OK, so they have several 0.5billion$ facilities around the USA and the world. MS can afford that easily, what with a warchest of 40-45 billion. BUT... how much will this cost MS in the long run? Those computers need maintenance, and so do the facilities, and the salaries of the employees there don't just grow on trees. And then there's a bit of electricity being transformed into Joule heat.
Hmm... I have absolutely no idea, but I guess it could be several tens of millions/year.
Computers and electronics are still in the early phase. They benefited from the fact that a number of allied fields (electrodynamics, manufacturing, materials science) were already much more mature when they got their start. The question is, will they continue to grow apace once they hit the regime where there's a whole lot more to it than 'refine, repeat' in order to keep squeezing out those Moore's law boosts? We're already seeing some indications that the game may be changing; as chips sizes approach quantum mechanical limits, computer tech is going to move into a new problem regime where things are going to get much, much more complicated. I would be very surprised if at that point electronics doesn't move into a more settled, mature phase of development, and away from the rapid growth that marked the 20th century.
That's the 1 trillion question. I study nanotech, and that question definitely hits home. To tell you honestly, we're getting there. One nanometer is 10 angstrem, that is, about 10 average atom diameters. And the smallest MOSFET gate I know of is already 14 nm wide. You can't shave off many more atoms from that. There just isn't much to diffuse under such a gate, not many carriers to deplete, really, these MOSFETs are barely working. So, let's see, but I would say you're very close to be right.
OK, so Grove compares apples and oranges, and the liabilities involved with testing medical "studd" are way higher than with microprocessors and other tech stuff... all that and more... but I, in my hart of hearts, feel he has a point. I often wonder what, really, does modern medicine manage to really solve? Diabetes? Nope. Cancer? Nope. Arthrytis? Nope. Ostheoporosis? No. MS? No. etc. (keep that flamethrower down, damn!) I volunteer helping blind people, and just happen to know many eye diseases that are uncurable.
It's a bit depressing, considering it's one of the oldest sciences.
....its battery (yeah, it's one of those older, infamous Thinkpads that kill the battery), I can't wait for this tech to mature to the point to get us rid of this unreliable, hard to control accumulator technologies that are good only for the manufacturers.
I definitely welcome our new supercap-powered overlords. Can't wait.
"confiscated" or whatever is the correct English word. If not, this isn't really going to deterr future (and present) spammers - two years in jail, but after making US $40.000/month... I dunno, some would still risk it.
In the previous thread on this issue, someone noted that this choice can in no way benefit the Nigerians, as in Linux you have a larger choice of free/opensource software than in Windows. I think that was an excellent point, and one I'd like the nigerian bigshot who made the decision of removing Linux to replace it with Windows, reply to.
Unless, of course, everybody involved just assumes that the Windows applications will be pirated. In which case, Microsoft is complacent and at least implicitly endorsing piracy.
(by the way, excellent article and photos, really enjoyed it!)
So, you're saying Kodak had the first digital camera in their house (and later, they produced Apple's digital cameras - read the article, you'll see..), and Kodak is today in commercial difficulties because their film business is failing - because of digital cameras' success?
While I have the greatest admiration for Kkodak's engineers and workers, to Kodak as a company I have to say: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???
Now, the question is, is an unlocked OS X running on a non-Mac, hurting Apple's Mac sales? It's a bit like when the RIAA says that the music industry is losing X amount of money due to piracy - without mentioning that perhaps the people who pirated the music wouldn't necessarily buy it, if they couldn't get the pirated copy of it.
By selling a copy of OS-X to a PC user, Apple definitely is not losing money on the software - software is past work. You do it, then you collect the money by printing as many copies of it as needed. The margins increase linearly with every sold copy of the software.
And the other, to me more intriguing question is: if Apple actually decided to move into MS's territory, by announcing that they now have a version of OS-X that will run on PCs (without unlocking). This COULD, potentially, be done. If the hit of not selling as much hardware as before could be absorbed via software sales. I -think- it could.
You underestimate my powers of amusing myself watching crappy movies. Seriously, I find plenty of hilarity without outside help. The MST3K crew will then come in later with their version of funnE, but why do I necessarily have to have only that, and not my own, too?
By the way, did you watch "Deadly Heroes"? Well, I can have fun watching that, too - I know for a fact that not everyone could.
I have some idea of what the Mistery Science Theater movies look like, and my long-time desire is to acquire the DVD set(s). However, it would have much greater value for me, if the DVDs contained both the original version sans satellite crew, and the version with the wisecracks. That way I could first ascertain myself of the crappiness of the original movie, and then enjoy the ripping with the crew.
