How hard is it for a computer to understand the sentence: "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot"? That takes care of 90% of the use case scenarios right there. Next is "Computer, initiate auto-destruct sequence" is the next 8%.
A site like Facebook isn't computing the value of pi or calculating jump coordinates for the Galactica, things that would benefit from a more efficient implementation. I don't know anything about Facebook's site, but many web applications use the application layer to essentially pull data from and send data to databases. Parsing data back and forth typically isn't sped up with C++ or even C that much compared to PHP. All many PHP sites do is draw HTML, and a lot of SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE queries. Hard to imagine C++ having a big impact on that, certainly not 10:1.
In a free market, it's impossible to *stop* FOSS, because a free market that protects property rights will allow FOSS licenses to exist, and the authors to license and distribute as they see fit.
One of the most important pieces of cinematic work in the past 100 years:
"We [the record labels] have to do something to protect our phoney balogne jobs!"
I was hopping Blu-Ray would win. 1080p native (instead of re-interlaced 1080i), more capacity, smaller wavelength. But Sony, being Sony, couldn't help but shoot itself in the foot.
Hostile to porn? Game over man, game over. The entirety of technology is to create a more efficient distribution network for porn. Printing press, telephones, moving pictures, home video, CD ROM, and the greatest porn distribution system ever created: the Internets (who's impact won't be outdone until direct-to-brain technology is developed).
HD-DVD will win. I just got my 46 inch 1080p LCD, and now I'm waiting for the HD-DVD price to get down below $250, or maybe $300. Netflix has HD-DVD, so that'll be my primary source.
Forward-thinking Coca Cola company unveiled a new Coke flavor to target this new and upcoming atomic monster mosquito. Dubbed "Coke Blood", the drink incorporates human blood. Also introduced was "Coke Blood AB-", and "Diet Coke Blood", made with protomater (Coke disputes the assertion that protomater is unstable).
They transfer it fresh from the original film stock. They even have Knight Rider in HD, which I assume is because back then TV shows were still edited using film (i.e. splicing the actual film roll), and then transfered to video tape after the edits are finished.
The current method is to transfer raw film unedited stock onto video and edit in video on non-linear systems.
Since They Live was film edited like all movies, transfer to HD is easy.
I've got my HD DVR box from Time Warner. For one, I can never live without DVR again. The amount of TV I do watch actually has gone down, because if I feel like watching a show I just pull it up from the list.
The HD DVR is beautiful. I've got "They Live" and a couple other movies stored in HD (nothing like a 20 minute fight scene in HD).
There are two drawbacks, one of which is Time Warner's problem, the other isn't.
For one, the unit freezes up about once a day. This happens quite a bit when I'm watching 480 content and switch to 720 or 1080 by changing the channel, or if I hit play on some HD content I have on the hard drive I tried setting the box to only output 720p (which is what my flatscreen converts it to anyway), but it will still lock up. It takes about 2 minutes to reboot itself. Annoying.
The other drawback is there just isn't a lot of HD content, and the HD content you do see spoils you. Battlestar Galactica shows every Saturday from the previous season in HD, and boy does it look better than SD Galactica. Prime time shows are usually in HD (except scrubs for some reason), but reruns on most other channels (even HD channels) are in SD (with the exception of TNT, which is the HD Law and Order). Not really Time Warner's fault, but annoying.
You really don't think that something that anyone who payed attention in 7th grade science class (which would be just about any/. read) would pick up a little bit of a sense of galactic scale? I think you underestimate the comprehensive ability of the readership, or you overestimate yours (or both).
I wonder if the editors purposefully put factual errors in there just to sit back and watch the orgie of "OMG NO THATS WRONG" comments that invariably follow. 400 light years? Of course it's a mistake. Is there anyone who reads/. that doesn't know that 400 light years is a little close for a galaxy? Of course, there are those that get positively horny over the propsect of correcting factual errors.
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How hard is it for a computer to understand the sentence: "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot"? That takes care of 90% of the use case scenarios right there. Next is "Computer, initiate auto-destruct sequence" is the next 8%.
I like that the voice over was done by an actor who played a Bond villain (Robert Davi).
