The idiotic rumor that OSX is on its last legs is based on the fact that after Lion, Apple has run out of big cats. Personally I think they should go with lolcat after that, but my degree's not in marketing.
I don't think "tablets" are going to die outright, but I do think they're a passing fad (much in the same way as most things, including the "HPCs" in the early 2000s or Palms or anything else leading up to now).
You do realize 31% of the US has a HPC in their pocket right now?
It needs room for a 3.5" hard drive -- and SCSI support, so I can use the hard drive I want to use!
Also, how can anyone justify producing a tablet without a parallel port? Some of us don't want to throw our printers away every two years.
And, it needs a CRT! I have a light pen I've been using since 1988 and I'll be damned if some company's going to make me replace it.
The parallel port is going the way of the dodo, just like serial ports, floppies, those round mouse and keyboard ports. Everything is going USB, wireless, or ethernet.
Chess engines continue to improve. In 2009 chess engines running on slower hardware have reached the grandmaster level. A mobile phone won a category 6 tournament with a performance rating 2898: chess engine Hiarcs 13 running inside Pocket Fritz 4 on the mobile phone HTC Touch HD won the Copa Mercosur tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina with 9 wins and 1 draw on August 4–14, 2009.[16] Pocket Fritz 4 searches fewer than 20,000 positions per second.[17] This is in contrast to supercomputers such as Deep Blue that searched 200 million positions per second.
That is wicked, I have a HTC TP2, I wonder if that engine is free. I'd love to have a chess game that could beat me, on my cell phone. In fact, that's pretty amazing.
Of course, then I wouldn't spend time modding articles on/. when I'm queued up.
It's about the fact that every chessgame in the world that can beat me (and there are heaps of them) use databases. The program doesn't know how to play chess.
It kinda sounds like YOU don't know how to play chess.
Every grand master I know, plays from a mental database. It's how we size up our opponents. If you can't tell the level of your opponent in the first half to full dozen moves, then they are either way above you or way below you.
When I was 11, I beat my mom in 7 moves. (She was a little more than, soccer mom, ranked player in Germany). But I had a super fresh mind and school was too easy at that point, so I had gone to the library and got some chess books and memorized a shitton of games into my mental database.
Next game I played (her)... she wasn't ready for it, lol. Felt good tho... first time I beat her. She still tells the story, I'm like... gee mom, I'm 40 now, cmon.
In fact, if you haven't won in a dozen moves... either your rank is pretty low or they are fairly your equal.
-AI
A little editorial, it's really sad how many people don't know how to play chess anymore. I mean, it's gotta be in the 95% range for people younger than 30.
And then when I do find someone to play... I can't even dig into the database cause it's not like they are going to be really any good. [Lucky if they can remember the moves]
Furthermore... if Google finds there to be any merit and since they aren't being sued (yet), they simply can change whatever is the issue, or license it... throw brain cells or money at it and it will go away. Android won't go away... but the lawsuits eventually will.
Lastly... it's piddly things like this: Patent # 5,778,372 (July 7, 1998): "Getting remote deployment and management of an electronic document with embedded images." Patent # 6,339,780 (January 15, 2002): "Status of loading in a hypermedia browser having a limited display area on screen." Patent # 5,889,522 (March 30, 1999): "A system that provides controls to the derived windows." Patent # 6,891,551 (May 10, 2005): "Management selection in editing electronic documents."
...that will get the snip of a few lines of code and problem is gone.
Interesting. I just moved to the Phoenix area a few months ago (the far western end) - I used to live in northern Virginia (near DC), and it's pretty dark in comparison - in VA, I could read a book in the dark with all the lights off and the blinds closed.
Hey, both of you Phoenicians... hit me up, I don't know any valley geeks, and it's lonely in this basement, lol.
alienjuggernaut a t gmail d o t c o m
Far west end, Goodyear/Buckeye border. Pitch black here, except for the Phoenix glow to the east. Doesn't extend much more than 20 deg above horiz. Consistently have mag 12 lim in an 8" SC.
