I wasn't following the Mac world in the Copland days, but I do believe Apple now employs Dominic Giampaolo, who implemented the Be File System of BeOS. BFS contained a lot of what Spotlight looks to be. All the basics where there, although I think Spotlight has some different implementation decisions as they didn't rewrite the file system from scratch.
I've been waiting for something like this ever since I heard they picked up Dominic. BFS was amazing. Live queries on all your data, and ever so quick. I especially liked creating virtual folders for my email -- they were just persistent queries on the file system.
The ability to record and watch a show at the same time has dramatically increased the usefulness of the PVR over the VCR to me. Combine that with the built-in TV guide and searching, and that is what made the shift for me.
Yes, the tape recorder allowed me to record shows, but it didn't dramatically shift my habits. Now, I ONLY watch shows that I record. I will set Tivo to record things that I'm interested in, and watch those. I don't worry about recording extra things, because I can easily delete them and I don't have to worry too much about running out of space (like a 6 or 8 hour tape would).
Reality shows just don't cut it for a lot of men. I am sick of hearing about them, and I would rather see higher quality fiction on television. Instead, shows like Firefly, John Doe, Mr. Sterling, and The Lyon's Den get canned. All for 'lack of ratings'... sometimes a show takes awhile to get a following, but this short-sighted nature will kill a lot of good tv.
I have Tivo, so the time a show is on doesn't really matter much to me. I get to watch the shows I'm interested in, when I want to. Unfortunatly, television schedules still work on the prime-time model, and that needs to change. If there are three shows on at the same time that I want to watch, I'll usually only pick one. If they show one in another time slot, then I can get that one as well. Fortunatly this isn't much of a problem now, as the networks are hell-bent on cramming every form of reality show into as many spots as they can.
Until then, the computer is a better use of my time anyway. Maybe the execs will get it, maybe they won't.
I'm with you. For the original "Matrix" film, the bladder pain was so extreme, I had to run out during the chase scene at the end after the subway. One of the main climax scenes has a personal connection with me as I ran out of the theatre, into the restroom, and back -- all in time to see Neo entering the room and being shot by Agent Smith.
Every time I watch that scene, I think back to my own chase scene...
"Prior art" is the mass of pre-existing knowledge that an invention must distinguish over to qualify for a patent. ... Prior art has been generically defined as "technology already available to the public," but a better definition is anything that can be cited against a patent (or patent application) to challenge the novelty or "nonobviousness" of the invention.
Anyone notice on CNN that the PM of Canada reports a lightning strike, and then Accuweather reports that there was no chance of a lightning strike within 100 miles of the Niagara Mohawk plant?
Testers were asked to rank the seven files in quality when compared to the uncompressed reference files. If they couldn't hear a difference between two formats, they were supposed to rank randomly, so that uncertainties would not lead to statistically significant changes.
You cannot ask testers to rank randomly, as humans don't produce statistically random results.
I agree. As someone who codes for a living -- in large systems, when you change one tiny piece of code in a core system, you often have no idea of the subtle changes that you may have unleashed.
DNA is our core. When we start mucking with it, the effects really can't be analyzed. Who knows what kind of functionality we are erasing/introducing.
When I read "Brave New World" in high school, I thought to myself, "Who would ever think this way?" Well, we're getting there. And we don't even understand what we are doing.
I agree. The Amiga just had the 'snappiness' that users really want out of a UI. Back in 'the day' I ran circles around my friends maxed out i386s. They had three times the clock speed and hundreds of dollars more hardward in their systems - yet mine seemed much quicker.
My first replacement for my old Amiga was a 90MHz Pentium system. I initially ran OS/2 Warp on it, but eventually migrated to Win95 for game support. It was an okay system, but didn't really impress me.
When I got my hands on BeOS, (then running a 233MHz K6), I finally found a system that really GOT multitasking - at least from a GUI perspective. That little OS really cooks. I challenge you to (even today) fire up 10-20 Quicktime moves, an OpenGL app, a MIDI player, an MP3 Player, and then just try to do file operations. Sucks doesn't it? Be really handled that well. It's very sad to seem them be a commercial failure.
Now I have a 500MHz iBook and run OS X. I like OS X, but the UI lag is really annoying. Every time I get that damn Beach Ball cursor (even when opening the damn terminal!) I just want to pull hair out.
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Oops, just checked and found Dominic's homepage. He is on the Spotlight team, and his book is now available as a PDF.
