1. Purchase separate PC or console system 2. Purchase steel cage 3. Kidnap gamer from a nearby neighborhood 4. Put gamer in steel cage with game system 5. Feed gamer only when he complies 6. Write API to take advantage of gamer prisoner
I'm upset by the rootkit fiasco, but over the years my life has been more Sony has added a lot of entertainment to my life. For the sum total they are in the + rather than the -.
-m
Re:Semi-Off-Topic Python vs. Perl discussion
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If I'm reasonably proficient in Perl, what would I gain by using Python instead?
First off you need the strength of will to go out and take a look yourself. If you expect to be convinced by a few paragraphs written by people you don't know then you are hopeless. Stick with what you have time to research.
If they're announcing an archtecture this radical at next week's IDF, what are the chances that it will be available and running well in time for Apple's announced timeline for desktops?
Why would they care about such myopic details? Apple is looking at the long term.
Do a lot of people actually use the on-board stuff?
If this onboard stuff is replacing your older PCI boards which I assume *you* are using, of course people are using them. For the average desktop, do you think NIC, sound, connectivity (USB2, Firewire) isn't used by default?
Raid is another matter, but in this area there is more options to buy boards without hardware RAID.
-w
Before building your own PC-DVR, you should take a long look at Tivo or ReplayTV.
For example. A 40GB ReplayTV unit is $99 + $299 activation. From there you can upgrade hard drive to a huge capacity for the cost of a bare drive. It takes 5 minutes to set up. The interface is serviceable. The GUI is adequate. Video quality is good. There are programs to get files from the Replay unit to your PC.
It just works. And for god sakes it is just TV. You might save some money but you gotta ask yourself if it is really worth the time and energy.
Come on. Most of the movie was nothing more than detached live actors in front of some cinematics. Think the last few scenes of Roger Rabbit. Toonville anyone?
What would be cool is a fluorescent screen and a projector that uses light (UV?) outside the visible spectrum. Then the screen really could be visibly black but it would still glow when stimulated by the projector.
Actually that would be idiotic.
Consider:
The relative inefficiency of the fluorescence process.
The ongoing dimming of the fluorescence due to bleaching of the fluorophores.
The extra cost of using optics that high UV transmission.
The fact that UV damages DNA and can cause cancer.
The expense of a system than can excite multiple fluorophores of different colors (or were you thinking of a monochrome system?)...
Looks like you have really thought through this "fluorescence projector" project.
I hope someone in the know could give us a better understanding on where the money goes in the production of a big time science journal such as "Nature" or "Science." Certainly we have many articles stating the costs to the readership (through library subscriptions) but how would less money going to the journals impact the quality of the journal?
Of course I am assuming here that open accessibility will reduce the flow of money to the journals, and I realize that this doesn't have to be the case. Are journals a low profit or high profit enterprise? Would fewer or more inexperienced editors produce an inferior journal?
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Here is a DIY plan for very good AI:
1. Purchase separate PC or console system
2. Purchase steel cage
3. Kidnap gamer from a nearby neighborhood
4. Put gamer in steel cage with game system
5. Feed gamer only when he complies
6. Write API to take advantage of gamer prisoner
Profit!
Yes. Similarly, I wish I could by a half decent mobile phone that *doesn't* have a camera, but there are none on the market as far as I know.
-will
Christ, you would think the editors wouldn't have posted this... :)
-w
I'm upset by the rootkit fiasco, but over the years my life has been more Sony has added a lot of entertainment to my life. For the sum total they are in the + rather than the -.
-m
First off you need the strength of will to go out and take a look yourself. If you expect to be convinced by a few paragraphs written by people you don't know then you are hopeless. Stick with what you have time to research.
I'm not saying marketing and distribution are legitimate costs, just that they seem to have overlooked a major one.
They haven't overlooked any cost factors that they could get by buying an nano, opening it up, and tallying up the cost of the components.
How do you expect them to get the marketing and distribution costs by looking at the innards of the ipod?
-m
If they're announcing an archtecture this radical at next week's IDF, what are the chances that it will be available and running well in time for Apple's announced timeline for desktops?
Why would they care about such myopic details? Apple is looking at the long term.
-mim
coming to a restaurant near you...
For %95 of the population, do the specs of the latest and greatest matter?
Yes, yes, I know we are the 5%.
-m
...and it is free!
-w
[Insert blue collar worker here] comes into the scene. Smiles at woman....Woman wipes off egg whites from her face. Fade to black.
-mim
Before building your own PC-DVR, you should take a long look at Tivo or ReplayTV.
For example. A 40GB ReplayTV unit is $99 + $299 activation. From there you can upgrade hard drive to a huge capacity for the cost of a bare drive. It takes 5 minutes to set up. The interface is serviceable. The GUI is adequate. Video quality is good. There are programs to get files from the Replay unit to your PC.
It just works. And for god sakes it is just TV. You might save some money but you gotta ask yourself if it is really worth the time and energy.
-w
You can index PDF content with Acrobat Professional. It then makes searching a snap.
-w
Yes but the 12inch PB has a CDROM/DVD drive. None on the X40.
-w
Have you caught a thrown ball lately?
You've found a use for differential calculus!
-mim
You mean you actually figured that out yourself? That the name "iPod" suggests more than just music?
You sir, are a genius.
Come on. Most of the movie was nothing more than detached live actors in front of some cinematics. Think the last few scenes of Roger Rabbit. Toonville anyone?
6 out 10.
-mim
Great interview.
-mim
Information is quite a quantifiable entity.
It's not like trying to quantify how happy is in the room.
How about bogus login passwords for one off registrations?
My favorite is
Login: asdf
Password: asdf
Let's you keep the right hand on the mouse!
Actually that would be idiotic.
Consider:
The relative inefficiency of the fluorescence process.
The ongoing dimming of the fluorescence due to bleaching of the fluorophores.
The extra cost of using optics that high UV transmission.
The fact that UV damages DNA and can cause cancer.
The expense of a system than can excite multiple fluorophores of different colors (or were you thinking of a monochrome system?)
Looks like you have really thought through this "fluorescence projector" project.
-w
You mean macrovision. Not "macromedia."
Of course this has nothing to do with the TV tuner section of the card, but it function of the video input.
Unless you can defeat the automatic gain control of the video input, macrovision will probably always be an issue to some extent.
I hope someone in the know could give us a better understanding on where the money goes in the production of a big time science journal such as "Nature" or "Science." Certainly we have many articles stating the costs to the readership (through library subscriptions) but how would less money going to the journals impact the quality of the journal?
Of course I am assuming here that open accessibility will reduce the flow of money to the journals, and I realize that this doesn't have to be the case. Are journals a low profit or high profit enterprise? Would fewer or more inexperienced editors produce an inferior journal?
RTFA and use your head.
The point is that he is sticking the company with whatever costs they incur for SMS.
-m