My thoughts as well. But realistically thinking, the game engine is probably pretty small (say 30 MB) compared to textures, audio and video. So for a linear games or level/scenario based games, this seems feasible.
Given the current economical environment, government aid may be needed. But *if* money are granted, they should be considered an investment, so the government (and US taxpayers, in the longer turn) should be given stocks appropriate to the investment size.
Now it will be interesting to see if all the people condemning Foxconn a short while ago, has the guts and hearts to take Foxconn into their grace again.
Doesn't seem surprising to me in the least. Given enough pressure and heat, not only do the inner electrons start to interact, but so do the nuclei. This is called fusion.
Not quite the same. Fusion is when the atom core (protons/neutrons) melts together with another atom core. Here we are talking about the electrons in the inner shell interacting.
But in a way you are right, TFA describes the atoms being in a state that the electron in the outer shell is stripped from all atoms so all atoms are ions, and the stripped electrons are paired up somewhere between the ions, basically leaving the inner shell electrons free to interact.
This is fascinating. I know it is all very theoretical, and based on computer models of how a material behaves under extreme pressure.
But frankly, I fail to see any practical applications for this. We are talking about 1,5 million atmospheres and 3000 Kelvin - hence not a typical lab environment.
But I will with no doubt be proven wrong in the following years. That is why following science is so fun at times:-)
Yes, caching seems very nice. But the article don't explain how they'll handle the huge latency. It must have a huge floating windows for ACK/retransmits.
On a less serious hand, I hope the satellite IP connections are severed from the Ethernet (like electrical plants are (or should be in some cases), or hacking a satellite will be the next goal.
This kind of treatment is also used for persons with skin diseases. I think that Psoriasis patients actually benefit from resting in a tub with skin eating fish.
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ISO has no say. They can recommend to the TMB (Technical Management Board) to overlook the complaint.
Of course it is likely that the TMB chooses to dismiss the appeals, as looking into them would open a hornets nests. No one with power (ISO, TMB, MS, National committees and selected governments) would want that.
And seen from Apple's POW, it is a great business decision. Their options are:
Keep prices low. Every Appple owner buys their parts, but they make very very little per part. Lets say 10%. Example: 100 persons buy for 50$ worth of RAM. Apple makes 500$.
Keep prices high. The $50 part they now sell for $100 - and make a profit of $55 per sale. Now ONLY 10 of its customers have to buy the part - and Apple still ends up with $550.
In reality I guess that a lot more than 10% use original Apple parts. 70-80% perhaps. Only tech perons would dare modify their own HW.
Don't they have the option to just publish, and thus establish prior art, instead of seeking a patenet? But granted, a patent is a better protection in case someone sues - a patent gives them a possible opporunity to countersue.
Even in the Old Days, supercomputers had multiple processors.
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In 1988, Cray Research introduced the Cray Y-MP®, the world's first supercomputer to sustain over 1 gigaflop on many applications. Multiple 333 MFLOPS processors powered the system to a record sustained speed of 2.3 gigaflops.
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The difference today is that almost all supercomputers use commodity chips, instead of custom designed cores.
Ohh - and the IBM one is almost a million times faster than the 20 years old '88 cray model.
I stand corrected. And thinking (in the correct line of thought) that at MS/Yahoo merger would lead to Yahoo selling MS off, if clearly wrong. Bummer on my part.
You make some good points. I see some similarities between MS and Time Warner: both depends on traditional products and have, as you pointed out, no real online generated revenue (MS: OS, Office, XBOX etc. Time Warner: Media), and also between AOL and Yahoo (online only, no real traditional revenue. Their biggest asset is a large user base.
Your last point, being that wasting 40+ billion is a bad move, was exactly my point. MS would probably fu.. up AOL, and drive users away. And true - the MS/Yahoo - TW/AOL Deals are not truly analogous (for one, they are in the same market segment), my prediction was that the end result would probably be the same.
