It is going to be amazingly weird in 5 years when every piece of video equipment uses Firewire and DVD is still using RCA cables because of the stupid license limitations placed on digital connectors on DVD players - the DVD licensing agreement prevents digital video connectors from being added to DVD players, for fear of making it too easy to copy high-quality video.
The anonymous coward article of the same title is also mine - my cookies screwed up somewhere
You have to shop around. What ever you do don't go to the Sony shop as they want to charge you a premium price for being a premium customer. There are other shops that take the same attitude, but if you buy the cable as 'computer equipment', rather than as 'Hi-Fi equipment' then you are likely to find better prices.
On the issue of controlers, a company known as Kernel offers an adaptor that allows various console joysticks to be used on a Mac using a USB port. While it is marketed towards the Mac, there should in theory be nothing stopping it being used with any other USB aware operating system. There may be other companies selling such adapters, but I am not aware of them.
It would be nice if companies like Apple supported SDL and even sponsored its development. Sure it would mean that Linux could take advantage of this sponsored improvement in SDL aswell, but in the end if we make development of games easier beyond the Ms-Windows platform then we all stand to benefit. Sure Apple would be letting Linux have an Apple paied advantage, but that shouldn't matter if Apple is also drawing games developers to their platform at the same time.
What I am trying to say is a company, like Apple, should not be rejecting sponsorship for SDL simply because another platform stands to benefit. Don't get me wrong I am very much pro Linux, I am simply trying to see things from a business point of view. I could have mentioned RedHat instead of Apple, but I see Apple having more to gain from such a sponsorship than does a company like RedHat.
Nobody is going to use an alternative API when there is no insentive.
Research at the Montreal Neurological Institute has revealed that there is an alternative source for stem cells. The source is from the skin of adult rodents, and they believe that this will also be possible with humans. The added advantage is that these stem cells would not be rejected when used in building organs for replacement.
It appears that the plug-in support has changed because Microsoft is wanting to use Active-X to handle content. In one way the change makes sense as they want IE to be more integrated with the desktop. In theory, with Active X any program can act as an embedded media viewer.
On the other hand wasn't active-x meant to be one of the gapping security holes in IE? I often find active-x allowing websites to install software on my computer without even asking me.
Or how about Bill Gates? Apparently he is a closet Mac fan, so I would certainly be interested to hear his point of view. Though the truth is, unless I sat down with him privatly he probably wouldn't want to share his real point of view, on this subject, in public.
Sometimes the best placed point of views come people being able to stand back and look in from the outside.
One thing that I appreciate with Java is the huge library base that it has. There are classes that allow you to do most things without having to hunt for a 3rd party solution or rewriting the wheel inhouse. Also, some of the most commonly used data structures are standard, eg Strings, and you don't need a separate proto-language to put together classes - yes I'm talking about having no need for STL.
Java does have it draw-backs, such as speed, but this is quickly becoming a non issue on modern computers. Of course computationally intensive work will alway be done in C or C++ that can be compiled to take full advantage of the processor.
Another draw-back is that it is very difficult to take full advantage of the underlying OS without writing code using JNI, and thus loosing some protability.
Yes I am very much pro Java, though I also realise that it can't do everything. It will always be a question of the best tool for the job.
Now that we have the specs, how long before we can expect implementations that actually take advantage of them?
As to this issue of Direct 3D having a bigger feature set et al., this is only a worthy argument if we are talking MS-Windows. Outside of the Windows platform Direct 3D means nothing, since it isn't available there. OpenGL is currently the only cross-platform solution worth mentioning (please correct me if there is another). IMHO, the SDL game API made the right move in using OGL for it graphics, since the last thing we need is yet another graphics API that is just about supported. Maybe one thing that will help OGL, especially in games, is if more noise was made about it.
Its what you call stock value manipulation. Basically you fire people to make the profits seem larger and hence get high stock value. From I understand CISCO tried the same thing and it back fired on them, ie the stock value still took a hit. This is one of the problems with public companies, and probably the reason it can go bad after the IPO, since they concentrate on stock value instead of the product.
The question is what makes a fax more legally reliable than an e-mail. Maybe its simply because it is harder, for the sender, to falsify the originating phone number?
If you read the article and the posts from others you wouldn't need to have posted. 486 processors are ideal for the embedded market and they say they want to use the fabrication systems, currently commited to 486, to produce new processors.
You will probably find that most companies are probably buying embedded 486 solutions from Intel and are probably even opting for other chips that use less power, such as the ARM or PPC.
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Very interesting idea - this will probably be the case. The answer appears to be auto-adminstrated machines, which automatically search for updates on a regular basis.
While an advantage it has the potential to be exploited by a "black hat" hacker. What would happen if a worm or virus exploited the patch repository and installed a trojan update?
Another link of interest is the Anti-DMCA website. It is a good thing to share this link with friends that know nothing about this issue.
I was surprised at the number of people I know who didn't know anything on the subject, in most cases they hadn't even heard of the DMCA. You will probably find the same thing if your friends aren't/. readers.
