These figures seem off. Numbers: they stole over 2 million (you have to assume it's less than 2.5, or they would have said 3 mill); two out of the 10 had $800k on hand each (total $1.6m); 70% of the cash had been transferred to Russia. (30%)(1.6m) + (70%)(X) = (100%)(Y2.5)... Somethings not right (could be me).
Personally, I think wide screen is a lot less stressful on the eyes. It's a "natural" aspect ratio (for myself, and all my family). Also, don't we have a greater range of peripheral vision on the horizontal plane than on the vertical?
When I got a wide-screen laptop, I didn't lose ANY vertical space. How could I? The manufacturer would have to shrink the keyword/touch-pad/utility buttons because the space for these items mirrors the vertical and horizontal size of the screen.
Laptops can only (ergonomically speaking) grow along the axis of the keyboard. If you start increasing the height of the screen, you CANNOT decrease the width, so, you end up with a large, bulky, unwieldy, and otherwise unattractive "thing" that has no benefits over wide-screen.
Lastly, most users use a mouse-wheel to scroll or the page-up/page-down buttons. Where exactly is the page-left/page-right and horizontal scroll buttons? Makes more sense to scroll vertically than horizontally.
I think the reason that blu-ray is more popular (at least in the figures) is because it sounds NEW! "HD DVD" is just a different DVD, in most people's minds. While Blu-Ray is new, and exciting, and it's blue (my favorite color).
I don't think that it's the effectiveness of the heuristics that has decreased. It's probably the virus and malware programmers have gotten craftier: studying how these algorithms work and countering them. It's one of the reasons why I stay away from the mainstream AVs.
I can see how this law would prevent Apple from voiding the HARDWARE warranty, but I see that "hacking" your phone would void all software warranties.
According to the excerpt, unless Apple could prove that the changes to the firmware caused hardware failure, then they would have to continue their warranty on hardware replacements. They could, however, refuse to re-flash the phone or deal with any interface/software problems.
I think this law would be better applied to those stories we hear about laptop and PC owners being denied under-warranty hardware replacements when they are using non-Windows OS's.
It's not. Any problems with audio/video can usually be placed upon their respective drivers, which is not part of the kernel. On top of that, most of the drivers with these problems are ones that were reverse engineered, as these manufacturers will not release data on the hardware to Linux developers.
I'm amazed at the ignorance of many.
Kernels do not make servers OR desktops. Kernels are pieces of software designed to connect User Space with Hardware.
The only difference between a kernel optimized for desktops and one optimized for servers is the process scheduling algorithm (a configurable option). Servers spend more time dealing with hardware interrupts, while desktops spend more time dealing with users.
The rest of the "kernel", ie. the modules, are all extra. The stock kernel is bloated because it has modules installed for every piece of supported hardware, allowing the stock kernel to run on almost any system (and thereby allowing you to boot, and recompile the kernel to best fit your system).
Anyone who has never done a "xconfig" or "menuconfig" should not way in on forking the kernel.
Also, I read somewhere (I forget where) a new timing algorithm specifically designed for desktop PCs will come with the next kernel release.
The MMCSS is not about improving performance for media, it's about fixing a hit to performance caused by some mechanism of Vista. Is this mechanism DRM, the Kernel, or something else? I don't think even developers know.
The point of the matter is, an older OS on an older PC gets better performance that the newer OS on a newer PC -- this is illogical.
My pocket watch plays MP3s while keeping time, as well as keeping track of my schedule, so why is it my top of the line dual-core machine with 4gb of ram, the fastest disks on the planet, and the newest, most innovative, most secure, and best operating system there ever was can't do the same? OMG... It's a virus... "format c:"... all better...
*wry sarcasm*
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These figures seem off. Numbers: they stole over 2 million (you have to assume it's less than 2.5, or they would have said 3 mill); two out of the 10 had $800k on hand each (total $1.6m); 70% of the cash had been transferred to Russia. (30%)(1.6m) + (70%)(X) = (100%)(Y2.5)... Somethings not right (could be me).
Personally, I think wide screen is a lot less stressful on the eyes. It's a "natural" aspect ratio (for myself, and all my family). Also, don't we have a greater range of peripheral vision on the horizontal plane than on the vertical?
When I got a wide-screen laptop, I didn't lose ANY vertical space. How could I? The manufacturer would have to shrink the keyword/touch-pad/utility buttons because the space for these items mirrors the vertical and horizontal size of the screen.
Laptops can only (ergonomically speaking) grow along the axis of the keyboard. If you start increasing the height of the screen, you CANNOT decrease the width, so, you end up with a large, bulky, unwieldy, and otherwise unattractive "thing" that has no benefits over wide-screen.
Lastly, most users use a mouse-wheel to scroll or the page-up/page-down buttons. Where exactly is the page-left/page-right and horizontal scroll buttons? Makes more sense to scroll vertically than horizontally.
I think the reason that blu-ray is more popular (at least in the figures) is because it sounds NEW! "HD DVD" is just a different DVD, in most people's minds. While Blu-Ray is new, and exciting, and it's blue (my favorite color).
I don't think that it's the effectiveness of the heuristics that has decreased. It's probably the virus and malware programmers have gotten craftier: studying how these algorithms work and countering them. It's one of the reasons why I stay away from the mainstream AVs.
I can see how this law would prevent Apple from voiding the HARDWARE warranty, but I see that "hacking" your phone would void all software warranties. According to the excerpt, unless Apple could prove that the changes to the firmware caused hardware failure, then they would have to continue their warranty on hardware replacements. They could, however, refuse to re-flash the phone or deal with any interface/software problems. I think this law would be better applied to those stories we hear about laptop and PC owners being denied under-warranty hardware replacements when they are using non-Windows OS's.
It's not. Any problems with audio/video can usually be placed upon their respective drivers, which is not part of the kernel. On top of that, most of the drivers with these problems are ones that were reverse engineered, as these manufacturers will not release data on the hardware to Linux developers.
I'm amazed at the ignorance of many. Kernels do not make servers OR desktops. Kernels are pieces of software designed to connect User Space with Hardware. The only difference between a kernel optimized for desktops and one optimized for servers is the process scheduling algorithm (a configurable option). Servers spend more time dealing with hardware interrupts, while desktops spend more time dealing with users. The rest of the "kernel", ie. the modules, are all extra. The stock kernel is bloated because it has modules installed for every piece of supported hardware, allowing the stock kernel to run on almost any system (and thereby allowing you to boot, and recompile the kernel to best fit your system). Anyone who has never done a "xconfig" or "menuconfig" should not way in on forking the kernel. Also, I read somewhere (I forget where) a new timing algorithm specifically designed for desktop PCs will come with the next kernel release.
The MMCSS is not about improving performance for media, it's about fixing a hit to performance caused by some mechanism of Vista. Is this mechanism DRM, the Kernel, or something else? I don't think even developers know. The point of the matter is, an older OS on an older PC gets better performance that the newer OS on a newer PC -- this is illogical.
My pocket watch plays MP3s while keeping time, as well as keeping track of my schedule, so why is it my top of the line dual-core machine with 4gb of ram, the fastest disks on the planet, and the newest, most innovative, most secure, and best operating system there ever was can't do the same? OMG... It's a virus... "format c:"... all better... *wry sarcasm*