I had a difficult time moving from C++ to Objective-C. I think it would have been easier going straight from C to Objective-C. Old habits are hard to break. I thought I new OOP but it was learning Objective-C that really let it sink in.
I learned it as part of my Master's project, an iPhone application, for my graduate studies in Computer Science. I have since setup a Linux box specifically to code in Objective-C.
It really comes down to personal preference. Code in what language you like. Currently I prefer Objective-C.
Yes! I knew it would happen eventually, thank goodness for my time cloak!!!
** Posting position may be affected by relative velocity, gravitational forces, temporal coordinate system and speed of light relative to observer and OP. Your mileage may vary!
The article, although limited on scientific data, is interesting. It makes me wonder how much and at what rate they capture antimatter? What circumstances are required to ensure that antimatter is present to trap?
If one can readily trap antimatter you wouldn't need to store it long. Instead control matter antimatter collisions and harness the explosive power. What would it be called? an engine? a reactor? a generator? Hmmmmmm...
As part of my graduate studies, in Computer Science at Texas A&M University, I built out a LAM/MPI - CUDA cluster. With this configuration we had access to all the CPU/GPU on all the systems in the lab. Although it requires knowledge of both API it can be extremely powerful. I'd love to see a cloud based system based upon this configuration. Now that would be worth paying by the hour to use!!!
896 CUDA Cores (2 x NVIDIA Tesla C2050 (Fermi) cGPU) is nice but imagine the power of a data center filled with these!!!
I have a Commodore PET and several VIC-20's to put up for auction!! I know, I know the VIC-20 only had a 22 column display but no worries I'll throw in a 40 column cartridge adapter for a mere $20,000, a MUST have if your television tube is larger than 12", huh???;)
This all depends on the size of your network and number of each type of system deployed. Plus don't forget there are political reasons for making or not making certain recommendations that generally outweigh any technical/economic reasons. I have seen people fired for making recommendations that had less exposure than what you have suggested.
A knife can be used to maim/kill or for slicing cheese. The purpose/intent behind the use of said technology lies with the end user. Will 3D printers, of the future, be used for illegal/Evil purposes? No doubt but they will also be used for many noble deeds. This shouldn't give us pause. Most any good technology cuts both ways. That's why so many of our modern advancements can be attributed to war time R&D.
And even though a knife can be used to slice cheese they still sell a lot of sliced cheese. I think we will be alright!
Microsoft targeted its marketing towards people who think their phone is consuming too much of their time and want to just use it and get back to their lives. Maybe not the best market in a society that texts to distraction, wants full computer experience in their hand, and would worry more about leaving their phone at home than their keys. Maybe?
I don't like the feature, on Google, that moves an indicator when I press my arrow keys and lets me (forces me to) select the link with the enter key. I use my arrow keys for scrolling, not for navigation within the embedded HTML. I have a strong feeling I'm not going to like this either.
Remember when Google won us all over with their simplistic no frills search results? Why do people feel the need to fix what is not broken??
The wiring for sight is developed during the third and fourth month of life. If the visual system is not stimulated during this time, the ability to form the connections for sight are lost forever.
So unless you catch it at birth then it would be too late for people born blind. If it was caught at birth babies minds are able to adapt the way they process new stimulus much more efficiently than do adults.
Though this is a great breakthrough for people who loose their sight later in life do to some kind of physical damage of the eye.
That may be true of most traditional drug companies but what about the Natural remedy companies like Ricola? I'm sure they would love an all natural treatment for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease!
The examples of him putting the blame on himself for IPV4 running out of address space is just a modest way of saying "Hey I invented the Internet" in a real way not in an Al Gore kind of way.
I can only wish that I would have such a failure in my career!
Apple is great at innovating. Everyone will be holding their breath at the awesome features until he springs the gotcha and hands you the kool-aid to wash it down with.
(iPhone) The iPhone is the greatest PDA phone ever, don't worry it is not really a PDA phone, it's a smart phone!
