It is a Windows flaw that supporting hardware in one version doesn't automatically mean it will be supported in future versions. In Linux, that is generally the case.
I had the same thing with a Lexmark printer going from Windows 98 to Windows XP. No XP drivers available anywhere. After installing Debian, I plugged it in to get the USB device ID so I could try my luck at hunting down Linux drivers, and what do you know, it worked out of the box with the version of CUPS in the standard Debian repository. Hardware support is Linux's strength, despite many manufacturers ignoring it and providing only Windows drivers for their hardware.
The issues on the iPhone you linked to are for a model that is over two years old.
the 3.x flavor fragmentation isn't because of Apple, its because users just don't update their phones. The Android fragmentation is the fault of the vendors, so apples and oranges for that argument.
So that old Android hardware does not suffer the performance problems of old Apple hardware is the fault of the vendors. Good to know that they're looking out for their users, unlike Apple who push out updates without testing them sufficiently on older hardware.
When I was a child (before MMR), girls received Rubella vaccination at age 12 to cover the risk during pregnancy. The vaccination may have been new, as I remember ads on TV to raise awareness. Noone got measles, mumps or chickenpox vaccines.
A crap cellphone lens is still just as crappy at 1080p as at 720p, in fact the higher resolution is more likely to enhance the flaws than at a lower resolution. 1080p on a cellphone is nothing more than a sales gimmick, just as 20Mpx on a compact camera is (or 5Mpx on a cellphone camera).
Of course I don't need the calculator, but I was pointing out that there is a cost/benefit analysis for this type of thing - if the calculator is already there ready to accept input, then the cost of using the calculator for such a seemingly simple problem is very low. If I have to reach into my bag, or go down to the Start Menu, or into the menus on my phone, then the cost becomes higher and I am more likely to work it out in my head.
the number of times I've seen my students reach for a calculator for simple arithmetic (9 x 13) or similar
That doesn't surprise me in the least. At school we only rote learned our times tables up to 12, and even then 11 and 12 were introduced later so aren't as ingrained in my brain. So for 9 x 13, I'd have to think about it long enough that a calculator would probably be faster if it was close at hand.
Illegality adds another problem; it forces the business under the rug, leaving hookers essentially without legal recourse - they can be robbed, raped, killed, or otherwise harmed because the perp knows the victim won't go to the cops, or won't be missed.
Where exactly do you think the coercion from pimps, poverty, VD, and back-alley abortions come from?
Cover art would be OK, the main reason I said blank is that the expectation is that the other end is ignoring the video stream anyway, so you want to keep its bandwidth overhead as low as possible. As for links, they have nothing to do with H.264 or AAC, and please keep Flash and Silverlight away from Internet Radio - some of us use dedicated hardware devices for listening.
AAC is not h264. If MPEG-LA are saying that a free to view MPEG4 video containing both h264 video and AAC audio stream will be royalty free, then there might be a backdoor for internet radio by including a very low bitrate blank video stream in their stream (though I think current AAC audio streaming does not use MPEG4 containers, so bundling a video stream would require changes).
The zippy quotes weren't just removed from Debian, they were removed from Emacs, after it emerged that they weren't public domain after all as had been assumed. The GFDL license on the other hand, may not be Free enough for Debian, but that is about statements of opinion needing to be kept without modification, as allowing modification has lead in the past to misquoting.
Not that I'm defending Siemens and Nokia for providing spy equipment to a regime known to torture and kill its citizens for exercising political speech, but how exactly does a court in Virginia have jurisdiction over German and Swedish companies for civil damages allegedly sustained in Iran against an Iranian citizen?
Java? Now you can write PHP, or C#. C? Now you can write Object C, D, and C++.
The problem is that doesn't work for everyone. Sure some students can adapt their skills, and they are the ones who most employers want to employ, but the vast majority of people get completely lost when asked to apply their learned skills with a different set of tools and syntax. Since the adaptable candidates are few and far between and difficult to identify, it is much easier for HR to filter on exact skill matches.
Never forget. Microsoft has never helped open source.
They have helped open source in the past, when it suited them. The original port of GNU Emacs to Windows NT was done by interns at Microsoft to show that real Unix software could be easily ported to their new OS.
There have also been arguments about whether the route from San Jose should go south first, or should go up the East Bay and east before heading south, but that's been people who want the train to go near them, not people who don't want it.
If it stops anywhere between San Francisco and San Jose (except maybe SFO airport - which could help make it a lot more useful), then it isn't going to be particularly high speed.
Sometimes the "lying" goes both ways. My connection was advertised as up to 2Mbps. During peak times I'm lucky to get 200k, but offpeak I've seen it running at 9Mbps.
