Seems the citizens were forced to obtain pirated copies due to the high cost...
Ya, and I was forced to steal cable TV and uncap my cable modem and copy videos I rented all because they're more than I can afford to pay.
Geez, just because you can't afford something doesn't give you the right to steal it (or infringe on the copyright as the case may be). There are affordable alternatives out there to most expensive things.
hobbiests [sic] were able to port software to those other systems because ancient boxes were available at affordable prices or sitting unused at schools. Where can hobbyists get cheap Itanium boxes now?
The original poster suggested that Intel would have to lobby hobbyist kernel developers to port Linux to their desktop 64-bit solution, not the Itanium for which a port already exists. The desktop solution will almost certainly be just as affordable as high-end workstations are today and hobbyists will do the port on their own.
Intel will have to do some VERY serious convincing to Linux kernel programmers and to Microsoft to write Yamhill-native code
Ya, just like all the other chip manufacturers had to convince Linux kernel developers to port Linux to their architecture. What? People did it on their own without IBM, DEC, Intel, AMD, Sun, etc. breathing down their necks? Why would anyone port to a new architecture unless the maker of that architecture was pressuring them to do so? Oh right, because most of GNU/Linux is written by hobbiests who do stuff because it's fun.
It's also worth noting that now that Apple is flirting with IBM motorola needs customers for it's PPC line.
Apple is not one of Motorola's biggest customers. Motorola does not need Apple. That's why Motorola is not putting many resources into developing workstation class chips anymore. And that's why Apple is [rumored to be] looking to IBM. Besides, they're not even the same line of chips. Motorola seems to release a new chip for embedded systems every month. They'd be fine without Apple.
I forgot google was the source of all knowledge. Since one set of words returns more google hits than another, the former must be more common in everyday speech. Whatever.
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I never keep anything but the most recent version installed, on Windows or Unix... I personally would not support an outdated version when a version with bug-fixes is available for free.
With every release, Sun breaks something that worked in an older version. Swing in 1.4 blows up all over the place where 1.3 worked fine. If the failures in the latest JRE don't affect you, then you can use it. The place I work for runs into this with every release we make. We have to pick one version and say we only support that because other versions have bugs. We also don't have the QA resources to make sure we run on every single version. We're not the only ones. BEA WebLogic still does not support JDK 1.4, even though it's been out for over a year and is approaching the second minor version update.
"Typical resident set requirements for Java2 programs include: Hello World 9M" Again, BS. I have a TINI board running that only has 8M of memory total, AND I have an old Handspring (8M) that has Sun's JDK and IBM's JDK and Java3D on it.
Just because there's a Java implementation that runs on a small platform doesn't mean the one that runs on Windows or Solaris isn't grossly overweight. IIRC, running something not a lot larger than Hello World on 1.4 for Windows takes about 12M. That's a stupid-big footprint and there's a feature request in-process to fix it.
You are wrong, as are nearly all others who try that quote.
The correct quote is that "possession is 9 POINTS of the law" not 9 tenths of the law.
Who am I quoting? Nobody. I've never heard the 9 points version before, though it does appear to be the correct legal term. That's not going to stop people from saying it the way it is most commonly known, as "nine tenths".
Apple and Microsoft spend millions on interface research. Testing ease of use and intuitiveness. Who in open source going to spend the money for that research?
Just because it's a standard doesn't mean that anyone will actually use it.
That's the great thing about standards... If you don't like the standards that are currently out there, you just invent your own. At least that's what the senior engineers at my company tell me.
I've run SCSI RAID in boxes I admin at work... never have I seen 2 drives go down simultaneously. Nor have I seen a controller malfunction in a way that damaged the drives (though I've heard of it from other people).
At my office a couple weeks ago, we had a UPS flip out and a power spike hit our SCSI RAID system. Everything went kaput: the controller and all 5 drives. About 800GB, which wasn't backed up (how do you back up 800GB?). We were able to recover about 1/3 of the information through data recovery tools, but we lost a heck of a lot.
Don't developers know how to program in an embedded space any more?
The embedded system of today is a shrunken version of the desktop system of 3 years ago. Why limit developers to an embedded OS and tool set when the platform has the capability to run things developed with RAD tools? The engineering attitude of "because it's better that way" doesn't work if you can't back it up with $$$.
