Considering how much IBM has invested and banked on Java, wouldn't you think they would try to design a virtual machine that would take advantage of this architecture? I wouldn't expect the JIT to be able to parallelize (???) everything, but I would think it would know how to detect and translate certain segments of code which are easy to translate to a parallel architecture.
I don't know about you, but when I first heard about cell processors (and that fact that IBM was behind it), I immediately began speculating how IBM would exploit this architecture in their server market. This sounds like the sort of thing that will enable them to sell 256 processor monsters running AIX, DB2 and J2EE.
Even if designing to take advantage of this architecture is terribly difficult, just porting your webserver, database server, and transaction will solve the scalability issues for most Web/Client/Server applications.
Next time, I'd suggest you spell things out for dummies like myself, who don't always get the implications right off the bat and are easily derailed by loaded references.
...and yet you stated that having children is your way to become immortal?
If you think God just put you here to be fruitful and multiply so you can maintain your "immortality" through your children, then you might want to consider switching to a church that actually teaches you God's word.
From what you seem to be advocating, you would think God told you take up grazing like a cow in the pastures and dropping your litter in the fields.
How about educating yourself like this woman and doing something constructive to help the poor misguided souls already in this world rather than focusing breeding for God.
TWO.
You don't know why this woman is studying for her PhD, yet you assume her reasons are purely for selfish gain (money and/or noteriety).
If anything, everything you've written shows how disconnected you are from academics and ambitious people in general, as you clearly do not understand what motivates most academics. You clearly lack any sense or understanding of what it's like to have a sense of purpose beyond yourself, both on an intellectual level and on a spiritual level.
Please don't make this a red-state, blue-state, Republican/Democrat issue. You do the issue a disservice by involving it this stupid political dichotomy.
You're annoying me and a lot of other people by replying with this "ideally" and "supposed to" crap. Please identify this law that compels farmers to notify the patent holders of genetically modified plants when they've contaminated their fields. Otherwise, it sounds like these activist judges are reinterpreting existing IP law in a way they were never intended to be interpreted under your "supposed to" principle.
Lastly, If "ideally" and "supposed to" was law, then why it that companies like Monsanto are never punished under the "ideally" and "supposed to" and always get away under the "technicality" laws?
Whining on Slashdot amounts to broadcasting your insight and complaints to a forum of people who care about the issue and NEED TO DISCUSS IT SO WE CAN ALL STAY INFORMED ON WHAT THE OPPOSITION IS DOING.
Whining teaches Slashdotters what tactical moves the opposition has taking, what the stakes are, and what is expected from us to overcome the hurdles that are put in front of us.
Lastly, whining is an effective way of getting caring people's sympathy. Some people need to hear the whines of injustice to get involved.
Now, I do understand that any group needs to get past their whining stage, but telling people to stop whining on/. is not a real solution.
If *YOU* want to something to get people talking more strategically, then *YOU* should start writing comments on Slashdot and any other forum to get people talking about strategy and actions they can take to get involved.
I sincerely hope that Eolas wins the appeal, because it will send the right message to Wall St. and Capital Hill about the shitty state of affairs of our patent system.
If Microsoft loses $500 million dollars Wall St. will start looking at the current patent system as a huge liability rather than an asset. After all, what's so great about having patent portfolio on a small set of technologies that you can use to sue a few competitors when you're vulnerable to being sued yourself by a company that can't be sued for infringement themselves because they don't actually produce anything.
To be honest, I can't think of a better way to send a clear signal to Wall St. and Capitol Hill to fix the patent system, and I certainly can't think of a better sacrificial lamb.
I didn't -- I said that he wasn't interested in computer science when he was 11 years old.
How do you know? I was interested in COMPUTER SCIENCE when I was 11 and not just Computer Programming.
If he was anything like me when he was 11, he wanted to learn as much as he could about algorithms, concepts, the math, and engineering methodologies so he could develop the ultimate video game.
BTW, I've notice you haven't bothered to defining Computer Science, which I'm guessing you will now define as narrowly as possible to prove me wrong.
I like your idea, but after reading the article on Nathan Myhrvold investing significant amounts of money to purchase patents for his new company "Intellectual Ventures", it occured to me:
Why can't patent holders who are sympathetic to OSS loan or license their patents to this organization to provide ammo against companies who threaten OSS with their patents?
Any proceeds from litigation could also contribute to a defense fund.
That's all fine and dandy, but have you met a realist lately? Not somebody who claims to be a realist, but someone who actually is one?
