Remember the state of the art in speech recognition? From what I've gathered, reading lips is a lot harder than listening to a person talk. So does this have any chances of working with the technology that we have today?
This reminds me of the "profiles" of school-age mass-murderers: They're always described as loners and introverts who don't get along with others in their school. In other words, just like all the nerds who get pounded on by the jocks and snubbed by the cheerleaders and queen-bees and react by withdrawing from contact with the "beautiful people" cliques. And every time one of these "studies" come out the administrators (generally former "beautiful people" themselves) dump on the nerds and side with the jocks that much more...
I'm guessing people who really liked school (not just the social life) become school administrators. And surprisingly people who like school tend to be the introverted nerds, not the "beautiful people".
Let's compare this device to the N95, which is also coming to market soon.
D-Link | Nokia
2-inch, 176 x 220 | 2.6 inch, 320 x 240
No camera | 5 mpixel camera (although this seems to be a negative side for slashdot readers)
GSM | UMTS (Means actually usable speeds for data connections)
24 MB | 160 MB embedded (both extendable)
In addition, the Nokia device has bluetooth, GPS(!), a real connector for headphones, tv-out etc.
Prepare to salivate, if you are willing to buy crappy D-Link hardware (do you really consider D-Link to be a premium supplier of hw?) just because it runs Linux.
I don't know about the job market around where you live, but around here the job ads list an insane list of requirements. However, many of the positions are filled with guys holding little or no experience, based solely on them having a friend already working in the company. And most of the glorified positions with huge requirements turn out to be very simple just-keep-that-bench-warm jobs.
It's a well known fact that the sum of ones knowledge in pedagogy and whatever the subject they're teaching is constant. Hence, the more someone knows about their field of speciality, the worse teachers they are.
6600 is an underpowered POS by todays standards. There simply isn't enough ram to fit the browser, nor enough raw cpu power to make it usable. And the screen resolution is halved in both directions, so no sharp text rendering either.
On E60 it's a very pleasant experience, beats Opera on my old N90 hands down.
If none of the sodas taste good, have you considered changing to pure water? I might sound like a health nut, but you really can do without all the additives. Thirsty? Drink a pint of cold water, works really well. Not thirsty? Just don't drink anything. And without anything to drink, snacking becomes difficult. Another big step towards a healthier life:-)
The labour market works fine. There is a shortage of IT-people in USA, so people all around the world are taking studies in CS. The workers on US construction sites make much more than people south of border, so they migrate north for a higher quality of living. This is the free job market, and it'll only keep expanding in the future. At this point it looks like the borders for working in another country are all falling down and the question of why should you be payed 3 times the amount someone else is payed just because you were born in a different place becomes very important.
Wanna compete instead of whining? Offer better value (studying instead of partying in the uni) or a smaller price.
Disclaimer: I'm a white western male, I was quite lazy at the uni and I thank god that I've got a nice job without fear of outsourcing.
Me, I just commit my code to whatever platforms repo (eg. php) I'm coding on. Soon, my functions are available on every machine that has a recent version of said platform!
But Cedega works fine for me. Most of the problems on this thread seem to indicate bad drivers *cough*ati*cough* and there's nothing Transgaming can do to help you. Why Linux drivers aren't always good and why they are sometimes a pain in the arse to configure *cough*fglrxconfig*cough* is a matter we should be discussing next.
-Lauri
So, what they're saying is that there is a virus that either reduces the energy consumption of the human body or increases the efficiency of the matter-fat transformation?
As for the last few million years this virus would have been a lifesaver, how come not everyone has it? These "problems" seem to be quite helpful for survival in the event of a harsh winter.
Has anyone else noticed that no matter how early you wake up, you still arrive at the office at 10am. Everything seems to take exponentially longer when I wake up earlier, eg. shower at 7am takes 25 minutes, shower at 9am takes 5 minutes.
Just as every task slows down as you get more and more intoxicated!
No, it's a strange countryyou live in! Most of the world doesn't think seeing naked people scars the young mind. Or that murder is a-ok to show to children.
But on the other hand, it's only a matter of time before americans will ban both childbirth and nursing, as they expose children to breasts and female genitalia.
In many places the "telephone people" do both sales and first line "You need to have electricity in order for your television to operate. Just plug it in you moron" support. So when they're not talking a support call, they're making sales calls.
In other words, there would be no gain from the callbacks, just increased time used in employee-waiting-for customer mode instead of the much more profitable customer-waiting-for-emplyee mode. The companies much prefer customers having to wait in line for a few minutes to employees *audible gasp* having little breaks between calls every now and then.
