I will agree with that statement in general.. I do find that Sony often develops competing media storage formats for no apparent reason other than to collect licensing fees from others, or charge more for them (Memory Stick vs. CF/SD for example). I think Sony (especially being in league with RIAA/MPAA) puts them at the top of the evil corporation list. I actually have far less issue with their hardware than their media arms. That said, I just won't buy their products at all at this point. They assert far to much vertical control over entertainment as a whole.
I really don't see google doing anything truly anti-competitive though... For the most part, any services you use with google, you have options to get your data out (IMAP/POP support in gmail) and document exports from apps... you can totally leave the google ecosystem, and/or start competing services without google interfering directly, other than competing...
I have to agree.. though the display on the new ipad is pretty impressive.. wouldn't mind seeing that scale to a 24-27" display (at that pixel density).
I find the most aggravating issues are getting a proper aspect ratio from those older games (and ANSI-BBS), I still run a BBS today. The console screens of old seemed to have some extra height added in the CGA/EGA screens, that VGA and above displaced... the pixels were taller than wide (the density was just spread more vertically than horizontally). That's really hard to emulate, so the aspect ration is just a tad bit off. If super-high density displays become more common, it should be able to be emulated more accurately... though only a few dinosaurs my age (late 30's) or older will ever care about.
I had a stand-alone Coleco pong (telstar) console, it was a small box, with two rotors (paddles), and connected to a TV (black and white game)... to play pong.. was a mid 70's thing... does that count?
Perhaps you could share some architectural differences? I mean, more cache allows higher amounts of I/O, but just the same, not sure in what ways (or even one) Xeons are dramatically different.
As to your aside... I've yet to find something in the.Net universe that doesn't already have a library available (freely), often open-source. Beyond that, the ease in which to access C-based libraries makes it very suitable for those types of integration points. That said, may NodeJS rise to smite all others in userspace development.;)
Umn, well Intel Xeons are generally underclocked versions of their desktop CPUs with a better lead time, and more testing. It's the additional testing that is part of the cost. In general "Workstation" and "Server" components are usually non-extreme, conservatively clocked components with a *very* large margin (profit) built in, far more than the leading edge desktop fanboi parts by far.
I would suggest Mint as well.. if you go for the Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), after install, and you have gotten your feet wet, it's easy enough to roll over onto the official repositories, or even onto Debian SID, if so desired... beware the change to Debian's Gnome 3 setup though (ugh).
Let's just hope he doesn't have to deal with simple LINQ expressions using an anonymous object... oh yeah, no anonymous object types... too unpredictable, even when closer to the UI layer.
I don't think Windows' pricing is bad at all, you can buy an off the shelf OEM copy from newegg/amazon for a pretty good price (licensed for one machine only). Even then, if you have a full install disk, you can just use the registration key on the bottom/side of the computer for installation/activation. I do this a lot to get a clean machine.. install the necessary mfg drivers after a clean install and updates (the updates are what takes forever, time for a Win7 SP). I really wish they'd do an update iso download quarterly.
I'm curious if the threaded discussion for a slashdot article with a lot of comments would fit in the 16mb record contstraint in mongodb. That, and a porting project to nodejs. Does slashdot offer a data sample for testing slashcode against?
I recently bought a new Challenger RT, when you open/close the doors, the window goes down just slightly, so that it can slide into the rubber seal in the door... My first thought, is it's something else that can break, and what happens when that motor function does. To boot, the keys are all remote fab only... no hard/physical keys. There are a few more complaints I have about it... but hey, it's a "Cool Car."
Well, for that matter, IIS is a very strong performer in "real world" tests... I'm still keeping an eye on NodeJS and MongoDB even if my day job mostly requires C# (ASP.Net/MVC) and MS-SQL.
It's funny, but on my personal machines, that's pretty much one of the first things I do... (dissabling UAC)... install all the software I want on the machine... then re-enable it. It's annoying installing a dozen or so pieces of software with UAC enabled.
