Yes, because if they eliminated malware it would make Windows' vulnerabilities irrelevant and give users one less reason to switch to another OS. It's not really as if anyone cares about the users as long as they use the politically correct OS.
"To have information you must somehow code it. LP does have a coding in this sense: amplitude change is coded as displacement in the groove."
I think you've identified the crux of the matter. Does the kind of coding you describe for an LP really qualify as coding as far as Shannon's theory is concerned? You say yes and I'm a bit skeptical but I have no means to debate you further so I'll stop.
"In information theory, the Shannon-Hartley theorem is an application of the noisy channel coding theorem to the archetypal case of a continuous-time analog communications channel subject to Gaussian noise."
Where's the coding in analog recording? I'm at a disadvantage in this discussion because I'm not an expert, but I suspect you don't know as much about it as you think you do.
"Simple facts: market share does not increase the security exploits of an OS."
You mean if I write my own OS with far more vulnerabilities than Windows it will soon have more exploits than Windows even though my market share is 1 person?
It's funny how perception matters more than facts.
There were far more Americans held hostage for a lot longer time during the Reagan administration than the Carter Administration and it was the Reagan administration that made deals with terrorists.
But Reagan was a pretty good actor so he knew how to talk the talk and in the US that's often all it takes.
Perhaps you'd like to share your own calculation or point to somebody else's. Of course I've never heard of audio quality being described in Mbit/s, so perhaps you could explain how it applies.
"MS fooled a generation of 20 and 30 somethings into buying its code books and learning how to code in their walled garden."
Well, it was a much bigger garden than Apple's and the gardeners were well paid.
"Once touched by MS you are not used to learning any new skills"
Whatever you think of Windows, it could hardly be argued that developing for it didn't require learning "any new skills" (C, Win32,C++, MFC, COM, ATL, COM+, SQL Server, ASP,.NET framework, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, DirectX, WCF, WPF, WWF, LINQ...)
I don't think there's much of a desire on anyone's part to port legacy applications to the iPhone. The value comes from being able to use a language you already know which for most people isn't Objective-C.
Yes, I saw the early version too. The interesting question is whether the original was a typo or did the author actually believe it was IBM that was going to acquire Sun? Does the statement still make sense after being corrected, or should it have been deleted?
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"We know that Microsoft is harmful and has been convicted of an illegal monopoly"
Well, now we know that you don't know the difference between criminal and civil law in the US.
"superfluous bullshit"
Yes, because if they eliminated malware it would make Windows' vulnerabilities irrelevant and give users one less reason to switch to another OS. It's not really as if anyone cares about the users as long as they use the politically correct OS.
Perhaps Google is hesitant to include a technology in Android that sucks as much as BT.
"To have information you must somehow code it. LP does have a coding in this sense: amplitude change is coded as displacement in the groove."
I think you've identified the crux of the matter. Does the kind of coding you describe for an LP really qualify as coding as far as Shannon's theory is concerned? You say yes and I'm a bit skeptical but I have no means to debate you further so I'll stop.
Upon rereading my post seems a bit harsh. I don't want to insult you, I just don't see how the theorem applies.
According to your own link:
"In information theory, the Shannon-Hartley theorem is an application of the noisy channel coding theorem to the archetypal case of a continuous-time analog communications channel subject to Gaussian noise."
Where's the coding in analog recording? I'm at a disadvantage in this discussion because I'm not an expert, but I suspect you don't know as much about it as you think you do.
"Simple facts: market share does not increase the security exploits of an OS."
You mean if I write my own OS with far more vulnerabilities than Windows it will soon have more exploits than Windows even though my market share is 1 person?
It's funny how perception matters more than facts.
There were far more Americans held hostage for a lot longer time during the Reagan administration than the Carter Administration and it was the Reagan administration that made deals with terrorists.
But Reagan was a pretty good actor so he knew how to talk the talk and in the US that's often all it takes.
Actually when it's a simple matter of saving money, the average Joe is probably more savvy than the average Slashdotter.
To put it simply: recording an LP doesn't involve sampling or encoding so I don't see how raw bit rates or symbol rates apply.
You link doesn't really explain how this would relate to an LP. I'm not sure if Shannon's theorem is applicable to non-symbol based information.
It was supposed to be a joke but it was based on a faulty premise (i.e. only TV-connected video game machines are called "consoles".)
Perhaps you'd like to share your own calculation or point to somebody else's. Of course I've never heard of audio quality being described in Mbit/s, so perhaps you could explain how it applies.
There's a difference between having an app store and simply allowing 3rd party apps.
Yes, I understand a lot of people who enjoy AstroTurf have been flocking to Slashdot. It's a lot more convenient than traveling to Houston.
"As steve jobs himself stated in their recent iPod announcement, the iPod touch is a portable games console."
Yes, unlike other game consoles you can move it from one TV to another in your pocket! Awesome!
"MS fooled a generation of 20 and 30 somethings into buying its code books and learning how to code in their walled garden."
Well, it was a much bigger garden than Apple's and the gardeners were well paid.
"Once touched by MS you are not used to learning any new skills"
Whatever you think of Windows, it could hardly be argued that developing for it didn't require learning "any new skills" (C, Win32,C++, MFC, COM, ATL, COM+, SQL Server, ASP, .NET framework, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, DirectX, WCF, WPF, WWF, LINQ ...)
I don't think there's much of a desire on anyone's part to port legacy applications to the iPhone. The value comes from being able to use a language you already know which for most people isn't Objective-C.
When VBA was created, what was the open format that most word processors used - there wasn't any.
In addition VBA can leverage a user's knowledge of Office to create their application by starting with a recorded macro.
Yes, I saw the early version too. The interesting question is whether the original was a typo or did the author actually believe it was IBM that was going to acquire Sun? Does the statement still make sense after being corrected, or should it have been deleted?
He should be teaching them how to use a generic keyboard layout.
Are you sure? Let's look it up on G.c
Well, if the CEO is in the banking industry it's a negative cost - for his company and society in general.
The alternative is to do nothing or to continue what you're already doing.
It's folly to rely on disciplines where "traditional scientific experiments cannot be practically done."
Just because a theory is untestable doesn't mean it has any value.