How terrible, XBox live has a system built in to prevent unauthorized firmware that may well be used for things like hacked games, game trainers and other things that would ruin the experience for other players who have not similarly modified their systems. I know people want to spin this as another "DRM is evil" type story but to use this would be over-reaching. Open platform or not it would be in the best interest of gamers to not have some people with the ability to cheat while other do not. Sure the unauthorized firmware bit can be used to hamper piracy but it's not the only reason to have such a system in place.
The retailers were told not to release the games until a specific date so that shipments could be assured to all stores at the same time for reasons I'm sure include preventing the usual mayhem involved in too few for too many. Microsoft was under no obligation to push the prerequisites to the servers until the date they told everyone the games could be sold. Yes, Microsoft may do a lot of things that aren't appreciated by the open/free software community but this really isn't ammunition for that cause.
I'm not certain what "precisely" he is describing, however I think I get the concept.
Essentially, all mass is understood to have its own gravity. It is known that the gravitational pull from a given mass can bend the path of light. The greater the gravitational force the greater it is bent. Therefore one could assert that a kilogram is a mass sufficient to bend the path of a beam of light by X femtoarchseconds (or whatever fraction of a degree makes sense).
In perfect world that might actually be an ideal way to describe it. However, I am uncertain if our present technology has that kind of precision.
Better than Dead Hand I suppose. But frankly I'd prefer 50 fewer nukes. Unless we're being purposefully kept in the dark, there aren't but one or two actors of concern that would respond to M.A.D. as a deterrent. The rest that concern us presently are stateless, and/or inclined towards self-sacrifice.
PostgreSQL has earned a following over the years, but its usage in corporate back-ends is minimal. You'll find PostgreSQL primarily deployed in lightweight consumer facing web applications. This isn't Oracles primary DB market.
While it might be technically true that Oracle now has a "full stack" it is also true that hardware and operating systems were the lead weights in Sun's portfolio. Linux largely made Solaris irrelevant, just as Dell has mightily eroded their servers. If Oracle is to keep these two, then there will need to be a significant investment made to make them competitive.
I thought most of us saw the obvious reasons already. Sun was rather like a gift wrapped fruit basket.
They were constantly struggling with money problems making them weak to takeovers.
MySQL, Oracle's database division's biggest threat was purchased by Sun.
Sun owns Java, and more importantly J2EE--the technology powering the overwhelming majority of every corporate back-end that isn't.NET.
Sun railed hard against software patents, Oracle loves software patents, uses them as a profit center
Sun possesses a 10-year, patent non-aggression pact with Microsoft (started in 2004)
Sun has a somewhat sizable patent portfolio, including pertaining to Java, anyone not deriving from OpenJDK (which has permanent indemnification) is subject to litigation.
Most of Sun's software patents were as yet untapped (they never sued for licensing agreements) potential points of licensing revenue.
The Java specifications are copyrighted. There are a number of APIs that have similar designs
People born in America have automatic citizenship and with it the right to vote. All this without proof of English language proficiency, nor education, nor the intellectual capacity to obtain either. Any reason in particular why you wish to make it more difficult for a person that actually cares enough about their new country of residence to vote?
Actually multi-player it isn't always more attractive. There are a number of people that just want to unplug from society for a bit in a nice solo game. There are a couple issues I think. The first is the "Me Too" problem that first started when WoW started outclassing blockbuster movie revenue. The other is that good AI is very difficult to create. So many games that at first seemed hard became laughably easy as soon as you understood the AI and developed a counter strategy. Before the WoW "me too" problem started game developers were starting to make reasonable progress in adaptive AI. Post WoW all that's been abandoned.
If all it takes is a "bitter" inhalant then I'm pretty sure it won't even be necessary to go through the FDA/prescription drug route. Obviously this one would be fought tooth and nail by the establishment but you could probably go the "Dietary Supplement" route and have it be over the counter.
We have a non-American citing U.S. Supreme Court cases while many Americans would wonder whether that show comes on before or after Judge Judy... *sigh*
The primary driver behind Fox news is advertising dollars. While Murdoch seems to place a certain lean about the politics his content producers churn out. The primary driver isn't so much what side of the fence the story is on nor how factually correct it is as long as it is viewed as sensational in the eyes of the public and they can get away with saying it.
And the files show the US kept records of civilian deaths, despite previously denying it. The death toll was put at 109,000, of whom 66,081 were civilians. ...
A US Department of Defense spokesman dismissed the documents published by the whistleblowing website as raw observations by tactical units, which were only snapshots of tragic, mundane events.
