At his point, Linux will have taken the entire world, except the desktop that it was originaly built to run in.
What's kind of funny, if you ask me. But Windows can't last forever, and what will replace it will be FOSS (but maybe not Linux), so just keep waiting.
So, running a head that ejects some liquid on a surface isn't what an inkjet printer does? And running a very similar head that uses a laser to make powder adhere to a surface isn't what a laser priter does?
Anyway, now that I'm writing something, this thread is stupid. People are printing tissues in lab in machines that consist exactly of a liquid ejecting head that run over the 3 dimensions of the "printing" space. Just like a Makerbot. This tech solved some of the old problems of cells not assembling in the right patterns.
Well, ok, margins are always bigger for loked-in products and at some time, total profits were bigger for them too, and a more open standard normally wins over more closed ones. Still, that does not apply to the x86 vs arm fight, there is a small parenthesis about arm being more open, and getting the mobile market because of it, but for servers the x86 is open enough.
In the real universe, the phone service rep is a minimum-wage worker in a foreign country, whose top priority is keeping down their time-per-call-resolution metric.
Well, that's PayPal's decision. Why should they get a free pass just because they decided to act in a harmfull way? (Shouldn't it be the other way around?)
It'll probably last untill the plastic wears off from UV radiation or too many cycles of hydratation and deshydratation.
Anyway, mass made utensils have extremely low tolerance margins, because those margins cost full cents on evey piece, and those pieces are produced in the milions. I wouldn't print something with such low tolerances because both:
1 - I want it to last, not to sell another iten in a couple of years. 2 - I don't want to spend engineering time fine tunning the resistence. 3 - I don't like tools curving under load, whatever danger they are of breaking 4 - I may want to print it fast, and for doing that I can't have very thin parts.
Notice that any of the above reasons is more than enough for me to pay a few extra cents in material and manufactuing costs. But the incentive of industries are not aligned with mine, and none are important for them (#2 would, but their costs spread much more).
Manufacture technologies were always the most important factor on the speed of a CPU. That meant that R&D money translated into faster chips, and all the R&D money was obviously on the market leader, first the x86 and then the amd64 architectures.
Well, manufacture is still extremely important, but it's taking bigger and bigger investiments to deliver the same gains in CPU speed. At the same time, the x86 market is shrinking, and arm64 is exploding. Expect huge changes in the future.
I just hope you only use public data in that DNA sequencing. If you are keeping any of it secret (like, before applying for a patent), you'll have bad news.
Normal (read cheap) steppers, drivers and pulley give 80 steps/mm or more (80 is the default RepRap value, 160 is getting more common). Printing precision depends almost exclusively on vibration control and hotend dimensions, none of which take part at the "resolution" number a manufacturer will give you.
And since it's in a cartridge, it's presumably easier to load - one of the most common complaints I've seen for products like Makerbot is that loading the filament is tricky and you often have to fiddle and do numerous test prints to get it right.
Loading a filament is easy. They'll have a market if their filament does not jam, the printer does not need calibration, and the cartige protects the filament from humidity.
Getting the second one (no calibration) right is a feat of engineering, but plausible. I'll belive somebody solved any of the other problems when I see it, with extraordinary evidence. Based on apearences, my belif is that they solved none of those problems.
The fall off in sales started about 5-6 years ago. It wasn't Windows 8 that caused the drop.
Yep, now tell me that Windows 8 didn't help the falling.
On similar hardware they tend to prefer Metro.
I have no idea. I never saw anybody using Windows on a portable. But when I said that people avoid what they despise, I was talking to Windows in general, not Metro in particular.
Security and reliability are not the same thing at all.
That's technically correct, but does not matter, because...
Many systems are highly secure and unreliable.
Yep, those exist. But...
Many systems are highly reliable and terribly insecure.
The ability to run the same applications on a huge range of form factors and have the applications adjust to the form factor.
Hey, I want that! I also want some tech that reverses the second law of thermodynamics, faster than light rockets and anti-gravity belts that make me fly. Is Microsoft also working on any of those problems?
About the list... a) People are keeping their PCs, they could even be buying some more if they didn't come with Windows 8. b) See a). If they have to abandon the interface they are used to, they'll go to some that they don't despise. c) and d) are the same reduntant option, repeated for your enlightment. Yes, people want that, but they are not easily convinced that you supply it. e) Yes, that's the one Win 8 does, and the only reason people get it. f) Yes, it's a problem.
But "the mosquito" is not an species. There are plenty of them, and most species do not transmit disiases. In fact, the worst offenders are completely domestic, unable to survive on the wild.
is mild weather contradictory evidence (if we have a mild winter or summer, for example)?
A mild summer somewhere in the world, no it isn't. A mild summer everywhere in the world, yes, it's evidence against global warming. Just a mild summer in more places than normal is enough to constitute evidence.
It's sad to see people unable to understand the meaning of that "global" word.
And part of my argument is that they are worse than doing nothing.
Real people that can't make the application realy secure also can't do those harder techniques in a way that does not create more security flaws. Also if you are able to use proper security techniques, there's still no evidence that you'll be able to use those techniques correctly (because they are harder). And in the end of the day, those techniques can not add any real security.
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Don't mind. One day the GP will be able to model humor on a computer, and then he'll understand.
Yep, and there is nobody making any hype about Linux games, thus it'll never gain any steam.
