There are less "garbage processors" from AMD. Less intentionally crippled varieties that are missing little bits of this and little bits of that compared to what Intel offers. With Intel I always have to read the fine print on every processor to see if it supports virtualization extensions, for only one example.
That being said, I think in the end we're going to have tabbed windows because the future is more likely to be running in a light-weight web-browser interface to the Cloud on any device you can imagine, rather than a resource-heavy hardware-dependent Windows or OS-X environment. How long it will take to get there is the only question.
The improvement we need in this area (are you listening Firefox people) is a way to group tabs the way I can group layers in Photoshop so that I can deal with the whole group (collapse, expand, move) together.
I can't wait until the US government starts banning these things because they could be used by terrorists to design nuclear weapons or something.
Excuse me, BUT...
The first hydrogen atomic bomb was designed back in the days of ENIAC, which could perform.385K multiplies (yes that's point 385K) per second. The atomic bomb was pre-ENIAC. I don't think you need a teraflop of computing power to magically get your Bomb.
As a MacOS and Linux user, I feel really left out put off by this move, why support only Vista and XP...?
If you're a Mac user then you're supposed to already be using the free Kindle reader on your iPhone/iTouch.
What??? You don't have one of those??? Don't you know that you are supposed to own at least one of every toy that Steve Jobs sells. Just what kind of Mac user are you anyway???
It's certainly more than past time for this if Amazon is trying to expand their market. Unless the Kindle is total profit (not likely), you want to be selling to as many markets as possible. Besides, for people who read a lot, they'll probably buy a Kindle anyway since it's a lot easier to carry and use for reading than a PC.
So now it's Intel corking their drivers - and this is news? Maybe they're just getting in their practice so that when it comes to Laughabee they'll actually try to make it look competitive.
AMD bought ATI in a panic after they couldn't merge with Nvidia (there wasn't room for 2 giant egos in that single company) to combat Intel Core + Larrabee on the same MCM. Now Larrabee is a no-show for months, if not years, to come and it's time for Intel to start panicking. Core i7 may be good, but AMD + ATI on the same die might be the better fit for most people.
Quit your whining, Murdoch. No matter how rich and powerful you are you simply can't have it both ways. Use robot.txt to exclude Google, or STFU about it.
If you really want them to learn about Science Fiction/Fantasy, make the final assignment to write a short story in either genre. Only when you create it do you really start to understand it.
Truly great logic at work here. We screwed up, so nuke the presumed innocent user. Hell, if I was that guy and had gotten the file off before they killed my e-mail access I think I'd offer it up to Wikileaks in return for their heavy-handed treatment of me.
If this were to be my only computer, it wouldn't be a tablet. Nothing currently available that I've seen can fully replace a desktop, or laptop, computer for all the tasks you're likely to want to do with it. Apple may finally change that game, but Apple hasn't arrived yet, and will likely be pricey when it does. I wouldn't want to type in a term paper on a tablet.
Were it me, I'd just get an inexpensive netbook for regular computing tasks, and an iPod Touch for music, video, all kinds of eBooks from Kindle to Stanza, and save the rest of my money for when a good tablet finally does arrive.
Earthquakes are often referred to have released the power of several nuclear bombs, as are super volcanoes. Is this system good enough to know the difference between that type of earth-shattering event and a nuclear attack?
Also, how does the system know who attacked them? Could Iran destroy America by dropping a nuclear weapon on Russia and letting Perimeter do the dirty work for them? If so, any country with a single atomic bomb could destroy the world by using Russia as their proxy.
Perhaps they are paid in the Laptop Unit of Currency (LUC's). Because Windows laptops cost less than Apple laptops (I saw this on TV so it must be true), Microsoft can offer a higher compensation level in LUC's than Apple at the same actual cost basis overall. Math wins out every time.
This is too funny for words. The very studios who have essentially screwed everyone else over with unconstitutional copyright "reforms" and "extensions" are now about to get royal screwings of their own. Not that any of this helps the common citizen or does anything to enhance the Public Domain, but it is still fun to watch.
Funniest statement of all is Disney's CYA about how they had already factored all of this in when they offered billions for Marvel.
Definitely the best thing since eBay bought Vonage without getting the rights to the code that runs it.
The only thing that they should be allowed to own in this regard would be the name of a food item prefixed by their country name, e.g. Lebanese Hummus Other countries could have their own variations and the consumer could chose the "authentic" version of their choice.
Since when has there been a world-wide "copyright" anyway?
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How about in 3 months?
There are less "garbage processors" from AMD. Less intentionally crippled varieties that are missing little bits of this and little bits of that compared to what Intel offers. With Intel I always have to read the fine print on every processor to see if it supports virtualization extensions, for only one example.
And I don't mean The CBS The!
Sounds like a gimmick to me.
That being said, I think in the end we're going to have tabbed windows because the future is more likely to be running in a light-weight web-browser interface to the Cloud on any device you can imagine, rather than a resource-heavy hardware-dependent Windows or OS-X environment. How long it will take to get there is the only question.
