TFA's stuff is easy to implement using current manufacturing equipment, which is what will make it quickly ubuiquitous.
Just one look at the design shows it's not 'bouncing'. It's passing through the dielectric portion of a capacitor. The pyramid isn't even present in the SEM view of the device.
Which is not to say it's not a good idea for memory; you end up having a transistor and capacitor coupled in such a way as to make for a single self-maintaining bit.
Meanwhile, it doesn't look that revolutionary. They make the bucket comparison with a capacitor - that's true, but they're not talking about replacing the capacitor. They're talking about an alternative transistor that appears to use a small capacitor to enable switching; this is not the most efficient way I can think to do things.
Programmer: There is no speed issue that cannot be solved through the use of better hardware. Engineer: There is no hardware issue that cannot be solved through the use of well-written software.
Discuss.
Meanwhile, they have this notion that an improvement in transistor speed is an advance specifically for mobile peripherals. What about shattering moore's law? Have these guys not considered that, you know, maybe, your computer's circuitry is made up almost entirely out of transistors and capacitors?
Honestly, this means faster anything used for logic. Fuck yo' beowulf clusta; a single computer built of these would operate at ungodly speeds.
You know, if Intel decides to license the tech. Still, it would be a small change in their existing manufacturing process if they include it, little extra cost in chip manufacturing, and they'll probably be able to charge a mint a piece for 11GHz cores.
As a consumer with more than just an iPod, I say that any music sales system in which I the music cannot easily be transferred onto, say, my PDA, can go to hell.
Actually, Linux adapts and exceeds pretty quickly. It's the result of having a developer bin about ten times that of, say, Microsoft, working independantly and in teams.
Presently, Linux is: Catching up with windows binary support Working on MacOSX binary support Keeping well ahead of video format support Whooping ass at new-and-innovative native applications Whooping ass at reinventing old-and-ubiquitous applications... etc, ad inf.
To those who pooh-pooh the state of linux, may I suggest: You don't keep up well, do you?
Funny. I click to install my linux apps. You must be talking about those debian people.
And all I had to do to get my iPod running was click 'Install support for iPod'. It did all the heavy lifting, and even put in gtkPod for me.
Mind you, it doesn't work with iTunes, but lets face it, if you're considering Linux, chances are you've already rejected the DRM-encrusted mess that is iTunes.
Oh, trust me. After explaining my reasoning, I only got a sharp reprimand, an aside from the pricipal that he might have done the same thing, a school free week, and a trip to the councillors to 'retrain' me.
No, Apple didn't invent podcasting. In fact, they didn't even coin the term. It was a concept implemented by Tristan Louis and Dave Winer, originally referred to as 'audioblogging'.
In fact, at one point, Apple tried to snuff the first podcasting client, 'iPodder'.
So yeah. Quiet, fanboy. They didn't invent the GUI either.
'cept Apple's trademark is not on the term 'pod', which is simply a word.
In the case of profit pod, it refers to 'self-contained device', which is a relatively common use. TightPod makes skins for the iPod, among other devices; that doesn't change the fact that the word 'pod' is not trademarked.
Meanwhile, there's hundereds of i-products out there; why should using the other syllabant of the 'iPod' name carry any more fear?
Actually, my distro downloads them from their legitimate sources and extracts the DLLs. It's the only way to do it, in a vague sense of the word, 'legally'.
Actually, linux/mplayer with the windows codecs package (found on mplayer's site) does a pretty shining job of converting from RM/RA. Mind you, it's got the same PITA factor as converting from WMV or FLV (ambiguous framerate issues), but I don't mind; I've gotten kinda good at mathematically figuing this sort of thing out.
I don't know about the older mov stuff (I think there's mjpeg or something), but between libavcodec's x264, aac and mpeg4 options, modern qt can be played with very little effort.
I suppose, but the dlls mplayer uses are free for download (my linux distro downloads them, as well as flash and a few other free-but-closed bits of usefulness upon install).
There may be some kind of licensing agreement saying I can't use the files in such and such a way, but since the installer is bypassed, I don't have to read or agree to it.
Um. DHMO is a very dangerous chemical; go to DHMO.org to find out (read: are you saying that dihydrogen monoxide is some other compound? As far as I know, 2 hydrogens and one oxygen form a molecule in exactly one way..)
What's really funny is that these sorts of games exist, made by people other than Take Two / Rockstar.
He's going after TT/RS because they have money. Which is amusing because it also means they have the cash to win the case and demand lawyer fee compensation from Jack.
Hey, Jack. Welcome to the poor neighborhoods. Hope you enjoy the crackheads that are going to rob your house almost monthly.
Getting bullied is not the fault of the child; the first time, they weren't previously aware that such behavior exists. After the first incident, future bullying is the parent's fault; the issue came up, and they haven't properly instructed the child on how to deal with bullies.
Proper instruction is debatable, but it's an issue that good parents figure out eventually.
It can be as simple as having the kid say, assertively, 'Yo, shut the fuck up, assknuckle'. It can be as tumultuous as teching your kid a few self-defence techniques. It's not easy, and I won't proselytize on what worked for me as a kid; I'm not a parent.
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Wow.
That image brings new meaning to "You're going to pay, or I'm going to take it out of your ass."
TFA's stuff is easy to implement using current manufacturing equipment, which is what will make it quickly ubuiquitous.
Just one look at the design shows it's not 'bouncing'. It's passing through the dielectric portion of a capacitor. The pyramid isn't even present in the SEM view of the device.
Which is not to say it's not a good idea for memory; you end up having a transistor and capacitor coupled in such a way as to make for a single self-maintaining bit.
Meanwhile, it doesn't look that revolutionary. They make the bucket comparison with a capacitor - that's true, but they're not talking about replacing the capacitor. They're talking about an alternative transistor that appears to use a small capacitor to enable switching; this is not the most efficient way I can think to do things.
