The Raven UAV you link to is a small hand-launched vehicle for doing short-range low-alititude surviellance. It's basically not much more than an electric model plane with a camera and some neat navigation electronics.
The article mentioned UAVs flying at 12,000 feet, which sound much more like full-sized pilotless planes. They're certainly not going to cost anything close to $35,000.
That's terrifying if true. I had assumed the 'chip' part of the 'chip and pin' meant that you wouldn't be able to clone the card with a magentic card reader. Do you have any references to back that up? (Not that I mean to imply that you're lying in any way - I'd just be fascinated to read them!)
Actually, it's not clear at all. It seems likely to me that Stringer was talking about the US release when he spoke to Variety about it being in time for the holidays, as they are an American publication.
There's nothing in the article to suggest that Stringer himself said anything about delays, and it looks to me as if Variety has gotten a bit confused about the whole US/Japan release date differences and assumed a six month delay because of them, especially as there had been all that recent inane coverage about PS3s costing 800 dollars or more.
You do realize that those are the only parts in your DVD player that actually cost more than a trivial amount, right?
Sure. That's why I mentioned them. I can't see them costing $200, though. In a standalone Blu-Ray player however, the cost of the decoder will be substantially larger than the one you'd get in a similar DVD player. That cost does not need to be added to the PS3 becuase the Cell chip will take care of it.
The PowerPC core and eight* SPUs are all on the same core. It's just one chip.
I'd say the $200-$300 for the drive is *way* off.
When it comes down to it, the Blu-Ray drive is pretty much like a DVD drive except for a more expensive laser and presumably more accurate actuators for lens positioning. It'll be more expensive than a DVD player, but not *that much* more expensive.
The expensive parts of a Blue-Ray player are likely to be the video decoding sections, not the drive unit itself.
Myth: Opera (now 100% free) is the fastest Graphical Web Browser in Windows. Reality: Dillo or Links 2 would probably be faster if someone cared to compile them on Windows.
Yes, I'm sure there's lots of three year olds out there weeping because they can no longer be sold into slavery, starved to keep them small and light, and then killed or mutilated for life by being trampled by a camel...
"If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation."
Linus states GPLv2. He does not state GPLv2 "and any later version". Therefore the above clause does not apply.
"If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation."
Linus does state the version of the license, therefore the above clause does not apply.
The only version of the GPL that is valid for the Linux kernel is version 2.
So yes, Windows95 will INSTALL on a 486SX-25 with 16 MB of RAM, but can you do anything?
Of course you can. I ran Win95 on my 486 for a considerable period of time. Hell, I even ran it on 4Mb for a while but I gotta admit that was pretty painful.
You have to remember that we just used our computers a bit differently back then. I'd normally only have one application loaded at a time, and you didn't expect the same kind of speed and response as with modern computers.
I think you'd have a point if Hasbro had sued him just because he was making a 'world domination game'. As it is he copied their game almost exactly and used their trademark.
Ideas for games are cheap. Everybody's got an idea for a game. Everybody's got hundreds of ideas for games. It's the implementation that counts, and getting that right is damn hard work.
I'm certainly not EA's biggest fan (especially as I work for a competitor!), but I find it difficult to believe that this case has any merit.
Almost everybody I know has a phone with bluetooth in it. I see people with bluetooth handsfree headsets on all the time, especially tradespeople who do a lot of driving. Of course, the popularity of it here in the UK may be something to do with the fact that it recently became illegal to use your mobile phone whilst driving without using a hands-free headset. But even for those who don't drive, it's quite nice to easily be able to exchange pictures and videos between phones without having to use IR. I also use it to connect my PDA and phone together (for accessing the internet over GPRS) and my phone and GPS unit together.
cue the 'phones shouldn't have cameras, SMS, java, music playing, gaming or video capabilities' brigade...
It's a bit low on memory for a renderfarm machine. I suppose it might be alright for the low-end, though.
I don't see how it would be an improvement over a cheap PC, though.
To be honest though, if you're running PRMan (which ain't cheap), you've gotta wonder why you'd be skimping so much on your machines. You'd have thought you'd be much better paying extra a bit more for reliability and support.
