I think you started to get at the real conclusion here. Just like they say in the IT security world: if your attacker has physical access, all bets are off. If there is a missile already beaming HPM at you, there could just as soon be a kinetic one behind it.
Sell them to whom exactly? You can be sure that sats designed for reconaissance aren't going to be authorized for sale outside of the United States or for anything but astronomy. DigitalGlobe/GeoEye are unlikely to be interested unless they got a hell of a deal.
Just an anecdote: I currently have a PS3 and a Hulu Plus subscription. A good number of the shows that I watch regularly are available so it's always been worth the $8/month to me in lieu of paying for cable+DVR (I have erratic work hours so a DVR would be a must).
That being said, I just got home from working a 12-hour shift and couldn't wait to collapse into the couch and watch TV... Apparently Sony released a system update today/yesterday. In order to log in to streaming video services you have to have your system up-to-date. I have been sitting here for 20 minutes now waiting on the update to download/install and it's not quite done yet. I just wanted to watch a damn TV show...
Note: this isn't an everyday occurrance and I can't remember the last time it did happen, but it is something worth taking into account when weighing your options.
I never claimed that Windows ran on all computers. Notice how I said that the market moved towards a common hardware standard. It wouldn't be unreasonable for mobile phones to do the same; they already run almost exclusively ARM CPU's.
Can someone explain to me why Microsoft isn't capitalizing on the phone market in the same way they have the PC market? Why design a phone operating system that can only be run on a small niche of devices, and can't even upgrade phones that came with WP7? Why not instead go after the entire market and design an OS that can be installed on any mobile phone of adequate specifications.
While there may be some serious difficulties to overcome in the short term, this to me seems like a very possible end-state for the industry. Just look at what happened in the (non-Apple) PC market: competing hardware+OS standards evolved into a common hardware standard and a separate OS market that Microsoft dominated.
Disclaimer: this is not necessarily an end-state that I would like to see happen, just some ponderings that I've had.
Why would you want more than 1280x720 on a mobile phone?
Yeah, and why should anybody want more than 640K for their desktop either?
In all seriousness, if support for future devices with higher-resolution screens is so ridiculous, then why design Windows Phone 8 to be capable of running on 64 cores? I don't see many 64-core phones floating around right now either.
It's the same performance as a 1.6Ghz quadcore with just air cooling
Except that it's not. For some theoretical computations that could be made perfectly parallel, this might be nearly true. However, in most cases (presently), the limiting factor in computation speed is the clock speed of an individual core.
They're effectively offering to port the software on commission. Not an ideal scenario, but the alternative is to wait around until someone with the experience and knowledge necessary is willing to do the work for free.
Can someone please explain to me why Sony doesn't do more to encourage indie games? As best I can tell, because Sony makes most of their profit from game sales, they don't want to risk allowing a new market to compete with the money-makers, which is logical.
My feeling, though, is that opening up new markets and capabilties can only increase the demand for the console, which in turn should at least balance out a theoretical loss in game sales: Nobody buys a console specifically for indie games, but for many it's definitely an influencing factor, and these additional buyers are almost certain to buy something. Indie apps hasn't exactly killed Android.
I'm glad to see the open source community actually try something different, interesting, and better.
I'll give you two of those three. GNOME 3 is certainly an interesting concept and different, but I have yet to see it justify itself as an "improvement".
Just the other day I was outside working on my car. Every time I reached for a tool, I had to sit through a brief advertisement and patent notice for the company that made it. This is getting ridiculous, I say.
When the topic was related to Facebook's storage of user information, there was all this talk about the EU's "right to be forgotten" and how Facebook was violating this "right". Apparently this protection doesn't extend to the government.
How dare those pirating alien scum view our IP without a license!
I've got it! Instead of trying to get Congress to fund "space exploration", we get them to fund "IP infringement notice deliveries to extrasolar nations".
Don't worry, I'm sure somebody from the FAA would be more than willing to testify that you aren't on their list. If I was charged with practicing law without a license, does the bar have to provide me with a full membership list?
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Also, for that matter, please learn the lesson from KDE 4.0.
Do you think it's easier to fight an elephant or a bunch of guys who are also fighting each other
Better yet: would you rather fight one elephant-sized duck or 100 duck-sized elephants?
I think you started to get at the real conclusion here. Just like they say in the IT security world: if your attacker has physical access, all bets are off. If there is a missile already beaming HPM at you, there could just as soon be a kinetic one behind it.
Nothing to see here! Just go about your lives as normal...
