Gosh! What do they teach in your schools??? Even I (A Brazilian, mind that!) am aware that the US is by far the largest producer of grains in the world.
China is easily the world's biggest producer and consumer of grain and its market's sheer size gives it the potential to influence the global food trade.
Total grain output in 2006 is expected to exceed 490 million metric tons, according to a forecast this month by the State Grain and Edible Oil Information Center.
Total grain output in the United States in 2006 is expected to reach 363 million metric tons, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts.
Many of my co-workers are now using 30" Apple displays on the MacBook
pro's (even though they spend most of their time in Windows through
Parallels). I'm a Linux user and not ready to make "the switch."
However, those 30" displays are fantastic.
I guess I could try to run Linux on the Mac hardware, but I'm worried so
few people probably do that, I would be in relatively uncharted waters
and have lots of problems. So what's the scoop? Does Linux on MacBook Pros work, including driving the 30" screen at full resolution? I doubt I could run VMWare on a Linux MacBook, which would be a big problem.
No kidding! Yahoo is quite clever to frame this as a "we have no choice" situation... look how many here are falling for it.
Just because somebody offers to pay you for something doesn't mean you have to do it.
To say that US law cannot control what Yahoo does in China is silly. If this were considered a matter of national security (a US subsidiary selling weapons information to China) I have no doubt the US govt would find a way to step in.
You can price anything right if you choose not to pay your suppliers.
It's no different than WalMart going to China for cheaper goods... pennies on the dollar vs. what US suppliers charge. Hint: manufacturing is cheaper in China because US law does not apply!
I'm pretty sure that Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 are innately different OS distributions
Of course, because they're different versions from years apart.
I'd say most of (all?) the mainstream Linux distros ARE like all the "types" of windows put together - all the Linux distros can do everything, such as running both desktop apps and server / router functions, limited only by what your hardware can handle. You can select a "desktop" package list, but it doesn't gimp the OS or prevent you from installing servers later.
I do think most of the different flavors of Windows are bogus. OK, not CE/Mobile - it sucks (at least on my PocketPC), but it is genuinely different from real Windows. The rest are just Windows Ultra Super Cool Edition with various things removed (e.g. remote desktop) and artificial restrictions (e.g. number of simultaneous connections).
Anyways, Windows is nothing like a Linux distro. Windows doesn't come with thousands of apps. Linux itself (the kernel) usually does not differ between kernels in ways a user would notice.
Well, the original poster did repeatedly say "kernel," not UI widgets.
(Personally I think common *functionality* (such as all programs using the same sound subsystem, e.g. alsa vs. oss, or printing) is far more important than widgets and other eye candy anyways, but to each his own!)
Although Yorkfield uses a 45nm fab process and consumes less power, Intel plans to stick to its existing 95 Watt and 130 Watt thermal design power ratings.
I don't get it, does it use less power or not? Or does this mean it uses less power per cycle, thus allowing them to ramp up the clock until it's back up to 130 watts?
In the US, I don't believe there is any way to capture HD digital signals from satellite or cable (except for a locked-down set-top box) is there? That's why I'm still on analog cable. If I can't watch it where and when I want to, I'm just not interested.
That's why these paper "books" will never catch on. No backlighting!
From the blurb, this sounds like the holy grail: reflective, full color gamut, and flexible to boot. Of course we all know what happens to 99% of breakthrough technologies that should be ready for the market in 2-4 years...
I see no reason why flash shouldn't destroy hard drives in sequential access, too. Just put in 8 or 16 controllers and hash the block addresses across all of them.
I'm not sure flash drives need to meet and exceed conventional drives in capacity (maybe that's why conventional drives have slowed in growth)? I like to use virtual machines for development, but never had the right medium to work on them, exchange them between developers, etc. They're just to big to swap easily by network, external hard drives are too big and fragile, etc. But now I see 16 GB usb flash drives are available, and only $130 to boot! I'm going to try installing a VM on one and buy a few more if it works well. 16 GB is PLENTY for installing a linux development environment, and I think for XP, too. Vista, I don't know.
