Ars is making a HUGE deal out of this resolution nonsense, and I don't know why:
Almost every TV on the market can scale down from higher resolutions (or from interlaced to progressive and vice versa) to its native resolution and refresh rate with (in my opinion) no visual effect. Most cable HD comes in 1080i as well and I don't hear the conspiracy theorists talking about that.
Remember the hissy fit google had when MSFT made Live the default search in IE7? Now THAT is the same thing.
Of course, I have no problem with anything that MSFT or GOOG does as long as they don't actively hurt me (steal my intellectual property, kill my first born, etc). The structure of their business is... well, their business.
In a free market, global economy, you can't hold on to a monopoly without government (ie, barrel of a gun force) help, especially in media and technology.
Great, a random judge (who was later removed from the case by the court of appeals) decided arbitrarily that MSFT had broken a law written in 1890.
Monopolies can't exist in this post-modern global economy. Those of you who want the government to save us all from Microsoft forget that OS X and Linux exist (even as you struggle to run them on your own systems with your dual boots and/etc folders).
The reasons that OS X and Linux have not overtaken Windows are many, and most of these reasons aren't related to monopolistic practices.
Stop looking for handouts and beat MSFT the old fashioned way.
You are a moron. It's capitalism that gave us the great FX platform and it's capitalism that's giving us the Core Duo. It will be capitalism that gives us the next round of good processors.
ASP.NET does not natively do what GWT does. In GWT, you write code in Java and it is converted into JavaScript for the client side. Yes, every AJAX applications will still rely on servlets and yes many of your pages will be rendered on the server: this is where it's similar to ASP.NET. The key is that you don't have to write ANY code in JavaScript unless you need functionality outside the GWT. In fact, they have a very neat interface for "native" JavaScript as well.
In ASP.NET you have to write all your JavaScript in.. well, JavaScript or JScript as MS calls it, which is probably a better name anyway since JavaScript and Java have not very much in common.
GWT is new.
It is a great idea, and it's already been copied in the MS environment, which is good.
Or there could be something wrong with the transmitter. It could have been dumping out Ghz frequencies at 200W because of some sort of malfunction (pure speculation).
So, the fastest LCDs in terms of refresh rate are those that have 12ns or ~83 Hz refresh rate, most are still in the 60 to 70 Hz range.
Even so, 91 fps on one game might be overkill, but the hack could also mean that you have the horsepower to push out 30fps in a more complicated game that would otherwise be unplayable.
Java applets are "better" just as a native thick client application is "better".
It's about the right tool for the job.
AJAX is actually quite nice until its snappy, light-weight nature is bloated away. Then it's time to refactor into a java applet. If that gets too gross, then it's time to refactor into a java application or a native app.
I am actually quite happy with most of my ajax applications:
-gmail -gtalk inside gmail -google maps -digg
All of these sites are much improved because of their use of AJAX. They're quick to download because it's all text, and they have really responsive interfaces where I'm not thinking "WAIT A MINUTE THIS IS AJAX!" But rather, "this is a nice interface. I wonder how they did that.. oh, AJAX".
There are definitely out of control ajax apps that shoot your firefox memory up to 200M faster than its built in "feature" of a memory leak, sure. Those apps will die, but ajax won't.
It's amazing how everyone on this site is so anti-corporation and pro-european style government.
How can you trust something with an abundace of power to apply compulsary rules to anything more than something whose only power is to offer you a product?
Sure, I'm not saying to just cut public housing and leave the rest of the government alone.
I think we should spend more money on education than we do on medicare (ie, more money on children than old people: the richest age group), cut taxes so that people can spend more money on employees, lower the minimum wage to create more entry level jobs and cut property taxes to reduce rent and the overall cost of living.
The means by which we fund social programs are what cause them to exist in the first place. That and we have our priorities out of whack when it comes to old vs young and government spending.
"The difficulty is that corporations are good at manipulating people."
So is a government with its police and military.
Corporations cannot maintain complete dominance. When standard oil was broken up, its dominance was already on the decline to global competitors.
I don't think anyone would argue that breaking up ATT resulted in better service for consumers: it was innovation from copetitors. Innovation that would not have been affected had ATT remained whole. ATT could have done nothing to stop cablevision from offering phone service. It could have done nothing to stop wireless carriers from offering near DSL speed.
and on, and on.
