No, 1394 and HDMI are not compatible. HDMI is essentially the next rev of DVI and you can connect DVI HDMI for video. 1394 uses a different signal altogether from DVI and HDMI.
That's nuts... if you have a system that you doubt can run it, you don't buy it until:
a) the demo comes out
b) you upgrade
or
c) you cave in and try anyway
It isn't id's fault if people do c)... especially if they've announced that the demo will follow on the full release (even before they finish the Linux or Mac binaries), which they most definitely did say.
And the trend lately has been for demos to come out shortly following the full release. Fact is, people who release a demo before a game's release are doing it with the knowledge it will probably not be a full showcase and it is worth it to try and drum up business. On the other hand, if a company knows that the game is high profile and will sell, there is far more incentive to finish the full game and then do a polished demo.
They don't consider it a waste, they consider it an investment. IE isn't just about web browsing for MS... it is about being able to put out "improved" web features (non-standard things), ActiveX/whateveryoucallitnow, and to have a web rendering engine that is under their control for embedding web information in other applications.
As someone who deals with customers who want to switch their desktops or browsers from IE to Mozilla, I can tell you one of the biggest locks that they get from IE is that they have many customers who deployed internal web sites with things that require IE (or in some cases "require" IE). It makes it very hard for the customer to switch.
I'm not saying MS couldn't do everything with FireFox that they do with IE from a technical standpoint (though it most likely would be an MS specific fork of FireFox), only that from a business view it doesn't make -any- sense for them to.
Heck, even if the market share for the WWW went to FireFox, MS would likely still be updating the IE engine for use in non-browser items. They're stubborn that way.
And yet the POTUS tends to be one of the things that most -divides- these "United" states.
Especially when the election is at best a statistical tie and yet he continues to act like everyone in the country should believe in and follow him when basically 50% (-3%/+3%:) voted against him.
-Leftists- are usually communist or socialist in tendency.
People who are "on the left" are generally liberals.
The distinction is at least as definite as the differences between Marxist Communism and the "Communism" of countries like North Korea and China. Those 2 cases (and previously the USSR) use the guise of "Communism" to enfore economic control of their countries to maintain an absolute dictatorship or hidden oligarchy, both of which condense the "people's wealth" into their own power and bank accounts.
Likewise Socialism (which is practices in many western european countries to a large degree) is not Marxist Communism, rather it borrows traits from it as well as Adam Smith style Capitalism.
Most -Leftists- believe in Marxist ideals or at least think they do.
Most people "on the left" tend more toward Socialism though by no means does that mean that someone who is liberal can not be a staunch Capitalist.
And for the last bit of our lesson, many people "on the right" are generally conservatives. Conservatives tend to be pro-Capitalism but with just a touch of Fascist tendencies added. That doesn't mean that all people "on the right" are Fascists.
VERY few (successful) politicians in the U.S. have ever been Leftists. The U.S. Democratic Party tends to fall towards the left, but far less so than parties like the Greens or Reformers. The U.S. Republican party tends towards the right far and there are fewer parties on the extreme right because the Republican party is more inclusive of the extreme right viewpoints (to the point where most Republican states I have lived in have seemed nearly schizophrenic in their Republican constituency... Alabama being a prime example).
But hey, I don't expect you to change from a boolean data type when it comes to people who differ from you. Many people simply lump "everyone else" into the "bad" category. And many of them seem to get elected. Maybe you should run for office.
Well, there is another way for it to be the last word in Filesystems... but with the Apocalypse delayed until 2032 we would have to have some damned lazy coders.
It will make you the (king|queen) of geek fashion on that trendy RFID enabled rollercoaster!
Seriously... this is a RFID implementation that I don't mind at all and I'm one of the people who is usually decrying the technology (though not as strictly as some of the extremists here). As long as it is done in the open and via a method that is easily removed when desired I have no problem with it.
I've tried to hunt down people at the amusement park, it's a PITA.
Besides, intelligent children get to have a whole NEW park experience by putting their tag on a squirrel or an unsuspecting person. Like putting the library book alarm strip in someone's backpack and then watching the hilarity.
