There was a rather infamous case a while back here in The Netherlands about photographs of a prominent bridge. The bridge's designer claimed his rights were violated by photographers using "his" bridge for commercial ends. I don't remember the exact details but I think a judge eventually sided with the designer.
Since this is clearly a commercial use of a certain design, namely the sale of a calendar featuring Ford's automobiles, Ford is probably within its rights to protest.
4GB is perfectly sensible for a 32-bit x86; the virtual address space is only 4GB, but the physical address spaces is larger (at least 36 bits on all popular processors).
The trouble is that in contemporary chipsets in 32-bit mode the upper 1G or so of physical memory overlaps with the address space for the PCI bus.
So what about the 2.4 GHz spectrum that is used by WiFi?
Generally speaking, the higher the frequency the more is absorbed by air. So higher frequencies are actually _less_ dangerous.
Note that that's also why so many businesses are interested in the 700 MHz spectrum licenses for sale over at your side of the great pond. Less absorption means less base stations, repeaters and transmission power needed.
Nope. Do you even know what "quantification" means?
Not right now, no. But it's half past twelve here. In the morning. And I'm writing posts in a language that's not my mother tongue. I'm actually amazed my posts are halfway coherent and readable.
But to get back on the subject, you probably want to see hard numbers regarding this. Well, there aren't any. Developing a platform has always and will always depend on guesses. That's because we're dealing with people here, who have those nasty undefinable things called "preferences". We can only guess what's going to work out, and what isn't.
Right now, the world's colleges and universities are churning out Java & C# programmers. Those are the popular languages, the ones for which you can almost literally open up a can of programmers for.
Not so with Objective C. It's even starting to get problematic to find competent C++ programmers.
Microsoft's seen the proverbial storm coming, and has been working on an alternative for their aging and clunky Win32 API. Remember a few years back, when the Redmontians announced that Vista (then called Longhorn) would only support.NET programs natively? Back then the world evidently wasn't ready for it. But it's slowly becoming ready, because it's getting harder and harder to find competent C++ programmers.
Meanwhile, Apple is tied to Objective C. A language few people are willing to learn (remember "Objectionable C"?). For very valid technical reasons, Apple is slowly moving its developer base over from C/C++-written Carbon apps to Cocoa apps written in Objective C. However, this makes it even harder for software vendors to find competent developers for their Mac OS X offerings.
So, enter.NET. It's reasonably fast (getting faster), it has plenty of mindshare, and most importantly: there isn't much in the way of a legacy code base for it. Supporting.NET doesn't mean hurting your own APIs, its simply an additional one.
You have any special insight that would suggest why they _wouldn't_ want to be as compatible with Windows as possible, being that they're trying hard to convince people to switch?
Because if they did, customers could choose between machines that sorta run Windows applications (Macs) or machines that run Windows applications properly (PCs). As Wine proves, any reimplementation of the Win32 API is inevitably not going to be as good as the real thing.
Providing compatibility with Windows through VMWare or Parallels is a lot better in that respect. And if a virtual machine should fail, so what? It would only make Microsoft or the virtual machine maker look bad, not Apple.
Besides, as I said in my original post: I think the moment Apple starts offering integrated Win32 binary-level compatibility is the moment software vendors stop offering Mac-native applications. And that's the point where Apple might as well start bundling the current version of Windows with their systems.
I don't think this is intended for Win32 compatibility. Apple has every reason not to do that, because it will mean there will be no more native versions of high-profile applications such as Photoshop. Adobe is probably already pissed off there won't be a 64-bit version of Carbon, which requires them to rewrite the entire UI of Photoshop in Cocoa to be able to release a 64-bit version of it. Giving them an easy way out by offering Win32 binary-level compatibility isn't in Apple's best interest there.
However, consider that the PE file format is also used by Microsoft's Common Language Runtime (CLR/.NET). Therefore, I think this is a preparatory move to start offering a native implementation of the.NET platform for OS X.
What would happen if you wrote a program to randomly create algorithms? Most of them would be rubbish, but occasionally you'd hit gold.
Yes, and you'd spend most of your time trying to prove those algorithms are any good. That's the hard part anyhow, coming up with new algorithms isn't.
We nearly ended up using the same kit here in Ireland. There was an initial trial (6 constituencies used the machines in a general election) but afterwards there was a big controversy thrown up. The government set up a committee to investigate, mainly with the intention of keeping people happy, but the committee didn't just rubber-stamp the system. The committee alleged the machines were OK but the software wasn't (things like no secure process to approve updates, collating all the votes in MS Access databases, nonsense like that).
If I recall correctly those were actually voting machines of Dutch origin.
Er, read the article (again). They're Lithium Polymer (LiPo) batteries. Remember those exploding Lithium-Ion laptop batteries a couple of months ago? These are even more dangerous. This should give you an idea... and that's a small one.
Actually, if I understood correctly, Rett syndrome is X-linked and thus affects both males and females. However, males have only one X chromosome, and are therefore so heavily affected that they're generally stillbirths.
Besides, this gene therapy only fixes the outward symptoms of Rett syndrome (tremors and such), not necessarily the cognitive problems (which are hard to measure in mice anyway).
Social ineptitude or withdrawal does not imply Asperger's. Neither does being good at math or coding. I truely suck at math and if you'd meet me IRL you'd find me quite nice and sociable. But that's all learned behaviour, I still have Asperger's.
How about I go fetch a bucketfull of the liquid from the nearest ocean, and you drink it all down and then (when and if you get out of hospital), you can explain to me again how "water" is so plentiful.
