Did you read the article? They are actively creating shell corporations to "own" the patents, thereby avoiding the risk of counter suits. Why would they do this if the patents were only for "defence"?
You are still wrong. Electric cars are significantly more efficient than gasoline powered cars once you take into account the entire energy cycle of both energy sources.
DB2, different code base for each OS that it runs on (which I think are AIX and one or 2 Linux versions). You would most likely have to change your code to make it work to get it to work on the different OS.
Wrong. DB2 is built from a single code base on every platform it runs on. Currently that includes Linux, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, and Windows.
I might pay for CPU time if there were a mythtv plugin that used the sun grid to transcode content. Getting many many gigs of data to and from the sun machines might be an issue tho.
The reason the CBC exists at all is to fund stuff like KITH that the purely commercial channels in Canada would NEVER take a risk on. If it were up to Global, CTV and CHUM, all they would show would be US shows or Canadian variations thereof (eg: Canadian Idol). The CBC is the only organization in Canada that actually takes real risks with Canadian produced shows.
Maybe not. As anyone who has read this classic essay by Ken Thompson knows, the only way you can really trust a peice of software is if you not only wrote it yourself, but also wrote (or created) the OS, the compiler all the libraries you app is linked against and even the hardware your software runs on. Any one of those items could easily be modified to detect that you are compiling or running a "significant" application and insert a back door into it.
Why is an announcement of a chip that never would have made it into any Mac (just as the previous generation POWER5 never did) being listed under the Apple topic? Yeah it makes for great hyperbole, but the PowerPC chips that Apple use(d) were NOT the same as the top of the line POWER chips that IBM made for servers, and never have been.
This announcement is FAR more interesting for Linux and Solaris users who will have yet another fantastic CPU to take advantage of for high speed computing and server tasks. I especially like the concentration on overall system throughput in the annoucement, which is something that has been lacking in modern system design for far too long.
All those chambers, each seperated from the others by thick metal walls, guarantee that the Titanic is unsinkable! Nothing can go wrong. Trust us.:)
But seriously, I agree that we should increase our use of nuclear reactors, but IMHO we have to be extremely careful when it comes to any talk about "foolproof" technology. Also, I am personally more fond of pebble bed style reactors.
Maybe with FVWM but on my Linux desktop (configured using the ages old CTWM) I have far more keyboard based usability than on Windows. In fact, I've configured the otherwise useless windows keys (which are total crap on Windows, ironically enough) to do things like warp desktops, squeeze and unsqueeze windows, popup desktop selection menus etc. The only thing I need my mouse for is for shooting baddies in Doom.
Check out this story on the Vancouver taxi driver who was the first to put 200,000 miles (about 320,000 kilometers) on a Prius. The only reason he gave it up was because Toyota exchanged it for a new one so they could analyze his.
I had a long conversation with one of the (now common) Prius taxi drivers in Vancouver and he said he has never seen or heard of one have a problem with its battery.
And somebody is going to have to recycle that toxic battery at significant electical and chemical cost.
Reference please. We are talking about NiMH batteries here, and both Toyota and Honda pay owners when they are returned, which is because they can get the valuable nickel back out of them for re-use. And although Nickel CAN be toxic in huge quantities, it is far too valuable for them to simply release back into the environment.
Now I don't mean to single you out, either, and I agree with some of your other points, but its the knee-jerk anti-hybrid claims that I'm questioning here.
Corporations should not be doing "green" things for the sake of the environment, they should be doing it for the sake of their bottom lines. The fact is, increasing operating efficiency will not only reduce energy use and ultimately green house gas emissions, it can also significantly reduce operating costs and increase profit.
1) design a low-power-consumption high-performance PowerPC chip that would be ideal for Apple to use 2) keep the development so secret that spouses are kept in the dark 3) launch the product after Apple has already abandoned PowerPC 4) Ignore Apple because they are irrelevant. Instead, sell stuff to the manycompanieswhoconsumemorePPCchips than Apple ever could now or in the forseeable future. 5) PROFIT!
