I'm not quite up to the task, my math is not quite strong, but basically it is about differential equation with partial derivatives (differential operator strictly speaking) on some curved space (manifold). The equation is elliptic (that basically mean it's formula in some coordinate system could be written similar to the formula of elliptic curve, with dervivatives instead of powers, more in depth-it's about specter of the operator) The theorem is about some important property of this equetion/operator could be derived only form topology of the curved space and some highed degree coefficients of the equation. Basically how underlying topology of the space influence this equation. It's told this theorem very important for physics, especially particle physics, which deal a lot with differential operators on the curved spaces...
You are welcome to correct me if I'm wrong here...
It could be instrumental for some kind of flash LAN/WAN - Imagine a big public park there several hundreds of people gavering with their backpack WiFi servers... For what porpose ? Weekend internet ? P2P ? gaming ? online bazaar ? Actually it could be usefull for bazaar - each vendor have WiFi server with his merchandise, and buyer could browse it with their WiFi enabled cell phones/PDA, find a vendor and pay by cash...
customer may incur a
licensing cost associated with buyng an e-mail application
Hmm, is Mozilla still free ?
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His argument is in fact a cheating. He discuss in depth what manned space flight is not needed for, but never mention its real use. The real porpose of manned spaceflight is a developing a new technology to make it possible. I agree there is no much use in the presence man on mars, but a technology capable of putting man on mars and return it alive could have enormous value, and could be used most probaly even if we are not moving outside of geostationary orbit. A lot of scientific and practically useful unformation could be gained during the development of this yechnology. It could also stimulate devlopment of cheaper orbital carriers, including such seems-futuristic ones as space elevators and non-polluting nuclear propulsion. Spinoff of this technology would leak into commertial sector, inluding suborbital/orbital turism and commertial satellites.
Related site about physics
Jhon Baez site
especially interesting
Open Questions in Physics
Alternative approach - quantum gravity without strings
Building Spacetime from Spin - this theory have some troubles - they arn't able to get a flat space-time as a classical limit of their theory, but now they are tryng apply the same approch to strings - a lot of math which I don't understand, but little part which I understand fascinating...
IT professionals earn more money then most other jobs
Depending on the contry of residence. In some contries they earn considerably less then US plumber, but with the same amount of stress as US IT professionals. And no, I'm not talknig about outsourcing.
It's only temporary, until those russian/others developers got some expirience, couple of finished titles under their belt and start their own companies. What are they need their US overlords for ? Life quite cheap in russia, and producing game not require so much investment as in US/Western Europe, considering the main spendings are salaries and art content.
My guess the next thing will be DRM bios in the read only memory, not reflashable. Or bios divided into ROM and flash part, DRM in ROM part of cause. How likely is it that non-ROM bios will be made illegal and posseion of ROM burning equipment will require license ?
Here
full specification
Comparing with Nokia 6600 8mb instead of 6mb and packged with 64mb card instead of 32mb. In fact some user alredy using 512mb card with Nokia 6600. The same OS version, so I guess the same RAM and CPU. Actually, if prices drop it may be a good time to pick up Nokia 6600. The only significant difference seems a camera.
Look, anything you can do in Direct3D, you can do in OpenGL,
You are very wrong. I've just ported terrain engine from DX to OpenGL and there were profound changes.
but the more advanced features you need to use (usually) vendor-specific extensions to access
You can't do anything without extensions. And vertex_buffer_object are quite different from DX vertex buffers.
Each release of DirectX includes ALL the older COM objects
your are mistaking binary compatibility with source compatibility
If you went and rewrote all that old code because you didn't realise you could just use a couple of #define's here and there in your code, ha, that's pretty sad.
At last I will not have to hear four persons shouting in their phones just around my pen in the open space. And there will not be those mad-looking people talking into the empty space on the street. On the other side, someone who talk other the phone a lot may forget actually produce sounds while talking with somebody nearby.
For now DirectX offer a great deal better control of videocard memory. It's essential for disk-streaming application, like big seamless open terrain worlds. To write disk streaming (especially vertex streaming) in OpenGL is a huge pain. OpenGL have another advantage though, and that is why it would hardly die, and maybe outlive DirectX. And it's is not crosplatforming even.All versions of OpenGL are source compatible. Ten years old OpenGL code still working. With DirectX you have to completly rewrite all DX related code every 1-1.5 years, with every new numbered release. Hell, even DX summer update 9.0b is not source compatible with D9.0a (have different animation API)
What do you think, how much russian or chinse generals, security and governments would like the idea their laptops controlled by Microsoft, Samsung or whatever ? With unaccesseble partition on the hard drive ? It this thing will not flop soon enough there will be alternative bios for sure. May be more expensive. We don't have a world government. yet.
