It's also possible that it was written by someone within the ranks of Google who isn't officially representing his corporate masters. I'm wondering of Google hasn't already submitted something similar officially. They have both the interest and credentials to do so.
Honestly, this is the reason ISPs are moving toward throttling, packet shaping, and simply capping the bandwidth. There's a minority of bit torrent users hoarding the bandwidth so that they can hoard piles and piles of movies, music, and games that they have no reasonable expectation of using. "hey check it out man, I have the entire Simpson's series dubbed in Japanese!"
But, the marriage between Sci-Fi and Western is practically over done. One example would be Cowboy Bebop. Overall the space genre has always bored heavily from the loner/hero concepts of western movies. What got me watching Firefly was the fact that it was well written series that established characters well beyond lists of characteristics. The technology and special effects were used at a minimum and generally kept in the background. It's a good series that will be enjoyed for generations to come.
I wouldn't say that Star Wars is worked with a depleted genre. The prequals for the most part are just mediocre movies. But, I think George Lucus failed the most in two areas: 1) he started the series too early, with an Skywalker that was irritatingly young. 2) The scope of the story is simply too large and expansive, they attempt to cover too much ground that didn't matter. The original Star Wars would have been a so so movie as well if Lucus decided to show us the formation of the rebel fleet, and the planning of the death star. The Star Wars series died because George Lucus felt a dire need to show us how expansively thought out the his universe is. Josh Wheaton doesn't do that with Firefly.. he sticks to what is immediately important to the characters. Just as any good Western or any good movie of any genre will do.
If Jar Jar is a second attempt at the characters in Hidden Fortress he did a better job. The characters that R2 and C3PO are based on are, bumbling, conniving, cowardly, stupid, and all around annoying. The princess is an irritating shrill. Between the two fools and the princess the movie is almost dreadful to watch. The problem with Jar Jar isn't his lack of redeeming qualities, it's the fact that he's used as a simplistic bridge between plot events. The idiots in Hidden Fortress were brought along and strung along so they'd have someone to push the cart.
Not to mention the fact that anybody in the industry can go to the Avnets and NuHorizons of the world and get it even cheaper. At this stage these guys would have been better off sending people to the Xilinx website to buy their graphics card development kit. Unless of course they expect the home hobbyists to debug all their high speed signalling problems.
This seems to be a case of focusing too much on the oddities of the instrument and not so much the actual composition. It really comes down to the fact that all they really have is an oddly shaped midi controller with pitiful number of buttons. The only thing that's not a simple button is the whammy bar. Performance wise it looks like they didn't spend enough time practising.
Ground bounce is also a problem in lower frequency designs with large asynchronous buses and mixed-signal systems. I've had a few experiences designing amplifiers (for driving motors) and with buses operating below 100MHz. I guess the point of sig is that it's a significant consideration in any hardware design, that is by contrast unknown, or taken for granted by those outside the field. At the moment my main aggravation with vias is real-estate. It's amazing how much space those little buggers take up.
The classic is still the guy who thinks he's smart when he connects 4-feet of wire between his power supply ground and the scope ground. Then they think they're problem is all the over shoots and signal noise they're seeing on the scope.
I can't develop without an oscilloscope because I design HARDWARE for embedded systems, not SOFTWARE for tiny PC like things. The microchip is just an interface for me.
I would have to disagree. USB to Serial adaptors are fairly cheap and readily available on the market now. The voltages themselves aren't a problem since the vast majority of the level shifters available run on 5V or less and boost the voltage internally. I've also seen many Semiconductor companies providing USB and Ethernet solutions for their development kits. I have a development kit from Freescale that cost me about $100 and plugs directly into the USB port. I'd say my biggest barrier to developing embedded systems at home is the lack of an oscilloscope. Switching LEDs on and off doesn't excite me.
Honestly, how often Metallica rail against something and then turn around and completely over the top embrace it? They spent the better part of the 80's saying "they don't do videos" and the better part of the 90's making an above average number of videos each with an above average budget. Metallica was good while thrash was popular, and people were still taken in by Friedman's style of shredding. Today, they're just antiquated, pathetic, and old. Metallica stopped being a band and became a franchise somewhere between...And Justice for All, and the 'black album.' This move is just them as a franchise capitalizing on a new way of making money. If there's something they're railing against now, I guarantee they'll be doing it in a few years when it looks profitable.
I think that's the real deal here. It's hard enough to find an affordable remote for the PC, and even at that the UI isn't suited for sitting back on the couch with a beer. Even moderate adjustments to the volume are a pain in the ass.
Let's not forget that the average person already has a hard enough time using the PC. Blockbuster considers those who find it difficult to operate a mouse a valued revenue stream. I'd equate the set top box with the point and shoot camera.
