The goal of the sports is to increase the score, the cool thing is if someone does the same thing 3 times to achieve that.
The goal here is - as you say - to increase security. But here it is still being celebrated that three *different* things are done to achieve that. (except in the case of the "tripple double", but that is the exception that proves the rule. Plus it is a rediculous statistic anyway.)
And people keep track of that sort of thing? They need to get a life; I though basket ball was one of the few sports that was actually exciting enough on its own with the need for annoracs to keep useless statistics!;-)
What Apple really needs to grab more Wintel users is a model in a small tower case that has the power of the iMac, but without the monitor built in. The Mini is just too slow and 2.5" drives just don't come big enough.
Room for two internal drives and a single PCI-X slot for upgradable graphics would be ample.
Nice and simple, for a good price. (like $100 less than an iMac)
Is it just me or is this a big gaping hole in their line-up?
Ha! The wonders of business... Profitable businesses get sold of by corporations all the time, for a host of reasons. Them daring to ask a billion probably means it is in profit. (though not so much so that people think it is worth that much or have faith in the business model. A billion is an aweful lot to gamble with)
AOL is doing just fine here in the UK and that is because here - and elsewhere in Europe - telcos have been forced to let other ISPs on their ADSL lines.
So while they are cutting in the US, they may well keep growing in Europe. So rather than thinking of AOL as being EOL, maybe they should just change their name to that and get on with it.
Nuts, now the MPAA has gotten the airlines on their side. Before long we'll all have to take long-haul flights with out kids just so they can safely watch these movies!
They don't have to. Remember way back when Microsoft poured a lot of money into Apple and they came up with a technology cross-license? Apperantly, that included the Windows API. That makes it more of an effort of porting than it is reverse engineering.
You are right, sort of. This could be useful for some very specialized processors that are very simple but need to do these simple operations very fast.
A CPU like the one we use now in PCs can't go much higher than 10GHz simply because, at light speed, an electron wouldn't have enough time to make it through the long circuit paths before the next clock cycle.
the only thing Iran has to worry about from the US is caused directly by their nuclear weapon ambitions in the first place
Many people who do more than watch mainstream news would dissagree with you on that one. The greatest "weapon" Iran has been threatening the US with is it's plan to switch from trading it's oil in US dollars to trading in euros, something that would be disasterous for the US economy as bills printed simply to trade for oil would come flooding back to the country and need to be exchanged for actual products.
That probably depends on where you buy in Euros; different countries have different VAT and import duty rates. I doubt you'll get it £15 cheaper in Denmark!
Not quite. Cell phones are only encrypted between the handset and cell site, not end-to-end between phones. That is why it is still possible to put taps on cell phones.
FYI: Dell's ones are't black, they are "Midnight Grey"...
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At least, that is my theory.
I really doubt this is a money-grab-patent-trolling attempt, rather it is more likely Creative wants access to iTunes as settlement. That means being able to use Creative's players in iTunes and also the players being able to play FairPlay protected content.
If that is what Creative is gunning for, then I hope they get what they want as it would be a good thing for all of us.
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Politics rarely leads the pack in inventive matters.
Well duh, politicians aren't scientists. The best politics can do is create a need for technology through legislation. One great way of doing this is to start wars, that has given us lots of technological enhancements, though it is a bit messy.
In this case politcians can pass legislation to cut polution. They don't have to have the answers, but at least they can set emission targets and stick to them. That will get industry into action in coming up with the solutions.
Unfortunately, that takes more than 4 years of an election cycle, so nobody will ever get serious about it. Let's hope a $10M H-prize will do the job, but I doubt it as it will take much more money that and without legislation requiring the use of the technology by all, it's simply not a profitable proposition for most companies, as you stated above. At least X-prize contestants knew that there could well be a market for their services...
Agree completely. My company works as consultant programmers at investment banks. The most common scenario: traders or analysts (smart guys, but not programmers) need something and they start of in Access (if you are lucky) or, usually, Excel. They write some code in VBA, but then need a web service so switch to VB6 and compile a dll they can use in ASP classic page that runs on their workstation.
Then when it all blows up we are brought in to "fix" it. Of course the only way to "fix" it is scrapping it and starting from scratch, but we can't because that "would take too long" (quite the contrary, but they don't know that) or we simply have to re-use it all because the "programmer" is too proud of the work and doesn't want to see it binned. And as traders call the shots in banks... Sigh indeed.
