I agree. I have done some development for Pocket PCs. Our testing shows that the new 400 MHz XScale Compaq iPaq are about 2x slower than the old 206 MHz Strongarm Compaq iPaqs! So the XScale processors are effectively 4x slower per MHz compared to the old Strongarm processors. Needless to say, customers blame me when my code runs 2x slower on their new "twice as fast" Pocket PC.
and if they were truly G*d's Chosen People, why would he allow other people to give them such a hard time, i.e. wars and suicide bombers? I guess G*d is just testing their Faith.. and the people of Israel must obviously a LOT of Faith to still be sticking around that hell hole (no pun intended).
If the "Middle East Problem" truly is just Israel, then why not get ride of the problem? Last year, I read a (joking) editorial suggesting that Israel give up its land and relocate the entire nation to Baja California. The climate and geography is similar and Mexico could really use the injection of money and human resources.
Lets say you have a wife. If someone pulls a gun and aims it at her head, do you wait till he pulls the trigger until you do something? If you have the capability to stop him before he pulls the trigger, you know that you can stop him but you have to kill him. Who do you choose?
I think a better analogy might be:
1. You have a wife. 2. Ten years ago, some guy across town tried to rape your dad's co-worker's wife. 3. One year ago, some different guy attacks you on the street because he doesn't like your employer (say, Microsoft). 4. So after waiting over a year, you go shoot that first guy who threatened your dad's co-worker's wife ten years ago.
Maybe PostgreSQL justs a name change and a new PR department. Many people don't even know how to pronounce PostgreSQL. Consider the name's awkward evolution: Ingres --> Postgres --> PostgreSQL. They've already got a decent logo (the blue elephant). Presumably, the elephant never forgets your data?
Salaries are usually a very BIG part of a company's budget. What other reason would you give for US companies that move overseas or south to Mexico for cheap labor?
Why not just avoid the Win32 APIs and use a cross-plpatform framework like wxWindows? You can built native Windows, Linux/Unix, and Mac GUI applications from the same source code. It's also been around for about 11 years.
Progress Quest belongs to a new breed of "fire and forget" RPG's. There is no need to interact with Progress Quest at all; it will make progress with you or without you.
Progress Quest is a next generation computer role-playing game. Gamers who have played modern online role-playing games, or almost any computer role-playing game, or who have at any time installed or upgraded their operating system, will find themselves incredibly comfortable with Progress Quest's very familiar gameplay. Progress Quest follows reverently in the footsteps of recent smash hit online worlds, but is careful to streamline the more tedious aspects of those offerings. Players will still have the satisfaction of building their character from a ninety-pound level 1 teenager, to an incredibly puissant, magically imbued warrior, well able to snuff out the lives of a barnload of bugbears without need of so much as a lunch break. Yet, gone are the tedious micromanagement and other frustrations common to that older generation of RPG's.
They take trash and burn it in a giant furnace, which in turn generates electricity. And the only thing you see coming out of their "smoke" stacks is steam.
This process could be further improved if new products are designed using "incinerator friendly" materials that minimize environmental damage when burned.
So you get windmills. No, not some nebulous organization, but YOU, the consumer. You have one or two that run all the time.
Why not put windmills on our cars? When I'm driving 80 MPH, that is some serious wind. The windmills could be built into the car's frame, like jet fighter's air intakes. They might even look pretty bad-ass!
Maybe that new USB digital camera they bought is not supported by Linux 2.2? Improved hardware support is the only tangible reason (to a Joe Kmart user).
If I wanted to do a startup in California, I'd look at the City of Alameda (next to Berkeley and across from SF), whose muni power company has rolled out fiber to the home/business
I definitely agree. I think Oakland and Alameda are ripe "revitalization" over the next decade (these things take time). Close to the Valley and the City (SF), close the Port, housing available in your choice of cheap or expensive neighbourhoods, lots of empty office space. My girlfriend works in Oakland. The five-story office building she works in was sold by the city to a contractor for $1, if they promised to renovate it!
I just wanted to give a thumbs up to NetBSD. I have an old Sun SPARC machine for a home firewall. I tried installing the Debian SPARC port, but the installer would randomly fail and panic. I tried installing OpenBSD, but its installer would also fail. I tried installing NetBSD. Simple install and no problems! Plus I find the NetBSD/etc/rc.conf easier to configure than Debian.
I wonder if they consider designing a SPARC compatible CPU. I thought SPARC was an "open standard", but the SPARC site does mention that there are some licensing costs. How much would those cost?
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I agree. I have done some development for Pocket PCs. Our testing shows that the new 400 MHz XScale Compaq iPaq are about 2x slower than the old 206 MHz Strongarm Compaq iPaqs! So the XScale processors are effectively 4x slower per MHz compared to the old Strongarm processors. Needless to say, customers blame me when my code runs 2x slower on their new "twice as fast" Pocket PC.
Its the Republicans, plain and simple. And if it IS the sun, then the Republicans are who made the sun hotter.
Now would be a good time for someone to post the "Moon is a Liberal Myth" troll.
and if they were truly G*d's Chosen People, why would he allow other people to give them such a hard time, i.e. wars and suicide bombers? I guess G*d is just testing their Faith.. and the people of Israel must obviously a LOT of Faith to still be sticking around that hell hole (no pun intended).
