Why on earth would you want an NTSC display anywhere *near* your MP3 player unit? A backlit LCD ought to be plenty -- or if you *really* want a CRT, possibly a 9" (or smaller) VGA monitor....
The Sega Dreamcast has a liquid cooling system for its Hitachi processor.
It's a bit of a weird idea -- copper tube filled with distilled water sinks the heat.. and if *that* overheats, the thing bursts, soaking the motherboard with water, whereupon you have to send the unit back for repair...
What about 35mm film? Wanna make that obsolete too?
Don't forget that part of Pi's unique look is down to its use of an unusual development process, using the "obsolete" analogue techniques of "subjecting a load of chemicals to light"...
Apparently there's a Windows registry entry which tells the system not to bother with memory protection.
Magic! No GPFs, ever. Just as reliable as the Mac.
Bzzt! This is a *bad* thing. All it means is that instead of the app crashing, you'll have crap in your memory space which may or may not cause all hell to break loose, *much* later on, when you won't be able to match cause and effect.
FWIW, it's about 3 years since I last used a Mac, but when I did, I found they crashed a *lot* even using "mature" apps like Supercard.
If the original author put out the work under the Gnu GPL, then they've explicitly granted any and all permission to fork development if they so wish.
The truth of the matter is that there are many, many classes of free software, from the mature and well supported (Linux, Apache etc) through to early alpha code (cicq, anyone?).
It would be *really* interesting to see statistics on the ratio of bug reports to fixes, mean time between report and fix, etc etc
I bet the "non-beta" free products will look better than proprietary software in these tables.
At the moment quake doesn't even model Newtonian physics 100%.
I read that a forthcoming game "Max Payne" will be the first to bother giving bullets velocity, mass etc, and actually model their paths -- the current model is to make the bullet instantaneously hit the first object in its path.
You're correct in saying that each virtual host counts as a server -- just check out how many "hosts" use thttpd in the UK - and it's all down to Demon Internet's customer homepages.
Nice or not, part of the appeal of the web was that you could define forms which would look at home on whatever system the user had -- Windows widgets for Windows, Mac for Mac, etc.
Unless! These widgets are themeable, and the user can choose to override the theme with their choice.
I'll agree that the protocol implementation and the UI should be kept seperate. But I'd go further. The UNIX way is to have a small command line program which does the job then exits. cicq is supposedly working towards this:
$ echo "You there?" | cicq -send slim
... a gui should be a wrapper around programs such as these. A "universal" messaging system would also be a wrapper around more specialised programs. i.e. messagesend -send icq:slim would spawn cicq -send slim
It's the UNIX way. And it's good. Let's not forget it just because some of us feel we're competing against Windows.
There's a few ways to look at this. The first is to compare messages with SMTP mail. Where's the security and authentication in SMTP? Almost none. Do you care? Maybe, but if so you either use PGP to encrypt it, or perhaps you build your own mail network using something like (eek!) Notes, and if you really must go over the 'net, use a VPN. Most people tolerate the insecurities of SMTP and get on with it, without Back Orifice ever getting installed on their machines;)
Then there's instant messaging. One comparisom I've heard (thanks Nemo) is "ICQ is like passing notes in class". It's not quite chat, it's not quite mail, but for the most part, you take your chances, and if the teacher nabs the note and reads it, well tough. Again, if you care, you can use PGP, to build a secure messaging system atop the insecure one -- just as TCP is a reliable network protocol built atop IP's *un*reliable network protocol.
It looks as if Jabber's main strength is in any-to-any messageing. Frankly, if they develop an addressing scheme that allows me to send a message to just about anyone, on any protocol (up to and including email) then Jabber is the client I'll use.
And as people realise "Well, with my ICQ program, I can message other ICQ users, but this guy can use Jabber to message AIM, ICQ, Mail, IETF, etc", one protocol will emerge the victor. Think about how many protocols your email (sometimes) goes through. Do you care? No, because gateways make it invisible.
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Why on earth would you want an NTSC display anywhere *near*
your MP3 player unit?
A backlit LCD ought to be plenty -- or if you *really* want a CRT, possibly a 9" (or smaller) VGA monitor....
The Sega Dreamcast has a liquid cooling system for its Hitachi processor.
