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Re:Algorithm now public?

On: Google Patents Search Algorithm

So they pick
(c) apply for a new patent covering the improved algorithm
what's the problem?...(rereading above post)... It's expensive? Not really. I'm not sure where your 2million USD is coming from (mostly development I would say), but the patent for the improvement would probably be less than $100,000. Not a lot for a big company. (I'm getting my numbers from the same place as you and most others - thin air basically.)

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Re:Where's the mod that makes a PC into an XBOX?

On: The Next Level of X-Box Modding

Is that it? I thought (without reading the slashdotted article, of course) that this mod changed the DVD and still played the games.

Also, is that vice-versa? ie If I take the DVD *out* of an XBOX and *into* a PC, can the PC play XBOX games? I doubt it.

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Where's the mod that makes a PC into an XBOX?

On: The Next Level of X-Box Modding

So we can PC-ize an XBOX, and, up to the point that it still plays XBOX games, I would still call it an XBOX. So the next obvious mod is a chip (or whatever is necessary - software in a VM?) to enable a PC to play XBOX games. Come on, where is it?

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