Sensationalism at its best. Almost everyone makes android tablets. I am no MS fan but I am even less a fan of sensationalism just to get some people to read your bogus stories
As a long time visitor to/. I have to concur with what you have said
What is the most unfortunate is that the editors seem to agree with this type of unhealthy yellow-journalism
HP is merely making another attempt into producing Android tablets. It's only a business decision, that's all !
It's tempting to compare the speed of GPU/CPU on the smartphone, but as we all know, most of the apps out there have yet to tap out the power of quad-core CPU/GPU
On the other hand, what really counts is the staying power, ie., how long the battery can last
You can have the fastest phone there is, if it won't give the user hours and hours of usage without a recharging, that phone is next to useless
My suggestion, hence, is that next time they want to compare how good such-and-such phone is, or how fast this phone versus that, please include how long can one single full-charge of the battery can power at the top-most speed rating
I agree that what M$ is doing is no different from extortion
I also agree that the patent system is broken
A lot of people state that the broken patent system is the root of the problem, as if someone can find a way to patch the patent system then everything is fine and dandy
I disagree
To me, the real root of the problem is the political system --- from the way the political party is structured to the funding to the way the politicians are chosen how those idiots get to determine what's right and what's wrong
As it is, the current states of affair is that the politicians prefer to keep things as it is, for they themselves are milking it as much as they can and they won't change a thing, including the patent system, unless of course, the political system gets an overhaul
Do we really need more powerful GPUs? What we need is a better way of displaying graphics and a better toolkit to do it.
Whatever happened to the Unlimited Detail guys?
In a way, we do need a more powerful GPU, but not the way they are doing it.
Simply by adding shader units, or by ramping up the GHz no longer do the job.
A total overhauling of the GPU mindset must take place, but it takes much more than the hardware guys (AMD/nVidia), it also takes a paradigm change on the graphic programmers to push for a real change
... then they will ask for one more month, and one more, and three more, and one more year...... and then they will ask to expand the censorship to other form of media...... there is no way to fully satisfy the insatiable appetite for censorship for the Islamists...... ask the people in North Mali how them Islamists had treated them...... no music, no tee vee, not even ringtones on the phones
I know "US getting less sun than US" means "US getting less sunlight than US", but I still feel a little bit queasy when people substitute the word "Sun" for "Sunlight"
First of all, many thanks are in order for the very thoughtful reply from you !!!
About the desktop/workstation.
As far as I can see, yes, I agree with you, we Pros need the power that only our desktop / workstation can provide us.
Until, of course, they can come up with something that has much more processing power than our desktops / workstations and yet, still in tiny wearable formfactors, like the things they use in startrek.
About XBox.
I agree.
MS has done one helluva great job for their Xboxen.
And as you said, Xboxes are for one purpose, and one purpose only, gaming.
This translate to, Microsoft can be very very good in making one-trade-ponies.
And do you realize that the xbox was introduced when Bill Gates was still in charge?
In other words, Steve Ballmer has absolutely nothing to show, for the years he has been on the top post of Microsoft.
And lastly, about the rent-seeking mentality of Microsoft...
I'm afraid this rent-seeking mentality isn't confined only to Microsoft.
You and I are from the old time, you probably had spent time in the Silicon Valley (or the equivalent in other places), like I did.
And in those places, we can see established companies - not only Microsoft - that are still in the rent-seeking mode.
From Adobe to Symantec to Intel... they are all, in fact, rent-seekers.
To ask them to move away from that rent-seeking mode of thought is like trying to get drug addicts to stop using drugs.
If something is copyrighted why put it online, and when someone downloaded that thing (be it an article or a photo or a song or an animated clip or anything) then those "copyright holders" start complaining...
I just do not understand them.
I mean, if that something is dear to you, do you put that something in places where everybody has an access to it ??
Option 2 is NOT illegal, you victim of propaganda!
It's illegal to _publish_ books (upload) whose copyright (or license to publish) you don't have, but it's NOT illegal to download books, movies or music.
I wish I can agree with you...
... but, please tell that to the folks who have been charged with "illegally downloading pirated copies of music / software / ebook / movies / whatever"
And once again for the 1,000,000 time, yes, and this isn't the place to get legal advice...
Lemme quote that guy had stated:
Does Piriform's request have merit?
Do I need a lawyer?
What is a good response to avoid any ugly situation?
