Though it might be easier to type than write, it's easier to draw on a tablet than draw using a mouse, trackpad, or eraser mouse.
I am currently an engineering student and I can't use my laptop to take notes because a large portion of my notes do not translate directly to ASCII text, since a good portion of them will be equations or circuit diagrams (I'm in EE).
According to TFA, the keyboard only worked with the app provided by the manufacturer.
Also, the keyboard is very large and cumbersome, so any gain in portability by carrying an iPhone/iPod touch is lost because you still need to lug around the keyboard attachment in your backpack..
Did you RTFA? The reason why Grayson is pissed is because the blogger set up a PAC to effectively find her own re-election, i.e. breaking a ton of tax laws.
Actually, much of the newer components available are far more efficient than their predecessors in terms of power usage.
Compare Intel's newer processors to the Pentium 4 and you'll see gains in both computing power and power efficiency
Ok: first of all, the voltage GP was probably talking about was the voltage measured from one wire to the other. I.E., one is a reference potential, the other is at reference + 500,000V (for example).
Secondly, just because there are no losses does not mean that voltage & current pulses travel instantaneously along a line.
They are limited by other characteristics even on a lossless line; you should probably read up on transmission line theory.
Interestingly I have a dell D600 laptop where you can put it in standby and swap the battery and it doesnt loose its memory contents (no AC connected).
I'm not sure if its a feature, or the RAM just happens to retain its contents for the 5 seconds or so it takes to swap the battery.
GaAs has a lattice constant that's about the same as Silicon's (Si is 0.54 nm, GaAs is about 0.57 nm), so at 4nm feature size you'd still have transitors of ~10 atoms wide, depending on the direction you're measuring in.
Maybe Intel is thinking of some other, yet to be thought of design?
True as it may be, the subject is called really "Informatics" in Bulgaria (I should know, it's my high school major, and I am Bulgarian coincidentally). It is not Computer Science as you understand it, because we didn't study much about e.g. networks, compilers, operating systems and such, but we concentrated really on the fundamentals and theory of programming and related mathematics - writing and testing algorithms, building and testing low-level code in e.g. Pascal or BASIC (on paper, too). Great starter for future programmers, I tell you that. If you haven't written your standard issue quicksort or a customized implementation of Newton's method in 10th grade for a homework assignment, then you wouldn't understand.
This is actually what most computer science curriculum covers in the US - the theoretical and algorithmic aspects of programming.
the reason people on the net generally refuse to pay 0.99 for things (like porn sites) is not thrift, but fear. Usually, it's a scam. Pandora is not a scam, so I'll gladly pay.
Or maybe because it is available free by other means. Pandora is a little different because you can make the argument that you're paying for the recommendation service.
The way textbooks are pushing above $100, I'm not surprised. Publishers have made a mint and have tried their best to hamper the second hard market. This is a positive change.
How is this positive? With DRM now they can charge what they want, and all you get is a PDF that expires in a year, that you can't read without lugging a laptop and charger wherever you go.
Also, has anyone actually tried to read books on a computer? It's pretty painful after a while.
When did eyes start processing sound as well as light?!? Or is this some sort of next-generation eye that will work with these glasses we won't need for the 3D laptops which don't yet exist?
So, there's actually no full-on windows XP installation. It's application level support that wraps XP applications so that they work with Win7. Patching, antivirus, etc can all be handled by Windows 7.
Seriously, this sounds a lot better than XP's lame "compatibility mode" for Windows 98 and older that never seemed to work anyway.
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One of the 'mothers' only contributes mitochondrial DNA, which does not affect any characteristics to the offspring.
Well, assuming the mothers' mitochondrial DNA is fine and normal. But if she has some rare genetic disease that might not necessarily be true.
http://www.watson.ibm.com/index.shtml
If not for tobacco, it's quite possible that the USA would not exist today and we'd all still be speaking English.
Umm...hate to tell you this, but we don't exactly speak german in the US...
People still run windows on servers?!?
Java is typically running on a VM written in C++ and Java.
It's Java all the way down?
Though it might be easier to type than write, it's easier to draw on a tablet than draw using a mouse, trackpad, or eraser mouse.
I am currently an engineering student and I can't use my laptop to take notes because a large portion of my notes do not translate directly to ASCII text, since a good portion of them will be equations or circuit diagrams (I'm in EE).
According to TFA, the keyboard only worked with the app provided by the manufacturer.
