... Object Orianted Languages (C++, Java,.NET) which Bzzt.. I'm sorry. When did.NET actually get the title "Language"? ".NET" is no more a language than are the code libraries that you use with C or Java. GNOME would be a language by that definition and it's not.
I see GP's point. You can create a hotmail account with a bogus name and use that for posting. Who's to say you're really not daffy_duck123@hotmail.com?
Still, though - is anonymous speech = free speech? Probably, but in most cases when you're speaking, people know who you are.
After reading TFA and some of the linked material, it came to mind that if a small T-Ray scanner that would fit in ones hand were invented, it'd certianly have most of the capabilities of the tricorder from Star Trek. Identify materials, scan tissue for disease, etc. Interesting...
That's why crime goes up around a full moon and a clear night. You can see better outside. I've heard that from a lot of cops about full moon and crime and when I mentioned the extra light to see by at night, the light bulb went off over their head.
I'll call foul on that one. It isn't like people who do web development (even semi-casually) don't know that these browsers are coming down the pipe. They release beta versions well in advance of the actual release (IE 7 was in beta for what.. 6 months? and was out a year before MS set the drop dead date on IE6?).
You can't whine if you've had months of time to prepare.
Tastability, to my knowledge, is not an established indicator of a substances ability to combust. Aye... Bacardi 151 and Everclear come to mind right off the bat.
Not if that company is Microsoft... Trust me, it's their strategy to eliminate XP just as much as they want to eliminate Linux. Both are hurting the bottom line now.
I've managed uptimes in the 100+ day realm Obviously you're not installing the Windows XP critical patches that leak out of Redmond every 3 or 4 weeks.
Your assumptions include an empty disk with one block of data having free reign of all 64 million pages. I doubt it would be that favorable in real life.
Consider that no matter how "clever" the algorithm is, after you junk up the drive with videos, pictures, a copy of WoW and Doom III, it's going to be half full, so that clever algorithm only has half the space to work with, accelerating the time to failure.
Very true, but very expensive, too. You'd have to have cameras on the trailer as well as the truck. Most trucking companies don't work that way. Usually, they are called up to carry a trailer from point A to point B and most of the time, they don't own the trailer they are pulling. Possibly in 5 years when the systems are cheap and can be separated by a wireless connection then it'd be more widespread for the trucking industry.
Sony may have pissed themselves, but I just see consumer winning. Enhanced downward pressure on the price is a good thing. If this new format picks up ANY steam at all, I'd expect to see the fourth gen BD players to halve in price - maybe. They are still adding features to current players, though. Some of the third generation stuff is pretty spiffy in the BD camp.
Sorry, but buying up somebody elses crap is not innovation - it's being lazy.
Plus, it's not the source of the product that's GP's issue, it's the fact that what was once optional is now required - adding to the bloat of the "Operating System" by including in non-operating system functions that increasingly tie you to MS as it's sole source provider for everything.
That is WAY too much for an XML feed, and rivals the cost of DVR service from my cable co. True, but they state they want to push the costs to 20/year. That's $1.66 a month. Considering that's about the same price as a tall coffee at Starbucks ONCE PER MONTH, I'd happily chip in. Beats scraping it myself.
Because, of course, average computer users who just want to check e-mail, write a few letters now and then, and browse the web should be proficient at using a tool that, although created with the best of intentions, is still pretty onerous even to more experienced users in order to install and update software... Technically, the average computer user you mentioned above should just click on the "you've got updates" button when it says there's something new to download.
And who's fault is that? The user community. They crave a lean and mean application that's just the basics. Then they want more and more features with every release until they realize "this thing is a bloated piece of crap", demand a leaner, meaner application then the cycle starts again.
Try swapping a pixel from full on to full off [any of the colours] and see what the observed waveform looks like. Hint: It's not square.
There is a switch time (called rise and fall time) associated with turning an LCD pixel from full bright to full black. I saw an article that did some real world tests on LDC monitors to compare the rated response time to measured response times and typically the rated was half of the actual (some times much less than half). E.g. monitors rated at 10 milliseconds were actually performing in the 20 to 25 millisecond range. Here's another article that talks about CRT and LDC response time. From looking at their results, your statement about the CRT refreshing at 200Hz but the phosphor doesn't is correct. You'd need to jack the refresh up to 500 or 600Hz from looking at the picture from the previously mentioned link.
