This reminds me of SDI which could be a technically nice alternative to HDMI. Unfortunately,
SDI and HD-SDI are currently only available in professional video equipment; various licensing agreements, restricting the use of unencrypted digital interfaces to professional equipment, prohibit their use in consumer equipment.
I was hoping the industries would start to realize that there's no sharp line between consumers and professionals.
But as for languages, not only it is a very strong part of national identity, but it is also much more difficult to change.
Moreover, there are no 100% accurate translations between languages. There are different paradigms just like in programming languages, and all that cultural payload. However, different units of measurement are completely translatable.
Not necessarily. Using kinetic energy to overcome the electrostatic repulsion of nuclei would be hot.
Then there's also Muon catalyzed fusion. Muons are basically heavier versions of electrons, and when they replace electrons in a hydrogen molecule, the two nuclei are forced closer together for easier fusion.
Of course it drives anyone reading over my shoulder nuts....
That's some funky anatomy you've got, but then again, we all remember the South Park episode with the chin scrotum... or maybe I'm just confused by the lack of poetic indentation;)
I'm nearly 7 feet tall, so how does this affect my ideas? Can I call in a "ceiling bias" at work
On the other hand, didn't Newton say something around the lines of "If I have been able to see further, it is because I have been surrounded by midgets"?
...but that lack of Windows on the OLPC could be an issue.
Mainly because your average Joe Schmo is absolutely convinced that Windows is a program for writing letters on, or something equally stupid. The lack of interoperability with the rest of the world (however stupid the rest of the world is) puts people at a serious disadvantage.
The OLPC is an educational tool, not a stupidity maintenance tool.
Incidentally, he says he works with Doppler and ultrasound imaging, both of which are forms of medical imaging. Then again, the description brings to mind a medical physicist rather than a physician.
I was really expecting you to use the actual Playstation hardware...:( using the case to house a boring standard x86 computer is probably not what the original poster is after.
I believe that Negroponte refused, with the argument that he wanted a truly open OS. Now they've gone with windows, I think his mind must be slipping..
In the great Slashdot tradition, I didn't read the article, but I got the impression that the OLPC will still be preinstalled with the tailor-made Linux distro. The ability to install Windows or whatever OS doesn't preclude this.
Support schmupport. There are lots of things in computing that Just Work (TM) without being 'supported' officially by the manufacturer. Conversely, 'support' doesn't guarantee very much, it's just a meaningless buzzword. Then again, I41 welcome our new PWRficient overlords, especially when you can get laptops with them.
The Core is great for everything. A high end Core 2 Duo is really fast, and fairly efficient. However that's not the only place it's good. A Core Solo is downright killer for low power laptops. It's still pretty zippy on modern apps, yet uses a very minimal amount of power. And everything in-between is covered.
There's a more general point I've been thinking for a few years now. Hardware like CPUs and memory should be developed from the starting point of laptop applications, since they can be used for desktops and servers as well. There's enough computational power there, and you don't have to develop completely separate products. The Cores, being essentially dual 64-bit Pentium Ms, are a great example of this.
I was kind of hoping the gigahertz race would end so Microsoft would have to stop making each version of Windows slower than the last.
You're missing the whole point. CPU performances are increasing all the time, which allows Microsoft to continue making everything slower. However, the GHz race had little to do with performance; Intel pushed their Pentium 4 closer to 4 GHz, even if it performed slower than many competing CPUs between 2 and 3 GHz. They probably did it because most consumers would only look at raw GHz instead of performance.
Or it could be the lack of desire to stare at a lightbulb...
This is one of my pet peeves in web design... the idea that black-on-white would be great for screens since it works so well with paper. There are much more comfortable color schemes for reading text on LCD/CRT, though none quite as good as paper.
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Wink wink nudge nudge say no more!
This reminds me of SDI which could be a technically nice alternative to HDMI. Unfortunately,
SDI and HD-SDI are currently only available in professional video equipment; various licensing agreements, restricting the use of unencrypted digital interfaces to professional equipment, prohibit their use in consumer equipment.I was hoping the industries would start to realize that there's no sharp line between consumers and professionals.
And lossless compression like flac makes even more sense.
Moreover, there are no 100% accurate translations between languages. There are different paradigms just like in programming languages, and all that cultural payload. However, different units of measurement are completely translatable.
Then there's also Muon catalyzed fusion. Muons are basically heavier versions of electrons, and when they replace electrons in a hydrogen molecule, the two nuclei are forced closer together for easier fusion.
That's some funky anatomy you've got, but then again, we all remember the South Park episode with the chin scrotum... or maybe I'm just confused by the lack of poetic indentation ;)
On the other hand, didn't Newton say something around the lines of "If I have been able to see further, it is because I have been surrounded by midgets"?
Finally, an article where you can use the real meaning of 'bandwidth'!
In 6 MHz [of bandwidth] you can get about 39 Mbps [of channel capacity].Mainly because your average Joe Schmo is absolutely convinced that Windows is a program for writing letters on, or something equally stupid. The lack of interoperability with the rest of the world (however stupid the rest of the world is) puts people at a serious disadvantage.
The OLPC is an educational tool, not a stupidity maintenance tool.
I think varnish has a lot to do with violas ;)
But I thought tags are not comments... ;)
Incidentally, he says he works with Doppler and ultrasound imaging, both of which are forms of medical imaging. Then again, the description brings to mind a medical physicist rather than a physician.
I was really expecting you to use the actual Playstation hardware... :( using the case to house a boring standard x86 computer is probably not what the original poster is after.
In the great Slashdot tradition, I didn't read the article, but I got the impression that the OLPC will still be preinstalled with the tailor-made Linux distro. The ability to install Windows or whatever OS doesn't preclude this.
Since the greatgrandparent mentioned health care, I guess the word we're looking for is 'Hippocratical'.
As spelling and grammar evolve, 'their' will get 'there' eventually.
Support schmupport. There are lots of things in computing that Just Work (TM) without being 'supported' officially by the manufacturer. Conversely, 'support' doesn't guarantee very much, it's just a meaningless buzzword. Then again, I41 welcome our new PWRficient overlords, especially when you can get laptops with them.
There's a more general point I've been thinking for a few years now. Hardware like CPUs and memory should be developed from the starting point of laptop applications, since they can be used for desktops and servers as well. There's enough computational power there, and you don't have to develop completely separate products. The Cores, being essentially dual 64-bit Pentium Ms, are a great example of this.
You're missing the whole point. CPU performances are increasing all the time, which allows Microsoft to continue making everything slower. However, the GHz race had little to do with performance; Intel pushed their Pentium 4 closer to 4 GHz, even if it performed slower than many competing CPUs between 2 and 3 GHz. They probably did it because most consumers would only look at raw GHz instead of performance.
I didn't know Dell was in the business of supporting Linux...
I think you mean Pentium M, not D. IIRC Pentium D was a dual P4, but Pentium M matches your description perfectly.
This is one of my pet peeves in web design... the idea that black-on-white would be great for screens since it works so well with paper. There are much more comfortable color schemes for reading text on LCD/CRT, though none quite as good as paper.
The OLPC is an educational tool. Which is better, people learning to support/develop themselves or people kept on life-support by foreign nations?
One PC for name service and in the darkness BIND them.
Goatse.
*rimjob*