Where do they get the lists of companies that are using Linux? Do they just call up their IT departments as say "Hey guy, do you run Linux over there?" Or is there a published list somewhere?
I'm not sure how much registered mail costs but I doubt that at the end of the day it would have made a huge impact on their business. It's not like they were going completely out of business, the people affected represented 1/4 of the entire workforce. 161 registered mails surely wouldn't put them completely under.
People seem to be having a hard time understanding that there really is a market for this device. First off, 4GB is a hell of a lot bigger than any flash based player. Unless you want to store your whole music collection this has plenty of space. So you want to go running? go to the gym? you'd better believe the mini is much preferred over the traditional ipod. It's not that the regular ipod is big, but the mini is just a better size for listening to music when you're active. The mini seems perfect for almost every situation.
I have no comment on the color schemes. I can't imagine who would buy a pink mini. It would be great to see a leaked memo at some point stating what percentage of mini sales is contributed by the various colors.
I know it's not a popular opinion, but I do think that there are times when beating the person into submision is the only choice. Perhaps if you have enough police on the scene to wrestle the person to the ground it can be avoided but I think it's terribly short-sighted to think it's not necessary on occasion. An officer wants to make it home to his family every night/morning just like the rest of us. If he has to use force to keep someone from overtaking him then so be it.
One problem all of us seem to have is that we have this notion that all people think like the rest of us engineers/programmers/nerds. That because we aren't stupid enough to try to beat up a cop in such a situation then surely no one else would be either. Well guess what? There are some very stupid people out there. What do you do when talk and mild force doesn't work??
Well, it makes for a better story to say that the poor web hosting company was raided by the FBI and stripped of all their equipment for no reason other than they couldn't react fast enough.
It's like when you see those videos of supposed poilce beatings where they only show the part where the cop is whacking the guy with his night stick. Nevermind the ass whooping that the suspect tried to give the cop 30 seconds prior. That seems to matter none. Just go for the most sensational story possible.
911...It's short, it's simple and it's "universal" here in the USA. If you're in an emergency you want to know that those three numbers dialed into a phone will get you in touch with emegency help. Obviously you have never needed it.
What you mean is, you can't believe that any of the other defendant's lawyers haven't thought of a way for them (meaning lawyers) to rake in on the legal cash cow in this case. Unfortunately, the defendants will get nothing. As we all know already. The laywers on our side are the lesser of two evils though I suppose.
If we have record of that language, then I don't see how much would have been lost. If there were so few people speaking it then what are the chances it would have had a measureable influence on the design of computer languages anyway? Especially considering that the people doing the designing typically come from a small set of backgrounds (euro, asian, american...)
Most commercial grade ICs can handle up to 70 deg celcius. It's not terribly uncommon for ICs to be able to handle 100C+. Since these guys have no need for external connections I imagine that making them water proof would be fairly simple. Just give them a good dip in epoxy.
Given that the Xbox is based on hardware that is just a supped-up PC with mostly off the shelf components and Sony's is more custom, it's not big surprise that MS would be able to make it to market much faster. Wasn't the Xbox based on a 733 MHz P3 with a semi-custom Nvidia graphics chip? And I think the PS2 was a semi custom 128-bit DSP that handled pretty much everything (graphics + logic).
I had that casio calculator watch back in the day. Another cool item was my old Pac Man watch. Anyone remember that guy? It had a little metal joystick. I can't believe it didn't make the list!
This makes perfect sense. Supporting more than just Apple's format means more competition from other online music stores. I don't know how much money Apple will make off each unit sold from HP but I would bet that Job's has his eyes on the longer term money maker with this deal...the iTunes store.
Hell yeah. And wasn't it IBM in the early 80s that gave the credibility to the PC? That let everyone else feel comfortable with the idea that the PC had merit and value in the workplace? Maybe this will do the same for Linux for the rest of those not "converted."
I would imagine that only the HP model would support WMA. After all, if Apple really wanted to put that feature into the ipod it would have already. It's not like the engineers at Apple aren't capable of it. After all the kick-ass work they have done on that device, adding WMA would be a walk in the park I would think.
As a side note, I wonder if the decoder on the ipod is in software or on an ASIC (for lower power). If on an ASIC then the WMA decoder would be as well. Maybe that's why HP is involved, fronting the money for a new ASIC that supports both.
In any case, I would almost bet money the Apple version of the ipod is AAC excusively.
