Well about two years late on posting this, but there's a problem with talking about the excessive amounts of power and so forth.
It was supposed to be out this year, then delayed. VW wanted to refine it even more and more and more and more... you get the point.
Now they have lowered the power output expectations in this refinement process.
This is the early 90s all over again when it comes to the car market. We've got every company coming out with some type of supercar. The market is basically being flooded more and more everyday. It seems to be surviving so far but it's going to pop soon, just like in the early 90s.
My guess is that when the Bugatti comes out it's going to be kind of like the Jaguar XJ220. It was suppose to be a V12 with AWD. They couldn't do it and just gave the TT V6 with RWD. What you see now, if VW keeps it up, will be nothing like what we finally see coming out for production.
Here at VT I've had to remove it off many computers. It looks like it has infected some people higher up too. It's being mailed on a campus wide listserv.
No one has will have updated theit virus definitions yet.
As someone that uses it, it makes my like google much more since the ads are targetted toward the content on my site, but aren't people who are in direct compatition too.
Anyone have any idea where he was standing at the end of the video and mentioned a building would be built to house a new supercomputer?
I go to VT. I know all the MACs are over at the corporate research center but I can't figure out exactly where he's standing at the end of the video.
I think most of us saw this coming.
You do need to give credit where credit it due. At least they got the full report out in a timely manner unlike some other places.
Since when was 7k/s considered fast?
That's the most I've ever gotten with it, files big and small. The problem is that upload speeds are being capped lower and lower on broadband connection in places. Mine is only 15k up and I know a lot of people have only 30k up. When several people try and download a file and then quite when it's done (like most will) it's just not going to work.
And we thought the prices of CDs were high before. If this is any indication of where things are going I doubt I'll even be able to afford a single cd.
This is too bad. The Rio Volt is, IMO, by far the best mp3 cd player on the market. I bought one when they first came out and I still haven't seen one I like better. As far as I can remember it was the first one with a fair sized display on the front hat was back-lit. I can't remember any others at the time that did. It had the features that everything does now with ID3 tag display and so on. Since I bought mine they came out with the three different models of them. They were nicely constructed too. I've dropped mine down some stairs a time or two and not even a scratch. I still use it almost every day and works great.
Not sure about others. Even if it is to be re-released in some odd number of theaters I doubt it will be anywhere near me. I did not even know it existed until the Oscars. The odds still stand on the side that I'm not interested in seeing it. I've never had the Oscars influence what movies I want to see.
Let's not forget the short maglev system that's under construction at ODU on Norfolk, Va. It's suppose to go into service very soon and will be the first operating commercial Maglev system in the world.
It's a little too late for these. We already have a number of people in jail for finding software bugs and releasing the details without doing any damage... And isn't there a law already against this exact thing here?
"'Recent research has suggested that it could be possible for a person immersed in a computer game to achieve the same level of meditative concentration' usually found in religious contemplatives and athletes in 'The Zone.'"
Just think what this will do for the online porn industry!
The fact that they got the patent anyway is bad enough. How could it be that those who came up with the standard don't have the patent? All they need to do it stand-up and show some little evidence of prior use that would not be that hard to find.
While this may be a good thing for education you've got to remember a few things. Not all dvds play vcds and not all people are willing to just go out and get one that will. At least in the US copying of VCDs has already been associated with "pirating".
As for using in schools. I attend what could be considered as a very well off school system. Very good when it comes to technology too. Each high school has 5 dvd players on cart. While every room has VCRs. New schools are still opening with VCRs. Why are they not buying DVDs? Well.. I can see a few reasons. Not all educational stuff that it used has been switched to dvd. I can guess a lot of it won't be just because of how old it is. Like that video from the 70s that I had to watch in Sex Ed with the talking STD. Yes I'm sure they are going to get to turning that into DVD sometime soon. Another reason would be cost. You can buy cheap dvds for under $100, but they aren't very good DVDs most of the time either.
Teachers in school already have enough trouble opperating VCRs they have owner themselves for 10 years. I can't see a switching to an optical disk technology in schools for another 10 years or so due to still high cost (for many school systems) and because of incompetence.
I find places like php.net confusing so I turned to forums and newsgroups. There can be some really helpfull people at these places. Phpbuilder is the one forum I can think of I have gotten good help from. Even the dumbest questions they try and help. Trust me, I've asked quite a few dumb ones I'd like to kick myself for but they still help.
Newgroups, as old as they may be, are still one of the best resources there is. Searching through archives of programming newsgroups can reveal our answers to details questions you have, ones that would not be answered by a book.
All these are great when you are still starting and even when you're becoming more advanced. Nothing can beat one of those "Teach Yourself in 24" hours books for a good starter.
I was only able to catch the second half of it. I like kinda the updated effects that show the older ship style they had in the original star trek (I can see it in the ship they have now). I kinda see it having a completely different look... Just in like the colors of things.. Stuff is less dull then some of the other start trek things.. Of course same with voyager over next gen. But I really think it comes down to it's a brand new series.. Stuff is different. I don't really think I could decide if I like it or not until I've seen a few episodes.
Hrm I will say this when you come to talking about the government thinking IM is something that must be had. I think they'd believe anything in the first place. There are a few congressmen who know about computers, but then a whole lot that don't which just makes them believe what sounds good.
