Seems bluetooth may have suffered from design by committee, ie too many conflicting requirements limiting its longevity.Whereas this oddly named contender is claimed not only to be much lower power (definitely a powerful factor in mobile tech) but also higher bandwidth and channel hopping, a la UWB. This, combined with the ability to reuse existing design of antennas etc, may well make it a winner.
For instance, the oceans dissolve tons of carbon dioxide and slowly deposit it in rocks. The hotter the climate, the more carbon dioxide can be dissolved in the water
There is the small issue of CO2 acidifying these oceans you speak of...
Yields that low and someone makes no money, I doubt that would hit Sony anywhere other than supply shortages. They'll have a pre-agreed price before the devices go into full production volumes. Even pre-production yield should be over 60% on a mature process technology.
On top of which, they are offering a service which can be obtained for free. AVG do a free edition of their anti-virus which updates itself with new signatures automatically, or you can just go here and scan your computer online.
Add to that the fact that the majority of PC's are sold with AV software pre-installed, so who is going to buy this nonsense? Furthermore are they likely to find themselves in trouble for this implied conflict of interest?
"In other words, 39% chose creationism, as there is no discernable difference between creationism and ID. Score another victory for ID, for once again successfully obfuscating the issue."
Except that's not necessarily a fair judgement; creationism is a largely religious idea which is not entirely incompatible with evolution theory. Ask any christian biologist what they think, for example. ID however is another thing entirely...
Maybe I'm missing something here, but surely the best legislative angle would be to minimise the power inefficiency in these standby/sleep modes. I'm betting there's little effort in the design of electronics hardware to save the maximum power possible; a bit of the design mentality applied to battery powered equipment would go a long way IMHO.
Don't forget, that coal fired power stations actually dump more radioactive material into the atmosphere than a nuclear power station. Surprising fact but the coal contains uranium, thorium and a load more nasty metals:
There's also one reason to raise a smile; the far-right conservatives are pissed off at Bush for not nominating a right winger. That's got to count for something >:)
"has anyone taken into consideration that the earth has been warming up steadily for the past several thousand years?"
From how I understand it, the earth is at a point in one of its longer cycles which brings it unusually close to the sun. At the same time mankind is dumping millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. At the same time mankind is destroying a significant proportion of the natural means to deal with said gases.
Add all this up and you have a reasonable explanation for the heating.
The biggest worry at the moment is whether we are adding enough into the mix to initiate a runaway greenhouse effect. If this is the case we've left a pretty fucked up planet for our kids to inherit...
There's a nautical precedent for red vs green and direction, not sure if it applies to aeronautics.
Basically red is left and green is right, used on ship lighting among other things.
The scope for streaming the audio data through a hardware MP3 decoder probably hasn't been designed in, it's unlikely a processor of the type used for this kind of application will be flexible enough to do the job itself. Therefore a redesign would be required to get MP3 playback.
This must have been a very concious decision by the marketing droids, one which they now regret...
For me, it's when things start to go wrong that the differences really stand out. Killing an errant process which is stealing RAM and cycles from the system is rarely successful in XP et al; if it does die eventually, don't expect to be able to run a new instance of it until you've rebooted!
A simple system running software and hardware put together by Dell, for example, runs XP very nicely thank you. Try pushing the enevelope a little and it all starts to fall apart.
Maybe the only chance is if MS make a right royal cock up of the next ie release in some way. Thus upsetting enough average users to make them look for an alternative...
We can but hope:)
Ok I'm just out of bed but I read,
"An amateur rocket carrying a ham..."
And immediately thought of the Muppets' 'Piiigs Iiiiiin Spaaaaaaaaaaace!'
(sorry)
Say Longhorn does take another couple of years, and say desktop PC penetration - since PC horsepower is already easily enough for most home users - reaches a point where a lot less are selling. How are they going to get us to take up this new OS, with unpalatable DRM built in and a lack of backwards compatibility?
Worms, stability issues etc increasing general cynicism, are they even going to have a market in two years?
Indeed, in fact I could buy a new printer for the price of a colour and black Lexmark ink cartridge back when I bought my Z23! The word loss leader springs to mind.
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Seems bluetooth may have suffered from design by committee, ie too many conflicting requirements limiting its longevity.Whereas this oddly named contender is claimed not only to be much lower power (definitely a powerful factor in mobile tech) but also higher bandwidth and channel hopping, a la UWB. This, combined with the ability to reuse existing design of antennas etc, may well make it a winner.
For instance, the oceans dissolve tons of carbon dioxide and slowly deposit it in rocks. The hotter the climate, the more carbon dioxide can be dissolved in the water
There is the small issue of CO2 acidifying these oceans you speak of...
