I was thinking the same thing. I think this is a great idea for a SIGGRAPH type of project, and one that might even have some useful implications for historians.
Unfortunately, that's not always the case. There was a recent nasty episode when this guy was falsely accused of abusing and murdering his stepdaughter. It turned out in a previous hospital visit doctors had ignored evidence of severe injuries from a playground accident from which she ultimately died. Of course, nobody dared mention the negligent doctors' names, but the stepfather's face and full name were front page of some major newspapers. Truly disgusting in many ways. I'm glad at least sometimes they behave correctly.
On the contrary, thanks to the vast amount of free code around, it is now easier than ever to create something truly unique. Specialized markets are the way to go. The big guys will always have trouble there.
I live in California, pay about 35% taxes, and that doesn't cover the cost of health care. If I were to be a one man show, I'd need a loooot of money to break even.
Uhmm... no, I'm Spanish and I'm only vaguely familiar with all but the highest profiles in US politics. Did you know the King of Spain killed his brother in a gun accident? I bet you didn't. But thanks for replying.
May is a great time of the year, indeed. The weather is nice, the flowers are blooming... I just don't know what this has to do in a story about some Howard dude.
The summary doesn't mention it, but is the integration scale potentially competitive? I'd assume so, since it's supposed to be commercially viable, but of course I didn't RTFA.
I see your point, but I agree with the OP: The beauty of the thing is that it's hard to foresee the nearly limitless possibilities. Much like the iPhone. Who would have predicted the huge variety of apps available?
Civil rights, as a universal truth, are not really defined anywhere. You're extending US standards to China. Now, if you talked about human rights, that's a different thing; At least there's a recognized document listing and describing them.
In Europe, libraries are mandated to pay a per-loan fee to authors' lobbies such as CEDRO (books) or SGAE (music) in Spain. In practice, the users don't notice it because it's the governments that pay, but it's there.
ETA, the only remaining active terrorist group in Europe, still sadly does that. The purpose is not just claiming "ownership" of the gig, as much as it is to attract policemen to the scent. Often they would report a slightly different location and a slightly off time, in an attempt to catch a cop or two. In their perverted minds, it seems like a policeman is less of a person than a random guy who just happened to walk by.
Yes, I read a recent white paper comparing Larrabee/NVidia/AMD on medical computing applications, and Larrabee was 5-6 times faster. The problem is the huge amount of graphics-specific software that needs to be developed for Larrabee, while NVidia and AMD have two advantages there: First, they've done it incrementally over several years. Second, they do a lot of that work on dedicated hardware, which is also more efficient, but only for said graphics applications. For everything else, Larrabee is the only system that doesn't make you bend over backwards to squeeze the high performance. The only question is how big will that market be.
As it is written right now, the law would allow a government entity to close websites offering copyrighted materials without permission. Until now, that could only be done by a judge. This "right to broadband" is just sugarcoating the pill of censorship. Unfortunately, I'm sure it'll succeed in hiding the real issue here, given the lack of involvement in politics by Spaniards. (Disclaimer: I'm Spanish myself.)
I don't see why they can't do that right now. In fact, it'd be in their best interest to attract those customers. The only explanation is that they're planning to offer not just a carrot, but a stick in the form of terminating the project.
Standard gasoline engines (and all others that I'm aware of) are simply most efficient at a certain speed where they offset their internal frictions and other fixed power drains (i.e. heat released in combustion) by the largest margin. Otherwise, going the slowest speed possible would always be the most efficient way to travel.
Interesting. I'd like to see what they keys actually look like when resized. It would surely give me a headache after a while, but it'd be a neat trick nonetheless. Maybe someone can implement that for Android?
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Toilet seat covers :). I really miss those when I go back home to Spain.
What's this Hunting disease they talk about?
This brings the phrase "do it yourself" to a whole new level.
I was thinking the same thing. I think this is a great idea for a SIGGRAPH type of project, and one that might even have some useful implications for historians.
