The cooling expense isn't as bad as the heating. I think the theoretical efficiency of cooling is 10% of the heat to be removed, where it would take 100W to remove 1000W of heat. In practice, it is about 30%, so it's not as bad as some people think.
One thing I am skeptical of is the need to cool to like 60 degrees F that I've heard (and felt in one room). Good cooling is nice, but I know one guy that says they don't ever see problems until the temperature is above 80F, so businesses can save a lot by not being so freaking cold.
The problem with that comment is that free software development is often done as a hobby, not as a paying job. Sometimes it can be used to make a name for yourself too, though that's a pretty elusive goal.
Is the price of the 32" that you quoted even HD capable? Based on the price, I doubt it. I think 32" is a little too large to be 480i. Also, the size rating on an LCD isn't exaggerated by 10% like they are on CRTs (rated diagonal is not viewable diagonal on CRT).
For as long as there is a market for CRT worth exploiting, I'd say just look to other brands. In the next few years, I expect that the price pressure be too great as LCDs get cheaper such that it's not worth making them anymore for anything other than special uses.
Heck, forget Sony altogether, just look to other brands. I have no problem buying Sony but only for special cases.
I think you may be aware of these factors, but others need to know.
The cost may seem inflated to the uninitiated, but I think that has to do with the small market to support specialized development, which means FAR fewer units with which to spread devel cost. There may be extra regulations for products intended for medical use, not to mention liability insurance. Liability insurance is a killer here, if some quack lawyer and quack expert can show that the program missed something that they say should have been obvious, then the insurance company might have to pay out big money, meaning that the cost of liability insurance can be high.
In my opinion, I think it was the subject line, but the problem is that I thought there is some truth to the sentiment when I wrote it, and I still do. My thinking is that someone wants the advanced features found in a $400 program, but is willing to pay $0 to get it.
While I think OSS is a great thing as it offers more choices, but I simply don't think it is necessarily capable of solving all problems in the best possible way.
I'd say it's probably still significant because if the screen takes half a scan to completely settle in the new frame color then there's still room for improvement, the image of an object in motion can still get sharper.
A society that can build a Dyson sphere won't need its benefits. Besides, there would be no gravity in a Dyson sphere unless something new comes along, even then, you would need localized gravity sources that don't obey inverse quare because the gravity made by the matter that makes up a sphere is cancelled out inside that sphere.
For one, compromising ergonomics for everyone for features that only a subset of owners might use isn't a good idea.
And another, a phone that costs as much as a mid-range laptop (laptops start at $500 now) but smaller and easier to steal or lose doesn't seem to be a good idea. Even with a hefty service plan subsidy, it's not going to be as cheap as a low end laptop.
Which isn't to say there isn't a market for these but a $900 phone looks like a niche item to me.
I certainly won't be buying this, I thought the RAZR was too expensive.
IBM sells support and software too. For the software, there needs to be something to run it on, if the client wants to run Linux, then they'll have to make sure they can run on Linux too. It's kind of tough to get reliable, good and swift on-site support.
The post specifically mentions Far Cry and such, so assume games. If VIA is cost-effective compared to AMD and Intel then I'd be surprised, the same with Transmeta.
IBM, Sun and Motorola do not currently make chips that can run Far Cry well, if at all.
I'd worry about the laptop falling over. Conventional setup means the center of mass is near the bottom face, setting it on the edge means moving that up a lot.
There are some drivers that allow rotation for Windows. Mac OS X has screen rotation built-in now.
Anyway - what's wrong with stating the y-dimension first - it's good to be unconventional.
Not in communication. The only reason y dimension makes sense if you were stating scanlines, but then, you don't need to state the horizontal resolution, forexample, 1080i or 1080p is assumed widescreen unless otherwise stated: 1920.
Oh, you're one of those who haven't had the good fortune of actually trying a widescreen.
Don't assume that much. I have used a widescreen display on an iMac G5. I don't think widescreen is worth the expense. As it is, for example, a 20" widescreen costs just as much or more than a 21" standard aspect ratio, but gives the user less vertical resolution, despite having the same horizontal resolution. Why pay more for fewer pixels?