Chrome runs with user-level privileges, no administration escalation needed. It even installs in user space, not in common Program Files. Though this is slightly annoying when you *want* chrome to be the default for all users though, it is actually plenty secure. If you don't want users to be able to execute code, you should lock things down better... There are NTFS privileges specifically geared towards being able to run executables in a directory, you should look into it. See: advanced settings. In windows chrome will use whatever system settings are in place for firewall/proxy use as well... so it's not like they're really bypassing anything.
Yeah, I have to agree.. as soon as they get the hardware issues worked out for ICS on the touchpad, I'll probably jump over... I have to say that I really like the WebOS task/application management interface though.
I actually like Windows Phone 7... development for it is as nice as anything else (save maybe webos, which I also really like) I use android mostly because I like to tinker.. I have yet to see a really good out of the box experience with it that matches WinPhone, or webos... but hey... iOS and Android are the big kids in the playground now.
Having now used several android and ios devices, recently been toying with webos.. I have to say, HP dropped the ball on this one... if it weren't for lack of apps/support, would sobe my goto mobile OS... only thing I really miss on te touchpad over my android or ipad tablets is netflix support.
Having used several Android and iOS devices for some mobile targeted web dev, I have to say my favorite is probably hp/palm WebOS in terms of the best usability... I'm hoping someone makes an android launcher clone of the UI. Only thing missing is swipe gestures in their browser.
And, there are probably even more communists in the democrat camp that think eliminating all corporations and having the government run everything would work out great.
I would only say that the federal government is far too reaching, and far too big... I'm not seriously going to suggest that if we got rid of everything it would be okay, but moving in that direction is probably better than where we are. I'm fairly pragmatic about it, but would consider myself libertarian minded.
Yes, but a lot of line of business apps are being built in.Net, and a lot of MS's own application front ends included are, or will become more.Net based... Which will be inherently more portable. There is quite a bit that can be done native, and more that doesn't need to run bare metal.
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I will agree with that statement in general.. I do find that Sony often develops competing media storage formats for no apparent reason other than to collect licensing fees from others, or charge more for them (Memory Stick vs. CF/SD for example). I think Sony (especially being in league with RIAA/MPAA) puts them at the top of the evil corporation list. I actually have far less issue with their hardware than their media arms. That said, I just won't buy their products at all at this point. They assert far to much vertical control over entertainment as a whole.
I really don't see google doing anything truly anti-competitive though... For the most part, any services you use with google, you have options to get your data out (IMAP/POP support in gmail) and document exports from apps... you can totally leave the google ecosystem, and/or start competing services without google interfering directly, other than competing...
I have to agree.. though the display on the new ipad is pretty impressive.. wouldn't mind seeing that scale to a 24-27" display (at that pixel density). I find the most aggravating issues are getting a proper aspect ratio from those older games (and ANSI-BBS), I still run a BBS today. The console screens of old seemed to have some extra height added in the CGA/EGA screens, that VGA and above displaced... the pixels were taller than wide (the density was just spread more vertically than horizontally). That's really hard to emulate, so the aspect ration is just a tad bit off. If super-high density displays become more common, it should be able to be emulated more accurately... though only a few dinosaurs my age (late 30's) or older will ever care about.
I had a stand-alone Coleco pong (telstar) console, it was a small box, with two rotors (paddles), and connected to a TV (black and white game)... to play pong.. was a mid 70's thing... does that count?
Perhaps you could share some architectural differences? I mean, more cache allows higher amounts of I/O, but just the same, not sure in what ways (or even one) Xeons are dramatically different.
As to your aside... I've yet to find something in the .Net universe that doesn't already have a library available (freely), often open-source. Beyond that, the ease in which to access C-based libraries makes it very suitable for those types of integration points. That said, may NodeJS rise to smite all others in userspace development. ;)
Umn, well Intel Xeons are generally underclocked versions of their desktop CPUs with a better lead time, and more testing. It's the additional testing that is part of the cost. In general "Workstation" and "Server" components are usually non-extreme, conservatively clocked components with a *very* large margin (profit) built in, far more than the leading edge desktop fanboi parts by far.
