I've noticed the pop on my 15GB, and assume it's a firmware bug as there's no reason to turn off the dac between tracks. What's more bothersome is that the unit seems to randomly assign the left and right channels whenever it starts playing after seeking or starting a new song. This make rewinding in a track with lots of stereo separation somewhat disorienting.
Just about any of the known space stuff demands effects that are only recently possible. Phssthpok's Toridial Gravitational playground would have been impossible to do well. The Moties would have sucked as puppets. The Ringworld's bizare horizon could have been done with bluescreen and nice mattes, but now could be pulled off very convincingly.
I think doing Integral Trees justice might still be a few years off though.
The cookie code generates the incorrect default PATH if the server does not supply a path. The RFC (and w3 spec) states that the path should be the url from the end of the hostname up to (and including) the last / (before a ? if one is present). Safari just grabs the whole url up to the ?.
Does this graphic disturb anyone else? As far as I can tell it's effectively saying "lets melt the ice caps and destroy a couple equitorial environments for the sake of generating power". That's a nice environmentally friendly attitude they've got there.
I remember reading a blurb in WIRED a couple years ago about people trying to evolve a FPGA to act as a 1-second timer. They ended up with a design that relied on quantum tunneling artifacts (or something like that) particular to the chip it was evolved on.
By making software makers liable for security holes in their programs, you kill free and low-cost software. Nobody smaller than a large corporation would dare releasing networking software, out of fear that they'd be sued for millions in damages caused by a tiny bug.
Because of one element they left out of the test :
investing doesn't open you to a $250,000 fine and three years in prison - sharing files on Gnutella does.
yes, but the G5 replaces the 32-bit ALU with a 32/64-bit ALU. The PPC spec has included 64-bit instructions from day 1, but they've only been used in IBM's mainframes. The problem with apple using a standard 64-bit PPC is that there are a few minor differences in how certain generic instructions are handled (most instructions are specific to single- or double-words) which make running code compiled for 32-bit PPC uncertain on 64-bit PPC. So what I'm assuming Mot has done with the G5 is add a "64-bit mode" that apple disabled by default and applications must explicitly request.
these guys have the worst kind of popup possible. One of those things that sits behind all your brower windows and won't let you focus it, forcing you to quit the browser. Please, for the same of all thats good in the world, take this story down until they remove it.
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I've noticed the pop on my 15GB, and assume it's a firmware bug as there's no reason to turn off the dac between tracks. What's more bothersome is that the unit seems to randomly assign the left and right channels whenever it starts playing after seeking or starting a new song. This make rewinding in a track with lots of stereo separation somewhat disorienting.
Just about any of the known space stuff demands effects that are only recently possible. Phssthpok's Toridial Gravitational playground would have been impossible to do well. The Moties would have sucked as puppets. The Ringworld's bizare horizon could have been done with bluescreen and nice mattes, but now could be pulled off very convincingly.
I think doing Integral Trees justice might still be a few years off though.
they're stabbing at it with $300,000 for 12 spanking ideas
Did someone at Microsoft just see Secretary ?
I've been using MathPad for quite a while now. It's labeling capabilities are somewhat limited but it's free and it has a nice symbolic calculator.
The cookie code generates the incorrect default PATH if the server does not supply a path. The RFC (and w3 spec) states that the path should be the url from the end of the hostname up to (and including) the last / (before a ? if one is present). Safari just grabs the whole url up to the ?.
This has to be the longest article I've ever seen on the front page. Maybe ya should have put a paragraph break in there somewhere.
Dude; That post should have a spoiler warning!
I believe they're referring to Adaptive Optics. You can find out more about AO here: What Is Adaptive Optics?
Does this graphic disturb anyone else? As far as I can tell it's effectively saying "lets melt the ice caps and destroy a couple equitorial environments for the sake of generating power". That's a nice environmentally friendly attitude they've got there.
You forgot the Teapotahedron!
pffffff... Glowing pants?
What the world really needs are glowing undergarments!
Oh, whoops, seems they have those covered (in the middle).
The article is just two clicks away
Dude, you seriously need to look into writing patents.
It's sad to see such a well written post destroyed by one bad link.
Excellent post, but I won't be surprised when you're modded down to -1.
I remember reading a blurb in WIRED a couple years ago about people trying to evolve a FPGA to act as a 1-second timer. They ended up with a design that relied on quantum tunneling artifacts (or something like that) particular to the chip it was evolved on.
This post made to eliminate an accidental bad moderation on the parent. please ignore.
For those that didn't read the article, its a ring of matter expelled by a dying star.
Oh, and if I remember the series right, the Pak didn't build the Ringworld, they just found it. (Fawn built it).
This was posted just over a month ago.
Oh, wait, roller-coasters. Nevermind, move along, nothing to se here.
By making software makers liable for security holes in their programs, you kill free and low-cost software. Nobody smaller than a large corporation would dare releasing networking software, out of fear that they'd be sued for millions in damages caused by a tiny bug.
"It should be noted that we still haven't finished the scanning electron microscopic studies..."
Because of one element they left out of the test :
investing doesn't open you to a $250,000 fine and three years in prison - sharing files on Gnutella does.
yes, but the G5 replaces the 32-bit ALU with a 32/64-bit ALU. The PPC spec has included 64-bit instructions from day 1, but they've only been used in IBM's mainframes. The problem with apple using a standard 64-bit PPC is that there are a few minor differences in how certain generic instructions are handled (most instructions are specific to single- or double-words) which make running code compiled for 32-bit PPC uncertain on 64-bit PPC. So what I'm assuming Mot has done with the G5 is add a "64-bit mode" that apple disabled by default and applications must explicitly request.
these guys have the worst kind of popup possible. One of those things that sits behind all your brower windows and won't let you focus it, forcing you to quit the browser. Please, for the same of all thats good in the world, take this story down until they remove it.
You're too late. grok is allready in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. If they have it, I would assume that the OED does too.
Funny, google has indexed almost 4000 pages from their site.