Doesn't IBM generally try to recycle employees, so to say. People get 'laid off' in one area, but get pulled back in in different areas. It is the huge dinosaur after all...
If the "I do wonder how much of this actually involves Obama himself" is actually a question, someone (if not many someones) should send him e-mail or snail-mail or something to insure that he is aware of the problem. His response, or lack there of, will be significantly more interesting than reiterating on how what was done was wrong.
You might even consider pointing him to the two slashdot articles. This is a fairly simple feedback mechanism that insures he is not just seeing an individual's opinion.
I honestly don't see a logical problem. The ISA for Intel and AMD's primary chipset is the same at the moment. Thats why you can install either in your machines without a re-compile of all your source code.
It's a free transition.
The next generation of chips is where you would see a change, and that's a few years away.
Maybe I'm overlooking something important, but it seems that this would be significantly simpler than a transition from Power PCs to Intel.
It's alright if it fails to on. The issue here is when you have large office buildings (e.g. 50+floors) and nobody's there. The savings come from not having those lit 24-7 for weeks on end when there is no emergency.
It's the age old question: If a tree falls in a forest, and no one's there to hear it, does it make a sound.
In the same breath, I would probably wait on that until the other modes of operation are proven effective (and not something remeniscient of 1984).
Anyone want to test all the walmarts in the country. I'm pretty certain that at least one flourescent or compact flourescent bulb has been broken there in the last year.
Any thoughts on the potential for every place selling these things to be a considerable hazardous waste zone?
Note this is considerable with respect to the room in TFA
So what protection does copyright law actually offer. I don't see how this and what the RIAA is bringing charges aganst people for are any different...
So what's to say someone can't patent something like "the use of C++ code in the creation of executables." I mean, this sounds exactly like the point of XML to me. It's an open ended language designed for compartmentalizing and tree-like structural definitions. Shouldn't the patent get dropped for this move? It's an obvious use because the language was designed with that in mind.
It's surprizingly nice to work with if you're building a site that you may change the layout of frequently. It also makes the code significantly more manageable in the page itself if you tend to use the same styles of text repeatedly.
In the same breath, I don't generally make sites using ajax (the source of many of these problems), and so it's hard to end up with a static page that doesn't 'work.'
In my personal belief, HTML was not designed to handle the crap that it's being used for today. All the languages that have been tacked onto it are such hacks that it's not surprizing they don't quite work the same on all browsers. Ideally, someone comes up with a good, clean standard that allows for the creation of dynamic components in the native language. Sure, it's 'Just another language,' but if it solves the issues associated with ajax, non-compliance, etc, then it's worth it.
Plus, it's a hell of a lot nicer than having to know dozens of languages just to make a simple website.
The amusing thing was when crafting my own website, I tended to find it extremely difficult to create a page that worked identically between both browsers, and that having w3 compliant code tended to break the site in IE.
These problems immediatly compound when trying to add CSS to the mix.
In all honesty, it balances out in the end.
If people are becoming dumber with each generation, eventually we will lose the ability to work with our tech,
and some people will die off because we can no longer maintain our grip on our manufactured environment. While
we as a species are not likely to kill ourselves out merely by gradually loosing the only genetic device we've
managed to acquire in fifty years, We're probably going to end up going into a natural cycle of tech and survival.
You'll probably start seeing a 50 year lynx-rabbit type cycle where we forget how tech works, die out (depression),
realize that tech can fix problems, learn how tech works again, smarter people become prosperous, and then rebuild
tech to its current state.
Nature is not so much about the birds and bees, but balance. We will hit some point where we stabilize and then,
we won't change until we need to. If you can't reach that, you cycle. It's still a stable cycle, so it still counts.
So maybe find a balance by allowing chimps juvenile rights. You basically say that they do have a moderate amount of mental capacity, but can't, without a legal guardian, join society on the basis that they can't function as adults within this society. If at a later date, this is disproven, it's not very difficult to expand on the law, granting them full legal privledges.
They show behavior that parallels childrens, give them that degree of rights. If they as a species can then show that they also can handle adult behavior, expand it.
I hate to agree with you, but there's an important point in what you're saying...
http://linuxreviews.org/dictionary/Backdoor/
It is possible to write a compiler that is capable of recognizing a piece of code to
allow for the insertion of a backdoor. It has been done, it isn't that hard. Heuristics
would allow it to recognize patterns of code similar to that. Compilers have been written
that allow a person to compile the compiler's source, which in turn injects the code
to both infect itself if it recognizes itself, or infect a target program if that is compiled.
In this way, users can see generations of clean code, and still not see the actual faults.
The up-side is that legislation like this is a step in the right direction. More important
than anything else, it's recognition that there is the possibility for non-verifiable voting
records to get hacked and go completely unnoticed. With a paper trail, there's at least a means
for verification.
