I don't think that applies to DVDs. However, if I understand Bd+ correctly, it's some software, designed to be run on a Bd+ virtual machine, that decrypts the associated movie files on the fly.
Wouldn't it be perfect hitting the MPAA over the head with their own favorite copy-protection technology?
Based on this discussion of the iPhone "retina display", a wraparound 180-degree screen of 9,000 pixels in hemi-circumference would match the resolution of the human retina. So you don't need another retina - but you might need LASIK.
Oh, and neural bandwidth isn't a problem. Maximum resolution is only achieved in a small area of the retina; if a computer could track your eye and move a small display with it, this kind of resolution wouldn't be necessary.
*Every* talk mentioned Nvidia cards -- Geforce GTX nnn's, Tesla boards, Fermi boards. Nobody talked about AMD at all.
Maybe AMD does have an advantage, but nobody's using it.
That's because nVIDIA has excellent support, both on Windows and Linux, and documentation for their CUDA GPGPU system. They even have an emulator so people without an nVIDIA GPU can develop for one. (Although it's now deprecated.)
On the other hand, AMD has CAL, Stream, and OpenCL; and I can't even figure out which one I'm supposed to use to support all GPGPU-capable AMD cards. OpenCL has some documentation; I can't find anything good on CAL, and I can't find any way to develop for the platform on Linux without the hardware.
That's why I've written a working CUDA app but nothing for AMD.
Well, that makes more sense for 5 particles. I could accept a trinity of God particles - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but not 5. I guess this way we can name the two negative Higgs' "Lucifer" and "Beelzebub".
OK, if he did no campaigning, how did you find out and/or come to believe all that stuff about this guy?
I'd be more likely to believe the result if there were *any* way for the average primary voter to know that stuff (before the primary happened).
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Bring up two windows, right-click the taskbar, and click "Tile Windows Vertically". Works in Win2K as well as WinXP.
I haven't seen anything beyond what the commercials show of the Windows 7 "snap feature", but I think that's the same, right?
Actually, I prefer Ubuntu's sticky edges. Move a window next to another one or the side of the screen, and it sticks a little before moving on. Much more useful, IMHO.
First, I have no problem with movies being distributed in theaters. It's a controlled environment; they should be able to charge what they want. They should also be able to prosecute people who steal the movie from theaters with cameras, or before it gets to theaters.
Next, when the movie is released for home viewing, the studios should host torrents for it - with some commercials included. DVD or lower resolution would be acceptable. I wouldn't even gripe too much about those pop-over commercials (stars dancing across the bottom of the screen, etc.) on this free version. The studio torrent should be more used than any pirated torrent because (1) it's legal, and (2) being the main torrent it will have the most seeds. It should also be in a format I can convert for use on other products; heck, they could even host some of those torrents too. Being torrents, they would cost the studios next-to-nothing in bandwidth.
Finally, they should offer a nice, commercial-free direct download version for <= $5/movie. Unlimited DRM-free downloads of that movie in as many formats as they provide should be included.
Sure, you can add more transistors. And you can use those transistors to add more cores. But how useful will they be? That's what Amdahl's Law tells you. And Amdahl's Law is harder to break than Moore's.
GPUs only add one more dimension to Amdahl's Law: what portion of the parallelizable portion of a problem is amenable to SIMD processing on a GPU, as opposed to MIMD processing on a standard multi-core processor.
Well, that two-buffer thing is an interesting idea. I immediately see two problems with it.
One, any instruction that writes to the second buffer "dirties" the data in the first. So you'd need to create an algorithm that goes through the code from a given point to some length, finds all instructions that aren't dirtied by any previous instruction, and then runs them. This, of course, is a serial process. It will also run into difficulties with conditionals and loops.
And two, if the buffers are of any size, data locality starts to become an issue. Remember, processors have a limited number of registers. The farther out data is, the bigger the available space, but the slower the access. This is a hardware problem.
I'd also like to point out that processors like Intel's Core series already do something kind of similar to this, having three ALUs and three memory access ports, which can all run in parallel from serial code, reordering it if necessary. Considering that Intel engineers have given up on adding more ALUs, I'd say this process has reached its limits.
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At least the second link I get when I search IronPython on Google still works.
I don't think that applies to DVDs. However, if I understand Bd+ correctly, it's some software, designed to be run on a Bd+ virtual machine, that decrypts the associated movie files on the fly.
Wouldn't it be perfect hitting the MPAA over the head with their own favorite copy-protection technology?
Based on this discussion of the iPhone "retina display", a wraparound 180-degree screen of 9,000 pixels in hemi-circumference would match the resolution of the human retina. So you don't need another retina - but you might need LASIK.
Oh, and neural bandwidth isn't a problem. Maximum resolution is only achieved in a small area of the retina; if a computer could track your eye and move a small display with it, this kind of resolution wouldn't be necessary.
The Mythbusters tested that. It wasn't thermite, and it didn't behave like thermite. So the Hindenburg is still a mystery.
You're right, that's even better with an even brighter future if fusion ever (and it will!) pays off.
