This is a lie. NVIDIA is not prevented from disclosing driver source because of contracts with SGI. Heck SGI even open sourced their OpenGL SI a while back, that's basically their reference driver. I agree that NVIDIA has great Linux drivers and applaud them for it (see my other post) but their reluctance to release source code is not because of SGI.
Perhaps they think a company open sourcing drivers and microcode increases their exposure to patent infringement law suits, and IP theft. Or perhaps they have issues because they have agreements with M$ because their code base is contaminated by their SDK (doubtfull).
NVIDIA actively support Linux by constantly releasing up to date drivers that are very high quality. The NVIDIA drivers are unquestionably the highest quality OpenGL implementation available on Linux without exception. ATI supply the specs but apart from that do almost nothing, they have enough trouble supporting high quality Windows drivers. The reason you need the specs is to get any kind of driver support at all, when the manufacturer is delivering full high quality up to date drivers with more OpenGL support and extension support and quality than anyone else I'd rather have that than specs and a driver development effort that can't keep up. OpenGL is not like most other driver efforts, there is a level of complexity and testing required which seems to require more support and maintenance and a higher level of expertise to get high quality than is currently applied to them by the Open Source community. I'm disappointed by people who constantly feel the need to dis NVIDIA when they do more to support Linux than any other hardware vendor, simply because the way they choose to support Linux doesn't match your philosophy.
This is not a vendor who ignores Linux, they give Linux fantastic support at a level beyond any other hardware manufacturer due to the complexity of their effort. It also produces better results than the driver development models you espouse.
14 days out of 28 any part of the moon is in shadow. The energy From the Sun on Earth is immense compared to the moon. All you need to do is store enough of it long enough to eliminate weather as a factor. Positioning your collection array in the right place to begin with helps. Unfortunately even on Earth it's not economically viable now, going to the Moon and adding the complexity of beaming it back as microwaves is obviously not going to help that problem. Tidal forces and other schemes are also a huge potential energy source. There are vast resources on Earth at our disposal before we need to go off to the moon to beam back microwaves. Jeeze, can't NASA fire these nuts and spend our tax dollars researching useful stuff, instead of trying to contrive useless excuses to go to the Moon?
Google is suffering under the yoke placed on them by US elected representatives. If you want a change then change who you vote for. In the mean time don't expect Google to fight every battle for you. There is a procedure under the law, it specifically states that Google only has safe harbour if they get a counter request from the site owner, which as has been pointed out in the scientology debacle, a foreign site owner may want to avoid making lest it brings them under US jurisdiction. This is censorship of the worst kind, but it is the elected representatives who have imposed it not Google. It is quite disgraceful that when I perform a search on the web my request for information on what is out there has been censored even when the original site hasn't. This is as insidious as schemes like the great firewall of China, but it's under the control of any pissant corporate little hitler who sends Google et.al a note. I think that may merit a class action law suit against people who are restricting my freedoms by gagging search engines. Maybe it's time to move Google to sealand.
Well said. Katz is a confused fool. The USA has done more for a begrudging world than anyone cares to admit. When people gripe and complain the USA listens which unfortunately just encourages the disgruntled of the world to complain all the more. No other country is held up to a higher double standard than the USA. It's becoming all too popular a sport to take pot shots at the USA and blame it for everyone's problems instead of getting off your ass and taking responsibility for your own life. The last thing we need is more misguided fools here promoting the view that the world would be better off without the USA. The USA is unquestionably the single most potent force for freedom and stability in the world today and has been for 3/4 of a century.
Those who accuse the USA of Imperialism are childern who don't know what real Imperialism is or was. Where would Afghanistan be now without the US intervention, to name just one example? What other nation would have taken as much care in a military campaign, or ever has in the history of the world? Yet these same voices could be heard bleating about the American bully after the attack on the US. This period in history calls for serious thoughts of the REAL consequences of actions, not childish pique over invented slights.
The world does not foster hatred of the USA because the USA is arrogant. Regimes and anti-capitalist movements foster hatred because there are no negative consequences for espousing that hatred and only gain to be had, whether it's in deflecting domestic opinion or the potential for aid & incentives from the nation they profess to hate or some other hidden agenda such as deliberately undermining US interests through any available means. Unfortunately there will be longer term negative consequences of this and I don't just mean damage to US prestige. The immature who attack the US because of this silly prep school left wing debate over Imperialism will ultimately exact a serious toll from all the peoples of the world.
