Halo was under development for a very long time before Microsoft bought Bungie. But they still had to port it to the xbox and optimize it before launch.
Dos and 16-bit windows programs are running with just as much emulation as classic apps had on powermacs.
Complaining that OS X doesn't run 68k apps is like complaining that Win3.1 doesn't run CP/M programs - it's just stupid. If you have old mac68k software, then you can run it in an emulator with the rom from your old mac. If you don't have 68k software, you are fine.
It is the same thing with the intel transition - if you have classic apps, you can run them in an emulator on the intel, or in classic on your old powermac. Or, you can get the carbon version of the app. Lots of programs (such as starcraft) were trivially "ported" to carbon.
There is of course a difference between accidentally photographing somebody's house and taking a photo from the road. However, there is no real legal difference between taking said photo yourself and downloading it from the county government's property records.
My county government already does this. Photos from the road are included on the web page for each property in the online database. Anybody can access the county site and find out the size, tax value, date of last zale, zoning info, etc. The database is searchable by name or address. There is no need for a corporation to sell this info when it is already a matter of public record.
Oh, come on! Even for people with good hearing, understanding sombody in a loud call center in bangalore is hard. For somebody who uses a hearing aid, it can easily be impossible to communicate bidirectionally. And there are many people who have hearing aids but do not have access to a TTY. This is a realistic scenario, and one that microsoft must be prepared for. Remember, Microsoft chose to use activation. It is solely their responsibility to make it accessible to their customers.
Of course not! Saying "it just works" really doesn't make for a good news story. "It just works" is not a good response to hype, even though that phrase conveys enough information to make a sale.
What do you consider to be the definition of a PC? While macs are architecturally very similar to most PCs, there are some very notable differences. For example, macs do not have a bios or an a20 gate, rendering them unable to boot pretty much any pc operating system without the bios emulation included in bootcamp.
Saying that an intel mac IS a pc is like saying that an amigaone IS a powermac. They use the same processors, and share many other chips, but they are still fundamentally different machines.
I know you are mostly trolling about ubuntu, but since I have experience with running modern linux distros on machines of that vintage, I will respond. First, when dealing with GUI problems on linux, the most important piece of information is the type of graphics card. The manufacturer and model of the system are almost always irrelevant. 128MB ram is enough for a basic desktop, especially with a 400Mhz cpu, but it is nowhere near enough for a live cd, particularly if you don't already have a swap partition. Also, most modern distros use graphical installers, often written in python, that eat up ram.
Furthermore, no pentium pro ever had mmx. Your box is either not a pentium pro system, or it does not support mmx, or it is a pentium 2 system. The latter is not likely, since the p2 started at 233Mhz. Anyways, 200Mhz is tough to get a good gnome desktop on, unless your graphics card can do a lot of acceleration. I strongly recommend that you read some documentation, as your problems should be quite solvable. I also recommend that you stop putting silly quotations around things as though you are incredulous about all the terminology.
NASA sends up several thinkpads with every shuttle launch. They have been doing so since 1993, and they have upgraded many times to more modern machines. STS-114 was the first to fly several A31p thinkpads with 1.8Ghz p4s.
For the mars missions and things like it, radiation hardened processors like the RAD750 are used. It seems that everything in use is at least pentium class.
There is simply no substitute for verifiability. If you, or anybody else, finds that an article cites an unreliable source, all that needs to be done is to find a more reliable source, or better yet, several different sources.
But then, you probably knew that before you wrote your essay. Not that it really matters. You just don't seem to have much respect for the concept of an encyclopedia. Namely, to be a reliable, consolidated, accessible source of information.
The 89 is perfectly capable of handling units - it is just too cumbersome to bother with. The HP48 soft menus, on the other hand, are the perfect UI. Pressing the menu key multiplies by the current unit, right shift divides by that unit, and left shift converts to that unit. The only real shortcoming is that it takes several extra keystrokes to factor a certain unit out of the expression - the conversion function could just as well do the factoring as well. Although, I'm sure I could customize that behavior if I really wanted to.
The board operates with a heat spreader! What makes you think there will be fans in the system? Most systems based off this form factor will not have any moving parts.
