This ties in with the MIPS/Watt thing i was talking about in a previous post. If you're planning on buying blade servers the only sane solution is a Transmeta based one rather than Intel or AMD.
OK so MS are a monopolist. This position would have caused them to become lazy, complacent, expensive and they would have driven customers away. The government forcing them to change their ways will simply prolong the time they hold the monopoly for.
Commies don't matter BTW, don't you understand your own liberal free market argument?
"Most will tell you that they knew from as far back as they could remember that they were different."
Mother: "Son, you're special. Here, go play with my makeup."
There you go, nurture rather than nature, not something you are born with. Knowing something as far back as you can remember is useless as a way of determining the effect of nature vs nurture. Nurture kicks in the day you pop out of the womb and far earlier than you can remember. The first 3 years of a child's development are the most important, followed by the next 2.
The only way to measure the effect is with identical twins separated at birth and it isn't remotely as simple as a gay gene or a domineering mother.
The market for small cases has been around for several years now. Intel are following Apple who are following the small case makers who are following the motherboard manufacturers.
Of course and as a bike rider you learn very quickly that even more important than raw bhp is torque and how it's delivered. And still more important again is grip.
If you want to be *really* quick, you have to be able to get into corners fast and get out faster. Which is why I find all these bhp comparisons laughable.
And after *all* that expense, a bog basic 5 year old second hand sportsbike will still wipe the floor with it. Simple physics. You keep spending on your Civic until you can get 0-60 sub 2.5 seconds.
The network effect with embedded systems is relatively minor, they are generally fairly custom systems with fixed applications. So MS getting involved in embedded systems doesn't bother me much. There's also fairly competent and fierce competition in those markets and Linux is there too.
I think you're right about Google, they are going to change the face of the IT industry. Think Arkwright, think Ford. The software and hardware costs have dropped to the point that Google scale IT systems become the economic solution.
And it is a relatively niche device anyway. The Mobilis devices are far more general purpose mainstream devices, the developers are starting to get their marketing right.
It's a powerful proposition at the prices they are suggesting. If it's retailing at $220 (£120) it's about 1/3 to 1/2 the price of anything similar here in the UK.
MS won't die, not during most of our lifetimes anyway, they are far far too big and have too much money. They will simply lose a *load* of money before changing what they do to fit in with the new market conditions, a bit like IBM. They'll lose their monopoly and dominant position and will have to compete like the rest of us.
The only way they would die is if they refused to move with the times, and the shareholders won't allow that.
Both the EU and US still have large trade barriers and ridiculous subsidies in place.
Until these are removed, giving poor countries equal access to the world markets that EU member states and NAFTA states enjoy, any aid given is little more than propaganda.
That's for a US system rather than the UK one. However even with free software I'm sure Oracle could find a way to generate 30 billion dollars worth of consultancy.
In the UK, the Labour party just got reelected with only 36% of the vote. Yup. That's a minority. Almost 2/3 of the population didn't want them in power.
Step 1: So, the first thing you do in a "democracy" to reduce individual liberty *and* get them to pay for it is take advantage of a medieval electoral system which gives a 1/3 minority an absolute majority in the parliament.
Step 2: Then you use that parliamentary majority to push just about any legislation you like through the house.
Something like this could be heavily disrupted by a queue blocking technique. Cause huge backlogs by going down to a registration center, sitting at one of the biometric terminals and refusing to move.
The biometric readers will be fairly expensive and will require trained operators so there won't be all that many of them at any one registration point.
Depending on the country, area, demographic etc. It seems that up to 1 in 5 fathers are not actually the genetic parent of at least one of the children they think is theirs.
If you don't have any goals you basically have nowhere to aim, without direction you'll start going in circles.
So write down 101 things you think you might like to do in your life, anything, trivial stuff as well as difficult stuff. Cross them off as you do them, cross them off as your goals change, add new ones as you think of them.
Well packaged and good software on it but not very much of it.
I think the idea is good though, it might be worth making up some a more comprehensive CD for Windows, Mac, sell it for £5, with your details on it as a source of support for the software.
"I hope the browser war makes it to a more high-brow level of technically meritorious discussions."
You mean kind of like the technical arguments experienced Unix bods have?
e.g. "Emacs for example is the Unix equivalent of MS Office, a bloated slow dificult to use puddle of drool (what else do you expect with lisp). VI on the other hand is a svelte powerful elegant and universal text editor."
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This ties in with the MIPS/Watt thing i was talking about in a previous post. If you're planning on buying blade servers the only sane solution is a Transmeta based one rather than Intel or AMD.
OK so MS are a monopolist. This position would have caused them to become lazy, complacent, expensive and they would have driven customers away. The government forcing them to change their ways will simply prolong the time they hold the monopoly for.
Commies don't matter BTW, don't you understand your own liberal free market argument?
"Most will tell you that they knew from as far back as they could remember that they were different."
Mother: "Son, you're special. Here, go play with my makeup."
There you go, nurture rather than nature, not something you are born with. Knowing something as far back as you can remember is useless as a way of determining the effect of nature vs nurture. Nurture kicks in the day you pop out of the womb and far earlier than you can remember. The first 3 years of a child's development are the most important, followed by the next 2.
