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Why does the jury think this matters? | 286 comments | Create New Account
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This is where I differ with judge.
Authored by: sd_ip_tech on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 04:56 PM EDT
Stack is segregated memory. It is not normal memory. There are a number of
varieties. It depends. AND if you talk to average users some even mix memory
with disk space. They have no idea which is which. I have no idea the level of
sophistication of this jury but I am worried.

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sd_ip_tech

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Why does the jury think this matters?
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 05:10 PM EDT
I don't understand why the jury felt the need to make the distinction.

If they are trying to answer static v dynamic, I'm not sure who's side this
bodes well/ill for.

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Stack = how, memory = where
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 05:14 PM EDT
A stack is just a way of looking at a chunk of memory.

In memory you would just have a bunch of values that you can then interpret as a
stack, queue, deque whatever.

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Stack is not synonymous with memory - or heap
Authored by: artp on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 05:19 PM EDT
When a patent case turns on the definition of such
incorporeal terms as stack, heap and memory, it becomes
obvious that there is something rotten in the state of US
patent law and its application.

What exactly is the physical representation of a stack? Not
the symbolic representation, but the actual physical
representation of a stack as it exists in nature.

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Userfriendly on WGA server outage:
When you're chained to an oar you don't think you should go down when the galley
sinks ?

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Stack can be separate hardware
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 06:34 PM EDT

Most implementations of a stack reserve an area of memory and use a register to
point to that.

There is no requirement for this and a stack may be a completely separate
hardware.

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