Imagine I am sorting my photos. I could sort them by who is in them, so I start making folders...
Me/ Richard/ Katie/ Jack/ Mum/ etc..
Wait! Now I've got a photo with both me and my brother in it! Which folder do I put it in? If I'm on a Unix-like OS, I suppose I could start making symbolic links from my other directories to make the picture appear in both, but it starts becoming a pain in the ass. Imagine now I want to start sorting by other measures, like the date the photo was taken on, for instance. The folders solution just isn't going to cut it.
Last time I checked I had the right to be a neo-Nazi and try to convert others to my viewpoint in the United States. Last time I checked I still had the right to wear religious clothing to public school in the United States.
Last time I checked you were not allowed to burn the US Flag, though.
I can burn any flag I like.
My point is that Europe and US are largely similarly free. The difference is in the details.
People left Europe and came over to North America for religious freedom even before there was a United States of America.
That is true. Likewise, some people left the US to come to Europe during the McCarthy era for their political freedoms. Both Europe and the US have moved on since.
Nobody said it was a perfect system but it seems to have worked well enough for the last 200 years:)
Only 200? Pfffff!;-)
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It's gibberish.
It's quite obviously not gibberish. Any fool can tell what you mean if you describe something as weighing a certain number of kilograms, because they will almost always guess the context correctly.
It may not be accurate, but it's considerably more accurate than your description of it as gibberish.
The reason they want 90 days is that currently the police have a 90-day backlog on computer hard-drive searching, due largely to the recent crackdown on 'internet paedophiles'.
That's right, Ladies and Gentlemen. They want to have the right to throw you into jail for three months without charge just because they've got a lot of work on at the moment.
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The Raven UAV you link to is a small hand-launched vehicle for doing short-range low-alititude surviellance. It's basically not much more than an electric model plane with a camera and some neat navigation electronics.
The article mentioned UAVs flying at 12,000 feet, which sound much more like full-sized pilotless planes. They're certainly not going to cost anything close to $35,000.
That's terrifying if true. I had assumed the 'chip' part of the 'chip and pin' meant that you wouldn't be able to clone the card with a magentic card reader. Do you have any references to back that up? (Not that I mean to imply that you're lying in any way - I'd just be fascinated to read them!)
Actually, it's not clear at all. It seems likely to me that Stringer was talking about the US release when he spoke to Variety about it being in time for the holidays, as they are an American publication.
There's nothing in the article to suggest that Stringer himself said anything about delays, and it looks to me as if Variety has gotten a bit confused about the whole US/Japan release date differences and assumed a six month delay because of them, especially as there had been all that recent inane coverage about PS3s costing 800 dollars or more.
You do realize that those are the only parts in your DVD player that actually cost more than a trivial amount, right?
Sure. That's why I mentioned them. I can't see them costing $200, though. In a standalone Blu-Ray player however, the cost of the decoder will be substantially larger than the one you'd get in a similar DVD player. That cost does not need to be added to the PS3 becuase the Cell chip will take care of it.
The PowerPC core and eight* SPUs are all on the same core. It's just one chip.
I'd say the $200-$300 for the drive is *way* off.
When it comes down to it, the Blu-Ray drive is pretty much like a DVD drive except for a more expensive laser and presumably more accurate actuators for lens positioning. It'll be more expensive than a DVD player, but not *that much* more expensive.
The expensive parts of a Blue-Ray player are likely to be the video decoding sections, not the drive unit itself.
*seven usable - one is spare in improve yields.
Myth: Opera (now 100% free) is the fastest Graphical Web Browser in Windows.
Reality: Dillo or Links 2 would probably be faster if someone cared to compile them on Windows.
Well, you sure debunked that myth.
Yes, I'm sure there's lots of three year olds out there weeping because they can no longer be sold into slavery, starved to keep them small and light, and then killed or mutilated for life by being trampled by a camel...
Where is this stated, in Linux 2.0?
Here.
The Xbox portable...
From the linked page:
"If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation."
Linus states GPLv2. He does not state GPLv2 "and any later version". Therefore the above clause does not apply.
