You are missing the part where competition is supposed to drag down the the profit margin to just above sustainable levels. Since the overhead cost is basically the same, the margin should drop when the raw material cost increases.
If you have electric heat, you are not saving energy, but as long as the indoor temperature does not go above your thermostat setting, you are not spending any extra either. In essence, you are still paying for the heat, but are able to play video games for free. If you have electric heat and live in a fairly cold winter, you generally don't have to worry about wasting electricity in the winter. Heating requires so many KWH that it is hard to overdo it with appliances.
If you have a more cost-efficient heating method (like natural gas), you will still be spending extra money by playing running your games console, but the amount will be reduced.
I note that this power consumption level compares favorably with my 15-inch aluminum PowerBook, which has approximately the same specifications as the Mac Mini (but cost 3 times as much).
But your powerbook numbers include the display as well. Your monitor for your mini will double the mini's power consumption.
These people aren't selling black powder and aluminum shavings to make fireworks, they're selling some serious shit that I don't necessarily want my neighbor to have mail-order access to
Ummm... The article states that they were raided because the things they were selling could be used to make fireworks.
You can easily enough use javascript to manipulate the DOM and send data to any server by changing a url, so what's the point in locking it down?
The only good reason I have heard so far is that if you allowed XMLHttpRequest to hit random servers, you could make a port scanner. The difference is that the XML request has a return code and the img url manipulation gives no feedback.
You do have a good point that programmers have accomplished a lot with small hardware requirements, as demonstrated by the Super Nintendo and its games.
That being said, the programmers for the super Nintendo did not have to implement a general purpose display framework, so shortcuts could be made and optimizations could be done. Perhaps X11 contains too many features for low-resource environments (and perhaps the implementations are too bloated), but I don't think that it is fair to compare a general display and input framework to the SNES. A better comparison is Xorg/XFree vs. DirectFB.
It is funny that you say that $100 worth of books is better than the $100 laptop, then go on to say that you would gladly shell out $100 to use the thing as an e-book reader.
I find it amusing that several podcasters beg for money on air so that they can pay for bandwidth. Since most podcasts are talk anyway, why not use a codec designed for that use. Speex is free, open, and bandwidth efficient.
Why encode in 64 kbit when 16 would do just as well?
Hey, if Wash could die, what about the rest of them?
You didn't see it as an obvious cheap ploy to try to heighten the suspense (one that isn't even particularly well done)? I mean, it was immediately after he ceased being usefull (the ship had just landed). Out of nowhere he is killed and ceases to be relevant. It even had no discernable effect on Zoe (it would have been more interesting if she freaked out or something, so that it was another challenge that the team had to face). I feel it was one of the weak parts in the movie.
Scorched3d is a pretty good 3d adaptation, but it may not work the best on a console, there is a lot of camera work that is more easily done with a mouse.
Just remember that the alternator does not produce very much voltage at low rpm. At idle, it may not even be enough power to run the car (ie your battery will drain), let alone enough for a couple hundred watts load. Also, a large component of the fuel burnt will go to overcoming the friction of the engine.
If you are really concerned about having emergency electricity, a cheap, dedicated generator will be more reliable and use less fuel.
Don't be too proud of Steve for standing up to them. By raising prices, he would reduce sales and eliminate some demand for the iPod, which is where Apple makes its real money.
But the funny thing is that if there is a bug in a closed-source program, there usually is nothing you can do about it. Users learn to work around the problems.
Unfortunately, companies fall for the illusion of accountability and support provided by major software vendors.
Unfortunately for you, growing crops harms animals by providing a severely fluxuating habitat. Animals move in and multiply when the plants grow, and die when they are harvested. It has been said that eating grass-fed beef actually harms fewer animals than eating a vegan diet, due to the gradual change in the environment.
Almost all other aspects of human consumption also affect animals. Cars need roads, metal, rubber, oil, etc. Clothing and shoes need raw materials also. Electricity comes from coal mines, which damage the habitat of animals, causing death.
As an ethical vegetarian, how can you decide where to draw the line of where it is okay to kill animals?
What people fail to realize is that you cannot easily operate without both global and local time. Most local events are scheduled according the solar day, and so having local time provides you with a more accurate measurement than just "morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night".
However, it is immensely useful to have global time to schedule things across timezones.
If people were accostomed to using both in appropriate situations, scheduling problems would be greatly reduced.
The other thing that will help to avoid confusion is if everyone just stated their timezone by the GMT offset, rather than a generic name. EST or EDT tells me nothing about what daylight-relative time it really is in New York.
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You are missing the part where competition is supposed to drag down the the profit margin to just above sustainable levels. Since the overhead cost is basically the same, the margin should drop when the raw material cost increases.
If you are going to be scaling the video anyway, more pixels is better.
Not quite right.
I've read about the concept as presented by Steve Mann (wearable computer researcher). He calls it Souveillance.
