"In contrast, the TM5400 can adjust its power consumption without turning itself off - instead, it can adjust its clock frequency on the fly. It does so extremely quickly, and without requiring an operating system reboot or other slow and involved OS or BIOS operation. As a result, software can continuously monitor the demands on the processor and dynamically pick just the right clock speed (and hence power consumption) needed to run the application - no more and no less - so no power is wasted. Since the switching happens so quickly, it is not noticeable to the user."
It's not just that it can down into Energy Save Mode, but that it can dynamically chagnge the processor speed (and thus voltage) to meet the demands of the applications. It uses the minimum amount of power needed to get the job done. That and the fact that it is freakin small( ~1cm X ~1cm) and freakin fast (supposedly) that keeps me interested in the company.
No, it was screw-up. Someone assumed that b/c the patent listing was on patents.ibm.com or something like that that IBM filed the patent when Cisco really did. Another case of:
(1) (post | submit) the story. (2) verify the story.
Yeah, I wasn't quite sure. Oh well, at least one good thing came out of my not-such-a-good-idea-in-hindsight post: I now know the proper names for 2^50, 2^60, 2^70, and 2^80 bytes. More useless trivia, Woo-Hoo.
A bit is a zero or a one
A byte is 8 bits
A kilobyte is 1024 bytes
A Megabyte is 1024 kilobytes
A Gigabyte is 1024 Megabytes
A Terrabyte is 1024 Gigabytes
(I apolgize if I didn't get the capitalization or spelling correct. Anyone know what comes after Terrabyte?)
In other news today, Apple Computer Corporation acted on its "Think Different"(tm) marketing campaign by attacking Apple rumor web sites. Most people believe that you should support your supporters, but Apple thinks differently (tm). "We think that by threating to file lawsuits against and withdraw ad revenue from rumor sites we will build support for our products." said one Apple executive. "It's simple really, rumor sites are bad because although they build excitement about our products, it makes our big official announcements seem like old news and we don't like that. We aren't getting all the attention that we want. Even though we might make some people upset with our strong arm tactics, they will continue to be loyal to our fruity products. Our computers come in "grape," what's not to like about that?"
For any of you thinking about trying to crack SMDI, keep in mind that by removing the watermark, you are guaranteed squat. The page says "you may earn up to $10,000" (emphasis mine).
The $10,000 figure is just there to draw attention to the sham. I don't think they are legally required to give _any_ money away.
They probably will, but only fo rthe PR value of it. It probably won't go to the first person to crack it, or the person who had the best crack, but the person they like best.
you still have to use a Mac to use the AirPort base station
If the AirPort is truely IEEE 802.11 compliant (as it claims), you should be able to use _any_ vendor's 802.11 compliant hardware with it. And other vendors support other hardware and operating systems.
And, as always, Microsoft has made the call to sacrifice security and privacy for functionality.
From a _technological_ standpoint, this sucks.
But from a _business_ standpoint, is this really all that bad? Most computer users look for the functionality when they buy products, because that is what they understand. Buying a product that is easy to use and astetically pleasing (or at least the packaging says so) makes them feel good about buying it and more likely to buy from the same vendor in the future. From a business standpoint, it is not so much "functionality vs. security" but "what the broadest user base wants vs. what the broadest user base doesn't understand." Microsoft is giving the customer what most of the customers want.
As far as the instability issue is concerned, this same broadest user base blames the software instability on the hardware and assumes such issues are pretty standard. They are't at all surprised when software crashes, because their "computer" crashes frequently as well. Think about it, how many times have you heard (or said): "My computer crashed" when it should have been "Windows crashed?" When something works right: "Windows is Great!!" When something doesn't: "My computer is having problems!"
Even Bill will feel the pinch of lawsuits like this in every state.
True, _if_ lawsuits like this are allowed in every state. From the CNETarticle on the same story
Courts in Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island and Texas have dismissed similar class-action lawsuits on grounds that laws in those states don't allow them.
First, shalt thou take out the holy pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shall count and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shall thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then procede to three. Five is right out.
I agree. I know they have to protect their brand names and such, but isn't that a little much. They should have added:
... and all capital letters shall be typed by depressing the left shift key for letters typed with the right hand and the right shift key for letters typed with the left hand. Using the Caps Lock key is strictly forbidden, and constitutes improper use of trademarks and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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99% of the species that ever lived went extinct before humans even existed
That _is_ an interesting statistic. Is there any proof for it?