HPs are on par with TI as far as pretty print is concerned, but they also have the equation writer (which is fast on the ARM based calcs). The font size can also be reducded for viewing big expressions.
The CAS is also at least as good as the 89. While some say the 89 is faster for some algebra and calculus, I say RPN matters more.
I've been using HP 49/50 series calculators up through 400 level math and physics classes. I can definitely say that it has not harmed me in any way. RPN means that I *can* spot errors in intermediate calculations, unlike a TI. I agree that both my 89 and my 50g can do pretty much everything I ask (except for some symbolic integration).
The computer connection is something I have longed for. My 50g uses USB and draws it's power from the PC, so it would be great if I could use it as a more efficient way to input calculations.
The one thing that I see as a compelling reason to use an HP is the unit handling capabilities. While the TI can do conversions, the HP makes it almost trivial to keep full track of units in a physics problem (unless you must do vector calculations). I have noticed that I am far more aware of units and their conversion factors than my fellow students, who seldom label their numerical answers. I hope they learn to diligently track units before they go to work for NASA.
One has to wonder if this will work in iraq. If the air is already 130 degrees F, will this device make a difference? Or will it heat up people too much and induce heat stroke or burns?
I think the whole cooking aspect of P4s is way under-explored. Sure, everybody knows you can cook an egg with one, but has anybody used one to heat a wok, for example? Silicon stir fry! On a more realistic note, those processors could be great for sous-vide cooking if they are water cooled.
Obviously web browsers can't resize every time you change tabs, and that is one of the sticky spots in the OS X UI. There really isn't an obviously superior solution. However, I have found that I rarely benefit from having my browser more than 2/3 the width of the screen on a widescreen mac. Safari seems to agree and acts accordingly (but I still don't use it). Other than webbrowsers, though, it is usually easy to determine what size is reasonable. Too bad so many apps can't manage to behave like that.
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Halo was under development for a very long time before Microsoft bought Bungie. But they still had to port it to the xbox and optimize it before launch.
Dos and 16-bit windows programs are running with just as much emulation as classic apps had on powermacs.
Complaining that OS X doesn't run 68k apps is like complaining that Win3.1 doesn't run CP/M programs - it's just stupid. If you have old mac68k software, then you can run it in an emulator with the rom from your old mac. If you don't have 68k software, you are fine.
It is the same thing with the intel transition - if you have classic apps, you can run them in an emulator on the intel, or in classic on your old powermac. Or, you can get the carbon version of the app. Lots of programs (such as starcraft) were trivially "ported" to carbon.
There is of course a difference between accidentally photographing somebody's house and taking a photo from the road. However, there is no real legal difference between taking said photo yourself and downloading it from the county government's property records.
My county government already does this. Photos from the road are included on the web page for each property in the online database. Anybody can access the county site and find out the size, tax value, date of last zale, zoning info, etc. The database is searchable by name or address. There is no need for a corporation to sell this info when it is already a matter of public record.
Source?
Stupid moderators.
Shame on you for forgetting the scrabble tiles!
"What do you get if you multiply six by nine" from The Resturant at the End of the Universe Chapter 33.
Oh, come on! Even for people with good hearing, understanding sombody in a loud call center in bangalore is hard. For somebody who uses a hearing aid, it can easily be impossible to communicate bidirectionally. And there are many people who have hearing aids but do not have access to a TTY. This is a realistic scenario, and one that microsoft must be prepared for. Remember, Microsoft chose to use activation. It is solely their responsibility to make it accessible to their customers.
How many cell cores are used by your httpd?
That's what I thought. Troll!
Of course not! Saying "it just works" really doesn't make for a good news story. "It just works" is not a good response to hype, even though that phrase conveys enough information to make a sale.
What do you consider to be the definition of a PC? While macs are architecturally very similar to most PCs, there are some very notable differences. For example, macs do not have a bios or an a20 gate, rendering them unable to boot pretty much any pc operating system without the bios emulation included in bootcamp.
Saying that an intel mac IS a pc is like saying that an amigaone IS a powermac. They use the same processors, and share many other chips, but they are still fundamentally different machines.