The iPhone is still the greatest smart phone ever, don't worry you can develop and use WEB apps for it!
The iPhone is the greatest PDA phone ever, don't worry we have the App Store! "You are so like children. We must save you from yourselves."
(MacBook) Our line of black MacBooks have been outselling the white ones 10 to 1, don't worry we don't sell the black ones anymore!
Our full line of laptops, including the MacBook, come with our patented aluminum unibody enclosure and backlit keyboards, don't worry we've redesigned the MacBook with the shiny white case you have grown to love and removed it's backlit keyboard!
(The Future) What's next? Pick one that sounds great to start but ends up really sucking:
Apple's full line of laptops now have USB 3.0 and eSATA, but don't worry they now all run Apple iOS. "You are so like children. We must save you from yourselves."
Good news, we still have lots of the white MacBooks left. We've lowered the price by $25! Don't worry, we removed the expansion ports and permanently attached it with it's maximum memory (1GB)!!
Apple announces it's biggest merger every... from this day forward we will be known as MappleSoft, come on out and say a few words Bill!!
Buy the FRIGN WHITE ones & drink the kool-aid ALREADY!
Nick Powers
p.s. Yes "You are so like children. We must save you from yourselves." is a quote from the movie iRobot.
I thought making the back side glass was not overly bright in the first place. I'm not in the group that wants their phone to be all shiny and pretty so they can show it off anyway.
I have not upgraded to the 4, still using the 3gs. Because of the front glass the iPhone requires a case. I have a rubber case that has tread on the back, like a tire. It helps it grip and keeps it from sliding.
If you are the type of person that is going to buy a case that covers up the glass back of the iPhone are scratches on the back really going to bother you? If it cracks the back that could be an issue but how is Apple to blame for this? I would be upset with the people who made the case. It's their fault for the design flaw in their product. You won't see and Apple logo on any of these!
My main complaint with using my iPhone with AT&T is that they force you to pay for an unlimited plan. If you read the contract AT&T defines unlimited as free usage as long as it is not excessive.
www.dictionary.com defines unlimited as: not limited; unrestricted; without any qualification or exception; unconditional.
This is the definition I have been raised to use for the word unlimited. I don't think it is ethical, or even legal, to be able to redefine a word in contract.
Even with AT&T's restricted use of the word unlimited they are still complaining about how much data iPhone users are using. I'm sure there are many AT&T/iPhone users that would not be using as much data if they were not forced to purchase an "unlimited data plan".
But, I'm going to wait and see which providers, if any, start supporting the iPhone. If any of them allow for true unlimited data, at a reasonable rate, I will likely go with them if their coverage area is adequate in my area. Also, I do think unlimited data should not restrict tethering but I would be willing to pay a nominal fee for the ability to tether with a true unlimited plan.
A similar situation happened in the early introduction of commercial Internet services. Monthly plans were restricted by time, then by bandwidth, and then even the big players were forced to provide TRUE unlimited access at a reasonable rate. You do have your bandwidth hogs and power users but when you look at the big picture the majority don't even use a moderate amount their unlimited service. It's the law of large numbers.
I'm glad AT&T is suffering from iPhone usage. I didn't like the exclusive deal in the first place. If I could have my wish answered then on Wednesday Apple would allow any carrier, that uses a sim, to use and sell the iPhone and that AT&T allowed people to get out of their contract periods to get the iPhones off their network.
It would work "optically" if the Invisibility Cloak was made out of vegetable oil and you were made of Pyrex...
Vegetable oil and Pyrex has the same refractive index...
* put a small Pyrex jar into a larger one and then fill the smaller (inner) jar with vegetable oil and once it's full continue to fill the larger one with the overflow. The smaller (inner) jar will become invisible, to the naked eye.
On a more serious note this seems to be a big problem with all invisibility cloaks, of non supernatural origin (calm down HP fans), and that is they are all based upon modifying materials refractive index and thus bending the light around the object you want to hide.