For those of you who have been elsewhere for the past few months, you can check out the following page on the subject at the EFF. Another page has a link to the act, in PDF.
Hmm, could someone tell me what date 8/12/01 translates to? Is it 8 December 2001, 12 July 2001 or 1 December 2008? Okay I am being picky, but since/. is viewable world-wide I reckon it is best to use date formats that can't be confused, even though someone will advocate as to how abvious it is at the mo' given the other dates haven't happened yet.
If we are seeing so much artificial lighting from space, then it says something about the lighting used. If the light sources were only pointing their light towards the grounds, using shrouds to avoid upward distribution of light, then we should see a darker night view. Also, any light source that can be seen from space is probably also using more energy than necessary. Being environmental friendly is not always a question of finding an alternative, but simply using what we already have in a smarter way.
Companies should instead be taking out insurances against possible errors in an application. If they wish to claim then they have to prove that a) they provided the required safe guards to avoid exploitation and b) had in place a good back-up plan in case something did go wrong.
If I was a that dependent on some other technology, such as trucks for goods transportation, then I would ensure that there was a back-up plan in place in case the truck broke down - maybe a second truck, a reliable mechanic, or both.
Of course if this is John Doe with and illegal copy of IIS, then they probably are not going to take the time to protect themselves. For the paranoid: maybe this is MS spreading the virus to find out where the illegal copies of IIS are? If that is this case then we should call it CodeRed-XP;)
Everyone jumped on the internet band-wagon and then a lot of companies failed. Everyone says that this is due to the way the internet is made and that it is because these companies don't have real-world store. One word: bull. Mail-order companies have never had physical stores and the good ones survive. I suppose part of the reason companies like MicroWarehouse survive is because they use sensible advertising, ie they use the magazines in you average computer magazine to show off part of their catalogue, and then send you to their web page if you need more.
Advertising a name only works if you are established, such a Coca-Cola, until then you need to advertise what you sell and why people should buy it, otherwise you might aswell try selling uncontained air.
What makes the difference is a smart business plan based on the long term, with short-term steps. A short-term only business plan is only valid for get-rich-quick people and suckers, and have all the risk of bungine jumping without the cord. You don't need an MBa to realise this, just being intelligent is enough, and I think most people keeping away from the pot are capable of this.
In an ideal world companies would release chip architecture plans to the world when they are killing off that division, or not selling it on. Of course we don't live in an ideal world, so no one can learn some of secrets of the chip that made a difference, except in the form of people.
I would certainly appreciate open chip design plans.
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It is going to be amazingly weird in 5 years when every piece of video equipment uses Firewire and DVD is still using RCA cables because of the stupid license limitations placed on digital connectors on DVD players - the DVD licensing agreement prevents digital video connectors from being added to DVD players, for fear of making it too easy to copy high-quality video.
The anonymous coward article of the same title is also mine - my cookies screwed up somewhere
You have to shop around. What ever you do don't go to the Sony shop as they want to charge you a premium price for being a premium customer. There are other shops that take the same attitude, but if you buy the cable as 'computer equipment', rather than as 'Hi-Fi equipment' then you are likely to find better prices.
On the issue of controlers, a company known as Kernel offers an adaptor that allows various console joysticks to be used on a Mac using a USB port. While it is marketed towards the Mac, there should in theory be nothing stopping it being used with any other USB aware operating system. There may be other companies selling such adapters, but I am not aware of them.
It would be nice if companies like Apple supported SDL and even sponsored its development. Sure it would mean that Linux could take advantage of this sponsored improvement in SDL aswell, but in the end if we make development of games easier beyond the Ms-Windows platform then we all stand to benefit. Sure Apple would be letting Linux have an Apple paied advantage, but that shouldn't matter if Apple is also drawing games developers to their platform at the same time.
What I am trying to say is a company, like Apple, should not be rejecting sponsorship for SDL simply because another platform stands to benefit. Don't get me wrong I am very much pro Linux, I am simply trying to see things from a business point of view. I could have mentioned RedHat instead of Apple, but I see Apple having more to gain from such a sponsorship than does a company like RedHat.
Nobody is going to use an alternative API when there is no insentive.
Research at the Montreal Neurological Institute has revealed that there is an alternative source for stem cells. The source is from the skin of adult rodents, and they believe that this will also be possible with humans. The added advantage is that these stem cells would not be rejected when used in building organs for replacement.
It appears that the plug-in support has changed because Microsoft is wanting to use Active-X to handle content. In one way the change makes sense as they want IE to be more integrated with the desktop. In theory, with Active X any program can act as an embedded media viewer.
On the other hand wasn't active-x meant to be one of the gapping security holes in IE? I often find active-x allowing websites to install software on my computer without even asking me.
Or how about Bill Gates? Apparently he is a closet Mac fan, so I would certainly be interested to hear his point of view. Though the truth is, unless I sat down with him privatly he probably wouldn't want to share his real point of view, on this subject, in public.
