What's important is the impression that they can be held accountable. The actual fact that they won't let themselves be held accountable is less important...
So from RTFA I got that they basically intimidated him. No legal charges, just a damocles sword hanging over his head for a while without any details as to why that was exactly.
Okay, I'm not a Mac guy and haven't followed this closely, but isn't OS X a 64 bit OS? Yonah won't be 64 bits (unlike the A64)... So, what's the deal? Did Apple just "downgrade" OS X to 32 bits for the x86 architecture?
I really liked the "swimming through sugar syrup vs water" experiment. I'd have been a volunteer swimmer for that one. The penguin poo velocity one was neat too. I didn't know about the phenomenon before reading about it there, so the awards are educational. I wonder if it's in that March of the Penguins movie...
I actually posted about it on TH earlier this morning:
I doubt that they'll download it 20,000 times. They will probably install them all from the same download, which is something that the people who complain about the representativeness of the download counter always forget. Sure one person might download it more than once, but what about those who download it once and install it many times?
This is just another example of why OSS is the way to go in developing countries. I even think that this move is condescending from microsoft (and it isn't the first time).
What I was pointing out is the tradeoff of integrated "solutions" (especially when the reason to cram so much stuff in one gadget isn't to have quality features but to justify keeping prices up and differenciating your product from rivals).
My point was that even if you had a really good camera in a phone that is also a really good PDA and jukebox, as soon as you scratch the lens of the camera you have to throw the whole thing away. If you are satisfied with everything except the size of the jukebox, you probably can't upgrade just that and need to throw the whole thing away. etc.
So while what you said about size being a factor is true, what I said about quality (in general, there are exceptions I'm sure) and the problems you have when only one thing breaks or when you would want to upgrade only one thing is also true.
I never said I was proposing a third way that solved these problems. I was just pointing them out. It's a tradeoff and the convenience of size and everything in one can also become a problem. It's kind of like laptops vs. desktop computers. Sure the laptop is cool, but trying to upgrade it or fix it costs a lot more, if possible.
I never said it wasn't a factor. I was giving an example of the problem of integrating many things in one. Small size won't solve the problems that I mentioned.
The problem of integrating so much crap into one thing is that if one of the features break you usually have to change the whole thing. It's also harder to upgrade just one of the features when that's all you need.
It's the same thing in the stereo world; the best stereo are power amp + preamp + source + etc..
cheaper stereos have everything in one, so you can't just upgrade your power amp but have to scrap the whole thing, and usually everything is compromised and corners are cut to make if affordable.
The simple explanation could be that it just seems a lot more romantic and heroic to think that a bunch of people in their parents' basement are taking on Microsoft...
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Taken strictly in business terms, making money is the only measure that counts.
Sure, but that's not what we're doing, are we?
Other things than money matter, y'know. Creating good products, bringing value to your customers, etc.
It is possible to make money yet not be a very good company.
I'm sure there are many more way to improve this technology and make it more efficient and cost-effective.
After all, it's not like is has had the kind of push that other technologies have had for much longer..
Well, I first read about it here:
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http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/03/fuel_cell
But hey, that's just me. It links to Engadget, though, so maybe that's where you read about it.
That means that 2/3s are actually using it for actual work.
No, it means that 2/3 are using it for porn.
What's important is the impression that they can be held accountable. The actual fact that they won't let themselves be held accountable is less important...
I don't know if this long anon post contains true things or not, but I have to admit that it was an interesting read.
So from RTFA I got that they basically intimidated him. No legal charges, just a damocles sword hanging over his head for a while without any details as to why that was exactly.
Thanks for the precision.
Any big downsides to this 32/64 bit separation (from the user perspective; you already mentioned the coding part)?
Thanks! I guess I had too many bits and parts of articles about the G5 floating around that hazy part of my memory.
G4 is 32 bits.. Makes sense.
Okay, I'm not a Mac guy and haven't followed this closely, but isn't OS X a 64 bit OS? Yonah won't be 64 bits (unlike the A64)... So, what's the deal? Did Apple just "downgrade" OS X to 32 bits for the x86 architecture?
FSB only really matters when you're using it to talk to RAM, and all the AMD64's have HyperTransport on-die memory controllers running at 800mhz.
Aren't they running at 1ghz now?
"I wonder if this will have any impact on the no smoking bans we have seen in recent years?"
I hope not.
I really liked the "swimming through sugar syrup vs water" experiment. I'd have been a volunteer swimmer for that one. The penguin poo velocity one was neat too. I didn't know about the phenomenon before reading about it there, so the awards are educational. I wonder if it's in that March of the Penguins movie...
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I actually posted about it on TH earlier this morning:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/10/sciences_
I doubt that they'll download it 20,000 times. They will probably install them all from the same download, which is something that the people who complain about the representativeness of the download counter always forget. Sure one person might download it more than once, but what about those who download it once and install it many times?
Sometimes it's better to NOT be surprised...
This is just another example of why OSS is the way to go in developing countries. I even think that this move is condescending from microsoft (and it isn't the first time).
What I was pointing out is the tradeoff of integrated "solutions" (especially when the reason to cram so much stuff in one gadget isn't to have quality features but to justify keeping prices up and differenciating your product from rivals).
My point was that even if you had a really good camera in a phone that is also a really good PDA and jukebox, as soon as you scratch the lens of the camera you have to throw the whole thing away. If you are satisfied with everything except the size of the jukebox, you probably can't upgrade just that and need to throw the whole thing away. etc.
So while what you said about size being a factor is true, what I said about quality (in general, there are exceptions I'm sure) and the problems you have when only one thing breaks or when you would want to upgrade only one thing is also true.
I never said I was proposing a third way that solved these problems. I was just pointing them out. It's a tradeoff and the convenience of size and everything in one can also become a problem. It's kind of like laptops vs. desktop computers. Sure the laptop is cool, but trying to upgrade it or fix it costs a lot more, if possible.
I never said it wasn't a factor. I was giving an example of the problem of integrating many things in one. Small size won't solve the problems that I mentioned.
The problem of integrating so much crap into one thing is that if one of the features break you usually have to change the whole thing. It's also harder to upgrade just one of the features when that's all you need.
It's the same thing in the stereo world; the best stereo are power amp + preamp + source + etc..
cheaper stereos have everything in one, so you can't just upgrade your power amp but have to scrap the whole thing, and usually everything is compromised and corners are cut to make if affordable.
phh, your an idiot!
That insult would have been more effective if you had spelled it properly.
As in the Romantic era, not as in love story. Painting the perfect picture by glossing over character flaws and other "real life stuff."
That's exactly what I meant. I guess I've been listening to too music music from the 1800s lately...
The simple explanation could be that it just seems a lot more romantic and heroic to think that a bunch of people in their parents' basement are taking on Microsoft...
And they married and had many children.
It outlived the Pope.
Are you sure he's dead? Has Netcraft confirmed it?