...if I say in a completely calm and steady voice "my wife is bleeding out of her eyes and has turned blue", this sytem will not treat the call as urgent?
Huh.
Lol... the bleeding out of the eyes would probably cause a slight increase in stress in my voice... esp considering that's the premise of a lot of "bad" virus movies. Or did I mean "bad virus" movies?
Seriously? What good is this. All this will do is measure how urgently the person *thinks* they need help.
Example 1: Person A loves their cat, it's stuck up a tree. The system registers very high stress in their voice
Example 2: Person B has witnessed a road traffic accident. They weren't personally involved and don't know any of the people involved, so they aren't especially stressed about it.
So, panic means better service and calm rationality means you'll be ignored?
Lol, seriously...
Hmmm, I got an idea, let's bump all the freaked out people that are screaming and unintelligible to the top of the queue to take up valuable time that the rational easy to understand callers could have quickly given their info.
Perfect! Maybe it's time to move to soviet russia where 911 calls you!
I had a girlfriend who's mom would freak out at the most silly things, and not so silly too, accentuating her voice to make this overtly apparent.
You modded him Troll? wtf???
Mod him up, I was going to post the same thing.
There are people that are just HORRIBLY unable to maintain themselves at the least bit of stress.
I remember running to shrill blood curdling screams to find out the person screaming was upset at something very trivial. Like literally spilled (milk) liquid.
I've broken up with someone because their reaction level to minor issues was off the chart and I figured in a LTR I would be at a major disadvantage if I was any further than driving distance from home.
Most of those problems are about shielding and disposing of the plant when you shut it down. The remainder can be solved by using a moderator that doesn't burn. You don't have to use graphite. You could, for example, use beryllium....
Moore's Law ensures that every year people will find that their computer is too slow , and they will buy a new one , which in turn provides revenue for the manufacturers.
Yes, and this 'need for more processing power' , is exactly what Moore's law exploits : Moore's law basically dictates that the demand for processing power doubles every year.
FFS man... no it doesn't lol. Turn in your geek badge (if you ever had one???)
Moore noted that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since the integrated circuit was invented. Moore predicted that this trend would continue for the foreseeable future. In subsequent years, the pace slowed down a bit, but data density has doubled approximately every 18 months, and this is the current definition of Moore's Law, which Moore himself has blessed. Most experts, including Moore himself, expect Moore's Law to hold for at least another two decades.
For the lazy clickers: Speaking to bit-tech for a forthcoming Custom PC feature about the future of OpenGL in PC gaming, Carmack said 'I actually think that Direct3D is a rather better API today.' He also added that 'Microsoft had the courage to continue making significant incompatible changes to improve the API, while OpenGL has been held back by compatibility concerns. Direct3D handles multi-threading better, and newer versions manage state better.'
In case you're unfamiliar with the mighty Carmack, he co-founded id Software in 1990, and had a large part in programming Wolfenstein 3D and the original Doom and Quake games. Since then, id has rigidly stuck by OpenGL for both Doom III and Quake 4, while many other cutting-edge PC game developers have moved entirely over to Direct3D.
After all, it's not illegal to have sex IRL with a 21-year-old man dressed up as a catholic school girl no matter what age you are.
Really? You might want to consider that statement and then research common state laws. At which point you may wish to add some information to your statement to make it more accurate.
FWIW, in response to TFA... I realize their research is on phrases. Which very quickly reduces the set. Since many of those words would only exist in very few spoken phrases.
Slashdot Mirror
That physics does not follow hysteria. The situation is serious, but the media are blowing it way out of proportion.
And as someone said, detectable means nothing. The detection systems are so precise they can identify the natural background.
I'm sorry... but how exactly does one blow the worst
nuclear accident in the history of mankind... out of
proportion?
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=126888
Oh, also... car analogy time... You have a detector
that measures things falling from the sky. Ok... things
are ALWAYS falling from the sky.
