Except that the phrase he's using is "Cue the [whatever]" meaning "send a signal to start immediately."
You know, in acting, hitting your cue means you've started your lines at the correct point in time... you're not "storing them up such that the first one in is the first one you take."
I'm perfectly OK with IE using the GPU to accelerate the rendering of web content as long as the actual web code is written to an open standard and does not require some sort of proprietary windows-only plugin or activex controls or something to work.
I didn't ignore that part... but how it works is pretty easily explained by reading the article. There is no need for his ranting post.
99% of desktops, maybe...what about mobile devices, appliances and phones. The desktop isn't the only thing to take into consideration when writing web code anymore.
Anyway, for a site I would use either Flash or Silverlight for, I wouldn't be targeting mobiles anyway. While mobiles do browse the web increasingly more these days, they're still the fringe.
More people bitch over flash not being on iPhone than complain that the website contains flash...
Well the President has to approve other acts (anything not intended to be an amendment) written by Congress too, but that doesn't mean they aren't acts of Congress. If you want to say they're a subset, I'd agree.
Working tastebuds? I thought the general consensis was that UK food is appallingly bad compared to pretty much any other European country. France, Italy, Greece, even Germany... but I don't think I've heard anyone rave of the UKs food.
Anyway... working tastebuds? Then please explain haggas.
Well if more peole want their videos and flash than there are people like your dad, why should any of them not get what they want because of your dad? Its your dad choosing to have dialup, or live in an area where thats the only option. I agree with your friend... why should 90% of the world be held back by the remaining 10%?
Most people have hardware which is going to waste... this will simply take advantage of said hardware. In other words, no one is going to need to upgrade their computers for this to benefit them.
Protected mode is an advantage, and its one that while FF might be able to implement, hasn't been.
There's nothing wrong with using IIS over another browser, nor is there anything wrong with using Asp.Net. The end user doesn't even care, because any browser can read html.
Hey dumbass, they aren't adding html extensions to make this work.
As far as silverlight goes, it does also support Macs as well. I don't see where you're getting its not cross platform. Oh, because it only works on 99% of the desktops out there, linux excluded?
Yes, other platforms that don't use DirectX won't render as quickly as MS + IE. Its called "competition." Its not abusing the standards to get a leg up, its simply MS' products working together to provide a better experience. FF could bundle OpenGL if they wanted to do something similar on all platforms, or use DirectX on Windows to only compete with IE on Windows.
But there's nothing evil about this. And the fact that some piece of software is OSS is irrelevent to 99% of users. Sorry, but just because you think ANYBODY can fix a bug doesn't make it so. Why do you think FF includes an updater program? Oh ya, because most FF users are still relying on a third party to fix rendering (and other) issues!
Read your history. Almost every single one of those citizens would have picked up arms against Allied powers. A conventional assault would have been a bloodbath for both sides, in the end the bombs saved more lives on both sides than they took. Its one thing for a nation to think "we'll fight until there are none of us left!" and then actually being confronted with that very real possiblitity... and even without the chance to strike back.
Yes. Inappropriately managed risk factors in, whereas atomic bombs are managed risks (i.e., they only blew up what we wanted them to). Besides, the explosion here was far greater than any war-time nuclear explosions.
The states used to have the power to reject laws before they were passed. They appointed their own representitives to the Senate. So if you think states should have more powwer again, lets repeal the direct election of Senators so state governments DO have a say again.
Nullify acts of congress? Aren't the amendments acts of congress as well? I think that's a pretty bad idea... remember it was federal law that fought the states when the south was trying to keep blacks as second class citizens.
Many were clinging because they DISLIKED Vista. Win7 != Vista, and the sales numbers are panning that out (many businesses DO like 7 and are migrating toward it).
Besides, unless you're a contractor, I doubt you had more than a couple of jobs since Vistas release, and less since 7.
But a gaming console is not a computer, the target audience and purpose is much more tightly focused. Gamers use gaming consoles to play games, and in this generation, other media. If you look at what people buy a ps3 for, almost all use it to play games, and a large portion use it as a media center (the xmb shows sony's thinking). Almost no one bought it to install linux.
Its not their hardware, but it is their network, which is what you lose if you don't install the update. I see nothing wrong with a min. version to access their network, anymore than I don't have to support IE5 anymore either on my website.
If your ISP requires AV before you can connect, are you going to say its not your hardware? If a game requires DX11 and your card only does DX10, does it somehow not become your hardware?
Please explain why you have to love math to be in CS? Its helpful to explain some of the theory, and that theory is useful, but I pretty much don't use any math. I business business applications though, and not some 3D graphics engine. I realize that some sections of CS might require more hands on math, but not all. Set theory is certainly important to work with databases, but again you're not required to directly use math each day, for many in the CS field.
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Except that the phrase he's using is "Cue the [whatever]" meaning "send a signal to start immediately."
You know, in acting, hitting your cue means you've started your lines at the correct point in time... you're not "storing them up such that the first one in is the first one you take."
I'm perfectly OK with IE using the GPU to accelerate the rendering of web content as long as the actual web code is written to an open standard and does not require some sort of proprietary windows-only plugin or activex controls or something to work.
