I'll go against the push button responses on here and say that it definitely might be the future. As systems become complex enough that we need UML diagrams to visualize what's happening, this is like taking the UML and actually turning it into code. It gets really interesting when you're capable of making your own flows out of existing flows to simplify your task. Why can't it complement code and not replace it?
Let's look at the different types of walled gardens we've been seeing:
Apple - Completely closed off without some scrutiny, both paid and unpaid
Ubuntu - Add any sources you want, includes paid
Steam - Majority paid, they own your licenses
These are different beasts. Steam is accepted here because it will bring Linux more into the mainstream. The reality is that Steam is far worse than any walled garden we've ever seen before. Be careful what you wish for.
Ease of use is still an obstacle, domain configuration issues, office document compatibility, thousands of windows only applications. We still have a way to go, but it's getting closer.
I started off with AMD cards maybe 6 years ago before I tried an NVIDIA card. It really is just a smoother experience overall. I don't know what it is, but I've been shying away from building any new systems with an AMD lately.
hahahahah. Thank you. Does the person you replied to really think anyone here actually saw that movie? Sigh....
That's the unfortunate thing about sites like Slashdot which cater to a specific demographic. You circlejerk one another around for being more manly by not watching a movie with the word "Prada" in it. In reality, you're simply judging a book by its cover based purely on your own predefined biases and perhaps your fear of being too feminine (in my experience this usually stems from lack of success with women). What you're actually doing is missing out on a great movie dealing with an industry that most people have no insight into.
But that's ok. You're definitely more manly by the thin and confining definition you've set aside for yourself.
With Steve Ballmer at the helm, sure they had Vista, but they didn't fuck everything up. Granted that it probably would have been difficult to sink the ship, and he could have been doing worse than anyone else in that position... but Microsoft is still alive and competing in its bread and butter OS market and now the console market.
What would a great CEO have done differently?
I don't dream of a day when war comes to an end, I doubt that day will ever come. I dream of a day when war can be fought and won entirely with powerful machines with no lives lost.
Maybe they're planning on imprinting the anti-reflective properties directly on the surface of the glass vs just using a coating? This has been possible with silicon for a few years now.
You also have to take how much processing you can accomplish with the same amount of energy. If they're matched evenly in gaming performance, then that 20 watts is great. If Intel is much faster, then it might even out or turn the other way.
I can see the future already: Two lines to the club, one "clean", the other "STD". Scan your medical records directly from your driver's license and you're set. Just imagine how crazy the STD parties must be.
I was recently put in a position where a UPS failure hosed my Win7 Raid 0 array. I had a Win8 disk lying around, so I figured I would give it a go. Once you get used to the fact that Metro is just a full screen start menu, it's nearly identical to Win7. The file copy dialog is more informative, the "start menu" is really just a list of links from the "all apps" drawer which is really just the start menu folders organized differently. The search is just partitioned off into three areas instead of the whole system, and the metro apps are purely optional (I keep weather and finance.. why not).
It wasn't a terrible transition, even with multiple monitors (just move your mouse all the way up and to the right to lock into a corner without moving to the next screen). It literally took me 2hrs to get accustomed to the changes, and my system functions similarly to my Win7 now. I link all of the OS doc folders to a storage drive so that I can rebuild the OS without much headache, so no big data shift needed.
I was actually contemplating giving Ubuntu a shot before installing Win8, but a lack of a real EventGhost competitor for all of my remote control options didn't bode well.
So long story short.. Win8 wasn't what I was expecting. It's not bad actually...
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I work for a few small businesses. You might be surprised how many are trying to get a tablet that runs their existing Windows applications.
I mean.. technically.. that it again and again.
I'll go against the push button responses on here and say that it definitely might be the future. As systems become complex enough that we need UML diagrams to visualize what's happening, this is like taking the UML and actually turning it into code. It gets really interesting when you're capable of making your own flows out of existing flows to simplify your task. Why can't it complement code and not replace it?
Now just try to see/feel orientation for the port itself.