That PR page at Apple's site we saw posted on Slashdot a couple days ago had Steve Jobs touting about how great this was since it would mean more customers for the iTunes store. Wouldn't WMA support hurt that? Maybe Apple will give in and have an option on their site: either download the AAC or WMA. Hmmmmm.
We all know the rollover to v6 will be costly both in terms of actual new equipment bought and the time to test and instal new software. Oh well.
I'm not a network guru like a lot on here but to me, the lay person, the IPv4 issue sounds a lot like the Y2K problem. Just another problem caused 30 years ago because the fast paced spread of the technology wasn't forseen.
Eventually we are going to have to face up to the fact that we NEED more IPs and something will have to be done. It's better to suck it up and get it done early so lets get moving! Looks like Japan and China are doing it. Why the hell can't we?
He mentions that with IPv6, NAT will not be required because the address pace will be so much bigger. Does anyone know if the costs in obtaining your own static IP would then drop dramatically? I mean, will it be financially feasible for most of us to get a static IP when IPv6 is in full use? Most of us would need at least several.
My comcast cable internet service is about $45 a month. DSL was $40 when I had it around two years ago. You can get DSL for around $35 these days although I think it's capped at 256k down, 128k up.
Right. Those Fortune 500 companies aren't stupid. That's why they would rather pay the relatively paltry sum than waste the lawyer's and executive's time with something whose best outcome is saving the company $1000.
Does anyone know if it is possible to access the computers ports (ie serial and parallel) using these emulators? Anyone tried it with either dosemu or maybe even vmware?
There was an interesting article in Dr Dobb's a few months back. They did a performace (C++) comparison of 6 or so compilers, gcc included. The end result was that performace wise (execution AND code size) gcc came in last place in all their testing. However, gcc did win when it came to conformance to the C++ standard as it was the only compiler that supported all the language features.
Apple has really hit the nail on the head quite a few times, starting back in the 80's and really late 70's:) Let's just hope they don't drop the ball on this one!
The problem with forking is that the more projects that get forked, the more abandoned projects we have. If everyone's effort is on one project, then the liklihood of that project losing all developers is slim compared to if you had several forked projects all competing for the resources of the developers.
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Where do they get the lists of companies that are using Linux? Do they just call up their IT departments as say "Hey guy, do you run Linux over there?" Or is there a published list somewhere?
I'm not sure how much registered mail costs but I doubt that at the end of the day it would have made a huge impact on their business. It's not like they were going completely out of business, the people affected represented 1/4 of the entire workforce. 161 registered mails surely wouldn't put them completely under.
His name is Johnathon Blow. Joe is of course short for Joseph. So yes, it was all in your (apparently oversized) imagination.
People seem to be having a hard time understanding that there really is a market for this device. First off, 4GB is a hell of a lot bigger than any flash based player. Unless you want to store your whole music collection this has plenty of space. So you want to go running? go to the gym? you'd better believe the mini is much preferred over the traditional ipod. It's not that the regular ipod is big, but the mini is just a better size for listening to music when you're active. The mini seems perfect for almost every situation.
I have no comment on the color schemes. I can't imagine who would buy a pink mini. It would be great to see a leaked memo at some point stating what percentage of mini sales is contributed by the various colors.
I know it's not a popular opinion, but I do think that there are times when beating the person into submision is the only choice. Perhaps if you have enough police on the scene to wrestle the person to the ground it can be avoided but I think it's terribly short-sighted to think it's not necessary on occasion. An officer wants to make it home to his family every night/morning just like the rest of us. If he has to use force to keep someone from overtaking him then so be it.
One problem all of us seem to have is that we have this notion that all people think like the rest of us engineers/programmers/nerds. That because we aren't stupid enough to try to beat up a cop in such a situation then surely no one else would be either. Well guess what? There are some very stupid people out there. What do you do when talk and mild force doesn't work??
Well, it makes for a better story to say that the poor web hosting company was raided by the FBI and stripped of all their equipment for no reason other than they couldn't react fast enough.
It's like when you see those videos of supposed poilce beatings where they only show the part where the cop is whacking the guy with his night stick. Nevermind the ass whooping that the suspect tried to give the cop 30 seconds prior. That seems to matter none. Just go for the most sensational story possible.
911...It's short, it's simple and it's "universal" here in the USA. If you're in an emergency you want to know that those three numbers dialed into a phone will get you in touch with emegency help. Obviously you have never needed it.