Unfortunately, that's not always the case. There was a recent nasty episode when this guy was falsely accused of abusing and murdering his stepdaughter. It turned out in a previous hospital visit doctors had ignored evidence of severe injuries from a playground accident from which she ultimately died. Of course, nobody dared mention the negligent doctors' names, but the stepfather's face and full name were front page of some major newspapers. Truly disgusting in many ways. I'm glad at least sometimes they behave correctly.
Depending on how early these pickickers joined, they might walk out with a nice roll of dough in their pockets, which I wouldn't mind.
On the contrary, thanks to the vast amount of free code around, it is now easier than ever to create something truly unique. Specialized markets are the way to go. The big guys will always have trouble there.
I live in California, pay about 35% taxes, and that doesn't cover the cost of health care. If I were to be a one man show, I'd need a loooot of money to break even.
Uhmm... no, I'm Spanish and I'm only vaguely familiar with all but the highest profiles in US politics. Did you know the King of Spain killed his brother in a gun accident? I bet you didn't. But thanks for replying.
I'm curious about the Kennedy reference. Honestly, I'm not so familiar with US politics/history. Can you elaborate?
May is a great time of the year, indeed. The weather is nice, the flowers are blooming... I just don't know what this has to do in a story about some Howard dude.
The summary doesn't mention it, but is the integration scale potentially competitive? I'd assume so, since it's supposed to be commercially viable, but of course I didn't RTFA.
Try San Francisco. You would think they'd be especially interested in that city, but it sucks royal donkey balls to use an iPhone there.
I see your point, but I agree with the OP: The beauty of the thing is that it's hard to foresee the nearly limitless possibilities. Much like the iPhone. Who would have predicted the huge variety of apps available?
Civil rights, as a universal truth, are not really defined anywhere. You're extending US standards to China. Now, if you talked about human rights, that's a different thing; At least there's a recognized document listing and describing them.
In Europe, libraries are mandated to pay a per-loan fee to authors' lobbies such as CEDRO (books) or SGAE (music) in Spain. In practice, the users don't notice it because it's the governments that pay, but it's there.
ETA, the only remaining active terrorist group in Europe, still sadly does that. The purpose is not just claiming "ownership" of the gig, as much as it is to attract policemen to the scent. Often they would report a slightly different location and a slightly off time, in an attempt to catch a cop or two. In their perverted minds, it seems like a policeman is less of a person than a random guy who just happened to walk by.
There is previous evidence of this..
I wonder how the performance of the open source solution is compared to the proprietary compiler by NVidia. If it's good enough, they might be scared.
Yes, I read a recent white paper comparing Larrabee/NVidia/AMD on medical computing applications, and Larrabee was 5-6 times faster. The problem is the huge amount of graphics-specific software that needs to be developed for Larrabee, while NVidia and AMD have two advantages there: First, they've done it incrementally over several years. Second, they do a lot of that work on dedicated hardware, which is also more efficient, but only for said graphics applications. For everything else, Larrabee is the only system that doesn't make you bend over backwards to squeeze the high performance. The only question is how big will that market be.
Geeze, give it up already. It's been 80 years. The cat is dead.
As it is written right now, the law would allow a government entity to close websites offering copyrighted materials without permission. Until now, that could only be done by a judge. This "right to broadband" is just sugarcoating the pill of censorship. Unfortunately, I'm sure it'll succeed in hiding the real issue here, given the lack of involvement in politics by Spaniards. (Disclaimer: I'm Spanish myself.)
I don't see why they can't do that right now. In fact, it'd be in their best interest to attract those customers. The only explanation is that they're planning to offer not just a carrot, but a stick in the form of terminating the project.
Standard gasoline engines (and all others that I'm aware of) are simply most efficient at a certain speed where they offset their internal frictions and other fixed power drains (i.e. heat released in combustion) by the largest margin. Otherwise, going the slowest speed possible would always be the most efficient way to travel.
Interesting. I'd like to see what they keys actually look like when resized. It would surely give me a headache after a while, but it'd be a neat trick nonetheless. Maybe someone can implement that for Android?