Not only that, it doesn't have to be a large storage hard drive or something particularly fast (10gb drive at 5400 rpm should work fine) as long as it's reasonably small.
Forget servers. I want lots of cores on the desktop.
Imagine tagging images using facial recognition. (I take a lot of photos.) Or creating three dimensional models out of multiple images. Perhaps with recommended angles to improve the 3d reconstruction. Or true speech-to-text and text-to-speech that is able to learn. Or true machine AI.
These are big software problems that need both coders and horsepower.
Really, if the raid happened 20 years ago, everyone would be able to get the info off those floppy disks. Now they've got to find a C64 user group or specialty store (how many of them are there, even on the net?) to transfer the data and convert it to a usable format.
The difference is that the PS3 is supposed to output hi-def. Are they saying that composite video cabling is adequate for hi-def. It may be, but it's an interesting statement when coming from Sony.
It's one thing to have no hdmi cable, but why not component video? Isn't there some degradation in the HDTV resolution signal when using composite video?
By whole-system integration, I meant from an end-user point of view. You can't go to microsoft.com and order a Microsoft PC that "just works". At least, not yet.
Apple will sell you the hardware, OS, software, and peripherals. Now that's a system.
I will definitely use this myself. I have some large video files that I want to occasionally want to backup from one computer to another. Home movies and stuff like that. Between the problems in filesystems (what filesystem has full read/write support on Linux, Win2K, and OS X?) and size, this is the best way for me to transfer files.
Though a nice tutorial on setting up a vpn among computers with dynamic IP addresses (I don't have a static IP) would be appreciated.
Wait. Are you saying that you haven't used a windows based PC in 15 years? Or just not happen to have a PC running windows at home. If the former, I'd like to let you know that there are a number of enhancements to windows since Windows 3.0 was available in '91 (3.1 came out in '92, I believe).
P.S. If you are saying you haven't used a windows-based PC in 15 years, yet are a/. reader, I call BS.:-)
The GPL says that you have to release the source code to anyone who has access to the binary code. Not really applicable in this case. They just need to restrict who has access to the binary code. Does the DoD care if the plane they just sold to a (presumably non-hostile) country also include a CD with the source code?
If I bought it on the medium, I have the right to sell it to another.
Try selling a copy of MS Windows on ebay. The RIAA is against the reselling of music as well, but they lost that battle.
If I bought a right to use it, I should be able to get another copy of the medium if mine was damaged or destroyed for the cost of the medium+shipping. Try to get that on MS Windows (Tell them it came with your computer and you want an OEM copy, but will settle for an end-user copy).
So, did I buy MS Windows, or just the right to install it?
Open source doesn't mean equal say in anything. I certainly don't have equal say with the kernel developers over what's going into the next version of linux, for example.
Slightly offtopic: I created a video with kino that is of mpeg2 format, in a.mpeg file. How would I author a DVD (or create a DVD style.iso) from this?
I can't seem to find a good answer with the typical google searches (too many false-positives by mentioning mpeg and mpeg2):-(
While the Linux Standard Base advocates the use of.rpm packages, what steps are you using to help other distributions use.rpm packages? What are your thoughts about setting up "universal" repositories that are accessible from different distribution architectures? (A single repo that can be used by suse, redhat, and debian systems). What are you doing to go towards that goal?
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Not only that, it doesn't have to be a large storage hard drive or something particularly fast (10gb drive at 5400 rpm should work fine) as long as it's reasonably small.
I have one as well. 1080p 50" DLP. Love it. Can't wait to get a MacMini (or maybe a Mac iTV?) to hook up to it.
For those who make enough money, it's well worth it. If you can't afford it, don't buy it. (Obviously)
And the Netherlands is where Peter Pan lives.
How about:
Prime1*Prime2-2? (so long as neither one of them is '2')
Forget servers. I want lots of cores on the desktop.
