I know the business reason why they do it. I want to see if there is a more technical [and legal] reasoning behind it.
Proping up one failing business with another is a good sign [but not sufficient] of a monopoly. Microsoft wants to lock you into their platform so they invest in otherwise good tools and then lock them down.
Visual Studio strives DESPITE windows. Many people use it for things other than writing windows applications. More people would use it if it worked under other OSes [e.g. port it to Qt]
DirectX for the most part depends on a decent API to the GPU and nothing more. The networking/sound/etc can all be handled by portable APIs [e.g. on top of BSD sockets, ALSA sound, etc].
The real reason you don't see DX for Linux or BSD [or MacOS] is that they use it to prop up Windows. E.g. "Experience the coolness of DX games, as only brought to you by Windows." The problem is that DX is a viable technology [just like Visual Studio and Office] that in any other market would not be tied to the OS.
That's not the same thing. If a batch of bracelets were made that way it shows the company is doing something wrong. The spiked tylenol was a single person on their own. Not the company being negligent.
MPEG only specifies the decoder not the encoder. So
1. Choose a quality encoder 2. Use a high quality mode (if it has one) usually this enables more MV searches 3. Use multiple passes if supported. This helps distribute the bandwidth where it is needed more.
Mencoder [part of mplayer] can encode DVDs using lavc that look [for the most part] just as good as the original on a CD. It'd be trivial to get near losslessness in the size of a DVD.
Probably. I've seen more spam in my inbox [gmail] lately. All of it nonsense or foreign language junk.
It was bad enough when we were getting spammed in English for things we could spend money on. Now we're getting nonsense spam and they provide no way to exchange funds [which bursts the 0.1% theorem]
My Gentoo box has been working fine for the last several months [it's a new box] and my previous AMDX2 before that ran fine and my Intel 820 ran fine and...
Um keep in mind that Core 1 is a mild upgrade from the Pentium M. So buying into it was like "wow, this exact same orange looks slightly different."
I knew back then that Core 2 would be a real step up for Intel. So buying a 2000 laptop back then cuz it has a new fancy Intel cpu when your existing laptop is just fine.,.. == teh stupid.
And yes, I know a few people who bought the new macbooks BECAUSE they have a new Intel processor in them.
Um, there is difference between them showing you ads based on your email and them sending your email keywords to spammers.
I mean what is the threat? THEY CAN ALREADY READ MY GMAIL messages that are unencrypted. If I encrypt my emails [say with GPG] then their targetted ads will be on the keywords they can see like PGP, Encrypted and Message.
I'm contending that Google does not send out keywords from our emails to spammers. The evidence, albeit anecdotal, is based on the fact that none of my ads are targetted towards things I actually talk about in my plaintext emails.
Yeah because all other mail providers are totally above board and legit. And even if you run your own, unless you encrypt all your emails what says your ISP doesn't snoop port 25 traffic?
In other words, "your face, shut it."
Google is no more evil than I just assume they are. I'm sure they single me out on a daily basis, amongst their millions of users because I'm the top shit. Hell, I've had the CIA after me since I was 11, yada yada.
The type of spam I'm getting doesn't seem well targetted [thus not the product of indepth google research]. They're mostly not in English [or French, the only two langs I speak] and usually selling things like new screensavers [I don't run windows], children, xanax, etc...
If they were really targetting me they'd be trying to sell me shit I could actually use [and or talk about].
That's just it though, most spam doesn't originate in the states or Canada. I get quite a bit from south america these days. Hardly any of it is even in English!!!
As an aside: Anyone else notice a lot of spam getting through gmail's filters lately? I routinely wake up to see 10-20 spams in my inbox. Of course I also routinely get more than 100 spams a day, but a 10% miss rate seems a bit high.
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I know the business reason why they do it. I want to see if there is a more technical [and legal] reasoning behind it.
Proping up one failing business with another is a good sign [but not sufficient] of a monopoly. Microsoft wants to lock you into their platform so they invest in otherwise good tools and then lock them down.
Visual Studio strives DESPITE windows. Many people use it for things other than writing windows applications. More people would use it if it worked under other OSes [e.g. port it to Qt]
Tom
That's not a technical reason. In only furthers to incriminate them on the basis they're a monopoly.
Tom
DirectX for the most part depends on a decent API to the GPU and nothing more. The networking/sound/etc can all be handled by portable APIs [e.g. on top of BSD sockets, ALSA sound, etc].
The real reason you don't see DX for Linux or BSD [or MacOS] is that they use it to prop up Windows. E.g. "Experience the coolness of DX games, as only brought to you by Windows." The problem is that DX is a viable technology [just like Visual Studio and Office] that in any other market would not be tied to the OS.
Tom
Just like Visual Studio and Office it's yet another thing that props up Windows.
If I were a DX developer I'd be more interested in playing "ubiquitous developer" than "Windows Sock Puppet".
I may get modded down for this comment, but honestly, what is so special about windows that makes DX infeasible to implement for other platforms?
