Minus the fact that bluetooth is far slower than 802.11b, and has less range. It's for stuff like mice and keyboards for a reason. Not distributed computing.
Minus the fact that DDR2 isn't out for desktops, right?
Of course, the point is that the gamers like you and I aren't the target market anyway.
(Athlon 2500+ clocked at 2287.5MHz, Gig of Corsair XMS DDR400, dual WD 7200RPM 8MB Cache 40 Gigs in RAID0, dual Samsung Spinpoint 120GBs for storage, GeForce Ti4600, Revolution 7.1 sound)
The Best Buy semi-local to me has them (in Toledo, OH). While I admit the case is cool (shiny polished aluminum), and definitely looks better than the Dell XPS or the hideous Alienwares, it was overpriced as is to be expected. It was almost as much as the Alienware they had (this was a few months ago).
Now, gamers who buy these gaming systems rather than building their own rigs go a lot for cool factor, name-brand recognition, and bragging rights. I think the fact that it's a Compaq may hurt this.
"Yeah, I have an Alienware Area-51" "Sweet, I just got a Dell XPS laptop." "Yeah, well, I got a Compaq gaming tower!"
The Zaurus series is pretty much a geek's wet dream. Being open source, you can pretty much get any readers you would like, they use rechargable Li-Ion batteries, USB, and you can even connect them via TCP/IP over the USB port...meaning essentially if the OS works with USB you shouldn't have much in the way of trouble.
I read Red Badge of Courage and a couple others on my SL-5500 during downtime at work, and it was fine for me--and my vision is pretty far from 20/20 (though it is fine with glasses). The 5500s can be gotten pretty cheap these days, though I imagine the new 6000 series with the 640x480 screen would be wonderful....*drools*.
But I doubt they mean the average with all the upgrading machines too. It seems more like they mean the average computer SHIPPING with Longhorn. Which by then I don't see as being unreasonable at all.
Ok, death from a purely biological/chemical perspective. Bring in mental activity or the concept of a soul and you open a whole can of worms. I know some people who walk around just find who I swear have no electrical activity in their minds...
You're comparing two things which aren't even remotely the same, AND putting words in my mouth. Nice.
Since you've deemed them directly comparable, I'm going to keep using Apple and OS X as my examples to illustrate how I feel. OS X clearly IS NOT OPEN SOURCE. However, Apple is pretty clearly FOR THE OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY, this can be shown by the giving back of the source code to Konqueror from Safari, and from the Darwin project. See? Not open-source, but for the open source community. So, no it's not like I'm one of the close-minded prats you make me out the be.
There are grey areas, on many things. Not on if something is open source or not. Another example could be if or not someone is dead. This is pretty fucking black and white. Now, how they died--murder? suicide? accident?--might be ENTIRELY up for debate. There are other factors to look at for that.
"If we do something to make Java even more open-source than it is already"
Is it even possible for something to be partially open source? As far as I've always been concerned, something either is or it is not.
I know someone will definitely say "well, X part of Y OS is open source, while the OS isn't" but Java isn't an OS. Even in that case, let's use OS X. Are its Darwin portions open source? Well, yeah. I doubt we'll argue that? Will any/.-er in their right mind say OS X is open source?
True. I remember reading in a bit of Sci-Fi called The Miracle Strain by Michael Cordy about how, in the future once machines had advanced enough to decode each person's genome super fast, to the point of reconstructing a life-like image from their DNA in a few seconds, they had basically gotten to the point of using retroviral factors to transmit DNA changes throughout the body.
On the non-Sci-Fi note, HIV is probably the best to do this, because once it's stripped of the naughty bits you have a very powerful retrovirus, the most powerful in nature. Of course, at this point it's not practical yet, but it's probably the best way to go about changing DNA, that we can dream up for now anyway.
I can see a use or two for it. You have a firewire card, iPod, and no Windows. You want the latest firmware for whatever reason. Your friend has Windows, but no firewire card. You have him let you borrow his machine, get the firmware output, and then use your machine to put it on the iPod.