You're right in the "many libertarians" statement, but that doesn't mean it is a clear majority. Unfortunately for Libs (like me) there are really 2 Lib groups within the party. Right/Conservative and Left/Liberal.
The Liberal side would be more in favor of government taking care of business like this but trying for the most part to stay out of other places like social laws (most especially privacy). The Conservative side is more set on seeing government stay out of business entirely as well as the social aspects.
I'm primarily a Libertarian Left because I'm more moderate on business than a Democrat, but far more liberal on social issues than a Republican, and I think both parties have sold out when it comes to privacy. However in this case I think the matter was solved properly.
We've been hearing about how this processor is going to help broadband connections speed up the system for awhile, often saying it will speed up graphics.
How?
Yes, I get grid technology for massively parallel computing... but speeding up graphics would:
* require an amazing bandwidth... 256K down / 128K up (basically the minimum for me to consider it broadband and you have to consider the minimums) is just not going to cut it.
* require insanely low latency... imagine a twitch game where your ping affected not only model updates but the graphics themselves.
I -have- to assume until someone shows otherwise that this technology does nothing for the -graphics- but rather is used to help with the overall console processing.
Any decent explanations of how Sony et al plan to actually utilize this technology?
I live down in south-western colorado; a majority of the people in this county are registered republicans, yet from talking to them, they really seem to be more democrat-leaning. I've yet to figure out how this works -- perhaps there are just one or two issues that take it all in their minds?
Same phenomenon as what causes so many Southen voters to claim to be "conservative Democrats" (think Zell Miller). I lived in Alabama / Tennessee for over a decade and never figured that out. They would vote Republican but hated to call themselves that. It is an ingrained tradition that is just now changing.
In the case of the South it traces back to the Republicans being the party of A. Lincoln and the Democrats supporting the secessionist movement.
In the case of Colorado I am guessing the tendency towards Democrat has to do with 2 primary issues. 1) is the area being so entrenched in agriculture, which the Republicans generally do not favor (tariffs and subsidies are not favored by the GOP despite the spin they try to put on this in agricultural areas) and 2) a Western U.S. mentality towards protection of privacy (something the Democrats favor more than Republicans).
As to why Coloradans have been supporters of Republicans traditionally, I'm not sure. It may also trace back to the Civil War era since so many Western states and territories backed the North. I know that Republicans used to address Western and Mid-Western issues better than they do now, but it seems to me the only issue they win on (which is a BIG one) is the "family values" platform.
Honestly, many of the Western and MidWestern states might vote Libertarian if there was enough knowledge about it and there was a chance of it working on a national level (at least where I live Lib is becoming viable, though still up-hill, against Dem and Rep).
Interesting footnote from an article on NPR a couple months back... when the people behind this movement contacted the Democratic party, they showed no significant interest. Apparently they feel that Colorado has begun to shift enough to the left that the Democrats want to be able to "win em all" or not win at all just like the Republicans. Until very recently it looked like Kerry v. Bush was taking Colorado seriously as contested. I think we've since swung to a majority for Bush with the national polls as the attention has faded and we're not getting many of the campaign ad dollars (doesn't matter to me, I TiVo for TV and read online for politics:)
I think it's kind of ridiculous, like playing a game of poker with votes, but that's ok since I think both parties have gotten kind of ridiculous anyway.
The real winners if the states would move to a proportional electoral system would be the 3rd party candidates. They won't get into office MUCH quicker, but it would help them to get enough visibility and to get real recognition instead of simply stealing votes from their closest ideological counterparts.
So in all honesty, I would expect GOP -and- Democratic opposition to this. The question is whether the grassroots will take hold and force the issue.
If only one or two states have such a system, perhaps they do marginalize themselves (is that really so bad though since at least such a state knows it is getting it's votes listened to? it's not like we would MISS the political stumping). However if a number of states do this it means the candidates can't ignore 35 states and focus on 15. I think California, NY and Florida would be the best states to do this to. Opposing parties have had their votes ignored in the millions for years because of the current system. No wonder there are so many disenfranchised voters in the largest voting blocks... many are right to think their vote won't affect the outcome.
