I agree. There are some of us out there that still appreciate music quality that MP3's don't yet provide. Not to mention the small size. I can take my mini-disc player (it's the recordable/portable Sony), record via optical fiber (either from my DVD player or my PC...thanks soundblaster), pop the player in my front pocket and hit the gym. It doesn't skip, I don't sacrifice any music quality (yes, I'm an aspiring audiophile), and it's the same size of an MP3 player.
It's no more painful to record to a mini-disc than rip an MP3. For those of us who have good ears, you just get better quality. Sure, you can't carry as many songs, but mini-discs are small, it's not a big deal to pop in a new one.
Not sure if MS can replicate this kind of functionailty, but Sysbase can't (yet). If you need absolute performance and reliability, Oracle is the only choice (to the best of my knowledge).
It's called S/A degrading (degradation). Originally intended so that the Russians (for lack of a better enemy) couldn't use GPS to target things like the White House.
Also, there are more than one type of GPS satellite out there. The same system that you use in your car is NOT necessarily the same system used by cruise missles.
The article mentions about the hazzards of liquids. Does anyone use distilled water? Back in my car audio days, I would cool my blistering hot amps running at 1/4 ohm with distilled water; if a hose broke and some fluid got on the amp, it just evaporated..no problems.
I wasn't sure if plain water would soak up enough heat or not in the computer sense.
Re-read the statement. 75% of the world wouldn't notice, while only 1% own a computer.
I don't necessarily agree with this statement, but nowhere does he imply that 75% of the non-noticing world plus 1% of the computer users equal the worlds population.
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Reminds me of the cross between the User Friendly "Movie OS" and the GUI filesystem navigation used in the original Jurassic Park; you know where the girl sees the 3D file manager and claims "Oh it's a UNIX system!"
Pretty soon anyone will be able to use a computer. What are these people thinking? How am I going to keep demanding a high salary for possessing "cryptic OS knowledge"?
I got a ComSci degree from UMD. Very heavy on theory, ie prove this algorithm runs in this time, design a better scheduling algorithm for your OS,create a language and build the compiler, etc. Very language independent. Most of my projects were implement this, we don't care what you do it in, C, C++, Lisp, etc. In fact, I was never taught a language, I was taught language theory; heaps, call by reference/value, etc. You were expected to learn the language on your own. Probably my best example was my compiler theory class. The professor said "I don't care if you can build a compiler or not when you get out of this class. In ten years you won't even remember how (asusming you don't do it for a living). What I expect is that you will know how to read the book for the rest of your life (the Dragon book). That way, you'll know how to build one if you need it down the road."
As a computer scientist, I can be expected to pick up any new concept reasonably quickly, becuase I learned the practice, not necessarily the implementation. It was also way heavy on math.
We didn't have a computer engineering program (although they may now), so I'm not sure what that is, but odds are it bridges the EE/CS gap.
Sounds pretty damn impressive if they can pull it off. I'm definetly looking forward to playing on Linux. Sounds like they are including all versions in the same box. Cool. Time to see if DirectX is faster than XFree86. However, any news of when they plan on releasing?
I'm hoping they didn't get caught up in feature bloat and try to make the end-all-be-all fantasy RPG game that never ships.
Also according to TASS, Mir is coming down between the 13th and 18th, let's hope they actually know....http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/15/r ussia.mir/index.html
From what I understood, Red Hat simply closed the office in SF, the people were moved to other offices outside of the city. Given the price of office space here in downtown SF, can anyone blame them? I don't think anyone was layed off (yet).
Assuming I'm correct, it's not all that gloomy (in Red Hat's case). Although the other news is a bit on the down side....
Any chance on getting a patent on "malicious code designed to hamper productivity, clog major internet backbones, and make me look cool to my friends"?
I like writing code and playing around with Linux, Windows, Java, C, etc. I also like going to the gym, racing cars with the SCCA,sailing, volleyball, etc. I also like to drink beer with my friends and just hang out and go brain dead for a while.
It was 80+ degrees (F of course) here in San Francisco for the game on Sunday. It was a beautiful day to sit in the stands of Pac Bell park, have a couple beers (and nachos) and chill out with your friends.
I also like to sit at home and watch sports. Maybe I'm just a competitive person. At any rate, why do people assume that because I'm a geek and have a high IQ, that I shouldn't be able to bench press my weight or that I think sports are pointless?
especially considering that Intels engineering department appears to be run by the marketing department.
Pardon for being slightly off the thread, but can you think of any successful company that isn't marketing driven? I'm a tech person, not business, but it seems that every tech company has to make the switch from engineering driven to marketing driven in order to be successful (success doesn't always equal income though).
My parents had thougtfully taken me out of school for a few weeks that January to take a vacation to the Florida keys (I was in 8th grade). On the way, we went to the launch. It was awful.
The interesting thing here is that my father was in charge of the manufacturing division for the company that does the US Navy's deep water salvage (NASA as well). I mean deep, none of this 18000ft Titanic crap. I believe they still hold the record for the worlds deepest dives. The company is now Oceaneering, but was Easport.
