1. You've got it wrong. If defence is 25%, "social programs" are likely the other 75%. Actually, defence is there to protect the general welfare of citizens as well, so lets count it as a "social program." So 100% of the budget is spent on social programs. (Congressional salaries is a form of welfare IMO, so count them too!)
2. Either the constitution has changed since the last time you checked (entirely possible given recent fluxes in the spacetime continuum) or you didn't read the exact sentance which also allows for defence. http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html for reference: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States;"
My guess is that it changed since last you read it.
He gets it but just has a bit of a typo. If you read the rest of that paragraph it's obvious he meant "You mix red light and green light, you get what appears to be yellow light."
I say this because he later remarks on: -"You may think you're seeing yellow light, but the fact is that you are seeing independent red and green light, and your brain is converting that information into the appearance of yellow" -pointing a "yellow" LED at "yellow" paint (black!!) -pointing an "orange" LED at "orange" paint made by mixing yellow and red paints (red!!) etc
My Nokia 6120 classic: -allows me to install java apps -allows me to install native symbian apps -is fully supported by nokia -was free on a $30 phone plan (very cheap to pick up too)
A few points: -The DVD player I bought in 1999 had component video output and optical/co-ax surround output -Dolby Digital surround was part of the ORIGINAL spec for DVD -I bought a reciever too early. It supported DD but not DTS. Saving Private Ryan only had surround for DTS, the DD track was stereo. I was angry. -New profile Blu-Ray players will NOT be $200 at christmas. What makes you think this?
I have a nokia 6120 classic with: -Jabber app (talking to google talk account) -GMAIL checker -skype -SIP voip client -Built in browser -Downloaded opera mini browser -Google Maps (with 3.5g auto-locate function, tells your location within 1km or so)
All run on HSPDA (3.5g) and fall back to 3g and EDGE as full data apps. Neither Nokia nor my carrier restrict me from running anything the fuck I want on my phone.
This is an openGL test. Nvidia's linux drivers for openGL have been really fast for a long time now. In fact they've confirmed that they use the same driver code for windows and linux, just with a different API exposed.
What you're talking about is that the video acceleration APIs are not exposed for linux (purevideo). This is still the case, and annoying.
Finally you can record overlapping shows on one tuner! Example: You are paranoid of slight time changes, and record ALL shows with 5 minutes pre and post buffer. In the.20 and below this would use two tuners if you wanted 7:30-8pm and 8-8:30pm. Now it is smart enough to pull two streams off the multiplex.
It will also let you (if you're in australia) record ABC1 and ABC2 off the same tuner at the same time!
Current methods do not scale parallel. SLI does not give you 2x the resolution at the same framerate, or double the framerate at the same resolution. Same for any sort of quad SLI solution (two dual chip gfx cards, etc).
Ray tracing scales almost perfectly. The same processor with 4 cores will perform about 3.9x as well (pushed pixles per second, so either higher FPS or higher resolution, or a mix) as one with 1 core. This is why intel is pushing this.
Raytracing scales EXACTLY linearly with resolution. 720x480 is not an acceptable resolution for PC games.
They have a version of quake4 that can hit 100FPS at 1080p resolutions (1920x1080) with 8 cores. That means a top of the line dual core machine should be able to do 720p with no real problems.
The games will come once someone makes an engine for them to be honest. It's not QUITE possible right now, but would be demo-able at the resolution you stated.
I know from looking the last 2 years that the projects for both PSI and MythTV were accepted and started but never completed to a point where the maintainers put code into the full product.
-Install.NET 3.5 (likely already installed on your windows box through windows update) -Install VS2008 Express (comes with sqlexpress, no setup necessary for it seperately) -Start programming, with intellisense help (web apps, console apps, windows apps, etc)
That's quite hard! No web server to install. No "15 different libraries all to talk to the same database". No "now install 15 different libraries, all of which take parameters in different orders and have differing semantics". Etc.
A nit: -OEM copies don't require activation -OEM copies come with all the drivers slipstreamed
So take out about 1/2 of your steps.
If you're really installing windows a lot you'd also have a rollup CD, so just 1 reboot.
Compare that to 300 megs (183 updates already!!!) of downloads for an ubuntu 7.10 install I did on Sunday, and there's no way to slipstream or download those for the other 3 computers I'm installing later...
I love ubuntu, and will continue to use it, but monthly updates to their installer CD images would be KILLER. So yes it's 7.10, but if I download it today I am current through Jan 31. If I download it in March I'm current through Feb 29. And so on.
