IIRC, the Athlon XP processors also had these contacts, but it required an additional step to fill a gap dug between the contacts with super glue. (Probably possible because previous processors used a ceramic package while the newer ones used organic plastic.)
> What is this obsession with the past and the early days of computing? The reason why people don't cherish these types of things is they are rational. Technology is about tomorrow. It's not about yesterday
This reply hanging off a thread about prior art is telling.
As surprising as it may be, the past can tell a lot about the future, as the past was present at a point, and the future is now.
Take an example about AI. This past couple of years isn't the first time that AI had been a hot topic. Look back to the late 80's -- there was a lot of research into it and lots of predictions about how the world would change -- but that didn't happen. It definitely didn't affect the general public as has today. So why is that? Looking at the different circumstances between the past and today (i.e., increase in computing power, availability of networks and broadband, general availability of computing devices, etc. etc.) could then be used to predict the future.
Looking back at the past can give hints about what the future may hold.
waves in the general direction of all the millions of books about history and all the history classes we've had in school and all the people studying history and all the history channels on YouTube or TikTok or all the history subreddits
What does that even mean? Our history is important to us. Full stop.
since I wrote that: it's actually pretty rare that a defendant can actually use a piece of prior art in a case, but there's always a hope that ONE time, you will.
The other difficulty is that lawyers and jurors will make fun of anything that's too old. I know, it isn't fair, but you do have to overcome a built-in bias against ancient stuff.
I realize you're not talking about litigation, but that was what I meant.
If you want to see a world without fair use, check out the Japanese Wikipedia pages -- it's noticeably lacking in pictures and images than the English counterpart, likely because the latter was written by those in the U.S. It's especially ironic when there's more photos and images on the English language article for topics about Japan!
I remember when AltaVista was the best, and despairing because it was so terrible.
At a dinner party, we were arguing about how to move forward with discovery on the web, because the situation was so dire. Someone was arguing for keyword registration, a la AOL.
I really, really hope that someone wasn’t me; I’ve convinced myself over the years it wasn’t, but I didn’t have any better ideas, just knew that wouldn’t work.
Note that the Hokuriku region is where the large earthquake struck on January 1st and at least some of the places listed has been affected.
One example is the "Royal Squid" on page 31 -- the website says that they're going to be closed indefinitely. While the building did not collapse but the tsunami flooded the building, and the parking lot is uneven.[1]
Seems like precautions would be necessary before visiting some of these sites, especially those in the Noto region of Ishikawa prefecture.
Larger buildings tend to better withstand the large quakes. Building codes have been revamped after large quakes in Japan, so large commercial and public buildings tend to be the safest ones. They also are used for temporary shelter in natural disasters like quakes and heavy rain/typhoons.
Problem are with older wooden houses. There's quite a few photos and videos of older houses that have completely collapsed or their ground floors collapsing.
On a side note, since it's a public holiday, hospitals aren't able to cope with those who are injured because they're lightly staffed, and medical personnel can't reach them due to damaged roads, etc.
> Problem are with older wooden houses. There's quite a few photos and videos of older houses that have completely collapsed or their ground floors collapsing.
Indeed. For those who do not know, new year celebrations in Japan happen from 1 January onwards [1] and usually entails visiting in-laws, parents, and grandparents (or them visiting you), very much akin to Christmas. Thus it may very well be more likely to have families coming over to their parents and grandparents living in older houses on a day like this than any other time of the year.
There are ways to upgrade existing buildings that makes more sense in taller buildings than small houses, which of course is government subsidized, so taller buildings in Japan are often safer. Or at least safe for the first one. Some says the exoskeleton approach[1] is ugly as hell, I think it's cyberpunk.
It’s a fairly common sight in Joetsu, particularly for government buildings. This company shows a list of seismic retrofitting projects that it has done in Joetsu, for example:
If every project started to make their README filled with HTML (gah, why does Markdown allow arbitrary HTML...), I'd end up crying on the CLI as I frantically search for how to build the project in a sea of <p>, <a> and <br/>s...
Quite frankly I was happy with the arbitrary html part more often than it annoyed me. E.g. when I had to add a table that was just slightly out of markdowns comfort zone (merged cells).
Those who read my readmes were always happy with the content and never complaines about the html.
This. Also doesn't help that many ordinary Japanese think that getting arrested basically equals they're guilty. So much for due process.
That said, the 99% conviction rate is a bit misleading in that the prosecution rate is pretty low (as low as 10%?). Seems as the prosecutors are picking and choosing slam dunk cases than sending cases through the courts to avoid not guilty verdicts.
[1] https://github.com/coobird/brainfuccuccino