Having been through those early name changes, one of my favorite early extensions was "Firesomething"... it changed the name of Firefox on every launch.
Do lay it all on the hardware side. We'll continue to see speed gains in interpreter output too. Java, for example, was dog slow when it started; it's speed has improved significantly since then, and not solely due to processor improvements.
In my case, I stopped buying physical disks several years ago with the expectation a common digital standard would emerge and I could just start buying things digitally.
I'm still waiting for the common standard (read: DRM-freee) plus cloud storage, but the handful of movies I've purchased ("just had to have") in the recent past have all been digital, even if DRM-encumbered.
Sounds like the goal is to provide the ability to write a game once and it'll run on WIndows desktops and laptops, the XBox console, and their phone OS.
Wait... you're saying their new OS will allow you to write code once for both desktops AND laptops if both run Windows? No way! That would be so cool.....
performance - in what way is Windows 7/Server 2k8R2 slow?
Why don't we start with something as simple as the time it takes to wake from sleep? I can cook a meal and do the dishes in the amount of time it takes my Windows 7 desktop to wake up. Compare that with the almost instant on of my four-year-old MacBook and my iDevice. It's frustrating as hell.
Once that's figured out, how 'bout boot time and shutdown time?
Yes, Windows 7 is better at this than its predecessors, but it's still got a ways to go.
Been there. Done that. It's more (IMNSHO) about whether you subscribe to ultra-right-wing ideology (outside of Salt Lake Valley, that is, although it helps there too). Heck, there is an openly gay member of the state legislature (from Salt Lake)--he's clearly not a member of "the dominant religion," so your generalization is inaccurate and unhelpful.
Having met many of these legislators (indeed, having previously been in a position where I would headdesk regularly at their antics), even if the article doesn't say it, I can vouch for the fact that those pushing the bill are in the ultra-conservative wing of Utah's already conservative (and controlling) Republican party.
Pretty much anyone from Utah County, including Sen Madsen (R-Eagle Mountain), Sen Dayton (R-Orem) and Sen Stephensen (sp?; who sits just across the north border of the county) are at the extreme conservative end of the political spectrum, and regularly introduce legislation designed to disrupt public education. For example, a couple of years ago, Sen Dayton (on the word of a single constituent who thought alike, and despite resistance from every education-saavy person I know) went on a crusade against the International Baccalaureate program, decrying it as a socialist takeover of state's rights (never mind that each school, and thus each locally elected school board, must choose to opt in).
The representatives from the same area (unsurprisingly) act similarly, and most of them would like to see a complete dismantling of public education in favor of a completely market-based approach. Now that's a whole different kettle of fish, but it provides some insight into why they are so consistently disruptive--and I don't mean in the positive innovation-friendly sort of way, but rather the time-consuming, prevent-actual-innovation-because-of-extra-work sort of way.
Part of the trouble is that the summary is poorly attempting to espouse a position on the matter.
Even with no causal link between video games and violence there are parents who may choose for moral or spiritual reasons to keep violent video games out of the home. (It's that parental involvement arguement that Slashdotters put forward every time an internet filter is discussed.) Violence aside, surely there are other "adult themes" that might contribute to the proposed R+18 rating. Thus, the link between a study of games as antecedents to violence is really somewhat superfluous to the issue of an additional rating category.
And a rating, in the end, is primarily a heuristic for buyers (and parents) regarding the intensity of content one might expect.
The blackout window rules pre-dated SarbOx, but to answer a sibling post, yes, those rules are in place for employees of all publicly traded companies. The rules don't prevent trading other companies (although you'd be walking a fine line if you traded shares of a company your employer does business with), so one is not "locked out of the market" as one poster put it. Employees of public companies are also prohibited from shorting their company's stock.
One of the reasons Balmer's stock sale is such a big deal is that the top tier of employees in public corporations must publicly pre-announce their intention to sell (again, part of the same trading rules, another hedge against insider trading). I haven't looked at the announcement, but it may be something as simple as him cashing in the options CEOs are often paid with. Even if he just wished to convert his options to stock, some selling would necessarily be involved.
I know, right? Google already pays for the pipes they use.
