Now that JDK7 is adding invokedynamic, it would be interesting to see this target the JVM instead of LLVM. The JVM is ported everywhere and is extremely fast. I smell some upcoming bake-offs...
Dunno about the original poster, but my biggest problem is that it doesn't integrate with Perforce very well. That makes it completely a non-starter. Integration with version control is one of the top-5 tasks any IDE needs to do and in Netbeans it seems like an afterthought.
After that, Sun embracing OSGi and other de-facto industry standards instead of always re-inventing the wheel would be nice. We really didn't need yet another attempt at a Java application platform.
And JavaFX support? Who actually cares about JavaFX? It's a DOA technology.
The nice thing about IBM taking over is that IBM seems to have a MUCH better sense about what actual non-Sun developers like.
The fundamental problem of enforced consistency with our system is that it requires hard locking, and that is at odds with distributed scalability. When you're going over a few satellite hops and you've got users real-time deep collaborating (ie. they're all heavy writers) with >2s latency, a traditional DB isn't going to scale very well. Even the Facebook MySQL+memcached is going to break down in that environment.
I was thinking the same thing. Robotics, medicine, IT, and manufacturing technologies especially. They definitely have a solid tech sector and as a percentage of the local industry it's pretty high. But as a percentage of the population it's not, and walking down the street you're more likely to meet a retired couple or a blue-collar worker than a geek in most of the neighborhoods. And if you work there you'd better not piss anyone off because all the geeks in Pittsburgh are between 1 and 2 degrees of separation from each other.
The Mac Pro uses the Xeon processors and the Open7 uses the standard i7's, so at least on paper the Pro should have dramatically better memory bandwidth. Just the price of the better processor alone is going to add over $600 to the "parts" price. I have no idea how you came up with ~$1400 for the self-built price, as a single Gainestown processor is going to cost you over $950 if you could even buy it (which you almost certainly can't right now as Intel isn't officially shipping it yet).
And you mention Psystar's "very, very nice case", but the Pro's case is really phenomenal as well. And you quote the specs for Psystar's 4-core machine, but it's worth noting that you're comparing one of Psystar's higher-end machines with the lowest possible end Pro you can buy. The Pro's motherboard and design scales up to a rather hefty machine nicely.
So yeah, it's possible to get cheaper than Apple. But you're making compromises to do it.
Yeah, because I'm always having to deal with saturated brine.
I'm going to assume you live inland and not near a seaport, then.
Fahrenheit, as with most non-metric systems, is a very practical measuring tool for what it's designed for (weather). Similarly, it's kind of nice to have inches for things you hold in your hands and feet for things you hold in your arms.
If we're discussing scientific measurements on a non-US discussion board by all means use Celsius. Otherwise, just make sure everything's labeled.
But eventually Microsoft will have to stop subsidizing the XBox by diverting Windows and Office money to it. Anyone who's bought an XBox or XBox360 at the loss-leading prices Microsoft charges is benefiting from the Microsoft Windows/Office monopoly. Considering the billions the division has lost and the fact that even now it's barely break-even, it's going to be many many years before you could consider Microsoft truly competitive in this market.
Is it that you don't think $10 for a yearly update bringing major new functionality is worth it? Is it that you can afford the hundreds for the device, but not $10 a year for upgrades? Is it that you're not satisfied with the device as it is and feel the upgrade was promised in the first place?
I don't understand why getting paid for your work is considered "money-grubbing". Obviously iPhone owners are paying every month, but iTouch users aren't. So you pay for the upgrade. It really sounds quite fair to me.
That's a pretty bold statement. Any proof better then that of those that say there is?
Merely that since it all can be explained without intelligent motive, that instead of Einstein's assertion that "God doesn't play dice with the universe", to the contrary if He's out there that's ALL he does with the universe.
The number of Canon 50D's sold pales in comparison to the number of Canon A5x0 or A7x0's, though. Those seem to be slowing their megapixel gains faster, and getting image stabilization, face/smile detection, and lower-light modes. And that really is what consumers want, but more than that-- they want the camera to know when to go into those modes. They want to catch their kids' smile among the blur of movement or get that pic inside the aquarium. That, combined with the new consumer-friendly features in iPhoto and Picasa and you have people getting a lot more enjoyment out of the products than a 20 megapixel, grainy shot that takes vast quantities of disk space.
the iPod was a runaway success, not because of the hardware, but because of the iTunes store, which makes several metric shitloads of money a year for Apple.
