On the other hand, you'd be surprised at what is intensive. Window resizing is a good example, as with layout based GUI systems like Aqua and GTK, when opaque resizes are used the gui has to be reflowed and rerendered many many times a second for it to feel fast.
Problem with Aqua is the rendering is not done by the video card. GUI performance is tied to software performance instead:(
I have to agree. When I finally switched to tabs (month or 2 after mozilla made them available) I started to wonder how I ever made do before without them.
The forward and back buttons are now fairly useless.
Is this pdf trying to implement something similar to the new thing on Safari? Flash back or whatever they call it?
If they aren't, then why do most linux distros have all those things included in the standard desktop install...
Exactly. I can see Microsoft saying "everyone else does it, we are just try to remain competitive" or some such thing.
To me, the biggest issue is the file formats. Hell, you can't export Outlook data on the PC to Entourage on the Mac, even though they are both the email component of Microsoft Office.
What they want to do is tax CA citizens for the amount of power they use. Regardless of where it comes from. Regardless of if you bought it from one of the big 3, or if you generated it yourself.
What is the incentive for spending thousands of dollars to put solar panels on your roof, to try to help out the state, and then get TAXED for the amount of power you produce for yourself?
I thought CA was interested in reducing their load. I guess the rolling blackouts were for other reasons.
In short: the frame and the body act as one. Your average family car is a unibody vehicle.
An example of something that is not is a pick-up truck. "Ladder style frame" with a seperate body unit that is strapped on the frame.
This is why you see occasionally see older (70's and early 80's models) Chevy pick-ups driving down the road straight, but the bed is twisted to one side by a noticable amount (5 degrees or so usually).
Unibody syle cars are lighter in weight (better gas mileage), stronger, longer lasting, and more expensive to produce than the "old" style body on frame design. Unibody is more expensive to fix in a small to medium force collision though.
standards are just what some group that got together agreed to do. it doesn't really mean anything important. that is why the w3c carries no weight. big bark, no bite.
me and my friends could get together, outline the new.mp8 file format, and create our own standard. it doesn't mean anything. it is not the law. it is just a standard. some would argue that CSS should not be used, and that it is a horrible standard.
as the google post above implies, check your local laws.
also, this was not mentioned during the interview process?
aside from the "privacy" issues, which we all now is just a concept now, why do you object?
you said it is a small company, that sounds like it is owned by 1 or 2 people. they probably have something personal to lose. they probably don't want any losers working for them, and see this as an easy way to weed people out.
i find it odd though that this was not part of the interview process. some companies require this, just to be considered for the job.
unless you are in the position to get another similar job immediately, i suggest you take this job. try to get some sort of copy of what they receive, "to ensure accuracy of the credit report." many of these reports have bogus information on them, especially if there is a immediate family member (father, uncle etc) with the same name.
the company is playing CYA, and you should to.
remember, privacy is no more. it is just a concept for of us now.
If you then take the operating time of both platforms with respect to battery capacity, figuring in a factor of an imaginary battery with a capacity of 10 Wh for example, then the Pentium-M system gives you an operating time of about 20 minutes longer. Sensibly enough, you take the operating time for the presentation application in order to make the calculation: in this operating mode, the optical drive is not in use and the graphics card is not under a heavy load. Therefore, the power consumption of those two components only has a marginal effect on the test results.
170 minutes for DVD playback. Not enough to watch LOTR:FOTR:(
I have to agree. To infer that the Power5 is the new G5 is a huge dis-service to the P5.
The G-series chips have been nothing special, whereas the Power-series of chips are more than impressive. Look at all the Mac faithfull drooling over the idea of the 970, which is essentially a dumbed down version of the Power-4. That is the rumored "G5" chip. Although, most just call it the 970 now instead of a G-series. Thank god.
Money, however, is negative--it's corrupting the body politic. Even though money might be the most self-conflicting force in politics today, there are too many loopholes in this McCain-Feingold bill. All these lobbyists in town who are callous to what the bill stands for are going to exploit it. They'll turn to state parties and special interest groups and the money will keep pouring in. It's a tragedy.
Yes - the space shuttle was travelling fast. But the insulation fell OFF THE SHUTTLE.
Wrong:
Insulation that fell off and hit the shuttle is from the external tanks that are jetisoned after launch. Chunks fell off while shuttle was traveling at approxiamately 2x the speed of sound.
It takes more than one strong character (Picard) to make a good movie nowadays.
The timing of its release was also horrible. With this economy, if anyone had to choose between Star Trek and LOTR:TTT, I think it is obvious which was picked.
But there must always be a second choice, and preferably one that allows widespread access to source code.
2 choices is not enough. Open source has nothing to do with a choice being good or not. Standard format can be good (the real XML for instance) if done properly.
As for WordStar or WordPerfect... my g/f's mother still uses WordPerfect 6 on her Windows 2000 machine! And don't pick on WordStar so much... that was my first experience with a program of this nature.
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Problem with Aqua is the rendering is not done by the video card. GUI performance is tied to software performance instead
Not as fast as Honda Civics ;-)
[kill rate, NOT acceleration rate]
which is good two-fold:
1. less civics on the road
2. less honda-boys on the road
Long live the R series!
:(
R1 is in bad need of a makeover though
GSX-R 1000 is the king right now.
I have to agree. When I finally switched to tabs (month or 2 after mozilla made them available) I started to wonder how I ever made do before without them.
The forward and back buttons are now fairly useless.