Could it be that a one company server package that will rival Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and ASP will finally emerge?
No it won't. They are two very different things. ASP classic was "for dummies" and ASP.NET is all about the framework (Web Forms) and the tools. (Visual Studio) On top of that, JBoss is.com terretory while.NET is the darling of the enterprise. There is some overlap, but I think that it's a pretty good generalisation of the markets.
Don't get we wrong, ASP.NET is very capable in good hands, but at the same time, "dummies" can work with it too. The same can't be said about J2EE/EJB or even straight JSP.
But I see your point, I own various.com/.net/.co.uk domains but can't think of a single reason to register any of them under.eu. But there are many companies that operate throughout the EU and they might find it very interesting to use.eu for their corporate homepage and country TLDs for specific sites in local languages.
By the way, after spending years in London, I realise the British look with disdain against anything that is not British, the EU - which they conveniently forget they are a major part of and speak of "UK" and "Europe", as if the latter does not include the former - just gets more flack because it is closer to home.
The funniest thing I ever overheard was a conversation of an English couple on holiday in Malta finding it "strange" that their hosts island - now being an EU country - had not adopted the Euro as it's currency...
You got a good deal. As other have said, law requires them to fix or replace it, but doing it one the spot - instead of sending it to a service center as PC World would do - and transfering your data went beyond their statutory obligations and you are right to be chuffed about it.
The jury is still out for me on their service. I went back one saturday early morning with a dead Mighty Mouse. You'd think they wouldn't quible about replacing a £35 mouse but they told me to go to the Genius Bar. I went straight back down as I wasn't going to queue behind 20 other people who didn't know how to work their iBook or iPod.
I had to plead with them to just plug it in and see it didn't work and not just a config problem on my Mac. They finally did, but instead of just shutting up about it the manager type person kept stressing how much of a favour they were doing me and how much they were bending the rules.
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Not quite, really.
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The goal of the sports is to increase the score, the cool thing is if someone does the same thing 3 times to achieve that.
The goal here is - as you say - to increase security. But here it is still being celebrated that three *different* things are done to achieve that. (except in the case of the "tripple double", but that is the exception that proves the rule. Plus it is a rediculous statistic anyway.)
Sorry, had to have the last word!
And people keep track of that sort of thing? They need to get a life; I though basket ball was one of the few sports that was actually exciting enough on its own with the need for annoracs to keep useless statistics! ;-)
The metaphores used in the summary indicate three *the same* things while the product in question does three *different* things.
What Apple really needs to grab more Wintel users is a model in a small tower case that has the power of the iMac, but without the monitor built in. The Mini is just too slow and 2.5" drives just don't come big enough.
Room for two internal drives and a single PCI-X slot for upgradable graphics would be ample.
Nice and simple, for a good price. (like $100 less than an iMac)
Is it just me or is this a big gaping hole in their line-up?
Ha! The wonders of business... Profitable businesses get sold of by corporations all the time, for a host of reasons. Them daring to ask a billion probably means it is in profit. (though not so much so that people think it is worth that much or have faith in the business model. A billion is an aweful lot to gamble with)
...then they must be very good at their job...
AOL is doing just fine here in the UK and that is because here - and elsewhere in Europe - telcos have been forced to let other ISPs on their ADSL lines.
So while they are cutting in the US, they may well keep growing in Europe. So rather than thinking of AOL as being EOL, maybe they should just change their name to that and get on with it.
My current 8mbit line is 50:1 contented, so at that rate you could easily share your 2.5Gb with 16,000 of your neighbours!
Nuts, now the MPAA has gotten the airlines on their side. Before long we'll all have to take long-haul flights with out kids just so they can safely watch these movies!
They don't have to. Remember way back when Microsoft poured a lot of money into Apple and they came up with a technology cross-license? Apperantly, that included the Windows API. That makes it more of an effort of porting than it is reverse engineering.
Read this for more information...
You are right, sort of. This could be useful for some very specialized processors that are very simple but need to do these simple operations very fast.
A CPU like the one we use now in PCs can't go much higher than 10GHz simply because, at light speed, an electron wouldn't have enough time to make it through the long circuit paths before the next clock cycle.
