I thought they meant FF was going to be Xbox only, fortunately they're just porting FFXI to it (which makes sense becuase LIVE is admittedly very good)
I guess it would have been suicide considering that the Xbox isn't so well established in Japan.
Don't forget that Firefox isn't the only browser competing with IE - Opera, Safari, KHTML, even Seamonkey etc all count, so a 90% IE share doesn't nessecarily mean a 10% Firefox share.
While one of the cores might have to go unused, it's not outside the realms of possibility that someone could get OS X to run on this thing becuase of it's PowerPC ties.
If so, it'll be more powerful than the faster PowerMac, be around the same price and size as the MacMini, and have more USB ports to boot:D
...Windows does infact dump information on BSOD, it's just not very useful becuase it requires an MSDN subscription to get the relevant tools to analyse it:/
The "Minidump" is in C:\Windows\Minidump and is a.DMP file. It's just a dump of what was in the memory at the time, which is great for solving driver issues (if you don't mind reinstalling XP hundreds of times with only 1 driver in to see whether it was loaded into the memory at the time of the crash)
You're really gutted when it turns out it was just bad RAM after your 17th install...
The multi is locked in the upwards direction (except in the FX where you're basicly paying a lot more to have an unlocked multi) but you can move it downwards becuase of the Cool N' Quiet speed throttling for which it is needed.
This is useful as you increase the FSB frequency and decrease the multi to compensate. Your chip is running at the same speed but your whole system bus is faster so things like RAM which are on the FSB (or in this case HT) have a higher frequency as well.
Of course the muti being locked actuall adds to the overall OCing experience;) Now you have to buy fast RAM (eg DDR500 or 433 in a DDR400 system) so you can clock the FSB higher without cooking the RAM.
Actually, I think thats a photograph of WMP10 playing a video of the decoding process. The article mentions they didn't actually see it live, but were sent a video, which was presumably played in WMP.
I disagree on the point of DNA being too complex for amino acids to form. The best way to explain this is if you put an infinite number of chimps and gave them all type writers eventually over an infinite length of time one of them would reproduce a Shakespeareian play. Nothing is complex for random.
Agreed. When you say "OMG why didn't I think of that!" after seeing something it's innovative. If you say "UH why did they do that?" it's just original.
You're right, the country that did all those things probably could. Unfortunately it was called the USSR and collapsed in on itself well over a decade ago.
...But did they have to lose the single CPU starting at the low-low price? The just raised the entry price of the PowerMac line by quite a bit which is a shame because while I would like a Mac that could actually run OS X (Beige G3 tower I have lying around not really up to it) I don't wanna spend a bomb. The Mac mini is nice, but it's not really up to what I need. (Don't even suggest an all in 1 -_-)
But should you being damn annoyed about something dictate your company policy? Apple is owned by Apple's sharehoders, not Steve Jobs Inc.
If, as previously stated banning the books hurts Apple more than it hurts the publishers, and this is obvious to even us, the Slashdot crowd, who let's face it are often of limited intelligence then what he did is technically illegal becuase he isn't fulfilling his duty to the shareholders and instead furthering his personal agenda.
I agree with you, but evidently Steve Jobs doesn't. In the article he claims he knows how to "win" the operating system market.
"Innovation is the only way to win," he said.
Instead of taking my comment as an attack on Apple in general, maybe read it in the context of the article.
But for your benefit:
Apple hasn't 'won' since 1986 in any major markets, so he's not really in a position to comment.
I'm sure in your Apple Club, everyone has an iPod and downloads their music from iTunes, but in real life online digital music sales make up less than 1% total sales and mp3 players have enjoyed far less market penetration than for instance, DVD players, or cell phones which can take pictures.
Search: WinFS and Longhorn Searching was announced way before Apple announced Spotlight. Microsoft may be slow as hell, but in this case they're not copying Apple.
Scripting: I didn't know this, but I presume Apple didn't invent scripting?
Built-in-RSS support: I forgot, Apple invented RSS...
Info-Display Panel: I suppose Apple invented these either?
Integrated Instand Messaging/Video Chat: Ok, that's just stupid, MSN has had video chat since before even AIM had it (AOL Time Warner were banned from including it for a while when they merged because of fears of a monopoly)
64-Bit Support: As we discovered in http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/24/122 1214&tid=201&tid=109&tid=190&tid=218 this article's comment section, Apple was the last mainstream OS to jump on the 64bit bandwagon with Tiger. Microsoft have been offering Itanium based 64bit systems for years and Microsoft also provided 64-bit Windows NT for Sparc based systems even further back.
Mmm... well sort of. AFAIK, Tiger isn't fully 64bit. The only thing that is 64 bit in Tiger is its support for 64 memory for POSIX based apps...(Command line apps; server daemons and such)
Tigers kernel will reside in 32 bit address space so that it can still run on the G3 and G4.
XPx64 is fully 64 and as such can only run on the x64 architecture and is by no mean a patch up job.
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I guess it would have been suicide considering that the Xbox isn't so well established in Japan.
The controllers are Bluetooth, you can have up to 7 of them as opposed to the 360's 4.