Yeah, it has been real close here, but lately I think we've been swinging with the national polls which means that Bush is in the lead again.
As for not mattering, that might be true if Colorado were the only state that had this happening, but other states have begun talking about it. It may take awhile but if we do manage to kill the "all or nothing" aspect of the electoral system then the candidates have to act like -national- candidates and be solid on their issues.
My biggest problem with Kerry more than most Dems as well as the GOP in general is that they seem willing to ignore states they will surely win or lose and go to the contested states and say whatever is needed to swing votes even if it is contrary to something they said elsewhere.
Colorado is interesting because while we do have a slight GOP majority, the liberals are VERY liberal. It is similar to California in polarity.
But... people are missing the biggest improvement that this system would receive is that it allows more than 2 parties into the mix. Ralph Nader gets 10% of the vote in California? Then Ralph Nader gets an elector on their way to DC. Not a win, but at LEAST it is a start. A Libertarian gets 15% of Colorado (not too far fetched)? They get an elector. It is no longer "Ralph Nader got some votes but they aren't recognized realistically".
Have a true multi-party system is the only way people like myself (Libertarian Left) are going to see their issues addressed. Otherwise we have to continually try and choose between the lesser of two evils (which is VERY hard this year for some).
Let's make it about issues again and give people who don't fall into one of the two big parties at least a small chance.
The "if you don't like it, take your skills elsewhere" argument is one of my biggest/. peeves. It hasn't been an employee's market for a few years now. Even if it were, you're being selfish by moving instead of trying to make the employer see the error of their ways. Not only because it only helps you in this instance but also because the employer will just keep doing it.
Will a person always succeed at changing things? Certainly not... and between that and the threat of annoying a supervisor and putting your job in jeopardy in the long-term, we should be -helping- the few people who are considering acting on the injustices, not giving them flippant responses.
Does "largest" mean "most geography encompassed" or "most users/usage"?
Either is valid, but it changes the meaning. If you mean "most geography encompassed" then sure, this probably gets the nod. But if you mean "most users/usage" then Philly should kick it in the repeaters.
Personally I think they are both interesting measurements, but doing it across Philly is probably the more impressive once you get over the idea of long distance connections. City meshes are much harder to accomplish.
If the -thought- that a Hurricane might cause serious damage to a program is enough for someone to publicly comment that it could halt the program... -that- is what gives me pause. They seem to be trying at every juncture to make sure we know how fragile the Shuttle program is. Right now I have to think that NASA is -hoping- that hurricane will come by and do just enough damage to call this one.
If things are that bad, find a new vehicle. What? No funding for a replacement? Then have the balls -halt- the Shuttle program without one. The only way NASA will ever get the budget needed to take a next step will be if everyone knows that it is that next step or get off the track. As long as the Shuttles "just work" there will not be enough consensus to keep progressing.
I'm a supporter of manned U.S. space exploration... but if it's going to die after the shuttle, it will die after the shuttle. If that is the case, better it do it now while no one else has been killed. The Shuttle program is too far past it's prime.
NOTE: "exploration" is the key word there... at this point I feel like Shuttle work has not been exploring for some time. Space Station to some degree yes, but that is being fueled by Russian capsules. And yes, we could go back to our own capsule programs, but that will not be for exploration, it will be for maintenance.
Agreed... on my first generation TiVo the red and green LEDs were bright enough to distract from watching the program (kind of self defeating). I used a sharpie to dim them... still quite visible but never a distraction.
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No, 1394 and HDMI are not compatible. HDMI is essentially the next rev of DVI and you can connect DVI HDMI for video. 1394 uses a different signal altogether from DVI and HDMI.
Wow, I'm having a flashback to Neverwinter Nights ...
That's nuts ... if you have a system that you doubt can run it, you don't buy it until:
... especially if they've announced that the demo will follow on the full release (even before they finish the Linux or Mac binaries), which they most definitely did say.
a) the demo comes out
b) you upgrade
or
c) you cave in and try anyway
It isn't id's fault if people do c)
And the trend lately has been for demos to come out shortly following the full release. Fact is, people who release a demo before a game's release are doing it with the knowledge it will probably not be a full showcase and it is worth it to try and drum up business. On the other hand, if a company knows that the game is high profile and will sell, there is far more incentive to finish the full game and then do a polished demo.