The improvement we need in this area (are you listening Firefox people) is a way to group tabs the way I can group layers in Photoshop so that I can deal with the whole group (collapse, expand, move) together.
Excuse me, BUT...
.385K multiplies (yes that's point 385K) per second. The atomic bomb was pre-ENIAC. I don't think you need a teraflop of computing power to magically get your Bomb.
The first hydrogen atomic bomb was designed back in the days of ENIAC, which could perform
If you're a Mac user then you're supposed to already be using the free Kindle reader on your iPhone/iTouch.
What??? You don't have one of those??? Don't you know that you are supposed to own at least one of every toy that Steve Jobs sells. Just what kind of Mac user are you anyway???
It's certainly more than past time for this if Amazon is trying to expand their market. Unless the Kindle is total profit (not likely), you want to be selling to as many markets as possible. Besides, for people who read a lot, they'll probably buy a Kindle anyway since it's a lot easier to carry and use for reading than a PC.
The real question is: what took them so long?
So now it's Intel corking their drivers - and this is news? Maybe they're just getting in their practice so that when it comes to Laughabee they'll actually try to make it look competitive.
AMD bought ATI in a panic after they couldn't merge with Nvidia (there wasn't room for 2 giant egos in that single company) to combat Intel Core + Larrabee on the same MCM. Now Larrabee is a no-show for months, if not years, to come and it's time for Intel to start panicking. Core i7 may be good, but AMD + ATI on the same die might be the better fit for most people.
The simple solution at that point is to go parallel.
Quit your whining, Murdoch. No matter how rich and powerful you are you simply can't have it both ways. Use robot.txt to exclude Google, or STFU about it.
If you really want them to learn about Science Fiction/Fantasy, make the final assignment to write a short story in either genre. Only when you create it do you really start to understand it.
So now I've got 2 battles to follow this week:
1: Apple iTunes verses Palm Pre.
2: Nvidia PhysX verses the whole rest of the non-Nvidia world.
You haven't tried every trick in the book. You've tried every trick you know.
Why don't you go ahead and list your compilers here and maybe some other reader knows a new trick for you.
This was reported in Wired many days ago.
Truly great logic at work here. We screwed up, so nuke the presumed innocent user. Hell, if I was that guy and had gotten the file off before they killed my e-mail access I think I'd offer it up to Wikileaks in return for their heavy-handed treatment of me.
It's probably good for Bell Canada that guns are not nearly as legal in Canada as they are in the USA.
If this were to be my only computer, it wouldn't be a tablet. Nothing currently available that I've seen can fully replace a desktop, or laptop, computer for all the tasks you're likely to want to do with it. Apple may finally change that game, but Apple hasn't arrived yet, and will likely be pricey when it does. I wouldn't want to type in a term paper on a tablet.
Were it me, I'd just get an inexpensive netbook for regular computing tasks, and an iPod Touch for music, video, all kinds of eBooks from Kindle to Stanza, and save the rest of my money for when a good tablet finally does arrive.
Excuse me, but...this doesn't compare to a single ATI Radeon or Nvidia GPU card. How is this super?
Even if you're talking DP FLOPS, I think GPU computing has got to be more cost effective than this.
Earthquakes are often referred to have released the power of several nuclear bombs, as are super volcanoes. Is this system good enough to know the difference between that type of earth-shattering event and a nuclear attack?
Also, how does the system know who attacked them? Could Iran destroy America by dropping a nuclear weapon on Russia and letting Perimeter do the dirty work for them? If so, any country with a single atomic bomb could destroy the world by using Russia as their proxy.
Scary stuff.
Perhaps they are paid in the Laptop Unit of Currency (LUC's). Because Windows laptops cost less than Apple laptops (I saw this on TV so it must be true), Microsoft can offer a higher compensation level in LUC's than Apple at the same actual cost basis overall. Math wins out every time.
This is too funny for words. The very studios who have essentially screwed everyone else over with unconstitutional copyright "reforms" and "extensions" are now about to get royal screwings of their own. Not that any of this helps the common citizen or does anything to enhance the Public Domain, but it is still fun to watch.
Funniest statement of all is Disney's CYA about how they had already factored all of this in when they offered billions for Marvel.
Definitely the best thing since eBay bought Vonage without getting the rights to the code that runs it.
So what we have here is the modern digital Theremin. Why not have just said that from the beginning?
I just hope this guy isn't also a German spy who is stealing secrets off of your iPhone while you're playing with his toy.
1: Tens of thousands of iPhone apps.
2: Get free geek advertising on Slashdot by claiming another new app is "News".
3: PROFIT!
The only thing that they should be allowed to own in this regard would be the name of a food item prefixed by their country name, e.g. Lebanese Hummus Other countries could have their own variations and the consumer could chose the "authentic" version of their choice.
Since when has there been a world-wide "copyright" anyway?