It can easily be done with intel processors. It can't be easily done with ibm pc (from the 80's) legacy crap.. Apple is not going PC, they're just going x86 instruction set and intel processors.
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Remember the state of the art in speech recognition? From what I've gathered, reading lips is a lot harder than listening to a person talk. So does this have any chances of working with the technology that we have today?
You really need to pay Finland a visit to understand Linus and Linux. It fits your description of a barren wasteland perfectly..
So play with your friends instead. Or are they the trash-talking pre-teens?
This may come as a shock, but 5/8 cm does indeed equal 2 * 5/16 cm!
Let's compare this device to the N95, which is also coming to market soon.
D-Link | Nokia
2-inch, 176 x 220 | 2.6 inch, 320 x 240
No camera | 5 mpixel camera (although this seems to be a negative side for slashdot readers)
GSM | UMTS (Means actually usable speeds for data connections)
24 MB | 160 MB embedded (both extendable)
In addition, the Nokia device has bluetooth, GPS(!), a real connector for headphones, tv-out etc. Prepare to salivate, if you are willing to buy crappy D-Link hardware (do you really consider D-Link to be a premium supplier of hw?) just because it runs Linux.
Both Linux and Nokia S60 are from Finland! Quite a feat for a country with less population than New York..
I don't know about the job market around where you live, but around here the job ads list an insane list of requirements. However, many of the positions are filled with guys holding little or no experience, based solely on them having a friend already working in the company. And most of the glorified positions with huge requirements turn out to be very simple just-keep-that-bench-warm jobs.
It's a well known fact that the sum of ones knowledge in pedagogy and whatever the subject they're teaching is constant. Hence, the more someone knows about their field of speciality, the worse teachers they are.
What's so ridiculous about it? I think the MPG of the bigger SUVs is a lot more ridiculous..
On E60 it's a very pleasant experience, beats Opera on my old N90 hands down.
Unless, of course, you are declared a terrorist.
If none of the sodas taste good, have you considered changing to pure water? I might sound like a health nut, but you really can do without all the additives. Thirsty? Drink a pint of cold water, works really well. Not thirsty? Just don't drink anything. And without anything to drink, snacking becomes difficult. Another big step towards a healthier life :-)
But laptop heat is a major threat to male fertility. See this article for more details.
"Linux grew by 27.1% in China in 2005" That's quite a speed to gain weight. Maybe Tux should start smoking?
Wanna compete instead of whining? Offer better value (studying instead of partying in the uni) or a smaller price.
Disclaimer: I'm a white western male, I was quite lazy at the uni and I thank god that I've got a nice job without fear of outsourcing.
Well, the Nokia N90 does all the same things _and_ also pivots, twists and folds more than my humble mind can comprehend.
Me, I just commit my code to whatever platforms repo (eg. php) I'm coding on. Soon, my functions are available on every machine that has a recent version of said platform!
But Cedega works fine for me. Most of the problems on this thread seem to indicate bad drivers *cough*ati*cough* and there's nothing Transgaming can do to help you. Why Linux drivers aren't always good and why they are sometimes a pain in the arse to configure *cough*fglrxconfig*cough* is a matter we should be discussing next. -Lauri
Fortunately we can implant small magnets under our skin to regain something similar! See bmezine for details: http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20040226.html
So, what they're saying is that there is a virus that either reduces the energy consumption of the human body or increases the efficiency of the matter-fat transformation? As for the last few million years this virus would have been a lifesaver, how come not everyone has it? These "problems" seem to be quite helpful for survival in the event of a harsh winter.
Has anyone else noticed that no matter how early you wake up, you still arrive at the office at 10am. Everything seems to take exponentially longer when I wake up earlier, eg. shower at 7am takes 25 minutes, shower at 9am takes 5 minutes. Just as every task slows down as you get more and more intoxicated!
No, it's a strange country you live in! Most of the world doesn't think seeing naked people scars the young mind. Or that murder is a-ok to show to children.
But on the other hand, it's only a matter of time before americans will ban both childbirth and nursing, as they expose children to breasts and female genitalia.
In many places the "telephone people" do both sales and first line "You need to have electricity in order for your television to operate. Just plug it in you moron" support. So when they're not talking a support call, they're making sales calls. In other words, there would be no gain from the callbacks, just increased time used in employee-waiting-for customer mode instead of the much more profitable customer-waiting-for-emplyee mode. The companies much prefer customers having to wait in line for a few minutes to employees *audible gasp* having little breaks between calls every now and then.
It can easily be done with intel processors. It can't be easily done with ibm pc (from the 80's) legacy crap.. Apple is not going PC, they're just going x86 instruction set and intel processors.