That all sounds good but if you could do this to hide an object; If that object were a person since light doesn't hit them, or their eyes, not only would they be invisible but they would also be blind. I think most people asking Santa for a invisibility cloak would like to actually see what's in the girls locker room right?
A perfect invisibility cloak would change the person wearing it, along with the cloak, to a refractive index of air but again, they would be perfectly blinded by the process. In the case of RI = air then the light would go straight through them, included their eyes. So you either bend the light or have it go through your eyes and either way your in the dark.
I guess you could hide everything but your pupils, but in my book you wouldn't be invisible then, floating eyeball freak!
What you described is the situation I pointed out in my reply called "price fixing".
Price fixing is defined as: "Establishing the price of a product or service, rather than allowing it to be determined naturally through free market forces." This procedure is an illegal practice in the United States.
AT&T and Verizon have already been accused of price fixing on what they were charging for individual text messages. If there was not price fixing in the cellular service industry there would be a price war going on to compete for customers. But, the price difference between one provider and another is non-existent. I guess we are supposed to just believe that this is not obvious. After all we are stupid Americans! *LOL*
I wish I had the resources to start a cell network. I'd sell unlimited (true unlimited) cell service with the lowest profit margin possible. Until someone assassinated me. *CHUCKLE*
Getting my starts in IT at the beginning of the commercialization of the Internet and being present to see what it has developed into makes me think that the wireless telecommunications companies are off their bloody rocker!
One major difference from the Internet and the many wireless networks (3g, etc) out there is that the Internet through purchase or peering agreements are all interconnected. If the United States could dismantle the current wireless networks in place and deploy the strategically there would be no coverage gaps, even in the most rural of areas.
It makes neither technological or economical sense to maintain so many separate networks.
I don't know the answer, because I wouldn't want the government running the infrastructure, but if maintaining the wireless infrastructure was done by a single entity and if that entity was not any of the wireless service providers communications would be much better in this country.
There should be one unified wireless network that would sell its services for a fee, regulated by the FCC/FTC.
Wireless service providers would pay for access to this network and then resell it to consumers, with value added services.
Cell phone manufactures should not be allowed to be Wireless service providers. All phones made should work with any Wireless service provider. No locking, etc. Wireless service providers could still sell discounted phones in trade for contract commitments but there would never be a scenario like exists today such that a phone manufacture, like Apple, inc, could restrict their phone to work with one wireless provider.
Fees should be regulated to keep illegal price fixing that happens with all the providers today.
How providers bill would be up to them but real unlimited, all you can eat, service with absolutely NO restrictions. This is what happened with the Internet. It was once where you paid for a set number of hours per month or you paid by the minute as you used it. But, economies of scale and demand from the consumers forced the providers to go with unlimited service.
Today, even when a providers sells you an unlimited data plan, like AT&T forces you to do if you use an iPhone it is not unlimited. AT&T restricts tethering and if the feel you have used an excess amount of data they will terminate your account. So, it's not unlimited it just has a secret limit. This would have never been tollerated with Internet service.
True unlimited cell service is inevitable I wish they would go ahead and accept it. Unlimited minutes, Unlimited texts, Unlimited data, no restrictions on tethering, etc..
The day is coming when we won't buy broadband because everyone will have their own personal Internet connection with them, in their pocket (their phone).
I just hope I live through the cell wars to see it. The economics work for the same reason unlimited Internet accounts are profitable. That's because of averages of large numbers. I might use tons of data and talk minutes but my dad, my sister, my roomate don't. It averages out.
All this bickering is making my head hurt. Consumers should group together and sue for being overcharged and price fixing in the cell industry.
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Look at what the the SJ figurine is standing on, it's clearly an Apple logo.
I had a difficult time moving from C++ to Objective-C. I think it would have been easier going straight from C to Objective-C. Old habits are hard to break. I thought I new OOP but it was learning Objective-C that really let it sink in.
I learned it as part of my Master's project, an iPhone application, for my graduate studies in Computer Science. I have since setup a Linux box specifically to code in Objective-C.