Russia built a wall to maintain its copetitive advantage.
If you had a government that didn't have so much power to spend, it would not have so much corruption (why do you think the value of the real estate on K street in DC is directly proportional to the size of government?) and would not be able to bestown inequitable preference to any member or group.
But corporations succeed only by offering competitive advantage. There is no such thing as a monopoly in a global economy, except governments.
Fearing a corporation is about as ridiculous as fearing your paper boy. They only exist if you want them to.
Government on the other hand exists regardless of your preference or need. As Einstein said, "government, like fire, is a useful too and a dangerous master."
How can you have freedom of religion if you don't have enough money to donate to your church?
How can you have freedom of press if you can't buy printing presses, web servers, etc.
Freedom doesn't exist without personal property. If the government owns everything, you can only operate inside its sandbox, which is a pretty infantile version of freedom.
Of course socialism doesn't truly protect the most important of all rights: the right to earn and keep property.
You can't do a whole lot if you're taxed at 50-60% except hope that some of that money is redistributed to you in a fair way. Fair is subjective, "mine" isn't.
You really have to be careful with studies like this because the biggest change in the 20th century was not an increase in greenhouse gases, it was an increase in urban / suburban land use. If they don't adjust properly for land use, the study will be way off.
That is, it's hotter in new york because buildings and roads and subways radiate heat. The WEATHER itself is not necessarily hotter.
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Ars is making a HUGE deal out of this resolution nonsense, and I don't know why:
Almost every TV on the market can scale down from higher resolutions (or from interlaced to progressive and vice versa) to its native resolution and refresh rate with (in my opinion) no visual effect. Most cable HD comes in 1080i as well and I don't hear the conspiracy theorists talking about that.
I think you meant 1.6x higher. 0.6x would be...lower. :)
Remember the hissy fit google had when MSFT made Live the default search in IE7? Now THAT is the same thing.
Of course, I have no problem with anything that MSFT or GOOG does as long as they don't actively hurt me (steal my intellectual property, kill my first born, etc). The structure of their business is... well, their business.
In a free market, global economy, you can't hold on to a monopoly without government (ie, barrel of a gun force) help, especially in media and technology.
Great, a random judge (who was later removed from the case by the court of appeals) decided arbitrarily that MSFT had broken a law written in 1890.
/etc folders).
Monopolies can't exist in this post-modern global economy. Those of you who want the government to save us all from Microsoft forget that OS X and Linux exist (even as you struggle to run them on your own systems with your dual boots and
The reasons that OS X and Linux have not overtaken Windows are many, and most of these reasons aren't related to monopolistic practices.
Stop looking for handouts and beat MSFT the old fashioned way.
I would try this one out. It's superior to all others.
You are a moron. It's capitalism that gave us the great FX platform and it's capitalism that's giving us the Core Duo. It will be capitalism that gives us the next round of good processors.
To review: you're a moron.
ASP.NET does not natively do what GWT does. In GWT, you write code in Java and it is converted into JavaScript for the client side. Yes, every AJAX applications will still rely on servlets and yes many of your pages will be rendered on the server: this is where it's similar to ASP.NET. The key is that you don't have to write ANY code in JavaScript unless you need functionality outside the GWT. In fact, they have a very neat interface for "native" JavaScript as well.
In ASP.NET you have to write all your JavaScript in.. well, JavaScript or JScript as MS calls it, which is probably a better name anyway since JavaScript and Java have not very much in common.
GWT is new.
It is a great idea, and it's already been copied in the MS environment, which is good.
Or there could be something wrong with the transmitter. It could have been dumping out Ghz frequencies at 200W because of some sort of malfunction (pure speculation).
So, the fastest LCDs in terms of refresh rate are those that have 12ns or ~83 Hz refresh rate, most are still in the 60 to 70 Hz range.
Even so, 91 fps on one game might be overkill, but the hack could also mean that you have the horsepower to push out 30fps in a more complicated game that would otherwise be unplayable.
I think it seems to work OK because it's so AJAXey. When you actually have to post back, it's miserable.
I heard they find it exceptable too!
Java applets are "better" just as a native thick client application is "better".
It's about the right tool for the job.
