How about pairing one of these with an Intel Atom? The atom turns on cores within the Core I7 when it is pegged, and turns them off (potentially turning off the entire chip) when things quiet down.
But when I was in high school (20 years ago), the school librarian told me that I was the only one to call the copier a photocopier. Every other student called it the Xerox machine. (Even though it was not made by Xerox.)
Apple really should have an add-on for their desktop keyboards which is a trackpad with multitouch capabilities. Since they have USB ports on both sides of their keyboards, maybe some way of latching the trackpad onto the keyboard and hooking up to the USB port to communicate with the desktop? They can also had a passthrough connection on the trackpad so you can still hook up your mouse to the same side of the keyboard.
Now that I am used to a multi-touch single button trackpad (it has one button, but will do different things depending on how many fingers you press with), I wish my desktop computers all had it.
I thought transcode is the proper word, since I am moving from DVDs (mpeg2 encoded?) to another format.:-)
I'll have to see what options I have. I'll be doing the transcoding (encoding?) on an Ubuntu Intel Core2Duo desktop with Handbrake. Presumably Handbrake transcodes to xvid?
Reasons to have a CD/DVD-ROM drive in a netbook: 1. To use as your *only* computer. 2. To watch DVDs or play CDs.
How many more do you need?
I would also benefit from one of those muli-card readers thrown in so I could transfer data from my camera's cards without attaching the camera to the computer. (On the road, it's sometimes inconvenient to find a USB cable unless you planned ahead.)
Speaking of which, when using Ubuntu, can these things play back transcoded DVDs?
If so, what compression algorithm is suggested? I'm thinking of transcoding some discs to take on a trip out-of-country. H.264 is interesting, but I'd rather not if there is significant stuttering. (It's for my daughter to watch some movies on the plane.)
You may want to delete your entire profile and start from scratch. I had to do that once due to a bug in one of the extensions I was running. Works fine since then. Can't remember my last crash, and I use firefox for 3-4 hours/day with multiple tabs open generally. Admittedly I don't generally run a lot of java-heavy sites. YMMV
Also, no one in their right mind uses Windows Mobile to browse the internet.:-)
Seriously, though, given the percentage of iPhone users that actually use Mobile Safari (much higher than any other single mobile device), they really should get phishing protection like a desktop. Wasn't there a/. article a while back about people using iPhones as their only computer?
How the heck can you reliably pump video from a video camera to a PC? While USB3 has similar bandwidth, the overhead of the protocol, especially when there are other USB items in the chain, slow down the real throughput.
I know, . Anyone pull up a good comparison on google?
I haven't tried it yet, as my current camera is a Canon G5, which isn't supported, but this site really wants my next camera to be another Canon: http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
It cost money to continue shipping floppy disks, it does not cost any more money to keep syncing with Palm devices.
Of course it costs money to keep syncing with deprecated hardware. Apple will have to support this software bridge for the lifetime of Snow Leopard (2 years? 4? more?). Cutting out essentially deprecated software will make the OS easier (and cheaper) for Apple to support in the long run.
That being said, I have no doubt that the upper management at Apple was all smiles when the announcement was made that PalmOS Sync was being dropped.
actually, when I use the location bar, en brings up en.wikipedia as the first few entries, while I am sure that I have several bookmarks in my few thousand that have "en" within them.
The location bar seems to heavily weight sites that have been visited in the "recent" past, and also heavily weights items in the list that are selected, as opposed to those that are routinely ignored.
I love it and hope that the vocal minority (okay, I have no proof it's a minority) don't have it pulled in the future.
People spend money on what's important to them. I spend 2-3 hours per day in my car commuting. I might as well spend some money to drive something I enjoy (It's all highway miles, so it's an enjoyable drive). I can afford it without mortgaging my home. Which is fortunate, as I would move closer to where I work, except that I can't sell my home for a significant fraction of what I bought it for 3 years ago.:-(
My car cost me ~$50K. I do have a close friend who drives a Porsche GT RS. (I think it runs for ~$130K.) A beautiful car, but not my sort of thing. I sure as hell don't begrudge him. He enjoys taking it out for a spin. He can afford it. Why worry?
In my (very limited) experience, most small projects are not set up with dead man switches. Most programmers (as most humans) are not prepared for their own untimely deaths.
Not a big deal, since a fork is easy enough. The point is, if it is a well known project, the trademarks are likely owned by the individual (as opposed to owned by the EFF and contracted out to the individual maintainer).
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How about pairing one of these with an Intel Atom? The atom turns on cores within the Core I7 when it is pegged, and turns them off (potentially turning off the entire chip) when things quiet down.
So is Xerox.
But when I was in high school (20 years ago), the school librarian told me that I was the only one to call the copier a photocopier. Every other student called it the Xerox machine. (Even though it was not made by Xerox.)
Apple really should have an add-on for their desktop keyboards which is a trackpad with multitouch capabilities. Since they have USB ports on both sides of their keyboards, maybe some way of latching the trackpad onto the keyboard and hooking up to the USB port to communicate with the desktop? They can also had a passthrough connection on the trackpad so you can still hook up your mouse to the same side of the keyboard.