Am understand it right ? Amiga going for mobile market? Want to push Amiga OS as a new mobile platform ? As if we have not enough platforms already - Palm, Linux, Symbian, Java, WinCE and that is not counting gaming handhelds...
I was working for Linux 3d project about 4 years ago, and back then it was not easy. The drivers were poor and X was crushing every 15 minutes. Don't know if it's better now, but...A Linux mobile phones just launched. Mobile phone is a natural handheld gaming platform, it will be PC analog of mobile gaming or better. If Linux phones really take off, they may propell Linux gaming as well. That is if someone developing game for Linux phone this game will run on the Linux PC as well, with minimal effort for porting. I myself indie wonna be and it seems to me Linux gaming have some promise. But if Linux gaming take off it will be low-budget titles mostly IMO...
While natural macroscopic objects rarely could move at relativistic speed , artificial objects can. Even with near-modern technology Orion spacecraft (spacecraft pushed by nuclear explosions) could be accelerated to about.1c Even quite small relativistic impactor hitting the planet is a fearsome weapon, capable completly exterminate humanity. There is no foreseeable technology, capable protect planet from relativistic impactor, but it's quite possible that weapon itself will be technically possible in the nearest one-two hundred years. Orion spacecraft at.1c possible even with existing technology, though economically not feasable. There is an article in wiki about relativistic weapon:
science fictional(for now) weapon -RKV
It's not for future use, it's neccecary just now.
1. protected memory:
Smartphones usually have a lot less memory then PC (around 16-32 Mb RAM usually for now). Smartphones theoretically should run without reboot for years. Each application could be open/closed several times per day. That mean even small memory leaks could accumulate to huge amount and boggle the system down. That is why smartphones have very defencive memory managment. (two stage constructors in Symbian etc.)
2. multithreadng.
For the same reason as above smartphones should treat threads very carefully. That usually complicated by the luck of precise timers on smartphones.(I can never understand why there is no timer more precise then +- 5 ms on symbian phones). Guidelines is usally to evoid multithreading in favor of stacking sevral objects in the same thread.
Well, with ATI annonced 3d hardware accelerator for smartphones (with OpenGL ES API) it's really interesting who will be first with 3d hardware smartphone -Linux or Simbian.(well, software 3d suck on smartphones). OpenGL is quite organic to Linux, but guess what ? Nokia annonced Symbian 8.0 with OpenGL ES API integrated onto OS. No phones itself annonced yet though...
This is great as it's a step away from just having the patient hardwired into a computer system.
You mean upload patient brain into computer, debug, and download back ? Brain debugging to replace psychiatry !
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I'm not quite up to the task, my math is not quite strong, but basically it is about differential equation with partial derivatives (differential operator strictly speaking) on some curved space (manifold). The equation is elliptic (that basically mean it's formula in some coordinate system could be written similar to the formula of elliptic curve, with dervivatives instead of powers, more in depth-it's about specter of the operator) The theorem is about some important property of this equetion/operator could be derived only form topology of the curved space and some highed degree coefficients of the equation. Basically how underlying topology of the space influence this equation. It's told this theorem very important for physics, especially particle physics, which deal a lot with differential operators on the curved spaces...
You are welcome to correct me if I'm wrong here...
It could be instrumental for some kind of flash LAN/WAN - Imagine a big public park there several hundreds of people gavering with their backpack WiFi servers... For what porpose ? Weekend internet ? P2P ? gaming ? online bazaar ? Actually it could be usefull for bazaar - each vendor have WiFi server with his merchandise, and buyer could browse it with their WiFi enabled cell phones/PDA, find a vendor and pay by cash...
His argument is in fact a cheating. He discuss in depth what manned space flight is not needed for, but never mention its real use. The real porpose of manned spaceflight is a developing a new technology to make it possible. I agree there is no much use in the presence man on mars, but a technology capable of putting man on mars and return it alive could have enormous value, and could be used most probaly even if we are not moving outside of geostationary orbit. A lot of scientific and practically useful unformation could be gained during the development of this yechnology. It could also stimulate devlopment of cheaper orbital carriers, including such seems-futuristic ones as space elevators and non-polluting nuclear propulsion. Spinoff of this technology would leak into commertial sector, inluding suborbital/orbital turism and commertial satellites.
Related site about physics
Jhon Baez site
especially interesting
Open Questions in Physics
Alternative approach - quantum gravity without strings Building Spacetime from Spin - this theory have some troubles - they arn't able to get a flat space-time as a classical limit of their theory, but now they are tryng apply the same approch to strings - a lot of math which I don't understand, but little part which I understand fascinating...
