If the movement is so "random", then I just have one question after visiting the site and witnessing their really "non-technical" movie about how it "works". It looks like the animated dude's arm is moving in random directions, to be expected, but he just literally zips that thing right across the paper, and it didn't smear or cause streaks on the page.
Frankly, I find it hard to believe that on this system, you can move it THAT fast. There MUST be some limitations to how fast you can move it, as the print heads can't possibly respond soooo quickily.
You're comparing a hardware manufacturer to a software maker? Remember that Microsoft dosn't make computers like Apple does. They make software, and in my opinion, they can't even do that right.
I'd say that that the statement is objective and unbiased. It is a true statement. Apple DOES continue to strive for simplicity, and Microsoft strives for features. Did they mention anything about Microsoft's product being somehow worse? No. They just mentioned the facts, nothing more.
Just because you can draw an anti-Microsoft connotation, that's your problem as the reader.
Not really, I'm suprised how usable a beta version of Safari is. In the 3 or 4 hours that I've tried it on a borrowed PowerBook, it didn't have any problems at all.
Really, I don't think you should set that standard for all beta software. Near-perfectionists like Apple probably would have a different standard of what "beta" means compared to "if it compiles, it ships" Microsoft.
Your statement is completely true. Microsoft tends to bloat their products with plenty of buggy and useless features that usually compromise security, and don't give any hard copy documentation on how to use it. Instead, they have moved towards online documentation.
The reason why I like to buy SuSE Linux is because they KNOW that nothing, not even the best electronic documentation, can beat a well written book. Microsoft just can't figure this out. I found my first expierence with Windows XP even more painful than my first encounter with Linux (and let me tell you, since my video card was incompatible, it was REALLY PAINFUL), as most of the features are cryptic and essentially undocumented. It took me almost a minute just to find the control panel and get it converted into a less weird format.
When will people get concerned that their body parts are now vulnerable? Desperate criminals who want to infiltrate, or governments, for that matter, would find it rather suitable to simply kill a person and remove their face, eyes, fingers, etc., to use in a biometrics device.
This is even easier to compromise than having a keycard or something, as the individual could at least hide it somewhere. They CAN'T hide their face without
Your arugment is really against the numbers. Sony has more units(PS2) than Nintendo or Microsoft combined, and their entertainment division is actually profitable, unlike that of Microsoft, which loses many millions a year. No matter what argument we make, the fact is, Microsoft still dosn't profit from their Xbox.
Remember that either way, profitable or not, Sony isn't really going to go away either. They have their hands in many industries: comsumer appliances, music, solid state storage, computers, and much, much more than just their PS2.
It seems that they have an obvious goal: to run Linux without modding the Xbox, and they have supposedly found a way to do it. However, to release this, it will have many side effects that may result in much more piracy.
They are OFFERING Microsoft a chance to conceal this weakness in the xbox before it is released to the public by getting an OS officially signed by Microsoft. In no way are they using this as a threat to MS, they are merely trying to be considerate in finding a win/win situation.
Everyone knows descriptions as vague as a "magic box" is the heart of all hoaxes. Like Madison Priest from Florida. APPARENTLY, his "magic box" could supposedly transfer data over a phone line at phenomenial rates. Despite the fact that he almost NEVER drew complete schematics of his "work", and all demonstrations were in controlled environments, many companies were willing to invest in his efforts, even though he made a lot of lame excuses as to why he didn't meet deadlines, etc.
Finally, he was convicted, but the ironic thing is, it was drug-related. In this nation, is it really that hard to convict someone of fraud, even when it's that apparent?
Moreover, when do people ever learn? I didn't read Tilly's website real carefully, but he seems to claim that this is a car that generates electricity, but takes no electricity OR gasoline. Something about that is very hard to believe, yet, many people have invested. Apparently, they didn't bother asking for a fuel source, and just went on, hoping that the laws of thermodynamics would not hold true or something. Instead of a lawyer, these people should hire a physicist before investing in such things.
Sure, there are "trade secrets", but then again, sometimes it's a curtain for a scheme to take place. That's what patents are for. If you have a brilliant idea, patent it. Then, you have nothing to fear as you reveal your brilliant idea to the world.
From the site - District administrators are blaming the security breach on everything from bureaucracy to teacher error to grass-root efforts to establish wireless networks at school sites.
As you can see, they are clearly trying to dodge the blame. Not only is the person with the top position of the school board trying to do so with her "I don't see this as such a huge news story" quote, but also, her underlings are as well. If these "administrators" had half a brain, they would have realized that a wireless network would need some security measures. This is why I claim that most school "tech guys" are incompetent and just too conservative on the use of security.
