forced into always accepting the latest technologies -- despite Microsoft's wishes to the contrary.
And how easily does it cope with a new pair of sunglasses each day?
But is it cheaper? There should be no Windows Tax (Per Processor License), but experience in the past has shown some of these machines to actually be more expensive then the Windows equivalent hardware from the same vendor.
So what does Bill Murray have against the rest of the cast -- Dan in particular -- anyway?
I agree with that. It would be nice to see Apple transformed from Arrogant to Humble and Appreciative.
Or iPhone = !fun
That's how I ready your statement the first time around.
I don't need our new government to babysit me -- Apple's more than willing to do it for them.
Are any of us prepared to do that? They guy with the $500 graphics card is either too busy overclocking and gaming to read Slashdot, or busy on his next 100K points with Folding@Home.
Dear California,
As one of the most expensive states in the Union already, and with an electorate who just told you today that we want less government for less money, why are you spending your time on this kind of garbage? Don't you have bigger problems to face?
I'm getting 1000fps on my 4x3 pixel monitor with all the eye-candy turned on.
Yeah I remember Myst. In fact at the moment - with a little bit of struggle - I'm replaying Myst III. The struggle is that this Win98 game is being played on an Athlon64X2 running Windows XP-MCE with a nice $50 ATI HD 4550 card. Made Myst V play great, but even setting Win98 compatibility mode Myst III still presents a couple hiccups.
They don't tell you it's gone until after it's gone. This way you can't rush in to get it at the last moment when they want to be rid of it.
Hey, does anybody besides me realize that a cell phone company who charged on a "point" system would probably have customers flocking to them?
You buy a given amount of points per month. A text message costs the minimum 1 point. 3 points/minute for calls on prime time, 1 point/minute nights and weekends. 2 points/mb data prime time, 1 point/mb data nights/weekends. Buy your points and spend them as you like to meet your own needs. It could be a great deal on both sides.
All you can eat except for SlingBox, BitTorrent, tethering... - and anything else AT&T decides not to like today.
There is no competition in the iPhone market, so don't expect any changes to be doing anything to reduce AT&T's profits.
In fact, the only iPhone competition is the Palm Pre.
No wonder I'm always getting modded as Redundant -1.