actually, they are required to do this if they intend to keep selling chips in europe and japan. a recent group of laws in the EU (or is it some individual EU countries, i'm not sure) and Japan require that consumer electronics be nearly lead-free, both in the final product and in the manufacturing process. this includes PCB's and integrated circuits. most manufacturing operations, and any electronics makers that want to do business outside of north america, have been transitioning to lead-free products recently.
intel is meeting its upcoming legal requirements. the real win here (for intel), is turning something they are legally obligated to do into an "environmentally friendly" pr victory. the news media seems to be eating it up.
sure, but does it transform into a giant robot? i'm not buying one unless it can jump and shoot. the garland-cycle from megazone 23 did this three years before akira.
well, the price of playing wing commander III, slowly, on my 486 was 200 dollars. that was what it cost me to buy another 4 megs of ram (bringing me to whopping 8). it was slow as hell. you needed a pentium to play that game, and those just came out, and i sure as hell couldn't afford one.
but i played it all the way through. i even watched all the cheesy movies (with mark hamil and the bad cg kilrathi). and i wasn't mad, even when it ended in a trench battle.
i was mad, however, when i tried to run it again on my p2 years later and it ran way too fast to play. i guess they never considered that, one day, someone might break the 100mhz mark.
that was truly terrible. i think we have just been collectively trolled. what are the chances the editors actually viewed this thing before accepting the story? i bet the words "peter jackson" just got it passed with no review.
i have no access to the aix or dynix code, but let's take a look at some of these lines. i don't have the ibm patches and am too lazy to download them, but they are all header files of things you would expect to be exactly the same (like inode structures and such). but looking at the code below (and others i didn't bother to paste), i am hardly impressed with sco's claims.
go to http://www.real.com/. the headline reads: Introducing RealPlayer 10 subheadline: New Powerful Free with a big image with a big, bright "Free" logo.
there are two big "Download Now" buttons on this site. both lead to the non-free premium player. in the margin on the right, with grey text over a grey background, there is a link to the free player.
that is bullshit. i know the free player is there, and that real plays tricks, so i specifically look for it. the average internet user, on the other hand, may not be that aware.
real are still assholes, and i am glad cartalk is moving away from their format because of their shitty tactics.
fake information? do you use a credit card when paying for your groceries? in the same transaction that you swiped your "savings card"? well, then they already have your name and address. they now know all the things you've bought and paid for in cash, since they can correlate that card with your credit card from previous or future transactions. they know which stores you go to at what time of the day, which credit cards you use, and every single thing you buy. they know who your girlfriend is (yes i know this is slashdot, but still) if you share your card with her and hers with you when you go shopping together. it doesn't take an expert data miner to get that.
but they really don't care about that. why should they? what they do care about is the "age", "sex", and "household income" fields that you filled in with the slip that you put your fake name on. they want to know that a 28 year old male who buys a bag of diapers at 2am will also buy a sixpack of beer. they're only interested in one thing, selling you more product at higher volumes. they don't really care who you are. but if you're going to be paranoid, do it right. "i put fake information" is not going to cut it.
the link posted adds a refer that contributes a small portion of your money to george w bush as part of the amazon refer program (notice ref="gw_pres_cand").
http://www.amazon.com/gp/misc/flag.html/ref=gw_p re s_cand
okay, here it is: real is getting their ass handed to them in the formats market. divx/xvid/mpeg4 format files are everywhere. quicktime sorenson is thriving in its own nitch. realvideo formats are nowhere except for low end streaming, and that market is drying up. in the music field, mp3 is the king, but wma and itunes m4a/m4p are catching up. ogg is out there for the geeks. meanwhile, real's audio and drm formats are decaying. their portable strategy is even worse (having sat in on some meetings with them, in a nutshell it is "[insert platform] is not currently supported"). their players are spyware-ridden, buggy (buffering...), and annoying (being a pioneer in the player "skinning disease" that every media player seems to suffer from now). smart users avoid them like the plague, and stupid users, well, they have windows media player already installed.
the only reason to have the real player installed on your machine right now is if there is some real content that you need to see. real's motive here is to make their streaming servers the choice of the geeks. microsoft is edging them out of the streaming server, but the problem is, you need to run windows to serve windows media format streams, and they are not (officially) supported on linux/unix clients. by giving the source (for what, really, a streaming server and client? big deal), they get cross platform compatibility, good pr, some free porting efforts, and a last foothold in their dying market. now, when your boss comes to you and says "we need a streaming video server", will you say "let's put up a winxp machine and stream asf", or will you say "real helix server on one of our linux boxes"?
the fact is, they still suck. but at least now you don't have to rely on their shitty software as much as previously, at least making them a viable option. that's what their up to. whether it succeeds is yet to be determined.
