netbooks were teh tablets of a few years ago and....? Apple tanks today on talk that supply chain partners have taken hits on inventory. One report of expectation of 20 to 30% decline in iPad mini sales. So.... I'd wait a bit longer to proclaim tablets as being the future and not just a hiccup.
Really this whole metro vs desktop thing is such a red herring. Wow... its just super fucking difficult to click once and be in desktop mode. Win 8 internally is better than any of the previous.
This is all a lot of hand wringing by the tech industry writers over the obvious - hardware lasts a lot longer, it now meets the needs of the applications most people run most of the time and more mobile devices like tablets are going to take a bite (at least for a while) out of desktop sales. Also damaging (and probably more long term) is the advent of android on tvs/set top boxes and the like. For the very casual pc users, this may be all they ever need.
I think this whole tablet euphoria ends much like netbooks - a niche that garners a lot of attention and ramp up, peaks and then declines to its real, niche level.
Wow dude.. get a grip. "NASA engineers worked in an air conditioned room" would be translated to you to mean "NASA engineers were using life support systems" "NASA accountants used adding machines to see if the project was in cost" = "NASA used computers to do the project!"
They used freakin slide rules back then dude. What passed for computers in the early 60s was shit. Get over it. Go do some CAD/CAM on your TI calculator - it is probably an order of magnitude more powerful.
dual athlon mp's with mongo heat sinks.. 2gb ram.. used to have a raid card but got tired of the rebuilds. Upgraded the video card once and replaced one of four disk drives. It was expensive when I built it, largely because of the two 20" led monitors which provided reliable colors for photo and video editing. Win XP. Yes, its long in the tooth now but it still runs (24/7 most of the year) and does most chores perfectly well. Pokey to boot b ut thats why we have coffee.
Well then the people will just have to make due with fly-overs at stadiums or travel to the war zone. Would you advocate that the government spend this kind of money on fireworks shows? Ooooo Ahhhhh.. big noise! spectacular! Or maybe we can just have a parade in Red Square (Berkeley can be the substitute) so everyone can be stoked by the super great weapons their tax dollars are going to.
My understanding is that those tests have been dumbed down as well. In the US it is no secret that college freshman are taking many "remedial" courses because they are unprepared from high school. This is, of course, not the perfect solution and still leaves many on a poor footing for more advanced courses. Rather than start failing a significant number of students, courses are made less rigorous.
I have seen this personally while getting a graduate degree nearly 15 years after my undergrad. Specifically, the courses were math related and were targeted at senior undergrad/early graduate students. Seniors in technical programs had less of a grasp on the basic calc and linear methods needed than I did and as a result the classes were slowed and material not covered which should have been. My "skills" had not been used since failing to complete the science side of a business/science double major as undergrad and I wasn't exactly the brightest in those subjects at that time.
So while kids may not be dumber out of the box than their predecessors, they are after completing their schooling. Standards have declined.
I am seriously shocked that someone thinks that the military should spend millions of dollars of taxpayer funding on public relations. It is bad enough that the services spend a boat load on recruitment using glitzy tv ads during major sporting events at a time when they reject the vast majority of applicants.
If people want these types of airshows they should pay a ticket price which covers the cost. In the same manner, no active duty soldier should be participating nor should any equipment attached to the armed forces be used. There are plenty of ex-pilots who could do this for pay and using retired equipment purchased from the government.
Perhaps these fuckwads should read up on the Android Open Handset Alliance first? From the FAQ
If the Open Handset Alliance is giving it all away for free, how will the platform be differentiated?
Because the Apache license does not have a copyleft clause, industry players can add proprietary functionality to their products based on Android without needing to contribute anything back to the platform. As the entire platform is open, companies can remove functionality if they choose. Applications are not set in stone, and differentiation is always possible. For example, if you want to include Hotmail instead of Gmail, it will not be an issue.
though they have "upgraded" bits and pieces of the originals over the years. Have to wonder whether it would have been cheaper to deploy a newer missile than continue to fuck around with retrofits (and for another 20 years based on current plans).
FBI: Hello? NSA? This is FBI. We have this problem iMessage we need decrpted, can you help? NSA: Well not if the message was transmitted within the US. FBI: Suppose we have our London office transmit the message to Paris, could you decrypt that? NSA: Sure, no problem!
Agreed. The only thing NASA should be involved in are basic science missions. And even there I think they should spin off their mission specialists/researchers to a university consortium. Mission control/operation services also could be spun off and offered as a service to any group.
I would also ask - why are there not any standardized delivery systems? IE, small, medium large to which instrument(s) can be readily attached? Why must NASA reinvent the wheel on every mission? Doing so could greatly reduce costs and time to space. Though I suppose the industry groups might object if their profit margins are cut.
No, I meant exactly what I said. The war was not ended -there has been a cease fire in effect for the past 60 years with neither side willing to settle their differences. So any hostilities which break out will be a continuation of the original Korean War, not a new one.
Internet pron is causing global warming, m'ok? Save the environment, buy print editions of Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler.. or whatever else gets you off.
And xxx.lanl.gov - yes it goes way back - is not exactly the easiest place to separate out what is good from bad. Take a subject such as Astrophysics. In ONE day there are 68 new submissions. 298 in the past five days. Even in the "sub" group Cosmology there were 31 papers in the past day. Filterning at the journal level does serve a valuable purpose.
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Or that he is burnt out and wants to take a break. He was with the company almost 12 years and probably is quite well off now.
netbooks were teh tablets of a few years ago and....? Apple tanks today on talk that supply chain partners have taken hits on inventory. One report of expectation of 20 to 30% decline in iPad mini sales. So.... I'd wait a bit longer to proclaim tablets as being the future and not just a hiccup.
sadly many others I used to read are gone or just craptervising now.