..there's a spy in our midst. Someone must have warned them of our plans to Slashdot them and pulled the images.
Don't forget that Firefox isn't the only browser competing with IE - Opera, Safari, KHTML, even Seamonkey etc all count, so a 90% IE share doesn't nessecarily mean a 10% Firefox share.
With a name like Murphy he's clearly working for the IRA!
If so, it'll be more powerful than the faster PowerMac, be around the same price and size as the MacMini, and have more USB ports to boot :D
The "Minidump" is in C:\Windows\Minidump and is a .DMP file. It's just a dump of what was in the memory at the time, which is great for solving driver issues (if you don't mind reinstalling XP hundreds of times with only 1 driver in to see whether it was loaded into the memory at the time of the crash)
You're really gutted when it turns out it was just bad RAM after your 17th install...
Whereas the ever-proactive Americans fight valiently against the PATRIOT act...
Linux would be booted via a Memory Stick DUO, which the PSP can read. Even better ;) (IMO)
This is useful as you increase the FSB frequency and decrease the multi to compensate. Your chip is running at the same speed but your whole system bus is faster so things like RAM which are on the FSB (or in this case HT) have a higher frequency as well.
Of course the muti being locked actuall adds to the overall OCing experience ;) Now you have to buy fast RAM (eg DDR500 or 433 in a DDR400 system) so you can clock the FSB higher without cooking the RAM.
Actually, I think thats a photograph of WMP10 playing a video of the decoding process. The article mentions they didn't actually see it live, but were sent a video, which was presumably played in WMP.
I disagree on the point of DNA being too complex for amino acids to form. The best way to explain this is if you put an infinite number of chimps and gave them all type writers eventually over an infinite length of time one of them would reproduce a Shakespeareian play. Nothing is complex for random.
But external HDs are certainly included (how would an EU politician be able to distinguish between tiny USB 5GB HD and a 256mb USB Memory stick.
If the 5GB HD USB HD is included then this would also be included, as it's external.
http://uk.insight.com/apps/productpresentation/ind ex.php?product_id=LCE300944E&src=FRO1
I have a sneaking suspicion that we're not gonna be seeing many data backup companies based in the Netherlands.
Agreed. When you say "OMG why didn't I think of that!" after seeing something it's innovative. If you say "UH why did they do that?" it's just original.
You're right, the country that did all those things probably could. Unfortunately it was called the USSR and collapsed in on itself well over a decade ago.
:o that's weird I swear it wasnt there when I looked before _ I insist on a conspiracy. Beige G3 is running Linux for PPC :D New Mac would be for OS X.
...But did they have to lose the single CPU starting at the low-low price? The just raised the entry price of the PowerMac line by quite a bit which is a shame because while I would like a Mac that could actually run OS X (Beige G3 tower I have lying around not really up to it) I don't wanna spend a bomb. The Mac mini is nice, but it's not really up to what I need. (Don't even suggest an all in 1 -_-)
If, as previously stated banning the books hurts Apple more than it hurts the publishers, and this is obvious to even us, the Slashdot crowd, who let's face it are often of limited intelligence then what he did is technically illegal becuase he isn't fulfilling his duty to the shareholders and instead furthering his personal agenda.
I agree with you, but evidently Steve Jobs doesn't. In the article he claims he knows how to "win" the operating system market. "Innovation is the only way to win," he said.
Instead of taking my comment as an attack on Apple in general, maybe read it in the context of the article. But for your benefit: Apple hasn't 'won' since 1986 in any major markets, so he's not really in a position to comment. I'm sure in your Apple Club, everyone has an iPod and downloads their music from iTunes, but in real life online digital music sales make up less than 1% total sales and mp3 players have enjoyed far less market penetration than for instance, DVD players, or cell phones which can take pictures.
Apple haven't "won" since 1986, I don't think he's really in a position to comment.
Scripting: I didn't know this, but I presume Apple didn't invent scripting?
Built-in-RSS support: I forgot, Apple invented RSS...
Info-Display Panel: I suppose Apple invented these either?
Integrated Instand Messaging/Video Chat: Ok, that's just stupid, MSN has had video chat since before even AIM had it (AOL Time Warner were banned from including it for a while when they merged because of fears of a monopoly)
64-Bit Support: As we discovered in http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/24/122 1214&tid=201&tid=109&tid=190&tid=218 this article's comment section, Apple was the last mainstream OS to jump on the 64bit bandwagon with Tiger. Microsoft have been offering Itanium based 64bit systems for years and Microsoft also provided 64-bit Windows NT for Sparc based systems even further back.
Mmm... well sort of. AFAIK, Tiger isn't fully 64bit. The only thing that is 64 bit in Tiger is its support for 64 memory for POSIX based apps...(Command line apps; server daemons and such) Tigers kernel will reside in 32 bit address space so that it can still run on the G3 and G4. XPx64 is fully 64 and as such can only run on the x64 architecture and is by no mean a patch up job.
I'd take that Sony VAIO clip over an iPod shuffle any day ;) It looks miniscule...
People are clearly losing interest in CS because CS:Source is out and the hardware capable of playing it has reached afforable levels.