2 GB of flash is currently much too expensive. however, in volume, dram should be sufficiently cheap. yes, it's volatile. but if they have enough battery power to spin up and power a hard-drive, keeping dram alive for a few days at a time should not be a big deal. if you plug it into a usb port every few days, it should never lose power. and if it dies, well, you just have to reload all your music.
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sounds like a good competitor to the arm and mips chips that currently dominate the low-powered-gpp embedded market.
the real question is: where's the compiler? no, i didn't read the article, because the site is slashdotted. i presume they will have a gcc port shortly, if it doesn't exist.
the real problem with open architectures (mips, arm, sparc,...) is that everyone has a slightly different implementation, and gcc just has general compatibility mode. for example, the cpu i'm currently working on has a 2 cycle 32bit multiply capability, but can also process a (non-multiply) instruction in the pipeline during the second cycle. unfortunately, gcc is not aware of this and i have a wasted cycle. this leaves me the option of doing optimizations in assembly, or fixing the compiler.
if this project is dedicated to optimizing the compiler for their cores, they could give established players a run for their money in performance. or at least force other core makers to distribute optimized compilers at far lower costs.
i second this. having written network code that runs on both linux and windows, this book covers pretty much anything you need to write a program that will work with winsock/winsock2 as well as unix (even though it never specifically addresses windows). you will need to translate some of the calls to ms's names, but the functionality is essentially the same (even the ioctls are similar, although mapping those gets to be a real pain). just be sure to check the winsock docs.
a few minor things to watch out for:
most bsd networking calls return -1 on failure, but windows returns either SOCKET_ERROR or INVALID_SOCKET (which have different values), depending on the call.
diet kazaa is an interesting product. it modifies the kazaa client at runtime, and therefore is not in dmca-trouble (the authors are rather careful about it). it suppresses ads, paid search results, and kazaa spyware. it also allows more than the limited number of searches, automatic re-searching for files, and other nifty things. the only problem with it, is that you need a full kazaa install, and therefore must install the kazaa spyware (which is then removed by dietk). i would recommend it.
it does have RCA outputs. the problem is control, but that is easily fixed. you can buy a cheap kenwood rf (*wait, i know rf = bad) modulator. the rf modulator faceplate will control the keg, but the audio will go through the rca outs to your aiwa aux in. no rf-modulation will be done.
with this setup, you can buy the music keg, which is cheaper than the phatbox (but works the same).
as for dealing with cd's, i meant dealing with mp3 cd's as well. you can have what, 150 songs on an mp3 cd? that's not even 1 tenth of my collection. so if i wanted to listen to something in particular, i'd still have to find that disc, as opposed to having them all on one harddrive.
not quite true. the real reasons most players don't support ogg are:
1. flash costs money. the amount of sales generated from adding ogg support are not sufficient to justify adding the additional 128kb of flash or so that would be required to throw in an ogg decoder on every single device shipped. you'll notice that most harddrive based devices (such as the phatbox or audiotron) have quickly added ogg support, since it essentially costs them nothing.
2. integer-math ogg decoders have not been around for too long, and are still fairly processor intensive. as optimizations to the tremor code occur, expect to see more ogg implementations out there.
how about a phatbox harddrive-based player for your car? there is probably one that is compatible with your truck's existing headunit (so you don't need to buy a new one), and you can have 20-60 gigs of music, instead of shuffling cd's. and yes it does support ogg.
this product is sold directly at audi and vw dealers so you can bet it's a pretty solid product. it's also the same as the kenwood music keg, but works with non-kenwood stereos.
i have one and i love it. i can't imagine having to deal with switching cd's to find my music ever again.
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actually, they are required to do this if they intend to keep selling chips in europe and japan. a recent group of laws in the EU (or is it some individual EU countries, i'm not sure) and Japan require that consumer electronics be nearly lead-free, both in the final product and in the manufacturing process. this includes PCB's and integrated circuits. most manufacturing operations, and any electronics makers that want to do business outside of north america, have been transitioning to lead-free products recently.
intel is meeting its upcoming legal requirements. the real win here (for intel), is turning something they are legally obligated to do into an "environmentally friendly" pr victory. the news media seems to be eating it up.
sure, but does it transform into a giant robot? i'm not buying one unless it can jump and shoot. the garland-cycle from megazone 23 did this three years before akira.
well, the price of playing wing commander III, slowly, on my 486 was 200 dollars. that was what it cost me to buy another 4 megs of ram (bringing me to whopping 8). it was slow as hell. you needed a pentium to play that game, and those just came out, and i sure as hell couldn't afford one.
but i played it all the way through. i even watched all the cheesy movies (with mark hamil and the bad cg kilrathi). and i wasn't mad, even when it ended in a trench battle.
i was mad, however, when i tried to run it again on my p2 years later and it ran way too fast to play. i guess they never considered that, one day, someone might break the 100mhz mark.