As said in another post, I'm 29 and they are (when i've heard them demonstrated, fortunatly they're illegal here in AU) loud enough to bring me to my knees.
Would it be legal, or illegal, if I broadcast a 100+db 400hz sound 24/7 around my house or place of business? Would it be "people won't come by" or "public nuisance" ?
Damages hearing? WHO CARES!!! Just crank it louder.
I'm 29, have no criminal record (nor should I), and I can hear them (they bring me to my knees after about 30 seconds).
I've had a lenovo Z61p AND a T61p, and both of them fucked up on the live CD. Never thought of trying the alternate CD as I thought it was just for lowmem machines.
Is the beta driver in apt repository, or do you have to DIRECTLY install it? (if so, ick:( )
He used the integrated search (which is very cool BTW, you can hook it to just about ANY web service that has a documented signature, so if you want it to hook into your custom intranet CMS running PHP, just publish an interface via SOAP...) to search office online. OH NO, THE OFFICE ONLINE WEBSITE HAS PAID ADS!
What if he added google to that dropdown (it may be there by default, was on mine, but perhaps it picked up my vista search preferences?) and searched for "MLA". Would GOOGLE *GASP* have given him results that were links to commercial products?
Without checking the contents of those bytes for sanity?
Welcome to programming for professionals.
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Why is it bloat? How does it affect anything?
-it doesn't affect transit time when compressed -it minimally takes more cpu to gunzip a stream, but the same could be said of translating ANY binary format (unless you're sending direct memory dumps, which is dangerous) -it's never really in memory as the entire point is to serialize/deserialize
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XML IS: -Easily validated -Easily parsed -Easily compressed (in transit or stored) -Human readable in case of emergency -Easily extendable
The company may also own the IDEAS behind the code.
This means that someone else, on his own, COULD do this from scratch. The story poster, though, could not, as the company owns his "development" of the idea in addition to the implementation.
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1. You've got it wrong. If defence is 25%, "social programs" are likely the other 75%. Actually, defence is there to protect the general welfare of citizens as well, so lets count it as a "social program." So 100% of the budget is spent on social programs. (Congressional salaries is a form of welfare IMO, so count them too!)
2. Either the constitution has changed since the last time you checked (entirely possible given recent fluxes in the spacetime continuum) or you didn't read the exact sentance which also allows for defence. http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html for reference: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States;"
My guess is that it changed since last you read it.
He gets it but just has a bit of a typo. If you read the rest of that paragraph it's obvious he meant "You mix red light and green light, you get what appears to be yellow light."
I say this because he later remarks on:
-"You may think you're seeing yellow light, but the fact is that you are seeing independent red and green light, and your brain is converting that information into the appearance of yellow"
-pointing a "yellow" LED at "yellow" paint (black!!)
-pointing an "orange" LED at "orange" paint made by mixing yellow and red paints (red!!)
etc
Don't crucify him for just one word mixed up.
My Nokia 6120 classic:
-allows me to install java apps
-allows me to install native symbian apps
-is fully supported by nokia
-was free on a $30 phone plan (very cheap to pick up too)
A few points:
-The DVD player I bought in 1999 had component video output and optical/co-ax surround output
-Dolby Digital surround was part of the ORIGINAL spec for DVD
-I bought a reciever too early. It supported DD but not DTS. Saving Private Ryan only had surround for DTS, the DD track was stereo. I was angry.
-New profile Blu-Ray players will NOT be $200 at christmas. What makes you think this?
I have a nokia 6120 classic with:
-Jabber app (talking to google talk account)
-GMAIL checker
-skype
-SIP voip client
-Built in browser
-Downloaded opera mini browser
-Google Maps (with 3.5g auto-locate function, tells your location within 1km or so)
All run on HSPDA (3.5g) and fall back to 3g and EDGE as full data apps. Neither Nokia nor my carrier restrict me from running anything the fuck I want on my phone.
This is an openGL test. Nvidia's linux drivers for openGL have been really fast for a long time now. In fact they've confirmed that they use the same driver code for windows and linux, just with a different API exposed.
What you're talking about is that the video acceleration APIs are not exposed for linux (purevideo). This is still the case, and annoying.
Shepherd: http://svn.whuffy.com/index.fcgi/wiki
it:
-auto-updates (can be turned off)
-gets info from various services (oztivo, websites, imdb, etc)
-has not failed me yet
Finally you can record overlapping shows on one tuner! .20 and below this would use two tuners if you wanted 7:30-8pm and 8-8:30pm. Now it is smart enough to pull two streams off the multiplex.
