Mark Zuckerberg is correct - it's somewhat human nature for things to go that way - but there's no chance of displacing Google.
Why do I feel this way? Before buying any tech gadget, all my real life and online friends consult me. I use Google to read up on stuff, and then give them my opinion. After that they decide whether to buy the gadget. Most go out and google reviews by themselves, and some just consider my word as final.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a more personalized, humanized Web, where our network of friends, colleagues, peers, and family is our primary source of information, just as it is offline.
Already happening.:P Google just helps us get the info. Facebook?... not so much. Although if you have trouble keeping in contact with your friends, it might help with that.
Yes, this oten means investing time and money in something that has no immediate ROI. But that is the nature of the problem you are dealing with.
Not only that, but if you invest and it actually works, you get the impression you wasted money, because nothing happens.:P
It's the same thing with Global Climate Change. If we actually fight it tooth and nail, the best we can hope for is no change from the present. Hardly a reward!;)
Why thank you for that insinuation that I'm perfect!
Implying that I would catch all spelling mistakes in the Preview (if I could just find it) is quite the compliment! I'm glad to be so far above all you mere mortals.:)
This was coded in the 80's or 90's, correct? By senior engineers, at that time?
I'm pretty sure the people that really knew what the code did have long-since retired.;P
As Java, it's at least a tad more maintainable. They can hire new coders to map out the functionality, and then eventually create a new version from scratch.
And in the meantime, it'll run on and take advantage of new servers.
I don't advocate Java for a lot, but I must say it's one of the best options for webserver craps.
The JIT code is actually pretty fast. (especially when Hotspot is running in -server mode, which does some impressive optimization)
It just consumes way too much memory, and starts damn slow. (though still faster than C#, in my experience)
A couple times now I've taken base classes and rewritten them in Java to speed them up. ArrayList? Much too slow for my needs, even with a wrapper class ensurance it allocates in large enough chunks. By rewriting it in Java using Object arrays, I saw 60-100% speedups in the get/add methods, translating into roughly a ~2-4% speedup. (mileage may vary depending on workload)
It was about 20000% faster than a default ArrayList - mind you, by default those things allocate in 6-index chunks, so every 6 objects you add it copies the whole ArrayList to a new one, with 6 more spots available. @_@
There's a reason Java got the sluggish reputation, but it's not because the JIT code is slow. It's because the developers can get by with less of an understanding of what goes on behind the scenes, which never turns out good...
Don't forget to factor in that electricity will likely cost twice as much in 10 years.;) It probably is a clear win for solar, but we'll find out for sure in a decade.
I found that ludicrous when I first heard about it. Seriously - a boot utility to change it?
Seagate, at least, has those little jumpers you're expected to remove. Hard to miss if you bother to read labels. Too bad their drives have sucked so bad lately. I'm on RMA #3 myself.:/
Ogg is definitely superior to those other audio codecs.
I've been playing with audio/video encoding a lot recently, at extremely low bitrates. I'm not quite ready to post my results, but here's the gist of it:
Using the Saga Frontier Intro as a baseline, with lots of tingy sounds that you'd find in a PS1 game, these had the same subjective quality:
3GPP AAC+; 28kbit (But doesn't mux properly into mp4; only mkv) CT AAC+; 36kbit (But explosions are still a little off) FAAC; ~50kbit (But explosions are still a little dull sounding; didn't improve much with higher bitrates) LAME MP3; 72kbit (sounds fine, but way too much bandwidth consumption) Ogg; 32kbit (at 28kbit explosions are a bit off, but 32kbit is fine; also only muxes into mkv. A 29kbit ogg matches a 28kbit AAC in filesize)
Take it with a grain of salt, since this is only one kind of audio. No speech, and nothing too complex. My soundcard probably also affects the subjective results of the tests - Realtek integrated HD audio.:P
The only video codecs I tested were xvid, x264, and youtube H.263. Naturally anything encoded on your own computer will be better than what Youtube manages. H.264 is a very good choice for games/screencapture, once you tweak the settings a bit. xvid(and I suspect Theora) not so much.
The article says 11% for HD-DVD. I think that's a bit high. I don't think Microsoft ever manufactured 34 million HD-DVD drives? (oh wait, forgot Canadians, Europeans, etc. - make that 50 million HD-DVD drives?)
Blu-Ray won. This is just more anti-Sony FUD. Just about every successful format is Sony-developed or Sony-backed. Naturally they'll lose on a few.
CD, DVD, BD - good SONY ideas.
UMD - bad - very proprietary and filled with DRM.
Betamax - iffy - still made them a profit after all R&D. (a "Success")
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Mark Zuckerberg is correct - it's somewhat human nature for things to go that way - but there's no chance of displacing Google.
Why do I feel this way? Before buying any tech gadget, all my real life and online friends consult me. I use Google to read up on stuff, and then give them my opinion. After that they decide whether to buy the gadget. Most go out and google reviews by themselves, and some just consider my word as final.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a more personalized, humanized Web, where our network of friends, colleagues, peers, and family is our primary source of information, just as it is offline.
Already happening. :P Google just helps us get the info. Facebook?... not so much. Although if you have trouble keeping in contact with your friends, it might help with that.
I criticized Linux's sound subsystems the other day, and got modded troll.
Then I praised the DirectSound API in another thread, and got modded troll.
Then I praised OpenAL as a solution to platform lockin, and got modded troll.
I conclude: I am a troll.
What about Cah00n4s?
Yes, this oten means investing time and money in something that has no immediate ROI. But that is the nature of the problem you are dealing with.