Besides, this application doen't even call for what we typically think of as an embedded system. It runs off a laptop.
That said, I would really like to see this thing with Linux or BSD on a small form factory board like FlexATX as part of the robot itself. Why should I have to get a laptop when a $300 embedded computer would work.
Specify that an existing ban on the "advertisement" of any device that is used primarily for surreptitious electronic surveillance applies to online ads. The prohibition now covers only a "newspaper, magazine, handbill or other publication."
Will this get rid of those X-10 pop-up ads? If so then I'm all for it!!!;)
(and I don't need to hear about how Mozilla can block those, I already know)
Oh, wait, except when you kill yourself, then it's not a crime nearly everywhere.
In the U.S., suicide is a crime. Actually it is considered a homicide, but there's usually no one to prosecute. With assisted suicide, you can be charged as an accomplice to homocide. In the U.S., if you commit suicide, the State takes your possessions. That's why it doesn't do one's family any good -- they end up losing everything. I believe suicide is also illegal in the U.K., so it is very likely to be illegal in Canada and Western Europe as well.
The data itself is embedded in the card. It's a printed optical dot code. VERY TINY DOTS. I can't pick one out with my naked eye. I'm sure I could with a magnifying glass though.
So what DPI printer do I need to print NES ROMs and play them with this thing?
It also seems like your cards would no longer be playable if they get too dirty, bent, smudged, etc. Of course that's good for Nintendo - you have to buy more cards.
they are no more obligated to support java than pepsi is to support coca-cola, than lexus is to support mercedes, than toyota is to support nissan
Say Toyota had a monopoly on car parts distribution, controlling 95% of car parts distribution centers world-wide. They decided to only supply Toyota brand parts for Nissan cars, which were crappy and caused the cars to break down all the time. They would be using their monopoly position to destroy the competition, which is illegal.
It's in the PDF that's linked to the story. The Pledge was originally drafted in 1942. The phrase "under God" was added in 1954 as an anticommunist act -- communism promoting atheism and materialism. It was noted that the purpose was not to establish any sort of religon, but to show recognition for divine influence in our nation's history. Interestingly, 50 years later I think our nation is possibly to most materialistic around.
The real problem is that usually the display models are fake empty shells of the real deal.
Exactly. How can someone tell how a device feels weight-wise if it's just the case? You can't. A lot of portable devices have half the weight in the battery.
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I'd fight you on this, but I'll let it go since I see that you're a user of the one true editor, vi. ;)
Ya, and I was forced to steal cable TV and uncap my cable modem and copy videos I rented all because they're more than I can afford to pay.
Geez, just because you can't afford something doesn't give you the right to steal it (or infringe on the copyright as the case may be). There are affordable alternatives out there to most expensive things.
The original poster suggested that Intel would have to lobby hobbyist kernel developers to port Linux to their desktop 64-bit solution, not the Itanium for which a port already exists. The desktop solution will almost certainly be just as affordable as high-end workstations are today and hobbyists will do the port on their own.
Ya, just like all the other chip manufacturers had to convince Linux kernel developers to port Linux to their architecture. What? People did it on their own without IBM, DEC, Intel, AMD, Sun, etc. breathing down their necks? Why would anyone port to a new architecture unless the maker of that architecture was pressuring them to do so? Oh right, because most of GNU/Linux is written by hobbiests who do stuff because it's fun.
Apple is not one of Motorola's biggest customers. Motorola does not need Apple. That's why Motorola is not putting many resources into developing workstation class chips anymore. And that's why Apple is [rumored to be] looking to IBM. Besides, they're not even the same line of chips. Motorola seems to release a new chip for embedded systems every month. They'd be fine without Apple.
I forgot google was the source of all knowledge. Since one set of words returns more google hits than another, the former must be more common in everyday speech. Whatever.
With every release, Sun breaks something that worked in an older version. Swing in 1.4 blows up all over the place where 1.3 worked fine. If the failures in the latest JRE don't affect you, then you can use it. The place I work for runs into this with every release we make. We have to pick one version and say we only support that because other versions have bugs. We also don't have the QA resources to make sure we run on every single version. We're not the only ones. BEA WebLogic still does not support JDK 1.4, even though it's been out for over a year and is approaching the second minor version update.