The only way to measure the effect is with identical twins separated at birth and it isn't remotely as simple as a gay gene or a domineering mother.
I love these types of executive decision.
Yes, we're planning on regular scheduled trips to the moon next year, I'll just crack the whip on the R&D slaves to get them to work a bit harder.
The market for small cases has been around for several years now. Intel are following Apple who are following the small case makers who are following the motherboard manufacturers.
Of course and as a bike rider you learn very quickly that even more important than raw bhp is torque and how it's delivered. And still more important again is grip.
If you want to be *really* quick, you have to be able to get into corners fast and get out faster. Which is why I find all these bhp comparisons laughable.
It's seriously time to start looking at a different chip design.
"150-180hp is a fair car in itself."
What if it weighs 2.5 tonnes? It's power produced per unit of weight that matters.
My own car, 1.1 tonnes and 80bhp. 72bhp/tonne
My commuter bike, 0.22 tonnes and 78bhp. 354bhp/tonne
My sportsbike, 0.19 tonnes and 170bhp. 895bhp/tonne
Guess which is quickest.
And after *all* that expense, a bog basic 5 year old second hand sportsbike will still wipe the floor with it. Simple physics. You keep spending on your Civic until you can get 0-60 sub 2.5 seconds.
You're assuming you couldn't compete and that you get all of your food from one country.
The network effect with embedded systems is relatively minor, they are generally fairly custom systems with fixed applications. So MS getting involved in embedded systems doesn't bother me much. There's also fairly competent and fierce competition in those markets and Linux is there too.
I think you're right about Google, they are going to change the face of the IT industry. Think Arkwright, think Ford. The software and hardware costs have dropped to the point that Google scale IT systems become the economic solution.
And it is a relatively niche device anyway. The Mobilis devices are far more general purpose mainstream devices, the developers are starting to get their marketing right.
It's a powerful proposition at the prices they are suggesting. If it's retailing at $220 (£120) it's about 1/3 to 1/2 the price of anything similar here in the UK.
MS won't die, not during most of our lifetimes anyway, they are far far too big and have too much money. They will simply lose a *load* of money before changing what they do to fit in with the new market conditions, a bit like IBM. They'll lose their monopoly and dominant position and will have to compete like the rest of us.
The only way they would die is if they refused to move with the times, and the shareholders won't allow that.
Dry it out to a fine powder and feed it to the combustion chamber of a combined cycle gas turbine.
Both the EU and US still have large trade barriers and ridiculous subsidies in place.
Until these are removed, giving poor countries equal access to the world markets that EU member states and NAFTA states enjoy, any aid given is little more than propaganda.
That's for a US system rather than the UK one. However even with free software I'm sure Oracle could find a way to generate 30 billion dollars worth of consultancy.
In the UK, the Labour party just got reelected with only 36% of the vote. Yup. That's a minority. Almost 2/3 of the population didn't want them in power.
Step 1: So, the first thing you do in a "democracy" to reduce individual liberty *and* get them to pay for it is take advantage of a medieval electoral system which gives a 1/3 minority an absolute majority in the parliament.
Step 2: Then you use that parliamentary majority to push just about any legislation you like through the house.
Step 3: Profit!
Good eh?
Something like this could be heavily disrupted by a queue blocking technique. Cause huge backlogs by going down to a registration center, sitting at one of the biometric terminals and refusing to move.
The biometric readers will be fairly expensive and will require trained operators so there won't be all that many of them at any one registration point.
The UK ID card system is now estimated at £18 billion (30 billion dollars or so). That's up from £3 billion and £6 billion previous estimates.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4590817.st
e.g.
http://tinyurl.com/2yl43
Up to nearly 1 in 3 in some areas. Sooo there appears to be fairly good statistical evolutionary reasons for males to be naturally distrustful.
DNA tests are quick, cheap and easy these days.
Depending on the country, area, demographic etc. It seems that up to 1 in 5 fathers are not actually the genetic parent of at least one of the children they think is theirs.
e.g.
http://tinyurl.com/2yl43
So it isn't just in Japan. Still with DNA testing there's no reason to be deceived in that matter these days.
To see how many hits you can generate?
forgetmenotpanties.
www.contagiousmedia.org
If you don't have any goals you basically have nowhere to aim, without direction you'll start going in circles.
So write down 101 things you think you might like to do in your life, anything, trivial stuff as well as difficult stuff. Cross them off as you do them, cross them off as your goals change, add new ones as you think of them.
Well packaged and good software on it but not very much of it.
I think the idea is good though, it might be worth making up some a more comprehensive CD for Windows, Mac, sell it for £5, with your details on it as a source of support for the software.
"I hope the browser war makes it to a more high-brow level of technically meritorious discussions."
You mean kind of like the technical arguments experienced Unix bods have?
e.g.
"Emacs for example is the Unix equivalent of MS Office, a bloated slow dificult to use puddle of drool (what else do you expect with lisp). VI on the other hand is a svelte powerful elegant and universal text editor."