It really comes down to personal preference. Code in what language you like. Currently I prefer Objective-C.
NP
Wow, that's a descent sum of money! I wonder how much I could get for my WANG??
My laptop has 10 cores, quad (100) cores are common and have seen many servers with 1000 or more...
Since the Earth is a 10-million-year program (HHGG) then it makes sense the Universe would be a computer!
Deep thought!
Ahhh Duh, this is the president of Microsoft Russia... What do you expect the poor bastard to say????
**FIRST POST!!!
Yes! I knew it would happen eventually, thank goodness for my time cloak!!!
** Posting position may be affected by relative velocity, gravitational forces, temporal coordinate system and speed of light relative to observer and OP. Your mileage may vary!
The article, although limited on scientific data, is interesting. It makes me wonder how much and at what rate they capture antimatter? What circumstances are required to ensure that antimatter is present to trap?
If one can readily trap antimatter you wouldn't need to store it long. Instead control matter antimatter collisions and harness the explosive power. What would it be called? an engine? a reactor? a generator? Hmmmmmm...
OS X is pretty good on the MacBook Air netbook, but Apple won't admit it's a netbook.
As part of my graduate studies, in Computer Science at Texas A&M University, I built out a LAM/MPI - CUDA cluster. With this configuration we had access to all the CPU/GPU on all the systems in the lab. Although it requires knowledge of both API it can be extremely powerful. I'd love to see a cloud based system based upon this configuration. Now that would be worth paying by the hour to use!!!
896 CUDA Cores (2 x NVIDIA Tesla C2050 (Fermi) cGPU) is nice but imagine the power of a data center filled with these!!!
Really???
I have a Commodore PET and several VIC-20's to put up for auction!! I know, I know the VIC-20 only had a 22 column display but no worries I'll throw in a 40 column cartridge adapter for a mere $20,000, a MUST have if your television tube is larger than 12", huh??? ;)
This all depends on the size of your network and number of each type of system deployed. Plus don't forget there are political reasons for making or not making certain recommendations that generally outweigh any technical/economic reasons. I have seen people fired for making recommendations that had less exposure than what you have suggested.
"Use it regularly, change it frequently, and don't share it with anyone!"
A knife can be used to maim/kill or for slicing cheese. The purpose/intent behind the use of said technology lies with the end user. Will 3D printers, of the future, be used for illegal/Evil purposes? No doubt but they will also be used for many noble deeds. This shouldn't give us pause. Most any good technology cuts both ways. That's why so many of our modern advancements can be attributed to war time R&D.
And even though a knife can be used to slice cheese they still sell a lot of sliced cheese. I think we will be alright!
Microsoft targeted its marketing towards people who think their phone is consuming too much of their time and want to just use it and get back to their lives. Maybe not the best market in a society that texts to distraction, wants full computer experience in their hand, and would worry more about leaving their phone at home than their keys. Maybe?
I don't like the feature, on Google, that moves an indicator when I press my arrow keys and lets me (forces me to) select the link with the enter key. I use my arrow keys for scrolling, not for navigation within the embedded HTML. I have a strong feeling I'm not going to like this either.
Remember when Google won us all over with their simplistic no frills search results? Why do people feel the need to fix what is not broken??
Nick Powers
The wiring for sight is developed during the third and fourth month of life. If the visual system is not stimulated during this time, the ability to form the connections for sight are lost forever.
So unless you catch it at birth then it would be too late for people born blind. If it was caught at birth babies minds are able to adapt the way they process new stimulus much more efficiently than do adults.
Though this is a great breakthrough for people who loose their sight later in life do to some kind of physical damage of the eye.
Nick Powers
That may be true of most traditional drug companies but what about the Natural remedy companies like Ricola? I'm sure they would love an all natural treatment for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease!
Nick Powers
The examples of him putting the blame on himself for IPV4 running out of address space is just a modest way of saying "Hey I invented the Internet" in a real way not in an Al Gore kind of way.
I can only wish that I would have such a failure in my career!