Your post contains the fallacy that each sale of a new version of OSX means a sale of a new Mac. How about the Mac users that buy a new version of OSX to run on their existing Macs?
That you found one error, that doesn't discourage me. You can find an error everywhere.
There is another reason veropedia is useless - at least at the moment:
Went to veropedia, searched for Miller effect - "Oopps!" Hmmm.. okay, let's see something more common, slew rate - "Oopps!" Allright, let's try Amplifier - "Oopps!" Gah!!!! So, how bad is it, then? Tried Electron - "Oopps!" No "Electron"? Is it THAT lacking? Let's... let's see Atom...... you guessed it...
I'm buying this. I'd be crazy not to: small form factor - check, runs linux (HW completely supported) - check, totally affordable price - check, I needed a laptop anyway - check ("how did you survive so long without one?"), looks cute (chicks will dig it) - check. Latter is important in classroom environs.
If you are, you haven't been paying attention. All independent TV stations have been closed, one way or the other, in Russia. The same is true for newspapers, with few exceptions. And the journalists brave enough to speak up have dire times looking ahead. Remember Anna Politkovskaya?
The RIAA may pay her off just to avoid setting a precedent that they'd have to live with for the next 50 years.
I agree with you, but... the RIAA will live 50 more years? I doubt. Their members' business model is dyeing, and so is the RIAA. The very reason behind the existence of RIAA is what is/will cause the collapse of the big labels. the only discographic houses that will exist in the future: not associated with anything RIAA-like, probably small in size, probably owned by the band. Still engaged in promoting the band and the music.
A couple of years ago I intended to digitize my record collection. But, life was furiously happening, so I postponed this for "later". I'm glad someone is still making record players, so that when eventually I do get the time for this, they will still be around.
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OK, so they have several 0.5billion$ facilities around the USA and the world. MS can afford that easily, what with a warchest of 40-45 billion. BUT... how much will this cost MS in the long run? Those computers need maintenance, and so do the facilities, and the salaries of the employees there don't just grow on trees. And then there's a bit of electricity being transformed into Joule heat.
Hmm... I have absolutely no idea, but I guess it could be several tens of millions/year.
Computers and electronics are still in the early phase. They benefited from the fact that a number of allied fields (electrodynamics, manufacturing, materials science) were already much more mature when they got their start. The question is, will they continue to grow apace once they hit the regime where there's a whole lot more to it than 'refine, repeat' in order to keep squeezing out those Moore's law boosts? We're already seeing some indications that the game may be changing; as chips sizes approach quantum mechanical limits, computer tech is going to move into a new problem regime where things are going to get much, much more complicated. I would be very surprised if at that point electronics doesn't move into a more settled, mature phase of development, and away from the rapid growth that marked the 20th century.
That's the 1 trillion question. I study nanotech, and that question definitely hits home. To tell you honestly, we're getting there. One nanometer is 10 angstrem, that is, about 10 average atom diameters. And the smallest MOSFET gate I know of is already 14 nm wide. You can't shave off many more atoms from that. There just isn't much to diffuse under such a gate, not many carriers to deplete, really, these MOSFETs are barely working. So, let's see, but I would say you're very close to be right.
OK, so Grove compares apples and oranges, and the liabilities involved with testing medical "studd" are way higher than with microprocessors and other tech stuff... all that and more... but I, in my hart of hearts, feel he has a point. I often wonder what, really, does modern medicine manage to really solve? Diabetes? Nope. Cancer? Nope. Arthrytis? Nope. Ostheoporosis? No. MS? No. etc. (keep that flamethrower down, damn!) I volunteer helping blind people, and just happen to know many eye diseases that are uncurable.
It's a bit depressing, considering it's one of the oldest sciences.
....its battery (yeah, it's one of those older, infamous Thinkpads that kill the battery), I can't wait for this tech to mature to the point to get us rid of this unreliable, hard to control accumulator technologies that are good only for the manufacturers.
I definitely welcome our new supercap-powered overlords. Can't wait.
...but I just don't have the time anymore. And my specialization is going towards nanotech. I'm not really sad, just sayin'...
And who knows, maybe when I retire....
Sounds like tax officers are scary everywhere. In Finland, you'll be treated better if you're a murderer, than if you evade taxes.
"confiscated" or whatever is the correct English word. If not, this isn't really going to deterr future (and present) spammers - two years in jail, but after making US $40.000/month... I dunno, some would still risk it.
Since she lived 35 years without committing crimes (let alone murder), I think she's innocent. Your actions are who you are.