Sometimes the best placed point of views come people being able to stand back and look in from the outside.
Java does have it draw-backs, such as speed, but this is quickly becoming a non issue on modern computers. Of course computationally intensive work will alway be done in C or C++ that can be compiled to take full advantage of the processor. Another draw-back is that it is very difficult to take full advantage of the underlying OS without writing code using JNI, and thus loosing some protability.
Yes I am very much pro Java, though I also realise that it can't do everything. It will always be a question of the best tool for the job.
Now that we have the specs, how long before we can expect implementations that actually take advantage of them?
As to this issue of Direct 3D having a bigger feature set et al., this is only a worthy argument if we are talking MS-Windows. Outside of the Windows platform Direct 3D means nothing, since it isn't available there. OpenGL is currently the only cross-platform solution worth mentioning (please correct me if there is another). IMHO, the SDL game API made the right move in using OGL for it graphics, since the last thing we need is yet another graphics API that is just about supported. Maybe one thing that will help OGL, especially in games, is if more noise was made about it.
They will probably use a talking paper clip - arghhh.
Its what you call stock value manipulation. Basically you fire people to make the profits seem larger and hence get high stock value. From I understand CISCO tried the same thing and it back fired on them, ie the stock value still took a hit. This is one of the problems with public companies, and probably the reason it can go bad after the IPO, since they concentrate on stock value instead of the product.
The question is what makes a fax more legally reliable than an e-mail. Maybe its simply because it is harder, for the sender, to falsify the originating phone number?
If you read the article and the posts from others you wouldn't need to have posted. 486 processors are ideal for the embedded market and they say they want to use the fabrication systems, currently commited to 486, to produce new processors.
You will probably find that most companies are probably buying embedded 486 solutions from Intel and are probably even opting for other chips that use less power, such as the ARM or PPC.
Very interesting idea - this will probably be the case. The answer appears to be auto-adminstrated machines, which automatically search for updates on a regular basis.
While an advantage it has the potential to be exploited by a "black hat" hacker. What would happen if a worm or virus exploited the patch repository and installed a trojan update?
Some people see a solution, others see a problem.
Another link of interest is the Anti-DMCA website. It is a good thing to share this link with friends that know nothing about this issue.
/. readers.
I was surprised at the number of people I know who didn't know anything on the subject, in most cases they hadn't even heard of the DMCA. You will probably find the same thing if your friends aren't
For those of you who have been elsewhere for the past few months, you can check out the following page on the subject at the EFF. Another page has a link to the act, in PDF.
Hmm, could someone tell me what date 8/12/01 translates to? Is it 8 December 2001, 12 July 2001 or 1 December 2008? Okay I am being picky, but since /. is viewable world-wide I reckon it is best to use date formats that can't be confused, even though someone will advocate as to how abvious it is at the mo' given the other dates haven't happened yet.
Surely 2001-08-12 is little less confusing?
The BBC has an article on the topic.
I think there is more if you follow the links.
You may want to check the following: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010709.html
But you would never get the Bush administration giving money to NASA to do this ;-)
If we are seeing so much artificial lighting from space, then it says something about the lighting used. If the light sources were only pointing their light towards the grounds, using shrouds to avoid upward distribution of light, then we should see a darker night view. Also, any light source that can be seen from space is probably also using more energy than necessary. Being environmental friendly is not always a question of finding an alternative, but simply using what we already have in a smarter way.
Companies should instead be taking out insurances against possible errors in an application. If they wish to claim then they have to prove that a) they provided the required safe guards to avoid exploitation and b) had in place a good back-up plan in case something did go wrong.
;)
If I was a that dependent on some other technology, such as trucks for goods transportation, then I would ensure that there was a back-up plan in place in case the truck broke down - maybe a second truck, a reliable mechanic, or both.
Of course if this is John Doe with and illegal copy of IIS, then they probably are not going to take the time to protect themselves. For the paranoid: maybe this is MS spreading the virus to find out where the illegal copies of IIS are? If that is this case then we should call it CodeRed-XP
Everyone jumped on the internet band-wagon and then a lot of companies failed. Everyone says that this is due to the way the internet is made and that it is because these companies don't have real-world store. One word: bull. Mail-order companies have never had physical stores and the good ones survive. I suppose part of the reason companies like MicroWarehouse survive is because they use sensible advertising, ie they use the magazines in you average computer magazine to show off part of their catalogue, and then send you to their web page if you need more.
Advertising a name only works if you are established, such a Coca-Cola, until then you need to advertise what you sell and why people should buy it, otherwise you might aswell try selling uncontained air.
What makes the difference is a smart business plan based on the long term, with short-term steps. A short-term only business plan is only valid for get-rich-quick people and suckers, and have all the risk of bungine jumping without the cord. You don't need an MBa to realise this, just being intelligent is enough, and I think most people keeping away from the pot are capable of this.
I would certainly appreciate open chip design plans.