Wonder if Intel will be able to use any of NVidia's patents to bolster their GPUs, which is really their only sore spot at the moment (Atom vs. ARM might be a sore spot, but there's hope there).
I rather suspect Intel was using Nvidia's patents all along, and that was what the big fight was all about.
I doubt they will stop now, since they are now paying for the privileged. I also suspect Nvidia got something besides money in return, such as access to certain Intel patents or something.
Why have GSM cell? fiber / wifi / microwave / e-net are cheaper when you look at the high cost of GSM data?
High cost of GSM data? What are you talking about?
Are you posting from South Africa? How would you know the cost? Its the government. They may get all the sims they need by edict for all you know.
Nothing in the story spoke about GSM DATA. These were probably simple calling sims. If they were DATA only sims (like used in the Nook and other devices) the thieves would not be able to run up a phone bill.
"There's no chance that a centralized database will emerge." Nonsense. That is *exactly* what will emerge. Do not start this project if you do not want to see it finished.
Would the fact that the moon always has the same face towards earth (tidally locked?) accentuate or mitigate any effects of Earths gravity in heat generation withing the moon?
Looks a lot like other moons, and even like Mercury, and not totally unlike Mars.
Its the only moon in a warn (not hot, not frozen) zone, and its far from uniform.
If it was totally solid you might expect more landscape features created by impact. But because it is simi-fluid and reasonably large, gravitational forces keep super-large scale features from being formed.
True enough. And collapsible front ends on cars arrived somewhere around that time period as well.
It takes time to replace the entire stock of autos and have these features become mainstream in the population of vehicles on the road. Non airbag cars are just now 22 years old, and mostly gone.
Stats for anything later than 2009 are not yet available, yet most of the electronic gadgetry mentioned above only started to appear in 2009-2010 model years and are not yet common on the road, let alone mainstream.
Any effect they have on saving lives will not be measurable for years.
As for Ham Radio use...I put any antenna up as high/far away from anyone to keep RF away from where people are to keep them from bitching when I transmit and their TV goes crazy.
I spoze that's easier than cleaning the harmonics out of your tower and keeping your transmissions out of the TV bands....
Statistics don't bear that out. We're still having roughly the same number of wrecks as we always did, and roughly the same number of fatalities.
No. Not true.
In spite of millions and millions of more miles driven every year accident rates and fatalities are down.
But the key point is they have been falling ever since these stats have been kept. The new gadgetized car technology is too new to show any measurable effect.
Actually, NO, the current stuff google is testing handles uneventful driving on carefully selected courses.
It still drives thru every pothole, can not handle sudden avoidance maneuvers safely, and has no clue about the child running toward the street from behind a row of parked cars, can't get out of the way of emergency vehicles, or even anticipate the jet-wash of a passing semi.
And what's wrong with assisted driving technology? It saves lives!
Does it? Are there any hard figures to prove that?
Don't all the digital gadgets simply provide another layer of distraction and an excuse to take one's mind off the task at hand?
(I can watch this in-dash movie, yak on the bluetooth, sip my coffee, because the white line detector will alert me if I wander out of my lane, and the approaching object detector will slam on the brakes if I get too close).
These things haven't been out long enough for any traffic fatality statistics to be released yet. The jury is still out.
A cruise control with a "match car ahead" would be great for interstate driving as long as it enforced a safe following distance, but other than that, most of the features you tout allow and encourage careless driving habits.
It certainly has. I'm reminded of a very catchy ad with a pretty face and cool music (Pa Belar) utterly spoiled by an astoundingly ugly car.
But Maybe because the Accura is "internet synthesized"?
Just what the hell does that mean anyway? Did the submitter mean synchronized?
How does one "synthesize a car", and assuming you can do such, how do you use the internet to do it without using robotic welders, assembly plants, and actual real engines, tires, etc.
The fact that people with smart meters continue to get TV, FM Radio, short wave, police and ambulance radios, and garage doors open just fine, with no interference and no problems would SEEM TO SUGGEST you have no clue about what you are speaking.
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I note that AMD CEO Meyer resigned.
Perhaps this agreement was the writing on the wall for him?
Wonder if Intel will be able to use any of NVidia's patents to bolster their GPUs, which is really their only sore spot at the moment (Atom vs. ARM might be a sore spot, but there's hope there).
I rather suspect Intel was using Nvidia's patents all along, and that was what the big fight was all about.
I doubt they will stop now, since they are now paying for the privileged. I also suspect Nvidia got something besides money in return, such as access to certain Intel patents or something.
Why did TFA mention the length of the boats?
And what happens when the pirates show up in shorter boats? Or longer ones?
Why have GSM cell? fiber / wifi / microwave / e-net are cheaper when you look at the high cost of GSM data?
High cost of GSM data? What are you talking about?
Are you posting from South Africa? How would you know the cost? Its the government. They may get all the sims they need by edict for all you know.
Nothing in the story spoke about GSM DATA. These were probably simple calling sims. If they were DATA only sims (like used in the Nook and other devices) the thieves would not be able to run up a phone bill.
SIM cards are typically protected with a SIM card.
