3:.NET is a strange attempt to avoid a DOJ splitup - the OS only gets it's apps from the Web, so it's about as useful as a Sun Ray on it's own. As soon as they split, MS-Apps Corp licenses the.NET tech to other competitors, who then make another.NET implementation - and kill MS-OS Corp. Hah!
This is a great thing, if you have programmed with either of these two. Delphi is a joy to work with, and WFC has been described as the best (and most painless) way to program Windows. I'm expecting great things from this.
One thing I'd like to see is a GNU C# compiler. I assume this will be worked on by those over at egcs, once the standard becomes available?
Simple: Release an outdated version of your source that doesn't work out of the box. Tell your customers that an updated source release is planned, but that every time they ask for it the release is delayed for another 24 hours.
Half-funny, half-troll, mostly sarcasm about the fact that the US developed cell phone systems. I wasn't aware that so many people were clueless about where the first cell phone system actually was (here in the great county of Schaumburg) or who developed it (Motorola). I guess when it got an "Informative" I felt bad for the moderator who now thinks that Nokia developed the first cell phone system.
For the record, the first cell phone developed and deployed here in the great state of Schaumburg. One early deployment of the tech did happen in the US.
The Europe is one of the best places to be if you're into alternative operating systems. Linux was a 'new thing' in the US while it was already become an established heavyweight in the Europe with the help of such Linux giants as the formidable SuSE.
Not to mention that in the Europe, cell phone technology was developed first. In fact the first ever deployment of a cell phone system happened in the Britian, with the help of phone giant Nokia.
It's true that the US is losing it's traditional technical lead to the upstarts like Linux and Nokia.
For a long time, my threshold has been at -1. There are several funny posters like osm and PHroD who had been bitchslapped. Now, there's just a bunch of trolls making offensive comments.
I hereby request the creation of a -2 moderation. -1 doesn't do these guys justice. I'd like to be able to read osm without reading this worthless shit. Or at least raise the bitchslap threshold to 0. I don't need to waste my time with comments like this.
We'll just hire a bunch of puritans to come in and watch the computers! Better yet, hire in the easily offended! I know, I know! Let's hire a bunch of Luddites to tell Congress that the Internet is offensive! Let's ban it all!
This isn't about the generation of music, but about the categorization of music by fractals. Anyway, modern music is more complicated than the simple scales.
Would it? If it can categorize the sound of the music, shouldn't it be able to identify artist differences? When/if the technology gets far enough, I should be able to say "BT mixed by Sasha" and it would go out and find it... on pure sound, no knowledge about the song.
You could probably fit an OpenBSD kernel, a SB16 sound driver, and a copy of mpg123 on to a floppy... I actually like mp3blaster (sorry, no link) the best - it's got a nice gui, and I think is based on mpg123.
Kiosk stands, etc. all have embedded computational needs. Not to mention industry. There aren't a lot of solutions that feature all the IO that this device has in it, so this device satisfies a niche in the market. It will be used by people who value space/functionality over cost. (It's also not a high-volume device - but a few here and there for industrial applications is incredibly useful)
Have you any clue how cheap $1,495 is for this device? This is a godsend for device manufacturers that need a complete embedded controller. This won't be running desktop software. It'll probably get QNX or WindRiver installed on it. This is an emedded device.
What's the point, unless you're looking for x86 compatiblity? There are far more efficient designs - 68k-based chips, StrongARM (I think that's already.18u), SH\d, etc.
It would be a cool hack, though. Just not very practical or useful.
It's the law, you moron. The same reason your wireless phone provider needed to install a system to do this. The FBI was kind enough to provide a system that for you in the event that you haven't one.
Actually there's probably a 68k looking after your ABS and airbag controls right now... the 68k line has been renamed M-Core, and powers a whole slew of devices, including your Pilot. The Coldfire M-Core processor powers at least one firewall device. TI calculators use 68k's (in the 89 and 92) and Z-80's elsewhere. (HP's use Saturns).
Dear God. How come everybody makes a product you jump up and down because it's not targeted at you?
Do you even know how many thousands of embedded devices there are running on 486 chips? Do you know the power consumption of a 486 compared to a Pentium? How 'bout heat? Now tell me where size really matters - when you've got a big desk with space for a computer, or in an embedded device with 5 cubic inches to spare in the design?
This isn't about a backpack computer. It's not about a belt clip computer. I already have one of those. This is an embedded device! Get it through your skull!
Netscape is jumping to 6 because the code that was delivered to the Mozilla team was Netscape 5 - they promptly trashed that and started work on "Netscape 6".
