> Python, Ruby, etc. - Often considered too slow. > > Only in urban myths.
totally agreed...if Google can trust Python for a bulk of their scripting, there must be a reason that any performance overhead is greatly countered by the savings in productivity
> which means that running apps under Rosetta will be like running 68000 apps on the first Powermacs
not that slow. rosetta instantly recompiles PPC code to x86, not emulate, so the only true overhead is the compilation, which is the same overhead you get with any runtime such as Java. Also, Apple can simply improve rosetta to include compiler optimizations (well, very very low-level), the same way Transmeta can optimize their internal core to improve x86 execution, with the key distinction that while Transmeta banks its entire corporate strategy on that translation, Apple is simply adopting it as a stop-gap bridge.
Assume Yonah is 2x-4x that of G4 on either Int or FP (let's take Steve's word for it). Take out 20% for the lack of software compiler high-level optimization, and you still beat a native G4 app by a huge margin.
also, if i recall correctly, 68K code was *emulated* on PowerPC-based Macs, not real-time translated.
why would anyone in the right mind would want to develop IE5 for Mac? it's outdated, slow, supports the oldest of web standards, and has a minimal feature set. Developing on IE5 would be like writing a modern web brower from scratch... while trying to learn the strange coding methodologies that Microsoft uses internally and intentionally to cripple the Mac version in order to make Windows look like a star.
with Firefox/Mozilla, Safari, and Opera, to name a few, how many more web browers do we need?
Affirmative action is just the same way to artificially inflate different demographics to pursue a 100% match between student population and general population, regardless of the qualifications.
Look at UC Berkeley's admission stats. Once affirmative action was struck down, percentage of whites stayed just about constant, blacks went sharply down, and Asians shot up, indicating that that gap of Asians (or any other group) has been artificially suppressed in the name of affirmative action and anti-discrimination.
And there's no such thing as over-represented minority. If asians represent 20% of the best talent pool, then let their performance and achievement speak for themselves, not their ethnicity.
I agree. Trade gaps are bi-directional. Without the help of greedy multinationals based on USA desperate for cutting costs and outsourcing everything, China's trade gap won't be rising to record highs every year.
> I could be wrong, but I get the impression that Chinese history is not one contiguous "society", but many intertwining cultures in the same geographical areas.
The Civil War of USA split the contiguous "north america" into the Union and the Confederate. Is that one-culture of 2?
> Name any society that has survived more than 4000 years ever.
May I point that the Chinese society began in B.C. times. While Babylon evaporated, Greece subsided, Egypt mummified, and Roman collapsed, the Chinese culture survived, and still running strong today.
Sure, the political ideology has changed along the way, from citystate-hood (pre BC times) to imperialism to democracy (very short period of time pre-WW2) to communism, yet the Chinese culture continues to evolve and flourish.
perhaps Apple can use the single-core versions for iBook to enhance batt life, while using the dual-core on pBook to highlight the differences between the 2 lines of notebooks.
according to the largest figures, Apple iPod commands about 80% of the U.S. mp3 player market, and 92% of all hard-drive based players. Your "commonly available hardware" that plays OGG controls 20% of the market at best.
most people think AAC as the Fairplay DRMed version by Apple. But in fact, iTunes can rip your CD to MPEG4-LC conforming AAC (.m4a) that can be played in any AAC player. AAC is just about the same quality as OGG at 128/192, is supported on the iPod and many new cell phones.
Why limit yourself to inferior hardware players just because u want to support an "open" format. AAC is not "closed" by any definition.
> I know eventually some jackass is going to make an AJAX word processor/spreadsheet, but does anyone else see that this is just wrong?
wasn't it a while ago that Google wants to take over Microsoft's dominance by moving every desktop app onto AJAX, thus nullifying the significance of the OS. if a new version of AJAX can output to your speakers, i'll bet Google will create an OGG streaming AJAX player.
