Basically they figure out the whole thing and do it all at once. You get to look at it for quite a long time before you actually start moving the pieces around. They only time you from when you actually start moving pieces. I think the competition would be much more of a real competition if they timed from when you first saw it. It mostly comes down to who can manipulate it the fastest, and not who can actually solve it the fastest.
What's really fun is taking someone's cube apart and putting it back in a situation that is unsolvable. Like just rotating one corner. Then, mix it back up again, so they don't see that's it's messed right away. If they don't catch on, they could be trying to solve it forever.
The more important question is, is where does the line between manga and hentai exist. I've seen some comics that could fall into either one of those categories.
That's why I encode all my CDs to FLAC. It may not be the way of the future, but at least i'm not losing data. I can always convert it to the format-du-jour from flac, and keep the original files. If you go from OGG to MP3 to VFQ, you end up with a file that's got a lot more loss then going straight from the CD to one of the formats.
I can't believe technically knowledgable people run windows with autoplay turned on. The first two things I turn off when I install windows is Autoplay and hiding of file extensions. Those are the two worst features ever.
I can't believe that Napster reorders the tracks. Sometimes the order of the tracks makes a lot of difference. The order of the tracks can sometimes mean the difference between a good album and a great album. What about CDs where the tracks flow into eachother with no gap? How do iTunes and napster handle that. Are the files seamlessly strung together like they are on the CD?
I realise that sometimes its nice to have all your music with you, hence the 60 Gig ipod, but I don't think it's really what people need. Most people just want something cheap and reliable that they can easily take with them, and hold a few days worth of music. I think many people underestimate the CD/Minidisc player. You can record a bunch of mixes that you like, and then just take whatever one you want with you. You don't have to boot your computer every day just to get different music. With most of the current mp3 players it's either take your whole collection with you, or boot of your computer and transfer the songs to it. With the second option, you have to sit and think about what you want to listen to, and then boot your computer to load it on. You can't just run out the door and grab the music you want really quick.
Yeah, you could probably do better with a beowulf cluster of Mac Minis. However, the cost savings are something to look at. You can get an old GC for about $70.00 CDN, and that's retail. You could probably get them cheaper buying them from the users. If you could figure out a way to use the GPU for processing, as well as the CPU, you could have yourself a pretty cheap beowulf cluster.
Yeah, the handle on the GC is something that's really nice. It shows that they encourage you to bring it with, you, and that they thought you might actually want to do that. With the XBox, the thing is really heavy, and big, and not meant to be brought with you. It's meant to sit under your tv. Are people aware you can hook up 2 GCs to two TVs, and play 8-way mariokart? Whoever thought internet multiplayer is the best should really try some real multiplayer games, with people in the same room. This is the same reason why lan parties are so much more fun than just playing against your friends over the internet.
But you are paying them money for a service. That's a contract. You can't set the terms of the contract to something illegal. If I hire you kill someone, then (legally) there is no contract, because it is against the law to kill someone. Similarly, it is against the law to deny somebody of their right to free speech, and therefore, they cannot make you abide by the terms of a contract that removes those rights.
I've often thought of modding my GC right into my computer. There's a lot of empty space in the bottom front of my tower, and it would be a great place to put it. With the revolution being even smaller, it looks like it will even be easier. Maybe in the future we can just use the same computer forever, since most productivity applications don't require that much CPU power, and use consoles that drop right into a drive bay in order to facilitate playing games.
If microsoft actually goes and fixes the wholes in thier operating system then I have no problem with it. What I would have a problem with, is microsoft just building an antispyware/antivirus application that runs on top of their operating system, just like all the other antispyware/antivirus applications.
The problem is, there isn't always a safe state. In many cases there is, but not in all cases. What's the safe state for the mars lander that's drifting off course. Manual override is impossible, because signals take 20 minutes to get there, and by then it may be too late. It may not even have line of site at the time, and therefore communication is impossible.
I'm not really that well versed on the specifics of drivers and the linux kernel. However, I was under the impression that it was possible to have binary drivers for the linux kernel. If not, what are ATI and NVidia releasing as drivers for Linux? I'm pretty sure they aren't releasing open source drivers, so those drivers must be binary.
That works great for the kind of machines you described, and I wasn't saying good code couldn't be written, I'm saying that it isn't usually written, and won't be written in off the shelf software. The problem is, if you look at something like a mars lander, then you can't just shut it down if it gets some bad inputs. Also, even good inputs can result in the the machine not doing what it needs to do. If it has to land on mars, and some input tells it to fire the left rocket for 4 seconds, then the input may fall within proper values, but may push it way off course. There's no GPS in space, so you can't get your position very accurately, and if you go way off course, you may not have enough fuel to get back on course.
