I agree, but is still possible as with each framework, os, toolset, api, etc programmers have been getting more and more distant from the bare metal?
Well, then get closer to the bare metal. Things like the.NET Framework and running applications inside a web browser are just unnecessary bloat which can be avoided by just "getting real". Go back to using YUV overlay for video playback instead of slow HTML5 and Flash video players. Write C++ games instead of using Unity. Sure, some of these choices will increase development cost, but answering your doubt: it is technically completely possible to go back writing fast software.
Many keyboards don't have LEDs any more because they are wireless.
That could be solved mechanically. For each LED, have instead a tiny window behind which you put some flap which is other side red, other side black. Then you just flip this flap when the state of the lock is changed.
Getting a microcontroller to blink is the digital hardware equivalent of hello world. This is painfully stupid and I hope people don't buy into it. It's one thing to sell a kit and have an informational DIY blog, it's another to market this shit as an actual product.
The attention span of hackers these days is so short that they make something extremely simple (and completely unimaginative) like this and productize it already. Just like the punch yourself in the face game. Sad.
I don't see the problem here. The price of Windows 8 is not more than Windows XP. And if the price is still a problem, just use a cracked copy like they did with huge amount of XP installations.
Or just use the old negotiation tactic:
Microsoft: XP support is ending but we are selling you this magnificent new operating system called Windows 8.
China: Gee, I dunno, the price is kind of high. I think we'll just go with Linux...
Microsoft: *gasp* Well, well, I believe we can negotiate something. Please, sit down, and would you like a cup of coffee? How about this new special price for you...
China: Ok!
Imagine how the control of a car will become very accurate when the self-driving part is integrated to the existing computerized parts of a car (stability control and whatnot) and all the components can extremely quickly adapt to the conditions reported by each other.
I would switch on my upcoming desktop from Windows to Linux if all my games would work on it, and also some other things like Adobe tools.
You're asking for world peace and moon from the sky. Just tune down your requirements a bit. It's practically impossible to get to a situation where all your games would work on it. But we might reach a point where you get a reasonable dose of excellent Linux games to keep you constantly entertained. What comes to Adobe artistic tools, it's really hard to tell if Adobe will port them to Linux at some point or not. For now it just cannot be expected to happen. Maybe for some tasks you could get along with GIMP, or possibly make some Adobe apps run properly under Wine.
I imagine a massive influx of new kernel developers. Let's be honest -- most gamers will probably tweak and recompile their kernel to eek out a few cycles of improvements on tcp, memory allocation, graphics performance, context switching etc. Some of them will probably keep their patches to themselves (it's all about the frags) but some will probably get involved. I just hope Linus and other maintainers can avoid being total douchebags.
Only very few people have the skills to do that. Even just performing the kernel build process properly can be a daunting task for newbies. Not to mention actual tweaking of the kernel which requires quite deep understanding of software development and how the particular module or driver works.
I go to where ever there's a large performance, choices and stability gains are so if Linux meets that, I'll go there but currently, Linux doesn't have the choices and windows is stable and the performance increase in Linux compare to windows isn't that huge.
Linux has lost the performance battle already. If you want a fast and responsive desktop, Windows is much better choice than Linux these days. Of course on servers and number crunching, Linux still mops the floor.
A tweak that USB would need is to remove the requirement of having to "safely remove device". It would be much more streamlined and user-friendly if I could just chuck the device out any time.
This. The crusty AT keyboard needs a redesign. While you are at it, make it so that it will automatically tell the operating system which language's layout it is.
Without knowing how Spotify's pay compares to radio
Well, lets throw some stats onto the table then. These are the Spotify artist compensation stats for the Finnish singer-songwriter Anssi Kela's hit song Levoton tyttö (original article):
March 2013: 186 317 plays, €458,70
April 2013: 415 353 plays, €878,60
May 2013: 300 524 plays, €618,30
June 2013: 156 119 plays, €381,30
Total: 1 058 313 plays €2 336,90
In the same article, the artist comments: "2336,90 euros is better than nothing. At least there is something coming through Spotify. If making music was my hobby, that kind of income would be just fine. From the perspective of a professional though, I have to say that if more and more of album sales are replaced with these streaming compensations, it of course causes some wrinkles on my forehead. Currently the situation is that people have to listen one song for roughly two thousand times on Spotify for it to make me equal amount of profit that I get from one CD sold."
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Web apps require a shitload of more power than the same app done natively.
I agree, but is still possible as with each framework, os, toolset, api, etc programmers have been getting more and more distant from the bare metal?
Well, then get closer to the bare metal. Things like the .NET Framework and running applications inside a web browser are just unnecessary bloat which can be avoided by just "getting real". Go back to using YUV overlay for video playback instead of slow HTML5 and Flash video players. Write C++ games instead of using Unity. Sure, some of these choices will increase development cost, but answering your doubt: it is technically completely possible to go back writing fast software.