Nick Powers
Apple is great at innovating. Everyone will be holding their breath at the awesome features until he springs the gotcha and hands you the kool-aid to wash it down with.
(iPhone)
The iPhone is the greatest PDA phone ever, don't worry it is not really a PDA phone, it's a smart phone!
The iPhone is still the greatest smart phone ever, don't worry you can develop and use WEB apps for it!
The iPhone is the greatest PDA phone ever, don't worry we have the App Store! "You are so like children. We must save you from yourselves."
(MacBook)
Our line of black MacBooks have been outselling the white ones 10 to 1, don't worry we don't sell the black ones anymore!
Our full line of laptops, including the MacBook, come with our patented aluminum unibody enclosure and backlit keyboards, don't worry we've redesigned the MacBook with the shiny white case you have grown to love and removed it's backlit keyboard!
(The Future)
What's next? Pick one that sounds great to start but ends up really sucking:
Apple's full line of laptops now have USB 3.0 and eSATA, but don't worry they now all run Apple iOS. "You are so like children. We must save you from yourselves."
Good news, we still have lots of the white MacBooks left. We've lowered the price by $25! Don't worry, we removed the expansion ports and permanently attached it with it's maximum memory (1GB)!!
Apple announces it's biggest merger every... from this day forward we will be known as MappleSoft, come on out and say a few words Bill!!
Buy the FRIGN WHITE ones & drink the kool-aid ALREADY!
Nick Powers
p.s. Yes "You are so like children. We must save you from yourselves." is a quote from the movie iRobot.
I thought making the back side glass was not overly bright in the first place. I'm not in the group that wants their phone to be all shiny and pretty so they can show it off anyway.
I have not upgraded to the 4, still using the 3gs. Because of the front glass the iPhone requires a case. I have a rubber case that has tread on the back, like a tire. It helps it grip and keeps it from sliding.
If you are the type of person that is going to buy a case that covers up the glass back of the iPhone are scratches on the back really going to bother you? If it cracks the back that could be an issue but how is Apple to blame for this? I would be upset with the people who made the case. It's their fault for the design flaw in their product. You won't see and Apple logo on any of these!
My main complaint with using my iPhone with AT&T is that they force you to pay for an unlimited plan. If you read the contract AT&T defines unlimited as free usage as long as it is not excessive.
www.dictionary.com defines unlimited as: not limited; unrestricted; without any qualification or exception; unconditional.
This is the definition I have been raised to use for the word unlimited. I don't think it is ethical, or even legal, to be able to redefine a word in contract.
Even with AT&T's restricted use of the word unlimited they are still complaining about how much data iPhone users are using. I'm sure there are many AT&T/iPhone users that would not be using as much data if they were not forced to purchase an "unlimited data plan".
But, I'm going to wait and see which providers, if any, start supporting the iPhone. If any of them allow for true unlimited data, at a reasonable rate, I will likely go with them if their coverage area is adequate in my area. Also, I do think unlimited data should not restrict tethering but I would be willing to pay a nominal fee for the ability to tether with a true unlimited plan.
A similar situation happened in the early introduction of commercial Internet services. Monthly plans were restricted by time, then by bandwidth, and then even the big players were forced to provide TRUE unlimited access at a reasonable rate. You do have your bandwidth hogs and power users but when you look at the big picture the majority don't even use a moderate amount their unlimited service. It's the law of large numbers.
I'm glad AT&T is suffering from iPhone usage. I didn't like the exclusive deal in the first place. If I could have my wish answered then on Wednesday Apple would allow any carrier, that uses a sim, to use and sell the iPhone and that AT&T allowed people to get out of their contract periods to get the iPhones off their network.
But, if wishes were horses begers would RIDE!
Nick Powers
It would work "optically" if the Invisibility Cloak was made out of vegetable oil and you were made of Pyrex...
Vegetable oil and Pyrex has the same refractive index...
* put a small Pyrex jar into a larger one and then fill the smaller (inner) jar with vegetable oil and once it's full continue to fill the larger one with the overflow. The smaller (inner) jar will become invisible, to the naked eye.
