ATI's last generation of cards had a feature called PowerPlay, which gears the card down when its not being heavily used. The 4800 series will have the same feature and judging from TFA Nvidia's doing something similar with the GT200.
Sounds good, but it'll be bought up by a major oil company long before it's turned into a commercially viable business. Then it'll be placed on the shelf until oil production finally drops too low to remain commercially viable. Then, finally, we'll have an explosion of alternative energy spring up from nowhere, owned and operated by the same huge oil companies everyone loves to hate today.
This is why I'd rather see a political system without parties. Everyone runs as an independent, everyone votes as an independent. Only after the votes are cast would they be allowed their parties, and there'd be a strict 2 drink limit.
Other articles about this case mention other companies involved:
Quanta Computer makes laptops for major U.S. computer sellers and is the only company sued by LG that hasn't settled. It is among several large Korean companies that bought computer components from Intel.
This suddenoutbreakofcommonsense only took 8 years, and one stubborn company that refused to settle when all the others did. It may have been an obvious outcome to some, but apparently not to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals or the unnamed number of other companies who gave in to the royalty demands.
The real question in all this is why the appeal court sided with LG.
40GB may be reasonable, but I'd say $55 per month for 15 mbps + overrun costs isn't. My connection in Germany was 15 mbps, unlimited (never received a usage notice either), plus VOIP for 25 EUR/month. Locked in for 1 year, not 3. I think we can forget about the exchange rate here, because I'm sure Time Warner would charge $55 a month even if the US dollar were on par with the Euro.
Telcos in the US should be asked flat out, if they can provide this level of service in Germany and other countries, then why not here? I'd be interested in hearing their answer, after all the money they've been given to do exactly that.
And here's the part that worries me, "The record labels declined to comment for this story, referring questions to the RIAA."
Lets take the best case scenario and say this class action lawsuit ends up being 100% successful and destroys the RIAA. The record labels behind the organization will simply dissolve it, like a snake shedding old skin. The next day a new association will spring up, using new devious tactics for the next 10 years before they too are finally ousted, and so on. Until Sony, Universal, EMI and Warner are held accountable for the actions of the RIAA this won't change.
They've done it at least once already, "The Settlement Support Center was a less public part of the initiative. Its name may suggest a neutral organization set up to resolve disputes with evenhanded objectivity. In fact, it was financed by the record industry and operated like a cross between a call center and a debt collection firm. The SSC has since been dissolved."
At the moment, Internet service providers typically discard any log file that's no longer required for business reasons such as network monitoring, fraud prevention or billing disputes. Companies do, however, alter that general rule when contacted by police performing an investigation--a practice called data preservation.
A 1996 federal law called the Electronic Communication Transactional Records Act regulates data preservation. It requires Internet providers to retain any "record" in their possession for 90 days "upon the request of a governmental entity."
In addition, Internet providers are required by another federal law to report child pornography sightings to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which is in turn charged with forwarding that report to the appropriate police agency.
Looks like everything's working as it should. Thanks for wasting time and taxpayer money again guys, enjoy a well deserved vacation on me.
Actually EVE is unique in that most of the player base is made up of adults. The average age of an EVE player in 2006 was 27, according to the article on Wikipedia. And I believe it, having played the game for a few years until 2007 the vast majority of people I came across were in their late 20's or early 30's.
How is the sale of a Canadian company to US interests ever a net benefit for Canada? I've lost track of the companies that used to be Canadian owned, even a part of Canada's national identity (Tim Hortons), that have been sold off to make a penny.
I liken it to visiting a shooting range or taking martial arts lessons. Neither make a person more violent, and both can be great outlets for stress or aggression. I don't see what makes video games any different, aside from the fact that you don't use up much physical energy playing them.
The parents who are campaigning against video game violence are likely the same parents who threaten to sue their school when their kid comes home with a few bruises after a fun game of football in gym class. Not that I was ever any good at sports (this is/. after all), but no-contact football is their handywork.
I think the bit about humans becoming terrorists was one of the best plot points of the 3rd season. It made you question this preconceived notion that terrorists are somehow inherently evil, that there's such a thing as "good people" and "bad people" and that "good people" would never do what those "bad people" are doing. The events on New Caprica wanted to show that "normal" people could resort to terrorism given the right conditions, and how acts of terrorism just don't seem quite as barbarous when it's your side that's being oppressed.
Disclaimer for the DHS: I do not condone terrorism, thanks.
I'd have been happier with new direct-to-DVD seasons rather than long movies. The last one seemed drawn out and the jokes were a bit sparse. It just doesn't translate well into feature length.
I hope this one will be better, but either way I'm glad they're not giving up on Futurama.
We had about 12k dialup customers and a few hundred DS1, fractional DS1, frame relay, and DSL customers. Everyone's traffic went through one of two main NOCs on a good day, and their mail, DNS, AAA, and the company's web site traffic never touched the public Internet unless we were routing around trouble. In a couple of places we even put RADIUS slaves and DNS caching servers right in the POP.
