Java is most quite *not* the right choice for a programming language for any sort of control system application or data acquisition, or similar application. For example, you cannot reliably get time divisions, forget any semi-realtime system. The garbage collector is what kills this mostly, as it randomly pauses execution of code; memory is highly controlled in C, giving more control, and yes you can force garbage collection but that slows down execution.
Java has its own applications, very easy to make complex code (compared to most APIs in other languages), but it definitely isn't for speed.
There's more to it than just resistance. You need to consider the sensitivity of the headphone, which is a better measurement for determining power consumption (and it is in dB/mW). More sensitive the transducers, less power needed (turn volume down), simple as that. Resistance does not definitively determine power consumption.
(disclaimer: I'm affiliated with the nanorobotics group)
This robot is most certainly not 800nm in diameter, and never will be, that dimension is definetely inaccurate (and isn't even cited on the actual news paper article). It's not even feasible to have such a small robot, as the control aspect would be hell, and it would not be able to grip the walls of the intestine (which is where the control mechanically comes from). The goal of this project is not to develop a capsule to image the intestine (this already exists! google for the Norika capsule products, and is in use). Rather it is to design a *controllable* capsule, that can be teleoperated. Current solutions involve swollowing the capsule and let it image 'randomly'. This project is to improve this aspect of such a robot, which would give surgeons an advantage when performing colonoscopies or similar - as they can specifically target certain sites to image reliably.
It is also very useful in science/engineering fields. At my lab, we use RTAI linux currently, and this allows us to acquire data from our systems in real time, giving us a reliable way to compare our data with time in our systems.
If you care to do the google image search for "frontpage seo", you will also find that it gets porn. In fact the images are pretty much the same under google's 'moderate filtering' from what you get on A9 (seeing that A9 uses google...)
Also it's worth mentioning that, with the influence of British rule, English is the language used in education - from primary school to universities (most places anyway). This is also extremely obvious if you talk to immigrants from Asia, where Indian people can converse quite well in English. One could even say that India has the largest population of English speakers.
You can't get anything like the dock in Gnome due to the windows-esque windowing order, i.e. task based instead of document oriented. That is to say, you cannot "switch" between programs, as in Gnome and in Windows, a firefox window and a pop up dialog from a different program take the same workspace level.
As a Mac user, the lack of a clear hierarchal windowing system frustrates me when I work in Gnome at work. Switching between windows is more difficult than switching between programs i.e. on a Mac, however I find that Gnome is usable when virtual desktops are employed (which allows me to 'emulate' program switching). On the other hand, virtual desktops are near useless to me on my Mac.
As for the menu system, you don't really get anything like OS X's menu bar as windows have their own menu bar. I don't really mind this that much, however you can increase a bit of screen space if there was a single shared menu bar.
Speaking of menus, why did Gnome and all these programs have to emualte the horrible Windows shortcuts anyway? I.e. alt+f4 (long finger reach) to close a window, cntrl+c to copy (control using the pinky instead of alt using the thumb), etc. Sure, Gnome lets you customize some of the shortcuts, but it hardly holds among different programs (OS X has an incredible keyboard shortcut modifier). And then the whole clipboard fiasco, oh boy.
Simple, because it would mean everyone will know that Apple is going to refresh the PowerMac lines real soon. Then people will tend to want to wait for the next model rather than buy the current, which isn't really what Apple wants.
You can still access Kazaa on a mac using other programs, such as the [infinitely superior] Poisoned. Doesn't make Mac users any less prone to being sued.
You also have to realize that Napster only existed for a few years particular to a certain generation of people. All of the people who grew can see through the "Napster" facade (ie it's not free music anymore) and meanwhile, the current kiddies never even heard of Napster; not good future planning to base your business on a name.
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Java is most quite *not* the right choice for a programming language for any sort of control system application or data acquisition, or similar application. For example, you cannot reliably get time divisions, forget any semi-realtime system. The garbage collector is what kills this mostly, as it randomly pauses execution of code; memory is highly controlled in C, giving more control, and yes you can force garbage collection but that slows down execution.
Java has its own applications, very easy to make complex code (compared to most APIs in other languages), but it definitely isn't for speed.
You have to think recursively...
WinFS: [W]inFS [I]s [N]ot a [F]ile [S]ystem
Maybe?
Wouldn't a dead pixel show up as white then, as black is also an "on" state on LCDs...