One other thing, I am not an American. Just one of the very few grateful beneficiaries.
This sounds like a B-Movie script, you're not one of them Xenu hating folks are you?
Your posting history suggests more of an MJ12 / illuminati freakery, but then you go on about all this programmed & harvesting stuff. So which is it. Give us the synopsis? What's your poison? Us poor dumb chickens need a label.
If a web site makes unauthorized modifications to my browser I will join the class action suit against them. Right after I complain to the state's attourney general
If you realized what these fools have done to the electricity industry in this state then the last thing you'd want is for them to start regulating DSL. Expect politically modivated contributions from AT&T, Verizon et.al., industry insiders negotiating the contracts for us, and hair brained deregulation schemes which cripple the industry to the point where it allows us to be gouged for billions of dollars.
Tell my why the American media is infested with morons like Katz who always assume that if someone dislikes America they must have a justified reason. It never occurs to them that the reasons offered might be unreasonable. The most ludicrous charge is of course that the spreading of American culture is something the USA is at fault for, nobody forces McDonalds or US soap operas or cop dramas on anyone. They are purchased by the residents of other countries.
Copyright applies to a creative work. DNA sequences are discovered not created. IANAL but there is case precedent for discarding copyrights in things which weren't created.
You might be able to stop me encoding my DNA as music the same way you did, but that does not copyright the original DNA.
Intel stopped Silicon Graphics making T-shirts with a logo which said "Attitude Inside". It did have a little swirl like the Intel logo though so it was sailing closer to the wind than the yoga thing.
You're right, he's not. He's a willfully miscievous disgruntled employee who persistently sent email to ALL of Intel's employees at work. He wasn't content to do this once, but repeated his spamming. All intel did was get an injunction against the guy to stop him sending emails to 30,000 employees at a time. He is not being convicted, he's being told to stop pestering the company. The guy had his say at least 3 times but just wouldn't stop. What do you do with a nut like this?
Are we supposed to just let individuals repeatedly send one sided biased screeds to tens of thousands of employees at their old place of work and keep doing it without the company being able to do anything about it? It is abusing the company's email system in the worst way.
At best this is a learned response. It is definitely NOT a mutation. I suppost "people learn to use thums more" is not as headline grabbing as "video games cause mutation". Junk science and junk journalism.
Who modded this rubbish up? The guy who posted the ad invited people to search on google to see his ad, go read the links, posters and modders. Sheesh!
Ahh, these are both perfect examples of why reasoning by analogy is the exclusive preserve of imbeciles. ORBZ tested mail servers. He did not distribute crack to children and he did not shoot anyone.
I'm not into reasoning by analogy but if you feel the need in future here are some alternatives you might try, at the very least they betray your disgusting attempts to impugn ORBZ:
ORBZ is squeezing the fruit in the supermarket to see if it's ripe.
Another:
ORBZ is playing a tune to see if they approve of the melody.
Now go scurry under your rock and stop implying that what ORBZ did is anything other than a public service, or worse; equating it to selling coke to kids. These things are not morally equivalent you dolt.
This is a very good development. It is refreshing to see people admit their mistake and back down. It is even more refreshing to see them confess that they realize that ORBZ has actually done them a service, the problem was theirs in the first place and they will try and do better in future.
The sponsored protest ad is right there when you click. This is an excellent idea! I'm sure the Scientology spat caused more hits on Xenu.com than a substantial promotion campaign could have.
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This is a lie. NVIDIA is not prevented from disclosing driver source because of contracts with SGI. Heck SGI even open sourced their OpenGL SI a while back, that's basically their reference driver. I agree that NVIDIA has great Linux drivers and applaud them for it (see my other post) but their reluctance to release source code is not because of SGI.
Perhaps they think a company open sourcing drivers and microcode increases their exposure to patent infringement law suits, and IP theft. Or perhaps they have issues because they have agreements with M$ because their code base is contaminated by their SDK (doubtfull).