Another thing to note here is that having multiple power rails tends to add a cost, and eat up rel estate on a PCB board. By embedding the DC-to-DC converter on the SOC you can possible reduce the power supply to a simple regulator that manages the battery power. TI already uses embedded DC-To-DC converters in their Firewire IC's. This is a big deal for embedded system design.
I'm picturing the same chain of events. Some technician is charged with the responsibility of making sure the cases are put out for shipping in pristine "like-new" condition. It's also possible that the technician and even their manager didn't expect their cleaning solution (probably 99% alcohol) to able to clean the marker off the case. In my experience it certainly will, especially if Microsoft put some real quality into their packaging. My theory... technician meant to do some standard cleaning, the marker smudged unexpectedly and in the end it seemed easier just to clean properly than leave a mess.
You've obviously completely missed the scope of what I was referring to. I'm referring an internal webserver that also links to several datasheets in PDF format as well as templates and other important corporate files. It works beautifully in Internet Explorer. I actually feel like an idiot explaining this to you.
It's pretty simple really. 50% of what I do on my internal network involves opening files. I haven't found away to open files stored on the internal network through FF. So I end up using IE for everything internal, and FF for everything external. From other experiences I would say that using IE7 is unavoidable. Weather it's the occasional website that only supports Active X or the occasional need to run windows update tools. Integrating FF just adds an unnecessary level of complexity.
You are taking a material object from someone. You're taking food off of someone's table. If you're not going to buy it anyway then you don't have a right to have a copy and listen to it.
Also, you're a moron if you think the execs are getting payed for stuff they don't do. They're getting paid to run the company, bring in investment, and keep the shareholders confident. The HR manager doesn't do any programming either. Does that make their pay cheque from a software firm scandalous as well?
The last place I would send anyone looking to discover up and coming bands is a P2P. The thing is... if people don't know they name of your band, they can't search for you. I think things like Limewire have brought upon more headaches than benefits for musicians. Before P2P having a good album meant you had something you could sell as long as you could get the word out. Now having a good albums means you have something people will download guilt free because it's not a "great album." It means that music is worth much less to people as a result.
Let's be honest. The average person does not listen to enough music to fill a 80GB iPod, let alone one that's reaching 200GB. I doubt most people could fill much more than a record crate with their vinyl or your typical CD tower with their CDs. At 10megs per track, and 5 minutes per song you're looking at 800 albums ($8,000 on iTunes) to fill an 80GB iPod. That's a pretty substantial record collection. I listen to music constantly when I'm at home. If I look at my last.fm logs I'm averaging about 400 plays per week.
they are met with hostile demands to explain exactly, how to reproduce the bug, and the complainer is always presumed to be doing something wrong It's not necessarily hostile. If you can't reproduce the bug, you can't fix the bug. It's debugging 101 lesson #1. I've gone through many debugging sessions where reproducing the bug was 9/10ths (if not 99/100ths) of the challenge. You don't want to be doing that just to find out that it was user error. That's why you always begin by vetting the user's analysis of the problem. That's why you put the onus on the user to produce details of the occurrence, or at least prepare them for the next time it happens.
Firefox deals with millions of variables that are out of Mozilla's control including the web connection, the web page, the java code, the software the PC is running, the hardware the PC is running, the functionality of the hardware, etc etc. You also have to remember that anyone who reads PC World, and owns a Jump To Conclusions Mat can report a 'memory leak' to Mozilla.
If you're representing a particular organization when you edit a wiki article, or you have relevant affiliations it should be disclosed. It's the same as providing citations when you're making anonymous submissions. The real issue here is the fact that there are organizations, corporations, and governments editing wiki articles anonymously as a means of generating good PR. I'm perfectly fine with governments and organizations linking their own responses to wiki articles, or editing the core paragraphs as long as they disclose who they are, and provide the citations.
Don't you think it is ironic that organizations that argue about goverment power are using the same methods they say are wrong to try and argue their point? Here we are with all of these organizations having their IP tracked, and suddenly, if someone posts, its a matter of publicity. Maybe it's because government transparency and honesty is absolutely vital to a healthy democracy. So yes, nefarious government activities should be a matter of public scrutiny.
Firewire B does support 100Mb/s over 100M of CAT-5 cable. It's the exact same physical layer as Ethernet, you just need a cross-over cable since there's no hubs or routers in the chain. There's about 3 or 4 media converters available on the market and at least 2 IC's that interface directly with the B physical layers. I really wish more people would pick up on Firewire. They're currently looking for the ultimate synchronous Ethernet network (IEEE1588, Powerlink, etc) and as far as I'm concerned Firewire already exceeds anything they're capable of outside of being able to plug directly into a switch that the CEO is connected to (apparently CEOs get wet over being able to check sensors on an assembly line). It will be interesting to see if Firewire finally takes off the way it should in the next couple years.
