Perhaps they are only evil doers because they switched? It's not clear to me that Iraq is any worse than many TPLAC and Middle Eastern countries, just that they are the axis of evil at the moment so we hear how bad they are.
Past 4 years? Every system I know of is older than 4 years, and gives good service (I know lots of people in the bush with RAPS).
re TiDye, AFAIK sta were the first to market. There is a difference between a prototype and a commercial product. Anyway, whoever invented or makes money, I don't care, I just want them to be ubiquitous:)
4 years isn't long in power generation. Coal powerstations probably don't pay off for 10 years, and they have a much more energy dense fuel, and they usually get it for free.
The fastest pay off is probably wind, and that is still 6 months. The problem is people who want everything now (or at least within 3 years). A bit of future planning goes a long way:)
The problem with telling people to wait until a better tech comes along is that it is always going to be better in the future. I presume you haven't bought a computer yet either...
(Yes, I am quite aware of TiDye panels - I was at the first presentation of the technology, developed in Canberra)
Have you found any problems with notching at common speeds? I'm not aware of any hardware solutions to this, but the CVT computer may be able to spread the wear somewhat I guess.
The 'well-to-wheel' cost of coal is considerably less when you remember that besides the higher efficiency of the car drive system, coal power produces less CO2 for a given amount of energy from the wall and far superiour scrubbers and pollutant controls are required on the power plant.
Coal power stations also produce negligible particulate pollution, compared with most cars and trucks.
Unlikely as the amount of power available from the sun is too dilute. Work out the amount of power available to your car, given that sunlight gives a maximum of 1kW/m^2 on a clear day in the tropics, and just to move your car at 60km/hr probably takes 20kW to overcome rolling resistance.
Solar cars require very tight control on the losses, if you used these developments and stuck with an ICE your fuel consumption would probably drop by a factor of 100.
Interesting. You are right that tastes are subjective, however there have been experiements that have shown that coke isn't a highly rating flavour. I think the general conclusion was that cola flavours were inversely rank proportional to sales volume. RC cola never did much in.au, perhaps because the name sounds like 'arsey' cola:)
Now brussel sprouts I agree with. My crop is just about ready to pick:) I have no idea what a catsup is.
Do you really? Try stopping drinking it for a month and try it again. You'll be surprised how bad it is - sort of metallic, sour and over sweet. I think what people actually like is the image associated with coke, which is why they must keep advertising.
Another way of looking at it is, if advertising weren't required then all those nicer drinks out there would do a lot better than coke.
You've heard of "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em?" For Microsoft it's, "If you can't beat 'em, pretend to join 'em, then stab them in the back when they're not looking."
"You have to get behind someone to stab them in the back":-)
Actually, I think new ideas are usually implemented as free software, but poorly polished. For some reason FS is very bad at taking an innovative idea and making it mainstream. Most academic stuff is done as free software, if only to allow peer review. Most academic software is very flakey as it is only written to prove a point.
"Applications: I use Kubuntu (which uses KDE instead of GNOME), and I've not seen this happen so far - I can think of no packages I've installed that have not shown up on the menus. However, finding the sodding thing is not always so easy - it would be nice to add a special "Recently Installed Apps" sub-menu that contains a temporary list of apps that have recently been installed, or at least some way of indicating where in the menus your most recently installed apps have been placed. Even better would be a text-box in the menu itself that has "find-as-you-type"-style searching that searches for both app names and descriptions.
"Actually, I might just go and file a bug report about that right now:)"
You haven't addressed the fact that the XP deal has no future proofing. You can't be sure that Microsoft won't suddenly come round with big boots on and demand a full fee. Considering that they have already done this, putting yourself in that position is foolhardy or stupid.
I think many of the effects that sound good aren't obvious in a simple oscillogram - even simple things like reverb, chorus and stereo spread require some kind of processing to become apparent. I think listening is probably the simplest way to learn what effect different things do.
"If you want your app do be able to handle and display HTML, you don't have to do any additional coding."
The same is true in most other systems, including windows (VB). As I said to the other poster, making a good interface is a lot more than drawing a few widgets. I was wondering what cocoa does to help there. From the few little one-person cocoa based apps I think the answer is 'very little'. Perhaps I'm wrong - that is what I was asking original:)
Incidently, I think that separate apps are probably a dying breed - far better to implement your rss system over the web - then you have a large market straightaway.
It doesn't demonstrate anything of the sort. The hard part about building UIs is the bit that can't be drawn. Glade also allows you to make a fully functional interface just by placing objects and using default handlers. And guess what? nobody uses it for real software.
You are confusing writing software with scripting.
(Incidently, with python-gtk and glade you can probably do exactly the same thing)
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Perhaps they are only evil doers because they switched? It's not clear to me that Iraq is any worse than many TPLAC and Middle Eastern countries, just that they are the axis of evil at the moment so we hear how bad they are.
Yep, H1B is the modern, clean and ethical approach to slavery. ;)
Actually, you could do this with SCSI way back. Before that you could do it with things called floppies. Noob.
(Of course, PCs can boot from DVD-RW and USB things for ages)
Past 4 years? Every system I know of is older than 4 years, and gives good service (I know lots of people in the bush with RAPS).
