Yeah, that's pretty much mipmapping. Except the primary difference is that Microsoft has discovered a way to take this decades old 3D technology, and apply it to 2D... after everybody already had... for a couple decades.
BTW, they can also be called thumbnails, or progressive JPEGs, and probably something else too. I'm probably forgetting some important things in computer history that could be cited as examples.
But nobody else has done it in SilverLight!
I didn't look that closely, is there a patent pending stamp in the lower right corner for this amazing invention?
FTA, Page 2: The team used four different quad-core systems (Kentsfield based) connected via Gigabit Ethernet distribution systems to render in a simulated 16-core system.
He could save his time and the students by prepping his examples, or whatever else he'd write on the board, before school. Then just pull up a saved slide so he doesn't have to spend all that time rewriting it for each class period.
Consistent fonts would also mean better readability by the students. Color coding or other text attributes could also contribute to that.
Animations would be cool, and maybe explain things better, but I don't think he'd be getting that far into it.
That depends - check your billing information. Is May 26th the day that your current paid monthly subscription happens to run out? Maybe they're just leaving it to expire as opposed to cancelling right away and trying to work out a partial refund.
The laggy servers, lack of customer service, and daily downtime were enough for me to cancel a year ago. Somehow my $15/month didn't put a dent in their wallet.
I guess my wording could have been a little better. I don't mean that you should use his username/password to actually login, but his username is enough to get an e-mail address, and a quick google search will probably lead to enough info. If that doesn't work, you'll have a good long stream of online activity that will give enough clues.
For the monitoring part, it's essentially the same as monitoring employee internet access while they're using company provided equipment. As soon as you use his login to access the person's account, you're right, I think you're in the realm of federal law violations.
First off, nice job with the script. Now, take it a few steps further. Let that script connect as it is, but let the server return a status indicator as to whether or not the machine is stolen. If it is - let the script modify IE, Opera, and Firefox configuration settings to use a proxy installed on a server you own. Preferably a proxy that can be set to log EVERYTHING. Just wait for them to log into something with clear text username/password, like most e-mail accounts from major providers use. Shouldn't be much of a leap to get enough info on him/her to pinpoint their street address.
Hehe, well, just for the record, I DID try replacing the circuitboard with one from an identical working model, and freezing the drive overnight. I was just at the point of "I don't care anymore, I might as well tinker".
Sometimes taking the drive cover off and watching what it is doing helps. My uncle had a drive that died and would just click at startup. Upon watching it "click", I realized the head was just snapping back from the position it was trying to read. Solution: physically hold the read head in place when it tried to reset. Worked well enough to get the drive booted as a slave and copy all the important stuff off of it.
First computer - IBM XT w/20MB drive. Drive needed to be punched at the exact moment of the power switch being flipped in order for it to spin up. That worked until I got a new PC - 2 years later.
Something looks appealing to you at the time, and you spring for it in the hopes that you're picking out a winner. You know you'll at least get a few hours of mindless entertainment. If you're lucky, you'll get some good replay value out of it too. Just cross your fingers and hope that you don't pick up a virus.
After viewing the video you linked to, I would like to ammend my long standing position of hatred against the RIAA. I now feel that if they choose to pursue legal action against anybody that is caught looping Steve Balmer's "Developers, Developers, Developers" phrase over and over, then that is in the best interest of the public.
Here's the thing, just deal with it for awhile. Make some money, and then leave for another job that has smart people in charge. Wannabe programmers that are in management just screw everything up cause they think that if they follow the one guideline they remember from a 900 page development book they read in 1983 while studying COBOL, that everything will be perfect. Chalk it up as experience, or "paying your dues", or if you're past those points in your life, deal with it or move on.
Now of course, if you're working on some important systems like aviation, military, or any of the MMORPGs I play, then shutup and get back to work.
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Yeah, that's pretty much mipmapping. Except the primary difference is that Microsoft has discovered a way to take this decades old 3D technology, and apply it to 2D... after everybody already had... for a couple decades.
BTW, they can also be called thumbnails, or progressive JPEGs, and probably something else too. I'm probably forgetting some important things in computer history that could be cited as examples.
But nobody else has done it in SilverLight!
I didn't look that closely, is there a patent pending stamp in the lower right corner for this amazing invention?