Example: You are paranoid of slight time changes, and record ALL shows with 5 minutes pre and post buffer. In the
It will also let you (if you're in australia) record ABC1 and ABC2 off the same tuner at the same time!
Current methods do not scale parallel. SLI does not give you 2x the resolution at the same framerate, or double the framerate at the same resolution. Same for any sort of quad SLI solution (two dual chip gfx cards, etc).
Ray tracing scales almost perfectly. The same processor with 4 cores will perform about 3.9x as well (pushed pixles per second, so either higher FPS or higher resolution, or a mix) as one with 1 core. This is why intel is pushing this.
Those of us with kids are tired of tolerating people like you who think the world revolves around your ass.
Raytracing scales EXACTLY linearly with resolution. 720x480 is not an acceptable resolution for PC games.
They have a version of quake4 that can hit 100FPS at 1080p resolutions (1920x1080) with 8 cores. That means a top of the line dual core machine should be able to do 720p with no real problems.
The games will come once someone makes an engine for them to be honest. It's not QUITE possible right now, but would be demo-able at the resolution you stated.
MythTV is the only reason 3 people I personally know run linux. How is sharing files with an obsolete protocol any more worthy?
I know from looking the last 2 years that the projects for both PSI and MythTV were accepted and started but never completed to a point where the maintainers put code into the full product.
Are there ANY success stories?
-Install .NET 3.5 (likely already installed on your windows box through windows update)
-Install VS2008 Express (comes with sqlexpress, no setup necessary for it seperately)
-Start programming, with intellisense help (web apps, console apps, windows apps, etc)
That's quite hard! No web server to install. No "15 different libraries all to talk to the same database". No "now install 15 different libraries, all of which take parameters in different orders and have differing semantics". Etc.
A nit:
-OEM copies don't require activation
-OEM copies come with all the drivers slipstreamed
So take out about 1/2 of your steps.
If you're really installing windows a lot you'd also have a rollup CD, so just 1 reboot.
Compare that to 300 megs (183 updates already!!!) of downloads for an ubuntu 7.10 install I did on Sunday, and there's no way to slipstream or download those for the other 3 computers I'm installing later...
I love ubuntu, and will continue to use it, but monthly updates to their installer CD images would be KILLER. So yes it's 7.10, but if I download it today I am current through Jan 31. If I download it in March I'm current through Feb 29. And so on.
As said in another post, I'm 29 and they are (when i've heard them demonstrated, fortunatly they're illegal here in AU) loud enough to bring me to my knees.
Would it be legal, or illegal, if I broadcast a 100+db 400hz sound 24/7 around my house or place of business? Would it be "people won't come by" or "public nuisance" ?
Damages hearing? WHO CARES!!! Just crank it louder.
I'm 29, have no criminal record (nor should I), and I can hear them (they bring me to my knees after about 30 seconds).
I've had a lenovo Z61p AND a T61p, and both of them fucked up on the live CD. Never thought of trying the alternate CD as I thought it was just for lowmem machines.
:( )
Is the beta driver in apt repository, or do you have to DIRECTLY install it? (if so, ick
He used the integrated search (which is very cool BTW, you can hook it to just about ANY web service that has a documented signature, so if you want it to hook into your custom intranet CMS running PHP, just publish an interface via SOAP...) to search office online. OH NO, THE OFFICE ONLINE WEBSITE HAS PAID ADS!
What if he added google to that dropdown (it may be there by default, was on mine, but perhaps it picked up my vista search preferences?) and searched for "MLA". Would GOOGLE *GASP* have given him results that were links to commercial products?
Without checking the contents of those bytes for sanity?
Welcome to programming for professionals.
Why is it bloat? How does it affect anything?
-it doesn't affect transit time when compressed
-it minimally takes more cpu to gunzip a stream, but the same could be said of translating ANY binary format (unless you're sending direct memory dumps, which is dangerous)
-it's never really in memory as the entire point is to serialize/deserialize
XML IS:
-Easily validated
-Easily parsed
-Easily compressed (in transit or stored)
-Human readable in case of emergency
-Easily extendable
I'm not talking about copyright, I'm talking about terms of employment.
The company may also own the IDEAS behind the code.
This means that someone else, on his own, COULD do this from scratch. The story poster, though, could not, as the company owns his "development" of the idea in addition to the implementation.
Why would you want to use a superlight notebook for video capture, though?
A thickpad desktop replacement, sure.