Apple doesn't care if anyone buys their $10k smartwatch. They've made a few of them, for the purposes of it being a real thing, and if some idiot buys them great.
The reason the $10k Apple Watch exists is to make the rest of us think we're buying the cheap version of the premium product. It's to position our minds into thinking we're wearing something that's already a high-class brand.
Since when is a 5 watt savings on a 3.5 inch hard drive a joke? They typically use 10-14 watts when seeking (maybe 1.5 times that at startup) so any amount of savings that can be expressed as an integer is a significant savings. 2.5" and 1.8" Laptop drives are also FAR more power efficient than desktop drives, averaging about 2-3 watts during seeks.
Solid state drives use about a half a watt from the specs sheets I've looked at.
Many soundcards require you to enable an amplifier for your microphone. Open up volume control, ensure "Options>Advanced Controls" is checked, click "Advanced" underneath your mic, enable "Microphone boost".
Skype should handle adjusting the microphone slider automatically, but it doesn't touch this setting which is often required.
Drivers, kernel fixes and a couple of nice apps. Nothing to warrant $100, in my opinion. That money is much better spent as a donation to the Haiku people (the open-source BeOS recreation) from which quite a bit of code Zeta borrows anyhow.
I am a little weary about the legality of it as they have not publicly stated anything (this could be due to a variety of things including agreements with the company that owns the code, Palm Inc).
But YellowTab does have the source. They have fixed problems with the kernel which as far as I know could not be fixed by spending some time with a hex editor. There are some disagreements as to how they obtained it, but it is accepted now that they have it (and all of it, I'd imagine).
YellowTab calls their OS "Zeta" because Zeta is the sixth letter in the greek alphabet. Be was up to R5 and Zeta intends their OS to be the R6 Be never made.
Why is sending audio over a P2P network any better than sending it directly from my computer to yours with plain old TCP/UDP Skype's website explains it pretty well.
If you're an observer on, say, Mars, then you could indeed say that time is passing (insignificantly) "slower" for people on Earth. Here on Earth, however, we are all moving at the same speed so time passes for all of us just as it always has. Here on Earth we would say that time for the observer on Mars is moving (insignificantly) faster.
That's a very biased opinion from someone who obvioudly doesn't use Windows much. I find Windows miles more usable (as a desktop) than KDE. Using KDE is an excercise in frustration for me, and not being able to change it to some sane behavior is even worse.
I have seen no posts which do not respectfully make light of the situation. Jobs is doing well from what we all can gather, and so we're punching him in the arm a bit to congratulate him.
Much love for science and its ability to fix some of the ailments we all face.
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Apple doesn't care if anyone buys their $10k smartwatch. They've made a few of them, for the purposes of it being a real thing, and if some idiot buys them great.
The reason the $10k Apple Watch exists is to make the rest of us think we're buying the cheap version of the premium product. It's to position our minds into thinking we're wearing something that's already a high-class brand.
And... I'd like a pony...
OMG!! PONIES!!
Since when is a 5 watt savings on a 3.5 inch hard drive a joke? They typically use 10-14 watts when seeking (maybe 1.5 times that at startup) so any amount of savings that can be expressed as an integer is a significant savings. 2.5" and 1.8" Laptop drives are also FAR more power efficient than desktop drives, averaging about 2-3 watts during seeks.
Solid state drives use about a half a watt from the specs sheets I've looked at.
And it becomes true again when you marry and have kids.
and you'll be the only /.er to procreate
I submit to you that when the next election rolls around 95% of the populace will have completely forgotten about this vote.
I submit that when the next election rolls around, 95% of the voting populace won't have even heard of this vote.
Many soundcards require you to enable an amplifier for your microphone. Open up volume control, ensure "Options>Advanced Controls" is checked, click "Advanced" underneath your mic, enable "Microphone boost".
Skype should handle adjusting the microphone slider automatically, but it doesn't touch this setting which is often required.
Drivers, kernel fixes and a couple of nice apps. Nothing to warrant $100, in my opinion. That money is much better spent as a donation to the Haiku people (the open-source BeOS recreation) from which quite a bit of code Zeta borrows anyhow.
I am a little weary about the legality of it as they have not publicly stated anything (this could be due to a variety of things including agreements with the company that owns the code, Palm Inc).
But YellowTab does have the source. They have fixed problems with the kernel which as far as I know could not be fixed by spending some time with a hex editor. There are some disagreements as to how they obtained it, but it is accepted now that they have it (and all of it, I'd imagine).
YellowTab calls their OS "Zeta" because Zeta is the sixth letter in the greek alphabet. Be was up to R5 and Zeta intends their OS to be the R6 Be never made.
So Eta would be my best guess.
A pig in a dress is an excellent substitute.
Marty, this story once mattered, back in 2002, when it happened.
and Slashdot leads the world in dupe posting.
they punish him by locking him in a room. Smart.
Why is sending audio over a P2P network any better than sending it directly from my computer to yours with plain old TCP/UDP
Skype's website explains it pretty well.
Regardless, we should all be so fortunate that we don't have movies based on reality shows....yet.
SSSSSHHHHH!!! You're giving them ideas!
"So what exactly was the point with merging with Tech TV in the first place? Was it just to gut it from within?
G4 was hardly carried anywhere, TechTV had an established market in many areas. The goal was to use TechTV to gain viewership.
This is where relativity comes in.
If you're an observer on, say, Mars, then you could indeed say that time is passing (insignificantly) "slower" for people on Earth. Here on Earth, however, we are all moving at the same speed so time passes for all of us just as it always has. Here on Earth we would say that time for the observer on Mars is moving (insignificantly) faster.
Just admit that your wife is your hand already.
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That's a very biased opinion from someone who obvioudly doesn't use Windows much. I find Windows miles more usable (as a desktop) than KDE. Using KDE is an excercise in frustration for me, and not being able to change it to some sane behavior is even worse.
To each his own.
I have seen no posts which do not respectfully make light of the situation. Jobs is doing well from what we all can gather, and so we're punching him in the arm a bit to congratulate him.
Much love for science and its ability to fix some of the ailments we all face.
This tortures me and I live in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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