The first link is a "sponsored link" and it is even labeled as such. It also looks different: in a blue tinted box. Try searching for cars. The sponsored link is for autoweb.com (at least when I looked at it) so at least the advertising is relevant.
Not only "works like Windows" but also "has personal information manager that looks like Outlook" -- and the whole *cough*FREE*cough* thing adds to the attractiveness of it all.
Or the DVD (Forum | Consortium). The site mentioned that in order to play DVD movies, Nintendo would have to give them $20 for every unit sold -- too much for Nintendo.
Huh? I think you were confused:
He wanted to be employed by a company as a computer _historian_
not
_hysterically_ (as in panicked) employed by a computer company.
If I understand correctly, if toysmart does sell their customer information they will have broken quite a few contracts: The one with TRUSTe and the ones between the customers and toysmart. I don't know all the legal details about the situation, but I would think that the threat of a lawsuit could put pressure on toysmart to not sell the info. Could anyone with more laywerly knowledge shed some light on this?
Microsoft will leverage Linux as an entry point to Windows.
The only way this will work as an entry point _to_ windows is if the Linux versions work like crap.
Linux user w/ microsoft app installed on phone with tech support:
Tech: What seems to be the problem? Linux user: When I click the mouse, the app crashes Tech: That's a known bug. You'll have to upgrade the OS to windows. It runs fine on windows...
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From Crusoe LongRun Technology page:
"In contrast, the TM5400 can adjust its power consumption without turning itself off - instead, it can adjust its clock frequency on the fly. It does so extremely quickly, and without requiring an operating system reboot or other slow and involved OS or BIOS operation. As a result, software can continuously monitor the demands on the processor and dynamically pick just the right clock speed (and hence power consumption) needed to run the application - no more and no less - so no power is wasted. Since the switching happens so quickly, it is not noticeable to the user."
It's not just that it can down into Energy Save Mode, but that it can dynamically chagnge the processor speed (and thus voltage) to meet the demands of the applications. It uses the minimum amount of power needed to get the job done. That and the fact that it is freakin small( ~1cm X ~1cm) and freakin fast (supposedly) that keeps me interested in the company.
According to the article, with I-Mode "the user only pays for the data that he retrieves and not for the time that he/she is on the Net."
It sounds like I-Mode is still pay-per-access, it is just based on data not time. I'm not sure where the "pre-determined price per month" comes in.
No, it was screw-up. Someone assumed that b/c the patent listing was on patents.ibm.com or something like that that IBM filed the patent when Cisco really did. Another case of:
(1) (post | submit) the story.
(2) verify the story.
Yeah, I wasn't quite sure. Oh well, at least one good thing came out of my not-such-a-good-idea-in-hindsight post: I now know the proper names for 2^50, 2^60, 2^70, and 2^80 bytes. More useless trivia, Woo-Hoo.
OK, I'll bite:
A bit is a zero or a one
A byte is 8 bits
A kilobyte is 1024 bytes
A Megabyte is 1024 kilobytes
A Gigabyte is 1024 Megabytes
A Terrabyte is 1024 Gigabytes
(I apolgize if I didn't get the capitalization or spelling correct. Anyone know what comes after Terrabyte?)
A possible explanation:
In other news today, Apple Computer Corporation acted on its "Think Different"(tm) marketing campaign by attacking Apple rumor web sites. Most people believe that you should support your supporters, but Apple thinks differently (tm). "We think that by threating to file lawsuits against and withdraw ad revenue from rumor sites we will build support for our products." said one Apple executive. "It's simple really, rumor sites are bad because although they build excitement about our products, it makes our big official announcements seem like old news and we don't like that. We aren't getting all the attention that we want. Even though we might make some people upset with our strong arm tactics, they will continue to be loyal to our fruity products. Our computers come in "grape," what's not to like about that?"
For any of you thinking about trying to crack SMDI, keep in mind that by removing the watermark, you are guaranteed squat. The page says "you may earn up to $10,000" (emphasis mine).
The $10,000 figure is just there to draw attention to the sham. I don't think they are legally required to give _any_ money away.
They probably will, but only fo rthe PR value of it. It probably won't go to the first person to crack it, or the person who had the best crack, but the person they like best.
Just something to think about.
I laughed when I read your post. Not because the idea of using the postal service is stupid, but because of your typo:
...
