I thought drum'n'bass had been and gone - I remember listening to various weird offshoots in the late 90's.
Disclaimer: I'm from the UK, so I'm well aware the rest of the world may have been left behind.
This is a very good point - for application rather than server/enterprise software like "My First Paint Program", "Jim's Christmas Card Creator", "Laz0rDeath 3: This time it's personal"[1] there is never going to be any money in service, support or customisation, and so the only route to making money with it is by xlosing the source and charging for it.
What, you mean other than Silicon Graphics machines, which have been "requickstarting" (the SGI name for it) normal C applications after install for years upon years?
I looked at Cairo because it purported to be fixed point, which would have made it ideal for many embedded consumer products (which rarely have FPUs), and enabled them to have pretty OS X style graphics.
I was most disappointed when I found out it was only the API that was fixed point, and most of the internals used floating point.
Sorry, but I'd take a 12" laptop over a 14" laptop any day of the week - it's meant to be portable, which means it should be minimising both weight and bulk.
You're making the Socialist Mistake: you assume that everybody has the same desire to achieve and better themselves that you do.
Unfortunately, the reality of the world is that most people want to get as much as possible for as little as posible.
It's endemic in human nature - from the kids at school who disrupt the class, to those living a life of relative luxury on social security and other benefits who have no intention of getting jobs.
Trying to force such a system doesn't work. Take the theory of Comprehensive Education - by combinging students of every level, those who were not as successful would be inspired to better themselves, pulling the education of the group up from the average to level of the high achievers. The real result? Bullying and disruption dragged down overall achievement to the lowest common denominator. The same effects can be seen where socialist housing projects built estates next to established communities. Instead of pulling up the standard of living, the people living in the established communities are frightened to leave the house, and railings, etc. have been commonly installed to try to improve security.
It's a lovely idea, but it's flawed by the fact that human beings are fundamentally detestable.
You're forgetting that an ancestor of the 6502 does exist: the ARM. It was designed as a 32-bit RISC chip for ARM machines by two 6502 hackers, and the similarities are plain to see.
They're quite right, *scanf can also be fairly horrendous.
Although the fact you're implementing the C library means you've put the neccessary mechanisms in place when writing the buffered I/O routines, and, using the least effort/more resources approach, only have to deal with the buffer case.
We now have an algorithm for scoring a piece of music on it's "hit potential".
So how long until this is combined with a genetic algorithm or simulated annealing to automatically pump out "hit" after "hit" without the need of those pesky artists?
I wouldn't - ARM cores are ridiculously small. On the original Acorn machines, the ARM chip on the ARM processor board is smaller than the power regulator on the x86 processor board.
Yes, they should learn the difference between a theory and a fact.
The important thing they should learn is that there's no such thing as a fact outside the realm of ideology.
Everything else is simply the best model that fits the observations, because it's only possible to disprove something, not prove it.
Playing Jeff Minter games in interesting states of head is exceptionally bad for you.
My minds eye was full of Gridrunner++ like closed eye visuals for days!
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If you need increased complexity to convince you to buy an iPod, then you're not in the target market for any Apple product.
The iPod is successful because it looks good, works brilliantly as far as the average consumer is concerned, and is exceptionally easy to use.
You don't see kettletoasters very often for good reason.
You missed out "Battery life"!
I thought drum'n'bass had been and gone - I remember listening to various weird offshoots in the late 90's. Disclaimer: I'm from the UK, so I'm well aware the rest of the world may have been left behind.
This is a very good point - for application rather than server/enterprise software like "My First Paint Program", "Jim's Christmas Card Creator", "Laz0rDeath 3: This time it's personal"[1] there is never going to be any money in service, support or customisation, and so the only route to making money with it is by xlosing the source and charging for it.
[1]: The programs do not exist.
I know that feeling!
Magic mushrooms are bad, mmm'kay?
What, you mean other than a vectorised rendering backend which is exactly the topic of discussion?
What, you mean other than Silicon Graphics machines, which have been "requickstarting" (the SGI name for it) normal C applications after install for years upon years?
As some one who works in the digital television set top box industry, I can tell you that you feel incorrectly.
I looked at Cairo because it purported to be fixed point, which would have made it ideal for many embedded consumer products (which rarely have FPUs), and enabled them to have pretty OS X style graphics.
I was most disappointed when I found out it was only the API that was fixed point, and most of the internals used floating point.
Seeing as Apple have already been doing it for years, you neither need to worry about patents, or getting near the forefront of innovation.
Indeed - sashimi is raw fish, often served with sushi.
Sorry, but I'd take a 12" laptop over a 14" laptop any day of the week - it's meant to be portable, which means it should be minimising both weight and bulk.
Plus, I'm not making up for anything >;D
You're making the Socialist Mistake: you assume that everybody has the same desire to achieve and better themselves that you do. Unfortunately, the reality of the world is that most people want to get as much as possible for as little as posible. It's endemic in human nature - from the kids at school who disrupt the class, to those living a life of relative luxury on social security and other benefits who have no intention of getting jobs. Trying to force such a system doesn't work. Take the theory of Comprehensive Education - by combinging students of every level, those who were not as successful would be inspired to better themselves, pulling the education of the group up from the average to level of the high achievers. The real result? Bullying and disruption dragged down overall achievement to the lowest common denominator. The same effects can be seen where socialist housing projects built estates next to established communities. Instead of pulling up the standard of living, the people living in the established communities are frightened to leave the house, and railings, etc. have been commonly installed to try to improve security. It's a lovely idea, but it's flawed by the fact that human beings are fundamentally detestable.
And both are clones of Puzzle Bobble.
Except that most "non-US" mobiles are GSM, and sync fine.
You're forgetting that an ancestor of the 6502 does exist: the ARM. It was designed as a 32-bit RISC chip for ARM machines by two 6502 hackers, and the similarities are plain to see.
Er, not quite. ECC is indeed Error Correction Code. However, parity is an error detection code - it can't correct.
They're quite right, *scanf can also be fairly horrendous. Although the fact you're implementing the C library means you've put the neccessary mechanisms in place when writing the buffered I/O routines, and, using the least effort/more resources approach, only have to deal with the buffer case.
You've clearly never tried to implement a C library then. I still have *printf induced nightmares.
Who do you think contributed the support to the 2.6 kernel?
We now have an algorithm for scoring a piece of music on it's "hit potential".
So how long until this is combined with a genetic algorithm or simulated annealing to automatically pump out "hit" after "hit" without the need of those pesky artists?
I wouldn't - ARM cores are ridiculously small. On the original Acorn machines, the ARM chip on the ARM processor board is smaller than the power regulator on the x86 processor board.
Yes, they should learn the difference between a theory and a fact. The important thing they should learn is that there's no such thing as a fact outside the realm of ideology. Everything else is simply the best model that fits the observations, because it's only possible to disprove something, not prove it.
I'd actively dislike that, but then I actively dislike writing with a pen - it's uncomfortable, and in this day and age, unnatural.
Playing Jeff Minter games in interesting states of head is exceptionally bad for you. My minds eye was full of Gridrunner++ like closed eye visuals for days!