It is? There are TONS of applications. There are TONS of free apps. It is pretty well organized and stable. It is far less "censored" than Apple's. And you can even get refunds through it after you try an app and don't like it.
In what way is it a disadvantage?
Average quality of the apps is low. Most of them are developed with broad range of devices in mind and as such they are designed for 2" screens and slow hardware. The apps look crap on the samsung 4" device and don't take advantage of OpenGL ES 2.0 hardware acceleration. When even big developers (Rovio, Id Software) complain over android market fragmentation the small developers don't take any risks and target just the minimal hardware requirements.
The censoring in app store is not an issue for me but lack of any kind of review before apps are accepted into android market is an issue. Also the android market for paid apps is not available where I live but app store is. When I bought my nexus s I considered that I should spend about as much on apps than I had spent on hardware over the lifetime of my phone but as far as lite versions of paid apps go there is'nt much that I would spend more than $2. That wasn't an issue with my first gen iPod touch.
There is a soultion to the fragmentation tho - google could create separate app stores for different fragments kinda like apple did with iPad. The iPad can run all iPhone apps but the ones designed for iPad get priority on iPad app store.
The device is an application platform and as such it does not reach it's potential until Google fixes it's app market. Currently it's an unholy mess that makes me wish for censorship apple app store has. I've got 1st gen ipod touch and a new nexus s, but as far as applications go the ipod ones have a clear edge in terms of quality.
IMO there are two issues that apple did right: they check if an app works as it should before putting it into market and they prioritized iPad apps in iPad store. Besides checking if app works at all (many of the android apps I have tend to crash from time to time) I really like on clause in apple app store review guidelines: "If your app looks like it was cobbed together in a few days, or you're trying to get your first practice app into app store to impress your friends, brace yourself for rejection". The other issue is that low-end android devices and high-end android devices differ more than iPhone and iPad and thus the apps that are optimized for a high-end device should be prioritized when you have an high-end device.
I'm from Europe, I just bought an Nexus S phone from US that has USB charger. My previous Nokia 5800 phone had the micro USB port, but it could not be used for charging. It was strange because the Nokia charger was 5V but used proprietary connector.
Yeah, I figured it was because of TSMC sucking on the 32/28nm process, but that's a hurdle that Nvidia has also had to jump, although I'm not sure how dependent their plans have been on the die shrink.
GTX480 was designed for 23nm process but done on 40nm process - that's the main reason behind huge power draw and heat problems.
Yeah, it's really not that confusing. The first number is the generation. So a 6xxx card is newer than a 5xxxx card. But a new low-end card is not necessarily better than last year's high-end card.
I recently purchased an ATI 6850 with my new system, but it seems that the 5970 still outperforms it.
Worse than that - even 5850 outperforms it. ATi changed the 6000 series naming to compete with strong geforce 460 offer from nVidia. I'm pretty sure 6850 should actually be 6650 and the new 6950 should be 6850 when using conventional naming scheme.
Quite humble request - our sales people frequently sell items that require nothing short of artificial intelligence, perpetum mobile and some black magic to tie them together.
Maths was ahead of other sciences, in the sense that the maths for a certain breakthrough was already there, but simply ignored.
The one needed by Einstein was already there since decades, but no physicist was aware of it!
Are you implying that everyone should learn everything that is ever invented in math in calculus course? Memorize all equations just in case you ever need them?
Anyway, the bottom line of the story is that every BS/MS should include a calculus course.
I completely agree with you. Math is incredibly useful tool ONLY if you know how to use it.
Sadly, many programmers don't even know basic linear algebra. Take MS.NET library - row vectors and left-hand coordinates is nuisance but what they did with quaternion is a crime!
Actually the quality of lens does not effect illumination - type of lens does that. It's all about sharpness, high quality lens ensures that light that is meant for one pixel on sensor only arrives on that pixel not on neighboring pixels. It's how I understood it.
Maybe then I could actually work with Gulfstream's horrible part models where they include literally the whole god-damn aircraft's surface geometry in the digital part model for a fucking bolt.