Of the three quoted questions above, "Do I need a lawyer?" comes closest in resembling a "legal advice", but it ain't.
The gist of what poster "ahziem" was looking for is "What is a good response to avoid any ugly situation?" - that is, how should one go about under that situation.
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Sensationalism at its best. Almost everyone makes android tablets. I am no MS fan but I am even less a fan of sensationalism just to get some people to read your bogus stories
As a long time visitor to /. I have to concur with what you have said
What is the most unfortunate is that the editors seem to agree with this type of unhealthy yellow-journalism
HP is merely making another attempt into producing Android tablets. It's only a business decision, that's all !
It's tempting to compare the speed of GPU/CPU on the smartphone, but as we all know, most of the apps out there have yet to tap out the power of quad-core CPU/GPU
On the other hand, what really counts is the staying power, ie., how long the battery can last
You can have the fastest phone there is, if it won't give the user hours and hours of usage without a recharging, that phone is next to useless
My suggestion, hence, is that next time they want to compare how good such-and-such phone is, or how fast this phone versus that, please include how long can one single full-charge of the battery can power at the top-most speed rating
Thank you !!
Minix was/is not confined to the academia
It also runs the machines in your local bowling allies
I agree that what M$ is doing is no different from extortion
I also agree that the patent system is broken
A lot of people state that the broken patent system is the root of the problem, as if someone can find a way to patch the patent system then everything is fine and dandy
I disagree
To me, the real root of the problem is the political system --- from the way the political party is structured to the funding to the way the politicians are chosen how those idiots get to determine what's right and what's wrong
As it is, the current states of affair is that the politicians prefer to keep things as it is, for they themselves are milking it as much as they can and they won't change a thing, including the patent system, unless of course, the political system gets an overhaul
Anyone preparing to start a new company and name it "Perl" ?
For most people nowadays, paying cable / ISP bill is like paying water bill, or electricity bill, or phone bill
Access to the Net has become one of the "essentials"
Games, on the other hand, for the non-hardcore gamers, it's something like ice cream, something that is enjoyable but not essential
But for those hardcore gamers, yeah, no matter how they got screwed, they just simply can't stop playing
Win XP was a win
Win Vista was a flop
Win 7 was a win
Win 8 is a flop
Wonder how Win 9 will fare ...
... they are addicts
Gamers act pretty much the same way drug addicts do ...
No matter how many times they were screwed by the dealers, them addict will always go back to the dealers and buy more drugs
Other than the unkempt state of many nerds (I am one of them), the other big problem is pick up lines
A database of excellent pick up lines, and examples, preferably video demos, would be a plus
3D can be very handy in architecture, or sculpting, or engineering
However, current crop of browsers just ain't there yet, for the power of 3D to shine
Please excuse me for being dense ...
How can Chinese no-name gadgets yell in Korean ?
This one also had to reckon with Vladimir Putin, Russia's answer to Chuck Norris, it didn't dare strike Moscow.
But it _ still strikes mother Russia !!
I guess it fears Obama more than Putin
Do we really need more powerful GPUs? What we need is a better way of displaying graphics and a better toolkit to do it.
Whatever happened to the Unlimited Detail guys?
In a way, we do need a more powerful GPU, but not the way they are doing it.
Simply by adding shader units, or by ramping up the GHz no longer do the job.
A total overhauling of the GPU mindset must take place, but it takes much more than the hardware guys (AMD/nVidia), it also takes a paradigm change on the graphic programmers to push for a real change
You only need one leak between a consistent alias and your legal identity to connect all the dots
"Taco Cowboy" has been my consistent alias, and it needs only *** ONE leak to connect the dot between the real me, and "Taco Cowboy"
With that in mind, I never participate on any event that connects my real world identity with my online alias
Yeah. You know what else is useless? Weekends. What's up with that crap. I mean, abolish them, and we could work 7 days a week. Woot!
In that light, why don't we do away with the 8-working-hour-per-day rule?
Why is there a necessity for "overtime pay"?
Work 24-hours-a-day until you die, you slaves!!!
... then they will ask for one more month, and one more, and three more, and one more year ... ... and then they will ask to expand the censorship to other form of media ... ... there is no way to fully satisfy the insatiable appetite for censorship for the Islamists ... ... ask the people in North Mali how them Islamists had treated them ... ... no music, no tee vee, not even ringtones on the phones
This is not meant to nickpick
I know "US getting less sun than US" means "US getting less sunlight than US", but I still feel a little bit queasy when people substitute the word "Sun" for "Sunlight"
Maybe that's just me ...