Now I could never give up being able to have 3 documents open side by side at work. Think of it as dual screens on one screen...
That said, a widescreen display is only 12% wider in aspect ratio (1.5 vs. 1.333), I don't see how it can necessarily support 50% more documents. A standard high resolution screen might support four documents if tiled.
A lot of laptops now have a layout that uses the same size keys as a standard desktop keyboard, save maybe a few of the function keys. The only difference is that they are short throw keys.
iPhoto doesn't do enough, which is why I bought Photoshop Essentials to supplement it. PSE gave me the ability to more easily pick the output resolution so I can put it on the web. iPhoto is a pretty good photo organization program though I would like to see the set of photos that are in my library minus the set of photos that are already in at least one album.
I'd say "Fair Use" is better if it affords the ability to use a time-shifting media device or a portable music file player to play the the music that the owner paid for without paying yet another tax on each file. A system that falls short of that simply doesn't seem fair at all, whether rigidly or flexibly defined.
The best I can say is try sites by/for indie musicians, that cuts the oligopoly out of the loop. I can't name any myself, I buy their CDs and rip them myself, but I'm sure someone can chime in and give a good list.
I think labor unions foster excess laziness. Not to say that the IT crowd is known for its slenderness, the unions in my area seem to represent fat people with barely a high school degree doing simple work for $25/hr. I think it's no f-ing surprise that their jobs are being exported. Now, I think the job of a Cxx-type person should be exported too, I don't understand why stockholders think that giving billions of dollars to an ex-CEO to FIRE them from a company they've ruined is a good idea.
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The problem with that explaination is this person said that it takes months of 80F before things start misbehaving.
At what point do the heat effects of their computers get folded into the climate simulation parameters themselves?
It probably isn't a big enough factor yet. Keep in mind that one car outputs nearly 10x as much heat energy as a desktop PC.
The cooling expense isn't as bad as the heating. I think the theoretical efficiency of cooling is 10% of the heat to be removed, where it would take 100W to remove 1000W of heat. In practice, it is about 30%, so it's not as bad as some people think.
One thing I am skeptical of is the need to cool to like 60 degrees F that I've heard (and felt in one room). Good cooling is nice, but I know one guy that says they don't ever see problems until the temperature is above 80F, so businesses can save a lot by not being so freaking cold.
The problem with that comment is that free software development is often done as a hobby, not as a paying job. Sometimes it can be used to make a name for yourself too, though that's a pretty elusive goal.
Is the price of the 32" that you quoted even HD capable? Based on the price, I doubt it. I think 32" is a little too large to be 480i. Also, the size rating on an LCD isn't exaggerated by 10% like they are on CRTs (rated diagonal is not viewable diagonal on CRT).
For as long as there is a market for CRT worth exploiting, I'd say just look to other brands. In the next few years, I expect that the price pressure be too great as LCDs get cheaper such that it's not worth making them anymore for anything other than special uses.
Heck, forget Sony altogether, just look to other brands. I have no problem buying Sony but only for special cases.
I think you may be aware of these factors, but others need to know.
The cost may seem inflated to the uninitiated, but I think that has to do with the small market to support specialized development, which means FAR fewer units with which to spread devel cost. There may be extra regulations for products intended for medical use, not to mention liability insurance. Liability insurance is a killer here, if some quack lawyer and quack expert can show that the program missed something that they say should have been obvious, then the insurance company might have to pay out big money, meaning that the cost of liability insurance can be high.
In my opinion, I think it was the subject line, but the problem is that I thought there is some truth to the sentiment when I wrote it, and I still do. My thinking is that someone wants the advanced features found in a $400 program, but is willing to pay $0 to get it.
While I think OSS is a great thing as it offers more choices, but I simply don't think it is necessarily capable of solving all problems in the best possible way.
What is the constriction preventing the use of commercial software?
I'd say it's probably still significant because if the screen takes half a scan to completely settle in the new frame color then there's still room for improvement, the image of an object in motion can still get sharper.
Yeah.