On a CRT - afterglow time on a modern phosphor is about 1 millisecond. Average full white to full black time on an LCD is more than double the rated screen response time. The human eye's persistence of vision is about 10 to 15 milliseconds.
this hole has existed on radios for decades (ever since tape recorders have existed). So that's no reason to prevent streaming audio. To any logical person, this is obvious. However, keep in mind that the people that are making these rules are lawyers and money hungry record executives.
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... Object Orianted Languages (C++, Java,I see GP's point. You can create a hotmail account with a bogus name and use that for posting. Who's to say you're really not daffy_duck123@hotmail.com?
Still, though - is anonymous speech = free speech? Probably, but in most cases when you're speaking, people know who you are.
After reading TFA and some of the linked material, it came to mind that if a small T-Ray scanner that would fit in ones hand were invented, it'd certianly have most of the capabilities of the tricorder from Star Trek. Identify materials, scan tissue for disease, etc. Interesting...
That's why crime goes up around a full moon and a clear night. You can see better outside. I've heard that from a lot of cops about full moon and crime and when I mentioned the extra light to see by at night, the light bulb went off over their head.
I'll call foul on that one. It isn't like people who do web development (even semi-casually) don't know that these browsers are coming down the pipe. They release beta versions well in advance of the actual release (IE 7 was in beta for what.. 6 months? and was out a year before MS set the drop dead date on IE6?).
You can't whine if you've had months of time to prepare.
Just so everybody in the world doesn't thing Mississippians are a bunch of barefoot yokels, see here.
And according to this, sure, MS is number 48, but Alabama isn't far ahead at 45. Dumb and dumber?
Disclaimer: Mississippi native, resident and long time Mensa member (and no, they don't have a special test for Mississippians).
Not if that company is Microsoft... Trust me, it's their strategy to eliminate XP just as much as they want to eliminate Linux. Both are hurting the bottom line now.
Your assumptions include an empty disk with one block of data having free reign of all 64 million pages. I doubt it would be that favorable in real life.
Consider that no matter how "clever" the algorithm is, after you junk up the drive with videos, pictures, a copy of WoW and Doom III, it's going to be half full, so that clever algorithm only has half the space to work with, accelerating the time to failure.
It may suck, but somebody's got benchmarks saying that it's faster...
Link from 2004, but still relevant, I'd think.
Very true, but very expensive, too. You'd have to have cameras on the trailer as well as the truck. Most trucking companies don't work that way. Usually, they are called up to carry a trailer from point A to point B and most of the time, they don't own the trailer they are pulling. Possibly in 5 years when the systems are cheap and can be separated by a wireless connection then it'd be more widespread for the trucking industry.
I think Erwin Schrödinger beat you on the prior art. He invented "checking a box" in 1935.
But it only takes 1-Click to read the article!
Cue troop of lawyers entrance - stage left
You must be a big fan of the Thieves World books by Asprin, et al. No vendor lock-in to a single author there. :)
Sony may have pissed themselves, but I just see consumer winning. Enhanced downward pressure on the price is a good thing. If this new format picks up ANY steam at all, I'd expect to see the fourth gen BD players to halve in price - maybe. They are still adding features to current players, though. Some of the third generation stuff is pretty spiffy in the BD camp.
Arguably Adblock makes browsing FASTER because you don't have to wait for 30 or 40K (or more on some over ad blown sites) of stuff to download.
Sorry, but buying up somebody elses crap is not innovation - it's being lazy.
Plus, it's not the source of the product that's GP's issue, it's the fact that what was once optional is now required - adding to the bloat of the "Operating System" by including in non-operating system functions that increasingly tie you to MS as it's sole source provider for everything.
Mighty strong words from an AC. At least GP had a pair and posted under his own name.
And who's fault is that? The user community. They crave a lean and mean application that's just the basics. Then they want more and more features with every release until they realize "this thing is a bloated piece of crap", demand a leaner, meaner application then the cycle starts again.
There is a switch time (called rise and fall time) associated with turning an LCD pixel from full bright to full black. I saw an article that did some real world tests on LDC monitors to compare the rated response time to measured response times and typically the rated was half of the actual (some times much less than half). E.g. monitors rated at 10 milliseconds were actually performing in the 20 to 25 millisecond range. Here's another article that talks about CRT and LDC response time. From looking at their results, your statement about the CRT refreshing at 200Hz but the phosphor doesn't is correct. You'd need to jack the refresh up to 500 or 600Hz from looking at the picture from the previously mentioned link.
On a CRT - afterglow time on a modern phosphor is about 1 millisecond. Average full white to full black time on an LCD is more than double the rated screen response time. The human eye's persistence of vision is about 10 to 15 milliseconds.