Ethanol is still not an alternative fuel. It's a supplemental alternative fuel. There's not enough corn grown in the US to switch entirely to it. Heck, there's not enough land in the US even to grow enough corn to satisfy our needs.
I think you've misunderstood the workings of a dual-core machine. Only one OS can run at the hardware level and have access to the BIOS, CPU, memory, etc. Theoretically, a virtualization hypervisor could run at the hardware level with Linux and Windows on top concurrently, but it's impossible (AFAIK) for two OSes to co-manage hardware resources.
This thing is quite the buzz. It was all-the-rage at CES in a few companies' product, memorably ASUS, which I believe calls it "Express Gate."
I think that OEMs could clone this functionality quickly and package it up. It's just a very hardware-specific kernel running with just enough modules and libraries to run the applications.
A quick build of the x86 version of Cross-LFS would yield a decent, small OS for a base.
But, those Linux users who already tune their kernel generally don't have to wait the two minutes for Vista to start and think it's quick when the computer boots in 20 seconds. We tuners wait 30-40 seconds and we've got a full system. Splashtop users wait 20 seconds and have a reduced system.
It won't make a lick of difference. Sony will just have customers complaining about why their new device won't work with Sony's device. Belkin and IOGear already have the reference designs for WUSB (USB-IF uses Belkin's implementation to test other implementations, if I recall correctly what Belkin's rep at CES said to me), and both have a really solid grip on that market.
Is it just me, or does it seem like the article is really blowing this out of proportion? From my understanding, the Russian government just wants to add a.rf (well, . if I'm remembering Cyrillic correctly). That's it. Users with Cyrillic keyboards will be able to access those sites without a problem, and those of us with non-Cyrillic keyboards will have to either use a character map program or temporarily switch keyboard layouts (as I just did).
Xine can play it (as can anything that can use Xine as a backend, i.e. Totem, Kaffiene). There's also Nosefart. However my Xine-fu is not strong enough to surmise if there's an easy way to convert it such as foobar2000 has.
Unfortunately for people whose connections are metered, it is. The ISP in question meters its users' usage, but had OpenOffice in an area where users could download freely without being metered. The ISP removed OpenOffice from that area, so its users now much use ~100 MB of bandwidth to download OpenOffice and its updates.
Does this strategy protect the Facebook users' data from being seen by non-Facebook users at the Facebook API level? By this, I mean that Joe Internet User cannot see my data on the Facebook application, and that Facebook is held liable for this, not the application developer? If this cannot be guaranteed, it looks like I might be removing most of my applications, no matter how useful they may be. I trust Facebook a whole lot more than I trust individual people.
Inexpensive is generally a relative term. Of course, if one plays CS only, then he or she could probably find a local college or uni throwing out equipment capable of playing it.
I'm an expert on neither games nor human nature. It's one thing if a game directs the user to use extreme violence to solve a situation, but it's another if the game gives an objective and leaves the 'how' up to the player.
Or, better yet, she can use an operating system that doesn't practically require new hardware for every new release, but operating system of which I speak can take advantage of new hardware when it's available, and that'll be sooner because she won't have to spend $400 on just the operating system.
Korean: 78M speakers, 400 years = 195,000 speakers/year in existence.
Esperanto: 2M speakers, 122 years = 16,393 speakers/year in existence.
Okay, the numbers didn't work out like I thought they would, but it seem to be not bad for the language not being forced upon people.
I forgot to mention that I've played just about every MMO, and City of Heroes/Villains is the only one that's kept my attention for longer than a month, save Ultima Online, which I played for three years.
Apparently parent and grandparent have not played NCSoft's major MMORPG titles City of Heroes and City of Villains. Both have never had an expansion pack, and considerable content is added with each update. In fact, two updates ago, NCSoft added an invention system to augment drops. Additionally, the rate of experience is quite high for an MMO. I've been playing for about four months now and I can get a character up to level 10 in a little more than 10 hours of gameplay—level 6 in about five hours.
I think Apple is simply going about it wrong. Rather than being all vocal and tolling hell's bells, it could just release updates that make the current method not work. Once the new update is cracked, release another. It's a motivation to deliver something new in every update (*cough*flash*cough*).
Yeah, it's might be like brushing it under the rug, and AT&T wouldn't like that. A policy of "We are not responsible and we do not support the unlock and will not repair the software of unlocked phones--only the hardware, but un-unlocked phones are repairable in full" might do the trick.
Yes, $188 is almost twice the $100 original cost. $100 was the goal, right? Even though OLPC didn't make its goal, $188 is still a ridiculously cheap laptop--no other manufacturer can match that (if they could, they'd be making it)--that will be benefiting people throughout the globe.
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Ethanol is still not an alternative fuel. It's a supplemental alternative fuel. There's not enough corn grown in the US to switch entirely to it. Heck, there's not enough land in the US even to grow enough corn to satisfy our needs.
