"There has grown in the minds of certain groups in this country the idea that just because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with guaranteeing such a profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is supported by neither statute or common law. Neither corporations or individuals have the right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back."
I still think the system used by PowerVR was the best. You have your desktop graphics and the 3D is overlayed on top of it. The video card has no external connector. It makes your 3D card cheaper and to some extent it frees you from buggy drivers (your desktop graphics are unaffected if the 3D card crashes). You could save power by turning it off when not needed. You can even pull the 3D card out if it dies and still be able to use the machine.
I think we'd all be better off these days if that sort of arrangement had become standard.
I'm sure the apology makes him feel much better. He's probably celebrating right now.
Weirdly enough the article seems to have skipped the bit about where the lawbreakers are being processed by the law along with the return of his property and some restitution for his losses. I'm sure it's happening though. I mean, why wouldn't it?
Um, that's the whole point. "Technically correct" isn't what the public should be fed.
What the public needs is something they can visualize in their heads, and more importantly, compare with other things. This is why MPG fails, and why L/m^2 is a bad choice (whats wrong with "millimeters"?)
"bigger is better!"
a) People usually want to know which model consumes less. b) Is a car which consumes 20MPG twice as bad as a car which consumes 10MPG? No? So how much worse is it, exactly?
(Try answering (b) without a calculator...then ask the same question for a car which does 10GPM vs. a car which does 20GPM)
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Why do people buy expensive watches? Does that make them stupid?
Value is in the eye of the beholder.
(Unless we're talking about crap like bottled water, in which case they're stupid, yes).
Did you miss the bit in the summary about cycling saving money by making people healthier?
You're right. Sometimes it's more then twice the price.
So...? Apple can charge any price its customers are willing to pay.
Give 'em a number they can't call for free. That usually does the trick.
(I don't know how it works where you live but around here cellphones always cost money to call)
"There has grown in the minds of certain groups in this country the idea
that just because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the
public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged
with guaranteeing such a profit in the future, even in the face of changing
circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is
supported by neither statute or common law. Neither corporations or
individuals have the right to come into court and ask that the clock
of history be stopped, or turned back."
- Heinlein, Life Line, 1939
Quit being a downtown hipster and move to a nice house on a quiet street.
Expense of moving house trumps expense of decent soundproofing.
(plus soundproofing increases the resale value)
And what exactly did you do to 'insulate' the place?
Another hopelessly incomplete "Ask Slashdot" question, film at 11...
Acoustic conditioning isn't the same thing as soundproofing.
Let's hope so.
So... there's no actual sugar in it, just a carbon/sodium anode. So why call it a sugar battery? Pure asshattery of course!
Well...if you'd read the article you'd know they get the carbon from sugar.
Or is that why you post AC?
A billion dollars for a browser choice dialouge? It is beyond my comphrension how this could be considered rational or acceptable in any way.
It's proportional to the company profits. All the big number means is that Microsoft earns a lot of money.
MGMicro? They got nuthin' on Sparkfun, Evil Mad Science, etc.
Luckily none of those restrictions have applied for the last decade.
No. Voodoo used relays to take over the monitor cable. You connected your graphics card to the voodoo and the voodoo to the monitor.
Both MacOSX and Windows extensively use 3D operations for their UI, so it gets used all the time now.
Not really. They're just fancy window compositors, something even the most basic integrated graphics chip can handle these days.
I still think the system used by PowerVR was the best. You have your desktop graphics and the 3D is overlayed on top of it. The video card has no external connector. It makes your 3D card cheaper and to some extent it frees you from buggy drivers (your desktop graphics are unaffected if the 3D card crashes). You could save power by turning it off when not needed. You can even pull the 3D card out if it dies and still be able to use the machine.
I think we'd all be better off these days if that sort of arrangement had become standard.
If a family is going to buy a PC, what difference is it to MS whether it's Windows 7 or Windows 8.
People only upgrade when they see a number in the store which bigger than the number they have at home.
If everything in the store says "Windows 7" then they lose a lot of sales.
Breadboard, a soldering iron, and a bag of transistors?
I'll be more than happy if Santa brings me a tube of ATtiny84s, a bag of LEDs and some perfboard!
I'm sure the apology makes him feel much better. He's probably celebrating right now.
Weirdly enough the article seems to have skipped the bit about where the lawbreakers are being processed by the law along with the return of his property and some restitution for his losses. I'm sure it's happening though. I mean, why wouldn't it?
Simple: Xmas is only 3 months away.
I rarely see a magazine on those racks that I want to browse. But sometimes I do and read something new to me.
Try accessing this site from your "closed" device: http://www.gutenberg.org/
tehcnically L/m^2 is the correct unit
Um, that's the whole point. "Technically correct" isn't what the public should be fed.
What the public needs is something they can visualize in their heads, and more importantly, compare with other things. This is why MPG fails, and why L/m^2 is a bad choice (whats wrong with "millimeters"?)
"bigger is better!"
a) People usually want to know which model consumes less.
b) Is a car which consumes 20MPG twice as bad as a car which consumes 10MPG? No? So how much worse is it, exactly?
(Try answering (b) without a calculator...then ask the same question for a car which does 10GPM vs. a car which does 20GPM)
Which alternative would you prefer?
One that's easy for everyday people to visualize in their heads.
Like "millimeters".
Why not just say "millimeters"?
That's weird, iddn't it? It was a lot easier to find porn before Google came along.
Does Google have an "unsafe search" option?
Because it should.