I would suggest Mint as well.. if you go for the Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), after install, and you have gotten your feet wet, it's easy enough to roll over onto the official repositories, or even onto Debian SID, if so desired... beware the change to Debian's Gnome 3 setup though (ugh).
Let's just hope he doesn't have to deal with simple LINQ expressions using an anonymous object... oh yeah, no anonymous object types... too unpredictable, even when closer to the UI layer.
I don't think Windows' pricing is bad at all, you can buy an off the shelf OEM copy from newegg/amazon for a pretty good price (licensed for one machine only). Even then, if you have a full install disk, you can just use the registration key on the bottom/side of the computer for installation/activation. I do this a lot to get a clean machine.. install the necessary mfg drivers after a clean install and updates (the updates are what takes forever, time for a Win7 SP). I really wish they'd do an update iso download quarterly.
I'm curious if the threaded discussion for a slashdot article with a lot of comments would fit in the 16mb record contstraint in mongodb. That, and a porting project to nodejs. Does slashdot offer a data sample for testing slashcode against?
I recently bought a new Challenger RT, when you open/close the doors, the window goes down just slightly, so that it can slide into the rubber seal in the door... My first thought, is it's something else that can break, and what happens when that motor function does. To boot, the keys are all remote fab only... no hard/physical keys. There are a few more complaints I have about it... but hey, it's a "Cool Car."
Well, for that matter, IIS is a very strong performer in "real world" tests... I'm still keeping an eye on NodeJS and MongoDB even if my day job mostly requires C# (ASP.Net/MVC) and MS-SQL.
My girlfriend's cat plays fetch... doesn't so much respond to his name though...
It's funny, but on my personal machines, that's pretty much one of the first things I do... (dissabling UAC)... install all the software I want on the machine... then re-enable it. It's annoying installing a dozen or so pieces of software with UAC enabled.
Chrome runs with user-level privileges, no administration escalation needed. It even installs in user space, not in common Program Files. Though this is slightly annoying when you *want* chrome to be the default for all users though, it is actually plenty secure. If you don't want users to be able to execute code, you should lock things down better... There are NTFS privileges specifically geared towards being able to run executables in a directory, you should look into it. See: advanced settings. In windows chrome will use whatever system settings are in place for firewall/proxy use as well... so it's not like they're really bypassing anything.
Yeah, I have to agree.. as soon as they get the hardware issues worked out for ICS on the touchpad, I'll probably jump over... I have to say that I really like the WebOS task/application management interface though.
What the politicians hear: "Slashdot is a tool for pirates and child pornographers to attack the USA!"
I actually like Windows Phone 7... development for it is as nice as anything else (save maybe webos, which I also really like) I use android mostly because I like to tinker.. I have yet to see a really good out of the box experience with it that matches WinPhone, or webos... but hey... iOS and Android are the big kids in the playground now.
Having now used several android and ios devices, recently been toying with webos.. I have to say, HP dropped the ball on this one... if it weren't for lack of apps/support, would sobe my goto mobile OS... only thing I really miss on te touchpad over my android or ipad tablets is netflix support.
Having used several Android and iOS devices for some mobile targeted web dev, I have to say my favorite is probably hp/palm WebOS in terms of the best usability... I'm hoping someone makes an android launcher clone of the UI. Only thing missing is swipe gestures in their browser.
A person/people can create something... a company can not.
And, there are probably even more communists in the democrat camp that think eliminating all corporations and having the government run everything would work out great.
I would only say that the federal government is far too reaching, and far too big... I'm not seriously going to suggest that if we got rid of everything it would be okay, but moving in that direction is probably better than where we are. I'm fairly pragmatic about it, but would consider myself libertarian minded.
Yes, but a lot of line of business apps are being built in .Net, and a lot of MS's own application front ends included are, or will become more .Net based... Which will be inherently more portable. There is quite a bit that can be done native, and more that doesn't need to run bare metal.