I think for the most part they're tracking general tendencies. What topics come up most often in search boxes. Which links do users follow the most on our website. What kinds of products do users look at on each visit (used often on sites like Amazon with their "other people also looked at these things" ads). I suppose they could track your surfing habits on their site if you create an account there and login regularly. Beyond that it's just cookies, you can set most browsers to delete them automatically on close.
I don't see why this is such a big topic on the internet. The same thing has been happening for years now with those membership cards in most supermarkets, warranty cards, credit cards and so on. If you keep getting "pre-approved" credit cards in the mail it's because your credit bureau has been whoring your information out to the highest bidder, you can usually 'opt out' of things like this.
Well according to a new study that I could be publishing, for the right price, lack of coffee in the mornings may increase your chances of a spelling mistake. Grants from coffee companies welcome!
Maybe it's just me, but these "Study finds x could decrease your risk of y by z%" news stories seem to be getting a little out of hand. "The team tracked the death rates for all causes and (surprise!) found some correlation in the statistics". What's next? Study finds people who paint their walls white decrease their risk of brain cancer by 20%? Seems like they'll publish anything just to publish something.
I mean, if this is all it takes to have a career in research then maybe I picked the wrong field. I'd be happy to run some statistics through a data miner for a university salery and grant money.
When I hear folks talking on the subject of bottled water vs. tap water I mention Calgary, Alberta. Calgary has very good tap water taken from two rivers that run through it, and Coca-Cola has a large bottling plant there. Anyone want to guess where Dasani bottled water comes from? That's right, out of the taps in Calgary and Brampton, ON.
I'm sure it doesn't supply all of the water Coca-Cola uses for Dasani, but it goes to show what a ripoff bottled water can be, and usually is.
Yeah, from what I can gather from the various online German news outlets reporting on this the target of the raid was counterfit products, not patent violations. Booths belonging to Chinese companies were selling blatant iPhone ripoffs, like Meizu Technology's "MiniOne", and the police shut them down.
The survey, the 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey, was conducted by Entertainment Media Research Inc. They did a similar survey about 8 months ago, called the 2007 Digital Music Survey (PDF), also in the UK. In that survey they report, get this, "Unauthorised downloading is now at its highest level after last year's signs of decline - consumers are less concerned about prosecution".
Not to mention they were commissioned by Wiggin, a short browse through their staff reveals some gems like:
Charles Moore and Miles Ketley are the only lawyers in private practice in the UK who have been studio executives in the United States.
"we are currently representing the UK music industry in its actions concerning the unlawful uploading of sound recordings on fileshare networks."
"Charles is...particularly known for his representation of major US production companies and studios"
Sure guys, I'll go ahead and trust those statistics now...
In other news, I'm thinking about starting my own "statistics consultant" company. $100,000 and I'll report whatever findings you want, interested?
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ATI's last generation of cards had a feature called PowerPlay, which gears the card down when its not being heavily used. The 4800 series will have the same feature and judging from TFA Nvidia's doing something similar with the GT200.
Sounds good, but it'll be bought up by a major oil company long before it's turned into a commercially viable business. Then it'll be placed on the shelf until oil production finally drops too low to remain commercially viable. Then, finally, we'll have an explosion of alternative energy spring up from nowhere, owned and operated by the same huge oil companies everyone loves to hate today.
This is why I'd rather see a political system without parties. Everyone runs as an independent, everyone votes as an independent. Only after the votes are cast would they be allowed their parties, and there'd be a strict 2 drink limit.
the lawsuit backed down from... ahh never mind.
This suddenoutbreakofcommonsense only took 8 years, and one stubborn company that refused to settle when all the others did. It may have been an obvious outcome to some, but apparently not to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals or the unnamed number of other companies who gave in to the royalty demands.
The real question in all this is why the appeal court sided with LG.
40GB may be reasonable, but I'd say $55 per month for 15 mbps + overrun costs isn't. My connection in Germany was 15 mbps, unlimited (never received a usage notice either), plus VOIP for 25 EUR/month. Locked in for 1 year, not 3. I think we can forget about the exchange rate here, because I'm sure Time Warner would charge $55 a month even if the US dollar were on par with the Euro.
Telcos in the US should be asked flat out, if they can provide this level of service in Germany and other countries, then why not here? I'd be interested in hearing their answer, after all the money they've been given to do exactly that.
And if you've had the misfortune of playing Call to Power the spearman probably won that fight.
"The difference being that they're interactive; and, however slowly, people might start to build something."
If the quality of the most popular TV shows right now is any indication...the thought of that something scares the shit out of me.
And here's the part that worries me, "The record labels declined to comment for this story, referring questions to the RIAA."