Agreed.
Now that I am used to a multi-touch single button trackpad (it has one button, but will do different things depending on how many fingers you press with), I wish my desktop computers all had it.
Sorry, I meant to say I'll try DivX encoding if Handbrake has it as an option.
I thought transcode is the proper word, since I am moving from DVDs (mpeg2 encoded?) to another format. :-)
I'll have to see what options I have. I'll be doing the transcoding (encoding?) on an Ubuntu Intel Core2Duo desktop with Handbrake. Presumably Handbrake transcodes to xvid?
Reasons to have a CD/DVD-ROM drive in a netbook:
1. To use as your *only* computer.
2. To watch DVDs or play CDs.
How many more do you need?
I would also benefit from one of those muli-card readers thrown in so I could transfer data from my camera's cards without attaching the camera to the computer. (On the road, it's sometimes inconvenient to find a USB cable unless you planned ahead.)
Speaking of which, when using Ubuntu, can these things play back transcoded DVDs?
If so, what compression algorithm is suggested? I'm thinking of transcoding some discs to take on a trip out-of-country. H.264 is interesting, but I'd rather not if there is significant stuttering. (It's for my daughter to watch some movies on the plane.)
Or how about restricted licences that don't allow night driving, etc.
You may want to delete your entire profile and start from scratch. I had to do that once due to a bug in one of the extensions I was running. Works fine since then. Can't remember my last crash, and I use firefox for 3-4 hours/day with multiple tabs open generally. Admittedly I don't generally run a lot of java-heavy sites. YMMV
Cool! I'm worth $650. (I thought I was worth $50.)
Maybe I can sell my own info online and make some bucks?
Also, no one in their right mind uses Windows Mobile to browse the internet. :-)
Seriously, though, given the percentage of iPhone users that actually use Mobile Safari (much higher than any other single mobile device), they really should get phishing protection like a desktop. Wasn't there a /. article a while back about people using iPhones as their only computer?
I'm sorry.
How the heck can you reliably pump video from a video camera to a PC? While USB3 has similar bandwidth, the overhead of the protocol, especially when there are other USB items in the chain, slow down the real throughput.
I know, . Anyone pull up a good comparison on google?
The problem is for those of us that didn't know that creator codes exist.
We would set .avi files to all open in VLC, and be confused when some opened in quicktime.
This is a bugfix.
The point is that some of these devices are dangerous after they are unplugged, as well, due to capacitors that haven't had time to dissipate yet.
I haven't tried it yet, as my current camera is a Canon G5, which isn't supported, but this site really wants my next camera to be another Canon: http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
How is this different from Pandora?
(Really want to know. I'm not "into" streaming services as such.)
It cost money to continue shipping floppy disks, it does not cost any more money to keep syncing with Palm devices.
Of course it costs money to keep syncing with deprecated hardware. Apple will have to support this software bridge for the lifetime of Snow Leopard (2 years? 4? more?). Cutting out essentially deprecated software will make the OS easier (and cheaper) for Apple to support in the long run.
That being said, I have no doubt that the upper management at Apple was all smiles when the announcement was made that PalmOS Sync was being dropped.
actually, when I use the location bar, en brings up en.wikipedia as the first few entries, while I am sure that I have several bookmarks in my few thousand that have "en" within them.
The location bar seems to heavily weight sites that have been visited in the "recent" past, and also heavily weights items in the list that are selected, as opposed to those that are routinely ignored.
I love it and hope that the vocal minority (okay, I have no proof it's a minority) don't have it pulled in the future.
What about your home?
Migrate data slowly to open formats. If your software stores data in a unknown format, what do you do when they go under?
Once the data is in open formats, you can at least test other software solutions.
They are guaranteeing =1 hour downtime 24/7 without physically holding the box?
How is that even physically possible? Does their service rep live next door to your company, and have no life?
This is the way I remember it:
Tell me why the stars do shine,
Tell me why the ivy twines,
Tell me why the sky's so blue,
And I will tell you just why I love you.
Nuclear fusion makes stars to shine,
Phototropism makes ivy twine,
Rayleigh scattering makes sky so blue,
Sexual hormones are why I love you.
Why worry?
People spend money on what's important to them. I spend 2-3 hours per day in my car commuting. I might as well spend some money to drive something I enjoy (It's all highway miles, so it's an enjoyable drive). I can afford it without mortgaging my home. Which is fortunate, as I would move closer to where I work, except that I can't sell my home for a significant fraction of what I bought it for 3 years ago. :-(
My car cost me ~$50K. I do have a close friend who drives a Porsche GT RS. (I think it runs for ~$130K.) A beautiful car, but not my sort of thing. I sure as hell don't begrudge him. He enjoys taking it out for a spin. He can afford it. Why worry?
In my (very limited) experience, most small projects are not set up with dead man switches. Most programmers (as most humans) are not prepared for their own untimely deaths.
Not a big deal, since a fork is easy enough. The point is, if it is a well known project, the trademarks are likely owned by the individual (as opposed to owned by the EFF and contracted out to the individual maintainer).