As far as I know, being able to run two different "desktops" so to speak (Aero and non-Aero) would require some sort of modularization, and people would probably be able to make their own desktop even more Advanced then Aero. This leads me to believe (and the wording of the article from skimming through it seeming to maybe hint at this) that the graphics drivers or Vista OS may be crippled to plain not support Direct3D if it is not legit or is a lower version, allowing MS to have even more control of what systems can do what (since even a cheap system can play decent games now with a decent vid card and enough cheap memory). Hopefully this is just misguided paranoia though.
I'm rather surprised, but am glad to see them getting alnog with Apple. I like both companies for their innovation or "Don't be evil" thoughts (notice the or).
I see. We have 24 hours math required (although if you consider CS Theory as Discrete Mathematics III, which I do, it's 28), and 28 science courses, so not too far off. You really went from 300 to 26 in your class? Thats an insane drop assuming you mean just graduated, not graduated on time. We have lost a lot of people, but We still have plenty of people to fill most CS classes offered every quarter.
I see we are nowhere on the top 50, but listed in the listing of 166 other jobs (Good pay, but not a high enough outlook). It seems sad that a major that many CS people drop down to due to CS's difficulty at my university (IT) has a higher ranking (I'm not trolling. At my university, CS has a lot of required science and mathematics courses most computer scientists will never use in their career that the IT majors are not required to take. So technically the major itself isn't really more difficult unless you get into the theoretical and discrete computational things like cryptography and CS Theory). In the end, i think most CS people drift into IT/SE jobs, since the actual market and people's ability for computer algorithm research wouldn't seem that big. I'm most concerned if I drift into an SE-like position, which is likely, I may be doomed to be a lower-level code-monkey my whole life since SE people are taught to have a bigger picture of operations as a whole. This is all speculation though, since I've just started looking for a job.
You can get a gene sequencer on eBay for $500 at the moment. And I was looking forward to poking at it lying for not being available under such an obvoius name.....
As long as Apple is using commodity hardware, wouldn't you still theoretically be able to plug the latest and greatest graphics card into it (if it supports the interface), and still have it run fine with the Windows install? The graphics card working to its full potential in OS X would be in question, but for games in Windows it might still work. Interesting concept that someone might now be able to make their Mac have all the compatibility problems Windows systems are known for. (I'm not trying to troll. Control of hardware does help stability, and when you've got a few hundred options for memory, CPU, Video, Sound. etc. devices, it creates a competitive market (thus more features and better prices), but it is also more likely somewhere along the line you could get something that doesn't work well together)......
I have nothing against shared libraries, and I know they are a good idea. I just think it's likely GTK and the libraries KDE uses have a lot of similar functionality that could probably be merged into a single library (although idk if that's possible, I remember KDE used to be under an odd license, not sure if it still is). Sure, the GUI stuff is different (to an extent), but the supporting libraries for general functions probably aren't all that different for the most part.
I'm in my third quarter of Japanese, and although I'm probably repeating stuff already said, here's my advice:
Try. I've been told it was the hardest language in the world. I failed misiribly in French in middle school, and thought it would be maddness to try and learn Japanese. How am I doing it? Great. But is it hard? Yes, unless your great with languages, it will take hours a week (especially when you learn new vocab). But this is ideally no different then the amount of time you'll spend on another complicated subject.
To start with, there is nothing wrong with learning hiragana before you actually start learning the language. Although I tried that, and although I was motivated, it didn't really seem to work as well (I found it easiser to learn by far in class).
Learn it. There are many that are able to learn Japanese on their own with their set of CDs and books. I could see someone learning alone with my current set used in the Classroom (Nakama I), but wouldn't advise it due to some things being easier explained in person then in a book. I tried learning alone a while ago, and found myself unable to focus. There are many that can learn alone, but not everyone can. If you can take classes, take them. My textbook could be a great resource (many CDs to help with pronounciation and a decent book), but it's pricy, and would be best researched if you pondered getting it.
Use it. My biggest problem lies with direct usage of Japanese, and I tend to phrase it out in english first. I also am forced to hear a whole sentence before I hear it to decode it (since it really is rather backwards compared to english). This is also bad, because there is no way I could keep up in casual conversation. I'd suggest using it a lot as you learn it, and I should stop being a hypocrite.
Use software. This one is debatable, but some good flashcard software that is very flexable can make learning vocab much easier. I would be lost without mine. Integration of images and spoken sound could make learning the definitions for what they are and not the English word they represent much easier.
