and yeah, BFCs (big, fast caches) are far more important than fast main memory for the majority of applications. Nevertheless, these fast memories sell really well on the enthusiast market, where most people don't really know what a cache really is.
To super-duper, high energy alpha particle and gamma rays. Why do you think that ECC is so widespread? Not only for RAM - most processors these days have their caches ECC-ed as well.
Well, the problem with the "plaintext" (i.e., photons traveling to your retina) is that recording it at that stage degrades its quality significantly (at least with today's recording technology). It's a bit better with sound, but some audiophiles would complain about that as well.
I mean, a formal proof. You're making a pretty broad statement, after all. The fact that some DRMs were cracked doesn't necessarily mean that all of them are inherently crackable.
The CPU can encrypt memory transactions on the bus. There are several research proposals that address this issue, btw (e.g. Xom). My point - they can continue the arms race as well.
All definitions of inflation that I've seen are based on prices of commodities, services, real estate, and not on relationship to other currencies. You're actually saying "Things haven't gotten much more expensive here but they are cheaper in some other countries". It's quite easy to interpret that as "Those currencies have appreciated".
Inflation has destroyed the US dollar (down 50% in 5 years), so prices double of what we paid 5 years ago can be considered "par" with the fall in value of the dollar.
If you consider inflation to be the value of precious metals such as gold, then sure, you can get to absurd values such as 50% (mind you, there's no such thing as absolute reference value). OTOH, if you consider consumer price indexes, it's much lower - between 5 and 10%.
I'm actually curious - for how long do the 16 qubits stay coherent? You can only do quantum computations while the qubits remain coherent. Furthermore, IIRC coherence times where (at best) in the range of a few microseconds.
is actually a pretty bad deal. Quite often people tell me "hey, I've got this issue with my computer, I think the hardware is dying". To that I reply - "well, re-install windoze XP, but use a legitimate version this time around". 80% of the responses are - "wow, how did you know?".
Anyway, if you don't want to give money to Microsoft, simply don't use their products.
It's also how fast your circuits can switch, and how fast the signal can travel on the wires. The execution core of a Pentium 4 also happens to be double-pumped (i.e., it performs operations on both edges of the clock signal). Essentially, those ALUs would be switching at 16GHz... I, personally, take this with a grain of salt.
The actual relationship between AI neural networks and the brain is really weak. From the wiki article:
Neural networks, as used in artificial intelligence, have traditionally been viewed as simplified models of neural processing in the brain, even though the relation between this model and brain biological architecture is very much debated.
I'd agree with you, if the software already had that socket interface in place, as a means of communicating with other programs. But, it seems that in this case it didn't originally have it. Basically, he modified the software, and replaced procedure calls with remote procedure calls... So, I stick to my opinion that it is derived work.
Yes, the definition is particularly vague, that's one thing they're addressing in GPL v3.
The GPL FAQ is just a FAQ. The legally-binding license (v2) only says "Derived Work". Now, Jin is a chess client; what happened here is that Rabinovitch extended the client to do voice chat. Doesn't matter that he wrote it in a different language and that he interfaced it with sockets, this, to me, is a clear case of "Derived Work" (IANAL though).
The whole socket thing is meant for something else. Staying in the realm of chess, there's a generic chess protocol that is used to interface engines with clients. If you have a server and a client communicating over such a generic protocol, and one of them is distributed under GPL, it doesn't mean that the other one also has to be GPL, because neither is a derived work of the other (again, IANAL).
Finally, regarding EULA - GPL is not a EULA. He can distribute the binary client under a restrictive license, but he has to provide the sources under GPL. Rabinovitch seems to be in non-compliance here as well.
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and yeah, BFCs (big, fast caches) are far more important than fast main memory for the majority of applications. Nevertheless, these fast memories sell really well on the enthusiast market, where most people don't really know what a cache really is.
To super-duper, high energy alpha particle and gamma rays. Why do you think that ECC is so widespread? Not only for RAM - most processors these days have their caches ECC-ed as well.
Good lord ... There's so many dumbasses that graduate at tier 1/tier 2 universities.
Well, the problem with the "plaintext" (i.e., photons traveling to your retina) is that recording it at that stage degrades its quality significantly (at least with today's recording technology). It's a bit better with sound, but some audiophiles would complain about that as well.
I mean, a formal proof. You're making a pretty broad statement, after all. The fact that some DRMs were cracked doesn't necessarily mean that all of them are inherently crackable.
The CPU can encrypt memory transactions on the bus. There are several research proposals that address this issue, btw (e.g. Xom). My point - they can continue the arms race as well.
All definitions of inflation that I've seen are based on prices of commodities, services, real estate, and not on relationship to other currencies. You're actually saying "Things haven't gotten much more expensive here but they are cheaper in some other countries". It's quite easy to interpret that as "Those currencies have appreciated".
Inflation has destroyed the US dollar (down 50% in 5 years), so prices double of what we paid 5 years ago can be considered "par" with the fall in value of the dollar.
If you consider inflation to be the value of precious metals such as gold, then sure, you can get to absurd values such as 50% (mind you, there's no such thing as absolute reference value). OTOH, if you consider consumer price indexes, it's much lower - between 5 and 10%.
I'm actually curious - for how long do the 16 qubits stay coherent? You can only do quantum computations while the qubits remain coherent. Furthermore, IIRC coherence times where (at best) in the range of a few microseconds.
Anyway, if you don't want to give money to Microsoft, simply don't use their products.
It's also how fast your circuits can switch, and how fast the signal can travel on the wires. The execution core of a Pentium 4 also happens to be double-pumped (i.e., it performs operations on both edges of the clock signal). Essentially, those ALUs would be switching at 16GHz ... I, personally, take this with a grain of salt.
if I understand correctly, conventional waste works quite well as Candu fuel, with little processing.
is EM interference. Cellphones (especially the GSM ones) tend to be quite noisy. Don't believe me? Make a call near a radio.
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Oh well, I've got a few karma points to burn...
Neural networks, as used in artificial intelligence, have traditionally been viewed as simplified models of neural processing in the brain, even though the relation between this model and brain biological architecture is very much debated.
"White noise", by Carl Friedrich Gauss. Best music ever!
So quick, gimme 10$
Most of us don't suffer from Triskaidekaphobia
If I understand correctly companies like MySQL own their IP, they just license it under GPL ... Seems like a strange omission from a seasoned VC.
Game tester. It's not really that fun (playing same games repeatedly until they're balanced/stable enough), but he's got the skills.
After all ... "let there be light".
I honestly don't think that it was much of a problem for RS232 communication (i.e. high-voltage, relatively low frequency).
Would someone enlighten me? What is the principle behind ionic cooling? The article shows how to build it, but not why it works :).
Yes, the definition is particularly vague, that's one thing they're addressing in GPL v3.
The whole socket thing is meant for something else. Staying in the realm of chess, there's a generic chess protocol that is used to interface engines with clients. If you have a server and a client communicating over such a generic protocol, and one of them is distributed under GPL, it doesn't mean that the other one also has to be GPL, because neither is a derived work of the other (again, IANAL).
Finally, regarding EULA - GPL is not a EULA. He can distribute the binary client under a restrictive license, but he has to provide the sources under GPL. Rabinovitch seems to be in non-compliance here as well.