I'm not sure where everyone is getting this... there's plenty of stuff in Longhorn that will require.NET CLR 2.0. The best example is WinFX. You don't/have/ to use WinFX but you better believe Win32 will be depricated in a subsequent version.
Right...that's why a lot of these GUI tools are dangerous. People who don't know SQL can quickly get into trouble, especially with respect to design.
The trouble with informatica (at least the version I used,) was it didn't generate any SQL. It actually by-passed the SQL engine on the server and performed the data transformation row-by-row. This is equivalent to doing all your SQL with cursors...slow as hell.
Very true. My group had to rebuild an overly-complicated MIS system for a large call center about 5 years ago. The old system was built with RedBrick DB engine, informatica data transformations (i.e. pretty GUI..oooooohhhhh), and Brio reporting. It was a mess and NEVER worked. We replaced it with SQL Server and some relatively simple SQL stored procs and dumped the POS informatica and RedBrick.
IMHO, there are too many GUI tools out there to do data transformations. SQL works great but most people don't want to take the time to learn it!
not just that but I thought there were already decently accurate cartographic maps of pretty much the whole world. Cant they use those when they plan power lines?
So, instead of the intelligence reciding in the metaphysical head of a super
natural being called God, it resides in DNA....
I always thought that DNA received too much attention when talking about evolution. Yes, DNA is the fundamental component by which evolution takes place, but I like to think of evolution as an emergent property of DNA. It's like somebody who studies hydrodynamics just talking about water molecules.
There are many facets to evolution and the study of DNA and how it mutates, etc., is only part of it.
I really disagree with your argument about evolution (or DNA) being intelligent. DNA is only one variable in a complex and chaotic equation that is evolution. For instance, evolution is highly influenced by sudden changes in environment. There are inumerable example of species that, if not for one small crucial factor, would have thrived.
use a lossless codec to create a reference set of my music
I don't particularly care about encoding time
something that transcodes nicely to MP3, WMA, OGG, and other formats in a reasonable length of time
I also want something that's not proprietary
uh...why not create wave files and then compress the hell out of it with a separate data compression program. It won't be as small as MP3, but no loss-less compression will. It doesn't get any more non-proprietary or loss-less than that.
I will concede that not every new storage technology has claimed to be on store shelves by the end of the year, but there's ALWAYS a timeline which doesn't pan out. I also agree that this technology sounds simple to mass produce since it's so similar to existing technology. But prototypes (which by definition are NOT mass produced) are a long way from store shelves. (Although the fact they've got a lot of test users using it in real-world operations is encouraging.)
Believe me, I'm not/trying/ to be pesimistic, just realistic. The two most common articles I see when it comes to new hardware technology are non-volitile storage and displays. The storage hype got really bad in the early 90's and in the past 10 years the hype around display technology has been terrible. I'm not saying current displays/prices are bad, just the hype around new display technologies. I only hope some of it comes to fruition.
I didn't need to read the article to know the following:
1. A company is developing a new storage technology.
2. They have prototypes.
3. It is not yet mass-produced.
4. They are claiming they will have it on the market by the end of the year.
I've heard/seen this song and dance a million times. Thus my original post still speaks correctly: I'll believe it when I see it on store shelves. If you believe every company that says they have new revolutionary technology and it will be on store shelves by the end of the year, you're a real sucker.
Yes, but it has a back-lit display. Not worth the premium to me, but I was also turned off by the fact that the shuffle doesn't have any display. I would have gladly paid $30 more for a display w/o backlight.
If I were running AOL/Earthlink/et. al. this is exactly how I would handle it. If the law is passed and AOL had to comply, they should just tell the residents of Utah "Fuck you and your Gov" and cut them off.
Do you know the difference between the Air2PC card and the HD-3000 card?
They're both the same price and HD-3000 has more I/O and open drivers. Anyone know what the differences are?
Does one have a cool or necessary feature the other lacks?
Yup...me too. You'd think all the advance subscribers would get their mags at the same time since we were kind enough to give them our money without even looking at the final product.
Yeah... if it's MY computer, I should be able to log any activity on it. I have a keylogger on my work computer so I can tell if anyone else uses it any what they're doing. I don't plan on spying on my wife but I'm also pretty sure she isn't having an affair.
But if, for instance, she used my work laptop with the keylogger and I had evidence of an affair, would that be acceptable in court? After all I didn't install it to spy on her and it's not HER computer.
Actually, one of the worst causes of greenhouse gases in the US is from the burning of coal. The US produces so MUCH coal that we export it... we export a LOT of it.