1000 core processor is not a cure for human ignorance.
The cores are overkill for raytracing, the stream processors found in current gen video cards are more suitable for the task. 1000 cores won't be enough as current video cards already support that many cores on single card but it's not nearly enough for anything but technology demos.
Never say never; there's a whole third dimension to explore. I have no doubt in my mind there will be solution for these problems but to reach there we must think out of the box.
The road versions of these cars are probably tuned for safety so they out-drive none of us but I think they can ease traffic as they don't sleep at stoplight and can maintain short cap between cars. I hope this problem will be solved in near future.
the autonomous car should be able to complete the course every 27 minutes, with occasional pauses for refueling
I think the variable space in this problem is too big for high repeatability. Also the car is most probably fitted with non-deterministic algorithms that generate bit different path on each run. Even TFA notified that it took 6 tries before the car could reach the mountaintop without stopping.
The apps in app store are cheap enough, I have no problems paying 50 cents for something I want or need. I think that the opposite is true: Ubuntu should start supporting paid apps in software centre in order to compete with app store or steam. You're welcome to disagree:)
There is no reason that you have to lose dexterity or have bad eyesight just because you get older.
I've been told by a friend of mine that as you grow older you don't lose in "resolution" of eye sight but cornea loses flexibility and it will be harder to focus on near items.
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It is? There are TONS of applications. There are TONS of free apps. It is pretty well organized and stable. It is far less "censored" than Apple's. And you can even get refunds through it after you try an app and don't like it.
In what way is it a disadvantage?
Average quality of the apps is low. Most of them are developed with broad range of devices in mind and as such they are designed for 2" screens and slow hardware. The apps look crap on the samsung 4" device and don't take advantage of OpenGL ES 2.0 hardware acceleration. When even big developers (Rovio, Id Software) complain over android market fragmentation the small developers don't take any risks and target just the minimal hardware requirements.
The censoring in app store is not an issue for me but lack of any kind of review before apps are accepted into android market is an issue. Also the android market for paid apps is not available where I live but app store is. When I bought my nexus s I considered that I should spend about as much on apps than I had spent on hardware over the lifetime of my phone but as far as lite versions of paid apps go there is'nt much that I would spend more than $2. That wasn't an issue with my first gen iPod touch.
There is a soultion to the fragmentation tho - google could create separate app stores for different fragments kinda like apple did with iPad. The iPad can run all iPhone apps but the ones designed for iPad get priority on iPad app store.
Android Marketplace as is now is actually disadvantage
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The device is an application platform and as such it does not reach it's potential until Google fixes it's app market. Currently it's an unholy mess that makes me wish for censorship apple app store has. I've got 1st gen ipod touch and a new nexus s, but as far as applications go the ipod ones have a clear edge in terms of quality.
IMO there are two issues that apple did right: they check if an app works as it should before putting it into market and they prioritized iPad apps in iPad store. Besides checking if app works at all (many of the android apps I have tend to crash from time to time) I really like on clause in apple app store review guidelines: "If your app looks like it was cobbed together in a few days, or you're trying to get your first practice app into app store to impress your friends, brace yourself for rejection". The other issue is that low-end android devices and high-end android devices differ more than iPhone and iPad and thus the apps that are optimized for a high-end device should be prioritized when you have an high-end device.
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I'm from Europe, I just bought an Nexus S phone from US that has USB charger. My previous Nokia 5800 phone had the micro USB port, but it could not be used for charging. It was strange because the Nokia charger was 5V but used proprietary connector.
Yeah, I figured it was because of TSMC sucking on the 32/28nm process, but that's a hurdle that Nvidia has also had to jump, although I'm not sure how dependent their plans have been on the die shrink.
GTX480 was designed for 23nm process but done on 40nm process - that's the main reason behind huge power draw and heat problems.
Yeah, the benchmark doesn't seem to use SLI.