In cases like this "I need some time to respond" would have been a sufficient response in the first 72 hours. Google did confirm that he got the message.
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Not to mention that USB1 is really just a user friendly replacement for the old reliable RS232, and PS/2.
It's also possible that it was written by someone within the ranks of Google who isn't officially representing his corporate masters. I'm wondering of Google hasn't already submitted something similar officially. They have both the interest and credentials to do so.
Honestly, this is the reason ISPs are moving toward throttling, packet shaping, and simply capping the bandwidth. There's a minority of bit torrent users hoarding the bandwidth so that they can hoard piles and piles of movies, music, and games that they have no reasonable expectation of using. "hey check it out man, I have the entire Simpson's series dubbed in Japanese!"
The Marx Brothers are excellent. You have to really suck at watching movies not to appreciate the Marx Brothers.
But, the marriage between Sci-Fi and Western is practically over done. One example would be Cowboy Bebop. Overall the space genre has always bored heavily from the loner/hero concepts of western movies. What got me watching Firefly was the fact that it was well written series that established characters well beyond lists of characteristics. The technology and special effects were used at a minimum and generally kept in the background. It's a good series that will be enjoyed for generations to come.
I wouldn't say that Star Wars is worked with a depleted genre. The prequals for the most part are just mediocre movies. But, I think George Lucus failed the most in two areas: 1) he started the series too early, with an Skywalker that was irritatingly young. 2) The scope of the story is simply too large and expansive, they attempt to cover too much ground that didn't matter. The original Star Wars would have been a so so movie as well if Lucus decided to show us the formation of the rebel fleet, and the planning of the death star. The Star Wars series died because George Lucus felt a dire need to show us how expansively thought out the his universe is. Josh Wheaton doesn't do that with Firefly.. he sticks to what is immediately important to the characters. Just as any good Western or any good movie of any genre will do.
If Jar Jar is a second attempt at the characters in Hidden Fortress he did a better job. The characters that R2 and C3PO are based on are, bumbling, conniving, cowardly, stupid, and all around annoying. The princess is an irritating shrill. Between the two fools and the princess the movie is almost dreadful to watch. The problem with Jar Jar isn't his lack of redeeming qualities, it's the fact that he's used as a simplistic bridge between plot events. The idiots in Hidden Fortress were brought along and strung along so they'd have someone to push the cart.
Not to mention the fact that anybody in the industry can go to the Avnets and NuHorizons of the world and get it even cheaper. At this stage these guys would have been better off sending people to the Xilinx website to buy their graphics card development kit. Unless of course they expect the home hobbyists to debug all their high speed signalling problems.
This seems to be a case of focusing too much on the oddities of the instrument and not so much the actual composition. It really comes down to the fact that all they really have is an oddly shaped midi controller with pitiful number of buttons. The only thing that's not a simple button is the whammy bar. Performance wise it looks like they didn't spend enough time practising.
Ground bounce is also a problem in lower frequency designs with large asynchronous buses and mixed-signal systems. I've had a few experiences designing amplifiers (for driving motors) and with buses operating below 100MHz. I guess the point of sig is that it's a significant consideration in any hardware design, that is by contrast unknown, or taken for granted by those outside the field. At the moment my main aggravation with vias is real-estate. It's amazing how much space those little buggers take up.
The classic is still the guy who thinks he's smart when he connects 4-feet of wire between his power supply ground and the scope ground. Then they think they're problem is all the over shoots and signal noise they're seeing on the scope.
I can't develop without an oscilloscope because I design HARDWARE for embedded systems, not SOFTWARE for tiny PC like things. The microchip is just an interface for me.
I would have to disagree. USB to Serial adaptors are fairly cheap and readily available on the market now. The voltages themselves aren't a problem since the vast majority of the level shifters available run on 5V or less and boost the voltage internally. I've also seen many Semiconductor companies providing USB and Ethernet solutions for their development kits. I have a development kit from Freescale that cost me about $100 and plugs directly into the USB port. I'd say my biggest barrier to developing embedded systems at home is the lack of an oscilloscope. Switching LEDs on and off doesn't excite me.
Honestly, how often Metallica rail against something and then turn around and completely over the top embrace it? They spent the better part of the 80's saying "they don't do videos" and the better part of the 90's making an above average number of videos each with an above average budget. Metallica was good while thrash was popular, and people were still taken in by Friedman's style of shredding. Today, they're just antiquated, pathetic, and old. Metallica stopped being a band and became a franchise somewhere between ...And Justice for All, and the 'black album.' This move is just them as a franchise capitalizing on a new way of making money. If there's something they're railing against now, I guarantee they'll be doing it in a few years when it looks profitable.
