One of the reasons why I use KDE on Linux on my notebook (and for that matter, all computers that I regularly use) is the configurability of the desktop environment. Almost every aspect of KDE can be tuned to my exact specification (I'm sure that this is true for gnome, fluxbox, etc. etc. etc. as well), but this is not true for Windows or OSX.
I initially thought that it didn't look so bad, but then it became painfully obvious it was just trying to be like Windows, down to the logoff/shutdown/restart screen. When I scrolled down and saw that in the place of the start menu was a hideous looking button labeled "explore" I had just about enough. Just about every desktop environment for *nix has good traits. It is almost an insult to the developers to theme it like a "me-too" windows clone.
Does anyone notice how on the BBC article, both the pictures on the page have almost nothing to do with the article itself? The picture of a guy in a lab coat taking his glasses off is kind of a stretch, and the other picture, some old IC's, is totally irrelevant, considering the caption is about how sun offers tons of computing power, and virtually no modern microprocessors have the DIP package anymore.
I think that BBC should stop using stock images if they don't actually have images that pretain to the story. I mean, this isn't some high school jornalism class.
This is the reason why the iPod is so popular even though it lacks FM radio, a feature that even the cheapest flash players probably have by now.
Try as you may, you will not find a radio station that does not play absolute crap these days, which is why we want to listen to our own music that we carry around in our pockets.
"First they ignore you
then they laugh at you
then they fight you
then you win"
I think that for the MS vs. Linux thing, the latter would be at either the 2nd or 3rd part.
How many dupes of this old story can there possibly be? I mean, the system is not really _that_ amazing, for one, and the fact that it has been reported over and over again makes it even less amazing.
Please, people, move along... there really is nothing to see here.
I can use both keyboard layouts at about the same speed (80WPM or so) but I find that typing in Dvorak is a lot more comfterable, as I don't have to move my fingers as much as I would in QWERTY.
I'm not too clear on this, but given that I have in my hands a 286sx processor labeled "(c) Intel/AMD 1982", and it follows logically that AMD and Intel were at some point in history combined in some way.
Though that was before my time, I do know for sure that AMD made processors way before they got the clock speed to 600MHz, so you're right about that.
They're currently working on making it work for the newer generation of iPods. Because they use the newer chipset from PortalPlayer, the memory mappings aren't quite the same (please correct me if someone understands this better).
You can still use your iPod firmware pretty easily. I have Linux installed on my 3G iPod, and it's kinda like a dual-boot.
If you think about it, it's a lot easier to program in C, using documented libs (podzilla) for the iPod, rather than hacking the Apple firmware and trying to add functionality, which will probably break your firmware anyhow.
Most of the computer components you use are ALREADY made in China, if you didn't realize this already. What's the difference of having a different frontend when the products you get are still one and the same?
Why would you download ~3-4mb lossy mp3's when you can get 64kb files containing the original songs with full fidelity?
All you gotta do is goto zophar's domain and check out the SPC collection. You can then download a player application to listen to them.
Right, like everything Microsoft ever promised actually came out to be true. Note how every music store in the "plays for sure" list combined do not even have a fraction of the revenue of iTMS.
The iPod, clearly being more expensive and shipping with less features than its competetors still maintains its lead on the market not because it has better technology, better aesthetics or value. It is this way because of mentality.
Whether you like it or not, the iPod is firmly entrenched in society all over the world as _the_ digital audio player to have. Sure it is not the best deal, but people will still want it no matter what new features the competetors have. Imagine a kid whose friends wore a particular brand of shoes that were more expensive, and not necessarily of better quality or style than some other brands. Would this kid want to buy brand A, or some other brand that nobody had any recognition for?
What does this mean then? It means that no matter what the competetion (iRiver, Creative, Dell, et. al) creates, they will not dethrone the iPod from its leading position for a long time, unless they can somehow alter the collective mindset of several million people.
Call it a trend, fad, or whatever, but there is absolutely no chance that any of these "iPod killers" will kill the iPod (mini included) this holiday season.
Comparing Brazil's successful launch of a rocket to space is nothing compared to the accomplishments of either China or India. Both nations have successfully sent rockets into space a while back, and both nations have their share of satellites already.
This may be an excellent _first step_ for Brazil, but both India and China have well established space programs already.
It is generally true that having mechanical media of any sort, like a hard disk, floppy drive, or in this case, an optical drive, will be much less energy efficient than solid state storage in the form of cartidges or cards. However, remember that this depends on _how_ these discs are used.
The hard drive based digital media players out there (iPod, Nomad Zen, Dell DJ, etc) should probably have a battery life of less than half an hour if they used their hard disk continously, but instead, they have circutry to read in information from the disk only when necessary, and cache it.
The same will probably be true for the PSP. Therefore, it really _will_ depend on how the developers make the games, and what caching scheme they will use. Just by having a console use optical media does not mean that all games _must_ have voice acting and full motion videos that must be read continously from disc, but they could have games similar to the DS that can first be cached to ram before played (read disc once).
It is without question that optical media will always be less expensive than solid state media. Even if it's a simple game that can fit entirely within the unit's ram, it's cheaper to fabricate discs than cartridges.
