I did some tests and found my 32" Philips CRT draws 120W. Most LCD computers monitors are around 100W so the power consumption (and thus heat output) are similar.
Out of academic curiosity, can I ask why do you write closed source drivers?
Is it a policy that was imposed by upper level management or do you have your own reasons for doing so? Or is it just the way it's always been done by your establishment and no alternative has been considered?
Is there something in your driver that discloses something about the hardware you don't want your competitors knowing about?
A criminal that shoots someone in the head used a gun -- it is the shooting that is evil. He could have used a baseball bat.
Yes, but a baseball bat has a useful non-violent purpose. What useful purpose does a pistol serve? What is its primary function? Why was it manufactured?
Which brings up an important point. It's so important I'm going to enclose it in [strong] tags:
Dont change the Kernel ABI within minor kernel revisions. It's really not that hard.
No way should a newly-installed kernel require me to recompile every single driver that interfaces with it.
But then again binary incompatibility is such a contentious issue that's not going to go away for a while yet. A pity since it's one of the bigger barriers to linux adoption by both developers and users in my opinion.
Immersion said in a press release that they were "disappointed" that Sony did not include their Intellectual Property in their upcoming high-volume console.
In other news Gates said he was "disappointed" that server rooms are moving to Linux in droves.
So you've just pointed out that Sony are being under-cut by their competition. Good job.
Try adjusting your historical prices for inflation and see that $600 is not unreasonable for a games console. Remember Nintendo have charged $200 for every console they've ever released. Of course the PS3 price will drop once it's been out for a couple of months but no one here seems to realise that.
Remind me why we're pushing for DRM-laden HDMI again?
Is it just because you want HD content, because you can do that with the standard component video outputs on the stock PS3.
Do people still think that all-digital connections give noticably better quality than analogue? This isn't like Composite-SVideo where you get a noticeable quality difference.
Also bear in mind neither the XBox360 or Nintendo Wii support HDMI (hell, the Wii doesn't support HD of any kind).
In short, there's no proof that you can give to conspiracy theorist, that will convince him he is wrong. Just ask any of them, if there is anything in the world that would make him change his mind.
Interesting. Let me try it:
Is there any proof I could give you to demonstrate the Theory of Evolution is wrong? Is there anything in the world that would make you change your mind?
Flight sims would benefit from this, since you're often several thousand feet int he air looking down at dozens of square kilometers of texture at any one time. Low resolution or repeating textures soon become very apparent.
How long till we can incorporate something like this into FlightGear? Or is it bogged down with IP issues?
i only had Opera hangning on me a couple of times (both on Windows and Linux) - when it happens, it promptly apologizes and offers you to open the windows you were browsing at the moment of the crash. Priceless!
I've discovered the joys of TabMixPlus for Firefox. One of its nice features is the exact ability you described. Some times I've shut down my machine without closing firefox. Next time I power it up, I get "would you like to restore your previous session?" and there it is, tabs windows and all. Form data isn't preserved unfortunately but I suspect Opera doesn't do that either.
As for searches in the URL bar, try right-clicking on a search field of a web page and selecting "Add a keyword". Gives you all the URL bar searching you could ever want for Google, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com, imdb, trademe, freshmeat, or whatever you want.
Since it was someone on this site who pointed me to both these features I'm now paying it forward.:)
By two tracks I mean one track that has a Linspirish philosophy of just make it work for newbies even if that also means including some closed source proprietory software, AND a purist RMS FSF.
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Downsides of CRT:
- Energy consumption, heat.
I'm not so sure.
I did some tests and found my 32" Philips CRT draws 120W.
Most LCD computers monitors are around 100W so the power consumption (and thus heat output) are similar.
Out of academic curiosity, can I ask why do you write closed source drivers?
Is it a policy that was imposed by upper level management or do you have your own reasons for doing so? Or is it just the way it's always been done by your establishment and no alternative has been considered?
Is there something in your driver that discloses something about the hardware you don't want your competitors knowing about?
A criminal that shoots someone in the head used a gun -- it is the shooting that is evil. He could have used a baseball bat.
