Nothing in your explanation describes why such simple coding (for someone with experience) should be patentable. The USPTO does "suck ass" because they allow patents that are pretty straightforward for any skilled practitioner.
Most of the tabs I have open I have entered information, sorted things, navigated to detail pages, etc. etc. etc. Going back to a top level bookmark every time isn't the same thing.
You are looking a little foolish with your comments. The USA is included because it is a country. This is a poll of people in various countries rating their opinion of all of the other countries.
Go back and read the document to understand what they are measuring.
If you have non-square pixels and want to create horizontal or vertical lines, you will get the exact same problem as we currently have with square pixels and diagonal lines.
The pixel element simply can't have a shape that naturally supports lines in all different directions.
Don't get me wrong, I like what Intel is doing, but c'mon, you are understating this:
and the SIMD instructions that have been added to Intel/AMD CPUs in recent years really are the same thing you get with GPU programming, just on a bit smaller scale.
It's an order of magnitude different (and I know from experience coding CPU and GPU)
i7 960 - 4 cores 4 way SIMD
GT285 (not 280) - 30 cores 32 way SIMD
SP GFLOPS
i7 960 - 102
GT285 - 1080
No matter what, AMD really wins in this one.
AMD has the potential to win, but currently are in last place. Intel is aggressively solving all of the problems that previously gave AMD an advantage, and NVIDIA has aggressively put in place the things HPC wants (e.g. easy to code in C for the platform - I've done it and it is easy, also adding ECC and caching, etc.)
For those problems that map well to the GPU model of processing, the gains can be enormous (I have ported code to NVIDIA). However, some of my code works better on the CPU and some of it really needs a middle ground of many traditional cores with good branching support, etc. and not as many streaming cores all doing the same thing.
"It may or may not actually involve collusion but it sure doesn't do anything good for the customers."
Do you realize how many price changes went into effect today across the US? What percentage of them do you think were "good for customers"?
I assume you know this, but your comments (and previous poster) have me wondering: the goal of a company is to take as much money as possible from customers and provide the minimal service in return such that profits will be maximized and the survival of the company will not be put in jeopardy.
A company like Verizon does not exist to make sure you have some inalienable right to unlimited service.
You realize that every company adjusts it's prices to maximize profitability, we only call it "collusion" under specific circumstances. I just don't see any evidence in this case, care to enlighten us?
It all depends on your definition of publishing. Maybe there is an accepted legal definition of publishing, I don't know, but if not, trying to map current electronic activities into a print-based definition doesn't really make sense.
But, in defense of the parent, when OO was first becoming popular on a large scale (early 90's), that was exactly the message in the media etc. OO will make programming a snap because you just plug together a bunch of objects.
The reality is that OO's primary benefit is in reducing complexity by encapsulation, although for some specific areas like GUI's it has the additional benefit of easy extension.
I noticed that too. The consultants are not personally making anywhere close to the stated amounts.
However, big complex projects like these rarely seem to work out. They should purchase an app and make mods as necessary, but should not be creating something from scratch.
Probably because you are constantly posting your views without ever producing any real working products that prove your view has any merit. Quit talking and get to work.
In addition, mass transit across 520 is going to solve what problem? People are converging at that point from up and down the Eastside and unless you extend the light rail to Bothell, Kirkland, Woodinville, Redmond, Bellevue, etc. etc. you won't have any riders. But none of those cities (with possible exceptions of MS campus in Redmond, and the city of Bellevue) would get anywhere near the volume of ridership to make it worthwhile.
I've come to the conclusion we are really better off with buses and a few more lanes.
What you don't understand is that the security system, if activated when the laptop is in a home, is a violation of PA laws. If any of the 42 activations took place when the laptop was in someone's home then they have broken the law.
So it's not too early to draw conclusions. The conclusion is they need to call the police if a laptop is stolen and get rid of a system that has a large potential for abuse.
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"prevent U.S. retailers from selling goods they obtained overseas."
There is a difference between "produced overseas" and "obtained overseas".
Nothing in your explanation describes why such simple coding (for someone with experience) should be patentable. The USPTO does "suck ass" because they allow patents that are pretty straightforward for any skilled practitioner.
and 10^12 glial cells previously ignored in computation but now it is understood they are part of computation
Most of the tabs I have open I have entered information, sorted things, navigated to detail pages, etc. etc. etc. Going back to a top level bookmark every time isn't the same thing.