This is fusion power paying off. We're just using a bigger reactor than most fusion proponents expected.
*Every* talk mentioned Nvidia cards -- Geforce GTX nnn's, Tesla boards, Fermi boards. Nobody talked about AMD at all.
Maybe AMD does have an advantage, but nobody's using it.
That's because nVIDIA has excellent support, both on Windows and Linux, and documentation for their CUDA GPGPU system. They even have an emulator so people without an nVIDIA GPU can develop for one. (Although it's now deprecated.)
On the other hand, AMD has CAL, Stream, and OpenCL; and I can't even figure out which one I'm supposed to use to support all GPGPU-capable AMD cards. OpenCL has some documentation; I can't find anything good on CAL, and I can't find any way to develop for the platform on Linux without the hardware.
That's why I've written a working CUDA app but nothing for AMD.
Not a problem; lead's not nearly as bad as the arsenic in some panels!
Well, that makes more sense for 5 particles. I could accept a trinity of God particles - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but not 5. I guess this way we can name the two negative Higgs' "Lucifer" and "Beelzebub".
OK, if he did no campaigning, how did you find out and/or come to believe all that stuff about this guy?
I'd be more likely to believe the result if there were *any* way for the average primary voter to know that stuff (before the primary happened).
Bring up two windows, right-click the taskbar, and click "Tile Windows Vertically". Works in Win2K as well as WinXP.
I haven't seen anything beyond what the commercials show of the Windows 7 "snap feature", but I think that's the same, right?
Actually, I prefer Ubuntu's sticky edges. Move a window next to another one or the side of the screen, and it sticks a little before moving on. Much more useful, IMHO.
So let's use English units (even though England doesn't even use them anymore!)
There are 128 fluid ounces (oz) in a gallon. So oz/mile (let's call it OPM) is equivalent to gallons/128 miles.
This also happens to be about half the European value. (5 L/100km == 2.72 OPM == 47 MPG)
Alright, serious solution.
First, I have no problem with movies being distributed in theaters. It's a controlled environment; they should be able to charge what they want. They should also be able to prosecute people who steal the movie from theaters with cameras, or before it gets to theaters.
Next, when the movie is released for home viewing, the studios should host torrents for it - with some commercials included. DVD or lower resolution would be acceptable. I wouldn't even gripe too much about those pop-over commercials (stars dancing across the bottom of the screen, etc.) on this free version. The studio torrent should be more used than any pirated torrent because (1) it's legal, and (2) being the main torrent it will have the most seeds. It should also be in a format I can convert for use on other products; heck, they could even host some of those torrents too. Being torrents, they would cost the studios next-to-nothing in bandwidth.
Finally, they should offer a nice, commercial-free direct download version for <= $5/movie. Unlimited DRM-free downloads of that movie in as many formats as they provide should be included.
If the booming they're doing now isn't working, maybe they need a bigger boom? Like a nuclear boom?
Hey, Chu is a smart, scientific guy.
Whenever you post anything publicly online, assume Congress will see it 20 years from now.
That's my attitude anyway. (Except when I post as an Anonymous Coward.)
"Cure cancer" is a stupid phrase uttered by naive people. That's like saying you're going to "cure viruses" or "fix government".
Hey, we cured bacteria! Remember penicillin?
Oh, wait, nevermind.
That could get interesting...making Microsoft provide a public-domain reference design for an OOXML reader/writer. :)
...Stirring up trouble with crazy theories about aliens...
Sure, you can add more transistors. And you can use those transistors to add more cores. But how useful will they be? That's what Amdahl's Law tells you. And Amdahl's Law is harder to break than Moore's.
GPUs only add one more dimension to Amdahl's Law: what portion of the parallelizable portion of a problem is amenable to SIMD processing on a GPU, as opposed to MIMD processing on a standard multi-core processor.
Been there, done that, sort of. I actually had to maintain a program written with something called Jelly. Overall, I'd rather stick with Java/JSP.
No GPUs?
Well, that two-buffer thing is an interesting idea. I immediately see two problems with it.
One, any instruction that writes to the second buffer "dirties" the data in the first. So you'd need to create an algorithm that goes through the code from a given point to some length, finds all instructions that aren't dirtied by any previous instruction, and then runs them. This, of course, is a serial process. It will also run into difficulties with conditionals and loops.
And two, if the buffers are of any size, data locality starts to become an issue. Remember, processors have a limited number of registers. The farther out data is, the bigger the available space, but the slower the access. This is a hardware problem.
I'd also like to point out that processors like Intel's Core series already do something kind of similar to this, having three ALUs and three memory access ports, which can all run in parallel from serial code, reordering it if necessary. Considering that Intel engineers have given up on adding more ALUs, I'd say this process has reached its limits.
This still seems out of context. I'd like to see what the parent email was before "Steal it!" I can imagine something like:
Steve Chen: Watch out for competition from this site.
Chad Hurley: What are they going to do that can compete with our content?
Steve Chen: Steal It!
Adobe already released a closed-source plugin to play H.264. It's called Flash Player.
But it's ReactOS + the good parts of Wine. How about DistilledOS?