As far as I'm aware the reason X11 doesn't do subpixel smoothing is because it's patented my Microsoft. Someone please tell me if I'm wrong; it is merely what I recall reading on/. at some earlier point in time.
Now your just getting into semantics. Again, it's not the architecture that determines if you can/cannot run those items. The same thing you say exists on linux, exists in Windows 7 as well. The architecture has NOTHING to do with it.
why is it that you think you couldn't already use 'pc' hardware with an ARM-based device? -- You can. It's the fact that these smartphone companies try to keep costs down. You *can* use any PC peripheral with an ARM device using linux just fine. Check out www.openpandora.org - That's an ARM A8 I believe and they have a USB device host, so you can hook in a hub, usb mouse, keyboard, camera, gps, you name it...you can hook it up and use it. Just like a PC.
And blame Microsoft for not supporting ARM - x86 doesn't mystically, magically make everything run that otherwise wouldn't. It's the software vendors who decide what will run on what. Tell them about it. Microsoft could easily patch together an ARM-based Office reader in a day, but they chose not to.
Why would that have anything to do with unbundling phone service? - Fine, pay a subsidization fee in addition to the plan fee. Make the phone companies itemize and split the cost of the phone that your paying each month, with the plan cost.
There's no reason they cannot do this, but they refuse to. Because primarily when your contract is over, your still paying 'subsidized' prices even though they aren't subsidizing anything on your end. They collect a LOT of extra money from people using this method.
You can be exempt from it too if you want. The public option is in this bill. So go get a job where your insurance is paid for by taxpayers and you'll have the same luxury.
Yeah, instead you just lose your data randomly. I think they even came out with a game that deletes 1 file at a time each time you score...I think it was for.......OS X
The prius, which this affects, isn't turned off by the key. The power button also does not immediately turn off the car either. Just like a computer, if you need to cut the car off in an emergency situation...believe it or not, you have to hold the power button down for 3 seconds.
After doing a fresh install on both systems the guy determined that it was just some sort of freak occurrence. He had one laptop with a 2.0ghz processor and another with a 2.4ghz processor and after the reinstall on both systems, VOILA...it was only roughly a 20% difference...
TFA - just keep reading further and further down the usenet post
Actually quite the opposite. The change is just to lower bandwidth so uTorrent uses a more 'extra bandwidth only' approach, so YOUR other activities aren't interrupted. They could care less for the ISP.
But honestly, how many of the programs do you use on a daily basis meet the criteria of needing to be extensible, modifiable, understandable, and high performing?
Now, how many does the average joe use that meet that criteria? In the real world, not everything needs to be extensible and modifiable, or even high performing, just understandable...from a user sense. The user doesn't give a flying you-know-what that the code underneath is spaghetti code, or uses a million gotos, as long as it gets the job done.
Most of the people who pirate aren't going to buy your stuff anyways, and even if your successful at stopping them (which never lasts very long), you end up looking like an ass to your legitimate customers. Piracy on DS/PSP is probably AMAZINGLY low due to the fact that most of the time you end up having to either go to some mouth-breather import store and spend TONS of cash, or order from a store online and while spending relatively little money, are probably risking having your credit card info stolen.
Please Nintendo...I hate your games but I still cheer for you on the sidelines. Don't make me hate you like I already hate Sony and Microsoft.
Unfortunately, since MS has so much lockin, you start getting into the user having to mess with packages, or know how or why the acpi events on their laptop aren't working correctly, etc etc...
So while you explain freedom, and price...the bottom line is once they start asking about how much time they'll have to take administering the system (from a PERSONAL point of view, not a corporate, where the computer is managed for them), or if Adobe CS3 will work (forget about even MENTIONING wine, their eyes will glaze over.), suddenly Windows looks a lot better.
I'm no Microsoft apologist, I would love nothing more than for there to be a 33/33/33 split between all the desktop OS's right now, and people supporting all of them equally, but don't even THINK that your average user wants that in a 1%/5%/94% market right now...they would rather pay the extra cash to be in that 94%.
It's not the fact that it is local exploit code, it's the fact that local and remote exploits and the line between them are being blurred every day. TFA mentioned being able to write memory in 8-bit pieces, ANYWHERE in kernel memory. That's pretty dangerous if you ask me.
I could of swore (correct me if I'm wrong) that conficker's instruction set usually downloaded encrypted instructions from certain web servers. Certainly it's possible that they lost control of it instead of abandoned it. (Not in the skynet way) I could imagine that if instructions weren't sent past a point in time, that the encryption it used was wrong, or possibly even corrupted at some point.
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As far as I'm aware the reason X11 doesn't do subpixel smoothing is because it's patented my Microsoft. Someone please tell me if I'm wrong; it is merely what I recall reading on /. at some earlier point in time.
I've remapped my capslock to ctrl for gaming purposes. Much easier to hit ctrl/shift when they're up a little higher relatively.
