Heck, now you can actually consider a line like "that movie, with that guy, who was in that other movie where he holds a bird, but in this movie he eats candy" a somewhat useful description.
Well that still only narrows it down to about 2.6 million results, however I can clearly see by the top matches that you were talking about John Candy's role as the State Trooper in Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird.
"It has branded the new design Cortex-A15, which ARM reckons demonstrates the jump in performance from its predecessors, the A8 and A9. ARM's new chip design can scale to 16 cores, clock up to 2.5GHz, and, the company claims, "deliver a 5x performance increase over the A8"
Their math is based on "reckoning" as it clearly states in TFA. That term means addition with the symbol "x" instead of the more commonly used "+" symbol.
So A8 has performance level of 8 units, that's a given. The A9 has performance level of 9 units, that's a given. Also given is the new A15's performance level of 15 units.
From this I calculate the difference between the A8 and A9 is obviously that of an A1, or just 1 unit of performance. Similarly so I calculate the difference between the A9 and A15 is that of an A6, or 6 units of performance.
Now, "reckon" these values together and you get 7, and there's your true relative performance difference. Or in symbolic form: 7x8=15
However, to conserve battery power they are just going to underclock the thing, so they said 5x to be safe.
Any device that's more autonomous than a Roomba will need to understand and recognize deception in order to function in a society, since it sometimes happens and needs to be worked around.
Actually the Roomba needs to understand and recognize it as well in order to function in its society (my house). I can't tell you how many times I've tricked it into thinking it was trapped in a very small space until it gave up and cried. Human > Robot Vacuum.
No, but the cat doesn't know that humans sense of smell is so weak that we cant smell that the cat was on the sink. Since it appeared to the cat that it's human owner had smelled the fact that it was previously on the sink, it ran off. Pretty sneaky on said owners part if you ask me.
Sneaky indeed. Almost...deceitful!
Well the good thing is now that robots can deceive, you can just have the robot go around your house pretending to sniff things (hey, what do cats know about a robot's sense of smell?) and give the cat dirty looks. Bam, your cat is now an angel.
*Takes off running to file patent on the SnifferCatLookerBot 5000*
Are there really operating systems in use in 2010 that let you write files to a system directory without entering an administrator password?
Yes, because people will give a computer anything it asks for, especially if it asks in an ambiguous manner.
What's this? A UAC prompt asking for permission to "perform the action I requested"? Wait, what was I just doing? Oh yeah, reading email. Yes I want to do that. ]click[
Same thing would happen if you gave them a Linux/OSX box that asked for admin password. Granted M$ made it easier by not requiring one to actually type in any actual password to elevate privileges.
The only way to really protect yourself is to learn how tracking systems work, and implement your own safety. In this case, it's pretty easy, just turn off cookies...lol.
Yes, just turn them off, breaking legit functionality of many sites you frequent.
The thing is - unless by some sort of anti-miracle they get Android killed on legal grounds apple's phone position is, just like the PC position was, only going to last for a while. The open nature (and resulting lower cost) of android will attract more and more users, just as IBM PC's nature did in the 80's. Ultimately the iPhone will end up just as Macs are today - a minority in the phone business used by a small niche-market of die-hard fans.
We've seen this exact history happen 20 years ago with the same company - and people made the exact same claims about why Apple was right and the PC would fail... there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that the outcome will be any different. Steve Jobs doesn't actually care.
There is one big change that has happened in the past 20 years though...the user base of computing devices.
20 years ago (and actually, it was more than 20 years ago, damn I'm getting old) when Steve tried to take over the home compute market, the market was flooded with computer geeks, engineers, and other such people who were technologically inclined. They all wanted something cool and new, and loved to tinker with it and figure out what it could and could not do, or rather what they could or could not make it do.
Fast forward to recent years...the market is flooded with general consumers who are completely ignorant people who simply want what marketing departments boast about. They could care less if the iWhatever has the same computing potential as a high end home computer from only 5-10 years prior, yet fits in a pocket. They just want to take a picture, upload it to their facebook, tweet about it, then play the millionth re-make of solitaire or bust-a-move. All this can be done on their mind-control^h^h^h^h^h^hlocked down device.
The point is, that market of people who don't know/care about all the fun things you can do if you fully exploit the capabilities of the hardware is huge now, and that's why Apple's "small niche" isn't a niche, it's mainstream.
When I bought my 3GS it didn't even come with a manual. Just the phone and some cables and stuff. Now, that's a bold statement.
Telling your customers 'our device is so user friendly that you don't need a manual, it just works and you'll understand completely how it works without any help needed at all'.
Why include a manual, nobody bothers to RTFM anyway. I mean look, you can't even get the 'nerd' crowd here on/. to even RTFA before posting up some cowardly and/or idiotic comment.
And for the record, I didn't read this article either;)
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Heck, now you can actually consider a line like "that movie, with that guy, who was in that other movie where he holds a bird, but in this movie he eats candy" a somewhat useful description.
Well that still only narrows it down to about 2.6 million results, however I can clearly see by the top matches that you were talking about John Candy's role as the State Trooper in Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird.
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Think of what is going to happen when the general public learns of this. I'm going to be asked by so many people...
"So the old TV channels are now this super wifi thingy? Does that mean I can now surf the web with my old TV?"
It's one of those "if you don't know, the question was not for you" sort of things. But so you can learn, let me google that for you :)
Actually it is 7x, here's how...
