The controls... they brought back tactile feedback. I thought it was phenomenally poor from a usability standpoint to move the iPod to using "buttons" you can't press with gloves on, can't press through the outside of your pocket, and can't even tell if you've pressed unless you have the clicker on or are looking at the device. I'm sticking to my old iPod with the mechanical buttons for now, and I'm hoping by the time I need a new one they will have fixed the regular iPod's interface.
Most people here are mistaken. Apple never patented the scroll wheels found on the iPod or this D-cube. (however the D-cube looks like so much of a knockoff that it may be infringing Apple's design patent.) Apple did apply for a patent on a mouse having something similar to the combination scroll wheel/D-pad which made its way to the iPod Mini, however this patent has not been granted.
But where are the places where GStreamer innovates over the DirectShow APIs? The basic concept seems to be the same. DirectShow even has a filter graph editor which GStreamer's stream editor is eerily reminiscent of.
It seems from the link you provided that people tested using cell phones were able to keep their cars inside the lane just fine.
Now, keeping your car inside the lane is just one aspect of driving. Other studies show that using a phone markedly impairs reaction times to traffic signals and brake lights.
Even if phone use is not significantly impairing, you can't conclude that computer use is also non-impairing. Phone use mostly involves your auditory and language facilities, which are not used much in driving. Computer use requires your vision to look at the screen, and vision is essental to driving. There is mountains of evidence (like this and this) showing that while people can multitask easily between tasks using different sensory modalities, they cannot multitask efficiently between two tasks requiring the same sensory modality.
Unfortunately the info on the front page is correct. The exemption is for when the device is a dedicated mapping display, not for when a general-purpose device is used as a mapping display.
My handheld produces "entertainment and business applications" and does not have any interlock to make it only produce maps when in the car. As written, it doesn't matter that I only use it to display maps in the car--it's now illegal to use.
Because a well-designed intermediate language will help optimization. Being somewhat higher-level than raw machine code, not yet having to worry about the specific details of registers and pipelining, makes it easier to perform higher-level optimizations because the IL can be more easily analyzed. And when you compile from IL to the target you will have just the same opportunities for platform-specific optimizations as if you had compiled straight from the source language.
The other benefits of using an IL are manifold. New languages can be implemented without having to write a compiler for each platform. New architectures can be supported without having to write compilers for each language.
Sure, some people's iPods have died in 18 months, some in 18 days. Some are still going after 3 years or more.
That's really impressive, given the iPod was introduced a little over 2 years ago.
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You know, if you wiped out all pollution and traces of human settlement, you still probably wouldn't be able to see the mountains from the other side of the bay. "Smog" only collects in atmospheric conditions that would otherwise produce...fog.
Just a minor nit, I agree with your sentiment though.
They're not being smart downloaders... There are programs out there that automate the process of looking for good sources, finding high-quality rips, and compiling whole albums. I've even seen such programs set up as bookmarklets so that you can look up an album in CDDB, hit Download, and it will take care of the rest. It can take a few days though.
However all of that only makes it break even with paying. I only use p2p to get out-of-print material personally. Usually I order from amazon or the like. iTunes just doesn't have the selection for me yet. (out of 25 albums I wanted, Amazon had 17, iTunes had 2.)
I keep a list of the albums I want to get. Last week I compared Amazon to iTunes. Out of 35 items, Amazon had 27 of the items on my list... iTunes had 2.
I can go do my grocery shopping and pick up several CDs of music at no more expense in time than it takes to toss them into my cart and the additional time it takes to ring them up while ringing up my groceries.
You buy music at the grocery store? What kind of godawful crap are you listening to?
Let's play a game... I'll pick a random CD out of my collection, and you tell me how much time it took you to find that CD at your grocery store, and I'll tell you how long it took me to find a copy of that CD online and order it.
Convergence devices will not take off until they fit in your pants pocket.
Just like cell phones didn't take off until they fit in your pocket, Just like PDAs didn't take off until they fit in your pocket, Just like Game Boys were only for kids until they made one that fit in your pocket, Just like mp3 jukeboxes didn't take off until there was one that fit in your pocket.
