The article is an "out of the box" comparison. If the PathScale compiler is so great, the application/distro developers should use it to compile their official binaries.
Also, hardware sites like Anand's seem to be too cheap to buy compilers.
VIA is based in Taiwan, but its C3 processors are designed in Austin, TX and manufactured in Taiwan and New York. I wonder how the export laws apply in cases like this.
...Blu-Ray isn't compatible with the existing DVD spec which HD-DVD is...
Actually both of them will be backwards-compatible with DVDs (simply because people will not buy anything else). Sony recently announced a drive head that can read Blu-ray, DVD, and CD.
Apple releasing an open source codec? Are you kidding? Various people are working on open source H.264 implementations, though. (Just like MP3 and MPEG-4, it's only open source in countried that don't recognize the zillions of patents that cover it.)
In my humble opinion, if they want to open Java, they should go GPL. This way, at least they know that nobody (like MS) will use the code they are opening after years of development, turn it into a proprietary, incompatible beast
It's not that easy; if Sun releases their VM under the GPL then the evildoers will simply write new VMs from scratch or adopt non-GPL VMs like ORP.
Cable boxes use a combination of wimpy general-purpose processors and hardcoded MPEG-2 decoder ASICs. Downloading new codecs just isn't feasible in that environment.
are OpenCable set-top boxes programmable? That is to say, can the cable head-end flash an OpenCable box with new firmware to add support for new codecs?
Not gonna happen, because cable boxes don't have enough processor performance to run even old codecs like MPEG-2.
Slashdot should stop promoting projects that have nothing more than a Web page.
MFS looks like it's trying to write a manual for installing Minix. That's fine, but will it really teach "operating system design concepts"? Wouldn't Tanenbaum's textbook be better for that? Linux From Scratch teaches you a lot about Linux, but it doesn't teach you how the kernel works.
What is really needed is a card you can stick in your computer that has a CableCARD slot, so it can be authorized to decrypt the digital cable channels. Anyone heard if something like this is in the works?
It is not in the works because such a card would probably be illegal (see Exhibit B).
sometimes, the overclocking is done by a middleman who re-labels chips
That was foiled years ago by multiplier locking. Frequency locking (which is the issue now) does not affect relabeling (because it doesn't happen anyway).
Satellite is totally locked down; don't even think about recording it. Cable is a little better since the FCC forced cable companies to put Firewire ports on cable boxes.
BTX isn't needed today, which is why the manufacturers are complaining. But when the processors get up into the 150W range, they may find that BTX systems are either cheaper at constant dB or quieter at constant cost.
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Bethesda is developing Fallout 3. Interplay is developing the Fallout MMORPG. Therefore, it is certain that Fallout 3 is not the Fallout MMORPG.
The article is an "out of the box" comparison. If the PathScale compiler is so great, the application/distro developers should use it to compile their official binaries.
Also, hardware sites like Anand's seem to be too cheap to buy compilers.
The Power Mac G5 is 64-bit and ships with NVIDIA cards. This would make Mac OS X the largest 64-bit operating system.
Unfortunately for you, this does not follow. OS X is a 32-bit operating system.
Jean-Baptiste.. Emanuel... XORP!
This entire article should be modded -1, redundant. Several Portable Media Center devices were shown months ago, e.g. Creative and Samsung.
VIA is based in Taiwan, but its C3 processors are designed in Austin, TX and manufactured in Taiwan and New York. I wonder how the export laws apply in cases like this.
...Blu-Ray isn't compatible with the existing DVD spec which HD-DVD is...
Actually both of them will be backwards-compatible with DVDs (simply because people will not buy anything else). Sony recently announced a drive head that can read Blu-ray, DVD, and CD.
Just ship a file server.
Check out ESM or YOID.
Apple releasing an open source codec? Are you kidding? Various people are working on open source H.264 implementations, though. (Just like MP3 and MPEG-4, it's only open source in countried that don't recognize the zillions of patents that cover it.)
In my humble opinion, if they want to open Java, they should go GPL. This way, at least they know that nobody (like MS) will use the code they are opening after years of development, turn it into a proprietary, incompatible beast
It's not that easy; if Sun releases their VM under the GPL then the evildoers will simply write new VMs from scratch or adopt non-GPL VMs like ORP.
Cable boxes use a combination of wimpy general-purpose processors and hardcoded MPEG-2 decoder ASICs. Downloading new codecs just isn't feasible in that environment.
are OpenCable set-top boxes programmable? That is to say, can the cable head-end flash an OpenCable box with new firmware to add support for new codecs?
Not gonna happen, because cable boxes don't have enough processor performance to run even old codecs like MPEG-2.
Slashdot should stop promoting projects that have nothing more than a Web page.
MFS looks like it's trying to write a manual for installing Minix. That's fine, but will it really teach "operating system design concepts"? Wouldn't Tanenbaum's textbook be better for that? Linux From Scratch teaches you a lot about Linux, but it doesn't teach you how the kernel works.
This whole thread is about HDTV; analog recording won't work for satellite HDTV.
What is really needed is a card you can stick in your computer that has a CableCARD slot, so it can be authorized to decrypt the digital cable channels. Anyone heard if something like this is in the works?
It is not in the works because such a card would probably be illegal (see Exhibit B).
sometimes, the overclocking is done by a middleman who re-labels chips
That was foiled years ago by multiplier locking. Frequency locking (which is the issue now) does not affect relabeling (because it doesn't happen anyway).
The highest digital TV resolution is 1920x1080, although it's questionable whether most current content has that much detail.
Satellite is totally locked down; don't even think about recording it. Cable is a little better since the FCC forced cable companies to put Firewire ports on cable boxes.
The reason IBM sells lower clocked processors is because the chips they use are much higher quality, with a lot of error correction built in.
No, a 970FX is a 970FX.
Informative? There is no free PSTN integration; wherever you attach to the PSTN there is a telco collecting its toll. WTF indeed.
Vonage actually believes in standards.
Compare this and this, then decide.
The VT cluster will probably never beat the EarthSim.
Considering that they're not even trying to get to #1, that's a deep observation.
BTX isn't needed today, which is why the manufacturers are complaining. But when the processors get up into the 150W range, they may find that BTX systems are either cheaper at constant dB or quieter at constant cost.