Now that I've had a Macbook Pro for 5 months, and have been so happy with it, I'm eagerly awaiting Leopard so that I can actually buy it. Don't Macs still come with three OS upgrade coupons?
"Linux is growing faster in the server space than Windows says the Dell CEO 'On the server side Linux continues to grow nicely, a bit faster than Windows. We're seeing a move to Linux in critical applications, and Linux migration has not slowed down.'" It seems kind of odd to me to think about Windows' market share growing. I'd think everyone that was going to have a pile of servers by now would already have them and either be replacing several with fewer or changing OS. But clearly the statement "Linux continues to grow nicely, a bit faster than Windows" means Windows Server continues to measurably grow in number. I suppose people could still be replacing Sun, HP, SGI, or IBM non-Windows computers (even mainframes) with new Windows boxen.
For me, to buy a new server for the company I work for it would have to replace at least one computer if not two or more. There's no point for us to bring more computers online without end-of-life'ing some antiquated machine.
Speaking of, what's the average lifespan of a server these days? We run ours a minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 8. At that point they start to make me nervous - dealing with hardware failure is not my favorite past time.
Vista: too many editions, eek XP: Home or Pro, simple OSX: one version, easy Ubuntu: desktop or server, excleent Hmmm, I don't know what to say about Apple's marketing, but there is a server version of OS X. Also the Windows Server for XP is called 2003. So if you're going to count Ubuntu as having two versions, one of which being server, the others need their server counterparts included.
Not quite sure how yet, but have a feeling that SUV's are in part responsible for this. Because the manufacturers are hiring tribesmen to build the SUVs and forcing them to speak English.
It still has to heft those batteries. In my solar-uneducated-opinion, if it made it through one night and was able to recharge and make it through the next it should be able to do that indefinitely. Assuming optimal conditions. It could also take advantage of flying west in the sunlight and east in the darkness to pick up a few extra minutes of Sunlight.
I'm wondering if there are plans to put these things in motion with cameras equipped for continual updating of surface images in populated areas. A team of these aircraft could be relaying massively high resolution images constantly.
[quote]one with an 84-inch screen (1600x1200 resolution)
those are some big-assed pixels.[/quote]
I realize the parent got modded "funny", but seriously people, that's insanely low resolution. I have more pixels than that in a 24" screen. It should be 6720 x 4200 pixels.
Sure, digital security is important. But how about teaching kids how to buy a car or house? How to not get into tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debit? How to get a job? How to act like a person living in a modern society and not be a drain on your peers?
They're skipping the first step - interaction in the real world. Then worry about that new fangled internet thing.
Isn't there a point at which a patent can no longer be defended? Shouldn't these people have brought this up three years ago when the media hype for the Cell processor began? It seems to me that if you let someone talk about a product for years, then manufacture it and sell it for nearly a year before you decide to tell them they owe you money you've sort of missed out. Tough titty, you snooze you loose.
I foresee special "EU edition" cameras with the video recording function switched off in firmware so it won't qualify for the tariff. Of course manufacturers will "forget" certain cheat codes in the firmware that will permanently enable said functionality. These codes will of course be mysteriously "leaked" to the internet. Or better yet, they ship 'without the capability' but there is a firmware upgrade 3 months later that enables it. Do they tax the firmware update? How is this even enforced?
Even if it's just lame old teeny bobbers of the early 1900s 'text messaging' each other, I think you've got a real treasure there. Perhaps you could scan them, OCR them, and translate them to modern IM speak. Might make a really cool website.
I don't know of any robots that have autonomy to do anything that they're not specifically built to do. I realize this isn't conceptually what you're talking about, but the iRobot Roomba roams while repeating its standard tasks. Also, it's programmable to do pretty much anything. Again, it's not 'deciding' to do something out of its routines, but its routines include finding something more to do.
Given that Beryl already renders to an intermediate surface and then hands the data off to the video card to rescale/put into perspective, it would be trivial to implement window rotation. It might not be as sharp as having things aligned with pixel lines, but such a big surface would imply a high enough resolution anyway.
The hardest part is the rotation interface, as mice are notoriously bad for it, but then UI is the whole point of multitouch.
Now that you mention it, all the demos I've seen use graphics (pics/earth, etc) and big blocky text. It doesn't look like their resolution is actually that great. In my experience the big screens that need high resolution are the ones that tend to not get it - in terms of pixels per inch, anyway. A 1080p 80" screen is considered "OMG AMAZING!", but in reality that's pretty weak PPI. And when it's compared to the 1920x1200 24" display I'm currently using, the 80" is just simply shitty.
If you're close enough to put your fingers on it, and then expect to rotate text on it, it better have a minimum of 100ppi. And a 'good' one would be double that.
I think the best LCD resolution I've ever seen was on a Dell laptop. It had a 15.4" display running 1600x1200.
Are these table displays going to be the first need for arbitrary window rotation? We'll be having people sitting on all sides of the display - eventually someone will want a window squared to them, but they won't be squared to the table. Does this cause difficulties with rendering the content?
Everything should be vector drawn, so theoretically it shouldn't be a problem. But it will require pretty high resolution to keep from getting too fuzzy of text. At least that's how it seems to me.
I don't know that you necessarily need to leave stuff off of your resume, though it probably can't hurt if it's something they're not looking for in the first place. However...
Tailor your resume to fit each specific job you apply for. If the job is Windows heavy, emphasize your Windows work on your resume. If the job is Linux heavy, emphasize your Linux work. Also, don't just list what you know, list what you've done. Tell them about your big project that saved the company $10 million. That sort of thing holds a lot more weight than telling them you once logged in to a VMS machine. ... detailing major projects you've been involved in (and the level of involvement) and a rough dollar estimate of value is a big deal. If they think you can come in and save them thousands of dollars a year on their IT budget and implements cool new ways of getting work done then you're more likely to get hired than the guy who just fixes broken stuff all year.