AJAX is actually quite nice until its snappy, light-weight nature is bloated away. Then it's time to refactor into a java applet. If that gets too gross, then it's time to refactor into a java application or a native app.
I am actually quite happy with most of my ajax applications:
-gmail
-gtalk inside gmail
-google maps
-digg
All of these sites are much improved because of their use of AJAX. They're quick to download because it's all text, and they have really responsive interfaces where I'm not thinking "WAIT A MINUTE THIS IS AJAX!" But rather, "this is a nice interface. I wonder how they did that.. oh, AJAX".
There are definitely out of control ajax apps that shoot your firefox memory up to 200M faster than its built in "feature" of a memory leak, sure. Those apps will die, but ajax won't.
It's amazing how everyone on this site is so anti-corporation and pro-european style government.
How can you trust something with an abundace of power to apply compulsary rules to anything more than something whose only power is to offer you a product?
That's called a cartel. These don't exist without government cooperation (OPEC, etc).
Sure, I'm not saying to just cut public housing and leave the rest of the government alone.
I think we should spend more money on education than we do on medicare (ie, more money on children than old people: the richest age group), cut taxes so that people can spend more money on employees, lower the minimum wage to create more entry level jobs and cut property taxes to reduce rent and the overall cost of living.
The means by which we fund social programs are what cause them to exist in the first place. That and we have our priorities out of whack when it comes to old vs young and government spending.
As long as people are provided "the right to PERSUE happiness" the government has done its job.
Note, this is very different than a right to happiness itself.
There should be no arbitrary roadblocks to success.
And if we want shortcuts (social programs), realize that they do not exist in a vacuum and that they have real cost.
And why does the mafia exist? Overregulation. They exist because of black markets created by overzealous governments.
Of course we should have strong police. Unfortunately, we spend far more on public housing than public safety.
"The difficulty is that corporations are good at manipulating people."
So is a government with its police and military.
Corporations cannot maintain complete dominance. When standard oil was broken up, its dominance was already on the decline to global competitors.
I don't think anyone would argue that breaking up ATT resulted in better service for consumers: it was innovation from copetitors. Innovation that would not have been affected had ATT remained whole. ATT could have done nothing to stop cablevision from offering phone service. It could have done nothing to stop wireless carriers from offering near DSL speed.
and on, and on.
Russia built a wall to maintain its copetitive advantage.
So you agree with me then:
The problem is government, not corporations.
If you had a government that didn't have so much power to spend, it would not have so much corruption (why do you think the value of the real estate on K street in DC is directly proportional to the size of government?) and would not be able to bestown inequitable preference to any member or group.
But corporations succeed only by offering competitive advantage. There is no such thing as a monopoly in a global economy, except governments.
Fearing a corporation is about as ridiculous as fearing your paper boy. They only exist if you want them to.
Government on the other hand exists regardless of your preference or need. As Einstein said, "government, like fire, is a useful too and a dangerous master."
A small, minimully funded government is a lot less able to violate your rights than a very well funded, gigantic government.
"We are moving to all the drawbacks of the worst communist nations with none of the supposed benefits."
The communist nations didn't have any benefits either.
Every little thing you hand off to government pointy heads is one fewer thing over which you have control. If you're ok with that, fine.
Socialism results in a bland, grey life.
"Give you too much"
Subjectivity. It was theirs to begin with, so they can give as much as they please.
Yes, let's bring the top down instead of the bottom up: equality through failure.
How can you have freedom of religion if you don't have enough money to donate to your church?
How can you have freedom of press if you can't buy printing presses, web servers, etc.
Freedom doesn't exist without personal property. If the government owns everything, you can only operate inside its sandbox, which is a pretty infantile version of freedom.
Of course socialism doesn't truly protect the most important of all rights: the right to earn and keep property.
You can't do a whole lot if you're taxed at 50-60% except hope that some of that money is redistributed to you in a fair way. Fair is subjective, "mine" isn't.
You really have to be careful with studies like this because the biggest change in the 20th century was not an increase in greenhouse gases, it was an increase in urban / suburban land use. If they don't adjust properly for land use, the study will be way off.
That is, it's hotter in new york because buildings and roads and subways radiate heat. The WEATHER itself is not necessarily hotter.