I mean, when they come up with these cheap knock-off toys, do they just go straight from some marketing guys head straight into production? Surely someone out there would at least try to use it once and realize how stupid this is.
That'a what I've wondered as well. And I thought it can't be like this -- the thing has to be designed in some CAD software, now that takes... well, an hour or so. Then molds have to be made for the plastic, the program for the thing written, interfacing with the LCD, the buttons must work... surely, someone must have tried this thing before it being put into production. Several must have, in fact. But still they make the damn thing. That's why I've come to the conclusion that Chinese knock-off producers are rotten to the core with every single person that came in touch with the product thinking "wow, this will give us 1000% earnings when the gullible Walmartians buy this crap lol!"
My "shitbox" (new iMac 20") has 4 GB RAM and a Radeon HD2600 Pro. Fine, it's likely underclocked, but I can still run relatively recent games in OK resolutions. It's certainly better than the x1650 I had a few weeks ago.
I don't care if I can't run Biowhatever, I'm not a GAMER with need for dual 8800's. Most of us are not. As long as IL2 Sturmovik runs alright, I'm happy:)
If that works for you; fine. Some of us, though, have grown tired of fucking around with flaky wireless drivers, bad 3D support for new gfx cards etc. But we still like to be able to go to the core via the command line when necessary. We just usually like to get work done.
So get over yourself, it obviously isn't for you. And before the "Linux noob" comments come; my servers are Slackware and have been since at least ten years ago.
None of those, the article I read had a picture of the NASA antenna. Thanks for these links though, it seems to be about the same team and the Salon article mentions that they found out that the chip "cheated" by just modulating random noise from a nearby computer to create the desired output???
I find it most interesting that the guys who write the evolutionary code might have no clue how an evolved product works in the end.
Evolution is truly the Universe's greatest hacker.
Antennas are certainly susceptible to evolutionary design, but if we'll be driving the industry forward we'll need to throw lots of R&D to develop evolutionary design algos that can design something more complex.
Didn't someone create a sort of CPU using such evolutionary processes? I couldn't find it on Google (the article also mentioned that weird-looking NASA antenna) but I distinctly remember one of the weird things about this chip: It had some circuits that were not connected to anything, yet if they were removed, the chip didn't work. If the design was duplicated, it also did not work. It was assumed it used magnetic fluctuations created by the proximity of the unconnected components in the processing itself. The creators didn't understand it at all, really.
I laughed. In pity. You were so close! I had a flashback of "wow, that long ago" moment when I saw user id's creeping up in the bi-millions... and I'm a lowly six-digitter, albeit an early one. Where can we see when we registered? I don't even remember any more.
I'll be Karma Kamikaze here, but it must be said. Must EVERY quantum whatever article have at least ONE guy with a malfunctioning funny-bone regurgitating a stale observer joke?
We've _never_ heard it before! ha! ha! Changed it by looking at it! Fuckin' ha! Oh, the humour!
You have a userid that's half of mine, and you still haven't gotten what kind of stories people here like? This story is, as I see it, "old school" Slashdot like the late 90's Slashdot -- Linux kernel development news and discussion. And science. And interesting cool things.
How often do you read this site? Any controversy regarding the kernel and Linus' comments on said controversy is sure to end up on the front page.
In those days, MS didn't play well with other OSes.
Do they play well now, then? Every time that damned OS is installed it thinks "Ah I'll just overwrite this MBR with ME! There's not going to be anything other than ME here anyway!"
About 10x higher compared to CD? Nope. First of all, CD's are lossless audio that does not remove any information from the sound (I'm not going into resolution here, just compression). The ATRAC compression on Minidisc works like MP3 (in principle) with approx. 290 Kbps and DCC's PASC was 384 Kbps.
Shame that ATRAC sounds so nasty though, a decent 192 Kbps MP3 easily sounds just as good.
Sony's official claim is that ATRAC3plus at 48 kbit/s rate provides a quality comparable to MP3 at 128 kbit/s, placing this codec in the same league as Windows Media Audio (with similar claims from Microsoft), and mp3PRO.
I am SO glad the company I use for DSL services have a simple, clean policy of giving you a public IP straight out of the ADSL modem. You can then choose to lease a wireless router from them ready to go, or DIY. The modem does not request the IP you get, your computer (or router) does.
Very nerd-friendly, and no PPPoE or crap like that. You're plugged directly into their network.
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And that is correct. The grandparent was yet another one of those who say there's an alternative, but don't suggest any alternatives or reasons.