That level of redundancy would make it doubly worth while to steal a sim. Two-Fer!!!
Are you sure you didn't mean a sim PIN is used to protect a sim card?
"There's no chance that a centralized database will emerge." Nonsense. That is *exactly* what will emerge. Do not start this project if you do not want to see it finished.
Nobody in this entire thread said it better.
Would the fact that the moon always has the same face towards earth (tidally locked?) accentuate or mitigate any effects of Earths gravity in heat generation withing the moon?
Looks a lot like other moons, and even like Mercury, and not totally unlike Mars.
Its the only moon in a warn (not hot, not frozen) zone, and its far from uniform.
If it was totally solid you might expect more landscape features created by impact. But because it is simi-fluid and reasonably large, gravitational forces keep super-large scale features from being formed.
What about the Earth's gravitational field? Wouldn't that have a significant effect as well?
Actually, as population has increased and total crashes decreased it would seem that Accidents ARE down Per Capita:
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx
You make a good point, the simple fact that your lights dimmed automatically may trigger the other driver to dim his as well.
True enough. And collapsible front ends on cars arrived somewhere around that time period as well.
It takes time to replace the entire stock of autos and have these features become mainstream in the population of vehicles on the road. Non airbag cars are just now 22 years old, and mostly gone.
Stats for anything later than 2009 are not yet available, yet most of the electronic gadgetry mentioned above only started to appear in 2009-2010 model years and are not yet common on the road, let alone mainstream.
Any effect they have on saving lives will not be measurable for years.
As for Ham Radio use...I put any antenna up as high/far away from anyone to keep RF away from where people are to keep them from bitching when I transmit and their TV goes crazy.
I spoze that's easier than cleaning the harmonics out of your tower and keeping your transmissions out of the TV bands....
Someone is bound to raise the old claim that they have sex way more often than is necessary for reproduction. Surely that offsets the lack of thumbs.
All indications are they are about as smart as dogs, and try to hump your leg just as often.
Don't get me wrong, I like these new features in cars.
I just don't believe there is any real basis for claiming that this technology saves lives.
Statistics don't bear that out. We're still having roughly the same number of wrecks as we always did, and roughly the same number of fatalities.
No. Not true.
In spite of millions and millions of more miles driven every year accident rates and fatalities are down.
But the key point is they have been falling ever since these stats have been kept. The new gadgetized car technology is too new to show any measurable effect.
But most of the touted in-car technology arrived post 2009.
The casualty rate has been falling since forever, even before the 1994 beginning of the linked chart.
There is no way you can attribute any of that reduction to the new flood of in-car electronics.
Actually, NO, the current stuff google is testing handles uneventful driving on carefully selected courses.
It still drives thru every pothole, can not handle sudden avoidance maneuvers safely, and has no clue about the child running toward the street from behind a row of parked cars, can't get out of the way of emergency vehicles, or even anticipate the jet-wash of a passing semi.
Automatic highbeams only help if the OTHER GUY buys them.
It will take 20 years for that technology to be the norm, unfortunately.
And what's wrong with assisted driving technology? It saves lives!
Does it? Are there any hard figures to prove that?
Don't all the digital gadgets simply provide another layer of distraction and an excuse to take one's mind off the task at hand?
(I can watch this in-dash movie, yak on the bluetooth, sip my coffee, because the white line detector will alert me if I wander out of my lane, and the approaching object detector will slam on the brakes if I get too close).
These things haven't been out long enough for any traffic fatality statistics to be released yet. The jury is still out.
A cruise control with a "match car ahead" would be great for interstate driving as long as it enforced a safe following distance, but other than that, most of the features you tout allow and encourage careless driving habits.
It certainly has. I'm reminded of a very catchy ad with a pretty face and cool music (Pa Belar) utterly spoiled by an astoundingly ugly car.
But Maybe because the Accura is "internet synthesized"?
Just what the hell does that mean anyway? Did the submitter mean synchronized?
How does one "synthesize a car", and assuming you can do such, how do you use the internet to do it without using robotic welders, assembly plants, and actual real engines, tires, etc.
Sounds bogus.
Interference with licensed RF would have given you the right to demand it be shut down.
As a ham you should have known this.
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The fact that people with smart meters continue to get TV, FM Radio, short wave, police and ambulance radios, and garage doors open just fine, with no interference and no problems would SEEM TO SUGGEST you have no clue about what you are speaking.
True, but anyone with the haxing ski11z to do that could probably get a job and make more money than robbing your house.
Counting newspapers on the lawn would probably be more reliable.
Try as I might, I can't come up with any advantage to Joe Citizen to know the energy usage of a neighbor would be.
Political activists, maybe.
Police, maybe. Not just for grow ops, but perhaps while looking for illegal farm hands or something.
It would seem that if Marin/California passed privacy laws about this data that should be sufficient.
Exactly right.
30s and 40s Radio/TV towers were preceded electrical line running right into the house. We've been baked in EMF since electrification was completed.
Sure, there are some health concerns with some EMF radiation, an any cat in the microwave has discovered.
But claiming all EMF as harmful is about as well thought out as trying to ban drinking water because floods kill so many people.