BG is good enough, tied to residential/office network, and hard to notice the benefit of N.
Do you do much copying of files at all? We can see a huge difference on our network (have had n since the first 11n Airport Extreme), with speeds 3-5 times faster than G in the same environment. For us, 11n actually made wireless an acceptable alternative.
Cutting edge is nice for the functionality; unfortunately it more often than not comes with unintended functionality. I like standing back a bit - not too much mind you, but enough to avoid the bleeding edge.
...and would normally make me happy; except I'm a Mac user. Still good news, but could've been better for a certain sub-set of the population, darn it.
File systems are one area where computer technology is lagging, comparatively speaking, so good to see innovation such as this.
...Chrome Frame will end in growing fragmentation and loss of control for most of us, including Web developers.'
A very important point. Those of us who build the web finally thought we were seeing some movement with the increasing adoption of Firefox (mainly) causing Microsoft to build better browsers in IE7, and more so, IE8. We really looked forward to moving from a development model where 50% of the time was spent building the site to standards, and 50% hacking for Internet Explorer.
If you work for Apple, please comment on why you went with watered down phishing protection on the iPhone.
If anyone from Apple does comment, we'll not know for sure as they'll not be able to identify themselves sufficiently. As such, everything we do see will just be guesses. Some may make sense and quite probably be right, but who knows...
I gave up on reading all the comments. A lot of cynics, and a lot of people knocking the guy. Yet it is people like this who have historically driven so much innovation. So he's focused on product, and not on all the structure around it, which may or may not be his downfall. Is this such a bad thing? It is not a product driven by marketing, but by engineering, and these types of product are becoming harder and harder to come by.
To the AC who said "You are at the blunt end of failure and you want help from slashdot." - having a functioning example is far from the blunt end, which is populated by those who can't quite make their products work.
Sure, the guy has limited business nous, but at least he knows enough to know he needs help to go further. If one was to take the majority of comments here on slashdot seriously, almost everyone has startling intellect and experience in all fields pertaining to the world.
The switch from gunshots to injections is a sign that China "promotes human rights now," says Kang Zhongwen, who designed the Jinguan Automobile death van...
So they're starting to look at how people die? Me - I would have thought looking at how people live would have been a more useful step in promoting human rights. But then what do I know - I don't control the lives of over a billion people...
Perhaps it keeps shovelling work to each GPU until it notices an increase in time getting the results back, and then surmises that GPU is at it's maximum load?
I wrote a (very) short piece on this after the music industry had a wee get together in Kristiansand back in June last year.
One of the outcomes reported was the recognition that monetising, instead of prosecuting, was a better idea. Is it just the wheels moving slowly or is the easy path involve a lot less work for a lot more short term gain?
Perhaps this article signifies the movement that has occurred with open source software. Whilst I'm sure it's been around a long while, there has been a huge increase in what's available in the last few years. Open Source software is maturing as most things do when they get older.
I'm happy with the 'get it working first - then make it pretty' approach taken by most.
1. It presupposes that most/all elderly are stupid.
No it doesn't. I was talking about Great Aunt Mildred - not anyone else.
You went past presupposing there. Who mentioned all old people, and who mentioned stupidity? Ignorance - in the true sense of the word - is not the same as stupidity. Most don't know how linux differs from Windows, et al.
Oh, and it was a funny. It's ok - I like (and use for some machines) linux too
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BG is good enough, tied to residential/office network, and hard to notice the benefit of N.
Do you do much copying of files at all? We can see a huge difference on our network (have had n since the first 11n Airport Extreme), with speeds 3-5 times faster than G in the same environment. For us, 11n actually made wireless an acceptable alternative.
= Wi-fight?
Guess not.
Are we due for a new, faster, standard now, since it has been 5 years for this to come to fruition?
Use open source, get cutting edge things.
Cutting edge is nice for the functionality; unfortunately it more often than not comes with unintended functionality. I like standing back a bit - not too much mind you, but enough to avoid the bleeding edge.
...and would normally make me happy; except I'm a Mac user. Still good news, but could've been better for a certain sub-set of the population, darn it.
