Besides just someone "walking by", Midtown Manhattan has a much higher office space density than people realize.
Remembering the limitations on bandwaidth and users that previous posters have mentioned, realize that you may nto even have complete control of the spectrum in your vacinity. When I power up my laptop in a relatively light residential area in manhattan I see 6 to 7 networks that I can reach (I assume a fair number of my neighbors have APs set up... FYI only 2 are "open").
Assume that buisness density might be lower. Lets say you have the whole floor, and only have one neighboring business per floor. So you have two or three potentially conflicting buisnesses above and below you, as well as in adjacent buildings... in all 4 directions. Now realize that buildings can typically run ~12 stories in midtown, and though the concrete and steel will act as a help here (since there is only SO far competing signals can propogate), you are still not looking at an ideal scenario.
I'm not saying that wireless won't work, I'm just saying the chances of being able to support large user counts with decent bandwidth could be difficult.
That said, I worked in a company in the Woolworth building (just pre-9/11), that used WAPs for their cubes. They supported about thirty with a WAP at either end of the row and that seemed to work decently. These were testers and developers dealing with a start-up internet company (that unfortunately was set to go live the Friday post 9/11 and instead went belly up because of the delay).
I can't believe the number of tech calls that have involved a product pugged in, but not turned on. You'd be amazed the number of people who figure a Computer (or monitor/cable box/etc.) just needs to be plugged in, and it will function like magic (without being turned on, powered up, set, etc.)
The reason developers are still working on PS2 games is that there's a metric shitload of PS2 consoles sitting in front of TVs all around the world.
Not to mention the vaunted "backward compatibility" of the PS3 (if it works).
Why aim a game for a small corner of a market that might not hit yet, when you can aim for a much much larger one, without sacrificing the emerging market, except in terms of new features... at least until the new market grows large enough to warrent the expense.
OK, then. Is there any incentive for your employer to list you as a NY employee?
Their offices are in New York, they file taxes in New York, the servers you're telecomuting are in New York, and they don't have any other offices?
A better question is: "Why don't more buisnesses move out of New York?"
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Exactly. The other thing that most people miss is the strengths for each player.
Even if the Core Duo turns out to be better than the comparable AMD chip, Intel still has ground to catch up onin the multi-chip arena due to memory bandwidth. For most people at home this might not be an issue, but for servers it can be.
Between that and the quad-core chip, it would be very interesting to see Intel manage to recapture some desktop space while AMD gets into the Server Room.:)
Uh, my pupils are usually larger than 1.5 mm in diameter. Maybe you meant 15 mm (1.5 cm)? That seems a bit large, except maybe in very dark conditions.
You wouldn't happen to be an Anime character would you?:)
Named Fluidlens, this lens is made of liquid and is no bigger than a contact lens, but can achieve an optical zoom of up to 10 times, matching the zoom capabilities of lenses found on mid-range and high-end digital cameras and superior than most cellphone cameras which use digital zoom that relies on software rather than the lens to zoom in on an object.
and
PGS Precision will run field tests over the next 18 months and is currently in talks with cellphone makers. It expects to make 10 million lenses a year after tests are completed.
That "next 18 months" I assume was counting from Aug 2005 (the date on the article), so figure ~6 months before those go into production (assuming they're still keeping to their time-table). Seems like just about the right time for a device (or several) to hook into a new CMOS imaging sensor that is coming on the market.
*P&S - Point & Shoot - seperate lenses for the iris & the viewfinder - usually fixed focal length for the viewfinder, and a guestimated focal distance based on image centering algorythms. Note the similarity between P&S and PoS.
Yes... thats one of the reasons I usually use the LCD display as my viewfinder. What the cameras shows you is what you see (and what it will record).
Sure, it uses more battery life, but to decide that SLRs are "perfection" and P&Ss are PoSs is like saying "Everyone needs to drive the same type of vehicle. Cars are good because you can always see out the back window, so if you're going to hit something backing up, you can see. Trucks? Mirrors to see whats behind you, not the same line of site. Notice how close Trucks are to F***s?"