Tom
That's not the same thing. If a batch of bracelets were made that way it shows the company is doing something wrong. The spiked tylenol was a single person on their own. Not the company being negligent.
Tom
It's entirely possible there are people with fake google accounts marking that as "non-spam" to counter the operation.
It isn't like you need a captcha to report spam.
Tom
MPEG only specifies the decoder not the encoder. So
1. Choose a quality encoder
2. Use a high quality mode (if it has one) usually this enables more MV searches
3. Use multiple passes if supported. This helps distribute the bandwidth where it is needed more.
Mencoder [part of mplayer] can encode DVDs using lavc that look [for the most part] just as good as the original on a CD. It'd be trivial to get near losslessness in the size of a DVD.
Tom
Probably. I've seen more spam in my inbox [gmail] lately. All of it nonsense or foreign language junk.
It was bad enough when we were getting spammed in English for things we could spend money on. Now we're getting nonsense spam and they provide no way to exchange funds [which bursts the 0.1% theorem]
Tom
My puter is for work and multimedia. My xbox is for games. If you want a box for gaming install a 32-bit OS on it.
Tom
Bah, TurionX2.
I'm more interested in the new core. I've been dual-coring since the beginning of last year. Nothing new here.
But the new ALU and FPU of Core 2 intrigues me more as an implementor of software it's a new architecture to play with.
Tom
Viable 64-bit OS? Troll much?
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My Gentoo box has been working fine for the last several months [it's a new box] and my previous AMDX2 before that ran fine and my Intel 820 ran fine and
Oh you mean, a Redmond based OS... well TFB.
Tom
Um keep in mind that Core 1 is a mild upgrade from the Pentium M. So buying into it was like "wow, this exact same orange looks slightly different."
.,.. == teh stupid.
I knew back then that Core 2 would be a real step up for Intel. So buying a 2000 laptop back then cuz it has a new fancy Intel cpu when your existing laptop is just fine
And yes, I know a few people who bought the new macbooks BECAUSE they have a new Intel processor in them.
Tom
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There is more to AMD64 than 64-bit addresses. Look up one of my COUNTLESS RANTS to see the other features.
Why do you assume an AMD64 is just a K7 with 64-bit addressing?
Tom
I knew Core 1 was a bad buy in. As long as there isn't an even better core 3 next month core 2 is a better wait over core 1.
I hate Jon Callas.
Tom
Why can't these folks give me money for a change? Charities, other ceos, etc. Damn it I want a billion dollars to write OSS stuff :-)
Tom
Hmm, well eitherway. Going commando is clearly an american term since they're the only people with real militant attitudes. /me ducks.
Tom
Hmm, I think it's a mixed bag. I have yet to see a brit refer to their jeans as trousers. I think the younger brits have been sufficiently MTV'izied.
Tom
Um, there is difference between them showing you ads based on your email and them sending your email keywords to spammers.
I mean what is the threat? THEY CAN ALREADY READ MY GMAIL messages that are unencrypted. If I encrypt my emails [say with GPG] then their targetted ads will be on the keywords they can see like PGP, Encrypted and Message.
I'm contending that Google does not send out keywords from our emails to spammers. The evidence, albeit anecdotal, is based on the fact that none of my ads are targetted towards things I actually talk about in my plaintext emails.
Tom
Damn you Brit, we have ways of making you speak English properly!
:-)
So what are pants in the UK?
Next you'll tell me that a fanny has a different meaning there too...
Yeah because all other mail providers are totally above board and legit. And even if you run your own, unless you encrypt all your emails what says your ISP doesn't snoop port 25 traffic?
In other words, "your face, shut it."
Google is no more evil than I just assume they are. I'm sure they single me out on a daily basis, amongst their millions of users because I'm the top shit. Hell, I've had the CIA after me since I was 11, yada yada.
The type of spam I'm getting doesn't seem well targetted [thus not the product of indepth google research]. They're mostly not in English [or French, the only two langs I speak] and usually selling things like new screensavers [I don't run windows], children, xanax, etc...
If they were really targetting me they'd be trying to sell me shit I could actually use [and or talk about].
Tom
"going commando" means no underwear not no pants.
I was trying to morph it into "browsing the net without anything in between".
Tom
[ I still hate Jon Callas ]
I'd say Gentoo is tame compared to Fedora, WinXP or Vista :-)
Gentoo is not a DLS style distro though. So comparing it to one is a bit misleading.
Tom
That's why you have local copies. Unless your source tree is gigabytes in size just copy it over.
And if you're that paranoid about security what are you doing with users in your network you don't trust?
Tom
That's just it though, most spam doesn't originate in the states or Canada. I get quite a bit from south america these days. Hardly any of it is even in English!!!
As an aside: Anyone else notice a lot of spam getting through gmail's filters lately? I routinely wake up to see 10-20 spams in my inbox. Of course I also routinely get more than 100 spams a day, but a 10% miss rate seems a bit high.
Tom
Agreed. That comment makes sense.
... um backtoo. :-)
To be honest though, I haven't touched Debian in a few years... Once you go Gentoo, you never go
Tom