I always thought that the name of VB.Net shouldnt really be VB.net, since the.Net framework is far from basic.
Basic is being able to write a simple database front end in an hour. Or a simple program to search for files in a large directory tree quickly.
VB.Net makes all of these a lot harder. Supposedly VS8 (Whidbey) is supposed to make VB.Net a little more basic, and maybe thats what MS's refusal to not EOL VB6 is rooted in.
and get sued by the MPAA or whoever, could I say I had the permission of the copyright holder since they (or an agent working directly for them) put the material on the intenet to begin with?
Will that Radeon 9200 32MB video be able to handle the GPU-intense graphics of OSX 10.4. I'm hoping some sites will take a look at that question when tiger is available.
Better get used to lugging a massive battery if you plan to really get the most out of that 64 bit CPU.
What? Peak use is 25W-35W. Pentium Ms use 22W, but then you also have a northbridge and a southbridge. Whereas most Athlon-64 based (and therefore Turion 64) have only one other chip (other than the CPU). At the least, they're about the same in terms of power usage.
Finally, a controller that supports RAID 6. RAID 6 is just like RAID 5 but with an extra parity drive, so that you can have two drives (instead of just one) fail in an array and be OK. RAID-50 is slightly less robust (two drives on the same RAID5 chain can break and then you're up shit creek), but faster (for the same card implementation).
The interesting thing is that the Areca card is infact SATA-II. Things like NCQ, and port multipliers can really elevate usefulness. Buy a cheap 4-port multiplier card and
Since its just AMD's desktop-replacement line of chips, its the same thing as if Intel putting Pentium Ds in DTR laptops. Besides, Tom's Hardware is the Fox News of tech news, heavily intel/nvidia biased.
I wonder, they wouldnt need a whole OS.. you know, just take Linux or BSD + Very nice and clean UI + Win32 compatibility layer (which is where this guy comes in) and you can get something to replace windows.
The MPAA is too worried about the broadcast flag and movies. Besides, since (right now) most TV shows are still analog and the PQ sucks, most will turn around and buy the DVDs when they come out. When digital convergence comes around, and you can tell your TV to play a HD-quality MP4 media file off your computer then it will kill sales (well, that and the assumption that hard drives will be cheap and plentiful, perhaps 5 or 10 cents per GB).
As for paper ballots, the idea is good, but will it really work well in practice? The machines will have to be able to void individual paper ballots if the voter, looking through the viewplate, realizes he didn't vote the right way. All this paper handling adds a lot of mechanical complexity to the machine, making breakdowns more likely.
The state of NV had voter machines with paper verified votes. It recorded it electronically, at the end it also showed you your votes on the screen and on paper, and once you accepted it, printed a barcode as well. So if needed, it could go all the way back to looking at the name on a sheet of paper, that a person looked at and agreed to that it was their vote.
because the drug companies wouldnt lower prices. Although I would say that this would easily be overturned/outlawed by the bought and paid for Congress. Although if they were to take patents for drugs, whats to stop them for taking patents for everything else?
Its a shame that the states are doing what the federal govt. should be doing these days.
Really? At 3-5mbit/s, you could get movie in 1-0.5x realtime. Most large broadband ISPs (Cox, Charter, etc) are at least 3mbps, so you can download 1 or 2 movies per night. Secuity is the biggest issue.
But consumers might not be able to challenge the FCC in the court system (since they have to prove they were damaged or harmed somehow).
Perhaps I should start a company that will make HDTV capture cards, and the broadcast flag implementation is costing me money, then I'll sue the FCC and claim they're harming my copmany.
From a functional standpoint. The FCC cant say "all digital TVs must be equiped with CableCard capable slots". They can help out and say "all cable companies must allow end users (customers) to use cablecard capable equipment on their system" a subtile distinction but important nonetheless.
Yea, but this is the government. They're not supposed to be evil (thats a whole debate there). Corporations drive for profit, and if they are evil, oh well, thats a side effect. Governments should be watching out for their citizens - whats good for the most people... "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"... you get the point.
True. I guess what I had meant by technicality was they werent arguing whether or not the broadcast flag is good or evil, rather that the FCC didnt have the authority to make it in the first place.
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I always thought that the name of VB.Net shouldnt really be VB.net, since the .Net framework is far from basic.
Basic is being able to write a simple database front end in an hour. Or a simple program to search for files in a large directory tree quickly.
VB.Net makes all of these a lot harder. Supposedly VS8 (Whidbey) is supposed to make VB.Net a little more basic, and maybe thats what MS's refusal to not EOL VB6 is rooted in.
and get sued by the MPAA or whoever, could I say I had the permission of the copyright holder since they (or an agent working directly for them) put the material on the intenet to begin with?