[citation needed]. Apple's quarterly reports don't show the iTunes Store making gobs of cash. It appears to be in a distant third behind Mac sales and then iPod/iPhone sales. And considering how many terabytes of app downloads are free, Apple probably isn't making huge amounts of profit on apps, either. The iTunes Store is essentially a way for Apple to sell more hardware, which is why they've been pushing for cheaper music since the beginning.
They are subordinate to the executive branch of government, which is subordinate to the legislature
Technically, in the US the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are all on equal footing.
That being said, I'd always been taught the most appropriate thing to call a police officer is "officer", especially if you can't read insignia. If you can and they're a sergeant, etc., call them by their rank.
Actually, if everyone is using it, it is no longer innovative, ie. it is common knowledge to experts in the field, and so would not qualify for a patent.
Just the opposite. The ability of a company or companies to monetize a new invention is actually one measure of its novelty, at least in the US system as it exists today.
VirtualBox supports OpenGL acceleration on Windows hosts. It's USB support is, indeed more limited. It also may, depending on your configuration, interfere with other virtual machines (you can turn on and off hardware-assisted virtualization, and in software-only mode it doesn't conflict).
But it's free and definitely acceptable performance for casual use, thus should always be the first thing you try, IMHO.
IANA Rocket Scientist, but the Earth-Moon system also has a large angular momentum, presumably because of the large-body impact that formed the moon in the first place. This imparted a lot of spin and an infusion of core material to the young Earth that may have kept the dynamo going longer.
I think your typical Mac Pro buyer will spend most of the time in Photoshop, Aperture, Final Cut Pro, etc. I'm sure they optimized the graphic card and processor for those markets.
The new JavaScript engine (codenamed SquirrelFish) predates Chrome's and is faster than Chrome's. You've been able to use it in WebKit nightly builds for months now. And it's exactly as compatible as Chrome since Google took Apple's rendering engine to use for Chrome.
Firefox is nice enough and I definitely prefer it on Windows. On the Mac, though, it's just a slow browser with an old-fashioned UI.
The other proposal came from McCain, who wanted to eliminate the employer's tax-credit (the part Obama emphasized during debates) in favor of giving each individual a tax-credit (the part Obama never acknowledged) to be spent on their own health care. This would've created the same kind of market for health insurance as exists for, say, auto, term-life, house, and other insurances. The decoupling of health care from employment would've been much more fare, and the prices would've come down because of genuine competition.
"fare" is right! What kind of negotiating position does someone who needs life-saving care have versus an insurance company? A poor one. The only people who would be able to afford health insurance in that plan are people who don't need it. You'll note that McCain himself didn't seem to eager to buy his own insurance rather than take his employers.
The most efficiently run medical payment service in this country right now is medicare with over 95% efficiency in terms of money going to treatment vs. overhead.
Yeah, that's par for the course for Wired these days. I used to think they were at least halfway credible until they did an article last year on a topic about which I know quite a lot. The article was, in most respects, the opposite of true. And it also "quoted" people who told me they'd said no such thing and stated as fact things that were verifiably false.
Wired is pretty much The Inquirer of the tech world these days.
Wow, almost $200 to replace a dead battery? We use Macs in our office and the batteries die all the time.
If the battery dies prematurely it's covered by warranty. The new batteries in the MacBook Pro are rated at a much higher lifetime, as well. If after 5 years or so you need to replace the battery, less than $200 isn't exactly going to break the bank.
That has to be a nice little profit item for them.
$200 every 4-5 years? Probably not. I suspect it barely covers costs.
As for whether it's 10% or not, [citation needed]. My previous-generation MacBook Pro has quite a bit of plastic and latches and such to make a quality battery compartment. In addition, it's a big block out of the bottom of the case that undoubtedly weakens the torsional rigidity. Considering the new one's core is made out of a solid block of aluminum, I think it's pretty cool they made the decision not to cut it up for a battery.
Count me as one of the ones for whom this decision is perfect.
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Now that JDK7 is adding invokedynamic, it would be interesting to see this target the JVM instead of LLVM. The JVM is ported everywhere and is extremely fast. I smell some upcoming bake-offs...
