so what the ipad doesn't do flash? have you ever actually used full flash on the xoom? I have and let me say it isn't pretty, works horrible, you can watch the battery meter shrink, but you can play flash videos.
Adobe is only working on making flash video's play smoothly. if you use a complex flash application or game you can watch the performance hit in real time.
The playbook will be treated the same as the xoom. a second class flash citizen with out full access to the full flash API.
for 90% of Americans you have verizon or AT&T, sprint is only useful inside of city limits.
Some cities have better verizon coverage, others have better AT&T coverage.
outside of cities all coverage quickly drops to voice calls only.(I know one parking spot that my signal goes from 3G to edge depending on how which way the wind is blowing.
there is a pretty stark difference in coverage depending on who is doing the coverage but in the end they are both horrible.
why the hell do you need a mouse on a 3-4 inch screen? is the BB UI so broken that you need a mouse to use it? how big is the pointer 4, maybe 5 pixels?
they should be calibrated to the MPH. if they can't be then they should never be used.
Just remember a speeding ticket comes with different penalties at 10mph over as opposed to 15mph over. there can be some massive fine differences not to mention other penalties.
and Netbooks are replacing the smaller laptop segments as processors(atom) have improved tremendously. Combined with flash drives of decent size and think it isn't 2007 anymore.
while they barely run things like MS Office, that and browse the web is what they are good for.
50feet though is huge. it is 2 cars properly separated. Where is the speed sign? is it in between the speed sensor and the camera's?
If so you have time to slow down.
It is why I dislike camera's(speed, red light etc). there is no leeway as they are profit driven. no cop will stop you for doing 50 in a 35 50 feet from the sign, unless he was looking for other things or it is a high accident zone.
The speed sensor can take photos of 2 different cars before yours actually makes it through at 50mph.
definitely neat. what I found most interesting is that he programmed the color sensors in fixed locations. each arm always goes to the exact same physical spot for a block pick up, it then moves tot a different bin based on color, goes to the reset spot and picks up the next block that enters it's pickup spot.
Since each arm only picks up blocks in a certain location you would have gaps on density of blocks. However 4 arms provides something like 80% pick up ability so all he needs is a 5th arm so he never loses a block off the end(based on current belt speeds)
XP was forced onto netbooks because Vista, and 7 are to much for netbooks, and MSFT forced manufacturers to install bigger processors and actual hard drives to get XP onto those machines.
Remember the first netbooks were a lot like the ipad in terms of hardware. small flash memories(4-8 gb) low power processors etc all running Linux. MSFT realized the threat and extended XP's life because that was easier than cutting down windows 7 to fit on the first few Netbooks.
The only thing that really surprises me much any more is just how easy people forget reality and their own history.
Adobe already requires each phone manufacture to send their phones to adobe to make sure flash might work on the platform, with a whole other processor to support for the same OS adobe will never be able to keep up.
The only downside is that it is extremely limited, can't be easily accessed by mobile phones, or tablets.
what I want is an easy to host on my own version of dropbox, mobile sync, etc. why should google, apple, or microsoft host my contacts, calendars, files, etc.
To be fair the firmware isn't for the player hardware specificlly, it is for the DRM. When blu ray DRM is cracked, the studios wait for the next big hit(Avatar, iron Man) and then force everyone to update the DRM keys which has to be a firmware update.
unlike DVD CSS bluray DRM has revokable (hardware)player keys. these need to be updated for newer discs.
It is why I am staying away from blueray. I can only vote with my dollars.
now if you want tv set top streaming use either small computer, or easier still a game machine(wii is cheap) you can get gaming and netflix/hulu .
My LCD is currently 9 years old. still going strong. my only complaint is that it is only 23" in size. it was perfect for my small apartment but is still small.
I forget which president(obama coming in or Bush leaving) gave Tony blair a present of some DVD's.
They were unplayble in Britain because of region encoding on the discs. Since then region encoding on DVD's has been tapering off but it still is used heavily on blue-ray.
Why are these discs locked to a region? why can't I buy a DVD or blue ray in europe and play it in Australia, or the USA?
I have used the special features on my DVD's maybe 10 times ever. Of those 10 times 5 of them were with 5 seasons of babylon 5 dvd collection that i own and watched.
the special features are ultimately useless, and rarely contain good things.
well that is it is shelf life. for most people TV's represent a 10-20 year investment. If you bought an HDTV 10 years ago, your not thinking of replacing it for another 5-10 years.
Ultimately Blue ray has a major design flaw. it forces people to update hardware that shouldn't need to be updated ever. google(or Bing) Blue Ray update problems. you get 80 million results.
James cameron's Avatar is the best example of it. something like 1/3 of the blue ray players had to receive a firmware update to play it.some took only 5-6 days to come out others took months.
when you finally got your update, you had o then hook your player up to the internet. for most people that means disassembling the tv stand moving the player to your computer desk and hooking it up there, along with a cheap tv so you can see what you are doing. Or making a really long patch cable and stringing through the house to hook up the player long enough to get the update.
you download udpates for Ubuntu, oracle, and Microsoft from Ubuntu, Oracle, and Microsoft.
