Another factor is that a low power dual core version will likely become mainstream on netbooks. Dual core can free one core is focus on UI to at least give an impression of faster response. I remember when dual core became mainstream on the desktop it had a much bigger impact on performance than incremental CPU frequency gain.
I believe this move from Intel is probably to counter iPad, which seems to encroach on netbook market. PC makes have had plenty of time to improve netbooks but they fear of an scenario of netbooks replacing laptops, which I believe, is just the inevitable. Maybe not by netbooks, but something smaller and lighter.
The reason, or maybe just one reason, to use signed integers is to prevent accidental or implicit conversion of a negative into something very large.
When a variable is near the neighborhood of 2^31, a 64 bit number should be used. And in cryptography, special data structures are used for even bigger numbers.
The one big thing I do have to give Apple credit for is improving KHTML and releasing their changes back to the community as WebKit, which is now used in many things.
KHTML was GPL/LPGL licensed so Apple didn't have a choice.
Hmm, I never realized that the military needs a collaboration tool so much. Of course an AI system would be even better, but that's a pipe dream for now. On the other hand, if a war is so hard to manage in modern time, maybe that'd be a reason for alternative peaceful means.
Google is doing its side projects to help its core business while MS is doing search just to hurt Google and itself.
Of course there are more creative ways to compete with Google, but MS, being the copycat it has always been, enjoys copying whatever Google is doing hoping it's better than doing nothing.
they shut down a whole continent. and all you can cite is a plane that did not crash after directly flying through an ash plume
That was actually my immediate reaction when the whole thing started. In cyberspace some can't assess the difference between 1 ns and 1 second and I guess in real life some can't do this kind of assessment either.
Since we may have to do a transition any way, why not expand the telephone numbers system and assign a telephone number to every connected computer? Of course there maybe privacy concerns, so just a thought.
I agree. One or more of the 3 will happen before widespread adoption of IPv6. IPv4 addresses are more than enough for identifying organizations. However, if in some day individuals need public IP addresses, IPv6 will prevail.
On large LCDs (24+), the resolution is not high enough for displaying anti-aliased text at the size of 10pt to 12pt. Both my laptop and desktop monitor have the resolution at 1920 and 1200. But one is 15", and the other 24". On my laptop, anti-aliased text is displayed beautifully, but the same text looks fuzzy on the large screen.
You usually pay a large amount of cash in $100 bills. And people always check them, so more security features are helpful. Also if you have a briefcase of brand new bills in the old design, you might as well print the word counterfeit on it.
The complain is that google uses profits from a dominant product to fund free products, which in turn improve its position in search. If you are a small fish and gives away stuff nobody cares.
if Adobe actually fixes Flash which will probably happen long before HTML 5 is even close to comparable as an api.
No if there. Flash has poor performance is because it has no real competitor. You can be sure that bug fixing in Flash will closely following the development of HTML 5.
That is if all of the goods have a fair price. Here from Wikipedia about antitrust law:
banning abusive behavior by a firm dominating a market, or anti-competitive practices that tend to lead to such a dominant position. Practices controlled in this way may include predatory pricing, tying, price gouging, refusal to deal, and many others.
Although I don't think this case is strong enough but one of the claims is Google is giving away "free" products. Of course everyone does that but because of the huge profits from ads, Google's giveaway has far reaching effects. Is it on par with with Microsoft's monopoly on desktop PC, probably not yet. It could get there.
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What I really don't get is why there is so much outrage over H.264, but nobody is complaining about FOSS browsers supporting Flash.
Because FOSS is a utopia that will never be realized so they just selectively "tolerate" a few offenders from time to time.
Google might be different. It has a motive to promote HTML5 to make the Web richer and more addictive.
I know you are joking, but that's a different problem when one application makes excessive use of the hard drive.
Another factor is that a low power dual core version will likely become mainstream on netbooks. Dual core can free one core is focus on UI to at least give an impression of faster response. I remember when dual core became mainstream on the desktop it had a much bigger impact on performance than incremental CPU frequency gain.