I know you are mostly trolling about ubuntu, but since I have experience with running modern linux distros on machines of that vintage, I will respond. First, when dealing with GUI problems on linux, the most important piece of information is the type of graphics card. The manufacturer and model of the system are almost always irrelevant. 128MB ram is enough for a basic desktop, especially with a 400Mhz cpu, but it is nowhere near enough for a live cd, particularly if you don't already have a swap partition. Also, most modern distros use graphical installers, often written in python, that eat up ram.
Furthermore, no pentium pro ever had mmx. Your box is either not a pentium pro system, or it does not support mmx, or it is a pentium 2 system. The latter is not likely, since the p2 started at 233Mhz. Anyways, 200Mhz is tough to get a good gnome desktop on, unless your graphics card can do a lot of acceleration. I strongly recommend that you read some documentation, as your problems should be quite solvable. I also recommend that you stop putting silly quotations around things as though you are incredulous about all the terminology.
NASA sends up several thinkpads with every shuttle launch. They have been doing so since 1993, and they have upgraded many times to more modern machines. STS-114 was the first to fly several A31p thinkpads with 1.8Ghz p4s.
For the mars missions and things like it, radiation hardened processors like the RAD750 are used. It seems that everything in use is at least pentium class.
There is simply no substitute for verifiability. If you, or anybody else, finds that an article cites an unreliable source, all that needs to be done is to find a more reliable source, or better yet, several different sources.
But then, you probably knew that before you wrote your essay. Not that it really matters. You just don't seem to have much respect for the concept of an encyclopedia. Namely, to be a reliable, consolidated, accessible source of information.
Wikipedia has a policy against being a primary source: No Original Research.
The 89 is perfectly capable of handling units - it is just too cumbersome to bother with. The HP48 soft menus, on the other hand, are the perfect UI. Pressing the menu key multiplies by the current unit, right shift divides by that unit, and left shift converts to that unit. The only real shortcoming is that it takes several extra keystrokes to factor a certain unit out of the expression - the conversion function could just as well do the factoring as well. Although, I'm sure I could customize that behavior if I really wanted to.
The board operates with a heat spreader! What makes you think there will be fans in the system? Most systems based off this form factor will not have any moving parts.
HPs are on par with TI as far as pretty print is concerned, but they also have the equation writer (which is fast on the ARM based calcs). The font size can also be reducded for viewing big expressions.
The CAS is also at least as good as the 89. While some say the 89 is faster for some algebra and calculus, I say RPN matters more.
I've been using HP 49/50 series calculators up through 400 level math and physics classes. I can definitely say that it has not harmed me in any way. RPN means that I *can* spot errors in intermediate calculations, unlike a TI. I agree that both my 89 and my 50g can do pretty much everything I ask (except for some symbolic integration).
The computer connection is something I have longed for. My 50g uses USB and draws it's power from the PC, so it would be great if I could use it as a more efficient way to input calculations.
The one thing that I see as a compelling reason to use an HP is the unit handling capabilities. While the TI can do conversions, the HP makes it almost trivial to keep full track of units in a physics problem (unless you must do vector calculations). I have noticed that I am far more aware of units and their conversion factors than my fellow students, who seldom label their numerical answers. I hope they learn to diligently track units before they go to work for NASA.
HP has pretty much fixed all teh reliability problems. The new 50g is actually worth upgrading to from the 48gx.
One has to wonder if this will work in iraq. If the air is already 130 degrees F, will this device make a difference? Or will it heat up people too much and induce heat stroke or burns?
I thought they used oompa-loompas.
I think the whole cooking aspect of P4s is way under-explored. Sure, everybody knows you can cook an egg with one, but has anybody used one to heat a wok, for example? Silicon stir fry! On a more realistic note, those processors could be great for sous-vide cooking if they are water cooled.
Obviously web browsers can't resize every time you change tabs, and that is one of the sticky spots in the OS X UI. There really isn't an obviously superior solution. However, I have found that I rarely benefit from having my browser more than 2/3 the width of the screen on a widescreen mac. Safari seems to agree and acts accordingly (but I still don't use it). Other than webbrowsers, though, it is usually easy to determine what size is reasonable. Too bad so many apps can't manage to behave like that.
The only improvements in DX10 that are being touted/discussed are in D3D.
"Shock and Awe" attacks on Sealand would consist of what? Lobbing a flashbang at it? Even that might be overkill. How about water balloons?