Let's put this into perspective.
you buy two computers one from Acer, and one from Dell. one runs Windows Vista(from Dell) and one runs Windows 7(from Acer).
In the android world. a bug is found and patched in the main software.
Acer gets the patch tests it and then sends out a notification for update two or three months later. Dell gets the patch, but that model didn't sell to well(only a million units) and puts off updating the security bug for 9 months to encourage you to just buy a new computer.
With everyone else, a bug is found and the OS vendor sends out a notification that an update is available, and software gets updated within the month(most often but not always).
No the orginial Iphone had similar issues. it was fixed with a bug release a couple of months later.
it deals with DCHP and the quick sleep features of mobile devices.
However because android has ZERO central bug authority for patching random issues like this, and ALL patches have to either be approved or hacked onto your phone It literally can take a year or more if ever for small bugs to actually get fixed.
Unlike Apple which automatically support their hardware for 2-3 years with both minor and major updates, Andoird users get maybe a year unless it is one of the handful of popular models, which might get decent support from the android official support channel.It is a channel because 2-3 companies have to hold the patches in their hands before they let you use it, unless you hack your phone.
With this setup or variations of it you could sell the physical cd and be done with the game, however a couple of years later you see another cd of the same game Or download it again, and re activate your previous account.
This method is the beginning of the separation of game data, vs player data. Sure they charge you twice, however half the charge for each. This isn't really a bad idea as long as you don't need persistent connections in order to function. With SOCOM you might need a persistent connection which will ultimately limit sales, however if you only have to connect occasionally then it just might work.
note how the green energy requires land areas 3 times that of chernobyl for equal energy output.
* based roughly on the largest output of the various power plants.
considering that 90% of the population is fighting large scale deployment wind and solar so that they don't hurt the "view" from their properties. Nuclear is going to continue to remain the best bang for the buck.
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except humans can't land on venus and survive.
the atmospheic pressure is too great and the temperature is hot enough to soften steel, and melt anything not metal.
so what the ipad doesn't do flash? have you ever actually used full flash on the xoom? I have and let me say it isn't pretty, works horrible, you can watch the battery meter shrink, but you can play flash videos.
Adobe is only working on making flash video's play smoothly. if you use a complex flash application or game you can watch the performance hit in real time.
The playbook will be treated the same as the xoom. a second class flash citizen with out full access to the full flash API.
for 90% of Americans you have verizon or AT&T, sprint is only useful inside of city limits.
Some cities have better verizon coverage, others have better AT&T coverage.
outside of cities all coverage quickly drops to voice calls only.(I know one parking spot that my signal goes from 3G to edge depending on how which way the wind is blowing.
there is a pretty stark difference in coverage depending on who is doing the coverage but in the end they are both horrible.
why the hell do you need a mouse on a 3-4 inch screen? is the BB UI so broken that you need a mouse to use it? how big is the pointer 4, maybe 5 pixels?
Digg no longer has any tiger teams, however they do have a very scary looking LOLcat team.
they should be calibrated to the MPH. if they can't be then they should never be used.
Just remember a speeding ticket comes with different penalties at 10mph over as opposed to 15mph over. there can be some massive fine differences not to mention other penalties.
and Netbooks are replacing the smaller laptop segments as processors(atom) have improved tremendously. Combined with flash drives of decent size and think it isn't 2007 anymore.
while they barely run things like MS Office, that and browse the web is what they are good for.
They are small and light and easy to carry.
50feet though is huge. it is 2 cars properly separated. Where is the speed sign? is it in between the speed sensor and the camera's?
If so you have time to slow down.
It is why I dislike camera's(speed, red light etc). there is no leeway as they are profit driven. no cop will stop you for doing 50 in a 35 50 feet from the sign, unless he was looking for other things or it is a high accident zone.
The speed sensor can take photos of 2 different cars before yours actually makes it through at 50mph.
Considering 100% of tablets don't have a working SD card slot it is even more so.
Xoom's SD slot is non functional and flash on honeycomb is a nightmare in all aspects.
definitely neat. what I found most interesting is that he programmed the color sensors in fixed locations. each arm always goes to the exact same physical spot for a block pick up, it then moves tot a different bin based on color, goes to the reset spot and picks up the next block that enters it's pickup spot.
Since each arm only picks up blocks in a certain location you would have gaps on density of blocks. However 4 arms provides something like 80% pick up ability so all he needs is a 5th arm so he never loses a block off the end(based on current belt speeds)
Still it is impressive if not very quiet.
XP was forced onto netbooks because Vista, and 7 are to much for netbooks, and MSFT forced manufacturers to install bigger processors and actual hard drives to get XP onto those machines.
Remember the first netbooks were a lot like the ipad in terms of hardware. small flash memories(4-8 gb) low power processors etc all running Linux. MSFT realized the threat and extended XP's life because that was easier than cutting down windows 7 to fit on the first few Netbooks.
