Your weekly fee is 15% of its market value (minus eBay fees) and you support possible market value gain/loss.
But this is also the occasion for a new piece of art. Since it is allowed to keep it unplugged when travelling, constantly ship it to yourself again and again.
CoD:MW2 had a budget of 200M$. From those 200, only 70 were spend on the development of the versions for all the different versions : PC, XB360 and PS3. 130 were used for marketing.
It tells us that the actual game as less "value" than the way it is marketed.
This is my 4th workplace and at all, from a 4 persons start-up to a international investment/corporate bank with a 1500 dev department, all dev had Admin rights to his own station.
In theory, you could be writing software as a simple/advanced user and the IT dept can grant you the exact rights needed to do so. BUT there is a huge amount of complex access rights involved when working on Windows using VisualStudio with no exact list of what are exactly the rights needed. MS tried to simplify the process by creating dedicated groups (like VS Developers group or Debugger Users group). At the end, most of the time, the IT dept simply grant local admin rights to every dev so they are not disturbed every 5 seconds because a very complex to trace access right is missing.
http://monotouch.net/
Compile C# code written against.Net libs and get it running on the iPhone.
Monotouch provides a C# to ARM compiler and the ARM implementation of the.Net libs you might need.
Can I run content created with Flash in the iPhone simulator on Mac?
No. Flash content created for the iPhone will not run within the iPhone simulator on Mac.
Thatâ(TM)s because the Simulator runs x86 binaries, but Adobeâ(TM)s compiler only produces ARM code.
Can I use native iPhone OS Controls in my Flash based iPhone content?
No.
Not surprising. Iâ(TM)m guessing this will mostly be used to make games anyway.
Digital cameras from Casio (Exilim serie) have a dedicated to take picture of sheets of paper, whiteboards and visit cards. It detects the content boundaries, crops and unskew it.
You could also save time (and money since time = money) by looking for and buying the electronic version of the book you want to read.
The important distinction for high-speed rail is that it would need to be cheaper than airfare, [...]
Just add carbon tax and suddently the rail will be cheaper (provided you are generating your electricity using water/wind/solar/nuke and not coal/gaz).
One year ago, the AppStore was not existing.
Two years ago, the iPhone was not available.
How can someone make a prediction for "three years from now" ?
When the iPhone was launch every one called it doomed because it was closed, even if it was obvious Apple would sooner or later release a SDK for it.
Now, the AppStore is not even 1 year old, people do not know how Apple will make it evolve (more staff, more open,... ), and they are forecasting something for 3 years from now ?!
The problem with such psychological tricks is that they are very short lived. Once your enemy realizes what you're throwing at them, they'll piece together their opponent and develop countermeasures.
Yes, the trick is short lived... until you replace those robots that don't frighten them anymore by REAL giant mutant vampire bats. With sharp teeth. All those enemy soldier won't care about this dark giant shape approaching, thinking this is that old robot trick but when the giant mutant vampire bat - with sharp teeth - strikes, it is too late !
Actually, I think you are wrong. Both MS and Apple supported their software for free. The difference is that Apple provided new paid versions while MS did not.
Ongoing Maintenance Updates of Mac OS X vs Windows Vista.
In addition to its major retail releases, Apple has also delivered 34 free updates equivalent to Microsoft's Service Packs for Windows. Both deliver a package of significant new features, bug fixes, and new applications.
This number does not include Apple's security updates, firmware updates, other applications updates, or alternative updates ported to a specific architecture (Intel vs Power PC). It also does not included the same number of free updates delivered for Apple's Mac OS X Server version.
Mac OS X 10.0-10.1 received 7 free updates.
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar received 8 free updates.
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther received 9 free updates.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger has received 10 free updates.
Between Windows XP in 2001 and Windows Vista in 2007, Microsoft delivered two free Service Pack updates for its consumer desktop operating system:
Apple might have developed its own spatial and temporal dithering algorithm, perfectly matched to its own hardware, drivers and OS. I know it does not manufacture the LCD panel but it might have spend quite a good time perfectly matching its driver and OS low level drawing algorithms to have a perfect picture.
Other laptop manufacturers don't have access to the OS inner workings.
So, technically, it CAN be true.
I'm curious, as I thought 24 bit displays had been standard on computers for well over a decade now
Well, the image sent to the display is handled internally as 24bits for well over a decade as you pointed it. With CRT displays, this was correctly handled since this is an analog display.
With LCD, another layer of digital conversion has been added. Even if the computer is handling the screen buffer in 24 bits internally, LCDs have starded from the good old 256 colors (8bits) then progressively switched to 4096 (10 bits) and 65k (16 bits).
Most LCDs are currently 18bits (6bits per channel) as stated in others comments. To display more than the 262k colors available, you can use temporal and spacial dithering. Spacial dithering is when you display a 50% gray next to a 52% gray when you want to display a 51% gray. Temporal dithering is when you display a 50% gray then a 52% gray then a 50% gray, etc... to display the same 51% gray.
This dithering can be handled at the application level, the OS level, the graphic card driver level, the graphic card hardware level or at the panel electronic level. In fact, this might be handled at all those places at the same time with varying results:-(
I think one of the point the article tries to make is that the "not open phone" argument is irrelevant.
1st, Symbian is not a standard plateform even if it is the most commun OS available on "smart"phones. This is because it is used only as a kernel by phone makers. So saying that you can use the same app on different phone is irrelevant because they have to be custom fitted to every phone model or maker.
2nd, it is not an open platform because phone makers are currently locking it for carrier security (not taking the network down). So goodbye homemade application.
For the bias towards iPhone, RoughtlyDrafted is heavily biased towards all Apple products but in a good way I think : it really tries to find strong argument to justify its love for the fruity corporation.