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Well about two years late on posting this, but there's a problem with talking about the excessive amounts of power and so forth. It was supposed to be out this year, then delayed. VW wanted to refine it even more and more and more and more... you get the point. Now they have lowered the power output expectations in this refinement process. This is the early 90s all over again when it comes to the car market. We've got every company coming out with some type of supercar. The market is basically being flooded more and more everyday. It seems to be surviving so far but it's going to pop soon, just like in the early 90s. My guess is that when the Bugatti comes out it's going to be kind of like the Jaguar XJ220. It was suppose to be a V12 with AWD. They couldn't do it and just gave the TT V6 with RWD. What you see now, if VW keeps it up, will be nothing like what we finally see coming out for production.
Here at VT I've had to remove it off many computers. It looks like it has infected some people higher up too. It's being mailed on a campus wide listserv. No one has will have updated theit virus definitions yet.
As someone that uses it, it makes my like google much more since the ads are targetted toward the content on my site, but aren't people who are in direct compatition too.
Maybe they bought them for employee moral. Go office space on all of them out in a field somewhere.
Anyone have any idea where he was standing at the end of the video and mentioned a building would be built to house a new supercomputer? I go to VT. I know all the MACs are over at the corporate research center but I can't figure out exactly where he's standing at the end of the video.
It's just VT. It's not VA Tech, VTech, it's just plain VT damnit!
I think most of us saw this coming. You do need to give credit where credit it due. At least they got the full report out in a timely manner unlike some other places.
Since when was 7k/s considered fast? That's the most I've ever gotten with it, files big and small. The problem is that upload speeds are being capped lower and lower on broadband connection in places. Mine is only 15k up and I know a lot of people have only 30k up. When several people try and download a file and then quite when it's done (like most will) it's just not going to work.
How about security for Microsoft? Now there is an idea.
And we thought the prices of CDs were high before. If this is any indication of where things are going I doubt I'll even be able to afford a single cd.
This is too bad. The Rio Volt is, IMO, by far the best mp3 cd player on the market. I bought one when they first came out and I still haven't seen one I like better. As far as I can remember it was the first one with a fair sized display on the front hat was back-lit. I can't remember any others at the time that did. It had the features that everything does now with ID3 tag display and so on. Since I bought mine they came out with the three different models of them. They were nicely constructed too. I've dropped mine down some stairs a time or two and not even a scratch. I still use it almost every day and works great.
Not sure about others. Even if it is to be re-released in some odd number of theaters I doubt it will be anywhere near me. I did not even know it existed until the Oscars. The odds still stand on the side that I'm not interested in seeing it. I've never had the Oscars influence what movies I want to see.
Let's not forget the short maglev system that's under construction at ODU on Norfolk, Va. It's suppose to go into service very soon and will be the first operating commercial Maglev system in the world.
It's a little too late for these. We already have a number of people in jail for finding software bugs and releasing the details without doing any damage... And isn't there a law already against this exact thing here?
"'Recent research has suggested that it could be possible for a person immersed in a computer game to achieve the same level of meditative concentration' usually found in religious contemplatives and athletes in 'The Zone.'" Just think what this will do for the online porn industry!
Maybe they are just doing this so we all get worried and start to horde gas, food, and other products so the economy comes back.
The fact that they got the patent anyway is bad enough. How could it be that those who came up with the standard don't have the patent? All they need to do it stand-up and show some little evidence of prior use that would not be that hard to find.
While this may be a good thing for education you've got to remember a few things. Not all dvds play vcds and not all people are willing to just go out and get one that will. At least in the US copying of VCDs has already been associated with "pirating".
As for using in schools. I attend what could be considered as a very well off school system. Very good when it comes to technology too. Each high school has 5 dvd players on cart. While every room has VCRs. New schools are still opening with VCRs. Why are they not buying DVDs? Well.. I can see a few reasons. Not all educational stuff that it used has been switched to dvd. I can guess a lot of it won't be just because of how old it is. Like that video from the 70s that I had to watch in Sex Ed with the talking STD. Yes I'm sure they are going to get to turning that into DVD sometime soon. Another reason would be cost. You can buy cheap dvds for under $100, but they aren't very good DVDs most of the time either.
Teachers in school already have enough trouble opperating VCRs they have owner themselves for 10 years. I can't see a switching to an optical disk technology in schools for another 10 years or so due to still high cost (for many school systems) and because of incompetence.
I find places like php.net confusing so I turned to forums and newsgroups. There can be some really helpfull people at these places. Phpbuilder is the one forum I can think of I have gotten good help from. Even the dumbest questions they try and help. Trust me, I've asked quite a few dumb ones I'd like to kick myself for but they still help. Newgroups, as old as they may be, are still one of the best resources there is. Searching through archives of programming newsgroups can reveal our answers to details questions you have, ones that would not be answered by a book. All these are great when you are still starting and even when you're becoming more advanced. Nothing can beat one of those "Teach Yourself in 24" hours books for a good starter.
And if you thought Microsoft was anti-competitive...
The fact that Code Red is still running around the way it is proves for a fact that we, as human, are just lazy.
I was only able to catch the second half of it. I like kinda the updated effects that show the older ship style they had in the original star trek (I can see it in the ship they have now). I kinda see it having a completely different look... Just in like the colors of things.. Stuff is less dull then some of the other start trek things.. Of course same with voyager over next gen. But I really think it comes down to it's a brand new series.. Stuff is different. I don't really think I could decide if I like it or not until I've seen a few episodes.
That's the best way to put it.
Hrm I will say this when you come to talking about the government thinking IM is something that must be had. I think they'd believe anything in the first place. There are a few congressmen who know about computers, but then a whole lot that don't which just makes them believe what sounds good.