Or to put it a different way, with hardware costs constantly dropping, general purpose computing is gradually being replaced by special purpose computing -- which still means Apple computers should be losing market share. Interestingly, Linux is actually running under the covers in millions of phones, routers, even digital projectors. But Linux's desktop usage should be shrinking as well, if it is true that "Desktop PCs are starting to become a dying market". I think it is more accurate to say that desktop PCs have become a mature market, laptops are rapidly becoming a mature market, and PDA/phones are a market still in it's infancy.
now you can buy cheep PC Hardware with Free Software and be ahead of the price curve And yet Apple is still using closed source software to leverage the sale of expensive hardware -- and exceeding Microsoft's market cap in the process! Perhaps perceived price/performance is more important than absolute cost.
In California, you cannot be arrested for resisting arrest -- there has to be some other crime for which you are being arrested before they can charge you with resisting. However, if you object to anything the police do, you are generally charged with "disturbing the peace" or "obstructing a police officer".
You also need more memory than the G1 has to run Froyo. Seriously, what good does Flash support do on a machine without enough memory to run flash apps anyway?
Has anybody informed these geniuses that the majority of "shrinkage" in the average retail shop comes not from shoplifting, but rather from employee theft?
Hannibal Lecter is no wine connoisseur -- just because he chooses to serve it with a nice chianti doesn't necessarily make it "red meat". Try googling "Human white meat" -- there appears to be considerable debate on the subject, but human has long been compared to pork and referred to as "long pig".
On the other hand, when you realize your attraction for someone of the opposite sex is based on hormones, pheromones, and your subconscious calculation that your genetics mixed with theirs would generate offspring with a better chance of longterm viability, it does take some of the mystery and excitement out of your irrational longing for their booty...
SPAM is a contraction of SPiced hAM; what is the acronym for Canned Unicorn Meat? Have they considered changing the slogan to "Enjoy some tasty CUM today!"?
However, the fact that their API is poorly designed is no excuse to whine about licensing provisions; that time could be better spent fixing the problem. If universal interoperability is a goal, they are going to need to support plugins.
If you're going to do that, might as well just put an FPGA in the PC and have it dynamically reprogram it to accelerate whatever task it is doing at the time...
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Here's a high-res picture of the cave interior
The opening is estimated to be 620 feet by 520 feet and the hole to be at least 380 feet deep. Wow! That beats even goatse!
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Does a 50-year old man wanting to get invited over to this kid's house to play sound at all creepy to you?
Does the fort come complete with a Jar Jar Binks punching bag? 'Cause that would make it perfect!
They should try to dig up Alec Guinness as well.
Or to put it a different way, with hardware costs constantly dropping, general purpose computing is gradually being replaced by special purpose computing -- which still means Apple computers should be losing market share. Interestingly, Linux is actually running under the covers in millions of phones, routers, even digital projectors. But Linux's desktop usage should be shrinking as well, if it is true that "Desktop PCs are starting to become a dying market". I think it is more accurate to say that desktop PCs have become a mature market, laptops are rapidly becoming a mature market, and PDA/phones are a market still in it's infancy.
now you can buy cheep PC Hardware with Free Software and be ahead of the price curve And yet Apple is still using closed source software to leverage the sale of expensive hardware -- and exceeding Microsoft's market cap in the process! Perhaps perceived price/performance is more important than absolute cost.
Communism is a system of man's exploitation by man, whereas in Capitalism, it is the other way around!
In California, you cannot be arrested for resisting arrest -- there has to be some other crime for which you are being arrested before they can charge you with resisting. However, if you object to anything the police do, you are generally charged with "disturbing the peace" or "obstructing a police officer".
You also need more memory than the G1 has to run Froyo. Seriously, what good does Flash support do on a machine without enough memory to run flash apps anyway?
Never, under any circumstances, visit Sullivan Island, South Carolina!
Has anybody informed these geniuses that the majority of "shrinkage" in the average retail shop comes not from shoplifting, but rather from employee theft?
They need to add a new /. achievement, for posts that come back from a "-1 flamebait" to a "+5 funny" For Teh Win!
Hannibal Lecter is no wine connoisseur -- just because he chooses to serve it with a nice chianti doesn't necessarily make it "red meat". Try googling "Human white meat" -- there appears to be considerable debate on the subject, but human has long been compared to pork and referred to as "long pig".
So what are they planning on replacing "Pork: The other white meat" with?
Pork: Hardly anybody gets Trichinosis these days!
Pork: Now with Bacon!
Pork: You know you love to do it!
Pork: If you were a Christian, you could be eating it now!
On the other hand, when you realize your attraction for someone of the opposite sex is based on hormones, pheromones, and your subconscious calculation that your genetics mixed with theirs would generate offspring with a better chance of longterm viability, it does take some of the mystery and excitement out of your irrational longing for their booty...
I can't see anything at all gay about naming a parody of SPAM "Canned Unicorn Meat"!
How many people has the California Milk Processor Board sued for the literally hundreds of infringements of their "Got ____?" Trademark?
Soylent Green: the other other white meat!
SPAM is a contraction of SPiced hAM; what is the acronym for Canned Unicorn Meat? Have they considered changing the slogan to "Enjoy some tasty CUM today!"?
No, I didn't read the article.
However, the fact that their API is poorly designed is no excuse to whine about licensing provisions; that time could be better spent fixing the problem. If universal interoperability is a goal, they are going to need to support plugins.
I tried googling GATTACA, but I couldn't find any genomes in the results...
Make it a separately installed "plug-in". What's the problem? Do the same with any other module of questionable legality.
Does the database also include MD5 checksums for each of the genomes, to make sure they don't get corrupted?
If you're going to do that, might as well just put an FPGA in the PC and have it dynamically reprogram it to accelerate whatever task it is doing at the time...