If you're talking about someone who understands the harsh realities of most situations and can for the most part predict the outcome and consequences of most actions targeted towards those situations, then yes.
I also know a many very successful people who are optimistic in-spite of the harsh reality of most situations and it's not because they have their head in the sand, rather they understand how ingenuity and persistence compounds over time to weather and erode away at the problems they're trying to solve.
I consider myself a realist, which I'm sure we could debate. I think I understand the gravity of the current situation and I will be the first to tell you that I'm pessimistic the EU will do the right thing. I'm always on the watch for the worst possible outcome, but not so I can sit there and watch it happen.
Lastly, I've met a lot of do-nothing naysayers, some which are realists and can predict outcomes with relative accuracy and others who are not true realists who always bet on black.
Does that answer your question? If so, what was the point of it?
I personally don't find this idea that funny, rather I'm pretty disappointed that Slashdotters are so rash to jump to conclusions and assume the principles behind the GPL couldn't be applied towards patents when a lot of the same people here probably initially laughed at the initial idea of the GPL actually providing a viable alternative to commercial.
You're telling me people are going to run their businesses on software written by people all over the globe in their spare time?
What's going to motive them to write the software? Did you think about that Einstien?
Where are those do-nothing naysayers today?
Before you laugh at this or any other "hairbrained idea", why don't you give them the benefit of the doubt and invest a little bit of thought and try to inject some healthy doses of realism mixed with optimism....and if you STILL don't think it will work, tell the person why so they'll have the benefit of your feedback.
Yeah at 10,000 Euros a patent we could file 10 a year from donations, while MS file that in a day... and we get to legitimize software patents while we are at it.
1. So what? If you get the right patents then you can really screw things up almost like EOLAS did with MS (...and they has NO public support, not even from the OS community)
2. Who says others couldn't loan their patents to the OS community to litigate on their behalf and share in the bounty which could be used to build the patent portfolio.
3. If you cause enough headaches, the INVESTMENT COMMUNITY is going to get sick of patents as it will be clear they patent system will have become more of a liability than an asset.
Rather than being an impetuous do-nothing naysayer, why don't you give the idea a little more than a superficial glance, and try to contribute something?
I don't think it's fair to lump in realists with do-nothing naysayers. It also has the side-affect of discouraging people from thinking less like a realist and more like a blind optimist who chooses to ignore the challenges rather than size them up realistically.
A "get-things-done optimist" should always understand the challenges he faces like a realist, but should act persistently and keep his eye on the ball looking for opportunity and taking advantage of opportunity when it comes around.
Rather than attack realism, maybe you ought to spend your efforts propagating the phrase/meme "do-nothing naysayer".
A corporation by law is required to make money for the benefit of their shareholders. In a case like this, the CEO of EA Games and their highly paid staff could be viewed as a violation of this law.
Remind me to never hire you as a corporate attorney.
SELECT * FROM tblArtistList As A LEFT JOIN tblBannedArtists As B
ON B.Artist = A.Artist WHERE A.Artist = @SearchArtist AND B.Artist IS NULL AND A.Artist 'Metalica'
Don't you feel better having made your point and backing it up with specifics?
To be honest, I can't think much of anything you've said that I really disagree with, and the only reason I replied was because your post came off as a juvenile diatribe against liberals, rather than a legitimate list of grievances.
IE, You sounded like a whining liberal who missed the irony of your actions.
To sum up: Try to spend more time presenting your legitimate claims of government interference (zealous enviromental regulation), and avoid the measly and petty grievences (Ban on gun decorations, manditory air-bags, having your demographic insults, and having your demographic insulted) sic.
You'll come off 1000x more intelligent and people will want to listen to you if you lay off complaining about petty shit.
Finally, I hate it when the government interferes with anybody's life, and as long as your claims are legitimate, you'll have my ear and support.
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Anybody know where the street walkers hang out in the city (NYC) these days?
Considering how much IBM has invested and banked on Java, wouldn't you think they would try to design a virtual machine that would take advantage of this architecture? I wouldn't expect the JIT to be able to parallelize (???) everything, but I would think it would know how to detect and translate certain segments of code which are easy to translate to a parallel architecture.
I don't know about you, but when I first heard about cell processors (and that fact that IBM was behind it), I immediately began speculating how IBM would exploit this architecture in their server market. This sounds like the sort of thing that will enable them to sell 256 processor monsters running AIX, DB2 and J2EE.