First of all, many thanks are in order for the very thoughtful reply from you !!!
About the desktop/workstation.
As far as I can see, yes, I agree with you, we Pros need the power that only our desktop / workstation can provide us.
Until, of course, they can come up with something that has much more processing power than our desktops / workstations and yet, still in tiny wearable formfactors, like the things they use in startrek.
About XBox.
I agree.
MS has done one helluva great job for their Xboxen.
And as you said, Xboxes are for one purpose, and one purpose only, gaming.
This translate to, Microsoft can be very very good in making one-trade-ponies.
And do you realize that the xbox was introduced when Bill Gates was still in charge?
In other words, Steve Ballmer has absolutely nothing to show, for the years he has been on the top post of Microsoft.
And lastly, about the rent-seeking mentality of Microsoft ...
I'm afraid this rent-seeking mentality isn't confined only to Microsoft.
You and I are from the old time, you probably had spent time in the Silicon Valley (or the equivalent in other places), like I did.
And in those places, we can see established companies - not only Microsoft - that are still in the rent-seeking mode.
From Adobe to Symantec to Intel ... they are all, in fact, rent-seekers.
To ask them to move away from that rent-seeking mode of thought is like trying to get drug addicts to stop using drugs.
It's not impossible. It's just very very hard.
In the late 1990's someone proclaimed that there was nothing more to invent, and he was proven to be very very wrong ...
Now someone is trying the same thing, again, while tweaking the wording a little bit, by adding "groundbreaking" in the proclamation
It gonna be as wrong as that guy in the late 1990's.
Science progresses on.
Groundbreaking or not, that's not the issue.
For new breakthrough in science always "stand" on the shoulders of all the previous scientific findings
Furthermore, how do you define "groundbreaking" ?
Does one actually have to "break some ground" to be groundbreaking ?
How about some new ideas being applied to older subjects, which yield new findings ?
Would that be counted as "groundbreaking" ??
Actually it is not wrong to let a marketing guy to run a tech company, that is, if that marketing guy has REAL BRAIN
What had transpired in Microsoft is this, Bill Gates chose Steve Ballmer not because Mr. Ballmer has brain.
Bill Gates chose Ballmer because Ballmer is one helluva "YES MAN".
Anything and everything Bill Gates wanted to get done, Ballmer delivered.
That's not the way to lead a tech company.
A tech company needs a leader with a vision --- someone like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs --- someone with a vision that can see into the future.
Not Ballmer.
If you think 3D printing can solve everything, you will be in for a very big surprise !!
I do not understand.
If something is copyrighted why put it online, and when someone downloaded that thing (be it an article or a photo or a song or an animated clip or anything) then those "copyright holders" start complaining ...
I just do not understand them.
I mean, if that something is dear to you, do you put that something in places where everybody has an access to it ??
Microsoft's battle is not with Linux.
Rather, Microsoft's future battle is with the smartphones and the tablets and all other new wearable formfactors of computing.
Microsoft's OS is simply too large, too encumbering and too useless for devices that people will use in the future.
Their investment in Dell is that they hope Dell can come up with something that can sell
Microsoft tried their luck with Nokia, and Nokia is going nowhere fast
Microsoft tried to forge it by themselves by their "surface" thingy, but it tanked too
So now, it's Dell.
Ballmer is waging a shotgun approach of computing war --- trying anything and everything --- because the guy has no idea what to do now.
Option 2 is NOT illegal, you victim of propaganda!
It's illegal to _publish_ books (upload) whose copyright (or license to publish) you don't have, but it's NOT illegal to download books, movies or music.
I wish I can agree with you...
... but, please tell that to the folks who have been charged with "illegally downloading pirated copies of music / software / ebook / movies / whatever"
And once again for the 1,000,000 time, yes, and this isn't the place to get legal advice...
Lemme quote that guy had stated:
Does Piriform's request have merit?
Do I need a lawyer?
What is a good response to avoid any ugly situation?
Of the three quoted questions above, "Do I need a lawyer?" comes closest in resembling a "legal advice", but it ain't.
The gist of what poster "ahziem" was looking for is "What is a good response to avoid any ugly situation?" - that is, how should one go about under that situation.