There's more to it than just resistance. You need to consider the sensitivity of the headphone, which is a better measurement for determining power consumption (and it is in dB/mW). More sensitive the transducers, less power needed (turn volume down), simple as that. Resistance does not definitively determine power consumption.
(disclaimer: I'm affiliated with the nanorobotics group)
This robot is most certainly not 800nm in diameter, and never will be, that dimension is definetely inaccurate (and isn't even cited on the actual news paper article). It's not even feasible to have such a small robot, as the control aspect would be hell, and it would not be able to grip the walls of the intestine (which is where the control mechanically comes from). The goal of this project is not to develop a capsule to image the intestine (this already exists! google for the Norika capsule products, and is in use). Rather it is to design a *controllable* capsule, that can be teleoperated. Current solutions involve swollowing the capsule and let it image 'randomly'. This project is to improve this aspect of such a robot, which would give surgeons an advantage when performing colonoscopies or similar - as they can specifically target certain sites to image reliably.
And it's most certainly not a "nanorobot".
Or the acidic-base equivalent would be hydrogen hydroxide, no?
At least it isn't what my last roommate called it, 'Genome'...
It's kind of like OS X's simple calculator, which is taking 18MB of RAM...
Anyways, when you have gigs of ram, you tend not to care.
It is also very useful in science/engineering fields. At my lab, we use RTAI linux currently, and this allows us to acquire data from our systems in real time, giving us a reliable way to compare our data with time in our systems.
If you care to do the google image search for "frontpage seo", you will also find that it gets porn. In fact the images are pretty much the same under google's 'moderate filtering' from what you get on A9 (seeing that A9 uses google...)
Also it's worth mentioning that, with the influence of British rule, English is the language used in education - from primary school to universities (most places anyway). This is also extremely obvious if you talk to immigrants from Asia, where Indian people can converse quite well in English. One could even say that India has the largest population of English speakers.
You can't get anything like the dock in Gnome due to the windows-esque windowing order, i.e. task based instead of document oriented. That is to say, you cannot "switch" between programs, as in Gnome and in Windows, a firefox window and a pop up dialog from a different program take the same workspace level.
As a Mac user, the lack of a clear hierarchal windowing system frustrates me when I work in Gnome at work. Switching between windows is more difficult than switching between programs i.e. on a Mac, however I find that Gnome is usable when virtual desktops are employed (which allows me to 'emulate' program switching). On the other hand, virtual desktops are near useless to me on my Mac.
As for the menu system, you don't really get anything like OS X's menu bar as windows have their own menu bar. I don't really mind this that much, however you can increase a bit of screen space if there was a single shared menu bar.
Speaking of menus, why did Gnome and all these programs have to emualte the horrible Windows shortcuts anyway? I.e. alt+f4 (long finger reach) to close a window, cntrl+c to copy (control using the pinky instead of alt using the thumb), etc. Sure, Gnome lets you customize some of the shortcuts, but it hardly holds among different programs (OS X has an incredible keyboard shortcut modifier). And then the whole clipboard fiasco, oh boy.
You forgot kMail from KDE!
Somehow I don't think a styrofoam webserver will take off either, unless it got 1747 miles to the gallon...
Simple, because it would mean everyone will know that Apple is going to refresh the PowerMac lines real soon. Then people will tend to want to wait for the next model rather than buy the current, which isn't really what Apple wants.
You can still access Kazaa on a mac using other programs, such as the [infinitely superior] Poisoned. Doesn't make Mac users any less prone to being sued.
Also consider that not many people care when they pirate a copy of windows, thus it becomes cheaper.
Works fine for me, though this is a student version of Mathematica 5.
You might want to get your facts a little straighter as the G5 consumes 24.5W@2GHz. So much for the Athalon 64@35W.
And you think you have it bad? Look at my misery!
You also have to realize that Napster only existed for a few years particular to a certain generation of people. All of the people who grew can see through the "Napster" facade (ie it's not free music anymore) and meanwhile, the current kiddies never even heard of Napster; not good future planning to base your business on a name.
Then again, USB2 seems to have significantly dented Firewire's acceptance and FW800 devices aren't too common...
Hate to say it but MOSR's rumor accuracy is a close 1%, you can see their past history and their accuracy from webarchive or google (or lack thereof).
And this is why MOSR doesn't have past archives.
If you really wanted to get serious, you should take tips from this guy; I'll take this one any day :)
Well, I don't think third party manufacturers are vegan (note: Steve is vegan, not vegetarian).