Motorcyle riders? Actually I was thinking of basing my future game idea on a motorcycle concept like Tron or something:)
Okay, to answer your point, in the far future, the car and cycle will be replaced with something that's more useful than either of those (something that can fly too). Better is better is better.
It might sound scary, but standards really are a good thing. It would only be scary if the standard was unacceptable in some way. But in theory, I reckon it is possible to combine the best of all worlds for many cases, especially for software. I doubt even the hackiest of programmers wouldn't want memory protection in an OS these days for instance. But let's say some still do, than the software can have that option as a toggle switch somewhere.
If I'm reincarnated 200 years from now, and find a world that uses one standard OS, I'll just set out to wreck it.
How about if that OS really was great? Even better than 'Haiku great' with great security, great organization, lots of features but with minimal bloat, great responsiveness, idealized metadata filesystem, open source etc.?
In my opinion, Haiku should 'aim' to dominate, like Windows has. Aggresively if need be. If it is better, and everything works smoother than other OSs, then they should go for that goal, and hope to be the default OS. Otherwise, it just becomes an 'alternative' which is 'sorta better, but may not be in some ways', which sounds insipid, and unexciting.
In the end (say 200 years from now), we'll all probably be using one standard OS (or at least hope to). Choice in the initial stages is a good thing, but eventually, a single universal standard is more efficient and productive for everyone. Let's hope Haiku gets us to that point sooner.
I'll have to give it a go anyway - I've always wanted an Amiga-style OS to come to the forefront.
Except I'm hardly religious at all. I'm at most what you could call agnostic. And for the record I'm completely against that hell nonsense for about 1 trillion reasons (not least the cruelty and absurdity of it).
A lot of truths science can point to. And it just so happens that topics like the soul is not one of them.
I'd like to see a robot experience getting bit by a bullet ant and actually feeling that pain, or experiencing the colour green the way we do. Robots and computers can never experience green. Ever. No really. Really really. Look up 'qualia' on Wikipedia...
"Oh but you must believe in God and christianity and stuff because you believe souls exist". Pah...
Just as well that the soul is a separate entity from the body then.
No matter how advanceed we make our abacuses (computers), in the end, they are still just inanimate objects that will never experience qualia and consciousness the way we do.
An LCD (or preferably OLED) monitor + source running at 100fps, or even better, 200fps would mean no more flicker, super smooth video, and almost no input lag, and in the case of OLED, longer display lifetime (because less voltage is needed since the pixels' duty cycle can be higher). It's a win all round.
Let's all switch already. Okay, recorded video data will be 2-4 times bigger, but it'll be so worth it.
I don't just work there, I get paid by Google to promote them, hence the positive overtones in my post. Okay seriously...
Firstly, I think my use of the word 'polarize' was a feeling coming across from your initial post that you used to think that companies (such as Google) were fundamentally good in some way and others generally evil, with nothing in between. And because you found that not to be true, you swing *completely* the other way and say they must all be as good as each other. I think that's what annoyed me the most, just the fact that you're saying they're all as good as each other with no room for contrast.
I'm curious what basis you have to believe that "the people in charge at Google have more 'moral' business ethics than most'
Er, it's not a very strong statement anyway being in the top 50% or even 80%. My evidence? Well, in general, us Slashdot peeps tend to praise them more than most, or at least not criticize them as harshly as many other companies. More concrete points include:
1: Their attitude towards open source / Chrome (and I'm not really a fan of open source yet). 2: How they're not doing evil things the way companies like Microsoft or Apple (yes that is a good thing for a company whose main purpose is to make money). 3: Also their relatively unobtrusive ads with their stance on popups 4: Their creativity for projects such as Google Wave and GMail. There's real dedication and a love for what they're doing, which goes beyond the short-sighted goals of short-term profit. 5: Their stance on freeing the airwaves. 6: Their efforts to store all books/information online, whilst trying to please both publishers and the public at the same.
I read your previous post again, and I'm sorry to hear that their support for certain Google app APIs is not exceptional, but one still has to look at the wider picture, especially considering the size of the company.