Many people who do more than watch mainstream news would dissagree with you on that one. The greatest "weapon" Iran has been threatening the US with is it's plan to switch from trading it's oil in US dollars to trading in euros, something that would be disasterous for the US economy as bills printed simply to trade for oil would come flooding back to the country and need to be exchanged for actual products.
That probably depends on where you buy in Euros; different countries have different VAT and import duty rates. I doubt you'll get it £15 cheaper in Denmark!
Not quite. Cell phones are only encrypted between the handset and cell site, not end-to-end between phones. That is why it is still possible to put taps on cell phones.
FYI: Dell's ones are't black, they are "Midnight Grey"...
At least, that is my theory.
I really doubt this is a money-grab-patent-trolling attempt, rather it is more likely Creative wants access to iTunes as settlement. That means being able to use Creative's players in iTunes and also the players being able to play FairPlay protected content.
If that is what Creative is gunning for, then I hope they get what they want as it would be a good thing for all of us.
Well duh, politicians aren't scientists. The best politics can do is create a need for technology through legislation. One great way of doing this is to start wars, that has given us lots of technological enhancements, though it is a bit messy.
In this case politcians can pass legislation to cut polution. They don't have to have the answers, but at least they can set emission targets and stick to them. That will get industry into action in coming up with the solutions.
Unfortunately, that takes more than 4 years of an election cycle, so nobody will ever get serious about it. Let's hope a $10M H-prize will do the job, but I doubt it as it will take much more money that and without legislation requiring the use of the technology by all, it's simply not a profitable proposition for most companies, as you stated above. At least X-prize contestants knew that there could well be a market for their services...
Scramjets at Mach 5+ are nice, but what about the Unobtainium needed to actually build a large airframe that suports that kind of speed?
Agree completely. My company works as consultant programmers at investment banks. The most common scenario: traders or analysts (smart guys, but not programmers) need something and they start of in Access (if you are lucky) or, usually, Excel. They write some code in VBA, but then need a web service so switch to VB6 and compile a dll they can use in ASP classic page that runs on their workstation.
Then when it all blows up we are brought in to "fix" it. Of course the only way to "fix" it is scrapping it and starting from scratch, but we can't because that "would take too long" (quite the contrary, but they don't know that) or we simply have to re-use it all because the "programmer" is too proud of the work and doesn't want to see it binned. And as traders call the shots in banks... Sigh indeed.
No it won't. They are two very different things. ASP classic was "for dummies" and ASP.NET is all about the framework (Web Forms) and the tools. (Visual Studio) On top of that, JBoss is .com terretory while .NET is the darling of the enterprise. There is some overlap, but I think that it's a pretty good generalisation of the markets.
Don't get we wrong, ASP.NET is very capable in good hands, but at the same time, "dummies" can work with it too. The same can't be said about J2EE/EJB or even straight JSP.
Uhm, Tesco?
.com/.net/.co.uk domains but can't think of a single reason to register any of them under .eu. But there are many companies that operate throughout the EU and they might find it very interesting to use .eu for their corporate homepage and country TLDs for specific sites in local languages.
But I see your point, I own various
By the way, after spending years in London, I realise the British look with disdain against anything that is not British, the EU - which they conveniently forget they are a major part of and speak of "UK" and "Europe", as if the latter does not include the former - just gets more flack because it is closer to home.
The funniest thing I ever overheard was a conversation of an English couple on holiday in Malta finding it "strange" that their hosts island - now being an EU country - had not adopted the Euro as it's currency...
You got a good deal. As other have said, law requires them to fix or replace it, but doing it one the spot - instead of sending it to a service center as PC World would do - and transfering your data went beyond their statutory obligations and you are right to be chuffed about it.
The jury is still out for me on their service. I went back one saturday early morning with a dead Mighty Mouse. You'd think they wouldn't quible about replacing a £35 mouse but they told me to go to the Genius Bar. I went straight back down as I wasn't going to queue behind 20 other people who didn't know how to work their iBook or iPod.
I had to plead with them to just plug it in and see it didn't work and not just a config problem on my Mac. They finally did, but instead of just shutting up about it the manager type person kept stressing how much of a favour they were doing me and how much they were bending the rules.