Agreed, I got 225K miles and 15 years out of my SL1 before I gave it up. I probably could still be driving it today if I would have sunk some cash into fixing some of the things that had started going wrong with it. I figured after 15 years it had done its duty and it was ok to splurge on a new car. Plus I wanted a radio with a CD player in it.
Android screens are rendered widget by widget, pixel by pixel for every screen modification (scroll, zoom, item state changed, etc.) and that means a lot of work is being done for every frame. This is a legacy of the original spec not requiring a dedicated gpu. Modern devices are getting them but the acceleration is sort of hacked into that gpuless model. iOS on the other hand didn't start with such a limiting assumption and paints everything to an open gl surface with a fixed camera. Most screen modifications like scroll and zoom are just basic gl transformations that don't require a re-rendering event. That's why it looks so smooth.
As far as I am aware, win32 which much of the.Net sdk is a thin shim over, is not going to be ported to ARM. The only part of windows that is going to be on the tablets is the new WinRT..Net programs that use WinRT or don't depend on any part of the sdk that depends on win32 will work across both but that won't be as large of a number as you might think.
That's partially true. In fact you can write JS style coffeescript and the js output of the compiler is just about as long as cs input. However coffeescript adds some nice syntax sugar that can translate into more complicated javascript. List comprehensions is a good example of this. The generated code isn't very complex and you could write it yourself with a little bit of effort but you don't have to. That's the main selling point of coffeescript. It takes a simpler syntax and translates it to the code you would have written yourself (if you are of any decent skill level). What it does not do abstract you away from all of the odd parts of javascript like 'this' being context based. It does help some like taking away the ability to use == and forcing everything to be ===. If you're going to do a lot of javascript I would still recommend doing it in coffeescript. If you get tired of coffeescript mid way through just switch over to using the last bit of compiled output and go from there.
The Touchpad won't. The card ui is nice but I haven't found much else innovative about it so far. HP failed to generate hype around it, they failed to generate much of dev community and they failed to put out hardware as good as the ipad and priced it at the same amount. At $200 dollars less than the ipad it would have been a compelling proposition because I could take the money and pop it into apps and accessories.
H2O is regulated. The government sets standards for its purity levels somewhat based on scientific studies. They set regulations on things like just how much arsenic in the water is safe to drink. I'm rather glad they don't take a Libertarian/Tea Party stance and leave it up to industry/big business to decide that for me. I for one am happy that for the most part I don't have to worry about my kids drinking tap water.
My friend bought the 17 inch model back then and ended up returning it because of that issue. I think it was resolved on those models but I'm not sure. He and I both bought the April model and are enjoying them. The two of us had previously had the original core duo (not core 2) version so the upgrade has been worth it. I recently put in 8 gigs of ram (much cheaper after market) and the thing flies even while running a couple vms. The only things I don't like is that I opted for the 7200 RPM drive which seems to eat the battery. The other thing is that the dumbest programs will kick the nvidia chipset on while on battery causing battery life to dwindle even faster. Why does Evernote need high end rendering?
Just curious, if Ruby is fading what do you see taking its place? My opinion is that it is just coming into its own. YARV and other proper vms are maturing at a rapid rate and Rails 3 seems to be a pretty nice framework. The testability with Cucumber and/or the other types of frameworks is beyond most anything I've seen lately. This is all coming from one who has been exploring Ruby and Rails for the last couple months.
How well does it work under virtualization? I've tried it in the past with various versions of virtual box and didn't have a lot of success. I know part of it was due to vbox not being complete enough but that was because DragonFly was using some older not well supported "chips".
There is one episode that is worth something. It was an episode where Starbuck is stranded on a desolate planet with a Cylon. It is a total rip off of Enemy Mine but it is worth watching. Note that this is Starbuck's only appearance in the new series. Most of the original cast did not appear in the second series.
I tried Coccinella out recently and hated it. It felt primitive, offered little customization and would pop up strange error messages every so often. The whiteboard feature was cool though. I wish more clients had that.
