That's what we need transparent aluminum for! Funky-looking heatsinks! And how come nobody's used transparent epoxy as a potting material for integrated circuits
Really old EPROM curcuits used to have a little window in 'em. Why? because a flash of UV light could erase them. (they usualy came with thick stickers over the window)
Given that these chips are being made by photo lithography, I would guess letting them be exposed to light would be a bad thing.
You could write the games, they'd just be slower. Duh.
Now, lets see you write a webserver in QuakeC, how about a relational database, or a P2P app. And do it quickly. Yeh, you can make your own game in Quake. Who cares. In java, you can do anything.
In the PC game arena, No one other then Carmak really. GL would probably still be used in simulators and other high-end, non-pc apps. But I don't think SGI or anyone really, other then carmak, is really pushing GL on the desktop.
The success of GL on the desktop is really mostly because of what Carmak has done with it.
the "PS/2" was a computer system sold by IBM in the early 1990s. It used a bunch of propritary technology to stifle the 'clone' PCs. In addition to the microchannel bus, the PS/2 also had new keyboard and mouse ports. These ports were adopted by the clones and became known as "PS/2" ports.
I have a Nokia 8260, the thing is tiny, but it's built like a rock. I dropped my original one several feet (out of a dorm loft) at least 10 or 20 times before it finally gave out (from just a 2 foot fall!) But it had been rattling for months before that.
Anyway, they are quite durable. I'd imagine those flip phones would be quite fragile though.
Why don't you read whats actualy going on before jumping to idiotc conclusions.
For hundreds of thousands of people in the "republic" of Congo, coltan mining is one of the few ways to make ends meet. It's actualy allowing people to eat regularly and keep from starving to death.
Though Gates has done some good things with his money.. He's opened/equipped a library in TN, to start with.
Gates has done a hell of a lot more then that... He's spent more money tackling things like AIDS and vaccinations in africa and other poor parts of the world then most tech CEOs are worth.
Not that he isn't a bastard, but I don't think he would really want to spend money sending people to the moon, it dosn't really help anyone and it's already been done.
Well, reading the document itself, it seems that it's really only for the NASA side, I mean, I can't imagine that the Russians would require fluency in english to get into space
Requirements: Macintoshes running OS X 10.1 or later with proper connections to the Internet
"Wow, I know a couple of friends on the 'net who have Macs, if we all install this will we build a distributed system?"
Those instructions are pretty flimsy, I seriously doubt it would work in disseperate IP address (like, a guy in India and a guy on AOL aren't going to be able link up just by installing the software). And even then, without some information on building the actual network you aren't going to get much performance in problems that require much crosstalk.
Do you have any no-biased (i.e. not from apple) figures to back this up? Or are you just talking out of your ass?
Building a true multi-user environment (I mean with multiple people at multiple machines) isn't all that easy. I doubt support costs are really less.
I've seen people say this before. But personaly doubt it's anything other then random apple hype (like the 230 page manual vs the 1 page PDF, even though much shorter beowulf docs exist)
$20 in 1980 would be worth $45 in 2000. A $15 game would cost $34. Lots of games cost that much. In fact, you can even pick up second-run playstation/ps2 games for $20 these days. That's only $8.75 in 1980 dolars.
You might want to consider turning on your brain once in a while. The price of games has come down in terms of real money.
...and I have very rarely had more fun with any "modern" game than I had with my old VCS2600.
Um, maybe because you were 20 years younger?
I mean, look, Comic books look a little better then when I was a kid, but I don't enjoy those nearly as much as I did when I was a kid. I outgrew them. It was an odd feeling, realizing I didn't like them anymore. I never thought it would happen with video games. But it did. I just lost interest in playing games in general. I still have a PS2 with GT3 and FFX, but it just doesn't hold that much interest for me anymore (played 10 minutes of FFX, died, and haven't picked it back up). If you took a kid weaned on the n64/gamecube and plopped 'em in front a 2600 I doubt they would have that much fun.
Sure, interactive movies with 5.1 sound are impressive, but mostly they aren't as fun as a good match of David Crane's "Decathlon" with two joysticks and some friends.
There are lots of modern games that you can play with your friends. Pick up super-smash brothers or soul caliber or something.
One base always matches up with the same one. Cytozine with Guanine (CG), Atozine with the 'T' one (AT) and the reverse (GC, TA). So you only need to record half of the pair.
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That's what we need transparent aluminum for! Funky-looking heatsinks! And how come nobody's used transparent epoxy as a potting material for integrated circuits
Really old EPROM curcuits used to have a little window in 'em. Why? because a flash of UV light could erase them. (they usualy came with thick stickers over the window)
Given that these chips are being made by photo lithography, I would guess letting them be exposed to light would be a bad thing.
Um, RMS basicaly said "That don't sound like something miguel would say. I would be suprized if it was true."
How is that "Flying off the handle"? (not that he dosn't).
Wow, anyone with a brain could have seen that the article about Fraunhoffer licensing an Open Source DivX implementation was false.
