Anonymity isn't always good, and anonymity isn't always bad. Yes, there's some tension here, but the solution isn't that difficult: we simultaneously need technical measures to ensure anonymity in some circumstances, and we also need technical measures to enhance verification of identity in others. The same internet can and SHOULD support both non-anonymous blog comments, and at the same time allow chinese dissidents to post anonymously to other areas of the internet.
Anonymous and non-anonymous postings can co-exist without threatening each other, using only technical means. There is no need for law to interfere in this area of the internet.
Email was originally conceived to be semi-anonymous. Some people now wish to be able to receive identity-verified email. We shouldn't force all email to be verified, but we should at least give people the option of receiving non-anonymous email.
It's much more than simply the instruction set is different:
the CPU instruction set is different
the GPU instruction set is different
there are Three different CPU's, so you really want to get as much code running in parallel as possible
In short, the differences are fairly massive. Transmeta has the ability to run code fast on one core... backwards compatibility for the XBox requires running code fast on the equivalent of 2-3 cores... not an easy job.
after the war is over and we've killed all the terrorists, the people who are still alive can rebuild their country by picking the pennies from the skulls of the dead people. Not only will we have won the war, but we don't even have to worry about paying war reparations. It's the perfect plan because everybody wins. We kill all the evil terrorists, and give them some of our own currency to rebuild their country with. Eventually when we open the first Starbucks in their country, we won't even have to worry about currency exchange because they can use the left-over money to buy beverages, and let's face it, who could resist an ice cold frappuccino after a long war?
If you hate writing documentation, why not simply Don't Do It? I've seen plenty of good OSS software out there with crappy documentation. In these cases, if the software is good enough, other people recognize the need and fill in with their own user-generated documentation, and this eventually is as good as most people need. It's the open-source way.
(this might not work for small projects that nobody knows about, but once you've got a bit of mindshare, there shouldn't be a problem with slacking off in areas you don't enjoy, no?)
The meatspace version costs $$, in addition to being supported by ads, correct? I don't see how the subscription thing is anything new. (granted, newsprint is definitely part of the cost of a paper, but I'd bet it's still not 100% of what the end-user pays)
In some cases, if we have limited bandwidth (eg. especially for things like satellite data), then we definitely want to reserve some of it for broadcast instead of unicast, as this is much more efficient use of the spectrum. Broadcast can and should be used for all sorts of audio and text (eg. news) data.
The funny thing about this though is that broadcast => someone has to decide what the more popular channels are => corporate control => will never be as popular or as cheap as P2P / intelligence-at-the-edges. So even though unicast streaming to everyone is much less effecient, it'll still eventually be cheaper. Stick THAT in your pipe and smoke it.
mini iMac - can decode 780p, but no surround sound output
XBox 360 + XBox Media Center = maybe decode 1080i, with surround sound output, plus it's smaller to boot, and includes WiFi by default
Eventually, geeks are going to have some very hackable off-the-shelf device that serves as their Media Center, and is powerful enough to decode whatever codec they desire. A mass-produced appliance will simply be smaller and cheaper than something you can build yourself. If XBox 360 fulfills this role, then that's something worth celebrating.
The second place ranking for "lower cost" indicates that IT decision makers recognize that open source software is not really free. With most types of software, administration and support costs overshadow initial software license cost and annual maintenance fees -- the costs that are minimized by open source. Therefore, software buyers do not see the low or zero initial cost of open source as its most important advantage.
I might be wrong, but don't most A/C's in cars have a clutch in them? Eg. If the A/C isn't being used, it's practically non-existant when it comes to engine drag?
SVGT [SVG-Tiny] does not support scripting. SVGB [SVG-Basic] allows optional support of scripting, and includes all of the language features from SVG 1.1 to support scripting.
17. Animation
Both SVGB and SVGT support the full set of SVG 1.1's declarative animation features:
The language features to support animation through scripting and DOM are available in SVGB. SVGT only supports declarative animation.
SVGB and SVGT allow implicit targeting of parent elements, and targeting elements using the 'xlink:href' attribute.
SVGB and SVGT support linear, spline, paced and discrete animations.
If this is true, then OEM's definitely wouldn't put it on shipping hardware if they thought it was rubbish, so this would give even more credence to the suggestion that this isn't beta-quality software.
I'm visiting Tokyo for the first time... It's pretty surprising how damn quiet the trains here are. Standing on a bridge over some tracks, it sounds like ~3 skateboards going by, that's the worst it gets. Once trains become that quiet, the economic advantages you get from being close to a train station probably far outweigh any downsides.
Whereas, back in the Chicago suburbs, I live over 1/4 mile from some tracks, and the trains wake me up at night...
I think a lot of people have thought of this, since Tetris seems to evil. I actually started implementing this, but gave up as soon as I asked myself who was going to alpha-test it. If the author in this article actually tested this enough to work most of the bugs out, then apparently he's more of a masochist than I am...
The biggest advantage is it's the only way to get a faster processor. You won't see a 4GHz processor in production soon. It's a matter of physics. So instead, you'll wait for applications to better support parallel processing, and then get a dual-core CPU at that point.
Intel, AMD, and IBM are all contributing to the Open-Source project Xen, which should support hardware virtualization as soon as it's available, and will no longer require re-compiling the kernel. In short, open-source VMWare will be here to stay. Microsoft HAD to respond in some way. Whether they can parlay this into another Netscape vs. MSIE and actually come out on top (for a while) is yet to be seen. Either way, it's awesome to see Microsoft being forced to give at least a tiny bit of their market to linux.
Because we all need a remote control whose batteries only last 2 hours and 46 minutes. Using Wifi for a remote control is a horrible idea. Bluetooth or any other low-bandwidth RF have much more sensible power consumption (albeit some with limited range, but what's the point of range if you have to constantly tether the thing to an outlet?)