Not only that, but if you invest and it actually works, you get the impression you wasted money, because nothing happens. :P
It's the same thing with Global Climate Change. If we actually fight it tooth and nail, the best we can hope for is no change from the present. Hardly a reward! ;)
At least I'm not a coward!
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Hey, this guy needs an edit button too!
Yes, look at the horrible child labour going on.
Side note: RTFA. The link was right there!
Hey look, some insightful posts modded troll!
This reminds me of something... oh right, yesterday!
Tesla? What about Ford?
Both companies are probably going to produce the same number of electric cars, so what entitles them to an extra ~5.5 billion?
Why thank you for that insinuation that I'm perfect!
Implying that I would catch all spelling mistakes in the Preview (if I could just find it) is quite the compliment! I'm glad to be so far above all you mere mortals. :)
This was coded in the 80's or 90's, correct? By senior engineers, at that time?
I'm pretty sure the people that really knew what the code did have long-since retired. ;P
As Java, it's at least a tad more maintainable. They can hire new coders to map out the functionality, and then eventually create a new version from scratch.
And in the meantime, it'll run on and take advantage of new servers.
I don't advocate Java for a lot, but I must say it's one of the best options for webserver craps.
ensuring it allocates in large enough chunks.*
Yet again I have great desire for an edit button!
The JIT code is actually pretty fast. (especially when Hotspot is running in -server mode, which does some impressive optimization)
It just consumes way too much memory, and starts damn slow. (though still faster than C#, in my experience)
A couple times now I've taken base classes and rewritten them in Java to speed them up. ArrayList? Much too slow for my needs, even with a wrapper class ensurance it allocates in large enough chunks. By rewriting it in Java using Object arrays, I saw 60-100% speedups in the get/add methods, translating into roughly a ~2-4% speedup. (mileage may vary depending on workload)
It was about 20000% faster than a default ArrayList - mind you, by default those things allocate in 6-index chunks, so every 6 objects you add it copies the whole ArrayList to a new one, with 6 more spots available. @_@
There's a reason Java got the sluggish reputation, but it's not because the JIT code is slow. It's because the developers can get by with less of an understanding of what goes on behind the scenes, which never turns out good...
By my logic, "Plain old text" is what you'd use to if you wanted to tell someone <br> is the tag you use for newlines.
And when I signed up, the default was HTML formatted; entering new lines showed up fine in the Preview, but was one huge paragraph once submitted.
I was jesting - but if they companies can find an excuse to charge more, don't you think they will? ;)
Where I live it went from 0.04/kwh to 0.08/kwh. :/
I expect it to go up even more.
Oh! I remember my first post. It was all neatly formatted, and then I pressed the Submit button, and it came out as a huge wall of text.
Ahh, good times.
Don't forget to factor in that electricity will likely cost twice as much in 10 years. ;) It probably is a clear win for solar, but we'll find out for sure in a decade.
I found that ludicrous when I first heard about it. Seriously - a boot utility to change it?
Seagate, at least, has those little jumpers you're expected to remove. Hard to miss if you bother to read labels. Too bad their drives have sucked so bad lately. I'm on RMA #3 myself. :/
Anything mass-produced will drop in price - but yes, it'll still be ludicrously high.
Turbines
What can I say? I just don't find white wind turbines at all ugly. I have the same thing with Solar Panels - they look better than most roofs.
My apologies. Vorbis.
I think of ogg like I do mp3. Not "Mpeg 1 layer 3 audio", but just "mp3" or "ogg".
Ugly? Ugly? As opposed to what?
I happen to think skyscrapers are a bigger blight than a few wind turbines. Wind turbines have a certain... elegance, to them.
Ogg is definitely superior to those other audio codecs.
I've been playing with audio/video encoding a lot recently, at extremely low bitrates. I'm not quite ready to post my results, but here's the gist of it:
Using the Saga Frontier Intro as a baseline, with lots of tingy sounds that you'd find in a PS1 game, these had the same subjective quality:
3GPP AAC+; 28kbit (But doesn't mux properly into mp4; only mkv)
CT AAC+; 36kbit (But explosions are still a little off)
FAAC; ~50kbit (But explosions are still a little dull sounding; didn't improve much with higher bitrates)
LAME MP3; 72kbit (sounds fine, but way too much bandwidth consumption)
Ogg; 32kbit (at 28kbit explosions are a bit off, but 32kbit is fine; also only muxes into mkv. A 29kbit ogg matches a 28kbit AAC in filesize)
Take it with a grain of salt, since this is only one kind of audio. No speech, and nothing too complex. My soundcard probably also affects the subjective results of the tests - Realtek integrated HD audio. :P
The only video codecs I tested were xvid, x264, and youtube H.263. Naturally anything encoded on your own computer will be better than what Youtube manages. H.264 is a very good choice for games/screencapture, once you tweak the settings a bit. xvid(and I suspect Theora) not so much.
Usually they profile the windows versions, and don't profile the linux ones.
Why? No clue.
The article says 11% for HD-DVD. I think that's a bit high. I don't think Microsoft ever manufactured 34 million HD-DVD drives? (oh wait, forgot Canadians, Europeans, etc. - make that 50 million HD-DVD drives?)
Blu-Ray won. This is just more anti-Sony FUD. Just about every successful format is Sony-developed or Sony-backed. Naturally they'll lose on a few.
CD, DVD, BD - good SONY ideas.
UMD - bad - very proprietary and filled with DRM.
Betamax - iffy - still made them a profit after all R&D. (a "Success")
In which case they have no place doing such polls, since they fail at wording them properly.
Same observation here. I much prefer a more basic look and feel. Too much clutter gets in the way of what I actually want to do.