The thing is half the length of the display dummy's forearm. And it holds 6 hours worth of battery power, most of which is going to be turned into heat.
Anybody remember the MTV Total Request Live Devo prank? TRL allows you to phone in what you want played on the show. Most popular vote gets played. Fark and a few other websites tried to get Devo's "Whip It" to get played - sort of like an online version of a flashmob.
We could do something very very similar here with something as simple as a dinky little Perl script.
All it has to do is hit your favorite P2P network that's being monitored, and make a request every so often. If you space out the requests and get a lot of people doing it, the net won't flood but the harvested data will be skewed.
I wonder what the reprecussions would be if Big Media discovered the most downloaded movie of 2006 was Brazil and the most downloaded song was Jocko Homo?
I still haven't found a PDA that has enough juice to run what I want them to run - emulators. The Nokia 770 is *very* close. Runs Linux, so you can port your own software to it. It's just a wee bit short on horsepower. OQO could do it, but I'd rather not spend $2k just to play The Bard's Tale. Maybe Origami will do it. I'm waiting to see some pricing info before I get happy about it though. Hell, I'm waiting to see if they even make it to market before I get happy about it.
Soon as someone gets a cheap PDA/micro laptop/whatever out there around 750Mhz, I'll be all over it. And so will a lot of other people interested in a customizable portable gaming platform.
But I do have this one comment: don't drink diet soda folks, I know it does more than they say it does. Hell my mom used to get migraines from drinking it, stopped drinking it, migraines gone. You are exposing yourself to all kinds of risks you have no idea about. Because the media and the FDA were bought and sold a long time ago.
Couldn't agree more. If you'd like to see an example of just how bought-out the FDA is, check out the story about a sweetener alternative called stevia. Here's a good link to get you started. Stuff like this just gets my blood boiling.
...would be the reaction of the world if these things really do cause cancer. Would we just deal with the risk? Rebuild all the towers to use frequencies that don't penetrate human skin? Give up cell phones altogether? Would insurance companies hike your rates if you use a cellphone?
That's a pretty flimsy excuse...
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...only Intel's chips offer the performance necessary to host the 10-way call, according to Skype.
And every other piece of software on the shelf just has the requirements written on the box, and it's up to the user to make sure your system is up to spec. But for some reason, Skype, and only Skype, has to check your CPU's make. Not clockspeed, not memory, not cache or storage space but cpu manufacturer to run.
They're gonna get nailed on this one. Hard. And they deserve it.
I realize that. Hence, my success in software development when my degree is a BS in Electrical Engineering. =)
University!=trade school.
True enough. But learning Java first, and C later on as an add-on IMHO will leave people unprepared. To me, learning Java first makes the university seem more like a trade school. Seems like if you learned how to program having, say...a garbage collector behind the scenes doing its magic, you might not write good C code having to meticulously pair up your malloc and free calls. You have to learn to do that first, then having a garbage collector seems magic and liberating. As it should be.
And while it's true that college isn't a trade school, after you get out of school you're going to want a job. Best to be prepared, and all that.
Joe or Josie Average can barely walk and talk on a mobile phone at the same time.
I agree 100%. This is why they make "hang up and drive" laws.
but keep them out of programming before it dilutes the talent pool even more.
And I kind of disagree here. I think having a lot of crappy programmers out there will dilute the talent pool - but that's a good thing for us.
Let's say ABC Corp. wants to hire a new programmer, but back in 1990. Odds are (because the pool isn't so diluted yet) they can find a decent one fairly quickly. Now fast forward to today with the diluted talent pool.
XYZ Corp. wants a programmer. So they hire one at $X, which is the going rate. And odds are, he sucks. If you've ever hired a few paper MSCE guys, you'll know what I mean. So XYZ is going to have a much harder time finding someone who can actually get the job done. After wading through a few lousy programmers, if they have even a half a clue they'll up the salary once they find someone who actually can do the job. After a few bad experiences XYZ will learn that paying a good salary is far preferable to hire-fire-get nowhere.
