I thought is was Vegas: Monorails v. Grimlock, from Transformers.
It would definately attract me to Vegas to see a 40ft metal dinosaur attacking a monorail with nowhere to go...are you listening Vegas? It's a golden idea!
ME GRIMLOCK NO LIKE ONE RAILED TRAINSET! ME GRIMLOCK SMASH TRAINSET!
Well, the browser that is in question is a Carbon wrapper for an HTML parser/renderer bundled with the OS. So if the speed issues are parser/renderer related, then Apple is to blame.
I think the big difference here is that when you encapsulate flash, the embed tag checks for the plugin and downloads it for you if you don't have it, while for the img tag, there is no checking done.
I think that's going to be a big consideration in dealing with images of new formats.
I'd make all of the underpinnings of the OS open source, but keep the display layer closed, as well as the widget set, in order to keep people using the MS experience.
Kinda vaguely what Apple's doing with OS X, making Aqua closed, but the rest kinda open.
Pikmin is a really cool, innovative game. It features some of the most mellow, relaxing music I've ever heard in a video game as well as some really intriguing gameplay.
I just wish it was longer, but it was paced really well.
So basically, you want a compiler to do what web browsers do that everyone who gives a crap about standards hates, which is clean up code and allowing the coder to be lazy?
First off, I loved Blade 1, it was a romp full of vampire fu goodness.
Blade 2 was like that, but way overdone. I couldn't help but laugh at Snipes every time he over-flaired his sword moves or what should have been smaller movements.
Blade 2 just added to the long list of action movies that suck as they try to use some sort of "group". The only exception that I've seen is Executive Decision, Steven Segal's best film to date.
It's funny to see how many people believe in the "get them hooked while they're young" principle.
The main difference I think, is when we're "young", we can experiment with all kinds of "software", and feel free to expand our minds, not just use what we're supposed to.
I know a lot of people who hate Solaris because we're forced to use it at the U of I. Java too...
Can someone tell me why Ogg Vorbis files end in.ogg? What happens when the Ogg Tarkin project gets to where people regularly use it? Why call them Oggs when you really mean Vorbises or Vorbes (Vor Beez)?
just build that into the game itself? Sure it would kinda break some of the realism, but skimming off of the top would ensure that Mystic had their coffers filled. They could even put it into the TOS that you can only sell/buy items in-game.
It could be like the auction house in FF3(English Version) only with virtual or real bucks, depending on the auction house.
I've followed the Mozilla project for a while, and used nightlies as my primary browser since ~0.9.4 or so, but I switched back to IE 6.0 when I saw IE's cookie handler.
I'ts nice. I can say "no" to all cookies and opt in the sites I want.
Mozilla just isn't there with a mature interface for dealing with cookies.
Can you really say that its the consumer who will win when no consumer programs require much processing power over a P2 400 or so?
I mean, it's nice that intel and AMD can make such fast processors, but where's the bottleneck on overall performance nowadays? I'm willing to bet it's not in the chip.
I think we've reached a point in personal computing where the software is years behind the hardware. Only in the fields of gaming or professional rendering do we need such high performance machines.
My friend's parents recently purchased a 1.5 Ghz Pentium 4 for day to day bookkeeping!
I think the past has taught us that what PCs are used in the home are typically what PCs are used in the workplace. For Apple to obtain more marketshare, I think they'll have to agressively pursue the offices of today. However, the products they push are suited towards a home user, so if I'm right about the trickle-down effect, they're not going anywhere.
I still love my iBook;)
The author points out that at 91 vs 86 dollars, the duron is better bang-for-your-buck. However, the duron uses DDR-SDRAM, while the Celeron uses good old cheap PC-100's.
Cost vs Performance really needs to look at the entire package, not just the chips themselves.
I don't think this is as much of a case of protecting market share as much as it is as MS (and many other desktop developers in this case) being able to see Free Software as a valid revenue stream.
Until developers have evidence of being able to make money selling software to people who use a free os, then more developing houses will write software for that platform.
It's not a question of can they do it, it's a question of is it worth doing.
It seems from Joel's comments that code rewriting is totally a bad idea. I found his comments about not worrying about code size not too suprising, especially when thinking about microsoft office. Its a bummer that code just sits there and collects blocks of individual special compatibility cases, such as looking for an old DOS call or something similar. Eventually this code should be rethought, to reasses if these individual checks still matter. I seriously doubt, given the tone of the article, that this happens with suites such as office. Big bummer...
As for Microsoft being "stuck" developing its web browser, you don't seem to see how they've made it profitable. By bundling it with the OS and making its OS depend on its internet browser, it can write off the cost of R & D of IE.
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I thought is was Vegas: Monorails v. Grimlock, from Transformers.
It would definately attract me to Vegas to see a 40ft metal dinosaur attacking a monorail with nowhere to go...are you listening Vegas? It's a golden idea!