I wasn't following the Mac world in the Copland days, but I do believe Apple now employs Dominic Giampaolo, who implemented the Be File System of BeOS. BFS contained a lot of what Spotlight looks to be. All the basics where there, although I think Spotlight has some different implementation decisions as they didn't rewrite the file system from scratch.
I've been waiting for something like this ever since I heard they picked up Dominic. BFS was amazing. Live queries on all your data, and ever so quick. I especially liked creating virtual folders for my email -- they were just persistent queries on the file system.
Anyone interested should check out Dominic's book Practical File System Design with the Be File System it's a great read.
Slightly elevating a risk of prostate cancer which already has a 1 out of 6 chance doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Prostate Cancer Foundation
The ability to record and watch a show at the same time has dramatically increased the usefulness of the PVR over the VCR to me. Combine that with the built-in TV guide and searching, and that is what made the shift for me.
Yes, the tape recorder allowed me to record shows, but it didn't dramatically shift my habits. Now, I ONLY watch shows that I record. I will set Tivo to record things that I'm interested in, and watch those. I don't worry about recording extra things, because I can easily delete them and I don't have to worry too much about running out of space (like a 6 or 8 hour tape would).
Reality shows just don't cut it for a lot of men. I am sick of hearing about them, and I would rather see higher quality fiction on television. Instead, shows like Firefly, John Doe, Mr. Sterling, and The Lyon's Den get canned. All for 'lack of ratings'... sometimes a show takes awhile to get a following, but this short-sighted nature will kill a lot of good tv.
I have Tivo, so the time a show is on doesn't really matter much to me. I get to watch the shows I'm interested in, when I want to. Unfortunatly, television schedules still work on the prime-time model, and that needs to change. If there are three shows on at the same time that I want to watch, I'll usually only pick one. If they show one in another time slot, then I can get that one as well. Fortunatly this isn't much of a problem now, as the networks are hell-bent on cramming every form of reality show into as many spots as they can.
Until then, the computer is a better use of my time anyway. Maybe the execs will get it, maybe they won't.
I'm with you. For the original "Matrix" film, the bladder pain was so extreme, I had to run out during the chase scene at the end after the subway. One of the main climax scenes has a personal connection with me as I ran out of the theatre, into the restroom, and back -- all in time to see Neo entering the room and being shot by Agent Smith.
Every time I watch that scene, I think back to my own chase scene...
"Prior art" is the mass of pre-existing knowledge that an invention must distinguish over to qualify for a patent.
...
Prior art has been generically defined as "technology already available to the public," but a better definition is anything that can be cited against a patent (or patent application) to challenge the novelty or "nonobviousness" of the invention.
What am I missing?
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Anyone notice on CNN that the PM of Canada reports a lightning strike, and then Accuweather reports that there was no chance of a lightning strike within 100 miles of the Niagara Mohawk plant?
Somebody has some figuring out to do...
Testers were asked to rank the seven files in quality when compared to the uncompressed reference files. If they couldn't hear a difference between two formats, they were supposed to rank randomly, so that uncertainties would not lead to statistically significant changes.
You cannot ask testers to rank randomly, as humans don't produce statistically random results.
I agree. As someone who codes for a living -- in large systems, when you change one tiny piece of code in a core system, you often have no idea of the subtle changes that you may have unleashed.
DNA is our core. When we start mucking with it, the effects really can't be analyzed. Who knows what kind of functionality we are erasing/introducing.
When I read "Brave New World" in high school, I thought to myself, "Who would ever think this way?" Well, we're getting there. And we don't even understand what we are doing.
I agree. The Amiga just had the 'snappiness' that users really want out of a UI. Back in 'the day' I ran circles around my friends maxed out i386s. They had three times the clock speed and hundreds of dollars more hardward in their systems - yet mine seemed much quicker.
My first replacement for my old Amiga was a 90MHz Pentium system. I initially ran OS/2 Warp on it, but eventually migrated to Win95 for game support. It was an okay system, but didn't really impress me.
When I got my hands on BeOS, (then running a 233MHz K6), I finally found a system that really GOT multitasking - at least from a GUI perspective. That little OS really cooks. I challenge you to (even today) fire up 10-20 Quicktime moves, an OpenGL app, a MIDI player, an MP3 Player, and then just try to do file operations. Sucks doesn't it? Be really handled that well. It's very sad to seem them be a commercial failure.
Now I have a 500MHz iBook and run OS X. I like OS X, but the UI lag is really annoying. Every time I get that damn Beach Ball cursor (even when opening the damn terminal!) I just want to pull hair out.
Well, enough of a rant for now...