Will it support 3rd party hardware? Lots of VR headsets are coming. Microsoft promises support in Windows. How will they manage the drivers in a console?
Someone from Ars wrote a great article about several scientists critique of the solid anode/cathode idea not behaving like a 'traditional battery' and 'must be using some unknown physics' since the chemical changes in a solid wouldn't flow/propagate through the electrolyte. How is the chemical reaction causing a charge to accumulate in this solid? This article has since disappeared from the internet. How large was this battery you made? how many did you make? Can you supply the data and build instructions for peer review?
If you run enterprise multi-monitor laptop-and-dock type stuff... Stick with 7. Otherwise, it's cleaner than 8 and 8.1 for home use and on par with 7. YMMV.
What any piece of jewelry has that no tech does is "last forever". Jewelry can justify a premium price (for those willing to shell out anything in the first place) because it does not go "obsolete". A premium pitched (i.e. apple) smart-watch will NEED the capability of swapping internal components (for a fee) to remain sellable. There is no "app" that could circumvent this issue, and really no app missing from the smart watch portfolio in the near future. If you want it, someone will make an app for it eventually... But not necessarily for your version of the hardware. Unless Apple promised to only release a newer version of this watch every 10 years, then that illusion of longevity disappears, and makes smart watches (in general) less desireable.
No, an 18-wheeler pays more because they are more cargo, wheels, surface contact, emission, etc.... But they also are paying closer to the same rate as cars on a Per-Wheel basis. Same as net-neutral laws. Netflix pays their ISP's per GB of bandwidth, so do users and every other connection. There might be some bulk-rate discount applied, as I'm sure 18-wheelers don't always pay exactly 4.5x a 4-wheel car, but to charge Netflix more per GB (which is what AT&T is going for) absolutely IS unfair. Also, if users are using Netflix and "hogging" all their bandwidth for video streaming and don't have any bandwidth left to use on another service or, gasp, torrents... Then they aren't using any more bandwidth than they were when they were downloading torrents.
Ok, I pondered which approach to use as commentary on your argument until reading every one of your posts today, and have finally come to a conclusion:
You and your opponents are not acknowledging the EXACT view of each other.
While you would make a more effective argument by stating disclaimers ahead of time ("I'm not against gay marriage, I'm against use of existing law as assuming such rights, when it doesn't... so fight to change that correctly if you so desire"), you do make 99% correct arguments.
However, you missed one fallacy: You offer "marriage to someone of the opposite sex" as an equal right for a gay man and a straight man. While you're obviously intelligent enough to have caught the fallacy, your blatant disregard for it in this last paragraph of your last post only angers your opponent, and therefore galvanizes them to flame on. If that was your intent (fluster your opponent), bravo. If you wanted someone to learn something, you would have to include your opponent's proper view.
I'll do that for you.
your view is that that the following are equal:
Straight man : "Marry opposite sex (Woman)"::
Gay man : "Marry opposite sex (Woman)"
According to the constitution (laws), you are right.
However, not excluding human thought (morals), your opponent is correct that you have made a logical fallacy. You failed to include the relevant terms of attraction and desire. Once you do, the argument fails:
Straight man : "Marry opposite sex (desirable outcome for the Straight man)"::
Gay man : "Marry opposite sex (undesirable outcome for the Gay man)"
See? There is this missed connection between you and your opponent. You lack acknowledgment of your opponent's inclusion of humanity and its relevance to the argument. Therefore, they think you're a dick.
OS/2 has a Windows (3.1) compatability layer which uses a lot of DLL code given to them under agreement back in the early 90's. There's your roadblock. (or your target...)
They have little competition in their iPod space... so they sell at a premium and can walk away rich.
If they were to start making accessories, they'd be treding on ground either already successful for other makers (and therefore a smaller market) or an unsafe venture into the unknown.
Notice they do have a couple accessories... like the iPod Photo's new camera jack. But this is something they hinted at early on (giving other companies the hint: "We're Apple, With us making this product first, you won't stand a chance"), and now they have no competition for it.