Of course you're right. But it's exactly the sort of loaded language used in the summary that will get the multiple-tiers pushed through--if the biased vocabulary succeeds, the providers have already won.
(And despite providers' increased revenue, don't expect the price to go down for end users.)
... yet I find insightful the quotation credited to Winston Churchill: "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter"
If there is a ceiling to how much is enough, as you say, then I'm on the second or third floor.
I've felt more annoyed than safe every time I've flown since 2001. ("Annoyed" doesn't come close to capturing my response, but as I can't come up with a better word at the moment, it will have to do.)
I stopped believing the "they don't need math" argument years ago when it became necessary to give an impromptu lesson to my department on how to calculate period-over-period percentage sales growth. Half the group couldn't do it on their own.
As I understand, the income figures were culled from public filings. Estimation of income would only come into play when reconciling accounting rules between countries.
[...] I don't think Apple cares if they ever quite reach #1 in the smartphone market, or any market.
Since we're picking things apart, perhaps you should acknowledge that Apple is very definitely #1 in the most important facet of "market share," namely share of industry profits, beating out Nokia, Saumsung, and LG combined. I contend it's a metric they most certainly care about.
I don't know about you, but 49k sounds good to me!
Uh-huh. Except my first tech job out of college paid more than that. It's not a horrible salary, but I wouldn't consider a full-time job with pay that "low" unless there was something else spectacular about it.
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And it was Phoenix before that.
Having been through those early name changes, one of my favorite early extensions was "Firesomething" ... it changed the name of Firefox on every launch.
Do lay it all on the hardware side. We'll continue to see speed gains in interpreter output too. Java, for example, was dog slow when it started; it's speed has improved significantly since then, and not solely due to processor improvements.
Or was this just an opportunity to troll?
At least then the interface might work properly.
Furthermore, the thing you do the PhD in doesn't have to really matter that much for your career.
Which, of course, is not at all true if one is pursuing a career in academia...
Did I say anything about streaming? I purchase digital copies that I can store (and backup) locally.
(To some extent, I agree with you, although personal cloud-based storage can be "local" enough.)
Absolutely.
In my case, I stopped buying physical disks several years ago with the expectation a common digital standard would emerge and I could just start buying things digitally.
I'm still waiting for the common standard (read: DRM-freee) plus cloud storage, but the handful of movies I've purchased ("just had to have") in the recent past have all been digital, even if DRM-encumbered.
Sounds like the goal is to provide the ability to write a game once and it'll run on WIndows desktops and laptops, the XBox console, and their phone OS.
Wait ... you're saying their new OS will allow you to write code once for both desktops AND laptops if both run Windows? No way! That would be so cool .....
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performance - in what way is Windows 7/Server 2k8R2 slow?
Why don't we start with something as simple as the time it takes to wake from sleep? I can cook a meal and do the dishes in the amount of time it takes my Windows 7 desktop to wake up. Compare that with the almost instant on of my four-year-old MacBook and my iDevice. It's frustrating as hell.
Once that's figured out, how 'bout boot time and shutdown time?
Yes, Windows 7 is better at this than its predecessors, but it's still got a ways to go.
But it also requires doubt.
To be worthwhile, I assert religion does too.
It's the process of facing it, not succumbing to it that's important.
You're either for software freedom or your not. GPL restricts what you can, therefor is not free.
This kind of "either you see it my way our you're wrong" statement is NOT a good argument.
GP didn't make a qualitative categorization of the rightness or wrongness of either position. You did that.
Been there. Done that. It's more (IMNSHO) about whether you subscribe to ultra-right-wing ideology (outside of Salt Lake Valley, that is, although it helps there too). Heck, there is an openly gay member of the state legislature (from Salt Lake)--he's clearly not a member of "the dominant religion," so your generalization is inaccurate and unhelpful.
Having met many of these legislators (indeed, having previously been in a position where I would headdesk regularly at their antics), even if the article doesn't say it, I can vouch for the fact that those pushing the bill are in the ultra-conservative wing of Utah's already conservative (and controlling) Republican party.