And as far as I can see, this will be the trend. To illustrate the point, I have a BSEE and write software drivers for a living. Not too long ago I was thinking about going back to school and getting a Comp Sci degree, since that was what I was basically doing anyways. And found out my university had changed their core programming language from C to Java. I bailed. My first thought was "who the hell is going to do the next generation of drivers and low level code?" Not this lot, I can guarantee that.
The next generation of programmers are screwed. Before long, a prerequisite to a decent programming job will be grey hair. You watch.
Perhaps. But it might be nice to see an intelligent person from that part of the world denounce the defacement.
Or even more interesting - defend it. I have no idea where this fellow stands. I'm genuinely curious to see what an educated hacker from the region would say about it.
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I understand what you're trying to say, that the founding Apple guys were some of the original hacker elite. But although they've been at it for a long time, it hasn't been on x86 which is my point. The Apple gang have been non-Intel for a long time until fairly recently as we all pretty much know. You could be a hacker god and still be comparitively clueless in a new arena. Especially if that arena is x86, since that's the mainstream architecture with thousands of heavy hitters there already.
And a minor quibble - you don't know how old I am.
The real question isn't can they hire x86 professionals, but can they hire enough x86 pros of a skill level sufficient to defeat every single x86 hacker out there?
Hell, even Microsoft can't do it and they've been an x86 shop for decades. And Apple has been at it for what, maybe a couple of months now?
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The thing is half the length of the display dummy's forearm. And it holds 6 hours worth of battery power, most of which is going to be turned into heat.
This couldn't be comfortable.
Anybody remember the MTV Total Request Live Devo prank? TRL allows you to phone in what you want played on the show. Most popular vote gets played. Fark and a few other websites tried to get Devo's "Whip It" to get played - sort of like an online version of a flashmob.
We could do something very very similar here with something as simple as a dinky little Perl script.
All it has to do is hit your favorite P2P network that's being monitored, and make a request every so often. If you space out the requests and get a lot of people doing it, the net won't flood but the harvested data will be skewed.
I wonder what the reprecussions would be if Big Media discovered the most downloaded movie of 2006 was Brazil and the most downloaded song was Jocko Homo?
They're just ticked off because The Onion keeps fooling them.
You seem to have mistaken VMware as a server only application.
Well, a subset of DirectX 8. Work is progressing though, and it probably won't be long before it supports all of DX9.
Read info here.
I still haven't found a PDA that has enough juice to run what I want them to run - emulators. The Nokia 770 is *very* close. Runs Linux, so you can port your own software to it. It's just a wee bit short on horsepower. OQO could do it, but I'd rather not spend $2k just to play The Bard's Tale. Maybe Origami will do it. I'm waiting to see some pricing info before I get happy about it though. Hell, I'm waiting to see if they even make it to market before I get happy about it.
Soon as someone gets a cheap PDA/micro laptop/whatever out there around 750Mhz, I'll be all over it. And so will a lot of other people interested in a customizable portable gaming platform.
...for when NASA launches a probe to Endor.
And Microsoft does not get it, and never will. Best example of that is this video. Enjoy!
Oh yeah, for irony's sake the video is on Google's Video. Beta. And it works.
RIAA Chairman Mitch Bainwol says it strikes "a balance that's good for the music, good for the fans, and good for business."
Curiously absent is "good for the artists and musicians we represent".
But I do have this one comment: don't drink diet soda folks, I know it does more than they say it does. Hell my mom used to get migraines from drinking it, stopped drinking it, migraines gone. You are exposing yourself to all kinds of risks you have no idea about. Because the media and the FDA were bought and sold a long time ago.
Couldn't agree more. If you'd like to see an example of just how bought-out the FDA is, check out the story about a sweetener alternative called stevia. Here's a good link to get you started. Stuff like this just gets my blood boiling.
...would be the reaction of the world if these things really do cause cancer. Would we just deal with the risk? Rebuild all the towers to use frequencies that don't penetrate human skin? Give up cell phones altogether? Would insurance companies hike your rates if you use a cellphone?
And every other piece of software on the shelf just has the requirements written on the box, and it's up to the user to make sure your system is up to spec. But for some reason, Skype, and only Skype, has to check your CPU's make. Not clockspeed, not memory, not cache or storage space but cpu manufacturer to run.