Still probably not as bad as Sprint/Nextel though.
Given enough eyeballs, are incoming asteroids are shallow.
Sell them to whom exactly? You can be sure that sats designed for reconaissance aren't going to be authorized for sale outside of the United States or for anything but astronomy. DigitalGlobe/GeoEye are unlikely to be interested unless they got a hell of a deal.
Just an anecdote: I currently have a PS3 and a Hulu Plus subscription. A good number of the shows that I watch regularly are available so it's always been worth the $8/month to me in lieu of paying for cable+DVR (I have erratic work hours so a DVR would be a must).
That being said, I just got home from working a 12-hour shift and couldn't wait to collapse into the couch and watch TV... Apparently Sony released a system update today/yesterday. In order to log in to streaming video services you have to have your system up-to-date. I have been sitting here for 20 minutes now waiting on the update to download/install and it's not quite done yet. I just wanted to watch a damn TV show...
Note: this isn't an everyday occurrance and I can't remember the last time it did happen, but it is something worth taking into account when weighing your options.
I never claimed that Windows ran on all computers. Notice how I said that the market moved towards a common hardware standard. It wouldn't be unreasonable for mobile phones to do the same; they already run almost exclusively ARM CPU's.
Can someone explain to me why Microsoft isn't capitalizing on the phone market in the same way they have the PC market? Why design a phone operating system that can only be run on a small niche of devices, and can't even upgrade phones that came with WP7? Why not instead go after the entire market and design an OS that can be installed on any mobile phone of adequate specifications.
While there may be some serious difficulties to overcome in the short term, this to me seems like a very possible end-state for the industry. Just look at what happened in the (non-Apple) PC market: competing hardware+OS standards evolved into a common hardware standard and a separate OS market that Microsoft dominated.
Disclaimer: this is not necessarily an end-state that I would like to see happen, just some ponderings that I've had.
Why would you want more than 1280x720 on a mobile phone?
Yeah, and why should anybody want more than 640K for their desktop either?
In all seriousness, if support for future devices with higher-resolution screens is so ridiculous, then why design Windows Phone 8 to be capable of running on 64 cores? I don't see many 64-core phones floating around right now either.
It's the same performance as a 1.6Ghz quadcore with just air cooling
Except that it's not. For some theoretical computations that could be made perfectly parallel, this might be nearly true. However, in most cases (presently), the limiting factor in computation speed is the clock speed of an individual core.
They're effectively offering to port the software on commission. Not an ideal scenario, but the alternative is to wait around until someone with the experience and knowledge necessary is willing to do the work for free.
Can someone please explain to me why Sony doesn't do more to encourage indie games? As best I can tell, because Sony makes most of their profit from game sales, they don't want to risk allowing a new market to compete with the money-makers, which is logical.
My feeling, though, is that opening up new markets and capabilties can only increase the demand for the console, which in turn should at least balance out a theoretical loss in game sales: Nobody buys a console specifically for indie games, but for many it's definitely an influencing factor, and these additional buyers are almost certain to buy something. Indie apps hasn't exactly killed Android.
I wouldn't want them if they were free ... not backlit ...
Not to be rude, but what cave are you reading magazines in that doesn't have sufficient light to read a magazine?
I believe what you mean to say is: "References, or your argument is unsupported."
Also, a 55 gallon container of fuel would be in the ballpark of about 350-400 lbs. How do you plan on transporting this home?
Reminds me of this Dilbert book I saw the other day, "It's Not Funny If I Have To Explain It".
I'm glad to see the open source community actually try something different, interesting, and better.
I'll give you two of those three. GNOME 3 is certainly an interesting concept and different, but I have yet to see it justify itself as an "improvement".
Just the other day I was outside working on my car. Every time I reached for a tool, I had to sit through a brief advertisement and patent notice for the company that made it. This is getting ridiculous, I say.
When the topic was related to Facebook's storage of user information, there was all this talk about the EU's "right to be forgotten" and how Facebook was violating this "right". Apparently this protection doesn't extend to the government.
How dare those pirating alien scum view our IP without a license!
I've got it! Instead of trying to get Congress to fund "space exploration", we get them to fund "IP infringement notice deliveries to extrasolar nations".
FeO? That stuff is ugly.
May I suggest an amendment? /*
... yeah, that's why.
Prefix the bill with:
Postfix the bill with: */
Because it looks prettier that way
Don't worry, I'm sure somebody from the FAA would be more than willing to testify that you aren't on their list. If I was charged with practicing law without a license, does the bar have to provide me with a full membership list?