The reason that computerized systems are nice are that IF the system is actually functioning properly,
it doesn't require teams of people working for hours on end shuffling through endless amounts of
identical strips of paper trying to count little dots. It simplifies the equation, and allows
what many people are looking for: instant gratification.
That's the point of technology. That's the same reason we have robots in car factories. People
break down when asked to perform the same task millions of times.
Ideally, this bill gets put in place, people fight it, and the issue will be discussed, contemplated,
and eventually solved.
If it's worth more to take it to court than to pay you the fines for your request, then it doesn't matter. If they take it to court, they will throw out your patent for prior art, and hold you accountable for the money involved in taking it to court. Just hope you get the people that decided on the McDonalds Coffee incident.
so in short, the RIAA have found a niche successful business model based on intimidating people into giving them money.
Frankly, that's not going anywhere any time soon unless people actually start to do something about it. http://www.riaaradar.com/ might be a possible direction to start. There might be better ways...
MPAA and RIAA with flagrant and excessive lawsuits directed at random are potentially harmful to children?
Senators who don't keep file sharing software away from classified files (or don't actively restrict the software from sharing those files) are a security threat?
hmmm...
Wording could be important on this issue too. Maybe what we want is for people to RTFM on some of the software they install on their machines. Senators are being paid enough to have a work machine that does not have crap on it. This is a modern world, and if people being elected into office can't keep up with it, they shouldn't be elected. Once they are there, it's there responsibility not to screw up on something stupid like that.
Someone else figure out the RIAA MPAA problem. They're beyond me.
So what's to stop someone able to poke into someone elses computer (breaking and entering?) from placing files of unethical content on their respective drives. Is it possible that the guy planted files? It's clear that he was going places he should not have had access to to begin with. Wouldn't writing a sub-7 like trojan to manipulate the contents of someone elses machine and putting it into use also earn, at least, a strong talking to.
At this point Jack Thompson is making such a public ass of himself that its pushing the government to build some interesting techie legislation. I bet that the laws that are passed or banned now in response to Yack are going to provide some interesting obstacles for future laws that actually could have meant something.
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Doesn't IBM generally try to recycle employees, so to say.
People get 'laid off' in one area, but get pulled back in in different areas. It is the huge dinosaur after all...
If the "I do wonder how much of this actually involves Obama himself" is actually a question, someone (if not many someones) should send him e-mail or snail-mail or something to insure that he is aware of the problem. His response, or lack there of, will be significantly more interesting than reiterating on how what was done was wrong.
You might even consider pointing him to the two slashdot articles. This is a fairly simple feedback mechanism that insures he is not just seeing an individual's opinion.
I honestly don't see a logical problem.
The ISA for Intel and AMD's primary chipset is the same at the moment.
Thats why you can install either in your machines without a re-compile of all
your source code.
It's a free transition.
The next generation of chips is where you would see a change, and that's a few years away.
Maybe I'm overlooking something important, but it seems that this would be significantly
simpler than a transition from Power PCs to Intel.
Also, From the interview: 253+
It's alright if it fails to on. The issue here is when you have large office buildings (e.g. 50+floors) and nobody's there. The savings come from not having those lit 24-7 for weeks on end when there is no emergency.
It's the age old question:
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one's there to hear it, does it make a sound.
In the same breath, I would probably wait on that until the other modes of operation are proven effective (and not something remeniscient of 1984).
Anyone want to test all the walmarts in the country.
I'm pretty certain that at least one flourescent or compact flourescent bulb has been broken there in the last year.
Any thoughts on the potential for every place selling these things to be a considerable hazardous waste zone?
Note this is considerable with respect to the room in TFA
So what protection does copyright law actually offer.
I don't see how this and what the RIAA is bringing charges aganst people for are any different...
Assuming instantaneous acceleration to lightspeed of course.
I don't think ducks do Quantum research
So what's to say someone can't patent something like "the use of C++ code in the creation of executables." I mean, this sounds exactly like the point of XML to me. It's an open ended language designed for compartmentalizing and tree-like structural definitions. Shouldn't the patent get dropped for this move? It's an obvious use because the language was designed with that in mind.
Fair enough.
Judging from the looks of it, I would say it's a safe bet NVidia is going to be moving in that direction in the near future.
My cards are on the table.
Lets see if I guessed it well.
I have another company in mind that I think may start competing directly with Intel in the CPU market.
I welcome anyone to venture a guess into what I'm thinking.
Lets just say that to compete in that industry, you would probably have to launch yourself outside that box and think spatially...
This comment doesn't say much intentionally and is based on gut feeling entirely, but it should get some of you thinking.
It's surprizingly nice to work with if you're building a site that you may change the layout of frequently. It also makes the code significantly more manageable in the page itself if you tend to use the same styles of text repeatedly.
In the same breath, I don't generally make sites using ajax (the source of many of these problems), and so it's hard to end up with a static page that doesn't 'work.'