FTA, Page 2: The team used four different quad-core systems (Kentsfield based) connected via Gigabit Ethernet distribution systems to render in a simulated 16-core system.
Hey look, they have Wii's in stock!
You have much to learn about slashdotting young grasshopper
Maybe you could use the services of an editor?
He could save his time and the students by prepping his examples, or whatever else he'd write on the board, before school. Then just pull up a saved slide so he doesn't have to spend all that time rewriting it for each class period. Consistent fonts would also mean better readability by the students. Color coding or other text attributes could also contribute to that. Animations would be cool, and maybe explain things better, but I don't think he'd be getting that far into it.
Maybe because wiping the dust off would produce scratches that would be worse than the dust sitting there? Don't know, just a guess.
I'm sure somebody at ThinkGeek is already on it.
The US doesn't do that, we just hide our heads in the sand and ignore the problem: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20205125/site/newsweek /
That depends - check your billing information. Is May 26th the day that your current paid monthly subscription happens to run out? Maybe they're just leaving it to expire as opposed to cancelling right away and trying to work out a partial refund.
The laggy servers, lack of customer service, and daily downtime were enough for me to cancel a year ago. Somehow my $15/month didn't put a dent in their wallet.
Well, I see I'm not the only one that caught Good Will Hunting on TV the other day.
REPEAT: The large chunks of flaming debris are NOT hazardous - feel free to run outside and try to catch them.
I guess my wording could have been a little better. I don't mean that you should use his username/password to actually login, but his username is enough to get an e-mail address, and a quick google search will probably lead to enough info. If that doesn't work, you'll have a good long stream of online activity that will give enough clues.
For the monitoring part, it's essentially the same as monitoring employee internet access while they're using company provided equipment. As soon as you use his login to access the person's account, you're right, I think you're in the realm of federal law violations.
First off, nice job with the script. Now, take it a few steps further. Let that script connect as it is, but let the server return a status indicator as to whether or not the machine is stolen. If it is - let the script modify IE, Opera, and Firefox configuration settings to use a proxy installed on a server you own. Preferably a proxy that can be set to log EVERYTHING. Just wait for them to log into something with clear text username/password, like most e-mail accounts from major providers use. Shouldn't be much of a leap to get enough info on him/her to pinpoint their street address.
Hehe, well, just for the record, I DID try replacing the circuitboard with one from an identical working model, and freezing the drive overnight. I was just at the point of "I don't care anymore, I might as well tinker".
Sometimes taking the drive cover off and watching what it is doing helps. My uncle had a drive that died and would just click at startup. Upon watching it "click", I realized the head was just snapping back from the position it was trying to read. Solution: physically hold the read head in place when it tried to reset. Worked well enough to get the drive booted as a slave and copy all the important stuff off of it.
First computer - IBM XT w/20MB drive. Drive needed to be punched at the exact moment of the power switch being flipped in order for it to spin up. That worked until I got a new PC - 2 years later.
Something looks appealing to you at the time, and you spring for it in the hopes that you're picking out a winner. You know you'll at least get a few hours of mindless entertainment. If you're lucky, you'll get some good replay value out of it too. Just cross your fingers and hope that you don't pick up a virus.
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After viewing the video you linked to, I would like to ammend my long standing position of hatred against the RIAA. I now feel that if they choose to pursue legal action against anybody that is caught looping Steve Balmer's "Developers, Developers, Developers" phrase over and over, then that is in the best interest of the public.
You got a timer that can measure 1 trillionth of a second?
Just hold the programmers collection of original Star Wars action figures as collateral.
They won't try to mess with your idea, especially when you're holding those little light sabers in front of a running vacuum cleaner.
FWIW, TurboPower open-sourced their communication package Async Pro which includes serial i/o capabilties.
They're not bugs, they're loopholes
9. Twice the price for half the performance
Typical. Those Intel slackers can't think up their own taglines so they just steal Oracle's.
Here's the thing, just deal with it for awhile. Make some money, and then leave for another job that has smart people in charge. Wannabe programmers that are in management just screw everything up cause they think that if they follow the one guideline they remember from a 900 page development book they read in 1983 while studying COBOL, that everything will be perfect. Chalk it up as experience, or "paying your dues", or if you're past those points in your life, deal with it or move on.
Now of course, if you're working on some important systems like aviation, military, or any of the MMORPGs I play, then shutup and get back to work.