Adobe is making huge progress in media delivery with Flash. That's the target Microsoft is after. They really don't care if you can watch anything on Linux using their technology or not for lack of market share.
MS needs a new OS every x years to milk the corporate cows. Ordinary users can stick with whatever OS works for them, but MS always makes sure that corporate users need to upgrade. They'll create new incompabilities with every release of every product, and just keep on milking whoever is caught in the treadmill.
I also think the German system is very strange, because you have to assign 'a' church (as institution) that part of your tax money goes to - even if you're not religious!
In Belgium (where I live) a number of religions are sponsored by the state. This has been a problem for the Islamic religion as there is no central authority within Islam, so they were not recognised as such. Nowadays, there is an official Islamic council (elections last weekend) and immams will also be funded (and controlled) by the Belgian state.
In Europe, we have the same growing right-wing as in the US, but it has not been incorporated by religious factions.
So were does the difference come from? The parent post explanation is way off, at least in Western Europe religions are struggling massively just to get people into the churches - most people just don't believe in churches as institutions anymore, that try to prescribe how people should live. So it's not about the content of the religion, it's about the institution that looses acceptance.
And this is a phenomenon that goes beyond religion; trade unions or any other institutions loose grip on people's lives. We live in the era of the individualist, people make their own choices for their own lives. And they assemble their own 'belief' from religions and non-religous streamings like Buddhism.
Who will spend the extra money on dual core CPUs if there are "no" games taking advantage of them ? Who will spend money developing games for dual core CPUs if there "no" dual core machines ?
The parent comment is wrong. Motion estimation has nothing to do with screen flicker, it is just another method to describe frame content using less information (bits).
If the patents are described as methods that are independent of software, which I assume is normally the case for audio-video processing, then their validity is not restricted to a hardware implementation, a software implementation is just as well covered by the patent. (IANA patent L)
When humans are not really sure about an interpretation they (mostly) ask clarification, or keep it in the back of their mind that the interpretation of that phrase/expression might be incorrect. And consequently are willing to quickly re-evaluate when new information is acquired.
In the case of automatic translation, how would one ever find out that an older interpretation might be wrong ?
"It's somewhat chaotic, random and empty, but it can be very exciting too."
Yes, and there will be no more life in 100 years than there is now.
Linux gaming lacks 'critical mass', required for justifying the huge game development investments. And I don't see how it could acquire the critical mass, some great independent developers don't count compared to the Nintendo's, Sony's et al of this world.
The pixel response time indeed has nothing to do with the resolution, but with the LCD technology - OLED should have (amongst other benefits) better response times than TFTs and other LCD technologies.
The company's IT budget doesn't care about consistent interface (viva Notes !), good multimedia support etc. And that's what drives IT purchases - how much does it cost to do the work we need to do.
They probably mean 'superdistribution', a DRM concept where everybody can legally distribute content, but the end-user needs to retrieve (pay for) the rights (including keys) to use the content. One could e.g. distribute a video clip with free viewing of the first 30 seconds but to see the remainder you need the appropriate rights.
A while ago i read a free booklet from the Hare Krishna movement on the topic: 'Does life originate from matter, or does matter originate from life ?'. And the line of thought expressed in the booklet was astounding: 'You follow scientific principles, and according these principles you cannot prove that life originates from matter. Consequently, this proves the point that matter originates from life.' Mindbogglng.
CDs are more susceptible to scratches on the label side, the plastic layer is much thinner there. The CD format developers relied on the label to protect that side of the disc.
Since 2 months or so, Baan shares are being bought by Invensys (at 2.85 Euro). Invensys is an automation and controls company with its head office in London, England and over 100,000 employees. Invensys wants to start up a software division based on Baan (at least that's what they claim).
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Adobe is making huge progress in media delivery with Flash. That's the target Microsoft is after. They really don't care if you can watch anything on Linux using their technology or not for lack of market share.
s/will not deal/is not dealing/
MS needs a new OS every x years to milk the corporate cows. Ordinary users can stick with whatever OS works for them, but MS always makes sure that corporate users need to upgrade.
They'll create new incompabilities with every release of every product, and just keep on milking whoever is caught in the treadmill.