You can also use a serial/parallel port USB adapter to achieve this on a modern PC.
Ha! Pretty clever actually. That has the additional benefit that the USB device is not using any power as it is turned completely off.
So someone does something a bit cool and the first thing Slashdot can do is take the piss of his his foreign name.
I though it was kind of rude too.
Many keyboards don't have LEDs any more because they are wireless.
That could be solved mechanically. For each LED, have instead a tiny window behind which you put some flap which is other side red, other side black. Then you just flip this flap when the state of the lock is changed.
Getting a microcontroller to blink is the digital hardware equivalent of hello world. This is painfully stupid and I hope people don't buy into it. It's one thing to sell a kit and have an informational DIY blog, it's another to market this shit as an actual product.
The attention span of hackers these days is so short that they make something extremely simple (and completely unimaginative) like this and productize it already. Just like the punch yourself in the face game. Sad.
They are connected in series so you cannot control individual ones.
Why did they continue to run the plant after the tsunami incident? There has been little malfunctions all the time since then.
corrupt and predatory government
Is there any other kind?
http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results/
A year ago there was also an interesting situation when Vietnam was claimed to have the highest Windows 8 adoption rate.
I don't see the problem here. The price of Windows 8 is not more than Windows XP. And if the price is still a problem, just use a cracked copy like they did with huge amount of XP installations.
Or just use the old negotiation tactic:
Microsoft: XP support is ending but we are selling you this magnificent new operating system called Windows 8.
China: Gee, I dunno, the price is kind of high. I think we'll just go with Linux...
Microsoft: *gasp* Well, well, I believe we can negotiate something. Please, sit down, and would you like a cup of coffee? How about this new special price for you...
China: Ok!
Imagine how the control of a car will become very accurate when the self-driving part is integrated to the existing computerized parts of a car (stability control and whatnot) and all the components can extremely quickly adapt to the conditions reported by each other.
I would switch on my upcoming desktop from Windows to Linux if all my games would work on it, and also some other things like Adobe tools.
You're asking for world peace and moon from the sky. Just tune down your requirements a bit. It's practically impossible to get to a situation where all your games would work on it. But we might reach a point where you get a reasonable dose of excellent Linux games to keep you constantly entertained. What comes to Adobe artistic tools, it's really hard to tell if Adobe will port them to Linux at some point or not. For now it just cannot be expected to happen. Maybe for some tasks you could get along with GIMP, or possibly make some Adobe apps run properly under Wine.
I imagine a massive influx of new kernel developers. Let's be honest -- most gamers will probably tweak and recompile their kernel to eek out a few cycles of improvements on tcp, memory allocation, graphics performance, context switching etc. Some of them will probably keep their patches to themselves (it's all about the frags) but some will probably get involved. I just hope Linus and other maintainers can avoid being total douchebags.
Only very few people have the skills to do that. Even just performing the kernel build process properly can be a daunting task for newbies. Not to mention actual tweaking of the kernel which requires quite deep understanding of software development and how the particular module or driver works.
I go to where ever there's a large performance, choices and stability gains are so if Linux meets that, I'll go there but currently, Linux doesn't have the choices and windows is stable and the performance increase in Linux compare to windows isn't that huge.
Linux has lost the performance battle already. If you want a fast and responsive desktop, Windows is much better choice than Linux these days. Of course on servers and number crunching, Linux still mops the floor.
A tweak that USB would need is to remove the requirement of having to "safely remove device". It would be much more streamlined and user-friendly if I could just chuck the device out any time.
This. The crusty AT keyboard needs a redesign. While you are at it, make it so that it will automatically tell the operating system which language's layout it is.
Without knowing how Spotify's pay compares to radio
Well, lets throw some stats onto the table then. These are the Spotify artist compensation stats for the Finnish singer-songwriter Anssi Kela's hit song Levoton tyttö (original article):
March 2013: 186 317 plays, €458,70
April 2013: 415 353 plays, €878,60
May 2013: 300 524 plays, €618,30
June 2013: 156 119 plays, €381,30
Total:
1 058 313 plays
€2 336,90
In the same article, the artist comments: "2336,90 euros is better than nothing. At least there is something coming through Spotify. If making music was my hobby, that kind of income would be just fine. From the perspective of a professional though, I have to say that if more and more of album sales are replaced with these streaming compensations, it of course causes some wrinkles on my forehead. Currently the situation is that people have to listen one song for roughly two thousand times on Spotify for it to make me equal amount of profit that I get from one CD sold."
And /r/cablefail. ;)
Having some aesthetic taste does not mean that someone is gay.
What is the motivation to hide behind a pseudonym as the creator of Bitcoin?
Did you submit it?
Mod parent up. That video shows the "goodbye clip" they played and how the transmitter is chucked off.
That is not the point. This release is about patching there corporate image, not the firmware.
Well, then they are doing a good job because in my eyes a company that properly supports hardware, does have a better image.