Now, how about if today, full sized vehicles are dropping
from the sky.
So... if you "detect" full sized vehicles dropping from
the sky, the data might be relevant, to anyone without
a cement dome for a helmet.
-AI
The idiotic rumor that OSX is on its last legs is based on the fact that after Lion, Apple has run out of big cats. Personally I think they should go with lolcat after that, but my degree's not in marketing.
They could go with ThunderCats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cpV00c4IE
Or PussyCat Dolls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCLxJd1d84s
Or Jocelyn Wildenstein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhmFayIPLa4&feature=related
wait, what was the question?
-AI
I don't think "tablets" are going to die outright, but I do think they're a passing fad (much in the same way as most things, including the "HPCs" in the early 2000s or Palms or anything else leading up to now).
You do realize 31% of the US has a HPC in their pocket right now?
If that's a passing fad...
-AI
It needs room for a 3.5" hard drive -- and SCSI support, so I can use the hard drive I want to use!
Also, how can anyone justify producing a tablet without a parallel port? Some of us don't want to throw our printers away every two years.
And, it needs a CRT! I have a light pen I've been using since 1988 and I'll be damned if some company's going to make me replace it.
The parallel port is going the way of the dodo, just like serial ports, floppies, those round mouse and keyboard ports. Everything is going USB, wireless, or ethernet.
Whooooooosh goes the tablet
-AI
18 rounds of golf in 18 shots
Just 18 I could do it 1
Chuck? Chuck Norris? Is that you?
-AI
Elastons are the "new thing" in computer graphics, so a benchmark that involves running the software used to create the APS' video would seem "fair".
Wow @ 4:06
-AI
That is wicked, I have a HTC TP2, I wonder if that engine is free.
Newp, farfrommephree.
In case anyone else was interested in Pocket Fritz 4 (be sure to get version 4).
$53 ish
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Pocket+Fritz+4#hl=en&ds=pr&sugexp=ldymls&pq=pocket%20fritz%204%20software&xhr=t&q=%22Pocket%20Fritz%204%22&cp=1&qe=IlBvY2tldCBGcml0eiA0Ig&qesig=T_YttTrepxUa8IbRoURpxQ&pkc=AFgZ2tk2PpFkhYGrE8FNG75pqAYdj4H4g1CTZCWEIR5Esb7DT-0raZOTT0f7qhawqMFZoRBelwI6EhDbLT-geRas4ctvFMXRQw&pf=p&sclient=psy&safe=off&biw=1357&bih=817&tbs=shop:1%2Cp_ord%3Ap&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=%22Pocket+Fritz+4%22&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=9bdd50fb3a9feca6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_Fritz
Wow, I've been outta the chess loop for a while, lol.
I need to buy that and try it out.
-AI
This is pulled from wikipedia:
Chess engines continue to improve. In 2009 chess engines running on slower hardware have reached the grandmaster level. A mobile phone won a category 6 tournament with a performance rating 2898: chess engine Hiarcs 13 running inside Pocket Fritz 4 on the mobile phone HTC Touch HD won the Copa Mercosur tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina with 9 wins and 1 draw on August 4–14, 2009.[16] Pocket Fritz 4 searches fewer than 20,000 positions per second.[17] This is in contrast to supercomputers such as Deep Blue that searched 200 million positions per second.
That is wicked, I have a HTC TP2, I wonder if that engine is free.
I'd love to have a chess game that could beat me, on my cell phone.
In fact, that's pretty amazing.
Of course, then I wouldn't spend time modding articles on /. when
I'm queued up.
-AI
Throw a few insight points his way...
It's about the fact that every chessgame in the world that can beat me (and there are heaps of them) use databases. The program doesn't know how to play chess.
It kinda sounds like YOU don't know how to play chess.
Every grand master I know, plays from a mental database.
It's how we size up our opponents. If you can't tell the level
of your opponent in the first half to full dozen moves, then
they are either way above you or way below you.
