I see, because I disagree with you, I must not have thought it all through, or am somehow denying evidence that is, at least to you, quite clear and conclusive.
Two honest people can look at the same evidence and come to different, and quite genuine, conclusions. Your clear desire for my opinions to be disingenuous does not make them so.
I disagree with many of the claims global warming scientists and their alarmist journalist/celebrity buddies are making. My disagreement is based on their lack of evidence (scientific evidence) of their claims. I am not at all religious. I also happen to think that the theory of evolution is a reasonable and consistent explanation of the available scientific evidence. Sorry to bust out of your pigeon hole.
Perhaps you write simple apps, but I would never be able to provide the level of functionality I provide to my clients without extensive use of third party frameworks. I just don't have the resources to code these sorts of things from scratch.
A relatively simple example - I've written several apps that produce PDF and Excel output - iText and Apache POI have been invaluable. Sure, they've been a pain at times, but they have been more than worth the trouble. They've saved me time and allowed me to produce a professional, polished product that I would not have been able to deliver otherwise. And the price was right.
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Sure, using other people's code makes it harder to debug. And some things are just plain out of your control. Over the course of my career I've spent man-months troubleshooting and configuring 3rd party frameworks. I don't care, because I would have spent man-years writing them myself.
If this had gone forward we would have spent something like $100 million, the work going in no-bid contract to Friends Of Daley, and ended up with a few "hot zones" in inconvenient parts of the city, with coverage conspicuously absent from any area covered by a commercial provider.
Well, you obviously didn't read the article, as it explains, in depth, why the components in the "MACHINE" are in fact related to one another, and why a high level of interrupt activity can compromise media playback guarantees. It explains this in detail. Do you care to refute any of the points he makes? Have any intelligent commentary on the design points that the author explains?
The reason I ask whether or not you are on Gig-E is because that's the only situation on modern hardware where network interrupt activity can be a problem. If you are not seeing this on XP or Linux, it's probably because you are running a slower network.
So, you are maxing out a gig-E pipe? If you'd read the article, you'd know that even at 100 mbps speeds, the throttling is not required for glitch free playback.
"Wait a minute. Could this be done to limit streaming capabilities? It is the main side effect after all..."
Yes, because all those corporations who are making money selling multi-gigabyte streaming movies really want the experience to go all to hell the minute sound starts playing.
Regardless the effect has only been noticed on Gig-E connections, and TFA specifically mentions the fact that at typical Internet bandwidths, there is no noticeable effect on download bandwidth.
Seeing as how the easiest path to vacuum for air in your lungs would be through your mouth, not through your chest wall, I can't see any explosion happening. If you attempted to hold your breath during a transition to vacuum you probably feel something like a sharp kick to the chest/diaphragm as all the air is forced out of your lungs through your nose/mouth.
I ran Windows 2000 Server on a Pentium 166, with 192 MB of RAM. It ran like a charm. It ran Office 97 just fine, and just about everything else I through at it - even some of the games of the day.
My impression is that the Shuttle either gets to orbit on auto-pilot, entirely computer controlled, or it explodes. It's not like anyone is "steering" the thing manually, or pushing buttons in carefully timed sequences.
Now landing requires a bit of skill, but unless they have been nipping at the massive stash of Russian Vodka on the space station, they will have sobered up by landing time.
Bologna. Children fear heights from a very early age. Depending on temperament, they also fear strangers, from a very early age. These are not learned fears. They are innate.
I have an innate fear of combat and confrontation. This is an innate response. I've been in one fight in my entire life, and I suffered no physical harm as a result. I have no learned aversion to fighting or confrontation. But put me in a situation where some big dude is threatening to hurt me and you will get an immediate flight or fight response. Put me in a combat arena where people are shooting at me and bombs are going off, damn straight I am going to be scared, not because my higher reasoning capacities have inferred that being in this environment could result in my death - but because millions of years of evolution have evolved a fight or flight response that tends to result in higher survival rates among those who don't ignore it.
Are you the only one who is unaware of the fact that there are a large group of people in the United States who in fact *do* have a lot in common with the conservative majority of the supreme court?
I would be alarmed if the supreme court were representing the view points of some extremely fringe faction, but conservatism in the US is not a minority position.
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No, in that case it will be cheaper to move the people into the high-rises, and level the sub/exurbs and turn them back into farmland.
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Is there some lack of farmland that I am unaware of? Last I heard we had so damned much of it we were paving it and planting houses instead of soybeans. Unless there is some practical or regulatory reason not to farm on our abundant and fertile rural farmlands, I can't see how such vertical farm could ever compete.
Wow, who are your clients - I'll work cheaper and get the job done just as well. That's some mighty powerful snake oil you are selling if you've convinced folks you are worth $400/hr.
