End users will never, ever notice this speed because I've never waited for Windows 7 to render text. Ever.
You do realize that the less time the CPU or GPU has to spend doing something the more time it can spend idling, thereby consuming less power and producing less heat, so even if the end-result is not visible to the eye it is still a beneficial effect nevertheless. Especially on mobile devices any improvements to battery-life directly translate to end-user satisfaction and better useability.
I suspect that once its released the first thing that will be done is the "back to the desktop and start menu" hack.
Stardock's Start8 already allows you to boot straight to traditional desktop and recreates the Start-menu as seen on Windows 7. That will be one of the first applications I'll be installing, that's for sure.
There's plenty of sections like e.g. the one about memory utilization where the author tells about various situations the devs have been benchmarking and why, but then ends bluntly with "Measuring memory usage across many types of apps and these various scenarios has helped us further optimize DirectX and the display drivers." without actually describing how or what they did. There is similarly no mention whatsoever about the devs improving performance for GDI-based applications; all they talk about is DirectX and/or Metro. With regards to e.g. "Improving geometry rendering performance" we find this gem: "For Windows 8, our improvements in this area have primarily focused on delivering high-performance implementations of HTML5 Canvas and SVG technologies for use in Metro style apps, and webpages viewed with Internet Explorer 10." which to me seems like saying that non-Metro applications won't really see any benefit from this at all. I may be interpreting it wrong, I admit, but it's hard to say without any more details.
Kid, (and you must be to have this attitude), I've met more than one developer who's had his application pirated by the basement kids and/or the Russians, Chinese or Indians. Years of work and investment down the drain in an instant.
So, you're saying that if even one person pirates the application or game then the developer will suddenly have zero legitimate customers? Gee, I wonder how so many people STILL manage to get actual profits from their software then, even with piracy around.
My current Thinkpad 520W with quad-core i7-2820QM came with a 170W adapter, and a pretty bulky, heavy one.
The rated 170W is _peak_ power draw, ie. if all the components of your laptop are running at maximum power you'll still be able to charge the battery, too. 100W likely isn't enough to run both operations, no, but it would still be enough to either power your laptop OR to charge the battery.
Aye, that is exactly the kind of stuff I thought about, thanks for a concrete example, though. It is quite distasteful for some people to complain about people on disability like these people really had a say in these matters in the first place.
Of course, then there is the whole question of why they are on disability when they really COULD work if it came down to it.
Because they can only do a very limited selection of jobs? Or their disability makes them unreliable in the sense that they may have sudden, prolonged hospital sessions or similar?
The N900, now hard to locate, has a great screen, a great keyboard and is the predecessor to the N9. But they have a known issue with the USB port breaking over time, so if you do actually succeed in finding one to buy don't expect it to last forever and ever. But this is 2000+ where things aren't expected to last longer than a few years.
It is just some manufacturing batches that have issues with the USB, and even if you were to be an unlucky person it can always be fixed; the N900 is rather easy to open so you can just re-solder the USB-port more securely if it comes loose. One can also solder an extra USB-port by connecting it to the pads underneath the battery, though a USB-port and wires hanging out from there isn't terribly practical if you're still planning to use the phone a lot on the go.
With that in mind I really don't have a problem with agreeing with the suggestion; I own an N900 and especially the hardware keyboard is one of those things that make it a good tool for someone who often has to do remote-administration on-the-go, and it is indeed easily scriptable. Too bad my N900 is quite useless to me these days, it's been lying on my desk for some time now as I prefer my Galaxy Note over it.
In order to safely operate today's generation of nuclear fission reactors, you need the operators and regulators to be transparent and competent. The folks running this Fukushima travesty are neither transparent nor competent
Maybe they trying to do just what you're describing: with enough test subjects and radiation maybe one of them will turn transparent, then they can clone that person and raise fully transparent work-force!
I have this mental image that in the future not everyone will be able to pass as human (i.e., routinely solve captchas), and the ones who can may be able to rent out that service to those who can't.
The good thing is that us non-humans can then travel all around the world really cheap. I, personally, belong in healthcare products as a natural Fleshlight-substitute!
I wonder what's the fascination in running btrfs on/.