"If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation."
Linus does state the version of the license, therefore the above clause does not apply.
The only version of the GPL that is valid for the Linux kernel is version 2.
So yes, Windows95 will INSTALL on a 486SX-25 with 16 MB of RAM, but can you do anything?
Of course you can. I ran Win95 on my 486 for a considerable period of time. Hell, I even ran it on 4Mb for a while but I gotta admit that was pretty painful.
You have to remember that we just used our computers a bit differently back then. I'd normally only have one application loaded at a time, and you didn't expect the same kind of speed and response as with modern computers.
Pfff! Anyone can see it's a modified Faulcon Manspace Police Viper, powered by a deLacy Super Thrust VC10.
I think you'd have a point if Hasbro had sued him just because he was making a 'world domination game'. As it is he copied their game almost exactly and used their trademark.
Ideas for games are cheap. Everybody's got an idea for a game. Everybody's got hundreds of ideas for games. It's the implementation that counts, and getting that right is damn hard work.
I'm certainly not EA's biggest fan (especially as I work for a competitor!), but I find it difficult to believe that this case has any merit.
Almost everybody I know has a phone with bluetooth in it. I see people with bluetooth handsfree headsets on all the time, especially tradespeople who do a lot of driving. Of course, the popularity of it here in the UK may be something to do with the fact that it recently became illegal to use your mobile phone whilst driving without using a hands-free headset. But even for those who don't drive, it's quite nice to easily be able to exchange pictures and videos between phones without having to use IR. I also use it to connect my PDA and phone together (for accessing the internet over GPRS) and my phone and GPS unit together.
cue the 'phones shouldn't have cameras, SMS, java, music playing, gaming or video capabilities' brigade...
It's a bit low on memory for a renderfarm machine. I suppose it might be alright for the low-end, though.
I don't see how it would be an improvement over a cheap PC, though.
To be honest though, if you're running PRMan (which ain't cheap), you've gotta wonder why you'd be skimping so much on your machines. You'd have thought you'd be much better paying extra a bit more for reliability and support.
I admit it, I was talking out of my arse.
Well, we have the European Convention on Human Rights instead.
But folders only work well for heirarchical data.
Imagine I am sorting my photos. I could sort them by who is in them, so I start making folders...
Me/
Richard/
Katie/
Jack/
Mum/
etc..
Wait! Now I've got a photo with both me and my brother in it! Which folder do I put it in? If I'm on a Unix-like OS, I suppose I could start making symbolic links from my other directories to make the picture appear in both, but it starts becoming a pain in the ass. Imagine now I want to start sorting by other measures, like the date the photo was taken on, for instance. The folders solution just isn't going to cut it.
Might it not be useful to be able to get a list of all music of a certain genre? Or released on a certain year?
Last time I checked I had the right to be a neo-Nazi and try to convert others to my viewpoint in the United States. Last time I checked I still had the right to wear religious clothing to public school in the United States.
Last time I checked you were not allowed to burn the US Flag, though.
I can burn any flag I like.
My point is that Europe and US are largely similarly free. The difference is in the details.
People left Europe and came over to North America for religious freedom even before there was a United States of America.
That is true. Likewise, some people left the US to come to Europe during the McCarthy era for their political freedoms. Both Europe and the US have moved on since.
Nobody said it was a perfect system but it seems to have worked well enough for the last 200 years :)
;-)
Only 200? Pfffff!
It's gibberish.
It's quite obviously not gibberish. Any fool can tell what you mean if you describe something as weighing a certain number of kilograms, because they will almost always guess the context correctly.
It may not be accurate, but it's considerably more accurate than your description of it as gibberish.
The reason they want 90 days is that currently the police have a 90-day backlog on computer hard-drive searching, due largely to the recent crackdown on 'internet paedophiles'.
That's right, Ladies and Gentlemen. They want to have the right to throw you into jail for three months without charge just because they've got a lot of work on at the moment.
You can almost sense his disgust when talking about the environmental standards the new system has to live up to:
Really? I didn't get that at all. I thought he sounded proud of its environmental credentials.