They fail to realize that these are the records of students at their schools. By doing this, it is nothing short of just opening up their vault of permanant records to the public.
While KaZaA is still "wanting" to be the official distributor of content, Apple is actually making it work through their "Music store" system. If anything, I see Apple having a lot more potential in this field.
The RIAA/MPAA have continually condemned Kazaa, and they even escaped to some island in the middle of nowhere in order to prevent the RIAA/MPAA from suing their ass off. Apple, on the other hand, has recieved much approval, as well as support due to the sheer success: Over 5 million songs sold in just 8 weeks, all legal and legit downloads. It dosen't take a genius to figure out where this is going.
Though water has a significantly higher specific heat than air, it has its disadvantages as a coolant as well. I have heard many accounts where the water cooling systems leaked and damaged computers, and others where the warm water has algae and other lifeforms growing in it, clogging up the system, causing pumps to fail and computers to overheat.
What is needed is probably something more effective, an inert substance that has a extremely high specific heat. Liquid sodium in a high pressure system may be a good choice to convey the heat, as it has an extremely high specific heat, allowing for much more heat to be conveyed with less substance, though the results may be disasterous if the system loses containment. I have also heard about a really expensive inert liquid from 3M that electronics could be submerged in without any negative effects, though I'm not sure of its specific heat values.
I think it had something to do with the fact that WinCE had a really bad connotation to it, becuase literally, devices that used WinCE 2 and before were just useless, horrid devices, IMO. I have a WinCE 2.0 Pocket PC (Sharp Mobilon 4600), and though the hardware is good, the software renders it almost useless. It is now only slow, but the features are all superflous and don't work well. Pocket word was a joke, excel was far too slow, powerpoint could only view files, the movie player could only play like 0.1% of MPEG1 movies. The list of compatible software, even at its peak, was very short... etc.
Though I heard that WinCE 3.0 was a major improvement, it was probably renamed because people kept thinking that it, once again, would be some overrated product that was low in features and software. Then, Microsoft just took CE 3.0, slapped a few new features on to it, and called it PocketPC . I think that they changed they name ONCE AGAIN to give attention all its ".NET" and other overhyped features.
Right, the US might focus more on productive technology development than researching new weapons whose sole purpose is to kill more people.
It was a liberal that told the nation "We have nothing to fear but fear itself", but it is a conservative that is telling the nation that we should give into our fears and give up rights to the government.
The same reason why the US and Russia wouden't in the Space Age.
However, sometimes you gotta consider whether cooperation or competetion is better. For example, the space race between the US and Russia probably led both sides to develop technologically, while had there been cooperation, much less would have ended up getting done.
One writer who wrote some misleading articles dosen't mean that the entire paper is filled with lies and misquotes. The NYT has had a history of journalistic integrity, and though Blair would be a black spot on their record, I doubt that would put the entire paper at the level of yellow journlism, such as Enquirer or the Weekly World News, where the articles are hardly believable.
It's funny how in the world of professional journalism, anything you say in an article could be used against you, while I remember back in High School, the newspaper staff would just fabricate quotes entirely, use false information, and they would rarely get caught. Even if they did, it's just a slap on the wrist.
Very little, if anything, ever comes out of North Korea. They have very little, if any, manufacturing capacity for higher tech stuff like even basic integrated circuits(according to most reports), never mind complex microprocessors or RAM.
And yes, the US is focusing on the DPRK a lot more now, as they are pursuing nuclear weapons, so yes, they're both getting their equal share of "focusing on"
That's true... I tried out a USB2 hard disk and a FireWire hard disk, and it turned out that the USB2 disk was much slower. Despite the fact that they are supposed to have comparable speeds (400 vs 480)
I'm not saying that FireWire is any better, but yeah, I agree that USB2 a standard, and not really a speed. A lot of "USB 2.0 compliant" hardware is really capable of its full speed.
Though there is less hardware for IEEE1394 (firewire), I still like it better because it has been personal expierence that the hardware that is designed for it are quite fast.
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Frankly, I find it hard to believe that on this system, you can move it THAT fast. There MUST be some limitations to how fast you can move it, as the print heads can't possibly respond soooo quickily.
It's just like iPod. Apple recommends that you should use it with a Mac, however, other MP3 players WILL work with Mac as well.
You're comparing a hardware manufacturer to a software maker? Remember that Microsoft dosn't make computers like Apple does. They make software, and in my opinion, they can't even do that right.
Just because you can draw an anti-Microsoft connotation, that's your problem as the reader.
Really, I don't think you should set that standard for all beta software. Near-perfectionists like Apple probably would have a different standard of what "beta" means compared to "if it compiles, it ships" Microsoft.
Of course Apple is better. They only took one version to get it right, while Microsoft took 6.