I think that's the real deal here. It's hard enough to find an affordable remote for the PC, and even at that the UI isn't suited for sitting back on the couch with a beer. Even moderate adjustments to the volume are a pain in the ass.
Let's not forget that the average person already has a hard enough time using the PC. Blockbuster considers those who find it difficult to operate a mouse a valued revenue stream. I'd equate the set top box with the point and shoot camera.
Another thing to note here is that having multiple power rails tends to add a cost, and eat up rel estate on a PCB board. By embedding the DC-to-DC converter on the SOC you can possible reduce the power supply to a simple regulator that manages the battery power. TI already uses embedded DC-To-DC converters in their Firewire IC's. This is a big deal for embedded system design.
I'm picturing the same chain of events. Some technician is charged with the responsibility of making sure the cases are put out for shipping in pristine "like-new" condition. It's also possible that the technician and even their manager didn't expect their cleaning solution (probably 99% alcohol) to able to clean the marker off the case. In my experience it certainly will, especially if Microsoft put some real quality into their packaging. My theory... technician meant to do some standard cleaning, the marker smudged unexpectedly and in the end it seemed easier just to clean properly than leave a mess.
You've obviously completely missed the scope of what I was referring to. I'm referring an internal webserver that also links to several datasheets in PDF format as well as templates and other important corporate files. It works beautifully in Internet Explorer. I actually feel like an idiot explaining this to you.
It's pretty simple really. 50% of what I do on my internal network involves opening files. I haven't found away to open files stored on the internal network through FF. So I end up using IE for everything internal, and FF for everything external. From other experiences I would say that using IE7 is unavoidable. Weather it's the occasional website that only supports Active X or the occasional need to run windows update tools. Integrating FF just adds an unnecessary level of complexity.
You are taking a material object from someone. You're taking food off of someone's table. If you're not going to buy it anyway then you don't have a right to have a copy and listen to it.
Also, you're a moron if you think the execs are getting payed for stuff they don't do. They're getting paid to run the company, bring in investment, and keep the shareholders confident. The HR manager doesn't do any programming either. Does that make their pay cheque from a software firm scandalous as well?
The last place I would send anyone looking to discover up and coming bands is a P2P. The thing is... if people don't know they name of your band, they can't search for you. I think things like Limewire have brought upon more headaches than benefits for musicians. Before P2P having a good album meant you had something you could sell as long as you could get the word out. Now having a good albums means you have something people will download guilt free because it's not a "great album." It means that music is worth much less to people as a result.
Let's be honest. The average person does not listen to enough music to fill a 80GB iPod, let alone one that's reaching 200GB. I doubt most people could fill much more than a record crate with their vinyl or your typical CD tower with their CDs. At 10megs per track, and 5 minutes per song you're looking at 800 albums ($8,000 on iTunes) to fill an 80GB iPod. That's a pretty substantial record collection. I listen to music constantly when I'm at home. If I look at my last.fm logs I'm averaging about 400 plays per week.
Firefox deals with millions of variables that are out of Mozilla's control including the web connection, the web page, the java code, the software the PC is running, the hardware the PC is running, the functionality of the hardware, etc etc. You also have to remember that anyone who reads PC World, and owns a Jump To Conclusions Mat can report a 'memory leak' to Mozilla.
If you're representing a particular organization when you edit a wiki article, or you have relevant affiliations it should be disclosed. It's the same as providing citations when you're making anonymous submissions. The real issue here is the fact that there are organizations, corporations, and governments editing wiki articles anonymously as a means of generating good PR. I'm perfectly fine with governments and organizations linking their own responses to wiki articles, or editing the core paragraphs as long as they disclose who they are, and provide the citations.
Firewire B does support 100Mb/s over 100M of CAT-5 cable. It's the exact same physical layer as Ethernet, you just need a cross-over cable since there's no hubs or routers in the chain. There's about 3 or 4 media converters available on the market and at least 2 IC's that interface directly with the B physical layers. I really wish more people would pick up on Firewire. They're currently looking for the ultimate synchronous Ethernet network (IEEE1588, Powerlink, etc) and as far as I'm concerned Firewire already exceeds anything they're capable of outside of being able to plug directly into a switch that the CEO is connected to (apparently CEOs get wet over being able to check sensors on an assembly line). It will be interesting to see if Firewire finally takes off the way it should in the next couple years.
In cases like this "I need some time to respond" would have been a sufficient response in the first 72 hours. Google did confirm that he got the message.