I also think the German system is very strange, because you have to assign 'a' church (as institution) that part of your tax money goes to - even if you're not religious!
In Belgium (where I live) a number of religions are sponsored by the state. This has been a problem for the Islamic religion as there is no central authority within Islam, so they were not recognised as such. Nowadays, there is an official Islamic council (elections last weekend) and immams will also be funded (and controlled) by the Belgian state.
In Europe, we have the same growing right-wing as in the US, but it has not been incorporated by religious factions.
So were does the difference come from? The parent post explanation is way off, at least in Western Europe religions are struggling massively just to get people into the churches - most people just don't believe in churches as institutions anymore, that try to prescribe how people should live. So it's not about the content of the religion, it's about the institution that looses acceptance.
And this is a phenomenon that goes beyond religion; trade unions or any other institutions loose grip on people's lives. We live in the era of the individualist, people make their own choices for their own lives. And they assemble their own 'belief' from religions and non-religous streamings like Buddhism.
NB: European countries don't have state religions
Who will spend the extra money on dual core CPUs if there are "no" games taking advantage of them ?
Who will spend money developing games for dual core CPUs if there "no" dual core machines ?
The parent comment is wrong.
Motion estimation has nothing to do with screen flicker, it is just another method to describe frame content using less information (bits).
If the patents are described as methods that are independent of software, which I assume is normally the case for audio-video processing, then their validity is not restricted to a hardware implementation, a software implementation is just as well covered by the patent.
(IANA patent L)
How is the interpretation checked ?
When humans are not really sure about an interpretation they (mostly) ask clarification, or keep it in the back of their mind that the interpretation of that phrase/expression might be incorrect. And consequently are willing to quickly re-evaluate when new information is acquired.
In the case of automatic translation, how would one ever find out that an older interpretation might be wrong ?
I neither own any Apple device nor a TiVo, but i truly would love to have a TiVo - in Belgium.
What's the communality between Apple and TiVo ? they have the best user interfaces.
What does Apple have that TiVO doesn't ? sex appeal.
I truly believe that an "iVo" could be a great success, opening new markets for Apple.
Hmmm, so that's why the "two more beers please" sometimes just doesn't work.
PDA's are dead, there's no money in that market
"It's somewhat chaotic, random and empty, but it can be very exciting too."
Yes, and there will be no more life in 100 years than there is now.
Linux gaming lacks 'critical mass', required for justifying the huge game development investments. And I don't see how it could acquire the critical mass, some great independent developers don't count compared to the Nintendo's, Sony's et al of this world.
The pixel response time indeed has nothing to do with the resolution, but with the LCD technology - OLED should have (amongst other benefits) better response times than TFTs and other LCD technologies.
The company's IT budget doesn't care about consistent interface (viva Notes !), good multimedia support etc. And that's what drives IT purchases - how much does it cost to do the work we need to do.
They probably mean 'superdistribution', a DRM concept where everybody can legally distribute content, but the end-user needs to retrieve (pay for) the rights (including keys) to use the content. One could e.g. distribute a video clip with free viewing of the first 30 seconds but to see the remainder you need the appropriate rights.
A while ago i read a free booklet from the Hare Krishna movement on the topic: 'Does life originate from matter, or does matter originate from life ?'. And the line of thought expressed in the booklet was astounding: 'You follow scientific principles, and according these principles you cannot prove that life originates from matter. Consequently, this proves the point that matter originates from life.' Mindbogglng.
One word (man):Ghandi
CDs are more susceptible to scratches on the label side, the plastic layer is much thinner there. The CD format developers relied on the label to protect that side of the disc.
Well, Blu-Ray (or HD-DVD for that matter) is as proprietary as CD (standard made by Sony and Philips).
Well, i consider unsollicited condolence letters from people i don't personally know (=politicians) sooo much worse. And that does happen in Belgium.
Since 2 months or so, Baan shares are being bought by Invensys (at 2.85 Euro). Invensys is an automation and controls company with its head office in London, England and over 100,000 employees.
Invensys wants to start up a software division based on Baan (at least that's what they claim).
"et al." is an abbreviation for the Latin "et alienses", meaning "and others".