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I'm sure that there is going to be a bunch of Delphi bashing posts but Delphi was one of the first truly great object-oriented development environments (the other might be IBM's VisualAge). It allowed for rapid layout of forms with the power of OO components. And the language, although not loved by many, is consistent and just as powerful as Java. The component library was also second to none.
I could cast a vote for A, have the screen verify that I am voting for A, receive a printed receipt that tells me I voted for A, and STILL have that vote count for B within the black box.
The printed receipt should be returned to the voter, who should check that it contains the correct info. and then deposit it in a traditional ballot box. The ballot boxes should remain sealed except in the event of a recount.
Considering that Sun's revenue has gone from $18 billion in 2001 to $11 billion in 2004 (link), how is this going to help them?
Seriously, is this move in the shareholders' best interest? It certainly won't increase revenue. Will it significantly reduce their development costs? Will this give them any competitive advantage at all?
The mainstream media has a terrible credibility problem. This is why blogs are so popular these days. If no one has any credibility anyway, you might as well listen to the new guys.
What's that saying again? 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king?'
Nintendo's Super Mario 64 DS, Sega's Feel The Magic XY/XX, Activision's Spider-Man 2, Ubisoft's Asphalt Urban GT and two from EA - Madden NFL 2005 and The Urbz: Sims in the City.
What?! No Tetris?!? Man, I bought the Gameboy Color exclusively so I could play that game.
Why do people think that just because two platforms run on the same processor that porting things between them is "easy". I can guarantee that the OSs used to run the two platforms are nowhere near the same, not to mention the graphics/sound/networking/etc subsystems.
This will obviously make it easier to port. Any processor optimization work would be completely portable. It's not like the Xbox is completely unique architecture - it's essentially a PC manufacturered with commodity hardware. The two main 'gaming' components are a G5 processor and the ATI graphics chipset. Both are used on the PowerMac.
Why bother? OS/2 code might have been useful to the open source community half a decade ago... there's simply nothing left in OS/2 that we can make any use of, because at this stage of the game we've already re-implemented it all.
I don't know about that - I still haven't seen anything that remotely compares to the Workplace Shell in OS/2. It was so completely and elegantly object oriented. I'm pretty sure this is all IBM code too.
Why are all these optical discs (aside from the venerable Laserdisc) manufactured with the same dimensions as the Compact Disc?
One obvious advantage is that the BluRay drives will be able to play CD's and regular DVD's using the same tray and drive mechanism.
Now, you could have an 'inner' tray like the current one for 3" CDs but those never really took off. I think it's probably a perception-problem, people aren't comfortable placing a smaller disc into a large player.
Secondly, everyone retains their investment in CD towers, holders, etc.
It can be proven that certain algorithms, like a binary search, will take an algorithmically longer time on a Turing's machine than on your standard x86 processor.
Okay, it's Monday morning and my brain isn't floating in coffee yet...but what the hell is does 'algorithmically longer' mean??
I bought the original Sims when it first came out, more interested in the actual concept and implementation than the gameplay. Anyway..my girlfriend at the time tries it out and gets hooked. The creepy part - she's built a model of my apartment with me and her as characters. One day she comes into the room crying - apparently my character spontaneously combusted. We didn't last much longer after that:)
when you can build a top 5 supercomputer for under 6 million dollars, using off the shelf parts. Why spend the hundreds of millions of dollars?
Because instead of fundamentally advancing the science of computing, the industry is simply scaling commodity technology. The American supercomputer industry has gone from innovator to an assembly operation.
We're in need of a paradigm shift. Where's the next Seymour Cray?
I just can't figure out what justifies that price tag. There is no way any remote control should cost this much, let alone *this* remote. The feature list is underwhelming. This paperweight-in-training shouldn't cost more than ~$150.
Some people have different budgets. When you're spending 10 to 15 THOUSAND dollars on a home theatre, what's another $700 for a great remote?
I'm running kde 3.2.2 on a p4 1.8 ghz with 512 mb of ram and it's sluggish compared to windows xp. I don't think time should be spent trying to make cool looking 3d wm's but trying to improve xfree (alright, now xorg) or kde.
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I'm sure that there is going to be a bunch of Delphi bashing posts but Delphi was one of the first truly great object-oriented development environments (the other might be IBM's VisualAge). It allowed for rapid layout of forms with the power of OO components. And the language, although not loved by many, is consistent and just as powerful as Java. The component library was also second to none.
I could cast a vote for A, have the screen verify that I am voting for A, receive a printed receipt that tells me I voted for A, and STILL have that vote count for B within the black box.
The printed receipt should be returned to the voter, who should check that it contains the correct info. and then deposit it in a traditional ballot box. The ballot boxes should remain sealed except in the event of a recount.
Jason.
This is pretty much a good way to tell if you are on the US hit list, when more and more Imagery is available for your Counrty
We never liked Alberta anyway...
Considering that Sun's revenue has gone from $18 billion in 2001 to $11 billion in 2004 (link), how is this going to help them?