At his point, Linux will have taken the entire world, except the desktop that it was originaly built to run in.
What's kind of funny, if you ask me. But Windows can't last forever, and what will replace it will be FOSS (but maybe not Linux), so just keep waiting.
So, running a head that ejects some liquid on a surface isn't what an inkjet printer does? And running a very similar head that uses a laser to make powder adhere to a surface isn't what a laser priter does?
Anyway, now that I'm writing something, this thread is stupid. People are printing tissues in lab in machines that consist exactly of a liquid ejecting head that run over the 3 dimensions of the "printing" space. Just like a Makerbot. This tech solved some of the old problems of cells not assembling in the right patterns.
I completely agree... But take a look at media players, and computers being sold nowadays.
Well, ok, margins are always bigger for loked-in products and at some time, total profits were bigger for them too, and a more open standard normally wins over more closed ones. Still, that does not apply to the x86 vs arm fight, there is a small parenthesis about arm being more open, and getting the mobile market because of it, but for servers the x86 is open enough.
Well, that's PayPal's decision. Why should they get a free pass just because they decided to act in a harmfull way? (Shouldn't it be the other way around?)
It'll probably last untill the plastic wears off from UV radiation or too many cycles of hydratation and deshydratation.
Anyway, mass made utensils have extremely low tolerance margins, because those margins cost full cents on evey piece, and those pieces are produced in the milions. I wouldn't print something with such low tolerances because both:
1 - I want it to last, not to sell another iten in a couple of years.
2 - I don't want to spend engineering time fine tunning the resistence.
3 - I don't like tools curving under load, whatever danger they are of breaking
4 - I may want to print it fast, and for doing that I can't have very thin parts.
Notice that any of the above reasons is more than enough for me to pay a few extra cents in material and manufactuing costs. But the incentive of industries are not aligned with mine, and none are important for them (#2 would, but their costs spread much more).
I'd say something completely different.
Manufacture technologies were always the most important factor on the speed of a CPU. That meant that R&D money translated into faster chips, and all the R&D money was obviously on the market leader, first the x86 and then the amd64 architectures.
Well, manufacture is still extremely important, but it's taking bigger and bigger investiments to deliver the same gains in CPU speed. At the same time, the x86 market is shrinking, and arm64 is exploding. Expect huge changes in the future.
The more RAM, the less you use the disks, the less you wear them, and the less power you spend.
Also, you'll want services that use too many files running at the file server.
I just hope you only use public data in that DNA sequencing. If you are keeping any of it secret (like, before applying for a patent), you'll have bad news.
Yes, that statement is completely wrong. The toys weren't shiny.
Normal (read cheap) steppers, drivers and pulley give 80 steps/mm or more (80 is the default RepRap value, 160 is getting more common). Printing precision depends almost exclusively on vibration control and hotend dimensions, none of which take part at the "resolution" number a manufacturer will give you.
Loading a filament is easy. They'll have a market if their filament does not jam, the printer does not need calibration, and the cartige protects the filament from humidity.
Getting the second one (no calibration) right is a feat of engineering, but plausible. I'll belive somebody solved any of the other problems when I see it, with extraordinary evidence. Based on apearences, my belif is that they solved none of those problems.
Well, and plastic filament absorbs water quite fast, so they have all the excuse they want for expiring it.
That's what happens when you benefit one industry at the expense of all the others.
It's not different from the many closed source projects that do the same.
It's different from QT.
Yep, now tell me that Windows 8 didn't help the falling.
I have no idea. I never saw anybody using Windows on a portable. But when I said that people avoid what they despise, I was talking to Windows in general, not Metro in particular.
That's technically correct, but does not matter, because...
Yep, those exist. But...
Nope, those don't exist.
Hey, I want that! I also want some tech that reverses the second law of thermodynamics, faster than light rockets and anti-gravity belts that make me fly. Is Microsoft also working on any of those problems?
About the list...
a) People are keeping their PCs, they could even be buying some more if they didn't come with Windows 8.
b) See a). If they have to abandon the interface they are used to, they'll go to some that they don't despise.
c) and d) are the same reduntant option, repeated for your enlightment. Yes, people want that, but they are not easily convinced that you supply it.
e) Yes, that's the one Win 8 does, and the only reason people get it.
f) Yes, it's a problem.
It's way more likely that pulling the disk will void your warranty than replacing the OS.
But you can boot with Linux, and send the image of the HD through the network. That's my choosen way to backup new machines.
They could look at KDE:
Change a setting: It's a tablet;
Change it back: It's a desktop.
Of course, desktop software won't run well on a tablet. But Windows does not try to solve that either.
Allright, mosquitoes are important.
But "the mosquito" is not an species. There are plenty of them, and most species do not transmit disiases. In fact, the worst offenders are completely domestic, unable to survive on the wild.
A mild summer somewhere in the world, no it isn't. A mild summer everywhere in the world, yes, it's evidence against global warming. Just a mild summer in more places than normal is enough to constitute evidence.
It's sad to see people unable to understand the meaning of that "global" word.
And part of my argument is that they are worse than doing nothing.
Real people that can't make the application realy secure also can't do those harder techniques in a way that does not create more security flaws. Also if you are able to use proper security techniques, there's still no evidence that you'll be able to use those techniques correctly (because they are harder). And in the end of the day, those techniques can not add any real security.
It doesn't invalidate the article, just the simplified explanation of it.