> I drive to work like a regular American, but if I lived in a "dark blue" state where there was a good rail line and inadequite parking,
so generating CO and CO2 while paying $3 a gallon is "a regular American," but utilizing energy-efficient environmentally-friendly (electric powered, so pollution is only at the generation plant and not the city-center) public rail system is not.
and has anyone thought why 7 out of the 8 Ivy Leagues reside in "blue" states, and why the 5 largest combined statistics area are all blue in 2004 (NY, LA, Chicago, WashingtonDC, SF/SJ)? Gee, if being blue is such a bad thing, I wonder why people would want to live there....
people will only want larger screens to view TV (or any other type of video) on their phones, and yet they don't want their phones to bloat in size until they become voice-enabled PDAs, so it's really a perpetual dilemma.
everything else succeeded on a cell phone - voice, WAP (well, partially), ringtones, simple games, mp3s, camera...EXCEPT video
same reason why all those portable Windows Media players aren't selling like hot cakes, and the same reason why people buy the 5th Gen iPod primarily for mp3. The screen can only get so small until it becomes squinting.
And what's the point of Hi-def video on cell phones when the native resolution is merely 240x320 on most of the high-end phones. even when we quadruple that to VGA, that's still only DVD-quality, hardly the definition of "HD." So for those fanatics calling for 1080p streamed to their $49 heavily-rebated phone from NextHell, please be realistic =)
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OSX laptop with drop motion sensor...so what would that game be?
physically throwing the laptop up and down to score points ?
> Python, Ruby, etc. - Often considered too slow.
>
> Only in urban myths.
totally agreed...if Google can trust Python for a bulk of their scripting, there must be a reason that any performance overhead is greatly countered by the savings in productivity
> which means that running apps under Rosetta will be like running 68000 apps on the first Powermacs
not that slow. rosetta instantly recompiles PPC code to x86, not emulate, so the only true overhead is the compilation, which is the same overhead you get with any runtime such as Java. Also, Apple can simply improve rosetta to include compiler optimizations (well, very very low-level), the same way Transmeta can optimize their internal core to improve x86 execution, with the key distinction that while Transmeta banks its entire corporate strategy on that translation, Apple is simply adopting it as a stop-gap bridge.
Assume Yonah is 2x-4x that of G4 on either Int or FP (let's take Steve's word for it). Take out 20% for the lack of software compiler high-level optimization, and you still beat a native G4 app by a huge margin.
also, if i recall correctly, 68K code was *emulated* on PowerPC-based Macs, not real-time translated.
the current powerbook g4 already have their USB ports on 2 sides...
what's so bad about split sides ?
it's not like a PC Card slot that you can stack 2 TypeII slots into a type III : no such thing as a stackable USB....
who needs old cardbus when u have the brand new expresscard ?
damn right, now that A.G. Gonzales has no respect for the Geneva Accords
why would anyone in the right mind would want to develop IE5 for Mac? it's outdated, slow, supports the oldest of web standards, and has a minimal feature set. Developing on IE5 would be like writing a modern web brower from scratch ... while trying to learn the strange coding methodologies that Microsoft uses internally and intentionally to cripple the Mac version in order to make Windows look like a star.
with Firefox/Mozilla, Safari, and Opera, to name a few, how many more web browers do we need?
actually this program is buggy when hotness is = -10, cuz there's no else clause on what to return.
Affirmative action is just the same way to artificially inflate different demographics to pursue a 100% match between student population and general population, regardless of the qualifications.
Look at UC Berkeley's admission stats. Once affirmative action was struck down, percentage of whites stayed just about constant, blacks went sharply down, and Asians shot up, indicating that that gap of Asians (or any other group) has been artificially suppressed in the name of affirmative action and anti-discrimination.
And there's no such thing as over-represented minority. If asians represent 20% of the best talent pool, then let their performance and achievement speak for themselves, not their ethnicity.
I agree. Trade gaps are bi-directional. Without the help of greedy multinationals based on USA desperate for cutting costs and outsourcing everything, China's trade gap won't be rising to record highs every year.