I know, a bit of an exotic situation, but I can see it.
"Compatibility with iTunes 4.5 and the iTunes Music Store" and this matter for linux, why? While I admit it's cool to be able to apply the update from Linux for the enhanced playback and for the ability to play Apple Loseless for the audiophiles out there, that doesn't seem like it would matter for those who are, you know, using their iPod with an OS that is unsupported in iTunes.
And if everyone waits a week before installing updates, everyone will just find out about problems. Just because you don't want to be "on the edge" doesn't mean some people don't.
Me, I'm willing to be a mine-shaft canary.:)
...on my 900MHz iBook G3 12". Better reception that 3.4 it seems, but I didn't suffer a major hit to signal when upping to 3.4.
A great way to check your strength is MacStumbler which also has some tasty war driving applications if you're so inclined.
With 3.4, I was getting a signal of as low as 81 in my room in some places (as far as 30 feet from my router), and now with 3.4.1 I'm above 100 everywhere in the room. Rock!
Actually I would compare it most to ethanols strung end to end, with a hydrogen cleaved off both sides...Oxygen makes for some big changes (especially in acidity, electronegativity, and the like) because of those unshared electron pairs. I have to admit though, at first I didn't even think "Oh, a polymer." See, Organic Chem 2 rots your brain. I'm forgetting basic things of my supposed "major"!
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Minus the fact that bluetooth is far slower than 802.11b, and has less range. It's for stuff like mice and keyboards for a reason. Not distributed computing.
Minus the fact that DDR2 isn't out for desktops, right? Of course, the point is that the gamers like you and I aren't the target market anyway. (Athlon 2500+ clocked at 2287.5MHz, Gig of Corsair XMS DDR400, dual WD 7200RPM 8MB Cache 40 Gigs in RAID0, dual Samsung Spinpoint 120GBs for storage, GeForce Ti4600, Revolution 7.1 sound)
The XPS Laptops have a good deal more prestige than a Compaq does among the non-nerd crowds, which these things are obviously aimed at.
The Best Buy semi-local to me has them (in Toledo, OH). While I admit the case is cool (shiny polished aluminum), and definitely looks better than the Dell XPS or the hideous Alienwares, it was overpriced as is to be expected. It was almost as much as the Alienware they had (this was a few months ago).
Now, gamers who buy these gaming systems rather than building their own rigs go a lot for cool factor, name-brand recognition, and bragging rights. I think the fact that it's a Compaq may hurt this.
"Yeah, I have an Alienware Area-51"
"Sweet, I just got a Dell XPS laptop."
"Yeah, well, I got a Compaq gaming tower!"
See what I mean?
Do you even use IRC? When a file is requested (on the anime channels at least) it's usually hosted/sent there, or the latest craze is torrents.
Also, for illegal wares, considering the fact that email is so traceable, I think pirates (at least the smart ones) would avoud it to begin with.
...that you could make one for a Mazda 6s, is there?
*sad eyes*
Very awesome though, man. This summer I'll probably be trying to integrate my iPod into my car, and this has been an inspiration.
The Zaurus series is pretty much a geek's wet dream. Being open source, you can pretty much get any readers you would like, they use rechargable Li-Ion batteries, USB, and you can even connect them via TCP/IP over the USB port...meaning essentially if the OS works with USB you shouldn't have much in the way of trouble.
I read Red Badge of Courage and a couple others on my SL-5500 during downtime at work, and it was fine for me--and my vision is pretty far from 20/20 (though it is fine with glasses). The 5500s can be gotten pretty cheap these days, though I imagine the new 6000 series with the 640x480 screen would be wonderful....*drools*.
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The answer would be: "Yes, yes you can." I've used my trusty old SL-5500 (with CF wi-fi) to ssh into my desktop many-a-time.
This is SLASHDOT and you're asking why a lot of the articles are about Linux?
*blinks*
That's like asking why so many of the "articles" on boobdex are porn.
But I doubt they mean the average with all the upgrading machines too. It seems more like they mean the average computer SHIPPING with Longhorn. Which by then I don't see as being unreasonable at all.