Even if it's only 80% water, that amounts to er.. *calculates*... lots:)
It doesn't really matter if water is scarce or not, since contrary to gas/oil it can be re-used; it's only an energy carrier. Also, 3/4ths of our planet is covered in the stuff.
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That's stoned, not stupid :)
Actually, Mac OS X allows separate remappings per keyboard (at least under 10.5.3). It is however an option that's easy to overlook.
Yeah, and they found that it's based on Konqueror, not Firefox. Something that Apple widely acknowledges, too.
At least, I know they do under Dutch law.
There was a rather infamous case a while back here in The Netherlands about photographs of a prominent bridge. The bridge's designer claimed his rights were violated by photographers using "his" bridge for commercial ends. I don't remember the exact details but I think a judge eventually sided with the designer.
Since this is clearly a commercial use of a certain design, namely the sale of a calendar featuring Ford's automobiles, Ford is probably within its rights to protest.
(Oh yeah, please note that IANAL)
Didn't we already do this one?
Nah, I find it funny (in a perverse way) that a similar program for windows is called Dark Room. Kinda fitting
Wow, the pound sterling obviously isn't the stable currency it once was!
Also: So it's a TinyURL server (b.tinyurl.com to be precise) running TinyURL software.
The trouble is that in contemporary chipsets in 32-bit mode the upper 1G or so of physical memory overlaps with the address space for the PCI bus.
Generally speaking, the higher the frequency the more is absorbed by air. So higher frequencies are actually _less_ dangerous.
Note that that's also why so many businesses are interested in the 700 MHz spectrum licenses for sale over at your side of the great pond. Less absorption means less base stations, repeaters and transmission power needed.
Actually, I'm betting on Microsoft Research...
Not right now, no. But it's half past twelve here. In the morning. And I'm writing posts in a language that's not my mother tongue. I'm actually amazed my posts are halfway coherent and readable.
But to get back on the subject, you probably want to see hard numbers regarding this. Well, there aren't any. Developing a platform has always and will always depend on guesses. That's because we're dealing with people here, who have those nasty undefinable things called "preferences". We can only guess what's going to work out, and what isn't.
And right now,
Sure I can... a little.
Right now, the world's colleges and universities are churning out Java & C# programmers. Those are the popular languages, the ones for which you can almost literally open up a can of programmers for.
Not so with Objective C. It's even starting to get problematic to find competent C++ programmers.
Microsoft's seen the proverbial storm coming, and has been working on an alternative for their aging and clunky Win32 API. Remember a few years back, when the Redmontians announced that Vista (then called Longhorn) would only support
Meanwhile, Apple is tied to Objective C. A language few people are willing to learn (remember "Objectionable C"?). For very valid technical reasons, Apple is slowly moving its developer base over from C/C++-written Carbon apps to Cocoa apps written in Objective C. However, this makes it even harder for software vendors to find competent developers for their Mac OS X offerings.
So, enter
Is that enough of a quantification for you?
You realise it's an open standard, do you? Hell, it's even ISO approved.
Apple would gain a _lot_ by providing support for
Because if they did, customers could choose between machines that sorta run Windows applications (Macs) or machines that run Windows applications properly (PCs). As Wine proves, any reimplementation of the Win32 API is inevitably not going to be as good as the real thing.
Providing compatibility with Windows through VMWare or Parallels is a lot better in that respect. And if a virtual machine should fail, so what? It would only make Microsoft or the virtual machine maker look bad, not Apple.
Besides, as I said in my original post: I think the moment Apple starts offering integrated Win32 binary-level compatibility is the moment software vendors stop offering Mac-native applications. And that's the point where Apple might as well start bundling the current version of Windows with their systems.
I don't think this is intended for Win32 compatibility. Apple has every reason not to do that, because it will mean there will be no more native versions of high-profile applications such as Photoshop. Adobe is probably already pissed off there won't be a 64-bit version of Carbon, which requires them to rewrite the entire UI of Photoshop in Cocoa to be able to release a 64-bit version of it. Giving them an easy way out by offering Win32 binary-level compatibility isn't in Apple's best interest there.
.NET platform for OS X.
However, consider that the PE file format is also used by Microsoft's Common Language Runtime (CLR/.NET). Therefore, I think this is a preparatory move to start offering a native implementation of the
Yes, and you'd spend most of your time trying to prove those algorithms are any good. That's the hard part anyhow, coming up with new algorithms isn't.
Actually, this is ideal for prototyping.
If I recall correctly those were actually voting machines of Dutch origin.
Er, read the article (again). They're Lithium Polymer (LiPo) batteries. Remember those exploding Lithium-Ion laptop batteries a couple of months ago? These are even more dangerous. This should give you an idea... and that's a small one.
Actually, if I understood correctly, Rett syndrome is X-linked and thus affects both males and females. However, males have only one X chromosome, and are therefore so heavily affected that they're generally stillbirths.
Besides, this gene therapy only fixes the outward symptoms of Rett syndrome (tremors and such), not necessarily the cognitive problems (which are hard to measure in mice anyway).
Not to mention the anxiety and panic attacks.
Social ineptitude or withdrawal does not imply Asperger's. Neither does being good at math or coding. I truely suck at math and if you'd meet me IRL you'd find me quite nice and sociable. But that's all learned behaviour, I still have Asperger's.
Even if it's only 80% water, that amounts to er.. *calculates*... lots
It doesn't really matter if water is scarce or not, since contrary to gas/oil it can be re-used; it's only an energy carrier. Also, 3/4ths of our planet is covered in the stuff.
Nah, it's a father to stick in your mother board.