When I was 11, I beat my mom in 7 moves. (She was a
little more than, soccer mom, ranked player in Germany).
But I had a super fresh mind and school was too easy at
that point, so I had gone to the library and got some chess
books and memorized a shitton of games into my mental
database.
Next game I played (her)... she wasn't ready for it, lol.
Felt good tho... first time I beat her. She still tells the
story, I'm like... gee mom, I'm 40 now, cmon.
In fact, if you haven't won in a dozen moves... either your
rank is pretty low or they are fairly your equal.
-AI
A little editorial, it's really sad how many people don't know
how to play chess anymore. I mean, it's gotta be in the 95%
range for people younger than 30.
And then when I do find someone to play... I can't even dig
into the database cause it's not like they are going to be really
any good. [Lucky if they can remember the moves]
Heck I'm glad computers can "play chess".
Android has also been losing it's mojo, and is getting legal threats from everywhere.
If by everywhere, you mean, its competition... yeah... what else is new?
[ http://www.itworld.com/open-source/140916/android-sued-microsoft-not-linux ]
And Android, ie, Google isn't being sued, only companies that are involved
with it. Typical intimidation tactics.
Furthermore... if Google finds there to be any merit and since they aren't
being sued (yet), they simply can change whatever is the issue, or license
it... throw brain cells or money at it and it will go away. Android won't go
away... but the lawsuits eventually will.
Lastly... it's piddly things like this:
Patent # 5,778,372 (July 7, 1998): "Getting remote deployment and management of an electronic document with embedded images." Patent # 6,339,780 (January 15, 2002): "Status of loading in a hypermedia browser having a limited display area on screen."
Patent # 5,889,522 (March 30, 1999): "A system that provides controls to the derived windows."
Patent # 6,891,551 (May 10, 2005): "Management selection in editing electronic documents."
-AI
Interesting. I just moved to the Phoenix area a few months ago (the far western end) - I used to live in northern Virginia (near DC), and it's pretty dark in comparison - in VA, I could read a book in the dark with all the lights off and the blinds closed.
Hey, both of you Phoenicians... hit me up, I don't know
any valley geeks, and it's lonely in this basement, lol.
alienjuggernaut a t gmail d o t c o m
Far west end, Goodyear/Buckeye border. Pitch black
here, except for the Phoenix glow to the east. Doesn't
extend much more than 20 deg above horiz. Consistently
have mag 12 lim in an 8" SC.
-AI
...if I say in a completely calm and steady voice "my wife is bleeding out of her eyes and has turned blue", this sytem will not treat the call as urgent?
Huh.
Lol... the bleeding out of the eyes would probably cause a slight
increase in stress in my voice... esp considering that's the premise
of a lot of "bad" virus movies. Or did I mean "bad virus" movies?
-AI
Seriously? What good is this. All this will do is measure how urgently the person *thinks* they need help.
Example 1: Person A loves their cat, it's stuck up a tree. The system registers very high stress in their voice
Example 2: Person B has witnessed a road traffic accident. They weren't personally involved and don't know any of the people involved, so they aren't especially stressed about it.
Which one gets the priority?
The cat man... damn, didn't you RTFA!
-AI
So, panic means better service and calm rationality means you'll be ignored?
Lol, seriously...
Hmmm, I got an idea, let's bump all the freaked out
people that are screaming and unintelligible to the top
of the queue to take up valuable time that the rational
easy to understand callers could have quickly given
their info.
Perfect! Maybe it's time to move to soviet russia
where 911 calls you!
-AI
I had a girlfriend who's mom would freak out at the most silly things, and not so silly too, accentuating her voice to make this overtly apparent.
You modded him Troll? wtf???
Mod him up, I was going to post the same thing.
There are people that are just HORRIBLY unable to maintain
themselves at the least bit of stress.
I remember running to shrill blood curdling screams to find
out the person screaming was upset at something very trivial.
Like literally spilled (milk) liquid.