NVIDIA actively support Linux by constantly releasing up to date drivers that are very high quality. The NVIDIA drivers are unquestionably the highest quality OpenGL implementation available on Linux without exception. ATI supply the specs but apart from that do almost nothing, they have enough trouble supporting high quality Windows drivers. The reason you need the specs is to get any kind of driver support at all, when the manufacturer is delivering full high quality up to date drivers with more OpenGL support and extension support and quality than anyone else I'd rather have that than specs and a driver development effort that can't keep up. OpenGL is not like most other driver efforts, there is a level of complexity and testing required which seems to require more support and maintenance and a higher level of expertise to get high quality than is currently applied to them by the Open Source community. I'm disappointed by people who constantly feel the need to dis NVIDIA when they do more to support Linux than any other hardware vendor, simply because the way they choose to support Linux doesn't match your philosophy.
This is not a vendor who ignores Linux, they give Linux fantastic support at a level beyond any other hardware manufacturer due to the complexity of their effort. It also produces better results than the driver development models you espouse.
14 days out of 28 any part of the moon is in shadow. The energy From the Sun on Earth is immense compared to the moon. All you need to do is store enough of it long enough to eliminate weather as a factor. Positioning your collection array in the right place to begin with helps. Unfortunately even on Earth it's not economically viable now, going to the Moon and adding the complexity of beaming it back as microwaves is obviously not going to help that problem. Tidal forces and other schemes are also a huge potential energy source. There are vast resources on Earth at our disposal before we need to go off to the moon to beam back microwaves. Jeeze, can't NASA fire these nuts and spend our tax dollars researching useful stuff, instead of trying to contrive useless excuses to go to the Moon?
Google is suffering under the yoke placed on them by US elected representatives. If you want a change then change who you vote for. In the mean time don't expect Google to fight every battle for you. There is a procedure under the law, it specifically states that Google only has safe harbour if they get a counter request from the site owner, which as has been pointed out in the scientology debacle, a foreign site owner may want to avoid making lest it brings them under US jurisdiction. This is censorship of the worst kind, but it is the elected representatives who have imposed it not Google. It is quite disgraceful that when I perform a search on the web my request for information on what is out there has been censored even when the original site hasn't. This is as insidious as schemes like the great firewall of China, but it's under the control of any pissant corporate little hitler who sends Google et.al a note. I think that may merit a class action law suit against people who are restricting my freedoms by gagging search engines. Maybe it's time to move Google to sealand.
Well said. Katz is a confused fool. The USA has done more for a begrudging world than anyone cares to admit. When people gripe and complain the USA listens which unfortunately just encourages the disgruntled of the world to complain all the more. No other country is held up to a higher double standard than the USA. It's becoming all too popular a sport to take pot shots at the USA and blame it for everyone's problems instead of getting off your ass and taking responsibility for your own life. The last thing we need is more misguided fools here promoting the view that the world would be better off without the USA. The USA is unquestionably the single most potent force for freedom and stability in the world today and has been for 3/4 of a century.
Those who accuse the USA of Imperialism are childern who don't know what real Imperialism is or was. Where would Afghanistan be now without the US intervention, to name just one example? What other nation would have taken as much care in a military campaign, or ever has in the history of the world? Yet these same voices could be heard bleating about the American bully after the attack on the US. This period in history calls for serious thoughts of the REAL consequences of actions, not childish pique over invented slights.
The world does not foster hatred of the USA because the USA is arrogant. Regimes and anti-capitalist movements foster hatred because there are no negative consequences for espousing that hatred and only gain to be had, whether it's in deflecting domestic opinion or the potential for aid & incentives from the nation they profess to hate or some other hidden agenda such as deliberately undermining US interests through any available means. Unfortunately there will be longer term negative consequences of this and I don't just mean damage to US prestige. The immature who attack the US because of this silly prep school left wing debate over Imperialism will ultimately exact a serious toll from all the peoples of the world.
One other thing, I am not an American. Just one of the very few grateful beneficiaries.
It's you who looks at Jar-Jar and says he's black because of how he acts. Look inside yourself for the problem.
Your comment about his accent is an insult to Jamaicans. He sounds nothing like them. Crikey, and you call others racist!
