...it supports audio over the connection (Mini-DP doesn't)...
Actually the DisplayPort (and now Mini DisplayPort) standard DOES support audio, it's simply that Apple's DisplayPort offerings are not taking advantage of it.
I wonder if this is a strategic move to possibly get a Skype App approved for the iPhone -- removing the third-party content avenue. Just like the Commador 64 App.
I think you should ask what a personal domain actually is. In my opinion, it's a website about YOU. Not just who you are, but also your interest, hobbies, likes and dislikes. When someone goes to you.com, they are intentionally interested in YOU.
Boiling it down to what you asked, I think the question then becomes "What do I want to share with the world?" And it is truly the world. As you've said, you don't want too much personal information out there, but a website about you doesn't have to be just the facts about you.
I've thought about this recently for my own site. I don't care to be a blogger either. Here are some things I can think of that might spur on your creativity:
1) Articles - write articles on things you like. These aren't blog entries per say, although they could be. But if you find yourself interested in some topic, and would like to write your ideas down, an article could be a good avenue for that.
2) Works/Portfolio - if you have a hobby or career involving something that you can show off or demo, put it up there. If you are a photobug, put your favorites pics up, or if you craft things out of wood, take pictures and put them on your site, etc, etc. Find out what you like to do and/or are good at and share it with us!
3) Personal Photos/Videos - photos and videos say a lot, but they don't necessarily give away your information. Pictures of yourself, friends, family, co-workers, places you go, things you eat. Anything.
4) Resume - an easy one. Could also expand it to include links to companies you've worked for previously or links to works you've done.
5) Profit!! - Hope you enjoyed that oblig. slashdotters. Ok, snap out of it, this isn't a step-by-step thing. But seriously though, if you have a lot of junk in your house you need to get rid of, you could use your site as real estate for selling things. Not really a long term idea -you might run out of stuff to sell- but it could work.
Remember what web pages are: text, images, videos, sounds, colors, interactive media.
Take what you like to do and want to share and apply it over those mediums.
It's a personal domain, so make a personal site! When I go to you.com, I want to know about YOU!
I've read my ISP's (Comcast) TOA, as well as AT&T's and a few others. Yes actually read through them all. Freakin long. But they all say pretty much the same thing. You can't do this, you can't do that. A lot of the terms are unreasonable from a consumer perspective. However, they all have the same thing in common: most ISP's don't strictly enforce their TOA's right off the bat. They only use them as legal leverage to deny or refuse you service when they find you are causing a problem (bandwidth, viruses, etc.) or they don't like you.
Lesson? Don't stand out of the crowd on your neighborhood's internet traffic reports and don't piss your ISP off. At any point in time, they can LEGALLY cut you off.
The problem in most of these cases is a user with little to no experience in network setup, and who also avoids reading directions, will almost always just "plug it in and go". Most routers that I've used come with a default password that is the same for all similar products that the company makes.
Instead of having a default password, why not have pre-generated passwords that are decently strong that are already on the router when you get the device, and have a sticker on the router with that password. Then instead of the manual telling you to type in "admin" for the password, it could tell you to look at a sticker on the router.
Come on, most already have stickers for the MAC address. Another sticker for the password is not a big deal.
Although I lean towards Intel, it's good to hear some more positive news about AMD/ATI. Lately it seems that everyone is making AMD/ATI sound like a company that is falling behind and failing to deliver any product that compares to Intel's latest offerings. Some have even suggested that AMD could drop out of certain portions of the consumer market to focus on things such as low-power server chips.
I, for one, hope that AMD/ATI's upcoming Phenom and other offerings blow Intel out of the water. Why? Cause competition is always good, for consumers that is.
Why come out with a new OS like 'Windows Legacy' that functions just the same as XP except maybe a few more features and guaranteed security updates, when simply supporting XP and releasing a SP3 or 'expansion pack' with new features for it would be enough. I'm sure Microsoft would rather patch and upgrade the old Windows than rather start from scratch, especially since it's not their flagship product anymore.
But then of course, forcing Windows XP users to purchase a 'new' OS that runs exactly like XP just so they could continue using an XP based OS would be a typical M$ move as well.
if Third-Party extensions are "not allowed" in the Express editions, why then do they have the capability to be loaded? You would think that Microsoft would code something into the extensions loader that would check whether or not its a Microsoft official extension or not. Wouldn't that have prevented this in the first place?