Despite appearing to be a trend setter and a risk taker... they really do play it as safe as possible. iTMS was made only after years of research and watching the market... AND having a successful product to go with it. The iPod itself was just a luxury novelty item when it first came out... and Apple didn't care less if it didn't sell millions. Apple focused on what got it attention. OS X got it plenty of attention in those early iPod years. The G4 Cube was a publicity stunt. And if the iPod died just as hard as the Cube... they'd let it go and focus where they knew they could profit. They were one quarter the company they are now... and played their cards close to their chest... saving aces only for the Perfect moment... and spending tons on market research to make SURE.
Before the pro-linux and anti-microsoft zealots attack this question from a biased view, I emplor you to make a swatch. A simple program with a few lines of trial code which will do the Exact same thing for each system.
The reason I feel you need to do this is to get out any negative notions of J2EE being slow or.Net being insecure.
First point: Throw out the assumption that Java is slow. It is interpreted, yes... but interpreted has nothing to do with true system bottlenecks. C# (.Net's native language) is also at the mercy of the same types of system bottlenecks. Java has to be interpreted by the virtual machine, a software layer. C# has to deal with the.Net framework, another software layer, every time you make a system call... which you (with a medical application) will be making more system calls than any other type of code. If you write some sample code... give this a shot. Neither will let you down for speed... unless you're running.Net on your main windows server, and you're Remotely running Java apps from a separate server... then of course.net will run faster. Put them both on the same machine and there will not be a noticeable difference for your application.
Second:.Net is not insecure. Windows and Internet explorer may have many system holes not yet patched, and Microsoft is a bigger target for crackers (malicious hackers)... but that has nothing to do with the holes in.Net. Java and.Net are susceptable to a similar number of vulnerabilities if you are planning on running both in a Windows environment..Net may be less secure if you plan on running either of them as a Web-based application and you're using Internet Explorer on the user's computers... but that's just plain stupid. Don't write it for Internet Explorer. Period.
Now I invite others who have dealth with both of these systems to give their individual advise, and even if they contradict me... but I always recommend being careful who you listen to. I'm not claiming that everything I've said is the end-all-be-all of the truth. No offense to the Slashdot crowd, but we can shoot ourselves in the foot sometimes with negative comments about Microsoft without backing. Those who back up their torts are often right... but please make sure they apply to you and YOUR application.
Somebody, Please set up a torrent for the installer and post it. Spammers may be persistant F**kers... but nobody can hinder the/. community when it comes to banding together for a cause.
Simple... they replace the software if you hand over the key you used for the "illegal" copy. They get a key that's been distributed and harden the new wave of releases against using that key.
Actually, that brings up an excellent point. This system might fly for a little while, but if it is exploited even once by a hacker... the public outcry would be enormous: "what!? she was raped because a hacker found a hole in the new car's system and used it to deliver her where he wanted?! I'm Not buying a car with that chip in it!!!!"
Or, even better: "those F***ing filthy rich executives get buttons to let them go as fast as they want!" Reguardless of whether or not it's true, someone will say it... and the system will be targeted by angry citizens.
Prohibition came, we got bootleggers. Microsoft came, we got Linux. This transportation system comes, we'll get a social revolution on the highway!
The major issue is how Quickly can the EU come to this conclusion.
MS dragged out it's case with the US for it's IE inclusion just long enough that their browser became the end-all-be-all for the average end-user. The result: MS gained control over not just market share of browsers... but of price. No company makes a browser as their profitable product anymore. MS is almost there for Media player.
You may say that the internet's wide-spread adoption has made browsers a free neccesity, which may be true. However, people still pay for TV's... and phones... and MS Office.
If they control the market for media apps, they control the formats, and the companies that get money for making the MP3/MPEG/AAC/QT/etc. codecs will no longer be profitable. People will either use WMA, included "free" with Windows... or go down trying to use anything else. Unless the EU settles this NOW. They should care... arent some of those formats from EU companies?
I agree... Main big point here is Blizzard's games are still supported.
Blizzard could eventually go for a "Real Myst" type full 3D remake of these games, 100% compatable with the old version for network play, just update the graphics/gameplay details... and continue to fuel the same line of games.