When nearly 2 out of 3 deaths are civilians and it's considered mundane I think it's time to do some serious soul-searching about who we are placing in positions of power. Out prison population has far more compassion than this...
What you're suggesting is actually a rather hot topic in AI at the moment. Traditionally computer algorithms have searched for the mathematically correct solution. It is believed that in most cases we don't require a mathematically correct solution but just one that is "close enough." Properly done we'd never notice the difference in output but we'd realize orders of magnitude improvement in time to solution. The algorithm would be able to put the mitt in the air at a reasonable spot and catch the ball either by a single "best guess' or a series of guesses refined each time by updated input.
I don't think anyone's really asking for even that. How about a 30" display with a res of 3840x2160, that would give it a dot pitch of 0.173 or slightly less than 147 dpi. That's not unreasonable and is within reach of dual DVI-D graphics card.
So you'd see a highly pixelated 72" display from a virtual 8 feet away. It's been done and they're not very good. Fine for movies (sort of) but it doesn't solve low quality display of text. These devices are better purposed for personal video viewing or high mobility while retaining situational awareness is key. i.e. military
I think the car analogy doesn't fit well. You can't "unintentionally" find yourself behind the wheels of an unlocked car.
I think it'd be a bit more like walking around your house naked with all the curtains pulled wide open. Anyone that happens to be walking by outside has a good chance of unintentionally seeing your goods. If you don't want to give a peep show draw the curtains.
I'm admittedly not a truck guy and perhaps I'm missing certain facets for that reason. It was however my understanding that Jeep was infamous for over-built yet exceptionally unreliable vehicles. Capability wise the H3 (on paper) appears to outclass the Jeep on both terrain crossing, and hauling/towing. Since the Jeep seems to be a low quality base on which to build a vehicle, regardless of what tires, engine, and decals you put in/on it you're effectively putting lipstick on a pig.
The judge has limited his educational and vocational possibilities with this order. His interaction with most nearly any electronic communication and/or device with access control is now barred. Poor education, no job. Hmm, I wonder what we'll find this kid end up doing for money...?
Actually I think it might not necessarily be a problem. I'm pretty sure different frequencies--of the given energy transmission--react differently with the medium through which they're transmitted. It might be conceivable to project energy for which our atmosphere is transparent. Either way, it's only practical implication would be in transmission efficiency. The atmospheric effect would most certainly be negligible, especially relative to present chemical propulsion.
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How terrible, XBox live has a system built in to prevent unauthorized firmware that may well be used for things like hacked games, game trainers and other things that would ruin the experience for other players who have not similarly modified their systems. I know people want to spin this as another "DRM is evil" type story but to use this would be over-reaching. Open platform or not it would be in the best interest of gamers to not have some people with the ability to cheat while other do not. Sure the unauthorized firmware bit can be used to hamper piracy but it's not the only reason to have such a system in place.
The retailers were told not to release the games until a specific date so that shipments could be assured to all stores at the same time for reasons I'm sure include preventing the usual mayhem involved in too few for too many. Microsoft was under no obligation to push the prerequisites to the servers until the date they told everyone the games could be sold. Yes, Microsoft may do a lot of things that aren't appreciated by the open/free software community but this really isn't ammunition for that cause.
I'm not certain what "precisely" he is describing, however I think I get the concept.
Essentially, all mass is understood to have its own gravity. It is known that the gravitational pull from a given mass can bend the path of light. The greater the gravitational force the greater it is bent. Therefore one could assert that a kilogram is a mass sufficient to bend the path of a beam of light by X femtoarchseconds (or whatever fraction of a degree makes sense).
In perfect world that might actually be an ideal way to describe it. However, I am uncertain if our present technology has that kind of precision.
Better than Dead Hand I suppose. But frankly I'd prefer 50 fewer nukes. Unless we're being purposefully kept in the dark, there aren't but one or two actors of concern that would respond to M.A.D. as a deterrent. The rest that concern us presently are stateless, and/or inclined towards self-sacrifice.
PostgreSQL has earned a following over the years, but its usage in corporate back-ends is minimal. You'll find PostgreSQL primarily deployed in lightweight consumer facing web applications. This isn't Oracles primary DB market.
While it might be technically true that Oracle now has a "full stack" it is also true that hardware and operating systems were the lead weights in Sun's portfolio. Linux largely made Solaris irrelevant, just as Dell has mightily eroded their servers. If Oracle is to keep these two, then there will need to be a significant investment made to make them competitive.
I thought most of us saw the obvious reasons already. Sun was rather like a gift wrapped fruit basket.