Also, the keyboard is very large and cumbersome, so any gain in portability by carrying an iPhone/iPod touch is lost because you still need to lug around the keyboard attachment in your backpack..
The piece floating on his desk leads more towards semiconductor properties at room temperature.
I think you meant superconductor, not semiconductor.
Unless you think the computer you typed that on is made of unobtainium...
Did you RTFA? The reason why Grayson is pissed is because the blogger set up a PAC to effectively find her own re-election, i.e. breaking a ton of tax laws.
Mods have no sense of humour? I thought parent post was funny.
Actually, much of the newer components available are far more efficient than their predecessors in terms of power usage.
Compare Intel's newer processors to the Pentium 4 and you'll see gains in both computing power and power efficiency
Ok: first of all, the voltage GP was probably talking about was the voltage measured from one wire to the other. I.E., one is a reference potential, the other is at reference + 500,000V (for example). Secondly, just because there are no losses does not mean that voltage & current pulses travel instantaneously along a line. They are limited by other characteristics even on a lossless line; you should probably read up on transmission line theory.
Interestingly I have a dell D600 laptop where you can put it in standby and swap the battery and it doesnt loose its memory contents (no AC connected). I'm not sure if its a feature, or the RAM just happens to retain its contents for the 5 seconds or so it takes to swap the battery.
It probably just backs the RAM up to HD.
You are correct, they plan to transition from silicon to unobtainium.
No, probably Gallium arsenide (GaAs). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium_arsenide
GaAs has a lattice constant that's about the same as Silicon's (Si is 0.54 nm, GaAs is about 0.57 nm), so at 4nm feature size you'd still have transitors of ~10 atoms wide, depending on the direction you're measuring in.
Maybe Intel is thinking of some other, yet to be thought of design?
True as it may be, the subject is called really "Informatics" in Bulgaria (I should know, it's my high school major, and I am Bulgarian coincidentally). It is not Computer Science as you understand it, because we didn't study much about e.g. networks, compilers, operating systems and such, but we concentrated really on the fundamentals and theory of programming and related mathematics - writing and testing algorithms, building and testing low-level code in e.g. Pascal or BASIC (on paper, too). Great starter for future programmers, I tell you that. If you haven't written your standard issue quicksort or a customized implementation of Newton's method in 10th grade for a homework assignment, then you wouldn't understand.
This is actually what most computer science curriculum covers in the US - the theoretical and algorithmic aspects of programming.
Yes, but how many things that GIMP does well and Photoshop doesn't are things you'd actually want/need to use?
Well put sir. Though this is way, way offtopic.
since all south korean online banking is done with windows computers, friday will seriously suck.
That's what VMware, Parallels, and Virtual Box are for. Just roll back to a snapshot that isn't infected.
You could probably accomplish the same thing with Deep Freeze (or a similar) product if all you have is straight Windows.
(Of course these are simply workarounds, and not treating the actual root cause of the issue.)
And then everyone can go on a spending spree, because once the virus hits their debts will all get rolled back anyway!
Why is this marked troll?
Yeah, but then you'll just have to pay the 14 cent per song fee. Unless you never plan on playing any songs...
the reason people on the net generally refuse to pay 0.99 for things (like porn sites) is not thrift, but fear. Usually, it's a scam. Pandora is not a scam, so I'll gladly pay.
Or maybe because it is available free by other means. Pandora is a little different because you can make the argument that you're paying for the recommendation service.
The way textbooks are pushing above $100, I'm not surprised. Publishers have made a mint and have tried their best to hamper the second hard market. This is a positive change.
How is this positive? With DRM now they can charge what they want, and all you get is a PDF that expires in a year, that you can't read without lugging a laptop and charger wherever you go.
Also, has anyone actually tried to read books on a computer? It's pretty painful after a while.
When did eyes start processing sound as well as light?!? Or is this some sort of next-generation eye that will work with these glasses we won't need for the 3D laptops which don't yet exist?
I have synaesthesia, you insensitive clod!
Unless there's some evil clause in the contract prohibiting reselling, it seems like it would work.
So, there's actually no full-on windows XP installation. It's application level support that wraps XP applications so that they work with Win7. Patching, antivirus, etc can all be handled by Windows 7.
Seriously, this sounds a lot better than XP's lame "compatibility mode" for Windows 98 and older that never seemed to work anyway.