I look at the current convergence devices like the Clies and I wonder... I can carry my Palm in one pocket and the iPod in the other, and yet if I buy a device to serve both tasks it will not fit in either pocket. Where will I carry it?
HOWEVER this does not apply to cameras. Most of the components of the mythical convergence device can be miniaturized, but camera optics can't really. There needs to be an adequate aperture and a long enough focal length or any picture you take is going to look like dim blurry crap. I'f I want to be taking pictures I will carry a proper camera. So I would like my convergence device without the crappy camera please.
There's no column for noise. I know some people who have Shuttle XPCs. Whenever I see them I think "Wow, how cute and practical!" Then they turn it on. WHOOOOOOOOOSH like a jet turbine.
Tunnels. Trains have been running through the Pennines between Manchester and Sheffield since the industrial revolution.
HAHAHAHAHA... man you kill me. I knew someone was going to suggest a tunnel.
Consider this this map, especially the section of I-5 that runs the most accessible route over the mountains, and uncoincidentally happens to be right on top of the map's thickest red line...
A high speed rail link from San Francisco to LA has been in the pipeline for decades, but politics keeps getting in the way.
Not to mention some huge mountains.
Really, grading I-5 over the Tejon Pass took more earth moving than the entire Aswan High Dam in Egypt. The results can be seen with the naked eye from space.
Trains can't climb nearly as steeply as cars; where are you going to route a train between SF and LA?
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The art is in the engineering. Duh.
Like I said, TROLL. Nice try, you almost had me there.
Here's a hint: Trollspotters are the worst kind of biters. Trollspotters that take the time to rebut the trolls too? Comedy gold.
The controls... they brought back tactile feedback. I thought it was phenomenally poor from a usability standpoint to move the iPod to using "buttons" you can't press with gloves on, can't press through the outside of your pocket, and can't even tell if you've pressed unless you have the clicker on or are looking at the device. I'm sticking to my old iPod with the mechanical buttons for now, and I'm hoping by the time I need a new one they will have fixed the regular iPod's interface.
Unless I'm mistaken, the picture they put above "Bronco II" is actually a big ol' Bronco I.
Apple has patents for its own version of a scroll wheel
Which patent would that be, exactly? Do you have a number?
You can start looking here.
Most people here are mistaken. Apple never patented the scroll wheels found on the iPod or this D-cube. (however the D-cube looks like so much of a knockoff that it may be infringing Apple's design patent.) Apple did apply for a patent on a mouse having something similar to the combination scroll wheel/D-pad which made its way to the iPod Mini, however this patent has not been granted.
See all Apple patents here.
But where are the places where GStreamer innovates over the DirectShow APIs? The basic concept seems to be the same. DirectShow even has a filter graph editor which GStreamer's stream editor is eerily reminiscent of.
The plural of parenthesis is parentheses.
But there is only one of them. A phrase (like this one) set inside of curved marks is a parenthesis.
And what does that have to do with music?
I'm glad you're actually posting evidence now.
It seems from the link you provided that people tested using cell phones were able to keep their cars inside the lane just fine.
Now, keeping your car inside the lane is just one aspect of driving. Other studies show that using a phone markedly impairs reaction times to traffic signals and brake lights.
Even if phone use is not significantly impairing, you can't conclude that computer use is also non-impairing. Phone use mostly involves your auditory and language facilities, which are not used much in driving. Computer use requires your vision to look at the screen, and vision is essental to driving. There is mountains of evidence (like this and this) showing that while people can multitask easily between tasks using different sensory modalities, they cannot multitask efficiently between two tasks requiring the same sensory modality.
Unfortunately the info on the front page is correct. The exemption is for when the device is a dedicated mapping display, not for when a general-purpose device is used as a mapping display.
My handheld produces "entertainment and business applications" and does not have any interlock to make it only produce maps when in the car. As written, it doesn't matter that I only use it to display maps in the car--it's now illegal to use.
Because a well-designed intermediate language will help optimization. Being somewhat higher-level than raw machine code, not yet having to worry about the specific details of registers and pipelining, makes it easier to perform higher-level optimizations because the IL can be more easily analyzed. And when you compile from IL to the target you will have just the same opportunities for platform-specific optimizations as if you had compiled straight from the source language.