I believe this move from Intel is probably to counter iPad, which seems to encroach on netbook market. PC makes have had plenty of time to improve netbooks but they fear of an scenario of netbooks replacing laptops, which I believe, is just the inevitable. Maybe not by netbooks, but something smaller and lighter.
The reason, or maybe just one reason, to use signed integers is to prevent accidental or implicit conversion of a negative into something very large.
When a variable is near the neighborhood of 2^31, a 64 bit number should be used. And in cryptography, special data structures are used for even bigger numbers.
The one big thing I do have to give Apple credit for is improving KHTML and releasing their changes back to the community as WebKit, which is now used in many things.
KHTML was GPL/LPGL licensed so Apple didn't have a choice.
Make big changes, some radical, such as from the command line to the GUI and we'll see another 50 years of growth in PC.
Isn't Windows all about from the command line to the GUI? Can you name another such change for the other 50 years of growth?
I guess since you didn't want to pay so you've never used PGP Desktop 9.0+. Nothing wrong with that except that you perspective maybe outdated.
Hmm, I never realized that the military needs a collaboration tool so much. Of course an AI system would be even better, but that's a pipe dream for now. On the other hand, if a war is so hard to manage in modern time, maybe that'd be a reason for alternative peaceful means.
Google is doing its side projects to help its core business while MS is doing search just to hurt Google and itself. Of course there are more creative ways to compete with Google, but MS, being the copycat it has always been, enjoys copying whatever Google is doing hoping it's better than doing nothing.
they shut down a whole continent. and all you can cite is a plane that did not crash after directly flying through an ash plume
That was actually my immediate reaction when the whole thing started. In cyberspace some can't assess the difference between 1 ns and 1 second and I guess in real life some can't do this kind of assessment either.
Can they just use private addresses inside their ISPs?
Since we may have to do a transition any way, why not expand the telephone numbers system and assign a telephone number to every connected computer? Of course there maybe privacy concerns, so just a thought.
I agree. One or more of the 3 will happen before widespread adoption of IPv6. IPv4 addresses are more than enough for identifying organizations. However, if in some day individuals need public IP addresses, IPv6 will prevail.
I like Kirk too but the character Shatner plays in priceline is killing him.
On large LCDs (24+), the resolution is not high enough for displaying anti-aliased text at the size of 10pt to 12pt. Both my laptop and desktop monitor have the resolution at 1920 and 1200. But one is 15", and the other 24". On my laptop, anti-aliased text is displayed beautifully, but the same text looks fuzzy on the large screen.
So lets stretch the religious belief a bit so that the mother votes for the fetus.
The 136 people don't include the woman.
Depending on your religious belief, 136 people and a pregnant woman might also do.
You usually pay a large amount of cash in $100 bills. And people always check them, so more security features are helpful. Also if you have a briefcase of brand new bills in the old design, you might as well print the word counterfeit on it.
The complain is that google uses profits from a dominant product to fund free products, which in turn improve its position in search. If you are a small fish and gives away stuff nobody cares.
No, in this case the bundled goods are the "free" products like Docs, Gmail.
if Adobe actually fixes Flash which will probably happen long before HTML 5 is even close to comparable as an api.
No if there. Flash has poor performance is because it has no real competitor. You can be sure that bug fixing in Flash will closely following the development of HTML 5.
Anti-trust is not about bundling goods,
That is if all of the goods have a fair price. Here from Wikipedia about antitrust law:
banning abusive behavior by a firm dominating a market, or anti-competitive practices that tend to lead to such a dominant position. Practices controlled in this way may include predatory pricing, tying, price gouging, refusal to deal, and many others.
It can't be more predatory by giving them away.
Although I don't think this case is strong enough but one of the claims is Google is giving away "free" products. Of course everyone does that but because of the huge profits from ads, Google's giveaway has far reaching effects. Is it on par with with Microsoft's monopoly on desktop PC, probably not yet. It could get there.