I am trying this program and at first set the fan speeds to 3000 RPM as the OP suggested. That resulted in what I consider fairly loud fan noise. So now I'm trying 2000 RPM. It is still audible compared to the near silent default at 1000 RPM. I'm not sure the noise is worth the extra cooling, as a prefer to put my notebook on a table when I use it.
I can't get through to the "Google Page Creator" to really check this out, but it sounds like a ripoff of the incredibly useful Backpack by 37signals which (surprise) uses Ajax as well (through Ruby on Rails).
Remember the limitation here is on computer monitors. I don't plan to watch Blu-Ray discs on my computer, I've got a dedicated HDTV in front of my couch for that. Most HiDef TVs (plasmas, LCD, DLP, CRT) have supported HDCP for about 2 years. So unless you have one of the early ones with only component connections, you should be fine.
I'll bet they will have amazingly similar speed and functionality. How much do you want to bet that CherryOS is ripping off PearPC source code without giving them credit?
The article says that email is the killer app, not the next killer app of the Internet. Though I guess if you only get one legitimate message every few weeks, it isn't an important communications tool to you like it is for the rest of us.
If you really care whether or not they track you, then you should read about the cookie Google sets with a unique ID number. I personally don't care, but it would be interesting to have access to such data if it exists.
Widespread awareness of Mozilla doesn't seem to be happening any time soon. Apple may have enough clout and buzz that if they released Safari on Windows, it may have more impact than Mozilla has had thus far.
I am currrently happy using Mozilla Firebird as my primary browser, but still have to use Explorer occasionally on pages that aren't standards compliant. At least with the new Google Toolbar beta, I can use Explorer when I have to and have popups blocked!
This feature is great in theory. In practice , however, it is not that useful yet since it requires prefetching hints to be coded on the current page (e.g. ) to 'read ahead' to the stuff on the next page. Since Explorer (the dominant browser) doesn't support prefetching, there are a scant number of sites that actually contain prefetching hints, rendering the feature almost useless for the time being.
I used to think $500 was a lot for an mp3 player (thinking that was the only expense because mp3's are free, right?).
Now that we are expected to pay $1 for each song, the $500 for the top of the line iPod is nothing compared to the $7500 you would have to put down just to fill the damned thing!
Seems like there's something wrong about this picture.
This service doesn't add much to what's already out there. You have to pay them $60 for the first year, just to get a subdomain listing that shows your CDs, links to your website, and lets people order your stuff. Then, if somebody does order something, you get an email and have to process the order and send it out. The only thing they do is handle the monetary transaction.
How is this any better than musicians setting up their own site and using paypal (which takes out a lower percentage for credit card charges)?
This doesn't seem like a revolution, just a way to make money off wannabe musicians that think they might sell something.
The thing that kills me is that Netflix apparently doesn't take into account the number of movies you can check out at a time (it costs more $/month to get more movies at one time). So as this clever analysis points out, if you pay more to get 5 movies at a time, then you are more likely to never get popular movies.
It seems that a better algorithm would normalize the number of movies rented in each billing cycle by the number paid to be rented at one time.
Not a new observation
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Along with the news... comes a suprising observation about the genome: We have substantially fewer genes than expected
This observation was already made a couple of years back when the first draft was published. Note the date on the second link.
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I am trying this program and at first set the fan speeds to 3000 RPM as the OP suggested. That resulted in what I consider fairly loud fan noise. So now I'm trying 2000 RPM. It is still audible compared to the near silent default at 1000 RPM. I'm not sure the noise is worth the extra cooling, as a prefer to put my notebook on a table when I use it.
I can't get through to the "Google Page Creator" to really check this out, but it sounds like a ripoff of the incredibly useful Backpack by 37signals which (surprise) uses Ajax as well (through Ruby on Rails).
Remember the limitation here is on computer monitors. I don't plan to watch Blu-Ray discs on my computer, I've got a dedicated HDTV in front of my couch for that. Most HiDef TVs (plasmas, LCD, DLP, CRT) have supported HDCP for about 2 years. So unless you have one of the early ones with only component connections, you should be fine.
I'll bet they will have amazingly similar speed and functionality. How much do you want to bet that CherryOS is ripping off PearPC source code without giving them credit?
Come on, Gbrowser? I hope they can figure out something better than that.
If coral gets slashdotted, use: http://www.scs.cs.nyu.edu.nyud.net:8090/coral/
Do we really need nine significant figures?
How about
"5.5 oz" = 156 grams
"3/4 of a pound" = 340 grams
"5.6 ounces" = 159 grams
Who wants to bet that these rumors are being pushed by the US automakers and/or oil companies. Before you know it, they will get congress involved.
Money speaks louder that votes.
The article says that email is the killer app, not the next killer app of the Internet. Though I guess if you only get one legitimate message every few weeks, it isn't an important communications tool to you like it is for the rest of us.
Not all WMA files have DRM protection.
We have 6% of the desktop market, Mercedes has 6% of the automobile market. Why aren't you predicting the end of Mercedes?
Because the largest share of any automobile maker is <30%, whereas the market share of Microsoft in the OS market is >90%.
If you really care whether or not they track you, then you should read about the cookie Google sets with a unique ID number. I personally don't care, but it would be interesting to have access to such data if it exists.
Widespread awareness of Mozilla doesn't seem to be happening any time soon. Apple may have enough clout and buzz that if they released Safari on Windows, it may have more impact than Mozilla has had thus far.
I am currrently happy using Mozilla Firebird as my primary browser, but still have to use Explorer occasionally on pages that aren't standards compliant. At least with the new Google Toolbar beta, I can use Explorer when I have to and have popups blocked!
This feature is great in theory. In practice , however, it is not that useful yet since it requires prefetching hints to be coded on the current page (e.g. ) to 'read ahead' to the stuff on the next page. Since Explorer (the dominant browser) doesn't support prefetching, there are a scant number of sites that actually contain prefetching hints, rendering the feature almost useless for the time being.
Now all we need is Safari on Windows, and we'll see if Microsoft can put up a decent fight and innovate in the browser domain again.
I used to think $500 was a lot for an mp3 player (thinking that was the only expense because mp3's are free, right?).
Now that we are expected to pay $1 for each song, the $500 for the top of the line iPod is nothing compared to the $7500 you would have to put down just to fill the damned thing!
Seems like there's something wrong about this picture.
This service doesn't add much to what's already out there. You have to pay them $60 for the first year, just to get a subdomain listing that shows your CDs, links to your website, and lets people order your stuff. Then, if somebody does order something, you get an email and have to process the order and send it out. The only thing they do is handle the monetary transaction.
How is this any better than musicians setting up their own site and using paypal (which takes out a lower percentage for credit card charges)?
This doesn't seem like a revolution, just a way to make money off wannabe musicians that think they might sell something.
The thing that kills me is that Netflix apparently doesn't take into account the number of movies you can check out at a time (it costs more $/month to get more movies at one time). So as this clever analysis points out, if you pay more to get 5 movies at a time, then you are more likely to never get popular movies.
It seems that a better algorithm would normalize the number of movies rented in each billing cycle by the number paid to be rented at one time.
Along with the news... comes a suprising observation about the genome: We have substantially fewer genes than expected
This observation was already made a couple of years back when the first draft was published. Note the date on the second link.