My approach? In practice, we don't branch much at all, there is just too much risk when merging a long lived branch. I do however let people work on the same piece of code at the same time. I encourage frequent synchronization and commits.
To force folks to wait until someone else is done with a particular source file is just not practical or productive. If people are properly tasked, and not working on the same exact same thing, it's rare that they will both need to edit the same file, and when they do, they are usually working on different parts of it.
But when you get down to it, projects don't go over time and over budget because of misuse of source control. They go over time and over budget because of mismanagement. You can't expect all developers to be good at coordinating their work with others. That's the job of the project manager.
Just checked out the Apple website. All of the MacBooks, even the high end, say "support for millions of colors". The iMacs say "Millions of colors at all resolutions". This is probably technically accurate but still quite misleading. The MacBooks support "millions of colors" mode, but Apple is not saying it displays millions of colors. The iMacs however have full 24bit LCDs thus Apple is free to say "Millions of colors at all resolutions".
I wish these guys luck, they'll need it trying to explain this to a jury. Technically, dithering does give the perception of millions of colors, in exactly the say way the composition of 3 pixels that have only 256 colors gives the perceptions of 2^24 colors. But you don't see manufacturers claiming each of the red, blue and green sub-pixels in their resolution now do you? Similarly, if Apple wants to claim millions of colors for these displays, they should note that this feature decreases the perceived resolution of the display. You can't have it both ways. If you are going to quote the perceived color space at me, you should also quote the perceived resolution. I am not sure how you'd put an absolute figure on the decreased resolution, but you are not getting the full resolution of the display when dithering.
All in all I am quite happy in my choice to purchase a ThinkPad. Apple has been pulling this crap for ages, putting substandard components in computers that are sold for a premium. I paid a premium for the ThinkPad, but I got a full 24 bit display.
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I did not express my opinions in any great detail, and I fear you are guilty of attributing to me positions I do not hold.
I see, because I disagree with you, I must not have thought it all through, or am somehow denying evidence that is, at least to you, quite clear and conclusive.
Two honest people can look at the same evidence and come to different, and quite genuine, conclusions. Your clear desire for my opinions to be disingenuous does not make them so.
I disagree with many of the claims global warming scientists and their alarmist journalist/celebrity buddies are making. My disagreement is based on their lack of evidence (scientific evidence) of their claims. I am not at all religious. I also happen to think that the theory of evolution is a reasonable and consistent explanation of the available scientific evidence. Sorry to bust out of your pigeon hole.
Perhaps you write simple apps, but I would never be able to provide the level of functionality I provide to my clients without extensive use of third party frameworks. I just don't have the resources to code these sorts of things from scratch.
A relatively simple example - I've written several apps that produce PDF and Excel output - iText and Apache POI have been invaluable. Sure, they've been a pain at times, but they have been more than worth the trouble. They've saved me time and allowed me to produce a professional, polished product that I would not have been able to deliver otherwise. And the price was right.
Sure, using other people's code makes it harder to debug. And some things are just plain out of your control. Over the course of my career I've spent man-months troubleshooting and configuring 3rd party frameworks. I don't care, because I would have spent man-years writing them myself.
If this had gone forward we would have spent something like $100 million, the work going in no-bid contract to Friends Of Daley, and ended up with a few "hot zones" in inconvenient parts of the city, with coverage conspicuously absent from any area covered by a commercial provider.
Well, you obviously didn't read the article, as it explains, in depth, why the components in the "MACHINE" are in fact related to one another, and why a high level of interrupt activity can compromise media playback guarantees. It explains this in detail. Do you care to refute any of the points he makes? Have any intelligent commentary on the design points that the author explains?
The reason I ask whether or not you are on Gig-E is because that's the only situation on modern hardware where network interrupt activity can be a problem. If you are not seeing this on XP or Linux, it's probably because you are running a slower network.
So, you are maxing out a gig-E pipe? If you'd read the article, you'd know that even at 100 mbps speeds, the throttling is not required for glitch free playback.
"could the DRM servicing overheads have anything to do with it? Are these files causing the issues DRM protected etc?"
What "DRM servicing overheads" are you talking about? You don't know really do you? You are just repeating an idiotic meme you heard elsewhere.
The issue occurs even when the user is playing unencrypted content. It has nothing to do with DRM.
"Wait a minute. Could this be done to limit streaming capabilities? It is the main side effect after all..."
Yes, because all those corporations who are making money selling multi-gigabyte streaming movies really want the experience to go all to hell the minute sound starts playing.
Regardless the effect has only been noticed on Gig-E connections, and TFA specifically mentions the fact that at typical Internet bandwidths, there is no noticeable effect on download bandwidth.