Really this whole metro vs desktop thing is such a red herring. Wow... its just super fucking difficult to click once and be in desktop mode. Win 8 internally is better than any of the previous.
This is all a lot of hand wringing by the tech industry writers over the obvious - hardware lasts a lot longer, it now meets the needs of the applications most people run most of the time and more mobile devices like tablets are going to take a bite (at least for a while) out of desktop sales. Also damaging (and probably more long term) is the advent of android on tvs/set top boxes and the like. For the very casual pc users, this may be all they ever need.
I think this whole tablet euphoria ends much like netbooks - a niche that garners a lot of attention and ramp up, peaks and then declines to its real, niche level.
Wow dude.. get a grip. "NASA engineers worked in an air conditioned room" would be translated to you to mean "NASA engineers were using life support systems" "NASA accountants used adding machines to see if the project was in cost" = "NASA used computers to do the project!"
They used freakin slide rules back then dude. What passed for computers in the early 60s was shit. Get over it. Go do some CAD/CAM on your TI calculator - it is probably an order of magnitude more powerful.
dual athlon mp's with mongo heat sinks.. 2gb ram .. used to have a raid card but got tired of the rebuilds. Upgraded the video card once and replaced one of four disk drives. It was expensive when I built it, largely because of the two 20" led monitors which provided reliable colors for photo and video editing. Win XP. Yes, its long in the tooth now but it still runs (24/7 most of the year) and does most chores perfectly well. Pokey to boot b ut thats why we have coffee.
Well then the people will just have to make due with fly-overs at stadiums or travel to the war zone. Would you advocate that the government spend this kind of money on fireworks shows? Ooooo Ahhhhh .. big noise! spectacular! Or maybe we can just have a parade in Red Square (Berkeley can be the substitute) so everyone can be stoked by the super great weapons their tax dollars are going to.
My understanding is that those tests have been dumbed down as well. In the US it is no secret that college freshman are taking many "remedial" courses because they are unprepared from high school. This is, of course, not the perfect solution and still leaves many on a poor footing for more advanced courses. Rather than start failing a significant number of students, courses are made less rigorous.
I have seen this personally while getting a graduate degree nearly 15 years after my undergrad. Specifically, the courses were math related and were targeted at senior undergrad/early graduate students. Seniors in technical programs had less of a grasp on the basic calc and linear methods needed than I did and as a result the classes were slowed and material not covered which should have been. My "skills" had not been used since failing to complete the science side of a business/science double major as undergrad and I wasn't exactly the brightest in those subjects at that time.
So while kids may not be dumber out of the box than their predecessors, they are after completing their schooling. Standards have declined.
I am seriously shocked that someone thinks that the military should spend millions of dollars of taxpayer funding on public relations. It is bad enough that the services spend a boat load on recruitment using glitzy tv ads during major sporting events at a time when they reject the vast majority of applicants.
If people want these types of airshows they should pay a ticket price which covers the cost. In the same manner, no active duty soldier should be participating nor should any equipment attached to the armed forces be used. There are plenty of ex-pilots who could do this for pay and using retired equipment purchased from the government.
Perhaps these fuckwads should read up on the Android Open Handset Alliance first? From the FAQ
If the Open Handset Alliance is giving it all away for free, how will the platform be differentiated?
Because the Apache license does not have a copyleft clause, industry players can add proprietary functionality to their products based on Android without needing to contribute anything back to the platform. As the entire platform is open, companies can remove functionality if they choose. Applications are not set in stone, and differentiation is always possible. For example, if you want to include Hotmail instead of Gmail, it will not be an issue.
(emph. added)
though they have "upgraded" bits and pieces of the originals over the years. Have to wonder whether it would have been cheaper to deploy a newer missile than continue to fuck around with retrofits (and for another 20 years based on current plans).
someone mod the AC up
where are the Dead Kennedy's when you need them?
And how not to kill all involved? No mention of that in the article from my quick read.
er.. easy way around it:
FBI: Hello? NSA? This is FBI. We have this problem iMessage we need decrpted, can you help?
NSA: Well not if the message was transmitted within the US.
FBI: Suppose we have our London office transmit the message to Paris, could you decrypt that?
NSA: Sure, no problem!
I can give some slack to character interpretations bu honestly, the ending sucked and I concur, other than name it did not feel like 'star trek'
Agreed. The only thing NASA should be involved in are basic science missions. And even there I think they should spin off their mission specialists/researchers to a university consortium. Mission control/operation services also could be spun off and offered as a service to any group.
I would also ask - why are there not any standardized delivery systems? IE, small, medium large to which instrument(s) can be readily attached? Why must NASA reinvent the wheel on every mission? Doing so could greatly reduce costs and time to space. Though I suppose the industry groups might object if their profit margins are cut.
for corporations suckling on the government teat: "Created by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) of America" Want to know more?
Yes, that and the population of Seoul dickwad.
No, I meant exactly what I said. The war was not ended -there has been a cease fire in effect for the past 60 years with neither side willing to settle their differences. So any hostilities which break out will be a continuation of the original Korean War, not a new one.
Team America World Police anyone?
The Korean "war" never ended. It has been ongoing since 1950
Internet pron is causing global warming, m'ok? Save the environment, buy print editions of Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler.. or whatever else gets you off.
Gee, wouldn't it be far more appropriate if the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES had a conversation with his ATTORNEY GENERAL?
But no, that would shatter far too many illusions.
And xxx.lanl.gov - yes it goes way back - is not exactly the easiest place to separate out what is good from bad. Take a subject such as Astrophysics. In ONE day there are 68 new submissions. 298 in the past five days. Even in the "sub" group Cosmology there were 31 papers in the past day. Filterning at the journal level does serve a valuable purpose.