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Submission + - OpenSPL - Moving development from the temporal to the spatial

spookyinc writes: Taken from the site: OpenSPL is an open standard for a novel Spatial Programming Language. It is based on the core concept that a program executes in space, rather than in time sequence. All operations are assumed to be parallel unless specified to be sequential. This is similar to a factory floor where all operations execute in parallel, but each operation executes a different part of the overall process. Temporal Programming is a recipe for the execution of actions, whereas Spatial Programming builds a factory to execute the recipe. More information available here

Comment Mysterious quantum mechanical connection? (Score 1, Interesting) 186

I am not a physicist.

But I keep hearing that there is actually nothing mysterious about entanglement at all... Something along the lines of:

You post 2 envelopes containing cards in opposite directions, one with a printed letter A, the other card with the letter B.

At one destination, the envelope is opened to reveal the letter A. ... then through some mysterious quantum mechanical connection.... you know that the envelope at the remote destination contains the letter B.

And that's about all there is to entanglement....

Can any physicist confirm?

Comment Re:It would be fair... (Score 4, Insightful) 475

Why should they? There are many reasons to unlock your phone that don't amount to exiting your contract early.

If the contract you signed specifically prohibits you from unlocking your phone, then they will be within their rights to sue you.

I'm not suggesting they should be given any additional rights (which are not specified in the contract that you agreed upon in advance).

Personally, I only get full priced unlocked phones. I then get a no-contract SIM card.
Admittedly, it's much more affordable in the UK than in the US.

Comment Re:It would be fair... (Score 5, Insightful) 475

Why is this a special case and needs a special law? Why is the contract you sign insufficient?

Why do they need to make it illegal to unlock a phone, rather than keeping it completely within contract law?

Do you realize how insane a situation it's going to be where a phone company can ask the police to arrest you because you have unlocked your phone?

I agree - they should be able to sue you in a civil court - like any other company would do if you brake any other contract! not sure why this is a special case.

The Almighty Buck

Submission + - JPMorgan Rolls Out (Another) FPGA Supercomputer (computerworlduk.com)

An anonymous reader writes: JP Morgan is expanding its use of dataflow supercomputers to speed up more of its fixed income trading operations. Earlier this year, the bank revealed how it reduced the time it took to run an end-of-day risk calculation from eight hours down to just 238 seconds. The new dataflow supercomputer, where the computer chips are tailored to perform specific, bespoke tasks (as explained in this Wall Street Journal article) — will be equivalent to more than 12,000 conventional x86 cores, providing 128 Teraflops of performance.

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