Or maybe something in between. Why do you need to polarize like this?
You still get good companies, and you still get bad ones, and everything in between. And I don't just mean in terms of efficiency or how much profit they make. I for one believe that the people in charge at Google have more 'moral' business ethics than most.
To be honest, I haven't used it much yet, but it does seem very snappy, and I like the way each GUI section can be assigned to different parts of the program (render window, material settings, camera view etc.).
[quote]The drawback here is you need to know what the feature is called in order to type the name.[/quote]
In that case, the app should show them all, or even better, associate many keywords with a function so that the user can type any one of them, and the function will appear. For example, zooming on a page could be associated with the words "zoom", "scale", "page", "magnify", "200%", "50%", etc. I bet GUI apps of the far future (2500) will use this method.
Sigh, when will people realise that a metadata filesystem is best too.
Before you rant further, some of the best GUIs I've seen have little in the way of customization. But because they're designed so well, it doesn't matter.
Choice is okay, but there is often a 'best' design, and it's lazy for the developers to go thinking the user should be forced to choose their own settings.
I'm guessing that whatever this patent demonstrates, the issues of energy, noise, size, and (until recently) safety, will make the technology moot anyway.
Be nice to disable/enable apps using a task manager kind of thing. Or even set percentages to determine how much CPU they gooble up. Multi-tasking can be used then without any disadvantages.
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Motorcyle riders? Actually I was thinking of basing my future game idea on a motorcycle concept like Tron or something :)
Okay, to answer your point, in the far future, the car and cycle will be replaced with something that's more useful than either of those (something that can fly too). Better is better is better.
It might sound scary, but standards really are a good thing. It would only be scary if the standard was unacceptable in some way. But in theory, I reckon it is possible to combine the best of all worlds for many cases, especially for software. I doubt even the hackiest of programmers wouldn't want memory protection in an OS these days for instance. But let's say some still do, than the software can have that option as a toggle switch somewhere.
If I'm reincarnated 200 years from now, and find a world that uses one standard OS, I'll just set out to wreck it.
How about if that OS really was great? Even better than 'Haiku great' with great security, great organization, lots of features but with minimal bloat, great responsiveness, idealized metadata filesystem, open source etc.?
And just like non-standard PC cases, memory types, PC (largely) and music keyboard layout, and the number base system (10).
Unless you weren't being sarky, but I reckon those things you mentioned will come about too.
In my opinion, Haiku should 'aim' to dominate, like Windows has. Aggresively if need be. If it is better, and everything works smoother than other OSs, then they should go for that goal, and hope to be the default OS. Otherwise, it just becomes an 'alternative' which is 'sorta better, but may not be in some ways', which sounds insipid, and unexciting.
In the end (say 200 years from now), we'll all probably be using one standard OS (or at least hope to). Choice in the initial stages is a good thing, but eventually, a single universal standard is more efficient and productive for everyone. Let's hope Haiku gets us to that point sooner.
I'll have to give it a go anyway - I've always wanted an Amiga-style OS to come to the forefront.
The database file system sounds interesting. Can you let me know how close it is to the (short-ish, readable) article here:
http://www.skytopia.com/project/articles/filesystem.html
You probably know, but a quadcore, or even a dualcore solves all that instantly.
Except I'm hardly religious at all. I'm at most what you could call agnostic. And for the record I'm completely against that hell nonsense for about 1 trillion reasons (not least the cruelty and absurdity of it).
A lot of truths science can point to. And it just so happens that topics like the soul is not one of them.
I'd like to see a robot experience getting bit by a bullet ant and actually feeling that pain, or experiencing the colour green the way we do. Robots and computers can never experience green. Ever. No really. Really really. Look up 'qualia' on Wikipedia...
"Oh but you must believe in God and christianity and stuff because you believe souls exist". Pah...
Just as well that the soul is a separate entity from the body then.
No matter how advanceed we make our abacuses (computers), in the end, they are still just inanimate objects that will never experience qualia and consciousness the way we do.