Right, and we also have a _lot_ more than just 600 computers (I mean, where did they get that figure from? there are more computers than that in Soda Hall alone). Sure the university is not as rich as a certain OTHER university across the bay, but the ratio of computers to students is much better than 3:100
Oh yeah, and the entire thing is not only inaccruate, but also a terrible way of rating universities. It is well known that UCB has one of the best programs in EE and CS. Who cares if some of the equipment is a bit out of date when the instruction is still good?
I have seen this methodology used in many applications where the screen was just too small to accomodate a purpose. Take Tezxas, for example, a ZX Spectrum emulator for the TI-89 (and 92+, but that dosn't apply here). Since the ZX spectrum's screen is roughly twice the dimensions of the 89's screen, 4 pixels had to be represented by one. There are also some applications for the PocketPC that use a very similar sounding method to bring full VGA resolution to half-VGA sized screens.
My question is, is this something new because its more clear? or because it's a hardware implementation?
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then stop reading slashdot... geez, what easier solution do you need?
really hate the feel of the Apple keyboards. My $3.99 keyboard I got at Fry's feels much better than it, and I don't care that it's less stylish.
I initially thought that it didn't look so bad, but then it became painfully obvious it was just trying to be like Windows, down to the logoff/shutdown/restart screen. When I scrolled down and saw that in the place of the start menu was a hideous looking button labeled "explore" I had just about enough. Just about every desktop environment for *nix has good traits. It is almost an insult to the developers to theme it like a "me-too" windows clone.
BRAINFUCK! Or something like that with one less command.
I think that BBC should stop using stock images if they don't actually have images that pretain to the story. I mean, this isn't some high school jornalism class.
Try as you may, you will not find a radio station that does not play absolute crap these days, which is why we want to listen to our own music that we carry around in our pockets.
"First they ignore you then they laugh at you then they fight you then you win" I think that for the MS vs. Linux thing, the latter would be at either the 2nd or 3rd part.
Please, people, move along... there really is nothing to see here.
I can use both keyboard layouts at about the same speed (80WPM or so) but I find that typing in Dvorak is a lot more comfterable, as I don't have to move my fingers as much as I would in QWERTY.
a DBZ reference: "Part 4: Cell Vs the PC"
This site was actually featured on ticalc.org extnsively a few years back. It's acutally nothing new.
Though that was before my time, I do know for sure that AMD made processors way before they got the clock speed to 600MHz, so you're right about that.
You can still use your iPod firmware pretty easily. I have Linux installed on my 3G iPod, and it's kinda like a dual-boot.
If you think about it, it's a lot easier to program in C, using documented libs (podzilla) for the iPod, rather than hacking the Apple firmware and trying to add functionality, which will probably break your firmware anyhow.
Most of the computer components you use are ALREADY made in China, if you didn't realize this already. What's the difference of having a different frontend when the products you get are still one and the same?
Hey, it said _UN_official.
Why would you download ~3-4mb lossy mp3's when you can get 64kb files containing the original songs with full fidelity? All you gotta do is goto zophar's domain and check out the SPC collection. You can then download a player application to listen to them.
Then you must have some terrible christmas tree lights. I mean, even the cheapest I've seen could still stay mostly lit even if one burned out.
Wasn't this what they tried to do in Doom3?
Right, like everything Microsoft ever promised actually came out to be true. Note how every music store in the "plays for sure" list combined do not even have a fraction of the revenue of iTMS.
Whether you like it or not, the iPod is firmly entrenched in society all over the world as _the_ digital audio player to have. Sure it is not the best deal, but people will still want it no matter what new features the competetors have. Imagine a kid whose friends wore a particular brand of shoes that were more expensive, and not necessarily of better quality or style than some other brands. Would this kid want to buy brand A, or some other brand that nobody had any recognition for?
What does this mean then? It means that no matter what the competetion (iRiver, Creative, Dell, et. al) creates, they will not dethrone the iPod from its leading position for a long time, unless they can somehow alter the collective mindset of several million people.
Call it a trend, fad, or whatever, but there is absolutely no chance that any of these "iPod killers" will kill the iPod (mini included) this holiday season.
This may be an excellent _first step_ for Brazil, but both India and China have well established space programs already.
The hard drive based digital media players out there (iPod, Nomad Zen, Dell DJ, etc) should probably have a battery life of less than half an hour if they used their hard disk continously, but instead, they have circutry to read in information from the disk only when necessary, and cache it.
The same will probably be true for the PSP. Therefore, it really _will_ depend on how the developers make the games, and what caching scheme they will use. Just by having a console use optical media does not mean that all games _must_ have voice acting and full motion videos that must be read continously from disc, but they could have games similar to the DS that can first be cached to ram before played (read disc once).
It is without question that optical media will always be less expensive than solid state media. Even if it's a simple game that can fit entirely within the unit's ram, it's cheaper to fabricate discs than cartridges.
Oh yeah, and the entire thing is not only inaccruate, but also a terrible way of rating universities. It is well known that UCB has one of the best programs in EE and CS. Who cares if some of the equipment is a bit out of date when the instruction is still good?
My question is, is this something new because its more clear? or because it's a hardware implementation?
or maybe his car is really, really old...