how much processing power is needed to decode FLAC? Is the decoder integer or floating point based? the iPhone surely has enough speed if it's integer based, but last I knew (quite a while ago), the linux ipod port couldn't even play ogg vorbis at full speed.
ARM is british designed. SH4 is Japanese designed. Nobody else has produced anything remotely comparable to x86 because x86 sucks. There's a lot of smart people polishing that turd, but it's still a turd.
a few years back, I started up a software company. Although some of our stuff was open source, starving isn't a hobby, so some of it was closed. One thing we tried was (for a slight increase in price) guaranteeing to fix any critical bugs even if we no longer supported the software. If we couldn't provide a fix, the source code was in escrow so they could access it. There was zero interest in it.
what? Assume there is a fpu bug... how does that cause problems with integer math?
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The article (which is actually a PDF, thanks for the warning) uses proprietary fonts (LucidaBright). While it was typeset with TeX (open), only the PDF (closed and uneditable) is provided.
could be in the form of a strap-on for regular dildoes or as a separate buttplug unit that's worn in the anus; guy from BDSM used something like that for over 5 years to tickle his prostate most anywhere he went... to digress a bit, I wouldn't be surprised if in say 5 years, accounts of people humping other people, dogs, cats, etc become commonplace.
Ok, they're not normally that bad, but amazon is like the windows vista of web sites. I just loaded a typical page (with my cache turned off) -- 285 http requests, 558K of data, 41.3 seconds to download it all.
You can boycott them for 1-click, I boycott them because they're a bitch to use.
The mozilla foundation didn't want firefox in the first place. But I guess since firefox has gotten bigger, slower, and more bloated over time, mozilla is calling the shots. too bad.
Nuclear winter is based on the idea that dust particles in the air will block sunlight. However, Venus has a thick cloud layer that blocks 60+% of the sunlight; the high temperatures are caused by a CO2 greenhouse effect. Chemically converting, trapping, or bleeding off the atmospheric CO2 would be required for any temperature adjustment.
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anybody that willingly goes to a john kerry speech has a high tolerance for pain.
Information wants to be free. Back in the day, RMS didn't password his account and he didn't mind if people logged in under his name.
how much processing power is needed to decode FLAC? Is the decoder integer or floating point based? the iPhone surely has enough speed if it's integer based, but last I knew (quite a while ago), the linux ipod port couldn't even play ogg vorbis at full speed.
ARM is british designed. SH4 is Japanese designed. Nobody else has produced anything remotely comparable to x86 because x86 sucks. There's a lot of smart people polishing that turd, but it's still a turd.
a few years back, I started up a software company. Although some of our stuff was open source, starving isn't a hobby, so some of it was closed. One thing we tried was (for a slight increase in price) guaranteeing to fix any critical bugs even if we no longer supported the software. If we couldn't provide a fix, the source code was in escrow so they could access it. There was zero interest in it.
having your fingerprints taken is being treated like a criminal? Sounds like your lily white fat ass has never spent a day in jail.
what? Assume there is a fpu bug... how does that cause problems with integer math?
The article (which is actually a PDF, thanks for the warning) uses proprietary fonts (LucidaBright). While it was typeset with TeX (open), only the PDF (closed and uneditable) is provided.
You think the editors now are bad? Imagine if Taco, Zonk, and Kevin Dawson were editing books....
Syphilis was present in the so called New World prior to 1492. They also brought back potatoes.
over 3 minutes? Sounds like an improvement!
Ok, they're not normally that bad, but amazon is like the windows vista of web sites. I just loaded a typical page (with my cache turned off) -- 285 http requests, 558K of data, 41.3 seconds to download it all.
You can boycott them for 1-click, I boycott them because they're a bitch to use.
emails aren't read by the authorise and submissions are edidet by the slashdot janitors.
Next you'll be telling me that I'm not a nerd and this stuff doesn't matter!!!
Yeah, but only because asians have small penises. Kathleen Fent says he's average.
The mozilla foundation didn't want firefox in the first place. But I guess since firefox has gotten bigger, slower, and more bloated over time, mozilla is calling the shots. too bad.
Nuclear winter is based on the idea that dust particles in the air will block sunlight. However, Venus has a thick cloud layer that blocks 60+% of the sunlight; the high temperatures are caused by a CO2 greenhouse effect. Chemically converting, trapping, or bleeding off the atmospheric CO2 would be required for any temperature adjustment.
Prior to the global warming, Venus is generally believed to had surface water.
Rosie O'Donnell much?
easy and pretty... but enough about your wife, how's the game?
the iPhone/iPod Touch SDK will let you write apps in C/C++/objective C.
What's your opinion of SQLite, PostgreSQL, and Firebird? What do you like about them? What don't you like about them?
Sorry. In soviet russia, beowulf cluster of intel fpus imagine you running linux!
intel's fpu is a random number generator (unintentionally).
better to rape a girl than to not get laid at all?