SLR and P&S cameras serve different purposes and, theoretically, different markets.
I agree with your complaint about "uneducated masses" though. We just updated our 4,3 MP digital camera to an 8MP one, not because of the MPs, but because of the vast improvement over the past couple of years in recycle time and shutter speed (or whatever the time between pushing the button and taking the picture is).
FTFA "... A 2-megapixel digital picture file can be printed in the normal 4-inch-by-6-inch format without noticeable graininess while an 8-megapixel picture can be printed in the larger 8x10 format without a loss of quality...."
In other words, if all you're going to print is 4x6" pictures, 2Mp is "enough".
If you're trying for 8x10" pictures, 8Mp is "enough".
If you're trying for "Poster Size" or "Billboard Size"? In this case "enough" is defined by what you plan on doing with it.
My wife and I have a 4 year old 4Mp camera. The picture quality is fine, however the recycle time and shutter delay are what finally made us upgrade more than anything else. In the case of the new sensor, the Mpixels might be nice, but the "must have" features are:
"Micron's new sensor includes a faster processor that eliminates usual point-and-shoot delays between taking pictures. That means users can shoot up to 10 images per second at 8-megapixel resolution or 30 frames per second at a resolution of 2-megapixels."
and
"The sensor's rapid capture rate and high resolution also allows smaller cameras to incorporate features such as image stabilization, faster auto-focus, higher quality digital zoom and recording HD video, said Micron, which also is the largest U.S. manufacturer of computer memory chips."
This means that "pure" digital video cameras are gonna drop in price, of course, the Mega-Pixels might need to increase a bit before they're good for shooting anything more than a 4x6 picture.
In this case, Linden Labs didn't mean to have the land up for sale at all, so no contract to buy it can possibly be valid, even if it was possible to trick Linden's computer systems into thinking it was up for sale. Now, if Linden Labs had taken some affirmative step to place the land up for sale, there might be an argument, since the value of the "land" is so difficult to determine.
I Haven't played Second Life, so I hope someone will pop up and correct my question, but the article mentions that the land was tagged for auction. Is it possible to construe that that was an affirmative step to place the land up for sale? (The land was tagged in game, and even though the auction was not yet available through "normal" channels, the auction system certainly seems to have known about it and how to handle it.)
FTFA: "Bragg copied the URL for a legitimate auction, then swapped in the ID number for land not yet up for sale publicly, so there would be no minimum bid and few, if any, competing bidders." (emphesis mine)
Does that mean that the land might have been up for sale privately? In the pipeline to be auctioned? Would those situations have any impact on how the case was viewed? (If Linden either had already entered the plot for a 'private'/'internal' sale, or else had put it on the auction site, but it had not yet kicked out to the public (or perhaps kicked out shortly after he made/won his bid?)
Which leaves us in the wonderful situation where the most draconian laws are passed because no one is willing to stand up and so "Enough".
What was that quote?
"Evil is what happens when good men do nothing."... Of course that assumes that at least some of the Supremes and Congress qualify as "good", instead of just "good for themselves".
People who are afraid that minature killer robots are going to wipe out humanity should dial back the amount of time they spend watching the SciFi channel...
And people who are not at all concerned about self-replicating robots going amock have never had to debug a production system.:)
( of course, the likelyhood that the self-replication will work perfectly, while the "protect^H^H^Hdestroy all life" code malfunctions, is pushing it. I expect the bugs to go out of control, and promptly die from poorly designed replication control.... of course with our luck that will be outsourced to competent programmers in India)
I think a better question would be, "Why did SONY bother to include Blu-Ray?"
Everyone keeps assuming that its because they want it to be the next "killer" format. I think thats just half the equation. As another poster mentioned, Blu-Ray drives will probably drop enough within a "reasonable" time-frame, so people will own a dedicated Blu-Ray viewer (to go with their new HDTV).
