And what would you suggest if the application is highly memory-bandwidth bound and uses only simple integer arithmetic? In that case, GPUs still won't cut it, because their memory bus easily gets congested.
I don't think I'm giving away the store when I tell you the bits were '0' and '1'.
Given the fact that '0' stands for 'not-evil' and '1' stands for 'evil', the important question of course is: did you count those 0's and 1's and what is their frequency?
I'm curious as to how many false positives it's going to generate
Interestingly, one can significantly increase the false positive number if one goes to an airport an sprays around these tiny particles (one only needs little of them). Therefore I hope they close the airport if the false positive rate goes up, instead of assuming the equipment is at fault.
Talking about rounded corners, Samsung should just make 2 models. One with rounded corners, and one without rounded corners. Then, on their website they should let you "design" your own phone. This then shifts liability to the end-user, turning this entire thing into a non-issue.
I think we need to invent a new kind of money. A currency that expresses not how much merit you provided to single individuals, but to society as a whole.
If we do not invent such kind of monetary unit, we will keep on patching the system endlessly, trying to suppress the effects of greediness of individuals, without ever reaching a globally optimal solution that serves us all best.
It would also be interesting to study if certain letter-combinations can be optimised (e.g., specialized ligatures). Or perhaps optimizations at the word-level.
I wouldn't be surprised if iPhone users have mutated chemical tags too. Look for the "religious" gene first, and don't forget to check the "fashion-victim", "metrosexual softie" and "RDF-sensititvity" genes, then verify that the "die-hard technologist" gene is turned off.
Wait, I'm going to write a research proposal just now...
Granted, I exaggerated a little. But it depends of course on how often you use your computer, and how much garbage an old machine produces.
My point was that buying a new gadget every other year produces garbage that can be avoided. Open systems can extend the useful lifetime of a product.
Also consider that if I need an app that exists only on iOS, and an app that exists only on Android, I have to buy TWO phones. Again, predominance of open systems may solve this.
Let's stop putting money into these closed systems. Only open systems can help reduce e-waste (just look at Linux, which can actually breathe new life into an old i386).
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Let's see how the algorithm copes...
Wait, they didn't describe the actual algorithm in the patent?
And what would you suggest if the application is highly memory-bandwidth bound and uses only simple integer arithmetic?
In that case, GPUs still won't cut it, because their memory bus easily gets congested.
That's what you think you did. In reality, you installed spyware with the added benefit for you that you can read epubs.
How long until Google starts using this for face recognition?
That totally does not bother me. These methods are easily defeated by Burqa technology, invented by Muslims ages ago.
Please move back into the reality distortion field.
I don't think I'm giving away the store when I tell you the bits were '0' and '1'.
Given the fact that '0' stands for 'not-evil' and '1' stands for 'evil', the important question of course is: did you count those 0's and 1's and what is their frequency?
These guys became popular because they provided something GOOD AND CHEAP to the masses - light, cars, culture.
Err... I think somebody said it here before... Disney is to culture what playboy is to porn.
I'm curious as to how many false positives it's going to generate
Interestingly, one can significantly increase the false positive number if one goes to an airport an sprays around these tiny particles (one only needs little of them).
Therefore I hope they close the airport if the false positive rate goes up, instead of assuming the equipment is at fault.
This article is totally off. Of course, the most important reason is the (perceived) anonymity.
Fscking morons.
Talking about rounded corners, Samsung should just make 2 models. One with rounded corners, and one without rounded corners.
Then, on their website they should let you "design" your own phone.
This then shifts liability to the end-user, turning this entire thing into a non-issue.
I think it will end right after weapons have been banned in the U.S.
In other words, never.
Unfortunately, a judge has absolutely no power to change the system.
In your mind, where is the heart of today's computer hobbyists.
I guess they're all locked up safely inside this walled garden.
Obviously, you have your Bi-Fi tuned to the wrong channel.
So do we get satellite images?
Or are they flying a plane over the Amazon every day?
Why just patents? Copyright must go too.
Why stop there?
Lawyers must go too.
And congressmen,
lobbyists,
Apple,
and the inventor of endianness.
Pharma needs a reform too.
They only target drugs that are interesting from a commercial point of view.
I think we need to invent a new kind of money.
A currency that expresses not how much merit you provided to single individuals, but to society as a whole.
If we do not invent such kind of monetary unit, we will keep on patching the system endlessly, trying to suppress the effects of greediness of individuals, without ever reaching a globally optimal solution that serves us all best.
It would also be interesting to study if certain letter-combinations can be optimised (e.g., specialized ligatures). Or perhaps optimizations at the word-level.
Good to see that Apple gets some of its own medicine: artificial restrictions.
I wouldn't be surprised if iPhone users have mutated chemical tags too. Look for the "religious" gene first, and don't forget to check the "fashion-victim", "metrosexual softie" and "RDF-sensititvity" genes, then verify that the "die-hard technologist" gene is turned off.
Wait, I'm going to write a research proposal just now...
I've always wanted to be the Alpha male of the pack. Too bad I'm a Beta.
Granted, I exaggerated a little. But it depends of course on how often you use your computer, and how much garbage an old machine produces.
My point was that buying a new gadget every other year produces garbage that can be avoided. Open systems can extend the useful lifetime of a product.
Also consider that if I need an app that exists only on iOS, and an app that exists only on Android, I have to buy TWO phones. Again, predominance of open systems may solve this.
Let's stop putting money into these closed systems.
Only open systems can help reduce e-waste (just look at Linux, which can actually breathe new life into an old i386).
But it's the very first weapon that a tinfoil hat is actually documented to protect against.
You might want to try tinfoil underwear too.