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I'm not sure where everyone is getting this... there's plenty of stuff in Longhorn that will require .NET CLR 2.0. The best example is WinFX. You don't /have/ to use WinFX but you better believe Win32 will be depricated in a subsequent version.
The letters on half the keys is worn off...the printing on the rest is unreadable due to dirt and grime....not much incentive for me to upgrade.
Right...that's why a lot of these GUI tools are dangerous. People who don't know SQL can quickly get into trouble, especially with respect to design.
The trouble with informatica (at least the version I used,) was it didn't generate any SQL. It actually by-passed the SQL engine on the server and performed the data transformation row-by-row. This is equivalent to doing all your SQL with cursors...slow as hell.
Very true. My group had to rebuild an overly-complicated MIS system for a large call center about 5 years ago. The old system was built with RedBrick DB engine, informatica data transformations (i.e. pretty GUI..oooooohhhhh), and Brio reporting. It was a mess and NEVER worked. We replaced it with SQL Server and some relatively simple SQL stored procs and dumped the POS informatica and RedBrick.
IMHO, there are too many GUI tools out there to do data transformations. SQL works great but most people don't want to take the time to learn it!
not just that but I thought there were already decently accurate cartographic maps of pretty much the whole world. Cant they use those when they plan power lines?
There are many facets to evolution and the study of DNA and how it mutates, etc., is only part of it.
I really disagree with your argument about evolution (or DNA) being intelligent. DNA is only one variable in a complex and chaotic equation that is evolution. For instance, evolution is highly influenced by sudden changes in environment. There are inumerable example of species that, if not for one small crucial factor, would have thrived.
...and also in a few (more) years longhorn will be out and be so bloated it'll require the new formats to distribute it.
I will concede that not every new storage technology has claimed to be on store shelves by the end of the year, but there's ALWAYS a timeline which doesn't pan out. I also agree that this technology sounds simple to mass produce since it's so similar to existing technology. But prototypes (which by definition are NOT mass produced) are a long way from store shelves. (Although the fact they've got a lot of test users using it in real-world operations is encouraging.)
/trying/ to be pesimistic, just realistic. The two most common articles I see when it comes to new hardware technology are non-volitile storage and displays. The storage hype got really bad in the early 90's and in the past 10 years the hype around display technology has been terrible. I'm not saying current displays/prices are bad, just the hype around new display technologies.
Believe me, I'm not
I only hope some of it comes to fruition.
I didn't need to read the article to know the following:
1. A company is developing a new storage technology.
2. They have prototypes.
3. It is not yet mass-produced.
4. They are claiming they will have it on the market by the end of the year.
I've heard/seen this song and dance a million times. Thus my original post still speaks correctly: I'll believe it when I see it on store shelves. If you believe every company that says they have new revolutionary technology and it will be on store shelves by the end of the year, you're a real sucker.
For 15 years I've been reading stories of new non-volatile storage. I rememer reading about holographic memory in 1989.
Get back to me when it's actually a marketable, mass-producable product.
by saying "Fuck you" to the govenor of Utah.
Yes, but it has a back-lit display. Not worth the premium to me, but I was also turned off by the fact that the shuffle doesn't have any display. I would have gladly paid $30 more for a display w/o backlight.
If I were running AOL/Earthlink/et. al. this is exactly how I would handle it. If the law is passed and AOL had to comply, they should just tell the residents of Utah "Fuck you and your Gov" and cut them off.
well....they'll know it when they see it.
up 500%.
Do you know the difference between the Air2PC card and the HD-3000 card?
They're both the same price and HD-3000 has more I/O and open drivers.
Anyone know what the differences are?
Does one have a cool or necessary feature the other lacks?
Thanks.
Does it prevent recording or prevent making copies of a recording?? I though you could still record, you just couldn't burn-it, share-it, etc
Thanks
Yup...me too. You'd think all the advance subscribers would get their mags at the same time since we were kind enough to give them our money without even looking at the final product.
Yeah... if it's MY computer, I should be able to log any activity on it. I have a keylogger on my work computer so I can tell if anyone else uses it any what they're doing. I don't plan on spying on my wife but I'm also pretty sure she isn't having an affair.
But if, for instance, she used my work laptop with the keylogger and I had evidence of an affair, would that be acceptable in court? After all I didn't install it to spy on her and it's not HER computer.
Actually, one of the worst causes of greenhouse gases in the US is from the burning of coal.
The US produces so MUCH coal that we export it... we export a LOT of it.
We ARE the middle east of coal.
I just keep my code on one 3 1/2 inch floppy.
Haven't had a problem yet....
I thought that was CIA....not that it would stop them.