The benefits of btrfs are in large partitions and places wheredata changes are both critical and frequent. I don't see that in / on any sane system.
You're just not thinking about it enough. Btrfs for example offers limitless amount of snapshots, meaning that you can just make a snapshot of your whole root-partition, install stuff that you're not certain if it's worth keeping or stable, or just to try something out, and can revert back to the earlier snapshot without any hassle whatsoever. It could also be used for testing updates, it can be used for development, and so on. Doing a snapshot of your system will also make it extremely easy to create backup-images, even from a running system.
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Linux, the kernel developed and distributed by Linus Torvalds et al, contains software that is included without source code, with obfuscated or obscured source code and code under non-Free Software licenses. Linux-libre removes these parts.
This is indeed what I said on Engadget; this announcement basically says the team compiled most of the stuff for hardware-FPU whereas previously it was either using software-FPU or had both codes compiled-in, as such this stuff does indeed help CPU-bound software that is heavy on the maths, but doesn't really do anything for basic bit-blitting or linear gradients used in graphics. Most of the "slowness" - complaints I see when reading any RPi-related news is exactly due to CPU having to do all the drawing.
It's been a long time now since I been lurking around the RPi forums, but so far I have not heard of plans to bring out an accelerated X-driver which is quite a shame. It really limits the usefulness of the system. I still hope the devs do come around to it eventually, though.
I actually read it as him being upset about getting such large patches all in such a small time-frame. Going through all that does take quite a toll, so I understood that he'd wanted the patches to be strewn over several days. As an aside, "not cool, guys" does not actually sound like bemoaning, let alone being angry.
15 Facebook accounts and going through all that trouble just to play Facebook games or spy on others? I'm really tempted to offer you the "go get laid" - advice.
$99 price point will never cover any real marketing cost so this is a niche geek product at best
At $99 the hardware will be pretty lackluster, probably a dual-core system with Mali 400 or similar with 1GB RAM and 2GB flash storage. That simply makes the system way, way too restricted for actual console-quality games, you just can't fit tens of gigabytes of content in 2 to 4 gigabytes of storage, let alone render it all at even PS3-level quality. In other words I agree with you: this is nothing new, this is not revolutionary, and this won't catch on with Average Joes.
There are several genres of video games that don't work on a smartphone because they really need a gamepad, and something like the iControlPad doesn't come bundled with most smartphones. What sort of control method is workable for a platformer or a fighting game on a smartphone?
Atleast Android does support gamepads, ie. if you have an Android phone just plug it in your TV and game away.
Thief was an FPS with virtually no shooting(and when the shooting did break out, that was usually because you had fucked up) and that didn't stop it from kicking ass.
God, I loved Thief2 like all the way from the bottom of my heart. The pacing of the game was excellent, with some easy sequences to relax you, with some really tense ones to get you worked up, and a few but precious parts that really had you on the edge of your seat. And yes, if you got into a fight you most likely had f*cked up something, and very often getting into a fight meant you were going to die.
To be honest, the comics are actually pretty damn good. It's the TV-series that is mostly just lame drama and bickering over stupid things, and things like the woman driving on a completely empty road with no obstacles, no other traffic or anything, and still managing to hit the only tree in near vicinity. With that in mind I actually do recommend the comics, there's some quite unexpected turns there and the comics isn't afraid of f*cking life up even for the main characters, and plenty of things that I doubt the TV-series will ever show.
Slightly off-topic, but..... If you want a game displayed from first person and want it to be scary Amnesia: Dark Descent ( http://amnesiagame.com/#main ) should prove to be quite effective, though it is not a shooter-game, you're mostly just trying to stay the f*ck alive while trying your damnedest not to piss in your pants. With that in mind it might or might not be what you're hoping for. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is still in development, but it, too, looks quite promising.
Aye. Even copying actual physical objects is becoming ever easier with 3D-printing. Though I doubt 3D-printing a full-size Ferrari will be quite so easy for a while.
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End users will never, ever notice this speed because I've never waited for Windows 7 to render text. Ever.
You do realize that the less time the CPU or GPU has to spend doing something the more time it can spend idling, thereby consuming less power and producing less heat, so even if the end-result is not visible to the eye it is still a beneficial effect nevertheless. Especially on mobile devices any improvements to battery-life directly translate to end-user satisfaction and better useability.