You are looking a little foolish with your comments. The USA is included because it is a country. This is a poll of people in various countries rating their opinion of all of the other countries.
Go back and read the document to understand what they are measuring.
If you have non-square pixels and want to create horizontal or vertical lines, you will get the exact same problem as we currently have with square pixels and diagonal lines.
The pixel element simply can't have a shape that naturally supports lines in all different directions.
Don't get me wrong, I like what Intel is doing, but c'mon, you are understating this:
and the SIMD instructions that have been added to Intel/AMD CPUs in recent years really are the same thing you get with GPU programming, just on a bit smaller scale.
It's an order of magnitude different (and I know from experience coding CPU and GPU)
i7 960 - 4 cores 4 way SIMD
GT285 (not 280) - 30 cores 32 way SIMD
SP GFLOPS
i7 960 - 102
GT285 - 1080
No matter what, AMD really wins in this one.
AMD has the potential to win, but currently are in last place. Intel is aggressively solving all of the problems that previously gave AMD an advantage, and NVIDIA has aggressively put in place the things HPC wants (e.g. easy to code in C for the platform - I've done it and it is easy, also adding ECC and caching, etc.)
For those problems that map well to the GPU model of processing, the gains can be enormous (I have ported code to NVIDIA). However, some of my code works better on the CPU and some of it really needs a middle ground of many traditional cores with good branching support, etc. and not as many streaming cores all doing the same thing.
"It may or may not actually involve collusion but it sure doesn't do anything good for the customers."
Do you realize how many price changes went into effect today across the US? What percentage of them do you think were "good for customers"?
I assume you know this, but your comments (and previous poster) have me wondering: the goal of a company is to take as much money as possible from customers and provide the minimal service in return such that profits will be maximized and the survival of the company will not be put in jeopardy.
A company like Verizon does not exist to make sure you have some inalienable right to unlimited service.
You realize that every company adjusts it's prices to maximize profitability, we only call it "collusion" under specific circumstances. I just don't see any evidence in this case, care to enlighten us?
Darl? Is that you?
If you have the keys to the server room, and if you notice a post-it note with the root password, then yes indeedy you have an exploit.
It all depends on your definition of publishing. Maybe there is an accepted legal definition of publishing, I don't know, but if not, trying to map current electronic activities into a print-based definition doesn't really make sense.
Based on measurements of 1,000 other statues, that statue is 11 feet tall +/- 8 inches
At approx 200million transactions per day, does it matter whether the source is a website or a retail system?
But, in defense of the parent, when OO was first becoming popular on a large scale (early 90's), that was exactly the message in the media etc. OO will make programming a snap because you just plug together a bunch of objects.
The reality is that OO's primary benefit is in reducing complexity by encapsulation, although for some specific areas like GUI's it has the additional benefit of easy extension.
I noticed that too. The consultants are not personally making anywhere close to the stated amounts. However, big complex projects like these rarely seem to work out. They should purchase an app and make mods as necessary, but should not be creating something from scratch.
Here's one brought to the dealer with engine pegged:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-avalon-displays-unintended-acceleration-without-floor-mat.html
Here is an example of a person that brought a car to the dealer while it was pegged - mechanic played with pedal and studied the situation:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/feds-investigate-toyota-electronics-for-unintended-acceleration.html
Of course Toyota is right.
Mr. Watanabe? Is that you?
Probably because you are constantly posting your views without ever producing any real working products that prove your view has any merit. Quit talking and get to work.
"Go Ogle Go"
I think there was a commercial on QVC last night for some jewelry made of this stuff.
In addition, mass transit across 520 is going to solve what problem? People are converging at that point from up and down the Eastside and unless you extend the light rail to Bothell, Kirkland, Woodinville, Redmond, Bellevue, etc. etc. you won't have any riders. But none of those cities (with possible exceptions of MS campus in Redmond, and the city of Bellevue) would get anywhere near the volume of ridership to make it worthwhile.
I've come to the conclusion we are really better off with buses and a few more lanes.
What you don't understand is that the security system, if activated when the laptop is in a home, is a violation of PA laws. If any of the 42 activations took place when the laptop was in someone's home then they have broken the law.
So it's not too early to draw conclusions. The conclusion is they need to call the police if a laptop is stolen and get rid of a system that has a large potential for abuse.