Perhaps SONY just wanted to put the biggest honking capacity they could for their disks, along with the ability to make burning backups difficult (and perhaps expensive for bootleggers?). With those thoughts in mind, it makes sense for them to get behind the format that they are supporting, not HD-DVD, or some other 'one-off' standard of their own.
Yes, playing Blu-Ray disks is a nice "bonus" for some people, but I'm really starting to wonder if it is really the reason that they chose the format.
Also, I work on the computer all day (along with post to Slashdot:) ), when I kick back and play, its NICE to have a different controller, and be able to sit on the couch (and/or move around with the new PS3/Wii), and be in the living room, or den, or whatever you want to call it.
My computer is in my work space, cluttered around witht the thing I need to work (not that I don't play games on it, but since getting a PS2 a couple of years ago I've noticed my gaming hours shifting slowly toward the console over the PC, with occasional "must buys" on the PC)
And don't forget that computers can do more things and are upgradeable.
yes... because if you're willing to spend $5000 on your computer, your more than willing to just replace the Quad-SLI card the next year, along with the CPU, and perhaps the motherboard and memory (perhaps the Core-3 slot isn't compatible and you want 4 cores on each die).
So you're saving what? The case and powersupply? (assuming the PowerSupply still puts out enough power for your system and you don't have to upgrade).
Yes, a computer can do more and can be upgraded, but the people willing to shell out for all the bells and whistles are probably going to consider everything but the harddrives disposable (or obsolete when the new "latest and greatest" comes around). I exclude the hard drives only because I think they'll have a slightly longer longevity, after all, no one wants to have to keep re-installing apps. Of course, if critical apps and data are kept on a different machine and this one is reserved just as a "Gaming Rig", then they could easily swap HDs also (since all they'll need to install is the OS and the new games they buy, right?).... of course that could make the computer a glorified game system.:)
I believe he is refering to MemoryCard readers that plug into a PC via a USB port, so all you need to do is stick the USB cord into the PS3 instead, and Viola, Memory Stick reader for your PS3
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I've heard some horror story on Linksys switches lately, especially the PoE ones.
(something to do with involuntary cycling due to low quality components and improper grounding)
Besides just someone "walking by", Midtown Manhattan has a much higher office space density than people realize.
... FYI only 2 are "open").
... in all 4 directions. Now realize that buildings can typically run ~12 stories in midtown, and though the concrete and steel will act as a help here (since there is only SO far competing signals can propogate), you are still not looking at an ideal scenario.
Remembering the limitations on bandwaidth and users that previous posters have mentioned, realize that you may nto even have complete control of the spectrum in your vacinity. When I power up my laptop in a relatively light residential area in manhattan I see 6 to 7 networks that I can reach (I assume a fair number of my neighbors have APs set up
Assume that buisness density might be lower. Lets say you have the whole floor, and only have one neighboring business per floor. So you have two or three potentially conflicting buisnesses above and below you, as well as in adjacent buildings
I'm not saying that wireless won't work, I'm just saying the chances of being able to support large user counts with decent bandwidth could be difficult.
That said, I worked in a company in the Woolworth building (just pre-9/11), that used WAPs for their cubes. They supported about thirty with a WAP at either end of the row and that seemed to work decently. These were testers and developers dealing with a start-up internet company (that unfortunately was set to go live the Friday post 9/11 and instead went belly up because of the delay).
Fourth should be "Is it turned on?"
I can't believe the number of tech calls that have involved a product pugged in, but not turned on. You'd be amazed the number of people who figure a Computer (or monitor/cable box/etc.) just needs to be plugged in, and it will function like magic (without being turned on, powered up, set, etc.)
Not to mention the vaunted "backward compatibility" of the PS3 (if it works).