On a more serious note this seems to be a big problem with all invisibility cloaks, of non supernatural origin (calm down HP fans), and that is they are all based upon modifying materials refractive index and thus bending the light around the object you want to hide.
That all sounds good but if you could do this to hide an object; If that object were a person since light doesn't hit them, or their eyes, not only would they be invisible but they would also be blind. I think most people asking Santa for a invisibility cloak would like to actually see what's in the girls locker room right?
A perfect invisibility cloak would change the person wearing it, along with the cloak, to a refractive index of air but again, they would be perfectly blinded by the process. In the case of RI = air then the light would go straight through them, included their eyes. So you either bend the light or have it go through your eyes and either way your in the dark.
I guess you could hide everything but your pupils, but in my book you wouldn't be invisible then, floating eyeball freak!
LOL
Nick Powers
What you described is the situation I pointed out in my reply called "price fixing".
Price fixing is defined as: "Establishing the price of a product or service, rather than allowing it to be determined naturally through free market forces." This procedure is an illegal practice in the United States.
AT&T and Verizon have already been accused of price fixing on what they were charging for individual text messages. If there was not price fixing in the cellular service industry there would be a price war going on to compete for customers. But, the price difference between one provider and another is non-existent. I guess we are supposed to just believe that this is not obvious. After all we are stupid Americans! *LOL*
I wish I had the resources to start a cell network. I'd sell unlimited (true unlimited) cell service with the lowest profit margin possible. Until someone assassinated me. *CHUCKLE*
Nick Powers
Getting my starts in IT at the beginning of the commercialization of the Internet and being present to see what it has developed into makes me think that the wireless telecommunications companies are off their bloody rocker!
One major difference from the Internet and the many wireless networks (3g, etc) out there is that the Internet through purchase or peering agreements are all interconnected. If the United States could dismantle the current wireless networks in place and deploy the strategically there would be no coverage gaps, even in the most rural of areas.
It makes neither technological or economical sense to maintain so many separate networks.
I don't know the answer, because I wouldn't want the government running the infrastructure, but if maintaining the wireless infrastructure was done by a single entity and if that entity was not any of the wireless service providers communications would be much better in this country.
There should be one unified wireless network that would sell its services for a fee, regulated by the FCC/FTC.
Wireless service providers would pay for access to this network and then resell it to consumers, with value added services.
Cell phone manufactures should not be allowed to be Wireless service providers. All phones made should work with any Wireless service provider. No locking, etc. Wireless service providers could still sell discounted phones in trade for contract commitments but there would never be a scenario like exists today such that a phone manufacture, like Apple, inc, could restrict their phone to work with one wireless provider.
Fees should be regulated to keep illegal price fixing that happens with all the providers today.
How providers bill would be up to them but real unlimited, all you can eat, service with absolutely NO restrictions. This is what happened with the Internet. It was once where you paid for a set number of hours per month or you paid by the minute as you used it. But, economies of scale and demand from the consumers forced the providers to go with unlimited service.
Today, even when a providers sells you an unlimited data plan, like AT&T forces you to do if you use an iPhone it is not unlimited. AT&T restricts tethering and if the feel you have used an excess amount of data they will terminate your account. So, it's not unlimited it just has a secret limit. This would have never been tollerated with Internet service.
True unlimited cell service is inevitable I wish they would go ahead and accept it. Unlimited minutes, Unlimited texts, Unlimited data, no restrictions on tethering, etc..
The day is coming when we won't buy broadband because everyone will have their own personal Internet connection with them, in their pocket (their phone).
I just hope I live through the cell wars to see it. The economics work for the same reason unlimited Internet accounts are profitable. That's because of averages of large numbers. I might use tons of data and talk minutes but my dad, my sister, my roomate don't. It averages out.
All this bickering is making my head hurt. Consumers should group together and sue for being overcharged and price fixing in the cell industry.
ppfffffttt...
Nick Powers