$ cat gets.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
char *s;
gets(s);
return 0;
}
$ gcc -Wall gets.c
/tmp/ccGuaump.o: In function `main':
/tmp/ccGuaump.o(.text+0xd): the `gets' function is dangerous and should not be used.
$
EK knew consumer film was dying before the world did, considering they invented the CCD.
i believe the ccd was invented at bell laboratories, not eastman kodak.
it's a bit slapdash
--
code newbie: help for coding newbies
weak.
fits in slashdot sig, compiles all by itself
usage:
gcc in.c
your journal is locked, i am forced to post here.
that was truly terrible. i think we have just been collectively trolled.
what are the chances the editors actually viewed this thing before accepting the story? i bet the words "peter jackson" just got it passed with no review.
i have no access to the aix or dynix code, but let's take a look at some of these lines. i don't have the ibm patches and am too lazy to download them, but they are all header files of things you would expect to be exactly the same (like inode structures and such). but looking at the code below (and others i didn't bother to paste), i am hardly impressed with sco's claims.
[ cpu]);
sco claim:
dynix kernel/os/kern_clock.c 2028-2059
linux 2.4.1 arch/i386/kernel/apic.c 25-28, 662-664, 676-684
25-28:
#include <asm/smp.h>
#include <asm/mtrr.h>
#include <asm/mpspec.h>
662-664:
* useful with a profiling multiplier != 1
*/
if (!user)
676-684:
prof_counter[cpu] = prof_multiplier[cpu];
if (prof_counter[cpu] != prof_old_multiplier[cpu]) {
__setup_APIC_LVTT(calibration_result/prof_counter
prof_old_multiplier[cpu] = prof_counter[cpu];
}
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
update_process_times(user);
#endif
perhaps it is really just a 63.6 bit os.
no they did not. they are still playing games.
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go to http://www.real.com/.
the headline reads: Introducing RealPlayer 10
subheadline: New Powerful Free
with a big image with a big, bright "Free" logo.
click on the free logo takes you here:
http://www.real.com/realplayer.html?pp=home&src=0
there are two big "Download Now" buttons on this site. both lead to the non-free premium player. in the margin on the right, with grey text over a grey background, there is a link to the free player.
that is bullshit. i know the free player is there, and that real plays tricks, so i specifically look for it. the average internet user, on the other hand, may not be that aware.
real are still assholes, and i am glad cartalk is moving away from their format because of their shitty tactics.
fake information?
do you use a credit card when paying for your groceries? in the same transaction that you swiped your "savings card"? well, then they already have your name and address. they now know all the things you've bought and paid for in cash, since they can correlate that card with your credit card from previous or future transactions. they know which stores you go to at what time of the day, which credit cards you use, and every single thing you buy. they know who your girlfriend is (yes i know this is slashdot, but still) if you share your card with her and hers with you when you go shopping together. it doesn't take an expert data miner to get that.
but they really don't care about that. why should they? what they do care about is the "age", "sex", and "household income" fields that you filled in with the slip that you put your fake name on. they want to know that a 28 year old male who buys a bag of diapers at 2am will also buy a sixpack of beer. they're only interested in one thing, selling you more product at higher volumes. they don't really care who you are. but if you're going to be paranoid, do it right. "i put fake information" is not going to cut it.
nevermind...
the poster above me was correct. you may safely ignore my post.
i believe michael has been trolled
p re s_cand
the link posted adds a refer that contributes a small portion of your money to george w bush as part of the amazon refer program (notice ref="gw_pres_cand").
http://www.amazon.com/gp/misc/flag.html/ref=gw_
the proper link
http://www.amazon.com/gp/misc/flag.html
okay, here it is:
real is getting their ass handed to them in the formats market. divx/xvid/mpeg4 format files are everywhere. quicktime sorenson is thriving in its own nitch. realvideo formats are nowhere except for low end streaming, and that market is drying up.
in the music field, mp3 is the king, but wma and itunes m4a/m4p are catching up. ogg is out there for the geeks. meanwhile, real's audio and drm formats are decaying. their portable strategy is even worse (having sat in on some meetings with them, in a nutshell it is "[insert platform] is not currently supported").
their players are spyware-ridden, buggy (buffering...), and annoying (being a pioneer in the player "skinning disease" that every media player seems to suffer from now). smart users avoid them like the plague, and stupid users, well, they have windows media player already installed.
the only reason to have the real player installed on your machine right now is if there is some real content that you need to see. real's motive here is to make their streaming servers the choice of the geeks. microsoft is edging them out of the streaming server, but the problem is, you need to run windows to serve windows media format streams, and they are not (officially) supported on linux/unix clients. by giving the source (for what, really, a streaming server and client? big deal), they get cross platform compatibility, good pr, some free porting efforts, and a last foothold in their dying market. now, when your boss comes to you and says "we need a streaming video server", will you say "let's put up a winxp machine and stream asf", or will you say "real helix server on one of our linux boxes"?
the fact is, they still suck. but at least now you don't have to rely on their shitty software as much as previously, at least making them a viable option. that's what their up to. whether it succeeds is yet to be determined.
you expect me to read a post that long?
i have ADD, you insensitive clod.
no, not flash, DRAM.