Assuming there is a 2.7, SCO should already have access to it, since it's open source. And if there is a 2.7 in the works, it's basically 2.6, because 2.7 would be changes made to 2.6. They don't rewrite it every time they put out a new version.
There are software engineers in Canada now. They can legally sign off on a software project. The problem is, is that you don't want to have every one of your programmers be licensed software engineers, all signing off on their own code. It would be too expensive to try and hire that many engineers, and managing all the signatures for all the code, when different people work on the same piece of code would be a nightmare to manage. Basically you'd have to have one engineer, or team thereof, overseeing the entire project to be sure that proper methods are being followed to ensure that there aren't any bugs. What you're asking for is more like saying that everyone who in building a bridge be licensed, and that they should all have to sign off on every rivet they put in.
The problem is, is that most companies producing software do not want to pay for an engineer to oversee their project. Also, the way most software operations are run, you wouldn't see an engineer, signing off on the projects. The engineer would force things to be much more tested in order to be ensure that things were actually worthy to be signed off on. There is lots of this kind of software being built for planes, and other situations where it really matters if there is bugs. I don't think this kind of situation will ever happen with off the shelf software. For one thing, software would cost too much, and most people aren't willing to pay $2000 to run an operating system on their home computer, and also because most engineers wouldn't sign off on a system, in which they didn't know the computer their software would run under. There's too many variables on a home computer to be able to garauntee, at that level, that your software will operate completely as expected.
I think what the MS guy is complaining about is that once you make your own personal changes, then the product is no longer supported by the vendor.
The problem with this argument is that with closed source software, changes you make won't be supported either. In fact, it's very very hard to make changes at all, so much so, that it's pretty much impossible to make changes to closed source software. At least with open source software you have the option to make changes. However, expecting the vendors to support everyone's changes without charging them is asking a little much of them.
Both the open and closed systems are supported entirely. Neither the open source, nor the closed source programs are supported once you start making changes to them. Only the open source program allows you to actually make the changes with relative ease, and submit them to the code base in some hopes that it may actually be supported. Of course, they can't support every piece of code that gets submitted, because they have to think of what everyone wants. But I think just knowing that changes can be made from outside, and that, they may possibly make it into the supported version, is much better than the closed source model of, changes can only be made from the inside, and the only thing you can send to the developers in hopes of getting something fixed is a request email, which usually gets ignored. If you submit a bug/security fix to an open source project, I think most of them would be happy to take it. New features are another thing, because they change the abilities of the program, and if they accepted all the features everyone wanted, there would be way too much code to handle.
Actually, if I recall correctly, Limit X Y isn't in the SQL standard. It's an amazing feature though. I can't believe they didn't write it in when networks were slow. Now that networks are fast, it's not so much of a hassel to fetch 100 rows from the DB when you only need 10, but when networks were slow, it was a major slowdown. Of course, now you only need 10 rows out of 10000, so I guess it's still quite an issue. Another thing I would like to see is Insert.... On Duplicate Key Update. That would save a lot of frustration when you may or may not know/care if records already exist. Both these things are possible other ways, but it's nice to have easy syntax, that knows what's actually going on so it can be optimized.
This is especially true when the newest console is only $300. I like PC gaming more than console gaming, but in the last year, i've switched to consoles because its just so much cheaper. In about the time that a console stays around, 3 years, you'll upgrade your video card a couple times, or upgrade it once and spend twice as much. Meaning that just the video card(s), not including all the other upgrades necessary will cost as much as the console. I got tired of trying to keep in my head which video card is good, because there is about 75 models out there, and which one has the proper drivers to support the games I will want to play. Also, what bothers me is that if I upgrade my operating system, my video card which is a few years old might not have supported drivers, or if I buy a new card, it may not work in my older operating system, forcing me to upgrade. I really gave PC gaming a chance, but there's just too much hassle. I'd rather put up with games that don't look quite as good, or maybe are a little less fun to play, for not having to deal with the frustrations of playing games on PC.
I'm not distinguishing here. I was just giving examples. I think I would have been typing for a long time to list all the types of pollution. Anyway, as it stands, Americans produce much more pollution per person, than any other nation in the world.
That's a whole different problem. I don't see why most smokers think it's ok to just toss cigarettes on to the ground. You don't see all the coffee drinkers just throw their coffee cups on the ground when they are done (some do, most don't). I think with cigarettes, it's mostly a problem of they don't have a place to put them. Most places don't have ashtrays, and you can't put them in the garbage, because they could start a fire. So you're left throwing them onto the ground. I think smokers should carry a little metal tin to put their cigarette butts in when they are done with them. Then they could put them in an appropriate place when they can find it. They could even empty it into a garbage once it has been put out and sufficiently cooled as to not start a fire.