Yup, and that's the reason for QuirksMode. Old pages either have no doctype, or a doctype from a very old spec, so this triggers browsers' backwards-compatibility mode. Slap a new doctype atop your pages, and then yell "More features!", "Less bugs!" back and forth at yourself.
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Anonymous and non-anonymous postings can co-exist without threatening each other, using only technical means. There is no need for law to interfere in this area of the internet.
Email was originally conceived to be semi-anonymous. Some people now wish to be able to receive identity-verified email. We shouldn't force all email to be verified, but we should at least give people the option of receiving non-anonymous email.
- the CPU instruction set is different
- the GPU instruction set is different
- there are Three different CPU's, so you really want to get as much code running in parallel as possible
In short, the differences are fairly massive. Transmeta has the ability to run code fast on one core... backwards compatibility for the XBox requires running code fast on the equivalent of 2-3 cores... not an easy job.Fucking brilliant...
after the war is over and we've killed all the terrorists, the people who are still alive can rebuild their country by picking the pennies from the skulls of the dead people. Not only will we have won the war, but we don't even have to worry about paying war reparations. It's the perfect plan because everybody wins. We kill all the evil terrorists, and give them some of our own currency to rebuild their country with. Eventually when we open the first Starbucks in their country, we won't even have to worry about currency exchange because they can use the left-over money to buy beverages, and let's face it, who could resist an ice cold frappuccino after a long war?
(this might not work for small projects that nobody knows about, but once you've got a bit of mindshare, there shouldn't be a problem with slacking off in areas you don't enjoy, no?)
The meatspace version costs $$, in addition to being supported by ads, correct? I don't see how the subscription thing is anything new. (granted, newsprint is definitely part of the cost of a paper, but I'd bet it's still not 100% of what the end-user pays)
A simply brilliant troll!
"We already know what's good for our business, but please force us to do it anyway."
How absolutely capitalist of them...
The funny thing about this though is that broadcast => someone has to decide what the more popular channels are => corporate control => will never be as popular or as cheap as P2P / intelligence-at-the-edges. So even though unicast streaming to everyone is much less effecient, it'll still eventually be cheaper. Stick THAT in your pipe and smoke it.
- XBox Media Center - can decode 480p
- mini iMac - can decode 780p, but no surround sound output
- XBox 360 + XBox Media Center = maybe decode 1080i, with surround sound output, plus it's smaller to boot, and includes WiFi by default
Eventually, geeks are going to have some very hackable off-the-shelf device that serves as their Media Center, and is powerful enough to decode whatever codec they desire. A mass-produced appliance will simply be smaller and cheaper than something you can build yourself. If XBox 360 fulfills this role, then that's something worth celebrating.I might be wrong, but don't most A/C's in cars have a clutch in them? Eg. If the A/C isn't being used, it's practically non-existant when it comes to engine drag?
Fortunately, the Prius has had a CVT since it was released in 2001, so you don't have those peaks.
SVGT [SVG-Tiny] does not support scripting. SVGB [SVG-Basic] allows optional support of scripting, and includes all of the language features from SVG 1.1 to support scripting.
Both SVGB and SVGT support the full set of SVG 1.1's declarative animation features:
The language features to support animation through scripting and DOM are available in SVGB. SVGT only supports declarative animation.
SVGB and SVGT allow implicit targeting of parent elements, and targeting elements using the 'xlink:href' attribute.
SVGB and SVGT support linear, spline, paced and discrete animations.
Or alternatively: Paying lawyers wages is 5000 times more expensive than downloading Firefox?
Heck yeah, PC games will benefit. Not least of which will be MAME... PacMan and 1942 with a decent controller, woohoo!
Stop buying VMWare! Xen will be here real soon now !!!
If this is true, then OEM's definitely wouldn't put it on shipping hardware if they thought it was rubbish, so this would give even more credence to the suggestion that this isn't beta-quality software.
I saw these being sold all over Akihabara this past weekend... This guy confirms, and they seem legit. Anybody know what's up with this?
Whereas, back in the Chicago suburbs, I live over 1/4 mile from some tracks, and the trains wake me up at night...
I think a lot of people have thought of this, since Tetris seems to evil. I actually started implementing this, but gave up as soon as I asked myself who was going to alpha-test it. If the author in this article actually tested this enough to work most of the bugs out, then apparently he's more of a masochist than I am...
The biggest advantage is it's the only way to get a faster processor. You won't see a 4GHz processor in production soon. It's a matter of physics. So instead, you'll wait for applications to better support parallel processing, and then get a dual-core CPU at that point.
Intel, AMD, and IBM are all contributing to the Open-Source project Xen, which should support hardware virtualization as soon as it's available, and will no longer require re-compiling the kernel. In short, open-source VMWare will be here to stay. Microsoft HAD to respond in some way. Whether they can parlay this into another Netscape vs. MSIE and actually come out on top (for a while) is yet to be seen. Either way, it's awesome to see Microsoft being forced to give at least a tiny bit of their market to linux.
Because we all need a remote control whose batteries only last 2 hours and 46 minutes. Using Wifi for a remote control is a horrible idea. Bluetooth or any other low-bandwidth RF have much more sensible power consumption (albeit some with limited range, but what's the point of range if you have to constantly tether the thing to an outlet?)
Yup, and that's the reason for Quirks Mode. Old pages either have no doctype, or a doctype from a very old spec, so this triggers browsers' backwards-compatibility mode. Slap a new doctype atop your pages, and then yell "More features!", "Less bugs!" back and forth at yourself.
There IS a contact address, you just have to hunt around for it... The "About" section of the site lists names and an email address.