Now that we can make perfect crystals on the ground that leaves, let's see.... Tang and zero-G pens as the sole benefit of manned space flight.
Brilliant. Whoever rated this "Offtopic" is a blithering idiot.
Seeing as how the easiest path to vacuum for air in your lungs would be through your mouth, not through your chest wall, I can't see any explosion happening. If you attempted to hold your breath during a transition to vacuum you probably feel something like a sharp kick to the chest/diaphragm as all the air is forced out of your lungs through your nose/mouth.
Come on, give the guy a break. He lost his shirt in Bulb trading, so he had to put off retirement just a little.
Write once, read many logs are part of HIPAA compliance? That's news to me.
I ran Windows 2000 Server on a Pentium 166, with 192 MB of RAM. It ran like a charm. It ran Office 97 just fine, and just about everything else I through at it - even some of the games of the day.
I'd never consider running XP on that system.
Skill and concentration? Taking notes on some high school "what do spiders do in space" experiment?
Though having a hangover during an EVA would probably be pretty trippy. "Jesus, could somebody turn the Sun down!"
My impression is that the Shuttle either gets to orbit on auto-pilot, entirely computer controlled, or it explodes. It's not like anyone is "steering" the thing manually, or pushing buttons in carefully timed sequences.
Now landing requires a bit of skill, but unless they have been nipping at the massive stash of Russian Vodka on the space station, they will have sobered up by landing time.
Bologna. Children fear heights from a very early age. Depending on temperament, they also fear strangers, from a very early age. These are not learned fears. They are innate.
I have an innate fear of combat and confrontation. This is an innate response. I've been in one fight in my entire life, and I suffered no physical harm as a result. I have no learned aversion to fighting or confrontation. But put me in a situation where some big dude is threatening to hurt me and you will get an immediate flight or fight response. Put me in a combat arena where people are shooting at me and bombs are going off, damn straight I am going to be scared, not because my higher reasoning capacities have inferred that being in this environment could result in my death - but because millions of years of evolution have evolved a fight or flight response that tends to result in higher survival rates among those who don't ignore it.
That's probably because the bug inside had failed and the battery started corroding causing it to expand and crack the mug.
Are you the only one who is unaware of the fact that there are a large group of people in the United States who in fact *do* have a lot in common with the conservative majority of the supreme court?
I would be alarmed if the supreme court were representing the view points of some extremely fringe faction, but conservatism in the US is not a minority position.
No, in that case it will be cheaper to move the people into the high-rises, and level the sub/exurbs and turn them back into farmland.
Is there some lack of farmland that I am unaware of? Last I heard we had so damned much of it we were paving it and planting houses instead of soybeans. Unless there is some practical or regulatory reason not to farm on our abundant and fertile rural farmlands, I can't see how such vertical farm could ever compete.
Wow, who are your clients - I'll work cheaper and get the job done just as well. That's some mighty powerful snake oil you are selling if you've convinced folks you are worth $400/hr.
My approach? In practice, we don't branch much at all, there is just too much risk when merging a long lived branch. I do however let people work on the same piece of code at the same time. I encourage frequent synchronization and commits.
To force folks to wait until someone else is done with a particular source file is just not practical or productive. If people are properly tasked, and not working on the same exact same thing, it's rare that they will both need to edit the same file, and when they do, they are usually working on different parts of it.
But when you get down to it, projects don't go over time and over budget because of misuse of source control. They go over time and over budget because of mismanagement. You can't expect all developers to be good at coordinating their work with others. That's the job of the project manager.
Just checked out the Apple website. All of the MacBooks, even the high end, say "support for millions of colors". The iMacs say "Millions of colors at all resolutions". This is probably technically accurate but still quite misleading. The MacBooks support "millions of colors" mode, but Apple is not saying it displays millions of colors. The iMacs however have full 24bit LCDs thus Apple is free to say "Millions of colors at all resolutions".
I wish these guys luck, they'll need it trying to explain this to a jury. Technically, dithering does give the perception of millions of colors, in exactly the say way the composition of 3 pixels that have only 256 colors gives the perceptions of 2^24 colors. But you don't see manufacturers claiming each of the red, blue and green sub-pixels in their resolution now do you? Similarly, if Apple wants to claim millions of colors for these displays, they should note that this feature decreases the perceived resolution of the display. You can't have it both ways. If you are going to quote the perceived color space at me, you should also quote the perceived resolution. I am not sure how you'd put an absolute figure on the decreased resolution, but you are not getting the full resolution of the display when dithering.
All in all I am quite happy in my choice to purchase a ThinkPad. Apple has been pulling this crap for ages, putting substandard components in computers that are sold for a premium. I paid a premium for the ThinkPad, but I got a full 24 bit display.