The reason why I like to buy SuSE Linux is because they KNOW that nothing, not even the best electronic documentation, can beat a well written book. Microsoft just can't figure this out. I found my first expierence with Windows XP even more painful than my first encounter with Linux (and let me tell you, since my video card was incompatible, it was REALLY PAINFUL), as most of the features are cryptic and essentially undocumented. It took me almost a minute just to find the control panel and get it converted into a less weird format.
This is even easier to compromise than having a keycard or something, as the individual could at least hide it somewhere. They CAN'T hide their face without
Remember that either way, profitable or not, Sony isn't really going to go away either. They have their hands in many industries: comsumer appliances, music, solid state storage, computers, and much, much more than just their PS2.
Remember that the DMCA is nonexistent in Australia.
They are OFFERING Microsoft a chance to conceal this weakness in the xbox before it is released to the public by getting an OS officially signed by Microsoft. In no way are they using this as a threat to MS, they are merely trying to be considerate in finding a win/win situation.
Finally, he was convicted, but the ironic thing is, it was drug-related. In this nation, is it really that hard to convict someone of fraud, even when it's that apparent?
Moreover, when do people ever learn? I didn't read Tilly's website real carefully, but he seems to claim that this is a car that generates electricity, but takes no electricity OR gasoline. Something about that is very hard to believe, yet, many people have invested. Apparently, they didn't bother asking for a fuel source, and just went on, hoping that the laws of thermodynamics would not hold true or something. Instead of a lawyer, these people should hire a physicist before investing in such things.
Sure, there are "trade secrets", but then again, sometimes it's a curtain for a scheme to take place. That's what patents are for. If you have a brilliant idea, patent it. Then, you have nothing to fear as you reveal your brilliant idea to the world.
Homer: "Lisa, in this house, we obey the laws of THERMODYNAMICS!"
As you can see, they are clearly trying to dodge the blame. Not only is the person with the top position of the school board trying to do so with her "I don't see this as such a huge news story" quote, but also, her underlings are as well. If these "administrators" had half a brain, they would have realized that a wireless network would need some security measures. This is why I claim that most school "tech guys" are incompetent and just too conservative on the use of security.
They fail to realize that these are the records of students at their schools. By doing this, it is nothing short of just opening up their vault of permanant records to the public.
The RIAA/MPAA have continually condemned Kazaa, and they even escaped to some island in the middle of nowhere in order to prevent the RIAA/MPAA from suing their ass off. Apple, on the other hand, has recieved much approval, as well as support due to the sheer success: Over 5 million songs sold in just 8 weeks, all legal and legit downloads. It dosen't take a genius to figure out where this is going.
So, the SCO back then was GOOD the SCO now is BAD
Don't think that they're the same company cause they're not. It used to be about UNIX, now it's about using UNIX to sue people to earn profit.
Yeah, go ahead, mod this way down.
What is needed is probably something more effective, an inert substance that has a extremely high specific heat. Liquid sodium in a high pressure system may be a good choice to convey the heat, as it has an extremely high specific heat, allowing for much more heat to be conveyed with less substance, though the results may be disasterous if the system loses containment. I have also heard about a really expensive inert liquid from 3M that electronics could be submerged in without any negative effects, though I'm not sure of its specific heat values.
Though I heard that WinCE 3.0 was a major improvement, it was probably renamed because people kept thinking that it, once again, would be some overrated product that was low in features and software. Then, Microsoft just took CE 3.0, slapped a few new features on to it, and called it PocketPC . I think that they changed they name ONCE AGAIN to give attention all its ".NET" and other overhyped features.
It was a liberal that told the nation "We have nothing to fear but fear itself", but it is a conservative that is telling the nation that we should give into our fears and give up rights to the government.
However, sometimes you gotta consider whether cooperation or competetion is better. For example, the space race between the US and Russia probably led both sides to develop technologically, while had there been cooperation, much less would have ended up getting done.
As I recall from the window header of Freecraft, it used to be called "ALE clone". Why not just rename it back to its old name?
It's funny how in the world of professional journalism, anything you say in an article could be used against you, while I remember back in High School, the newspaper staff would just fabricate quotes entirely, use false information, and they would rarely get caught. Even if they did, it's just a slap on the wrist.
And yes, the US is focusing on the DPRK a lot more now, as they are pursuing nuclear weapons, so yes, they're both getting their equal share of "focusing on"
I'm not saying that FireWire is any better, but yeah, I agree that USB2 a standard, and not really a speed. A lot of "USB 2.0 compliant" hardware is really capable of its full speed.
Though there is less hardware for IEEE1394 (firewire), I still like it better because it has been personal expierence that the hardware that is designed for it are quite fast.