Good... I'd rather not see SS GOLDEN PALACE.COM...
Will that Radeon 9200 32MB video be able to handle the GPU-intense graphics of OSX 10.4. I'm hoping some sites will take a look at that question when tiger is available.
1. Take any generic news item
2. Try to work the iPod into the story, no matter how forced
3. Front page!
You forgot...
4. PROFIT!!!
Better get used to lugging a massive battery if you plan to really get the most out of that 64 bit CPU.
What? Peak use is 25W-35W. Pentium Ms use 22W, but then you also have a northbridge and a southbridge. Whereas most Athlon-64 based (and therefore Turion 64) have only one other chip (other than the CPU). At the least, they're about the same in terms of power usage.
heh, yea, my post originally had "adds a parity drive in another dimension" but I figured that too many people wouldnt get it.
Finally, a controller that supports RAID 6. RAID 6 is just like RAID 5 but with an extra parity drive, so that you can have two drives (instead of just one) fail in an array and be OK. RAID-50 is slightly less robust (two drives on the same RAID5 chain can break and then you're up shit creek), but faster (for the same card implementation).
The interesting thing is that the Areca card is infact SATA-II. Things like NCQ, and port multipliers can really elevate usefulness. Buy a cheap 4-port multiplier card and
is like a bad zombie movie, it just keeps coming back from the dead. Why wont you die already!
Since its just AMD's desktop-replacement line of chips, its the same thing as if Intel putting Pentium Ds in DTR laptops. Besides, Tom's Hardware is the Fox News of tech news, heavily intel/nvidia biased.
I wonder, they wouldnt need a whole OS.. you know, just take Linux or BSD + Very nice and clean UI + Win32 compatibility layer (which is where this guy comes in) and you can get something to replace windows.
The MPAA is too worried about the broadcast flag and movies. Besides, since (right now) most TV shows are still analog and the PQ sucks, most will turn around and buy the DVDs when they come out. When digital convergence comes around, and you can tell your TV to play a HD-quality MP4 media file off your computer then it will kill sales (well, that and the assumption that hard drives will be cheap and plentiful, perhaps 5 or 10 cents per GB).
Biggie Small's drive-by shooting in Las Vegas
Biggie was killed in NYC, Tupac was killed in Vegas.
Uh.... my name or anything linking me to my vote didnt get written on the paper... they cant trace the vote back to me.
As for paper ballots, the idea is good, but will it really work well in practice? The machines will have to be able to void individual paper ballots if the voter, looking through the viewplate, realizes he didn't vote the right way. All this paper handling adds a lot of mechanical complexity to the machine, making breakdowns more likely.
The state of NV had voter machines with paper verified votes. It recorded it electronically, at the end it also showed you your votes on the screen and on paper, and once you accepted it, printed a barcode as well. So if needed, it could go all the way back to looking at the name on a sheet of paper, that a person looked at and agreed to that it was their vote.
because the drug companies wouldnt lower prices. Although I would say that this would easily be overturned/outlawed by the bought and paid for Congress. Although if they were to take patents for drugs, whats to stop them for taking patents for everything else?
Its a shame that the states are doing what the federal govt. should be doing these days.
The dollars valuation has deteriorated pretty dramatically in the past months.
What else do you want ?
Flying cars perhaps?
(at the most $100 extra)
Yea, but when the ASP (avg selling price) for a retail mobo package is about $100, thats a 100% increase in price!
The pixels on this display are wider than they are tall. Which is what'll end up happening if you watch too much TV.
Yea, I agree, it is dishonest to say this is a HDTV since it isnt 1280 wide.
Really? At 3-5mbit/s, you could get movie in 1-0.5x realtime. Most large broadband ISPs (Cox, Charter, etc) are at least 3mbps, so you can download 1 or 2 movies per night. Secuity is the biggest issue.
The FCC stepped over the line.
But consumers might not be able to challenge the FCC in the court system (since they have to prove they were damaged or harmed somehow).
Perhaps I should start a company that will make HDTV capture cards, and the broadcast flag implementation is costing me money, then I'll sue the FCC and claim they're harming my copmany.
From a functional standpoint. The FCC cant say "all digital TVs must be equiped with CableCard capable slots". They can help out and say "all cable companies must allow end users (customers) to use cablecard capable equipment on their system" a subtile distinction but important nonetheless.
Yea, but this is the government. They're not supposed to be evil (thats a whole debate there). Corporations drive for profit, and if they are evil, oh well, thats a side effect. Governments should be watching out for their citizens - whats good for the most people... "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"... you get the point.
True. I guess what I had meant by technicality was they werent arguing whether or not the broadcast flag is good or evil, rather that the FCC didnt have the authority to make it in the first place.