In my personal belief, HTML was not designed to handle the crap that it's being used for today. All the languages that have been tacked onto it are such hacks that it's not surprizing they don't quite work the same on all browsers. Ideally, someone comes up with a good, clean standard that allows for the creation of dynamic components in the native language. Sure, it's 'Just another language,' but if it solves the issues associated with ajax, non-compliance, etc, then it's worth it.
Plus, it's a hell of a lot nicer than having to know dozens of languages just to make a simple website.
The amusing thing was when crafting my own website, I tended to find it extremely difficult to create a page that worked identically between both browsers, and that having w3 compliant code tended to break the site in IE.
These problems immediatly compound when trying to add CSS to the mix.
In all honesty, it balances out in the end. If people are becoming dumber with each generation, eventually we will lose the ability to work with our tech, and some people will die off because we can no longer maintain our grip on our manufactured environment. While we as a species are not likely to kill ourselves out merely by gradually loosing the only genetic device we've managed to acquire in fifty years, We're probably going to end up going into a natural cycle of tech and survival. You'll probably start seeing a 50 year lynx-rabbit type cycle where we forget how tech works, die out (depression), realize that tech can fix problems, learn how tech works again, smarter people become prosperous, and then rebuild tech to its current state. Nature is not so much about the birds and bees, but balance. We will hit some point where we stabilize and then, we won't change until we need to. If you can't reach that, you cycle. It's still a stable cycle, so it still counts.
2. Fun ...
3.
4. Profit!!!
Wouldn't this be a case for false advertisement?
Unlimited clearly != 5GB
I wonder if you can get them to re-activate your account with proof of ownership of all large downloads... Granted, it really shouldn't matter.
So maybe find a balance by allowing chimps juvenile rights.
You basically say that they do have a moderate amount of
mental capacity, but can't, without a legal guardian, join
society on the basis that they can't function as adults within
this society. If at a later date, this is disproven, it's
not very difficult to expand on the law, granting them full
legal privledges.
They show behavior that parallels childrens, give them that
degree of rights. If they as a species can then show that
they also can handle adult behavior, expand it.
I hate to agree with you, but there's an important point in what you're saying... http://linuxreviews.org/dictionary/Backdoor/ It is possible to write a compiler that is capable of recognizing a piece of code to allow for the insertion of a backdoor. It has been done, it isn't that hard. Heuristics would allow it to recognize patterns of code similar to that. Compilers have been written that allow a person to compile the compiler's source, which in turn injects the code to both infect itself if it recognizes itself, or infect a target program if that is compiled. In this way, users can see generations of clean code, and still not see the actual faults. The up-side is that legislation like this is a step in the right direction. More important than anything else, it's recognition that there is the possibility for non-verifiable voting records to get hacked and go completely unnoticed. With a paper trail, there's at least a means for verification. The reason that computerized systems are nice are that IF the system is actually functioning properly, it doesn't require teams of people working for hours on end shuffling through endless amounts of identical strips of paper trying to count little dots. It simplifies the equation, and allows what many people are looking for: instant gratification. That's the point of technology. That's the same reason we have robots in car factories. People break down when asked to perform the same task millions of times. Ideally, this bill gets put in place, people fight it, and the issue will be discussed, contemplated, and eventually solved.
If it's worth more to take it to court than to pay you the fines for your request, then it doesn't matter. If they take it to court, they will throw out your patent for prior art, and hold you accountable for the money involved in taking it to court. Just hope you get the people that decided on the McDonalds Coffee incident.
so in short, the RIAA have found a niche successful business model based on intimidating people into giving them money. Frankly, that's not going anywhere any time soon unless people actually start to do something about it. http://www.riaaradar.com/ might be a possible direction to start. There might be better ways...
Please explain to me an instance where a patent "forwards the condition of man"
As far as I can tell, I no longer am seeing valid instances.
I'm asking as an honest question.
MPAA and RIAA with flagrant and excessive lawsuits directed at random are potentially harmful to children?
Senators who don't keep file sharing software away from classified files (or don't actively restrict the software from sharing those files) are a security threat?
hmmm...
Wording could be important on this issue too.
Maybe what we want is for people to RTFM on some of the software they install on their machines. Senators are being paid enough to have a work machine that does not have crap on it. This is a modern world, and if people being elected into office can't keep up with it, they shouldn't be elected. Once they are there, it's there responsibility not to screw up on something stupid like that.
Someone else figure out the RIAA MPAA problem. They're beyond me.
So what's to stop someone able to poke into someone elses computer (breaking and entering?) from placing files of unethical content on their respective drives. Is it possible that the guy planted files? It's clear that he was going places he should not have had access to to begin with. Wouldn't writing a sub-7 like trojan to manipulate the contents of someone elses machine and putting it into use also earn, at least, a strong talking to.
At this point Jack Thompson is making such a public ass of himself that its pushing the government to build some interesting techie legislation. I bet that the laws that are passed or banned now in response to Yack are going to provide some interesting obstacles for future laws that actually could have meant something.