The future lies in directly programming the hardware with a classical programming language, building your own renderers in software, hopefully not limited by outdated polygon technology.
But for science, for basic infrastructure, for human rights, lower-than-upper-class living standards, for helping the bulk of the American people - progress on those fronts is now dead for a generation, given away by the democratic party that used to stand for them.
Isn't the USA one of the countries that spend the most money in scientific research? In any case, the difference in funding between what I've seen in the US and what I've seen in Europe is impressive.
(that time, I'm sure I get back to kernel 2.6 with Firefox 3.6 and Gnome 2)
Surely you meant kernel 2.6.38, Gnome 2.32, and Firefox 2.0. It's somehow strange you have to go that far back to get a decent Firefox version on Linux.
Making profit jailbreaking other people's PS3 is not illegal at all, unless Sony has managed to corrupt laws so much that you're not allowed to modify hardware that you own.
It is indeed very profitable, you just have to find how to do it on the web.
HFT is somewhat illegal, since it could be considered insider trading, since you have time to process information before it becomes available to other people thanks to a faster network infrastructure.
Please explain to me the specific problems with Linux audio and the ways that PulseAudio addresses them. I am hoping someone will respond to that, but if no one does I will definitely understand it is not a coincidence if no one can back up your assertion.
The point of pulseaudio is to allow, at any time, to control the mixer extensively from userland. You can see all applications currently accessing your devices and how, mute a particular one, change its volume, or even change the device it outputs to; all of which transparently while the application is running and without affecting any of the other applications accessing the same sound device.
ALSA + dmix doesn't give you that flexibility. It only allows to create a device that supports mixing, and when an application uses ALSA it is in charge of choosing the device to output to. You cannot change how that mixing is being done transparently while all the various applications are outputting sound.
That information is pretty much common knowledge. Even Wikipedia clearly states this.
That kind of thing would require being able to harness serious computing power from within a web browser. Web browsers are already struggling not to fall over, consume all of your RAM and crash your GPU doing nothing at all.
Performing some computation while loading Wikipedia pages would need to be done with Javascript, which is arguably one of the slowest programming languages ever. Even the latest JIT can barely make it play mp3 in real-time using the latest high-end PC. That computation would need to be intensive enough so as to justify the costs of sending/retrieving the data.
It's just not going to work, and even if it could work, it wouldn't be practical. If I want to access information, I want to access it as fast as possible, not making my computer sluggish (which a lot of Javascript and/or Flash seems to do for unknown reasons) with some computation. I would end up just filtering it like I filter advertisements.
Studies are a waste of time. That time is better spent getting work experience.
Now, for most jobs, degrees are pretty much a requirement. But in computer software, you could maybe show off some software you've made to compensate. If you really want to do, you can probably work and get a degree at the same time (just go to the exams without attending any of the classes). I got my Master's degree this way, so it's doable.
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Ever heard of engines and other middleware?
But DirectX is no better.
The future lies in directly programming the hardware with a classical programming language, building your own renderers in software, hopefully not limited by outdated polygon technology.
Isn't the USA one of the countries that spend the most money in scientific research?
In any case, the difference in funding between what I've seen in the US and what I've seen in Europe is impressive.
Maybe it's an old version of Firefox, from before it became crap.
I'd say Apple is more common than Scrolls, yet you know you can't use it.
Less people master it, therefore it is more rewarding, both intellectually and financially.
Would you rather be a replaceable coding monkey, doing what anyone else could do, or be an expert software architect that your company relies on?
Game development is where you see the worse code ever.
Surely you meant kernel 2.6.38, Gnome 2.32, and Firefox 2.0.
It's somehow strange you have to go that far back to get a decent Firefox version on Linux.
Making profit jailbreaking other people's PS3 is not illegal at all, unless Sony has managed to corrupt laws so much that you're not allowed to modify hardware that you own.
It is indeed very profitable, you just have to find how to do it on the web.
Intel had its own similar project for a while, but they cancelled it.
It's called a spatial index.
It's pretty basic computational geometry stuff.
... is the only reason Windows XP is receding.
People that choose what OS to install either install Linux or Windows XP.
HFT is somewhat illegal, since it could be considered insider trading, since you have time to process information before it becomes available to other people thanks to a faster network infrastructure.
For HFT, I get proposals of 200k+ salaries all the time, and not fixed contracts.
Your recruiter wasn't very good.
I take it you also can't tell the difference between different type of grapes, yet most people can.
There is a lot of variety in red wine around the world, and even within a single region you can see a lot of differences.
Sure, do you want my contact info to get into the firearms black market as well?
It's illegal, so of course this happening as described in your link is fake.
But there is really a black market for this.
Or just eaten.
There is actually a market for this in China.
So the weight on the legs didn't matter.
I think the word you're looking for is "steals", not "borrows".
The point of pulseaudio is to allow, at any time, to control the mixer extensively from userland.
You can see all applications currently accessing your devices and how, mute a particular one, change its volume, or even change the device it outputs to; all of which transparently while the application is running and without affecting any of the other applications accessing the same sound device.
ALSA + dmix doesn't give you that flexibility. It only allows to create a device that supports mixing, and when an application uses ALSA it is in charge of choosing the device to output to. You cannot change how that mixing is being done transparently while all the various applications are outputting sound.
That information is pretty much common knowledge. Even Wikipedia clearly states this.
How is stalking underage girls any better than stalking people in general?
Google DNS is quite easier to remember
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Let us be serious for a minute.
That kind of thing would require being able to harness serious computing power from within a web browser.
Web browsers are already struggling not to fall over, consume all of your RAM and crash your GPU doing nothing at all.
Performing some computation while loading Wikipedia pages would need to be done with Javascript, which is arguably one of the slowest programming languages ever. Even the latest JIT can barely make it play mp3 in real-time using the latest high-end PC.
That computation would need to be intensive enough so as to justify the costs of sending/retrieving the data.
It's just not going to work, and even if it could work, it wouldn't be practical. If I want to access information, I want to access it as fast as possible, not making my computer sluggish (which a lot of Javascript and/or Flash seems to do for unknown reasons) with some computation. I would end up just filtering it like I filter advertisements.
Studies are a waste of time.
That time is better spent getting work experience.
Now, for most jobs, degrees are pretty much a requirement. But in computer software, you could maybe show off some software you've made to compensate.
If you really want to do, you can probably work and get a degree at the same time (just go to the exams without attending any of the classes). I got my Master's degree this way, so it's doable.