On 2006-12-28 22:19, Fred A. Miller wrote: > I debated about posting this here, but decided to do so since there's > been a lot of interest in what AMD will do with ATI in regards to > Linux. Well, after reading the below referenced article, the question > as to AMD's intentions is MUCH, MUCH broader, raises my blood pressure > considerably, and leaves me wondering will happen after Jan. and Vista > is released. The article is long, but worth the read. > > Fred > > http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt > As a physicist, I found Note C. particularly amusing:
"In order for content to be displayed to users, it has to be copied numerous times... If you're not versed in DRM doublethink this concept gets quite tricky to explain, but in terms of quantum mechanics the content enters a superposition of simultaneously copied and uncopied states until a user collapses its wave function by observing the content (in physics this is called quantum indeterminacy or the observer's paradox). Depending on whether you follow the Copenhagen or many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, things then either get wierd or very wierd. So in order for Windows Vista's content protection to work, it has to be able to violate the laws of physics and create numerous copies that are simultaneously not copies." -- The best way to accelerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s² -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