If the "Middle East Problem" truly is just Israel, then why not get ride of the problem? Last year, I read a (joking) editorial suggesting that Israel give up its land and relocate the entire nation to Baja California. The climate and geography is similar and Mexico could really use the injection of money and human resources.
$1.65/gallon? In my neighborhood, gas costs about $2.30/gallon for unleaded and $2.49 for premium.
Lets say you have a wife. If someone pulls a gun and aims it at her head, do you wait till he pulls the trigger until you do something? If you have the capability to stop him before he pulls the trigger, you know that you can stop him but you have to kill him. Who do you choose?
I think a better analogy might be:
1. You have a wife.
2. Ten years ago, some guy across town tried to rape your dad's co-worker's wife.
3. One year ago, some different guy attacks you on the street because he doesn't like your employer (say, Microsoft).
4. So after waiting over a year, you go shoot that first guy who threatened your dad's co-worker's wife ten years ago.
If you are what you eat, then you must now be a retard? I guess that sound about right..
Maybe the US military won't mind if Europe's super-accurate Galileo GPS system only covers European targets.. er, I mean cities.
If Europe built its own GPS system, it would be interesting to have devices that use both the European and USian GPS systems and combined the results.
Maybe PostgreSQL justs a name change and a new PR department. Many people don't even know how to pronounce PostgreSQL. Consider the name's awkward evolution: Ingres --> Postgres --> PostgreSQL. They've already got a decent logo (the blue elephant). Presumably, the elephant never forgets your data?
Looks like the PostgreSQL team is taking an active role to update their PR: A Call for PostgreSQL Case Study Participants
If someone sends child porn (in a sealed envelope) through the US Mail, is the US Mail guilty of child porn trafficking?
I've used a 7650. It takes almost 15 seconds to turn on the phone! Press ON, wait 15 seconds, ok now you can see the OS menu.
Salaries are usually a very BIG part of a company's budget. What other reason would you give for US companies that move overseas or south to Mexico for cheap labor?
and here is Linux.
Why not just avoid the Win32 APIs and use a cross-plpatform framework like wxWindows? You can built native Windows, Linux/Unix, and Mac GUI applications from the same source code. It's also been around for about 11 years.
Sounds like you should try playing Progress Quest
Progress Quest belongs to a new breed of "fire and forget" RPG's. There is no need to interact with Progress Quest at all; it will make progress with you or without you.
Progress Quest is a next generation computer role-playing game. Gamers who have played modern online role-playing games, or almost any computer role-playing game, or who have at any time installed or upgraded their operating system, will find themselves incredibly comfortable with Progress Quest's very familiar gameplay. Progress Quest follows reverently in the footsteps of recent smash hit online worlds, but is careful to streamline the more tedious aspects of those offerings. Players will still have the satisfaction of building their character from a ninety-pound level 1 teenager, to an incredibly puissant, magically imbued warrior, well able to snuff out the lives of a barnload of bugbears without need of so much as a lunch break. Yet, gone are the tedious micromanagement and other frustrations common to that older generation of RPG's.
They take trash and burn it in a giant furnace, which in turn generates electricity. And the only thing you see coming out of their "smoke" stacks is steam.
This process could be further improved if new products are designed using "incinerator friendly" materials that minimize environmental damage when burned.
So you get windmills. No, not some nebulous organization, but YOU, the consumer. You have one or two that run all the time.
Why not put windmills on our cars? When I'm driving 80 MPH, that is some serious wind. The windmills could be built into the car's frame, like jet fighter's air intakes. They might even look pretty bad-ass!
Then we can look into solar-panel car exteriors.
which version of Linux do you use know? I wonder which oldest kernel is adequate for most desktop users (including decent hardware support).
Maybe that new USB digital camera they bought is not supported by Linux 2.2? Improved hardware support is the only tangible reason (to a Joe Kmart user).
If I wanted to do a startup in California, I'd look at the City of Alameda (next to Berkeley and across from SF), whose muni power company has rolled out fiber to the home/business
I definitely agree. I think Oakland and Alameda are ripe "revitalization" over the next decade (these things take time). Close to the Valley and the City (SF), close the Port, housing available in your choice of cheap or expensive neighbourhoods, lots of empty office space. My girlfriend works in Oakland. The five-story office building she works in was sold by the city to a contractor for $1, if they promised to renovate it!
I wonder if there is limit to the number of simulated processors. Now people can simulate Linux running on a 1,000,000 CPU computer.
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these things!
I just wanted to give a thumbs up to NetBSD. I have an old Sun SPARC machine for a home firewall. I tried installing the Debian SPARC port, but the installer would randomly fail and panic. I tried installing OpenBSD, but its installer would also fail. I tried installing NetBSD. Simple install and no problems! Plus I find the NetBSD
I wonder if they consider designing a SPARC compatible CPU. I thought SPARC was an "open standard", but the SPARC site does mention that there are some licensing costs. How much would those cost?
I just feel that if I turn of ads, I'll miss something someone wants to sell me that I like.
What is your email address? I have some special email offers that you won't want to miss!