Still - 5970 is slower than 5870? I see that they did not test SLI/Crossfire but they should enable it for dual chip cards.
I understand that, but that isn't what I meant. I was wondering why they couldn't make a naming scheme that makes sense.
They had a perfectly good naming scheme (both ati and nvidia) but ATi cheated with HD 6000 series by assigning 6600 level card 6800 level name.
Yeah, it's really not that confusing. The first number is the generation. So a 6xxx card is newer than a 5xxxx card. But a new low-end card is not necessarily better than last year's high-end card.
Except when 5850 outperforms 6850.
I recently purchased an ATI 6850 with my new system, but it seems that the 5970 still outperforms it.
Worse than that - even 5850 outperforms it. ATi changed the 6000 series naming to compete with strong geforce 460 offer from nVidia. I'm pretty sure 6850 should actually be 6650 and the new 6950 should be 6850 when using conventional naming scheme.
but this time it's concave so it's an improvement :)
Quite humble request - our sales people frequently sell items that require nothing short of artificial intelligence, perpetum mobile and some black magic to tie them together.
Maths was ahead of other sciences, in the sense that the maths for a certain breakthrough was already there, but simply ignored. The one needed by Einstein was already there since decades, but no physicist was aware of it!
Are you implying that everyone should learn everything that is ever invented in math in calculus course? Memorize all equations just in case you ever need them?
Anyway, the bottom line of the story is that every BS/MS should include a calculus course.
I completely agree with you. Math is incredibly useful tool ONLY if you know how to use it. Sadly, many programmers don't even know basic linear algebra. Take MS .NET library - row vectors and left-hand coordinates is nuisance but what they did with quaternion is a crime!
Lorenz transformations. Einstein reinvented them but since Lorenz had them published few decades earlier he got the credit.
Actually the quality of lens does not effect illumination - type of lens does that. It's all about sharpness, high quality lens ensures that light that is meant for one pixel on sensor only arrives on that pixel not on neighboring pixels. It's how I understood it.
12 times out of 12 is enough data to confirm the handling is bad. You need more data only if you want to know just how bad is it.
Maybe then I could actually work with Gulfstream's horrible part models where they include literally the whole god-damn aircraft's surface geometry in the digital part model for a fucking bolt.
1000 core processor is not a cure for human ignorance.
Therefore, on top of the computation benefits derived from fully utilizing 1000 cores, one would have a pretty good heat source: 2150 Watts or so.
Install 10 radiators and call it Veyron because it soo fast!
The cores are overkill for raytracing, the stream processors found in current gen video cards are more suitable for the task. 1000 cores won't be enough as current video cards already support that many cores on single card but it's not nearly enough for anything but technology demos.
Never say never; there's a whole third dimension to explore. I have no doubt in my mind there will be solution for these problems but to reach there we must think out of the box.
I'd like to see a 1k core machine on my desktop, but that's beyond the practical limits of any software currently available.
After 1k core machine becomes commonplace it will be required to boot windows.
Wikipedia entry refers to Zebulon Montgomery Pike who originally documented it so Pike's Peak is also correct.
The road versions of these cars are probably tuned for safety so they out-drive none of us but I think they can ease traffic as they don't sleep at stoplight and can maintain short cap between cars. I hope this problem will be solved in near future.
the autonomous car should be able to complete the course every 27 minutes, with occasional pauses for refueling
I think the variable space in this problem is too big for high repeatability. Also the car is most probably fitted with non-deterministic algorithms that generate bit different path on each run. Even TFA notified that it took 6 tries before the car could reach the mountaintop without stopping.
The apps in app store are cheap enough, I have no problems paying 50 cents for something I want or need. I think that the opposite is true: Ubuntu should start supporting paid apps in software centre in order to compete with app store or steam. You're welcome to disagree :)
There is no reason that you have to lose dexterity or have bad eyesight just because you get older.
I've been told by a friend of mine that as you grow older you don't lose in "resolution" of eye sight but cornea loses flexibility and it will be harder to focus on near items.