Firewire 800 isn't their design, the processors are made by IBM/Motorola. 802.11g isn't their design.
Sure they can bolt together the latest hardware into a new computer but that isn't innovation. Innovation is doing something new. See the Cell processor for an example of innovation and cutting edge.
64-bit processors have been around for years in Sun computers.
Sure, make use of the power if it is there, but don't force it upon people.
The only time I'd agree with all the fancy animated menus and gizmos is if it improves the usability and clarity of the interface. If it's all about branding and making Windows look flashy then it's pointless.
Having lots more code running when clicking a menu just results in poorer timing and stability when doing timing critical work like MIDI and audio work. It's hard enough getting decent timing from Windows as it is.
There's a couple of phones that come close to this specification. Most smartphones just fall short of the mark at the moment. I've just ordered an i-mate sp3, while I'd have preferred a Symbian based phone I just can't find one that has the right form factor.
You often already pay such taxes on CD/DVD burners and media. Where will it all end? taxing hearing aids as these can enable someone to listen to pirate music?
What? people involved in the Hollywood taking a factual story and twisting it around to make it more exciting but factually incorrect? Wow, that's heavy:)
Yeah, they've been around for about 5 years now. There's similar technology used in reusable hand warmers. It's a pouch which reacts and generates heat, when it has cooled you boil it up and reuse.
It's been around for years, I had such mechanisms on my first racing bike in the 80s.
The purpose being quick repairs, you can get the wheel off in seconds, flip the level, turn the nut on the other side of the wheel and lift it off.
Yes some sadles have quick release too, advantage being you probably can drop the saddle down quick if you're off-roading on your mountain bike and don't want the saddle to hit you somewhere sensitive.
You can joke, but the US is the worlds biggest polluter. Considering the population is a fraction of China and India it shows how bad the pollution generated is.
Naturally India and China will catch up as their economies strengthen, but the US has the technology, money and skills to reduce pollution, it just doesn't have the intent.
The leadership has plenty of ties to the oil and energy industries and so you won't see much of an efficiency drive while they are in power.
Even an iPod is bulky when compared to a flash player. If only 10GB flash cards were available, it would make flash players more viable. Two card slots and you'd have 20GB in a small package.
Now if Sony Ericsson or someone could produce a phone that can control your mp3 player, then you'd not even need to take it out of your pocket. Bluetooth interface to mp3 player.
Isn't it about time we can add sites to our bookmark folder and have them automagically categorised based on content?
Eg. I bookmark Slashdot and it gets added to a News folder, I bookmark Google and it gets added to a Search Engine folder.
Of course this relies on the webpage having metadata that is accurate. But it's a good start.
Would also like to see website history categorised like this. So I can go to a local webpage which lists all the sites I've been on, but can sort them by interest group.
An API call that is partly broken is often not fixed for a few reasons: kludges and workarounds. A broken call might work in conjunction with some other functions or it might behave differently to how it is documented (it might return TRUE not FALSE as expected.
So if a programmer has foolishly used these calls or had no choice, their code will fail if the call is fixed. Therefore the solution in this instance is to create another function and deprecate the old one at some stage.
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Firewire 800 isn't their design, the processors are made by IBM/Motorola. 802.11g isn't their design.
Sure they can bolt together the latest hardware into a new computer but that isn't innovation. Innovation is doing something new. See the Cell processor for an example of innovation and cutting edge.
64-bit processors have been around for years in Sun computers.
Sure, make use of the power if it is there, but don't force it upon people.
The only time I'd agree with all the fancy animated menus and gizmos is if it improves the usability and clarity of the interface. If it's all about branding and making Windows look flashy then it's pointless.
Having lots more code running when clicking a menu just results in poorer timing and stability when doing timing critical work like MIDI and audio work. It's hard enough getting decent timing from Windows as it is.
It's not like Apple's products have really been on the cutting edge in terms of technology for a while. Cutting edge of design perhaps.
You can just imagine other segments of the computer being written on cigarette packets and bits of scrap paper. Oh well, it worked :)
There's a couple of phones that come close to this specification. Most smartphones just fall short of the mark at the moment. I've just ordered an i-mate sp3, while I'd have preferred a Symbian based phone I just can't find one that has the right form factor.