Yields that low and someone makes no money, I doubt that would hit Sony anywhere other than supply shortages. They'll have a pre-agreed price before the devices go into full production volumes. Even pre-production yield should be over 60% on a mature process technology.
"I hope they've patented it!"
I don't. Selfishly, I hope they didn't; improves the odds of it coming to market as a decent product soober rather than later.
On top of which, they are offering a service which can be obtained for free. AVG do a free edition of their anti-virus which updates itself with new signatures automatically, or you can just go here and scan your computer online.
Add to that the fact that the majority of PC's are sold with AV software pre-installed, so who is going to buy this nonsense? Furthermore are they likely to find themselves in trouble for this implied conflict of interest?
"In other words, 39% chose creationism, as there is no discernable difference between creationism and ID. Score another victory for ID, for once again successfully obfuscating the issue."
Except that's not necessarily a fair judgement; creationism is a largely religious idea which is not entirely incompatible with evolution theory. Ask any christian biologist what they think, for example. ID however is another thing entirely...
Maybe I'm missing something here, but surely the best legislative angle would be to minimise the power inefficiency in these standby/sleep modes. I'm betting there's little effort in the design of electronics hardware to save the maximum power possible; a bit of the design mentality applied to battery powered equipment would go a long way IMHO.
"...wrassle other members of the band."
Bizarre images of band members wrestling with small fish spring to mind... Caffiene does odd things to a man.
"I think it's time to admit that we're all in a race with each other to use fossil fuels"
I don't think this has ever been in doubt, however I believe the real winners will be the nations who manage to become fossil fuel independant first.
Get yourself free from the OPEC price fixing and the self-destructive scramble for oil and you can sit back and watch the fun...
Don't forget, that coal fired power stations actually dump more radioactive material into the atmosphere than a nuclear power station. Surprising fact but the coal contains uranium, thorium and a load more nasty metals:
http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/tex t/colmain.html
Three words: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
The less you have to use the mouse the more opportunity you have for better posture at the desk all round.
"Our race planners are pouring over the race route"
There's also one reason to raise a smile; the far-right conservatives are pissed off at Bush for not nominating a right winger. That's got to count for something >:)
"has anyone taken into consideration that the earth has been warming up steadily for the past several thousand years?"
From how I understand it, the earth is at a point in one of its longer cycles which brings it unusually close to the sun. At the same time mankind is dumping millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. At the same time mankind is destroying a significant proportion of the natural means to deal with said gases.
Add all this up and you have a reasonable explanation for the heating.
The biggest worry at the moment is whether we are adding enough into the mix to initiate a runaway greenhouse effect. If this is the case we've left a pretty fucked up planet for our kids to inherit...
There's a nautical precedent for red vs green and direction, not sure if it applies to aeronautics. Basically red is left and green is right, used on ship lighting among other things.
If Microsoft don't come up with . . .
Doesn't you moron! DOESN'T!
Does NOT you moron! DOES NOT!
The scope for streaming the audio data through a hardware MP3 decoder probably hasn't been designed in, it's unlikely a processor of the type used for this kind of application will be flexible enough to do the job itself. Therefore a redesign would be required to get MP3 playback. This must have been a very concious decision by the marketing droids, one which they now regret...
That's a bit strong!
Inappropriate use of the word acting I'd say...
For me, it's when things start to go wrong that the differences really stand out. Killing an errant process which is stealing RAM and cycles from the system is rarely successful in XP et al; if it does die eventually, don't expect to be able to run a new instance of it until you've rebooted! A simple system running software and hardware put together by Dell, for example, runs XP very nicely thank you. Try pushing the enevelope a little and it all starts to fall apart.
Maybe the only chance is if MS make a right royal cock up of the next ie release in some way. Thus upsetting enough average users to make them look for an alternative... We can but hope :)
Ok I'm just out of bed but I read, "An amateur rocket carrying a ham..." And immediately thought of the Muppets' 'Piiigs Iiiiiin Spaaaaaaaaaaace!' (sorry)
That makes me wonder.
Say Longhorn does take another couple of years, and say desktop PC penetration - since PC horsepower is already easily enough for most home users - reaches a point where a lot less are selling. How are they going to get us to take up this new OS, with unpalatable DRM built in and a lack of backwards compatibility?
Worms, stability issues etc increasing general cynicism, are they even going to have a market in two years?
"Whilst taxiing up the road under propeller power, I met a group of cycling proficiency children who I thought I'd chop up..."
Indeed, in fact I could buy a new printer for the price of a colour and black Lexmark ink cartridge back when I bought my Z23! The word loss leader springs to mind.