I tend to keep music and TV volume very low at home, but still need to crank my iPod to near-full volume on the subway to play older music, and quieter parts still drop out. Music designed for today's listeners simply has to max out the CD format's volume and reduce the range.
I agree dynamic range compression is helpful in loud environments. However, I think the best option would be to capture music with full dynamic range, then compress it during playback on the listening device if that's what the listener wants to do. Sony was offering that on portable devices 15 years ago IIRC.
Yes, many people and many systems can't tell the difference. A casual listener listening to terrestrial radio in a car hasn't a chance in h*** of noticing
A car is one place where dynamic range compression is arguably desirable. Because there's so much background noise, you can't hear quiet sounds anyways, so without compression you simply miss out on part of the music.
Also, unlike data compression (such as mp3) dynamic range compression isn't hard to hear or notice; it isn't even supposed to be. All it means is everything is about the same volume. So you *can't* have a brooding quiet passage suddenly shattered by a loud crash of cymbals. You can't have a discussion at audible volume interrupted by a gunshot so lound it makes your ears ring. You can't because the processing makes everything about the same volume. Live music seems to have a lot more dynamic range - drums especially.
To my thinking, dynamic range compression is a good idea for background sounds that aren't supposed to be too noticeable (like radio music for the most part), but bad for sounds that are supposed to be the center of attention (say, in a movie). Think about images; for stunning images (say, in a gallery) you want lots of dynamic range, but for your desktop wallpaper, not so much.
I would like to talk you into doing something that will involve a lot of work on your part," he says. He pauses and stares intently at me before explaining that he feels he has been discriminated against because he's a computer geek. He wants me to investigate his custody fight and, among other things, validate his belief that violent videogames are not bad for kids. I agree to look into it and obtain a sheaf of custody filings from the case. I pore through the pages and discover that the issue of videogame violence has taken up a lot of his time over the past few years.
At the end of 2004, as the divorce and custody proceedings get under way, Nina asks Reiser to stop playing violent videogames like Battlefield Vietnam with young Rory. In that game, napalm explosions envelop villages in fire, bodies are hurled through the air, and, when shot, characters collapse to the ground and choke on their own blood, realistic sound effects included. "Hans has a deeply held unreasonable belief that it is good to show children, no matter how young, violent videos and movies," Nina writes to the court. She wants him to stop.
For Reiser, this is not about videogames; it's about life and death. "Little boys take to violent computer games like monkeys take to trees," he says in a court filing. "[They] do not have instincts that favor combat rehearsal activities for no reason, they have them because they affect whether they live or die a significant amount of the time." Violent videogames are an ideal way to hone these survival skills, for several reasons, he says. A kid is clearly not going to become battle-hardened in the quiet, idyllic neighborhoods of the Oakland hills. Reiser believes that history -- in, for instance, an Electronic Arts videogame set in Vietnam -- is the best teacher, though he is quick to point out that the learning process will not necessarily be easy. "Becoming a man normally is psychologically traumatic for boys," he says. What matters most, he says, is that the exercise "allows him to achieve results in defending family and country."
Rory has nightmares. When he's awake, he spends time drawing monsters and soldiers, and he tells his mother that he and his father have a secret. Nina thinks that Reiser is still playing videogames with their son and worries that Rory is developing a condition called sensory integration dysfunction, which can make the smallest sound or touch overwhelming.
I'm not sure you want Hans on your side of this issue though. There actually is some evidence that he killed his wife.
The most horrible thing about voicemail is sequential access. People leave a big long-winded voicemail and then finally mumble their phone number at the end. Then you have to listen to the whole thing once or twice more, it's a time-waster.
Also, transcription (of anything, from phone numbers to prescriptions) is error-prone. With email I always copy and paste rather than transcribe, but voicemail obviously precludes that.
I disagree; I think it's inherent to the technology. How could real-time communications such as phones and IM *not* be more disruptive than email? The other person is sitting and waiting for you to respond, and you know it. Of course that's disruptive.