If it was open source, they wouldn't need to license it...
You could write the games, they'd just be slower. Duh.
Now, lets see you write a webserver in QuakeC, how about a relational database, or a P2P app. And do it quickly. Yeh, you can make your own game in Quake. Who cares. In java, you can do anything.
In the PC game arena, No one other then Carmak really. GL would probably still be used in simulators and other high-end, non-pc apps. But I don't think SGI or anyone really, other then carmak, is really pushing GL on the desktop.
The success of GL on the desktop is really mostly because of what Carmak has done with it.
The PS2 is the first video game system designed to be used in a tower config (complete with rotating logo :)
the "PS/2" was a computer system sold by IBM in the early 1990s. It used a bunch of propritary technology to stifle the 'clone' PCs. In addition to the microchannel bus, the PS/2 also had new keyboard and mouse ports. These ports were adopted by the clones and became known as "PS/2" ports.
The PS2 is upgradable. What the hell do you think the giant hole in the base is for?
I have a Nokia 8260, the thing is tiny, but it's built like a rock. I dropped my original one several feet (out of a dorm loft) at least 10 or 20 times before it finally gave out (from just a 2 foot fall!) But it had been rattling for months before that.
Anyway, they are quite durable. I'd imagine those flip phones would be quite fragile though.
I hardly ever actualy hold my phone up to my ears these days, there's really no reason to anymore. Just get a headset thing.
Why don't you read whats actualy going on before jumping to idiotc conclusions.
For hundreds of thousands of people in the "republic" of Congo, coltan mining is one of the few ways to make ends meet. It's actualy allowing people to eat regularly and keep from starving to death.
Actualy, if you read the document, you'll see it actualy prohibits people with 'controversial' pasts. No no space for the Lay-master.
Though Gates has done some good things with his money.. He's opened/equipped a library in TN, to start with.
Gates has done a hell of a lot more then that... He's spent more money tackling things like AIDS and vaccinations in africa and other poor parts of the world then most tech CEOs are worth.
Not that he isn't a bastard, but I don't think he would really want to spend money sending people to the moon, it dosn't really help anyone and it's already been done.
Well, reading the document itself, it seems that it's really only for the NASA side, I mean, I can't imagine that the Russians would require fluency in english to get into space
Are you saying uninformed idiots have trouble getting consulting gigs?
:P
It's to bad I havn't got mod points, I'd give you +1 funny. Thanks for brining a smile to my day
Requirements: Macintoshes running OS X 10.1 or later with proper connections to the Internet
"Wow, I know a couple of friends on the 'net who have Macs, if we all install this will we build a distributed system?"
Those instructions are pretty flimsy, I seriously doubt it would work in disseperate IP address (like, a guy in India and a guy on AOL aren't going to be able link up just by installing the software). And even then, without some information on building the actual network you aren't going to get much performance in problems that require much crosstalk.
Do you have any no-biased (i.e. not from apple) figures to back this up? Or are you just talking out of your ass?
Building a true multi-user environment (I mean with multiple people at multiple machines) isn't all that easy. I doubt support costs are really less.
I've seen people say this before. But personaly doubt it's anything other then random apple hype (like the 230 page manual vs the 1 page PDF, even though much shorter beowulf docs exist)
Why then, do I find these hand-drawn illustrations so appealing?
It's the chicks. Duh.
$20 in 1980 would be worth $45 in 2000. A $15 game would cost $34. Lots of games cost that much. In fact, you can even pick up second-run playstation/ps2 games for $20 these days. That's only $8.75 in 1980 dolars.
You might want to consider turning on your brain once in a while. The price of games has come down in terms of real money.
...and I have very rarely had more fun with any "modern" game than I had with my old VCS2600.
Um, maybe because you were 20 years younger?
I mean, look, Comic books look a little better then when I was a kid, but I don't enjoy those nearly as much as I did when I was a kid. I outgrew them. It was an odd feeling, realizing I didn't like them anymore. I never thought it would happen with video games. But it did. I just lost interest in playing games in general. I still have a PS2 with GT3 and FFX, but it just doesn't hold that much interest for me anymore (played 10 minutes of FFX, died, and haven't picked it back up). If you took a kid weaned on the n64/gamecube and plopped 'em in front a 2600 I doubt they would have that much fun.
Sure, interactive movies with 5.1 sound are impressive, but mostly they aren't as fun as a good match of David Crane's "Decathlon" with two joysticks and some friends.
There are lots of modern games that you can play with your friends. Pick up super-smash brothers or soul caliber or something.
The US postal service actualy makes a profit and does not recive any tax money.
Just looking over the 'investor relations' page. Looks like they recently changed their stock symbol.
One base always matches up with the same one. Cytozine with Guanine (CG), Atozine with the 'T' one (AT) and the reverse (GC, TA). So you only need to record half of the pair.
Therefore 57MB required per human
You still need indexing information. You need to spec where those diffrences occour.
The bandwidth is pretty good, but it's the latency that'll kill you.