Imagine tagging images using facial recognition. (I take a lot of photos.) Or creating three dimensional models out of multiple images. Perhaps with recommended angles to improve the 3d reconstruction. Or true speech-to-text and text-to-speech that is able to learn. Or true machine AI.
These are big software problems that need both coders and horsepower.
Well, you're talking about /. Respect for Stephen Hawking is a given in this crowd.
It's now security by obsolescence!
Really, if the raid happened 20 years ago, everyone would be able to get the info off those floppy disks. Now they've got to find a C64 user group or specialty store (how many of them are there, even on the net?) to transfer the data and convert it to a usable format.
Well, no fossil fules for a while, at least. Presumably a few million years after we colonize mars there will be some fossil fules.
The difference is that the PS3 is supposed to output hi-def. Are they saying that composite video cabling is adequate for hi-def. It may be, but it's an interesting statement when coming from Sony.
It's one thing to have no hdmi cable, but why not component video? Isn't there some degradation in the HDTV resolution signal when using composite video?
Sorry I wasn't clear.
By whole-system integration, I meant from an end-user point of view. You can't go to microsoft.com and order a Microsoft PC that "just works". At least, not yet.
Apple will sell you the hardware, OS, software, and peripherals. Now that's a system.
Is OSWeekly written by 12 year olds now? That's got to be one of the worst article summaries I have ever read, and I've been reading /. for years...
Seriously, you have to be slightly brain damaged to think that MS is better at whole-system integration than Apple.
What filesystem can be read and written to in WinXP, Mac OS X, and Linux?
The only one that comes close is ext2, and I'm not sure I trust the support in the current version of OS X.
I will definitely use this myself. I have some large video files that I want to occasionally want to backup from one computer to another. Home movies and stuff like that. Between the problems in filesystems (what filesystem has full read/write support on Linux, Win2K, and OS X?) and size, this is the best way for me to transfer files.
Though a nice tutorial on setting up a vpn among computers with dynamic IP addresses (I don't have a static IP) would be appreciated.
Wait. Are you saying that you haven't used a windows based PC in 15 years? Or just not happen to have a PC running windows at home. If the former, I'd like to let you know that there are a number of enhancements to windows since Windows 3.0 was available in '91 (3.1 came out in '92, I believe).
/. reader, I call BS. :-)
P.S. If you are saying you haven't used a windows-based PC in 15 years, yet are a
My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas.
Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive. It depends on the type of information you are talking about.
The GPL says that you have to release the source code to anyone who has access to the binary code. Not really applicable in this case. They just need to restrict who has access to the binary code. Does the DoD care if the plane they just sold to a (presumably non-hostile) country also include a CD with the source code?
If I bought it on the medium, I have the right to sell it to another.
Try selling a copy of MS Windows on ebay. The RIAA is against the reselling of music as well, but they lost that battle.
If I bought a right to use it, I should be able to get another copy of the medium if mine was damaged or destroyed for the cost of the medium+shipping. Try to get that on MS Windows (Tell them it came with your computer and you want an OEM copy, but will settle for an end-user copy).
So, did I buy MS Windows, or just the right to install it?
Any word on better support for Windows 2000?
:-)
I would love to support Win2K and downgrade from WinXP. Something to be said for stability at end-of-life.
Oh My God, What The F?ck, Bar-B-Q???
Open source doesn't mean equal say in anything. I certainly don't have equal say with the kernel developers over what's going into the next version of linux, for example.
Slightly offtopic: I created a video with kino that is of mpeg2 format, in a .mpeg file. How would I author a DVD (or create a DVD style .iso) from this?
:-(
I can't seem to find a good answer with the typical google searches (too many false-positives by mentioning mpeg and mpeg2)
Does that mean that the next version of MSOffice for OSX won't have a macro language?
While the Linux Standard Base advocates the use of .rpm packages, what steps are you using to help other distributions use .rpm packages? What are your thoughts about setting up "universal" repositories that are accessible from different distribution architectures? (A single repo that can be used by suse, redhat, and debian systems). What are you doing to go towards that goal?