They're gonna get nailed on this one. Hard. And they deserve it.
College teaches you *how* to learn, not what.
I realize that. Hence, my success in software development when my degree is a BS in Electrical Engineering. =)
University!=trade school.
True enough. But learning Java first, and C later on as an add-on IMHO will leave people unprepared. To me, learning Java first makes the university seem more like a trade school. Seems like if you learned how to program having, say...a garbage collector behind the scenes doing its magic, you might not write good C code having to meticulously pair up your malloc and free calls. You have to learn to do that first, then having a garbage collector seems magic and liberating. As it should be.
And while it's true that college isn't a trade school, after you get out of school you're going to want a job. Best to be prepared, and all that.
Let me guess. Does it involve a hidden volcano island for a lair, hijacking nuclear warheads and sending a cryptic message to NATO?
Joe or Josie Average can barely walk and talk on a mobile phone at the same time.
I agree 100%. This is why they make "hang up and drive" laws.
but keep them out of programming before it dilutes the talent pool even more.
And I kind of disagree here. I think having a lot of crappy programmers out there will dilute the talent pool - but that's a good thing for us.
Let's say ABC Corp. wants to hire a new programmer, but back in 1990. Odds are (because the pool isn't so diluted yet) they can find a decent one fairly quickly. Now fast forward to today with the diluted talent pool.
XYZ Corp. wants a programmer. So they hire one at $X, which is the going rate. And odds are, he sucks. If you've ever hired a few paper MSCE guys, you'll know what I mean. So XYZ is going to have a much harder time finding someone who can actually get the job done. After wading through a few lousy programmers, if they have even a half a clue they'll up the salary once they find someone who actually can do the job. After a few bad experiences XYZ will learn that paying a good salary is far preferable to hire-fire-get nowhere.
And as far as I can see, this will be the trend. To illustrate the point, I have a BSEE and write software drivers for a living. Not too long ago I was thinking about going back to school and getting a Comp Sci degree, since that was what I was basically doing anyways. And found out my university had changed their core programming language from C to Java. I bailed. My first thought was "who the hell is going to do the next generation of drivers and low level code?" Not this lot, I can guarantee that.
The next generation of programmers are screwed. Before long, a prerequisite to a decent programming job will be grey hair. You watch.
Slashdot just put your email address on their home page. Unscrambled.
Hmmm...wonder what a variant of the Slashdot effect is going to do to a cellphone?
Perhaps. But it might be nice to see an intelligent person from that part of the world denounce the defacement.
Or even more interesting - defend it. I have no idea where this fellow stands. I'm genuinely curious to see what an educated hacker from the region would say about it.
So, what's your opinion on the arabic kids who are defacing websites in protest to the Mohammed cartoons?
...if it took a year or two.
I thought you were writing a haiku.
Exactly. I can also take a sledgehammer to the windshield of my car. Why you ask? Because I can.
Then go ahead. And take pictures and post them here! Slashdot *loves* a case mod.
The answer is "because you can".
They're investing in the first corporate-sponsored botnet. Now you can give your spam relay the corporate sponsorship it's always been craving! For an added bonus, we'll throw in a few auth certificates if you decide to become an elite Platinum Botnet customer!
Don't delay, act now! Really, we mean it. Because offer is only valid until Microsoft's next Critical Advisory.
I understand what you're trying to say, that the founding Apple guys were some of the original hacker elite. But although they've been at it for a long time, it hasn't been on x86 which is my point. The Apple gang have been non-Intel for a long time until fairly recently as we all pretty much know. You could be a hacker god and still be comparitively clueless in a new arena. Especially if that arena is x86, since that's the mainstream architecture with thousands of heavy hitters there already.
And a minor quibble - you don't know how old I am.
The real question isn't can they hire x86 professionals, but can they hire enough x86 pros of a skill level sufficient to defeat every single x86 hacker out there?
Hell, even Microsoft can't do it and they've been an x86 shop for decades. And Apple has been at it for what, maybe a couple of months now?