Unity is probably the biggest mistake the Ubuntu devs made though there is also Mint,Fedora,Debian,and SUSE.
The best thing they can do with Unity is exactly what Microsoft needs to do with Metro deselect it as the default UI or better yet give it the old Yeller treatment and pretend it never happened.
This is true I don't have to track down drivers to run Ubuntu for windows you pretty much have to find drivers for nearly everything or use the bloat ware infested restore media and then remove the oem trashware that's if the manufacture had the decency to include it.
Most people do not know there is an alternative to windows or that it's as good as windows.
Other issues confusion and people trying to fix things that are not broken such as completely redoing gnome in gnome 3 or brain dead things like Unity in Ubuntu which cause Mint to over take it as the most downloaded distro.
Android is a good example of what can happen when people are exposed to an alternative OS.
It's now the number 1 smart phone OS and Windows phone is more or less a flop.
You replace the ECM it's not hard to buy or make a new ecm that is superior to the old one and they're not that hardened I opened them up before it's almost old school technology in them.
A centralized control system for self driving cars would be too easy of a target for hackers and would be inherently very failure prone due to it's centralized nature.
I'd rather drive an older car then have some black box in my car or you can just remove the thing it's very easy to make an ECM better then the factory one now aka megasquirt avr.
Frequency hop is old tech dating back as far as the late 1970s and it is not untappable or unjammable.
Once you know the specs what frequencies are used and how channel changes are handled it can be both jammed and tapped.
China already manufactures this technology.
Cell phones use a basic version of it as it was one of the key technologies that made cellphones possible.
NK's artillery would need more then that to be that accurate they'd also need better guidance and navigation for the platforms, better quality control in the shells and possibly smart shells with the ability to steer.
The PS3 is not a super computer but it's a great component to use to make one on a budget.
A single cell no but 8 cells networked would crush your server rack in all operations unless you have a couple of Tesla cards in there.
From a practical stand point IBM's cell blades are a better starting point as they have more memory etc.
The PS3's selling point is it's $299 less then one of your i7s which has less then 1/3 the Gflops the Cell in the PS3 gets.
If you were doing any serious number crunching on that server rack you'd have a couple of Tesla's or Firestream processing cards in them.
Just one Tesla card = 7.4 core i7s.
Cell more or less crushes an i7 in just about any SMID or DSP type operation.
Even though X86 have pretty much been static since 2006 with only minor updates GPUs have come a long ways since 2006 .
The cheapest Gflop for your buck by far is Radeon or Geforce card that supports stream processing or CUDA.
I consider transcoding apps that don't use the GPU not even worth the HD space let alone worth paying actual money for.
Every time a freedom is surrendered is a victory for the terrorists.
They know they can't kill us all or even.1% of us but they can make us live in fear.
Bin Laden's goals where to make life difficult for Americans and bankrupt the US stuff like this conveniently does both.
Bin Laden's goals where to make life difficult for Americans and the government did just that for him.
The government fighting it war on terror has killed 3 times more Americans then Bin Laden and done more economic damage as well.
Every time a freedom is surrendered or a right sign away for security is a victory for Al Qeda.
None that's how many we need to fight back.
Really I would not want this shit even if there was a car bomb going off every week.
The government having this kind of power is far scarier then any terrorist.
Technically a lot of the stuff companies have been pulling lately is way illegal but the congress and senate are not doing their job and instead are accepting payouts.
Sony should have been made to issue a refund for every PS3 sold and MS should have only been able to ban chipped Xboxe 360s from XBL but could not disable the HD or media functions.
If this hurts their profit margins then so be it that's how society is supposed to work you do wrong and screw people over you pay.
Moto should have to fix every e-fused phone for no charge and customers should be able to send the phone back for a full refund if they are not happy with Motorola's and the carrier's terms.
It'll kill high end smart phones as no one will want to pay $400 for a phone that will become a brick if they switch carriers.
Bull shit like that is why I never would buy an iPad and would rather buy the Taiwanese knock off MID because in this case the knockoff is a better product.
I expect if this gets too wide spread it'll be the end of US electronics companies like Motorola as they get buried by Taiwanese and Chinese manufactures that don't pull that stuff.
They don't make the stuff in the US anymore so it would not be a big loss by any means.
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Unity is probably the biggest mistake the Ubuntu devs made though there is also Mint,Fedora,Debian,and SUSE. The best thing they can do with Unity is exactly what Microsoft needs to do with Metro deselect it as the default UI or better yet give it the old Yeller treatment and pretend it never happened.
Games are probably the primary reason I still even run windows.