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Basically they figure out the whole thing and do it all at once. You get to look at it for quite a long time before you actually start moving the pieces around. They only time you from when you actually start moving pieces. I think the competition would be much more of a real competition if they timed from when you first saw it. It mostly comes down to who can manipulate it the fastest, and not who can actually solve it the fastest.
What's really fun is taking someone's cube apart and putting it back in a situation that is unsolvable. Like just rotating one corner. Then, mix it back up again, so they don't see that's it's messed right away. If they don't catch on, they could be trying to solve it forever.
The more important question is, is where does the line between manga and hentai exist. I've seen some comics that could fall into either one of those categories.
That's why I encode all my CDs to FLAC. It may not be the way of the future, but at least i'm not losing data. I can always convert it to the format-du-jour from flac, and keep the original files. If you go from OGG to MP3 to VFQ, you end up with a file that's got a lot more loss then going straight from the CD to one of the formats.
I can't believe technically knowledgable people run windows with autoplay turned on. The first two things I turn off when I install windows is Autoplay and hiding of file extensions. Those are the two worst features ever.
I can't believe that Napster reorders the tracks. Sometimes the order of the tracks makes a lot of difference. The order of the tracks can sometimes mean the difference between a good album and a great album. What about CDs where the tracks flow into eachother with no gap? How do iTunes and napster handle that. Are the files seamlessly strung together like they are on the CD?
I realise that sometimes its nice to have all your music with you, hence the 60 Gig ipod, but I don't think it's really what people need. Most people just want something cheap and reliable that they can easily take with them, and hold a few days worth of music. I think many people underestimate the CD/Minidisc player. You can record a bunch of mixes that you like, and then just take whatever one you want with you. You don't have to boot your computer every day just to get different music. With most of the current mp3 players it's either take your whole collection with you, or boot of your computer and transfer the songs to it. With the second option, you have to sit and think about what you want to listen to, and then boot your computer to load it on. You can't just run out the door and grab the music you want really quick.
Yeah, you could probably do better with a beowulf cluster of Mac Minis. However, the cost savings are something to look at. You can get an old GC for about $70.00 CDN, and that's retail. You could probably get them cheaper buying them from the users. If you could figure out a way to use the GPU for processing, as well as the CPU, you could have yourself a pretty cheap beowulf cluster.
Yeah, the handle on the GC is something that's really nice. It shows that they encourage you to bring it with, you, and that they thought you might actually want to do that. With the XBox, the thing is really heavy, and big, and not meant to be brought with you. It's meant to sit under your tv. Are people aware you can hook up 2 GCs to two TVs, and play 8-way mariokart? Whoever thought internet multiplayer is the best should really try some real multiplayer games, with people in the same room. This is the same reason why lan parties are so much more fun than just playing against your friends over the internet.
But you are paying them money for a service. That's a contract. You can't set the terms of the contract to something illegal. If I hire you kill someone, then (legally) there is no contract, because it is against the law to kill someone. Similarly, it is against the law to deny somebody of their right to free speech, and therefore, they cannot make you abide by the terms of a contract that removes those rights.
I've often thought of modding my GC right into my computer. There's a lot of empty space in the bottom front of my tower, and it would be a great place to put it. With the revolution being even smaller, it looks like it will even be easier. Maybe in the future we can just use the same computer forever, since most productivity applications don't require that much CPU power, and use consoles that drop right into a drive bay in order to facilitate playing games.
If microsoft actually goes and fixes the wholes in thier operating system then I have no problem with it. What I would have a problem with, is microsoft just building an antispyware/antivirus application that runs on top of their operating system, just like all the other antispyware/antivirus applications.
I don't know what you're talking about. you should check your information before you post it.
Home, Non upgrade, $192.99
Home, Upgrade, $98.99
The problem is, there isn't always a safe state. In many cases there is, but not in all cases. What's the safe state for the mars lander that's drifting off course. Manual override is impossible, because signals take 20 minutes to get there, and by then it may be too late. It may not even have line of site at the time, and therefore communication is impossible.
I'm not really that well versed on the specifics of drivers and the linux kernel. However, I was under the impression that it was possible to have binary drivers for the linux kernel. If not, what are ATI and NVidia releasing as drivers for Linux? I'm pretty sure they aren't releasing open source drivers, so those drivers must be binary.
That works great for the kind of machines you described, and I wasn't saying good code couldn't be written, I'm saying that it isn't usually written, and won't be written in off the shelf software. The problem is, if you look at something like a mars lander, then you can't just shut it down if it gets some bad inputs. Also, even good inputs can result in the the machine not doing what it needs to do. If it has to land on mars, and some input tells it to fire the left rocket for 4 seconds, then the input may fall within proper values, but may push it way off course. There's no GPS in space, so you can't get your position very accurately, and if you go way off course, you may not have enough fuel to get back on course.