That'a what I've wondered as well. And I thought it can't be like this -- the thing has to be designed in some CAD software, now that takes... well, an hour or so. Then molds have to be made for the plastic, the program for the thing written, interfacing with the LCD, the buttons must work... surely, someone must have tried this thing before it being put into production. Several must have, in fact. But still they make the damn thing. That's why I've come to the conclusion that Chinese knock-off producers are rotten to the core with every single person that came in touch with the product thinking "wow, this will give us 1000% earnings when the gullible Walmartians buy this crap lol!"
yes I took the poster seriously until that last word. Now I don't know what to mean.
We want the good ol' Kodachrome back!!! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2657575
...which is what "printed receipt" means in voting-machine-speak...
All the pros make a mess of their cars once in a while. When you're driving on the edge, sometimes you slide off :)
A mate bought a MacBook several months ago and even he got a free Leopard upgrade voucher. But it was before it was delayed.
I'll bite.
:)
My "shitbox" (new iMac 20") has 4 GB RAM and a Radeon HD2600 Pro. Fine, it's likely underclocked, but I can still run relatively recent games in OK resolutions. It's certainly better than the x1650 I had a few weeks ago.
I don't care if I can't run Biowhatever, I'm not a GAMER with need for dual 8800's. Most of us are not. As long as IL2 Sturmovik runs alright, I'm happy
If that works for you; fine. Some of us, though, have grown tired of fucking around with flaky wireless drivers, bad 3D support for new gfx cards etc. But we still like to be able to go to the core via the command line when necessary. We just usually like to get work done.
So get over yourself, it obviously isn't for you. And before the "Linux noob" comments come; my servers are Slackware and have been since at least ten years ago.
None of those, the article I read had a picture of the NASA antenna. Thanks for these links though, it seems to be about the same team and the Salon article mentions that they found out that the chip "cheated" by just modulating random noise from a nearby computer to create the desired output???
I find it most interesting that the guys who write the evolutionary code might have no clue how an evolved product works in the end.
Evolution is truly the Universe's greatest hacker.
Didn't someone create a sort of CPU using such evolutionary processes? I couldn't find it on Google (the article also mentioned that weird-looking NASA antenna) but I distinctly remember one of the weird things about this chip: It had some circuits that were not connected to anything, yet if they were removed, the chip didn't work. If the design was duplicated, it also did not work. It was assumed it used magnetic fluctuations created by the proximity of the unconnected components in the processing itself. The creators didn't understand it at all, really.
I laughed. In pity. You were so close! I had a flashback of "wow, that long ago" moment when I saw user id's creeping up in the bi-millions... and I'm a lowly six-digitter, albeit an early one. Where can we see when we registered? I don't even remember any more.
Not many but at least for last-gen cards you can get a decent one. As an x1650 Pro AGP owner I'm happy to hear these news :)
The tags to this story are awesome also.
Now THAT's a PoS. Volvo dude don't have nothing on that.
I'll be Karma Kamikaze here, but it must be said. Must EVERY quantum whatever article have at least ONE guy with a malfunctioning funny-bone regurgitating a stale observer joke?
We've _never_ heard it before! ha! ha! Changed it by looking at it! Fuckin' ha! Oh, the humour!
"Removed the necessary fear of the Police?"
Jeez. It should be "To protect and to serve" not "To fearmonger and to terrorise"
Much smaller, and a bit rounder, also brown.
FCC, F U! All radio stations should play this every half hour:
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Anthem:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/12/fcc_fu_the_
Official site:
http://fccfu.com/
Thanks for the clarification -- I agree. Mind you, I'd be interested in a news story about the travel patterns of herring ;)
You have a userid that's half of mine, and you still haven't gotten what kind of stories people here like? This story is, as I see it, "old school" Slashdot like the late 90's Slashdot -- Linux kernel development news and discussion. And science. And interesting cool things.
How often do you read this site? Any controversy regarding the kernel and Linus' comments on said controversy is sure to end up on the front page.
Ye cannae change the laws of physics
Laws of physics
Laws of physics
Ye cannae change the laws of physics
Laws of physics, Jim!
Do they play well now, then? Every time that damned OS is installed it thinks "Ah I'll just overwrite this MBR with ME! There's not going to be anything other than ME here anyway!"
Shame that ATRAC sounds so nasty though, a decent 192 Kbps MP3 easily sounds just as good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_Transform_A
I am SO glad the company I use for DSL services have a simple, clean policy of giving you a public IP straight out of the ADSL modem. You can then choose to lease a wireless router from them ready to go, or DIY. The modem does not request the IP you get, your computer (or router) does.
Very nerd-friendly, and no PPPoE or crap like that. You're plugged directly into their network.
In what backwards country do you live in where you STILL have to pay per GB for broadband?