Why aim a game for a small corner of a market that might not hit yet, when you can aim for a much much larger one, without sacrificing the emerging market, except in terms of new features
Their offices are in New York, they file taxes in New York, the servers you're telecomuting are in New York, and they don't have any other offices?
A better question is: "Why don't more buisnesses move out of New York?"
Exactly. The other thing that most people miss is the strengths for each player.
:)
Even if the Core Duo turns out to be better than the comparable AMD chip, Intel still has ground to catch up onin the multi-chip arena due to memory bandwidth. For most people at home this might not be an issue, but for servers it can be.
Between that and the quad-core chip, it would be very interesting to see Intel manage to recapture some desktop space while AMD gets into the Server Room.
Alternatively, to most "mainstream" journalists:
PC = Windows machine (and maybe Linux if they're a bit knowledgable)
Apple != Mac/OS X, i.e. not PC
It seems like the term PC is coloquial context shift from "Personal Computer" to "Computer Primarily Running Windows".
Not saying I agree with it, but it seems to be a reality.
My apologies to you my fine cephelopod but
You wouldn't happen to be an Anime character would you?
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08
From THAT Fine Article:
and
That "next 18 months" I assume was counting from Aug 2005 (the date on the article), so figure ~6 months before those go into production (assuming they're still keeping to their time-table). Seems like just about the right time for a device (or several) to hook into a new CMOS imaging sensor that is coming on the market.
Yes
Sure, it uses more battery life, but to decide that SLRs are "perfection" and P&Ss are PoSs is like saying "Everyone needs to drive the same type of vehicle. Cars are good because you can always see out the back window, so if you're going to hit something backing up, you can see. Trucks? Mirrors to see whats behind you, not the same line of site. Notice how close Trucks are to F***s?"
SLR and P&S cameras serve different purposes and, theoretically, different markets.
I agree with your complaint about "uneducated masses" though. We just updated our 4,3 MP digital camera to an 8MP one, not because of the MPs, but because of the vast improvement over the past couple of years in recycle time and shutter speed (or whatever the time between pushing the button and taking the picture is).
FTFA "... A 2-megapixel digital picture file can be printed in the normal 4-inch-by-6-inch format without noticeable graininess while an 8-megapixel picture can be printed in the larger 8x10 format without a loss of quality.
In other words, if all you're going to print is 4x6" pictures, 2Mp is "enough".
If you're trying for 8x10" pictures, 8Mp is "enough".
If you're trying for "Poster Size" or "Billboard Size"? In this case "enough" is defined by what you plan on doing with it.
My wife and I have a 4 year old 4Mp camera. The picture quality is fine, however the recycle time and shutter delay are what finally made us upgrade more than anything else. In the case of the new sensor, the Mpixels might be nice, but the "must have" features are:
"Micron's new sensor includes a faster processor that eliminates usual point-and-shoot delays between taking pictures. That means users can shoot up to 10 images per second at 8-megapixel resolution or 30 frames per second at a resolution of 2-megapixels."
and
"The sensor's rapid capture rate and high resolution also allows smaller cameras to incorporate features such as image stabilization, faster auto-focus, higher quality digital zoom and recording HD video, said Micron, which also is the largest U.S. manufacturer of computer memory chips."
This means that "pure" digital video cameras are gonna drop in price, of course, the Mega-Pixels might need to increase a bit before they're good for shooting anything more than a 4x6 picture.
In this case, Linden Labs didn't mean to have the land up for sale at all, so no contract to buy it can possibly be valid, even if it was possible to trick Linden's computer systems into thinking it was up for sale. Now, if Linden Labs had taken some affirmative step to place the land up for sale, there might be an argument, since the value of the "land" is so difficult to determine.
I Haven't played Second Life, so I hope someone will pop up and correct my question, but the article mentions that the land was tagged for auction. Is it possible to construe that that was an affirmative step to place the land up for sale? (The land was tagged in game, and even though the auction was not yet available through "normal" channels, the auction system certainly seems to have known about it and how to handle it.)