I'm curious to see how this is going to play. Given that Java technology are open specifications is a "Clean Room" implementation a doable defense?
... and if you want the ability run whatever you like then go with an Android based platform.
People born in America have automatic citizenship and with it the right to vote. All this without proof of English language proficiency, nor education, nor the intellectual capacity to obtain either. Any reason in particular why you wish to make it more difficult for a person that actually cares enough about their new country of residence to vote?
Actually multi-player it isn't always more attractive. There are a number of people that just want to unplug from society for a bit in a nice solo game. There are a couple issues I think. The first is the "Me Too" problem that first started when WoW started outclassing blockbuster movie revenue. The other is that good AI is very difficult to create. So many games that at first seemed hard became laughably easy as soon as you understood the AI and developed a counter strategy. Before the WoW "me too" problem started game developers were starting to make reasonable progress in adaptive AI. Post WoW all that's been abandoned.
Because now Skynet can be self-assembled in minutes instead of days...!
If all it takes is a "bitter" inhalant then I'm pretty sure it won't even be necessary to go through the FDA/prescription drug route. Obviously this one would be fought tooth and nail by the establishment but you could probably go the "Dietary Supplement" route and have it be over the counter.
We have a non-American citing U.S. Supreme Court cases while many Americans would wonder whether that show comes on before or after Judge Judy... *sigh*
The primary driver behind Fox news is advertising dollars. While Murdoch seems to place a certain lean about the politics his content producers churn out. The primary driver isn't so much what side of the fence the story is on nor how factually correct it is as long as it is viewed as sensational in the eyes of the public and they can get away with saying it.
And the files show the US kept records of civilian deaths, despite previously denying it. The death toll was put at 109,000, of whom 66,081 were civilians.
...
A US Department of Defense spokesman dismissed the documents published by the whistleblowing website as raw observations by tactical units, which were only snapshots of tragic, mundane events.
When nearly 2 out of 3 deaths are civilians and it's considered mundane I think it's time to do some serious soul-searching about who we are placing in positions of power. Out prison population has far more compassion than this...
They're traditionally the mouth piece of Micro$oft
You speak like you might have actually used the software...
What you're suggesting is actually a rather hot topic in AI at the moment. Traditionally computer algorithms have searched for the mathematically correct solution. It is believed that in most cases we don't require a mathematically correct solution but just one that is "close enough." Properly done we'd never notice the difference in output but we'd realize orders of magnitude improvement in time to solution. The algorithm would be able to put the mitt in the air at a reasonable spot and catch the ball either by a single "best guess' or a series of guesses refined each time by updated input.
I don't think anyone's really asking for even that. How about a 30" display with a res of 3840x2160, that would give it a dot pitch of 0.173 or slightly less than 147 dpi. That's not unreasonable and is within reach of dual DVI-D graphics card.
So you'd see a highly pixelated 72" display from a virtual 8 feet away. It's been done and they're not very good. Fine for movies (sort of) but it doesn't solve low quality display of text. These devices are better purposed for personal video viewing or high mobility while retaining situational awareness is key. i.e. military
Facebook makes money by data mining its users.
I think the car analogy doesn't fit well. You can't "unintentionally" find yourself behind the wheels of an unlocked car.
I think it'd be a bit more like walking around your house naked with all the curtains pulled wide open. Anyone that happens to be walking by outside has a good chance of unintentionally seeing your goods. If you don't want to give a peep show draw the curtains.
I'm admittedly not a truck guy and perhaps I'm missing certain facets for that reason. It was however my understanding that Jeep was infamous for over-built yet exceptionally unreliable vehicles. Capability wise the H3 (on paper) appears to outclass the Jeep on both terrain crossing, and hauling/towing. Since the Jeep seems to be a low quality base on which to build a vehicle, regardless of what tires, engine, and decals you put in/on it you're effectively putting lipstick on a pig.
would pay $30K+ for this? Seriously, the $21K base model is pushing the value of this pile. For that price just get a bloody H3.
The judge has limited his educational and vocational possibilities with this order. His interaction with most nearly any electronic communication and/or device with access control is now barred. Poor education, no job. Hmm, I wonder what we'll find this kid end up doing for money...?
Actually I think it might not necessarily be a problem. I'm pretty sure different frequencies--of the given energy transmission--react differently with the medium through which they're transmitted. It might be conceivable to project energy for which our atmosphere is transparent. Either way, it's only practical implication would be in transmission efficiency. The atmospheric effect would most certainly be negligible, especially relative to present chemical propulsion.