Well, the article pointed out that TDP (typical dissipation power, or something like that) ratings are likely to remain the same. They paraphrase Intel as saying they used the reduction in process size to pack in my transistors instead of pursue the power-savings route.
The TDP numbers for Penryn desktop quad-core parts will be 95 and 130 watts, with desktop dual-core parts coming in at a 65W TDP.
the Penryn dual-core should have about a 65W TDP.
So already we are seeing near quad-core performance out of a dual-core CPU that uses the same TDP as the 'old' 65-nm Core2 dual-cores.
Hence, better performace-per-watt.
And even better, if they made a Penryn dual-core that performed the same as a Core2 E6300, it MIGHT scale to an even lower TDP.
Again, my point is that the move to 45-nm benefits greatly from being able to perform the same as an older Core2 dual-core (not a Quad-core), but have a lower TDP.
It's faster, yes. But I can't wait to see how much less power it uses. The main benefit I see from Intel moving to 45-nm should be getting speeds => Core2 but using less power. As everyone continues on the path to 'greener' tech, this will be one of the biggest selling factors for the Penryn family.
..where I work, we have new customers almost on a weekly basis. Every single customer we have is different and requires different products from us. And also every customers data is different. I and my other co-workers are constantly working to adapt old software to new customers as well as write new software from scratch. Believe me, we would actually LOVE to have an off the shelf solution so that our lives would be easier, but one simply does not exist. You can only pack so much customization and end-user modification into an off-the-shelf app before the next step which is to just write new code.
I do agree that more and more off-the-shelf software is becoming powerful enough to handle a lot of business' needs, however one also has to account that more and more ".com's" (i hate that term) are sprouting up that generally all do the same.
As far as Computer Science being dead, I call BS. (and not as in Bachelor's of Science.... which i have:) )
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Man, this got me good. I literally yelled outloud, "WHAT?!" in my office as I read in disgust...
...it supports audio over the connection (Mini-DP doesn't)...
Actually the DisplayPort (and now Mini DisplayPort) standard DOES support audio, it's simply that Apple's DisplayPort offerings are not taking advantage of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort
Another nail in the print media coffin.
uhhh...then how do I have Skype on my iPhone?
I fail.
There goes my karma...
I wonder if this is a strategic move to possibly get a Skype App approved for the iPhone -- removing the third-party content avenue. Just like the Commador 64 App.
I think you should ask what a personal domain actually is. In my opinion, it's a website about YOU. Not just who you are, but also your interest, hobbies, likes and dislikes. When someone goes to you.com, they are intentionally interested in YOU.
Boiling it down to what you asked, I think the question then becomes "What do I want to share with the world?" And it is truly the world. As you've said, you don't want too much personal information out there, but a website about you doesn't have to be just the facts about you.
I've thought about this recently for my own site. I don't care to be a blogger either. Here are some things I can think of that might spur on your creativity:
1) Articles - write articles on things you like. These aren't blog entries per say, although they could be. But if you find yourself interested in some topic, and would like to write your ideas down, an article could be a good avenue for that.
2) Works/Portfolio - if you have a hobby or career involving something that you can show off or demo, put it up there. If you are a photobug, put your favorites pics up, or if you craft things out of wood, take pictures and put them on your site, etc, etc. Find out what you like to do and/or are good at and share it with us!
3) Personal Photos/Videos - photos and videos say a lot, but they don't necessarily give away your information. Pictures of yourself, friends, family, co-workers, places you go, things you eat. Anything.
4) Resume - an easy one. Could also expand it to include links to companies you've worked for previously or links to works you've done.
5) Profit!! - Hope you enjoyed that oblig. slashdotters. Ok, snap out of it, this isn't a step-by-step thing. But seriously though, if you have a lot of junk in your house you need to get rid of, you could use your site as real estate for selling things. Not really a long term idea -you might run out of stuff to sell- but it could work.
Remember what web pages are: text, images, videos, sounds, colors, interactive media.
Take what you like to do and want to share and apply it over those mediums.
It's a personal domain, so make a personal site! When I go to you.com, I want to know about YOU!
Hope I helped.