They don't consider it a waste, they consider it an investment. IE isn't just about web browsing for MS ... it is about being able to put out "improved" web features (non-standard things), ActiveX/whateveryoucallitnow, and to have a web rendering engine that is under their control for embedding web information in other applications.
As someone who deals with customers who want to switch their desktops or browsers from IE to Mozilla, I can tell you one of the biggest locks that they get from IE is that they have many customers who deployed internal web sites with things that require IE (or in some cases "require" IE). It makes it very hard for the customer to switch.
I'm not saying MS couldn't do everything with FireFox that they do with IE from a technical standpoint (though it most likely would be an MS specific fork of FireFox), only that from a business view it doesn't make -any- sense for them to.
Heck, even if the market share for the WWW went to FireFox, MS would likely still be updating the IE engine for use in non-browser items. They're stubborn that way.
In reply to myself ...
an 18month old article so no saying if it was accurate but it is at least a primer.
And yet the POTUS tends to be one of the things that most -divides- these "United" states.
:) voted against him.
Especially when the election is at best a statistical tie and yet he continues to act like everyone in the country should believe in and follow him when basically 50% (-3%/+3%
Ugh.
... Alabama being a prime example).
-Leftists- are usually communist or socialist in tendency.
People who are "on the left" are generally liberals.
The distinction is at least as definite as the differences between Marxist Communism and the "Communism" of countries like North Korea and China. Those 2 cases (and previously the USSR) use the guise of "Communism" to enfore economic control of their countries to maintain an absolute dictatorship or hidden oligarchy, both of which condense the "people's wealth" into their own power and bank accounts.
Likewise Socialism (which is practices in many western european countries to a large degree) is not Marxist Communism, rather it borrows traits from it as well as Adam Smith style Capitalism.
Most -Leftists- believe in Marxist ideals or at least think they do.
Most people "on the left" tend more toward Socialism though by no means does that mean that someone who is liberal can not be a staunch Capitalist.
And for the last bit of our lesson, many people "on the right" are generally conservatives. Conservatives tend to be pro-Capitalism but with just a touch of Fascist tendencies added. That doesn't mean that all people "on the right" are Fascists.
VERY few (successful) politicians in the U.S. have ever been Leftists.
The U.S. Democratic Party tends to fall towards the left, but far less so than parties like the Greens or Reformers. The U.S. Republican party tends towards the right far and there are fewer parties on the extreme right because the Republican party is more inclusive of the extreme right viewpoints (to the point where most Republican states I have lived in have seemed nearly schizophrenic in their Republican constituency
But hey, I don't expect you to change from a boolean data type when it comes to people who differ from you. Many people simply lump "everyone else" into the "bad" category. And many of them seem to get elected. Maybe you should run for office.
That's what -they- said anyway ... it's just a trick to fake you into feeling safe until the end.
Fair enough ... first time I had seen this distinction and so "broadband" was taken in it's most common meaning.
Are there any pages posted that talk about how this processor's architecture will enable faster information transmission than say Hypertransport?
Well, there is another way for it to be the last word in Filesystems ... but with the Apocalypse delayed until 2032 we would have to have some damned lazy coders.
Yes, but I sense a new market!
... this is a RFID implementation that I don't mind at all and I'm one of the people who is usually decrying the technology (though not as strictly as some of the extremists here). As long as it is done in the open and via a method that is easily removed when desired I have no problem with it.
Tin-foil helmets with chin straps anyone?
It will make you the (king|queen) of geek fashion on that trendy RFID enabled rollercoaster!
Seriously
I've tried to hunt down people at the amusement park, it's a PITA.
Besides, intelligent children get to have a whole NEW park experience by putting their tag on a squirrel or an unsuspecting person. Like putting the library book alarm strip in someone's backpack and then watching the hilarity.
Worlds of Fun!
Oh wait, that's Kansas City not Florida.