The only thing that really surprises me much any more is just how easy people forget reality and their own history.
of course that does beg the question does Jesus pissing in your coffee turn your coffee in an Irish coffee?
Adobe already requires each phone manufacture to send their phones to adobe to make sure flash might work on the platform, with a whole other processor to support for the same OS adobe will never be able to keep up.
The only downside is that it is extremely limited, can't be easily accessed by mobile phones, or tablets.
what I want is an easy to host on my own version of dropbox, mobile sync, etc. why should google, apple, or microsoft host my contacts, calendars, files, etc.
To be fair the firmware isn't for the player hardware specificlly, it is for the DRM. When blu ray DRM is cracked, the studios wait for the next big hit(Avatar, iron Man) and then force everyone to update the DRM keys which has to be a firmware update.
unlike DVD CSS bluray DRM has revokable (hardware)player keys. these need to be updated for newer discs.
It is why I am staying away from blueray. I can only vote with my dollars.
now if you want tv set top streaming use either small computer, or easier still a game machine(wii is cheap) you can get gaming and netflix/hulu .
My LCD is currently 9 years old. still going strong. my only complaint is that it is only 23" in size. it was perfect for my small apartment but is still small.
Not really.
I forget which president(obama coming in or Bush leaving) gave Tony blair a present of some DVD's.
They were unplayble in Britain because of region encoding on the discs. Since then region encoding on DVD's has been tapering off but it still is used heavily on blue-ray.
Why are these discs locked to a region? why can't I buy a DVD or blue ray in europe and play it in Australia, or the USA?
I have used the special features on my DVD's maybe 10 times ever. Of those 10 times 5 of them were with 5 seasons of babylon 5 dvd collection that i own and watched.
the special features are ultimately useless, and rarely contain good things.
well that is it is shelf life. for most people TV's represent a 10-20 year investment. If you bought an HDTV 10 years ago, your not thinking of replacing it for another 5-10 years.
Ultimately Blue ray has a major design flaw. it forces people to update hardware that shouldn't need to be updated ever. google(or Bing) Blue Ray update problems. you get 80 million results.
James cameron's Avatar is the best example of it. something like 1/3 of the blue ray players had to receive a firmware update to play it.some took only 5-6 days to come out others took months.
when you finally got your update, you had o then hook your player up to the internet. for most people that means disassembling the tv stand moving the player to your computer desk and hooking it up there, along with a cheap tv so you can see what you are doing. Or making a really long patch cable and stringing through the house to hook up the player long enough to get the update.
you download udpates for Ubuntu, oracle, and Microsoft from Ubuntu, Oracle, and Microsoft.
Let's put this into perspective.
you buy two computers one from Acer, and one from Dell. one runs Windows Vista(from Dell) and one runs Windows 7(from Acer).
In the android world. a bug is found and patched in the main software.
Acer gets the patch tests it and then sends out a notification for update two or three months later.
Dell gets the patch, but that model didn't sell to well(only a million units) and puts off updating the security bug for 9 months to encourage you to just buy a new computer.
With everyone else, a bug is found and the OS vendor sends out a notification that an update is available, and software gets updated within the month(most often but not always).
No the orginial Iphone had similar issues. it was fixed with a bug release a couple of months later.
it deals with DCHP and the quick sleep features of mobile devices.
However because android has ZERO central bug authority for patching random issues like this, and ALL patches have to either be approved or hacked onto your phone It literally can take a year or more if ever for small bugs to actually get fixed.
Unlike Apple which automatically support their hardware for 2-3 years with both minor and major updates, Andoird users get maybe a year unless it is one of the handful of popular models, which might get decent support from the android official support channel.It is a channel because 2-3 companies have to hold the patches in their hands before they let you use it, unless you hack your phone.
But that's is just the point.
With this setup or variations of it you could sell the physical cd and be done with the game, however a couple of years later you see another cd of the same game Or download it again, and re activate your previous account.
This method is the beginning of the separation of game data, vs player data. Sure they charge you twice, however half the charge for each. This isn't really a bad idea as long as you don't need persistent connections in order to function. With SOCOM you might need a persistent connection which will ultimately limit sales, however if you only have to connect occasionally then it just might work.
Forgotten prototype of the death star which has over the milenia, been hit is enough astroids to get a dirt surface.
Nuclear is far cheaper per megawatt than anything else built to date.
on Average /Salt Plants = 10-15 Solar/electric fields = 2000 wind turbines.
1 nuclear plant = 2-3 coal plants = 2-3 hydro turbines = 8-10 Solar
note how the green energy requires land areas 3 times that of chernobyl for equal energy output.
* based roughly on the largest output of the various power plants.
considering that 90% of the population is fighting large scale deployment wind and solar so that they don't hurt the "view" from their properties. Nuclear is going to continue to remain the best bang for the buck.
that is what palm did at least. I wouldn't be surprised if apple did too.
we really have to ban patents on non physical inventions. they just cause more problems than they solve.