THE show-stopper is malware. It would take years to rewrite that for ARM, which would put this at a disadvantage for years until malware writers had time to port everything. Not even Microsoft can overcome this obstacle.
You joke, but most programmers I encounter think that acceptable error handling is one of the following, in order of preference:
Pretend errors can't happen. Even when code isn't working right, do not put any error checking in.
Check for errors, but simply exit program when one occurs, without telling user of that fact.
Check for errors, and when one occurs, exit program and print "error occurred". Throughout program, return boolean success/failure from routines.
Check for errors, and actually tell user the cause, for example: out of memory, disk full, disk error, network error, corrupt file, wrong version, unsupported file format. This way the user can actually have some idea of how to solve the problem before he tries again.
So, it's going to be yet another useless publication in an already crowded arena?
Yeah, but it's going to be called BYTE! Sure, it's going to have totally different content, but the name, BYTE. Surely that's enough for you to go out and buy it right away, right?
The electromagnets use insulated wire where it matters. Anywhere there isn't insulation, a little water would vaporize if it were conducting any significant portion of the energy running through the couls.
In other words, constant acceleration, so that there are the same G-forces on the airframe during the entire run, rather than more at the beginning than end.
When I bicycle, I try to use the road, but given the idiot drivers (and I do drive occasionally, so I know that one can drive non-idiotically), it's often idiotic not to use the sidewalk. I generally ride on to the grass and allow pedestrians to come by, since in my mind they have the right-of-way.
Ordinarily, I'd think about this stuff and feel a sense of dread. But I'll be gone when all this happens. It's you non-christians who get to deal with that mess.
Take a look in the mirror, and you may find you aren't a Christian either.
When I spend it, my brain registers the amount, and budgets better. No other company gets a cut of every amount I spend (only the merchant I'm paying). For small transactions, there's not a ridiculous flat rate the merchant pays for the transaction (something like $0.40 if using debit). There's no way I can overdraw any accounts.
I hadn't thought of the fact that they'll probably use this opportunity to have hybrids make even more noise than normal cars, especially when backing up, and then probably mandate them on regular cars eventually as well. Say bye to a quiet evening at your house; instead it'll be regular beeping as people back out of their driveways. How could they resist putting these on cars, if they're already putting an external sound system? No way they'll just stop with a soft, continuous sound whenever the car is running.
I've found people here on Slashdot unable to grasp redundancy with safety systems. In past threads about this issue, there were also many people stuck on the idea that the only reason anyone would benefit from audible cues if he isn't paying attention. It's lost on them that sound works regardless of what one's attention is on, and works in all directions regardless of what direction one is facing. Others have argued that you can't even hear vehicles, which is the exact opposite of my experience; I regularly walk/bicycle and make good use of audible cues for vehicles and people (and don't even own a portable music device or phone, so my attention is never divided).
Yep, you're lucky if you can get several together. I remember back in the day on the N64, four and sometimes five of us were able to get together weekly and do lots of four-player gaming (mostly Goldeneye). Those were the days...
It's like defense-in-depth in the security field. You don't depend on just one mechanism. Here, (most) humans are equipped with useful omni-directional devices (ears), that can provide useful information in addition to the eyes. Most cars provide this already. On the other hand, intentionally making noise means it might be really obnoxious, or advertisements, or like phone ring tones, only constant. Maybe a few extra deaths is worth not having this constantly...
Agreed that not looking before crossing a street is a good way to win a Darwin award, but that's no reason to have silent multi-ton vehicles either. Sound has the benefit that you might hear it even if you don't see it, or the driver doesn't see you and comes up behind you unexpectedly, or whatever. A good example where sound would be useful (albeit for a different vehicle type) is when some idiot cyclist comes up behind you and passes you on a sidewalk, and all you see is suddenly a bicycle a few inches from you zooming by.
I love it when someone completely changes a post, causing links to it to become incorrect. I went to the linked page about how it was a "doozy" yet saw nothing about a leather case or anything. Anyone got a cache of the old page so I can see what the hell everyone is talking about?
Duh, the government just wants the data to be sure that it gets destroyed. If the MAFIAA has taught me anything at all, it's that data is like a physical thing, and so by demanding it be handed over, there's no way that Google could have it anymore.
If the camera guy draws my attention to him constantly during the first 10-20 minutes of a movie, I just stop watching. A good movie consists of everyone letting the story take center stage, not their camera/sound/directing/acting work.
However the MPAA said they'd have to hang an NC-17 on it, which means no theater would play it.
And who is to blame for this? It's not like theaters refuse to play without good reason, most likely that they would get less overall business. I'm guessing it's the movie-going public who is to blame.