Different technology so different material and production process so different prices (production cost is not the only parameter to determine sell price: offer/demand/strategy also influence the price).
The question then becomes: why buy writeonce while writemulitple is cheaper ? Well, sometimes people might want that the media won't be rewritten onto, I think.
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Once again, plasma proves its technically superiority over LCD.
Your weekly fee is 15% of its market value (minus eBay fees) and you support possible market value gain/loss. But this is also the occasion for a new piece of art. Since it is allowed to keep it unplugged when travelling, constantly ship it to yourself again and again.
CoD:MW2 had a budget of 200M$. From those 200, only 70 were spend on the development of the versions for all the different versions : PC, XB360 and PS3. 130 were used for marketing. It tells us that the actual game as less "value" than the way it is marketed.
This is my 4th workplace and at all, from a 4 persons start-up to a international investment/corporate bank with a 1500 dev department, all dev had Admin rights to his own station.
In theory, you could be writing software as a simple/advanced user and the IT dept can grant you the exact rights needed to do so. BUT there is a huge amount of complex access rights involved when working on Windows using VisualStudio with no exact list of what are exactly the rights needed. MS tried to simplify the process by creating dedicated groups (like VS Developers group or Debugger Users group). At the end, most of the time, the IT dept simply grant local admin rights to every dev so they are not disturbed every 5 seconds because a very complex to trace access right is missing.
http://monotouch.net/ .Net libs and get it running on the iPhone.
Monotouch provides a C# to ARM compiler and the ARM implementation of the .Net libs you might need.
Compile C# code written against
I would love to see a comparison between developing the iPhone SDK and Flash.
From Daring FireBall :
From the FAQ:
Can I run content created with Flash in the iPhone simulator on Mac? No. Flash content created for the iPhone will not run within the iPhone simulator on Mac.
Thatâ(TM)s because the Simulator runs x86 binaries, but Adobeâ(TM)s compiler only produces ARM code.
Can I use native iPhone OS Controls in my Flash based iPhone content? No.
Not surprising. Iâ(TM)m guessing this will mostly be used to make games anyway.
No debugging. No native controls.
Google Wave ?
Digital cameras from Casio (Exilim serie) have a dedicated to take picture of sheets of paper, whiteboards and visit cards. It detects the content boundaries, crops and unskew it. You could also save time (and money since time = money) by looking for and buying the electronic version of the book you want to read.
The important distinction for high-speed rail is that it would need to be cheaper than airfare, [...]
Just add carbon tax and suddently the rail will be cheaper (provided you are generating your electricity using water/wind/solar/nuke and not coal/gaz).
One year ago, the AppStore was not existing. Two years ago, the iPhone was not available.
How can someone make a prediction for "three years from now" ?
When the iPhone was launch every one called it doomed because it was closed, even if it was obvious Apple would sooner or later release a SDK for it. Now, the AppStore is not even 1 year old, people do not know how Apple will make it evolve (more staff, more open, ... ), and they are forecasting something for 3 years from now ?!
Those, plus 5-10MB animated .gif's that you don't expect can really eat into your bandwidth. Best solution is Firefox with Adblocker and NoScript.
When your usage is caped, you start to realize that you are _PAYING_ to view those annoying banners.
You're new to this planet I see.
Apple might have developed its own spatial and temporal dithering algorithm, perfectly matched to its own hardware, drivers and OS. I know it does not manufacture the LCD panel but it might have spend quite a good time perfectly matching its driver and OS low level drawing algorithms to have a perfect picture. Other laptop manufacturers don't have access to the OS inner workings. So, technically, it CAN be true.
Well, the image sent to the display is handled internally as 24bits for well over a decade as you pointed it. With CRT displays, this was correctly handled since this is an analog display.
With LCD, another layer of digital conversion has been added. Even if the computer is handling the screen buffer in 24 bits internally, LCDs have starded from the good old 256 colors (8bits) then progressively switched to 4096 (10 bits) and 65k (16 bits).
Most LCDs are currently 18bits (6bits per channel) as stated in others comments. To display more than the 262k colors available, you can use temporal and spacial dithering. Spacial dithering is when you display a 50% gray next to a 52% gray when you want to display a 51% gray. Temporal dithering is when you display a 50% gray then a 52% gray then a 50% gray, etc... to display the same 51% gray.
This dithering can be handled at the application level, the OS level, the graphic card driver level, the graphic card hardware level or at the panel electronic level. In fact, this might be handled at all those places at the same time with varying results :-(
"probably fewer have been killed" : 0 death in 25 years because of accidents. And yes, once a TGV derailed at almost 200mph : just minor injuries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV#Safety
AWx
I think one of the point the article tries to make is that the "not open phone" argument is irrelevant.
1st, Symbian is not a standard plateform even if it is the most commun OS available on "smart"phones. This is because it is used only as a kernel by phone makers. So saying that you can use the same app on different phone is irrelevant because they have to be custom fitted to every phone model or maker. 2nd, it is not an open platform because phone makers are currently locking it for carrier security (not taking the network down). So goodbye homemade application.
For the bias towards iPhone, RoughtlyDrafted is heavily biased towards all Apple products but in a good way I think : it really tries to find strong argument to justify its love for the fruity corporation.
RTFA
Beowolf 3D cluster of this ?
Nope.
This is the most challenging quest I ever faced !
AWx
Different technology so different material and production process so different prices (production cost is not the only parameter to determine sell price: offer/demand/strategy also influence the price).
The question then becomes: why buy writeonce while writemulitple is cheaper ? Well, sometimes people might want that the media won't be rewritten onto, I think.
AWX
KILL THAT BITCH!