Anyway, a day or so after the launch my father was on a ship in the Carribean (sp?) directing much of the salvage first hand. Not only did I get to see space shuttle parts close up, but I got to the un-edited videos from the ROV's. They found astronaut parts, ewwwww. My fathers wall is covered with awards and honors from the president, NASA, etc. Nice keepsakes.
Anyway, this kinda hit home for me. I'm not sure that it changed my life, but I did work at NASA for four years while in college. Thanks dad....
Apparently, they are only hiring sys-admins right now. If they weren't located in the middle of the rain soaked NW, I'd consider joining on now as a sys-admin and then moving on to developement once things were stable.It appears as if the plan is to do everything on site. Interesting. I wonder how many people who are used to having their cake and eating too, will react to moving to Portland for what sounds to be a way cool job.
Anyone know what their time frame is for actually getting development started?
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It's no more painful to record to a mini-disc than rip an MP3. For those of us who have good ears, you just get better quality. Sure, you can't carry as many songs, but mini-discs are small, it's not a big deal to pop in a new one.
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Not sure if MS can replicate this kind of functionailty, but Sysbase can't (yet). If you need absolute performance and reliability, Oracle is the only choice (to the best of my knowledge).
Also, there are more than one type of GPS satellite out there. The same system that you use in your car is NOT necessarily the same system used by cruise missles.
I wasn't sure if plain water would soak up enough heat or not in the computer sense.
I don't necessarily agree with this statement, but nowhere does he imply that 75% of the non-noticing world plus 1% of the computer users equal the worlds population.
Pretty soon anyone will be able to use a computer. What are these people thinking? How am I going to keep demanding a high salary for possessing "cryptic OS knowledge"?
As a computer scientist, I can be expected to pick up any new concept reasonably quickly, becuase I learned the practice, not necessarily the implementation. It was also way heavy on math.
We didn't have a computer engineering program (although they may now), so I'm not sure what that is, but odds are it bridges the EE/CS gap.
According to the FAQ, all versions ship in the same box. Also, it's not a port; it's concurrrent development on multiple platforms.
Sounds pretty damn impressive if they can pull it off. I'm definetly looking forward to playing on Linux. Sounds like they are including all versions in the same box. Cool. Time to see if DirectX is faster than XFree86. However, any news of when they plan on releasing?
I'm hoping they didn't get caught up in feature bloat and try to make the end-all-be-all fantasy RPG game that never ships.
Sorry the links didn't come out right, there should be no spaces anywhere in the URL's (obviously..damn cut and paste with Moz .8)
http://www.space.com/news/spacestation/mir_chase rs _010208_wg.html
Also according to TASS, Mir is coming down between the 13th and 18th, let's hope they actually know....http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/15/r ussia.mir/index.html
God bless having a live-in maid though...
Keep the faith dude...
--Chris
Just going out on a limb here, I'm guessing no-one wanted to be your valentine?
Is that just an urban legend?
This should read. When NASA tries to land something, it crashes. When anyone else tries to do it, it lands safely and can even take off again.
You must be getting some really nasty viruses in your neck of the woods if they are damaging the chips (or even the firmware).
Assuming I'm correct, it's not all that gloomy (in Red Hat's case). Although the other news is a bit on the down side....
Pretty arrogrant aren't ya? Showing off how your palm is too small to curl up in bed with...
Any chance on getting a patent on "malicious code designed to hamper productivity, clog major internet backbones, and make me look cool to my friends"?
I like writing code and playing around with Linux, Windows, Java, C, etc. I also like going to the gym, racing cars with the SCCA,sailing, volleyball, etc. I also like to drink beer with my friends and just hang out and go brain dead for a while.
It was 80+ degrees (F of course) here in San Francisco for the game on Sunday. It was a beautiful day to sit in the stands of Pac Bell park, have a couple beers (and nachos) and chill out with your friends.
I also like to sit at home and watch sports. Maybe I'm just a competitive person. At any rate, why do people assume that because I'm a geek and have a high IQ, that I shouldn't be able to bench press my weight or that I think sports are pointless?
Pardon for being slightly off the thread, but can you think of any successful company that isn't marketing driven? I'm a tech person, not business, but it seems that every tech company has to make the switch from engineering driven to marketing driven in order to be successful (success doesn't always equal income though).
Anway your above phrase just struct me as odd..
I've often thought of something similar. Seems a lot easier to just genetically engineer grass to only grow 3" high....
The interesting thing here is that my father was in charge of the manufacturing division for the company that does the US Navy's deep water salvage (NASA as well). I mean deep, none of this 18000ft Titanic crap. I believe they still hold the record for the worlds deepest dives. The company is now Oceaneering, but was Easport.
Anyway, a day or so after the launch my father was on a ship in the Carribean (sp?) directing much of the salvage first hand. Not only did I get to see space shuttle parts close up, but I got to the un-edited videos from the ROV's. They found astronaut parts, ewwwww. My fathers wall is covered with awards and honors from the president, NASA, etc. Nice keepsakes.
Anyway, this kinda hit home for me. I'm not sure that it changed my life, but I did work at NASA for four years while in college. Thanks dad....
Anyone know what their time frame is for actually getting development started?