It certainly won't get much play from petroleum companies. I can just see them actively lining up to help sell you a hybrid vehicle that gets over 100 mpg in the USA.
Me neither, although that's mostly because petroleum companies sell petroleum, not cars.
Its because the gun manufacturers have a powerfull lobby group that makes sure that we, the consumers, have the right to buy what they sell.
Actually, I think it has more to do with the fact that the NRA - a group started by civil war veterans, not manufacturers - has millions of members. Members who make it clear to their representatives that gun rights are a voting issue. That's real power, power that well-funded but poorly-supported anti-gun groups don't have.
"Sparkle" is AFIK just the code-name for the tool. The underlying technology it is using is WPF (code name Avalon), the fancy-pants vector-based DirectX-rendered compositing system. So yes, it does render in the GPU. In fact, in the Channel 9 video, the took an imported raster image and started rotating, scaling, transforming, etc...and it was really quite amazing how smooth the transformations occurred, becuase it was really just a textured quad. You really have to see it to understand. Sparkle is just a dev tool - no, actually a designer tool - for creating Avalon interfaces. Not just mockups, but the actual interface.
Windows has had translucency since Win2000. The big deal for me is the deprecation of the Win32 platform, the first-class status of managed code, the deprecation of GDI and the introduction of the new DirectX compositing system, and some very significant changes to the security model. The Windows UI that they create is more of an afterthought as far as I am concerned. I'm much more interested what I can do with it as a developer, and I was blown away by the Sparkle demo yesterday.
The compressor ran at something like a measly 100-125psi. Not exactly heavy duty, or really that much harder to generate out in the boondocks than the equivalent electricy to run a fridge. Given that most field generators are horribly inefficent.It's not just the pressure, it's the volume. It's the difference between a Water Pik (TM) and a firehose.
No, it's not really the same at all, because they are not doing anything to keep anybody from purchasing any of them. If you have money to burn but want to buy Home Basic, you can. That's not discrimination, that's just segmentation, because there is nothing that actually does bar the upper price customers from buying at the lower price point, except that the product might not be one that they want.
They have not added features for the higher price versions but removed features for the lower price segment.
Well, that's totally subjective, based on whatever you decide to use as the baseline.
Oranges and bananas. You're talking about price segmentation, and there's no question that they are intentionally creating different products with different pricing levels. However, this is not a behavior exclusive to monopolies, not illegal, not anticompetitive, and not even really harmful to consumers. Price discrimination, which OP was talking about, is totally different, is argurably harmful, and is definitely not what Microsoft is doing.
That applies to selling the same product for different prices. Microsoft is selling different products for different prices, and since they don't artificially restrict your choice of the products, I'd say it's not the same at all.
The ideal way to do this would be to find a digital copier with an automatic document feeder, like a Ricoh Aficio or a Canon ImageRunner, that you have access to. They generally have a function to scan instead of copy, and they scan at very high speeds (even duplex scanning!). The data is often retrievable over a simple LAN - I've even seen some that support TWAIN over LAN.
I think it's sad that you were modded flamebait. I totally agree that those who think the "war on terror" is about reducing death are completely wrong. It is about reducing murder. The seemingly increasing inability to distinguish the two in everyday practice is, frankly, baffling to me.
MS has repeatedly explained that if you don't have a dedicated video card, it will simply fall back into a software rendering mode with less bling, similar to what is used in XP.
Well, Unicomp took over the Model M design and is still manufacturing it. They have the lettering molded into the keys (and still come with fully swappable keycaps too).
I decided that I am more free if I can choose to contract myself into slavery.
Indeed, I don't see anything that would stop you from doing that. The 13th Amendment prohibits "slavery," which I take to mean the actual ownership of other human beings. However, if you want to voluntarily place yourself in the servitude of another, you can go ahead and do that.
That's all fine and good, but "doing things that can't be done in real life" can include realistic simulations of things that you can't do in real life because of cost, danger, or qualification. It's a form of playing "make believe" that is enhanced by the reality of the simulation.
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Me neither, although that's mostly because petroleum companies sell petroleum, not cars.
Actually, I think it has more to do with the fact that the NRA - a group started by civil war veterans, not manufacturers - has millions of members. Members who make it clear to their representatives that gun rights are a voting issue. That's real power, power that well-funded but poorly-supported anti-gun groups don't have.