Learn about the culture too. I'm not talking just anime and games (which originally drew me to Japan). But their history, their modern culture, and traits unique to Japan. I've gradually found myself just as interested in those aspects of Japan, if not more interested. Sometimes courses in these will intertwine with language courses a bit (depends on professor), causing some usage of Japanese outside of the classroom. But then again, you don't want to take classes, so that isn't really rellivent.
And lastly, more of a crituque about my book, learn dictionary forms of verbs before formal forms........ Anyone who has used Nakama will probably know what I am talking about, and agree..
Why wouldn't they be? Other then the n64, those systems have full emulation on the XBox. And even the n64 works, many games at a playable (some full) speed.
I've always envisioned a perfect world. Where the libraries and such for each operating system would be part of a publicly avialable set, so that you could make a piece of software for one OS, and it would work on the others. Kind of like java, but at a level that would be implemented in C. Too bad this will never happen with Microsoft. They have no reason to allow Linux/Mac usage to spread any further. Yes, Microsoft released.NET stuff for Linux, but as I recall, it's still rather limited and not ready to be used in it's raw form. BUt I like this idea. Same basic concept, but on a GTK/KDE level..... At least bridges one of the biggest gaps in the Linux community.... Now let's see Gentoo use flags implement this so you can install k* without the kde libraries....
OSless PCs are such a niche market, very rarely are they even bought, and the models available from the major manufacturers without an OS are pretty slim I think (Dell might offer all laptops w/o an OS if they want, but I know some only offer certain models without an OS). Not to mention, who wants the OS pre-loaded on a computer anyways? I don't like a new computer with 20 icons down in the system tray....
Prayer comes from the heart, and can't be done in a cold and scientific manner in the name of research. Or at least that's what I have come to think very religious people would probably think. This disregards what I consider to be the main way spirituality helps too. It gives people hope and strengthens them. Mind over matter isn't just a useless saying, it's a pretty significant tool in medical recovery as I understand.
There are probably a few exceptions, but the most rough, bitchy, goth girls I have ever met even swarmed to a pony to pet it....... Well researched....
I remember the ideas Apple pantented (or something like that) about a wide-screen full-screen iPod type device with touch screen interface. Although I'm a bit wary about if they would make it a touch screen for fingers. I'd like to see a "PowerPod" so to speak, like the iPod, but more fully featured (like the iBoos vs. PowerBook comparison). Perhaps a PDA of sorts....
A proprietary format that is similar in price to a DVD but (I'm assuming) a fraction of the resolution is failing. Mean while, you can purchase the full resolution DVD, Buy a Memory Stick (which aren't terribly priced now as I rexcall), and convert the movie to a PSP format and put it on the stick. I for one am not surprised. With the push for GPU companies to support hardware encoding, the conversion time may eventually not even be a problem for those that do go this route.
If his mom is a milf, she can probably use those looks to get some neighborhood boy to make a page for her, so she has much better ways at going about getting a website...
Which are basically a type of technical book. I understand programming books, because as people have said, they are very niche, and will only be useful for so long (languages get old and out of date). But why am I still spending $140 for a math or science book that is in it's 5th or 6th edition, and has only had a few modifications over the past couple editions (I've compared)? I would assume by now they have well payed for the development costs of the initial writing....
I think you misinterpreted what I said (partially because I wasn't all that clear and strayed off from my main topic). Windows XP Service Packs do not speed the OS up (at least not significantly), and if anything probably make it marginally slower (since additional necessary tools are added to the system each upgrade). While with every release of OS X, the operating system is optomized more and more for speed. Some would probably argue back "OS X was slow in the first place, so it needed to be fixed" which is probably somewhat true since it was a new operating system (other then the kernel and NeXTSTEP base), while XP has been in the works for a long time since it's NT based. And your OS (good choice by the way) probably isn't the best example for the typical home system because it is leaner then normal consumer versions of XP, which usually have so much crap installed with it and running that isn't necessary. I guess what I'm trying to say is software upgrades/updates don't improve the speed of a Windows system, but software updates on a Mac usually do.
I can attest to this..... Growing up, I didn't take the best care of my teeth, but lived on an older house with a well system that didn't have the best water softener system (tubs had rust caked on, the water smelt like sulfer). The thing is, I never got a single cavity. With how I ate, that is the only way I can explain my lack of cavities.
While Windows gradually slows down with Service Packs, and completely grinds to a hault on all but fairly new systems with new versions, OS X actually manages to speed up due to developer optomization. Good strategy...