I was in a Texas library a few days ago and saw several books about Intelligent Design. These people must be pretty bright to find a way to fill more than one book on a subject I could only write a few sentences about, so don't underestimate them.
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THE show-stopper is malware. It would take years to rewrite that for ARM, which would put this at a disadvantage for years until malware writers had time to port everything. Not even Microsoft can overcome this obstacle.
My comment was about this linear induction motor.
Hell, I'm cured by reading that you just reading about them cured you. Clearly it's very powerful stuff.
Yeah, but it's going to be called BYTE! Sure, it's going to have totally different content, but the name, BYTE. Surely that's enough for you to go out and buy it right away, right?
Hands-free, eh? I do not think that term means what you think it means.
The electromagnets use insulated wire where it matters. Anywhere there isn't insulation, a little water would vaporize if it were conducting any significant portion of the energy running through the couls.
In other words, constant acceleration, so that there are the same G-forces on the airframe during the entire run, rather than more at the beginning than end.
Unfortunately it seems that the contest is no more, as they still haven't announced the winners from last year's contest, which ended 9 months ago.
When I bicycle, I try to use the road, but given the idiot drivers (and I do drive occasionally, so I know that one can drive non-idiotically), it's often idiotic not to use the sidewalk. I generally ride on to the grass and allow pedestrians to come by, since in my mind they have the right-of-way.
Take a look in the mirror, and you may find you aren't a Christian either.
When I spend it, my brain registers the amount, and budgets better. No other company gets a cut of every amount I spend (only the merchant I'm paying). For small transactions, there's not a ridiculous flat rate the merchant pays for the transaction (something like $0.40 if using debit). There's no way I can overdraw any accounts.
I hadn't thought of the fact that they'll probably use this opportunity to have hybrids make even more noise than normal cars, especially when backing up, and then probably mandate them on regular cars eventually as well. Say bye to a quiet evening at your house; instead it'll be regular beeping as people back out of their driveways. How could they resist putting these on cars, if they're already putting an external sound system? No way they'll just stop with a soft, continuous sound whenever the car is running.
I've found people here on Slashdot unable to grasp redundancy with safety systems. In past threads about this issue, there were also many people stuck on the idea that the only reason anyone would benefit from audible cues if he isn't paying attention. It's lost on them that sound works regardless of what one's attention is on, and works in all directions regardless of what direction one is facing. Others have argued that you can't even hear vehicles, which is the exact opposite of my experience; I regularly walk/bicycle and make good use of audible cues for vehicles and people (and don't even own a portable music device or phone, so my attention is never divided).
Yep, you're lucky if you can get several together. I remember back in the day on the N64, four and sometimes five of us were able to get together weekly and do lots of four-player gaming (mostly Goldeneye). Those were the days...
It's like defense-in-depth in the security field. You don't depend on just one mechanism. Here, (most) humans are equipped with useful omni-directional devices (ears), that can provide useful information in addition to the eyes. Most cars provide this already. On the other hand, intentionally making noise means it might be really obnoxious, or advertisements, or like phone ring tones, only constant. Maybe a few extra deaths is worth not having this constantly...
Agreed that not looking before crossing a street is a good way to win a Darwin award, but that's no reason to have silent multi-ton vehicles either. Sound has the benefit that you might hear it even if you don't see it, or the driver doesn't see you and comes up behind you unexpectedly, or whatever. A good example where sound would be useful (albeit for a different vehicle type) is when some idiot cyclist comes up behind you and passes you on a sidewalk, and all you see is suddenly a bicycle a few inches from you zooming by.
I love it when someone completely changes a post, causing links to it to become incorrect. I went to the linked page about how it was a "doozy" yet saw nothing about a leather case or anything. Anyone got a cache of the old page so I can see what the hell everyone is talking about?
Ahhh, but in the tech tradition, we can simply claim that "57" was in base 11, thereby raising the count by 5.
It's not a general-purpose compression product; it's specialized for the X windows protocol.
In summary, it speeds X windows sessions over a remote link, by compressing and caching data going across the link.
Duh, the government just wants the data to be sure that it gets destroyed. If the MAFIAA has taught me anything at all, it's that data is like a physical thing, and so by demanding it be handed over, there's no way that Google could have it anymore.
If the camera guy draws my attention to him constantly during the first 10-20 minutes of a movie, I just stop watching. A good movie consists of everyone letting the story take center stage, not their camera/sound/directing/acting work.
And who is to blame for this? It's not like theaters refuse to play without good reason, most likely that they would get less overall business. I'm guessing it's the movie-going public who is to blame.
I was in a Texas library a few days ago and saw several books about Intelligent Design. These people must be pretty bright to find a way to fill more than one book on a subject I could only write a few sentences about, so don't underestimate them.