A site like Facebook isn't computing the value of pi or calculating jump coordinates for the Galactica, things that would benefit from a more efficient implementation. I don't know anything about Facebook's site, but many web applications use the application layer to essentially pull data from and send data to databases. Parsing data back and forth typically isn't sped up with C++ or even C that much compared to PHP. All many PHP sites do is draw HTML, and a lot of SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE queries. Hard to imagine C++ having a big impact on that, certainly not 10:1.
I'm an IT worker, and my health routine is pretty atypical: Vegan diet and marathons.
On the grounds that it makes my client look bad!
So, nyaaa.
All you would need is a tracking system and a large spinning mirror, and you could vaporize a human target from space.
an industrial accident.
One of the most important pieces of cinematic work in the past 100 years: "We [the record labels] have to do something to protect our phoney balogne jobs!"
So, leading providers often file Chapter 11?
I, for one, welcome our new glowing overlords!
To be fair, Sun did start the patent trolling.
You're missing the biggest issue here, is that now he can't look at porn. At least, not without someone knowing about it.
This is, of course, the next logical step. We've been able to track corn consumption of towns for many, many years.
You've got the powerrrrr! Yeah!
I was hopping Blu-Ray would win. 1080p native (instead of re-interlaced 1080i), more capacity, smaller wavelength. But Sony, being Sony, couldn't help but shoot itself in the foot.
Hostile to porn? Game over man, game over. The entirety of technology is to create a more efficient distribution network for porn. Printing press, telephones, moving pictures, home video, CD ROM, and the greatest porn distribution system ever created: the Internets (who's impact won't be outdone until direct-to-brain technology is developed).
HD-DVD will win. I just got my 46 inch 1080p LCD, and now I'm waiting for the HD-DVD price to get down below $250, or maybe $300. Netflix has HD-DVD, so that'll be my primary source.
Forward-thinking Coca Cola company unveiled a new Coke flavor to target this new and upcoming atomic monster mosquito. Dubbed "Coke Blood", the drink incorporates human blood. Also introduced was "Coke Blood AB-", and "Diet Coke Blood", made with protomater (Coke disputes the assertion that protomater is unstable).
They transfer it fresh from the original film stock. They even have Knight Rider in HD, which I assume is because back then TV shows were still edited using film (i.e. splicing the actual film roll), and then transfered to video tape after the edits are finished.
The current method is to transfer raw film unedited stock onto video and edit in video on non-linear systems.
Since They Live was film edited like all movies, transfer to HD is easy.
Scientific Atlanta makes the set top box.
I've got my HD DVR box from Time Warner. For one, I can never live without DVR again. The amount of TV I do watch actually has gone down, because if I feel like watching a show I just pull it up from the list.
The HD DVR is beautiful. I've got "They Live" and a couple other movies stored in HD (nothing like a 20 minute fight scene in HD).
There are two drawbacks, one of which is Time Warner's problem, the other isn't.
For one, the unit freezes up about once a day. This happens quite a bit when I'm watching 480 content and switch to 720 or 1080 by changing the channel, or if I hit play on some HD content I have on the hard drive I tried setting the box to only output 720p (which is what my flatscreen converts it to anyway), but it will still lock up. It takes about 2 minutes to reboot itself. Annoying.
The other drawback is there just isn't a lot of HD content, and the HD content you do see spoils you. Battlestar Galactica shows every Saturday from the previous season in HD, and boy does it look better than SD Galactica. Prime time shows are usually in HD (except scrubs for some reason), but reruns on most other channels (even HD channels) are in SD (with the exception of TNT, which is the HD Law and Order). Not really Time Warner's fault, but annoying.
Someone is jealous that he doesn't have a fusion in his basement.
You really don't think that something that anyone who payed attention in 7th grade science class (which would be just about any /. read) would pick up a little bit of a sense of galactic scale? I think you underestimate the comprehensive ability of the readership, or you overestimate yours (or both).
I wonder if the editors purposefully put factual errors in there just to sit back and watch the orgie of "OMG NO THATS WRONG" comments that invariably follow. 400 light years? Of course it's a mistake. Is there anyone who reads /. that doesn't know that 400 light years is a little close for a galaxy? Of course, there are those that get positively horny over the propsect of correcting factual errors.
Because hey, trivia = intelligence, right?
Fuck! Even in the future nothing works!