I wholeheartedly agree. What is the NZ immigration policy BTW ?
It's only temporary, until those russian/others developers got some expirience, couple of finished titles under their belt and start their own companies. What are they need their US overlords for ? Life quite cheap in russia, and producing game not require so much investment as in US/Western Europe, considering the main spendings are salaries and art content.
My guess the next thing will be DRM bios in the read only memory, not reflashable. Or bios divided into ROM and flash part, DRM in ROM part of cause. How likely is it that non-ROM bios will be made illegal and posseion of ROM burning equipment will require license ?
Here full specification Comparing with Nokia 6600 8mb instead of 6mb and packged with 64mb card instead of 32mb. In fact some user alredy using 512mb card with Nokia 6600. The same OS version, so I guess the same RAM and CPU. Actually, if prices drop it may be a good time to pick up Nokia 6600. The only significant difference seems a camera.
At last I will not have to hear four persons shouting in their phones just around my pen in the open space. And there will not be those mad-looking people talking into the empty space on the street. On the other side, someone who talk other the phone a lot may forget actually produce sounds while talking with somebody nearby.
For now DirectX offer a great deal better control of videocard memory. It's essential for disk-streaming application, like big seamless open terrain worlds. To write disk streaming (especially vertex streaming) in OpenGL is a huge pain. OpenGL have another advantage though, and that is why it would hardly die, and maybe outlive DirectX. And it's is not crosplatforming even.All versions of OpenGL are source compatible. Ten years old OpenGL code still working. With DirectX you have to completly rewrite all DX related code every 1-1.5 years, with every new numbered release. Hell, even DX summer update 9.0b is not source compatible with D9.0a (have different animation API)
In my opinion articles should be moderated the same as comments. I'd give this article -1 flamebait.
What do you think, how much russian or chinse generals, security and governments would like the idea their laptops controlled by Microsoft, Samsung or whatever ? With unaccesseble partition on the hard drive ? It this thing will not flop soon enough there will be alternative bios for sure. May be more expensive. We don't have a world government. yet.
Am understand it right ? Amiga going for mobile market? Want to push Amiga OS as a new mobile platform ? As if we have not enough platforms already - Palm, Linux, Symbian, Java, WinCE and that is not counting gaming handhelds...
I was working for Linux 3d project about 4 years ago, and back then it was not easy. The drivers were poor and X was crushing every 15 minutes. Don't know if it's better now, but...A Linux mobile phones just launched. Mobile phone is a natural handheld gaming platform, it will be PC analog of mobile gaming or better. If Linux phones really take off, they may propell Linux gaming as well. That is if someone developing game for Linux phone this game will run on the Linux PC as well, with minimal effort for porting. I myself indie wonna be and it seems to me Linux gaming have some promise. But if Linux gaming take off it will be low-budget titles mostly IMO...
While natural macroscopic objects rarely could move at relativistic speed , artificial objects can. Even with near-modern technology Orion spacecraft (spacecraft pushed by nuclear explosions) could be accelerated to about .1c Even quite small relativistic impactor hitting the planet is a fearsome weapon, capable completly exterminate humanity. There is no foreseeable technology, capable protect planet from relativistic impactor, but it's quite possible that weapon itself will be technically possible in the nearest one-two hundred years. Orion spacecraft at .1c possible even with existing technology, though economically not feasable. There is an article in wiki about relativistic weapon:
science fictional(for now) weapon -RKV
Antisatellite weapon have some uses.
At last weapon for true Code Warrior... Mod me down but I can not resist...
It's not for future use, it's neccecary just now. 1. protected memory: Smartphones usually have a lot less memory then PC (around 16-32 Mb RAM usually for now). Smartphones theoretically should run without reboot for years. Each application could be open/closed several times per day. That mean even small memory leaks could accumulate to huge amount and boggle the system down. That is why smartphones have very defencive memory managment. (two stage constructors in Symbian etc.) 2. multithreadng. For the same reason as above smartphones should treat threads very carefully. That usually complicated by the luck of precise timers on smartphones.(I can never understand why there is no timer more precise then +- 5 ms on symbian phones). Guidelines is usally to evoid multithreading in favor of stacking sevral objects in the same thread.
Well, with ATI annonced 3d hardware accelerator for smartphones (with OpenGL ES API) it's really interesting who will be first with 3d hardware smartphone -Linux or Simbian.(well, software 3d suck on smartphones). OpenGL is quite organic to Linux, but guess what ? Nokia annonced Symbian 8.0 with OpenGL ES API integrated onto OS. No phones itself annonced yet though...
This is great as it's a step away from just having the patient hardwired into a computer system. You mean upload patient brain into computer, debug, and download back ? Brain debugging to replace psychiatry !