I wouldn't say they're "sucked dry." Just the easy top 10% that comes out by itself due to pressure has been collected. There's still more oil in the old wells, it just doesn't come up by itself anymore.
Besides, this is not a Linux issue because Linux is just a kernel. It's a UI issue, mainly GNOME's issue. Whether you're running Debian or FreeBSD, it's the UI you're interfacing with, and that's more or less the same on the mainstream unix-like OSes.
Apple was hardly the first. HP has had them since 2000 on their Itanium systems. I read somewhere that Gateway shipped a few x86 computers with EFI back around that time too, although they added BIOS compatibility so that Windows could boot.
But regardless of all that, what does it matter what type of firmware a computer runs? It's the manufacturers who dictate what the end-user is allowed to access (short of user hacking of course)
You don't have to, but if you get caught taking one without paying for it, you might go to jail.
Also, since the source code is open for all to see, you can just read the code and allocate all resources using pen and paper. It's much better than D&D, trust me.
Except Apple is more exposed to the whims of fashion and personal choice. Berkshire Hathaway, on the other hand, is a huge conglomerate/holding company. They can survive the loss of the head guy. With Apple, I'm not so sure about that.
21.75 is low? Try 13 for IBM or Microsoft, 11 for HP, etc. Now clearly they're not RedHat (100!), but still a bit overpriced. Remember back in late 1990s/early 2000s when the entire tech sector was in 20+ P/E territory? They were overvalued back then, and they all fell eventually.
There are still a lot of untapped markets, from home servers, to watches and jewelery, to car audio that Apple can make one product and immediately take the lion's share of the market.
Depends on the stock really. Would you consider a buying stock in a company like Berkshire Hathaway (which also doesn't pay a dividend) to be gambling? Personlly, I'd rather put my money in BRK-A rather that AAPL.
Market capitalization is only one metric. There's also gross revenue (which Wal*mart wins) and net profit (which Exxon wins again). At current prices, AAPL still seems a bit overpriced compared to its peers.
Chinese is not that different from most languages compared with Japanese or Korean. Chinese is an SVO language, just like the germanic and romantic languages. Japanese and Korean, OTOH, are SOV languages like Turkish. As someone who speaks English, Chinese, and a little Spanish, I really have a hard time wrapping my brain around Japanese.
The big advantage for English (or other easily written languages Korean hangul) is the speed with which it can be typed into a digital context; but with stroke-aware input systems coming online, that advantage isn't likely to last a lot longer.
Not really stroke aware input systems (which are slow because you have to hand write these words in), but pinyin and/or zhuyin input is much faster.
1) The USA is an economic powerhouse and we speak English 2) Apparently when India gained independance, English was chosen as one of the official languages due to its neutrality 3) Almost everyone speaks English nowadays in Europe.
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how often the engine is turned off an restarted. I do it on my MkV Jetta at stoplights where I know it will be a while before the light changes. But I also have a Scangauge to monitor battery voltage. And if I do it at night when I have to keep the headlights on, I always hook up the battery to a float charger. It saves quite a bit of fuel. I can get 30+mpg city from a car rated at 21 mpg city. Not too bad.
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The research paper also takes a closer look at various sources of latencies that become relevant in a cloud-based gaming approach.
How about those fucking usage caps???
How about the cost of analysis of said genomes?
I wouldn't say they're "sucked dry." Just the easy top 10% that comes out by itself due to pressure has been collected. There's still more oil in the old wells, it just doesn't come up by itself anymore.
Weren't these guys the same ones that funded the Da Vinci musical? I think they deserve what they got.
Try Xfce4.
Besides, this is not a Linux issue because Linux is just a kernel. It's a UI issue, mainly GNOME's issue. Whether you're running Debian or FreeBSD, it's the UI you're interfacing with, and that's more or less the same on the mainstream unix-like OSes.
Apple was hardly the first. HP has had them since 2000 on their Itanium systems. I read somewhere that Gateway shipped a few x86 computers with EFI back around that time too, although they added BIOS compatibility so that Windows could boot.
But regardless of all that, what does it matter what type of firmware a computer runs? It's the manufacturers who dictate what the end-user is allowed to access (short of user hacking of course)
No kidding. It's already future-proof by virtue that it's open source.
No kidding. I use Plan 9, and I have never gotten malware. Definitely it's due to its better security architecture.
In other news, keeping functional things longer is what people who are good with their money have been doing for a long time.
He had a pancreatic endocrine neoplasm (median survival of 7 years), which is much better than pancreatic adenocarcinoma (2% 5-year survival).
Exactly. This finding can be construed as more evidence for intelligent design since there's less of a possibility for life, and yet here we are!
You don't have to, but if you get caught taking one without paying for it, you might go to jail.
Also, since the source code is open for all to see, you can just read the code and allocate all resources using pen and paper. It's much better than D&D, trust me.
What irks me the most is how those people pronounce "San Rafael" as "san rafel." It's a Spanish name and there are two "a"s in Rafael you morons!
Kind of like MS, Google, Redhat, insurance companies, Oracle, etc...
Except Apple is more exposed to the whims of fashion and personal choice. Berkshire Hathaway, on the other hand, is a huge conglomerate/holding company. They can survive the loss of the head guy. With Apple, I'm not so sure about that.
21.75 is low? Try 13 for IBM or Microsoft, 11 for HP, etc. Now clearly they're not RedHat (100!), but still a bit overpriced. Remember back in late 1990s/early 2000s when the entire tech sector was in 20+ P/E territory? They were overvalued back then, and they all fell eventually.
I think your sarcasm meter is busted.
From the GP:
Watches? Jewelry? Clearly he's joking.
Depends on the stock really. Would you consider a buying stock in a company like Berkshire Hathaway (which also doesn't pay a dividend) to be gambling? Personlly, I'd rather put my money in BRK-A rather that AAPL.
Market capitalization is only one metric. There's also gross revenue (which Wal*mart wins) and net profit (which Exxon wins again). At current prices, AAPL still seems a bit overpriced compared to its peers.
Chinese is not that different from most languages compared with Japanese or Korean. Chinese is an SVO language, just like the germanic and romantic languages. Japanese and Korean, OTOH, are SOV languages like Turkish. As someone who speaks English, Chinese, and a little Spanish, I really have a hard time wrapping my brain around Japanese.
The big advantage for English (or other easily written languages Korean hangul) is the speed with which it can be typed into a digital context; but with stroke-aware input systems coming online, that advantage isn't likely to last a lot longer.
Not really stroke aware input systems (which are slow because you have to hand write these words in), but pinyin and/or zhuyin input is much faster.
There are several reasons why English
1) The USA is an economic powerhouse and we speak English
2) Apparently when India gained independance, English was chosen as one of the official languages due to its neutrality
3) Almost everyone speaks English nowadays in Europe.
Nope, no unicode support in slashdot.
Too bad slashdot doesn't allow Chinese characters.
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how often the engine is turned off an restarted. I do it on my MkV Jetta at stoplights where I know it will be a while before the light changes. But I also have a Scangauge to monitor battery voltage. And if I do it at night when I have to keep the headlights on, I always hook up the battery to a float charger. It saves quite a bit of fuel. I can get 30+mpg city from a car rated at 21 mpg city. Not too bad.