While I truly believe Apple will use the 970, and I'm sure it will be much faster that their current offerings, I still have to remain skeptical of this. Call me naive, but how am I to believe they not only have alpha releases of panther (very possible, since they are probably developer seeds), but they also somehow obtained unreleased hardware as well? "...were done on the same computers that will be sold." I can't imagine Apple is so loose to let out alpha/beta harware.
Then again, never underestimate the marketing power of 'hype'. Whether it's true or not, I hope the release is sooner than later.... I miss OS X.
What is this internet thing I keep hearing so much about, and how can I get on board? I've been thinking it could really help my colleagues and I share our IBM-360 punch cards a lot faster.
Injury to this part of the brain can result in loss of mathematical ability (sometimes even specifically, eg. retention of multiplication but loss of the ability to subtract)
Actually, what the article said was "(When the angular gyrus is damaged by a stroke or a tumor, the patient can still identify numbers but can no longer divide or subtract. Multiplication often survives because it is learned by rote.)", which means that multiplication skills are usually retained because they are learned from repitition, and therefore are stored in memory. However, they may have a hard time multiplying, say, 12424x3523, since even though they remember that 3x4=12, they may not be able to add the individual results. They don't mention whether addition is done via the angular gyrus, or if it also is done from memory.
I see your points on both methods, but there is still the problem of not really having any alternative. They can sell it as a whole, or by its parts. I can't really see a way to break away from these two options. Can you? Overall, I find that the first (purchase by singles) method would be better, because even though the emphasis is on the singles, and therefore 'hits' have more strength than the 'band', a good band will have many good songs. I think that 5000 downloads of 10 songs by 'good' band X would (should) have as much influence as 50000 downloads of a single song by 'hit' band Y.
My eyes already get sore with straining to read 9pt fonts on my 15" laptop display after a few hours. I think my eyeballs will explode from the pressure on trying to read the same 9pt font scaled down to 15cm!
The listed price is 145,000JPY, which equals $1,213.. Nice if you can afford it I suppose. I wonder if there will be restrictions on exporting it to the US.
Is this important news to all of us, or just a way for Progeny to get some free advertising PR?
It's hard to keep the bias to a minimum when the story is submitted by the company.
"In a sense, despite the market climate, everything, we need to be even more committed to charging in and helping out and building products in areas where we don't compete today... because that's what's really in the best interest of the customers," Ballmer said.
Riiiight. Does Ballmer seriously think that any one would believe that Microsoft is serving the best interest of the customers, vs. those of Microsoft itself? Of course the real reason for wanting to "help out" (ie, dominate) untapped markets is solidify Microsoft's monopoly position, and become the heavy fist over the entire tech field.
Moron. Did you even read the article? Wait, this is slashdot. The purpose of the bill is to HELP consumers, so they'll clearly know if an item they are purchasing has anti-privacy garbage inside of it. In other words, it's good for us. Like Wheaties.
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While I truly believe Apple will use the 970, and I'm sure it will be much faster that their current offerings, I still have to remain skeptical of this. Call me naive, but how am I to believe they not only have alpha releases of panther (very possible, since they are probably developer seeds), but they also somehow obtained unreleased hardware as well? "...were done on the same computers that will be sold." I can't imagine Apple is so loose to let out alpha/beta harware.
Then again, never underestimate the marketing power of 'hype'. Whether it's true or not, I hope the release is sooner than later.... I miss OS X.
What is this internet thing I keep hearing so much about, and how can I get on board? I've been thinking it could really help my colleagues and I share our IBM-360 punch cards a lot faster.
Actually, what the article said was "(When the angular gyrus is damaged by a stroke or a tumor, the patient can still identify numbers but can no longer divide or subtract. Multiplication often survives because it is learned by rote.)", which means that multiplication skills are usually retained because they are learned from repitition, and therefore are stored in memory. However, they may have a hard time multiplying, say, 12424x3523, since even though they remember that 3x4=12, they may not be able to add the individual results. They don't mention whether addition is done via the angular gyrus, or if it also is done from memory.
I see your points on both methods, but there is still the problem of not really having any alternative. They can sell it as a whole, or by its parts. I can't really see a way to break away from these two options. Can you? Overall, I find that the first (purchase by singles) method would be better, because even though the emphasis is on the singles, and therefore 'hits' have more strength than the 'band', a good band will have many good songs. I think that 5000 downloads of 10 songs by 'good' band X would (should) have as much influence as 50000 downloads of a single song by 'hit' band Y.
My eyes already get sore with straining to read 9pt fonts on my 15" laptop display after a few hours. I think my eyeballs will explode from the pressure on trying to read the same 9pt font scaled down to 15cm!
The listed price is 145,000JPY, which equals $1,213..
Nice if you can afford it I suppose. I wonder if there will be restrictions on exporting it to the US.
By the way, the company is Acacia , not Acadia , which is the national park in Maine by where I live...
Is this important news to all of us, or just a way for Progeny to get some free advertising PR?
It's hard to keep the bias to a minimum when the story is submitted by the company.
"In a sense, despite the market climate, everything, we need to be even more committed to charging in and helping out and building products in areas where we don't compete today ... because that's what's really in the best interest of the customers," Ballmer said.
Riiiight. Does Ballmer seriously think that any one would believe that Microsoft is serving the best interest of the customers, vs. those of Microsoft itself? Of course the real reason for wanting to "help out" (ie, dominate) untapped markets is solidify Microsoft's monopoly position, and become the heavy fist over the entire tech field.
Moron. Did you even read the article? Wait, this is slashdot. The purpose of the bill is to HELP consumers, so they'll clearly know if an item they are purchasing has anti-privacy garbage inside of it. In other words, it's good for us. Like Wheaties.