I think the question really should be "when has a commercial OS been written from scratch by its manufacturer?"
Making radically new OSes does happen... in CS research but those aren't very practical for your average Joe to plop on his Dell and start using. A commercial company takes an existing OS (where someone else has applied obscure algorithms and data structures) and add "value" to it.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Apple and OS X. They took a solid server system and turned it into a really slick consumer desktop, but the innovation wasn't "inventing" an entirely new kernel or implementing a new memory management scheme.
would be to say "Xbox 360 sells only A units 2 weeks after launch compared to the PS2's B units" where A is much much smaller than B. So who's more popular? Of course microsoft has the mainstream media eating out of its hand.
Being affiliated with horde or anyone for that matter makes about as much sense as Tauren being affiliated with the Forsaken and Night Elves with Dwarves and Gnomes.
Lorewise Tauren and Night Elves should have their own faction and Blood Elves are... well not associated with trolls. They make more sense as an Alliance race than Night Elves.
haha. That's brilliant. Just underscore that kids are addicted to DHMO and that dealers usually add dangerous chemicals like lead and flouride to it and the U.S. republicans will ban it in a few weeks.
Just gotta wonder what the shelf life of those cartridges is going to be. Transporting pure hydrogen and storing it over long periods of time is far from trivial.
I predict this'll be a flop. Storing hydrogen in carbohydrates seems like a more viable solution.
I think their concern is that the problem is too dire to wait a few decades for a long term solution to be viable and that the current situation will cause irreparable harm. Thus in the mean time we need to allocate more funding towards reducing the problem to sustainable levels.
That of course makes many assumptions about the current situation and how the environment will react.
Graduated last year and wireless coverage was spotty at best. There were a lot of access points but whatever they put in the walls in the dorms wasn't very wifi friendly. I couldn't get a stable connection with an AP in the middle of the hall, so unless they put an AP in front of every room I don't see this working.
In the more open public buildings or the new dorms with paper thin walls it might work, but this isn't going to be a viable, cost effective alternative to wires for providing service to most students.
On the other hand it'd be nice to watch TV on the Green during the summer, if you have a reflective LCD laptop but since you're snowed in for half the year it's more of a luxury than a solution.
There's a lot of room between over and under-regulation. If the "green gang" really had that much power then we would have no computer industry, no energy generation, no biotech, etc. etc. etc. On the other hand if they didn't have any say at all then we'd be looking at an uninhabitable planet... from space. Companies will do what they need to to strengthen their bottom line, even at the expense of the greater good.
As for the risks, there is a likelihood that computers connected to the internet could become a self-aware consciousness that would see humans as a threat and destroy all of humanity then enslave every single world in this galaxy. Even though that hasn't happened people use computers to hack, commit crimes and steal other people's identities.
Yet, we churn out computers by the millions. Every technology has it's drawbacks. And for every technology the dire sounding worst case scenario is always going to be some far fetched doomsday prediction that has a snowball's chance in hell of actually happening.
I don't think people understand how advanced nanomachines would have to be to be able to produce grey goo. Nanomachines that can replicate and energize themselves from the environment have existed long before we came around. Artificial ones will continue to be the holy grail of nanotechnology long after it has become a part of everyday life. It's one thing to be able to manufacture nanomachines. It's another thing to have nanomachine's self assemble in a controlled environment with a carefully defined mix of precursors. It's a completely separate thing to have nanomachines that can gather these resources from the wild, refine them and build copies of themselves.
Yes, people will abuse nanotech. There have always people that have abused any technology from blacksmithing to chemistry to computers. These people will probably use nanotech for illegal self-enhancement or more underhanded activities but you don't punish the technology, you punish the criminal.
If you actually read the quote you'll see he never said he invented the Internet. That accusation is the work of spin doctors.
Invention and creation are completely separate things. Invention is the conception of an idea. He never said he hit his head on a toilet and came up with the idea for the Internet out of the blue. What he said in fewer words is that the idea existed, he knew about it, he liked it enough that he actually wanted to see it implemented. He took the initiative to bring a concept to fruition by legislative action. He even opens the quote by saying he was in congress, not in some laboratory.
Twisting his words and saying that he claimed to invent the Internet was an attempt to brand him as a liar, exaggerator and lunatic as part of the smear campaign. I'm not an Al Gore fanboy but I cannot believe that people are still buying that crap. I guess tomorrow CNN will run a story about how 90% of americans still believed that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that they are still there in the hands of insurgents.
I am just dumbfounded by how cynical the Republican leadership is and how shamelessly and blantantly they exploit the media, then turn around to say that the liberal media is out to get them.
