As long as we have the actual engineers to write the code. In case of Intel, we are lucky to have the Intel Open Source Technology Center with heaps of professionals working on projects.
A fingertip is simply too blunt an instrument to be used for writing equations or drawing - for that you need a stylus. I would dearly have loved to have a tablet for note taking when I was in school but not if I had to do it with my fingers.
I see. It seems that this Wikipedia line had me confused:
According to Oak Ridge Associated Universities, this is not because of elevated levels of radium in the soil, but due to "the very extensive root system of the tree."[22]
The actual source indeed says:
The accumulation of the radium (and barium) is due to the very extensive root system of the tree.
So the root system is just effective in sucking in radioactive stuff.
Nope, they already excluded out many simple factors like that. Heat, light, position, etc. But I don't know if they ever came up with a definitive conclusion.
Tru dat bro. There we can see increased complexity too: in the past you were working with low-res bitmaps in Deluxe Paint, now you might be tweaking hi-poly models in Maya for days and weeks to have one animated character completed.
Do you still remember the garden cress experiment? Did that one ever get solved? Maybe there is something in the high-frequency radio waves that are detrimental to life, or only plants, or maybe only limited to garden cress. I'm not commenting on the kid's cancer case here, that's likely unrelated.
Wouldn't the complexity of doing stuff be the biggest bottleneck at some point?
Just like game programming: in the past you could code simple games in a week (or a weekend if you are a tough guy). Compare that to modern shader-based graphics programming -- you will spend the first month just finding out how to set up things to draw anything meaningful on the screen.
But so are tires useless for the rare people who want to transfer existing tires to a new car. I bet people that want to transfer an existing Windows license to a new computer are equally rare too.
So the car analogy works. Tires are an essential component of a functional car, and so is OS of a computer.
We do realize that with the absurd oversupply of CPU and GPU power in recent desktops and laptops, this delay is completely a deliberate visual artifact, and that it does not mean the available power is being taxed. But while the time of the GMA 950 and processors of 1/10 or less the power found now is past, the principle is still valid.
Actually even the crusty GMA950 is a relatively powerful GPU. It should be able to run a composited desktop with a lot of eye candy, without even breaking a sweat.
Google revived netbooks in the form of Chromebooks by ensuring that Microsoft could not sabotage them.
Chromebooks are not netbooks. Or if you are talking about 11.6"+ devices, you can still get Windows and Ubuntu laptops in that size and they work great.
Indeed, that's exactly what I like about Chromebooks: they designed an Internet-centric device but still created a real laptop and not some stupid clunky tablet.
Ahh, that was a classic Anonymous Angry Coward post. I have to light up the fireplace, sit down on a large leather recliner and have a glass of VSOP while reading your stylistic comment again. The words "I'm amazed you even manage to breath on your own" really give it a touching ending. Masterpiece.
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In the integrated GPU space they are very competitive nowadays.
If you really need the source of the document, ask Intel and they might provide it to you.
As long as we have the actual engineers to write the code. In case of Intel, we are lucky to have the Intel Open Source Technology Center with heaps of professionals working on projects.
A fingertip is simply too blunt an instrument to be used for writing equations or drawing - for that you need a stylus. I would dearly have loved to have a tablet for note taking when I was in school but not if I had to do it with my fingers.
It is technologically possible. The Microsoft Surface tablet can be used with a stylus.
I would love to move to a large stylus-capable tablet for schoolwork!
I see. It seems that this Wikipedia line had me confused:
According to Oak Ridge Associated Universities, this is not because of elevated levels of radium in the soil, but due to "the very extensive root system of the tree."[22]
The actual source indeed says:
The accumulation of the radium (and barium) is due to the very extensive root system of the tree.
So the root system is just effective in sucking in radioactive stuff.
Nope, they already excluded out many simple factors like that. Heat, light, position, etc. But I don't know if they ever came up with a definitive conclusion.
But does anyone talk about "tire tax"? Not usually. That was the point.
Brazil nuts are also slightly radioactive. It is said that the complex root system of the plant generates the radioactivity. Interesting.
Tru dat bro. There we can see increased complexity too: in the past you were working with low-res bitmaps in Deluxe Paint, now you might be tweaking hi-poly models in Maya for days and weeks to have one animated character completed.
Do you still remember the garden cress experiment? Did that one ever get solved? Maybe there is something in the high-frequency radio waves that are detrimental to life, or only plants, or maybe only limited to garden cress. I'm not commenting on the kid's cancer case here, that's likely unrelated.
Wouldn't the complexity of doing stuff be the biggest bottleneck at some point?
Just like game programming: in the past you could code simple games in a week (or a weekend if you are a tough guy). Compare that to modern shader-based graphics programming -- you will spend the first month just finding out how to set up things to draw anything meaningful on the screen.
But then we have a walled garden, which is problematic in other ways.
But so are tires useless for the rare people who want to transfer existing tires to a new car. I bet people that want to transfer an existing Windows license to a new computer are equally rare too.
So the car analogy works. Tires are an essential component of a functional car, and so is OS of a computer.
Gee, I see someone just learned about the ++operator.
At least Classic Shell integrates very well into Windows 8 and makes it a nice OS.
Something without bread, pasta, or cakey desserts.
Bread and pasta are good for maintaining a stable blood sugar, and the brain likes a stable blood sugar.
I agree, 1366x768 is still perfectly fine for most tasks.
I've seen Android-x86 before and it looks interesting. Does it actually work, or is it some experimental flaky garbage?
Are you suggesting that if Android is ran through emulation, it doesn't count as a running operating system?
It won't stop Trojans, but it will help address one major vector for infections.
I thought Trojans greatly help against infections...
And you are just an Anonymous Coward.
Come on, man. Greg Kroah-Hartman is like the main wingman of Linus Torvalds.
We do realize that with the absurd oversupply of CPU and GPU power in recent desktops and laptops, this delay is completely a deliberate visual artifact, and that it does not mean the available power is being taxed. But while the time of the GMA 950 and processors of 1/10 or less the power found now is past, the principle is still valid.
Actually even the crusty GMA950 is a relatively powerful GPU. It should be able to run a composited desktop with a lot of eye candy, without even breaking a sweat.
Google revived netbooks in the form of Chromebooks by ensuring that Microsoft could not sabotage them.
Chromebooks are not netbooks. Or if you are talking about 11.6"+ devices, you can still get Windows and Ubuntu laptops in that size and they work great.
Indeed, that's exactly what I like about Chromebooks: they designed an Internet-centric device but still created a real laptop and not some stupid clunky tablet.
Ahh, that was a classic Anonymous Angry Coward post. I have to light up the fireplace, sit down on a large leather recliner and have a glass of VSOP while reading your stylistic comment again. The words "I'm amazed you even manage to breath on your own" really give it a touching ending. Masterpiece.