New players join, old players with new computers upgrade, and old players dont get left out in the cold. Everybody wins.
Here's an even smarter way of going about it than last time:
PRETEND TO BE INTERESTED IN THEIR SERVICES
when you call them This time. Anyone who does this will leave a much longer message for them, tie up their line longer, and tie up the person(s) filtering through all the 'potential' customers. Last time they got called to death... this time they'll get called to death, slashdotted (hopefully for a Long time), and Long after they take their new number down... their staff will be busy having to listen to you if you pretend to be interested.
-Rich
There are ways to attack, and there are ways kill.
Or, if Down and Out in Paris and London caught your eye, may i also suggest Utopia... Short, classic, and an eye-opener. Sir Thomas More's Utopia is a breath taking view of a perfect world NO MATTER WHAT THE TIME-PERIOD. There are so many things that can be viewed as remarkable even in the cyber/modern world we live in. It is my favorite... and so i wont try pushing my oppinion, just my experience as a programmer looking for something unique and quick and easy to read.
Since there have been over 40 translations... (5+ from Yale press alone) may I suggest Clarence Miller's. I havent completely read other versions, but the first 10 pages of four or five of them all seemed silly, or oversimplified, or over dramatified by comparison. All the names are kept to their proper Latin, and good preparations for/explanations of the entire context are given in a couple good forwards and introductions.
This is not any insider info... this is a dammed good educated guess. And if it happens... WOOHOO! Chipzilla and Redmond get a run for their money.
Simply put: Next X-Servers on a CHOICE of x86-64 or 970... while desk/laptops get 970.
All the Unix/Linux/OSS programs now work with OSX when re-compiled or with minimal tweaking... and Apple Instantly gets a huge software base for its servers. (x86-64 for the desktop would not be a big benifit as of yet... they dont need to push it, if a want develops- ok they'll get it later, if not- no worries)
Consequence: Wintel loses ground in the server market. Period.
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Will it support 3rd party hardware? Lots of VR headsets are coming. Microsoft promises support in Windows. How will they manage the drivers in a console?
Someone from Ars wrote a great article about several scientists critique of the solid anode/cathode idea not behaving like a 'traditional battery' and 'must be using some unknown physics' since the chemical changes in a solid wouldn't flow/propagate through the electrolyte. How is the chemical reaction causing a charge to accumulate in this solid? This article has since disappeared from the internet. How large was this battery you made? how many did you make? Can you supply the data and build instructions for peer review?
If you run enterprise multi-monitor laptop-and-dock type stuff... Stick with 7. Otherwise, it's cleaner than 8 and 8.1 for home use and on par with 7. YMMV.
What any piece of jewelry has that no tech does is "last forever". Jewelry can justify a premium price (for those willing to shell out anything in the first place) because it does not go "obsolete". A premium pitched (i.e. apple) smart-watch will NEED the capability of swapping internal components (for a fee) to remain sellable. There is no "app" that could circumvent this issue, and really no app missing from the smart watch portfolio in the near future. If you want it, someone will make an app for it eventually... But not necessarily for your version of the hardware. Unless Apple promised to only release a newer version of this watch every 10 years, then that illusion of longevity disappears, and makes smart watches (in general) less desireable.
No, an 18-wheeler pays more because they are more cargo, wheels, surface contact, emission, etc.... But they also are paying closer to the same rate as cars on a Per-Wheel basis. Same as net-neutral laws. Netflix pays their ISP's per GB of bandwidth, so do users and every other connection. There might be some bulk-rate discount applied, as I'm sure 18-wheelers don't always pay exactly 4.5x a 4-wheel car, but to charge Netflix more per GB (which is what AT&T is going for) absolutely IS unfair. Also, if users are using Netflix and "hogging" all their bandwidth for video streaming and don't have any bandwidth left to use on another service or, gasp, torrents... Then they aren't using any more bandwidth than they were when they were downloading torrents.
Ok, I pondered which approach to use as commentary on your argument until reading every one of your posts today, and have finally come to a conclusion:
::
Gay man : "Marry opposite sex (Woman)"
::
Gay man : "Marry opposite sex (undesirable outcome for the Gay man)"
You and your opponents are not acknowledging the EXACT view of each other.