Even better is to use a power strip that you can turn off with the flip of a switch. No fumbling with plugs.
If you have electric heat, you are not saving energy, but as long as the indoor temperature does not go above your thermostat setting, you are not spending any extra either. In essence, you are still paying for the heat, but are able to play video games for free. If you have electric heat and live in a fairly cold winter, you generally don't have to worry about wasting electricity in the winter. Heating requires so many KWH that it is hard to overdo it with appliances.
If you have a more cost-efficient heating method (like natural gas), you will still be spending extra money by playing running your games console, but the amount will be reduced.
I note that this power consumption level compares favorably with my 15-inch aluminum PowerBook, which has approximately the same specifications as the Mac Mini (but cost 3 times as much).
But your powerbook numbers include the display as well. Your monitor for your mini will double the mini's power consumption.
These people aren't selling black powder and aluminum shavings to make fireworks, they're selling some serious shit that I don't necessarily want my neighbor to have mail-order access to
Ummm... The article states that they were raided because the things they were selling could be used to make fireworks.
You can easily enough use javascript to manipulate the DOM and send data to any server by changing a url, so what's the point in locking it down?
The only good reason I have heard so far is that if you allowed XMLHttpRequest to hit random servers, you could make a port scanner. The difference is that the XML request has a return code and the img url manipulation gives no feedback.
What's even funnier is that the page containing the article also has an article about a "Microwave Breast Scanner".
You do have a good point that programmers have accomplished a lot with small hardware requirements, as demonstrated by the Super Nintendo and its games.
That being said, the programmers for the super Nintendo did not have to implement a general purpose display framework, so shortcuts could be made and optimizations could be done. Perhaps X11 contains too many features for low-resource environments (and perhaps the implementations are too bloated), but I don't think that it is fair to compare a general display and input framework to the SNES. A better comparison is Xorg/XFree vs. DirectFB.
Just curious, what is your handheld?
It is funny that you say that $100 worth of books is better than the $100 laptop, then go on to say that you would gladly shell out $100 to use the thing as an e-book reader.
Because email works, period. ... Unless you are trying to send out your mail on port 25 to a server other than an ISP's.
This is a major pain for laptop users that don't use webmail.
Patented since 1997, you say? Only 11 more years until it is truly free and open then!
I find it amusing that several podcasters beg for money on air so that they can pay for bandwidth. Since most podcasts are talk anyway, why not use a codec designed for that use. Speex is free, open, and bandwidth efficient.
Why encode in 64 kbit when 16 would do just as well?
Yes, remember that DRM is CRAP[amusing video]
Hey, if Wash could die, what about the rest of them?
You didn't see it as an obvious cheap ploy to try to heighten the suspense (one that isn't even particularly well done)? I mean, it was immediately after he ceased being usefull (the ship had just landed). Out of nowhere he is killed and ceases to be relevant. It even had no discernable effect on Zoe (it would have been more interesting if she freaked out or something, so that it was another challenge that the team had to face). I feel it was one of the weak parts in the movie.
Scorched3d is a pretty good 3d adaptation, but it may not work the best on a console, there is a lot of camera work that is more easily done with a mouse.
Just remember that the alternator does not produce very much voltage at low rpm. At idle, it may not even be enough power to run the car (ie your battery will drain), let alone enough for a couple hundred watts load. Also, a large component of the fuel burnt will go to overcoming the friction of the engine.
If you are really concerned about having emergency electricity, a cheap, dedicated generator will be more reliable and use less fuel.
Don't be too proud of Steve for standing up to them. By raising prices, he would reduce sales and eliminate some demand for the iPod, which is where Apple makes its real money.
But the funny thing is that if there is a bug in a closed-source program, there usually is nothing you can do about it. Users learn to work around the problems.
Unfortunately, companies fall for the illusion of accountability and support provided by major software vendors.
Unfortunately for you, growing crops harms animals by providing a severely fluxuating habitat. Animals move in and multiply when the plants grow, and die when they are harvested. It has been said that eating grass-fed beef actually harms fewer animals than eating a vegan diet, due to the gradual change in the environment.
Almost all other aspects of human consumption also affect animals. Cars need roads, metal, rubber, oil, etc. Clothing and shoes need raw materials also. Electricity comes from coal mines, which damage the habitat of animals, causing death.
As an ethical vegetarian, how can you decide where to draw the line of where it is okay to kill animals?
What people fail to realize is that you cannot easily operate without both global and local time. Most local events are scheduled according the solar day, and so having local time provides you with a more accurate measurement than just "morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night".
However, it is immensely useful to have global time to schedule things across timezones.
If people were accostomed to using both in appropriate situations, scheduling problems would be greatly reduced.
The other thing that will help to avoid confusion is if everyone just stated their timezone by the GMT offset, rather than a generic name. EST or EDT tells me nothing about what daylight-relative time it really is in New York.