I know, I posted my own correction. Like I said this wasn't my finest moment. Trust me I'm cringing from the embarrassment.
Doh, forget I wrote this, I'm an idiot, Smack, smack smack!
Must remember more Chemistry.
Must remember more Chemistry.
Must remember more chemistry.
The article states that Hydrogen produces only water when burned. This is WRONG. It produces water and carbon dioxide.
This announcement has got to be worth a good $15M in ticket receipts for Ep.2.
Harvest us?
This sounds like a B-Movie script, you're not one of them Xenu hating folks are you?
Your posting history suggests more of an MJ12 / illuminati freakery, but then you go on about all this programmed & harvesting stuff. So which is it. Give us the synopsis? What's your poison? Us poor dumb chickens need a label.
If a web site makes unauthorized modifications to my browser I will join the class action suit against them. Right after I complain to the state's attourney general
If you realized what these fools have done to the electricity industry in this state then the last thing you'd want is for them to start regulating DSL. Expect politically modivated contributions from AT&T, Verizon et.al., industry insiders negotiating the contracts for us, and hair brained deregulation schemes which cripple the industry to the point where it allows us to be gouged for billions of dollars.
What a lot of conceitet offensive rubbish.
Tell my why the American media is infested with morons like Katz who always assume that if someone dislikes America they must have a justified reason. It never occurs to them that the reasons offered might be unreasonable. The most ludicrous charge is of course that the spreading of American culture is something the USA is at fault for, nobody forces McDonalds or US soap operas or cop dramas on anyone. They are purchased by the residents of other countries.
It is not a coincidence that this was posted on April 1st, or that anonymous posting is disabled on the same article on the same day.
Copyright applies to a creative work. DNA sequences are discovered not created. IANAL but there is case precedent for discarding copyrights in things which weren't created.
You might be able to stop me encoding my DNA as music the same way you did, but that does not copyright the original DNA.
Dang I'm getting that Pixelon feeling all over again. This sounds suspicious as heck.
Intel stopped Silicon Graphics making T-shirts with a logo which said "Attitude Inside". It did have a little swirl like the Intel logo though so it was sailing closer to the wind than the yoga thing.
You're right, he's not. He's a willfully miscievous disgruntled employee who persistently sent email to ALL of Intel's employees at work. He wasn't content to do this once, but repeated his spamming. All intel did was get an injunction against the guy to stop him sending emails to 30,000 employees at a time. He is not being convicted, he's being told to stop pestering the company. The guy had his say at least 3 times but just wouldn't stop. What do you do with a nut like this?
Are we supposed to just let individuals repeatedly send one sided biased screeds to tens of thousands of employees at their old place of work and keep doing it without the company being able to do anything about it? It is abusing the company's email system in the worst way.
At best this is a learned response. It is definitely NOT a mutation. I suppost "people learn to use thums more" is not as headline grabbing as "video games cause mutation". Junk science and junk journalism.
Who modded this rubbish up? The guy who posted the ad invited people to search on google to see his ad, go read the links, posters and modders. Sheesh!
Ahh, these are both perfect examples of why reasoning by analogy is the exclusive preserve of imbeciles. ORBZ tested mail servers. He did not distribute crack to children and he did not shoot anyone.
I'm not into reasoning by analogy but if you feel the need in future here are some alternatives you might try, at the very least they betray your disgusting attempts to impugn ORBZ:
ORBZ is squeezing the fruit in the supermarket to see if it's ripe.
Another:
ORBZ is playing a tune to see if they approve of the melody.
Now go scurry under your rock and stop implying that what ORBZ did is anything other than a public service, or worse; equating it to selling coke to kids. These things are not morally equivalent you dolt.
Yea, that would be a mail bomb, but I haven't heard the phrase used in years.
This is a very good development. It is refreshing to see people admit their mistake and back down. It is even more refreshing to see them confess that they realize that ORBZ has actually done them a service, the problem was theirs in the first place and they will try and do better in future.
All is forgiven Michigan IMHO.
The sponsored protest ad is right there when you click. This is an excellent idea! I'm sure the Scientology spat caused more hits on Xenu.com than a substantial promotion campaign could have.