Programmer: There is no speed issue that cannot be solved through the use of better hardware.
Engineer: There is no hardware issue that cannot be solved through the use of well-written software.
Discuss.
Meanwhile, they have this notion that an improvement in transistor speed is an advance specifically for mobile peripherals. What about shattering moore's law? Have these guys not considered that, you know, maybe, your computer's circuitry is made up almost entirely out of transistors and capacitors?
Honestly, this means faster anything used for logic. Fuck yo' beowulf clusta; a single computer built of these would operate at ungodly speeds.
You know, if Intel decides to license the tech. Still, it would be a small change in their existing manufacturing process if they include it, little extra cost in chip manufacturing, and they'll probably be able to charge a mint a piece for 11GHz cores.
Ohh, I remember synaptic. Damn nice program.
Actually, I think he means something like KDE's DCOP.
I wonder how hard it would be to have DCOP and Bononbo presenting the same interfaces on one program...
PS: I'm tired of the GTK/Qt wars. Isn't there some way to write a program that can utilize either from a simple GUI definition source file?
While I don't necessarily believe it, you can bet that if Square/Enix redoes FF7, I'm buying the PS3 and the game.
Meanwhile, I think I'll stick to my PS2.
As a consumer with more than just an iPod, I say that any music sales system in which I the music cannot easily be transferred onto, say, my PDA, can go to hell.
Yeah, fuck the snakes. They deserved to die, and I hope they burn in hell.
Meanwhile, TFA's author seems... mislead to say the least.
Where's that fud tag, anyway? It's definately deserved here.
Actually, Linux adapts and exceeds pretty quickly. It's the result of having a developer bin about ten times that of, say, Microsoft, working independantly and in teams.
...
Presently, Linux is:
Catching up with windows binary support
Working on MacOSX binary support
Keeping well ahead of video format support
Whooping ass at new-and-innovative native applications
Whooping ass at reinventing old-and-ubiquitous applications
etc, ad inf.
To those who pooh-pooh the state of linux, may I suggest: You don't keep up well, do you?
Funny. I click to install my linux apps. You must be talking about those debian people.
And all I had to do to get my iPod running was click 'Install support for iPod'. It did all the heavy lifting, and even put in gtkPod for me.
Mind you, it doesn't work with iTunes, but lets face it, if you're considering Linux, chances are you've already rejected the DRM-encrusted mess that is iTunes.
Oh, trust me. After explaining my reasoning, I only got a sharp reprimand, an aside from the pricipal that he might have done the same thing, a school free week, and a trip to the councillors to 'retrain' me.
So didn't work.
No, Apple didn't invent podcasting. In fact, they didn't even coin the term. It was a concept implemented by Tristan Louis and Dave Winer, originally referred to as 'audioblogging'.
In fact, at one point, Apple tried to snuff the first podcasting client, 'iPodder'.
So yeah. Quiet, fanboy. They didn't invent the GUI either.
'cept Apple's trademark is not on the term 'pod', which is simply a word.
In the case of profit pod, it refers to 'self-contained device', which is a relatively common use. TightPod makes skins for the iPod, among other devices; that doesn't change the fact that the word 'pod' is not trademarked.
Meanwhile, there's hundereds of i-products out there; why should using the other syllabant of the 'iPod' name carry any more fear?
7zip handles the extraction of these .exes pretty well.
Actually, my distro downloads them from their legitimate sources and extracts the DLLs. It's the only way to do it, in a vague sense of the word, 'legally'.
Actually, linux/mplayer with the windows codecs package (found on mplayer's site) does a pretty shining job of converting from RM/RA. Mind you, it's got the same PITA factor as converting from WMV or FLV (ambiguous framerate issues), but I don't mind; I've gotten kinda good at mathematically figuing this sort of thing out.
mplayer already handles both mms:// and rstp:// pretty damned well.
It also does ftp(s)://, http(s)://, smb://, and a number of other random network protocols.
I don't know about the older mov stuff (I think there's mjpeg or something), but between libavcodec's x264, aac and mpeg4 options, modern qt can be played with very little effort.
I suppose, but the dlls mplayer uses are free for download (my linux distro downloads them, as well as flash and a few other free-but-closed bits of usefulness upon install).
There may be some kind of licensing agreement saying I can't use the files in such and such a way, but since the installer is bypassed, I don't have to read or agree to it.
I think he meant as a posion pill for open source, not a virus that would pwn j00r b0x0r
Um. DHMO is a very dangerous chemical; go to DHMO.org to find out (read: are you saying that dihydrogen monoxide is some other compound? As far as I know, 2 hydrogens and one oxygen form a molecule in exactly one way..)
What's really funny is that these sorts of games exist, made by people other than Take Two / Rockstar.
He's going after TT/RS because they have money. Which is amusing because it also means they have the cash to win the case and demand lawyer fee compensation from Jack.
Hey, Jack. Welcome to the poor neighborhoods. Hope you enjoy the crackheads that are going to rob your house almost monthly.
There's a place in between.
Getting bullied is not the fault of the child; the first time, they weren't previously aware that such behavior exists. After the first incident, future bullying is the parent's fault; the issue came up, and they haven't properly instructed the child on how to deal with bullies.
Proper instruction is debatable, but it's an issue that good parents figure out eventually.
It can be as simple as having the kid say, assertively, 'Yo, shut the fuck up, assknuckle'. It can be as tumultuous as teching your kid a few self-defence techniques. It's not easy, and I won't proselytize on what worked for me as a kid; I'm not a parent.
I like your style; the electric bass is a hell of a solid object, and as anyone who's seen FLCL can tell you, an extremely effective bat.