File systems are one area where computer technology is lagging, comparatively speaking, so good to see innovation such as this.
A very important point. Those of us who build the web finally thought we were seeing some movement with the increasing adoption of Firefox (mainly) causing Microsoft to build better browsers in IE7, and more so, IE8. We really looked forward to moving from a development model where 50% of the time was spent building the site to standards, and 50% hacking for Internet Explorer.
...social networking.
Taking it to a new level, no joining or other conscious actions required to share everything about your life.
FTA:
If you work for Apple, please comment on why you went with watered down phishing protection on the iPhone.
If anyone from Apple does comment, we'll not know for sure as they'll not be able to identify themselves sufficiently. As such, everything we do see will just be guesses. Some may make sense and quite probably be right, but who knows...
I gave up on reading all the comments. A lot of cynics, and a lot of people knocking the guy. Yet it is people like this who have historically driven so much innovation. So he's focused on product, and not on all the structure around it, which may or may not be his downfall. Is this such a bad thing? It is not a product driven by marketing, but by engineering, and these types of product are becoming harder and harder to come by. To the AC who said "You are at the blunt end of failure and you want help from slashdot." - having a functioning example is far from the blunt end, which is populated by those who can't quite make their products work. Sure, the guy has limited business nous, but at least he knows enough to know he needs help to go further. If one was to take the majority of comments here on slashdot seriously, almost everyone has startling intellect and experience in all fields pertaining to the world.
A head to head battle; whoever makes the other disappear wins!
$200,000 fines are being aimed at three of the offenders here in New Zealand:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/8D970CCB86C6155ACC2574E200636699
Have you looked at the code and graphics on that site?
It should be illegal to link to it.
Continued? What? Continued?? Health? What? Health?? I'm not sure those words mean what you think you mean.
Did he explicitly state good health?
forkin hell!
in space so we could catch all the space junk? We just need to be careful that we don't catch any space stations by accident...
Considering who would be putting the net out there, what do you think the chances of accidently catching a space station (or satellite) are, hmm?
There's plenty of credit card details that can be bought for $20 on the internet. Problem solved!
from that article:
The switch from gunshots to injections is a sign that China "promotes human rights now," says Kang Zhongwen, who designed the Jinguan Automobile death van...
So they're starting to look at how people die? Me - I would have thought looking at how people live would have been a more useful step in promoting human rights. But then what do I know - I don't control the lives of over a billion people...
Perhaps it keeps shovelling work to each GPU until it notices an increase in time getting the results back, and then surmises that GPU is at it's maximum load?
Cue the purists saying: "But it is supposed to have hiss. That's part of its character."
So you're saying they'd throw a hissy fit?
If one wants other shareholders to get the news, you Dig it.
Talk about moving into the 21st century at a great rate of knots.
...or is it just too tempting?
I wrote a (very) short piece on this after the music industry had a wee get together in Kristiansand back in June last year.
One of the outcomes reported was the recognition that monetising, instead of prosecuting, was a better idea. Is it just the wheels moving slowly or is the easy path involve a lot less work for a lot more short term gain?
Perhaps this article signifies the movement that has occurred with open source software. Whilst I'm sure it's been around a long while, there has been a huge increase in what's available in the last few years. Open Source software is maturing as most things do when they get older.
I'm happy with the 'get it working first - then make it pretty' approach taken by most.
Your argument fails on 3 fronts:
1. It presupposes that most/all elderly are stupid.
No it doesn't. I was talking about Great Aunt Mildred - not anyone else.
You went past presupposing there. Who mentioned all old people, and who mentioned stupidity? Ignorance - in the true sense of the word - is not the same as stupidity. Most don't know how linux differs from Windows, et al.
Oh, and it was a funny. It's ok - I like (and use for some machines) linux too
Do these come with restore discs? (I'm presuming being Dell they will.
Otherwise I can imagine the call from Great Aunt Mildred when she tries to work out how to reinstall:
I knew these computer thingies were new fangled, but mine wants to MAKE out with me, sonny!
Hence troll problem fixed!
A bit of a weird way to go about it, but each to their own...
...nicely(~50KB jpg).
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
--George Bernard Shaw