Seriously, is this move in the shareholders' best interest? It certainly won't increase revenue. Will it significantly reduce their development costs? Will this give them any competitive advantage at all?
Jason.
If you don't want people (or bots) viewing it then password protect it or take it off the public interweb.
Interweb? Is that the same as the 'Information superhighway'?
The mainstream media has a terrible credibility problem. This is why blogs are so popular these days. If no one has any credibility anyway, you might as well listen to the new guys.
What's that saying again? 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king?'
Nintendo's Super Mario 64 DS, Sega's Feel The Magic XY/XX, Activision's Spider-Man 2, Ubisoft's Asphalt Urban GT and two from EA - Madden NFL 2005 and The Urbz: Sims in the City.
What?! No Tetris?!? Man, I bought the Gameboy Color exclusively so I could play that game.
It's kind of like science proving that God is not real.
Or like trying to prove that you don't have weapons of mass destruction?
Why do people think that just because two platforms run on the same processor that porting things between them is "easy". I can guarantee that the OSs used to run the two platforms are nowhere near the same, not to mention the graphics/sound/networking/etc subsystems.
This will obviously make it easier to port. Any processor optimization work would be completely portable. It's not like the Xbox is completely unique architecture - it's essentially a PC manufacturered with commodity hardware. The two main 'gaming' components are a G5 processor and the ATI graphics chipset. Both are used on the PowerMac.
Jason.
Why bother? OS/2 code might have been useful to the open source community half a decade ago ... there's simply nothing left in OS/2 that we can make any use of, because at this stage of the game we've already re-implemented it all.
I don't know about that - I still haven't seen anything that remotely compares to the Workplace Shell in OS/2. It was so completely and elegantly object oriented. I'm pretty sure this is all IBM code too.
Why are all these optical discs (aside from the venerable Laserdisc) manufactured with the same dimensions as the Compact Disc?
One obvious advantage is that the BluRay drives will be able to play CD's and regular DVD's using the same tray and drive mechanism.
Now, you could have an 'inner' tray like the current one for 3" CDs but those never really took off. I think it's probably a perception-problem, people aren't comfortable placing a smaller disc into a large player.
Secondly, everyone retains their investment in CD towers, holders, etc.
However, for the enthusiast, MythTV takes the gold for its greater support for a variety of hardware and software codecs.'"
Yeah, 'cause that's what I really care about when I'm wearing a nice ass-groove into the couch - that my codec is superior. Screw usability.
Couldn't Apple just spin off the music part into a separate operating company like "iTunes, Inc." and be done with it?
Consider that iTunes as a division does not make any significant revenues. It is designed as a vehicle for iPod and Mac sales.
It can be proven that certain algorithms, like a binary search, will take an algorithmically longer time on a Turing's machine than on your standard x86 processor.
Okay, it's Monday morning and my brain isn't floating in coffee yet...but what the hell is does 'algorithmically longer' mean??
I bought the original Sims when it first came out, more interested in the actual concept and implementation than the gameplay. Anyway..my girlfriend at the time tries it out and gets hooked. The creepy part - she's built a model of my apartment with me and her as characters. One day she comes into the room crying - apparently my character spontaneously combusted. We didn't last much longer after that :)
Anybody out there ever been involved in a successful software project, much less outsourced one, where everybody was happy at the end of the day?
Does 'Hello World!' count?
All I want to know is...when are they going to release Tivo to the Canadian market???
when you can build a top 5 supercomputer for under 6 million dollars, using off the shelf parts. Why spend the hundreds of millions of dollars?
Because instead of fundamentally advancing the science of computing, the industry is simply scaling commodity technology. The American supercomputer industry has gone from innovator to an assembly operation.
We're in need of a paradigm shift. Where's the next Seymour Cray?
Jason.
My first portable was the Atari Lynx...I bought a sega Gamegear..
I don't feel sorry for you...I owned a TurboGrafx-16
Computers will only be truly easy to use when they do what I mean instead of doing what say.
Jason.
I just can't figure out what justifies that price tag. There is no way any remote control should cost this much, let alone *this* remote. The feature list is underwhelming. This paperweight-in-training shouldn't cost more than ~$150.
Some people have different budgets. When you're spending 10 to 15 THOUSAND dollars on a home theatre, what's another $700 for a great remote?
Jason.
Call it the switchblade kit rule: legal to sell, but don't assemble
Fully offtopic, but why are switchblades illegal in the U.S.? Is this a throwback to the 1950's era biker/greaser hysteria?
Jason.
*shrug* At least the public would no longer be tortured by Police Academy sequels
How ironic it is that a law which allows the government to keep track of reading habits (let alone our surfing habits), is called a Patriot Act.
Please refer to the new government handout, provided by the Ministry of Truth: http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-dict.html
I'm running kde 3.2.2 on a p4 1.8 ghz with 512 mb of ram and it's sluggish compared to windows xp. I don't think time should be spent trying to make cool looking 3d wm's but trying to improve xfree (alright, now xorg) or kde.
Excellent idea. When can you start?