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Did you read the article? They are actively creating shell corporations to "own" the patents, thereby avoiding the risk of counter suits. Why would they do this if the patents were only for "defence"?
You are still wrong. Electric cars are significantly more efficient than gasoline powered cars once you take into account the entire energy cycle of both energy sources.
Wrong. DB2 is built from a single code base on every platform it runs on. Currently that includes Linux, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, and Windows.
The Register is not exactly known for accuracy in reporting and yet again it sounds like they sexed up what he actually said, which was "No San Franciscan should be without a computer and a broadband connection.". That hardly sounds like he is calling it a "human right".
Nah, you don't have to be faster than the robots, you just have to be faster the other people nearby.
I might pay for CPU time if there were a mythtv plugin that used the sun grid to transcode content. Getting many many gigs of data to and from the sun machines might be an issue tho.
Actually, this is probably being used today by people who buy one of Mercury's Linux based Cell blades.
The only downside to mrxvt is that it has yet to implement Unicode support.
I tried it and it crashed a LOT, so I switched back to mrxvt.
The natives are getting restless.
For a free service, that is imminently reasonable. I hope Toronto does something similar. You guys on the east coast ROCK.
PS: Go Mayor Miller! I'll be voting for you!
The reason the CBC exists at all is to fund stuff like KITH that the purely commercial channels in Canada would NEVER take a risk on. If it were up to Global, CTV and CHUM, all they would show would be US shows or Canadian variations thereof (eg: Canadian Idol). The CBC is the only organization in Canada that actually takes real risks with Canadian produced shows.
Maybe not. As anyone who has read this classic essay by Ken Thompson knows, the only way you can really trust a peice of software is if you not only wrote it yourself, but also wrote (or created) the OS, the compiler all the libraries you app is linked against and even the hardware your software runs on. Any one of those items could easily be modified to detect that you are compiling or running a "significant" application and insert a back door into it.
This announcement is FAR more interesting for Linux and Solaris users who will have yet another fantastic CPU to take advantage of for high speed computing and server tasks. I especially like the concentration on overall system throughput in the annoucement, which is something that has been lacking in modern system design for far too long.
But seriously, I agree that we should increase our use of nuclear reactors, but IMHO we have to be extremely careful when it comes to any talk about "foolproof" technology. Also, I am personally more fond of pebble bed style reactors.
Maybe with FVWM but on my Linux desktop (configured using the ages old CTWM) I have far more keyboard based usability than on Windows. In fact, I've configured the otherwise useless windows keys (which are total crap on Windows, ironically enough) to do things like warp desktops, squeeze and unsqueeze windows, popup desktop selection menus etc. The only thing I need my mouse for is for shooting baddies in Doom.
I had a long conversation with one of the (now common) Prius taxi drivers in Vancouver and he said he has never seen or heard of one have a problem with its battery.
Reference please. We are talking about NiMH batteries here, and both Toyota and Honda pay owners when they are returned, which is because they can get the valuable nickel back out of them for re-use. And although Nickel CAN be toxic in huge quantities, it is far too valuable for them to simply release back into the environment.
Now I don't mean to single you out, either, and I agree with some of your other points, but its the knee-jerk anti-hybrid claims that I'm questioning here.
RTFA, these are desktop chips, not server chips.
And what stability issues are you talking about? I've seen no problems with our new 3800 X2 after a couple of weeks of heavy use.
Not every computer is used to surf the web. For example, I have 5 Linux systems in my house and only 2 of them are used to surf the web.
Next year in Jerusalem!
Corporations should not be doing "green" things for the sake of the environment, they should be doing it for the sake of their bottom lines. The fact is, increasing operating efficiency will not only reduce energy use and ultimately green house gas emissions, it can also significantly reduce operating costs and increase profit.
1) design a low-power-consumption high-performance PowerPC chip that would be ideal for Apple to use
2) keep the development so secret that spouses are kept in the dark
3) launch the product after Apple has already abandoned PowerPC
4) Ignore Apple because they are irrelevant. Instead, sell stuff to the many companies who consume more PPC chips than Apple ever could now or in the forseeable future.
5) PROFIT!