Just look at Microsoft... all those antitrust trials sure have brought them to their knees, eh? Microsoft must lay in bed every night wishing all those billions of dollars would stop flooding in so they wouldn't have to spend 0.001% of it on their legal department. I'm waiting for them to fire 99% of their employees any day now and focus exclusively on the Zune so nobody can accuse them of being a monopoly any more.
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I guess I could try to run Linux on the Mac hardware, but I'm worried so few people probably do that, I would be in relatively uncharted waters and have lots of problems. So what's the scoop? Does Linux on MacBook Pros work, including driving the 30" screen at full resolution? I doubt I could run VMWare on a Linux MacBook, which would be a big problem.
Just because somebody offers to pay you for something doesn't mean you have to do it.
To say that US law cannot control what Yahoo does in China is silly. If this were considered a matter of national security (a US subsidiary selling weapons information to China) I have no doubt the US govt would find a way to step in.
I'd say most of (all?) the mainstream Linux distros ARE like all the "types" of windows put together - all the Linux distros can do everything, such as running both desktop apps and server / router functions, limited only by what your hardware can handle. You can select a "desktop" package list, but it doesn't gimp the OS or prevent you from installing servers later.
Anyways, Windows is nothing like a Linux distro. Windows doesn't come with thousands of apps. Linux itself (the kernel) usually does not differ between kernels in ways a user would notice.
(Personally I think common *functionality* (such as all programs using the same sound subsystem, e.g. alsa vs. oss, or printing) is far more important than widgets and other eye candy anyways, but to each his own!)
You know what I'd love more than further improvement in any of those areas? Comprehensive, well-written documentation.
At this output I doubt it's "squirting" anything... it almost probably exhales less moisture than you do.
In the US, I don't believe there is any way to capture HD digital signals from satellite or cable (except for a locked-down set-top box) is there? That's why I'm still on analog cable. If I can't watch it where and when I want to, I'm just not interested.
From the blurb, this sounds like the holy grail: reflective, full color gamut, and flexible to boot. Of course we all know what happens to 99% of breakthrough technologies that should be ready for the market in 2-4 years...
I see no reason why flash shouldn't destroy hard drives in sequential access, too. Just put in 8 or 16 controllers and hash the block addresses across all of them.
I'm not sure flash drives need to meet and exceed conventional drives in capacity (maybe that's why conventional drives have slowed in growth)? I like to use virtual machines for development, but never had the right medium to work on them, exchange them between developers, etc. They're just to big to swap easily by network, external hard drives are too big and fragile, etc. But now I see 16 GB usb flash drives are available, and only $130 to boot! I'm going to try installing a VM on one and buy a few more if it works well. 16 GB is PLENTY for installing a linux development environment, and I think for XP, too. Vista, I don't know.
Also, unlike data compression (such as mp3) dynamic range compression isn't hard to hear or notice; it isn't even supposed to be. All it means is everything is about the same volume. So you *can't* have a brooding quiet passage suddenly shattered by a loud crash of cymbals. You can't have a discussion at audible volume interrupted by a gunshot so lound it makes your ears ring. You can't because the processing makes everything about the same volume. Live music seems to have a lot more dynamic range - drums especially.
To my thinking, dynamic range compression is a good idea for background sounds that aren't supposed to be too noticeable (like radio music for the most part), but bad for sounds that are supposed to be the center of attention (say, in a movie). Think about images; for stunning images (say, in a gallery) you want lots of dynamic range, but for your desktop wallpaper, not so much.
An arcade game that's *definitely* harmful to children. No philosophical and ethical debate necessary!
Also, transcription (of anything, from phone numbers to prescriptions) is error-prone. With email I always copy and paste rather than transcribe, but voicemail obviously precludes that.
I disagree; I think it's inherent to the technology. How could real-time communications such as phones and IM *not* be more disruptive than email? The other person is sitting and waiting for you to respond, and you know it. Of course that's disruptive.
Just look at Microsoft... all those antitrust trials sure have brought them to their knees, eh? Microsoft must lay in bed every night wishing all those billions of dollars would stop flooding in so they wouldn't have to spend 0.001% of it on their legal department. I'm waiting for them to fire 99% of their employees any day now and focus exclusively on the Zune so nobody can accuse them of being a monopoly any more.