A society that can build a Dyson sphere won't need its benefits. Besides, there would be no gravity in a Dyson sphere unless something new comes along, even then, you would need localized gravity sources that don't obey inverse quare because the gravity made by the matter that makes up a sphere is cancelled out inside that sphere.
For one, compromising ergonomics for everyone for features that only a subset of owners might use isn't a good idea.
And another, a phone that costs as much as a mid-range laptop (laptops start at $500 now) but smaller and easier to steal or lose doesn't seem to be a good idea. Even with a hefty service plan subsidy, it's not going to be as cheap as a low end laptop.
Which isn't to say there isn't a market for these but a $900 phone looks like a niche item to me.
I certainly won't be buying this, I thought the RAZR was too expensive.
IBM sells support and software too. For the software, there needs to be something to run it on, if the client wants to run Linux, then they'll have to make sure they can run on Linux too. It's kind of tough to get reliable, good and swift on-site support.
what's the point of trying to control it? just leave it open.
I would take it as a kindness if the easy ways to block spam relays were taken.
Apple Xserve may be the cheapest of that kind of storage, but it's probably not fitting the original idea of commodity hardware.
Scaling to petabytes means spanning storage across multiple systems.
The post specifically mentions Far Cry and such, so assume games. If VIA is cost-effective compared to AMD and Intel then I'd be surprised, the same with Transmeta.
IBM, Sun and Motorola do not currently make chips that can run Far Cry well, if at all.
I don't think we, as slashdotters, can really comment on his bad taste, after all, we post here, despite being run by Zonk and certain other editors.
I'd worry about the laptop falling over. Conventional setup means the center of mass is near the bottom face, setting it on the edge means moving that up a lot.
There are some drivers that allow rotation for Windows. Mac OS X has screen rotation built-in now.
Anyway - what's wrong with stating the y-dimension first - it's good to be unconventional.
Not in communication. The only reason y dimension makes sense if you were stating scanlines, but then, you don't need to state the horizontal resolution, forexample, 1080i or 1080p is assumed widescreen unless otherwise stated: 1920.
Oh, you're one of those who haven't had the good fortune of actually trying a widescreen.
Don't assume that much. I have used a widescreen display on an iMac G5. I don't think widescreen is worth the expense. As it is, for example, a 20" widescreen costs just as much or more than a 21" standard aspect ratio, but gives the user less vertical resolution, despite having the same horizontal resolution. Why pay more for fewer pixels?
Now I could never give up being able to have 3 documents open side by side at work. Think of it as dual screens on one screen...
That said, a widescreen display is only 12% wider in aspect ratio (1.5 vs. 1.333), I don't see how it can necessarily support 50% more documents. A standard high resolution screen might support four documents if tiled.
A lot of laptops now have a layout that uses the same size keys as a standard desktop keyboard, save maybe a few of the function keys. The only difference is that they are short throw keys.
iPhoto doesn't do enough, which is why I bought Photoshop Essentials to supplement it. PSE gave me the ability to more easily pick the output resolution so I can put it on the web. iPhoto is a pretty good photo organization program though I would like to see the set of photos that are in my library minus the set of photos that are already in at least one album.
I'd say "Fair Use" is better if it affords the ability to use a time-shifting media device or a portable music file player to play the the music that the owner paid for without paying yet another tax on each file. A system that falls short of that simply doesn't seem fair at all, whether rigidly or flexibly defined.
The best I can say is try sites by/for indie musicians, that cuts the oligopoly out of the loop. I can't name any myself, I buy their CDs and rip them myself, but I'm sure someone can chime in and give a good list.
I think labor unions foster excess laziness. Not to say that the IT crowd is known for its slenderness, the unions in my area seem to represent fat people with barely a high school degree doing simple work for $25/hr. I think it's no f-ing surprise that their jobs are being exported. Now, I think the job of a Cxx-type person should be exported too, I don't understand why stockholders think that giving billions of dollars to an ex-CEO to FIRE them from a company they've ruined is a good idea.
I wonder if the fact there is a cost of living increase expected by everyone leads to greater cost of living.