...when Slashdot top headlines are belittled to a boring meeting room at Microsoft.
I've read my ISP's (Comcast) TOA, as well as AT&T's and a few others. Yes actually read through them all. Freakin long. But they all say pretty much the same thing. You can't do this, you can't do that. A lot of the terms are unreasonable from a consumer perspective. However, they all have the same thing in common: most ISP's don't strictly enforce their TOA's right off the bat. They only use them as legal leverage to deny or refuse you service when they find you are causing a problem (bandwidth, viruses, etc.) or they don't like you.
Lesson? Don't stand out of the crowd on your neighborhood's internet traffic reports and don't piss your ISP off. At any point in time, they can LEGALLY cut you off.
I'm not saying I agree with it...
My first FIRST! :-)
Thanks for this. Made my day! :)
The problem in most of these cases is a user with little to no experience in network setup, and who also avoids reading directions, will almost always just "plug it in and go". Most routers that I've used come with a default password that is the same for all similar products that the company makes.
Instead of having a default password, why not have pre-generated passwords that are decently strong that are already on the router when you get the device, and have a sticker on the router with that password. Then instead of the manual telling you to type in "admin" for the password, it could tell you to look at a sticker on the router.
Come on, most already have stickers for the MAC address. Another sticker for the password is not a big deal.
Intel Real-Time Ray Tracing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blfxI1cVOzU
...oh come on, don't make me do it. Someone else take it this time...
In Soviet Russia, Allofmp3.com owner acquits YOU!
To get drunk, get caught, demand the breathalyser source, so he can rip off it and create his own competing product! Muhaha! It's genius!
Although I lean towards Intel, it's good to hear some more positive news about AMD/ATI. Lately it seems that everyone is making AMD/ATI sound like a company that is falling behind and failing to deliver any product that compares to Intel's latest offerings. Some have even suggested that AMD could drop out of certain portions of the consumer market to focus on things such as low-power server chips. I, for one, hope that AMD/ATI's upcoming Phenom and other offerings blow Intel out of the water. Why? Cause competition is always good, for consumers that is.
Why come out with a new OS like 'Windows Legacy' that functions just the same as XP except maybe a few more features and guaranteed security updates, when simply supporting XP and releasing a SP3 or 'expansion pack' with new features for it would be enough. I'm sure Microsoft would rather patch and upgrade the old Windows than rather start from scratch, especially since it's not their flagship product anymore. But then of course, forcing Windows XP users to purchase a 'new' OS that runs exactly like XP just so they could continue using an XP based OS would be a typical M$ move as well.
All those days of running Folding@Home have finally paid off! (for science at least)
if Third-Party extensions are "not allowed" in the Express editions, why then do they have the capability to be loaded? You would think that Microsoft would code something into the extensions loader that would check whether or not its a Microsoft official extension or not. Wouldn't that have prevented this in the first place?
-Ryan
And even better, if they made a Penryn dual-core that performed the same as a Core2 E6300, it MIGHT scale to an even lower TDP. Again, my point is that the move to 45-nm benefits greatly from being able to perform the same as an older Core2 dual-core (not a Quad-core), but have a lower TDP.
-Same Speed
-Lower TDP
-Profit!
It's faster, yes. But I can't wait to see how much less power it uses. The main benefit I see from Intel moving to 45-nm should be getting speeds => Core2 but using less power. As everyone continues on the path to 'greener' tech, this will be one of the biggest selling factors for the Penryn family.
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And let's not forget that when this comes out in '08, the Core2's will get even cheaper! Heck I'm still excited about the next price drop for the Core2's this 22nd (http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showd
..where I work, we have new customers almost on a weekly basis. Every single customer we have is different and requires different products from us. And also every customers data is different. I and my other co-workers are constantly working to adapt old software to new customers as well as write new software from scratch. Believe me, we would actually LOVE to have an off the shelf solution so that our lives would be easier, but one simply does not exist. You can only pack so much customization and end-user modification into an off-the-shelf app before the next step which is to just write new code.
:) )
I do agree that more and more off-the-shelf software is becoming powerful enough to handle a lot of business' needs, however one also has to account that more and more ".com's" (i hate that term) are sprouting up that generally all do the same.
As far as Computer Science being dead, I call BS. (and not as in Bachelor's of Science.... which i have