It's a bit of a weird idea -- copper tube filled with distilled water sinks the heat.. and if *that* overheats, the thing bursts,
soaking the motherboard with water, whereupon you have to send the unit back for repair...
You want trivia? just ask...
There will be an RMS role, right?
Episode 1 "Gates invents software hoarding"...
What about 35mm film? Wanna make that obsolete too?
Don't forget that part of Pi's unique look is down to its use of an unusual development process, using the "obsolete" analogue techniques of "subjecting a load of chemicals to light"...
Hrm.
Apparently there's a Windows registry entry which tells the system not to bother with memory protection.
Magic! No GPFs, ever. Just as reliable as the Mac.
Bzzt! This is a *bad* thing. All it means is that instead of the app crashing, you'll have crap in your memory space which may or may not cause all hell to break loose, *much* later on, when you won't be able to match cause and effect.
FWIW, it's about 3 years since I last used a Mac, but when I did, I found they crashed a *lot* even using "mature" apps like Supercard.
If the original author put out the work under the Gnu GPL, then they've explicitly granted any and all permission to fork development if they so wish.
The truth of the matter is that there are many, many classes of free software, from the mature and well supported (Linux, Apache etc) through to early alpha code (cicq, anyone?).
It would be *really* interesting to see statistics on the ratio of bug reports to fixes, mean time between report and fix, etc etc
I bet the "non-beta" free products will look better than proprietary software in these tables.
Maybe one day...
At the moment quake doesn't even model Newtonian
physics 100%.
I read that a forthcoming game "Max Payne" will be the first to bother giving bullets velocity, mass etc, and
actually model their paths -- the current model is to make the bullet instantaneously hit the first object in its path.
I was under the impression that "MP3" was shorthand
for "MPEG Layer 3", i.e. the audio layer of the
video encryption standard.
If this is the case, isn't "MP4" the wrong name?
Or am I just plain wrong?
You're correct in saying that each virtual host counts as a server -- just check out how many "hosts" use thttpd in the UK - and it's all down to Demon Internet's customer homepages.
Nice or not, part of the appeal of the web was
that you could define forms which would look at
home on whatever system the user had -- Windows
widgets for Windows, Mac for Mac, etc.
Unless! These widgets are themeable, and the user can choose to override the theme with their choice.
As I see it, the 6 movies will add up to a
;)
the whole story of Darth Vader's life. The series
begins with his birth, and ends with his death.
Just like Titus Groan
I'll agree that the protocol implementation and the UI should be kept seperate. But I'd go further. The UNIX way is to have a small command line program which does the job then exits. cicq is supposedly working towards this:
$ echo "You there?" | cicq -send slim
... a gui should be a wrapper around programs such as these. A "universal" messaging system would also be a wrapper around more specialised programs. i.e. messagesend -send icq:slim would spawn cicq -send slim
It's the UNIX way. And it's good. Let's not forget it just because some of us feel we're competing against Windows.
worth mentioning that all the PS emus I know of require a CD with the game -- they do not encourage the echange of game ROMs over the 'Net
There's a few ways to look at this. The first is to compare messages with SMTP mail. Where's the security and authentication in SMTP? Almost none. Do you care? Maybe, but if so you either use PGP to encrypt it, or perhaps you build your own mail network using something like (eek!) Notes, and if ;)
you really must go over the 'net, use a VPN.
Most people tolerate the insecurities of SMTP and
get on with it, without Back Orifice ever getting installed on their machines
Then there's instant messaging. One comparisom I've heard (thanks Nemo) is "ICQ is like passing notes in class". It's not quite chat, it's not quite mail, but
for the most part, you take your chances, and if the teacher nabs the note and reads it, well tough.
Again, if you care, you can use PGP, to build a secure messaging system atop the insecure one -- just as TCP is a reliable network protocol built atop IP's *un*reliable network protocol.
It looks as if Jabber's main strength is in any-to-any
messageing. Frankly, if they develop an addressing
scheme that allows me to send a message to just about
anyone, on any protocol (up to and including email)
then Jabber is the client I'll use.
And as people realise "Well, with my ICQ program, I can
message other ICQ users, but this guy can use Jabber to
message AIM, ICQ, Mail, IETF, etc", one protocol will emerge the victor.
Think about how many protocols your email (sometimes) goes through. Do you care? No, because gateways make it invisible.