This is true I don't have to track down drivers to run Ubuntu for windows you pretty much have to find drivers for nearly everything or use the bloat ware infested restore media and then remove the oem trashware that's if the manufacture had the decency to include it.
It's still uncomfortable like the Windows 8 metro interface. The best thing they can do with Unity is give it the old Yeller treatment.
Most people do not know there is an alternative to windows or that it's as good as windows. Other issues confusion and people trying to fix things that are not broken such as completely redoing gnome in gnome 3 or brain dead things like Unity in Ubuntu which cause Mint to over take it as the most downloaded distro. Android is a good example of what can happen when people are exposed to an alternative OS. It's now the number 1 smart phone OS and Windows phone is more or less a flop.
Then it's horrible again when some keystone cop or worse yet some fed dl's the data and uses it against them.
Enjoy shoveling poop.
Insurance companies tend to be crooks.
You replace the ECM it's not hard to buy or make a new ecm that is superior to the old one and they're not that hardened I opened them up before it's almost old school technology in them.
A centralized control system for self driving cars would be too easy of a target for hackers and would be inherently very failure prone due to it's centralized nature.
I'd rather drive an older car then have some black box in my car or you can just remove the thing it's very easy to make an ECM better then the factory one now aka megasquirt avr.
Frequency hop is old tech dating back as far as the late 1970s and it is not untappable or unjammable. Once you know the specs what frequencies are used and how channel changes are handled it can be both jammed and tapped. China already manufactures this technology. Cell phones use a basic version of it as it was one of the key technologies that made cellphones possible. NK's artillery would need more then that to be that accurate they'd also need better guidance and navigation for the platforms, better quality control in the shells and possibly smart shells with the ability to steer.
This is pure bull shit if there ever was. Just farther proof congress and their lobbyists are completely disconnected from the real world.
The PS3 is not a super computer but it's a great component to use to make one on a budget. A single cell no but 8 cells networked would crush your server rack in all operations unless you have a couple of Tesla cards in there. From a practical stand point IBM's cell blades are a better starting point as they have more memory etc. The PS3's selling point is it's $299 less then one of your i7s which has less then 1/3 the Gflops the Cell in the PS3 gets. If you were doing any serious number crunching on that server rack you'd have a couple of Tesla's or Firestream processing cards in them. Just one Tesla card = 7.4 core i7s.
Cell more or less crushes an i7 in just about any SMID or DSP type operation. Even though X86 have pretty much been static since 2006 with only minor updates GPUs have come a long ways since 2006 . The cheapest Gflop for your buck by far is Radeon or Geforce card that supports stream processing or CUDA. I consider transcoding apps that don't use the GPU not even worth the HD space let alone worth paying actual money for.
Every time a freedom is surrendered is a victory for the terrorists. They know they can't kill us all or even .1% of us but they can make us live in fear.
Bin Laden's goals where to make life difficult for Americans and bankrupt the US stuff like this conveniently does both.
Bin Laden's goals where to make life difficult for Americans and the government did just that for him. The government fighting it war on terror has killed 3 times more Americans then Bin Laden and done more economic damage as well. Every time a freedom is surrendered or a right sign away for security is a victory for Al Qeda.
All three of those are correct the government lies to us and they are the real terrorists.
None that's how many we need to fight back. Really I would not want this shit even if there was a car bomb going off every week. The government having this kind of power is far scarier then any terrorist.
Technically a lot of the stuff companies have been pulling lately is way illegal but the congress and senate are not doing their job and instead are accepting payouts. Sony should have been made to issue a refund for every PS3 sold and MS should have only been able to ban chipped Xboxe 360s from XBL but could not disable the HD or media functions. If this hurts their profit margins then so be it that's how society is supposed to work you do wrong and screw people over you pay. Moto should have to fix every e-fused phone for no charge and customers should be able to send the phone back for a full refund if they are not happy with Motorola's and the carrier's terms.
Einstein once said only two things are infinite the universe and human stupidity and I'm not 100% sure on the former.
HTC will probably bury Moto's dead carcass as they have an android phone without the bullshit.
I wish it was that simple the efuse is such a scumtastic invention and it needs to be outlawed.
It'll kill high end smart phones as no one will want to pay $400 for a phone that will become a brick if they switch carriers. Bull shit like that is why I never would buy an iPad and would rather buy the Taiwanese knock off MID because in this case the knockoff is a better product. I expect if this gets too wide spread it'll be the end of US electronics companies like Motorola as they get buried by Taiwanese and Chinese manufactures that don't pull that stuff. They don't make the stuff in the US anymore so it would not be a big loss by any means.