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It is a Windows flaw that supporting hardware in one version doesn't automatically mean it will be supported in future versions. In Linux, that is generally the case.
I had the same thing with a Lexmark printer going from Windows 98 to Windows XP. No XP drivers available anywhere. After installing Debian, I plugged it in to get the USB device ID so I could try my luck at hunting down Linux drivers, and what do you know, it worked out of the box with the version of CUPS in the standard Debian repository. Hardware support is Linux's strength, despite many manufacturers ignoring it and providing only Windows drivers for their hardware.
So that old Android hardware does not suffer the performance problems of old Apple hardware is the fault of the vendors. Good to know that they're looking out for their users, unlike Apple who push out updates without testing them sufficiently on older hardware.
When I was a child (before MMR), girls received Rubella vaccination at age 12 to cover the risk during pregnancy. The vaccination may have been new, as I remember ads on TV to raise awareness. Noone got measles, mumps or chickenpox vaccines.
Also, when you look hard for a software bug that turns out not to be there, you might find others in the process.
TATA is hardly a niche manufacturer nor a new market entrant however.
A crap cellphone lens is still just as crappy at 1080p as at 720p, in fact the higher resolution is more likely to enhance the flaws than at a lower resolution. 1080p on a cellphone is nothing more than a sales gimmick, just as 20Mpx on a compact camera is (or 5Mpx on a cellphone camera).
Who needs a good heart when you can pick up another girl in the neighbourhood and get your teenage kicks right through the night?
Of course I don't need the calculator, but I was pointing out that there is a cost/benefit analysis for this type of thing - if the calculator is already there ready to accept input, then the cost of using the calculator for such a seemingly simple problem is very low. If I have to reach into my bag, or go down to the Start Menu, or into the menus on my phone, then the cost becomes higher and I am more likely to work it out in my head.
That doesn't surprise me in the least. At school we only rote learned our times tables up to 12, and even then 11 and 12 were introduced later so aren't as ingrained in my brain. So for 9 x 13, I'd have to think about it long enough that a calculator would probably be faster if it was close at hand.
Where exactly do you think the coercion from pimps, poverty, VD, and back-alley abortions come from?
Cover art would be OK, the main reason I said blank is that the expectation is that the other end is ignoring the video stream anyway, so you want to keep its bandwidth overhead as low as possible. As for links, they have nothing to do with H.264 or AAC, and please keep Flash and Silverlight away from Internet Radio - some of us use dedicated hardware devices for listening.
OK the headline is misleading, that makes it 24.99978% of new worms overall. Happy now?
AAC is not h264. If MPEG-LA are saying that a free to view MPEG4 video containing both h264 video and AAC audio stream will be royalty free, then there might be a backdoor for internet radio by including a very low bitrate blank video stream in their stream (though I think current AAC audio streaming does not use MPEG4 containers, so bundling a video stream would require changes).
The zippy quotes weren't just removed from Debian, they were removed from Emacs, after it emerged that they weren't public domain after all as had been assumed. The GFDL license on the other hand, may not be Free enough for Debian, but that is about statements of opinion needing to be kept without modification, as allowing modification has lead in the past to misquoting.
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Are you sure the emphasis is on the word default, and not the word or that comes before it?
Windows Mobile 5.0 did not support 800x480 displays, but that did not stop Sharp from releasing such a device anyway.
Yes, I was. As I noted 12 hours before your redundant post.
s/Swedish/Finnish/ - I was thinking of a different network equipment provider there.
Not that I'm defending Siemens and Nokia for providing spy equipment to a regime known to torture and kill its citizens for exercising political speech, but how exactly does a court in Virginia have jurisdiction over German and Swedish companies for civil damages allegedly sustained in Iran against an Iranian citizen?
The problem is that doesn't work for everyone. Sure some students can adapt their skills, and they are the ones who most employers want to employ, but the vast majority of people get completely lost when asked to apply their learned skills with a different set of tools and syntax. Since the adaptable candidates are few and far between and difficult to identify, it is much easier for HR to filter on exact skill matches.
They have helped open source in the past, when it suited them. The original port of GNU Emacs to Windows NT was done by interns at Microsoft to show that real Unix software could be easily ported to their new OS.
If it stops anywhere between San Francisco and San Jose (except maybe SFO airport - which could help make it a lot more useful), then it isn't going to be particularly high speed.
Sometimes the "lying" goes both ways. My connection was advertised as up to 2Mbps. During peak times I'm lucky to get 200k, but offpeak I've seen it running at 9Mbps.