Stop blaming China, and start blaming Walmart.
sounds a lot like how eBay users rate each other
> We could use all the help we can get getting rid of the Liberals here :-)
Moot point, since Martin's govt just got booted last night. Welcome Bloc Quebecois =p
> I could be wrong, but I get the impression that Chinese history is not one contiguous "society", but many intertwining cultures in the same geographical areas.
The Civil War of USA split the contiguous "north america" into the Union and the Confederate. Is that one-culture of 2?
totally agreed :
the Bible mentions people possessing slaves, and doesn't denounce the concept
can this be applied in today's society? no longer
> Name any society that has survived more than 4000 years ever.
May I point that the Chinese society began in B.C. times. While Babylon evaporated, Greece subsided, Egypt mummified, and Roman collapsed, the Chinese culture survived, and still running strong today.
Sure, the political ideology has changed along the way, from citystate-hood (pre BC times) to imperialism to democracy (very short period of time pre-WW2) to communism, yet the Chinese culture continues to evolve and flourish.
>It's the width, not the length, that matters
Sexual innuendos aside, this has been true for pipelines too. Look at P4's outrageously long pipeline that got nowhere whenever you need to branch.
Whoops, pipeline_flush();
perhaps Apple can use the single-core versions for iBook to enhance batt life, while using the dual-core on pBook to highlight the differences between the 2 lines of notebooks.
it's not crippling the OS...it's simply demanding stronger hardware specs
if u've seen the specs of Windows Vista, it'll CRAWL on a Pentium 4 1.6GHz with "only" 256MB of ram and "only" 64MB of graphics ram.
Sony Ericsson W800i....Nokia N90...Motorola RAZR V3c....Motorola ROKR E1....
> commonly available hardware
according to the largest figures, Apple iPod commands about 80% of the U.S. mp3 player market, and 92% of all hard-drive based players. Your "commonly available hardware" that plays OGG controls 20% of the market at best.
consider AAC ?
most people think AAC as the Fairplay DRMed version by Apple. But in fact, iTunes can rip your CD to MPEG4-LC conforming AAC (.m4a) that can be played in any AAC player. AAC is just about the same quality as OGG at 128/192, is supported on the iPod and many new cell phones.
Why limit yourself to inferior hardware players just because u want to support an "open" format. AAC is not "closed" by any definition.
i presume u mean AAC, not AC3
> I know eventually some jackass is going to make an AJAX word processor/spreadsheet, but does anyone else see that this is just wrong?
wasn't it a while ago that Google wants to take over Microsoft's dominance by moving every desktop app onto AJAX, thus nullifying the significance of the OS. if a new version of AJAX can output to your speakers, i'll bet Google will create an OGG streaming AJAX player.
> I drive to work like a regular American, but if I lived in a "dark blue" state where there was a good rail line and inadequite parking,
so generating CO and CO2 while paying $3 a gallon is "a regular American," but utilizing energy-efficient environmentally-friendly (electric powered, so pollution is only at the generation plant and not the city-center) public rail system is not.
and has anyone thought why 7 out of the 8 Ivy Leagues reside in "blue" states, and why the 5 largest combined statistics area are all blue in 2004 (NY, LA, Chicago, WashingtonDC, SF/SJ)? Gee, if being blue is such a bad thing, I wonder why people would want to live there....
people will only want larger screens to view TV (or any other type of video) on their phones, and yet they don't want their phones to bloat in size until they become voice-enabled PDAs, so it's really a perpetual dilemma.
everything else succeeded on a cell phone - voice, WAP (well, partially), ringtones, simple games, mp3s, camera...EXCEPT video
same reason why all those portable Windows Media players aren't selling like hot cakes, and the same reason why people buy the 5th Gen iPod primarily for mp3. The screen can only get so small until it becomes squinting.
And what's the point of Hi-def video on cell phones when the native resolution is merely 240x320 on most of the high-end phones. even when we quadruple that to VGA, that's still only DVD-quality, hardly the definition of "HD." So for those fanatics calling for 1080p streamed to their $49 heavily-rebated phone from NextHell, please be realistic =)