With the volume Amazon does, trust me, they aren't paying retail rates for shipping. And just like Wal-Mart, can heavily negotiate prices with their vendors.
The beams aren't squeezed right now, just centered. You have a higher probability of collisions when they're squeezed (which will be coming up shortly). It was very cool to be in the control room when the first collision took place =)
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"iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code, court documents show. The lawsuit, which was filed in October 2007, accuses Apple and AT&T of violating antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, by agreeing to a multi-year deal that locks US iPhone owners into using the mobile carrier. On Wednesday, the plaintiffs asked US District Court Judge James Ware to compel Apple to produce the source code for the iPhone 1.1.1 software, an update that Apple issued in September 2007. The update crippled iPhones that had been unlocked, or 'jailbroken,' so that they could be used with mobile providers other than AT&T. The iPhone 1.1.1 'bricked' those first-generation iPhones that had been hacked, rendering them useless and wiping all personal data from the device. The plaintiffs say that the source code is necessary to determine whether all iPhones were given the same 1.1.1 update, and whether it was designed to brick all or just some hacked iPhones."
Ditto. I wrote an app that uses a REST api to let me reboot and manage all of our equipment at our datacenters. I didn't buy the phone to buy stupid iphone-like apps.
Or you care more about functionality and apps that actually do something, not games. Locale, which takes action based on your location, is free. Weather apps are mostly free. The only apps I've looked at I might consider paying for? And RDP app and an app that lets me use the camera as a scanner to make PDFs. You don't need to buy apps when there are tons of solid apps that are free.
I'm not a god fearing man, but thank god morons like you aren't in charge. Even if it ends up that excessive CO2 doesn't cause climate runaway, I'd rather be safe than fucked. Others though aren't so bright, and don't mind trading the future for some small benefit upfront.
How about you start with real problems instead of imaginary ones? There's no problem with power consumption. Hence, no need to do anything about it.
Really? That's your argument? Why don't you head over to this information map and see just how much power in the US is generated from coal, a major emitter of CO2:
It's cheaper to save a watt of power than to generate another watt of power. So you start with making things as efficient as possible, and look at additional generation as a last resort.
Galloping increases in human fossil fuel emissions now appear to be outrunning the ability of the world's oceans to absorb them. The first year-by-year accounting of the oceans' role as a carbon sink shows that, even as they soak up record amounts, the seas are absorbing a smaller proportion of the rising total.
But hey, you have a right to chew through as much power you want with whatever inefficient device you have, consequences be damned, right?
Because I like not having to configure each mail client on each computer I use, having my entire mail history available to me through a browser, and not having to worry about backing my mail up. The notion of a local mail client is quaint.
Because I'm sure Chrome OS is going to be *much* easier to install and maintain than Linux. Not to be an asshole (I use Linux almost all the time in server environments), but Linux just isn't desktop material yet (and may never be).
I just tested Gmail, to see if your point had any water. From when I clicked Send to when the browser returned my main Gmail window took just under 2 seconds. You're saying it's unreasonable to compare that to Outlook? Bullshit.
Yeah, if you have no clue with computers (as in, have never used Linux or Windows in your life, AKA about.001% of Americans) Chrome OS might be a contender, but unless there is some tricky hardware (like as in phones) and Chrome OS is the only thing that has the drivers, why would I buy a Chrome OS netbook?
You just answered your own question, and identified the huge user group it would apply to.
Depends. Google is crazy efficient. Google for their SPDY platform their using to reduce efficiencies in the HTTP protocol for webapps. I'm fairly certain Google could pull off a great user experience on minimal bandwidth.
How quickly does gmail open for you, barring load times?
3-5 seconds, tops.
How quickly are emails sent? Have you ever seen the word "loading"?
1-2 seconds to send an email. Yes, I've seen loading before. It lasts no longer than 5-10 seconds at a time, faster than it takes to load outlook.
The answer is that loadtimes are not instant. How fast does someone else editing a google doc with you see updates? Not instant.
How long does it take to load Outlook, or load Word? Send emails in Outlook? Have it load hundreds of emails? Not instant.
There is an acceptable latency, but lots of things get around it which are also things that don't need good latency.
That's why you build your webapp to handle latency properly. I've used Gmail on an Iridium modem in the middle of the ocean. And it works. Is it snappy fast? Not like a 100Mb/s pipe. But they have all my mail stored redundantly somewhere, which I can search from anywhere with an internet connection, from any device with a web browser. Data stored remotely but cached locally during use is a natural progression for applications, now that storage and data transmission is evolving quicker.
Ever see the projects Engineers without Borders rolls out. I have friends who are rolling out wifi hotspots in parts of the world you've never even heard of, with stable backhauls. Installing windows or linux onto PCs that use these connections? Why? When you have an OS that just boots and runs over the net, with all the apps hosted remotely, it's so much easier.
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Except German scheisse videos. Cartman taught me that much.
Thanks for the clarification!
With the volume Amazon does, trust me, they aren't paying retail rates for shipping. And just like Wal-Mart, can heavily negotiate prices with their vendors.
Typo. Red = electrons. Blue = muons.
Urp. In my haste trying to get the message typed, I mistyped. Red = electrons. Blue = muons.
I believe the yellow is the beam, the red are electron emissions, and the red are muon emissions.