Is this pdf trying to implement something similar to the new thing on Safari? Flash back or whatever they call it?
If they aren't, then why do most linux distros have all those things included in the standard desktop install...
Exactly. I can see Microsoft saying "everyone else does it, we are just try to remain competitive" or some such thing.
To me, the biggest issue is the file formats. Hell, you can't export Outlook data on the PC to Entourage on the Mac, even though they are both the email component of Microsoft Office.
What they want to do is tax CA citizens for the amount of power they use. Regardless of where it comes from. Regardless of if you bought it from one of the big 3, or if you generated it yourself.
What is the incentive for spending thousands of dollars to put solar panels on your roof, to try to help out the state, and then get TAXED for the amount of power you produce for yourself?
I thought CA was interested in reducing their load. I guess the rolling blackouts were for other reasons.
Politics as usual.
this witty reply is posted via a ThinkPad 600X:
*sigh*
i rule!!!
Obviously not many car guys here...
Unibody.
In short: the frame and the body act as one. Your average family car is a unibody vehicle.
An example of something that is not is a pick-up truck. "Ladder style frame" with a seperate body unit that is strapped on the frame.
This is why you see occasionally see older (70's and early 80's models) Chevy pick-ups driving down the road straight, but the bed is twisted to one side by a noticable amount (5 degrees or so usually).
Unibody syle cars are lighter in weight (better gas mileage), stronger, longer lasting, and more expensive to produce than the "old" style body on frame design. Unibody is more expensive to fix in a small to medium force collision though.
Anyone can state the problem.
How about a solution?
That few percent that were deemed a success; what was different? What should the teeming masses attempt to emulate? Why?
I am not sure if you agree with my statements. But I do agree with yours.
Practically speaking, as long as it's not illegal, people can do what they want with their servers.
to use your ideas...
.mp8 file format, and create our own standard. it doesn't mean anything. it is not the law. it is just a standard. some would argue that CSS should not be used, and that it is a horrible standard.
standards != must do
standards are just what some group that got together agreed to do. it doesn't really mean anything important. that is why the w3c carries no weight. big bark, no bite.
me and my friends could get together, outline the new
standard = method of comaprison
as the google post above implies, check your local laws.
also, this was not mentioned during the interview process?
aside from the "privacy" issues, which we all now is just a concept now, why do you object?
you said it is a small company, that sounds like it is owned by 1 or 2 people. they probably have something personal to lose. they probably don't want any losers working for them, and see this as an easy way to weed people out.
i find it odd though that this was not part of the interview process. some companies require this, just to be considered for the job.
unless you are in the position to get another similar job immediately, i suggest you take this job. try to get some sort of copy of what they receive, "to ensure accuracy of the credit report." many of these reports have bogus information on them, especially if there is a immediate family member (father, uncle etc) with the same name.
the company is playing CYA, and you should to.
remember, privacy is no more. it is just a concept for of us now.
It is Microsoft's website afterall.
Who says it has to work with other companies browsers?
If you don't like it, either use IE (not me thanks) or not visit the website (that would be me).
Microsoft will notice the lack of ad revenue. Then they might fix it. If it is enough for them to care. Being that this is Opera, I kind of doubt it.
That could very well be.
6-10% will not happen for some time though... Last I heard was they were at something near 3-1/4% And that was with the help of OS X and the iPod.
170 minutes for DVD playback. Not enough to watch LOTR:FOTR
I have to agree. To infer that the Power5 is the new G5 is a huge dis-service to the P5.
The G-series chips have been nothing special, whereas the Power-series of chips are more than impressive. Look at all the Mac faithfull drooling over the idea of the 970, which is essentially a dumbed down version of the Power-4. That is the rumored "G5" chip. Although, most just call it the 970 now instead of a G-series. Thank god.
We are going to see Les Miserables in NYC. The play is about to end its run, and we wanted to make sure we got to see it before it was over.
Live action entertainment is a nice change of pace from the normal dinner-and-a-movie type thing.
Money, however, is negative--it's corrupting the body politic. Even though money might be the most self-conflicting force in politics today, there are too many loopholes in this McCain-Feingold bill. All these lobbyists in town who are callous to what the bill stands for are going to exploit it. They'll turn to state parties and special interest groups and the money will keep pouring in. It's a tragedy.
Yes - the space shuttle was travelling fast. But the insulation fell OFF THE SHUTTLE.
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Wrong:
Insulation that fell off and hit the shuttle is from the external tanks that are jetisoned after launch. Chunks fell off while shuttle was traveling at approxiamately 2x the speed of sound.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/columbia_que
But but... it's called "My Documents"
"I thought that is where they had to go."
true story - coworker of mine, about 2 months ago.
can be seen here
It takes more than one strong character (Picard) to make a good movie nowadays.
The timing of its release was also horrible. With this economy, if anyone had to choose between Star Trek and LOTR:TTT, I think it is obvious which was picked.
2 choices is not enough. Open source has nothing to do with a choice being good or not. Standard format can be good (the real XML for instance) if done properly.
As for WordStar or WordPerfect... my g/f's mother still uses WordPerfect 6 on her Windows 2000 machine! And don't pick on WordStar so much... that was my first experience with a program of this nature.
How is forcing to use an open source program any different then a closed source program? It is still being forced upon someone.
Open standards are an important issue, but not the most important one. That would be, "what fills my needs the best?"
open standards != open source
My intrepretation of open standards is "I can use what I prefer, as long as the job gets done properly."