Ok, death from a purely biological/chemical perspective. Bring in mental activity or the concept of a soul and you open a whole can of worms. I know some people who walk around just find who I swear have no electrical activity in their minds...
You're comparing two things which aren't even remotely the same, AND putting words in my mouth. Nice.
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Since you've deemed them directly comparable, I'm going to keep using Apple and OS X as my examples to illustrate how I feel. OS X clearly IS NOT OPEN SOURCE. However, Apple is pretty clearly FOR THE OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY, this can be shown by the giving back of the source code to Konqueror from Safari, and from the Darwin project. See? Not open-source, but for the open source community. So, no it's not like I'm one of the close-minded prats you make me out the be.
There are grey areas, on many things. Not on if something is open source or not. Another example could be if or not someone is dead. This is pretty fucking black and white. Now, how they died--murder? suicide? accident?--might be ENTIRELY up for debate. There are other factors to look at for that.
"If we do something to make Java even more open-source than it is already"
/.-er in their right mind say OS X is open source?
Is it even possible for something to be partially open source? As far as I've always been concerned, something either is or it is not.
I know someone will definitely say "well, X part of Y OS is open source, while the OS isn't" but Java isn't an OS. Even in that case, let's use OS X. Are its Darwin portions open source? Well, yeah. I doubt we'll argue that? Will any
Hell no. And I love my Macs.
Excellent point. Yet would also be fitting (gotta love those viruses, always evolving).
True. I remember reading in a bit of Sci-Fi called The Miracle Strain by Michael Cordy about how, in the future once machines had advanced enough to decode each person's genome super fast, to the point of reconstructing a life-like image from their DNA in a few seconds, they had basically gotten to the point of using retroviral factors to transmit DNA changes throughout the body.
On the non-Sci-Fi note, HIV is probably the best to do this, because once it's stripped of the naughty bits you have a very powerful retrovirus, the most powerful in nature. Of course, at this point it's not practical yet, but it's probably the best way to go about changing DNA, that we can dream up for now anyway.
But wouldn't this make the concept of a computer virus horrifying?
No kidding. I was referring to the new, loseless codec called "Apple Lossless" which this adds support for.
I can see a use or two for it. You have a firewire card, iPod, and no Windows. You want the latest firmware for whatever reason. Your friend has Windows, but no firewire card. You have him let you borrow his machine, get the firmware output, and then use your machine to put it on the iPod.
I know, a bit of an exotic situation, but I can see it.
"Compatibility with iTunes 4.5 and the iTunes Music Store" and this matter for linux, why? While I admit it's cool to be able to apply the update from Linux for the enhanced playback and for the ability to play Apple Loseless for the audiophiles out there, that doesn't seem like it would matter for those who are, you know, using their iPod with an OS that is unsupported in iTunes.
Or am I clueless and is iTunes wine-able?
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As said before, there will always be alternatives that don't do such things. Boycott the ones who do.
And if everyone waits a week before installing updates, everyone will just find out about problems. Just because you don't want to be "on the edge" doesn't mean some people don't. Me, I'm willing to be a mine-shaft canary. :)
Well, I checked Stumbler just before restarting, then just after, so I really doubt it.
...on my 900MHz iBook G3 12". Better reception that 3.4 it seems, but I didn't suffer a major hit to signal when upping to 3.4.
A great way to check your strength is MacStumbler which also has some tasty war driving applications if you're so inclined.
With 3.4, I was getting a signal of as low as 81 in my room in some places (as far as 30 feet from my router), and now with 3.4.1 I'm above 100 everywhere in the room. Rock!
Until it can play a Tetris clone, it's not replacing my TI-92. :)
Actually I would compare it most to ethanols strung end to end, with a hydrogen cleaved off both sides...Oxygen makes for some big changes (especially in acidity, electronegativity, and the like) because of those unshared electron pairs. I have to admit though, at first I didn't even think "Oh, a polymer." See, Organic Chem 2 rots your brain. I'm forgetting basic things of my supposed "major"!