Why not go one step further? If they have a working port to OSX, would a Linux port be out of reach? Adobe had no interest in it previously, but with more special effects and graphics shops using Linux, this might be the perfect time for Adobe to start porting their software.
If Apple wants nothing to do with Adobe, and Microsoft is trying to compete with products like Silverlight, why not give some love to the Google/Linux crowd?
A full port of the CS5 suite for Linux/Ubuntu would be nice. A basic Photoshop-type app for Android/Chrome netbooks would also be very nice.
They've already completed their scanning and analysis several times over.
I suspect the problem isn't that SETI hasn't been going at this long enough, but rather that the entire assumption is that alien life would communicate in the same ways we would.
IBM was known as a typewriter company. Diversification and investing in future markets is a major reason IBM is still a major player today, even though the typewriter business is dead.
I know ARM is very efficient for low-power, small devices. But ARM has had Linux support for years. If ARM scaled up well, wouldn't we have seen ARM Linux servers by now?
I'm assuming it doesn't scale up the way Google would need it. If I'm mistaken, please enlighten me.
Google wants to make phones, netbooks and tablets. They've been investing money in coding for ARM, but it makes sense to look into producing their own chips for these devices.
McAffee may be the worst major anti-virus vendor on the planet. I never understand why they are so popular, except for that the fact that they have some name recognition.
As a Christian I thoroughly enjoyed Dogma. Kevin Smith said he got death threats over the movie. But I believe that people should have freedom of speech. I also think that if your beliefs can't stand up to question or parody, then maybe you need to get some new beliefs.
Christian fundamentalists threatening people over Last Temptation of Christ, Dogma, etc. all made the news. It isn't beyond reason that if the South Park creators were threatened by Christians it would have made the news. Though the possibility does exist it happened and no one talked about it.
I don't watch South Park, though I have seen some first season episodes. I specifically remember some touchy Jewish jokes early on. I do recall reading in the news that Isaac Hayes (Chef) left the show when they made fun of Scientology, which he said should be off limits, despite the fact that he was fine mocking other religions.
This is a show that prides itself on constantly pushing the envelope and making fun of taboo subjects.
People need to realize it. If you don't like it, or you are offended by it, then don't watch it.
I believe both Ultima III Exodus and Ultima IV Quest of the Avatar both made it to the NES. Ultima VII (maybe my favorite game of all time) was ported to the SNES pretty poorly.
Richard Garriot said that EA demanded the entire U9 team move over to focus on UO, and then nearly 3 years into development, EA demanded they basically scrap the whole game to focus on a new 3D engine and start from scratch.
That being said, EA owns Bioware, perhaps the best RPG shop today. Richard Garriot isn't working for NC Soft anymore. Can bridges be mended? Most people today have heard the name Ultima, but they've never played the old Ultima games. The original trilogy was all over the place to begin with. Hobbits and such just disappeared from existence.
Why not reboot the Ultima franchise? No new worlds. No samurai. Just do Sosaria properly in an engine like Oblivion or Dragon Age.
There is a funny thing about definitions. There are more than one.
Your car has a computer in it, but people wouldn't equate it with a PC.
The key to this debate is understanding that we're discussing the equivalent of a personal computer.
The iPad (not Ipad) also fails the basic Wikipedia definition you cited. Since you can't manage files on the device, it doesn't store nor manipulate data in the way users would expect. Nor does it provide output in a useful format.
Instead of trying to block the delivery mechanism, I find a filter list and HOSTS file to block the ad serving domains is the best approach.
The problem is that ads pay for content. I like content. We just need more companies using less intrustive ads (such as Google's text ads) and I wouldn't feel the need to block them.
I expect a minimum of 20 more iPhone stories before the iPhone 4/HD/Whatever comes out in June. I say this as an iPhone owner. We're going a little overboard here.
Firefox and Safari and Chrome seem to be meeting in the middle in a basic design with one entry field and very few buttons. Whether tabs are on the bottom or top, people want a streamlined experience.
As for the rest, well I remember in 1996 when people were suggested VRML and 3D web was the next big thing. I imagine the web is largely going to look the same in 5 years except for ads. Pop-ups, pop-unders, peel-away ads and such will be joined by even more annoying ads of the future. Thankfully I block all of them.
The wifi model doesn't use a cell phone network. The 3G model uses AT&T, but I believe you can go month to month with it, because AT&T isn't subsidizing the cost.
A timeclock is often a computer as far as hardware goes. If I went up to your grandma and gave her a timeclock and told her it was a replacement for her computer/laptop, she wouldn't appreciate it very much.
A computer in the common sense is a combination of hardware and software. The iPad's limitations in both hardware and software keep it from being considered a computer.
That being said, I'd buy one at $200, just not $500.
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Everytime someone complains that Flash is terrible on Linux, I have to remind people that Flash is just terrible on every platform.
Why not go one step further? If they have a working port to OSX, would a Linux port be out of reach? Adobe had no interest in it previously, but with more special effects and graphics shops using Linux, this might be the perfect time for Adobe to start porting their software.
If Apple wants nothing to do with Adobe, and Microsoft is trying to compete with products like Silverlight, why not give some love to the Google/Linux crowd?
