Hmmm. I thought cancer has windows with cold cathodes inside and can heat an entire neighborhood from being overclocked. Although this overclocking has perhaps 0.5% performance gains.
Look man, everyone has their own hobbies, so get over yourself.
Exactly. An "inventor" can document and notarize all procedings of his idea while he gets a backer to fund the process. And if someone beats him to the patent, it's a matter of providing the documentation that you actually had the idea first. If I worked for the patent office, no working prototype = patent denied!
So we either punish the one puny inventor or we punish the world, pick one.
Let's say the internal combustion engine was an idea some guy patented a long time ago. Then, the invention was passed over by legit companies actually want to manufacture this idea because of the vast royalties they'd have to pay some guy with an idea he had while taking a shit. Where would we be today? Damn, where did I park my horse and buggy...
I feel the largest problem with the patent system is allowing people to patent "ideas" without a working prototype. I think this can and will lead to intuitive innovations being passed over because the manufacturer would have to pay patent fees to the "inventor". Total BS.
If the "inventor" didn't have the balls to put his/her money where their mouth is, then they don't deserve shit! Let's not punish companies willing to put forth money into a great idea by making them pay some lazy ass moron who payed a small patent fee to patent his idea of clapping to turn on a light.
It's simple why you need a semi-powerful machine to play this. It generates the textures at startup. I'm assuming it'd take a pretty powerful machine to generate textures like these screenshots, with such small code to work with in the first place.
As a comparison. Think of SETI@HOME. A very very very small file. Yet, it can take 4 hours or more to process on what is considered a fast machine. Same dealio with this.
Absolutely. While I'm as much for privacy as the next guy, this doesn't alarm me that much. This is really no different then OnStar, GPS Nav or even your cell phone, all having GPS locators installed. In fact, I was in the Verizon store last week and was informed that they face a $500 fine if they sell a phone that is not GPS enabled. For 911 tracking, of course:/
I know I'd like to know if there's a jam on my way to work and I need to take an alternate route or be late to the board meeting. The alternative of course being those big signs warning "Traffic Ahead" which you get to stare at while parked on the interstate.
I guess the other alternative to researching traffic patterns is to pay some guy to sit in a lawn chair with a clip board and pencil.
I think you gravely misunderstood my post. I was referring to the fact that people cheer when a bad company is violated using illegal tactics, i.e. DDOS, but if it were to happen to say Slashdot.org or kernel.org, all of a sudden the attacker is evil. And perhaps you should check my post count before you begin drawing conclusions about my internet habits.
Yes, but is grandma also going to keep current on patches? You either have to teach them semi advanced computer skills, i.e. what patches they need to download, or you must teach them common sense. However with a 70yr old person, teaching either is near impossible!
Yes. However, WhenU is not splicing into anything. When installed, it clearly states it's being installed. You can choose not to complete the installation if you disagree with it. WhenU is not a viral spyware that hijacks anything. Let's not turn this into a witch hunt and sight "malicious" spyware as a cause to attack spyware that is installed due to ignorance.
I think the greatest "fix all" patch would be to distribute a book with every PC sold titled "The Internet: How to not be an idiot".
I can't think of many email viruses out there that can exploit the ol' "Do not open unless I know what it is" bug!
Until a virus DDOSes Slashdot. Then we'll have geeks unite in a mob of tears and jeers. DDOS isn't good for anyone. Why is it only the bad people get no rights? Eventually the good people will also fall to the torment.
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Hmmm. I thought cancer has windows with cold cathodes inside and can heat an entire neighborhood from being overclocked. Although this overclocking has perhaps 0.5% performance gains. Look man, everyone has their own hobbies, so get over yourself.
Exactly. An "inventor" can document and notarize all procedings of his idea while he gets a backer to fund the process. And if someone beats him to the patent, it's a matter of providing the documentation that you actually had the idea first. If I worked for the patent office, no working prototype = patent denied!
So we either punish the one puny inventor or we punish the world, pick one. Let's say the internal combustion engine was an idea some guy patented a long time ago. Then, the invention was passed over by legit companies actually want to manufacture this idea because of the vast royalties they'd have to pay some guy with an idea he had while taking a shit. Where would we be today? Damn, where did I park my horse and buggy...
I feel the largest problem with the patent system is allowing people to patent "ideas" without a working prototype. I think this can and will lead to intuitive innovations being passed over because the manufacturer would have to pay patent fees to the "inventor". Total BS.
If the "inventor" didn't have the balls to put his/her money where their mouth is, then they don't deserve shit! Let's not punish companies willing to put forth money into a great idea by making them pay some lazy ass moron who payed a small patent fee to patent his idea of clapping to turn on a light.
A paper disk huh?
Sounds like yet another Sony product to wipe our asses with...
It's simple why you need a semi-powerful machine to play this. It generates the textures at startup. I'm assuming it'd take a pretty powerful machine to generate textures like these screenshots, with such small code to work with in the first place.
As a comparison. Think of SETI@HOME. A very very very small file. Yet, it can take 4 hours or more to process on what is considered a fast machine. Same dealio with this.
If you agree to the EULA of a virus and allow it to be installed, then who is the bigger danger? Shady != illegal
Absolutely. While I'm as much for privacy as the next guy, this doesn't alarm me that much. This is really no different then OnStar, GPS Nav or even your cell phone, all having GPS locators installed. In fact, I was in the Verizon store last week and was informed that they face a $500 fine if they sell a phone that is not GPS enabled. For 911 tracking, of course :/
I know I'd like to know if there's a jam on my way to work and I need to take an alternate route or be late to the board meeting. The alternative of course being those big signs warning "Traffic Ahead" which you get to stare at while parked on the interstate.
I guess the other alternative to researching traffic patterns is to pay some guy to sit in a lawn chair with a clip board and pencil.
I think you gravely misunderstood my post. I was referring to the fact that people cheer when a bad company is violated using illegal tactics, i.e. DDOS, but if it were to happen to say Slashdot.org or kernel.org, all of a sudden the attacker is evil. And perhaps you should check my post count before you begin drawing conclusions about my internet habits.
Yes, but is grandma also going to keep current on patches? You either have to teach them semi advanced computer skills, i.e. what patches they need to download, or you must teach them common sense. However with a 70yr old person, teaching either is near impossible!
Yes. However, WhenU is not splicing into anything. When installed, it clearly states it's being installed. You can choose not to complete the installation if you disagree with it. WhenU is not a viral spyware that hijacks anything. Let's not turn this into a witch hunt and sight "malicious" spyware as a cause to attack spyware that is installed due to ignorance.
I think the greatest "fix all" patch would be to distribute a book with every PC sold titled "The Internet: How to not be an idiot". I can't think of many email viruses out there that can exploit the ol' "Do not open unless I know what it is" bug!
Until a virus DDOSes Slashdot. Then we'll have geeks unite in a mob of tears and jeers. DDOS isn't good for anyone. Why is it only the bad people get no rights? Eventually the good people will also fall to the torment.