2 GB of flash is currently much too expensive. however, in volume, dram should be sufficiently cheap. yes, it's volatile. but if they have enough battery power to spin up and power a hard-drive, keeping dram alive for a few days at a time should not be a big deal. if you plug it into a usb port every few days, it should never lose power. and if it dies, well, you just have to reload all your music.
pretty clever.
From: bigberk (547360)
Sent: Monday December 22, @09:12AM
To: All
Subject: Re:Uhm...
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<html>
what is an useenet? could u pleaze email me your answer i dont read answers here
</html>
>It will be "innovation" if this new
>USENET, err I meant Mail Forums, will
>eliminate the top posting bastards that
>usually have an OUTLOOK mailer
>header...
has anyone tried this under vmware?
does it mostly work?
sounds like a good competitor to the arm and mips chips that currently dominate the low-powered-gpp embedded market.
...) is that everyone has a slightly different implementation, and gcc just has general compatibility mode. for example, the cpu i'm currently working on has a 2 cycle 32bit multiply capability, but can also process a (non-multiply) instruction in the pipeline during the second cycle. unfortunately, gcc is not aware of this and i have a wasted cycle. this leaves me the option of doing optimizations in assembly, or fixing the compiler.
the real question is: where's the compiler? no, i didn't read the article, because the site is slashdotted. i presume they will have a gcc port shortly, if it doesn't exist.
the real problem with open architectures (mips, arm, sparc,
if this project is dedicated to optimizing the compiler for their cores, they could give established players a run for their money in performance. or at least force other core makers to distribute optimized compilers at far lower costs.
this is a good thing for everyone.
i second this.
having written network code that runs on both linux and windows, this book covers pretty much anything you need to write a program that will work with winsock/winsock2 as well as unix (even though it never specifically addresses windows). you will need to translate some of the calls to ms's names, but the functionality is essentially the same (even the ioctls are similar, although mapping those gets to be a real pain). just be sure to check the winsock docs.
a few minor things to watch out for:
most bsd networking calls return -1 on failure, but windows returns either SOCKET_ERROR or INVALID_SOCKET (which have different values), depending on the call.
windows changes many signed values to unsigned.
diet kazaa is an interesting product.
it modifies the kazaa client at runtime, and therefore is not in dmca-trouble (the authors are rather careful about it).
it suppresses ads, paid search results, and kazaa spyware. it also allows more than the limited number of searches, automatic re-searching for files, and other nifty things.
the only problem with it, is that you need a full kazaa install, and therefore must install the kazaa spyware (which is then removed by dietk).
i would recommend it.
it does have RCA outputs.
the problem is control, but that is easily fixed. you can buy a cheap kenwood rf (*wait, i know rf = bad) modulator. the rf modulator faceplate will control the keg, but the audio will go through the rca outs to your aiwa aux in. no rf-modulation will be done.
with this setup, you can buy the music keg, which is cheaper than the phatbox (but works the same).
as for dealing with cd's, i meant dealing with mp3 cd's as well. you can have what, 150 songs on an mp3 cd? that's not even 1 tenth of my collection. so if i wanted to listen to something in particular, i'd still have to find that disc, as opposed to having them all on one harddrive.
not quite true. the real reasons most players don't support ogg are:
1. flash costs money. the amount of sales generated from adding ogg support are not sufficient to justify adding the additional 128kb of flash or so that would be required to throw in an ogg decoder on every single device shipped. you'll notice that most harddrive based devices (such as the phatbox or audiotron) have quickly added ogg support, since it essentially costs them nothing.
2. integer-math ogg decoders have not been around for too long, and are still fairly processor intensive. as optimizations to the tremor code occur, expect to see more ogg implementations out there.
how about a phatbox harddrive-based player for your car? there is probably one that is compatible with your truck's existing headunit (so you don't need to buy a new one), and you can have 20-60 gigs of music, instead of shuffling cd's. and yes it does support ogg.
this product is sold directly at audi and vw dealers so you can bet it's a pretty solid product. it's also the same as the kenwood music keg, but works with non-kenwood stereos.
i have one and i love it. i can't imagine having to deal with switching cd's to find my music ever again.