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3: .NET is a strange attempt to avoid a DOJ splitup - the OS only gets it's apps from the Web, so it's about as useful as a Sun Ray on it's own. As soon as they split, MS-Apps Corp licenses the .NET tech to other competitors, who then make another .NET implementation - and kill MS-OS Corp. Hah!
One thing I'd like to see is a GNU C# compiler. I assume this will be worked on by those over at egcs, once the standard becomes available?
I changed it... is this more accurate now?
(Hint: Go download BeOS4Linux.tgz, unpack it in /beos, and give it a try... works great, no Windows necessary!)
Simple: Release an outdated version of your source that doesn't work out of the box. Tell your customers that an updated source release is planned, but that every time they ask for it the release is delayed for another 24 hours.
How is the Province of Anacreon doing these days? I must remember to visit there some time.
Half-funny, half-troll, mostly sarcasm about the fact that the US developed cell phone systems. I wasn't aware that so many people were clueless about where the first cell phone system actually was (here in the great county of Schaumburg) or who developed it (Motorola). I guess when it got an "Informative" I felt bad for the moderator who now thinks that Nokia developed the first cell phone system.
What's this got to do with him? The cat is both alive and dead, not somewhere in between.
For the record, the first cell phone developed and deployed here in the great state of Schaumburg. One early deployment of the tech did happen in the US.
Not to mention that in the Europe, cell phone technology was developed first. In fact the first ever deployment of a cell phone system happened in the Britian, with the help of phone giant Nokia.
It's true that the US is losing it's traditional technical lead to the upstarts like Linux and Nokia.
For a long time, my threshold has been at -1. There are several funny posters like osm and PHroD who had been bitchslapped. Now, there's just a bunch of trolls making offensive comments.
I hereby request the creation of a -2 moderation. -1 doesn't do these guys justice. I'd like to be able to read osm without reading this worthless shit. Or at least raise the bitchslap threshold to 0. I don't need to waste my time with comments like this.
Oh, bah. I filled that in on my own user page, much like Signal 11 did. But my karma is indeed stuck at 113. That number is part of the User Bio.
We'll just hire a bunch of puritans to come in and watch the computers! Better yet, hire in the easily offended! I know, I know! Let's hire a bunch of Luddites to tell Congress that the Internet is offensive! Let's ban it all!
This isn't about the generation of music, but about the categorization of music by fractals. Anyway, modern music is more complicated than the simple scales.
Would it? If it can categorize the sound of the music, shouldn't it be able to identify artist differences? When/if the technology gets far enough, I should be able to say "BT mixed by Sasha" and it would go out and find it... on pure sound, no knowledge about the song.
That's called techno. I suspect the first rule of the system is 'If it sounds like more than one of these, it's techno'.
You could probably fit an OpenBSD kernel, a SB16 sound driver, and a copy of mpg123 on to a floppy... I actually like mp3blaster (sorry, no link) the best - it's got a nice gui, and I think is based on mpg123.
Kiosk stands, etc. all have embedded computational needs. Not to mention industry. There aren't a lot of solutions that feature all the IO that this device has in it, so this device satisfies a niche in the market. It will be used by people who value space/functionality over cost. (It's also not a high-volume device - but a few here and there for industrial applications is incredibly useful)
Have you any clue how cheap $1,495 is for this device? This is a godsend for device manufacturers that need a complete embedded controller. This won't be running desktop software. It'll probably get QNX or WindRiver installed on it. This is an emedded device.
It would be a cool hack, though. Just not very practical or useful.
It's the law, you moron. The same reason your wireless phone provider needed to install a system to do this. The FBI was kind enough to provide a system that for you in the event that you haven't one.
Actually there's probably a 68k looking after your ABS and airbag controls right now... the 68k line has been renamed M-Core, and powers a whole slew of devices, including your Pilot. The Coldfire M-Core processor powers at least one firewall device. TI calculators use 68k's (in the 89 and 92) and Z-80's elsewhere. (HP's use Saturns).
mpg123 claims to be able to do it on a 486 - just don't try anything else with it!
Do you even know how many thousands of embedded devices there are running on 486 chips? Do you know the power consumption of a 486 compared to a Pentium? How 'bout heat? Now tell me where size really matters - when you've got a big desk with space for a computer, or in an embedded device with 5 cubic inches to spare in the design?
This isn't about a backpack computer. It's not about a belt clip computer. I already have one of those. This is an embedded device! Get it through your skull!
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Netscape is jumping to 6 because the code that was delivered to the Mozilla team was Netscape 5 - they promptly trashed that and started work on "Netscape 6".