I mean, it's good for consumers that they're forcing Microsoft to make its programs compatible with competitors. I certainly won't complain about the fact that they have to make Windows easier for people to develop for either... However...
How does it make sense for Office to have to be compatible? Microsoft Office is a Microsoft Program. If they want it to be proprietary, it's their right. It happens to be the best office suite out there, IMO. Office 2007 puts Ooo to shame on all fronts. Next thing you know, the EU is going to rule that the Wii, due to its dominant market position, has to run XBox 360 and PS3 games.
but your 7 year old sister most certainly should have parential control software on her PC. Anything else is irresponsible. She won't like it, but I wouldn't like my 7 year old viewing 2girls1cup.
Clocks powered by weights don't run on electricity. Lights powered by weights still do.
It may not be new, but generating an efficient, bright, long lasting light source from the energy generated by a falling weight is not even in the same category as generating motion in a clock through a falling object.
I just finished reading the article, and it's actually got some exciting stuff. Having the processor scale its voltage when it's idle is a great idea. Current processors will change their FSB multiplier when idle so that they run at lower clocks and consume less energy, but a computer chip that could call on less voltage in a desktop machine, as well as lowering its number of clock cycles would be a huge energy saver.
Though I do find the summary misleading. This processor will not run on 0.3v unless it is idle. Once you put a load on it, you have to increase the voltage.
So just because something has been around for a decade and a half or more means nothing to the patent system?
PArdon me while I file a patent for "an aggregated news site updated several times a day via a user submission and ranking system for the calculation of page popularity".
Or maybe "system for allowing user feedback to be displayed along with news articles".
Man... once the lawsuits settle, I'll be rich.
Honestly?
There are things going on in the government that absolutely should not be made available to the public. There are tons of things that would harm us overall as a country if we just released them for public disemination. The words "matter of national security" should carry a bit of weight. So I don't believe at all that the government should operate with as much transparency as you seem to indicate.
That being said... politicians selling nuclear secrets to forgien (and hostile) powers does not fall in to that clause.
Well, yes and no.
Power delivery is not a problem at all. Look at the cable cars in San Fransisco, any modern subway... really most modern rail systems.
However, if they can turn 70% of their breaking power in to electrical energy, accelerating the train back up to speed or, apparently, 15Km of crusing can be done absolutely for free. Lowering the carbon footprint to make it more environmentally friendly and cutting costs for the opperator all at once.
I used to work for a book store. ISBN numbers are about as much Coop's IP as Campbell's Soup's UPC code is your local grocers IP. Even if they were, the prices are not.
I recall something similar to this happening in the 90s. Someone got kicked out of a large retailer (I think it was Best Buy or Circuit City, but Google fails me) for writing down prices in order to comparison shop. He sued and won. For a store to get away with this, they would need a written sign that essentially says "no comparison shopping" was the conclusion to that article.
Honestly, pure 1:1 movement (what you do is what you see on screen) is a bad isea. And yes, I know that's exactly what every fanboy has been praying for. I'm a fanboy too, but anyone who's played Metroid Prime 3 can tell you 1:1 motion control isn't the best (MP only uses it for a few doors and the like to open and it still feels bulky -imagine a full game based around that).
Obviously, waggle controls are a bad idea too. I'm sure there's a happy medium out there, I just hope LucasArts finds it.
The quote "We've never done it before, so we can't." isn't attributed to anyone in the article, I highly doubt it was ever said. Sounds to me like the writer injecting some op-ed in to this supposed news piece. Should it really be cited on/.'s front page in a way that makes it sound like that was an actual reason given?
Uh... businesses do.
And that's really the point. The price tag you pay for going with OOo is that you don't get support in any real tangible fashion. I work helpdesk, and I'd rather support microsoft office (even though I use OOo at home) simply because I can find an article very easily on how to do anything that can be done with step by step instructions just by visiting Microsoft's website.
OpenOffice? I suppose I could find ti eventually, if I didn't mind surfing endless forums and spending an hour I don't have finding the solution to one call.
This is just a meme on the internet so far as I know, I just posted the meme as it is repeatedly posted. Still, you could read it fine and that's the point.
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
In other words, this study was flawed in the first place. Our eyes don't look at individual letters, they look at groups at a time. I learned this in high school....
I think you'd be hard pressed to cite for me one example of "the internet going down". Sure, there's been instances of portions of the internet backbone going down, and in some of those instances, there's been cases of the internet grinding to a slow crawl as tons of traffic gets rerouted, but if you're patient, you'll get where you're trying to be.
Besides, knowing human nature, the second you lay down two backbones -one as a backup- you'll pretty much instantly get people using it as a primary line.
You're really not clear on how the internet works, are you?
The neat thing about the internet is when one line of communication goes down, data actually finds another way around automatically. This nonsense about running "perpendicular backbones"... they already exist. So, if we're talking about simply upgrading the infrastructure, then why are we suddenly talking about adding multiple lines next to each other. o.O
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I mean, it's good for consumers that they're forcing Microsoft to make its programs compatible with competitors. I certainly won't complain about the fact that they have to make Windows easier for people to develop for either... However...