Not so much a browser but a runtime that allows you to create desktop applications using browser technologies. You wouldn't open the runtime and browse from site to site. An individual site might provide a desktop application that interacts with their own back end but also allows you to access your desktop resources better. Yes you do have to trust the publisher a lot more than when you surf to that same publisher's web site. You are after all downloading an actual program. As for the usefulness of it? I'm not totally sold yet.
The AIR stack is essentially composed of two parallel environments. One being an embedded web browser (webkit) with javascript (ECMAScript3) bindings into the runtime. The other side is an embedded Flash 9 player with access to all that Flash offers as well as the additional AIR libraries such as sqlite. I believe FlexBuilder allows you to develop either one though I have only used it to do a Flash based AIR app.
I think that it all goes back to word of mouth. If a customer has a bad experience somewhere they are likely to tell at least 4 of their friends and those friends might relate it to some more people. There is probably a reverse when it comes to dating sites. One common question to ask a couple is how they met. If the couple actually gets married then at the very least the number of people that will know are the bridal party. More likely a good percentage of the wedding guests will know as well. Its viral marketing that keeps on paying dividends. "Oh you're lonely and can't find a girlfriend? I met my wife on somedatingsite.com." Not only that but the supply of singles is an ever renewing resource.
Get over it. GWB is not perfect, but he does a damn good job. If he didn't, he wouldn't be so widely loved. You can respectfully disagree, but try to maintain some civility here instead of suggesting we all just avoid GWB as if he's some kind of curse. There isn't a tool in the world that doesn't have his flaws.
I've been praising GWB for eight years and there hasn't been a day where I wished I had chosen another president. Sure, I wish the economy of eight years ago was available today, but I can't complain with what is available now. Just a parody. I'm not trying to turn this thread political. Laugh or don't laugh then move on.
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Agreed, I got 225K miles and 15 years out of my SL1 before I gave it up. I probably could still be driving it today if I would have sunk some cash into fixing some of the things that had started going wrong with it. I figured after 15 years it had done its duty and it was ok to splurge on a new car. Plus I wanted a radio with a CD player in it.
Android screens are rendered widget by widget, pixel by pixel for every screen modification (scroll, zoom, item state changed, etc.) and that means a lot of work is being done for every frame. This is a legacy of the original spec not requiring a dedicated gpu. Modern devices are getting them but the acceleration is sort of hacked into that gpuless model. iOS on the other hand didn't start with such a limiting assumption and paints everything to an open gl surface with a fixed camera. Most screen modifications like scroll and zoom are just basic gl transformations that don't require a re-rendering event. That's why it looks so smooth.
As far as I am aware, win32 which much of the .Net sdk is a thin shim over, is not going to be ported to ARM. The only part of windows that is going to be on the tablets is the new WinRT. .Net programs that use WinRT or don't depend on any part of the sdk that depends on win32 will work across both but that won't be as large of a number as you might think.
If DART catches on I bet you'll see something like PhoneGap or Titanium eventually.
That's partially true. In fact you can write JS style coffeescript and the js output of the compiler is just about as long as cs input. However coffeescript adds some nice syntax sugar that can translate into more complicated javascript. List comprehensions is a good example of this. The generated code isn't very complex and you could write it yourself with a little bit of effort but you don't have to. That's the main selling point of coffeescript. It takes a simpler syntax and translates it to the code you would have written yourself (if you are of any decent skill level). What it does not do abstract you away from all of the odd parts of javascript like 'this' being context based. It does help some like taking away the ability to use == and forcing everything to be ===. If you're going to do a lot of javascript I would still recommend doing it in coffeescript. If you get tired of coffeescript mid way through just switch over to using the last bit of compiled output and go from there.
The Touchpad won't. The card ui is nice but I haven't found much else innovative about it so far. HP failed to generate hype around it, they failed to generate much of dev community and they failed to put out hardware as good as the ipad and priced it at the same amount. At $200 dollars less than the ipad it would have been a compelling proposition because I could take the money and pop it into apps and accessories.