You're right in the "many libertarians" statement, but that doesn't mean it is a clear majority. Unfortunately for Libs (like me) there are really 2 Lib groups within the party. Right/Conservative and Left/Liberal.
The Liberal side would be more in favor of government taking care of business like this but trying for the most part to stay out of other places like social laws (most especially privacy). The Conservative side is more set on seeing government stay out of business entirely as well as the social aspects.
I'm primarily a Libertarian Left because I'm more moderate on business than a Democrat, but far more liberal on social issues than a Republican, and I think both parties have sold out when it comes to privacy. However in this case I think the matter was solved properly.
We've been hearing about how this processor is going to help broadband connections speed up the system for awhile, often saying it will speed up graphics.
... but speeding up graphics would:
... 256K down / 128K up (basically the minimum for me to consider it broadband and you have to consider the minimums) is just not going to cut it.
... imagine a twitch game where your ping affected not only model updates but the graphics themselves.
How?
Yes, I get grid technology for massively parallel computing
* require an amazing bandwidth
* require insanely low latency
I -have- to assume until someone shows otherwise that this technology does nothing for the -graphics- but rather is used to help with the overall console processing.
Any decent explanations of how Sony et al plan to actually utilize this technology?
... and all of a sudden the world realizes that ANY storage device can be as strong as you make it.
The JumpDrive however is meant for the people in the world who don't have that level of skill.
And there are a LOT of them.
adding 64-bit extensions and multiple cores (sound like any other chip company you know?)
Sun?
Often the less expensive flash cards can only write at a very slow speed. Most times even with a decent flash card it won't exceed USB2 speeds.
Having a Firewire option is great for people who don't have alot of USB2 connectors but have Firewire. Doesn't seem like a huge market though.
I live down in south-western colorado; a majority of the people in this county are registered republicans, yet from talking to them, they really seem to be more democrat-leaning. I've yet to figure out how this works -- perhaps there are just one or two issues that take it all in their minds?
Same phenomenon as what causes so many Southen voters to claim to be "conservative Democrats" (think Zell Miller). I lived in Alabama / Tennessee for over a decade and never figured that out. They would vote Republican but hated to call themselves that. It is an ingrained tradition that is just now changing.
In the case of the South it traces back to the Republicans being the party of A. Lincoln and the Democrats supporting the secessionist movement.
In the case of Colorado I am guessing the tendency towards Democrat has to do with 2 primary issues. 1) is the area being so entrenched in agriculture, which the Republicans generally do not favor (tariffs and subsidies are not favored by the GOP despite the spin they try to put on this in agricultural areas) and 2) a Western U.S. mentality towards protection of privacy (something the Democrats favor more than Republicans).
As to why Coloradans have been supporters of Republicans traditionally, I'm not sure. It may also trace back to the Civil War era since so many Western states and territories backed the North. I know that Republicans used to address Western and Mid-Western issues better than they do now, but it seems to me the only issue they win on (which is a BIG one) is the "family values" platform.
Honestly, many of the Western and MidWestern states might vote Libertarian if there was enough knowledge about it and there was a chance of it working on a national level (at least where I live Lib is becoming viable, though still up-hill, against Dem and Rep).
Interesting footnote from an article on NPR a couple months back ... when the people behind this movement contacted the Democratic party, they showed no significant interest. Apparently they feel that Colorado has begun to shift enough to the left that the Democrats want to be able to "win em all" or not win at all just like the Republicans. Until very recently it looked like Kerry v. Bush was taking Colorado seriously as contested. I think we've since swung to a majority for Bush with the national polls as the attention has faded and we're not getting many of the campaign ad dollars (doesn't matter to me, I TiVo for TV and read online for politics :)
... many are right to think their vote won't affect the outcome.
I think it's kind of ridiculous, like playing a game of poker with votes, but that's ok since I think both parties have gotten kind of ridiculous anyway.
The real winners if the states would move to a proportional electoral system would be the 3rd party candidates. They won't get into office MUCH quicker, but it would help them to get enough visibility and to get real recognition instead of simply stealing votes from their closest ideological counterparts.