I suspect that once its released the first thing that will be done is the "back to the desktop and start menu" hack.
Stardock's Start8 already allows you to boot straight to traditional desktop and recreates the Start-menu as seen on Windows 7. That will be one of the first applications I'll be installing, that's for sure.
There's plenty of sections like e.g. the one about memory utilization where the author tells about various situations the devs have been benchmarking and why, but then ends bluntly with "Measuring memory usage across many types of apps and these various scenarios has helped us further optimize DirectX and the display drivers." without actually describing how or what they did. There is similarly no mention whatsoever about the devs improving performance for GDI-based applications; all they talk about is DirectX and/or Metro. With regards to e.g. "Improving geometry rendering performance" we find this gem: "For Windows 8, our improvements in this area have primarily focused on delivering high-performance implementations of HTML5 Canvas and SVG technologies for use in Metro style apps, and webpages viewed with Internet Explorer 10." which to me seems like saying that non-Metro applications won't really see any benefit from this at all. I may be interpreting it wrong, I admit, but it's hard to say without any more details.
Kid, (and you must be to have this attitude), I've met more than one developer who's had his application pirated by the basement kids and/or the Russians, Chinese or Indians. Years of work and investment down the drain in an instant.
So, you're saying that if even one person pirates the application or game then the developer will suddenly have zero legitimate customers? Gee, I wonder how so many people STILL manage to get actual profits from their software then, even with piracy around.
My current Thinkpad 520W with quad-core i7-2820QM came with a 170W adapter, and a pretty bulky, heavy one.
The rated 170W is _peak_ power draw, ie. if all the components of your laptop are running at maximum power you'll still be able to charge the battery, too. 100W likely isn't enough to run both operations, no, but it would still be enough to either power your laptop OR to charge the battery.
Aye, that is exactly the kind of stuff I thought about, thanks for a concrete example, though. It is quite distasteful for some people to complain about people on disability like these people really had a say in these matters in the first place.
Of course, then there is the whole question of why they are on disability when they really COULD work if it came down to it.
Because they can only do a very limited selection of jobs? Or their disability makes them unreliable in the sense that they may have sudden, prolonged hospital sessions or similar?
The N900, now hard to locate, has a great screen, a great keyboard and is the predecessor to the N9. But they have a known issue with the USB port breaking over time, so if you do actually succeed in finding one to buy don't expect it to last forever and ever. But this is 2000+ where things aren't expected to last longer than a few years.
It is just some manufacturing batches that have issues with the USB, and even if you were to be an unlucky person it can always be fixed; the N900 is rather easy to open so you can just re-solder the USB-port more securely if it comes loose. One can also solder an extra USB-port by connecting it to the pads underneath the battery, though a USB-port and wires hanging out from there isn't terribly practical if you're still planning to use the phone a lot on the go.
With that in mind I really don't have a problem with agreeing with the suggestion; I own an N900 and especially the hardware keyboard is one of those things that make it a good tool for someone who often has to do remote-administration on-the-go, and it is indeed easily scriptable. Too bad my N900 is quite useless to me these days, it's been lying on my desk for some time now as I prefer my Galaxy Note over it.
In order to safely operate today's generation of nuclear fission reactors, you need the operators and regulators to be transparent and competent. The folks running this Fukushima travesty are neither transparent nor competent
Maybe they trying to do just what you're describing: with enough test subjects and radiation maybe one of them will turn transparent, then they can clone that person and raise fully transparent work-force!
Exactly the kind of a response I was expecting, thank you ;)
I have this mental image that in the future not everyone will be able to pass as human (i.e., routinely solve captchas), and the ones who can may be able to rent out that service to those who can't.
The good thing is that us non-humans can then travel all around the world really cheap. I, personally, belong in healthcare products as a natural Fleshlight-substitute!
I wonder what's the fascination in running btrfs on /.
The benefits of btrfs are in large partitions and places wheredata changes are both critical and frequent. I don't see that in / on any sane system.