What you mean is, you can't believe that any of the other defendant's lawyers haven't thought of a way for them (meaning lawyers) to rake in on the legal cash cow in this case. Unfortunately, the defendants will get nothing. As we all know already. The laywers on our side are the lesser of two evils though I suppose.
If we have record of that language, then I don't see how much would have been lost. If there were so few people speaking it then what are the chances it would have had a measureable influence on the design of computer languages anyway? Especially considering that the people doing the designing typically come from a small set of backgrounds (euro, asian, american...)
I thought "fuoco" was italian for fire.
Most commercial grade ICs can handle up to 70 deg celcius. It's not terribly uncommon for ICs to be able to handle 100C+. Since these guys have no need for external connections I imagine that making them water proof would be fairly simple. Just give them a good dip in epoxy.
Given that the Xbox is based on hardware that is just a supped-up PC with mostly off the shelf components and Sony's is more custom, it's not big surprise that MS would be able to make it to market much faster. Wasn't the Xbox based on a 733 MHz P3 with a semi-custom Nvidia graphics chip? And I think the PS2 was a semi custom 128-bit DSP that handled pretty much everything (graphics + logic).
I had that casio calculator watch back in the day. Another cool item was my old Pac Man watch. Anyone remember that guy? It had a little metal joystick. I can't believe it didn't make the list!
The phoenetic similarity may not be evident to someone that doesn't speak english natively...
This makes perfect sense. Supporting more than just Apple's format means more competition from other online music stores. I don't know how much money Apple will make off each unit sold from HP but I would bet that Job's has his eyes on the longer term money maker with this deal...the iTunes store.
Hell yeah. And wasn't it IBM in the early 80s that gave the credibility to the PC? That let everyone else feel comfortable with the idea that the PC had merit and value in the workplace? Maybe this will do the same for Linux for the rest of those not "converted."
I would imagine that only the HP model would support WMA. After all, if Apple really wanted to put that feature into the ipod it would have already. It's not like the engineers at Apple aren't capable of it. After all the kick-ass work they have done on that device, adding WMA would be a walk in the park I would think.
As a side note, I wonder if the decoder on the ipod is in software or on an ASIC (for lower power). If on an ASIC then the WMA decoder would be as well. Maybe that's why HP is involved, fronting the money for a new ASIC that supports both.
In any case, I would almost bet money the Apple version of the ipod is AAC excusively.
That PR page at Apple's site we saw posted on Slashdot a couple days ago had Steve Jobs touting about how great this was since it would mean more customers for the iTunes store. Wouldn't WMA support hurt that? Maybe Apple will give in and have an option on their site: either download the AAC or WMA. Hmmmmm.
We all know the rollover to v6 will be costly both in terms of actual new equipment bought and the time to test and instal new software. Oh well.
I'm not a network guru like a lot on here but to me, the lay person, the IPv4 issue sounds a lot like the Y2K problem. Just another problem caused 30 years ago because the fast paced spread of the technology wasn't forseen.
Eventually we are going to have to face up to the fact that we NEED more IPs and something will have to be done. It's better to suck it up and get it done early so lets get moving! Looks like Japan and China are doing it. Why the hell can't we?
He mentions that with IPv6, NAT will not be required because the address pace will be so much bigger. Does anyone know if the costs in obtaining your own static IP would then drop dramatically? I mean, will it be financially feasible for most of us to get a static IP when IPv6 is in full use? Most of us would need at least several.
My comcast cable internet service is about $45 a month. DSL was $40 when I had it around two years ago. You can get DSL for around $35 these days although I think it's capped at 256k down, 128k up.
Right. Those Fortune 500 companies aren't stupid. That's why they would rather pay the relatively paltry sum than waste the lawyer's and executive's time with something whose best outcome is saving the company $1000.
Does anyone know if it is possible to access the computers ports (ie serial and parallel) using these emulators? Anyone tried it with either dosemu or maybe even vmware?
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There was an interesting article in Dr Dobb's a few months back. They did a performace (C++) comparison of 6 or so compilers, gcc included. The end result was that performace wise (execution AND code size) gcc came in last place in all their testing. However, gcc did win when it came to conformance to the C++ standard as it was the only compiler that supported all the language features.
Apple has really hit the nail on the head quite a few times, starting back in the 80's and really late 70's :) Let's just hope they don't drop the ball on this one!
The problem with forking is that the more projects that get forked, the more abandoned projects we have. If everyone's effort is on one project, then the liklihood of that project losing all developers is slim compared to if you had several forked projects all competing for the resources of the developers.