The beams aren't squeezed right now, just centered. You have a higher probability of collisions when they're squeezed (which will be coming up shortly). It was very cool to be in the control room when the first collision took place =)
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/11/20/2022250/iPhone-Owners-Demand-To-See-Apple-Source-Code
"iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code, court documents show. The lawsuit, which was filed in October 2007, accuses Apple and AT&T of violating antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, by agreeing to a multi-year deal that locks US iPhone owners into using the mobile carrier. On Wednesday, the plaintiffs asked US District Court Judge James Ware to compel Apple to produce the source code for the iPhone 1.1.1 software, an update that Apple issued in September 2007. The update crippled iPhones that had been unlocked, or 'jailbroken,' so that they could be used with mobile providers other than AT&T. The iPhone 1.1.1 'bricked' those first-generation iPhones that had been hacked, rendering them useless and wiping all personal data from the device. The plaintiffs say that the source code is necessary to determine whether all iPhones were given the same 1.1.1 update, and whether it was designed to brick all or just some hacked iPhones."
Ditto. I wrote an app that uses a REST api to let me reboot and manage all of our equipment at our datacenters. I didn't buy the phone to buy stupid iphone-like apps.
Or you care more about functionality and apps that actually do something, not games. Locale, which takes action based on your location, is free. Weather apps are mostly free. The only apps I've looked at I might consider paying for? And RDP app and an app that lets me use the camera as a scanner to make PDFs. You don't need to buy apps when there are tons of solid apps that are free.
I'm not a god fearing man, but thank god morons like you aren't in charge. Even if it ends up that excessive CO2 doesn't cause climate runaway, I'd rather be safe than fucked. Others though aren't so bright, and don't mind trading the future for some small benefit upfront.
How about you start with real problems instead of imaginary ones? There's no problem with power consumption. Hence, no need to do anything about it.
Really? That's your argument? Why don't you head over to this information map and see just how much power in the US is generated from coal, a major emitter of CO2:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=110997398
Spolier: Over 10 states generate over 90% of their power from coal.
It's cheaper to save a watt of power than to generate another watt of power. So you start with making things as efficient as possible, and look at additional generation as a last resort.
http://news.discovery.com/earth/carbon-dioxide-sources-outpacing-sinks.html
Galloping increases in human fossil fuel emissions now appear to be outrunning the ability of the world's oceans to absorb them. The first year-by-year accounting of the oceans' role as a carbon sink shows that, even as they soak up record amounts, the seas are absorbing a smaller proportion of the rising total.
But hey, you have a right to chew through as much power you want with whatever inefficient device you have, consequences be damned, right?
Than you make the TV more efficient, a la OLED screens.
Dropbox uses Amazon S3 on the backend as well.
Disclaimer: I'm a dropbox user.
Because I like not having to configure each mail client on each computer I use, having my entire mail history available to me through a browser, and not having to worry about backing my mail up. The notion of a local mail client is quaint.
Because I'm sure Chrome OS is going to be *much* easier to install and maintain than Linux. Not to be an asshole (I use Linux almost all the time in server environments), but Linux just isn't desktop material yet (and may never be).
I just tested Gmail, to see if your point had any water. From when I clicked Send to when the browser returned my main Gmail window took just under 2 seconds. You're saying it's unreasonable to compare that to Outlook? Bullshit.
Yeah, if you have no clue with computers (as in, have never used Linux or Windows in your life, AKA about .001% of Americans) Chrome OS might be a contender, but unless there is some tricky hardware (like as in phones) and Chrome OS is the only thing that has the drivers, why would I buy a Chrome OS netbook?
You just answered your own question, and identified the huge user group it would apply to.
Hard drive adds $60-120 to the cost of a system. That's chump change in first world countries, not so much for 3rd world countries.
Depends. Google is crazy efficient. Google for their SPDY platform their using to reduce efficiencies in the HTTP protocol for webapps. I'm fairly certain Google could pull off a great user experience on minimal bandwidth.
How quickly does gmail open for you, barring load times?
3-5 seconds, tops.
How quickly are emails sent? Have you ever seen the word "loading"?
1-2 seconds to send an email. Yes, I've seen loading before. It lasts no longer than 5-10 seconds at a time, faster than it takes to load outlook.
The answer is that loadtimes are not instant. How fast does someone else editing a google doc with you see updates? Not instant.
How long does it take to load Outlook, or load Word? Send emails in Outlook? Have it load hundreds of emails? Not instant.
There is an acceptable latency, but lots of things get around it which are also things that don't need good latency.
That's why you build your webapp to handle latency properly. I've used Gmail on an Iridium modem in the middle of the ocean. And it works. Is it snappy fast? Not like a 100Mb/s pipe. But they have all my mail stored redundantly somewhere, which I can search from anywhere with an internet connection, from any device with a web browser. Data stored remotely but cached locally during use is a natural progression for applications, now that storage and data transmission is evolving quicker.
Ever see the projects Engineers without Borders rolls out. I have friends who are rolling out wifi hotspots in parts of the world you've never even heard of, with stable backhauls. Installing windows or linux onto PCs that use these connections? Why? When you have an OS that just boots and runs over the net, with all the apps hosted remotely, it's so much easier.