An LCD (or preferably OLED) monitor + source running at 100fps, or even better, 200fps would mean no more flicker, super smooth video, and almost no input lag, and in the case of OLED, longer display lifetime (because less voltage is needed since the pixels' duty cycle can be higher). It's a win all round.
Let's all switch already. Okay, recorded video data will be 2-4 times bigger, but it'll be so worth it.
I was only joking - hence the "Okay seriously..." part.
I don't just work there, I get paid by Google to promote them, hence the positive overtones in my post. Okay seriously...
Firstly, I think my use of the word 'polarize' was a feeling coming across from your initial post that you used to think that companies (such as Google) were fundamentally good in some way and others generally evil, with nothing in between. And because you found that not to be true, you swing *completely* the other way and say they must all be as good as each other. I think that's what annoyed me the most, just the fact that you're saying they're all as good as each other with no room for contrast.
I'm curious what basis you have to believe that "the people in charge at Google have more 'moral' business ethics than most'
Er, it's not a very strong statement anyway being in the top 50% or even 80%. My evidence? Well, in general, us Slashdot peeps tend to praise them more than most, or at least not criticize them as harshly as many other companies. More concrete points include:
1: Their attitude towards open source / Chrome (and I'm not really a fan of open source yet).
2: How they're not doing evil things the way companies like Microsoft or Apple (yes that is a good thing for a company whose main purpose is to make money).
3: Also their relatively unobtrusive ads with their stance on popups
4: Their creativity for projects such as Google Wave and GMail. There's real dedication and a love for what they're doing, which goes beyond the short-sighted goals of short-term profit.
5: Their stance on freeing the airwaves.
6: Their efforts to store all books/information online, whilst trying to please both publishers and the public at the same.
I read your previous post again, and I'm sorry to hear that their support for certain Google app APIs is not exceptional, but one still has to look at the wider picture, especially considering the size of the company.
Wow, someone who recognizes that not all algorithms/software have an equal amount of work/insight put into them.
Or maybe something in between. Why do you need to polarize like this?
You still get good companies, and you still get bad ones, and everything in between. And I don't just mean in terms of efficiency or how much profit they make. I for one believe that the people in charge at Google have more 'moral' business ethics than most.
And how about if you read my parent's post for context which said "Quicktime".
You guessed it, I'm referring to Apple's mess, not the excellent cross platform toolkit.
To be honest, I haven't used it much yet, but it does seem very snappy, and I like the way each GUI section can be assigned to different parts of the program (render window, material settings, camera view etc.).
QT is probably horrible, but check out:
Artgem, Blender, Renoise, and ZBrush... for some excellent nonstandard UIs.
[quote]The drawback here is you need to know what the feature is called in order to type the name.[/quote]
In that case, the app should show them all, or even better, associate many keywords with a function so that the user can type any one of them, and the function will appear. For example, zooming on a page could be associated with the words "zoom", "scale", "page", "magnify", "200%", "50%", etc. I bet GUI apps of the far future (2500) will use this method.
Sigh, when will people realise that a metadata filesystem is best too.
Before you rant further, some of the best GUIs I've seen have little in the way of customization. But because they're designed so well, it doesn't matter.
Choice is okay, but there is often a 'best' design, and it's lazy for the developers to go thinking the user should be forced to choose their own settings.
I'm guessing that whatever this patent demonstrates, the issues of energy, noise, size, and (until recently) safety, will make the technology moot anyway.
Yeah sure that's the main problem. I think battery/power/noise/stability has more to do with it.
The control problem can be solved through use of a 3d radar thingy.
Which is why plenty of position/relative/absolute/div tests would be more useful than Acid3 imo, at least for me.
Be nice to disable/enable apps using a task manager kind of thing. Or even set percentages to determine how much CPU they gooble up. Multi-tasking can be used then without any disadvantages.
Perhaps have them running at lower clock speeds. Slightly slower clock speeds means much cooler chips afaik.
Or 3d-erize the chip?
I'm wondering how you came up with 565 and 593x instead of say 564.8 or 593.82745109200174822x
Well there's always Yafray for true GI (plugin for Blender). Haven't tried it myself yet though.