I've broken up with someone because their reaction level
to minor issues was off the chart and I figured in a LTR
I would be at a major disadvantage if I was any further
than driving distance from home.
So... good luck with that.
-AI
Most of those problems are about shielding and disposing of the plant when you shut it down. The remainder can be solved by using a moderator that doesn't burn. You don't have to use graphite. You could, for example, use beryllium....
Brilliant!
I'll gladly trade Beryllium poisoning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryllium_poisoning
for strontium and cesium contamination.
Is a sarc tag required here?
-AI
Moore's Law ensures that every year people will find that their computer is too slow , and they will buy a new one , which in turn provides revenue for the manufacturers.
That's not what Moore's law says at all http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1478174 [subscription required].
Moore predicted that IC *performance* would double every two years.
Are you that uninformed or just addled by crystal meth?
Before you go pokin other people's eye's out with your
'knowledge stick', you may want to make sure it's properly
sharpened.
And don't shove it in your own eye.
Moore NEVER said ANYTHING about PERFORMANCE
NOR did he EVER say ANYTHING about TWO YEARS.
tyvm, turn in your badge at the door. And pick up a rock
of meth on the way out.
-AI
Yes, and this 'need for more processing power' , is exactly what Moore's law exploits : Moore's law basically dictates that the demand for processing power doubles every year.
FFS man... no it doesn't lol. Turn in your geek badge (if you ever had one???)
Moore noted that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since the integrated circuit was invented. Moore predicted that this trend would continue for the foreseeable future. In subsequent years, the pace slowed down a bit, but data density has doubled approximately every 18 months, and this is the current definition of Moore's Law, which Moore himself has blessed. Most experts, including Moore himself, expect Moore's Law to hold for at least another two decades.
-AI
John Carmack is quoted as saying almost the exact opposite:
[ http://techreport.com/discussions.x/20580 ]
[ http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2011/03/11/carmack-directx-better-opengl/1 ]
Eight days ago
[ http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/11/1832205/Doom-Creator-Says-Direct3D-Is-Now-Better-Than-OpenGL ]
For the lazy clickers:
Speaking to bit-tech for a forthcoming Custom PC feature about the future of OpenGL in PC gaming, Carmack said 'I actually think that Direct3D is a rather better API today.' He also added that 'Microsoft had the courage to continue making significant incompatible changes to improve the API, while OpenGL has been held back by compatibility concerns. Direct3D handles multi-threading better, and newer versions manage state better.'
In case you're unfamiliar with the mighty Carmack, he co-founded id Software in 1990, and had a large part in programming Wolfenstein 3D and the original Doom and Quake games. Since then, id has rigidly stuck by OpenGL for both Doom III and Quake 4, while many other cutting-edge PC game developers have moved entirely over to Direct3D.
Well, I did say, almost.
-AI
After all, it's not illegal to have sex IRL with a 21-year-old man dressed up as a catholic school girl no matter what age you are.
Really? You might want to consider that statement and then
research common state laws. At which point you may wish
to add some information to your statement to make it more
accurate.
-AI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A4HeawmE6A
Not knowing what an Illudium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator means you had a deprived childhood.
--
BMO
Hear, hear!
Marvin is the man! I mean, he's the silly thought and pseudo I use
for this nickname.
-AI
but they're recognizing individual words, from a set of many thousands of potential words, half the time or better.
That's really quite impressive. And you're an idiot.
From a set of many thousands of words...
and he's the idiot?
-AI
How many words are there in the English language - many tens of thousands at least.
Many tens of thousands???
I hope English is your second language.
There are over 1 MILLION English words in common and uncommon use.
[ http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words/ ]
Yes.... many, many, many tens of thousands.
-AI
FWIW, in response to TFA... I realize their research is on phrases. Which
very quickly reduces the set. Since many of those words would only exist
in very few spoken phrases.
I, for one, welcome our red pickup driving, roof climbing overlords.
-AI