If you're dissatisfied with the priest class because they're underarmored you outta give the druid class a try. In normal form they're a little more armored than a priest (about even with hunters and rogues) and can heal just as well. Then real fun begins when you decide you're tired of healing and being ravaged by even leveled enemies and switch to bear form which gives you just a little less armor than someone wearing chainmail. The damage output for the druid is on the low end but the different forms allow you to take on different roles depending on what is needed. That makes the druid rather versatile without being overpowered. I've played several other classes like the hunter, paladin and mage and I can say the druid is the most fun to play if you're not the type that prefers pressing the same exact sequence of buttons for every encounter. The only real drawback of the druid is having to buy and carry around seperate sets of armor to be effective in each role. That is, if you're healing you need high intellect and spirit while if you're meleeing you need high strength and stamina.
The game store I went to was sold out the day after WoW was released and I was only able to get my fix because Blizzard made it a Mac/PC hybrid game and so the Apple Store carried it. Nowadays I usually play on my PC because I've fscked up my Powerbook's keyboard from pounding on it too much.
All I want is a plain cellphone without cameras and thousands of annoying polyphonic ring tones...
but one that I can use as a simple organizer with bluetooth so I can wirelessly sync my address book, calendar and notes. I don't want or need a full blown pda with a 2.4 GHz processor and 120 GB hard drives and Windows Longhorn 50-Pound-Phone edition yet phone makers keep adding more gimmicky bloat instead of making useful business devices. Why can't they just get a clue?
I have to agree with the grandparent. It's not that the concept is difficult to explain but that the poster was incoherent and used too much technobabble interspersed with a dash of English.
I'd never pay for Microsoft Office -- not just because it's expensive and bloated but because of Microsoft's business practices. Besides, I already have it at work. However, I'd buy an Apple office suite in a heartbeat.
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I think the question really should be "when has a commercial OS been written from scratch by its manufacturer?"
Making radically new OSes does happen... in CS research but those aren't very practical for your average Joe to plop on his Dell and start using. A commercial company takes an existing OS (where someone else has applied obscure algorithms and data structures) and add "value" to it.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Apple and OS X. They took a solid server system and turned it into a really slick consumer desktop, but the innovation wasn't "inventing" an entirely new kernel or implementing a new memory management scheme.
would be to say "Xbox 360 sells only A units 2 weeks after launch compared to the PS2's B units" where A is much much smaller than B. So who's more popular? Of course microsoft has the mainstream media eating out of its hand.
Being affiliated with horde or anyone for that matter makes about as much sense as Tauren being affiliated with the Forsaken and Night Elves with Dwarves and Gnomes.
Lorewise Tauren and Night Elves should have their own faction and Blood Elves are... well not associated with trolls. They make more sense as an Alliance race than Night Elves.
Wow, I'm a nerd =\
haha. That's brilliant. Just underscore that kids are addicted to DHMO and that dealers usually add dangerous chemicals like lead and flouride to it and the U.S. republicans will ban it in a few weeks.
Just gotta wonder what the shelf life of those cartridges is going to be. Transporting pure hydrogen and storing it over long periods of time is far from trivial.
I predict this'll be a flop. Storing hydrogen in carbohydrates seems like a more viable solution.
Blizzard to customers: Cry more noobs
Customers: Uhhh... WTF?
Considering it's automatic, I found it surprisingly readable. Interesting breakthough nevertheless.
Would it save my employer anything for me to be staring at the blank screen instead?
bandwidth
I think their concern is that the problem is too dire to wait a few decades for a long term solution to be viable and that the current situation will cause irreparable harm. Thus in the mean time we need to allocate more funding towards reducing the problem to sustainable levels.
That of course makes many assumptions about the current situation and how the environment will react.
So what you're saying is that soil and gravel companies should hire people to stand at the home depot and put their products in shopping carts?
Is that my car being towed?!?
Graduated last year and wireless coverage was spotty at best. There were a lot of access points but whatever they put in the walls in the dorms wasn't very wifi friendly. I couldn't get a stable connection with an AP in the middle of the hall, so unless they put an AP in front of every room I don't see this working.
In the more open public buildings or the new dorms with paper thin walls it might work, but this isn't going to be a viable, cost effective alternative to wires for providing service to most students.
On the other hand it'd be nice to watch TV on the Green during the summer, if you have a reflective LCD laptop but since you're snowed in for half the year it's more of a luxury than a solution.