Even if designing to take advantage of this architecture is terribly difficult, just porting your webserver, database server, and transaction will solve the scalability issues for most Web/Client/Server applications.
I see. Good analogy and interesting POV.
Next time, I'd suggest you spell things out for dummies like myself, who don't always get the implications right off the bat and are easily derailed by loaded references.
...and yet you stated that having children is your way to become immortal?
If you think God just put you here to be fruitful and multiply so you can maintain your "immortality" through your children, then you might want to consider switching to a church that actually teaches you God's word.
From what you seem to be advocating, you would think God told you take up grazing like a cow in the pastures and dropping your litter in the fields.
How about educating yourself like this woman and doing something constructive to help the poor misguided souls already in this world rather than focusing breeding for God.
TWO.
You don't know why this woman is studying for her PhD, yet you assume her reasons are purely for selfish gain (money and/or noteriety).
If anything, everything you've written shows how disconnected you are from academics and ambitious people in general, as you clearly do not understand what motivates most academics. You clearly lack any sense or understanding of what it's like to have a sense of purpose beyond yourself, both on an intellectual level and on a spiritual level.
Please don't make this a red-state, blue-state, Republican/Democrat issue. You do the issue a disservice by involving it this stupid political dichotomy.
Because that is what the law says.
WHERE?
You're annoying me and a lot of other people by replying with this "ideally" and "supposed to" crap. Please identify this law that compels farmers to notify the patent holders of genetically modified plants when they've contaminated their fields. Otherwise, it sounds like these activist judges are reinterpreting existing IP law in a way they were never intended to be interpreted under your "supposed to" principle.
Lastly, If "ideally" and "supposed to" was law, then why it that companies like Monsanto are never punished under the "ideally" and "supposed to" and always get away under the "technicality" laws?
What's so special about making references to cultural elements and icons?
They're 10-13, not 5.
After reading that, I think there should be a +5 super-geeky so you can spend all your mod points on that one geeky gem.
Think about what this means for pr0n!
Is it just me, or isn't that the default implication for any new video streaming technology?
Oh wait... You must be new here.
Whining on Slashdot amounts to broadcasting your insight and complaints to a forum of people who care about the issue and NEED TO DISCUSS IT SO WE CAN ALL STAY INFORMED ON WHAT THE OPPOSITION IS DOING.
/. is not a real solution.
Whining teaches Slashdotters what tactical moves the opposition has taking, what the stakes are, and what is expected from us to overcome the hurdles that are put in front of us.
Lastly, whining is an effective way of getting caring people's sympathy. Some people need to hear the whines of injustice to get involved.
Now, I do understand that any group needs to get past their whining stage, but telling people to stop whining on
If *YOU* want to something to get people talking more strategically, then *YOU* should start writing comments on Slashdot and any other forum to get people talking about strategy and actions they can take to get involved.
Whining on Slashdot amounts to broadcasting
Pause. Consider it for a moment.
I sincerely hope that Eolas wins the appeal, because it will send the right message to Wall St. and Capital Hill about the shitty state of affairs of our patent system.
If Microsoft loses $500 million dollars Wall St. will start looking at the current patent system as a huge liability rather than an asset. After all, what's so great about having patent portfolio on a small set of technologies that you can use to sue a few competitors when you're vulnerable to being sued yourself by a company that can't be sued for infringement themselves because they don't actually produce anything.
To be honest, I can't think of a better way to send a clear signal to Wall St. and Capitol Hill to fix the patent system, and I certainly can't think of a better sacrificial lamb.
Is it me, or does anybody else get the creepy feeling that "An anonymous reader" could in fact be....
(wait for it)
Richard Stallman
DA DA DA!
You're talking about the ads that display when you do a Google search. If you click your links, you screw yourself.
We're talking about Google's Ad affiliate program that you can put OTHER PEOPLE'S ADS on YOUR website, which you recieve a portion of the income.
If you click those links, Google pays you.
I didn't -- I said that he wasn't interested in computer science when he was 11 years old.
How do you know? I was interested in COMPUTER SCIENCE when I was 11 and not just Computer Programming.
If he was anything like me when he was 11, he wanted to learn as much as he could about algorithms, concepts, the math, and engineering methodologies so he could develop the ultimate video game.
BTW, I've notice you haven't bothered to defining Computer Science, which I'm guessing you will now define as narrowly as possible to prove me wrong.
You're the realist, you tell me.
There was no point. I've been way too kind to you and you clearly don't have anything to contribute.