I didn't ignore that part... but how it works is pretty easily explained by reading the article. There is no need for his ranting post.
99% of desktops, maybe...what about mobile devices, appliances and phones. The desktop isn't the only thing to take into consideration when writing web code anymore.
http://www.silverlight.net/getstarted/devices/windows-phone/
Anyway, for a site I would use either Flash or Silverlight for, I wouldn't be targeting mobiles anyway. While mobiles do browse the web increasingly more these days, they're still the fringe.
More people bitch over flash not being on iPhone than complain that the website contains flash...
Well the President has to approve other acts (anything not intended to be an amendment) written by Congress too, but that doesn't mean they aren't acts of Congress. If you want to say they're a subset, I'd agree.
Working tastebuds? I thought the general consensis was that UK food is appallingly bad compared to pretty much any other European country. France, Italy, Greece, even Germany... but I don't think I've heard anyone rave of the UKs food.
Anyway... working tastebuds? Then please explain haggas.
Maybe you should go to a city with a decent Italian population.
You mean like NYC? Anyway, deep dish isn't NYC pizza, its Chicago style pizza. NY style is a thin crust. I'm wondering if you're had either in the US.
Well if more peole want their videos and flash than there are people like your dad, why should any of them not get what they want because of your dad? Its your dad choosing to have dialup, or live in an area where thats the only option. I agree with your friend... why should 90% of the world be held back by the remaining 10%?
Most people have hardware which is going to waste... this will simply take advantage of said hardware. In other words, no one is going to need to upgrade their computers for this to benefit them.
Protected mode is an advantage, and its one that while FF might be able to implement, hasn't been.
There's nothing wrong with using IIS over another browser, nor is there anything wrong with using Asp.Net. The end user doesn't even care, because any browser can read html.
Hey dumbass, they aren't adding html extensions to make this work.
As far as silverlight goes, it does also support Macs as well. I don't see where you're getting its not cross platform. Oh, because it only works on 99% of the desktops out there, linux excluded?
Ya because the OS is a goal unto itself, who cares about things like running applications?
Yes, other platforms that don't use DirectX won't render as quickly as MS + IE. Its called "competition." Its not abusing the standards to get a leg up, its simply MS' products working together to provide a better experience. FF could bundle OpenGL if they wanted to do something similar on all platforms, or use DirectX on Windows to only compete with IE on Windows.
But there's nothing evil about this. And the fact that some piece of software is OSS is irrelevent to 99% of users. Sorry, but just because you think ANYBODY can fix a bug doesn't make it so. Why do you think FF includes an updater program? Oh ya, because most FF users are still relying on a third party to fix rendering (and other) issues!
Nothing wrong with being a dullard.
Because the Japanese didn't believe the initial reports from Hiroshima, IIRC.
Read your history. Almost every single one of those citizens would have picked up arms against Allied powers. A conventional assault would have been a bloodbath for both sides, in the end the bombs saved more lives on both sides than they took. Its one thing for a nation to think "we'll fight until there are none of us left!" and then actually being confronted with that very real possiblitity... and even without the chance to strike back.
Yes. Inappropriately managed risk factors in, whereas atomic bombs are managed risks (i.e., they only blew up what we wanted them to). Besides, the explosion here was far greater than any war-time nuclear explosions.
I don't like either party, but Republicans OKed warrantless wiretaps, among other rights violates after 9/11.
The states used to have the power to reject laws before they were passed. They appointed their own representitives to the Senate. So if you think states should have more powwer again, lets repeal the direct election of Senators so state governments DO have a say again.
Nullify acts of congress? Aren't the amendments acts of congress as well? I think that's a pretty bad idea... remember it was federal law that fought the states when the south was trying to keep blacks as second class citizens.
Except that the grandmother has legal custody in this case, so you're point is moot.
Many were clinging because they DISLIKED Vista. Win7 != Vista, and the sales numbers are panning that out (many businesses DO like 7 and are migrating toward it).
Besides, unless you're a contractor, I doubt you had more than a couple of jobs since Vistas release, and less since 7.
But a gaming console is not a computer, the target audience and purpose is much more tightly focused. Gamers use gaming consoles to play games, and in this generation, other media. If you look at what people buy a ps3 for, almost all use it to play games, and a large portion use it as a media center (the xmb shows sony's thinking). Almost no one bought it to install linux.
Its not their hardware, but it is their network, which is what you lose if you don't install the update. I see nothing wrong with a min. version to access their network, anymore than I don't have to support IE5 anymore either on my website.
If your ISP requires AV before you can connect, are you going to say its not your hardware? If a game requires DX11 and your card only does DX10, does it somehow not become your hardware?
Please explain why you have to love math to be in CS? Its helpful to explain some of the theory, and that theory is useful, but I pretty much don't use any math. I business business applications though, and not some 3D graphics engine. I realize that some sections of CS might require more hands on math, but not all. Set theory is certainly important to work with databases, but again you're not required to directly use math each day, for many in the CS field.
Unless the physicst is attempting to get a lander onto Mars, in which case we do expect him to predict when two lines will collide.
Economics is bullshit wrapped in numbers to hide the fact they don't know shit.