Pretty much anyone from Utah County, including Sen Madsen (R-Eagle Mountain), Sen Dayton (R-Orem) and Sen Stephensen (sp?; who sits just across the north border of the county) are at the extreme conservative end of the political spectrum, and regularly introduce legislation designed to disrupt public education. For example, a couple of years ago, Sen Dayton (on the word of a single constituent who thought alike, and despite resistance from every education-saavy person I know) went on a crusade against the International Baccalaureate program, decrying it as a socialist takeover of state's rights (never mind that each school, and thus each locally elected school board, must choose to opt in).
The representatives from the same area (unsurprisingly) act similarly, and most of them would like to see a complete dismantling of public education in favor of a completely market-based approach. Now that's a whole different kettle of fish, but it provides some insight into why they are so consistently disruptive--and I don't mean in the positive innovation-friendly sort of way, but rather the time-consuming, prevent-actual-innovation-because-of-extra-work sort of way.
Fixed that for you.
A 'server' isn't about serving data but about securing it for 10k+ years.
I think you're confusing "server" with "stone carvings".
Part of the trouble is that the summary is poorly attempting to espouse a position on the matter.
Even with no causal link between video games and violence there are parents who may choose for moral or spiritual reasons to keep violent video games out of the home. (It's that parental involvement arguement that Slashdotters put forward every time an internet filter is discussed.) Violence aside, surely there are other "adult themes" that might contribute to the proposed R+18 rating. Thus, the link between a study of games as antecedents to violence is really somewhat superfluous to the issue of an additional rating category.
And a rating, in the end, is primarily a heuristic for buyers (and parents) regarding the intensity of content one might expect.
Yeah do we really need this extra in our life without everything else we have on?
Are your referring to Christmas, or Perl? ;)
The blackout window rules pre-dated SarbOx, but to answer a sibling post, yes, those rules are in place for employees of all publicly traded companies. The rules don't prevent trading other companies (although you'd be walking a fine line if you traded shares of a company your employer does business with), so one is not "locked out of the market" as one poster put it. Employees of public companies are also prohibited from shorting their company's stock.
One of the reasons Balmer's stock sale is such a big deal is that the top tier of employees in public corporations must publicly pre-announce their intention to sell (again, part of the same trading rules, another hedge against insider trading). I haven't looked at the announcement, but it may be something as simple as him cashing in the options CEOs are often paid with. Even if he just wished to convert his options to stock, some selling would necessarily be involved.
I know, right? Google already pays for the pipes they use.
Of course you're right. But it's exactly the sort of loaded language used in the summary that will get the multiple-tiers pushed through--if the biased vocabulary succeeds, the providers have already won.
(And despite providers' increased revenue, don't expect the price to go down for end users.)
... yet I find insightful the quotation credited to Winston Churchill: "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter"
Write yourself in.
... and no one will ever know. In order for write-ins to be counted, candidates must register as write-ins (in most jurisdictions).
Follow the parent's advice, and all we'll get is more "low percentage of citizens voted for president" articles.
If there is a ceiling to how much is enough, as you say, then I'm on the second or third floor.
I've felt more annoyed than safe every time I've flown since 2001. ("Annoyed" doesn't come close to capturing my response, but as I can't come up with a better word at the moment, it will have to do.)
I stopped believing the "they don't need math" argument years ago when it became necessary to give an impromptu lesson to my department on how to calculate period-over-period percentage sales growth. Half the group couldn't do it on their own.
As I understand, the income figures were culled from public filings. Estimation of income would only come into play when reconciling accounting rules between countries.
Some picking apart may be in order here...
[...] I don't think Apple cares if they ever quite reach #1 in the smartphone market, or any market.
Since we're picking things apart, perhaps you should acknowledge that Apple is very definitely #1 in the most important facet of "market share," namely share of industry profits, beating out Nokia, Saumsung, and LG combined. I contend it's a metric they most certainly care about.
See the pretty graphs at
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/09/21/pie-chart-apples-outrageous-share-of-the-mobile-industrys-profits/
"Senior level positions that barely pay 49k"
I don't know about you, but 49k sounds good to me!
Uh-huh. Except my first tech job out of college paid more than that. It's not a horrible salary, but I wouldn't consider a full-time job with pay that "low" unless there was something else spectacular about it.