Assuming there is a 2.7, SCO should already have access to it, since it's open source. And if there is a 2.7 in the works, it's basically 2.6, because 2.7 would be changes made to 2.6. They don't rewrite it every time they put out a new version.
There are software engineers in Canada now. They can legally sign off on a software project. The problem is, is that you don't want to have every one of your programmers be licensed software engineers, all signing off on their own code. It would be too expensive to try and hire that many engineers, and managing all the signatures for all the code, when different people work on the same piece of code would be a nightmare to manage. Basically you'd have to have one engineer, or team thereof, overseeing the entire project to be sure that proper methods are being followed to ensure that there aren't any bugs. What you're asking for is more like saying that everyone who in building a bridge be licensed, and that they should all have to sign off on every rivet they put in.
The problem is, is that most companies producing software do not want to pay for an engineer to oversee their project. Also, the way most software operations are run, you wouldn't see an engineer, signing off on the projects. The engineer would force things to be much more tested in order to be ensure that things were actually worthy to be signed off on. There is lots of this kind of software being built for planes, and other situations where it really matters if there is bugs. I don't think this kind of situation will ever happen with off the shelf software. For one thing, software would cost too much, and most people aren't willing to pay $2000 to run an operating system on their home computer, and also because most engineers wouldn't sign off on a system, in which they didn't know the computer their software would run under. There's too many variables on a home computer to be able to garauntee, at that level, that your software will operate completely as expected.
I think what the MS guy is complaining about is that once you make your own personal changes, then the product is no longer supported by the vendor.
The problem with this argument is that with closed source software, changes you make won't be supported either. In fact, it's very very hard to make changes at all, so much so, that it's pretty much impossible to make changes to closed source software. At least with open source software you have the option to make changes. However, expecting the vendors to support everyone's changes without charging them is asking a little much of them.
Both the open and closed systems are supported entirely. Neither the open source, nor the closed source programs are supported once you start making changes to them. Only the open source program allows you to actually make the changes with relative ease, and submit them to the code base in some hopes that it may actually be supported. Of course, they can't support every piece of code that gets submitted, because they have to think of what everyone wants. But I think just knowing that changes can be made from outside, and that, they may possibly make it into the supported version, is much better than the closed source model of, changes can only be made from the inside, and the only thing you can send to the developers in hopes of getting something fixed is a request email, which usually gets ignored. If you submit a bug/security fix to an open source project, I think most of them would be happy to take it. New features are another thing, because they change the abilities of the program, and if they accepted all the features everyone wanted, there would be way too much code to handle.
Actually, if I recall correctly, Limit X Y isn't in the SQL standard. It's an amazing feature though. I can't believe they didn't write it in when networks were slow. Now that networks are fast, it's not so much of a hassel to fetch 100 rows from the DB when you only need 10, but when networks were slow, it was a major slowdown. Of course, now you only need 10 rows out of 10000, so I guess it's still quite an issue. Another thing I would like to see is Insert .... On Duplicate Key Update. That would save a lot of frustration when you may or may not know/care if records already exist. Both these things are possible other ways, but it's nice to have easy syntax, that knows what's actually going on so it can be optimized.
This is especially true when the newest console is only $300. I like PC gaming more than console gaming, but in the last year, i've switched to consoles because its just so much cheaper. In about the time that a console stays around, 3 years, you'll upgrade your video card a couple times, or upgrade it once and spend twice as much. Meaning that just the video card(s), not including all the other upgrades necessary will cost as much as the console. I got tired of trying to keep in my head which video card is good, because there is about 75 models out there, and which one has the proper drivers to support the games I will want to play. Also, what bothers me is that if I upgrade my operating system, my video card which is a few years old might not have supported drivers, or if I buy a new card, it may not work in my older operating system, forcing me to upgrade. I really gave PC gaming a chance, but there's just too much hassle. I'd rather put up with games that don't look quite as good, or maybe are a little less fun to play, for not having to deal with the frustrations of playing games on PC.
I'm not distinguishing here. I was just giving examples. I think I would have been typing for a long time to list all the types of pollution. Anyway, as it stands, Americans produce much more pollution per person, than any other nation in the world.
That's a whole different problem. I don't see why most smokers think it's ok to just toss cigarettes on to the ground. You don't see all the coffee drinkers just throw their coffee cups on the ground when they are done (some do, most don't). I think with cigarettes, it's mostly a problem of they don't have a place to put them. Most places don't have ashtrays, and you can't put them in the garbage, because they could start a fire. So you're left throwing them onto the ground. I think smokers should carry a little metal tin to put their cigarette butts in when they are done with them. Then they could put them in an appropriate place when they can find it. They could even empty it into a garbage once it has been put out and sufficiently cooled as to not start a fire.
Yes, I am Canadian, which means that the temperatures are in celcius.