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Comment Beauty of the Internet (Score 1) 202

The beauty of the Internet is that I'm not limited to asking questions to the peers around me in real life (or on some social network.) I've never used Facebook for anything else than looking at pictures of friends I haven't seen in years, keeping in contact with them, and trying to talk to the single ladies that I know. I can remember only one situation where a friend was interested in a subject (programming) which I offered to help him through a private message.
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Submission + - Microsoft Trying to Patent Parallel Processing 2

theodp writes: "Microsoft may have been a Johnny-come-lately when it comes to parallel programming, but that's not stopping the software giant from trying to patent it. This week, the USPTO revealed that Microsoft has three additional parallel-processing patents pending — 1. Partitioning and Repartitioning for Data Parallel Operations, 2. Data Parallel Searching, and 3. Data Parallel Production and Consumption. Informing the USPTO that 'Software programs have been written to run sequentially since the beginning days of software development,' Microsoft adds there's been a '[recent] shift away from sequential execution toward parallel execution.' Before they grant the patents, let's hope the USPTO gets a second opinion on the novelty of Microsoft's parallel-processing patent claims."

Comment Game Companies Own It But... (Score 1) 167

I think most MMO companies have a EULA stating that the items in the game are owned by the company, however, most people who "sell" those items don't really sell them at all. The sellers disclaimer mostly states that the customer is simply paying for a service. The customer is paying them for the time it took to obtain that item, and they're simply transferring the item to the customer's account.

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