The other benefits of using an IL are manifold. New languages can be implemented without having to write a compiler for each platform. New architectures can be supported without having to write compilers for each language.
Sure, some people's iPods have died in 18 months, some in 18 days. Some are still going after 3 years or more.
That's really impressive, given the iPod was introduced a little over 2 years ago.
You know, if you wiped out all pollution and traces of human settlement, you still probably wouldn't be able to see the mountains from the other side of the bay. "Smog" only collects in atmospheric conditions that would otherwise produce...fog.
Just a minor nit, I agree with your sentiment though.
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Heh. Cute phrase.
Remember, this is slashdot, most people here are unable to relate to "Joe Blow computer users," including most of the people who talk about them.
They're not being smart downloaders... There are programs out there that automate the process of looking for good sources, finding high-quality rips, and compiling whole albums. I've even seen such programs set up as bookmarklets so that you can look up an album in CDDB, hit Download, and it will take care of the rest. It can take a few days though.
However all of that only makes it break even with paying. I only use p2p to get out-of-print material personally. Usually I order from amazon or the like. iTunes just doesn't have the selection for me yet. (out of 25 albums I wanted, Amazon had 17, iTunes had 2.)
Honestly, I can believe having better luck on Kazaa than on iTunes.
For example, I had a list of some 26 albums that I wanted.
iTunes had 2, and provided hilarious "did you mean:" suggestions for the others.
Amazon, on the other hand, had 17, so I ordered from there. I'm still looking for the others.
Even so, iTunes's selection is pretty spotty.
I keep a list of the albums I want to get. Last week I compared Amazon to iTunes. Out of 35 items, Amazon had 27 of the items on my list... iTunes had 2.
I can go do my grocery shopping and pick up several CDs of music at no more expense in time than it takes to toss them into my cart and the additional time it takes to ring them up while ringing up my groceries.
You buy music at the grocery store? What kind of godawful crap are you listening to?
Let's play a game... I'll pick a random CD out of my collection, and you tell me how much time it took you to find that CD at your grocery store, and I'll tell you how long it took me to find a copy of that CD online and order it.
Ready?
Convergence devices will not take off until they fit in your pants pocket.
Just like cell phones didn't take off until they fit in your pocket,
Just like PDAs didn't take off until they fit in your pocket,
Just like Game Boys were only for kids until they made one that fit in your pocket,
Just like mp3 jukeboxes didn't take off until there was one that fit in your pocket.
I look at the current convergence devices like the Clies and I wonder... I can carry my Palm in one pocket and the iPod in the other, and yet if I buy a device to serve both tasks it will not fit in either pocket. Where will I carry it?
HOWEVER this does not apply to cameras. Most of the components of the mythical convergence device can be miniaturized, but camera optics can't really. There needs to be an adequate aperture and a long enough focal length or any picture you take is going to look like dim blurry crap. I'f I want to be taking pictures I will carry a proper camera. So I would like my convergence device without the crappy camera please.
There's no column for noise. I know some people who have Shuttle XPCs. Whenever I see them I think "Wow, how cute and practical!" Then they turn it on. WHOOOOOOOOOSH like a jet turbine.
Tunnels. Trains have been running through the Pennines between Manchester and Sheffield since the industrial revolution.
HAHAHAHAHA... man you kill me. I knew someone was going to suggest a tunnel.
Consider this this map, especially the section of I-5 that runs the most accessible route over the mountains, and uncoincidentally happens to be right on top of the map's thickest red line...
"Tunnels." Comedy gold!
A high speed rail link from San Francisco to LA has been in the pipeline for decades, but politics keeps getting in the way.
Not to mention some huge mountains.
Really, grading I-5 over the Tejon Pass took more earth moving than the entire Aswan High Dam in Egypt. The results can be seen with the naked eye from space.
Trains can't climb nearly as steeply as cars; where are you going to route a train between SF and LA?
Which is why the US has the best freight rail system in the world.
What were we talking about again?
Of course, this is Slashdot, I can't expect you've actually read the book.