Dunno about the original poster, but my biggest problem is that it doesn't integrate with Perforce very well. That makes it completely a non-starter. Integration with version control is one of the top-5 tasks any IDE needs to do and in Netbeans it seems like an afterthought.
After that, Sun embracing OSGi and other de-facto industry standards instead of always re-inventing the wheel would be nice. We really didn't need yet another attempt at a Java application platform.
And JavaFX support? Who actually cares about JavaFX? It's a DOA technology.
The nice thing about IBM taking over is that IBM seems to have a MUCH better sense about what actual non-Sun developers like.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. If not, that explains why Free software advocates have trouble selling a free product...
The fundamental problem of enforced consistency with our system is that it requires hard locking, and that is at odds with distributed scalability. When you're going over a few satellite hops and you've got users real-time deep collaborating (ie. they're all heavy writers) with >2s latency, a traditional DB isn't going to scale very well. Even the Facebook MySQL+memcached is going to break down in that environment.
Incidentally, NASA reserved the write to call it whatever they want; they don't have to go with the vote.
I suspect it's as likely to be named "Colbert" as Hank, the Angry, Drunken Dwarf is to become People's Most Beautiful Person.
I was thinking the same thing. Robotics, medicine, IT, and manufacturing technologies especially. They definitely have a solid tech sector and as a percentage of the local industry it's pretty high. But as a percentage of the population it's not, and walking down the street you're more likely to meet a retired couple or a blue-collar worker than a geek in most of the neighborhoods. And if you work there you'd better not piss anyone off because all the geeks in Pittsburgh are between 1 and 2 degrees of separation from each other.
The Mac Pro uses the Xeon processors and the Open7 uses the standard i7's, so at least on paper the Pro should have dramatically better memory bandwidth. Just the price of the better processor alone is going to add over $600 to the "parts" price. I have no idea how you came up with ~$1400 for the self-built price, as a single Gainestown processor is going to cost you over $950 if you could even buy it (which you almost certainly can't right now as Intel isn't officially shipping it yet).
And you mention Psystar's "very, very nice case", but the Pro's case is really phenomenal as well. And you quote the specs for Psystar's 4-core machine, but it's worth noting that you're comparing one of Psystar's higher-end machines with the lowest possible end Pro you can buy. The Pro's motherboard and design scales up to a rather hefty machine nicely.
So yeah, it's possible to get cheaper than Apple. But you're making compromises to do it.
That makes me want to name my next kid "Ian Al".
Yeah, because I'm always having to deal with saturated brine.
I'm going to assume you live inland and not near a seaport, then.
Fahrenheit, as with most non-metric systems, is a very practical measuring tool for what it's designed for (weather). Similarly, it's kind of nice to have inches for things you hold in your hands and feet for things you hold in your arms.
If we're discussing scientific measurements on a non-US discussion board by all means use Celsius. Otherwise, just make sure everything's labeled.
But eventually Microsoft will have to stop subsidizing the XBox by diverting Windows and Office money to it. Anyone who's bought an XBox or XBox360 at the loss-leading prices Microsoft charges is benefiting from the Microsoft Windows/Office monopoly. Considering the billions the division has lost and the fact that even now it's barely break-even, it's going to be many many years before you could consider Microsoft truly competitive in this market.
Is it that you don't think $10 for a yearly update bringing major new functionality is worth it? Is it that you can afford the hundreds for the device, but not $10 a year for upgrades? Is it that you're not satisfied with the device as it is and feel the upgrade was promised in the first place?
I don't understand why getting paid for your work is considered "money-grubbing". Obviously iPhone owners are paying every month, but iTouch users aren't. So you pay for the upgrade. It really sounds quite fair to me.
That's a pretty bold statement. Any proof better then that of those that say there is?
Merely that since it all can be explained without intelligent motive, that instead of Einstein's assertion that "God doesn't play dice with the universe", to the contrary if He's out there that's ALL he does with the universe.
The number of Canon 50D's sold pales in comparison to the number of Canon A5x0 or A7x0's, though. Those seem to be slowing their megapixel gains faster, and getting image stabilization, face/smile detection, and lower-light modes. And that really is what consumers want, but more than that-- they want the camera to know when to go into those modes. They want to catch their kids' smile among the blur of movement or get that pic inside the aquarium. That, combined with the new consumer-friendly features in iPhoto and Picasa and you have people getting a lot more enjoyment out of the products than a 20 megapixel, grainy shot that takes vast quantities of disk space.
the iPod was a runaway success, not because of the hardware, but because of the iTunes store, which makes several metric shitloads of money a year for Apple.