Now your just getting into semantics. Again, it's not the architecture that determines if you can/cannot run those items. The same thing you say exists on linux, exists in Windows 7 as well. The architecture has NOTHING to do with it.
why is it that you think you couldn't already use 'pc' hardware with an ARM-based device? -- You can. It's the fact that these smartphone companies try to keep costs down. You *can* use any PC peripheral with an ARM device using linux just fine. Check out www.openpandora.org - That's an ARM A8 I believe and they have a USB device host, so you can hook in a hub, usb mouse, keyboard, camera, gps, you name it...you can hook it up and use it. Just like a PC.
And blame Microsoft for not supporting ARM - x86 doesn't mystically, magically make everything run that otherwise wouldn't. It's the software vendors who decide what will run on what. Tell them about it. Microsoft could easily patch together an ARM-based Office reader in a day, but they chose not to.
Why would that have anything to do with unbundling phone service? - Fine, pay a subsidization fee in addition to the plan fee. Make the phone companies itemize and split the cost of the phone that your paying each month, with the plan cost.
There's no reason they cannot do this, but they refuse to. Because primarily when your contract is over, your still paying 'subsidized' prices even though they aren't subsidizing anything on your end. They collect a LOT of extra money from people using this method.
Swine Flu.
Everyone making over 500,000/yr.
If you make substantially less you can be granted a waiver.
You can be exempt from it too if you want. The public option is in this bill. So go get a job where your insurance is paid for by taxpayers and you'll have the same luxury.
Yeah, instead you just lose your data randomly. I think they even came out with a game that deletes 1 file at a time each time you score...I think it was for.......OS X
The prius, which this affects, isn't turned off by the key. The power button also does not immediately turn off the car either. Just like a computer, if you need to cut the car off in an emergency situation...believe it or not, you have to hold the power button down for 3 seconds.
You could do this since Windows 95 with ICS easily...nothing to see here, please move along.
After doing a fresh install on both systems the guy determined that it was just some sort of freak occurrence. He had one laptop with a 2.0ghz processor and another with a 2.4ghz processor and after the reinstall on both systems, VOILA...it was only roughly a 20% difference...
TFA - just keep reading further and further down the usenet post
Actually quite the opposite. The change is just to lower bandwidth so uTorrent uses a more 'extra bandwidth only' approach, so YOUR other activities aren't interrupted. They could care less for the ISP.
Just in time for http://i.imgur.com/cKc4n.gif
That guys never going to get his double-leg amputee now.
How can you patent something that nature already patented itself millions of years ago? Hasn't the patent run out yet?!
But honestly, how many of the programs do you use on a daily basis meet the criteria of needing to be extensible, modifiable, understandable, and high performing?
Now, how many does the average joe use that meet that criteria? In the real world, not everything needs to be extensible and modifiable, or even high performing, just understandable...from a user sense. The user doesn't give a flying you-know-what that the code underneath is spaghetti code, or uses a million gotos, as long as it gets the job done.
I *really* hate to be posting this, because I agree with you 100%...but...
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Most of the people who pirate aren't going to buy your stuff anyways, and even if your successful at stopping them (which never lasts very long), you end up looking like an ass to your legitimate customers. Piracy on DS/PSP is probably AMAZINGLY low due to the fact that most of the time you end up having to either go to some mouth-breather import store and spend TONS of cash, or order from a store online and while spending relatively little money, are probably risking having your credit card info stolen.
Please Nintendo...I hate your games but I still cheer for you on the sidelines. Don't make me hate you like I already hate Sony and Microsoft.
If I put an egg into a blender, I'm pretty sure it'd have a hard time forming a chicken too.
Unfortunately, since MS has so much lockin, you start getting into the user having to mess with packages, or know how or why the acpi events on their laptop aren't working correctly, etc etc... So while you explain freedom, and price...the bottom line is once they start asking about how much time they'll have to take administering the system (from a PERSONAL point of view, not a corporate, where the computer is managed for them), or if Adobe CS3 will work (forget about even MENTIONING wine, their eyes will glaze over.), suddenly Windows looks a lot better. I'm no Microsoft apologist, I would love nothing more than for there to be a 33/33/33 split between all the desktop OS's right now, and people supporting all of them equally, but don't even THINK that your average user wants that in a 1%/5%/94% market right now...they would rather pay the extra cash to be in that 94%.
It's not the fact that it is local exploit code, it's the fact that local and remote exploits and the line between them are being blurred every day. TFA mentioned being able to write memory in 8-bit pieces, ANYWHERE in kernel memory. That's pretty dangerous if you ask me.
Then why'd they leave the asian guy in there? There a lot more asians in poland than blacks?
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I could of swore (correct me if I'm wrong) that conficker's instruction set usually downloaded encrypted instructions from certain web servers. Certainly it's possible that they lost control of it instead of abandoned it. (Not in the skynet way) I could imagine that if instructions weren't sent past a point in time, that the encryption it used was wrong, or possibly even corrupted at some point.
Woah woah woah. Since when did we start RTFA on slashdot? Is there a committee meeting I missed or something?