I used to be the guy who did cool stuff. Now I'm jaded and just fix broken stuff while playing Desktop Tower Defense for the better portion of the day.
I use Firefox on my OS X machines, and most of my coworkers do too. It's just bizzar to me that Apple would even work so hard to release something like this. I've read it's to grow their developer market for iPhone apps, but they weren't even going to allow that sort of thing in the beginning.
Is web caching at the ISP not generally accepted? It would seem sites like YouTube would be very interested in caching their data remotely so their bandwidth can take a breather. If they're worried about statistics then perhaps just the video files are cached locally but the html and db requests are all going to YouTube's servers. Companies like YouTube and AOL or Comcast could both benefit greatly from such technology.
and you don't have to answer a phone every time it rings. if you are talking with someone and they answer their cell phone, immediately walk away I'll second that. Might even go so far as to leave a table.
Has anyone snatched the phone / blackberry out of someone's hands and thrown it? That'll be my next step.
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For me, to buy a new server for the company I work for it would have to replace at least one computer if not two or more. There's no point for us to bring more computers online without end-of-life'ing some antiquated machine.
Speaking of, what's the average lifespan of a server these days? We run ours a minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 8. At that point they start to make me nervous - dealing with hardware failure is not my favorite past time.
Vista: too many editions, eek
XP: Home or Pro, simple
OSX: one version, easy
Ubuntu: desktop or server, excleent Hmmm, I don't know what to say about Apple's marketing, but there is a server version of OS X. Also the Windows Server for XP is called 2003. So if you're going to count Ubuntu as having two versions, one of which being server, the others need their server counterparts included.
Is the turnover rate at Apple really that high? Why are people leaving so fast? And in entire teams? Can I type a sentence that isn't a question?
I bet it's Ghost II. Like totally.
It still has to heft those batteries. In my solar-uneducated-opinion, if it made it through one night and was able to recharge and make it through the next it should be able to do that indefinitely. Assuming optimal conditions. It could also take advantage of flying west in the sunlight and east in the darkness to pick up a few extra minutes of Sunlight.
I'm wondering if there are plans to put these things in motion with cameras equipped for continual updating of surface images in populated areas. A team of these aircraft could be relaying massively high resolution images constantly.
[quote]one with an 84-inch screen (1600x1200 resolution)
those are some big-assed pixels.[/quote]
I realize the parent got modded "funny", but seriously people, that's insanely low resolution. I have more pixels than that in a 24" screen. It should be 6720 x 4200 pixels.
Sure, digital security is important. But how about teaching kids how to buy a car or house? How to not get into tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debit? How to get a job? How to act like a person living in a modern society and not be a drain on your peers?
They're skipping the first step - interaction in the real world. Then worry about that new fangled internet thing.
HA! I knew God was an alien.
These things resemble the military robots from the movie Short Circuit.
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It's amazing how many ideas from movies get put into production.
Isn't there a point at which a patent can no longer be defended? Shouldn't these people have brought this up three years ago when the media hype for the Cell processor began? It seems to me that if you let someone talk about a product for years, then manufacture it and sell it for nearly a year before you decide to tell them they owe you money you've sort of missed out. Tough titty, you snooze you loose.
Game on, Sony. (more games! lower price!)
Even if it's just lame old teeny bobbers of the early 1900s 'text messaging' each other, I think you've got a real treasure there. Perhaps you could scan them, OCR them, and translate them to modern IM speak. Might make a really cool website.
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You failed to include that none of their pictures are in focus. Otherwise, good summary (:
The hardest part is the rotation interface, as mice are notoriously bad for it, but then UI is the whole point of multitouch.
Now that you mention it, all the demos I've seen use graphics (pics/earth, etc) and big blocky text. It doesn't look like their resolution is actually that great. In my experience the big screens that need high resolution are the ones that tend to not get it - in terms of pixels per inch, anyway. A 1080p 80" screen is considered "OMG AMAZING!", but in reality that's pretty weak PPI. And when it's compared to the 1920x1200 24" display I'm currently using, the 80" is just simply shitty.
If you're close enough to put your fingers on it, and then expect to rotate text on it, it better have a minimum of 100ppi. And a 'good' one would be double that.
I think the best LCD resolution I've ever seen was on a Dell laptop. It had a 15.4" display running 1600x1200.
Are these table displays going to be the first need for arbitrary window rotation? We'll be having people sitting on all sides of the display - eventually someone will want a window squared to them, but they won't be squared to the table. Does this cause difficulties with rendering the content?
Everything should be vector drawn, so theoretically it shouldn't be a problem. But it will require pretty high resolution to keep from getting too fuzzy of text. At least that's how it seems to me.
...never did manage to finish DTD "The 100" :/
... ;) Give v1.5 "Survivor" a try. It's NUTS!
That's because it's unbeatable
I used to be the guy who did cool stuff. Now I'm jaded and just fix broken stuff while playing Desktop Tower Defense for the better portion of the day.
I use Firefox on my OS X machines, and most of my coworkers do too. It's just bizzar to me that Apple would even work so hard to release something like this. I've read it's to grow their developer market for iPhone apps, but they weren't even going to allow that sort of thing in the beginning.
Is web caching at the ISP not generally accepted? It would seem sites like YouTube would be very interested in caching their data remotely so their bandwidth can take a breather. If they're worried about statistics then perhaps just the video files are cached locally but the html and db requests are all going to YouTube's servers. Companies like YouTube and AOL or Comcast could both benefit greatly from such technology.
Has anyone snatched the phone / blackberry out of someone's hands and thrown it? That'll be my next step.