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Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 08-May-2013, 19:37
Replies: 72
Views: 7,915
Posted By Zaphod
Reposting the same stuff as in the OP, just...

Reposting the same stuff as in the OP, just reposted by different sites several times over, doesn't make it make any more sense. And that diagram surely does not make any sense at all for a GPU to...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 08-May-2013, 10:45
Replies: 72
Views: 7,915
Posted By Zaphod
According to themselves...

According to themselves (http://www.cadence.com/Community/blogs/ii/archive/2013/04/14/tsmc-2013-symposium-progress-in-20nm-16nm-finfet-and-3d-ic-technologies.aspx):
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 07-May-2013, 07:57
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Are you not just being difficult here? It's...

Are you not just being difficult here? It's blatantly obvious that ownership and copyrights are both de jure and de facto different concepts. If not, we wouldn't need copyright law at all; and all...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 02-May-2013, 19:31
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Never said that either. I believe that the...

Never said that either. I believe that the technological changes that have allowed new modes of copyright violations have been good for society. And I believe that the harm from draconian copyright...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 02-May-2013, 19:09
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
I don't get where you think I have stated such an...

I don't get where you think I have stated such an objection.

Because culture is an aggregate endeavor. Your work stands on the shoulders of an unbound heritage; to which it owes it's very...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 02-May-2013, 18:58
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Oh, I don't think it can, or will ever be,...

Oh, I don't think it can, or will ever be, stopped. Or, if it can; the tradeoffs that will have to be made won't be worth it. In the advent of digital piracy, I would probably have preferred to go...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 02-May-2013, 18:32
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Because they're legally and technically different...

Because they're legally and technically different concepts. Copyrights extend beyond ownership in many instances and are limited in others.

Oh, it's not so complicated. Every time something is...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 02-May-2013, 17:56
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Well, let's start early with the wicked player...

Well, let's start early with the wicked player piano (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2004/03/wicked-player-piano). Had they succeeded there, no record industry. And how about home taping? Did it kill...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 02-May-2013, 17:34
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
It really, really isn't. On needs only a cursory...

It really, really isn't. On needs only a cursory glance at their history to substantiate it. The content industries have had to be dragged kicking and screaming through every technological...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 02-May-2013, 17:04
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
That you talk about copyrights in term of...

That you talk about copyrights in term of "content ownership" kind of makes my point. Laws are made (or ideally they should be) to serve society as a whole, not protect particular interests. In...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 02-May-2013, 16:43
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
It also causes innovation and the rise of new...

It also causes innovation and the rise of new business models and technologies. Creative destruction is the way the world moves forward, and we should adapt copyrights to allow for this fact rather...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 02-May-2013, 10:39
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
But that's a moral argument (which I agree with...

But that's a moral argument (which I agree with when it comes to entertainment software, BTW), not an economic one.

In an economy where the available cash for entertainment purposes is, say, $40;...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 30-Apr-2013, 19:22
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Yes, indeed. I hadn't seen that provision on...

Yes, indeed. I hadn't seen that provision on software/video games before. It does contradict all the studies I have seen on music and video (movies and TV) piracy.

As for why, I don't know. A...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 30-Apr-2013, 19:06
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
I think it's just a typo and that they mean video...

I think it's just a typo and that they mean video games consumers who bought all their games legally spent more than those who (also) infringed.
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 30-Apr-2013, 19:00
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Oh, that some people does get royally screwed...

Oh, that some people does get royally screwed over by piracy is a given. That the "content industry" as a whole would be better off if all piracy went away tomorrow is significantly less clear.
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Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 30-Apr-2013, 18:47
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Not strong support, no.

Not strong support, no.
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 30-Apr-2013, 18:39
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Ah. But that's not what all the available studies...

Ah. But that's not what all the available studies say. They just say that your friends (if they are statistically average pirates) also spend more money on games than the statistically average person...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 30-Apr-2013, 18:25
Replies: 213
Views: 3,875
Posted By Zaphod
Here are a couple: ...

Here are a couple:

http://piracy.americanassembly.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Copy-Culture.pdf
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/telecoms-research/online-copyright/Intro.pdf
...
Forum: Console Technology 29-Apr-2013, 16:11
Replies: 5,036
Views: 616,086
Posted By Zaphod
So did his. And mine:...

So did his. And mine: https://www.warioworld.com/allgx2rumorsarelies
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 24-Apr-2013, 09:28
Replies: 4,689
Views: 740,254
Posted By Zaphod
Not that this is a product I'd by at $999 (or at...

Not that this is a product I'd by at $999 (or at all) either, but you sure know how to cherry pick a data point supporting a preconceived notion.
Forum: Handheld Technology 18-Apr-2013, 13:06
Replies: 1,845
Views: 135,838
Posted By Zaphod
5,6 million Lumia phones sold in calendar Q1...

5,6 million Lumia phones sold in calendar Q1 2013, according to their financials. They're emphasizing growth (up from 4.4 million last quarter), but it's still a pittance of the smartphone market...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 27-Mar-2013, 14:02
Replies: 3,096
Views: 362,472
Posted By Zaphod
I don't know. But if not, your supposition about...

I don't know. But if not, your supposition about the i500 readiness can't be true at the same time (though, I guess availability could be an issue). Since they have stated (also by the same picture...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 27-Mar-2013, 09:35
Replies: 3,096
Views: 362,472
Posted By Zaphod
It means OEMs can only make Tegra 4 tablets...

It means OEMs can only make Tegra 4 tablets before then if they're OK with the lack of an LTE option from Nvidia. They say phones will be shipping before then, so surely some other third party will...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 28-Feb-2013, 22:16
Replies: 148
Views: 10,121
Posted By Zaphod
None of that negates the fact that if you can't...

None of that negates the fact that if you can't resell software on copyright grounds, you can't sell your new Lexus (or whatever) either. (But you could sell your vintage 1920s car.)

I don't...
Forum: Politics & Ethics of Technology 28-Feb-2013, 19:05
Replies: 148
Views: 10,121
Posted By Zaphod
Actually, allowing the software industry the...

Actually, allowing the software industry the right to limit resale on copyright grounds would probably mean you couldn't resell a modern car either. That is, without disabling the power steering,...
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