I've emailed electronics to Eastern Europe with no problems
What email client do you use? Mine only lets me attach files...
you still have to use a Mac to use the AirPort base station
If the AirPort is truely IEEE 802.11 compliant (as it claims), you should be able to use _any_ vendor's 802.11 compliant hardware with it. And other vendors support other hardware and operating systems.
For you Linux types: Enterasys' wireless offerings include linux drivers
And, as always, Microsoft has made the call to sacrifice security and privacy for functionality.
From a _technological_ standpoint, this sucks. But from a _business_ standpoint, is this really all that bad? Most computer users look for the functionality when they buy products, because that is what they understand. Buying a product that is easy to use and astetically pleasing (or at least the packaging says so) makes them feel good about buying it and more likely to buy from the same vendor in the future. From a business standpoint, it is not so much "functionality vs. security" but "what the broadest user base wants vs. what the broadest user base doesn't understand." Microsoft is giving the customer what most of the customers want.
As far as the instability issue is concerned, this same broadest user base blames the software instability on the hardware and assumes such issues are pretty standard. They are't at all surprised when software crashes, because their "computer" crashes frequently as well. Think about it, how many times have you heard (or said): "My computer crashed" when it should have been "Windows crashed?" When something works right: "Windows is Great!!" When something doesn't: "My computer is having problems!"
Even Bill will feel the pinch of lawsuits like this in every state.
True, _if_ lawsuits like this are allowed in every state. From the CNET article on the same story
Courts in Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island and Texas have dismissed similar class-action lawsuits on grounds that laws in those states don't allow them.
I was thinking of that too. Actually it's:
First, shalt thou take out the holy pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shall count and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shall thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then procede to three. Five is right out.
I agree. I know they have to protect their brand names and such, but isn't that a little much. They should have added:
... and all capital letters shall be typed by depressing the left shift key for letters typed with the right hand and the right shift key for letters typed with the left hand. Using the Caps Lock key is strictly forbidden, and constitutes improper use of trademarks and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
99% of the species that ever lived went extinct before humans even existed
That _is_ an interesting statistic. Is there any proof for it?
The first link is a "sponsored link" and it is even labeled as such. It also looks different: in a blue tinted box. Try searching for cars. The sponsored link is for autoweb.com (at least when I looked at it) so at least the advertising is relevant.
a 1 followed by a hundred zeros is a google.
a 1 followed by a google zeros is a googleplex.
Other usages? How about a Halloween "costume?"
Not only "works like Windows" but also "has personal information manager that looks like Outlook" -- and the whole *cough*FREE*cough* thing adds to the attractiveness of it all.
Can mass corporate acceptance be far behind?
A point
no built in modem/ethernet card for on-line play
From the FAQ: "Will the Cube have a modem? Yes."
The FAQ, also gives hardware comparisons between the n^3, PlayStation, PlayStation2, X-Box, and Dreamcast. For what is known about the n^3 it meets or beats all the other game consoles. Of course, until reviewers get their hands on some, we won't know for sure.
Nintendo afraid of MPAA perhaps?
Or the DVD (Forum | Consortium). The site mentioned that in order to play DVD movies, Nintendo would have to give them $20 for every unit sold -- too much for Nintendo.
Huh? I think you were confused:
He wanted to be employed by a company as a computer _historian_
not
_hysterically_ (as in panicked) employed by a computer company.
netware complatible OS
Not to be picky, but what exactly does complatible mean? Is this a new word, or a typo?
If I understand correctly, if toysmart does sell their customer information they will have broken quite a few contracts: The one with TRUSTe and the ones between the customers and toysmart. I don't know all the legal details about the situation, but I would think that the threat of a lawsuit could put pressure on toysmart to not sell the info. Could anyone with more laywerly knowledge shed some light on this?
That's some pretty sweet technology, the ion thrusters, the navigation agent, etc...
Now if only NASA could design an IA to land a probe on mars...
Disclaimer: this post was intended to be funny. If you did not find it so, please have your funnybone checked by your local health care professional.
Microsoft will leverage Linux as an entry point to Windows.
The only way this will work as an entry point _to_ windows is if the Linux versions work like crap.
Linux user w/ microsoft app installed on phone with tech support:
Tech: What seems to be the problem?
Linux user: When I click the mouse, the app crashes
Tech: That's a known bug. You'll have to upgrade the OS to windows. It runs fine on windows...