I think you've misunderstood the workings of a dual-core machine. Only one OS can run at the hardware level and have access to the BIOS, CPU, memory, etc. Theoretically, a virtualization hypervisor could run at the hardware level with Linux and Windows on top concurrently, but it's impossible (AFAIK) for two OSes to co-manage hardware resources.
I believe that Slashdot has finally hit critical mass.
This thing is quite the buzz. It was all-the-rage at CES in a few companies' product, memorably ASUS, which I believe calls it "Express Gate." I think that OEMs could clone this functionality quickly and package it up. It's just a very hardware-specific kernel running with just enough modules and libraries to run the applications. A quick build of the x86 version of Cross-LFS would yield a decent, small OS for a base. But, those Linux users who already tune their kernel generally don't have to wait the two minutes for Vista to start and think it's quick when the computer boots in 20 seconds. We tuners wait 30-40 seconds and we've got a full system. Splashtop users wait 20 seconds and have a reduced system.
Gnu Privacy Guard (or other PGP) + Judge: Man can't be forced to divulge encryption passphrase = safety in communications.
It won't make a lick of difference. Sony will just have customers complaining about why their new device won't work with Sony's device. Belkin and IOGear already have the reference designs for WUSB (USB-IF uses Belkin's implementation to test other implementations, if I recall correctly what Belkin's rep at CES said to me), and both have a really solid grip on that market.
Well, I did have the fancy Cyrillic characters there, but apparently, Slashdot hates UTF-8.
Is it just me, or does it seem like the article is really blowing this out of proportion? From my understanding, the Russian government just wants to add a .rf (well, . if I'm remembering Cyrillic correctly). That's it. Users with Cyrillic keyboards will be able to access those sites without a problem, and those of us with non-Cyrillic keyboards will have to either use a character map program or temporarily switch keyboard layouts (as I just did).
Is that it, or am I missing something?
Xine can play it (as can anything that can use Xine as a backend, i.e. Totem, Kaffiene). There's also Nosefart. However my Xine-fu is not strong enough to surmise if there's an easy way to convert it such as foobar2000 has.
Unfortunately for people whose connections are metered, it is. The ISP in question meters its users' usage, but had OpenOffice in an area where users could download freely without being metered. The ISP removed OpenOffice from that area, so its users now much use ~100 MB of bandwidth to download OpenOffice and its updates.
Why is this on Slashdot? This is more Digg fare, really.
Does this strategy protect the Facebook users' data from being seen by non-Facebook users at the Facebook API level? By this, I mean that Joe Internet User cannot see my data on the Facebook application, and that Facebook is held liable for this, not the application developer? If this cannot be guaranteed, it looks like I might be removing most of my applications, no matter how useful they may be. I trust Facebook a whole lot more than I trust individual people.
Inexpensive is generally a relative term. Of course, if one plays CS only, then he or she could probably find a local college or uni throwing out equipment capable of playing it.
I'm an expert on neither games nor human nature. It's one thing if a game directs the user to use extreme violence to solve a situation, but it's another if the game gives an objective and leaves the 'how' up to the player.
I think I'll go for a walk. I feel happY!
Or, better yet, she can use an operating system that doesn't practically require new hardware for every new release, but operating system of which I speak can take advantage of new hardware when it's available, and that'll be sooner because she won't have to spend $400 on just the operating system.
Korean: 78M speakers, 400 years = 195,000 speakers/year in existence. Esperanto: 2M speakers, 122 years = 16,393 speakers/year in existence. Okay, the numbers didn't work out like I thought they would, but it seem to be not bad for the language not being forced upon people.
Godwin at T+14. Getting better.
It's so ironic that parent is marked Redundant.
If you were to redo Slashdot all over again, what would you change? I'm not just talking Slash, I'm talking the entire thing.
I forgot to mention that I've played just about every MMO, and City of Heroes/Villains is the only one that's kept my attention for longer than a month, save Ultima Online, which I played for three years.
Apparently parent and grandparent have not played NCSoft's major MMORPG titles City of Heroes and City of Villains. Both have never had an expansion pack, and considerable content is added with each update. In fact, two updates ago, NCSoft added an invention system to augment drops. Additionally, the rate of experience is quite high for an MMO. I've been playing for about four months now and I can get a character up to level 10 in a little more than 10 hours of gameplay—level 6 in about five hours.
I think Apple is simply going about it wrong. Rather than being all vocal and tolling hell's bells, it could just release updates that make the current method not work. Once the new update is cracked, release another. It's a motivation to deliver something new in every update (*cough*flash*cough*).
Yeah, it's might be like brushing it under the rug, and AT&T wouldn't like that. A policy of "We are not responsible and we do not support the unlock and will not repair the software of unlocked phones--only the hardware, but un-unlocked phones are repairable in full" might do the trick.
Better hope your Excel-user landlord doesn't see a need to increase your rent by $535.
Yes, $188 is almost twice the $100 original cost. $100 was the goal, right? Even though OLPC didn't make its goal, $188 is still a ridiculously cheap laptop--no other manufacturer can match that (if they could, they'd be making it)--that will be benefiting people throughout the globe.