[citation needed]. Apple's quarterly reports don't show the iTunes Store making gobs of cash. It appears to be in a distant third behind Mac sales and then iPod/iPhone sales. And considering how many terabytes of app downloads are free, Apple probably isn't making huge amounts of profit on apps, either. The iTunes Store is essentially a way for Apple to sell more hardware, which is why they've been pushing for cheaper music since the beginning.
They are subordinate to the executive branch of government, which is subordinate to the legislature
Technically, in the US the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are all on equal footing.
That being said, I'd always been taught the most appropriate thing to call a police officer is "officer", especially if you can't read insignia. If you can and they're a sergeant, etc., call them by their rank.
Actually, if everyone is using it, it is no longer innovative, ie. it is common knowledge to experts in the field, and so would not qualify for a patent.
Just the opposite. The ability of a company or companies to monetize a new invention is actually one measure of its novelty, at least in the US system as it exists today.
VirtualBox supports OpenGL acceleration on Windows hosts. It's USB support is, indeed more limited. It also may, depending on your configuration, interfere with other virtual machines (you can turn on and off hardware-assisted virtualization, and in software-only mode it doesn't conflict).
But it's free and definitely acceptable performance for casual use, thus should always be the first thing you try, IMHO.
no DRM = (no sale) x millions
IANA Rocket Scientist, but the Earth-Moon system also has a large angular momentum, presumably because of the large-body impact that formed the moon in the first place. This imparted a lot of spin and an infusion of core material to the young Earth that may have kept the dynamo going longer.
I think your typical Mac Pro buyer will spend most of the time in Photoshop, Aperture, Final Cut Pro, etc. I'm sure they optimized the graphic card and processor for those markets.
The new JavaScript engine (codenamed SquirrelFish) predates Chrome's and is faster than Chrome's. You've been able to use it in WebKit nightly builds for months now. And it's exactly as compatible as Chrome since Google took Apple's rendering engine to use for Chrome.
Firefox is nice enough and I definitely prefer it on Windows. On the Mac, though, it's just a slow browser with an old-fashioned UI.
The other proposal came from McCain, who wanted to eliminate the employer's tax-credit (the part Obama emphasized during debates) in favor of giving each individual a tax-credit (the part Obama never acknowledged) to be spent on their own health care. This would've created the same kind of market for health insurance as exists for, say, auto, term-life, house, and other insurances. The decoupling of health care from employment would've been much more fare, and the prices would've come down because of genuine competition.
"fare" is right! What kind of negotiating position does someone who needs life-saving care have versus an insurance company? A poor one. The only people who would be able to afford health insurance in that plan are people who don't need it. You'll note that McCain himself didn't seem to eager to buy his own insurance rather than take his employers.
The most efficiently run medical payment service in this country right now is medicare with over 95% efficiency in terms of money going to treatment vs. overhead.
Yeah, that's par for the course for Wired these days. I used to think they were at least halfway credible until they did an article last year on a topic about which I know quite a lot. The article was, in most respects, the opposite of true. And it also "quoted" people who told me they'd said no such thing and stated as fact things that were verifiably false.
Wired is pretty much The Inquirer of the tech world these days.
Wow, almost $200 to replace a dead battery? We use Macs in our office and the batteries die all the time.
If the battery dies prematurely it's covered by warranty. The new batteries in the MacBook Pro are rated at a much higher lifetime, as well. If after 5 years or so you need to replace the battery, less than $200 isn't exactly going to break the bank.
That has to be a nice little profit item for them.
$200 every 4-5 years? Probably not. I suspect it barely covers costs.
The cost is $179.
As for whether it's 10% or not, [citation needed]. My previous-generation MacBook Pro has quite a bit of plastic and latches and such to make a quality battery compartment. In addition, it's a big block out of the bottom of the case that undoubtedly weakens the torsional rigidity. Considering the new one's core is made out of a solid block of aluminum, I think it's pretty cool they made the decision not to cut it up for a battery.
Count me as one of the ones for whom this decision is perfect.