"Sparkle" is AFIK just the code-name for the tool. The underlying technology it is using is WPF (code name Avalon), the fancy-pants vector-based DirectX-rendered compositing system. So yes, it does render in the GPU. In fact, in the Channel 9 video, the took an imported raster image and started rotating, scaling, transforming, etc...and it was really quite amazing how smooth the transformations occurred, becuase it was really just a textured quad. You really have to see it to understand. Sparkle is just a dev tool - no, actually a designer tool - for creating Avalon interfaces. Not just mockups, but the actual interface.
You can try these, from Channel 9:
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Demo of the Sparkle dev tool:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=115
Demo of an Avalon app:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=116
They are not getting rid of it, it is being deprecated. So it will still be available for legacy coding, but managed assemblies will be preferred.
Windows has had translucency since Win2000. The big deal for me is the deprecation of the Win32 platform, the first-class status of managed code, the deprecation of GDI and the introduction of the new DirectX compositing system, and some very significant changes to the security model. The Windows UI that they create is more of an afterthought as far as I am concerned. I'm much more interested what I can do with it as a developer, and I was blown away by the Sparkle demo yesterday.
So, what do you want? A cookie?
The compressor ran at something like a measly 100-125psi. Not exactly heavy duty, or really that much harder to generate out in the boondocks than the equivalent electricy to run a fridge. Given that most field generators are horribly inefficent.It's not just the pressure, it's the volume. It's the difference between a Water Pik (TM) and a firehose.
Because regardless of what you think you know, it actually is correct.
Then, repeat the process.
No, it's not really the same at all, because they are not doing anything to keep anybody from purchasing any of them. If you have money to burn but want to buy Home Basic, you can. That's not discrimination, that's just segmentation, because there is nothing that actually does bar the upper price customers from buying at the lower price point, except that the product might not be one that they want.
They have not added features for the higher price versions but removed features for the lower price segment.
Well, that's totally subjective, based on whatever you decide to use as the baseline.
Oranges and bananas. You're talking about price segmentation, and there's no question that they are intentionally creating different products with different pricing levels. However, this is not a behavior exclusive to monopolies, not illegal, not anticompetitive, and not even really harmful to consumers. Price discrimination, which OP was talking about, is totally different, is argurably harmful, and is definitely not what Microsoft is doing.
That applies to selling the same product for different prices. Microsoft is selling different products for different prices, and since they don't artificially restrict your choice of the products, I'd say it's not the same at all.
The ideal way to do this would be to find a digital copier with an automatic document feeder, like a Ricoh Aficio or a Canon ImageRunner, that you have access to. They generally have a function to scan instead of copy, and they scan at very high speeds (even duplex scanning!). The data is often retrievable over a simple LAN - I've even seen some that support TWAIN over LAN.
I'm not at all convinced that computer games are or ought to be considered "speech," even for First Amendment purposes.
John Wayne's not dead, he's frozen.
Is that really meaningful? More to the point - is that a sensible response to someone who praises jet aircraft?
I think it's sad that you were modded flamebait. I totally agree that those who think the "war on terror" is about reducing death are completely wrong. It is about reducing murder. The seemingly increasing inability to distinguish the two in everyday practice is, frankly, baffling to me.
Are they related in any significant way?
MS has repeatedly explained that if you don't have a dedicated video card, it will simply fall back into a software rendering mode with less bling, similar to what is used in XP.
The classic. Also available in black
And for the purist: The Linux model (with old-fashioned caps-lock/control layout) or the Terminal Emulator
I wonder what ever became of the research on methane hydrates. That seemed like a promising source of hydrocarbons.
Additionally, he is not using LaTex, he is using Tex + his own customizations.
Indeed, I don't see anything that would stop you from doing that. The 13th Amendment prohibits "slavery," which I take to mean the actual ownership of other human beings. However, if you want to voluntarily place yourself in the servitude of another, you can go ahead and do that.
That's all fine and good, but "doing things that can't be done in real life" can include realistic simulations of things that you can't do in real life because of cost, danger, or qualification. It's a form of playing "make believe" that is enhanced by the reality of the simulation.