ME GRIMLOCK NO LIKE ONE RAILED TRAINSET! ME GRIMLOCK SMASH TRAINSET!
Well, the browser that is in question is a Carbon wrapper for an HTML parser/renderer bundled with the OS. So if the speed issues are parser/renderer related, then Apple is to blame.
Not until there is an integer version of the Vorbis decoder. Floating point operations in a portable are more expensive than an iPod!
I think the big difference here is that when you encapsulate flash, the embed tag checks for the plugin and downloads it for you if you don't have it, while for the img tag, there is no checking done.
I think that's going to be a big consideration in dealing with images of new formats.
I'd make all of the underpinnings of the OS open source, but keep the display layer closed, as well as the widget set, in order to keep people using the MS experience.
Kinda vaguely what Apple's doing with OS X, making Aqua closed, but the rest kinda open.
Pikmin is a really cool, innovative game. It features some of the most mellow, relaxing music I've ever heard in a video game as well as some really intriguing gameplay.
I just wish it was longer, but it was paced really well.
So basically, you want a compiler to do what web browsers do that everyone who gives a crap about standards hates, which is clean up code and allowing the coder to be lazy?
That being said, I'd like one too.
First off, I loved Blade 1, it was a romp full of vampire fu goodness.
Blade 2 was like that, but way overdone. I couldn't help but laugh at Snipes every time he over-flaired his sword moves or what should have been smaller movements.
Blade 2 just added to the long list of action movies that suck as they try to use some sort of "group". The only exception that I've seen is Executive Decision, Steven Segal's best film to date.
It's funny to see how many people believe in the "get them hooked while they're young" principle.
The main difference I think, is when we're "young", we can experiment with all kinds of "software", and feel free to expand our minds, not just use what we're supposed to.
I know a lot of people who hate Solaris because we're forced to use it at the U of I. Java too...
Is there any way to forward your "insightful" to Mel Brooks?
Can someone tell me why Ogg Vorbis files end in .ogg? What happens when the Ogg Tarkin project gets to where people regularly use it? Why call them Oggs when you really mean Vorbises or Vorbes (Vor Beez)?
excited about this? ... Wait, no I'm not.
just build that into the game itself? Sure it would kinda break some of the realism, but skimming off of the top would ensure that Mystic had their coffers filled. They could even put it into the TOS that you can only sell/buy items in-game.
It could be like the auction house in FF3(English Version) only with virtual or real bucks, depending on the auction house.
How's that for your hardcore, commie conspiracy?
I've followed the Mozilla project for a while, and used nightlies as my primary browser since ~0.9.4 or so, but I switched back to IE 6.0 when I saw IE's cookie handler.
I'ts nice. I can say "no" to all cookies and opt in the sites I want.
Mozilla just isn't there with a mature interface for dealing with cookies.
Can you really say that its the consumer who will win when no consumer programs require much processing power over a P2 400 or so?
I mean, it's nice that intel and AMD can make such fast processors, but where's the bottleneck on overall performance nowadays? I'm willing to bet it's not in the chip.
I think we've reached a point in personal computing where the software is years behind the hardware. Only in the fields of gaming or professional rendering do we need such high performance machines.
My friend's parents recently purchased a 1.5 Ghz Pentium 4 for day to day bookkeeping!
I think the past has taught us that what PCs are used in the home are typically what PCs are used in the workplace. For Apple to obtain more marketshare, I think they'll have to agressively pursue the offices of today. However, the products they push are suited towards a home user, so if I'm right about the trickle-down effect, they're not going anywhere. I still love my iBook ;)
That was so last year!
The author points out that at 91 vs 86 dollars, the duron is better bang-for-your-buck. However, the duron uses DDR-SDRAM, while the Celeron uses good old cheap PC-100's. Cost vs Performance really needs to look at the entire package, not just the chips themselves.
Finally, Linux seems to be getting some recognition as a desktop OS.
I don't think this is as much of a case of protecting market share as much as it is as MS (and many other desktop developers in this case) being able to see Free Software as a valid revenue stream.
Until developers have evidence of being able to make money selling software to people who use a free os, then more developing houses will write software for that platform.
It's not a question of can they do it, it's a question of is it worth doing.
I know it sounds weird, but the addition of the Ewoks really made sense.
It seems from Joel's comments that code rewriting is totally a bad idea. I found his comments about not worrying about code size not too suprising, especially when thinking about microsoft office. Its a bummer that code just sits there and collects blocks of individual special compatibility cases, such as looking for an old DOS call or something similar. Eventually this code should be rethought, to reasses if these individual checks still matter. I seriously doubt, given the tone of the article, that this happens with suites such as office. Big bummer...
As for Microsoft being "stuck" developing its web browser, you don't seem to see how they've made it profitable. By bundling it with the OS and making its OS depend on its internet browser, it can write off the cost of R & D of IE.