What's worse? Killing a dog, or controlling it with a shock collar?
But then you might have to make your roof bigger.. still bankrupting you.
Let's look at the different types of walled gardens we've been seeing: Apple - Completely closed off without some scrutiny, both paid and unpaid Ubuntu - Add any sources you want, includes paid Steam - Majority paid, they own your licenses These are different beasts. Steam is accepted here because it will bring Linux more into the mainstream. The reality is that Steam is far worse than any walled garden we've ever seen before. Be careful what you wish for.
Ease of use is still an obstacle, domain configuration issues, office document compatibility, thousands of windows only applications. We still have a way to go, but it's getting closer.
Think of a body shop simply printing out an identical body panel for you after an accident.
I started off with AMD cards maybe 6 years ago before I tried an NVIDIA card. It really is just a smoother experience overall. I don't know what it is, but I've been shying away from building any new systems with an AMD lately.
hahahahah. Thank you. Does the person you replied to really think anyone here actually saw that movie? Sigh....
That's the unfortunate thing about sites like Slashdot which cater to a specific demographic. You circlejerk one another around for being more manly by not watching a movie with the word "Prada" in it. In reality, you're simply judging a book by its cover based purely on your own predefined biases and perhaps your fear of being too feminine (in my experience this usually stems from lack of success with women). What you're actually doing is missing out on a great movie dealing with an industry that most people have no insight into.
But that's ok. You're definitely more manly by the thin and confining definition you've set aside for yourself.
In a few billion years, some distant alien's house is going to have this thing pummeling through the roof.
With Steve Ballmer at the helm, sure they had Vista, but they didn't fuck everything up. Granted that it probably would have been difficult to sink the ship, and he could have been doing worse than anyone else in that position... but Microsoft is still alive and competing in its bread and butter OS market and now the console market. What would a great CEO have done differently?
*Audi
Kind of how the Mercedes S class, BMW 7 series, Audio A7/A8, and any other large luxury car is a plaything for the wealthy?
I don't dream of a day when war comes to an end, I doubt that day will ever come. I dream of a day when war can be fought and won entirely with powerful machines with no lives lost.
Imagine identifying food! Imagine the Instagram photos!
Similar to how a typical Slashdot user might score amazingly well on the math section and then never score in real life?
Maybe they're planning on imprinting the anti-reflective properties directly on the surface of the glass vs just using a coating? This has been possible with silicon for a few years now.
Publc / Media portrayal of public: meh.
Pack your bags kids! We're going to the moon!
You also have to take how much processing you can accomplish with the same amount of energy. If they're matched evenly in gaming performance, then that 20 watts is great. If Intel is much faster, then it might even out or turn the other way.
I can see the future already: Two lines to the club, one "clean", the other "STD". Scan your medical records directly from your driver's license and you're set. Just imagine how crazy the STD parties must be.
Tobacco is designed to sit near your gum line and cut your gums slightly to distribute the nicotine. There's definite cell damage there.
I was recently put in a position where a UPS failure hosed my Win7 Raid 0 array. I had a Win8 disk lying around, so I figured I would give it a go. Once you get used to the fact that Metro is just a full screen start menu, it's nearly identical to Win7. The file copy dialog is more informative, the "start menu" is really just a list of links from the "all apps" drawer which is really just the start menu folders organized differently. The search is just partitioned off into three areas instead of the whole system, and the metro apps are purely optional (I keep weather and finance.. why not).
It wasn't a terrible transition, even with multiple monitors (just move your mouse all the way up and to the right to lock into a corner without moving to the next screen). It literally took me 2hrs to get accustomed to the changes, and my system functions similarly to my Win7 now. I link all of the OS doc folders to a storage drive so that I can rebuild the OS without much headache, so no big data shift needed.
I was actually contemplating giving Ubuntu a shot before installing Win8, but a lack of a real EventGhost competitor for all of my remote control options didn't bode well.
So long story short.. Win8 wasn't what I was expecting. It's not bad actually...