Acording to their own documentation (http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/tpci_definition.htm) Tiobe index calculated by how many times the langauge is mentioned on top websites. Really, that has nothing to do with the number of lines of code written.
> What will this do to Facebook's future IPO Watch the stock nose dive on the first day. Although Facebook is worth billions, it's not worth 100 of them and the investors are already pretty nervous these days. This has already happened to Zenga and several other over-hyped IPOs.
There's an interesting article about that, here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/freakwave.shtml Apparently, there are two scientific models, linear, which says freak waves are impossible and Quantum physics which says they are possible.
If you read the blog his biggest gripe is the android market, not the technical problems: "As an android app developer, you have to sign up as a vendor with google checkout, where all transactions take place. This means that you alone are responsible for resolving any billing concerns. We actually have a tiny handful of people getting refunds on our iOS games every day, but since all billing and possible refunds are handled by Apple, I don't have to deal with it. On Android, I do, and I really wish I didn't. I just want to make games, not listen to people whine about how their app won't install (due to user error 9 times out of 10) and they missed the 15 minute window to give themselves a refund, or didn't even know there was such a policy... even though its prominently featured on their order confirmation which is instantly sent to the device being held in their f***ing hand... Yea, my patience is low at this point.:)"
Will iOS games be even able to take advantage of that resolution? I know on the PC you need a top of the range GPU to run modern games at 2560x1600 and the PowerVR is no match for any PC GPU.
> For instance, for under $100 you can get an AMD x4 with a top end of 3.8ghz or more
That's precisely why AMD is fighting for survival. It has to price it's products into bargin bin area to make any sales. That's good for the consumer, but not good for AMD
WebGL is a recognised standard, implemented by Mozilla, Google, Apple and Opera. Weither it's W3C, or not is irrelevant, as it happens it's the only way to get native 3D graphics in the browser. All new standards have had security holes. The answer is to patch the holes. (Duh)
Bollocks. Anyone invested in European banks pre 2008 will have been taken to the cleaners and in many cases those stocks will *never* recover to pre 2008 levels.
> putting a priority on savings Unfortunately, most people's savings weren't in cash when the 2008 crash came. They were invested in things that were consider safe at the time, like property and bank shares.
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According to Semiaccurate there's a mask design flaw in the GK104, which has caused poor yields. Less than 10,000 GTX 680s shipped worldwide, even though it's been released a month ago.
http://semiaccurate.com/2012/05/01/why-cant-nvidia-supply-keplergk104gtx680/
Remember a year ago Intel was bragging about their new 3d tri-gate process would be 50% more power efficient: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/silicon-innovations/standards-22nm-3d-tri-gate-transistors-presentation.html.
Comparing the i7 3770K against the 2600K, which is clocked at the same frequency it's only 17% more power efficient: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5771/the-intel-ivy-bridge-core-i7-3770k-review/20
Also you have to bare in mind some of the power saving is due to the DDR controller power gating
Acording to their own documentation (http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/tpci_definition.htm) Tiobe index calculated by how many times the langauge is mentioned on top websites. Really, that has nothing to do with the number of lines of code written.
> What will this do to Facebook's future IPO
Watch the stock nose dive on the first day.
Although Facebook is worth billions, it's not worth 100 of them and the investors are already pretty nervous these days.
This has already happened to Zenga and several other over-hyped IPOs.
If you read the small print on those things, it says something like "guaranteed for x years, assuming daily use of half an hour a day"
There's an interesting article about that, here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/freakwave.shtml
Apparently, there are two scientific models, linear, which says freak waves are impossible and Quantum physics which says they are possible.
Yes, Tegra is severely bandwidth restricted with only a 32-bit bus.
But the worst problem with Tegra 3 is the manufacturing costs are much higher than the competition because the 5th core uses expensive 40LPG process:
http://semiaccurate.com/2011/11/09/tegra-3-missed-performance-goals-by-wide-margins/
If you read the blog his biggest gripe is the android market, not the technical problems: :)"
"As an android app developer, you have to sign up as a vendor with google checkout, where all transactions take place. This means that you alone are responsible for resolving any billing concerns. We actually have a tiny handful of people getting refunds on our iOS games every day, but since all billing and possible refunds are handled by Apple, I don't have to deal with it. On Android, I do, and I really wish I didn't. I just want to make games, not listen to people whine about how their app won't install (due to user error 9 times out of 10) and they missed the 15 minute window to give themselves a refund, or didn't even know there was such a policy... even though its prominently featured on their order confirmation which is instantly sent to the device being held in their f***ing hand... Yea, my patience is low at this point.
> NP, problems for which you can verify a solution in polynomial time...blah, blah
So, I guess no one is able to explain the term in *plain* English.
Will iOS games be even able to take advantage of that resolution? I know on the PC you need a top of the range GPU to run modern games at 2560x1600 and the PowerVR is no match for any PC GPU.
Huh? It says 72 Megaton explosion. That's bigger than than the largest nuclear bomb ever detonated.
funny, I don't see that one on the officially approved list at opensource.org
> For instance, for under $100 you can get an AMD x4 with a top end of 3.8ghz or more
That's precisely why AMD is fighting for survival. It has to price it's products into bargin bin area to make any sales. That's good for the consumer, but not good for AMD
WebGL is a recognised standard, implemented by Mozilla, Google, Apple and Opera. Weither it's W3C, or not is irrelevant, as it happens it's the only way to get native 3D graphics in the browser.
All new standards have had security holes. The answer is to patch the holes. (Duh)
Widescreen is good for watch movies and playing games. 4:3 is for people who need to do work on their PC.
so, if Microsoft is so great at web standards where is the support for WebGL?
I wonder what type of projects would need to tweek the jvm. I am assuming it's huge java web based enterprise applications.
I suggest Eclipse IDE for JavaScript Web Developers: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-javascript-web-developers/heliosr
and Chromium Eclipse Debugger: http://code.google.com/p/chromedevtools/
Everyone else seems too busy engaged in the language flame war to answer your question
It seems a lot safer than the x-ray backscatter system anyway. Basically they are microwaving the passangers, but only a little bit ;)
And how were we supposed to avoid risk when the most risky stuff was rated AAA at the time?
They're using millimetre wave body scanners, so no ionising radiation.
http://www.ausbt.com.au/australian-airports-to-get-millimetre-wave-body-scanners
> Your portfolio should be able to withstand a sector just cratering with no hope of recovering in your life time
yeah, except there were few sectors that weren't effected. Basically, most people got screwed, diversified, or not
Bollocks. Anyone invested in European banks pre 2008 will have been taken to the cleaners and in many cases those stocks will *never* recover to pre 2008 levels.
> putting a priority on savings
Unfortunately, most people's savings weren't in cash when the 2008 crash came.
They were invested in things that were consider safe at the time, like property and bank shares.
> Do you actually believe Apple invented the design of "screen with a black border around it"?
The design for the iPad was actually invented back in the 80's by Star Trek the Next Gerneration