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As far as I know, being able to run two different "desktops" so to speak (Aero and non-Aero) would require some sort of modularization, and people would probably be able to make their own desktop even more Advanced then Aero. This leads me to believe (and the wording of the article from skimming through it seeming to maybe hint at this) that the graphics drivers or Vista OS may be crippled to plain not support Direct3D if it is not legit or is a lower version, allowing MS to have even more control of what systems can do what (since even a cheap system can play decent games now with a decent vid card and enough cheap memory). Hopefully this is just misguided paranoia though.
I'm rather surprised, but am glad to see them getting alnog with Apple. I like both companies for their innovation or "Don't be evil" thoughts (notice the or).
Is there any chance the track could bend?
I see. We have 24 hours math required (although if you consider CS Theory as Discrete Mathematics III, which I do, it's 28), and 28 science courses, so not too far off. You really went from 300 to 26 in your class? Thats an insane drop assuming you mean just graduated, not graduated on time. We have lost a lot of people, but We still have plenty of people to fill most CS classes offered every quarter.
I see we are nowhere on the top 50, but listed in the listing of 166 other jobs (Good pay, but not a high enough outlook). It seems sad that a major that many CS people drop down to due to CS's difficulty at my university (IT) has a higher ranking (I'm not trolling. At my university, CS has a lot of required science and mathematics courses most computer scientists will never use in their career that the IT majors are not required to take. So technically the major itself isn't really more difficult unless you get into the theoretical and discrete computational things like cryptography and CS Theory). In the end, i think most CS people drift into IT/SE jobs, since the actual market and people's ability for computer algorithm research wouldn't seem that big. I'm most concerned if I drift into an SE-like position, which is likely, I may be doomed to be a lower-level code-monkey my whole life since SE people are taught to have a bigger picture of operations as a whole. This is all speculation though, since I've just started looking for a job.
You can get a gene sequencer on eBay for $500 at the moment. And I was looking forward to poking at it lying for not being available under such an obvoius name.....
As long as Apple is using commodity hardware, wouldn't you still theoretically be able to plug the latest and greatest graphics card into it (if it supports the interface), and still have it run fine with the Windows install? The graphics card working to its full potential in OS X would be in question, but for games in Windows it might still work. Interesting concept that someone might now be able to make their Mac have all the compatibility problems Windows systems are known for. (I'm not trying to troll. Control of hardware does help stability, and when you've got a few hundred options for memory, CPU, Video, Sound. etc. devices, it creates a competitive market (thus more features and better prices), but it is also more likely somewhere along the line you could get something that doesn't work well together)......
I have nothing against shared libraries, and I know they are a good idea. I just think it's likely GTK and the libraries KDE uses have a lot of similar functionality that could probably be merged into a single library (although idk if that's possible, I remember KDE used to be under an odd license, not sure if it still is). Sure, the GUI stuff is different (to an extent), but the supporting libraries for general functions probably aren't all that different for the most part.
I'm in my third quarter of Japanese, and although I'm probably repeating stuff already said, here's my advice: Try. I've been told it was the hardest language in the world. I failed misiribly in French in middle school, and thought it would be maddness to try and learn Japanese. How am I doing it? Great. But is it hard? Yes, unless your great with languages, it will take hours a week (especially when you learn new vocab). But this is ideally no different then the amount of time you'll spend on another complicated subject. To start with, there is nothing wrong with learning hiragana before you actually start learning the language. Although I tried that, and although I was motivated, it didn't really seem to work as well (I found it easiser to learn by far in class). Learn it. There are many that are able to learn Japanese on their own with their set of CDs and books. I could see someone learning alone with my current set used in the Classroom (Nakama I), but wouldn't advise it due to some things being easier explained in person then in a book. I tried learning alone a while ago, and found myself unable to focus. There are many that can learn alone, but not everyone can. If you can take classes, take them. My textbook could be a great resource (many CDs to help with pronounciation and a decent book), but it's pricy, and would be best researched if you pondered getting it. Use it. My biggest problem lies with direct usage of Japanese, and I tend to phrase it out in english first. I also am forced to hear a whole sentence before I hear it to decode it (since it really is rather backwards compared to english). This is also bad, because there is no way I could keep up in casual conversation. I'd suggest using it a lot as you learn it, and I should stop being a hypocrite. Use software. This one is debatable, but some good flashcard software that is very flexable can make learning vocab much easier. I would be lost without mine. Integration of images and spoken sound could make learning the definitions for what they are and not the English word they represent much easier. Learn about the culture too. I'm not talking just anime and games (which originally drew me to Japan). But their history, their modern culture, and traits unique to Japan. I've gradually found myself just as interested in those aspects of Japan, if not more interested. Sometimes courses in these will intertwine with language courses a bit (depends on professor), causing some usage of Japanese outside of the classroom. But then again, you don't want to take classes, so that isn't really rellivent. And lastly, more of a crituque about my book, learn dictionary forms of verbs before formal forms........ Anyone who has used Nakama will probably know what I am talking about, and agree..