FTFA: "Bragg copied the URL for a legitimate auction, then swapped in the ID number for land not yet up for sale publicly, so there would be no minimum bid and few, if any, competing bidders." (emphesis mine)
Does that mean that the land might have been up for sale privately? In the pipeline to be auctioned? Would those situations have any impact on how the case was viewed? (If Linden either had already entered the plot for a 'private'/'internal' sale, or else had put it on the auction site, but it had not yet kicked out to the public (or perhaps kicked out shortly after he made/won his bid?)
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for :)
Which leaves us in the wonderful situation where the most draconian laws are passed because no one is willing to stand up and so "Enough".
... Of course that assumes that at least some of the Supremes and Congress qualify as "good", instead of just "good for themselves".
What was that quote?
"Evil is what happens when good men do nothing."
People who are afraid that minature killer robots are going to wipe out humanity should dial back the amount of time they spend watching the SciFi channel...
And people who are not at all concerned about self-replicating robots going amock have never had to debug a production system.
( of course, the likelyhood that the self-replication will work perfectly, while the "protect^H^H^Hdestroy all life" code malfunctions, is pushing it. I expect the bugs to go out of control, and promptly die from poorly designed replication control.
I think a better question would be, "Why did SONY bother to include Blu-Ray?"
Everyone keeps assuming that its because they want it to be the next "killer" format. I think thats just half the equation. As another poster mentioned, Blu-Ray drives will probably drop enough within a "reasonable" time-frame, so people will own a dedicated Blu-Ray viewer (to go with their new HDTV).
Perhaps SONY just wanted to put the biggest honking capacity they could for their disks, along with the ability to make burning backups difficult (and perhaps expensive for bootleggers?). With those thoughts in mind, it makes sense for them to get behind the format that they are supporting, not HD-DVD, or some other 'one-off' standard of their own.
Yes, playing Blu-Ray disks is a nice "bonus" for some people, but I'm really starting to wonder if it is really the reason that they chose the format.
My wife feels the same way :)
:) ), when I kick back and play, its NICE to have a different controller, and be able to sit on the couch (and/or move around with the new PS3/Wii), and be in the living room, or den, or whatever you want to call it.
Also, I work on the computer all day (along with post to Slashdot
My computer is in my work space, cluttered around witht the thing I need to work (not that I don't play games on it, but since getting a PS2 a couple of years ago I've noticed my gaming hours shifting slowly toward the console over the PC, with occasional "must buys" on the PC)
Exactly. This shows why we should be migrating away from c for critical systems ... perhaps c++?
yes
So you're saving what? The case and powersupply? (assuming the PowerSupply still puts out enough power for your system and you don't have to upgrade).
Yes, a computer can do more and can be upgraded, but the people willing to shell out for all the bells and whistles are probably going to consider everything but the harddrives disposable (or obsolete when the new "latest and greatest" comes around). I exclude the hard drives only because I think they'll have a slightly longer longevity, after all, no one wants to have to keep re-installing apps. Of course, if critical apps and data are kept on a different machine and this one is reserved just as a "Gaming Rig", then they could easily swap HDs also (since all they'll need to install is the OS and the new games they buy, right?).
I believe he is refering to MemoryCard readers that plug into a PC via a USB port, so all you need to do is stick the USB cord into the PS3 instead, and Viola, Memory Stick reader for your PS3
Look into building (or buying) a MicroATX based machine.
:) )
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I got mine for apartment living, but the case is small, light, and even has "cool" windows cut into it (with Blue LEDs on the exhaust fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N8
Oh, and it also has a handle for easy carrying. Yeah, you still need a monitor and keyboard/mouse to go with it
Don't worry, Milky Way of Magnesia will fix that right up.
"Additional optional Content"
:)
Is that another way of saying "Patch"?
Perhaps a trade organization for Internet businesses (excluding carriers), is what is needed to co-ordinate activity on things like this.
Sort of a mutual defense pact.