Have fun being meaningless and insipid.
I like your idea, but after reading the article on Nathan Myhrvold investing significant amounts of money to purchase patents for his new company "Intellectual Ventures", it occured to me:
Why can't patent holders who are sympathetic to OSS loan or license their patents to this organization to provide ammo against companies who threaten OSS with their patents?
Any proceeds from litigation could also contribute to a defense fund.
It's an idea worth exploring.
That's all fine and dandy, but have you met a realist lately? Not somebody who claims to be a realist, but someone who actually is one?
If you're talking about someone who understands the harsh realities of most situations and can for the most part predict the outcome and consequences of most actions targeted towards those situations, then yes.
I also know a many very successful people who are optimistic in-spite of the harsh reality of most situations and it's not because they have their head in the sand, rather they understand how ingenuity and persistence compounds over time to weather and erode away at the problems they're trying to solve.
I consider myself a realist, which I'm sure we could debate. I think I understand the gravity of the current situation and I will be the first to tell you that I'm pessimistic the EU will do the right thing. I'm always on the watch for the worst possible outcome, but not so I can sit there and watch it happen.
Lastly, I've met a lot of do-nothing naysayers, some which are realists and can predict outcomes with relative accuracy and others who are not true realists who always bet on black.
Does that answer your question? If so, what was the point of it?
I personally don't find this idea that funny, rather I'm pretty disappointed that Slashdotters are so rash to jump to conclusions and assume the principles behind the GPL couldn't be applied towards patents when a lot of the same people here probably initially laughed at the initial idea of the GPL actually providing a viable alternative to commercial.
...and if you STILL don't think it will work, tell the person why so they'll have the benefit of your feedback.
You're telling me people are going to run their businesses on software written by people all over the globe in their spare time?
What's going to motive them to write the software? Did you think about that Einstien?
Where are those do-nothing naysayers today?
Before you laugh at this or any other "hairbrained idea", why don't you give them the benefit of the doubt and invest a little bit of thought and try to inject some healthy doses of realism mixed with optimism.
Yeah at 10,000 Euros a patent we could file 10 a year from donations, while MS file that in a day... and we get to legitimize software patents while we are at it.
1. So what? If you get the right patents then you can really screw things up almost like EOLAS did with MS (...and they has NO public support, not even from the OS community)
2. Who says others couldn't loan their patents to the OS community to litigate on their behalf and share in the bounty which could be used to build the patent portfolio.
3. If you cause enough headaches, the INVESTMENT COMMUNITY is going to get sick of patents as it will be clear they patent system will have become more of a liability than an asset.
Rather than being an impetuous do-nothing naysayer, why don't you give the idea a little more than a superficial glance, and try to contribute something?
I don't think it's fair to lump in realists with do-nothing naysayers. It also has the side-affect of discouraging people from thinking less like a realist and more like a blind optimist who chooses to ignore the challenges rather than size them up realistically.
A "get-things-done optimist" should always understand the challenges he faces like a realist, but should act persistently and keep his eye on the ball looking for opportunity and taking advantage of opportunity when it comes around.
Rather than attack realism, maybe you ought to spend your efforts propagating the phrase/meme "do-nothing naysayer".
A corporation by law is required to make money for the benefit of their shareholders. In a case like this, the CEO of EA Games and their highly paid staff could be viewed as a violation of this law.
Remind me to never hire you as a corporate attorney.
Damned slashdot ate my <>
1. It should be AND @SearchArtist 'Metallica'
2. Might I suggest a join instead of a subquery?
SELECT * FROM tblArtistList As A
LEFT JOIN tblBannedArtists As B
ON B.Artist = A.Artist
WHERE A.Artist = @SearchArtist
AND B.Artist IS NULL AND A.Artist 'Metalica'
Don't you feel better having made your point and backing it up with specifics?
To be honest, I can't think much of anything you've said that I really disagree with, and the only reason I replied was because your post came off as a juvenile diatribe against liberals, rather than a legitimate list of grievances.
IE, You sounded like a whining liberal who missed the irony of your actions.
To sum up: Try to spend more time presenting your legitimate claims of government interference (zealous enviromental regulation), and avoid the measly and petty grievences (Ban on gun decorations, manditory air-bags, having your demographic insults, and having your demographic insulted) sic.
You'll come off 1000x more intelligent and people will want to listen to you if you lay off complaining about petty shit.
Finally, I hate it when the government interferes with anybody's life, and as long as your claims are legitimate, you'll have my ear and support.