Lets take the best case scenario and say this class action lawsuit ends up being 100% successful and destroys the RIAA. The record labels behind the organization will simply dissolve it, like a snake shedding old skin. The next day a new association will spring up, using new devious tactics for the next 10 years before they too are finally ousted, and so on. Until Sony, Universal, EMI and Warner are held accountable for the actions of the RIAA this won't change.
They've done it at least once already, "The Settlement Support Center was a less public part of the initiative. Its name may suggest a neutral organization set up to resolve disputes with evenhanded objectivity. In fact, it was financed by the record industry and operated like a cross between a call center and a debt collection firm. The SSC has since been dissolved."
Actually EVE is unique in that most of the player base is made up of adults. The average age of an EVE player in 2006 was 27, according to the article on Wikipedia. And I believe it, having played the game for a few years until 2007 the vast majority of people I came across were in their late 20's or early 30's.
How is the sale of a Canadian company to US interests ever a net benefit for Canada? I've lost track of the companies that used to be Canadian owned, even a part of Canada's national identity (Tim Hortons), that have been sold off to make a penny.
I liken it to visiting a shooting range or taking martial arts lessons. Neither make a person more violent, and both can be great outlets for stress or aggression. I don't see what makes video games any different, aside from the fact that you don't use up much physical energy playing them.
/. after all), but no-contact football is their handywork.
The parents who are campaigning against video game violence are likely the same parents who threaten to sue their school when their kid comes home with a few bruises after a fun game of football in gym class. Not that I was ever any good at sports (this is
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." - Sinclair Lewis
I think the bit about humans becoming terrorists was one of the best plot points of the 3rd season. It made you question this preconceived notion that terrorists are somehow inherently evil, that there's such a thing as "good people" and "bad people" and that "good people" would never do what those "bad people" are doing. The events on New Caprica wanted to show that "normal" people could resort to terrorism given the right conditions, and how acts of terrorism just don't seem quite as barbarous when it's your side that's being oppressed.
Disclaimer for the DHS: I do not condone terrorism, thanks.
I'd have been happier with new direct-to-DVD seasons rather than long movies. The last one seemed drawn out and the jokes were a bit sparse. It just doesn't translate well into feature length.
I hope this one will be better, but either way I'm glad they're not giving up on Futurama.
I think for the most part they're tracking general tendencies. What topics come up most often in search boxes. Which links do users follow the most on our website. What kinds of products do users look at on each visit (used often on sites like Amazon with their "other people also looked at these things" ads). I suppose they could track your surfing habits on their site if you create an account there and login regularly. Beyond that it's just cookies, you can set most browsers to delete them automatically on close. I don't see why this is such a big topic on the internet. The same thing has been happening for years now with those membership cards in most supermarkets, warranty cards, credit cards and so on. If you keep getting "pre-approved" credit cards in the mail it's because your credit bureau has been whoring your information out to the highest bidder, you can usually 'opt out' of things like this.
Well according to a new study that I could be publishing, for the right price, lack of coffee in the mornings may increase your chances of a spelling mistake. Grants from coffee companies welcome!
Maybe it's just me, but these "Study finds x could decrease your risk of y by z%" news stories seem to be getting a little out of hand. "The team tracked the death rates for all causes and (surprise!) found some correlation in the statistics". What's next? Study finds people who paint their walls white decrease their risk of brain cancer by 20%? Seems like they'll publish anything just to publish something.
I mean, if this is all it takes to have a career in research then maybe I picked the wrong field. I'd be happy to run some statistics through a data miner for a university salery and grant money.
When I hear folks talking on the subject of bottled water vs. tap water I mention Calgary, Alberta. Calgary has very good tap water taken from two rivers that run through it, and Coca-Cola has a large bottling plant there. Anyone want to guess where Dasani bottled water comes from? That's right, out of the taps in Calgary and Brampton, ON.
I'm sure it doesn't supply all of the water Coca-Cola uses for Dasani, but it goes to show what a ripoff bottled water can be, and usually is.
Yeah, from what I can gather from the various online German news outlets reporting on this the target of the raid was counterfit products, not patent violations. Booths belonging to Chinese companies were selling blatant iPhone ripoffs, like Meizu Technology's "MiniOne", and the police shut them down.
Not to mention they were commissioned by Wiggin, a short browse through their staff reveals some gems like:
- Charles Moore and Miles Ketley are the only lawyers in private practice in the UK who have been studio executives in the United States.
- "we are currently representing the UK music industry in its actions concerning the unlawful uploading of sound recordings on fileshare networks."
- "Charles is...particularly known for his representation of major US production companies and studios"
Sure guys, I'll go ahead and trust those statistics now...In other news, I'm thinking about starting my own "statistics consultant" company. $100,000 and I'll report whatever findings you want, interested?
liesdamnliesandstatistics
C'mon people! You're dropping the ball here!