A mobile phone with:
MP3 playback, superb sound quality and standard 3.5mm socket.
GPS receiver and the ability to use standard GPS software for smartphones.
A very good keyboard (not spongey), either a standard phone type or qwerty as long as the device doesn't look stupid.
SDIO compatible SD slot
Wifi
Good battery life
Good speakerphone
Expandable memory
Non-volatile storage
You often already pay such taxes on CD/DVD burners and media. Where will it all end? taxing hearing aids as these can enable someone to listen to pirate music?
If it is they will simplify open source developement by eradicating it.
What? people involved in the Hollywood taking a factual story and twisting it around to make it more exciting but factually incorrect? Wow, that's heavy :)
Well you'd need lenses in front of the LED clusters to even out their light output, unless there's an LED for each dot on the screen.
There's been talk of using high brightness LED clusters in DIY video projectors, currently the light output isn't ideal but it'll get there.
Yeah, they've been around for about 5 years now. There's similar technology used in reusable hand warmers. It's a pouch which reacts and generates heat, when it has cooled you boil it up and reuse.
It's been around for years, I had such mechanisms on my first racing bike in the 80s.
The purpose being quick repairs, you can get the wheel off in seconds, flip the level, turn the nut on the other side of the wheel and lift it off.
Yes some sadles have quick release too, advantage being you probably can drop the saddle down quick if you're off-roading on your mountain bike and don't want the saddle to hit you somewhere sensitive.
Will LCD avoid the need for cooling fans or will the required brightness for a larger screen mean brighter backlights and therefore more heat?
You can joke, but the US is the worlds biggest polluter. Considering the population is a fraction of China and India it shows how bad the pollution generated is.
Naturally India and China will catch up as their economies strengthen, but the US has the technology, money and skills to reduce pollution, it just doesn't have the intent.
The leadership has plenty of ties to the oil and energy industries and so you won't see much of an efficiency drive while they are in power.
They probably bought the company since it was cheaper than buying licenses for all of their machines at Redmond :)
American scientists will find anything they can to continue the American way of life unchanged.
As soon as the US accepts global warming the rest of the world will take notice.
I personally don't believe that all the freak storms and floods I've been seeing over the last few years are unrelated to climate change.
Well the costs of developing a homebrew GPS missile that works are astronomical. The Son on Star Wars test that failed the other day cost $85 million.
Shouldn't they be improving airport, immigration and border controls?
Even an iPod is bulky when compared to a flash player. If only 10GB flash cards were available, it would make flash players more viable. Two card slots and you'd have 20GB in a small package.
Now if Sony Ericsson or someone could produce a phone that can control your mp3 player, then you'd not even need to take it out of your pocket. Bluetooth interface to mp3 player.
Microsoft don't have a clue when it comes to hardware products, eg.
XBox - big ugly console
Windows smartphones - powerful but poor battery life
Windows media PC - Just a PC with a tweaked OS
Tablet PC - nice idea, too expensive
etc...
In the EU we're trying to throw out patent laws for software and keep copyright as the method of protection for software IP.
Isn't it about time we can add sites to our bookmark folder and have them automagically categorised based on content?
Eg. I bookmark Slashdot and it gets added to a News folder, I bookmark Google and it gets added to a Search Engine folder.
Of course this relies on the webpage having metadata that is accurate. But it's a good start.
Would also like to see website history categorised like this. So I can go to a local webpage which lists all the sites I've been on, but can sort them by interest group.
An API call that is partly broken is often not fixed for a few reasons: kludges and workarounds. A broken call might work in conjunction with some other functions or it might behave differently to how it is documented (it might return TRUE not FALSE as expected.
So if a programmer has foolishly used these calls or had no choice, their code will fail if the call is fixed. Therefore the solution in this instance is to create another function and deprecate the old one at some stage.
It's good to see that the Linux kernel is well designed and coded.
What really matters is what you run on the thing, many security issues occur outside of the kernel.
Maybe not, but Sony's new player lets you copy MP3s onto it but not off it. Does the iPod do similar?
* More colours, white sucks
* Better battery life
* No DRM
* Decent remote option
* Digital I/O
I don't have 80GB of music (I have a 20GB player), storage of that kind will be more useful when video playback becomes mass market.