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My thoughts as well. But realistically thinking, the game engine is probably pretty small (say 30 MB) compared to textures, audio and video. So for a linear games or level/scenario based games, this seems feasible.
No not confuse transit costs with ISP costs. The two are not comparable. But this is off topic, I guess...
I answered sarcastically to brian0918. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
What about the Human Torch from Fantastic Four. He is causing it all, you know...
As opposed to capitalism: Failing companies begging for money to survive in the market?
Government: do not give 1BN gifts.
I saw you guys are all making fun, but story shows how academia struggles to communicate to the public. /. is not the typical public.
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Good point.
Now it will be interesting to see if all the people condemning Foxconn a short while ago, has the guts and hearts to take Foxconn into their grace again.
Not quite the same. Fusion is when the atom core (protons/neutrons) melts together with another atom core. Here we are talking about the electrons in the inner shell interacting.
But in a way you are right, TFA describes the atoms being in a state that the electron in the outer shell is stripped from all atoms so all atoms are ions, and the stripped electrons are paired up somewhere between the ions, basically leaving the inner shell electrons free to interact.
But frankly, I fail to see any practical applications for this. We are talking about 1,5 million atmospheres and 3000 Kelvin - hence not a typical lab environment.
But I will with no doubt be proven wrong in the following years. That is why following science is so fun at times :-)
Yes, caching seems very nice. But the article don't explain how they'll handle the huge latency. It must have a huge floating windows for ACK/retransmits.
On a less serious hand, I hope the satellite IP connections are severed from the Ethernet (like electrical plants are (or should be in some cases), or hacking a satellite will be the next goal.
This kind of treatment is also used for persons with skin diseases. I think that Psoriasis patients actually benefit from resting in a tub with skin eating fish.
I must be getting old. Never heard of this before, so the article was confusion at first. For info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_(web_framework)
And patents. Patents also exist in MMO's. Open Sourcing would potentially give make those worthless (not that I approve of SW patents, mind you).
Assuming it is Windows or Linux. It might run on some other (e.g. special hardware or mainframe) or/and have en encrypted HDD.
Of course it is likely that the TMB chooses to dismiss the appeals, as looking into them would open a hornets nests. No one with power (ISO, TMB, MS, National committees and selected governments) would want that.
Ars Technica has posted a hands on: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080708-hands-on-googles-lively-social-3d-world-is-20-percent-done.html
In reality I guess that a lot more than 10% use original Apple parts. 70-80% perhaps. Only tech perons would dare modify their own HW.
As I said: Good Business.
(C) Copyright Alexander Gromikov in the code is a big hint, if the students name is Ken Smith.
Interesting that the chose GPLv2 over the GPLv3. Does anyone have a educated guess to why?
Don't they have the option to just publish, and thus establish prior art, instead of seeking a patenet?
But granted, a patent is a better protection in case someone sues - a patent gives them a possible opporunity to countersue.
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In 1988, Cray Research introduced the Cray Y-MP®, the world's first supercomputer to sustain over 1 gigaflop on many applications. Multiple 333 MFLOPS processors powered the system to a record sustained speed of 2.3 gigaflops. --
The difference today is that almost all supercomputers use commodity chips, instead of custom designed cores.
Ohh - and the IBM one is almost a million times faster than the 20 years old '88 cray model.
I stand corrected. And thinking (in the correct line of thought) that at MS/Yahoo merger would lead to Yahoo selling MS off, if clearly wrong. Bummer on my part.
I see some similarities between MS and Time Warner: both depends on traditional products and have, as you pointed out, no real online generated revenue (MS: OS, Office, XBOX etc. Time Warner: Media), and also between AOL and Yahoo (online only, no real traditional revenue. Their biggest asset is a large user base.
Your last point, being that wasting 40+ billion is a bad move, was exactly my point. MS would probably fu.. up AOL, and drive users away.
And true - the MS/Yahoo - TW/AOL Deals are not truly analogous (for one, they are in the same market segment), my prediction was that the end result would probably be the same.