Why wouldn't they be? Other then the n64, those systems have full emulation on the XBox. And even the n64 works, many games at a playable (some full) speed.
I've always envisioned a perfect world. Where the libraries and such for each operating system would be part of a publicly avialable set, so that you could make a piece of software for one OS, and it would work on the others. Kind of like java, but at a level that would be implemented in C. Too bad this will never happen with Microsoft. They have no reason to allow Linux/Mac usage to spread any further. Yes, Microsoft released .NET stuff for Linux, but as I recall, it's still rather limited and not ready to be used in it's raw form. BUt I like this idea. Same basic concept, but on a GTK/KDE level..... At least bridges one of the biggest gaps in the Linux community.... Now let's see Gentoo use flags implement this so you can install k* without the kde libraries....
OSless PCs are such a niche market, very rarely are they even bought, and the models available from the major manufacturers without an OS are pretty slim I think (Dell might offer all laptops w/o an OS if they want, but I know some only offer certain models without an OS). Not to mention, who wants the OS pre-loaded on a computer anyways? I don't like a new computer with 20 icons down in the system tray....
As a rabid fanboy of both companies, it would tear me apart to have to choose!!!
Prayer comes from the heart, and can't be done in a cold and scientific manner in the name of research. Or at least that's what I have come to think very religious people would probably think. This disregards what I consider to be the main way spirituality helps too. It gives people hope and strengthens them. Mind over matter isn't just a useless saying, it's a pretty significant tool in medical recovery as I understand.
There are probably a few exceptions, but the most rough, bitchy, goth girls I have ever met even swarmed to a pony to pet it....... Well researched....
I remember the ideas Apple pantented (or something like that) about a wide-screen full-screen iPod type device with touch screen interface. Although I'm a bit wary about if they would make it a touch screen for fingers. I'd like to see a "PowerPod" so to speak, like the iPod, but more fully featured (like the iBoos vs. PowerBook comparison). Perhaps a PDA of sorts....
A proprietary format that is similar in price to a DVD but (I'm assuming) a fraction of the resolution is failing. Mean while, you can purchase the full resolution DVD, Buy a Memory Stick (which aren't terribly priced now as I rexcall), and convert the movie to a PSP format and put it on the stick. I for one am not surprised. With the push for GPU companies to support hardware encoding, the conversion time may eventually not even be a problem for those that do go this route.
googledot.org has expired... They should swipe it up.....
If his mom is a milf, she can probably use those looks to get some neighborhood boy to make a page for her, so she has much better ways at going about getting a website...
Of hundreds of slashdot readers as they feel betrayed by their great and perfect "Google", since this isn't for them.......
True, but they'll always have a high spot in my book for being one of the few companies that strongly supports Macs....
Which are basically a type of technical book. I understand programming books, because as people have said, they are very niche, and will only be useful for so long (languages get old and out of date). But why am I still spending $140 for a math or science book that is in it's 5th or 6th edition, and has only had a few modifications over the past couple editions (I've compared)? I would assume by now they have well payed for the development costs of the initial writing....
I think you misinterpreted what I said (partially because I wasn't all that clear and strayed off from my main topic). Windows XP Service Packs do not speed the OS up (at least not significantly), and if anything probably make it marginally slower (since additional necessary tools are added to the system each upgrade). While with every release of OS X, the operating system is optomized more and more for speed. Some would probably argue back "OS X was slow in the first place, so it needed to be fixed" which is probably somewhat true since it was a new operating system (other then the kernel and NeXTSTEP base), while XP has been in the works for a long time since it's NT based. And your OS (good choice by the way) probably isn't the best example for the typical home system because it is leaner then normal consumer versions of XP, which usually have so much crap installed with it and running that isn't necessary. I guess what I'm trying to say is software upgrades/updates don't improve the speed of a Windows system, but software updates on a Mac usually do.
I can attest to this..... Growing up, I didn't take the best care of my teeth, but lived on an older house with a well system that didn't have the best water softener system (tubs had rust caked on, the water smelt like sulfer). The thing is, I never got a single cavity. With how I ate, that is the only way I can explain my lack of cavities.
While Windows gradually slows down with Service Packs, and completely grinds to a hault on all but fairly new systems with new versions, OS X actually manages to speed up due to developer optomization. Good strategy...