"It has branded the new design Cortex-A15, which ARM reckons demonstrates the jump in performance from its predecessors, the A8 and A9. ARM's new chip design can scale to 16 cores, clock up to 2.5GHz, and, the company claims, "deliver a 5x performance increase over the A8"
Their math is based on "reckoning" as it clearly states in TFA. That term means addition with the symbol "x" instead of the more commonly used "+" symbol.
So A8 has performance level of 8 units, that's a given.
The A9 has performance level of 9 units, that's a given.
Also given is the new A15's performance level of 15 units.
From this I calculate the difference between the A8 and A9 is obviously that of an A1, or just 1 unit of performance.
Similarly so I calculate the difference between the A9 and A15 is that of an A6, or 6 units of performance.
Now, "reckon" these values together and you get 7, and there's your true relative performance difference. Or in symbolic form: 7x8=15
However, to conserve battery power they are just going to underclock the thing, so they said 5x to be safe.
I've been deceived by automated systems for years: "You're approximate wait time is 5 minutes." Phhhht. Yeah right.
Those phone systems have also been deceiving themselves for years, always thinking their menu options are constantly changing.
Hmm, I think you may have found a use for the old Pentium chips with FDIV bug.
And at 66MHz they even operate at the same slow speed as congress...perfect.
Any device that's more autonomous than a Roomba will need to understand and recognize deception in order to function in a society, since it sometimes happens and needs to be worked around.
Actually the Roomba needs to understand and recognize it as well in order to function in its society (my house). I can't tell you how many times I've tricked it into thinking it was trapped in a very small space until it gave up and cried. Human > Robot Vacuum.
Apparently I am easily amused.
No, but the cat doesn't know that humans sense of smell is so weak that we cant smell that the cat was on the sink. Since it appeared to the cat that it's human owner had smelled the fact that it was previously on the sink, it ran off. Pretty sneaky on said owners part if you ask me.
Sneaky indeed. Almost...deceitful!
Well the good thing is now that robots can deceive, you can just have the robot go around your house pretending to sniff things (hey, what do cats know about a robot's sense of smell?) and give the cat dirty looks. Bam, your cat is now an angel.
*Takes off running to file patent on the SnifferCatLookerBot 5000*
Stupid question from a Linux / Mac user:
Are there really operating systems in use in 2010 that let you write files to a system directory without entering an administrator password?
Yes, because people will give a computer anything it asks for, especially if it asks in an ambiguous manner.
What's this? A UAC prompt asking for permission to "perform the action I requested"? Wait, what was I just doing? Oh yeah, reading email. Yes I want to do that. ]click[
Same thing would happen if you gave them a Linux/OSX box that asked for admin password. Granted M$ made it easier by not requiring one to actually type in any actual password to elevate privileges.
Sigh. We need licenses to operate computers, that way we can revoke them when people click on the shiny red buttons.
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The only way to really protect yourself is to learn how tracking systems work, and implement your own safety. In this case, it's pretty easy, just turn off cookies...lol.
Yes, just turn them off, breaking legit functionality of many sites you frequent.
It's okay though, because your healthy, no-cookie diet still won't make you thin because there is the cake that is being secretly injected right into your stomach .
Stop making me remember all of these numbers. I have been storing them on my computer and now it's out of RAM memory!
The fact that iPhones can be jailbroken (jailbreaked?) means that a lot of people who would not otherwise buy the phone, will go ahead and get it.
Precisely. It's the only reason I even agreed to allow my company to get one for me.
The thing is - unless by some sort of anti-miracle they get Android killed on legal grounds apple's phone position is, just like the PC position was, only going to last for a while. The open nature (and resulting lower cost) of android will attract more and more users, just as IBM PC's nature did in the 80's.
Ultimately the iPhone will end up just as Macs are today - a minority in the phone business used by a small niche-market of die-hard fans.
We've seen this exact history happen 20 years ago with the same company - and people made the exact same claims about why Apple was right and the PC would fail... there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that the outcome will be any different. Steve Jobs doesn't actually care.
There is one big change that has happened in the past 20 years though...the user base of computing devices.
20 years ago (and actually, it was more than 20 years ago, damn I'm getting old) when Steve tried to take over the home compute market, the market was flooded with computer geeks, engineers, and other such people who were technologically inclined. They all wanted something cool and new, and loved to tinker with it and figure out what it could and could not do, or rather what they could or could not make it do.
Fast forward to recent years...the market is flooded with general consumers who are completely ignorant people who simply want what marketing departments boast about. They could care less if the iWhatever has the same computing potential as a high end home computer from only 5-10 years prior, yet fits in a pocket. They just want to take a picture, upload it to their facebook, tweet about it, then play the millionth re-make of solitaire or bust-a-move. All this can be done on their mind-control^h^h^h^h^h^hlocked down device.
The point is, that market of people who don't know/care about all the fun things you can do if you fully exploit the capabilities of the hardware is huge now, and that's why Apple's "small niche" isn't a niche, it's mainstream.
When I bought my 3GS it didn't even come with a manual. Just the phone and some cables and stuff. Now, that's a bold statement.
Telling your customers 'our device is so user friendly that you don't need a manual, it just works and you'll understand completely how it works without any help needed at all'.
Why include a manual, nobody bothers to RTFM anyway. I mean look, you can't even get the 'nerd' crowd here on /. to even RTFA before posting up some cowardly and/or idiotic comment.
And for the record, I didn't read this article either ;)