While you would make a more effective argument by stating disclaimers ahead of time ("I'm not against gay marriage, I'm against use of existing law as assuming such rights, when it doesn't... so fight to change that correctly if you so desire"), you do make 99% correct arguments.
However, you missed one fallacy: You offer "marriage to someone of the opposite sex" as an equal right for a gay man and a straight man. While you're obviously intelligent enough to have caught the fallacy, your blatant disregard for it in this last paragraph of your last post only angers your opponent, and therefore galvanizes them to flame on. If that was your intent (fluster your opponent), bravo. If you wanted someone to learn something, you would have to include your opponent's proper view.
I'll do that for you.
your view is that that the following are equal:
Straight man : "Marry opposite sex (Woman)"
According to the constitution (laws), you are right.
However, not excluding human thought (morals), your opponent is correct that you have made a logical fallacy. You failed to include the relevant terms of attraction and desire. Once you do, the argument fails:
Straight man : "Marry opposite sex (desirable outcome for the Straight man)"
See? There is this missed connection between you and your opponent. You lack acknowledgment of your opponent's inclusion of humanity and its relevance to the argument. Therefore, they think you're a dick.
OS/2 has a Windows (3.1) compatability layer which uses a lot of DLL code given to them under agreement back in the early 90's. There's your roadblock. (or your target...)
They have little competition in their iPod space... so they sell at a premium and can walk away rich.
If they were to start making accessories, they'd be treding on ground either already successful for other makers (and therefore a smaller market) or an unsafe venture into the unknown.
Notice they do have a couple accessories... like the iPod Photo's new camera jack. But this is something they hinted at early on (giving other companies the hint: "We're Apple, With us making this product first, you won't stand a chance"), and now they have no competition for it.
Despite appearing to be a trend setter and a risk taker... they really do play it as safe as possible. iTMS was made only after years of research and watching the market... AND having a successful product to go with it. The iPod itself was just a luxury novelty item when it first came out... and Apple didn't care less if it didn't sell millions. Apple focused on what got it attention. OS X got it plenty of attention in those early iPod years. The G4 Cube was a publicity stunt. And if the iPod died just as hard as the Cube... they'd let it go and focus where they knew they could profit. They were one quarter the company they are now... and played their cards close to their chest... saving aces only for the Perfect moment... and spending tons on market research to make SURE.
Before the pro-linux and anti-microsoft zealots attack this question from a biased view, I emplor you to make a swatch. A simple program with a few lines of trial code which will do the Exact same thing for each system.
.Net being insecure.
.Net framework, another software layer, every time you make a system call... which you (with a medical application) will be making more system calls than any other type of code. If you write some sample code... give this a shot. Neither will let you down for speed... unless you're running .Net on your main windows server, and you're Remotely running Java apps from a separate server... then of course .net will run faster. Put them both on the same machine and there will not be a noticeable difference for your application.
.Net is not insecure. Windows and Internet explorer may have many system holes not yet patched, and Microsoft is a bigger target for crackers (malicious hackers)... but that has nothing to do with the holes in .Net. Java and .Net are susceptable to a similar number of vulnerabilities if you are planning on running both in a Windows environment. .Net may be less secure if you plan on running either of them as a Web-based application and you're using Internet Explorer on the user's computers... but that's just plain stupid. Don't write it for Internet Explorer. Period.
The reason I feel you need to do this is to get out any negative notions of J2EE being slow or
First point: Throw out the assumption that Java is slow. It is interpreted, yes... but interpreted has nothing to do with true system bottlenecks. C# (.Net's native language) is also at the mercy of the same types of system bottlenecks. Java has to be interpreted by the virtual machine, a software layer. C# has to deal with the
Second:
Now I invite others who have dealth with both of these systems to give their individual advise, and even if they contradict me... but I always recommend being careful who you listen to. I'm not claiming that everything I've said is the end-all-be-all of the truth. No offense to the Slashdot crowd, but we can shoot ourselves in the foot sometimes with negative comments about Microsoft without backing. Those who back up their torts are often right... but please make sure they apply to you and YOUR application.