Pretty lame attempt at humor compared to this one: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/1 9/1925258&tid=133&tid=14
There's a lot of room between over and under-regulation. If the "green gang" really had that much power then we would have no computer industry, no energy generation, no biotech, etc. etc. etc. On the other hand if they didn't have any say at all then we'd be looking at an uninhabitable planet... from space. Companies will do what they need to to strengthen their bottom line, even at the expense of the greater good. As for the risks, there is a likelihood that computers connected to the internet could become a self-aware consciousness that would see humans as a threat and destroy all of humanity then enslave every single world in this galaxy. Even though that hasn't happened people use computers to hack, commit crimes and steal other people's identities. Yet, we churn out computers by the millions. Every technology has it's drawbacks. And for every technology the dire sounding worst case scenario is always going to be some far fetched doomsday prediction that has a snowball's chance in hell of actually happening. I don't think people understand how advanced nanomachines would have to be to be able to produce grey goo. Nanomachines that can replicate and energize themselves from the environment have existed long before we came around. Artificial ones will continue to be the holy grail of nanotechnology long after it has become a part of everyday life. It's one thing to be able to manufacture nanomachines. It's another thing to have nanomachine's self assemble in a controlled environment with a carefully defined mix of precursors. It's a completely separate thing to have nanomachines that can gather these resources from the wild, refine them and build copies of themselves. Yes, people will abuse nanotech. There have always people that have abused any technology from blacksmithing to chemistry to computers. These people will probably use nanotech for illegal self-enhancement or more underhanded activities but you don't punish the technology, you punish the criminal.
If you actually read the quote you'll see he never said he invented the Internet. That accusation is the work of spin doctors. Invention and creation are completely separate things. Invention is the conception of an idea. He never said he hit his head on a toilet and came up with the idea for the Internet out of the blue. What he said in fewer words is that the idea existed, he knew about it, he liked it enough that he actually wanted to see it implemented. He took the initiative to bring a concept to fruition by legislative action. He even opens the quote by saying he was in congress, not in some laboratory. Twisting his words and saying that he claimed to invent the Internet was an attempt to brand him as a liar, exaggerator and lunatic as part of the smear campaign. I'm not an Al Gore fanboy but I cannot believe that people are still buying that crap. I guess tomorrow CNN will run a story about how 90% of americans still believed that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that they are still there in the hands of insurgents. I am just dumbfounded by how cynical the Republican leadership is and how shamelessly and blantantly they exploit the media, then turn around to say that the liberal media is out to get them.
His answers weren't half bad at all. They were thoughtful and insightful. Can we petition for him to replace Bill?
When I don't sleep that well I tend to head to the computer for some World of Warcraft, but I'm still getting a little chubby.
If you're dissatisfied with the priest class because they're underarmored you outta give the druid class a try. In normal form they're a little more armored than a priest (about even with hunters and rogues) and can heal just as well. Then real fun begins when you decide you're tired of healing and being ravaged by even leveled enemies and switch to bear form which gives you just a little less armor than someone wearing chainmail. The damage output for the druid is on the low end but the different forms allow you to take on different roles depending on what is needed. That makes the druid rather versatile without being overpowered. I've played several other classes like the hunter, paladin and mage and I can say the druid is the most fun to play if you're not the type that prefers pressing the same exact sequence of buttons for every encounter. The only real drawback of the druid is having to buy and carry around seperate sets of armor to be effective in each role. That is, if you're healing you need high intellect and spirit while if you're meleeing you need high strength and stamina.
The game store I went to was sold out the day after WoW was released and I was only able to get my fix because Blizzard made it a Mac/PC hybrid game and so the Apple Store carried it. Nowadays I usually play on my PC because I've fscked up my Powerbook's keyboard from pounding on it too much.
If grinding is your preference, go create a char on a PvP server which makes questing significantly harder and frustrating.
Especially when you get someone ten levels than you camping your body for kicks.
Would anyone find it ironic if Wired hyped their vaporware awards for an entire year and didn't come out with one that year?
All I want is a plain cellphone without cameras and thousands of annoying polyphonic ring tones... but one that I can use as a simple organizer with bluetooth so I can wirelessly sync my address book, calendar and notes. I don't want or need a full blown pda with a 2.4 GHz processor and 120 GB hard drives and Windows Longhorn 50-Pound-Phone edition yet phone makers keep adding more gimmicky bloat instead of making useful business devices. Why can't they just get a clue?
I have to agree with the grandparent. It's not that the concept is difficult to explain but that the poster was incoherent and used too much technobabble interspersed with a dash of English.
I'd never pay for Microsoft Office -- not just because it's expensive and bloated but because of Microsoft's business practices. Besides, I already have it at work. However, I'd buy an Apple office suite in a heartbeat.
I'll try those programs and keep you posted.