AMD is releasing its own closed drivers, but it's also contributing to the open source drivers. Unfortunately, there is still a large gap between the two, especially with regard to power management.
I have an AMD card in my laptop, and I noticed that open drivers give good enough performance, but make my card overheat and cut the battery life by half. On my previous laptop with Intel graphics, 3D desktop effects ran perfectly with no such power drain.
This applies to much more than just code. I thinks it's mostly because of lack of distractions, but there's also the "I'll just finish this and go to bed" mentality.
That's why you build your own and keep your OS disks.
Fortunately, the guys I get my OS from keep regular backups on a public server, so I can re-download them anytime.
If your OS vendor doesn't do that, they are most likely using an external service for the same purpose. I can't remember the service's exact name, but their site has a ship with black sails on the front page.
Okay excluding the L33T gamers, super heavy CAD users, HD video producers, Movie F/X houses, and research labs no one needs the power of Intel's high end desktop chips.
I'm none of the above, but I don't like waiting more than a minute for a program to compile. And I compile often.
Not sure where you're getting this information that says investing in sustainable energy devalues currency. Many economist articles I've read recently state the opposite, but only time will tell on this one.
FTFS:
At the moment, more than 20 new coal-fired power plants are being planned or already under construction
Maybe "digital openness" includes the ability to phisically open the device, replace a part, or install a custom OS on it. And just maybe he was referring to iOS devices.
That's kind of the point. Changing your default search engine is very easy, changing your mail provider too, especially if you already use an e-mail client. There are also competing map products, although I don't know how good, but nothing ties you in with the three products GP mentioned.
On the other hand, if you developed an app for the App Engine, using Google's API, it's much more work to port a web application to another platform.
I writing a small hobby web app right now, and I decided to use GAE because of its simplicity. So while this strikes me as bad news (especially the quota lowering), I had enough foresight to write it with Django and the django-appengine backend, so I can easily replace the backend and take my business elsewhere.
Meaning you don't have to buy third party software.
It's quite possible that this is the main reason why it hasn't been done before. Remember the outrage and lawsuits when they included a browser and a media player?
Whatever non-essential but useful feature MS adds to Windows, it instantly closes one corner of a rather large market. And because they are (or at least used to be) a monopoly, the courts don't like that.
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And add a Space Core for good measure.
AMD is releasing its own closed drivers, but it's also contributing to the open source drivers. Unfortunately, there is still a large gap between the two, especially with regard to power management.
I have an AMD card in my laptop, and I noticed that open drivers give good enough performance, but make my card overheat and cut the battery life by half. On my previous laptop with Intel graphics, 3D desktop effects ran perfectly with no such power drain.
For one, they are the only major GPU maker that actually releases open source drivers.
With Meego, giving away tablets at free software conferences, and Nokia siding with Microsoft, Intel might just be the best hope for free software.
This applies to much more than just code. I thinks it's mostly because of lack of distractions, but there's also the "I'll just finish this and go to bed" mentality.
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That's why you build your own and keep your OS disks.
Fortunately, the guys I get my OS from keep regular backups on a public server, so I can re-download them anytime.
If your OS vendor doesn't do that, they are most likely using an external service for the same purpose. I can't remember the service's exact name, but their site has a ship with black sails on the front page.
Okay excluding the L33T gamers, super heavy CAD users, HD video producers, Movie F/X houses, and research labs no one needs the power of Intel's high end desktop chips.
I'm none of the above, but I don't like waiting more than a minute for a program to compile. And I compile often.
This already happens. Except the tax is more on the order of 3 cents, and the "deserving charities" are neither charities nor deserving.
FTFY.
My circuits are still confused, however, how it was able to determine I was a robot.
You didn't happen to complain about your brain size and the pain in all the diodes down your left side?
Until Germans decide they can't afford the cost of French power, and invade.
I thought most big rivers in Europe already have dams all over them. Isn't that the case?
Not sure where you're getting this information that says investing in sustainable energy devalues currency. Many economist articles I've read recently state the opposite, but only time will tell on this one.
FTFS:
At the moment, more than 20 new coal-fired power plants are being planned or already under construction
an every-other day delivery schedule would be fine by me and would lower costs (thinking Mon, Wed, Fri only).
That would be great, I could have a single reminder for both mail and XKCD.
Depends, is there a tinfoil commercial too?
That joke's on you - the Samsung tablets are just as closed as Apple products.
Nope, I own just as many Samsung tables as I do Apple products.
Maybe "digital openness" includes the ability to phisically open the device, replace a part, or install a custom OS on it. And just maybe he was referring to iOS devices.
von Neumann != von Braun. Not every "von" is the same.
That's because Konrad Zuse sounds a lot like Keyser Soze.
That's kind of the point. Changing your default search engine is very easy, changing your mail provider too, especially if you already use an e-mail client. There are also competing map products, although I don't know how good, but nothing ties you in with the three products GP mentioned.
On the other hand, if you developed an app for the App Engine, using Google's API, it's much more work to port a web application to another platform.
I writing a small hobby web app right now, and I decided to use GAE because of its simplicity. So while this strikes me as bad news (especially the quota lowering), I had enough foresight to write it with Django and the django-appengine backend, so I can easily replace the backend and take my business elsewhere.
They are becoming more and more alike. It seems the GNU guys were right all along. Microsoft Church
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Windows 7 still doesn't ship with virtual desktops for some reason.
Really? So all four sides of the desktop cube show the same thing? Oh, wait...
Ha, I'm 1902 ahead of you.
Just don't ask me what version of Firefox we have here.
Meaning you don't have to buy third party software.
It's quite possible that this is the main reason why it hasn't been done before. Remember the outrage and lawsuits when they included a browser and a media player?
Whatever non-essential but useful feature MS adds to Windows, it instantly closes one corner of a rather large market. And because they are (or at least used to be) a monopoly, the courts don't like that.
I have been computing for 40 years now.
That's nothing, your planet has been computing for nearly 10 million years.