VESA BIOS extensions. DMI. ACPI. Legacy USB device support (that's software). Option ROM detection and execution. Thermal management detection and operation. LBA (my first three computers didn't have that). Hardware-level security. That's just off the top of my head, in flash ROM soldered to your motherboard.
It gets more interesting the moment the boot sector is executed.
I'm no silicon engineer, but I have to imagine that AMD has SURELY got something big in the works.
Think about it. They've essentially had three chips in ten years. Athlon, Athlon64, and Phenom. Everything else is minor variation and process evolution. That's not a lot, really.
As I see it, AMD is either biding their time, holding their market segment down with their really-stretched-to-the-limit Phenom architecture, while perfecting the next generation product...
OR
They've just been fucking off for the past ten years. We're going to find out soon which it was, because the Phenom II 1100T looks like a hard limit to me, and Llano doesn't look to be much of an evolution.
I'm bracing myself to see where the line is. Maybe this is it.
Mobile providers will keep abusing their customer's tolerance until the customers start leaving. I'm pretty sure 500MB falls below the "basically usable for most people" line.
Of course, I could be wrong. People could decide to just put up with it. Then the data limit will be reduced again...
The cost of GSM data isn't very high when all you're sending is "help I'm not working correctly". Since the link serves no other purpose, four bytes should be enough to send a basic diagnostic code.
SIM cards cost about ten cents, basic GSM hardware maybe a few dollars, and I think it's safe to assume all the poles are on a shared data plan.
The problem with all the active safety systems is that any car with a factory safety system out of order will not pass safety inspections, whether that system is really necessary or not. This will lead to greatly increased maintenance costs when these cars get to be 10 years old.
My point is that the performance requirement progression is pointless, useless, too fast, and stupid. Gingerbread is leaving behind almost every device already on the market.
That's a lot more forced progression than I'm used to seeing from any OS.
There's an exception to the client-server divide, and this is a classic example: if your mistake causes a big chunk of your client base to DoS your infrastructure, it's going to go down, no matter how good your infrastructure is.
In places where DSL or cable internet is cheap, it seems basic common sense to have a "toy" internet connection with a wireless router. That's like $25 a month per 100 users (that's what we have where I work).
Note that I'm not suggesting 100 people could actually use it at the same time, but out of 100 people actually working, maybe 100 use any real bandwidth at once.
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This is why we can't have nice things.
This entire story is a troll.
Seems like a reasonable place to mention the Zero One Infinity rule.
Explain.
VESA BIOS extensions. DMI. ACPI. Legacy USB device support (that's software). Option ROM detection and execution. Thermal management detection and operation. LBA (my first three computers didn't have that). Hardware-level security. That's just off the top of my head, in flash ROM soldered to your motherboard.
It gets more interesting the moment the boot sector is executed.
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I'm no silicon engineer, but I have to imagine that AMD has SURELY got something big in the works.
Think about it. They've essentially had three chips in ten years. Athlon, Athlon64, and Phenom. Everything else is minor variation and process evolution. That's not a lot, really.
As I see it, AMD is either biding their time, holding their market segment down with their really-stretched-to-the-limit Phenom architecture, while perfecting the next generation product...
OR
They've just been fucking off for the past ten years. We're going to find out soon which it was, because the Phenom II 1100T looks like a hard limit to me, and Llano doesn't look to be much of an evolution.
I'm bracing myself to see where the line is. Maybe this is it.
Mobile providers will keep abusing their customer's tolerance until the customers start leaving. I'm pretty sure 500MB falls below the "basically usable for most people" line.
Of course, I could be wrong. People could decide to just put up with it. Then the data limit will be reduced again...
The cost of GSM data isn't very high when all you're sending is "help I'm not working correctly". Since the link serves no other purpose, four bytes should be enough to send a basic diagnostic code.
SIM cards cost about ten cents, basic GSM hardware maybe a few dollars, and I think it's safe to assume all the poles are on a shared data plan.
...with that tow thingie in back. If you can't afford the gas, you can't afford the truck ;)
I can't wait for spring, I need to wax the bed.
I think you've confused your truck with a poodle.
The problem with all the active safety systems is that any car with a factory safety system out of order will not pass safety inspections, whether that system is really necessary or not. This will lead to greatly increased maintenance costs when these cars get to be 10 years old.
My point is that the performance requirement progression is pointless, useless, too fast, and stupid. Gingerbread is leaving behind almost every device already on the market.
That's a lot more forced progression than I'm used to seeing from any OS.
It doesn't seem right. It's just out of fucking line that a cellphone OS would require a dual-core processor. Somebody needs to trim some bloat.
You're right. I missed the fact that OP began his post in the title. I'm title-blind sometimes.
I see that I did misunderstand. I am going to be underhanded and blame the OP for STARTING HIS POST IN THE DAMNED TITLE.
You're greatly overestimating idiots. I guarantee at least one hundred people in the world brough friends over and said HOLY SHIT IT'S SARAH PALIN
Ah, my old enemy, the Dissociated Press filter. We meet again.
Are you somehow down on people buying games used after the price goes down, or am I misunderstanding?
Gelato doesn't cast a shadow if you spread it real thin.
Pull the bolts out of your skull, brother. He was joking.
You're fabricating things. My in-laws do all those things, and don't even have a computer.
You're being deliberately obtuse, friend.
AT&T does.
There's an exception to the client-server divide, and this is a classic example: if your mistake causes a big chunk of your client base to DoS your infrastructure, it's going to go down, no matter how good your infrastructure is.
The going answer is "why waste time and effort making updates smaller?"
In places where DSL or cable internet is cheap, it seems basic common sense to have a "toy" internet connection with a wireless router. That's like $25 a month per 100 users (that's what we have where I work).
Note that I'm not suggesting 100 people could actually use it at the same time, but out of 100 people actually working, maybe 100 use any real bandwidth at once.
No. You can't wander into a discussion and demand the participants give citations for you.
Why don't you provide some counter-citations instead?