You're just not thinking about it enough. Btrfs for example offers limitless amount of snapshots, meaning that you can just make a snapshot of your whole root-partition, install stuff that you're not certain if it's worth keeping or stable, or just to try something out, and can revert back to the earlier snapshot without any hassle whatsoever. It could also be used for testing updates, it can be used for development, and so on. Doing a snapshot of your system will also make it extremely easy to create backup-images, even from a running system.
Linux, the kernel developed and distributed by Linus Torvalds et al, contains software that is included without source code, with obfuscated or obscured source code and code under non-Free Software licenses. Linux-libre removes these parts.
http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/
So, you're saying it is a lot, lot less functional, possibly even to the point of uselessness. Hmm. Doesn't sound like my cup of tea.
This is indeed what I said on Engadget; this announcement basically says the team compiled most of the stuff for hardware-FPU whereas previously it was either using software-FPU or had both codes compiled-in, as such this stuff does indeed help CPU-bound software that is heavy on the maths, but doesn't really do anything for basic bit-blitting or linear gradients used in graphics. Most of the "slowness" - complaints I see when reading any RPi-related news is exactly due to CPU having to do all the drawing.
It's been a long time now since I been lurking around the RPi forums, but so far I have not heard of plans to bring out an accelerated X-driver which is quite a shame. It really limits the usefulness of the system. I still hope the devs do come around to it eventually, though.
If it was built to record, why would it have storage for a few seconds but nothing longer?
That's called a buffer.
And why would it have code added to sense that it is broken and stop recording?
Why would it keep recording if the camera is broken, what would the point be in that?
I actually read it as him being upset about getting such large patches all in such a small time-frame. Going through all that does take quite a toll, so I understood that he'd wanted the patches to be strewn over several days. As an aside, "not cool, guys" does not actually sound like bemoaning, let alone being angry.
Oh, I could point you to PLENTY of examples.
15 Facebook accounts and going through all that trouble just to play Facebook games or spy on others? I'm really tempted to offer you the "go get laid" - advice.
$99 price point will never cover any real marketing cost so this is a niche geek product at best
At $99 the hardware will be pretty lackluster, probably a dual-core system with Mali 400 or similar with 1GB RAM and 2GB flash storage. That simply makes the system way, way too restricted for actual console-quality games, you just can't fit tens of gigabytes of content in 2 to 4 gigabytes of storage, let alone render it all at even PS3-level quality. In other words I agree with you: this is nothing new, this is not revolutionary, and this won't catch on with Average Joes.
- a smartphone
There are several genres of video games that don't work on a smartphone because they really need a gamepad, and something like the iControlPad doesn't come bundled with most smartphones. What sort of control method is workable for a platformer or a fighting game on a smartphone?
Atleast Android does support gamepads, ie. if you have an Android phone just plug it in your TV and game away.
browser based game
That's how far I got into your comment before I lost interest.
Thief was an FPS with virtually no shooting(and when the shooting did break out, that was usually because you had fucked up) and that didn't stop it from kicking ass.
God, I loved Thief2 like all the way from the bottom of my heart. The pacing of the game was excellent, with some easy sequences to relax you, with some really tense ones to get you worked up, and a few but precious parts that really had you on the edge of your seat. And yes, if you got into a fight you most likely had f*cked up something, and very often getting into a fight meant you were going to die.
To be honest, the comics are actually pretty damn good. It's the TV-series that is mostly just lame drama and bickering over stupid things, and things like the woman driving on a completely empty road with no obstacles, no other traffic or anything, and still managing to hit the only tree in near vicinity. With that in mind I actually do recommend the comics, there's some quite unexpected turns there and the comics isn't afraid of f*cking life up even for the main characters, and plenty of things that I doubt the TV-series will ever show.
Slightly off-topic, but..... If you want a game displayed from first person and want it to be scary Amnesia: Dark Descent ( http://amnesiagame.com/#main ) should prove to be quite effective, though it is not a shooter-game, you're mostly just trying to stay the f*ck alive while trying your damnedest not to piss in your pants. With that in mind it might or might not be what you're hoping for. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is still in development, but it, too, looks quite promising.
Aye. Even copying actual physical objects is becoming ever easier with 3D-printing. Though I doubt 3D-printing a full-size Ferrari will be quite so easy for a while.