H2O is regulated. The government sets standards for its purity levels somewhat based on scientific studies. They set regulations on things like just how much arsenic in the water is safe to drink. I'm rather glad they don't take a Libertarian/Tea Party stance and leave it up to industry/big business to decide that for me. I for one am happy that for the most part I don't have to worry about my kids drinking tap water.
Yeah, I didn't realize that he had stopped posting for a long time.
Oracle dropped ruby support with this release.
Yes you do. :-)
No, he asterisked out "crud".
I used it earlier this year for writing a library. While it wasn't perfect it was passable. It may have crashed a few times but I never lost my work.
My friend bought the 17 inch model back then and ended up returning it because of that issue. I think it was resolved on those models but I'm not sure. He and I both bought the April model and are enjoying them. The two of us had previously had the original core duo (not core 2) version so the upgrade has been worth it. I recently put in 8 gigs of ram (much cheaper after market) and the thing flies even while running a couple vms. The only things I don't like is that I opted for the 7200 RPM drive which seems to eat the battery. The other thing is that the dumbest programs will kick the nvidia chipset on while on battery causing battery life to dwindle even faster. Why does Evernote need high end rendering?
Just curious, if Ruby is fading what do you see taking its place? My opinion is that it is just coming into its own. YARV and other proper vms are maturing at a rapid rate and Rails 3 seems to be a pretty nice framework. The testability with Cucumber and/or the other types of frameworks is beyond most anything I've seen lately. This is all coming from one who has been exploring Ruby and Rails for the last couple months.
How well does it work under virtualization? I've tried it in the past with various versions of virtual box and didn't have a lot of success. I know part of it was due to vbox not being complete enough but that was because DragonFly was using some older not well supported "chips".
I know they strive for package stability and all but Python 2.4 was released in 2005. Can't we get something newer in there please?
Because it was a novella first in 1979.
There is one episode that is worth something. It was an episode where Starbuck is stranded on a desolate planet with a Cylon. It is a total rip off of Enemy Mine but it is worth watching. Note that this is Starbuck's only appearance in the new series. Most of the original cast did not appear in the second series.
Window key + R type calc hit enter. I use it all the time.
Also hot key apps have to have an entry somewhere in the start menu not be on the desktop. And yes this can get pretty cluttered.
I tried Coccinella out recently and hated it. It felt primitive, offered little customization and would pop up strange error messages every so often. The whiteboard feature was cool though. I wish more clients had that.
The Twitter guys will have prior art.
Not so much a browser but a runtime that allows you to create desktop applications using browser technologies. You wouldn't open the runtime and browse from site to site. An individual site might provide a desktop application that interacts with their own back end but also allows you to access your desktop resources better. Yes you do have to trust the publisher a lot more than when you surf to that same publisher's web site. You are after all downloading an actual program. As for the usefulness of it? I'm not totally sold yet.
The AIR stack is essentially composed of two parallel environments. One being an embedded web browser (webkit) with javascript (ECMAScript3) bindings into the runtime. The other side is an embedded Flash 9 player with access to all that Flash offers as well as the additional AIR libraries such as sqlite. I believe FlexBuilder allows you to develop either one though I have only used it to do a Flash based AIR app.
I think that it all goes back to word of mouth. If a customer has a bad experience somewhere they are likely to tell at least 4 of their friends and those friends might relate it to some more people. There is probably a reverse when it comes to dating sites. One common question to ask a couple is how they met. If the couple actually gets married then at the very least the number of people that will know are the bridal party. More likely a good percentage of the wedding guests will know as well. Its viral marketing that keeps on paying dividends. "Oh you're lonely and can't find a girlfriend? I met my wife on somedatingsite.com." Not only that but the supply of singles is an ever renewing resource.
I've been praising GWB for eight years and there hasn't been a day where I wished I had chosen another president. Sure, I wish the economy of eight years ago was available today, but I can't complain with what is available now. Just a parody. I'm not trying to turn this thread political. Laugh or don't laugh then move on.