Why is this modded insightful? This article is about Google taking control of Firefox development and has nothing to do with setting the homepage.
Google already appears to have a track record of getting their components embedded into Firefox. Whether this is due to their growing influence or simply because the developers liked the plugins is hard to say.
Don't believe me? For an easy to find example take a look in the 'components' folder in your Firefox installation and you may be surprised how many recent additions are provided by Google.
Uh, by grabbing a soldering iron and replacing said resistor or cap? Discrete components like that are pretty standardized, and generally dirt cheap. I had some old record players came supplied with circuit diagrams. Upon opening the casing there was a full circuit diagram of the entire system (amplifier, turntable, power supply). These were probably produced sometime around the 1970's or earlier.
The physical circuits were also much larger than you would find today. Whereas today a basic integrated amplifier may take the size of a credit-card or less with minature components, these old devices had circuit boards the size of a motherboard with much larger components. Transistors the size of bottlecaps and resistors as thick as pens.
So several things have changed over the years that make it difficult to diagnose or repair electrical devices: 1. Manufacturers rarely supply circuit diagrams 2. Circuits are much smaller and mass produced instead of hand-built 3. Reliance on SMDs and other difficult to replace items.
auto-regeneration of almost-complete torrents via in-file redundancy (small size increase, massive benefit) That could be a great feature, or people could just learn to use RAR instead of lame old zip.
being able to assemble it would admittedly be nice for hobbyists Assembling a Mac is a hobby? Admittedly some fanatics would enjoy the work, but at the same token it makes the Mac sound like a toy.
The best part of YouTube is that you can save any video and watch it later (ie: without an internet connection). I expect most of the readers here already know how to do this.
There are other recent issues with nVidia that are causing people to consider "jumping ship" and going with ATI for their next card.
nVidia has PureVideo, but afaict you have to buy the software from nVidia or from a software partner. OTOH ATI has native support included with their drivers (named AVIVO).
I believe ATI's support for linux is also moving ahead, including support for hardware decoding under linux. However with nVidia you have fat chance of using "PureVideo" under linux.
Although this is possibly irrelevant considering most people that buy this card probably don't even know that you can run games in linux, but the increasing spread of High Definition videos will make these issues much more prominent.
an unstable piece of nagware, phone-homeware and bloatware Well in my experience in Winamp5... Bloatware: nope. Nagware: nope. The phone-home in Winamp is optional, and it is very easy for any n00b to disable it in preferences. Unstable: occasional crash due to 3rd party plugin, otherwise rock solid.
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I for one, welcome our cross-platform-r00tkit-touting benevolent E-commerce overlords.
1. create distributed project to track the googlemobile using google maps.
2. tailgate googlemobile.
3. ???
4. profit!
The Matrix was just the hollywood remake of the GP's dream martial arts movie.
Keanu Reeves a martial arts master? Pffft!
The only way for your boss' boss to contact you in an emergency is via a gmail account? That's the real Whoops.
Why is this modded insightful? This article is about Google taking control of Firefox development and has nothing to do with setting the homepage.
Google already appears to have a track record of getting their components embedded into Firefox. Whether this is due to their growing influence or simply because the developers liked the plugins is hard to say.
Don't believe me? For an easy to find example take a look in the 'components' folder in your Firefox installation and you may be surprised how many recent additions are provided by Google.
This may come as a shock, USA is not the World.
Many other countries have their own recording industry associations that are perfectly good at collecting royalties and prosecuting file sharers.
I also suspect that at 10kW a shot it is going to leech quite a bit of power from the engine.
Like trying to have a high speed chase with an industrial air-conditioning unit strapped on the roof.
Better yet, it gives you a Diet Coke instead.
I care, well mostly because I'm excited to see if they manage to make Windows7 any worse than Vista is/was.
The physical circuits were also much larger than you would find today. Whereas today a basic integrated amplifier may take the size of a credit-card or less with minature components, these old devices had circuit boards the size of a motherboard with much larger components. Transistors the size of bottlecaps and resistors as thick as pens.
So several things have changed over the years that make it difficult to diagnose or repair electrical devices:
1. Manufacturers rarely supply circuit diagrams
2. Circuits are much smaller and mass produced instead of hand-built
3. Reliance on SMDs and other difficult to replace items.
Hear hear.
You can disable email notification [account >> notifications] but there does not appear to be any preference for disabling those bloody app requests.
As others have said, fakebook app requests are the new Spam.
If 96 kHz/24 bit is not good enough for you then surely 2.8224 MHz will satisfy your audiophilic ears!
More amazing is that we apparently now have proof that someone actually uses Amex...
The best part of YouTube is that you can save any video and watch it later (ie: without an internet connection). I expect most of the readers here already know how to do this.
There are other recent issues with nVidia that are causing people to consider "jumping ship" and going with ATI for their next card.
nVidia has PureVideo, but afaict you have to buy the software from nVidia or from a software partner. OTOH ATI has native support included with their drivers (named AVIVO).
I believe ATI's support for linux is also moving ahead, including support for hardware decoding under linux. However with nVidia you have fat chance of using "PureVideo" under linux.
Although this is possibly irrelevant considering most people that buy this card probably don't even know that you can run games in linux, but the increasing spread of High Definition videos will make these issues much more prominent.
Bloatware: nope.
Nagware: nope.
The phone-home in Winamp is optional, and it is very easy for any n00b to disable it in preferences.
Unstable: occasional crash due to 3rd party plugin, otherwise rock solid.