A full port of the CS5 suite for Linux/Ubuntu would be nice. A basic Photoshop-type app for Android/Chrome netbooks would also be very nice.
They've already completed their scanning and analysis several times over.
I suspect the problem isn't that SETI hasn't been going at this long enough, but rather that the entire assumption is that alien life would communicate in the same ways we would.
http://www.xkcd.com/638/
While contact with a spare-faring alien species might be very beneficial, I'd rather donate my spare cycles to protein folding personally.
Going back to my question, if this was feasible, why hasn't it been done before?
IBM was known as a typewriter company. Diversification and investing in future markets is a major reason IBM is still a major player today, even though the typewriter business is dead.
I know ARM is very efficient for low-power, small devices. But ARM has had Linux support for years. If ARM scaled up well, wouldn't we have seen ARM Linux servers by now?
I'm assuming it doesn't scale up the way Google would need it. If I'm mistaken, please enlighten me.
Google wants to make phones, netbooks and tablets. They've been investing money in coding for ARM, but it makes sense to look into producing their own chips for these devices.
Even better, use an alternative PDF reader like Foxit or Sumo. Acrobat Reader is just riddled with security vulnerabilities.
McAffee may be the worst major anti-virus vendor on the planet. I never understand why they are so popular, except for that the fact that they have some name recognition.
Nipples are far worse than depictions of brutal murder. Don't argue with the MPAA.
They also censor artists who criticize Walmart.
The parent posts were bidden for me at the time. Moderation seems to have changed all that.
As a Christian I thoroughly enjoyed Dogma. Kevin Smith said he got death threats over the movie. But I believe that people should have freedom of speech. I also think that if your beliefs can't stand up to question or parody, then maybe you need to get some new beliefs.
Neither the summary nor the headline suggest this represents the entire Muslim world. Both make it clear this is a select group of extremists.
Why are you inventing fictions?
Christian fundamentalists threatening people over Last Temptation of Christ, Dogma, etc. all made the news. It isn't beyond reason that if the South Park creators were threatened by Christians it would have made the news. Though the possibility does exist it happened and no one talked about it.
I don't watch South Park, though I have seen some first season episodes. I specifically remember some touchy Jewish jokes early on. I do recall reading in the news that Isaac Hayes (Chef) left the show when they made fun of Scientology, which he said should be off limits, despite the fact that he was fine mocking other religions.
This is a show that prides itself on constantly pushing the envelope and making fun of taboo subjects.
People need to realize it. If you don't like it, or you are offended by it, then don't watch it.
I believe both Ultima III Exodus and Ultima IV Quest of the Avatar both made it to the NES. Ultima VII (maybe my favorite game of all time) was ported to the SNES pretty poorly.
Richard Garriot said that EA demanded the entire U9 team move over to focus on UO, and then nearly 3 years into development, EA demanded they basically scrap the whole game to focus on a new 3D engine and start from scratch.
That being said, EA owns Bioware, perhaps the best RPG shop today. Richard Garriot isn't working for NC Soft anymore. Can bridges be mended? Most people today have heard the name Ultima, but they've never played the old Ultima games. The original trilogy was all over the place to begin with. Hobbits and such just disappeared from existence.
Why not reboot the Ultima franchise? No new worlds. No samurai. Just do Sosaria properly in an engine like Oblivion or Dragon Age.
There is a funny thing about definitions. There are more than one.
Your car has a computer in it, but people wouldn't equate it with a PC.
The key to this debate is understanding that we're discussing the equivalent of a personal computer.
The iPad (not Ipad) also fails the basic Wikipedia definition you cited. Since you can't manage files on the device, it doesn't store nor manipulate data in the way users would expect. Nor does it provide output in a useful format.
Instead of trying to block the delivery mechanism, I find a filter list and HOSTS file to block the ad serving domains is the best approach.
The problem is that ads pay for content. I like content. We just need more companies using less intrustive ads (such as Google's text ads) and I wouldn't feel the need to block them.
I expect a minimum of 20 more iPhone stories before the iPhone 4/HD/Whatever comes out in June. I say this as an iPhone owner. We're going a little overboard here.
Firefox and Safari and Chrome seem to be meeting in the middle in a basic design with one entry field and very few buttons. Whether tabs are on the bottom or top, people want a streamlined experience.
As for the rest, well I remember in 1996 when people were suggested VRML and 3D web was the next big thing. I imagine the web is largely going to look the same in 5 years except for ads. Pop-ups, pop-unders, peel-away ads and such will be joined by even more annoying ads of the future. Thankfully I block all of them.
The wifi model doesn't use a cell phone network. The 3G model uses AT&T, but I believe you can go month to month with it, because AT&T isn't subsidizing the cost.
They were willing to throw away bad ideas, but kept the name iPad? What names did they throw away that were worse? iColonoscopyBag?
A timeclock is often a computer as far as hardware goes. If I went up to your grandma and gave her a timeclock and told her it was a replacement for her computer/laptop, she wouldn't appreciate it very much.
A computer in the common sense is a combination of hardware and software. The iPad's limitations in both hardware and software keep it from being considered a computer.
That being said, I'd buy one at $200, just not $500.