While Ubuntu might be friendlier, and be more polished, I'd like to say that Debian is perfectly
workable as a desktop os. (Started with a base install that didn't even appear to come with less, moved onto
fluxbox when I wanted a gui, moved back to kde because I missed it).
It just takes a little more effort if you do something pointless like start out with just the min install.
Running on a late 2003 vintage amd64, Flash video spikes processor usage in linux (debian-64, with wrappers to make it work). The same computer plays much higher quality divx using a much smaller amount of resources just fine.
So mostly, flash just sucks for this purpose. But I doubt that is the only reason why Jobs says this.
Because if an aircraft can be made to travel at Mach 6, a missile can be made to travel even faster. (explosives + guidance + control surfaces + propulsion = win)
Select military aircraft can withstand gravitational forces of 8-10 G. Many birds routinely experience positive G-forces greater than 10 G and up to 14 G.
So? The Vympel R77 Air-Air Missile has a 12G limit, because it is unmanned. Humans don't really deal too well with 9+G (blackout).
They're just damn lucky this happened on final approach and not out in the middle of the ocean.
Even losing power where they did is risky...you risk hitting the ground too hard when you do hit it.
The copilot did a great job. It could have been a fuel pump failure...no reason for both to cut off like this normally.
His view that the DMCA is in need of a rewrite? Has he been getting letters from his voters / constituents that the DMCA needs to be tougher?
If not, then why is he pushing for greater power?
(In an ideal world, corporations are not constituents. People are)
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While Ubuntu might be friendlier, and be more polished, I'd like to say that Debian is perfectly workable as a desktop os. (Started with a base install that didn't even appear to come with less, moved onto fluxbox when I wanted a gui, moved back to kde because I missed it).
It just takes a little more effort if you do something pointless like start out with just the min install.
So we can now grep through real life. Awesome.
Hope they don't start tagging people though. Not so awesome.
Running on a late 2003 vintage amd64, Flash video spikes processor usage in linux (debian-64, with wrappers to make it work). The same computer plays much higher quality divx using a much smaller amount of resources just fine.
So mostly, flash just sucks for this purpose. But I doubt that is the only reason why Jobs says this.
Because if an aircraft can be made to travel at Mach 6, a missile can be made to travel even faster. (explosives + guidance + control surfaces + propulsion = win)
So? The Vympel R77 Air-Air Missile has a 12G limit, because it is unmanned. Humans don't really deal too well with 9+G (blackout).
Dear $RANDOMLUSER,
what the hell is wrong with you? That's the most off topic and bile spewing rant I've ever read on slashdot.
To your mom.
The stall that, had it happened, would have ended up in a crash.
They're just damn lucky this happened on final approach and not out in the middle of the ocean. Even losing power where they did is risky...you risk hitting the ground too hard when you do hit it.
The copilot did a great job. It could have been a fuel pump failure...no reason for both to cut off like this normally.
AWESOME. They do have a good point of the video game interface. Moving maps, with hotkeys...though I doubt they have the complexity for everything.
Bold moves indeed.
You insensitive clod.
How will this help against radar guided missiles?
The Cowon D2 does.
http://www.cowonglobal.com/product_wide/product_D2_spec.php
Yes, but a large portion of the newscast is just hearing the newscasters saying stuff in English. That part is less efficient than just reading.
Clearly, the best of both worlds is interblag news which can have both text and streaming video/audio.
I personally prefer the BBC online news.
You can read more in one hour, than a newscaster can speak in one hour intelligibly.
So news is all soundbites.
What would you get from OpenGLing bash?
:P
3D Databases ala Hackers
That'd still only be $200,000.
Something like the AGM-88 HARM, except smaller and it goes after emitters of sound waves.
I'd imagine that would be insanely hard to control even if it was possible.
We've always hypothesized this, but just got evidence/confirmation?
Or am I misinterpreting it here?
(I was about to tag this as being very old news before this).
His view that the DMCA is in need of a rewrite? Has he been getting letters from his voters / constituents that the DMCA needs to be tougher?
If not, then why is he pushing for greater power?
(In an ideal world, corporations are not constituents. People are)
How I wish I had modpoints for that. :P
Either way, we're screwed as long as we depend on something that will eventually run out. Switching energy sources only postpones the inevitable.
Well, I for one am scared shitless of our new overlords.