:)
re TiDye, AFAIK sta were the first to market. There is a difference between a prototype and a commercial product. Anyway, whoever invented or makes money, I don't care, I just want them to be ubiquitous
4 years isn't long in power generation. Coal powerstations probably don't pay off for 10 years, and they have a much more energy dense fuel, and they usually get it for free.
:)
The fastest pay off is probably wind, and that is still 6 months. The problem is people who want everything now (or at least within 3 years). A bit of future planning goes a long way
The problem with telling people to wait until a better tech comes along is that it is always going to be better in the future. I presume you haven't bought a computer yet either...
(Yes, I am quite aware of TiDye panels - I was at the first presentation of the technology, developed in Canberra)
Have you found any problems with notching at common speeds? I'm not aware of any hardware solutions to this, but the CVT computer may be able to spread the wear somewhat I guess.
The 'well-to-wheel' cost of coal is considerably less when you remember that besides the higher efficiency of the car drive system, coal power produces less CO2 for a given amount of energy from the wall and far superiour scrubbers and pollutant controls are required on the power plant.
Coal power stations also produce negligible particulate pollution, compared with most cars and trucks.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/clean_energy_payb ack.html
But what would they know?
Unlikely as the amount of power available from the sun is too dilute. Work out the amount of power available to your car, given that sunlight gives a maximum of 1kW /m^2 on a clear day in the tropics, and just to move your car at 60km/hr probably takes 20kW to overcome rolling resistance.
Solar cars require very tight control on the losses, if you used these developments and stuck with an ICE your fuel consumption would probably drop by a factor of 100.
Or, people could ride bicycles.
Yep, I've given up on soft drink entirely, and live on peppermint teas :)
Interesting. You are right that tastes are subjective, however there have been experiements that have shown that coke isn't a highly rating flavour. I think the general conclusion was that cola flavours were inversely rank proportional to sales volume. RC cola never did much in .au, perhaps because the name sounds like 'arsey' cola :)
:) I have no idea what a catsup is.
Now brussel sprouts I agree with. My crop is just about ready to pick
"I drink Coke because I like it's taste"
Do you really? Try stopping drinking it for a month and try it again. You'll be surprised how bad it is - sort of metallic, sour and over sweet. I think what people actually like is the image associated with coke, which is why they must keep advertising.
Another way of looking at it is, if advertising weren't required then all those nicer drinks out there would do a lot better than coke.
Interesting, so how do you detect chords?
So all your ancestors were stupid, because they were ignorant and naive? I think people who confuse intelligence with knowledge are stupid.
You've heard of "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em?"
:-)
For Microsoft it's, "If you can't beat 'em, pretend to join 'em, then stab them in the back when they're not looking."
"You have to get behind someone to stab them in the back"
Actually, I think new ideas are usually implemented as free software, but poorly polished. For some reason FS is very bad at taking an innovative idea and making it mainstream. Most academic stuff is done as free software, if only to allow peer review. Most academic software is very flakey as it is only written to prove a point.
"Applications: I use Kubuntu (which uses KDE instead of GNOME), and I've not seen this happen so far - I can think of no packages I've installed that have not shown up on the menus. However, finding the sodding thing is not always so easy - it would be nice to add a special "Recently Installed Apps" sub-menu that contains a temporary list of apps that have recently been installed, or at least some way of indicating where in the menus your most recently installed apps have been placed. Even better would be a text-box in the menu itself that has "find-as-you-type"-style searching that searches for both app names and descriptions.
:)"
"Actually, I might just go and file a bug report about that right now
An excellent idea! Go ahead, please.
You haven't addressed the fact that the XP deal has no future proofing. You can't be sure that Microsoft won't suddenly come round with big boots on and demand a full fee. Considering that they have already done this, putting yourself in that position is foolhardy or stupid.
It doesn't seem to be free software though, so it has no advantage over Skype. Indeed looking at the EULA I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.
Too late:D 53721.htm
http://www.acmi.net.au/CFBE0820A7C349B19C45831BCD
(Or maybe you were looking for Nick Park, of Wallace and Grommit fame?)
I think many of the effects that sound good aren't obvious in a simple oscillogram - even simple things like reverb, chorus and stereo spread require some kind of processing to become apparent. I think listening is probably the simplest way to learn what effect different things do.
Actually, Borwein's digits at a time algorithm might be the go, or one of the vastly faster converging algorithms such as given here:Algorithms that compute pi quickly
Ok, I'll give it a go for my next project. Lack of cross platform is a big minus though. Thanks for your comments!
"If you want your app do be able to handle and display HTML, you don't have to do any additional coding."
:)
The same is true in most other systems, including windows (VB). As I said to the other poster, making a good interface is a lot more than drawing a few widgets. I was wondering what cocoa does to help there. From the few little one-person cocoa based apps I think the answer is 'very little'. Perhaps I'm wrong - that is what I was asking original
Incidently, I think that separate apps are probably a dying breed - far better to implement your rss system over the web - then you have a large market straightaway.
It doesn't demonstrate anything of the sort. The hard part about building UIs is the bit that can't be drawn. Glade also allows you to make a fully functional interface just by placing objects and using default handlers. And guess what? nobody uses it for real software.
You are confusing writing software with scripting.
(Incidently, with python-gtk and glade you can probably do exactly the same thing)