How does it make sense for Office to have to be compatible? Microsoft Office is a Microsoft Program. If they want it to be proprietary, it's their right. It happens to be the best office suite out there, IMO. Office 2007 puts Ooo to shame on all fronts. Next thing you know, the EU is going to rule that the Wii, due to its dominant market position, has to run XBox 360 and PS3 games.
but your 7 year old sister most certainly should have parential control software on her PC. Anything else is irresponsible. She won't like it, but I wouldn't like my 7 year old viewing 2girls1cup.
Clocks powered by weights don't run on electricity. Lights powered by weights still do. It may not be new, but generating an efficient, bright, long lasting light source from the energy generated by a falling weight is not even in the same category as generating motion in a clock through a falling object.
Hopefully the Firefox 3 beta is not affected by this, that's what I've been running since Beta 2 came out. Anyone know?
I just finished reading the article, and it's actually got some exciting stuff. Having the processor scale its voltage when it's idle is a great idea. Current processors will change their FSB multiplier when idle so that they run at lower clocks and consume less energy, but a computer chip that could call on less voltage in a desktop machine, as well as lowering its number of clock cycles would be a huge energy saver. Though I do find the summary misleading. This processor will not run on 0.3v unless it is idle. Once you put a load on it, you have to increase the voltage.
But how well does it overclock?
So just because something has been around for a decade and a half or more means nothing to the patent system? PArdon me while I file a patent for "an aggregated news site updated several times a day via a user submission and ranking system for the calculation of page popularity". Or maybe "system for allowing user feedback to be displayed along with news articles". Man... once the lawsuits settle, I'll be rich.
Honestly? There are things going on in the government that absolutely should not be made available to the public. There are tons of things that would harm us overall as a country if we just released them for public disemination. The words "matter of national security" should carry a bit of weight. So I don't believe at all that the government should operate with as much transparency as you seem to indicate. That being said... politicians selling nuclear secrets to forgien (and hostile) powers does not fall in to that clause.
Those fireworks were not vista Certified.
Well, yes and no. Power delivery is not a problem at all. Look at the cable cars in San Fransisco, any modern subway... really most modern rail systems. However, if they can turn 70% of their breaking power in to electrical energy, accelerating the train back up to speed or, apparently, 15Km of crusing can be done absolutely for free. Lowering the carbon footprint to make it more environmentally friendly and cutting costs for the opperator all at once.
I used to work for a book store. ISBN numbers are about as much Coop's IP as Campbell's Soup's UPC code is your local grocers IP. Even if they were, the prices are not. I recall something similar to this happening in the 90s. Someone got kicked out of a large retailer (I think it was Best Buy or Circuit City, but Google fails me) for writing down prices in order to comparison shop. He sued and won. For a store to get away with this, they would need a written sign that essentially says "no comparison shopping" was the conclusion to that article.
Honestly, pure 1:1 movement (what you do is what you see on screen) is a bad isea. And yes, I know that's exactly what every fanboy has been praying for. I'm a fanboy too, but anyone who's played Metroid Prime 3 can tell you 1:1 motion control isn't the best (MP only uses it for a few doors and the like to open and it still feels bulky -imagine a full game based around that).
Obviously, waggle controls are a bad idea too. I'm sure there's a happy medium out there, I just hope LucasArts finds it.
A killer ap? I think so.
The quote "We've never done it before, so we can't." isn't attributed to anyone in the article, I highly doubt it was ever said. Sounds to me like the writer injecting some op-ed in to this supposed news piece. Should it really be cited on /.'s front page in a way that makes it sound like that was an actual reason given?
Uh... businesses do. And that's really the point. The price tag you pay for going with OOo is that you don't get support in any real tangible fashion. I work helpdesk, and I'd rather support microsoft office (even though I use OOo at home) simply because I can find an article very easily on how to do anything that can be done with step by step instructions just by visiting Microsoft's website. OpenOffice? I suppose I could find ti eventually, if I didn't mind surfing endless forums and spending an hour I don't have finding the solution to one call.
This is just a meme on the internet so far as I know, I just posted the meme as it is repeatedly posted. Still, you could read it fine and that's the point.
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
In other words, this study was flawed in the first place. Our eyes don't look at individual letters, they look at groups at a time. I learned this in high school....
I think you'd be hard pressed to cite for me one example of "the internet going down". Sure, there's been instances of portions of the internet backbone going down, and in some of those instances, there's been cases of the internet grinding to a slow crawl as tons of traffic gets rerouted, but if you're patient, you'll get where you're trying to be. Besides, knowing human nature, the second you lay down two backbones -one as a backup- you'll pretty much instantly get people using it as a primary line.
You're really not clear on how the internet works, are you?
The neat thing about the internet is when one line of communication goes down, data actually finds another way around automatically. This nonsense about running "perpendicular backbones"... they already exist. So, if we're talking about simply upgrading the infrastructure, then why are we suddenly talking about adding multiple lines next to each other. o.O