FLOPS won't work; it ignores workloads that use integer math. It also ignores workloads that specialize in vector math. And workloads that depend a great deal on automated decision-making. And random-number generation.
That's all fair but it's a sight better than MHz/GHz - at least it's a measure of the CPUs ability to do useful work of some kind. The current numbers are about as useful as RPM as a measure of motor vehicle performance - relevent but not the whole story.
Then, sometime in the Win95 or Win98 era, Microsoft changed it to the less-intuitive and less-standard Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V.
So how is Ctrl-Insert and Shift-Insert more intuitive? I could see paste since it actually inserts stuff but copy?
Conversely Ctrl-c is at least mnenomic but Ctrl-v just happens to be next to it and left-hand friendly (insert key is in completely the wrong place if you are right-handed and don't want to let go of the mouse to cut-n-paste).
I'm not saying I agree with the patent, but it is for a PDA not a PC. I don't see why the differentiation between the two. Do Dolby Labs have to take out separate noise-reduction method patents if the resulting recording is used to make CDs or cassettes?
The method is the same regardless of the details of the implementation - and anyway newer handhelds are on a par with PCs of not all that long ago in many respects.
Support from IBM, Red Hat, SuSE, HP, etc. make it clear that this is no longer an issue. The thing is you have to decide who your vendor is going to be. And this is worse than having no choice in what way?
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FLOPS won't work; it ignores workloads that use integer math. It also ignores workloads that specialize in vector math. And workloads that depend a great deal on automated decision-making. And random-number generation.
That's all fair but it's a sight better than MHz/GHz - at least it's a measure of the CPUs ability to do useful work of some kind. The current numbers are about as useful as RPM as a measure of motor vehicle performance - relevent but not the whole story.
Look, this is supposed to be an argument, not just contradiction
Or how about a bluetooth-enabled phone?
Then, sometime in the Win95 or Win98 era, Microsoft changed it to the less-intuitive and less-standard Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V.
So how is Ctrl-Insert and Shift-Insert more intuitive? I could see paste since it actually inserts stuff but copy?
Conversely Ctrl-c is at least mnenomic but Ctrl-v just happens to be next to it and left-hand friendly (insert key is in completely the wrong place if you are right-handed and don't want to let go of the mouse to cut-n-paste).
So on balance it's probably a 1-1 draw
I'm not saying I agree with the patent, but it is for a PDA not a PC.
I don't see why the differentiation between the two. Do Dolby Labs have to take out separate noise-reduction method patents if the resulting recording is used to make CDs or cassettes?
The method is the same regardless of the details of the implementation - and anyway newer handhelds are on a par with PCs of not all that long ago in many respects.
Instead of gutting your own sales by talking up the next new product at the expense of the current one, do it to your competitors
It doesn't matter if it doesn't end up selling at $50, it will stop people from buying competitors gear at least until it's released
Competition
5. Accidental fission results in lots of heat and radiation
And this is good how?
Remember: there was no language called A
How about Assembler?
Close, it's 'Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel' though, not Schlegel. He's in the next line
What about cars? There is alot of brands, with alot of models. And they come in different colors too ;-P ...
truck, coupe, sedan, station vagon, SUV,
Yeah but how many actual independent car companies are there now - four?
And how many of the models are just different panels on the same chassis?
1) Lack of formal support
Support from IBM, Red Hat, SuSE, HP, etc. make it clear that this is no longer an issue. The thing is you have to decide who your vendor is going to be.
And this is worse than having no choice in what way?
which my g/f affectionately calls "gangbang" as in "Stop playing gangbang!!"
Well the obvious response to this is to ask her to join you!
That's easy fixed, just gaff-tape your iPod mini to a brick...
It requires government intervention to maintain Capitalism. So markets can never be "free" anymore than can surfaces be frictionless or gases "ideal".
Damn I wish I had some mod points.
Well the easiest thing to do would be to stop releasing patches - then the hackers would never find the holes and everything would be fine.
What idiot came up with the idea of security patches in the first place?
Did Not Finish?
What?
Interestingly enough, firearms are only used in about 60% of murders.
You do realise that's more than half. As in most people who are murdered are killed using a gun
How many serial killers use guns?
So what? How mamy people are killed by serial killers?
I got France
So did I once but I found a shot of antibiotics cleared it right up
5 points for each word in all capital letters (except for those with defective keyboards).
Well that's about 65 points right there. You could have had 70 if not for hyphenating REVERSE-EVOLUTION.
Apple's not dead
They're beleagured
That's an important distinction
more stable (less unstable)
Thanks for the clarification
I always get confused about the meaning of stable
Actually the odds are 1. Since it just happened it's pretty certain.
In fact the odds of it happening in the future would also be one - unless you constrain the length of time you're considering
But I think you're losing sight of the big picture - an experiment to try turning "candle truck", a random two word expression, into a meme.
And it's a googlewack as well - that can't hurt