Somebody, Please set up a torrent for the installer and post it. Spammers may be persistant F**kers... but nobody can hinder the /. community when it comes to banding together for a cause.
Simple... they replace the software if you hand over the key you used for the "illegal" copy. They get a key that's been distributed and harden the new wave of releases against using that key.
Actually, that brings up an excellent point. This system might fly for a little while, but if it is exploited even once by a hacker... the public outcry would be enormous: "what!? she was raped because a hacker found a hole in the new car's system and used it to deliver her where he wanted?! I'm Not buying a car with that chip in it!!!!"
Or, even better: "those F***ing filthy rich executives get buttons to let them go as fast as they want!" Reguardless of whether or not it's true, someone will say it... and the system will be targeted by angry citizens.
Prohibition came, we got bootleggers. Microsoft came, we got Linux. This transportation system comes, we'll get a social revolution on the highway!
The major issue is how Quickly can the EU come to this conclusion.
MS dragged out it's case with the US for it's IE inclusion just long enough that their browser became the end-all-be-all for the average end-user. The result: MS gained control over not just market share of browsers... but of price. No company makes a browser as their profitable product anymore. MS is almost there for Media player.
You may say that the internet's wide-spread adoption has made browsers a free neccesity, which may be true. However, people still pay for TV's... and phones... and MS Office.
If they control the market for media apps, they control the formats, and the companies that get money for making the MP3/MPEG/AAC/QT/etc. codecs will no longer be profitable. People will either use WMA, included "free" with Windows... or go down trying to use anything else. Unless the EU settles this NOW. They should care... arent some of those formats from EU companies?
I agree... Main big point here is Blizzard's games are still supported.
Blizzard could eventually go for a "Real Myst" type full 3D remake of these games, 100% compatable with the old version for network play, just update the graphics/gameplay details... and continue to fuel the same line of games.
New players join, old players with new computers upgrade, and old players dont get left out in the cold. Everybody wins.
Fifty dollars says the company requires a release form for purchase.
Fifty more dollars says someone dies using a Flybar in the first week of sales ANYWAY.
SIG. This has been a test of the emergency S.I.G. System. If it were a real SIG, it would have been shorter. Again, this is only a test.
Here's an even smarter way of going about it than last time:
PRETEND TO BE INTERESTED IN THEIR SERVICES
when you call them This time. Anyone who does this will leave a much longer message for them, tie up their line longer, and tie up the person(s) filtering through all the 'potential' customers. Last time they got called to death... this time they'll get called to death, slashdotted (hopefully for a Long time), and Long after they take their new number down... their staff will be busy having to listen to you if you pretend to be interested.
-Rich
There are ways to attack, and there are ways kill.
Or, if Down and Out in Paris and London caught your eye, may i also suggest Utopia...
Short, classic, and an eye-opener. Sir Thomas More's Utopia is a breath taking view of a perfect world NO MATTER WHAT THE TIME-PERIOD. There are so many things that can be viewed as remarkable even in the cyber/modern world we live in. It is my favorite... and so i wont try pushing my oppinion, just my experience as a programmer looking for something unique and quick and easy to read.
Since there have been over 40 translations... (5+ from Yale press alone) may I suggest Clarence Miller's. I havent completely read other versions, but the first 10 pages of four or five of them all seemed silly, or oversimplified, or over dramatified by comparison. All the names are kept to their proper Latin, and good preparations for/explanations of the entire context are given in a couple good forwards and introductions.
Happy reading.
This is not any insider info... this is a dammed good educated guess. And if it happens... WOOHOO! Chipzilla and Redmond get a run for their money.
Simply put: Next X-Servers on a CHOICE of x86-64 or 970... while desk/laptops get 970.
All the Unix/Linux/OSS programs now work with OSX when re-compiled or with minimal tweaking... and Apple Instantly gets a huge software base for its servers. (x86-64 for the desktop would not be a big benifit as of yet... they dont need to push it, if a want develops- ok they'll get it later, if not- no worries)
Consequence: Wintel loses ground in the server market.
Period.