So in all honesty, I would expect GOP -and- Democratic opposition to this. The question is whether the grassroots will take hold and force the issue.
If only one or two states have such a system, perhaps they do marginalize themselves (is that really so bad though since at least such a state knows it is getting it's votes listened to? it's not like we would MISS the political stumping). However if a number of states do this it means the candidates can't ignore 35 states and focus on 15. I think California, NY and Florida would be the best states to do this to. Opposing parties have had their votes ignored in the millions for years because of the current system. No wonder there are so many disenfranchised voters in the largest voting blocks
Yeah, it has been real close here, but lately I think we've been swinging with the national polls which means that Bush is in the lead again.
... people are missing the biggest improvement that this system would receive is that it allows more than 2 parties into the mix. Ralph Nader gets 10% of the vote in California? Then Ralph Nader gets an elector on their way to DC. Not a win, but at LEAST it is a start. A Libertarian gets 15% of Colorado (not too far fetched)? They get an elector. It is no longer "Ralph Nader got some votes but they aren't recognized realistically".
As for not mattering, that might be true if Colorado were the only state that had this happening, but other states have begun talking about it. It may take awhile but if we do manage to kill the "all or nothing" aspect of the electoral system then the candidates have to act like -national- candidates and be solid on their issues.
My biggest problem with Kerry more than most Dems as well as the GOP in general is that they seem willing to ignore states they will surely win or lose and go to the contested states and say whatever is needed to swing votes even if it is contrary to something they said elsewhere.
Colorado is interesting because while we do have a slight GOP majority, the liberals are VERY liberal. It is similar to California in polarity.
But
Have a true multi-party system is the only way people like myself (Libertarian Left) are going to see their issues addressed. Otherwise we have to continually try and choose between the lesser of two evils (which is VERY hard this year for some).
Let's make it about issues again and give people who don't fall into one of the two big parties at least a small chance.
Hear! Hear!
/. peeves. It hasn't been an employee's market for a few years now. Even if it were, you're being selfish by moving instead of trying to make the employer see the error of their ways. Not only because it only helps you in this instance but also because the employer will just keep doing it.
... and between that and the threat of annoying a supervisor and putting your job in jeopardy in the long-term, we should be -helping- the few people who are considering acting on the injustices, not giving them flippant responses.
The "if you don't like it, take your skills elsewhere" argument is one of my biggest
Will a person always succeed at changing things? Certainly not
No, not really.
No, not really.
Does "largest" mean "most geography encompassed" or "most users/usage"?
Either is valid, but it changes the meaning. If you mean "most geography encompassed" then sure, this probably gets the nod. But if you mean "most users/usage" then Philly should kick it in the repeaters.
Personally I think they are both interesting measurements, but doing it across Philly is probably the more impressive once you get over the idea of long distance connections. City meshes are much harder to accomplish.
If the -thought- that a Hurricane might cause serious damage to a program is enough for someone to publicly comment that it could halt the program ... -that- is what gives me pause. They seem to be trying at every juncture to make sure we know how fragile the Shuttle program is. Right now I have to think that NASA is -hoping- that hurricane will come by and do just enough damage to call this one.
... but if it's going to die after the shuttle, it will die after the shuttle. If that is the case, better it do it now while no one else has been killed. The Shuttle program is too far past it's prime.
... at this point I feel like Shuttle work has not been exploring for some time. Space Station to some degree yes, but that is being fueled by Russian capsules. And yes, we could go back to our own capsule programs, but that will not be for exploration, it will be for maintenance.
If things are that bad, find a new vehicle. What? No funding for a replacement? Then have the balls -halt- the Shuttle program without one. The only way NASA will ever get the budget needed to take a next step will be if everyone knows that it is that next step or get off the track. As long as the Shuttles "just work" there will not be enough consensus to keep progressing.
I'm a supporter of manned U.S. space exploration
NOTE: "exploration" is the key word there
Agreed ... on my first generation TiVo the red and green LEDs were bright enough to distract from watching the program (kind of self defeating). I used a sharpie to dim them ... still quite visible but never a distraction.