Wow, way to completely missunderstand my point... You turned my post on the head, as I was saying exactly the opposite of what you assume.
In the previous thread on this issue, someone noted that this choice can in no way benefit the Nigerians, as in Linux you have a larger choice of free/opensource software than in Windows. I think that was an excellent point, and one I'd like the nigerian bigshot who made the decision of removing Linux to replace it with Windows, reply to.
Unless, of course, everybody involved just assumes that the Windows applications will be pirated. In which case, Microsoft is complacent and at least implicitly endorsing piracy.
(by the way, excellent article and photos, really enjoyed it!)
So, you're saying Kodak had the first digital camera in their house (and later, they produced Apple's digital cameras - read the article, you'll see..), and Kodak is today in commercial difficulties because their film business is failing - because of digital cameras' success?
While I have the greatest admiration for Kkodak's engineers and workers, to Kodak as a company I have to say: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???
Wasn't it supposed to be called Horny Horses?
Well, I have seen white papers of MOS transistors with 14 nm gates. Those qualify as slightly more advanced, if linear dimension is the metric.
..even in Europe, let alone in places where corruption is almost the expected behaviour.
You are an effing genius! This is one of the best posts on Slashdot I personally have ever read.
OK, got it.
Now, the question is, is an unlocked OS X running on a non-Mac, hurting Apple's Mac sales? It's a bit like when the RIAA says that the music industry is losing X amount of money due to piracy - without mentioning that perhaps the people who pirated the music wouldn't necessarily buy it, if they couldn't get the pirated copy of it.
By selling a copy of OS-X to a PC user, Apple definitely is not losing money on the software - software is past work. You do it, then you collect the money by printing as many copies of it as needed. The margins increase linearly with every sold copy of the software.
And the other, to me more intriguing question is: if Apple actually decided to move into MS's territory, by announcing that they now have a version of OS-X that will run on PCs (without unlocking). This COULD, potentially, be done. If the hit of not selling as much hardware as before could be absorbed via software sales. I -think- it could.
You underestimate my powers of amusing myself watching crappy movies. Seriously, I find plenty of hilarity without outside help. The MST3K crew will then come in later with their version of funnE, but why do I necessarily have to have only that, and not my own, too?
By the way, did you watch "Deadly Heroes"? Well, I can have fun watching that, too - I know for a fact that not everyone could.
I have some idea of what the Mistery Science Theater movies look like, and my long-time desire is to acquire the DVD set(s). However, it would have much greater value for me, if the DVDs contained both the original version sans satellite crew, and the version with the wisecracks. That way I could first ascertain myself of the crappiness of the original movie, and then enjoy the ripping with the crew.
Your post contains the fallacy that each sale of a new version of OSX means a sale of a new Mac. How about the Mac users that buy a new version of OSX to run on their existing Macs?
That you found one error, that doesn't discourage me. You can find an error everywhere.
There is another reason veropedia is useless - at least at the moment:
Went to veropedia, searched for Miller effect - "Oopps!"
Hmmm.. okay, let's see something more common, slew rate - "Oopps!"
Allright, let's try Amplifier - "Oopps!"
Gah!!!! So, how bad is it, then? Tried Electron - "Oopps!"
No "Electron"? Is it THAT lacking? Let's... let's see Atom...... you guessed it...
Wow, excellent point! Mod parent up +10 "Gets it"!!!
I'm buying this. I'd be crazy not to: small form factor - check, runs linux (HW completely supported) - check, totally affordable price - check, I needed a laptop anyway - check ("how did you survive so long without one?"), looks cute (chicks will dig it) - check. Latter is important in classroom environs.
If you are, you haven't been paying attention. All independent TV stations have been closed, one way or the other, in Russia. The same is true for newspapers, with few exceptions. And the journalists brave enough to speak up have dire times looking ahead. Remember Anna Politkovskaya?
The RIAA may pay her off just to avoid setting a precedent that they'd have to live with for the next 50 years.
... the RIAA will live 50 more years? I doubt. Their members' business model is dyeing, and so is the RIAA. The very reason behind the existence of RIAA is what is/will cause the collapse of the big labels. the only discographic houses that will exist in the future: not associated with anything RIAA-like, probably small in size, probably owned by the band. Still engaged in promoting the band and the music.
I agree with you, but
I hope you know I was just joking.
A couple of years ago I intended to digitize my record collection. But, life was furiously happening, so I postponed this for "later". I'm glad someone is still making record players, so that when eventually I do get the time for this, they will still be around.