"Typical resident set requirements for Java2 programs include: Hello World 9M" Again, BS. I have a TINI board running that only has 8M of memory total, AND I have an old Handspring (8M) that has Sun's JDK and IBM's JDK and Java3D on it.
Just because there's a Java implementation that runs on a small platform doesn't mean the one that runs on Windows or Solaris isn't grossly overweight. IIRC, running something not a lot larger than Hello World on 1.4 for Windows takes about 12M. That's a stupid-big footprint and there's a feature request in-process to fix it.
Who am I quoting? Nobody. I've never heard the 9 points version before, though it does appear to be the correct legal term. That's not going to stop people from saying it the way it is most commonly known, as "nine tenths".
Anyways, I did find an interesting essay on the subject.
Crap, I can't count. Make that 7 years.
They say that possession is 9/10 of the law. I think the fact that they've had the domain for 9 years should be proof enough that they own it.
Why would IBM put DRM in a POWER4 chip? The RIAA doesn't care about AS/400s.
Apple and Microsoft spend millions on interface research. Testing ease of use and intuitiveness. Who in open source going to spend the money for that research?
Sun did it for Gnome.
That's the great thing about standards... If you don't like the standards that are currently out there, you just invent your own. At least that's what the senior engineers at my company tell me.
Since I can't seem to find any detailed specs, does anyone know if the mobo supports PXE or some other form of net-booting?
At my office a couple weeks ago, we had a UPS flip out and a power spike hit our SCSI RAID system. Everything went kaput: the controller and all 5 drives. About 800GB, which wasn't backed up (how do you back up 800GB?). We were able to recover about 1/3 of the information through data recovery tools, but we lost a heck of a lot.
The embedded system of today is a shrunken version of the desktop system of 3 years ago. Why limit developers to an embedded OS and tool set when the platform has the capability to run things developed with RAD tools? The engineering attitude of "because it's better that way" doesn't work if you can't back it up with $$$.
Besides, this application doen't even call for what we typically think of as an embedded system. It runs off a laptop.
That said, I would really like to see this thing with Linux or BSD on a small form factory board like FlexATX as part of the robot itself. Why should I have to get a laptop when a $300 embedded computer would work.
Will this get rid of those X-10 pop-up ads? If so then I'm all for it!!! ;)
(and I don't need to hear about how Mozilla can block those, I already know)
In the U.S., suicide is a crime. Actually it is considered a homicide, but there's usually no one to prosecute. With assisted suicide, you can be charged as an accomplice to homocide. In the U.S., if you commit suicide, the State takes your possessions. That's why it doesn't do one's family any good -- they end up losing everything. I believe suicide is also illegal in the U.K., so it is very likely to be illegal in Canada and Western Europe as well.
Here's the trailer for the xbox version. About 10MB and takes a while to load. http://xboxmovies.ign.com/xbox/video/bmxxx_1001_1. mov
So what DPI printer do I need to print NES ROMs and play them with this thing?
It also seems like your cards would no longer be playable if they get too dirty, bent, smudged, etc. Of course that's good for Nintendo - you have to buy more cards.
Say Toyota had a monopoly on car parts distribution, controlling 95% of car parts distribution centers world-wide. They decided to only supply Toyota brand parts for Nissan cars, which were crappy and caused the cars to break down all the time. They would be using their monopoly position to destroy the competition, which is illegal.
Microsoft supports its proprietary NTLMv2 on Mac OS X (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/win2ksfm/de fault.asp) so they might also support OS X for this.
It's in the PDF that's linked to the story. The Pledge was originally drafted in 1942. The phrase "under God" was added in 1954 as an anticommunist act -- communism promoting atheism and materialism. It was noted that the purpose was not to establish any sort of religon, but to show recognition for divine influence in our nation's history. Interestingly, 50 years later I think our nation is possibly to most materialistic around.
Exactly. How can someone tell how a device feels weight-wise if it's just the case? You can't. A lot of portable devices have half the weight in the battery.
How can you make an accurate assessment of its weight without the battery?