Yes, but a baseball bat has a useful non-violent purpose. What useful purpose does a pistol serve? What is its primary function? Why was it manufactured?
Ah, but have you considered why we have ten fingers on each hand?
Which brings up an important point. It's so important I'm going to enclose it in [strong] tags:
Dont change the Kernel ABI within minor kernel revisions. It's really not that hard.
No way should a newly-installed kernel require me to recompile every single driver that interfaces with it.
But then again binary incompatibility is such a contentious issue that's not going to go away for a while yet. A pity since it's one of the bigger barriers to linux adoption by both developers and users in my opinion.
Immersion said in a press release that they were "disappointed" that Sony did not include their Intellectual Property in their upcoming high-volume console.
In other news Gates said he was "disappointed" that server rooms are moving to Linux in droves.
So you've just pointed out that Sony are being under-cut by their competition. Good job.
Try adjusting your historical prices for inflation and see that $600 is not unreasonable for a games console. Remember Nintendo have charged $200 for every console they've ever released. Of course the PS3 price will drop once it's been out for a couple of months but no one here seems to realise that.
Remind me why we're pushing for DRM-laden HDMI again?
Is it just because you want HD content, because you can do that with the standard component video outputs on the stock PS3.
Do people still think that all-digital connections give noticably better quality than analogue? This isn't like Composite-SVideo where you get a noticeable quality difference.
Also bear in mind neither the XBox360 or Nintendo Wii support HDMI (hell, the Wii doesn't support HD of any kind).
Why would you want access-restricted HDMI anyway?
Apparently the core PS3 can do 1080p HD content over the component jacksjust fine.
What does HDMI give you in addition apart from DRM?
In short, there's no proof that you can give to conspiracy theorist, that will convince him he is wrong. Just ask any of them, if there is anything in the world that would make him change his mind.
Interesting. Let me try it:
Is there any proof I could give you to demonstrate the Theory of Evolution is wrong? Is there anything in the world that would make you change your mind?
the PC is becoming more important and popular as a key enabler for these new digital scenarios in every corner of the world,
Very true, but not the Windows PC.
Vista may well mark the end of the Windows era.
Hell yes!
Also unlike other successful P2P services, this model is trading in scarce resources from an economics point of view.
Hey why change it when you're on to a good thing, right?
Flight sims would benefit from this, since you're often several thousand feet int he air looking down at dozens of square kilometers of texture at any one time. Low resolution or repeating textures soon become very apparent.
How long till we can incorporate something like this into FlightGear? Or is it bogged down with IP issues?
Since when has speeding been a criminal offence?
i only had Opera hangning on me a couple of times (both on Windows and Linux) - when it happens, it promptly apologizes and offers you to open the windows you were browsing at the moment of the crash. Priceless!
:)
I've discovered the joys of TabMixPlus for Firefox. One of its nice features is the exact ability you described. Some times I've shut down my machine without closing firefox. Next time I power it up, I get "would you like to restore your previous session?" and there it is, tabs windows and all. Form data isn't preserved unfortunately but I suspect Opera doesn't do that either.
As for searches in the URL bar, try right-clicking on a search field of a web page and selecting "Add a keyword". Gives you all the URL bar searching you could ever want for Google, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com, imdb, trademe, freshmeat, or whatever you want.
Since it was someone on this site who pointed me to both these features I'm now paying it forward.
Where are the major changes to warrant a full major version increment?
We've just had a massive jump from 1.1 to 1.5 with little improvement. Why aren't they calling this version 1.6?
Hey I'm all for Firefox 720
"Betray your family and friends - fabulous prizes to be won!"
I just hope the Irish version of the game doesn't come with a Wii DRM.
Ah, never driven a Ford Pinto I take it?
By two tracks I mean one track that has a Linspirish philosophy of just make it work for newbies even if that also means including some closed source proprietory software, AND a purist RMS FSF.
You mean like Linspire and Debian respectively?
Good point, but a very bad example.
Anyone in the know who still uses mp3 absolutely deserves all the patent litigation that's coming to them.
Especially since there have been viable alternatives for years that are superior in absolutely every way and are a hell of a lot more free.
... and the PS2 continues to out-sell them all.